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ptember 8, ■hursday • September 8, 1994 The Battalion • Page 15 ition apan, U. S. resume trade talks Countries continue to search for vays to open Japanese markets shouldn’t educa :ct the only Jew led that the fair lad to go would; itely available for [ " WASHINGTON (AP) — The >r the state chap Bjniteti States and Japan re- s Union, which is Mumed efforts Wednesday to ic government for * nc l ways to open Japan’s mar- 1 ' Hots, but U.S. Trade Keprescn- ng an affirmativea, L j vc Mickey te and laudatory Ban tor cau- that while Jews Hjoned against under-represent j X pecti n g a ny im mediate i a myriad of ethi ■ r e a k - earned from Tax throughs. and whether tha:|f Japanese Brade Minis- oth hired on Ryutaro e deemed by thflj a s h i m o t o Held talks oughed whilsHjth both she was the onhBantor and o m m e r c e ecretary Ron Brown as both ^^^^^^^^ides searched for ways to break temity leave. Af Hie stalemate in contentious ne- as been back theBotiations aimed at lowering nts. B a P anese trade barriers. The United States is threat- ning to impose trade sanctions n Japan if agreement is not eached in one of the areas — overnment purchases — by ?ept. 30. Two other priority ar- as under discussion are insur- nce and autos and auto parts. Kantor refused to characterize Brown I’s business edu 0-91 school year! ?rs isafe the status of the talks in any of the areas but he indicated that the discussions were likely to go right up to the Sept. 30 deadline. “1 hope we can make progress, but I wouldn’t expect any dramatic announcements or breakthroughs in the near term,” Kantor told reporters. After his meeting with Brown, Hashimoto joked that “there was no fatal attack” but he refused to provide any details of how the discussions went. In addition to Hashimoto, Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono was scheduled to meet with Kantor on Thursday. On Tuesday, Walter Mon dale, America’s ambassador to Japan, told a Washington audi ence that the United States hopes to resolve the current dis putes without resorting to trade sanctions. Kantor refused to speculate about what the United States might do if there is no agreement in the government purchases area by a Sept. 30 deadline. American companies are pushing for the Japanese gov ernment to open up its bid pro cedures specifically in the areas of medical equipment aAd telecommunications products. Government purchases, au tos and auto parts and insur ance were the top priority areas designated more than a year ago when both countries launched what was known as the “framework” talks. While initial deals were supposed to have been reached last Febru ary, the talks instead broke down over Japan’s refusal to ac cept numerical benchmarks for measuring progress. The fight over this issue re mains at the center of the nego tiations with the search contin uing for ways to measure mar ket-opening progress that would be acceptable to both sides. Kantor was scheduled to con tinue his talks with the Japanese on Thursday in Los Angeles in ad vance of weekend meetings with the world’s top trading countries. Those discussions will in volve the trade ministers from Japan, Canada and the Euro pean Union. Kantor told reporters that one of the issues on the agenda will be ways to revive a U.S. proposal to launch a new round of talks aimed at lowering glob al trade barriers. While Canada and Japan gen erally support this proposal, it has met opposition from the EU. is not the case vis Goldfrank, t’s contributors, tnt. ;tter question re a paramedic ng person fin- school, they v how to treat well as a para- nk, director of icine at Belle- New York City, ne interview, ten hire part- i room doctors said Dr. David fency medicine ; University of 1 the president for Academic Go iter Video, Thursday 9/15 ACCT 230 Part IV BANA 303 Yactice Test ACCT 229 Part IV ATH 152/161 Yactice Test ACCT 230 Part IV 25 senate rejects :ey fact in CIA »ex lawsuit WASHINGTON (AP) — A ey allegation in a female CIA officer’s sex discrimination suit that the spy agency improp- rly investigated and repri- anded her for misconduct — as reviewed and rejected by wo female Senate Intelligence Committee auditors last year, a Congressional official said IWednesday. The conclusion reached by the [committee’s auditors undercuts one of the central accusations in the lawsuit, details of which were declassified Tuesday. The suit, filed under seal July 14 in federal court in Alexan dria, Va., claims the CIA inspec tor general used intimidation and other improper tactics in in vestigating the female officer. The charges against her includ ed drunken behavior, excessive overtime claims and misuse of a government helicopter. She in turn claims the barges were made in retalia tion for her exposing the mis deeds of a male deputy and oth- rs on her staff. This happened while she was the chief of a CIA tation in Latin America. She asserts that the reprimand ef- ectively ended her chances for advancement in the clandestine service, which is responsible for ecruiting and handling agents abroad. Tim Carlsgaard, deputy staff lirector for the Senate Intelli gence Committee, said the pan- il’s two female auditors exam- ned the methods used by the JIA inspector general and found hat “fitting” action was taken against the officer. Report shows benefits of family involvement WASHINGTON (AP) — Armed with a new report on the ben efits of increased family involvement in children’s learning, Ed ucation Secretary Richard Riley urged parents Wednesday to do just that — get more involved. He also announced that his department will join with the 45- member National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Educa tion and other groups to make family participation in education a top national priority. “The American family is the rock on which a solid education can and must be built,” Riley said in a luncheon speech at the National Press Club. The partnership will include such organizations as the Na tional PTA, the National Alliance of Business, the U.S. Catholic Conference and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The desire to increase family participation in education is one of eight national education goals President Clinton ap proved last March as part of the Goals 2000 initiative. The law sets benchmarks for what children should be able to do in Eng lish, math, science and other subjects by 2000. The Education Department report, “Strong Families, Strong Schools,” uses three decades of research to show the correlation between a child’s learning and the increased involvement of his or her family, calling such interaction the “critical link to achieving a high-quality education.” Among the report’s findings: —Three factors that parents control — pupil absenteeism, the variety of reading material at home and excessive television watching — account for almost 90 percent of the difference in eighth- grade math test scores across 37 states and Washington, D.C., on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. —Reading scores depend on learning activities in the home. —Studies of individual families show that family involve ment is more important to pupil success than income or educa tion. —The single most important activity for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children. The report also tells parents how they can become more in volved. Time constraints, parental uncertainty about how to become more involved and what they can do, cultural barriers and lack of a support are obstacles confronting many parents, Riley said. They can overcome the barriers by reading with their chil dren, limiting their television viewing, talking with them, estab lishing a daily family routine, scheduling daily homework times and keeping an eye on their out-of-school activities, he said. 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