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6 Friday, November 15,1996 Troops could remain in Bosnia for 2 years THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The U.S. troop deployment in Bosnia, originally set to end in December, is expected now to stretch well into 1998 and involve as many as 10,000 Army soldiers, NATO’s top official said Thursday. The entire mission would involve 30,000 troops from 30 countries, includ ing the United States, NATO Secretary General Javier Solana told reporters. “I had conversations with the (NATO) foreign ministers," Solana said. “I would say that all ofthem... are mov ing toward Option C,” the option among four being considered that would keep troops in the former Yugoslav republic. In Washington, Solana met pri vately with Vice President A1 Gore. Apparently caught off guard, White House press Sen. STROM THURMOND, R-S.C.. said he was concerned about the continued deployment of U.S. troops in Bosnia. secretary Mike McCurry and State De partment spokesman Glyn Davies told reporters that Gore made clear to Solana that President Clinton had not signed off on the troop commitment. McCurry added that the administra tion is anxious not to squander gains made in Bosnia and noted that Gore “did share some ofthat thinking” with Solana. Speaking anonymously, administra tion officials confirmed Solana’s descrip tion of the plan under consideration. These officials said Clinton was to approve the extended troop commitment as early as Thursday night. The issue is quite sensitive. A year ago the Clinton Global Transpark project must speed up, Hunt says THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT OLIVE Work must be accelerated on an environmental study for the Global Transpark development, Gov. Jim Hunt said Thursday, promis ing to invigorate the project. Major tenants will not commit to the proposed airport based manufactur ing park in Kinston until they know the runway can be ex tended to handle huge cargo planes, Hunt told several hundred people gathered for an an nual conference about the Transpark. The U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers and the Federal Aviation Adminis- Gov. JIM HUNT said he would call federal officials and lobby for the completion of the environmental study. tration are collaborating on an environ mental impact statement on the project. The results of the study will be used to determine whether the project gets mil lions of dollars in FAA money to build the runway. “It should have been finished before now,” Hunt said. “Some of this stuff has been dragging, and I’m fixin’ to jump on it.” Graduate & Professional Student Mixer & Prize Giveaway! Friday, November 15 ! at bw-3 [on Franklin Street] 8:00 *ll:3opm FREE WINGSI Raffle for Prizes...Tickefrs $2.00 eachl Bring a can good for a FREE raffle ticket! DRAWING WILL BE HELD at 10:00pm for: One night stay at Fearrington House Hotd Free Dinner for Two (value&atsso) Gift Certificate to Student Stores ($100) & Blockbuster Music ($25) AU Carolina Graduate and Professional Students are Invited to Attend (UNCI.D. required) Sponsored by The Alliance of Black Graduate and Professional Students administration was assuring lawmakers that 19,000 American soldiers in Bosnia with a 60,000-member NATO peace keeping mission would be home by De cember. The U.S. force, now about 14,000, is scheduled to leave by mid- March. Renewed fighting in Bosnia this week has heightened worries about the pos sible departure of NATO peacekeepers. Top advisers to the president particu larly diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who negotiated the Bosnia peace agreement in 1995 vigorously urged Clinton to continue a U.S. presence to avoid resum ing the vicious 3-year ethnic war that Holbrooke’s agreement halted. “That may require some type of pres ence in Bosnia,” McCurry said. “We’ve said that all along. It was never very likely that they were going to just pull up stakes and go home. We needed to pre serve the gains that have been made.” Republican lawmakers have criticized the administration about Bosnia. “After spending the better part of the year evading the question, the Clinton administration appears ready to finally own up to the fact that it was never serious about its commitment to limit U.S. involvement in Bosnia to one year,” said Rep. Floyd Spence, R-S.C., chair man of the House National Security Committee. Defense Secretary William Perry and his top deputy, John White, rushed to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief members of the Senate Aimed Ser vices Committee on Bosnia and a pend ing U.S. troop deployment to Zaire. “I remain deeply concerned about the increasing use ofU.S. troops for policing operations throughout the world, as well as the costs associated with such opera tions,” said Sen. Strom Thurmond, R- S.C., the Armed Services chairman, after the meeting. The environmental study was expected to be completed by September, authority officials had said. The state is paying a consultant to do the work. Hunt said he intends to start calling federal government officials and lobby ing for the completion of the study. “I want to see them moving,” he said. “I’m tired of the delay. I’m tired of the foot-dragging. And there’s been a lot of it in Washington and in Raleigh.” To date, there is one tenant at the airport, which is currently operating as the Kinston Regional Jetport. The busi ness is a Federal Express contract carrier. Hunt said there are exciting potential clients for the Transpark. He said he couldn’t identify them. “I’m more con vinced of the logic, the rationale, the doability of this,” the governor said. The state, through the Global Transpark Authority, has spent some $ 15 million on the project. The authority approved the Kinston site in May 1992. A private foundation has raised some S2O million in pledges and cash to fi nance construction for tenants. Hunt urged citizens to ignore oppo nents and critics of the project. He said newspapers that wrote about irregulari ties in the authority’s use of airplanes and discretionary funds were “the ones Jesus talked about when he said ‘Oh, ye oflittle faith.’” STATE & NATIONAL Oklahoma City bombing victims, media don’t mix THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER—Reporters should not be allowed to sit in the same room with victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and watch the closed-circuit telecast of the trial, lawyers on both sides of the case argued Tuesday. Reporters only want to put survivors and relatives of victims under a micro scope, and that would violate their pri vacy, prosecutors said. “I’m just saying for the dignity of the victims... the media should not be allowed access,” prosecu tor Vicki Behenna said. When Timothy McVeigh and Terry Voters satisfied with Republican congressional control ■ Three-fourths of voters said Democratic leaders should work with the GOP. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Republicans have a weaker public mandate heading into their second stint in control of Congress than when they took power two years ago, a national post-election poll suggests. Yet two in three voters are happy that Republicans kept control of the House and Senate, and even Democrats seem to ratify bipartisan government: Nearly two thirds say their party’s leaders should work with the GOP, even if that disap points some Democratic constituencies. Asked who should “take the lead in solving the nation’s problems,” 30 per cent of people who reported voting last IN IRE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world CIA drops spying charges against former KGB agent WASHINGTON—Faced with Rus sian threats of retaliation, the United States dropped spying charges today against a former KGB agent, because the CIA and State Department decided pros ecution was not in the national interest. An unsigned, three-paragraph Justice Department statement said the CIA had changed its mind about proceeding with the case against Vladimir Galkin. The CIA was advised in advance of RSVVP FROM PAGE 3 ing the most we have ever had.” Amy Larson, a junior from Fairfax, Va., is the co-chairwoman of HOPE, a campus organization dedicated to hun ger and homeless outreach. She said she was pleased that this year’s RSWP Tues day fell during Hunger Awareness Week. “It’s really important to educate the Chapel Hill community,” Larson said. “It’s pretty affluent and lots of residents don’t realize that people don’t even have a place to sleep.” Leila Dillon, director of finance for the Inter-Faith Council, said the yearly benefit allows the council to provide greater financial assistance to families in crisis. “The money raised by RSWP is cer tainly appreciated,” Dillon said. “This once a year event is a great night for our THIS YEAR A LOT OF COLLEGE SENIORS WILL BE GRADUATING INTO DEBT. Under the Army’s Loan Repayment program, you could get out from under with a three-year enlistment Each year you serve on active duty reduces your indebtedness by one-third or $1,500, whichever amount is greater, up to a $55,000 limit. The offer applies to Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans, and cer tain other federally insured loans, which are not in default. And debt relief is just one of the many benefits you’ll earn from the Army. Ask your Army Recruiter. 490-6671 ARMY. BE ALL YOU CAN BE: Nichols go on trial separately in Denver, perhaps as early as March, bombing vic tims and their families will be able to watch on closed-circuit television from a courtroom in Oklahoma City. News organizations have asked U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch to let re porters into the room on behalf of the public, arguing that the media have a right to monitor the trial and victims’ reactions. Matsch did not immediately rule. Anew federal law requires closed circuit telecasts of trials moved more than 350 miles. The law was enacted for week said GOP congressional leaders and 45 percent said President Clinton, according to the Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. Asimiliar poll inDecemberl994found 43 percent of the public preferring that Republicans set the agenda, 39 percent Clinton. In a sign of Americans’ desire for com promise, 19percentthisyearvoIunteered that congressional Republicans and Clinton both should set the agenda, up from 10 percent two years ago. “This was an election that didn’t have a clear policy mandate,” American Uni versity political scientist James Thuiber said. Clinton’s failed attempt at health-care reform in 1993 and 1994 and Republi cans’ Contract With America last year apparently left voters more “pragmatic, middle-of-the-road and incremental,” the Oct. 29 arrest of Galkin and raised concerns but no objections, the Justice statement said. Galkin was accused of attempted espionage and conspiracy to obtain for Russia information on the U. S. “Star Wars” defense program. “In retrospect, and after further con sultations within the government, the CIA has concluded, and the State De partmenthas concurred, that the national interest would best be served by dismiss ing the charges,” the Justice statement said. Justice officials accepted this rec ommendation. Two Justice Department officials, requesting anonymity, said CIA Director John Deutch argued strongly for dismissal out of concern that Russia might retaliate against U.S. agents there. Deutch had lunch on Wednesday with Thomas Pickering, who recently returned from Moscow after serving three years as U.S. ambassador to Russia, said an intel ligence official speaking only on condi tion of anonymity. Pickering argued for dropping the charges. Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin spoke to Vice President A1 Gore by telephone organization.” Dillon said the money went directly to client services like the overnight shelter, emergency, Services and food pantry. While Chapel Hill has added new res taurants to its list of RSWP supporters, Executive Director of St. Philip’s Com munity Kitchen Betsy Rollins said Durham would have fewer restaurants participating this year. “We lost a few restaurants because of Hurricane Fran,” she said. “Some res taurant owners said they could not finan cially afford to participate this year.” Durhamgeneratesaboutss,oooforits local beneficiary. Rollins said Durham’s only soup kitchen can serve 10,000 meals BRIGGAMAN FROM PAGE 3 hope are absolutely packed, ” Dillon said. Rebecca Martinez, resource develop ment manager at the Food Bank ofNorth Carolina in Raleigh and the coordinator of RSVVP in Wake County, said Briggaman’s enthusiasm and dedication were the main reasons the program had been so successful in Chapel Hill. “She gets practically every restaurant Combine your foreign language skills with a graduate business degree for exciting career opportunities! INTERNATIONAL MBA University of Memphis • Semester of internship or study overseas • Distinguished, experienced faculty • Language tracks in French, German, Chinese, Spanish; English for international students • 2 year, full-time program • Graduate assistantships available For more information, contact Pat Taylor at 901-678-3499 or e-mail ptaylor@cc.memphis.edu or write to: International MBA Coordinator Fogelman College of Business and Economics The University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152 Visit our home page: http://business.memphis.edu The University of Memphis. An Equal Oppoitunity/Affirmative Action University. victims of the Oklahoma City bombing after the case was moved to Denver be cause of heavy publicity. Michael Minnis, an attorney for the news organizations, noted that the law was established for those who could not afford to attend the trial —and he said that includes many small newspapers and radio stations in Oklahoma. Minnis said the media also help assure that justice is being done and provide an outlet for community anger. McVeigh and Nichols could get the death penalty if convicted of the 1995 bombing ofthe Alfred P. Murrah Federal favoring small changes, said Thurber, who specializes in Congress and the presi dency. “The mandate is for a different pro cess. (Americans) don’t want deadlock. They don’t want agony and angst. They want people to work together to solve real problems,” Thurber said. Nearly three in four voters in the Pew poll including 63 percent of Demo crats and 73 percent of independents said Democratic leaders should work with GOP counterparts to accomplish things, “even if it means disappointing some groups of Democratic supporters.” Sixty-five percent said they are happy with continued GOP control of Con gress, 53 percent with Clinton’s re-elec tion. Even among those who reported voting for the Democrat in their House district, four in 10 told Pew pollsters they were happy that Republicans control today about the Galkin case, according to Chernomyrdin’s press secretary, Viktor Konnov. Chernomyrdin explained Moscow’sposition and asked that Wash ington be “more attentive” to solving the Galkin problem so it wouldn’t lead to tensions between the two countries. The charges were dropped when Galkin appeared today in federal court in Worcester, Mass. Shooting spree in factory kills 1; gunman nabbed WIXOM, Mich. A man dressed in camouflage fired shots today at a Ford Motor Cos. plant outside Detroit, killing one person and wounding two. He was arrested after holding police at bay for hours. The gunman remained on Ford prop erty for hours, firing at police, and au thorities worried that he may have been holding hostages. But that turned out not to be correct, Wixom Police Sgt. Clarence Goodlein said. Goodlein had no further information about how the man was ar with that money. “We count on the money raised dur ing RSWP for our livelihood each year, ” she said. “We are most appreciative to the restaurants who participate and citi zens who support the restaurants by eat ing out.” Top of The Hill is one of the new Chapel Hill establishments participating in RSWP this year. Owner and manager Scott Maitland said he did not see the night as a positive thing for beneficiary organizations only. “This is a win-win situation for every body,” he said. “It gives people a good reason to go out, raises money for a great cause and is good for businesses as well. to sign up,” Martinez said. “I wish I could get her to come to Raleigh.” Briggaman said, “We certainly have a wonderful, wonderful group of restau rants. The student support is a huge part of why we do so well.” Customers who find out that their favorite spots don’t take part in RSWP are often upset, Briggaman said. “Their customers won’t let them not do it," she said. Briggaman said soliciting the par ticipation of restaurateurs was generally Sljf Baily Ear Heel Building. The attack killed 168 people and injured more than 500. Matsch asked prosecutors to list which victims qualify for seats because of emo tional loss and who qualifies because of financial loss; he said he may have to choose which victims get into the Okla homa courtroom. Prosecutors had proposed access on a first come, first serve basis, but Matsch said he was troubled by that. Some vic tims may have suffered emotional dam age, and forcing them to compete for seats could be “destructive and counter productive,” he said. Congress. The survey was conducted for Pew by Princeton Survey Research Associates from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10 among 1,012 people who said they voted Nov. 5. The sample was drawn from registered voters in national Pew surveys in June and October. Results are subject to sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, higher for subgroups; question wording and practical difficulties in conducting polls also can cause error. The survey asked voters to grade the 1996 presidential campaign. Voters gave lower ratings than in 1992 to the media, political parties and pollsters—but espe cially to voters themselves. Only 43 percent gave voters a grade of “A” or “B” for “the way they conducted themselves in the campaign, ” down from 67 percent in 1992. rested. The man opened fire late this morning after having some type of confrontation with two Ford assembly line workers. “He came into the cafeteria first, started shooting with some weapon. He was spraying bullets all over the place,” Ford spokesman Bill Carroll said. He then went outside and fired more shots, he said. Goodlein did not release identities of the dead worker. Authoritiesbelieve they know who the gunman is, but said they don’t know his connection to the Ford plant or the workers he allegedly shot. “Basically, every time we get close, he shoots at us,” Goodlein said before the man was arrested. The wounded worker was in serious condition at a hospital Goodlein didn’t identify. A sheriff’s deputy, 39-year-old Mat thew Miller, who was shot outside the plant was in serious condition with a shoulder wound. Another person was treated for cuts caused by flying glass. FROM WIRE REPORTS I just hope a crowd will come out and support us.” David Ferrell, manager of Bruegger’s Bagel Bakery, said he didn’t know ex actly how many years Bruegger’s had been participating. “It’s just something we do every year,” Ferrell said. “We try to help out commu nity organizations whenever we can.” The fact that 95 restaurants will par ticipate in RSWP was one reason Briggaman said she hoped turnout Tues day would be big. “You don’t have to go to a fancy restaurant to take part,” she said. “I just encourage everyone to take part in this easy way to give.” easy, though franchises were more reluc tant to take part. Though the concept of RSWP may seem simple, Briggaman said the plan ning was extensive. She must get grants from local corporations to advertise the event, then solicit restaurant participa tion and finally get public support. Sometimes getting the public to think differently about her clientele is a little difficult, she said. “We get a lot of nega tive feedback about our clientele.” But restaurants typically benefit from the annual event. “Actually, it’s a great marketing device even if you don’t have the milk ofhuman kindness flowing through your veins,” she said. Briggaman said she didn’t expect ev eryone to be as enthusiastic about the program as she was, but she hoped people would at least take a trip out for lunch next week. “(On RSWP Tuesday,) super diners eat breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Briggaman said. “I plan on being a super duper diner.” A Triangle Women's Health Clinic Low cost termination to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Call for an appointment Monday - Saturday. 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