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2The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, April 27, 1989 World amd Nation Bush officials lead From Associated PrtM reports WASHINGTON Abortion opponents led by the Bush admin istration urged the Supreme Court in a long-awaited courtroom showdown Wednesday to overturn its landmark 1973 ruling that women have a constitutional right to end their pregnancies. Outside, police arrested 27 abortion-rights activists among a noisy crowd of people demonstrating on both sides of one of the the nation's most divisive issues. Those arrested were charged with crossing a police line. In sharp contrast, the hour-long argument session took place in a packed but hushed courtroom. "The United States asks this court to reconsider and overrule its decision in Roe vs. Wade," said Harvard law professor Charles Fried, referring to the ruling that legalized abortion. But Frank Susman, a St. Louis lawyer representing those who suc House ends hopes for Democratic bi From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON The House, in the first big battle over the budget in Congress this year, embarrassed its Democratic leaders on Wednesday by crushing a major amendment and forcing them to pull a $4.7 billion domestic spending bill off the floor. Leaders wanted to pay for the domestic spending in the bill by 159 Va E. FRANKLIN ST. ii sejbto, mssMJ One Year Memberships only $2. 00! 'offer good thru 5989 "must be 21 years old must have student ID Call 929-0101 for more details! W -AS&S i r c -w i Imp tp aaa Take advantage of this Special NOW!! fr Affoardable Rent Levels that make more financial sense than many dormitory rates. A 9 Month Lease that corresponds to the academic year, rather than a calendar year. Locations that, in addition to being within biking or walking distance from class, are also on the busline. 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Susman responded, "It has always been my personal experience that when I pull a thread my sleeve falls off." Only justices Thurgood Mar shall, a strong supporter of abortion rights, and Harry Blackmun, author of the 1973 decision, remained silent. slashing defense and other programs. But, by a 252-172 margin, with minority Republicans joined by enough Democrats seeking to protect their favorite programs, the House rejected a Democratic amendment that would have made $1.4 billion in cuts spread over most government programs. The bill's backers then took the CHAPEL HILL (Value Decreases Daily!) Triangle Communities offers: laundry & ample parking unsvi 960 PEOPLE $1 61 2 - two bedroom savings, $1 396 - one bedroom savings, subject to availablity and normal leasing policies. antB - aborftioim plea The justices, who do not necessarily have to reconsider Roe vs. Wade in resolving the Missouri dispute, gave little indication as to how broad their decision will be. They are expected to announce their ruling by July. At one point, Justice Antonin Scalia a potential "swing v6te" along with justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy asked whether the court must consider the nature of a fetus. "Can you derive (a fundamental right to abortion) without making a determination as to whether the fetus is human life or not?" Scalia asked. "It is very hard to say . . . it must be a fundamental right unless you make a determination that the organ ism that is destroyed is not a human life," Scalia suggested. Susman said an assertion that "life begins at conception," as stated in the Missouri regulations, is not a verif iable fact. "It is a question verifiable only by reliance upon faith." entire spending measure off the House floor. House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, said he believed the House Appropriations Committee would "perform certain corrective surgery" on the bill before the House considered it again. House Majority Leader Thomas Foley, D-Wash., who offered the spending-cut amendment, said the vote was a sign of the divisiveness of budget issues and not a signal that the Democratic leadership was weak ened by the controversy surrounding Wright and his personal finances. "I dont think it reflects on lead ership problems," he said. "This is not a vote of confidence issue." Rep. Robert Roe, D-N J., was one of the 92 Democrats who voted against their leaders' plan. "From our point of view, we were battling the loss of about $100 million from science and space." Foley's proposal would have pro duced $1.4 billion in savings by shaving .57 percent off most govern ment programs. The provision would have produced cuts this year of $1 billion in defense, $353 million in domestic programs and $43 million in foreign aid. Clean, professionally -maintained apartments, large enough to encourage all academic pursuits. 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The three justices appointed by former President Reagan O'Con nor, Scalia and Kennedy are conservatives generally considered skeptical about the legitimacy of the earlier decision. White House budget director Richard Darman had sent lawmakers a policy statement in which he said he would urge President Bush to veto the "fiscally irresponsible" measure. And in a letter to House Minority Leader Bob Michel, R-Ill., Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the defense cuts would force the Pen tagon to stop paying re-enlistment bonuses, reduce training hours, eliminate five to 10 construction projects, lay off scientists and engi neers and curtail weapons testing. "This would have very serious consequences for the manning of our forces," he wrote, adding that he, too, would seek a veto. But loyal Democrats countered that the spending cuts were slight and could be dealt with by federal agencies. "All we're talking about are revi sions of .57 percent so we can cover some of the priorities we in Congress think are needed," said Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa. Looming over the battle was the veto threat from the Bush adminis tration, which labeled the overall bill "fiscally irresponsible" and said the Democrats' proposed $1 billion in defense cuts would be too harsh. The legislation, deemed a "dire emergency" by its supporters, would provide money for the 1989 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. j WW 151 E. 'I Love Lucy' namesake dies, following April 1 8 surgery From Associated Press reports LOS ANGELES Lucille Ball, the daffy comedian whose harebrained schemes drove her television family crazy but deligh ted viewers for four decades, died Wednesday of a ruptured abdom inal artery. She was 77. The actress, star of the hugely popular "I Love Lucy" and related situation comedies seen in more than 80 countries, had undergone major heart surgery April 18. She had been recovering stead ily, getting out of bed and joking with the staff, but shortly before dawn Wednesday, she went into cardiac arrest due to internal bleeding and could not be revived, said Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokesman Ronald Wise. She suffered a complete heart failure at 5 a.m., and 47 minutes of resuscitation efforts proved fruitless, Wise said. "There was nothing to indicate this would happen. The heart itself appar ently was not involved in Miss Ball's sudden death." Japanese leader seeks successor TOKYO Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, shattered pol itically and shaken by the suicide of his longtime aide, worked Wednesday to find a successor untouched by the money scandal that ruined his career. An aide to former Prime Min ister Takeo Miki said senior politician Masayoshi Ito was "certain" to be chosen by Take shita and other governing party leaders. Ito, 75, has a clean reputation and served briefly in 1980 as acting prime minister. Takeshita met with Shintaro Abe, secretary general of the governing Liberal Democrats, and agreed to choose a new party leader and prime minister after Japan's April 29 to May 6 "Golden Week" holidays end. The ordinarily unflappable prime minister appeared shaken following the suicide Wednesday of Ihei Aoki, 58, an aide since 1958 and the man who handled Take shita's scandal-tainted political donations. "I strongly regret (his action)," Takeshita told reporters. "We walked side by side for over 30 years. Trophy Worth A HOUSANB Words Trophies 8c Awards for the best by the best. Carolina Pride 7 Franklin St. Downtown Chapel Hill News in Brief Violence in Israel claims 3 j.;- JERUSALEM Israeli sold-I? iers reportedly shot and killed ' three Palestinians and wounded at least 63 during a general strike-' Wednesday in the occupied lands;-.'' and masked attackers killed an-' Arab accused of collaborating with Israel. J Also Wednesday, more than 80 Palestinian leaders in the occupied lands rejected a government prop: osal for elections leading to ah interim peace plan. The leaders', many of them pro-PLO, said the ? elections were a ploy "calculated: to appeal to the media, to end the .' (Palestinian) uprising and to win time." They said only an international" peace conference with PLO par-:' ticipation could solve the Middle East conflict. Their signed state-', ment was the first formal response:, by local Palestinians to Shamir's. . proposal. - The violence occurred mostly ra the Gaza Strip, a stronghold of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, which called the strike on the anniversary of the capture of Mecca in Saudi Arabia by the Prophet Mohammed in 630. Afghans mark coup date . KABUL, Afghanistan Sold iers accompanied by tanks, mis siles and rockets paraded through Kabul on Wednesday to mark the 1 1th anniversary of the communist coup, but fears of guerrilla attacks kept celebrations to a minimum.- The parade was held a day early to avoid attacks. As it passed through central Eidgah Square, insurgents fired a rocket into the capital. Later, as the parade was ending, Moslem guerrillas who had moved into an abandoned village about 15 miles from the capital fired on troops along the Salang Highway, which leads from the city to the Soviet border. The two sides exchanged fire for nearly eight hours, with helicopter gunships attacking the village and soldiers firing artillery on the mud-and-stone compounds. There were no ' reports df casualties. " to
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