6 The Daily Collegian 44. At a glance A brief look at our world Dairy support scare worries Pa. farmers WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Efforts by upper Midwestern lawmakers to kill the govern ment's dairy support program have left many Pennsylvania farmers worried. Deregulating the dairy indus try would exasperate financial problems for farmers, driving several out of business, said Harold Shaulis, chairman of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's Dairy Committee. Fewer farm ers will mean less competition and ultimately higher prices for consumers, he said. "A lot of farmers pushing retirement will probably say, 'That's it,' " said Shaulis, who operates a 135-cow dairy farm in Somerset County, Pa. Castro visits Harlem via U.N. anniversary NEW YORK (AP) Thirty five years after Fidel Castro came to Harlem as a young revo lutionary, the Cuban Communist leader was heading back to the neighborhood that once greeted him with throngs of cheering thousands. Last time, he was 34 and his revolution seemed full of promise. He and his rowdy entourage were kicked out of a midtown Manhattan hotel after causing $ 10,000 in damage before going to stay in Harlem. This time, as he prepares for a speech at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, Castro's trade mark black beard is graying, the cigars and fatigues are gone and his revolutionary appeal has long given way to the realities of poverty and allegations of human rights abuses. The Cuban leader was in town for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, where in a speech earlier yesterday he talked of the gap between rich and poor and domination of the United Nations by powerful countries. Castro's speech at the church last night was sponsored by the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organizing. World Afghan capital bombing narrowly misses school KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Two bombs struck the Afghan capital yesterday, wounding six people, destroying a home and narrowly missing a school packed with young children. It was unclear who was responsible for the bombing, but a Defense Ministry spokesman said it was either former Islamic students known as the Taliban or forces fighting for guerrilla leader Rashid Dostum. The thundering sound of the two bombs pounding Kabul's Karte Parwan residential district could be heard throughout de city. Dostum was a general in Kabul's former communist gov ernment vho now leads one of several guerrilla factions looking to topple the present govern ment. Palestinians sending Christmas invitations GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) The Palestinians are sending invitations for Christmas in Bethlehem after a top Israeli military official said the town would be under PLO rule in time for the holidays. A Palestinian official said yes terday that PLO chief Yasser Arafat would attend the festivi ties in Bethlehem, where the Bible says Jesus was born. "The Palestinian Authority sent invitations to Arab and European leaders to attend the Palestinian celebration for the first time under a Palestinian flag," said Palestinian spokesman Bashir Abu Khatab. The Israeli daily Haaretz said Arafat, a Muslim, hoped the Bethlehem appearance would give him international acclaim and also boost his popularity in the West Bank. Teen accused of slaying parents acquitted ordered deputies to take the 17-year-old to killings that Howorth cited in a letter just begun to grieve for his parents. Norristown State Hospital immediately for a explaining his attack. "People have told me that he cries himself 90-day evaluation. He will remain hospital- Deputy Lehigh County District Attorney to sleep at night in prison," Charles said. ALLENTOWN Jurors who reported two ized until doctors determine he does not Douglas Reichley said of the verdict: "Obvi- Most of the trial focused on Howorth's deadlocks over four days acquitted a teen- pose a threat to himself or others. ously we did something wrong." mental state with experts offering contra ager in his parents' murders yesterday but Howorth shot his father, George, 46, and But District Attorney Robert Steinberg dictory opinions. declared him insane, leaving the judge to then pumped bullets into his mother, Susan, suggested the jurors were sympathetic to Reichley and his experts argued that commit him to a mental hospital. 48, as he chased her around their Lower Howorth because of his youth. Howorth hated his parents for making him Jeffrey Howorth smiled and one of his Macungie Township home on March 2. He "I think we spent a lot of time on the feel like a failure in school, unable to match public defenders, William Wismar, wept then wiped blood from his mother's car defendant and not enough time paying atten- the success of his older brother, Stephen, a along with several jurors as the foreman keys, locked the house and headed west. He tion to the victim," Steinberg said. "But Penn State University student. read the verdict, one of six possible in the was arrested in Missouri two days later we've got to accept the decision and move A second public defender, Dennis Charles, case. Prosecutor Douglas Reichley stared when the car ran out of gas. on." and his experts argued that Howorth was straight ahead. The murders occurred four days after two Public defender Dennis Charles called the severely depressed, had brain damage and a Minutes after the ruling not guilty by Allentown-area skinhead brothers were verdict a pleasant surprise, saying he had learning disability and was insane when he reason of insanity Judge William Ford accused of slaying their parents miles away, expected a hung jury. He said Howorth has killed. By DAWN FALLIK Associated Press Writer Birthday for U.N. honored Leaders from all over the world met in New York to commemorate the United Nations' 50th anniversary. By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS Guarded by one of the largest security forces ever assembled, presidents and premiers gathered yesterday to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nations as the organization faces financial crisis and questions over its role in the world. President Clinton delivered the first speech by a world leader, and was to be followed by about 200 other heads of states, prime minis ters, deputy prime ministers, for eign ministers and representatives of international organizations over three days. First day speakers also included Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Cuban President Fidel Castro, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. World leaders will also hold scores of one-on-one meetings on issues from the war in Bosnia to U.S.-China relations and peace in the Middle East. The anniversary is taking place at a time when the United Nations is facing the greatest financial cri sis of its history, brought on in Yeltsin's refusal to work with NATO causes problems in Bosnia By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. Russia's unwillingness to serve under NATO command in Bosnia is a "major hang-up" to plans for the proposed peacekeeping mission there, Defense Secretary William Perry said yesterday. The United States and its NATO allies want Russian participation in any effort to help enforce a peace agreement in Bosnia, but not as an independent military force, Perry said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "There is a major hang-up. I don't want to minimize this at all," he said. Russian President Boris Yeltsin said in a speech to the United Nations in New York yesterday that it was "inadmissible" for NATO to supersede the U.N. in deciding the international response eT ...,1 •.,...)c----,!: .7.y. i iii . ...,...i :I .... ..,, . . ..,... j From left: President Clinton, U.N. General Bourtros Boutros•Ghali, U.N. General Assembly President Diogo Freitas Do Amaral of Portugal, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and French President Jacques Chirac pose during a group photo at a special commemorative U.N. General Assembly session yesterday. About 200 world leaders attended the session which marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. large part by demands of its peace keeping operations in the former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Angola and elsewhere as well as the failure of member states to pay their dues. Member states owe the organiza tion $3 billion. The biggest debtor is the United States, at $1.3 billion in arrears. Washington has been withholding payments to force reforms in the U.N. bureaucracy. Critics believe Washington's position is undermining the organi zation. General Assembly Presi dent Diogo Freitas do Amaral of Portugal urged the member states to reform the United Nations but added: "We must not allow this organization to die at the hands of its critics." In his welcoming remarks, Sec retary-General Boutros Boutros- in Bosnia. Russia was ready to pro vide troops to help enforce a peace agreement, he said, "but only under a strict mandate of the U.N. Security Council." Yeltsin, who will discuss the issue with President Clinton when they meet in Hyde Park, N.Y., today, earlier expressed optimism that Russia and NATO could coor dinate their missions. But Perry and Secretary of State Warren Christopher were less san guine. _ "It's desirable for Russia to have a dignified, substantial role, but not one that would in any way impair the NATO command and control," Christopher said on CBS' "Face the Nation." Maintaining NATO con trol over any peacekeeping mission is "a red line for the United States," he said. Christopher also stressed that there must be no situation where Ghali said the United Nations had a vital role to play in such fields as human rights, international law, peacekeeping, development and the environment. "But the United Nations cannot play this role if the present trend continues," he said. "The problems of globalization and fragmentation have caused vast responsibilities to be given to the U.N. But the U.N. has not been given the re,sources required to accomplish the tasks imposed." Boutros-Ghali blamed the finan cial crisis on the failure of member states to make the United Nations a priority. "I appeal to you to give the U.N. a firm financial base," he said. "If steps toward this cannot be set in motion by the end of this year, I Pentagon to terminate affirmative action plan By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. The Pen tagon will terminate a major affir mative action program in response to a recent Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of con tract awards based on race or eth nicity, Defense Secretary William Perry said yesterday. "We have to obey the law of the land," Perry said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "This program cannot continue in its present form. We will try our best to achieve its objectives through other ways." The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Pentagon will announce today or tomorrow that it will stop using the so-called "rule of two" program under which $1 billion worth of business was fun neled to minority firms last year. The rule, applicable to all Defense Department contracting business since 1987, states that the Russians, who are generally pro-Serb, end up facing NATO troops protecting Bosnian Mus lims. "That might create some ten sions that would be quite harmful to carrying out this matter," he said. It would be a mistake to assign sectors to individual forces, he said. Christopher and Perry received a cool reception on Capitol Hill last week when they both pressed the administration argument that the United States must send ground troops to any NATO mission orga nized after the warring parties in Bosnia agree on a peace settle ment. U.S.-led negotiations are due to open Oct. 31 at Wright-Patterson air force base in Ohio. The leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia are scheduled to attend. Clinton, in his address to the U.N. yesterday, urged the negotia- urge you to give serious considera tion to calling a special session of the General Assembly to deal with the financial crisis of the organiza tion." Delegations began arriving hours before the start of the cere monies. Leaders were greeted at the entrance by Boutros-Ghali and General Assembly President piogo Freitas do Amaral. Outside the U.N. complex, thou sands of city police and federal agents wrapped a security blanket around the dignitaries. Streets were closed, anti-sniper teams deployed on rooftops and police boats with frogmen patrolled the nearby East River. And security concerns may have prompted one last-minute cancella tion by Egypt's President Hosni. only small, disadvantaged busi nesses can compete for a contract if at least two such qualified firms express an interest in bidding for it. The Post quoted officials as say ing almost all businesses defined as disadvantaged under the pro gram are minority-owned. Perry said the Justice Depart ment has reviewed the program in light of last summer's Supreme Court ruling. "We have discussed that with them and believe we have to change this program." But he stressed that "we will do every thing we can to continue to get some of the objectives of assisting minority programs without using this particular rule." The Pentagon program is the first major effort to assist minori ty-owned businesses to be affected by the high court's ruling that there must be strong legal justifi cation for affirmative action pro grams. tors to overcome their "fundamen tal differences" and "seize this chance for a settlement. If they achieve peace the United States will be there with our friends and allies to help secure it." Perry said Clinton would, at the appropriate time, seek congres sional approval of the Bosnian mis sion, and he expected Congress to support the president. The case will be made, he said, that were the United States to abdi cate its leadership role in NATO, "this would really lead to an unrav eling of NATO." Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., a leading congressional expert on defense matters, told NBC that there were still "a lot of unanswered ques tions" about the wisdom of Bosnia involvement and "it would be a very high-risk venture" for Clinton to commit U.S. troops without con gressional approval. Monday, Oct. 23, 1995 President implores nations to fight drugs By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer UNITED NATIONS President Clinton called on the nations of the world yesterday to pledge that they will deny sanctuary to drug traffickers and terrorists. In a speech at a U.N. 50th anniversary celebration, Clinton said the declaration should tell them that "you have no place to run, no place to hide." Clinton also announced his own broad campaign to block interna tional narcotics traffickers who "tear at the fabric of our society." He took aim at Colombia's Cali cartel and other foreign sources of more than 80 percent of the cocaine entering the United States. He said he had signed an order to identify front companies and to block their assets. "Nowhere is cooperation more vital than in fighting the increas ingly interconnected groups that traffic sin -terror, organized ,crime, drug--smuggling and the spread-of weapons of mass destruction," Clinton said. Trade with such front companies will be barred and nations where drug money is laundered will be urged to crack down on them. If they do not, Clinton said, they could face economic sanctions. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin will promote the program at a conference of western hemi sphere nations in December in Buenos Aires. Clinton also said he was direct ing Rubin, Attorney General Janet Reno and Secretary of State War ren Christopher to propose new laws to combat international Among the leaders in the audi ence was Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organi zation. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel sat nearby. Cuba's Fidel Castro cast aside his army fatigues in favor of a blue pinstriped suit and seemed com fortable with the capitalists among' the dignitaries. Clinton hailed progress toward peace in the Middle East, but took a swipe at Castro, who was granted a five-day visa over the objections of several Republicans in Con gress. In this hemisphere, Clinton said, "every nation except one has cho sen democracy." Before the address, Clinton posed for a "class picture" with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, kings and prime ministers here to celebrate the United Nations as a peace-fostering world body. However, in trying to end the Bosnian war the administration is determined to limit U.N. influence. Russian President Boris Yeltsin addresses the General Assembly while attending the United Nation's 50th anniversary.
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