6 The Daily Collegian 4 it a =glaNncie A brief look at our world SKtate ~g;F Plane rudder system to test cause of crash PITTSBURGH (AP) Federal investigators hope a Boeing 737 jetliner that has been taken out of service will help them deter mine why a USAir plane crashed 1 1 / 2 years ago, killing all 132 peo ple aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board plans to conduct a series of rudder tests starting later this week on a 737-200. That is an earlier model of the Boeing 737-300 that crashed Sept. 8, 1994, as it approached Pittsburgh International Airport. Flight 427's rudder moved to an extreme left position, causing the plane to turn sharply and then roll over. What caused the rudder to move has not been determined. All the tests will be conducted on the ground in Seattle. The rudder tests were among 15 actions NTSB Chairman Jim Hall said would be taken after a second set of crash hearings con cluded in November. Du Pont suspicious, refuses examinations PHILADELPHIA (AP) Mil lionaire murder suspect John E. du Pont is so suspicious of his jailors that psychiatrists can't examine him, his lawyers told the court. In a petition filed Monday, du Pont's attorneys said "it is neces sary that the examination be con ducted at a place other than (prison) because Mr. du Pont believes he is being 'bugged."' Prison officials have com plained that du Pont refused to submit to a blood test and an intake interview by sheriff's deputies, both standard steps in inmate admission. Delaware County District Attorney Patrick Meehan decided to allow du Pont to sidestep the procedure. After the murder, dozens of reports said du Pont's behavior had grown increasingly bizarre in the months prior to the shoot ing. One estate employee said du Pont saw Nazis in the trees and ghosts in the walls. b( 1 .1 • v Military policy on gays may be getting violated NEW YORK (AP) Despite its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, the military is still investigating the sexual orientation of some troops, The New York Times reported yesterday. Pentagon documents and inter views show the military is not only continuing to ask troops about their orientation, but also is asking their parents, friends and therapists, the newspaper reported. The documents suggest that the Clinton administration poli cy, adopted two years ago, has led to wide-ranging and formal probes in cases that might other wise have been handled quietly and without punishment, the Times said. That may explain why the number of troops discharged from the Army, Navy, and Marines for being homosexuals rose 17 percent in the year end ing Oct. 1, with 488 service mem bers discharged, the Times reported. ; lAlollrt Belgium freeway fog causes fatal accident BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) In the second massive pileup in Europe in two weeks, at least 15 people died and over 60 were injured yesterday after 120 trucks and cars crashed in thick fog on a busy freeway. Eight hours after the accident, rescue workers were still look ing for survivors in charred, mangled, soot-covered wrecks near the northern city of Ghent. The mid-morning accident apparently started when a truck slammed into a car, blocking the road in the thick fog. A roaring gas-fueled blaze ignited after the pile-up, hamper ing rescue efforts. A final casualty figure was not yet available, but one official said at least 15 people had died. U.N. deplores Cuba for downing planes By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council early yesterday strongly deplored Cuba's downing of two American-owned planes after a marathon session in which China tried to delay a decision until Cuba's foreign minister could arrive in New York to present his country's case. Before adopting the "presiden tial statement," the 15-member council heard Cuban acting Ambas sador Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla defend his country's action Satur day in shooting down the two unarmed Cessnas operated by a Cuban exile group. The four Cuban-Americans on board are presumed dead. "International peace and securi ty is not what is threatened today," Rodriguez said. "It is the peace, sovereignty and security of Cuba which have been endangered for Bomb buried Before the service, Duker's two younger sisters and her mother read a statement to reporters. The Duker family was flanked by Eisenfeld's par ents and their daughter. Duker's mother said she lmows both her daughter and Eisenfeld would condemn ail TEANECK, NJ. They hate and violence and encour age acts of peace. came to Sara Duker's funeral in "Their lives were filled with her hometown yesterday with blessings. Their deaths were tears, prayers and memories. tragic and senseless," she saidC) Memories of an honors grad- The family was comforted tate,.fluent in TIM* languages, that the couple was where they who hoped to pursue a doctor- wanted to be, doing what they ate in environmental science. wanted to do, pursuing their Memories of a sister who dreams together, she said. lilted to wear purple sneaker& "The Duker and the Eisenfeld Memories of a daughter who families hope the beautiful way returned to Israel because she our children lived will be was devoted to Judaism and a remembered much more than young man, Matthew M. Eisen- the way they died," Duker's feld. mother said. A young American cowle were among the victims of a deadly bus bombing in Jerusalem. By JEFFREY GOLD Associated Press Writer Duker, 22, and Esenfeld, 25, Th e ra bbi c h ose a p assage from the prophet Amos that he d les i . to g e t he r Sunday when a halvah ripped apart a crowded said bits in lerupidein i killi n 25,„ repFesented Duker's life B oth r: "Seek good and not , evil so you may live." Berger added that Their coffins traVeled togeth- Duker "chose life in everything • 2 from Teglikviv- aboard an,El " she did. • artiving , Tal Weinberger, a friend of ieStetdaY Morning at , Dubai's, - said Dukes was not 1011 n F. 'Kennedy International just concerned with Israel and • Airport the Jewish faith, but about Rib* ''Kennetli fierger„ „.led homelessness and envirimmen. serviceiforbukei at Commit- tid issues. gation Beth Shalom. "She always helped no matter Nearly 900 people crowded how hard it was," he said. into the synagogue and about Services for Eisenfeld are to 200 others stood outside listen- be held 1 pan. today atfi Beth El ing on loud speakers to the ser. Temple in West Hartford, Conn. vice. Gov. Christie Whitman Duker and Eisenfeld will then and Colette Avital, counsel gen- be buried in, adjoining plots at a eral of Israel in New York City, cemetery in Avon, Conn., the attended. Weinstein FuneTal Home said. Bosnian Serb sanctions lifted By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press Writer PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina The United Nations and Serb-domi nated Yugoslavia lifted sanctions against Bosnian Serbs yesterday as a reward for accepting peace. The U.N. suspension was announced in New York by the Security Council president, U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright. It came after the council received a letter from NATO certifying that the Bosnian Serbs had withdrawn their forces from buffer zones established under the Dayton peace agreement. The Yugoslav move, announced by the official news agency Tan jug, aimed to ease tensions between the Bosnian Serbs and President Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Yugoslavia's most powerful politician. The sanctions, imposed at Milo sevic's behest 18 months ago, marked a formal end to Serb-domi nated Yugoslavia's support of the Bosnian Serb war effort. Milosevic turned against the war in an effort to get U.N. sanctions against his own country lifted. The U.N. sanctions on Yugoslavia were lifted in Novem ber, after Milosevic initialed the D i o . c I " ine more than 35 years because of those in a position of strength who promote action against my coun try." Cuba claims the planes were shot down over its territorial waters and has accused Cuban exile groups in the United States of corn mitting acts of terrorism. The council "strongly deplores the shooting down by the Cuban air force of two civil aircraft ... which has apparently resulted in the death of four persons." The statement recalled interna tional covenants banning the use of weapons against civilian aircraft and requested the International Civil Aviation Organization in Mon treal to conduct an immediate investigation. The statement, which carries less weight than a legally binding resolution, was adopted after 16 hours of intense diplomatic wran gling, during which a frustrated American official, briefing victim in N.J. Bosnian peace plan. But all U.N. members except Russia kept their sanctions on Bosnian Serbs in place. Moscow lifted them last week. Nikola Koljevic, the No. 2 man in the Bosnian Serb hierarchy, said a suspension of U.N. sanctions was "important for the strengthening of peace." Koljevic has been one of the main Serb contacts for internation al organizations ordered to shun Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic because he has been indicted on war crimes charges. NATO troops are supposed to arrest him and other indicted sus pects if they encounter them. But international mediators and Bosnian politicians gathered in Banja Luka's city hall yesterday at the same time Karadzic was in the building. Heavily armed British troops from the NATO-led peace force even sealed the building as a security measure for the meeting. They appeared unaware of Karadz ic's presence. An end to the sanctions was delayed after the Bosnian Serbs began boycotting the NATO-led Bosnian peace force and other international organizations several weeks ago to protest the arrests of two Bosnian Serb officers on suspi- reporters on condition of anonymi ty, described China's delaying tac tics as "one Communist country supporting another." Throughout the session, U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright insisted that the council act with out delay to condemn Cuba for Sat urday's attack. Albright agreed to soften language in a proposed statement, submitted Sunday night, which had branded Cuba's "unlaw ful use of force" as a "threat to international order." The original draft was watered down and references to interna tional threats and "unlawful use of force" were deleted. The phrase "the Security Council condemns" the attack was softened to the body "strongly deplores" the downing. "It is important to the United States to get action on this heinous crime and to have the international community make clear this is a major breach of international law," Albright said. "It is a criminal act." NASA's problems continue By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The plot thickened yes terday: NASA managed to communicate with the escaped satellite-on-a-cord and discovered it had a dead computer and an empty gas tank. "There has been an event on the satellite that we do not understand yet," Mission Control told the astro nauts aboard space shuttle Columbia. NASA officials said they were uncertain whether the satellite problems were connected to Sunday night's break in the 12-mile cord. All data indicated the satellite was fine when it broke loose from Columbia and for at least 30 minutes afterward. Stray voltage or circuitry trouble may have caused the satellite systems to malfunction, NASA said. "It's a very interesting puzzle," said NASA's Antho ny Lavoie, chief engineer for the satellite. "We don't have all the answers right now." Engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston sent radio commands to the satellite as it soared overhead, hoping to find clues as to what caused the copper, nylon and Teflon cord to snap without warning. NASA was surprised to find that one of the main Middle-class economy arouses debate By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. Republi can and Democratic leaders offered contrasting prescriptions yesterday for the economic anxiety afflicting the middle class, signal ing an election-year debate in Con gress on an issue that has helped Pat Buchanan rise in the GOP pres idential race. "I lay the blame for America's anxiety at the feet of this adminis tration," said House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who said workers are victimized by a "Clin ton crunch." He said his party would push for tax cuts for families with children, a reduction in capital gains taxes, less government spending and fewer regulations. For his part, House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt of Mis souri said both parties were to cion of war crimes. NATO officials say ties with the Bosnian Serbs have been restored. Brig. Gen. Andrew Cumming, a senior NATO spokesman, said any new defiance would lead to the resumption of sanctions. Tensions in Sarajevo remained high yesterday, with Serbs continu ing to leave suburbs they held dur ing the war rather than submit to the authority of their wartime foes. Thousands of Serbs have fled over the past week, partly out of fear of reprisals. Their evacuation has also been caused by pressure from Serb lead ers who are intent on showing that Bosnia's ethnic groups cannot live together. The mass movement was spawn ing another humanitarian crisis, the International Red Cross warned, announcing an emergency program to assist up to 25,000 of the neediest refugees. The Serb exodus from Sarajevo marks the latest of the population shifts that have been the hallmark of Bosnia's war. The northwestern suburb of Vogosca came under control of Muslim and Croat police on Friday. Nearby Ilijas is to be transferred by Saturday in the plan to reunify the capital by March 19. computers and a gyroscope were not working and that valves on both nitrogen-gas thrusters were open. All 100 pounds of gas had spewed out. Controllers later managed to turn on that gyroscope and closed all thruster valves on the wobbly craft, which was dragging 12.2 miles of cord. They also acti vated all four science instruments on the satellite to monitor surrounding electrical and magnetic fields as well as the motion of the satellite and the tether. The fact that it's working at all is "extraordinary despite all that it's been through," said astronaut Jef frey Hoffman. The half-ton satellite the heart of what was a $4OO million-plus experiment to generate electricity in orbit has enough battery power to allow communi cation for another one or two days. After that, it will be an expensive piece of space junk. NASA said it is too perilous to send the shuttle after the satellite its dangling cord could wrap itself around the spaceship, endangering the seven astronauts. NASA expects the satellite to re-enter the atmos phere and burn up in three to four weeks. Until then, the satellite and cord will be visible to the naked eye at times from the southernmost vortions of the United States, Hoffman said. blame for ignoring the issue too long. "The era of deficit politics is over," he said. "But the era of income politics is about to begin." He said the Federal Reserve should permit the economy to grow faster, rather than limit growth "even when there is no legitimate fear of inflation." Gephardt said other measures are needed to make international trade fairer to American workers, give workers greater access to benefits, education and training, and force corporations to take responsibility for "people as well as profits." The two men spoke as lawmak ers returned to Washington after a break of three weeks, ready to pick up the unfinished business of the first Republican-controlled Con gress in 40 years. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., told reporters he believes a balanced budget accord with the A Bosnian Serb woman is comforted by a neighbor. The woman, learned yesterday that she does not have a seat on the bus sent to ; evacuate Serbs in the suburb of Ilijas. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1996 White House was possible within a couple of weeks. He and other GOP leaders met to discuss whether to attach a tax cut, welfare reform or other legislation to a bill needed to avert a govern ment default next month. Other senior lawmakers met in the Capitol with White House chief of staff Leon Panetta for talks cen tering on a bill needed to head off a partial government shutdown on March 15. Republican officials said the White House asked for $8 bil lion more in domestic spending than the GOP favors. Armey and Gephardt delivered their speeches in a political atmos phere that has been transformed since lawmakers left town. In the interim, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, long the front runner, has stumbled in the presi dential race, acknowledging that he underestimated the importance of jobs-related issues. AP Photo 011
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