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Show Inside Today: World Nation Castro desired 1st strike on U.S. Breast cancer the most common cancer among women in Utah By ARTHUR ALLEN Associated Press Writer French President Francois Mitterrand today assailed Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait, telling the U.N. General Assembly that anarchy would prevail if such aggression is allowed to stand. Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations listened silently, but high-levIraqi officials including Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz were absent. Iraq said today it had rejected a U.S. offer to allow an Iraqi plane to fly the Iraqi delegation to el Jordan king warns crisis could be 1914 repeat - (AP) King Hussein of Jordan, in a message published today, said events in the Persian Gulf threaten to lead to reprise of 1914, "when the world stumbled into a war it did not want but could not stop." Recalling the outbreak 76 years ago of World War I, the king wrote in The Guardian that he believes a war can still be prevented. But he said if one breaks out, it will be impossible to limit. Hussein has tried to walk a diplomatic tightrope during the crisis. He has called for a negotiated solution, denouncing the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait but refusing to support the U.S.-le- d military buildup standing up to Iraq. In a broadcast message to the American people, the king declared Saturday that his country would never recognize Iraq's occupation of Kuwait. But he also urged the United States to get out of Saudi Arabia LONDON "within the shortest period of time." The Guardian said it was publishing Hussein's remarks as a "special message." His words were published across the top of the daily's front page. "It is very disturbing that some believe military action is the only solution. This is dangerously shortsighted," wrote Hussein. "The effects of a war against Iraq will not be limited to the confines of that country. Jordan is sandwiched between Israel, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. forces arrayed against them that they would launch an all-owar before allowing the U.N. ut g5 Page A10 trade embargo to "strangle" the Iraqi people. Countries hit hard economically by the gulf crisis can expect some help soon from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF today approved an accelerated effort to supply billions of dollars to help poorer nations hurt by the trade embargo against Iraq. Meanwhile, diplomatic sources in Saudi Arabia said today that a break-i- n at Saudi Arabia's biggest oil company two weeks ago was believed part of an alleged effort by Jordanian and Yemeni diplomats to gather information about strategic Saudi installations for Iraq. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the break-i- n was one of a number of suspicious activities that led the Saudi government to demand Saturday that most envoys of Iraq, Jordan and Yemen leave Rivadh. - Also today, Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency said Syrian President Hafez Assad was extending his stay in Tehran. came Assad, Iraq's to Iran for talks that were to include inquiries about the Western hostages in Lebanon and Iran's intentions regarding the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq. Iran has hinted it might circumvent the sanctions. Iraq's anger at nations enforcing the sanctions boiled over Sunday. In a statement, it seemed for the arch-enem- first time to threaten a first strike, and mentioned Israel and Mideast oil fields as potential targets. "America must realize clearly that it is pushing the entire region ... in fact, even the whole world ... to the brink of a bottomless abyss, from which the region will never see light for dozens of years," the Iraqi communique said. Israel's foreign ministry warned today that it took the threat seriously and would not hesitate to respond fully to any Iraqi attack. (See IRAQ, Page A2) y, leader undergoes 2nd surgery LDS for accomplishing the switch should be followed. After a confusing and tumultuous debate, the Supreme Soviet settled on a resolution calling for a committee of legislators and economists appointed by Gorbachev to merge the various recipes into a unified plan by Oct. 15. The vote was 323-1with 56 abstentions. 1, differences Although re- mained, it was the first time the Supreme Soviet had committed the country to switching to a market economy in hopes of ending chronic shortages of everything from housing to bread and arresting inflation and a soaring budget deficit. When the resolution was approved, there was no applause or other display of emotion, not even by Gorbachev, sitting alone on a raised stage in a marble Kremlin meeting hall. Hours later the parliament with 41 abstenapproved 305-4tions, Gorbachev's request for broad emergency powers to carry out reforms. It gave him the authority until March 1992 to bypass legislative scrutiny and issue decrees on property, management of the 6, step-by-st- By HERALD STAFF And Wire Reports SALT LAKE CITY Mormon - soon. Several lawmakers Church President Ezra Taft Benson remained in intensive care today after undergoing surgery for the second time in four days to remove excess blood from his brain. The church leader had been under heavy sedation following a 22-hooperation Sunday at IJDS Hospital, said a nursing supervisor who declined to give her name. Benson was upgraded from critical but stable to serious but stable condition by doctors this morning, said Dor. "evre, church spokesman. LeFevre said Benson was taken to surgery about 2:30 p.m. MDT after suffering undisclosed symptoms. Benson then spent what LeFevre called a "good" night. Benson underwent a similar operation Wednesday when a neurosurgeon removed two bilateral subdural hematomas and implanted drains on each side of his head to remove fluid. At that time, doctors said they feared they were giving Gorbachev too much power, and one said it would make him a "monarch." But in an animated speech, Gorbachev vowed to exercise his new powers with "full responsibility." "It's a responsibility. It's not a tea party," he said. The adopted resolution endorses a compromise program backed by Gorbachev, but calls for incorporating a more conservative recipe of Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov. Lawmakers later agreed they should also try to include parts of a more radical plan approved by the Russian Federation, the largest of the 15 Soviet republics, led by Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin. Yeltsin is Gorbachev's chief political rival, aid his parliament has set the pace on reforming an economy so inefficient that crops spoil on their way to market and plants stand idle for lack of spare parts. "We can and must come out with a single program for switching to a market economy," Gorbachev said. He said the goal is "maximum accord in society and not confrontation." were concerned additional clots AP Laserphoto Ryzhkov, facing mounting calls for his resignation, said the vote left "no victors and no defeated." could form. During Sunday's procedure, doctors went into the left side of Benson's head, where last week they had to perform a craniotomy removal of a section of the skull to drain the larger of the two clots. "It's the same side where he had the bigger problem last week," LeFevre said. "It looks like there's been a recurrence of the problem f there." In an emotional speech, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev pounds the lecturn as he address the Supreme Soviet. Benson was hospitalized Tuesday of severe head-(Se- e BENSON, Page A2) after complaining Bush welcomes de Klerk - at photo opportunities, de Klerk said, "I think I shall abide by the Oval Office rules." "I'm going to do this the president's way," said de Klerk, smiling broadly. It was the first-evmeeting between the two leaders. After their private session, they were meeting with top aides, then repairing to the White House's residential quarters for a working luncheon. Bush was intent on paying tribute to de Klerk for the leadership he has provided in beginning to dismantle white supremacist rule (See DE KLERK, Page A2) WASHINGTON Presi(AP) dent Bush welcomed South African President F.W. de Klerk to the White House today in a show of political support for his efforts to guide South Africa toward a democratic system. "It's marvelous being here," the South African leader said at the outset of talks with Bush in the Oval Office. Both presidents, sitting in wing-bac- k chairs by the fireplace, declined to answer questions from reporters allowed to witness the opening moments. After a brief explanation from Bush on his practice of refusing to answer questions technology id By KAYLENE NELSEN Herald Senior Reporter er one-on-o- learning labs. CD Computer operated video discs. Automated library system. Integrated ROM. Networking. It may sound like Greek to many people but to students and faculty in Provo school district, it sounds like progress in the world of technology. The district is already benefiting from money the Utah Legislature appropriated to districts through the Education Technology Initiative. That amounts to about $381,-00- 0 a year for as long as the state continues to fund that program. To qualify for that state money, a district had to add to the mill levy, or like Provo, shift a mill toward technology, thus creating matching funds. That's another $250,000 a year for Provo. That money, along with some Chapter I and Vocational Education funds, is moving each school in the district forward in computers. Kathy Luke, director of elementary education for the district, said the money is "allowing us to finally get into the schools some computers to make a difference." Various schools have personal (See HIGH TECH, Page A2) first shot economy, the budget and law and order. would have The legislature the power to recommend Gorbachev cancel or modify the decrees, which the president said he would begin issuing Provo distric gains edge in 50 Cents Soviets forsake Communist ways MOSCOW (AP) Soviet lawmakers voted overwhelmingly today to forsake seven decades of Communist economics, endorsing a rescue plan to create a free market system from the failed machinery of centralized planning. The Supreme Soviet also gave President Mikhail S. Gorbachev sweeping new powers to implement the reforms unilaterally. But the lawmakers continued to disagree on which of several competing economic blueprints B1 Page Issue No. 55, Provo, Utah iiraqos t hreatemi Related stories inside Home at Last takes derby title quits the Warsaw Pact Central Utah's Newspaper for 116 Years if about 1,000 AmeriNew York cans held in occupied Kuwait and Iraq were allowed to leave. Iraq had said Sunday its delegation would travel vo New York only on Iraqi Airways, but U.S. officials have not given Iraq's flag carrier permission to land. The condemnation of Iraq at the General Assembly came a day after Iraq's leaders, in their most bellicose statement yet, warned the U.S.-le- d E. Germany Page A5 Page A8 Monday, September 24, 1990 Sports WWuiiiWiliiiMi.xrtlribiM'WrM Find it Arts Entertainment Classified Ads B5-B- Horoscope Legal Notices Lifestyle Movies ,a National Obituaries v'mi Herald Photo David Dahl Sunset View Elementary sixth - grade teacher Dennis Meyer helps Kari Keller in a computer lab. 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