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Show Fage A2 THE HERALD, Prove, Utah, Friday, April 3, 1992 People DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Thomas Sutherland, who once considered returning to Lebanon where he was held hostage for 6Vi years, says he has reluctantly resigned from his post at Beirut's American University. "We thought some months politics, government today laid out his effort to be seen as an outsider championing the public's clear desire for governmental reform. He rejected Democratic proposals for public financing of congressional campaigns, despite his own receipt of $145 million in public funds for his vice presidential and presidential campaigns since 1980, according to figures compiled by the liberal research group Public Citizen. ' To get the funds, Bush participated in the public financing system enacted in the the wake of hte 1970s Watergate scandal to clean up corruption in presidential campaigns. lvtinn-vp- program he spelled out a claimed would make Congress more responsive to voters, including a ban on special interest campaign donations and a limit on terms. Among the president's proposlimit on all memals was a two bers of Congress six two-yeor senators for terms terms for House members, and six-poi- nt 9 f 12-ye- ar six-ye- ar ar Ringo Starr ago, right after I was released, that things would calm down and we might be able to go back reasonably soon," Sutherland said Thursday. "The State Department, I think, is not about to let Americans go back to Lebanon for at least a year," he added. - DeWASHINGTON (AP) House White veto a threat, spite the Senate approved a measure that would lift a ban on federal spending for fetal tissue transplant re- search. The measure was approved on an 87-1- 0 vote Thursday, as part of a bill which authorizes spending for the National Institutes of Health. The House last July passed its own version, just shy of the margin that would be needed to override President Bush's promised veto. The two houses now must work out differences between their bills before sending a final measure to the president. The moratorium had no legal effect on private research. But Sen. Edward Kennedy, 274-14- in March. That followed a healthy increase of 107,000 in February, but that number was revised down from an even stronger previous estimate of 164,000. The disappointing jobs report for March came despite signs of revival in February, including higher retail sales, improved housing construction and a rise in factory orders. But, analysts said it is not unusual for employment increases to 1985. lag behind an ecoromic rebound. The number of unemployed Businesses often delay hiring people held at 9.2 million, 2.5 milworkers in the early stages of a lion more than the start of the rerecovery, relying instead on overcession in July 1990. time to meet rising demand until The unemployment rate, which they are confident the turnaround is seasonally adjusted, is derived can be sustained. from a survey of households. The "There are still layoffs going on," said economist Robert of Northern Trust Co. in Chicago. "At this stage of the game, you still have a lot of businesses under pressure. ' ' Langston warned that additional (Continued from Page Al) defense cutbacks could slow the Utah's economic growth. Federal perhaps even getting students has dropped 7 percent through their education in less employment in the past year. In the business world, less time. time means less money spent, he non-far- m De-deri- ck GM: said. Educational institutions and : businesses should be looking to the future. Runkle expressed concern that few in education or business are thinking hard enough about what should be taught to help stu-- dents who will be running Ameri-- " can businesses ir the next 15 years. ' "I'm concerned that we're once again heading toward missing the next paradigm," he said. Hopeful-- i ly, the next paradigm will be in-- ; vented by the United States, Run- klesaid. FINES: , : ; shorter sessions for the lawmakers. "Our founding fathers never considered elected government service to be a career," said Bush, who has made a career of government service for the past quarter of a century. "Many members of the House and Senate are now permanent Washingtonians. We do not need a career Congress, we need a citizen Congress," Bush said, recalling years past when Congress did not meet year round. "I suggest that in the future, Congress and the administration work together to achieve a legislative schedule that allows members to spend more continuous time at home so they can truly stay in touch with the people," he said. The sought to capitalDespite his own record of ize C" president 'CC?1 cnnwinil the spending most of his adult lifetime scandals to press for a package of in Bush and proposals. "This is not about barber sliops or perks or calligraphers or parking spaces," Bush said, alluding to not only congressional perks but recent attention to such White House trappings as the five " calligraphers. Bush said mat the federal government overall represents "a failed status quo even in the face of an unambiguous need for change." "The bank and post office scancondals are the result of trol, one party's lack of supervision, lack of new blood and lack of change," he said. se one-par- ty Senate votes to lift ban on feta! tissue research survey of businesses showed a weak gain of 19,000 jobs (Continued from Page Al) state still averted its own recession for the first time in recent memory," Langston said Friday. The new national rate, the same as February's, accompanied a second Labor Department report that showed little growth in payrolls of the nation's employers. It was the highest rate since July of the nation's first legislature, Bush separate JOBLESS: hiH ar states. In a speech at the site Sutherland resigns post : to cast himself as the Washington reformer, today criticized members of Congress as "defenders of the status quo" and proposed shortening their sessions so they can spend more time in their home B.,ch in his ; Z uraes shorter session! PHILADELPHIA (AP) 'All Starr' band plans tour er FormNEW YORK (AP) Beatle drummer Ringo Starr has tapped musicians from "groups including the Eagles and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band for a world tour this summer. His All Starr Band will include Joe Walsh and Timothy J3. Schmit from the Eagles, Nils Lofgren from the E Street Band and Todd Rundgren of Utopia. His son, Zak Starkey, will provide support on drums. "Melody is pretty thin with just the drums," Starr said Thursday. lush attacks Conaress, - Pres u.n (Continued from Page Al) "A lot of our resources are going to be spent on the small sources," Keller said. Delaney noted that these "are our first impressions of how the operating permit program should work." Once the program is designed and the rule in place, it will go before the Clean Air Board and additional public hearings. two-thir- 4, ds said only an "infinitesimal" country. But Democrats, and some amount of fetal transplant experimentation is not being done with Republicans, such as Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolifederal funds. Fetal tissue transplantation is na, disagreed. In a crucial vote Tuesday, the believed to hold promise for vicSenate turned down an amendment tims of Alzheimer's disease, Parthat kinson's disease, spinal cord inju- by Sen. Orrin Hatch, tissue would allowed have and diabetes. only ry In fetal tissue transplants, fetal from miscarriages or ectopic pregcells are placed in a recipient's nancies to be used in human transbody to help a disabled organ begin plant research. On Thursday, the Senate passed functioning normally. Scientists have turned to fetal tissue for the a handful of largely amendments. But two on transplants because cells from use of federal money to conduct a adults often are rejected. on their sexThe Reagan and Bush adminissurvey of ual debate. trations imposed the moratorium practices brought ofSen. Jesse Helms, on grounds that using the tissue of aborted fetuses for human trans- fered an amendment to prohibit plants would cause an increase in one such survey, while Sen. Paul offered an amend the number of abortions in this Simon, anti-aborti- on teen-age- C, D-U- l., said Thursday that there were still delays. Meanwhile, ambassadors from the European Community met to consider the Libyan warning of (Continued from Page Al) possible economic retaliation for the intense police presence in Li- the sanctions, conveyed Thursday night in a meeting at the Libyan bya, it was unlikely the demonstrations could have occurred sponta- Foreign Ministry. neously, diplomats said. Libya could halt oil exports to More than a million foreigners or close down Western Europe work or live in Libya. Many are firms and oil companies in the taking precautions, but there has country. not been a mass exodus. However, a Russian Foreign At today's meeting, the ambasMinistry spokesman, Sergei sadors discussed the possibility of said 3,000 citizens of a collective protest to the Libyan former Soviet republics would government, one envoy said, start leaving Libya on April 15, speaking on condition of anonymitwhen the sanctions are due to take yeffect. The Philippines announced One EC ambassador said the entoday it is preparing contingency had been told by Libya that to voys 20,000 plans repatriate Filipino their interests would be harmed if workers. Many Western countries, in- the sanctions took effect. The amcluding the United States, had bassador did not elaborate and, warned their citizens in recent like others contacted in Tripoli, weeks to leave Libya. spoke on condition of anonymity. It was the first confirmation of The United States, which cut its with earlier relations published reports about Libya' diplomatic said the attacks possible Libyan responses to sancembassy years ago, were further evidence that the Li- tions. Libya, in a note to the ambassabyan government sponsored terrorism. dors, again denounced the sancSome diplomats said Libya no tions resolution, calling it "a politlonger appeared to be delaying exit ical and strategic action against all visas for Westerners, as had oc- Arab and Muslim countries in facurred earlier. However, Den- vor of Zionist and imperialist demark's foreign minister, Uffe El- - signs." lemann-Jense- n, LIBYA: rs I ABUSES: ment to guarantee that such surveys would be permitted. Both amendments passed, and they will have to be resolved by a House-Senaconference committe tee. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan last July blocked an $18 million survey of 24,000 junior and senior high school students on their sexual practices. Helms said he objected on constitutional grounds, and called the sex survey "just another instance of unceasing efforts to fund their warped social and political agen- da." The government ban on fetal tissue research does not apply to fetuses from spontaneous abortions or ectopic pregnancies. The review of United Way of America's affairs was conducted by the Washington law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, & Hand. Local United Way officials said their boards will review it before taking action. Mc-Phers- on (Continued from Page Al) which customarily amount to 1 percent of the funds they raise for the support of charities. The national group has a budget of $29 million a year and provides administrative support to the local organizations. In their March 27 letter to the affiliates, United Way board chairman John F. Akers and the chairman-elect, W.R. Howell, said the board had "already initiated a series of vital steps to make sure the current problems are corrected. ' ' They said the board ordered United Way to sell all automobiles it owns, removed all paper shredders from the premises, terminated ail club memberships, barred the use of limousines and mobile phones and cut the 1992 budget by 10 percent. They asked the affiliates to pledge and pay 90 percent of their dues through the first half of the year. "At the end of that period," they said, "we asked that you evaluate our progress and determine if more dues are justified. '' "I hope they can take as much concrete action as, soon as possible, because this is still kind of lingering and as soon as they can move on some of this the better off we are going to be," said Brian Hassett, president of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, based in Worcester, Mass. "Our board here, before we proceed, is expecting hem to deal with all of it." . , Brian Bowden, executive director of United Way of Las Vegas, Nev., said the group's board would meet this month to "evaluate the report and very likely make a decision whether to withhold or go ahead and pay as requested. ' ' 1555 North Freedom Boulevard, P.O. Box 717, Provo. Utah The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollution report compiled by the I Utah Division of Air Quality. The I complete report is available by tel-- 1 ephone at Conditions as of 8 a.m. were as Csneral IztfsmsSsa FacsimUa ; Kirk Parkinson Earl Biederman 373-956- 0. ' Residential Areas ; UTAH COUNTY ; Salt Lake County good good good Weber County Downtown Areas ; Sah Lake ; .PROVO ! good good good :0gden Overall Air Clarity ! 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