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THE BANNERGRAPHIC February 16,1990
University presidents asking for sl7 million for higher education
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The presidents of Indiana University, Purdue University and Indiana State are asking state legislators to put sl7 million for higher education in the supplemental budget this year. Their request is $12.5 million more than the funding approved by the House this session. The additional money would provide more faculty and staff at Indiana’s seven state-supported institutions of higher education, they said. “THIS WOULD BE a key step in ensuring our children and grandchildren could have the education they deserve,” said Indiana University President Thomas Ehrlich. In testimony Thursday before the Budget Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee, Ehrlich said Indiana’s public universities boosted their enrollment by 12,000 students this year to increase access to higher education. To meet the needs of those students, the state would have to spend an additional S3O million each year, he said. PURDUE PRESIDENT Steven C. Beering reminded the subcommittee that every additional dollar spent on higher education would help lure investment from the private sector. “Despite having only five and a half million people, Indiana has 40 institutions of higher education, all of which make major contributions to the fabric of America,” Beering said. Indiana State President Richard G. Landini said a relatively high
Reagan answers questions on tape in Poindexter case
WASHINGTON (AP) Former President Reagan gives videotaped testimony today for the Iran-Contra trial of John Poindexter, whose lawyers are trying to destroy the former president’s claim that he knew little about the activities of overzealous aides. Reagan’s testimony at the federal courthouse in Los Angeles could be the toughest questioning he has faced about the scandal that caused heavy political damage to the final two years of his presidency. WITH THE PRESS and public barred from attending, Reagan was being asked 154 questions plus fol-low-ups that focus on his meetings with Poindexter, his former national security adviser. Then
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THOMAS EHRLICH Ensuring the future
percentage of Indiana’s overall spending goes toward higher education but the state’s limited budget forces universities here to lag behind those in neighboring states. MEANWHILE, HE said, changes in Eastern Europe and Asia are opening up new markets for the United States and forcing universities to reevaluate their offerings in foreign language and international studies. “To place Indiana at the cutting edge, now is the time to begin that investment,” he said. “We may be entering 100 years of international peace and prosperity. My God, wouldn’t it be a wonderful thing if Hoosiers were at the front edge of that change?” The Budget Subcommittee has
Reagan faced cross-examination by Iran-Contra prosecutors, in questioning that could carry over until Saturday. Poindexter goes on trial March 5 on charges of concealing from Congress Oliver North’s assistance to the Contras and lying about a 1985 shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. Three years ago, Reagan portrayed himself as a president who was kept in the dark. But Poindexter contends he kept his boss fully informed about all aspects of the affair with the apparent exception of the diversion of Iran arms sale money to the Contras and that Reagan authorized his activities. REAGAN SAID EARLY in 1987 that he hadn’t known about “secret bank accounts and diverted funds,” two products of the IranContra affair which he found “personally distasteful.” He told the Tower Commission he didn’t know the National Security Council staff was assisting the Nicaraguan Contras. Poindexter subsequently told Congress, however, he believed Reagan understood that “Col. North was instrumental in keeping the Contras supported without
Tape renews controversy over skipper’s action after grounding
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The smoldering issue of whether Joseph Hazelwood tried to steer his grounded Exxon Valdez off a jag-
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STEVEN C. BEERING Attracing Investments
been holding hearings during the past two weeks to take public testimony on state spending proposals. The Senate Finance Committee next week will begin deciding what appropriations it will endorse and send on to the Senate floor. MEANWHILE, THE Senate Judiciary Committee delayed action on a bill which would revoke the liquor license of private clubs or fraternal organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or handicap. House Bill 1267, sponsored by Sen. Robert F. Hellmann, also would increase the penalties for battery, intimidation and harassment based solely on racial hatred or other form of discrimination.
maybe understanding the details of exactly what he was doing.” Details emerged at North’s trial last year of Reagan’s telephone call to the president of Honduras to get the release of a seized shipment of ammunition destined for the Contras. ALSO AT NORTH’S trial, an NSC staffer testified that CIA director William Casey said Reagan had designated North as the “principal point of reference” for sustaining the Contras during a congressional ban on military aid to the rebel force. In 1987, Poindexter said it was understandable that Reagan didn’t recall a briefing in which the national security adviser provided details about the Contra support program. But today’s questions by Poindexter’s lawyers sought to press the former president about his almost-daily meetings with his national security adviser. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Harold Greene rejected a request by news organizations to attend today’s deposition. However, Greene said he would order the videotape released within a few days, after editing to remove material deemed to touch on classified matters.
ged reef flared anew as jurors heard a recording of the harried skipper moments after the wreck. The tape recording of conversations between Hazelwood and the Coast Guard on March 24 after the nation’s worst oil spill supported a prosecution claim that Hazelwood tried to slide the ship off the reef — a move they say could have caused it to capsize and sink. “WE ARE WORKING our way off the reef,” Hazelwood was heard saying in a radio message minutes
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RICHARD G. LANDINI Lagging behind others
“We need to establish a policy that we will not tolerate these kinds of hate crimes,” said Rep. William A. Crawford, D-Indianapolis. THE BILL STALLED when Sen. Maurice A. Doll, D-Vincen-nes, suggested it could be used against such church-affiliated organizations as the Knights of Columbus, whose members are required to be Roman Catholics. “If someone gathers together for only religious reasons and that’s a prerequisite for participation, I think they ought to have a right to do that,” Doll said. Sen. Edward A. Pease, R-Brazil, held the vote on the measure until Monday to give proponents time to address Doll’s concern and others raised during the hearing.
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after the tanker was gashed open and began spilling oil into Prince William Sound. The port commander warned Hazelwood against doing “anything drastic” and suggested, “I wouldn’t do much wiggling.” The prosecution hopes to establish that Hazelwood’s effort to extricate the ship demonstrates his recklessness, which must be proved for a conviction on the felony charge and one of three misdemeanor counts that Hazelwood
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Barry says new charges are a ‘political lynching’
WASHINGTON (AP) Mayor Marion Barry vows “I will be exonerated” of new drug-related charges, but a city official is calling for his resignation and a top adviser wonders whether the mayor has any political future. Barry, 53, was indicted Thursday on five misdemeanor counts of cocaine possession and three felony counts of lying to a grand jury questioning him on drug use. MEANWHILE, CLOSE advisers to Barry said Thursday that the mayor will leave a Florida drug treatment clinic by the end of the month to continue treatment elsewhere. Barry entered the Hanley-Hazelden Clinic in West Palm Beach four days after his Jan. 18 arrest on a cocaine possession charge in what authorities said was a videotaped hotel sting. The new clinic has not been chosen, but an adviser speaking on condition of anonymity said a top priority will be to ensure that Barry is isolated from the media. Barry, in a defiant statement issued through his office, said the indictment was “a continuation of the political lynching and excesses of the Justice Department in this multi-year, multi-million-dollar effort to investigate me.” “NOW THAT WE WILL be moving into the courtroom which is where this case should be tried, not in the press relieved,” Barry said. “I know that when a trial is held, I will be exonerated.” Barry has steadfastly denied
faces. Defense attorneys say Hazelwood’s orders were aimed at stabilizing the tanker on the reef. THE COAST GUARD tape, played in a hushed courtroom, began with routine inquiries from Hazelwood about ice conditions and his report that he planned to divert around shipping lanes to avoid ice. Shortly after midnight, Hazelwood called the vessel traffic center again. His voice was gravelly and he sighed as he said, “It’s Valdez back. We should be on your radar. We’ve fetched up hard aground.... Evidently we’re leaking some oil and we’re going to be here for awhile.” Within minutes, the captain of the port, Coast Guard Cmdr. Steven McCall, called Hazelwood asking for more information. “A LITTLE PROBLEM here with the third mate but we are working our way off the reef,” Hazelwood said. “The vessel’s been holed ... right now we’re trying just to get her off the reef and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.” The third mate, Gregory Cousins, was in control when the ship grounded. He has blamed the
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MARION BARRY Changing clinics ever using drugs, and his statement said he was undergoing treatment for “the disease of alcoholism.” The mayor said he is giving no thought to resigning. But one aide, who asked not to be identified, said the indictment dealt “a crippling blow, an absolutely devastating assault” to Barry’s re-election chances if he seeks a fourth four-year term in November’s election. ASKED IF BARRY should resign, City Councilwoman Betty Ann Kane said, “It might be in his best interests and the city’s best interests. As a person who cares about the city, I would make that recommendation, now that it’s gotten to this point.” Under city law, Barry would be forced to resign if convicted of a felony.
accident on the helmsman’s inability to take steering orders. Hazelwood’s chief mate, James Kunkel, testified Thursday the skipper had a calming influence on the crew in the wake of the accident. “WHAT WAS THE captain’s demeanor?” asked Hazelwood lawyer Michael Chalos. “Very sullen, but all business,” said Kunkel. “Cool, calm, in charge.” Hazelwood, 43, of Huntington, N.Y., is charged with second-de-gree criminal mischief and misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment, negligent discharge of oil and operating a vessel while intoxicated. If convicted, he could draw up to 7 ‘A years in prison and $61,000 in fines. Kunkel, in charge of loading the ship’s cargo of oil, said he rushed to the cargo room after the grounding and saw the oil gauges dropping. He said he programmed the ship’s computer with facts about the grounding and it told him “the ship could not go out onto a seaway.” He said he relayed this to Hazelwood. The Exxon Valdez spilled 260,000 barrels, Kunkel said.