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Friday Weather Vol.72 Issue 36 October 20, 1989 Bowling Green, Ohio High 45* The BG News Low 35° BRIEFLY Senate proposes bill Campus to finance abortions money to be spent on abortions for poor News receives award: by William M.Welch women who are victims of rape or in- TheBGNewsis being honored today Associated Press writer cest and who "reported promptly" to as the nation's best college newspaper law enforcement or public health au- for 1968-1969 at the annual convention WASHINGTON - The Senate sent thorities. of the Society of Professional President Bush on Thursday a bill Although the measure has become Journalists in Houston. Eirmitting federally financed abor- the object of intense effort by both sides Editor Angela Blandina and ons for poor women who are victims of the abortion issue, there was little Managing Editor Amy Burkett are in of rape or incest, ignoring the presi- Senate discussion of abortion as it Houston to accept the award on behalf dent's pledge to veto the measure. came to the floor. of the staff. The bill, which has assumed symbo- Sen. Brock Adams, D-Wash., said The staff was notified Oct. 4 by the lic importance in the larger political Bush's promise of a veto was "uncons- Chicago national headquarters of SPJ war over the abortion issue, would ease cionable" and would "cause enormous that they had won the national Mark an eight-year-old restriction on cir- additional suffering" for poor victims of Excellence Award for best cumstances in which Medicaid will pay of rape or incest. all-around college daily in the nation. for a poor woman's abortion. "The president has told us he will The News had competed against 11 The Senate's 67-31 vote provided final veto this bill because he won't accept other regional winners for the award, congressional passage of a spending langugage that allows poor rape and according to Marsha Hahn of the bill including the key provision on abor- incest victims access to abortions," national SPJ office. tion, which the House approved in a Adams said. "I'm sorry the President The paper was evaluated on overall surprise vote last week. The Senate of the United States, the most powerful excellence, including accuracy, Sireviously had approved broadening man in the world, has chosen to veto completeness of coverage, ederal funding for abortions, and its this bill... and thereby cause enormous effectiveness, enterprise reporting last vote was needed to send the bill to additional suffering for some of the and ingenuity, extenuating the White House. world's most unfortunate and power- circumstances in relation to covering The measure would allow federal D See Abortion, page 7. certain stories, general journalistic style and resources available to the students in performance of their Job, according to Hahn. "We are naturally pleased to BG student accused receive such an honor from our professional peers," said Bob Bortel, director of student publications. "It's indicative of the staff's overall of writing bad check achievement and their willingness to ced check and bond was set at $7,000. give the extra effort to reach such a by Jeff Baldorf He faces an arraignment hearing this plateau. And it definitely reflects staff writer morning in municipal court. upon the quality of our journalism If Carr is found guilty on the first de- program and the University, in Bowling Green football player Der- gree misdemeanor charge, he could general." rick Carr was arrested Thursday on face up to a $1,000 fine and six months charges of writing a check with insuffi- in prison. Dean named: Robert DeBard, BG News/Brock Vlsnlch cient funds and is being held in Wood Head football coach Moe Ankney said a Firelands College Bowling Green One Down County Jail. his defensive tackle may be replaced in State University dean has been Carr, a senior visual communication Saturday's game against Eastern named to the Erie County Chamber of Junior Amy Jones (right) ducks while freshman Lisa Fellers' umbrella Is flipped and technology major, allegedly wrote Michigan due to missed practices, but Commerce Board of Trustees. He has inside out by a gust of wind while they walk between the Life Science Building and a bad check to Domino's Pizza, 1616 E. will not be suspended from the team. been the dean of Firelands College the Psychology Building Thursday morning. "We're trying to get to parking lot 12, Wooster St., in June, according to "He doesn't deserve to be punished," since July 1988. if we can,'' Fellers said. Today's temperature will be a low of 30 and a high of 45. Bowling Green Municipal Court re- Ankney said. "Sure, a crime is a crime. The forecast calls for rain mixed with snow during the day, changing to snow at cords. He got caught without enough money in Choir sings: The BGSU night A warrant was issued Sept. 15 for his checking account, but hasn't that Collegiate Chorale and A Cappella Carr's arrest because of the $16 boun- happened to everyone at least once?" Choir will give a free concert at 3 p.m. today in Kobacker Hall. Both the Chorale and the Choir are under the direction of Terry Eder. E. Germans protest under new leader Series continues: Oboist John Bentley will perform this by Girard C. Steichen Forum, the largest pro-democracy group in East make "fundamental reforms." He said East Ger- evening at 8 p.m in Bryan Recital Hall Germany. mans demand "their basic rights." as a part of tne Faculty Artist Series. Associated Press writer Speaking on RIAS radio of West Berlin, he said Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, a cham- Assisted by Valrie Kantorski, he will Krenz "did not have one word to say about the causes pion of reform, sent the new leader a telegram ex- Krform "Sonate in E minor'1 by Karl BERLIN (AP) — Protesters may fill East German of the current crisis and made no offer for talks with pressing confidence he would "respond to the de- Iss, "Sonata da Camera" by Jean streets again unless the new leader, Egon Krenz. be- the opposition." mands of the time, following a course of renewal and Berger, "Sonata for English Horn and lies his hard-line record and begins the kind of re- Author Rolf Schneider, a critic of the government, continuity." Piano" by Paul Hindemith and forms under way elsewhere in the Soviet bloc, pro- told RIAS: "The crisis will keep dragging on." In Poland, the only Soviet bloc nation with a non- • 'Sonata for Oboe and Piano'' by democracy activists said Thursday. A Lutheran church leader saldpnvately "the Communist government, both pro-Solidarity and Gordon Jacob. Krenz made clear almost immediately after re- demonstrations will start again soon" unless the Communist Party newspapers described Honecker's The performance is free. placing Erich Honecker on Wednesday that the government changes its course. The church has been departure as a welcome change. Communist Party would resist the democratic in the forefront of reform efforts in East Germany. Sorority collects: Beta trends evident in Poland and Hungary. Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher of West Newspapers in Hungary, which is moving rapidly Sigma Phi sorority and Goodwill "Krenz stands for the continuation of neo-Stalinst Germany, to which tens of thousands of East Ger- from communism toward Western-style democracy, Industries of Toledo, Inc. will politics," said Reinhard Schult, a founder of New mans have fled in search of freedom, urged Krenz to said Krenz was seen as a "transitional figure." co-sponsor a material drive tommorrow to keep workers with disabilities on the job during the The structure of Interstate 880 winter months. 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