Clinton Outlines Plans to Boost High-Tech Jobs Loretto Renovation Reactions Mixed
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VOL. XXV. NO. 98 The ObserverTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1993 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Clinton outlines plans to boost high-tech jobs EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - highways" with the government President Clinton outlined a helping projects linking plan Monday to use tax breaks computers into a "national in and money from scaled-back formation infrastructure." defense spending to help create The initiative earmarks at more high-technology jobs as least $550 million in the cur he toured California's Silicon rent fiscal year - and larger Valley and visited the finan sums down the road - to focus cially troubled Boeing Co. government attention and as Speaking in an enormous sistance on high-tech, non-de aircraft assembly hangar, fense programs, particularly in Clinton blasted European air environmental technology, craft subsidies for hurting U.S. communications, computers airlines and promised "tough and education. new discipline" to respond to It brought immediate scorn them in the future. from Senate Republican Leader But, Clinton told Boeing em Bob Dole of Kansas. ployees: "I can't promise you "The taxing Clinton-Gore overnight miracles. We didn't administration is determined to get into this fix overnight." make defense its sacrificial Boeing last week announced it lamb," Dole said in a statement was eliminating 27,000 jobs by in Washington. mid-1994. Dole said that while promising The Observer/Andrea Fisk Clinton sought to focus atten defense workers high-wage, Snowed in tion at both West Coast stops on high-skill jobs, Clinton "is also The recent snowfall has rendered many students' bicycles useless. Much more snow is expected today in a new technology package going all out to toss those very South Bend as winter truly hits the campus. drawing together many ele same workers on the ments he proposed during the unemployment line, whether campaign and in last week's they are defense workers in Loretto renovation reactions mixed economic package. Aides said California, or airplane workers the package would cost $17 bil in Washington and Kansas." By PATRICE MILLER "When I was little I went lion to $20 billion over the next News Writer there for Easter mass with my Renovation four years. Among the major components family, and was always in awe Renovations of the Church of Among the proposals is one of Clinton's plan: with the beauty of the church," Our Lady of Loretto have new item: the government will •Permanent extension of the said Lisa Fortman, a Saint evoked strong feelings among discussed work with the auto industry to tax credit given businesses ex Mary's sophomore. "When I the Saint Mary's student body explore new technologies to try ploring new technological ad found out that they were going this year, and student reactions to develop a "clean car" that vances - at a cost to the Trea to destroy some of that beauty, by BOG to the changes are now mixed does not pollute. sury of $6.4 billion over four I was deeply saddened." as the unveiling and dedication By PATRICE MILLER White House science adviser years. Sophomore Kathleen Braun nears. News Writer Jack Gibbons said some federal •Government support of de said the church's former design The church was renovated money would go into the clean velopment of new computer inspired prayer, and that the not only to accommodate the The dedication of the Church car effort, but how much was and communications technol new developments are too physically challenged but also of Loretto this Saturday was not yet known. ogy, such as fiber optics. modern. to provide a more inviting among several issues discussed "Change is the way to make •An increase in money for "(With the old design) I felt worship setting for the at the Board of Governance money, not throw people out of national laboratories - by $4 7 that my prayers were going community, according to a meeting (BOG) last night. The work," Clinton said as he and million this year and $146 mil straight to heaven," she said. "I pamphlet produced by the ceremony, which coincides with Vice President A1 Gore toured a lion in the next four years - to think what they are doing Sisters of the Holy Cross parents weekend, will begin at high-tech graphics plant in focus on civilian projects in represents the new age ideas congregation. 9:45 a.m. in the Augusta Mountain View, Calif.. near San stead of defense ones. that are filtering into the Past difficulties in hearing, Chapel and proceed to Loretto Jose, and announced the policy. •A four-year, $272 million in church today." seeing, and moving throughout at 10 a.m. At the California stop, Gore crease in money for the Envi Julie Jedlinski said, "I the church have been Ash Wednesday is this week said the nation must "invest in ronmental Protection Agency thought that the church was eliminated and new lighting, and BOG announced that dis a new kind of infrastructure," for private-industry develop already beautiful. Since the heating, and ventilation tribution of ashes will take broadening the term beyond ment of environmental tech church was already nice, the systems were installed. These place in the Regina and Au- just roads, bridges and such. nology. money should have been spent changes were implemented gusta Chapels. The He said the Clinton plan envi • Federal grants to industry elsewhere in the community despite the fact that many distribution of ashes, sions "the rapid completion of a led research projects among where it was needed." students liked the church the network of information super groups of companies. see LORETTO I page 4 see BOG I page 4 way it was. U.N. to set up war crime tribunal for Balkans UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Security Council moved Monday • Yugoslavia I page 6 to create an international war crimes tribunal to punish those steadily moving away from the responsible for mass killings, Cold War-era view that human torture and rape in former rights are a country's internal Yugoslavia. affairs. Diplomats hoped their unan There was plenty of skepti imous vote approving the court cism Monday night that the IS would deter the warring sides nation council's vote to estab from further atrocities. But lish a tribunal would stop war United Nations efforts so far to crimes. stop "ethnic cleansing" cam "We should not kid ourselves paigns have fallen on deaf ears, that war criminals are going to and there was no assurance be deterred by just the estab Monday's effort would be more lishment of a tribunal," successful. Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnia's The council's decision to cre U.N. ambassador, told re ate the first international war porters. crimes tribunals since World While the Security Council The Observer/Andrea Fisk War II further deepened its in worked to end war crimes, the Opening night draws near volvement in human rights. In United States was preparing to Cast members of The Heidi Chronicles wrap up their final rehearsals. The production will be presented Yugoslavia, Somalia and Kur airdrop supplies into eastern Feb. 24-28. Tickets are available at LaFortune. distan, the council has been see U.N. I page 4 • page2 Tuesday, February 23, 1993 INSIDE COLUMN Finding that New York State of Mind H L Born and raised in 33 22 61 46 New York City, I am 68 56 constantly astounded 72 46 by the feelings many 24 19 32 26 Notre Dame students 60 39 have towards America's 25 22 27 24 metropolitan areas. It ------- 52 41 is a rare day indeed John Connorton London 43 37 when someone strays Business Editor : Los Angeles 64 47 ·'Madrid 63 36 from the usual : Minneapolis 20 10 reaction, "I'd love to-------- :Moscow 32 23 visit New York," almost always followed by "but .: Nashville 48 36 :New York 44 32 I'd hate to live there," when they find out I live :Paris 41 32 in Manhattan. •• • :: Philadelphia 48 34 WARM STATIONARY• • .onr~- :'Rome 55 37 There seem to be two prevailing sentiments 46 34 --;;:==-----------------------=..:..:::;..::..:::::::...::::::::::::.:..:.:.::::;'jSeattle people have towards New York City. Most Pressure :: South Bend 27 23 people regard New York as an exotic and 59 39 W~•lninnt.nn, D.C. 56 35 exciting plaee to escape from the drudgery of ~ mall culture for a day or night or two before raeing to the safety of the suburbs. Some may even think the United States would be better off if New York City would only collapse under the unbearable weight of crime, poverty. welfare, every bogeyman vilified by the Republican Party TODAY AT A GLANCE for the past twelve years. 3,000 miles to the other coast when his late-night show I am not sure which is more resentful, the WORLD suburbanite who sees New York as exciting and Fjghtjng jn Somalia "most serjous" switches from NBC to CBS. The now-faded showplace's beneficial, but refuses with righteous • MOGADISHU. Somalia- Fighting between rival factions architectural features will be restored and its electronic indignation to help bear the costly burden for its today killed at least seven Somalis in the southern port of gadgetry second to none by the time Letterman's CBS maintenance, or the country bumpkin who Kismayu, and gunmen shot and killed an Irish nurse in a series premieres in August. CBS is paying about $4 million eagerly waits God's vengeance on America's roadside ambush near the capital, military officials said. for the building, plus several million more for restoration Sodom and Gomorrah. The Kismayu fighting was the most serious in Somalia in and upgrading.