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THE BG NEWS Vol. 69 Issue 121 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, May 1,1987 House OKs retaliatory trade bill WASHINGTON (AP)-The House won approval he doubted that "any- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro expect either the panel or the full tion of foreign investors in the United vesterday approved, 290-137, a sweep- body in this House today believes this Nakasone, who met earlier with Presi- Senate to approve the measure, which States. ing trade bul with stiff retaliatory bill will go through the Senate and be dent Reagan, visited senators shortly calls for sanctions to enforce 10 percent And it turned back an effort to delete features, defying a presidential veto signed by the president in its present after the House acted. rollbacks in trade surpluses by Japan a provision that would bar the govern- threat and forecasts that the Senate form." and other nations if talks fail. ment from purchasing goods from for- would wipe out its most stringent provi- "I hope all of you realize that this bill THE SENATE Finance Committee, Just before the final vote, the House eign countries unless those nations buy sions. isn't going anywhere," he said. which is drafting its own trade legis- rejected, 268-156, a Republican substi- products from the United States. "Although you may not like parts of The vote for the measure rep- lation, may take up a punitive provi- tute that was much like the measure the bill, let's move it along, let's get it resented two-thirds of the 435-seat sion similar to one sponsored by Rep. that had been on the floor since Tues- Rep. William Frenzel, R-Minn., one into the process. Surely the other body House, the margin needed to override a Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and adopted day. of the measure's major critics, said the (the Senate) will make modifications,'' presidential veto. by the House on Wednesday by a four- The House also refused to remove vote on the Gephardt amendment Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, urged On the roll call, 247 Democrats and 43 vote margin. from the measure provisions that showed that Democrats "do not have a before the House acted. Republicans voted in favor of the mea- would suspend so-called most-favored- margin that will sustain enactment and Rep. John Duncan, R-Tenn. de- sure, while six Democrats and 131 But Sen. I Joyd Bentsen, D-Texas, the nation trade benefits for communist- so surely you can understand why we clared before the 900-page measure Republicans voted against it. committee chairman, said he does not ruled Romania and require registra- are not going to vote for your bill. North sought delay Aide wanted to stall witness's appearance WASHINGTON (AP) - For- mer National Security Council aide Oliver North sought a year ago to postpone a federal grand jury appearance by an associate who was involved in assisting the Nicaraguan contras, the Senate Intelligence Committee disclosed yesterday. The committee released docu- ments showing that North called Photo/Barry Frink a top FBI official, Oliver Revell, Bible-thumpin' in April 1986 and asked him to Brother Jed and Sister Cyndi preached to a large crowd of students in the Union Oval yesterday put off the appearance of Rich- afternoon. The couple's biannual visit to campus is mostly a source of entertainment for students who ard Miller before a grand jury in gather to heckle them. Left: Brother Jed's gesture gives emphasis to his assertion that most campus males Philadelphia. will become homosexuals. Above: The crowd of students regard Sister Cyndi with skepticism as she In federal court on Wednes- preaches on. day, Carl Channell, in pleading BG News/Mike McCune guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government in raising money for the contras, named both North and Miller as fellow conspirators. Yesterday's disclosure came Business co-ops aid minorities Murder suspect trial slated during a confirmation hearing on FBI Director William Webster's nomination to head by Mike Amburgey erogram. which began last Octo- College of Business Administra- by Don Lee were tried and found guilty of the CIA. staff reporter er, and currently serves 12 tion if they had some support. wire editor murder. Two of the suspects Webster told the committee freshman and six sophomore Both Stanford and Smith were juveniles at the time but that it wasn't until a few weeks Minority business and com- business and computer science agree the minority program The last suspect in the 1980 were certified to stand trial as ago that FBI headquarters in puter science majors at the Uni- majors. The program is open to might prevent the high dropout murder of a University fresh- adults because of the serious- Washington became aware of versity are receiving encour- black and Hispanic students in rate of black students from busi- man will go on trial May 11 in ness of the crime, prosecutors North's involvement in the Phil- agement to stay in their chosen business and computer science, ness majors. A faculty mentor Wood County Common Pleas said. adelphia case. major and gain work experience Smith said. program has been established Court. The committee had asked through the recently imple- "We've already had some for students in the program and Rojelio Garcia, 23, also known A FOURTH suspect, a 15- Webster in connection with his mented Minority Scholars Coop- early success with the pro- for future students. as Roy Garcia, is the last of five year-old Perrysburg Heights confirmation hearings to pro- erative Education program. gram," Smith said. "A few of suspects in the November 16, youth, was arrested and pleaded vide it with information in FBI Minorities are few in number the 18 students already have THE MENTOR program 1980, beating and stabbing death guilty to felonious assault about files relating to North and the in the business world, and Coop- offers or have been placed in co- seeks to provide a positive rap- of Stephen Bowers, 18, of Can- a year later. Iran-contra affair. erative Education Director ops and we expect a few more to port between faculty and mi- ton. Bowers worked as a bouncer Bruce Smith said his office has get jobs for the summer." nority students, something that Garcia, formerly of Perrys- at what is now the Uptown Bar, IT WAS disclosed earlier in received many calls in recent is seldom seen at large universi- burg Heights, was arrested by 162 N. Main St. Witnesses said Webster's confirmation hear- years from businesses seeking SMITH SAID companies ties, Stanford said. the FBI July 31,1986, in Houston he denied access to the bar to a ings that North called Revell minority students to work in co- generally want students to be Smith said the basic criteria on unrelated charges. He had group of five males because he last October and sought to delay ops and internships. sophomores before hiring them for selecting the 18 faculty mem- been on the FBI fugitive list for believed them to be underage. an FBI criminal investigation or "We would call over to the for work experience. bers who are working with the 18 a year after Wood County Pros- The males tried to sneak around Southern Air Transport, a for- Minority Affairs office looking But Smith also judges the suc- students was "someone who had ecutor Betty Montgomery asked to the bar's back entrance, and a mer CIA-owned airline that has for minority students for the co- cess of the program on the aca- a reputation for working with for the agency's help in tracking fight ensued when Bowers met been involved in both resupply- ops, but they would tell us they demic level. He said minority individual students." him down. He was extradited to them at the back door. ing the contras and in the Rea- didn't have any minority stu- students have been encouraged Anne Marie Lancaster, com- Bowling Green later in the fall. Bowers suffered several stab gan administration's secret dents in business," Smith said. to remain in a business major, puter science department chair- A spokeswoman for Montgom- wounds and died later in Wood arms sales to Iran. Smith said a group of con- something that doesn't always man and one of the faculty ery said that the prosecutor County Hospital. Prosecutors North told Revell the Southern cerned people at the University, happen. mentors, said minority students would not seek the death penalty said they intend to call the same Air probe should be delayed including Jack Taylor, assistant Stanford said that of the black deserve the support they are if Garcia is convicted because witnesses who testified in the because the airline was involved vice president for Minority Af- students at the University, at getting. "it is not warranted in this other three trials, including a in the effort to have U.S.