Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC February 1989 Daily Egyptian 1989 2-24-1989 The aiD ly Egyptian, February 24, 1989 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_February1989 Volume 75, Issue 106 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, February 24, 1989." (Feb 1989). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1989 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in February 1989 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Daily Egyptiatl ~()lJthern Illinois University at Carbondale Friday, Februar, 24, 1989, Vol. 75, No. 106,28 Pages Bush asks for Roe vs. Wade repeal WASHINGTON {C?ll - improperly, on "medical thony Kennedy gave it the "We therefore believe that Congress, state legislatures, The Bush admi'listration findings. " strongest conservative the time has come for the court abortion groups, doctors and asked the SUPl tmIe Court The brief, en-signed by majority in d~des. to "bandon its efforts tc. im­ church groups. Thursday to overture the several other senior Justice In the brief, the ad­ pose a comprehensive solution The at!m';listration brief historic 1971 rcling legalizing Department ofilcials, was filed ministrdtion lawyers argued to the abortion question. " argued that decisions abortion, ~yi.."Ig it "rests on in a casP. involvinf t.bP state of that the ruling dividing The court's decision to ac­ governing aoortions should be assumptions that are not Missouri's attempt..:; to uphold pregnancy into three cept the Missouri case last returned to the states, which firIl"'Jy grounded in the Con­ its wide-ranri~ anti-abortion trimesters "must either month has stirred intensP controlled them prior to the stitujon.·' law, which was struck down by become increasingly arbitrary emotions among both pro-life landmark 1973 ruling in Roe In a iriend-of·thf>.-Court brief, lower courts. over time or change as and anti-abortion activists vs. Wade. acting solicitor general The case marks the ftrSt medical technology changes." nationwide, and the ad­ "There is no reason to William Bryson said the major test of the legality of As a result, it said, the high rnini... tration brief filed prior to believe tha t American court's 1T.3 ruling upholding a abortion to be accepled by the court has been put "in the Thursday's deadline was one legislatures, if basic decision­ woman's priVClCy r,ght to have court since it returned to full position of reviewing medical of some 19 briefs filed by making responsibility were an abortion was based on strength last year, when the and operational practices groups involved in the debate. "unfounded premises" and, confirmation of Justice An- beyond Its competence." They include members of See REPEAL, Page 11 Bush budget keeps I f - -,. Forecasts 'cry V/oll' ~~~~~~ss g~~~~o~I~! I i 1 - expert Congres!o. And he feared U.S. Congressmen from C . htd the I £y Jackie Spinner IllinOIS expressed concern ongress !Tug () same. end Richard Nunez over the u.ck of detail in In Bush's initial speech to \ Staff Writers the joint members of "< President Bush's b ... aget Congress, Simon said "He did ' When informing the public of proposal after hearings opened not come to grips in a severe weather, Carbondale In Congress on Tue!;Ciay. wUlther sfM!clalists often fall The president's $1.16 trillion See BUDGET, Paoe 11 into the traps of crying woH or budget plan, in claiming it not relaying enough in­ would m~t the mandated formation to the public. In a deficit reduction target of $100 meeting Thursday night, Chris billion [or fiscal 1990, does not ~ !![,',-" - --.. :c" , Novy, stonn-spotter training ~hoo1J !:,cw!~'Je. domestic cuts ~,:·0T~X""">"-'-"~~ " ; officer for Carbondale ~.---' Emergency Services Disaster Many in Congress feel Bush Agency, expressed a desire to has left them the unpleasant . ,': improve communications task of figuring out where to ......-<": ..... - between the media and the slash $10 billion in domestic public. programs. aGu. say. Bu.h I. playing Novy said severe weather is Sen. Paul Simon, D­ deficit gam.. and ha. left often subject to rumors or Makanda, said President Bush Congre.. to figure out the delayed reporting which can has "ducked" difficult choices rule •• cause public miSinformation and sometimes panic. Novy said weather in­ formation needs to be im· Tower gets shot down proved in the way the public receives it and in the way the public decides to reacl by worried committee The meeting was designed to Dally Egyptian wire services a recommendation that the improve media relations, but one-time Armed Services no solutions were arrived at. WASHINGTON - The chdirman be denied the Carboodale is a low-density Senate Armed Services Pentagon post. area for tornadoes, but during Committee, deeply cOilcerned Although the nomination severe thunder-storms the by John Tower's history of was sent to the Senate for ESDA often recetves inac­ heavy drinking and ability to action, probably next week, curate tornado sigbtingB, The lead the nation's armed forces, the twin votes were a stinging problem, Novy said, is in voted against his nomination blow to Bush and his efforts to trying to confirm sigh~ and as defense secretary Thursday complete his Cabinet during relay-accurate information to and urged the full Sena te to kill the first weeks of th' 'lew the public. the appointment. administration. The problem of trying to The committee, divided White House spokesman relay accurate information also applies to all severe along party lines, voted 11-9 Mariin Fitzwater, in Japan Dreamsicle against Tower's confirmation with Bush, reacted even before weather situations, including as Sl.cretary of defense. the committee vote. He said TIm Drennan, senior in marketing from Springfield, .e... lI'Were thunderstonns, flash By the same margin, the President Bush plans to stick the durability of an Ick:le hanging from a bluH a' GIant flooding and bail panel voleri to report his City s.. te Dartt. nomination to the Senate with See TOWER, Page 18 See WEATHER, 'age 11 This ~Ioming Soil-borne disease plagues soybeans Lotto a 'slelght­ By lisa Miller Last year, 8DS damaged prevention is to use soybean borne, but farmers are urged Staff Wnter more than 50,000 acres of varieties that show high to avoid using seeds from of-~trick' Southern Illinois soybean crop, tolerance levels to the University researchers have Michael Schmitt, assistant disease." ~~~~s~~~c~~~: .,.- Page 10 discovered that the Sudden researcher and scientist, said. quality of the seeds, Gibson Del:th Syndrome, which Pyramid and Egyptian said. Robyn Hitchcock plagues fields of soybeans, is a "We are currently testing soybean varieties, developed anxious to rock soil-borne disease. more than 300 soybean by the University, show very "Although SDS CI.D oot be "Fungus and bacteria in the varieties to find tbeir tolerance mild SDS symptoms and ap­ carried by the seeG:!, soybeans -Page22 .:ioil a ttack the roots of the to the disease," Schmitt said. pear to have a high tolerance fr;;an impaired fields may have soybeans," Paul T. r.ibson, No cure exists for the of the disease, Gibson said. poor emergence and early Hurricane sweeps visiting assistant professor in disease, Plut it can be Other soybean varieties, such growth," Gibson said. Saluklmen r.lant and soil sciences, said prevented by total soil as Mitchell and Morgan, have 'The disease doesn't show up steriliza lion, ridding the soil of infection rates ~ 80 to 100 University researchers also -Sports28 unW after the soybeans have all bacterias and fungi. percent. are investigatmg 'he weather developed, so the farmer won't "It is extremely expensive to records for summer to see how know that the crop haf: been sterilize the soil," Gibson said. Researchers also are certain the weather changes en­ --------- destroyed untll it is too late. ,. "The best economical that the disease is not seed- courage or hinder the disease. Exquisite 1- RUGSOFCIBNA INewswrap "0.""i"~~p.CWCWa *100% Wool *Handmade . Free Pizza *[lI:ectly Imponed I world Ination , e FREE Small Cheese PIZZO With Order of Competitive Prices "The Best Ar~und" lC. 2 Ingredient Pizza $15.00 per sq. foot ~ l.mlt 1 per ."rder IGirl's death may be linked (618) 549-6330 Pick·Up or Delivery Rt. 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