Tower Confesses to Marital Infidelity Uconn Professors React To
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The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCII No. 88 The University of Connecticut Thursday, March 2, 1989 Tower confesses to marital infidelity WASHINGTON (AP) — John Tower, his nomination as defense secretary in grave trouble, made an extraordinary public admission of marital infidelity Wednesday but vowed to keep fighting for Senate confirmation. His prospects dimmed further, however, by the Senate majority leader's opposition. President Bush continued to court Democrats in a last-ditch effort to save the appointment, and spokesman Marlin Fitzwatcr asserted "We'll just keep up the good fight." But Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell further dampened Tower's chances by declaring his opposition, even as Vice President Dan Quayle conceded the administration still lacks the votes needed for Senate approval. The president said his appeal to senators has been, "Look, do what you've got to do, but remember fair play, remember decency and honor and then remember also historically the concept of advise and consent where reasonable doubt is given historically to the president of the United States who after all is responsible for the executive branch of this government." Bush dispatched Quayle to Capitol Hill to lobby for the nomination. "We hope the prospects improve. We don't have 50 votes yet. But we're moving in that direction," Quayle t^ld a White House photo session. The White House effort failed with at lca„. one conservative Democrat, Sen. David Borcn of Oklahoma, who announced his opposition to the nomination and urged Tower to withdraw. Borcn was one of two Democrats to vote for former President Reagan's House debates gay rights bill HARTFORD (AP) — The state House of Representatives, in some of the most acrimonious debate of the 1989 session, argued into the night Wednesday over a bill prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals. Lobbyists and legislators on both sides of the bill have worku: furiously to line up votes, but neither side claimed an advantage as the House took up debate Wednesday afternoon. "I honestly think there are people in there who don't know what they're going to do," said Betty Gallo, a lobbyist for the Connecticut Coalition of Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights. Mary Ann Pressamarita of the Citizens for Decency, said she was optimistic the bill would be defeated. The so-called gay rights bill would prohibit discrimination on John Tower looks pensive as his possibility of nomination Tails l PI photo). the basis of sexual orientation in such areas as housing, employment, credit and public accommodation, such as restaurants and hotels. An amendment sponsored by supporters of the bill exempted UConn professors react religious organizations from complying with the bill. The amendment was approved on a 111 -38 vote. Supporters described the measure as a basic civil rights bill, to 'Satanic Verses' threats m3de necessary by incidents of violence a,«iinst gays and icsbians. By Jennifer Hartmann See page 7 Daily Campus Staff and 632 A.D. it is believed the Rushdie's book, ":nc most Since the Ayatollah Kho- prophet Mohammed received serious event in publishing in meini threatened to have author many revelations, one of which hundreds of years." Salman Rushdie killed for called for the acceptance of Florence Ziner, a professor writing "Satanic Verses," there three g'-i'.dcsscs in addition to of English at UConn appeared have been various reactions one omnipotent god. Reed sa... on Channel 61, WTIC-TV, on from historians, writers and it was later revealed to Wednesday to speak on her politicians. Mohammed that the revelation view as a writer. She said she Howard Reed, professor of had come from the devil, and it found the censorship History and a specialist on was called "The Satanic "profoundly disturbing." Near East Studies and Islamic Verses," used by Rushdie as "It escalates the idea and the History at UConn has focused the basis of his book. reality of censorship and of on the history of Islam itself to "He shouldn't be looked on writing as a potentially explain why Rushdie has raised as a total martyr,*' iaid Rood in criminal activity which such violent reaction from reference to Rushdie." He used interferes not only with the Muslims and non-Muslims unusually poor judgement and freedom to think, but the alike. underestimated the results." freedom to write, and to read," According to Reed, author There has been a radically Ziner said. Salmon Rushdie, "was different view from writers, "When somebody invades perfectly aware of the fact that such as Ann Charters, your right to think, that is an even his fictionalized references professor of English at UConn. ultimate invasion and it's Dith Pran, a journalist and the subject of the movie "The to the prophet Mohammed and "[Rushdie] was prejudged, and universal," Ziner said. Killing Fields" spoke at UConn last night on the horrors his comparisons would be his sentence was passed "It is very clear that the level of Cambodia (Kevin Fraser photo). §ee pa„e 6 deeply offensive to Muslims." without consideration of his of fear in this country is so Rushdie was born and raised intent which was not high that it doesn't take much SPORTS as a Sunni, or traditionalist, slanderous," Charters said. to intimidate people," James J. The women's Basketball team, minus Coach Auricmma, Muslim in India, and he studied "I was really upset when Scully, professor of English will challenge their conference rivals in the Big East Tour- Islamic history at Cambridge authors and publishers seemed said. nament at Scion Hall this weekend. See Back Page University, Reed said. Ninety so slow to react and books Scully admitted that he percent of all Muslims are were being pulled off the believes there are some things CAMPUS CALENDAR Page 3 Sunni, he said. shelves," Charters said. She that should not be printed if Reed said that between 610 called the censorship of See page 5 • » AROUND THE WORLD Conviction overturned Stoneham, Mass.: Gigi after 12 years of prison the gorilla, LOVELADY. Texas (A?) — The man whose guili left, meets for was questioned in the movie "The Thin Blue Line" the first time had his conviction for the murder of a police officer overturned Wednesday, giving him hope of freedom her new mate, after more man 12 years in prison. Vip the gorilla, "1 have firmly believed someday, some way, right, at the somehow, I would prove my case," Randall Dale Stone Zoo. Adams said after learning of the ruling. "1 didn't know Vip was flown how. when or why. I knew." in a month ago The appeals court ruled that Adams was denied a from Fort fair trial in 1977 because witnesses lied and the Worth Texas prosecutor suppressed evidence. and has been The court ordered Adams transferred from a state kept in prison to the custody of the Dallas County sheriff, where he'll be entitled to release on bond, according to quarantine his attorney, Randy Schaffcr of Houston. since. The two Adams, who has steadfastly maintained he is have been innocent, is likely to leave state prison after legal introduced procedures are completed in 15 days, Schaffcr said. gradually to The Dallas County District Attorney's office wil. prevent any decide in "a short time" whether to retry Adams for violent the 1976 shooting of Officer Robert Wood, saic behavior that Assistant District Attorney Norm Kinnc. sometimes "We have one of the prosecutors reviewing evidence occurs with and interviewing witnesses in the case. We're in gorillas during process of determining whether we have sufficient g first meetings evidence for a retrial," Kinne said. Adams, interviewed at the Eastham Unit of the (UPI photo). Texas Department of Corrections, said he docs not •r*# believe the state will retry him. Asked whether he is bitter, he said, "I've had 13; years taken from my life. Can the state replace that?" He described talk of legal action against the state as "attorney talk." "1 could walk out tomorrow and let this drop and it Press office as a 6:00 p.m. curfew Golovko said 80 percent of the won't ruin the rest of my life," he said. "But I must Eastern Airlines fell over the city. candidates belonged to the pass through Dallas again before I can go home. I Nicole Mendoza, a Caracas Communist Party, a percentage welcome the trip there. If I'm released I'll go home to tries to end strike resident, said soldiers were piling higher tiian in previous elections; Ohio and there I'll take it a day at a lime. MIAMI (AP) — Texas Air Corp. people into jeeps and taking them 20 percent were women and nearly "Prison is not the life I would have wanted to live, Chairman Frank Lorenzo is away outside her building to enforce 40 percent were workers or farmers. but it is a life and I think I have used it wisely," appealing to Eastern Airlines pilots the curfew, which was announced Adams added. "I have a college education and many to sign a new contract and cross Tuesday night Thousands more job skills than when I came here. I like the picket lines if the company's Fighting continued in Petarc, a person I am today. Machinists strike, the pilots' union shantytown east of Caracas, and demonstrate said Wednesday. local hospitals were full of injured, The pilots' participation is in Yugoslavia a parish priest said. Officials refused We're not winning considered pivotal to the success of BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) comment on numbers of dead or — Thousands of people the war on illegal drugs the Machinists' strike, which is to injured.