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restora- he United nt to learn everybody Senate ends nomination battle, rejects Tower iys and ii WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Christopher Dodd of Connecticut were the ever breached established legal and ethical Tower’s experience and competence on de­ date very rapidly.” om book- Thursday rejected the nomination of John only Democrats to support the nomination. standards nor been derelict in my duty,” he fense issues weren’t at issue. But “serious Names most frequently mentioned in -old Erna Tower as defense secretary, 53-47, handing One Republican — Nancy Kassehaum of said. problems exist” with conflict of interest and White House speculation as a replacement •nry Nuss I President Bush a major defeat in his first Kansas — voted against. The Senate rendered its verdict in an at­ “character integrity,” he said. candidate included Sen. John Warner, R- '701 Main high-stakes showdown with the Demo- Tower, in a statement he delivereci at the mosphere of unusual formality. Vice Presi­ He said, “I emphasize my strongly held Va., the ranking GOP member of the Sen­ cratic-controlled Congress. Pentagon moments after the vote, said, “I dent Dan Quayle presided over the session, belief that this should not be interpreted as ate Armed Services Committee and a for­ The White House said Bush would act will be recorded as the first Cabinet nomi­ practically all senators remained in their a vote to harm the president,” but acknowl­ mer secretary of the Navy; former Defense mily busi- swiftly to submit a replacement nomination nee in the history of the republic to he re­ chairs during the roll call, and the gallery edged that others saw it that way. Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; and former is (ar as 1 to the Senate. jected in the first 90 days of a presidency was packed with spectators. The rejection of Tower marked only the Rep. Jack Edwards, R-Ala. es who do Tower was scuttled by concerns about his and perhaps be harshly judged. “We ought to hang our heads after what ninth time in history that the Senate has aid. drinking habits coupled with senatorial un­ “But I depart from this place at peace we’ve done to this good man,” Senate Re­ turned down a president’s Cabinet nominee Brent Scowcroft, the national security id, Henn happiness that he had left his government with myself, knowing that I have given a publican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said in and the first such decision since 1959 when adviser, also was mentioned but told report­ ent, their I post as arms negotiator and (juickly began full measure of devotion to my country.” a final defiant speech of support before the the Senate voted against confirming Presi­ ers “no,” he was not in line for the post. n running earning hundreds of thousands of dollars Tower said no other public figure “has roll was called. dent Eisenhower’s nominee for secretary of The debate drew to an end with the last lizes in re­ as a defense-industry consultant. been subjected to such a far-reaching and “America has lost a good public servant. commerce, Lewis L. Strauss. handful of uncommitted senators declaring rooks and | The vote was the culmination of a tumul­ thorough investigation, nor had his human The president has won because he stood by Bush dodged reporters’ questions as he their intentions. tuous six-day Senate debate and closely fol­ foibles bared to such intensive and demean­ his man.” departed for a trip to New York, but his ever seen lowed party lines. Howell Heflin of Ala­ ing public scrutiny.” Majority Leader George Mitchell press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, said, “If Kassehaum was the only Republican to ored the | bama, Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and “And yet, there is no finding that I have summed up for the opoonents, saying that necessary, we’ll come up with a (new) candi­ break ranks with her party. i to 1410, ■vhat kind | 1-year-o art from Mayoral hopeful stresses eir clients :e and; >st realize crime problem in Bryan - doesn't | in about By Fiona Soltes and murder increased 250 percent. fine. But it should not be decided by erage ] She said she thinks this is due to the a handful of city council members.” a couple I STAFF WRITER understaffed department as well as a Zaeske said the citizens should be nay have low sales tax base. allowed to vote on the issue and just get- Crime rates are on the rise in “I'd like to implement some type should be made aware of alterna­ d before ] Bryan and Jo Ann Zaeske wants to of incentive for retail establishments tives to the plan, including various id,” said do something about it. Zaeske, who to open in Bryan and increase sales,” ordinances or historic districts. owns a tax and financial manage­ she said. “I definitely believe the eco­ ment services company in Bryan, has nomic situation in Bryan is part of Zaeske has been a resident of filed to run against Mayor Marvin the crime problem.” Bryan since 1964. She has been in­ Tate in the May 6 city elections. Zaeske’s platform not only is con­ volved in management and tax envi­ Zaeske said the Bryan City Coun­ cerned with where revenue should ronment positions for more than 20 cil is not taking the action needed go in the future but also where it has years, including being an accounting against crime. gone in the past. officer at a bank, controller of a “We have adequate resources to “At a recent council meeting, Bryan business and working for sev­ combat the problem,” Zaeske said. $45,000 was allocated to neighbor­ eral public accounting firms. “Property taxes, sales taxes, oil and hood sidewalks,” she said. “I think gas revenues and other fees provide the idea is a good and useful one, “I know what it takes to run a the funds. But these funds are being but what is the good of having side­ business and I understand city gov­ misappropriated. ” walks if people are afraid to walk on ernment functioning,” she said. Zaeske said these funds should go them because of high crime rates?” to the police department. Zaeske said the $70,000 spent on a Zaeske serves on the boards of di­ “The primary duty of govern­ proposed zoning ordinance for rectors of several Bryan businesses ment is to protect its citizens,” she Bryan was excessive. and is a member of the Bryan-Col- said. “At a local level, this protection “We can find other areas where lege Station Business and Profes­ needs to come from the police. The this money can be used,” she said. sional Women’s Club. Bryan Police Department is under­ “But more importantly, I don't think staffed." a comprehensive zoning plati is nec­ She is married to Lou Zaeske, Zaeske said theft Yhcreased 353 essary. president of the American Ethie Co­ percent in Bryan f rom 1987 to 1988 “If the citizens want one, that’s alition. U.S. applauds commitment by U.S.S.R. to human rights 0% FSu.^: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States wel­ rights practices. .r-OrV* comed Soviet ac ceptance of World Court authority on It also should help the Soviet effort to hold a human human rights, but a government legal expert said rights conference in Moscow in 1991 as one of several Thursday the justices probably never will hear a case follow-up meetings to the 1975 Helsinki agreements on testing the Kremlin’s commitment. European security and cooperation. On Wednesday, the Soviet Union said it would accept In January, Washington changed its position and the court’s jurisdiction in six human rights treaties, re­ said it would accept a Moscow conf erence, citing the So­ versing its policy of resisting outside judgment of its viet release of political prisoners, easing of emigration practices. and more toleration for speech and religios freedoms. President Mikhail S. Gorbachev also has spoken re­ cently in favor of a larger U.N. role in such interna­ The Soviets agreed to the court’s authority on trea­ tional areas as arms control and space exploration, ties condemning genocide; banning slavery, racism and which traditionally have been dominated by the Soviet torture; and guaranteeing political rights for women. Union and the United States. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said U.N. and State Department legal officers said his ac­ the United States welcomes “any step in the submission ceptance of jurisdiction by the World Court, a U.N. of disputes of this kind to binding decisions by neutral agency, will bring Gorbachev international goodwill bodies such as the International Court of Justice,” the; with little risk of embarrassment over Soviet human court’s formal name. Eastern Airlines files Striking workers accuse Lorenzo

ITS for bankruptcy; puts of using Chapter 11 to bust union HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Air Corp. Chairman truck, a position that required him to join the Tea­ rs Frank Lorenzo, embroiled in a bitter battle with Eastern msters Union. blame on pilots union Airlines’ unions that pushed the carrier into bank­ Lorenzo lives in Houston’s exclusive River Oaks IT. ruptcy protection Thursday, earned an anti-union rep­ neighborhood with his wife, three daughters and a son. utation years ago when he fought organized labor at He is an avid runner and has a private pilot’s license. NEW YORK (AP) — Eastern Air­ “We tried mightily to keep East­ Continental Airlines, Eastern’s sister. He avoids the spotlight and rarely grants interviews. lines filed for protection from cred­ ern from bankruptcy,” Bakes said at Eastern, whose parent is Houston-based Texas Air, Robert T. Sakowitz, president of the Sakowitz Inc. itors in bankruptcy court Thursday, a news conference. “We intend to filed for protection from creditors in a New York fed­ retail chain and a member of Continental’s board of di­ the sixth day of a Machinists strike, operate our airline — make no mis­ eral bankruptcy court Thursday morning, the sixth day rectors, told the Houston Post this week that Lorenzo is blaming pilots for a “cash crisis” that take about that.” of a strike by Machinists that virtually shut down the na­ “very intense, extremely intelligent and very zealous paralyzed the nation’s seventh-larg- Bakes said Eastern faces a “cash tion’s seventh-largest carrier and cost it up to $7 million about his family and everything he undertakes.” est airline. crisis that can only be averted and a day. Lorenzo began his career in the airline industry in The move came a day after East­ stabilized by” turning to the bank­ Striking Machinists have made Lorenzo the target of 1963 working as an economic analyst for TWA, but he ern insisted such a step remained a ruptcy court. their hatred. Picket signs carried at various airports this left in 1965 to become manager of Eastern’s financial last resort in the airline’s effort to Union leaders lashed out at Lo­ Frank Lorenzo week have read, “Lorenzo is scum,” “Labor Yes, Lo­ analysis department. In 1966, he and Harvard class­ endure the strike, which had strong renzo as a “robber baron.” Machin­ hopes some will return to work. He renzo No,” and “Lorenzo Makes Millions at Eastern’s mate Robert Carney formed a financial advisory firm. support from pilots and flight atten­ ists called for a public boycott of said the ef fort would fail. Expense.” Three years later, the tw'o men founded Jet Capital dants and was costing Eastern an es­ Eastern's sister airline, Continental, Henry Duffy, president of the Air Pickets have chanted “Eastern yes! Lorenzo no,” and Corp., which bought a controlling interest in Texas In­ timated $4 million a dav. and said they would oppose East­ Line Pilots Association, said he some even have burned signs carrying his name. ternational Airlines in August 1972. At age 32, Lorenzo ern’s reorganization plan and any hoped the move meant Lorenzo is Hostile emotions run deep among Machinist Union became the carrier’s youngest president. sale of assets. “finished” at Eastern. members who believe the 48-year-old Lorenzo would After a bitter takeover battle in 1981, Lorenzo See related story/Page 3 Lorenzo and Bakes pledged that The company, which has a stag­ like nothing more than to get rid. of Eastern’s unions, merged much larger Continental with Texas Interna­ all creditors would be paid in full, gering $2.5 billion debt, has ad­ which he accomplished at Houston-based Continental tional to create an airline that could compete in the de­ shareholders would receive “fair va­ mitted it was taken by surprise when shortly after putting it under bankruptcy protection in regulated industry. lue,” passengers would be protected, most of the 3,600 Eastern pilots hon­ 1983.' But Continental was losing nearly $1 million a day by The filing under Chapter 1 1 in and as many employees as possible ored Machinists’ picket lines, forcing Lorenzo’s interest in airlines began at an early age. the middle of 1983 and Lorenzo put what w as then the r U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York would return to work. Eastern had Miami-based Eastern to shut down The son of Spanish immigrants w ho lived in New York, nation’s eighth-largest carrier under bankruptcy pro­ is designed to give Eastern a re­ 31,200 employees before the strike. nearly all operations Monday and Lorenzo already owned stock in Trans World Airlines tection. The airline’s jets were grounded for three days. prieve from debts while it tries to re­ John Peterpaul, a Machinists vice lay off 9,500 non-union employees. w hen he graduated from high school in 1957. Pilots and flight attendants joined already-striking Ma­ structure and extricate itself from president, said Eastern filed for Congress amended bankruptcy His father, a beauty salon operator, sent Lorenzo and chinists. the worst crisis in its 60-year history. bankruptcy on payday “in a spiteful law in 1984 to require bankrupt his tw o brothers to prestigious Fqrest Hills High School The unions fought Lorenzo unsuccessfully in court ■d Eastern boss Frank Lorenzo attempt to deny Eastern workers companies to negotiate with unions in Queens, N.Y. and Continental continues to be a non-union carrier. blamed “the damage that has been their last paycheck earned before and prove economic necessity before Lorenzo studied economics at Columbia, w here some Lorenzo subsequently acquired New York Air, People caused by the pilots union.” He and the strike.” Paychecks were frozen abrogating contracts. fraternity brothers called him “Frankie Smooth L'alk.” Express and Frontier Airlines, which have been merged Eastern President Phil Bakes insisted by the move. Lorenzo stressed the filing cov­ He received a master’s degree in finance from Harvard into Continental. they intend to restore the airline in John Bavis, head of the Eastern ered only Eastern and not its parent Business School in 1963. Now', it’s Miami-based Eastern that has taken on the bankruptcy court, though in a pilots union, said management con­ Texas Air Corp., of which he is He helped pay for his education by driving a delivery fight. 1 smaller form. tinued calling pilots at home in chairman.

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