Senate Ends Nomination Battle, Rejects Tower
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WEATHBBL. Texas A&M FORECAST for SATURDAY: Partly cloudy and warm. The spring break forecast calls for above normal temperatures and art below normal precipitation. The Battalion HIGH:78 LOW:59 [Vol. 88 No. 113 USPS 045360 6pages College Station, Texas Friday, March 10,1989 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. 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