VOL. XXIII NO. 102 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1991 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Gulf War Roundup Tuesday, Feb. 26 U.S. plans to rebuild Kuwait President Saddam Hussein told his war-wrecked nation in an address today on Baghdad radio that, "Today we will complete the withdrawal of our forces, God willing." Allies reported seeing 'Essential services' will be restored initially some signs that the Iraqis were withdrawing. it would take about two weeks WASHINGTON (AP)- U.S. to restore "essential services," military officials intend to play and about three months for a long-term role in restoring "minimal services" to be put in order to war-torn Kuwait, place. The reconstruction phase helping the government in was open-ended. ·(Baghdad 0 health care, public safety and "Throughout all phases of the ISRAEL--.-.I' . • IRAQ IRAN Persian other areas, a document of recovery period, and into the • . ~JORDAN contingency plans says. reconstruction phase, addi­ KUWAIT Gulf SAUDI ARABIA Military planners and Kuwaiti tional (U.S.) support will be ' ~'t...... 0 officials drew up the contin­ OPERATION provided to the established se­ ' Kuwait City • '::-..\ gency plans in the months be­ curity force," the paper said. fore U.S. military forces moved DESERT STORM Although the government of Scud .,_ into Kuwait, which has been provided a copy to The Associ­ Kuwait will be in charge of the casualties occupied by Iraqi troops since ated Press. Army officials here area once Kuwait is declared The toll mounted Aug. 2. said they were unfamiliar with secure, the document said U.S. from a missile hit The 200-page document, is­ the document and could not Army civil affairs people will on a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, sued by an Army civil affairs comment on it. help with food, water, health, Saudi Arabia. The U.S. military reserve unit, was obtained by . Once Iraqi troops were out of sanitation, transportation and said 28 servicemen were killed. Pacific News Service, which the country, the document said, telecommunications. Perkins says perception is key in state of race relations By MEREDITH continued existence of poverty "If black America was pros­ sent Black America on a whole grams that aid all of America's MCCULLOUGH among all races and the perous overall ... much of the as a victim society resulting poor- "Black and white alike." News Writer widespread practice of "politics race problem that exists in from inherent racism. "Poverty is not as much a ra­ of victimization." Both of these America today would dissipate He states that such a view cial problem as a family prob­ issues affect how different races over time," he stated. distorts perspective and ignores lem," said Perkins. He ex­ Perception is the key to the perceive themselves as well as Statistics he provided showed both "white American's plained that the best way to stat!l of race relations at this how they see others. that over the past ten years significant credit for taking improve race relations is by moment in United Stat!ls his­ "The greatest emphasis of there has been a dramatic in­ down barriers" and "Black preserving the family structure. tory, said Jos!lph Perkins in his better relations is prosperity," crease in the number of middle progress and success." Programs such as incentives lectur!l last night titled "Race said Perkins. "When America class and affluent black house­ By providing the public with a to uphold two-parent families Relations in the 1990s." prospers there is a general holds. He stated that this year bleak image the black commu­ and to encourage a community Perkins, a former Wh~te feeling of euphoria among all marks the first time that the nity rather than focusing on effort to instill basic values in llous!l domp,stic policy analyst races." black middle class outnumbers "important measures of children are necessary, he said. and fornwr Wall Street Journal Perkins attributes this sense the black poor. progress," such politics cause Once strong family structures Hditorialist. gave a relatively of euphoria to the fact that In spite of these improve­ resentment to increase and are reestablished, all other optimistic view of the race issue when people are less concerned ments, problems continue to moral to decrease. aspects of human decency and, while expressing a hope that with their financial state, they arise from the practice of Perkins does not see affirma­ consequently, race relations will relations will become progres­ are less likely to participate in "politics of victimization" tive action or other such fall into place. sively better in the 90s. "zero sum thinking," or the among Black leaders and the "special treatment" as a viable The lecture was held at 7:30 Th!l two most daunting prob­ thought that one race's gain media in general. Perkins ex­ response to either poverty or p.m. in Cushing Auditorium and lems facing American blacks, comes at the expense of an­ plains this practice as the ten­ "politics of victimization." In­ was sponsored by the Student according to Perkins, are the other. dency for public figures to pre- stead he would like to see pro- Union Board. Doctor seeks to make \ •~vnW.·i~i legal suicide machine y someone to commit suicide lANSING, Mich. (AP)­ would be first-degree murder. On June 4, Kevorkian let An inventor whose "suicide ma­ Janet Adkins, 54, of Portland, chine" launched a debate over Ore., use his "suicide machine" assisted suicide told Michigan to inject herself with a fatal legislators Tuesday they should dose of drugs. Adkins suffered let doetors help terminally ill from Alzheimer's disease. patients kill themselves. Kevorkian was charged with Dr. Jack Kevorkian sharply first-degree murder, but the criticized pending legislation to charges were dropped. Three outlaw assisted suicide in weeks ago, Circuit Judge Alice Michigan. Gilbert made permanent her in­ junction barring him from "You're in the dark ages - helping anyone else commit sui­ you haven't solved anything" if cide. the bill passes, Kevorkian told the Senate Family Law, Crimi­ A Loomis, Calif., man, Ber­ nal Law and Corrections tram Harper. 79, faces trial in Committee. Wayne County on charges of "Michigan has the opportu­ murder and conspiracy to nity to lead the civilized world" commit murder in the death of by permitting and regulating his wife, Virginia, 69. assisted suicide, he said. Harper told police he pulled a The sponsor of the bill, Sen. plastic bag over her head after FrHd Dillingham, said the law is she took some sleeping pills necessary to prevent the state Aug. 19 in a motel near Detroit from becoming a suicide haven Metropolitan Airport. The committee delayed action The couple, who had seen on thH bill until next week. news accounts of Adkins' sui­ National security briefing AP Photo The bill would make it a cide and believed assisted sui­ felony to help someone commit cide was legal in Michigan, President Bush meets in the Oval Office at the White House Monday to receive a national security brief­ suicide, punishable by up to came to Detroit so Mrs. Harper, ing. From left are: Chairman of the joint Chiefs Gen. Colin Powell, Chief of Staff John Sununu, Def~nse four years in prison and a who had cancer, could kill Secretary Dick Cheney , Vice President Dan Quayle , Bush, Secretary of State James Baker, Nat1onal $2,000 fine. Forcing or coercing herself. Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and his deputy Robert Gates. page 2 The Observer date INSIDE COLUMN Coverage of Gulf War: A Circus H L 52 43 60 45 64 47 Remember the feeling as 40 29 the Gulf War started, 27 15 55 40 some 40 days ago, as we 44 13 all crowded around our 32 22 78 64 televisions to hear and see 58 46 what was going on and Florentine Hoelker 54 26 what might happen? 57 45 71 50 There were a bunch of Assoc. News Editor 46 39 us in the newsroom that 80 70 night watching the networks with a combina­ 32 30 68 52 tion of anxiety, fear, disbelief, and a terrible 46 37 burst of excitement. And during the whole 54 39 50 34 first night or so I kept wondering, Where are 66 36 the commercials? 68 46 The role of the press in this war is an al­ 37 25 75 47 tered one, with not a little comment on all 30 26 sides. The press feels itself somewhat cheated 48 30 by the military because the military will not D.C. 50 38 answer all its questions regarding troop movements and other future Allied strategies. The military feels the press is asking too much. Some protesters (members of the Gulf AT A GLANCE Crisis Action Group come to mind) feel the TODAY press has been lacking in its coverage because not everything is instantly revealed support for the measure, said its Senate sponsor, Richard to an eager and blood-thirsty public. WORLD Belatti. The House approved the bill overwhelmingly Yet all the while it bothers me that the press about two weeks ago. The measure failed in the Senate gets so excited by all this. War and death and Teenagers killed by drug-backed gang on a vote of 17-18 after nearly two hours of intense destruction are all big news. Big news for the debate. Supporters suggested asking the Senate to press is big business. Networks are fighting •BOGOTA, Colombia - Gunmen killed nine teen­ reconsider, but Belatti said another vote will not be for news ratings, the newspapers relish being agers playing soccer on a Medellin street on Tuesday in taken.