Bush approves funding for
new NASA space station
WASHING
TON (A P)
President Bush
signed legtslu
lion Monday enabling his
administration to move
ahead with building the
Space Station Freedom,
which he called "an essen
tial step in meeting our fu
ture space objectives "
Some 52 billion for the
space station was Included
in an SHI billion appropria
tions measure.
'Although it does not
fully fund the administra
tion's request for civil space
activities, the act provides
the funds necessary to main
tain a balanced and forward
looking space program,"
Bush said in a statement.
The legislation containing
funds for the space station
will enable the government
to I>egin construction on the
station in the 1992 fiscal
year, which began Oct 1
That will "keep the pro
ject on schedule,” Bush said
Passage of the measure
was a victory for the admin
istration. overcoming un at
tempt earlier this year by the
House Appropriations Com
mittee to kill the program
The bill also puts a 52 2!>
billion ceiling on spending
fur the station fur the follow
mg fiscal year, an attempt to
guard against cost overruns
In addition, the lull pro
vides funds fur the depart
merits of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban De
velopment
It was one of two appro
priations trills Hush signed
on Monday for fiscal 1‘ft.!
He also signed a trill provid
ing S1 ‘t u hi I lion for t tie
Treasury Department and
general government services
like the Internal Revenue
Service.
Hush also signed a stopgap
till! to keep agencies whoso
appropriations bills have yet
to tie signed in operation
through Nov 14
"1 commend Congress for
presenting rile with a simple,
straightforward extension of
funding tti.it is not burdened
with unrelated provisions I
also urge the Congress to
complete the appropriations
process by Nov 14." Bush
said as lie signed the stopgap
measure
A year ago. Bush vetoed a
similar stopgap bill on the
grounds that it was too laden
with unrelated provisions
leading to a brief shutdown
of many government
vices
ser
Operators protest state video poker
SALEM (AP)
M u n (1 rods of
amusement ma
chine operators
turned out Monday to try to
persuade the Oregon Lottery
Commission not to cut them
out of a state-run video poker
system.
The commission, which
plans to install 10,000 video
poker machines in bars and
taverns early next year, initially
had planned to use the ma
chine operators as the middle
iiit'ii between tlif Lottery and
retailers
But Attormiy General Dave
I’rohnmuyer and Oregon Stall1
Pollci! Super!ntundont Keg
Madsen told tho commission
today that allowing private op
erators to he involved would
compromise the security of a
state-run video poker network
In an nppeurance liefore the
commission. Fro h n m a y e r
warned of possible criminal
elements
Attacks strike before peace talk
Armed gunmen ambush bus
killing two and injuring six
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WORLD
MADRID. Spain (AIM
Atl.nk.crs firing automatic
weapons killed two Jewish
settlers Monday in the Israe
li-occupied West Hunk, In a
deadly outbreak of terrorist
violence pist two <i<ivs ahead of Arab-laraeli peace
talks
Hour- earlier, two scparul» terrorist attacks in
1'urkny 1>V a Muslim group opposed to the
talks killed an American soldier and wounded
an Egyptian diplomat
The West Hank ut!e< k m whit h assailants
ambushed u bus carrying settlers opposed to trad
mg land for peace appeared likelv to harden Is
raeli opposition to the peal e talks and put a sharp
focus on Israel's oft stated worries over set uritv
Israelis blamed the Palestinians and vowed re
venue ior the shootings, whit h also wounded six
people, including five children
"Whoever wtts looking for a proof that wit have
nobody to discuss peace with, that our enemies
want to continue to kill us and to destroy us
got the message tonight," Cabinet Minister He
havam Zeevi told reporters at a rally in Tel Aviv
As word spread of the deaths, the crowd swelled
to 50,000 people, some shouting. "Death to the
Arabs'"
/.illnun Shovdl. Israels ambassador m Wash
ington, said of tlin all.nk, "It certainly harms the
atmosphere and it raises some very grave ques
lion marks with regard lo their genuine attitude
toward this whole prm ess
Henan Ashrawi, a spokeswoman lor the Pales
tinian delegation, condemned the violence hut
described it as the consequence of the "extreme
violent o" of the Israeli net upntion
In a television interview, she predicted more at
tempts to disrupt tile talks
Some Muslim fundamentalist groups have
called for attacks to safxitagn the ctmferenco that
begins Wednesday in Madrid A Lebanese news
paper reported Monday that a radical Iranian
leader < ailed for suicide attar ks on the Jewish
state arid said the peace conference was "high
treason "
On the diplomatic front, Israel protested to the
United States over plans to grant a full length
opening speech to the Palestinian delegation Is
raid also rejected a freeze on settlements in the
occupied territories
Hut in one of his most com ilia lory interviews,
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said on
NHILTV Monday night that he was willing to dis
cuss anything and would not rule out trading
land in the occupied territories for peace
VYe believe and arc convim ed li belongs to us
viilin thousands of years," tic said "Maybe the
1'idcstlmans believe live same Then let us ncgoti
ate how to settle It, how to find a way to avoid
war"
In comments curlier in the day, however, Sha
mir rebuffed an appeal from the opposition Labor
Party lor a tree/e on settlements in live West Ilank
and (i.i/a Strip
Palestinian and Jordanian delegates arrived in
Madrid to an enthusiastic greeting from a score of
supporters Monday Young Palestinians and
Spaniards waved placards saving In Arabic,
Spanish and English "Long Live a Iree and lnde
pendent Palestine
Soviet President Mikhail S (lorbachov arrived
Monday night and President Hush was to arrive
Tuesday, a day Indore the conference begins at
tiie 18th-century Royal Palace
At the White House, Hush said he hoped the
talks would lie a first step to peace, but cautioned
that "there's a long, long way logo
Israeli officials protested they had Iveen taken
iiy surprise by a decision to allow the Palestinians
a full opening speei h in addition to ihe speei h by
the Jordanian delegation's leader, instead of siiar
mg the time on Thursday
"This would connote as if they were a separate
national entity,” .Shovul said
Ash row i, asked whether she look this .is recog
nitton lli.it tin- Palestinians ,irf .1 separate entity,
she said "Yes, I think so
Shamir aide Yossi Hen Aharon said the fairs
tinians were trying "to projor t the image of a 11a
tion iti the making "
Israel agreed to attend the conference only if
dll' I’alestlne I.lfieratiun (hganl/ation were ex
■ luded. and the Palestinians partii ipated in a
|oint delegation with Jordan
On Sunday, a Pl.t) official, larouk haddoumt.
said the talks would not continue past the open
mg days unless Israel stopped building on the ter
ritorles 11 sel/.ild III I'll./
I he Beirut newspaper Ail Diy,imt\ Monday
quoted Ah Akbar Mohtashemi, Iran's former lute
nut minister, as desr rifling tile Madrid confereiii e
as a "crime against the Palestinian people" and
urging suicide' attar ks on Israeli targets
In Ankara, Turkey, separate explosions killed
an American serviceman and seriously wounded
an Egyptian diplomat The United States is a co
sponsor of the talks in Madrid; Egypt is the only
Arab nation to sign a peat e treaty with Israel
An anonymous caller < Turned responsibility in
the name of Islamic Jihad The name means Is
lamit Holy War. and is often used by Muslim
groups
Sec urilv became ini reasingly visible in Madrid
About lit.(M)ll police and civil guards, many cur
rying automatic weapons and hacked by armored
vehicles, were assigned to protect the delegations
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