Kerrey calling it quits, aides say
mu A S HI Nl .TON
(A I’) Nebraska
Sen ilii! Kerrey
111 r.m*]^tn j0|(j Democratic
colleagues Wednesday he «e
abandoning his campaign lor
the Democrat t presidential
nomination. .1 Senate aide said
lie s going to-announce to
morrow tii.it tie s pulling out."
said die aide to a senator who
attended a meeting Kerrey had
with Democratic senators and
supporters Wednesday in the
Capitol. The aide requested
anonymity
Kerrey scheduled a Thursday
morning news conference fo
ehn in Washington and a wel
come home rally later in Oma
ha.
And Leo i’errotta, ins Rhode
Island campaign manager who
w as preparing lor the Metre h 10
primary there, said, Kerrey is
dropping out of the rac e'
Kerrey c anceled his appear
am 11 s Wednesday 1 n Florida
and on CNN s "Larry King
Live" alter doing poorly in all
ol Tuesday night's primaries
arid c aucuses
Arriving at W islungUift N.t
1 iona 1 Airport, Kerrey con
firmed that his campaign funds
were running short hut said he
had
ft
le
yet about bis i alldld.a V
[Hit senior advisers rein
fnrt i\l widely i art u .at tng r<
ports [t .it K ''rfiv w.n.dd halt his
tatnpjlgn
Vtiu don 't i ani •• I luur
v if Ii*i<* r .;ht before a bunch
of pr i mil r it's to stay in ! fie
r.u i'," one adv iser said
Another said friends were ad
vising Kerrey that tilings look,
loo ideal, to risk, the future by
going oil
Kerrey was the only Demo
< tatii taildidate who dhi not
chalk up a vu tnri Tuesday
night And he was a! or near
the liottoiii m every contest ’>
pen ent in (leorgia and Mary
land. It peri ent In Idaho. I t
-percent'in l tali. Id pen ent in
Colorado
Asked Tuesday night where
he expected to vyin in next
Wet I S multiple Silja r Tuesd.iV
i aili list's and primaries, Kerrey
rejdied ' Nowhere
Kef-rev , a former gov ertlur,
had long been Considered a ris
ing Demoi/ratii star tie earned
a V iai ,sd Honor in Vietnam,
where lie I ••! part of a leg He
dated ,ii tress"liebra Winger He
had i harisnm
Hut Kerrey s iirst national
i a m pa l gn tin gu u half w a y
through his firs! Senate term.
was plagued by missteps and
ntisi alcula! ions
His campaign even the
t andidute himself seemed 11>
be reim ented cy erv wi-i\
I trs! there vs .is Kerrey the
tough trade warrior, prompting
rivals to accuse him of |apan
bashing Then there was herrev
the war hero, who maintained
his unquestionable patriotism
made him the most elec table
candidate There was also
herrev the healthware reform
candidate a theme he sound
ml so often that many observers
said he was missing the larger
economii pit lure
t lay ton Kauffman of (band
island. Neb . a friend !or 1 1
years said herrev did mil dis
play his wit or humor during
in,.i h ol the c auipaign When
he's ci liuine Willi I .t ill 111 a r
fares, that's when he re.illy
cooks.'' Kauffman said
Kauffman also said Kerrey
had never dwelled on Ills war
record before and si.gyesied the
shift w as in.iiie on tlie .uiy it e of
misguided i onsultants
The p u ti l H a p p t ec 1.1 l es
modesty in their heroes. lie
said Sometimes you gel the
experts on a c ampaign and
they tty to shape a person to
tin1 market
btantord wnistie-Diower to run tor oongress
STANFORD, (talif (AF) The man who nil
i overed research overhilling a! Stanford l 'lljversi -
!v took a parting shot al si houl nltn la's Wednes
day. ( ailing lhem "two-legged rt>dents" wl; lived
high on tin’ federal dole
Paul Biddle, the on campus research contrail
negotiator tor the Oltice id Naval Research, had
n signed to pursue a politic al c areer I he 1.' year
old Republican, who is running for llongress,
slammed the door on Ins \sav out
"Instead of looking lor fraud at Stanford, I hope
I i an get out there ami hiok tor waste and had
management in other areas.' Biddle said "I'm
ti lling you, I learned a lot about waste and greed
d individuals here
Stanford spokesman l.urrv Horton said he
Wouldn’t respond to Biddle s leave : iking tirade.
but said the school I1' looking forward 11> seeing
Biddle's replacement come on < anipus to oversee
fisirr.il ri'sc.irt h contrui ts
We re looking forward to working with .1
member ot the government who doesn't li.ive .1
i on11 ti ! Horton s.iid, referring to 11 suit 111.bill'
til. .I on bi b.ill of the government in in effort to
ton e Stanford to reji.iy overt h.irges
Biddle came to Stanford three years tigo anil
ininied lately Ut amt) suspn sous tb it the school
h.e! enjoyed .1 1 o/\ " rel.itionshij) with his gov
eminent pie let essors. who il.ldn't audited St,ill
too! s books in .1 det ode
St,infold h.is tietueti widespread overtoiling,
but paid b.e. k SJ I million in inappropriate'
hiis*. mi hiding 11e11nt1T1.ini e ol .1 yet hi on ! shop
ping enter, and tinners, lurnitute and partu s
at Stanford administrators homes
NATIONAL BRIEFS
North Korea to have material for nuclear bomb
WASHINGTON l A|*J Tin* commander "I 1’ N fun rs in
South- K. ; • a said U. dm ..lav th.it V :th k km will have tin*
in.ilrn.il fur .1 nut lear bomb In this summer anil could build
an untested Weapon as earls as nextyear
\rrny (.en K -U-rt Kisiassi lulil Ihr Senate Armed Services
t »1 mill I tti ' • that Nurlh Korea iuuld .onstrmt a crude bomb
sometime l>otw een ll)*KI arid I 'l'i l
Questioned about a delivery system fur the weapon.
Kisiassi said North Korea could slate it loan aircraft. put it
nit a Scud Clearly. they have t hit tribunal expertise to 'do
that "
l int t onunaritirr elaborated un CIA Director Kubrrt Gales'
trstimunv last week. tu tbr House foreign Aflairs Committee
in which till’ agent v 1 hirf said North Korea inulil produce a
nut Irar weapon w ithin a few months to a frw vuars
North Korea has agteed in prim iple to allow inspections of
its nu. lear f.n tilth's However. North Korea has been slow to
allow the inspections, prompting South Korea and the West
to express concern that the debtv is allowing the North to
prod tit e nuclear w arlie.nl
Bush pushes tuna embargo lift for no-netters
WASHINGTON {A11) the flush iilministratiori on
U ■ lines.fav proposed lifling tuna Import embargoes tor 1 nun
tries that agreed to '10(1 netting dolphins lor a five year peri
od beginning Mari ti 1 'ilH
t'ntus called the proposal insulin lent and said it would
result in more dolphin deaths
Court ordered embargoes ol yellow fin tuna have been in
effei t against Mevi. o and Ye lie/, tie la sou e I O'II) bei a use they
tailed to a.ie.piatelv redui e the numU r ol dolphins killed fiv
their tuna fishing fleets
l fie embargo was widened fan 11 to mi hide nations that
import yellow Tin tuna harvested Irnm the 1 istern tropical
I'ai dll. t). cun In Mexu all and \ etre/ . d III vessels that Use
dolphin killing methods to c at. h tuna '.event. .11 nations tall
into tills I atrgory and their tuna exports to the I lilted Stales
are embargoed
The embargoes will after t marly halt ol the t S supplv ot
tuna, ai 1 old mg tu t he ( ommen e I iepar Iment
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