Bid to link porn to Io sex bias ails in Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Calling it an " imperfect statement," Mayor Donald Fraser yesterday vetoed a hotly debated ordinance that would have defined pornography as discrimination against women. The measure had passed on a 7-6 vote of the city council last week, and nine votes would be required to override Fraser's veto. THE MAYOR said the broadness of the ordinance's definition of por- nography made it unacceptable. "It's too vague to adequately inform people as to whether their activities might be covered by it," he said. The measure would have allowed women who had been discriminated against to sue for damages from distributors of certain obscene books, magazines or movies. PROPONENTS say pornography can lead to violence against women. Fraser added he did "not see the }vetoing of this ordinance as an end to the issue . . . But rather I see it as an imperfect statement." The mayor vetoed the ordinance with his signature as he spoke to a room crowded with reporters, city council members and others, mostly advocates of the ordinance who moaned as he an- nounced his decision. The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, which called, the ordinance a form of 'censorship and a violation fo the First Amendment right to free speech, had threatened to challenge it in court. El Salvad (Continued from Page 1) doubts as to whether its deadline will be met. According to the sources, who asked not to be identified, the commission is knot expected to depart significantly from the Reagan administration's Cen- tral American policy. ONE OFFICIAL, pointing out that the commission will call for $1 billion in economic and military aid over several years, said that sum is roughly what the United States has spent in the region over the past few years. - - - He added that the commission also will recommend that the bulk of the aid The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 6, 1984 - Page 3 Nigerians hope coup will not affect tuition payments By SUE BARTO Nigerian students and University officials say they hope last week's military coup in Nigeria will not reverse a recent. upswing in payment of debts owed to American schools. Excluding what is owed for fall term, Nigeria owes the University about $20,000 for currently enrolled students. Last June, the debt for both currently and previously enrolled Nigerian students was estimated at $116,000, said Financial Operations Director Bill Krumm. That figure has been reducedi by about half, he said, KRUMM SAID the Nigerian government debt to colleges and, universities throughout the U.S. was estimated at over $10, million last summer. He said University officials considering sending a spokesman to speak to the Nigerian ambassador about the situation, but the idea was rejected because the debt is relatively small. It will be some time before anyone knows whether paymen- ts will continue because the shake-up could delay mail con- taining payments from the new government, said Inter- national Center Director Jon Heise. "Nobody at this point knows (what will happen) and I wouldn't put any bets on new policies," he said. OFFICIALS have attribued the debt problem to the decline in oil prices and the subsequent inability of Nigerian banks to obtain foreign currency. But Krumm said the old gover- nment had begun reducing the debt prior to last week's coup. The current $20,000 figures could represent the debts of only one or two of the 32 Nigerian students at the University, Krumm said. Heise attributes the payments by the old government to lobbying by both Nigerian students and school ad- ministrators across the U.S. "IT WAS clearly the pressure," he said. He cited both "the refusal of American schools to accept new students and the nasty, nasty editorials that students had written in newspapers at home." For the immediate future, however, the coup casts doubt over the continued repayment of the back debts. Graduate student Ema Ema said he has not had any con- tact with his family in Nigeria since the coup and that he knows only what he has read in newspapers about the situation. BUT HE guessed that the country "is going to undergo '(Nigeria) is going to some reconstruction and weaknesses and delays governments.' undergo look into of past - Ema Ema, University student some reconstruction and look into weaknesses and delays of past governments." He speculated that national security and international commitments would take priority over in- dividual student debts. Nigerian Student Association President Godwin Okonkwo said students are taking the coup in stride and are hoping for the best. "It's just like any other government," he said, com- paring the military takeover in Nigeria to a single political party taking control in the United States. Federal officials say there are positive signs that the new government intends to pay off Nigeria's debts. A spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs said the new government made a payment on a commercial debt to a London bank. Unconfirmed rumors said the payment, which had been authorized by the previous government, may have been as high as $37 million. While it is unknown how much the payment represented of the nation's total international debt, or if it will have any af- fect on other debts, Julie Rose, an advisor for the National Association for Foreign Students Affairs, said State Depar- tment and embassy officials are expressing "cautious op- timism rather than the usual cautious pessism" about the impact of the coup on the Nigerian student debt. "The situation has changed just a hair," Rose said. Rose added she remains hesitant about the advisability of admitting new Nigerian students. "I'm urging caution on ,admitting new people and pushing for payment of current debts," she said. Maze -r A technician at Rockwell International in El Segundo, Calif., looks over the recently-completed bulkhead which will be used in the U.S. Air Force's B-13 aircraft. or improves on humai be earmarked for economic assistance, consistent with present policy. The commission agrees with the ad- ministration that the United States should give full backing to the electoral process in El Salvador and that leftists should be denied a role in government unless the voters decide otherwise. Thus. far, leftist insurgents have refused to take part in elections, claiming, the government cannot guarantee their safety. - U.S. OFFICIALS said thatat,the in- sistence'of 'its more liberal members, the panel will urge that continued military aid to El Salvador be linked to improved human rights performance. It will call for maximum U.S. pressure on Salvadoran authorities to end politically motivated killings. At the same time, the panel repor- tedly will recommend an increase in military aid to El Salvador on grounds that the Salvadoran Army cannot win the four-year-old civil war there if current assistance levels are main- tained, the officials said. A military analyst in El Salvador said yesterday that-two recent guerrilla at- tacks against an army base and a major bridge show that there are more armed rebels in the country than irights previously believed. Intelligence officials generally had estimated the number of guerrillas here between 5,000 and 7,000. The analyst, who has access to most army documents, declined to state the num- ber of guerrillas he thinks are armed but said it has grown. "There has been an increase in the strength of the subversives," he said. The analyst said between 300 and 500 guerrillas were involved in the attack on the 4th Inflitry" 'Bri"aded in 'E Paraiso, 35 miles north of that more than 100 troops were killed in fighting, among the bloodiest of the war. 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CFT - Play it Again, Sam, 5:15 & 9 p.m., Casablanca, 7:05 & 10:50 p.m. Michigan Theatre. Miscellaneous Astro Fest 131 - Films, Universe (National Film Board of Canada, 1960), Universe, (NASA, 1976 lecture by Jim Loudon, "The Birth and Death of the Universe," 7:30 p.m., MLB 3. Duplicate Bridge Club --Open game, 7:15 p.m. Folk Dance Club - Israeli dances, 8 p.m., Third floor dance studio, corner of State and William. St. George's students to start classes (Continued from Page 1) situation is "calmer." Ann Arbor resident Reza Farhangfar, a second-year student at St. George's, said he is not at all nervous about returning to Grenada. "I think it's the safest place in the world right now," he said. DESPITE THE military activity on the tiny island, students missed only 14 school days last term. Classes con- tinued up to the day before the invasion and students were transferred quickly to either the new Barbados campus, Long Island University in New York, or Rutgers University in New Jersey. The Grenada campus was not severely damaged, Medica said. There were "bullet holes here and there" and next week extensive damage to the landscaping, mostly caused by the use of the campus as a U.S. military base. He said the worst damage was blown out air con- ditioning units. There were 631 students on Grenada before the invasion, but only 247 will be returning to the island for classes this term, which begins January 10. Another 240 will attend the Barbados campus, and 175 will be in New York. About 80 new students will be attending St. George's. Medica said relations between the predominantly American students and the Grenadian people had always been good and that he does not anticipate any changes in that relationship. ,.ket scalping hearing set I To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 l i (Continued from Page 1Y Gorge said he recognized all the of- ficers and had dealt with them in the past. "I have a good relationship with the Ann Arbor Police Department. I was shocked when they brought charges," he said. "I give the guys (police of- ficers) tickets all the time. It's good business. I wasn't trying to bribe anyone. I just had extra tickets." OFFICIALS would not comment on Gorge's prior relationship with the of- ficers. Keith Leak, Houghton's attorney in the case, said his client was "within his legal rights" for the alleged sale. "The first thing that comes to mind in this case is entrapment," Leak said. "I think the police are guilty of entrap- ment. They are the ones that initiated the transaction. It isn't like the defen- dant called them up." Neither Ann Arbor police nor the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's office would comment on the possibility of en- trapment in any of the cases. Other scalpers contacted by the Daily say last month's crackdown was prom- pted by an article on illegal ticket sales which appeared in the Ann Arbor News. Officials denied the charge. ...but it's easier at Ulrich's Utrich's really tries to make book rush less of a hassle. They have people who'll find your books for you. They'll buy your old books. They keep a full stock of all the other supplies you need. And you won't go broke in exchange for the con- venience, either. Why not try Ulrich's this year? It could be easier for you. It ai ea - - I n't sy... Malicious intent " rJ Special Book Rush Hours: Mon. Jan. 9th-8:30A.M. to 9:00P.M. Thurs. Jan. 5th-8:30A.M. to 9:00P.M. Tues. 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