2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 28, 1995 U.S. Marnes return to shore in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The U.S. Marines came back to the beaches of Mogadishu yesterday, re- turning to protect the last U.N. peace- keepers evacuating from Somalia's chaos. A vanguard of about 150 Marines landed by helicopter and Helicat air cushion vessels on a beach at the city's seaside airport, where they were setting up a command headquarters and landing routes for about 2,000 dther Marines and Italian soldiers. U.S. commanders would not say -When the rest of the troops would come ashore, but their arrival was clearly imminent. The airport and nearby seaport are controlled by U.N. peacekeepers. In Washington, Pentagon spokes- man Lt. Cmdr. Scott Campbell said the Marines who went ashore yester- day were part of a reconnaissance mission. He said the main withdrawal operation had not yet begun. Mogadishu was calm yesterday, a day after warring Somali militias battled outside the main gate of the airport. Commanders of the seven-nation U.S.-led forces do not expect a direct confrontation with Somali militia. Instead, the biggest threat may be from stray bullets, mortars and rocket- propelled grenades fired by the rival militias. Stray rounds fell at the airport Sunday, and one Somali policeman was slightly wounded. "Yesterday was a typical Somalia day, a little shooting, but it wasn't aimed at us," said Army Col. John Latimer of Rock Hill, S.C., who has been in Mogadishu for five weeks as head of an advance team. Another clan fight broke out yes- terday farther from the port and air- port. Shots and explosions could be heard, but far fewer stray rounds ap- peared to be striking near U.S. and U.N. positions. The United States and its Italian, French, British and Malaysian allies put together a force of 14,000 troops to protect the withdrawal of the last 2,400 Pakistani and Bangladeshi peacekeepers. The force has been on 32 ships off Somalia for more than a week, preparing for the amphibious retreat. The Pakistani and Bangladeshi peacekeepers are the last of a U.N. force that once numbered 38,000 from 21 nations. NATIONAL REPORT 4 State criticizes GOP welfare plan WASHINGTON - Issuing a harsh critique of the Republican welfare initiative, state welfare administrators yesterday denounced provisions that would limit benefits to unmarried teen-age mothers, legal immigrants and long- term recipients of public assistance. The resolutions unanimously adopted by directors of state welfare systems during their annual meeting here shows that most states have major reservations about the Republican blueprint for welfare reform. The administrators were in a hurry to advance their position because the House Ways and Means Committee today launches its debate on the primary elements of the welfare reform proposal. "We're the people who have to run these programs," said Gerald Miller, director of Michigan's welfare department and president of the American Public Welfare Association, which was holding the meeting. "We wanted to be a major player" in the overhaul of the welfare system for poor families, Miller said. The GOP measure, which was passed by a subcommittee earlier this month with virtually no changes, would forge the most dramatic changes to the safety net for poor families in 50 years. (See related story, Page 10) AP PHOTO An advance team walks past a U.N. peacekeeper guarding their arrival on the beach in Mogadishu, Somalia yesterday. American Marines first came to Somalia on Dec. 8, 1992, part of a military coalition sent to save the Horn of Africa nation from war and famine. An estimated 350,000 Somalis had died, and the United Nations said a million more could perish if banditry and militia fighting were not halted so food could be delivered to the starv- I 1_ Ash Wednesday University Lutheran Chapel 1511 Washtenaw 663-5560 ---- CTDET RAE 800-777-0112A great scores... Hey Graphic Artists Once again, the Daily is making a plea for your talents and time. If you've been here before, give us a call or stop by . If you're new, give us a call or stop by. Ask for Jon or Scot. Thanks. ing. The United States and its allies largely completed that task, saving tens of thousands of lives. Washing- ton turned over the humanitarian mis- sion to the United Nations in March 1993 and the emphasis shifted to re- construction, with the hope of estab- lishing a democratic government. FELDMANN Continued from page 1. William Pearson, an associate chem- istry professor, described Feldmann as "hard-working and smart." He said Feldmann was bound for graduate stud- ies in organic chemistry. Feldmann had been conducting research with Pearson for a year, syn- thesizing potentially useful anti-can- cer and anti-HIV agents. Pearson said Feldmann was also planning to visit Colorado State University's chemistry department during his trip. Referring to his research lab, Pearson said, "It's hard having an empty bench there." According to the chemistry de- partment, Feldmann had been ac- cepted to Ph.D. programs at Wiscon- sin, Colorado and the University of California at Los Angeles. Last sum- mer he was offered a Gomberg Sum- mer Research grant, but instead took an internship with Dow Chemical Co. As a first-year student at the Uni- versity, he was given the distinction of becoming a William J. Branstrom Scholar, an LSA award based on grade-point average. Feldmann is survived by his mother, Janet; father, William; brother, Ross; and maternal grandparents. Mrs. Feldmann said her son en- joyed playing the drums and the music of Pink Floyd, Phish and The Doors. Deadbeat federal employees targeted WASHINGTON - Saying he wants the government to be a model for private employers, President Clinton signed an executive order yesterday to help force deadbeat par- ents in the federal work force to pay the child support they owe. Under the order, federal agencies including the military must help en- force child support and paternity ac- tions against their employees by as- sisting in the service of legal papers and by searching their personnel records for names of delinquent par- ents. The practical impact of the order will be limited, since the military and most other federal agencies have al- ready begun such steps. "This will mostly help us do better the things we are already doing," a Pentagon spokesman said. The White House said a recent computer search of federal employee records turned up more than 105,000 "matches" with state courts' lists of delinquent parents, including almost 75,000 in the military. But the Defense Department said those numbers overstated the prob'- lem because some delinquent parents are sought by more than one state. Court to hear case of@ immigrants' rights WASHINGTON--When Vincent Duane tried to buy insurance for his new Baltimore home, the agent said he couldn't get a homeowners' policy be- cause he is not a U.S. citizen. So Duane, an Australian whohad lived in the United States for a decade, sued the company for discrimination.@ Yesterday the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether a major civil-rights law protects people who are not citizens from discrimination in private contracts, using Duane's suit against Government Employ- ees Insurance Co. The case could affect the rights of immigrants in a range of contexts. h k. N.t. 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Instead, it went Ekeus revea down significantly, and is still going sion. down. Indeed, afterthe newsofBarings' When co plight broke, it went down some more, data in talks] increasing the bank's losses by $288 material wa million overnight. throughouttl The potential loss is so great and so But when U uncertain, said Eddie George, gover- either thegr nor of the Bank of England, that no tion about it other institution or combination of in- destroyed dt stitutions, nor the government itself, mediatelyaft was willing to rescue Barings. - [have been pouring money ;k hole," he said. ngs collapse due to deriva- was the sort of nightmare critics ofsuch investments tys Iraq hid cal weapons NGTON --Four years af- ian Gulf war's end, U.N; closed yesterday that Iraq evidence behind a biolpgi- program to develop chol- losis and the plague. The as larger than previogsly 80s, the Iraqi government ough material to cultivate s of bacteria, far more than needed for peaceful medi- ,U.N. 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