NATI ON/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Thursday, December 5, 1996 - 9A ormer generals urge nfue sarming WASHINGTON (AP) -Two retired generals who once oversaw America's nuclear arsenals are now urging disar- mament. "We believe the time for action is now, for the alternative of inaction could well carry a high price," they said. Joining them in an unprecedented peal to U.S. and Russian leaders to orge a global consensus to reduce nuclear arsenals "to the lowest verifi- able levels," are some 60 former gener- als and admirals from around the world. Among them is Russian President Boris Yeltsin's ousted securi- ty chief, Alexander Lebed, and retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Horner, who commanded coalition air forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. "A world free of the threat of nuclear weapons is necessarily a world devoid of nuclear weapons," declared retired Gen. Lee Butler, who until 1994 head- ed the U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's intercontinental nuclear forces. He was joined by retired Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, a former supreme allied commander in Europe, at an address to the National Press Club on he dangers of nuclear war. "With the end of the Cold War, these weapons are of sharply reduced utility, and there is much to be gained now by substantially reducing their numbers and their alert status, meanwhile exploring the possibility' of their ulti- mate complete elimination," they said in a statement. Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger countered that the United tates will always need nuclear eapons to deter other states, or terror- ist groups, that might threaten an attack. "That genie can never 'be stuffed back in the bottle," he said on PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. "You cannot expunge from the mind of man the knowledge of producing nuclear weapons." Schlesinger was defense secretary under President Ford. In their statement, the retired gener- *s argued that after the disappearance of the Soviet Union and a sharp fall in international tensions, the need for nuclear deterrence between the two superpowers has vanished. China's defense minister to visit U.S., talk policy The Washington Post BEIJING - As a young People's Liberation Army officer in the 1950s, Gen. Chi Haotian earned his battlefield stripes fighting American soldiers on the snowy Korean Peninsula. He showed his political hard edge on the streets of Beijing three decades later when, as chief of the general staff, he sent troops into Tiananmen Square to crush the 1989 democracy demonstra- tions, leaving hundreds dead. Chi Haotian (pronounced Chee How-TYEN) is now defense minister, deputy chair of the powerful Central Military Commission and, some ana- lysts predict, likely to emerge as the top-ranking official in the military's hierarchy after next year's Communist Party congress. When he arrives today for a 10-day visit to the United States, he will be received in a way that would have seemed inconceivable in the wake of the Tiananmen massacre seven years ago: full VIP treatment, including meetings with top Washington officials and tours of major U.S. military instal- lations and training schools. Chi's visit was twice delayed because of disputes between the United States and China over Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province of China, and military analysts said the red carpet treatment is in part to make up for the embarrassment of the previous post- ponements. His trip marks the most tangible sign yet that the Sino-U.S. relationship is finally on the mend. The downturn began abruptly after the Tiananmen crackdown, during the Bush administration, and then spiraled further when President Clinton took office with a policy of linking trade with China to the Communist regime's performance on human rights. Relations reached a crisis when the United States gave a visa to President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan to visit his alma mater, Cornell University, in the spring of 1995. AP PHOTO A demonstrator surrounded by tear gas tosses a noise bomb at police officers during a protest in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, yesterday. The police tried to disperse civil servants protesting their recent lack of pay. Former Japanese officials arrested Los Angeles Times TOKYO - Japan's scandal-battered bureaucrats got another black eye yes- terday when a former top Health Ministry official was arrested for allegedly taking $530,000 in bribes from a nursing home developer in exchange for lucrative government sub- sidies. Police say Nobuharu Okamitsu, who resigned last month as administrative vice minister, also received a golf club membership and the use of two cars and had the nursing home developer pay to remodel his condominium kitchen while greasing the way for the developer to col- lect about $3 million in subsidies. Another former Health Ministry offi- cial, Shigeru Chatani, also was arrested for allegedly taking $27,000 in bribes, and a third official was demoted this week after admitting he had borrowed money from the nursing home developer, Hiroshi Koyama. However, the widening scandal has not bruised Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. A new survey by the news- paper Yomiuri Shimbun found a 56.5 percent approval rating for his new Cabinet, up lII percentage points from the last such survey, in September. And the prime minister emerged unscathed this week after being questioned in par- liament about the current scandal. Some analysts believe the adroit Hashimoto may actually benefit from the corruption case, which merely underscores the need for the bureau- cratic reforms he has pledged to enact. "This will drive and encourage Hashimoto's reforms," said Seiichi Ota, second secretary of Hashimoto's Liberal Democratic Party, upon hearing of Okamitsu's arrest. HOLIDAY Continued from Page A According to tradition, only one jug of oil was found untouched. Although the oil should have only lasted a little time, when the Jews burned it, it lasted eight days. "That's why we celebrate for eight days," Rabbi Kirzner said. Campus Jewish organizations are planning a number of events for all eight days. "It's great that all eight days are dur- ing school this year," said Marni The c Holtzman, Hillel program associate. "We have more opportunities for stu- i$htings dents." Hillel is running candle-lighting should be services in residence halls every night of Hanukkah, Holtzman said. A party s d bre is planned at Hillel the first night, and_ another party is scheduled entirely for graduate students and professionals. Co-leaderi Also, the Hillel-organized Jewish Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Collective, Ahava, is throwing a "flaming Menorah" party. Hillel isn't the only campus group providing services for Hanukkah. "We wanted to do a candle-lighting service every night at a different Greek house," said Havi Wolfson, the co-leader of the Greek Jewish Connection. The GJC is a new group within the Panhellenic system that aims to improve Jewish life within the Greek system. LSA senior Alan and=e- ser vice Sa good oak. - Havi Wolfson of Greek Jewish Connection Even with all the "The candle-lighting service should be a good study break," Wolfson said. "It's a come-together, have-Hanukkah kind of a thing." Chabad House, located on Hill Street, tried to spread the Hanukkah spirit by erecting a 15-foot-tall Menorah on their lawn. Response from students was mixed. "Chabad has a great Menorah, but size doesn't really mat- ter," said LSA senior Debbi Bohnen. Policky, the group leader of the Jewish a cappella musical group Kol Hakavod, said he looked forward to a musical celebration. Kol Hakavod is having a Hanukkah concert Saturday. "We'll be inviting our audience to join us in lighting candles and singing songs," Policky said, Even the University is in the Hanukkah spirit lately. "The best part of Hanukkah so far is hearing the (Burton Memorial) Tower play a medley of Hanukkah songs," said LSA first-year student Sharrone Moustakis. events going on across campus during Hanukkah, many students have priorities other than observa- tion. "I enjoy lighting the candles, unless there's a hockey game," said LSA sophomore Eric Shafran. "Hanukkah shmanukkah, I'll be at Yost. Anyway, people often misinter- pret the holiday, anyway. There's no such thing as a Hanukkah bush." Life's a day at the virtual beach if you're an AT&T long distance customer. 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