2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 23, 1996 NATION/WORLD Perot blames Dole for debate snub r. x..: " ' ..emu .... .. 6 The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Reform Party presidential nominee Ross Perot yester- day called Republican nominee Bob Dole "rude and arrogant" and said Dole had "poisoned the attitudes of millions of independent voters" for opposing Perot's participation in debates this fall. Speaking on two morning talk shows, the Texas billionaire spoke harshly of Dole and the decision to keep him out of two presidential debates, saying it would deny him the opportunity to get his message out to millions of viewers. Dole's campaign had argued against Perot's participation in the debates, scheduled for Oct. 6 and 16, while President Clinton's campaign wanted him in. Perot said he will file a lawsuit today challenging the recommendation of the Commission on Presidential Debates that Perot be excluded because he did not have a realistic chance of being elected. Negotiators for the Dole and Clinton campaigns finalized a debate schedule Saturday, with the Dole campaign pre- vailing on the decision to include only the two major candidates. "Senator Dole did something really dumb politically, and that is he poi- soned the attitudes of millions of inde- pendent voters who put the Republicans in power in the House and Senate with what he's done," Perot said on NBC's I ' ,,, MICHIGAN real music. U -|7$|, "Meet the Press." Dole "was will- ing to sacrifice the Senate and House races so that he would- n't have to con- front me. Now, here's a guy that's supposed to be a war hero. You'd think he'd be willing to stand up and talk to Perot argued that Senatoi did sometl really duni politically P residet races could be harmed because Dole had angered independent voters over the debate issue. "I'm not worried about that," Armey said. "Quite frankly, this commission made the decision and both President Clinton and Senator Dole have agreed to run with the commission's recom- mendations, ... If Bob Dole's afraid of something, I'm pretty darned sure it is not, it certainly is not, Ross Perot." Also appearing on "Meet the Press," Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chair of the Ir DoleDemocratic hin National Committee, said Clinton cam- paign officials had made it clear BEN that they wanted - Ross Perot Perot in the ntial nominee debates but Dole campaign offi- cials had said their candidate would refuse to debate if Perot was included. "The question then is do we have debates with the two of us or no debates at all, and the president, wisely, in my view, made the decisions we'll have debates," Dodd said. Perot said his campaign had planned to air a 30-minute commercial each week on each of four major networks on issues such as social security, Medicare, Medicaid and welfare. But he said the networks would not sell the time before he was an official candidate and later they offered only "remnants" of air time. The combined effect of the debate decision and "day after day being bom- barded across the country by the two parties," Perot said, put him at "a seri- ous, serious disadvantage." Financial woes force NRA layoffs WASHINGTON - In signs of continuing financial trouble, the National Rifle Association has laid off 30 workers and suspended production of its weekly cable television program, according to NRA officials. Two NRA board members said the gun lobby has furloughed almost 10 perdnt of its roughly 400-employee work force in recent weeks. The group also is relocating staff in its headquarters building to free space to r to other companies, one board member said. NRA spokesperson Bill Powers would not comment on layoffs beyond an Aug. 26 press release that said the NRA was putting renewed emphasis on grass-roots initiatives. "To meet the growing demand for the many programs of NRA, we must contin- ue to empower our members ... in the communities where our members live, rather than from a building near Washington's beltway," the release quoted Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's executive vice president. The NRA's financial woes stem from a multimillion-dollar campaign aimed* at boosting membership. Last year, as membership reached 3.5 million, former President Bush quit t NRA after a fund-raising letter referred to federal agents as "jack-booted gove ment thugs." scheduled for (tuesdav) tugihn ic 1e6 lJo 4t o isery release dates subject to change without notice, sorry. swn-1obere easedmusi fo some top aftss..agAidates coud change (record companies ted to do W s another person, wouldn't you?" At the same time, Perot said he would encourage voters "not to let the anger of Senator Dole's throwing us out of the debates ... affect who they select." Speaking on "Fox News Sunday" Perot said Dole was "the point man" on exclud- ing the Reform Party nominee from the debates and "has been rude and arrogant in this in a way that I had never seen him act before, I guess he's desperate." Asked about Perot while campaign- ing in Illinois yesterday, Dole indicated he went along with the debate panel. "I'm not on the commission," The Associated Press quoted Dole as saying. House Majority Leader Richard Armey (R-Texas) who appeared later on "Meet the Press," dismissed Perot's warning that Republican congressional ®PRINTING LOWEST PRICES! HIGHEST QUALITY! ® FASTESTSER VCE! * 1002 PONTIAC TR. ® 994-1367 john F. Kennedy r. weds on seclud Georgia island CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. - John John is the nations No. I bachelor no more. John F Kennedy Jr. tied the knot in a top secret weekend ceremony hidden from the prying eyes of the media. Years of gossip about the man once dubbed "The Sexiest Man Alive" ended with a private wedding Saturday on this secluded island along the Georgia coast, close to the Florida state line. "My cousin John did tie the knot yes- terday," Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) confirmed yesterday morning. He gave no details, including the name of the bride. Kennedy has been romantically linked for about five years to Carolyn Bessette, who works in public relations for Calvin Klein Ltd. in New York City. But she was hardly the only woman linked to the dashing playboy who has it all - good looks, money and a link to Camelot. The 35-year-old son of President John F. Kennedy, co-founder and editor of George magazine, ended a lengthy relationship with actress Darryl Hannah not long after his mother's funeral in May 1994. Lobbysts spent $400M for influence WASHINGTON - Corporations, trade groups, unions and other special interests spent at least $400 million try- ing to influence the federal government in the first half of 1996, according to an analysis of the first disclosures under a new lobbying law. Expenditures ranged from the mill lions spent by AT&T and the natio largest doctors' lobby to less thah $10,000 by the San Francisco-based Family Violence Prevention Fund, which can afford only a part-time lb- byist. The figure is the most compreheia- sive estimate yet of amounts special interests spend on lobbying official Washington, but experts say it is proba- bly conservative. 14 t- iet'VAM c Sft ',e. tas, Crtch TestfiVmme, h.- 10 &(5: pr: Vre , L.eMOA i S, is VItr1 taut FA %20off ~1 I ce4 fv i. Beck' Tj.q'V"l o b ThCt~,ici JeaiAlice o hr-.Y,_ 424, X96_ SMayk~~ ,,. Qa FINANCES Continued from Page :A offering more scholarship and aid pro- grams. In the 1995-96 academic year, S135 million was spent on scholarships and fellowships. Regent Nellie Varner (D-Detroit) said financial support is critical to keeping good students at the University. She said the public needs to be more aware of the importance of education. "This is a public university and it is a premier public institution,"Varner said. "It's one of the few public institutions of this quality in the entire world." Varner said board members and administrators need to be "very vigilant in keeping state financial aid dollars." Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor) said the value of education is not as appreciated by legislators as it once was. "There are other topics that the legis- lature deals with that are sexier politi- cally than supporting higher educa- tion," Power said. Power also said there has been "a very broad shift in public policy" that has prompted the state to tighten its financial belt. Perry says Saddam 'bacg off' belligerent positions STOCKHOLM - Signaling an eas- ing of tensions in the Persian Gulf, Defense Secretary William Perry said yesterday Iraq is "backing off" the threatening moves it was making a week ago. One of the two U.S. aircraft carriers in region might leave next month, he said. "All the evidence I've seen the last four or five days is positive," Perry said on a flight from Finland to Sweden. "I truly believe Iraq is backing off the threatening actions they were taking a week ago." The Iraqis stopped harassing the American fighters rather than confront a major forces buildup ordered by President Clinton. In the face of criti- cism from many U.S. allies, the admin- istration demurred on any counterat- tack. Perry raised the possibility that if there is no increase in tension, the Vinson would leave the Middle East next month and return to Bremerton, ~5Z5~ .'.~ : .; ''. ° "# --- Wash., its home port. "When it gets to the date of decision for it to go, we'll look carefully At what's going on in Iraq," Perry said Former aide: Yeltsin. has liver, kidney, , driniing problems MOSCOW - Boris Yeltsin is push- ing for his bypass surgery to be dople soon, but his chief surgeon said yester- day the procedure is too risky to rush and perhaps could be canceled. Yeltsin had said the surgery would at the end of September. The intrigue surrounding Yeltsin's condition was fueled most recently"by Pavel Voshchanov, a former Yeltsin top aide who said the 65-year-old president has problems with his back, his hearing and blood vessels in his brain. Voshchanov also said Saturday that the president has liver and kidney trou- ble exacerbated by his drinking, contra- dicting statements from one of Yeltsi physicians. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. m Do you have something on your mind? Let us know. 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