2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday KNOW OF NEWS? CALL 76-DAILY OR STOP BY 420 MAYNARD ST. SPRING BREAK 98 LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED! "ALL INCLUSIE rK~PARTY PAK FREE..9 am.LVER ,October 15, 1997 NATE ONIWo RLD Reno extends probe of Clinton's fund-raising call. AROUND THE NATION s Justices clear way for assisted suicide WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Janet Reno extended her investi- gation yesterday into President Clinton's fund-raising telephone calls, giving her task force until Dec. 2 to see if a special prosecutor is needed. "I didn't do any- thing wrong," Clinton responded. Reno's decision came a day before the deadline for deciding whether to take the probe to the next stage - a preliminary investigation. She wanted it known before she was grilled today by the House Judiciary Committee, Justice officials said. The committee's Republicans are sure to press their demand for an inde- pendent counsel and to lambaste her handling of the case so far. In a two-paragraph announcement, authorized by the special court that picks independent counsels, Reno said, "I have been unable to determine whether there is sufficient specific and credible evidence to suggest a violation of federal criminal law" by Clinton. She said this was "because the initial inquiry period is limited to 30 days and because of the complexity of the factual and legal issues presented by this matter." The task force needs more time to analyze evidence of whether Clinton may have violated a 114-year-old law barring solicitation of campaign contri- butions in federal office buildings, according to Justice officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Reno took the same step earlier this month in extending the investigation of Vice President Al Gore's campaign fund-raising calls from his office. At a news conference in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, Clinton reacted calm- ly to questions about Reno's decision. "I did everything I could to comply with the law," he said. "There's a law. There's the fact-finding process, and ORGANIZE A SMALL GROUP EARN CASH & GO VOR FREE! .. 1-800-5URF5-UP www.studeiitexpress.coni Rl I'm going to cooperate with it in every way I possibly can." Republicans were less than satisfied by Reno's move. "The attorney general is taking a step in the right direction," said Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, "but, so far, she has stopped short of taking the action which is decisive and necessary - requesting the court to appoint indepen- dent counsel." Justice officials said yesterday they expect to question Clinton himself about the campaign finance affair. The task force recently expressed interest in such an interview and has discussed possible formats with Clinton's representatives, according to department officials. Clinton told reporters that an inter- view hasn't been discussed with him personally, but he pointed out his offer of a day earlier to do "anything that is necessary" to provide information, including an interview. Iran warns U.S. to withdraw destroyer TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran accused the United States yesterday of spying on Iranian military maneuvers, warn- ing it to withdraw a destroyer and a reconnaissance plane from the area. The Navy denied the charge, saying the ship never even left port. Senior Iranian naval officers, speak- ing on condition of anonymity, said that after the warnings, the USS Kinkaid and an S-3 reconnaissance plane pulled back from the site of the war games. However, a spokesperson for the Navy's 5th Fleet, headquartered on the Gulf island of Bahrain, said he had "no indication that either incident occurred" "The Kinkaid has been in port in Bahrain since Monday afternoon," Cmdr. Gordon Hume said. The Kinkaid is part of a seven-ship battle group that arrived in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. The S-3 is one of 75 aircraft operating from the USS Nimitz, the aircraft carrier that leads the battle group. Tensions in the region escalated after Iran's Sept. 29 air raids on two Iranian opposition bases inside Iraq. The raids violated a "no-fly" zone patrolled by the United States and its allies. For its part, Iraq sent two fightersin pursuit, Glso violating the zone. In response, Washington ordered the Nimitz to skip a port call in Singapore and speed to the Persian Gulf two weeks ahead of schedule. Yesterday, an Iranian naval comman- der said the Nimitz "would have no major impact on the region." "It serves only as a psychological threat by the Americans to justify their illegitimate presence here;' Adm. Ali Akbar Ahmadain, the navy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, said in remarks carried by Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency. Iran is not seeking a confrontation with the United States, but will strike back if attacked, he said. The Iranian exercises cover a 15,000-square-mile area and involve more than 100 vessels. The U.S. Navy has 15 ships in the region. Neither Iran nor the Navy has given precise locations for their warships, and it is not known how far their ships are from one another. But Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon suggested a confrontation was unlikely. "The exercises were planned long before the Nimitz went into the Gulf, and they have - the best we can tell - pro- ceeded according to plan," Bacon said. "We don't see any signs now that Iran is trying to take ... provocative action or is trying to confront us in any way," he said, speaking in Washington. On Monday, a Tehran newspaper warned that an accidental collision in the Gulf could spark a confrontation between the two countries. "If it happens, none but the U.S. will be responsible for the consequences" the paper said. "It is better all oround if the U.S. stops this risky game in the Persian Gulf.' BOWLING Continued from Page Colonial Lanes started to install black lights in July, and should have the process completed by Jan. 1, Pepp said. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court rekindled the emotional, ethical debate over assisted suicide yesterday by clearing the way for a groundbreak- ing Oregon law that lets terminally ill people get a doctor's help in killing themselves. The action came just a day before Oregon voters were to be mailed ballots asking whether they want to repeal the assisted-suicide measure. Although the highest court's order was not a decision and sets no national precedent, it removed the last legal hur- dle to implementing the assisted-sui- cide measure. The justices ruled in June that ter- minally ill Americans have no consti- tutional right to doctor-assisted sui- Clinton vetoes $140M from bill WASHINGTON - President Clinton pulled back from a potentially corrosive fight with Congress yester- day, using his new line-item veto power to trim only $140 million from the $247.7 billion defense appropriation bill, but in the process he wrote the final chapter for the storied SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane. Clinton vetoed only 13 of 750 items - costing about $11 billion - that Congress added to his original budget proposal. The appropriations bill, provid- ing money for everything from military pay to high-technology weapons systems, included more than 5,000 line items. At a news conference in Brazil, where he was continuing a visit to South America, Clinton said his vetoes were "responsible and quite restrained." Aides said he deferred to Congress on all items which appeared to be a "close call.' Congressional aides expressed sur- cide. But those decisions, upholding bans on assisted suicide in New York and Washington state, did not bar states from letting doctors prescribe deadly drugs for mentally competent but terminally ill patients who wa die. A 1994 Oregon measure did just that but it never has taken effect because of court challenges. Nevertheless, the state's "Death with Dignity Act" has played a huge role in the continuing national debate over end-of-life med- ical decisions. The Oregon measure had been chal- lenged by two doctors and a terminally ill woman, but a federal appeals c ruled that the three lacked the prr legal standing to sue. prise Clinton had not vetoed more from the big appropriations bill, which was loaded with potential targets. "We feel it's a modest list," said a Republican aide to the Senate Appropriations Committee. "It doesn't have the wide swath and bizarre logic t was behind the line-item vetoes of Tie ($9.2 billion) military construction bill" IRS cancels proposed layoffs WASHINGTON - The IRS scrapped plans yesterday to cut 500 jobs, saying it needs them to implement the complex new tax law and custo er service improvements announce the White House following an investi- gation of taxpayer abuses. The proposed staff cuts resulted from a Republican-led Congress that wanted the Internal Revenue Service to trim its workforce and become less intrusive in the lives of ordinary tax- payers. But, it was the work of Congress this year that halted the staff reduction. SAROUND THE WORLO Chile quake kills 7, causes landslides SANTIAGO, Chile - A powerful earthquake rocked much of Chile on last night, crushing some homes, spark- ing several landslides and killing seven people, authorities reported. The 10:02 p.m. tremor measured 6.8 and was centered near Illapel, more than 300 miles north of Santiago, according to the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. But it was felt along a 750-mile north- south stretch of Chile, including this capital city of 5 million people, and even across the Andes mountains in Argentina. Interior Minister Carlos Figueroa said seven people were killed, includ- ing an entire family of five, in the cities of Ovalle, Coquimbo and Pueblo Nuevo, which are near Illapel. They were crushed by collapsed walls. The most heavily damaged area was around the epicenter, where a number of old adobe houses caved in, especial- ly in the cities of Vicuna and Illapel. Some roads were blocked by slides and an emergency bridge built to replace one that had been swept away in last July's storms collapsed, i - rupting traffic on the Pan Ametn highway. Acapulco digs out Of hurricane debris ACAPULCO, Mexico - Battered by a hurricane that claimed more than 210 lives, Mexico's famous resort is st - gling to dig out from under mudst badly damaged its luster. Once glitzy, ritzy and awash with Hollywood stars, Acapulco's debacle is an enormous setback for a beach town that for years hasseen trendier, newer resorts siphon off business. Tourism is the lifeblood of this city, and Mexico's biggest source of income next to oil. Officials fear publicity about Pauline's two-day tantrum last week will send for- eigners packing for other climes -t before the peak winter tourism seasonV - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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