2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 17, 2000 NATION/WOR Israel JERUSALEM (AP) - Afte command centers, Israel ann freezing millions of dollars1 Palestinian Authority in an att er Arafat to abide by truce agr An envoy for President Clin Arafat and Israeli Prime Min failed to nudge them toward Instead, more angry words o seven weeks of violence flew b attempts to pres er rocketing Palestinian Two Palestinians were killed yesterday by Israeli ounced yesterday it is fire in separate incidents near the West Bank town of in tax transfers to the Hebron. empt to pressure Yass- In a rock-throwing clash in the West Bank refugee eements. camp of Al Fawar, an 18-year-old Palestinian was shot ton met separately with and wounded in the chest. The victim's relatives said ister Ehud Barak, but he bled to death when an ambulance was turned away resuming peace talks. at Israeli checkpoints. The Israeli army said that f blame over the past because of an Israeli blockade of Palestinian towns, the etween the two sides. patient was to be transferred to an Israeli ambulance, sure A: but there was confusion about the Later yesterday, a 30-year-old killed at an Israeli checkpointn Ummar. Palestinian witnesses. man without provocation. The army said the man was k seize a soldier's weapon. The deaths brought to 223 th killed in the latest round of fighting. LD------ r atACRoss THE NATION( Smeetingpoint. Court grants killer stay of execution Palestinian man was IHUNTSVILLE, Texas - The U.S. Supreme Court blocked last night's execu near the town of Beit tion of a convicted killer said to be so mentally retarded he spends his days col said soldiers shot the oring with crayons and still believes in Santa Claus. The court said it wanted more time to consider a late appeal from Johnny Ptu illed when he tried to Penry, whose case drew protests from around the world. The court did not say how long the stay of execution would last. he number of people "He was happy but there was no sigh of relief," Texas Department of Crimipa Israeli-Palestinian Justice spokesman Larry Todd said. "He told the warden he was hopeful th Supreme Court would stop his execution." Penry was to become 38th Texas inmate to be executed this year -- the higi est number by any state since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punish- ment to resume in 1976. It was the third execution scheduled in as many nigt in Texas. Penny was condemned for raping and fatally stabbing and beating 22-year-oks East Texas housewife Pamela Moseley Carpenter in 1979. He was on parole at A the time for a rape. His lawyers described him as having an IQ of 50 to 60 and the reasonin 1 S U it capacity of a 7-year-old. Prosecutors said Penry is ignorant, not retarded. Texas Attorney General John Cornyn said Penry is "a schemer, a planner and can be purposefully deceptive. 9 2 M First U.S. bullet train since its inception in 1971, is unde orders from Congress to become hits 150 mph record financially self-sufficient by 2003 mplaints of discrimi- High-speed rail plays promnently1i t and retaliation. ABOARD THE AC E LA its survival plans. covers salaried black EXPRESS --High-speed rail travel Amtrak wants its bullet train to orked for Coke in the in the United States debuted yesterday compete with airline shuttles pope een 1995 and 2000. with the maiden run of the sleek with Northeast business travelers. Coca-Cola se discriminatiori for record $1. ATLANTA (AP) - Coca-Cola Co. said yesterday it will pay a record S 192.5 million to settle a racial discrimi- nation suit by black employees and will allow an independent panel to stand watch over its employment practices. The settlement consists of S 113 mil- lion in cash, 543.5 million to adjust salaries over the next decade and S36 million for oversight of the company's practices. "Our goal was to change the Coca- Cola Co.," said Cyrus Mehri, the main lawyer for the plaintiffs. "We think that this company is going to change in dramatic ways." The agreement surpassed a Sl76 million settlement of a discrimination lawsuit against Texaco in 1995. Texa- co's agreement also included a watch- dog panel and established a model for Coca-Cola. Plaintiffs' lawyers estimate that each of the roughly 2,200 current and former employees in the case will get an average of S40,000 each, depending on the length of their employment. "The settlemeni is meaningful, con- structive and equitable to all parties and allows us to move forward," Coke chairman and chief executive Douglas Daft said in a memo to employees. The centerpiece is a seven-person task force that will review the soft drink maker's diversity efforts and human resources operations. Among other things, it will make sure man- agers receive annual diversity training Coke also agreed to hire, an ombudsman, who will report to Daft. to investigate cor nation, harassmen The settlement employees who w United States betw iU !Pfay11 it again , 5am!i The plaintiffs can still opt out of the settlement and sue on their own. Larry Jones, a former Coke manager who has led protests against the company, predicted a few dozen might do so. The 1999 lawsuit accused Coca- Cola of discriminating against black salaried employees in pay, promotions and evaluations. Coke denied the alle- gations. And in the settlement, it did not admit any wrongdoing. "I think what this is doing is improving on and making better what- ever established business practices there were," Daft said. "Sometimes things happen in an unintentional fash- ion. And I've made it very clear that can't happen anymore." The settlement's main terms have been given preliminary approval by a federal judge. He is expected to review the deal for final approval in the com- ing weeks. The company said it will take a S188 million charge in the fourth quar- ter to cover costs of the settlement. Separately from the settlement, Coke will donate S50 million toward pro- grams in minority communities. Coca-Cola stock rose 43 cents a share to S61.98 at 4 p.m. on the New York Stock Exchange. 'Three members of the watchdog group will be appointed by the plain- tiffs' lawyers, and three by Coke. REGENTS Continued from Page 1 students. "We've tried to talk with Harper, but we have not seen a fruition of our con- cerns," she said. She said the "poor" condition of the Trotter House - a University multi- cultural center - is an example of Harper's mismanagement. Charles also expressed concern about Harper's actions to aid the move of the senior honor society Michiga- mua after the Students of Color Coali- tion's occupied Michigamua's offices in the Michigan Union tower last semester. "While groups like Michigamua receive S5,000-6,000 from Harper for renovations, the Trotter House is in need," Charles said. Despite these and other comments of disapproval, the regents supported Harper's appointment. Regent Kathy White broke the tra- dition of not responding during pub- lic comments to address the speakers. "It's very important that you under- stand that now the decision has been made and interim Vice President Harper is now the Vice President for Student Affairs," White told the speak- ers. "You are going to have to work together with Harper to put aside past ncidences and move forward," she said. After the meeting, Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R-Ann Arbor) said she disagreed with the students who commented. "I think this is a terrific deci- sion, she said. "The reason certain incidences have made students crit- ical of her is because she's fair. She's had to make a lot of tough decisions," Newman said. Regent Olivia Maynard (D- Goodrich) said she agreed. "She was presiding over a very tough time with the tower situation last year when you can't make anyone happy," Maynard said. In other business, the regents approved a multi-year extension of Bollinger's contract with the Universi- ty along with a 5 percent raise in his Acela Express, which hit an Amtrak- record 150 mph during the New York- m- to-Boston leg of a trip that began in i'scue-Wa 'Washington,co l A full load of VIPs nibbled on ope salmon, filet mignon, prosciutto and WASH INGTO caviar hors d'oeuvres as they made his- industry cheered tory aboard the train that Amtrak and when America Onli high-speed rail advocates hope repre- government inactio sents the future of US, ground travel. battle to force ca "Today's inaugural run symbolizes share their wires w the beginning of a new era of Ameri- But in an ironic t can transportation," Transportation that AOL's bid for Secretary Rodney Slater said at a United States' No. kickoff ceremony in Washington. spur the governmen Regular service on the train begins been seeking in thef Dec. I I in the Northeast. Rail enthusi- As a condition asts hope favorable review will boost Warner deal, the F demand elsewhere in the country for mission is on the) high-speed trains. first step toward re Amtrak, which has received S23 panics to share the billion in federal operating subsidies with Internet Servi AROUND THE RL M ir space stationhis year has a with disasters," he to be destroyed encourage new at tions aimed against MOSCOW -- Russia's Cabinet Russia's one-tim decided yesterday that the space station logical prowess wa Mir will end its 15 years of pioneering this year by the sin achievements and white-knuckle submarine Kursk mishaps with a fiery plunge into the engulfed Moscow' Pacific Ocean in February. the world's tallest s Mir's successes and tribulations mir- rored the epochal changes that shook Th Russia during its time aloft, and ditch- ousan ing it in a remote corner of the sea 900 Clinton to to 1,200 miles off Australia will extin- guish a potent symbol for many Rus- HANOI, Vietnam sians. ton began a histori But Mir is deteriorating, foreign Vietnam, stiriing pa investors who bought the station an home of America' eleventh-hour reprieve this year unpopular war andI haven't met their commitments, and enemy "to build a di Russia wants to concentrate its rev- Clinton arrived in enues on the 16-nation international ital late at night, the space station, which received its first ever in Hanoi, a ci crew last month, Russian Space American warplan Agency chief Yuri Koptev said. ceremony was put c Koptev said it would be unsafe to that didn't stop thou leave Mir aloft without new., expen- of Vietnamese fromt sive missions to refurbish it. --Compiledfirnn ner deal n access N - The cable loudly a year ago ine - frustrated by' n - abandoned'its ble companies t ith Internet rivals wist, it now appe r 'Time Warner, the 2 cable carrier, will it intervention it had first place. of the AOL-Time ederal Trade Com- verge of taking its equiring cable coi ir high-speed wires ce Providers. alreadV been rich said. 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