European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4the stars and stripes sunday july 14, 1991 of iraqi crisis . Envoy misled them senators charge by Andrew Alexander Cox news service Washington a secret diplomatic cables from former . Ambassador to Iraq april c. Glaspie suggest she misled Congress earlier this year when she told Congress that she sternly warned Saddam Hussein against using violence shortly before he invaded Kuwait two senators charged Friday. In dramatic testimony before the Senate. Foreign relations committee on March 20, Glaspie said she had issued vigorous warnings to the iraqi president during a meeting with him in Baghdad last july 25. But the committees chairman Claiborne Pell d-r.i., and another ranking member Alan Cranston d-calif., said Friday that classified cables sent by Glaspie following her meeting with Saddam suggest she never issued a Tough warning. A no place does she report dearly delivering the kind of warning she de scribed in her testimony to the committee a Pell wrote in a july 10 letter to Secretary of states James a. Baker Iii. The letter released by Pella a office Friday asks Baker to explain what Pell called Cranston went further charging Friday that Glaspie a deliberately misled the Congress about her role in the persian Gulf Glaspie a testimony to the committee is a at very great variance with cables she sent to her Bosses in the state depart ment describing her talk with the Iraq dictator a Cranston said at a news conference. A recalled on the state department to declassify them a so that All americans can see them a adding that they a raise Broad and troubling questions about the administrations willingness to be a party to false statements to Pell and Cranston said the cables were made available to the committee last week. Glaspie was not under oath when she testified before the panel in March. The state department had no comment on the cables Friday and said Glaspie would not discuss the matter. Glaspie a conduct at the july 25 meeting with Saddam has been the subject of congressional concern Over whether she adequately conveyed . Concern Over his military buildup on Iraq s Border with Kuwait in the Days before the aug. 2 invasion. On March 20, the 25-year foreign service Veteran denounced the iraqi transcript As a a fabrication disinformation that contained key omissions of her warnings to Saddam. She said she repeatedly told him that a we would not countenance violence or in fact the threat of Quot at the time committee members said they were impressed with her testimony and several praised her handling of the july 25 meeting. They remained so until thursday after the invasion Iraq released what when the Washington Post reported that it said was a transcript of the meeting. It it had obtained copies of the cables and quoted Glaspie As telling Saddam that that they showed Glaspie had taken a the United states had a no opinion on conciliatory approach to Saddam during the Border dispute with Kuwait later the meeting. Cited by Baghdad As the reason for its in the Post reported that Glaspie left the Vasion. Meeting convinced Saddam would not in for months the state department in Vade. In one of her cables the paper said strutted Glaspie not to discuss the matter Glaspie told her superiors a this pm with Congress or the press. When she i phases that he wants peaceful settlement Nally offered to testify before the panel is surely Middle of the Road for City Monument by Julie a1cher the associated press Albuquerque n.m., a from the front parking lot at Miguel a mexican food stand the Turquoise archway rises to its 26-foot Summit a a �?T54 Chevy covered with Midnight Blue tiles. Its the product of a City Public arts program. And since it was erected last month its become the talk of the town. �?o1 think its a disgrace a Albuquerque resident Maria Torres said last week while waiting for her lunch at Miguel so a it a a from the tile covered archway the Grille of the Chevrolet a until recently the property of an Arizona junkyard a Points to the Western sky. Critics have dubbed it Tucson Ariz artist Barbara Grygutis said her sculpture represents America the 1950s and Albuquerque. A a it a about the dreams and aspirations of our culture a she said. A we put cars on pedestals. Its a very american image a but Many taxpayers arc outraged and one City councilman suggested a a neighbourhood party with he later said he was Only kidding. A recent poll by the Albuquerque Tribune attracted Calls from More than 500 people 57 percent of whom said they disliked the sculpture. The Chevy also has triggered dozens of letters to the Tribune and the Albuquerque journal and scores of Calls to radio stations. Grygutis appreciates the hubbub. A if people done to talk about it even argue about it then you Haven to succeeded a she said. A the dialogue is very very healthy a it gives the piece a sort of Quot life of its but some wish it would die. City councilor Hess Yntema said he wants to know How much it would Cost to move the sculpture out of his District but acknowledges its an Uphill Battle. A a in a afraid that we re going to have to live with the pieces a Yntema said. A a they la continue to stand As a monuments to waste and frivolity in local Yntema said a memorial to War veterans or astronauts would have been More appropriate. Gordon Church City Public Art coordinator said the City has received positive and negative comments on the sculpture. He blamed the outcry on Tough economic times. A i think one of the things that worked against the piece was the timing in relation to the recession a he said. A the recession does make people More cynical and More critical of government the City spent $75,000 for the sculpture and two accompanying pieces a 1950s-style living room and Kitchen scene in the same neighbourhood. The Money came from a 12-year-old program that spends part of the Money voters approve for capital projects to buy Art. Grygutis and City officials said the sculptures Are intended to remind people that the area near Kirtland fab and the veterans Hospital was in its heyday during the 1950s. Mike Mason owner of Miguel a mexican food said traffic has picked up since the sculpture was erected. Everyone has an opinion about it he said. A they seem to fall into two categories if they re Rich then they like it if they re poor they done to like it a he said. Albuquerque so a Chevy on a stick Driver doubles trouble new York bigwigs Grill Quayle on shrinking Federal Aid to cities Syracuse . A police weren to the ones who were drunk but they might have thought they were seeing double after arresting a woman on Drunken driving charges twice in one hour. Tammy f. Lesinski 20, of Clay was first stopped after officer Thomas Winn clocked her going nearly 50 Mph in a 30-Mph zone. She was charged with driving while intoxicated after a test showed her blood alcohol level at .17 percent. A person is considered legally drunk in new York with a .10 Reading. Lesinski was cited and released to a Friend. Less than an hour later officer Robert curia who had administered the first blood alcohol test saw her behind the wheel again. The second time she registered a .12 percent blood alcohol Reading and was arrested again. New York a mayor David Dinkins and an array of angry new yorkers took their fiscal frustrations out on vice president Dan Quayle on Friday peppering him with questions about Why the Federal government has Cut Aid to cities. The tone at the association for new York breakfast was polite a at times even Good natured. A i just want to note for the record that mayor Dinkins said we exchanged pleasantries for about 15 seconds and then he said a new York City is not getting its fair share of Federal dollars a a Quayle said. The audience packed with hundreds of business and political bigwigs laughed. After a speech in which he defended the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the . Supreme court Quayle took questions. Osborn Elliott former Dean of the Columbia University graduate school of journalism delivered the first Volley. Noting that cuts in Federal Aid to the City totalled some $25 billion in the last decade he asked Quayle to assess the Federal governments blame in the City a current fiscal problems. New York just closed a $3.5 billion budget Gap through layoffs deep Agency cuts and higher taxes. Quayle questioned Elliott a figures and said Federal Aid to state and local governments has increased 25 percent during the past two years. A i done to believe that shows any kind of neglect of our cities and states Quot the vice president said. One new yorker seated at the head table wait to dispute that. A if we were to get today what we had gotten 10 years ago we would have $2.5 billion More this year alone in capital Money a said Dinkins a and at $1-2 billion to $1.5 billion a year Over the last years Osborn Elliott a figures Are certainly in Dinkins said the Bush administration has failed to recognize that cities Are no competing against each other. A a we re in Competition with Tokyo and London Ana if our cities done to do Well our nation win not do
