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NtHai tr-mr -i 1T1.U -ii. 0 I I I INDIANA EDITION, 38 PAGES. COPYRIGHT 1990, THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY A GANNETT NEWSPAPER TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1990. 35 CENTS U.S, to expel 36 Iraqi diplomats, restrict others C'f I I IK. OIK MY 1 ft 11 hi nm ah 11 1 I II' hi I I I I I vrv A'N Wv Bush's Middle East policy faces Congress' scrutiny it ,1 i From Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun dispatches WASHINGTON In a stroke of tit-for-tat diplomacy, the State Department moved yesterday to expel 36 people from the Iraqi Embassy staff of 55, leaving in place a diplomatic force identical in number to the 19 U.S.

emissaries still stationed in Iraq and Kuwait In Kuwait and Iraq, meanwhile, Iraqi troops continued to round up foreigners. Over the weekend, seven more American citizens were taken into custody, State Department officials said. And Iraq has shown indications of backing off from one area of confrontation, telling the captains of its oil tankers to avoid challenging the U.S.-Ied naval blockade. The U.S. Embassy in Kuwait city is now operating only on power from its generator, and it has enough water and food for several days, State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said.

Tutwiler also said the United States is "urging other governments, particularly those whose embassies have been affected by Iraqi actions in Kuwait," to consider taking actions similar to the U.S. expulsion of the Iraqi diplomats. Representatives of 34 such countries met Sunday night with a State Department official, and "a number of them have indicated that nr. rrVyrrrr By R.W. APPLE Jr.

New York Times News Service WASHINGTON After 25 days of remarkably clear sailing, perhaps unparalleled in a foreign-policy crisis in the last quarterentury, President Bush is about to face closer scrutiny from Congress for his Middle East policy. Members of Congress, though scattered across the country and the world on vacation or other trips, have intently followed the events in the Persian Gulf. So far, most have approved of what Bush has said and done, but they do not see clearly where the United States goes from here. Few are openly critical, many are apprehensive, some are fearful. "This is the easy time for the president" said Sen.

Alfonse D'Amato, "He's done terrific so far, rallying the world behind his policy, responding vigorously to aggression. But now the real test starts. A lot of people in Congress are going to start to ask pointed questions." Rep. Dante Fascell, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said "the time has come to deepen and broaden the national dialogue on steps yet to be taken." The questioning may begin in earnest today, See CONGRESS Back page, col. 1, this section ASSOCIATED PRESS A Saudi camel ignored a more modern ship of the desert an American Sheridan tank of the 82nd Airborne Division rumbling into position on maneuver yesterday.

Related stories, Pages A 3, A 10. "Mow the real test starts" for Bush. "A lot of people are going to start to ask pointed questions." Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, President Saddam Hussein ordered the foreip embassies to close, saying that Kuwait was now part of Iraq and did not merit such diplomatic status. The Iraqi ambassador in Washington, Mohamed Al-Mashat said See IRAQI PAGE 6, col.

3, this section be held against their will," Bush said of the Iraqi diplomats. "They're all free to leave." Tutwiler said the expulsions were In response to Iraq's "illegal order to close our embassy in Kuwait" After Iraq invaded Kuwait Aug. 2, it announced it had annexed the emirate. Then the government of they will be taking actions similar to our own," Tutwiler said. President Bush, during a news conference yesterday In Maine, said the United States is requiring the Iraqi diplomats to leave the country by Thursday, and he contrasted their freedom with Iraq's policy of preventing American diplomats from leaving.

"Nobody will sr "3 tvt-'tt FANS OF EDUCATION ASSOCIATED PRESS Children raised their fists in salute during yesterday's mass funeral for some of the victims of last week's fighting between black factions in South Africa. 50,000 mourn victims of violence in South Africa Youngstown merchants hoping for sale, revival By MICHAEL QUINLAN Staff Writer JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. A rebirth for Jeffersonville's troubled Youngstown Shopping Center may be in the offing. Once Jeffersonville's most vital and vigorous shopping center, Youngstown has fallen on hard times. Community leaders claim that the 34-year-old shopping center has languished in recent years because of its late owner George A.

Young's seeming lack of interest in renovation or landing new tenants. With the defection of Bacon's to the new River Falls Mall in Clarksville, the old shopping center on Ind. 62 has reached its nadir. Well over half of the storefronts in the strip center are vacant, and several of the remaining merchants are considering leaving if steps are not taken to revitalize Youngstown. But with Young's death July 10, at age 77, there is speculation that the shopping center could be sold a prospect that pleases remaining tenants and community leaders.

"I hate to be blunt about it but at least now we may get some movement," said Greg Fitzloff, president of the Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce. "Before there was no movement whatsoever to sell or improve." Young and his Lexington, firm, Young Industries had "an entrenched do-nothing attitude" toward Youngstown and New Albany Plaza, another slumping shopping center he owned, Fitzloff said. Winn-Dixie, one of New Albany Plaza's anchor stores, recently closed, and there are three other vacancies in the shopping center on State Street. Fitzloff said a number of shopping-center developers expressed interest in buying one or both properties from Young, who reportedly owned a dozen centers in Kentucky and Indiana. But Young steadfastly refused to consider any of the offers.

Young's reticence also discouraged potential tenants, Fitzloff said. "If someone wanted to lease a storefront it was exceedingly difficult to get Young Industries to give them any details about space." Jeffersonville Mayor Dale Orem said he too was rebuffed by Young Industries whenever he approached the firm about making improvements to Youngstown or tried to put it in contact with potential buyers. "It's been frustrating because proper management and proper ownership could resurrect that center," said Orem, who noted that Young, who had no children and never married, had been ill for several years. Orem said he has talked to Young's sister and heir, Pauline, 84, about the shopping See YOUNGSTOWN Back page, col. 1, this section STAFF PHOTO BY PAUL SCHUHMANN Jennifer Henderson, 7, left, fanned Jennifer Dillen, 7, center, as she and Jolynn Hood, 6, right, laughed while waiting for rides outside Silver Street Elementary School in New Albany yesterday.

Several non-air-conditioned schools closed shortly after noon because of the heat. Bus tops Driver of year is 1-man welcoming committee By ALLISTER SPARKS The Washington Post SOWETO, South Africa A crowd that swelled to more than 50,000 people marched through Soweto yesterday to the funeral of eight African National Congress supporters killed during the bloody violence that has plagued this and other ghetto townships in the Johannesburg area the past two weeks. The crowd packed Jabulani Stadium, where Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, repeated accusations from the ANC that white-led police had sided with supporters of the conservative Inkatha movement during the violence, leaving them heavily armed while tear-gassing and disarming their opponents. Tutu denied that the violence stems solely from political and tribal rivalry between the ANC, whose supporters, including Deputy President Nelson Mandela, are mostly members of the Xhosa tribe, and the Zulu-led Inkatha movement. "Our freedom is at hand, but there are those who don't want us to have our freedom, so they have made us fight one another," Tutu said.

He called for the creation of a new police force acceptable to blacks, saying, "The evidence is overwhelming that the police have not been impartial." Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok later rejected charges that police took sides in the conflict He said in a statement that individual officers may have acted improperly See 50,000 Back page, col. 1, this section By GERALD A. RYAN Staff Writer "Welcome back," Perry Durall says, and holds his palm flat for the student to slap. "Welcome," he says to the next one, and the next "Welcome back to, school," he says. Durall's big yellow bus at the street corner in Audubon Park at 7:15 a.m.

yesterday is one of the first signs that school is starting for another year, and he is their first official greeter. "Welcome back," he says at Belmar Drive. "Find a seat and make yourself comfortable." Bus 8142 snakes comfortably through narrow neighborhood streets, and before long he's got almost a busload middle school students by the looks of it, excited chickens by the sound of it Less than half an hour after his first stop, he pulls into Bruce Middle School and has a few moments to address them. He stands facing the back of the bus and says, "Welcome back to school." He ignores the boos. He says, "My attack dog and I welcome you." They ignore the joke.

Don't get the idea Durall is a comedian. His delivery is off a little, and, besides, he appears entirely too modest. He didn't even tell them his name, much less that they have a privilege that the passengers of the county's 734 other buses don't have. He could have told them they ride with last year's Jefferson County school bus driver of the year. If he had wanted to really lay it on, he could have STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL HAYMAN Perry Durall opened the door of Bus 8142 for some of the pupils on his routes yesterday.

said two-time bus driver of the year. Last year and three years ago Durall was selected for the honor by a committee in the school system's Transportation Department that interviewed candidates from all eight bus compounds. Each compound elects its candidate from the drivers eligible by virtue of their driving and attendance records. Twice his fellow drivers elected the 60-year-old See SCHOOL Back page, col. 1, this section won't have to pay $148.8 million A federal judge yesterday set aside a jury verdict that found Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp.

guilty of violating an antitrust law by selling generic cigarettes to wholesalers at less than it cost to make them. The ruling set aside a March 2 order for to pay $148.8 million to a competitor, Liggett Group Inc. Liggett will appeal. In Business, Section back page INSIDE Business Classified ads Comics Deaths Features TV news stars on war footing Summer rerun Indiana Mostly sunny, hot and humid today and tomorrow. Chance of storms central and north.

Highs, 86 to 95. Lows, 65 to 70. Louisville area Sunny, hot and humid. High of 97. Muggy tonight.

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