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tap ffiltiJK 1 44th Ymt-No. 254 eCNcsgo Tribune IBtcttont i jffinn i Evanston OKs tax on tuition, but mayor vetoes it at Northwestern's refusal to help us with the financial problems that we have right here," Barr said. "But I don't think the right thing to do is tax people for getting an education. The mayor said that if people were expecting substantial amounts of tax relief from the tuition tax it would be unlikely. "This doesn't make a big dent in an $80 million budget," she added.

Aid. Jack Korshak, the chief sponsor of the tax, said he doub ted he could muster the 12 votes needed to override the veto. Any effort to override the veto would have to come at the council's next meeting on Sept. 24. Barr's unusual move prompted an angry reaction from some aldermen who said the mayor had thwarted the will of the majority on the City Council.

But the veto may also create new problems for the mayor in her bid for a seat in the Illinois House against Democrat Janice Schakowsky. I II II 78 and still dancing Hoofer Gene Kelly looks back at his 60 years in show business and ahead to the future of the movie musical. In Tempo. By Andrew Fegelman The Evanston City Council on Monday night welcomed Northwestern University students back to school by narrowly approving a tax on tuition, giving the north suburb the notoriety of being the first city in the country to approve such a tax. But no sooner had the council approved the controversial tax than Evanston Mayor Joan Barr put the issue to rest by vetoing the measure.

After shaking off similar 4 1 i t- i A. ESe gsekB irore gol aid; Baker wil visit Syria 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 Satellite TV comeback Satellite TV is making comeback, with some dishes becoming as fashionable as patio furniture. In Business. .1 I A i 49ers rally on late kick Mike Cofer's 38-yard field goal with nine seconds left gives the San Francisco 49ers a 13-12 victory over New Orleans. The Bears' front four of Richard Dent (right), Dan Hampton, William Perry and Trace Armstrong sets its Sights on the Packers' Anthony Dil-weg.

In Sports. AP UMrpnoto Two U.S. soldiers draw little attention from two the American deployment enters Its second Saudi women Monday at a store In Al Khubar, As month, the GIs' presence is Increasingly familiar. Official cites threat to FDIC Reserves called inadequate, especially for recession proposals on two other occasions, the council succumbed to rising tempers about higher property taxes by approving a $15-per-semester tax that was expected to generate about $538,000 a year. The council approved the tax by a 10-8 vote.

But Barr called the tax "poor public policy" and used her veto power for only the second time in the 5Vi years she has been mayor. "I'm as frustrated as everyone 7 Iff? 1 i i rise if the economy falls into a recession, which many economists say has become all but certain because of the oil price shocks triggered by Iraq's seizure of Kuwait "Over the next few years, the fund's low reserve level, accompanied by a recession, could lead to a level of bank failures that would exhaust the fund and require taxpayer assistance," Bowsher warned. The General Accounting Office, an arm of Congress that Bowsher heads, concluded that 33 large banks were in such poor condition at the end of 1989 Illinois' execution procedure is one of precision. Page 6. Gov.

Thompson refuses clemency for Walker. Page 6. by death penalty opponents and others who had asked that he grant clemency and commute the death sentence to life in prison without parole. Foes of capital punishment contend Walker's years of heavy drinking damaged his brain, casting suspicion on his decision to abandon further appeals. But Thompson said Walker's desire to be executed played no major role in his decision.

"Even if Mr. Walker were to now act to the contrary and ask for clemency on the ground of mercy, I would reject it," Thompson said. Legal efforts to block the execution, though, are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court Unless the courts intervene, Walker's execution would be the first in Illinois since James Dukes died in the electric chair Aug. 24, 1962, for the murder of a Chicago police detective, and the first here since the U.S.

Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Illinois enacted a new death-penalty law in 1977, but court See Walker, pg. 6 -A Barr conceded the veto could prompt a backlash from voters who want the city to find other ways to fund government than continually raising property taxes. While the outcome of Monday's vote may mean political problems for the mayor, it also means both Northwestern and Evanston avoided a protracted legal battle that was certain to follow had the tax been enacted. In fact, some aldermen, such See Tuition, pg.

17 Hussein offers developing nations free oil. Page 13. Iraq allegedly is circumventing the blockade. Page 13. ital to brief U.S.

allies on President Bush's summit Sunday with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Helsinki Baker urged the allies to start thinking about how they can work with the U.S. to form a regional security structure in the Middle East that would offset Hussein's arsenal of chemical weapons and prevent him from repeating his invasion of Kuwait and from acquiring nuclear arms. "The manner in which we a coalition of democracies respond will be a measure of how well the institutions of Western security can adapt to today's dangers and tomorrow's threats," Baker said at a news conference. He said he told allied foreign ministers at NATO headquarters that their ground troops would be welcomed by the U.S. in Saudi Arabia, even if they send only "symbouc" forces.

Italian Foreign Minister Gianni di Michehs, whose nation holds the revolving six-month Presidency Of the European ommunity, expressed widespread European wariness about committing substantial ground troops to the Middle East Di Michelis said the European Community plans to donate $9 billion to the effort against Iraq, virtually all of it earmarked for Joor nations such as Turkey, ordan and Egypt hurt by the UN sanctions. No European See Golf, pg. 12 Liberiaii rebels kill Doe; civil war continues From CNcago Tribune wtrM ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast President Samuel Doe of Liberia, who for months clung to the shreds of office in the face of mounting rebellion, was killed by rebel forces that captured him in a battle Sunday, according to diplomats and radio reports in that West African nation Monday. The British Broadcasting Corp. correspondent in Monrovia, the Libenan capital, reported that the president's badly mutilated body was put on display at a local hospital In Washington, the State Department said it had been told by reliable sources that Doe had died.

He had been wounded in both legs during a shootout Sunday with fighters loyal to Prince Johnson, who heads one of the two rebel factions that had been trying to overthrow Doe. A State Department spokesman said U.S. officials considered the reports confirmation of the Liberian leader's death. Doe, who seized power 10 years ago when he was a 28-year-old army master sergeant reportedly had been taken to the base camp of Johnson's group on the outskirts of Monrovia after he was wounded in the gun battle. He had been raptured when he ventured out for the first time in Sec Liberia, A 17 Illini kept waiting The NCAA delays its decision on Illinois' basketball program until October at the earliest.

In Sports. By Michael Arndt Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON The federal fund that insures bank deposits may be the next to go broke, forcing taxpayers, who already are salvaging the savings and loan industry, to bail out commercial banks, too, the U.S. comptroller general is warning. In testimony to be given Tuesday to the Senate Banking Committee, Charles Bowsher says the Federal Deposit Insurance bank insurance fund lacks adequate reserves to cover the banks already likely to fail. The number of failures would US 99 finds right voice For nearly 13 years, Nancy Turner's name has meant country music in Chicago.

Now with US 99, her girl-next-door persona has helped her outlast most of her bosses. In Tempo. At By George de Lama Chicago Tribune BRUSSELS Declaring that "money alone is not enough," Secretary of State James A. Baker III on Monday called for Western allies to send ground troops to Saudi Arabia and to Erovide air and sea transport for l.S. and Arab forces confronting Iraq.

In a sharp policy reversal. Baker also announced he will travel to Syria on Thursday for talks with President Hafez Assad, a longtime U.S. adversary but newfound ally whose government is accused of complicity in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland. During a seven-hour stop in Brussels at the headquarters of NATO and the European Community, Baker asked American allies to contribute more money, planes, ships and logistical supplies to the international effort against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner agreed that the Western allies, who are more dependent than the U.S.

on Middle East oil, need to do more to help in the Persian Gulf crisis. He said the U.S. proposals would be "considered favorably." Baker disclosed that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates together had pledged $12 billion this year, enough to finance the entire U.S. military buildup in the gulf region. About half the money will go to offset the losses of poor nations in the region hurt by the United Nations economic embargo of Iraq he said.

The flurry of events came as Baker arrived in the Belgian cap- Agno Franc-f(MM photo African basilica security, Pope John Paul II Is consecrating the Basilica of Our 1 -y 1 I II I Turner Walker's violence fueled by alcohol Budget pact elusive Despite progress in some areas, a budget agreement remains elusive for negotiators sequestered in Maryland. Page 5. that they are likely to fail or fall into government hands within the next year. The GAO did not name the banks. Deposits in failed banks with FDIC insurance are protected up to $100,000.

Each failure, though, means that the FDIC must dip into its cUminishing insurance fund to reimburse depositors. "I won't say the fund is bankrupt, but it is in deep, deep trouble," said a House Banking Committee aide. "If one of the top SO banks in the country failed, the fund would be wiped See Banks, pg. 2 Papal blessing for Amid controversy and tight whisked away Monday after Sparing no expense Little gold charge cards get a workout at the opening of the Henri Bendel shop, and Chicago's Black Music Repertory Ensemble dazzles New York. Page 20.

CHICAGO AND VICINITY: Tuesday: Partly sunny and less humid; high 82 degrees. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy; low 64. Wednesday: Partly sunny, very humid; highs 79 near the lake, 86 Inland. The national weather report is In Sec. 2, pg.

7. TEE By Rob Karwath Charles Walker said he did it for beer. Out of money and thirsty for alcohol on the afternoon of June 18, 1983, he decided to rob the young couple who had dropped their fishing line near his in Silver Creek, a half-mile west of Mascoutah in southwest Illinois. But as Walker, an alcoholic with a long criminal record, was stealing $40 from the wallet of 21-year-old Kevin Paule, Paule blurted out, "I know you. You're Walker." Walker decided then that he would have to kill Paule, a janitor, and his fiance, Sharon Winker, 25, a day-care worker and daughter of the Mascoutah city treasurer.

After tying the couple to trees with tape, Walker shot first Paule and then Winker in the head with his nickel-plated pistol. He then fled in their car into Mascoutah to get more beer. Seven years after he committed the double murder, was captured, confessed and was sentenced to death, Charles Thomas Walker, 50, of Fayetteville, is to be put to dea'h by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday in Stateville Prison outside JolicL On Monday, Gov. James Thompson turned down requests News Sac.

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