©Copyright, State Press, 1991 Tem pe, Arizona Arizona State University’s Morning Daily Vol. 74 No. 30 Monday, February 25,1991 Allies repotted on edge o f Kuwait City M ore than 5,000 Iraqi POWs reported captured D H AH R AN , Saudi A rabia (A P ) — Am erican and allied troops storm ed Kuwait by land, sea and a ir ea rly Sunday and w restled pieces of the em irate from Ira q i forces. B y day’s end U.. S. paratroopers and M arines w ere reported on the doorstep o f Kuw ait City. The huge D esert Storm offensive, striking along a 300-mile front, also swept up into southern Ira q in the largest Am erican-led invasion ¡Since W orld W ar II. A llied casualties w ere “ rem arkably ligh t,” said overall com m ander Gen. H. Norm an Schwarzkopf, who ga ve no figu res fo r U. S. dead and wounded. B y ea rly Monday, m ore than 10,000 Iraqis had been taken prisoner, a senior U. S. m ilitary source said. N o inform ation was availab le on Ira q i casualties. Led by hundreds of tanks, the troops from 11 nations raced across the desert battlefield, at tim es under pounding rain. A irc ra ft scream ed in low, attacking through greasy black sm oke from 200 o ilfield fires. Hundreds o f assault helicopters stream ed into. Iraq.carryin g Am erican airborne troops. One column o f Saudi and Kuw aiti troops that punched 20 m iles into Kuw ait was “ m oving like a knife through butter,” Associated Press photographer Laurent Rebours reported from the front. Some defenders tried to hold their positions. “ Th ey’re figh tin g, they’re resisting,” a M arine colonel said at one Turn to War, page 10. Associated Pre ss photo Saudi troops stand guard over Iraqi prisoners Inside Kuwait Sunday. Military officials reported mass surrenders among Iraqi troops as the ground war moved through its first full day. White House pleased with progress of ground war W A S H IN G T O N (A P ) T h e Bush adm inistration held out hope Sunday fo r a sw ift victory in the ground w ar to free K u w a it , e x p r e s s in g s u r p r is e a t u n ex p ected ly w eak Ir a q i resista n ce. President Bush was “ quite gra tified ” by the ea rly successes, his spokesman said. W hile A llied forces punched into Ira q and occupied Kuw ait, adm inistration officials looked beyond the end o f the fighting and said Saddam Hussein would be stripped of his m ilitary machine — and perhaps his pow er as w ell. The adm inistration expressed elation at reports from the front, although Secretary o f State Janies Baker cautioned that A llied forces had not yet engaged Saddam’s pow erful Republican Guard in ground combat. Gen. Colin P ow ell, the chairm an o f the Joint Chiefs o f Staff, and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney briefed Bush on Sunday opening. “ P o w ell’s conclusion essentially was that the in itial thrusts have been steady and according to plan and v e ry successful,” W hite House spokesman M arlin F itzw ater told reporters. “ The president is quite gratified by the pace and effectiveness of the operation.” ; But F itzw ater added, “ W e s till have the anxiety that goes with w ar.” A t the Pentagon, senior m ilita ry sources said the con flict in the early hours o f the ground cam paign was nearly one-sided. L a rge numbers o f Iraqis — one source said “ in excess o f 10,000” — w ere reported taken prisoners o f w ar, and allied casualties w ere reported to be surprising low. F itzw ater said Cheney told the president “ the knowledge is fragm en tary” about the num ber o f casualties. He encouraged reporters to “ be very carefu l because a lot o f the ea rly reports are not correct.” Asked about the weak Ira q i resistance, F itzw ater said, “ W e expected that the front­ line forces m ight not provide as heavy a resistan ce as o rig in a lly thought. But (w e ’r e ) a little surprised that it wasn’t as strong as som e had predicted.” Bush spent m ost o f his day in his o fficia l residence a fter attending a p rivate church service with his fa m ily and Cabinet. He heard the drum beats o f anti-w ar protesters as he stepped from his arm ored limousine at St. John’s E piscopal Church. A woman shouted, “ Stop the w ar, stop the k illin g.” M em bers o f Bush’s inner circle o f w ar advisors fanned out to network television shows to report on the ground battle — whose starting date and tim e was fixed by Bush as long as two weeks ago. “ I don’ t think this is going to be a long, drawn-out cam paign, and I ’m confident that when it is a ll over with Saddam Hussein w ill have lost a v e ry significant part of his offen sive,m ilitary capability,” Cheney said. I f Saddam manages to clin g to power, Baker said, the United States w ill insist on measures to restrain him , such as an in te r n a tio n a l a rm s e m b a r g o . T h e Turn to Washington, page 10. Arizona’s water is becom ing increasingly harder to swallow By ANITA CARCONE State Press A rizona’s w ater quality is flow ing slow ly downhill as hundreds o f toxic substances threaten Arizona’s stream s and lakes, a recent environm ental report indicated. And experts said a solution to the problem may be difficult and costly . “ It is significant to put these problems into perspective. They are costly to treat, and in terms o f contaminants, most of them crane from other sources, ” said John Klock, a retired ASU w ater resources and environmental engineering professor. An Arizona Departm ent of Environm ental W ater Quality report indicated that toxic contaminants such as pesticides, m etals and nitrates w ere found in m ore than 940 m iles o f stream s and nearly 22,000 acres o f lakes in Arizona since the m iddle o f 1990. The DEQ site studies w ere conducted in the Salt and G ila rivers, in Y a va p a i County, in P in al County and in the upper H a ssa sy a m p a R iv e r n e a r W ic k e n b u rg — w h e re contam ination was detected last year. . DEQ o fficia ls are seeking input from cities, industries and environm ental groups to develop new w ater quality standards. Scientists are m onitoring surface w aters w hile o fficia ls are in the process o f draftin g surface w ater revisions. About two-thirds o f the w ater consumed fo r a ll uses by Arizonans consists o f groundwater that is drawn up from beneath the E arth’s surface, the report indicated. Scientists said they believe the w ater contains trade contaminants. W hile groundwater is essential fo r recreation, aquatic creatures and w ild life, Klock said people should not overreact to the findings o f the report. People, especially the m edia, h ave a distorted view o f exactly how much environm ental dam age is a ffectin g the population, h e said, adding that only 3 to 5 percent of en viro n m en ta l con tam in ation d am ages the s ta te ’ s population. --. J ‘ , , No Alternative: Bonaflde Hit: Asylum bar and T h e latest production o f Cyrano D e Bergerac gets fiv e out o f five stars. nightclub w ill be clos­ ing its doors in 6 m on­ ths in exchange to stay open after i a m. Page 2 Page 11 John B rock, associate professor o f environm ental resources and agriculture at ASU, said the distribution of mines in Arizona brings a m assive amount o f m etals into the w ater, causing a high nitrate count. “ Arizona has m any natural things, such as copper, in its w ater. It ’s common fo r nitrates to be found in toe w ater, also resulting from fe rtilize r applications,” he said. The city already has shut down w ells in w est Phoenix because o f unusually high amounts o f nitrates in the w ater, Brock said. But K lock contended that som e m inerals are beneficial to toe w ater. H e said toe current problem is a historic one — agricultural and industrial m aterials w ere discharged into the w ater 20 years ago. “ Th ere are m ore contaminants found in food than in w ater that cause cancer, and a re up to 30 tim es w orse than toe current contam inants,” he said. “ E verything has potential, but it is im portant to put things into perspective firs t.” Tiirn to Water, page 10. Below Averagie Bear: ■ Today's weather: Sunny with a high in die low 80s. Tonight: Clear with a lo w in the 30a. Classifleds...;v ..;...........y.,..,.^.........^......I7 Comics...................................................12 Crossword.... .............................. 15 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 T h e ASU m en ’s basket­ ball team beat the California G olden Bears 87-78 Sunday night in the University A ctivity Center. Page 13 Page 2 State w w Monday, February 85,1991 Asylum to close in exchange fo r after hours By DAVID A. RUNDT State Press The owners o f the Asylum B ar and N ight Club in Tem pe have agreed to close in six months in exchange fo r city approval o f the bar’s third and fin al request fo r a perm it allow ing it to rem ain open — without serving liquor — a fter 1 a.m . Hank Jenkins, Asylum part-owner and general m anager said his club “ had no alternative but to lea ve.” “ It seem ed like w e couldn’t do anything righ t,” Jenkins said at a Tem pe City Council m eeting Thursday. “ Since last June, our records show that w e have had an 80 percent drop in our problem s. W e’ve tried to control the parking lot, w e’ve tried to make up fo r vandalism to the neighbor’s property and w e’v e tried to liv e up to the c ity ’s rules ” “ W e’re tired of figh tin g.” Jenkins said the extension w ill help the club’s owner, South Mountain Developm ent Corporation, pay som e bills, get caught up on business taxes and perhaps find a new location in another city . “ We had a club id m iles away from ASU a couple of years ago, and students seem ed to find us O K,” Jenkins said. Councilman Don Cassano was the only o fficia l to vote against the perm it extension measure. “ I ’ve not been pleased with the Asylum ’s operation, and I wanted that perm it pulled 90 days ago,” Cassano said. “ But the ownership offered this plan voluntarily. Cassano said Asylum originally began as a license transfer from Phoenix, where the bar was called Out of Water. “ That operation cam e w ith a negative track record fo r police calls, which is why w e gave, them a tem porary use perm it to begin w ith ," he said. “ Things have gotten better since the (new m anagem ent) took over last June, but there are s till too m any police ca lls.” Tem pe P olice Chief Dave Brown said Asylum’s after-hours operation was “ no better nor worse than any other afterhours place.” “ But operating a night club during those hours causes a sharp increase in police calls — w ay out o f proportion,” Brown said. M XZ and A fter theaGold Rush, two other Tem pe night clubs that o ffer after-hours, were established before a special use perm it was required. Cassano said the the city ’s legal department m ay be developing a special permit o r license to deal with future after-hours applicants. “ W e need to have m ore Control over the after-hours type of night club operation, and the new system w ill probably include . . . a higher fe e to help cover the costs incurred by the c ity ,” he said. C ity attorney Brad W oodford said two of the activities that need to be controlled in the future in volve the enforcem ent of curfew laws fo r those under 18, and “ a clear cut-dff point when alcohol is consumed and not consumed on the property.” Tam ara W offord/State Press Asylum Bar and Nightclub, located on Hayden Road, has agreed tod ose Its doors In six months in exchange for an ex­ tension on its after-hours permit. Today The Today section is a daily calendar of events happening at ASU that is presented as a service to the University community. Any cam pus club or organization can submit entries for publication to the State Press, located in the basement of Matthews Center, Room 15. Entries must be legible, are subject to editing for content, space and clarity, and will not be taken over the phone. Due to space restrictions, the State Press cannot guarantee publication. Deadline for the entries is 1 p.m. thè previous business day. M eetings •Alcoholics Anonym ous will have a closed meeting at noen at the Newman Center on College Avenue and University Drive. •MUAB Film Committee will have an open meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the MU Santa Cruz Room. Everyone welcome, in addition “ Bonnie and Clyde” w ill be presented free of charge at 7 p.m. in the Union Cinem a. •Center for Asian Studies w ill present a lecture on “ Translating 'Sono Ayako’ ” at 4:40 p.m. in the Language and Literature Building. UofA Professor Edward Putzar w ill speak. •Greek Week Booklet Committee w ill have a meeting at 9 p.m. on the P. V. Main Delta Gamma floor. •MUAB Sneak Preview Subcommittee will have a meeting at 4:45 p.m. in the MU Kaibab Room. Everyone welcome. •Young Democrats will have a “ Get Out The Vote” rally at noon on Cady M all. Terry Goddard w ill speak and m usic will be provided by The W ise Monkey Orchestra. •Alpha Phi Omega w ill have a meeting at 6 p.m for pledges and 7 p.m. for actives in the MU Pinal Room. •Women Students will have a women writer’s workshop led by Gwendolyn Brooks at 3 p.m. in the W omen’s Student Center. •Coalition for World Peace will have a meeting at noon in the MU Mohave Rodm. Cal Seciw a will discuss Native Am erican issues. •The Japan Association will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in the MU LaPaz Room. Kyoto Saenusa and Kelly Moeur will speak; Open Daily For Lunch! WHAT? THE PHOENIX OPEN The 5K Phoenix Open "Sneaker Squeaker" is fun for the entire fam ily! The three-m ile fun run, w alk and race w alk is designed for bath the serious and the am ateur runner or walker. BOYS AND GIRLS O UB O F THE EAST VALLEY This ts a unique opportunity for everyone o f a ll ages to participate w ith sports and m edia celebrities for ^ the benefit of 5,000 young members o f the Boys and G irls Club of the East Valley, A ll participants w ill receive a "Sneaker Squeaker" T-shirt and a 3 2 ounce sports quart bottle. WHERE? Superstition Springs Center, 6 5 5 5 E. Southern Avenue, M esa, Arizona (turn north on Pow er Road off the Superstition Freeway). WHEN? Saturday, M arch 2 ,1991 . Registration begins at 7 :00 a m. and the race starts at 8 :00 a.m . Jo in us for soft drinks, coffee, m uffins, fruit and yogurt. After the race attend the M esa ftu th Festival and Parade, downtown M esa at 10:00 a.m . WHY? lo benefit the Boys and G irls Clubs of the East Valley, serving over 5 ,0 0 0 youth w ith a "P o sitive Place tor K id s." 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