I Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 5, 1983 Pollack targeted or recall drive By BETH BUSHROW AND THOMAS MILLER State Sen. Lana Pollack (D-Ann Arbor) who voted in favor of raising the state income tax, is the latest local official to be named in a recall petition by a former University student. Pollack yesterday joined State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor), House Speaker Gary Owen (D- - Ypsilanti), Gov. James Blanchard, and several other elected officials as the targets of this year's recall drives. THE EFFORT to recall Blancard failed this sum- mer because supporterts of the movement fell short of the signatures required by law to place a recall vote on the state ballot. Former industrial engineering student John Mit- chell said his primary reason for starting the recall campaign against Pollack was because she voted for the 38 percent increase. "The state has got to generate more money. It is more advantageous to promote business growth than to, drive it out at a rate faster than it is already going," he said. IN A TELEPHONE interview last night, Pollack said she is "more worried about damage to the system of representation" than she is about being recalled. "The whole issue of recalls is very disrup- tive." "The whole economy of Ann Arbor is contingent upon the health of the state," she said, explaining her vote in favor of the tax. "We had to have dollars coming in. That money is going to come from the state. The people know this, so I'm not going to lose out." Mitchell received approval from the Washtenaw County Election Committee for the wording on his petition late yesterday afternoon. The petition now will go to the State Election Com- mittee in Lansing for their recommendations on the number of signatures necessary to qualify for special recall elections. 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THE SENTENCE, scheduled to be carried out today at 12:01 a.m. CDT would make Autry the ninth convict executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Texas would be the first state to carry out more than one of those executions. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Monday, refused an emergency request by Autry's attorney, Charles Carver, to block the execution. U.S. District Judge Robert Parker in Marshall, Texas, refused a request yesterday from the American Civil Liberties Union, which then took its case to the 55th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals in New Orleans. A utrv ... faces execution Reagan pushes 'build-down 'plan IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Reagan cancels Manila visit; coul hurt Marcos opposition MANILA, Philippines - Opposition leaders said yesterday the cancellation of President Reagan's Manila visit could signal the beginning of the with- drawal of U.S. support for President Ferdinand Marcos and a tougher crack- down by Marcos on his opponents. "Now that he is not coming, I think it's open season," said former Foreigner Minister Salvador Lopez. "President Marcos is no longer on good behavior." Some opposition leaders said privately that the cancellation could prove a boon to the embattled Philippine leader. They explained that Reagan's presence would have provided a target for major anti-Marcos demon- strations that would have dominated foreign TV screens and made headlines in all the foreign papers. Marcos said he didn't think Reagan's action indicated waning U.S. con- fidence in him, but diplomatic observers took it as a blow to his prestige at a time of increasing domestic opposition. Reagan also called off visits to Indonesia and Thailand. Blanchard moves unexpectedly to address House and Senate LANSING - Gov. James Blanchard will address a joint session of the legislature on his long-term economic development plans, it was confirmed late yesterday following a day of some uncertainty. The address will be delivered at 11 a.m. tomorrow and will be Blanchard's third before a joint session of the House and Senate. A speech to a joint session is considered a major event. It generally is an- nounced well in advance and is the subject of considerable planning. The first official word of the joint session came through the legislature it- self yesterday morning when it appeared on a legislative schedule and was announced on the Senate floor. There was no announcement from the governor's office, however, and Blanchard's spokesmen were insisting the matter remained under discussion. The House also approved yesterday a resolution condemning last month's Soviet attack on a Korean airliner as "one of the most reprehensible acts in history" and calling for flags to be lowered to half-staff for 30 days. Syria resists peace talks BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saudi and American negotiators struggled yesterday to win Syrian approval to stage the first peace talks among Lebanon's warring factions by the weekend. A government source said President Amin Gemayel expected Syria to cave in to "Saudi pressure" and lift its opposition to'hold the talks as proposed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. There was no comment, however, from Damascus, which has armed Druze Moslem gunmen and helped establish an independent Druze ad- ministration in the Shouf mountains south and east of Beirut. Meanwhile, snipers terrorized the Beirut area's Christian and Moslem sectors yesterday, leaving at least one person dead on the ninth day of a fraying cease-fire. A Lebanese mililtary communique said Shiite Moslem snipers in the Chiyah slum shot at army positions in the Kaskas and Chatilla neigh- borhoods of west Beirut. The Communique said troops shot back. Foreign cars unsafe, study finds WASHINGTON - Small, two-door cars, many of them Japanese imports, have the worst accident records while station wagons, even compact models have performed most safely, according to an insurance industry study. The study released yesterday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rated 133 passenger cars on the frequency of collision and personal in- jury clams. The comparison showed, generally, that the larger the car - with 4-door models having a significant advantage over2-door versions - the less likely a person will sustain serious injury and the less damage will be done to the vehicle. The study showed the cars with the best record in both the collision and in- jury categories are the 4-door Mercury Marquis, Qldsmobile Cutlass station wagon, 4-door Buick Le Sabre and the 4-door Oldsmobile Delta 88. Cars with the worst overall injury record were the Datsun 210, SXs, Subaru DL, Plymouth Sapporo and Dodge Challenger, all 2-door models. The Chevrolet Corvette, the BMW 3201 and the Datsun 280ZX, all in a sports- specialty category, had the worst collision loss record, followed by the Volkswagen Scirocco, a small 2-door. Continental pilots refuse to fly HOUSTON - Continental Airlines Chairman Frank Lorenzo met yesterday with striking pilots and tried to convince them to return to work for the bankrupt company, but he apparently changed few minds. The hour-and-45-minute meeting attracted only about 30 pilots, including some strikers and some who are flying despite the Air Line Pilots Association strike. Continental originally said it needed 350 pilots to fly the reduced schedule inaugurated Sept. 27 and had 650 available. On Monday Continental said it needed 500 pilots and did not have enough. About 100 pilots and flight attendants stood outside the meeting room and hissed those who attended. Lorenzo and vice presidents Philip Bakes and Richard Adams left without comment by a back exit. Continental filed for bankruptcy reorganization Sept. 24, suspending domestic service for two days. On Sept. 27 it recalled 4,200 of its 12,000 laid off employees, at reduced pay and extended work hours, to resume a severely curtailed domestic schedule. W GERARD DE PARDIEU TUR THURS. 7:25 9:30 WED. 1:10,3:15 ,5:20 ,7:25 930 (Continued from Page 1) yesterday to Reagan's proposal. But the official Soviet news agency, Tass, reported that if American missles are deployed, the Soviet Union would in- crease its arsenals of both missiles. targeted on Western Europe and long- range missiles that could hit the U.S. The original build-down idea, presen- ted by Sen. William Cohen, (R-Maine), called for the destruction of two warheads for each new one deployed. Under the Reagan proposal, different ratios would be applied to different strategic systems land- and submarine- based missiles and bombers. The intent, a senior U.S. official said, is to encourage a shift to less potent weapons and the retirement of those systems viewed as most threatening, especially multiple-warhead based missiles. land- The new offer, to be presented when the fifth round of the strategic arms talks opens tomorrow, appeared to have wide bipartisan support in Washington. .1 __a Dodlge CO[IECIATTE Q{AMMIONS 1A% Win the use t Ho o0 t THE NA L ~CHMPlONSHlP5 :rr 4 COMES To UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Tuesday and Wednesday, October 4th and 5th from 10:00 to 5:00 at CHRYSLER ARENA PARKING LOT Sponsored by UAC All registered students with a valid driver's license may enter! Drive the revolutionary 1984 Dodge Daytona Turbo, America's first turbo powered, front-wheel drive sportscar x .4 . 3j '' ::'. c . :, 1 . :,i ,.; l i I, °,' , Vol. XCIV - No. 25 Wednesday, October 5, 1983 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. 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