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Republicans hold conference
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By NANCY GOTTESMAN
Last weekend the University's
chapter of the College Republicans
hosted a three-day conference to train
young Republicans for success in the
political arena. -
The event's primary goal was to
bring together College Republicans
from the State of Michigan. But the
attendance at the conference was low,
only four people were present for the
opening remarks which were
scheduled for 7 p.m. last Friday
evening.
THE CHAIRMAN of the Univer-
sity's Chapter of the College
Republicans expressed disappoin-
tment over the low turnout.
"We thought we'd have much better
attendance," said Chairman Karl
Edelmann, "We were hoping for
around 40 people. Hillsdale College
and Michigan State promised us
people, but they didn't show up."
lgelmann said that the Univer-
sitys current active membership is
between 50 and 70 people. He feels
that the attendance from University
students was so low because there
was a cost of $39 per person for the
conference, the football game was
away, and because it is mid-term
time.
EDELMANN said that the poor at-
tendance does not reflect people's in-
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terest in the group. "It shows no in-
dication as to the commitment of the
group. They are more concerned
about their studies than something
that is not going to be of immediate
value.,
The conference's program, called
the College Republicans Fieldman
School, was designed to teach young
Republicans how to organize political
campaigns and how to develop
stronger campus Republican
organizations.
Congressman Carl Pursell (R-Ann
Arbor) and Dan Murphy, Oakland
County Chief Executive, were two of
the featured speakers.
PURSELL spoke informally to a
group of eight students that attended
the 9 a.m. session last Saturday. Pur-
sell told campus Republicans to pick
one or two specific issues, like tax
reform, and generate support.
"Pick a target, be selective and go
after it. I think there are a lot of issues
here on campus that students would
rally around."
"The voice of verbal protest is so
loud here that the minority appears to
be the majority. There are two groups
here but I don't mean the issues are
black and white," Pursell added.
MURPHY spoke to students about
the need for economic change in the
state.
At a session on Saturday afternoon,
the College Republican's state chair-
man said she considers hereself a
conservative Republican.
Suzanne Miller, a student at Wayne
State University, said she opposes
federal and state support for abor-
tions, supports funding the Contras
fighting the Nicaraguan government,
and believes the University should
engage in SDI research.
Miller said that she would also like
to increase the number of College
Republican clubs in Michigan from 20
to 30. She said she would like to see
total membership increase by 25 per-
cent.
"I think the College Republicans
can ensure the future of the
Republican party. We can recruit new
people and educate them on
Republican philosophy so that the
Reagan administration can sweep the
entire spectrum," said Miller. "Our
government is unique and we are
going to be a flagship for freedom."
Edelmann said that the College
Republicans are "students first. We
are not political activists."
Chrysler workers
tentatively end strike
TORONTO (AP) - The United Auto
Workers of Canada and Chrysler
Canada Ltd. tentatively agreed
yesterday on a contract that would
end a five-day walkout against the
automaker in Canada, Chrysler's
chief negotiator said.
The agreement came as 70,000 UAW
members in the United States
remained on strike against Chrysler.
"IT'S REAL good," Chrysler
Canada Vice President William
Fisher said of the settlement.
"It meets all of our expectations of
full and complete parity with Ford
(Canada) and General Motors of
Canada in terms of wages, pensions
and benefits," said Robert White,
powerful leader of the newly indepen-
dent Canadian union.
Chrysler workers had fallen behind
because of concessions given when
the automaker was in financial dif-
ficulty.
THE TENTATIVE pact also would
give a $1,000 Canadian ($730 U.S.)
lump sum payment to all Chrysler
workers and retirees represented by
the union, White said.
Canadian union members will con-
sider the 23-month pact today at
ratification vote meetings. White said
he was confident they would approve
it and that the 10,000 Chrysler em-
ployees could be back on the job as
early as today.
Both the U.S. and Canadian unions
struck Chrysler on Wednesday, vir-
tually shutting down operations. By
the weekend, smaller auto component
suppliers had begun to lay off workers
because Chrysler wasn't buying what
they built.
ANALYSTS SAID the walkouts
were costing the company $15 million
a day.
Details of the Canadian agreement
were worked out in all-night
negotiations that lasted until mid-day
yesterday, but the breakthrough
came when White and Chrysler
Chairman Lee Iacocca met Saturday
in New York City.
The Canadian settlement puts in-
creased pressure on UAW President
Owen Bieber, who is scheduled to
resume negotiations with Chrysler of-
ficials in the United States today in
Highland Park, Mich.
"I am hopeful that the agreement
we have reached today will help the
U.S. negotiations," White said.
Bieber may face questions about
how the militant Candian union was
able to reach an earlier settlement
with Chrysler.
The questions could be made more
difficult if it appeared that White won
concessions from the No. 3 automaker
that the U.S. union is still seeking.
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Protesters target AIDS
DS. (Continued from Page 1) endorsed by a number of local groups
Rights are violated, she said, including the University's women's
here AIDS patients are thrown out studies program, the Ann Arbor
their homes, fired from their jobs, Women's Crisis Center, Ann Arbor
id kept out of their schools. There is N.O.W., Dignity of Ann Arbor, and the
ither a medical nor an ethical Revolutionary Workers' League.
stification for such measures. These ACTION against Aids also held a
atinS is easil etrnoisablev conference yesterday at St. Andrews
au AIise hesitaADasmisabsnofChurch, from 3 to 7 p.m. The keynote
cmosexuality and use the disease as speaker was Evelyn Fisher, a staff
msexuety exdres theisaeosphysician at Henry Ford Hospital who
excuse to express their hatred of has seen a number of AIDS patients.
mosexuals." She gave a detailed description of the
the protest was organized by Ac- symptoms, transmission, treatment,
n Against Aids of Ann Arbor, and and rate of growth of the incidence of
the disease. There were also a num-
ber of workshops dealing with such
issues as the legal rights of people
a career in with AIDS, "safe sex," and social
services availablein Ann Arbor for
people with AIDS.
Chuck Krugman, a social worker
ure, ape, from Ann Arbor, discussed the need
for social services for AIDS victims
and their families.
%throw o f"We're going to need a considerable
amount of consciousness raising to
make people aware that people with
AIDS deserve medical services just
v e r n m en t s? like people with any other illness,"
said Krugman. He suggested that in-
surance companies would be trying to
avoid coverage, noting that this
problem is common to people with
other types of life-threatening
medical histories.-
QA IGOKrugman said that some kind of
legislation that mandates coverage
will be necessary to deal with the
problem.
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UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Young condemns youth gy
DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Coleman Young - in reaction to the
shooting of 206 school-age Detroit children so far this year, 23 fatally -
urged citizens to "take control of our own children.
"We're not going to stand for the shooting down of our young people as
if this were some kind of television or Rambo movie," Young said Satur-
day in an address to 150 Democratic precinct delegates from Detroit's 1st
and 13th congressional districts.
"At some point we've got to stop complaining about the police....and
take control of our own children," Young said.
The 1985 statistics are higher than for the same period in 1984, when 192
children under 17 were shot, 16 of whom died. And the problem continues,
with the last 10 days being particularly bloody.
S. Korea sinks N. Korean ship
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean warships began a search today
for survivors or bodies from a North Korean boat sunk in a gun battle off
the southern tip of South Korea.
The Defense Ministry claimed the North Korean vessel was trying to
land spies when it was intercepted yesterday.
A ministry announcement said a soldier on shore spotted the North
Korean boat and gave the alarm that brought navy units backed by jet
fighters to the scene. It said the North Korean vessel was ordered to halt
but failed to do so, and the exchange of gunfire followed.
Military officials said one of the South Korean ships sustained slight
damage but no casualties.
No official information was released about the North Koz ean vessel,
but the Yonhap News Agency quoted unidentified sources as saying it was
28-feet long and probably would have had six crew members.
There was no comment from North Korea's communist authorities on
the incident.
It was the first time South Korea claimed to have thwarted a North
Korean infiltration attempt along the southern coast since its military
forces sank a North Korean boat and captured two armed agents in
December 1983.
Reagan letter backs Craxi
ROME - President Reagan's "Dear Bettino" letter was credited
yesterday with making it more likely Bettino Craxi would be asked to
form a government to replace his own, which was toppled by the Achille
Lauro hijacking.
President Francisco Cossiga said he would reflect yesterday on con-
sultations he had with political leaders one day earlier before naming a
premier-designate with the task of lining up a new government, Italy's
45th since World War II.
Cossiga was expected to announce his choice today.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead flew to Rome on Satur-
day to try to smooth relations between the United States and Italy, frayed
by developments which followed the hijacking. During a meeting he gave
Reagan's letter to Craxi, who has been considered a valuable U.S. Ally.
Craxi told Parliament in a speech just before resigning on Thursday
that a showdown had developed between Italian and U.S. troops after
U.S. warplanes forced an Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers to land
in Sicily.
Fed. workers travel luxuriously
WASHINGTON - A congressional investigation uncovered "numerous
examples of extravagant" trips on luxury liners by federal employees
traveling at taxpayer expense to and from overseas assignments, a
House committee chairman says.
Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), head of the Government Operations
Committee, said trips on ocean liners at prices several times the cost of
equivalent airplane trips were turned up by a study begun last year by the
General Accounting Office, the investigative wing of Congress.
Copies of the GAO report have not been made public by the committee,
but a source familiar with the document cited two examples found by the
GAO of ocean liner travel by State Department personnel.
In one case, an official and his family, returning to Buenos Aires,
Argentina, from home leave in Los Angeles, flew to Cartengena, Colom-
bia, and then took a 25-day cruise to Buenos Aires, according to the sour-
ce.
The source, who spoke on condition he not be identified, quoted the GAO
as saying the voyage cost $18,156, compared to $3,360 had the trip been
made by air.
In the other case, an employee and his six dependents flew from New
Delhi, India, for home leave in Spokane, Wash., and began the return trip
by flying to New York. There they boarded the Queen Elizabeth II for a
five-day crossing to England, where they took a flight back to India.
U.S. flies aid to typhoon-hit land
MANILA, Philippines - Military planes airlifted food and medicine to
homeless families yesterday as officials counted 54 dead in the strongest
typhoon to hit the Philippines in 15 years.
The death toll from separate storms in India and Bangladesh rose
yesterday to 102 as eight more bodies were found in India and four more
in Bangladesh. Both countries were hit by severe storms or typhoons last
week.
Red Cross authorities in the Philippines said they feared the death toll
from Typhoon Dot, which hit the main island of Luzon Friday night and
Saturday, would rise as reports came in from remote areas.
At least 33 people were injured and about 35,000 people were homeless,
the Office of Civil Defense said. Floods up to four feet deep were reported
in many towns, the Red Cross said.
The government television, which flew a crew of reporters into the cen-
tral Luzon region, the country's rice bowl, estimated damage in Nueva
Ecija province alone at more than $5.3 million.
The typhoon packed center winds of 150 mph before weakening as it
slammed across the Sierra Madre mountain range northeast of Manila,
the capital.
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