4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 3, 1986 ......... ........ r gI9 '; 20 more protesters plead not By STEVE HERZ Twenty more of the 118 protesters arrested for trespassing at Rep. Carl Pursell's (R-Ann Arbor) office nearly three weeks ago pleaded not guilty yesterday in 15th District Court. The protesters were arrested Mar- ch 14-18 while demonstrating against President Reagan's proposed aid package for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. So far, 78 of the 118 arrested have been arraigned. Only one protester, University economics Prof. Locke Anderson, has pleaded guilty. The 40 remaining protesters will be arraigned this morning. Hunter Van Valkenburg, a protester who pleaded not guilty on Monday, said he expected the remaining 40 to plead not guilty. If that happens, the pre-trial hearing will be scheduled for April 30. Associated Press, Bomb explodes A bomb, planted by a Palestinian group in retaliation for "American arrogance," explodes yesterday inside a TWA jet heading to Athens from Rome, killing four people who were sucked through a gaping hole. Shannon looks to dislodge Democrats in 2nd Ward 1 - - r e (Continued from Page 1) v ltVi= =a ra age 1 Ward a very clear choice - they disagree on just about every major issue facing the council right now. Hunter, for instance, -voted against a proposed hotel and conference cen- ter, which would have been located at Huron and First streets. Even though the building would have complied with city building and zoning laws, Hunter said he felt it would have hurt the community. "WE'RE undergoing a tremendous boom," Hunter said, referring to Ann Arbor's continuing growth. "In the next few years, we will have three major buildings in a two-block area, and one more building would greatly harm the traffic flow." "With the traffic from the conferen- ce center and the traffic already there, I don't think the roads can take it," he said. "It would also cause the loss of a substantial amount of parking spaces that are needed." Shannon, too, said she would have opposed the plan that the council rejected March 24, but only because it did not contain enough on-site parking. "I have reservations about the design of the building," she said. THE BUILDING would have con- tained only 82 on-site parking spaces for a 400-room hotel, but Shannon said something could have been worked out if there was "more participation between the city and the developer." The candidates split more sharply on whether the city should tighten or relax its housing code, an issue that affects students living in off-campus rental housing. Shannon said the city could open Ann Arbor's extremeley tight housing market - there is currently a 1 per- cent vacancy rate in the rental market - by relaxing some housing codes. "I WOULD reduce selective housing codes, like the fact that a ceiling must be 7 feet 6 inches to meet the code," she said. "But there are a lot of older homes with 7-foot high ceilings that would be good rooms to rent." Shannon said she would not support loosening parts of the housing code that protect tenants' safety, such as regulations prohibiting exposed electrical wires. Hunter, however, said many students already live in substandard units and the housing code needs to be more strictly enforced. "Landlords don't comply to city codes and rental inspectors say they don't have the manpower to do a great job," he said. "I want to tip the balance in favor of the tenant." The candidates also disagreed on Proposal B, which would authorize the city to sell $3 million in tax bonds to subsidize the repair of Ann Arbor's crumbling roads. HUNTER SAID he will vote for the proposal because the streets need repair, and federal budget cuts mean there aren't good alternate sources of funding. "We can't fund it ourselves since it costs $250,000 a mile to redo the roads," he said. "The general fund this year is losing substantial federal funds. Even if we scraped and snat- ched as much money as we can it wouldn't be enough." Shannon, however, said there are ways to cut the budget and fund the road repair. "We should prioritize our programs and make sure the top programs have money. The lower priority programs could go on a ballot and be voted on by the taxpayers." IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Violence continues in Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland - A Northern Ireland policeman was shot and the homes of three other policemen were firebombed in an anti-police onslaught by Protestant militants who roamed Ulster yesterday. The second straight night of violence, primarily against members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, appeared to be adding a new dimenson to the crisis triggered by the Nov. 15 Anglo-Irish accord that gives the over- whelmingly Catholic Irish Republic a voice in Northern Ireland affairs. Police reported 20 attacks on policemen and their homes since Monday, when Protestant mobs clashed with security forces who had barred them from marching through the town of Portadown southwest of Belfast The attacks have outraged Protestant moderates who see the Royal Ulster Constabulary as their shield against their arch-enemy, the predominantly Catholic Irish Republican Army. The constabulary is 85 percent Protestant. Under terms of the Anglo- Irish agreement, the constabulary is supposed to show an evenhanded approach in policing the feuding Protestant and Catholic communities on the province. But of Protestant extremists, such evenhandedness is simply another unwelcome outgrowth of the accord. Fipino workers end walk-out SUBIC NAVAL BASE, Philippines - Filipino workers tore down their barricades yesterday outside the largest overseas U.S. Navy base and ended a 12-day strike that had forced the diversion of a five-ship flotilla and strapped nearby businesses. More than 1,200 militant strikers at Subic held out a day longer than workers at Clark Air Base and six smaller U.S. military installations Leaders of the Subic picket line agreed yesterday evening to go along with a compromise settlement reached the day before, however, and the barricades of logs, rocks and metal grillwork came down. The militants retired on a note of defiance. "This is not the end of the struggle of Filipino workers," said Larry Salazar, a leader of the union representing 22,000 workers who struck all the bases. "The next time we barricade the gates, we will make sure the organizational weaknesses are overcome." Businessmen in the nearby city of Olongapo, who lost an estimated $1.2 during the strike, had brought increasing pressure on the strikers to allow American servicemen off the grounds. Losses to more than 300 bars, restaurants and other businesses around Clark were estimated at $1 million. Air Force crash kills crew MAGDALENA, N.M. - An Air Force HC-130 search-and-rescue air- plane crashed yesterday in a desolate area 16 miles north of Magdalena, killing all six crew members, authorities said. "The medical investigator reported they were all dead," said Rudy Chavez, state police dispatcher in Socorro. "The wreckage is scattered over a mile radius" in rough terrain, he said. The HC-130 was assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, said Kay Peterson, spokeswoman at the base. A state police helicopter, a military aircraft and a heliocopter am- bulance from Albuquerque were at the scene in west-central New Mexico, said Sgt. John McAninch of the state police in Socorro. The HC-130, a four-engine turbo-prop, is a search and rescue version of the C-130 cargo plane, Ms. Peterson said. A board of officers will in- vestigate the crash, Ms. Peterson said. U.S. retains Soviet nuclear test policy, claims violations SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Administration has not changed the way it measures Soviet tests of nuclear weapons and still believes the Soviet Union has repeatedly violated the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said yesterday. "We haven't changed our method for estimating yields of Soviet tests. As a part of the verification process, we are constantly refining our techniques in an effort to improve our understanding of Soviet testing ac- tivities," Speakes said. Officials in Washington confirmed that CIA Director William Casey or- dered a change in how the agency measures Soviet tests on Jan. 21 and a congressional source said members of the House and S'enate intelligence committee were advised of the change in routine briefings. The officials noted, however, the intelligence agency is only one of a half-dozen responsible for verifying Soviet compliance with treaties and that a change at the CIA may not amount to a complete change in policy. Fewer Southeast forests burn The number of forest fires raging throughout the Southeast declined yesterday, but a major new blaze burned in Virginia and a state of emergency was declared in West Virginia, where firefighters were "just numb" after 16 days on the job. The toll in one of the region's worst fire seasons on record neared 600,000 acres, with some states already having lost more than in all of 1985. At least four people have died while fighting fires, three in Ten- nessee and one in Ohio. Much of the woodland along the Appalachians from West Virginia into Alabama remained tinder dry, but rain moved toward Missouri, where up to 3,000 acres of the Mark Twain National Forest has burned in about 60 fires in the past week. "The weather folks are saying we could have some relief by Saturday," said Bruce Jewell, spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service regional office in Atlanta. He said the 13-state southeastern region, which extends from Texas to Virginia but does not include hard-bit West Virginia and Ohio, has been averaging 1,000 to 1,500 fires a day. Vol. XCVI - No. 125 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$18 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the city. One term-$10 in town; $20 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and College Press Service. Hirshorn hopes to turn tide on Republican control (Continued from Page 1) you don't feel good about it," Hirshorn added. However, Blow, a teacher at Greenhills School, a private senior and junior high school, says his four years experience on the city council is needed. Blow said his experience in looking at the budget and ways to reduce the effect federal cuts and the city's low tax base will have on this year's budget is important. "One thing I've been looking at is combining the police and the fire departments into one unit to save money," he said. "And instead of firing personnel that overlap, when one person retires we consolidate that position with another one." Another way to cut the budget is to prioritize the programs into categories of high, medium, and low, Blow said. "We should be looking at those things which the city has money to CONSIDERING AN ABORTION? Complete Confidential Information Pregnancy Counseling Center 529 N. Hewitt, Ypsilanti Call: 434-3088 (any time) R e R Car from Econo - Car We rent to 19 YR. OLD STUDENTS/ Choose from small economical cars to vans. Special WEEKEND rates Pick up services upon request We accept provide and should provide," he said. Because Blow has been concerned with saving money and believes the city can do so, he is not in favor of proposal B, which would let the city borrow $3 million in tax bonds to repair the roads. "I did not vote to put it on (the ballot), and I don't support it," Blow said. "I feel that basic street repair should come from the general tax dollars and that citizens should expect this service." "I personally believe there are ways of finding money in the general fund," he said. "I mean, by making priorities, we can increase the amount of money that we can spend on roads." Hirshorn disagrees. "I'm going to support the proposal, not that a tax-bond is the best way of getting the money, because the city must pay interest on the money it borrows," Hirshorn said. He prefers a millage because there is no interest to pay. "We got to fix the roads oc- casionally," he said. Another problem with the roads is that road priorities are unfairbecause downtown roads usually get fixed fir- st, Hirshorn said. Downtown development is another issue where the candidates differ. Although both Blow and Hirshorn agree that downtown development is necessary, each has his own solutions to the problem. "There are too many projects that are an extention of campus and look like the Modern Languages Building," Hirshorn said. "This is an inappropriate model." Hirshorn is also concerned about public safety downtown. "I'd like to send my daughter downtown and know it is safe," he said. "You don't build solid concrete buildings because if you take a look at the design it's not safe." Hirshorn favors using more win- dows because pedestrians can be seen by merchants, so potential attackers would be less likely to attack a person if he knows that person can be seen by others. Hirshorn is worried about building affordable housing. Because of the high cost of living downtown, he sees people moving to the townships. "Because of the high rents, there will be commuter students because of the low housing rents at the perimeters of the city," Hirshorn said. Blow says the city is doing something about housing already. He was pleased that the city might sell a parcel of land on First and William for a private housing development for both low and moderate incomes. "The city should make land available for sale, but I don't think the city should get into property management," Blow said. He said the downtown area is doing well, but the city should prepare for the future. "I think in the last four or five years downtown has held its own. There are more -restaurants and some new businesses," said Blow. "But the city should also be realistic, and if it leaves downtown to continue to hold its own, Briarwood may intrude." "I also support a conference center, and it should be downtown," he said. "If the conference center is there it would focus people from the perimeters of the city to the down- town." Both candidates also have strong opinions about Proposal A, which would send a message to Washington that Ann Arbor does not support military aid in Central America and would establish a task force to find a sister city somewhere in Central America. Blow said the city should not take. stands on "national" issues. "I'm op- posed to proposal A because I see it as the city getting involved in something that is not the city's concern," Blow said. He does not object to the establish- ment of a sister city, although he did point out that Ann Arbor has a sister city in Central American already in Belize. 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