4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 13, 1987 Landlords prepare for battle (Continued from Page 1) Also, a majority of voters in April's city elections must approve the plan. Local landlords plan to launch a campaign to publicize problems. associated with rent con- trol in some cities, like a decline in housing quality, said Jim Morris of the Ann Arbor Apartment Associa- tion. The landlords have no specific plans yet, Morris said, but they are prepared to get "heavily involved" after the petitions are signed. Landlords have argued that form- ing a board would be impractical be- cause it would never be able to monitor every lease. 'We want students to think of (renlt control) as their issue.' - Michael Appel of Student Legal Services Fred Gruber, a local property owner, has maintained that rent prices were constant during the late 1970s because of fixed long-term fi- nancing. Recently, he said, the fi- nancing terms ended and banks raised their rates, causing landlords to in- crease rent prices in order to catch up. According to University's Hous- ing Division statistics, the average off-campus rental rates for a two- bedroom apartment has surged from $531 during the 1983-84 school year to $716 this year. Rent prices for such units increased by $50 from 1985 to 1986, but increased by twice that amount last year. Local property owner Sam Levine said Ann Arbor cannot be compared to rent-controlled cities like New York and Los Angeles, because of its high student population. Levine said property owners need to raise rent because student apart- ments must be refurnished every three to five years. Standard adult apartments are only redone every seven to 10 years, he said. If rents are controlled, he said, landlords may be forced to refurnish less often, leading to conflict be- tween tenants and landlords. But officials in the Berkeley, Ca. Housing Department, such as Hous- ing Director Ed Kirshner, have praised the policy, saying unassessed rent increases goes into tenants' pockets instead of the landlords'. The AACFR's plan is loosely based on Berkeley's 10-year-old policy. CORRECTION There was a printing error in the November 12, 1987 State Discount ad. The price of the Compact Discs should have read "$11.99". We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause State Discount or their customers. Our three-year and two-year scholarships won't mak college easier. Just easier to pay for. Even if you didn't start colle on a scholarship, you could finish on one. Army OTC Scholarships pay for full tuition and allowances for educational fees and textbooks. Along with up to $1,000 a year. Get all the facts. . SCHEDULE YOUR 'NO OBLIGATION' INTERVIEW NOW! CALL CAPTAIN O'ROURKE AT 764-2400 ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS Advertise in The Michigan Daily Author f in politica (Continued from Page 1) appeared in more than 200 publica- tions. Her nine novels include Woman on the Edge of Time , and her most recent, Gone to Soldiers, which was released last May. Read Ube Ct~ie rids ideas Li issues A collection of essays called Parti-Colored Blocks for a Quilt was published by the University Press in 1982. The author has lec- tured and conducted workshops at over 250 universities. Last February, she donated a col- lection of her papers and works - including drafts of novels, poems, and essays - to the University's Department of Rare Books and Spe- cial Collections. Piercy was born and grew up in Detroit. She won several honors at the University, including Hopwood Awards for fiction and poetry and a designation as a James B. Angell Scholar. She graduated in 1957 with a degree in English Literature, before earning a masters degree from Northwestern University. Piercy now lives in Cape Cod, Massachussetts. Piercy's reading was sponsored by the Friends of the University Library as the third lecture in the University Libraries Noted Author Series. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Budget negotiations continue WASHINGTON - Budget negotiators haggled yesterday over the specifics of tax increases and spending cuts, as a compromise deficit- reduction blueprint that seemed close only a day earlier began slipping from their grasp. "I don't expect any early resolution of the talks... it may take us into next week," said House Majority Leader Thomas Foley (D-Wash.), chair of the working group, which had hoped to finish by today. Asked what the snag was, he replied, "Everything." "Maybe it just gets darkest before the dawn," said House Republican Leader Bob Michel of Illinois, with a sigh, as the closed-door talk dragged on for their 14th day. The group had been zeroing in Wednesday on the outlines of the plan to reduce the deficit for fiscal 1988, the budget year which opened Oct. 1, by about $30 billion and the deficit for the fiscal 1989 by $45 billion or more. U.S. trade defICi Udecreases WASHINGTON - The nation's trade deficit eased to $14.1-billion in September, the government reported yesterday in statistics that suggested the U.S. import-export picture was brightening even before the stock market crash. The report, making the lowest trade shortfall in four months, touched off a rally in the financial markets. The Commerce Department said the merchandise trade deficit, the gap between imports and exports, decreased by a strong $1.6 billion in September from the $15.7 billion level of August. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 61.01 points while the dollar, which had sunk to new 40-year lows earlier in the week, also rallied strongly in New York, rising more than one yen in value to 135.83 yen. It also was sharply higher against European currencies. Ortega creates cease-f ire plan WASHINGTON - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, after talks with House speaker Jim Wright, said yesterday that he has come up with a "concrete proposal" for achieving a cease-fire with Contra rebels. Ortega, here for a meeting of the Organization of American States, told reporters he will announce his plan today. There were strong hints that the proposal would include a role for Wright in the efforts to reach a cease-fire, but Ortega said he could not provide details because "we're still refining all of this." As Oretga spoke, Nicaraguan Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, who has been designated intermediary in pending cease-fire talks between the Sandinista forces and the Contras, was heading for Washington and was expected to take part in the announcement today. Conservative senator changes stance, praises Court nominee WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Anthony Kennedy won the support of former opponent Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) yesterday in a day of White House peacemaking sessions free of the bitterness that followed President Reagan's previous two nominations. "I think he'll make a fine member of the Supreme Court," Helms, an outspoken member of the Senate's conservative wing, told reporters after meeting separately with Reagan and with the federal appellate judge. Late last month, after the Senate voted down Reagan nominee Robert Bork, Kennedy was considered the front-runner for the court vacancy until Helm's said there was no way he would support a Kennedy nomination. The president also met with Democrat Joseph Biden, chair of the Judiciary Committee, as Kennedy made courtesy calls on senators. EXTRAS Quit cold turkey to Win one For the 11th year, November 19 has been designated as a time for smokers to unite, take a deep (smokeless) breath, and "give smoking a kick in the butt" for the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. The cancer society says smokers are supposed to start a seven-day countdown today by stocking up on "courage, commitment, and a lot of pride." On campus, students will be able to pick up a "quit day packet" from a fishbowl table sponsored by University Health Services next Thursday. The packet will include hard candy and rubber bands, "so smokers can snap themselves on the wrist when they're thinking of smoking," said Teresa Herzog, UHS Substance Abuse Education Coordinator. "And a button that says 'kiss me,I don't smoke."' But if that's not enough incentive, UHS will sponsor a special smokeout raffle. 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