4 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 1, 1988 Trial to impeach Mecham begins PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate yesterday opened the first impeachment trial of a governor in six decades, while an attorney for Gov. Evan Mecham implored it to reject the charges against the first- term Republican. "This man hasn't dipped his hands into public funds," attorney Jerris Leonard said. "He hasn't ripped of the treasury. He hasn't committed high crimes in office, and I urge you to dismiss these articles of impeachment." ' Attorney Peter Eckstein, one of the prosecutors, responded that even if it turned out that Mecham didn't violate state laws, his conduct would be "grossly offensive to the people of this state." "The articles of impeachment... cry out for convicting," Eckstein said. He urged speedy resolution of a raft of pending motions to allow testimony to begin. Mecham, who was not required to be present when the senators convened, stayed at the suburban Glendale offices of his "government in exile," and an aide said he wasn't sure Mecham watched the proceedings on television. Regents may approve IN BRIEF new finance official Compiled fromAssociated Press reports (Continued from Page 1) state of North Carolina since early 1987. Interim Assistant to the President Robin Jacoby said Womack had "superior credentials. He w a s everything we were looking for in a financial officer. We're very con- fident that he will run the financial affairs quite well, and he will be a good new voice around the executive officers' table." "This is not going to be much of a change," Jacoby said. "The world of major public research universities was a world he knew quite well." Brinkerhoff announced his retirement last year, and former President Harold Shapiro created a search committee headed by George Zuidema, vice provost for medical affairs. Zuidema released his recommendations to Fleming earlier this year. Before Womack arrived at North Carolina in 1983, he was a financial leader in Arkansas as well. From 1981 to 1983, he directed the Arkansas Department of Finance Administration, an organization res- ponsible for the state's fiscal affairs. Before that, he served as the executive vice president of the University of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, coordinating curriculum development, annual budget requests, as well as general administrative work. Farris Womack ... nominated to be new chief financial officer AFSCME workers to call for firing of two' (Continued from Page 1) During the meeting, attended by Block, McKuen and herself, Maria said, Block told her that the grievance was cancelled and ordered her and McKuen to leave. Maria, a second year law student at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, said she started to ar- gue with Block, saying that under the provisions of the contract the steward must be given ample time to record the employee's grievance. "I said, 'Listen, we're not slaves. The time of treat- ing people like property is over,"' Maria said. But Maria said she and McKuen decided to leave the meeting after Block's tone became "intimidating." "I had started to get nervous and shake," Maria said. "(Block) had begun to yell and his voice was crack- ing... it frightened me. I didn't know what he was go- Isupervisors ing to do." Block could not be reached for comment yesterday. Maria was notified of her suspension last Saturday, while she was at work at a University parking garage near the medical center. University Personnel Representative Keith Clark, who will represent the University at Maria's disci- plinary hearing this Thursday, said that he was not at liberty to discuss on whose orders Maria was suspended or the exact nature of the charges because the investigation is ongoing. But Tim Schrand, Maria's supervisor, said he be- lieved Maria was suspended because of her dispute with Block. McKuen said he was also suspended for four days without pay for insubordination following the grievance meeting. HELPNE.WSTUDENTS ............................... . . BEA FALL U WIL BE AVAILABLE OR.J2ENTATION, EAE CAL.................. JPSOESITORN GOLD ING ALE APIRA2IVMQIS Ct.ONG RJIAOY P~E rect frrKcJOSTENS:.:::::::. GODRNGSL Z SCOIG Draft gets approval, criticism Strike opposing Noriega fails PANAMA CITY - A general strike called by opponents of Panama's military regime faltered yesterday, with transportation and most commerce proceeding uninterrupted. But the strike, called to press for the resignation of the commander of Defense Forces Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was charged in the United States for his involvement in the smuggling of Colombia cocaine, appeared somewhat more effective in industry. Intimidation, censorship and an apparent lack of faith in the effectiveness of mass action conspired against the strike's success. "There's fear," said a middle-aged bank employee as he stepped from a bus early Monday. "We lack unity to confront these people, who have all the arms." "The people don't have means to resist," said a woman who was walking with him. Travelers lack alternative to Northwest at Metro Airport DETROIT - Travelers upset with Northwest Airlines because of uncertainty over its labor situation can't afford to stay mad - the airline is too big a player at Metro Airport to ignore, travel agents said yesterday. A threatened strike by 6,700 Northwest flight attendants - 2,500 of whom are based in Detroit - remained on hold as bargainers for the airline and the Teamsters Union hassled over what reportedly was the final obstacle to a contract agreement. The 12:01 a.m. Saturday strike deadline was extended indefinitely. Since its merger with Republic Airlines, Northwest has carried about half of the air passengers out of Detroit. Northwest has guaranteed refunds on all tickets if there is a strike, but those who purchased discounted tickets with refunds or cancellation penalties are left hanging for now. S. African police arrest Tutu CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other religious leaders from all races were arrested yesterday while kneeling near Parliament with a petition against government bans on anti-apartheid groups. Members of a procession Tutu and his colleagues had led recited the Lord's Prayer as police sprayed them with jets of water and loaded them into vans. All the detainees were freed in a few hourssand the clergy said they would continue protest regardless of the consequences. Their petition referred to an order last Wednesday prohibiting political activity by 18 major anti-apartheid organizations. Shultz fails to gain support for Middle East peace settlement JERUSALEM - Secretary of State George Shultz neared the end of a peace mission yesterday with inconclusive responses from Israel and the Arabs on his plan.for negotiations this year on a Middle East settlement. Final word from Jordan, the key Arab country, awaited a meeting today with King Hussein in London but the king clearly was no longer pressing the Palestine Liberation Organization to form a joint delegation. Israel was divided between Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's conservative Likud bloc, which opposes the Shultz idea trading land for peace, and the center-right Labor Party of Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, which favors it. EXTRAS U. S. shoppers eat tomatoes while Soviets prefer cabbage WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA and the Agriculture Department have teamed up to report that the cabbage is king in the Soviet Union, while Americans bow to the tomato. The study of food supplies in the United States and the Soviet Union says that radish and carrot tops are common fare among Soviet consumers but are rarely found on American grocery lists. But then, the United States has the sweet potato while the Soviet Union doesn't. On the other hand, the overall nutrient levels in the two nations are not too far apart. On the average, the Soviet Union supplies about 3,200 calories per day to each citizen, compared with 3,500 for the average Am- erican. Americans have more fat and cholesterol in their food supply, while Soviet people get more carbohydrates; both get equal amounts of protein. The study was conducted jointly by the CIA and the Agriculture De- partment's Human Nutrition Information Service. If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. 4 (Continued from Page 1) -Incidents at University housing, Fleming said, would be subject to the current "Living at Michigan Credo," which states that "acts of racial hatred and other forms of big- otry are acts of hatred against us all and that they will not be condoned or tolerated."I Unlike the last draft - which made the deans of the schools and1 colleges responsible for the hearing and punishment - this document enables the Vice President for Stu- dent Services to make the final deci- sion on the "alleged violation and the appropriate sanction," Fleming wrote. The vice president would re- view all cases judged by the hearing panel. 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