a Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 28, 1988 Homeless find shelter in subways NEW YORK (AP) - Though Clarence Charlton is homeless, he knows he has a warm and dry place to sleep - as long as he doesn't mind waking up several miles away from where he laid his head down. Charlton, like hundreds of New York's street people, calls the city's subway system home, and officials say they expect the numbers to surge as winter sets in.' "I can always get on the subway. I, usually have the fare," said Charl- ton, 78, a former mental patient who was wearing a black-knit cap, grimy pants, no shirt, a sweater and tweed Number of NY subway sleepers to increase as winter approaches coat one day last week. Bedroom slippers failed to cover his swollen feet. "In the daytime I'm out on the bench, and at nighttime I get in the subway," he said, lighting a cigarette butt, which he says helps his asthma. "In bad weather, I'll go un- derground." Charlton had company that day at the 179th Street Station in Queens. Another homeless man was at the other end of the platform, and at least eight already were on the E train when it rolled up to start its run to Manhattan. As the winds get colder, New York's subways are drawing ever more homeless people. The attrac- tion: a warm, relatively safe envi- ronment, all for a collar. For many riders, the disheveled and often unbathed passengers are not welcome on the nation's largest transit system. "They stink. They're dirty. They can smell up a whole train," said passenger Bernard Nashofer. Transit police walk a thin line, rousting homeless people who cause trouble but letting the others sleep. Maintenance crews find themselves cleaning the kinds of messes that subways weren't meant for. Subway passengers learn to select cars by scent. Jamaica Continued from Page 1 According to Caribbean Contact, a regional monthly newspaper, Seaga has used the disaster "to lock the country even more securely into de- pendence on overseas handouts, and to loosen whatever grip the self-reliance option had on the national conscious- ness." Manley has also accused Seaga of 'mishandling the $125 million aid package granted by Congress for hur- ricane relief. But Seaga denied the allegations during a recent news conference. Seaga is reported as "answering sharply to a journalist who asked him about his re-elections chances." According to the report in the Contact, he said only a perverted mind could contemplate such a question at this time. "I don't have such a mind," Seaga said. Jamaican Prof. Carl Stone - who is described in the article as "the is- land's premier pollster and political guru" - was quoted in the Contact as saying, "Hurricane Gilbert has put a whole new issue on the political agenda." "The new issue has to do with which party and leader are best equipped to rebuild the country," said Stone. It has also been alleged that in 1980, Seaga "wrenched" power from Manley with the help of the CIA. Brown said, "...the United States showed a significant interest in the kind of activities that led up to the 1980 elections. It was common knowledge that there was the CIA in the country - the kind of media war- fare that went on against the socialist government." But according to Carr, the current government is making improvements to stabilize the socio-economic situa- tion. "Our aim is to ensure that eco- nomic adjustment measures which Jamaica has been carrying out over the last few years remain on course so that we can continue to focus on the social well-being program which was recently introduced by my govern- ment." He also expressed his "deep grati- tude" to the United States and other Western countries for their financial support. But when asked whether this; money would be put toward constructing better homes than the, shacks with zinc roofs that house up to one-third of the Jamaican popula- tion, he laughed and said, "You'd be surprised how well those zinc roofs "The situation is that there are poor people in Jamaica, especially in the rural areas." said Brown. "The majority of the people who are homeless are the poor who lived in unstable shacks with zinc roofs and there was a lot of zinc flying around.... we need all the help we can get, but not necessarily all from the U.S. because that probably will have more implications along the road." Those wishing to assist the Ja- maican Hurricane Relief Effort of Washtenaw County: -Financial contributions can be made to the Jamaican Hurricane Relief Fund and deposited at any First of America Bank. -Other assistance such as canned food and clothes are being accepted, call Paulette Allen-Henry at 668- 7377. stayed up." h DO YOU NEED ROSE BOWL & PARADE TICKETS? We have good seats at great prices to the Rose Bowl and Tournament of Roses Parade on January 2, 1989 in Pasedena, Tues., Nov. 29 Thurs., Dec.1 University of Michigan SCHOOL L F MUSIC Early Music Ensemble Edward Parmentier, director Featuring choral and instrumental works of 17th century Europe Blanche Anderson Moore Hall, School of Music, 8:00 p.m. FREE Northcoast--U-M Jazz Ensemble Edward Sarath, director With special guestrartist James Dapogny, piano Featuring classic and contemporary big-band jazz Rackham, 8:00 p.m. FREE IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Many Japanese outraged with U.S. military actions TOKYO- A month-long spate of incidents involving U.S. military forces has touched a raws nerve in Japan, provoking outraged newspaper editorials and a sharp protest from the government. On Okinawa, the southern island where 35,000 U.S. troops jostle for training space with 1.2 million Japanese residents, civilians complain that houses were hit by bullets in October and two tear-gas canisters ex- ploded at a nightclub Nov. 26. The canisters sent scores of people into the street, coughing and choking. The tear-gas incident which U.S. Marine Corps authorities said was under investigation, followed the abrupt dismissal of a U.S. Navy skippet whose ship embarrassed the Navy command by firing practice shells that hit about 1,000 feet from a Japanese coast guard vessel. Senate elects leader tomorrow WASHINGTON - Majority Democrats gained only a single Senate seat in this month's elections, but the chamber is likely to undergo a personality change with the choosing of a new majority leader this week. The current majority leader, Robert Byrd (D-W.VA), is stepping' down to assume the role of chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, taking with him his unparalleled parliamentary expertise and a courtly style. Running to rep;lace him in one of the toughest elections they will ever face are Sens. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA), and George Mitchell (D-Maine). The election takes place tomorrow. Democrats hope that, unlike the somewhat stiff Byrd, the new major- ity leader will have a popular appeal that emanates to the nation beyond Capitol Hill as Congress does battle over the budget with a new Republican president. Food bank receives grant LANSING - Fresh produce and other food that has been going to waste in parts of the country may find its way into the diets of Michigan's poor people more often, a state food bank official said. Karin Uhlich, executive director of the Food Bank Council of Mi- chigan, said a $90,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Social Services will pay transportation costs for about 1.4 million pounds a year of donated food from out-of-state areas. Food manufacturers located in other Midwestern states or in he East often give away good food because of irregularities in the appearance of he package or over-production, Uhlich said. It's cheaper for them to give it away and claim a tax deduction than to pay landfill disposal costs, she said. Pakistani minister to be named ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - President Gulam Ishaq Khan said he will name the new prime minister on Thursday, two weeks after Benazir Bhutto's party won the most votes in the first free elections in more than a decade. Ms. Bhutto met with the President last week and urged him to let her left-leaning Pakistan's People's Party form the new government and make her the first woman prime minister of an Islamic country. The party led by Ms. Bhutto, who is the daughter of the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, won 93 of 207 seats in the Nov. 16 general elections. Her right-wing rival, the Islamic Democratic Alliance, got 55 seats in Parliament. Ms. Bhutto has insisted she has strong enough support among possible coalition partners to command a majority in the legilature. EXTRAS Jama makes it big with pigs ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) - All her life, Jama Hedgecoth has loved animals. But she never quite expected it to come to this: She sells housebroken, exotic pigs and runs an animal talent agency that represents a variety of four-legged stars. On a 25-acre animal farm south of Atlanta, with the help of her husband, Charlie, and four children, Mrs. Hedgecoth tends to some 300 creatures: dogs, cats, raccoons, foxes, deer, goats, chickens, turkeys,, ducks, geese, an ostrich, a miniature horse, one 300-pound hog and a pack of pint-size pigs. She sells the petite porkers through Designer Pigs, one of her business ventures. As for the rest of the menagerie, some are stars represented by her other venture, The Animal Agency. Others are family pets. "When I was a kid, we traveled all over the world, because my father is an evangelist, and we could never have animals like this," Mrs. Hedgecoth said. "When I got married 17 years ago, I told my husband, "My dream is to live on a farm and have every animal that's feasible to: own.' p5 California. Tickets are on a first-come- first-served basis. THESE EVENTS SELL OUT EVERY YEAR. ORDER NOW FOR BEST SELECTION! 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