Page 2 -- The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, September 12, 1989 Monaghan may sell Domino's, DETROIT (AP) - A letter from Domino's Pizza Inc. owner Tory Monaghan saying he may sell the company comes at a time when the fast-food company's fast-rising star may be dimming, an analyst said Monday. Domino's, the No. 2 pizza-maker in the nation behind Pizza Hut Inc., delivers more pizzas than any other company, but profits are falling. "Domino's has been on such a fantastic growth rate," said Gary Stible, founder of New England Consulting, a marketing and man- agement consulting firm in Westport, Conn. "Companies like Domino's can- not continue to grow at their pace," he said Stible. Monaghan, who owns 97 percent of the Ann Arbor-based pizza deliv- S. AFRICA Continued from Page 1 clashed almost daily since a nation- wide campaign to defy apartheid laws began Aug. 2. The protests were de- signed to mobilize opposition to the segregated parliamentary elections, which excluded blacks, but activists have vowed to continue the cam- paign. Police have used whips, live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas to break up recent protests. The whips often were employed because "as a rule it may result in less. serious injuries than, for eam- ple, batons," a police statement said. ery company, sent a letter last week to about 800 franchise owners, 16 regional offices and 300 employees at corporate offices that he is explor- ing a sale so he can spend more time doing charity work. But Stible said there may be an- other reason. "Domino's has become princi- pally concerned about the cap on (the growth of) this business," he said. "Their share of the total universe is beginning to start to flatten out." Domino's spokesman Ron Hingst said Monday he knows of no active sale negotiations. "He hasn't even made a decision to sell it or not to sell it," said Hingst. "He (Monaghan) has had a num- ber of offers over the years," Hingst KITTRIE Continued from Page 1 prove of such an investigation. Phillips was also accused of "petty politics" and Kittrie at the time likened the whole affair to the "McCarthy witch hunts." Kittrie wouldn't speculate about possible future involvements in campus politics. "At this point, I'm only thinking about hitting the books," he said. Kittrie said he expects MSA to do just fine without him. "My leav- ing will not negatively affect MSA." MSA Music School Rep. Laura Sankey said Kittrie would be missed by everyone at MSA. said. "Ten to 15 years ago he had an offer from Pizza Hut and turned it down." Domino's is the world's largest pizza deliverer with 1988 sales of $2.3 billion, a company record. Its profit fell to 6.1 million last year from $7.7 million the year before, according to news reports Hingst did not dispute. Hingst said Domino's record sales last year followed a pattern be- gun in the early 1980's of record sales every year as the number of stores grew. Now, Domino's oper- ates or has franchised 5,200 stores worldwide. But Domino's dominance of the delivery business is being threatened. Pizza Hut, with 7,000 restaurants and 1988 sales of $3.2 billion, be- gan a delivery service out of existing sit-down restaurants and other deliv- ery-only storefronts in 1985. PIZZA Continued from Page 1 however, reacted indifferently. "It's a free world, you can do what you want," said one employee responding to the protestors, "but you can also work where you want." Pavelich said the coalition's protests played no role in Monaghan's recent deliberations about selling Domino's. She defended Monaghan, saying his involvement in Honduras and the pro-life movement stem from his strong Catholic faith. The movement to boycott Monaghan's product began July 18 with a similar demonstration outside Domino's Farms. Since then,: Engelbert said, the coalition has-- been conducting an information campaign by distributing leaflets andj selling bumper stickers. The coalition is composed of seven groups ranging from the National Organization for Women to the Latin American Solidarity Committee, all of which object to at least one of Monaghan's many in- volvements. Engelbert said that the coalition has received over 50 inquires already and added that the boycott was turn- ing into a national movement. There are six communities that are actively organizing against Domino's, she said. Bush says troops will I Work For Peace In The Middle East Mass Meeting Palestine Solidarity Committee not fight in WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presi- dent Bush, trying to dispel fears about the use of U.S. military forces in the war on drugs, said yesterday there is "no contemplation"of com- bat roles for U.S. service personnel sent to Latin America. Bush made his declaration after White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater complained thereare "a lot of people who are trying to portray this as another Vietnam situation or the beginning of massive troop buildup and so forth." Colombia At the capitol, meanwhile, Sen- ate Appropriations Committee Chair Robert Byrd, (D-W.Va.), said he will introduce legislation increasing next year's anti-drug spending by $3.9 billion, paying for it by cutting do- mestic and defense programs across the board by 0.575 percent. Byrd said his provision, to be proposed today, would bring total federal spending on drug programs to $10.1 billion in fiscal 1990, which begins Oct. 1, $2.2 billion more than Bush has proposed. INBRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Coleman Young favored in Detroit mayoral primaries DETROIT - Slightly more than three of every ten registered voters of the 507,000 registered Detroit voters are expected to cast ballots in th city's mayoral primary today. The turnout will favor incumbent Coleman Young, the city's first black mayor seeking an unprecedented fifth term, according to Deputy City Clerk Jeff Blaine. Twelve-term congressman John Conyers and accountant Tom Barrow are rated neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot. Conyers picked up the endorsement of the Rev. Jesse Jackson over th weekend, backing which he called priceless to his campaign. Barrow gath- ered endorsements from a few city unions and church leaders, the bulk hav- ing already committed to Young. Young was backed by 42 percent of Detroit voters surveyed by WJBK TV and Wayne State's Center for Urban Studies, more than twice the sup- port of any of his challengers. The poll found Conyers with 14 percent and Barrow with 12 percent of the vote. Twenty-five percent of the 427 registered city voters contacted were undecided. Soviets say U.S. arms policy is now at a 'peculiar lull' MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze accused president Bush yesterday of depriving the world of major arms control agreements by not taking advantage of opportunities created by the Reaga4 administration. "I think that because of the restrained, indecisive position of the American administration, both the U.S.A. and the U.S.S. R., as well as the entire world community, have lost a lot," Shevardnadze said in interview printed in the government daily Izvestia. Shevardnadze contrasted the "constraint and timidity" of the Bush administration on arms control with progress made during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. "After recent stormy years, a peculiar lull has set in. The tempo of movement toward new agreements, in any case on the key direction of real nuclear disarmament, don't satisfy us," Shevardnadze said. Big Three cleaning up fuels DETROIT - The nation's three largest automakers and some companies are focusing research on a new kind of.gasoline to curb pollution for the 1990's rather than methanol, an automotive journal said yesterday. In a copyright story, Automotive News quoted unidentified sources as top executives of General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Corporation and Chrysler Corporation with several oil companies signed commitments to work on developing reformulated gasoline rather than methanol. Officials of all the companies said yesterday denied the conclusions; saying that all options car fuels are being considered. The American Petroleum Institute also disputed the story. In addition to developing cars that can run on methanol, experiments going on at each of the Big Three to develop a vehicle that could run on a variety of fuels, such as methanol, gasoline and ethanol. Bush looks to lease Saudi oil WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is pursuing talks with Saudi Arabia on leasing Saudi crude oil for the U.S. emergency oil stock- pile, a government source disclosed yesterday. Such leases would be expected to amount to a U.S. option to buy t Saudi crude in an emergency. Leasing would be a major shift from the Energy Department's policy of buying oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Mexico currently supplied all the oil for the U.S. stockpile under a contract expiring Nov. 30. The main reason for leasing would be to reduce the cost of filling the oil reserve. The government currently is paying Mexico a market-based price for the roughly 60,000 barrels a day. In mid-August the price was $17.17 a barrel. EXTRAS Singing 'Tomorrow' today NEW YORK - She must be between 3-foot-10 and 4-foot-4, sing loudly and clearly, be able to act and tap dance, look 10 or 11 years old and, of course, not be afraid of dogs. The search for Broadway's new Annie began yesterday morning when 29 little girls walked on stage at the Golden Theater to face Martin Chardin, director of "Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's revenge," the new musical about the world's most famous orphan. "Why are we doing this mad thing?" sighed composer Charles Strou as he prepared to listen to endless renditions of a little melody he wrote called "Tomorrow." "We should be playing poker." Some girls waited for more than four hours before they were let into the theater. The audition was open to anyone with enough courage to be there. The show's first star, Andrea McArdle, is now 25, married and the mother of a year-old daughter. September 12, 1989 - 7:30PM ::i .:.: ; .. 1209 Michigan Union All Welcome MICHI GANENSAN What is it? .. Bri lant. Brilliant work. Apple's most powerful personal computers enable you to create it. 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