Pg 2- The Michigan Daily- Thursday, January 18, 1990 GOP hopes to gain control of state House after victory in special election g IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports LANSING, Mich. (AP) - House Republicans aren't doing cartwhecls yet, but a special election victory by a GOP candidate brought smiles yesterday and a bit more cre- dence to their plans to gain control of the chamber. D. Roman Kulchitsky, now Michigan's youngest lawmaker at age 28, will represent the 25th Dis- trict after a decisive triumph over Democratic challenger Chuck Busse, a Warren City Council member, on Tuesday in the northern part of the Detroit suburb. The two competed for the re- mainder of a two-year term held by Democrat Dennis Dutko, who re- signed because he was serving a jail sentence for drunken driving. When the vote is certified, Kul- chitsky's swearing in will give the House 60 Democrats and 50 Repub- licans. Republicans are hoping the nod for the GOP is a signal of the long- touted shift in Macomb County from Democratic candidates to Re- publicans. Though Warren voters have sup- ported Republican presidential candi- dates, they primarily have stuck with Democrats on the local level. The GOP camp has been target- ing House seats in suburban Detroit for nearly a decade, and was success- ful last year in getting Rep. Dave Jaye (R-Utica) to oust incumbent Bill Browne. Rep. John Maynard (D- St. Clair Shores) held onto his seat with just 347 votes. "What it says for the House Re- publicans is that they'll probably have control by 1992 if things work out right for them," said Republican political consultant John Morgan, who is working on legislative races in Michigan. "I'm not about to say Warren is suddenly going to be a Republican stronghold or anything like that. What I am saying is that we can get these voterson the issues and so forth and we can translate it below the presidential level." House Speaker Lewis Dodak (D- Birch Run) pooh-poohed its signifi- cance, saying he's confident Kulchit- sky won't be returning after the November election. "We will pick that one up again," Dodak said. "We never thought it was going to be easy." Even Kulchitsky says the victory isn't an indication of voter trends, merely his district's willingness to judge individual candidates instead of party affiliations. "I feel that the people voted for the man," he said after visiting the House yesterday. "A lot of Democrats voted for a Republican for the first time." "I certainly would like to see the results reversed but I'm not sure what trends you can draw," said Rep. Ken DeBeaussaert, (D-New Balti- more) who is considered vulnerable. "I've never had a race that wasn't targeted. We don't take it lightly." GROUP Continued from page 1 the group, said the organization should take on other responsibilities beyond the realm of education. "We want to have some kind of reactionary abilities," he said, refer- ring to last term's event in which the predominantly Jewish Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity house was de- faced with swastikas. Another student said the group should also deal with the problem of "institutionalized anti-Semitism." She cited several incidents in which she had difficulty changing exams that fell on Jewish holidays. Members of the group also dis- cussed how to address the issue of whether anti-Zionism is anti- Semitism. They said the Daily's Opinion Page and other groups have used anti-Zionism to mask anti- Semitism. But co-founder Ari Blumenthal said although this is an important issue to discuss, he "doesn't want this to be an Israel activist group." Co-founder Jon Polish said that to politicize the group could poten- tially alienate prospective members who might agree with its basic goals but disagree with its politics. "We're trying to be all-encompassing to be most representative," he said. PICKET Continued from page 1 the site are Black. "The mistreatment would not have been as serious if Ms. Juide were not Black," said Matthews. Unity also said the alleged harass- ment was "quite possibly directly re- lated to Juide's active involvement in tenants' rights work." Newlun, however, said the charges have nothing to do with race. She said the accusation was "absurd," and noted the South Maple renovations were approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "I believe the rehabilitation was top-quality work," she said in response to Unity's accu- sation. Unity has not yet compiled a list of demands to be presented to the Housing Commission, but Matthews said the biggest problems facing the tenants are "shoddy re- pairs, unaffordable housing, and un- fair treatment by the Commission." MSA Continued from page 1 Committee last term. Conservative Coalition member Jason Krumholtz, another appointee and one of the candidates whose name was omitted from some ballots, was also pleased. Krumholtz praised LSA-SG's selection process: "I campaigned for 15 minutes in the LSA-SG interview, and for over two days in the library during the December elections," he said. "More information got out in those 15 minutes than I could have ever gotten across during the campaign." As debate on the selections continued, some MSA officers felt that the issue was finally settled, and that the assembly as a whole would benefit from the appointments. "I believe that the best candidates from both parties were selected," Mavrick said. "These are the people who are going to work the hardest, do the best job, and best represent their student constituency." Central Student Judiciary is Now Taking Applications For Jan. 1990 - Jan. 1991 Terms For More Information Call Laura Miller 747-8173 Graduate Students Are Encouraged to Apply The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC CLAS$IED ADSI Call 764-0557 WEL C O%2z)ME B ACK a t, V f KOREAN STUDENT Former Rep. Dutko dies LANSING, Mich. - Former state Rep. Dennis Dutko died yesterday at a condominium he was renting in Fort Myers, Fla., a day after the pub- lic learned of his arrest on cocaine and marijuana possession charges, his former aide said. Darrin Campbell said his family found him dead yesterday afternoon. He refused to confirm rumors that the death was suicide, saying the coro- ner's office still was investigating the incident. A spokesperson for the Lee County Sheriff's department said the agency was called to the condominium rented by Dutko around 2 p.m. No foul play is suspected and the cause of death is unknown pending an autopsy by the Lee County Medical Examiner, Col. Jeri Martin said. She said a determination of whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the death of Dutko, would have to await autopsy results. Asked if it was suicide, she said, "We cannot tell at this point. There was no apparent sign of trauma." U.S. trade deficit increases WASHINGTON - America's trade deficit widened to $10.5 billion in November, its worst showing in 11 months, as U.S. exports took a tum- ble caused in part by a strike at Boeing, the Commerce Department said yesterday. The increase, coming on the heels of an even worse 20 percent surge in the October deficit, left private economists disheartened about the chances for further improvement in the country's trade performance any. time soon. Many economists are forecasting that the trade deficit this year will begin rising again, reflecting a growing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, a further slowdown in U.S. export sales abroad and continued demand by American consumers for foreign products. The trade improvement over the past two years has accounted for al- most half of total U.S. economic growth. But with the export boom showing signs of running out of steam, many analysts predict that the overall economy will grow at just half the rate turned in 1989. Meat shortages cause short- term rationing in Romania BUCHAREST, Romania - Already meager meat supplies have become critical and some communities have imposed short-term rationing to fight hoarding by consumers long denied the bare necessities, a top food official said yesterday. Romanian Radio and government officials announced, meanwhile, that trials would begin next week for six top henchmen of ousted Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, including the No. 3 man in his government. Officials say the trials will be public and nationally televised. Food shortages were widespread in the last years of Ceausescu's 24- year tenure because of a forced export drive aimed at paying off Romania's multibillion-dollar foreign debt. Before Ceausescu's downfall Dec. 22, each Romanian was restricted to 1.1 pounds of meat a week, and sugar, oil, eggs and butter also were either rationed or unavailable. Engler proposes debate bill LANSING, Mich. - Senate Majority Leader John Engler threw down a debate gauntlet yesterday in front of Gov. James Blanchard. "I think if people are too timid to debate, they're too timid to lead and I think that is an issue," the Mount Pleasant Republican said in unveiling a bill that would require debates between gubernatorial candidates. Engler is expected to announce next month that he'll run this year against Blanchard, a Democrat who's expected to seek his third four-year term. Another bill proposed by Engler, a campaign ad bill, would require gubernatorial candidates who accept public funds to be in any television or radio ad that mentions their opponent. The ads would have to be ac- companied by an affidavit that their contents were true and accurate. EXTRAS Daily fires rumor-spreading forecaster; campus rejoices For the last two days, a psychopathic weather buff has been using this space to promote synonyms for the word "hot." This poor, demented soul has insisted that it would be both warm and sunny each of the past two days. He was wrong. Not only wasn't it sunny yesterday, it rained all day. Well, it wasn't actually rain, it was sort of like mist - the awful kind that plagues those who wear glasses. And it wasn't hot, either. Sure, it was in the 40s, which is remarkable for January. But when you think of hot, you think of Palm Beach or Ft. Lauderdale - not Ann Arbor in winter. So we here at the Daily want to assure you, the reader, that this opportunistic pseudo-meteorologist will no longer be troubling the campus with false weather reports of sun and warmth. Instead, we offer the following advice for today's attire: Don't wear shorts. 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