, 191. TODAY Cloudy, cold; High: 32, Low: 20. TOMORROW Chance of snow; High: 38, Low: 26. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Women cagers beat BC, 86-67. See SPORTSMonday Page 9. Vol. CI1, No. 44 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, December 2, 1991 ! Capyng'i 3190 Students *fly home for turkey dinners by Donna Woodwell A Daily News Editor Ukraine vote could bring end to Union No wonder turkeys don't fly. Travelers dreamed of home, high school friends, and holiday fare to pass the time while waiting in air- port lounges crowded with Thanksgiving fliers. Many University students were among the luggage-laden travelers who flew home for then Thanksgiving break. However, some students said that traveling this year was relatively hassle-free. LSA senior Evan Fishel flew with one of his former roommates to his home in Long Island, N.Y.. rzy Fishel said he was not crazy n. about traveling. "It takes so much 5 x; out of your day," Fishel said. But, he £ added, this year his flights went' smoothly. "I had no hassles in the - airport at all. Everything went * smoothly." Fishel also said he preferred traveling with a friend. "It's easier to travel with someone. You don't rr have to sit alone waiting for the plane, and you can get a ride from the airport in case something goes H oliday strumming wrong," Fishel said. Ann Arbor resident Ted Badgerow sings holiday songs to shoppers at Nickels Arcade S However, some students experi- performing for passers-by for four years. For Thanksgiving photos from around the na See STUDENTS, Page 2 bUAW pickets Hudson'seo busiest shoppiniag weekend KIEV, U.S.S.R.- (AP) - Brimming with hope, Ukrainians voted yesterday in a referendum on independence that could deal the fa- tal blow to Mikhail Gorbachev's disintegrating Soviet Union. All six candidates in an accom- panying presidential election, in- cluding front-runner Leonid Kravchuk, have said the referendum will lead to full independence for the Ukraine and pledged not to sign Gorbachev's Union Treaty. That appears to mean the Ukraine will break completely from Gorbachev's central Soviet govern- ment, unlike a few other republics which declared independence but signed the treaty. But it was not clear whether the Ukraine could legally secede from the Soviet Union without recogni- tion by the national legislature or Gorbachev, the Soviet president. And there would be formidable logistical challenges to indepen- dence: the republic would have to set up its own border posts, enact its own citizenship laws and complete talks on removal of an estimated 1.2 million Soviet soldiers. The Ukraine's Parliament already has voted to create its own army and currency. Irina Uspenskaya, a retired economist and ethnic Russian, ac- knowledged the difficulties but said, "I'm voting for my grandsons. For me, I don't think anything is go- ing to change soon, but for them, yes, I want independence." Early turnout was reported at 75.6 percent. Preliminary results from the voting were not expected until this afternoon but pre-election 'Independence is the only way out of the current situation' - Viktor Zakerpikny Ukrainian voter polls indicated the Ukraine's 37.5 million voters were 3-1 in favor of independence because of nationalism and economic discontent. Voters said Gorbachev had failed to raise their living standard and suggested the industrial and agri- cultural powerhouse - dominated for centuries by Poles, Nazis, See UKRAINE, Page 2 Saturday. He has been 9tion, see Page 3. by Sarita Kaza The p Thousands of holiday shoppers flowed shoppers into malls this weekend for the biggest holidays shopping day of the year. "We But those shopping at the Briarwood Hudson' Hudson's were confronted by people hand- monthsa ing out fliers and picketing just outside the Since th, main entrances, protesting a dispute be- negotiat tween Hudson's management and the by the I United Auto Workers union (UAW). Board)," .Council may by Ken Walker Accc Daily City Reporter Attorney The Ann Arbor City Council will de- compan bate environmental issues and the city's "adds a drunk driving policy in its regularly- prohibit scheduled meeting at City Hall tonight. vehicle, A second reading is scheduled for an or- now, th dinance bringing the city's drunk driving this vio laws up to speed with amendments to state CountyI laws that will be effective as of Jan. 1, The1 1992. more th Councilmember Mark OCiimet (R-4th exceed9 Ward) said the ordinance was geared to in an op "toughen the rule up" regarding drunk partmen drivers. open tot "It clarifies language and brings us The 'more in line with the state code," he said. Use by picket was an attempt to encourage s to boycott Hudson's during their shopping. are here to support the Westland 's employees who had voted 18 ago to have UAW represent them. at time, Hudson's has refused to e even though they were ordered to NLRB (National Labor Relations said Don Waters, an impromptu spokesperson for the Briarwood protesters. When asked to respond to the charges at the Briarwood store, store manager Gary Eslinger replied, "This is a one store issue. We are contesting the vote in Westland in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals." Waters then alleged, "Since that time, in all the stores, Hudson's has harassed any See HUDSON'S, Page 2 change] arding to a letter from the City y's office to the Council that ac- ied the resolution, the ordinance new provision to the City Code ing open intoxicants in a motor which mirrors state law. Until e police could only issue tickets for aation under state law and the Prosecutor handled them." legislation calls for a fine of not an $100 and imprisonment not to 90 days or both for carrying liquor en container in the passenger com- t of a moving vehicle in any place the general public. "Resolution Concerning Pesticide City Departments," listed under DWI laws new business on tonight's council agenda includes several language changes and addi- tions to stress the use of "biological con- trol and/or least-toxic control" of pests on public property. The resolution language defines "biological controls" as the use of "predators or parasites" which feed on pests, or using "pest-specific compounds of biological origin" or synthesized imita- tions of biological compounds to disrupt pests' life-cycles. The use of bacteria such as Bacillus thuringensis for pest control was included as an example of a desirable biological pest control. Mass Collision Cleanup crews work to clear a section of Interstate 5 in California Saturday morning, where more than 100 vehicles collided Friday during a dust storm. The accident killed 17 and iniured 150. 7 _.._ .,_. Shiite Muslims: 2 Americans wil be released this week , Drumsticks, dreidels meet over weekend BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Shi- ite Muslim hostage-holders pledged yesterday to free American Joseph Cicippio within 48 hours, with indications that Alann Steen could be coming out soon after. Steen's Michigan relatives ex- pressed caution. Also, Israel's allied militia in south Lebanon released 25 Arab de- tainees yesterday to help move the hostage-freeing process along. ni%:I .:m-. n n...n :in freed "no later than Wednesday." It said the third American hostage, Terry Anderson, may be released within 10 days. Steen's wife, Virginia, of Clark Lake, Mich., didn't return a tele- phone message Sunday. "We certainly hope it's true, but we've had so many reports that we just have to wait," Dorothy Rose, also of Clark Lake, Steen's mother-in-law, said Saturday. "That's the first we've heard of by Tami Pollak Daily Staff Reporter Turkey, turkey, turkey, we made you out of clay. And when we're good and ready, oh turkey we will play. No, that's not it. Uh ... Hanukkah is coming, the meno- rah's getting fat. Please put a choco- late coin in the pilgrim's hat. That's not it either. How about ... Hanukkah - celebration. Come together in every nation. If we took a holiday, took some time to get away, come on, let's celebrate ... said last night. "We had a Hanukkah party at home this morning." Citron added that in fact he was rather happy about the overlapping festivities. "Normally, if it had not come around Thanksgiving or Christmas, I would not have been able to celebrate with my family." Citron's roommate, LSA junior Bill Lome, said his family decided to avoid having to confront two holidays on the same weekend by postponing their Hanukkah gift-ex- change until winter break. However, Hanukkah, the eight- day long Jewish festival which commemorates the rededication of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus in Thomas Cicippio talks to the media in his home yesterday about the possible release of his brother, Joseph, who is one of three Americans held hostage in Lebanon. Lebanon and Iran. The Arabic-language commu- nique, accompanied by a photograph of Cicippio, said he would be freed returned to the White House from Camp David on Sunday whether he thought a hostage would be re- leased. "I hope so," he said. Forget about the ditties - the coinciding end of aQ Q I