0WATHER TODAY Mostly cloudy, flurries; High: 36, Low: 20. TOMORROW Cold, flurries; igh: 30, Low: 17. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Notes talks about BASSI See ARTS Page 5. Ann Arbr, Micigan -Tuesda, Deceber 3,1991Cy Vol. CI. No. 45 Ann Arbor, Michigan- Tuesday, December 3,1991 ,: , . r e ,' ,: a" ,: a ' y __ I Peace talks may begin without Israel WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration overcame one dispute with Palestinian Arabs yesterday but confronted the possibility of the Mideast peace talks opening tomorrow without Israel. Despite expressions of confidence by U.S. officials that an Israeli delegation would show up, Israeli sources said their representatives would not arrive un- til the end of the week, thereby sticking to Israel's in- sistence that the negotiations be delayed until next Monday. "There will be no Israeli delegation before then, low-level or otherwise," said a source, insisting on anonymity. U.S. officials said the talks probably would be held at the State Department. Margaret Tutwiler, the department spokesperson, said there was no final decision on the location. Officials were already giving up their offices to make room for the visitors. Secretary of State James Baker set tomorrow in Washington as the time and place for resuming the peace conference that recessed in Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 4 after a ceremonial and procedural opening. The main issues to be negotiated include self-rule for Palestinians who live under Israel control, the Arabs' refusal to accept a Jewish state in the region and Israel's retention of lands captured from Syria and Jordan in the 1967 war. Israel's Cabinet on Sunday demanded that the talks be delayed until next Monday to give Israel's negotia- tors more time to prepare. Palestinian delegates threatened to stay home un- less advisers with strong ties to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) were given visas. They left for Washington last night after six hours of nego- tiations with U.S. officials in Amman, Jordan. * Visas may not be issued under the law to PLO offi- cers or others prominent in Yasser Arafat's organiza- tion because Congress judged it to be engaged in terror- ism. Waivers may be granted for humanitarian and other special reasons. U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no need to consider any waivers and that all Palestinians coming here qualified for visas because those who would not qualify -had been persuaded not to apply. 0 The officials also said Israel would send diplomats to Washington in time for the opening tomorrow. There were hints last week in Jerusalem that low-level officials would show up but there was no assurance they would engage in substantive negotiations before Monday. "They'll all be here," a U.S. official said, referring to Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab delegations. See MIDEAST, Page 2 Student seeks 4th Ward City Council seat by David Rheingold Daily City Reporter Rackham student Peter Nicolas announced yesterday that he will run for the 4th Ward seat which will be vacant in next April's City Council elections. Nicolas, who will graduate in May with a master's degree in pub- lic policy, will run as a Democrat in a predominantly Republican ward. But he said, "I do feel that Ann Arbor voters are fairly independent and I feel that they vote for individ- ual candidates rather than by party beliefs." Nicolas said that like many Democrats, he is concerned about so- cial issues. But he stressed that he is an independent thinker. "I don't approach problems with preconceived notions ... It's not like I'm tied to any set framework per se. I like to take a close look at all the evidence and come to indepen- dent conclusions," he said. Republican Mark Ouimet, who currently holds the seat, announced recently that he will not seek re- election next year. Nicolas Ouimet said he believes his posi- tion can be captured by either Democrats or Republicans. "I think someone who is well: organized, who is well-financed, and targets the 4th Ward will do well," Ouimet said. Nicolas, originally from Rochester, N.Y., also recently re- ceived an undergraduate degree in economics from the University. See STUDENT, Page 2 Santa collects. Art School junior Kevin Collins rounds up donations for the United Negro College Fund, through Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, yesterday. The fund drive runs all week on the Diag. Ukrainians vote for independence KIEV, U.S.S.R. (AP) - Ukrainians voted 9-to-1 for independence and elected former Communist Leonid Kravchuk as their president in a severe rebuff to Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to preserve the Soviet Union. "The Soviet Union has disinte- grated," Kravchuk said yesterday during a meeting with people from the United States and a dozen other countries who observed Sunday's election. "An inde- pendent Ukraine is born." He said the Ukraine would establish collective control of Soviet nuclear weapons with Russia, Byelorussia and Kazakhstan - the other republics where Soviet nuclear warheads are based. Ukrainian leaders also said they would move quickly to draw up a new constitution balancing the executive and legislative branches, form an army from Soviet troops in the Ukraine, control exports to other republics, and issue a new currency. Neighboring Poland recognized the Ukraine as an independent state yester- day and is apparently the first country to do so. The U.S. said it was "moving toward full diplomatic recognition" of the Ukraine. White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater said it would be "some time until we are ready to make final decisions," but he made it clear the U.S. planned to recognize Ukrainian in- dependence. He said a special envoy would go to the Ukraine this week and Secretary of State James Baker planned to visit Moscow and Kiev later this month to discuss the transition to independence. In a wave of nationalism and eco- nomic discontent, about 90 percent of the Ukraine's 37.5 million eligible bor- ders turned out Sunday and 90.5 percent of them voted "yes" on the independence referendum, the Central Election Commission reported. Gorbachev made no immediate com- ment. He had said before the election that the secession of the second richest and second most populous republic would be "a tragedy, a very great tragedy for the union." Ivan Silayev, the Kremlin's top eco- nomic official, said the result of the ref- erendum depended upon "what steps are taken next." Kravchuk and other Ukrainian leaders said the vote marked the complete inde- pendence of the Ukraine and no other acts were needed for it to join the three Baltic states as the only republics to See UKRAINE, Page 2 American hostage C icippi rel eased FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - American Joseph Cicippio was freed yesterday after five years of captivity in Lebanon, and the U.N. secretary-general said another U.S. hostage could be released in days. Shiite Muslim captors said last night they would free American educator Alann Steen within 48 hours, drawing the hostage saga in Lebanon nearer to a final resolution. Cicippio was the eighth Western hostage - including seven longtime captives - freed in Lebanon since August. Cicippio was acting comptroller of the American University of Beirut when he was kidnapped on Sept. 12, 1986. Cicippio could muster only a weak smile and brief remarks when he met with reporters at the Syrian Foreign Ministry. He told of being moved 20 times during his captivity, of undergoing emergency surgery, of being denied newspapers, radio or television by his pro-Iranian kidnappers. "I have to learn everything all over again," he said. Freed in Beirut, Cicippio was driven vepterahv to the Svrian cani- World AIDS Day panel urges education as key to prevention by JoAnne Viviano Daily Staff Reporter In an effort to promote AIDS education as the best method of pre- vention, the University Health Ser- vice (UHS) is joining Common Ground Theater Ensemble at 7 p.m. tonight to sponsor a World AIDS Day Celebration in the Michigan Union's Kuenzel Room. "There have been a lot of re- quests for being tested and a lot of phone calls since Magic Johnson (was diagnosed with the virus)," said Polly Paulson, Health Educa- tion Coordinator at UHS. "We're hoping we can provide a forum to give information people are looking for. "We've seen an increase in cases of genital warts. We've also seen people infected with HIV. This in- dicates that people are putting themselves at risk. We want to get the information out," she added. Dr. June Osborn, chair of the Na- tional Commission on AIDS and dean of the University's School of Public Health, will introduce the event. A panel discussion will follow, featuring people infected with HIV and moderated by Dr. David Ostrow, director of the Midwest AIDS Biobehavioral Research Center. "It's really powerful to listen to a panel of people infected with AIDS," Paulson said. "It adds per- sonal experience." The World Health Organization is promoting similar celebrations tomorrow throughout more than 150 countries. The theme is "sharing the challenge," which reflects the need for more awareness about HIV and AIDS, and committing to the challenge it presents. The organization estimates that as many as 10 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV and more than 1.5 million of them have developed AIDS. Reports from the Michigan De- partment of Health reveal the seri- ousness of the problem in the state. According to a Nov. 1 report, 2,533 'This is a problem that is not going away. The only way to deal with this epidemic is education' - Polly Paulson UHS Health Education Coordinator people in Michigan have been diag- nosed with AIDS since 1981. Ninety-three of them live in Washt- enaw county. And, according to a random sur- See UHS, Page 2 Government decrees new regulations to protect workers from AIDS virus A PPHIO Former American hostage Joseph Cicippio thanks United Nations envoy Giandomenico Picco, left, and the Syrian government, in Damascus. WASHINGTON (AP) - The government issued new regulations yesterday for protecting workers from AIDS and other viruses, putting "full legal force" behind such standard precautions as wearing gloves, face masks and gowns. Included are people in law en- forcement, fire and rescue squads, corrections facilities, research labo- ratories, the funeral industry and linen services. The OSHA rule is designed to protect workers from the spread of AIDS and other viruses, said OSHA International, which represents health care workers. Sweeney called the guidelines a "sane, effective approach to counter- ing the hysteria" created by a pro- posal by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to subject AIDS-infected medical practitioners to jail or fines if they during the 1979-80 Tehran hostage crisis. U.S. and Iranian officials have consistently denied any link between the financialarhitrations color photograph of Steen, a professor of journalism who was kidnapped from the campus of the U.S.-affiliated Beirut University