W Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 10, 1992 Mexico moves to reduce pollution levels .._. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Dawns are clear and crisp in this capital of 15 million but within an hour a dingy, gray-brown cloak of smog begins at street level and clings like a migraine headache over the city. More than 2.5 million cars, most of them pumping poor-quality diesel and gasoline through decrepit en- gines, make the air among the world's filthiest. Periodic anti-pollution measures have chipped away at the problem, but the sweeping plan announced Wednesday by President Carlos Sali- nas de Gortari has even the most skeptical environmentalists excited. Salinas set up a commission of Cabinet ministers, government offi- cials, environmentalists and business leaders to develop a proposal for converting all public transportation vehicles - blamed for 30 percent of the city's air pollution - to natural gas. The plan also calls for forming a reforestation program, importing more low-lead gasoline, financing better public transportation and im- proving methods of monitoring air quality in the capital. "We don't want development at the cost to health and damage to the environment," said Salinas, who has struggled to balance Mexico's need to industrialize with its staggering environmental problems. Past efforts included closing a major refinery at the edge of the city, taking cars off the streets one day a week according to license numbers, and subsidizing the replacement of older taxis and collective vans. The government has also tried to encourage industries to build plants away from the Mexico City area, but results have been mixed. In addition, all cars now made in Mexico must use unleaded gas. Nat- ural gas has been substituted at thermoelectrical plants around the city and annual pollution inspections are mandatory. i JAPAN Continued from page 1 a new global partnership." The president stressed the impor- tance of a Japanese government pledge to buy American computers. M U S K Bush said American military ties with Japan will remain strong, and the Japanese will continue to permit and financially back deployment of American forces. He also said post- Cold War cooperation with Japan is essential. cis Continued from page 1 A.F.K. Organski said it is ironic that Europe has taken the U.S.S.R.'s place as a rival to the United States. He said the most important effect the crumbling of the Soviet Union has had on the United States is a de- crease in military expenditures. Meyendorff said with or with- out U.S. aid, if the Commonwealth is not successfully integrated into the world economy, it will resem- ble a Third World economy. But if it is successful, she added, it could "eventually become an- other Europe." However, Meyendorf stressed that such a pos- sibility is not likely to happen in the near future. i Scantdinavian Studies You know Ingrid and Ingmar- NOW explore the rest SWEDISH FILM BEYOND BERGMAN Scand. 481-NEW COURSE WINTER 92 only Visiting Professor Dr. TyttiSoila of Stockholm University Film Department Films shown at MICHIGAN THEATRE each week he JA -f f f .. 2 L DON'T GET FROSTBITE ON YOUR WAY TO CLASS THIS WINTER. Paying last respects Supporters of Zviad Gamsakhurdia pay their last respects yesterday in Tbilsi to those killed last week during demonstrations supporting Gamsakhurdia. THE HOMELESS CHILDREN AT RISK ADULT ILLITERATES RUSSIA Continued from page 1 He said Ukraine would allow the fleet to remain under the control of the new Commonwealth of Indepen- dent States as long as the ships carry nuclear weapons. All the nuclear weapons arc scheduled to be removed from the ships by July, when the armada must switch allegiance to Ukraine, Kravchuk said, according to Tass. Kravchuk also expressed regret that he agreed last month to the ap- pointment of former Soviet Defense Minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov as interim commander of the common- wealth's armed forces, according to Yuri Lukanov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian independence movement Rukh. "We'll try to fix that," Lukanov quoted Kravchuk as telling the offi- cers at the Ukrainian parliament building. Despite the political tug-of-war over the fleet, no physical clashes have been reported between ethnic Ukrainian and Russian servicemen, who serve side-by-side in land and sea units. "Russia is trying to build normal relations with Ukraine," Yeltsin said, noting that the two nations have 1,000-year-old ties and that 11 million Russians live on Ukrainian soil. "Because of this we cannot quarrel with Ukraine." THE ELDERLY For more information stop by Project Community, Room 2205, Michigan Union Trained Volunteer Corps SOP H M-RS. CoinnSoon Career Planning & Placement programs designed especially for you. Check your mailbox when you return in 1992. The University of Michigan Career Planning Plac ent NEXT SUMMER, Onen your mind University Towerx Furnished Apartments JUST MINUTES FROM CENTRAL CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND THE NORTH CAMPUS BUS STOP. Now leasing for Winter, Summer, and Fall terms. JACKSON Continued from page 1 the primary to keep him from get- ting the nomination, Huls said. Jackson hopes to add 100,000 new voters with a voter registration drive in time for the Michigan pres- idential primary. New Detroit, Inc. President Paul Hubbard said he hopes to attract at least 10,000 people to the Lansing noon rally opposing the budget cuts. "We're working with churches, WILDER Continued from page 1 campaign through to the Democratic National Convention and lobbied for minority concerns. "Well, it's bad," said Ken Hen- nings, an Engineering sophomore. "It would have been good to have an African American candidate running for President. "We've seen (Black) mayors and governors, pretty soon it would be nice to see one in the president's chair," he added. "It's like a catch-22, because I'm disappointed that there's no African labor unions and community groups in setting up bus loads of people to converge on the capital on the 15th," Hubbard said. "Jackson's focus has expanded. We are trying to rally all groups and not just minorities, the home- less, or the unemployed," Huls said. LSA senior Dana Miller, presi- dent of College Democrats - one of the groups sponsoring Jackson's visit - said she estimates about 4,000 people will come to see Jack- son's speech. American candidate, but the ones that we've had haven't made any real gains," Williams said. Williams said she would sup- port Jackson if he mounted a cam- paign, and added that she hoped he could make a "significant impact" in the race if he joins. Redmond said that he would like to see Jackson run, but was not op- timistic about 'the chances for a Black candidate. "I'd love to see Jesse run, but I don't think it's realistic now. There are still a lot of barriers," Redmond said. "I don't think the country is ready for a Black president." 01 -'e -flkbgrn r aiI The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. On-campus subscription rate forfall/winter91-92 is $30; all other subscriptions via first class U.S. mail, winter semester only, are $80. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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