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Bill Clinton is facing new challenges to his by Travis McReynolds average of 10.3 percent per year, Democratic presidential bid as new ~ Daily City Reporter Gatta said. allegations about his character are The city will have to find a way "This makes it quite difficult raised. to do more with less, Mayor Liz for the Councilmembers to make The allegations, based on a 1969 Brater and City Administrator Al the tough priority choices to adopt a letter Clinton sent to the head of a Gatta told the Ann Arbor Area budget for next year. I don't have to reserve officer training program at Chamber of Commerce yesterday get reelected so it is easier for me, the University of Arkansas (UA), in morning at their annual State of the Gatta said. "This is a very tight, tandem with recent accusations by City address. tight budget year." model Gennifer Flowers that he had "We are in challenging times, The budget for the 92-93 year a 12-year extramarital affair, have but despite the gloom and doom, the will only increase by one half of a lowered Clinton's standing in the city is in good hands," Brater said. polls. Gatta's address, however, was S o The letter, sent by a 23-year-old more pessimistic. "For the next six Clinton while studying as a Rhodes months, things are going to be down scholar at Oxford University, makes - flat," he said, and next year's Ann Arbor's revenues have statements denouncing the draft in budget projections "are not so good fallen $1.8 million short of the the Vietnam War, and explains how ANTHONY M. CROLUDaiIy either." $61 million expected in this he joined UA's ROTC program to But Brater said steps have al- year's budget. avoid actual service in Vietnam. Heart smart ready been taken toward solving "Because of my opposition to the Jim Pourcho, owner of Ms. Peabody's Cookies, pulls another batch of heart-shaped cookies out of the oven some of the many challenges facing Next year's budget will only See CLINTON, Page 2 yesterday during the busiest time of the year for his shop. the city. "The 91-92 budget is a increase by .5% over this :, r Yeltsin: Russia may form army MOSCOW (AP) - President Boris Yeltsin may form a Russian army this week if the former Soviet states don't accept unified military control, his aides said yesterday,. stepping up pressure on the eve of tl commonwealth's third summit. Leaders of the 11-member Commonwealth of Independent States began gathering in Minsk, Belarus, for a difficult two-day meeting that leaders hope will re- solve the divisive military disputes threatening the association's future. Military schisms afflicting the nine-week-old commonwealth al- ready have hurt the coordination of economic reforms in the former Soviet Union and thrown doubt on * hopes for a harmonious alliance. Military officials on Thursday drew up 13 proposals intended for discussion at the summit, including one setting each state's share of a common defense budget and another underscoring their right to form separate armies. Still another reiterates the commitment to keeping strategic forces under united control. One would commit the republics to a joint command of all conventional forces. "I dream about an army that won't have to think about its daily bread, won't think about where it will live, what it will wear and what it will eat," Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, the interim com- monwealth military commander, said after the meeting. "If the state needs this army, the state should take care of this army," he said in an interview with Russian television. do not accept that Ukraine is enti- tled to an equivalent share of the weaponry." Yeltsin's aides turned up the heat yesterday, saying the president was ready to sign a decree sometime after Friday to create a Russian mil- itary force. "Russia stated more than once that it was not going to form its armed forces first. But after the Minsk meeting, that will be the 'If the state needs this army, the state should take care of this army. - Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Interim Commonwealth Military Commander per Izvestia the force could number up to one million men under a civil- ian-led ministry. Asked in Minsk whether he in- tended to sign the decree, Yeltsin said: "I do not intend to do that for the time being." Before boarding his presidential jet in Moscow, Yeltsin said he thought the summit would "not be easy" but could still make headway, Russian media said. The prime minister of Belarus, Vyacheslav Kebich, predicted diffi- cult talks. The president of Turkmenistan, Sapamurat Niyazov, said he thought plans for a united force would finally fail at the Minsk meeting, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Moldovian President Mircea Snegur was even more pessimistic, saying that the "commonwealth is not long-lasting." Moldova, Azerbaijan and Ukraine have pushed the common- wealth to let them form separate militaries out of the former Soviet forces on their territory. Yeltsin and Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, are arguing for a unified force, saying divisions could become lethal. money saving budget," she said. Brater praised many new rev- enue-increasing items such as the early retirement program and exec- utive pay plan, Gatta's reorganiza- tion and reduction of the city gov- ernment's department heads by nine, and his re-negotiations of city contracts. Gatta's address focused mainly on the problems facing the commu- nity in the next six months, the end of the budget year, and a moderate term outlook for the next 6-18 months - next year's budget. Gatta gave four reasons as to why revenues are down for the next budget year, blaming decreasing tax revenues first. "My impression is that the peo- ple of Ann Arbor want to reduce the breadth of government wherever possible ... limited government equals limited taxes seems to be the popular theme," Gatta said. Gatta also blamed a property tax freeze, the record number of tax as- sessment appeals, and a list of major losses to taxable property in Ann Arbor, including the University and City Hall. Ann Arbor's State Equalized Value (SEV) - a sum total of all taxable property in the city - will only increase by one percent in the 92-93 fiscal year. In the last five years, the SEV has increased at an year's, compared to a 30% increase in the past three years. Mayor Brater has prepared $75 million worth of public works projects to submit to Washington for federal assistance. percent from last year. Compara- tively, in the last three years, the budget has increased a total of 30 percent. "The major question is: how are we going to provide services, when the money isn't out there?" Gatta said. The current year's budget of $61 million falls short by $1.8 million due to a decrease in expected rev- enues, Gatta said. The reason for this, Gatta said, is that state-shared revenues were pro- jected approximately $520,000 higher than originally expected. Also, fines and forfeits are less than expected. On a more positive note, Brater expressed her optimism with Chief of Police Doug Smith's Community Oriented Policing (COP) program. "(COP) has been very well re- ceived, it is a partnership between the city and the citizens," Brater said. Brater also spoke about the ups See CITY, Page 2 The working group, presided over by Shaposhnikov, apparently failed to resolve details about the size, type and command of joint forces. And they skipped discussion entirely of the Black Sea fleet, to which both Russia and Ukraine lay claim. Nikolai Mikhalchenko, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, said: "The fact that Ukraine contributed some 30 percent of the military budget of the former Soviet Union is not being taken into account. They moment for us to declare formation of the Russian army," said former Soviet Col. Gen. Dmitri Volkogonov, now Yeltsin's top de- fense adviser. In an interview with the news- paper Nezavisimaya Gazeta (the Independent Newspaper), Volkogonov said the force would include land and naval forces, inte- rior troops and border guards. A member of the Russian par- liament's defense committee, Vladimir Lopatin, told the newspa- Students tune out Win ter Olympcs by Robin Litwin Daily Staff Reporter It's that time again. The multi- New ovarian can cer treat men t under study in 'U' laboratories r by Gwen Shaffer Daily Women's Issues Reporter Women who have been treated unsuccessfully in the past for ovar- ian cancer now have new hope, par- tially due to a University Medical Center study of a drug derived from a rare tree found in the western part of the United States. The University Cancer Center is one of 33 cancer centers nationwide to receive a supply of Taxol for use in the treatment of advanced ovarian disease. Fifteen women are cur- rently undergoing treatment at the University Medical Center. "Taxol is a promising cancer drug that is in short supply," said Dr. James Roberts, director of the Gynecologic Oncology Program atc the University's Cancer Center. "Itc is available only from the bark of a slow-growing .tree called a Pacifici yew." In earlier studies, Taxol proved to be effective in stopping or slow- ing the progression of ovarian can-c cer, without the nausea, vomiting,i kidney disease and anemia associatedc with traditional, platinum-basedi therapy. Taxol is also being consid-t ered for treatment against cancers ofc the lung, head and neck.c "Maybe Taxol can provide some hope or benefits for patients whoi have failed a number of other regi- mens," Roberts said. "Ultimately we'd like see how this can be used in conjunction with Cisplatin - the conventional therapy - to allow for a much more effective treat- ment." Ovarian cancer kills 12,400 women each year and 20,500 cases are diagnosed annually. Only 30 per- cent of women diagnosed survive af- ter the first five years. Ovarian can= cer is difficult to detect because it is not accompanied by any overt symp- toms. As a result, about 70 percent of patients are in the advanced stage of the disease when diagnosed. Despite the recently discovered importance of the Pacific yew, thou- sands of the trees continue to be de- stroyed. In an attempt to conserve See CANCER, Page 2 colored rings and' tie inaming torches can be seen as countries send their best athletes to France in hopes of winning gold medals. Many students are attempting to juggle their time so they can get their studying in and watch the Olympics, but are finding it diffi- cult to do so. "I've been following it as much as possible," Dave Hamm, an LSA junior said. "School has gotten in the way the past couple of days, but I'm recording it." South Quad residents watch the Winter Olympics last night. State looks for revenge at Crisler "I tend to like the summer Olympics better," Jenn Goff, an thy on the fact that it's an amateur competition. by Jeni Durst Daily Basketball Writer 5 overall) snuck past the Spartans (6-4, 15-6), winning by 10 in OT Chris Webber said. "They've been talking about playing against us for