The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 14, 1992 - Page 3 Iniki survivors work to rebuild Hawaiian island LIHUI, Hawaii (AP) - A mili- Wary airlift shuttled supplies and equipment yesterday to Kauai, the hurricane-ravaged "Garden Island." Residents struggled to piece their paradise back together, while vaca- tioners waited to leave. Crews worked round-the-clock to restore power and telephone service wiped out Friday when Hurricane Iniki covered the lush, scenic, 30- mile-wide island with 130 mph sus- *tained wind and gusts to 160 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to hit Hawaii this century. "I don't know how we're ever going to get back to normal. I just don't know where to start," said Kathy Cabral of Kalaheo, whose home was extensively damaged. "We're just glad to be alive to- day," said Jan Powell of Fairfax, Calif., who was vacationing with her husband in Koloa, on the island's west side, which appeared to be hit hardest. The Powells were staying in an elementary school-turned-shelter. "Guess we'll be staying a while," Powell said. The hurricane was blamed for at least three deaths, including one on Oahu, and 98 injuries. At least 8,000 of Kauai's 51,000 residents were left homeless, said Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Bob Blair. The wind reduced some buildings to splinters and tore the upper floors off others. An entire block was wiped out near Lihue, on the island's most heavily developed, eastern shore. Yachts were piled atop each other in Port Allen harbor. Palm fronds, shingles and other debris clogged roads._ President Bush said . yesterday he was . I told that 30 percent of the island's buildings were destroyed and preliminary damage estimates reached $1 billion. Bush declared much of the state a federal disaster area. "Our hearts go out to the people of Hawaii and we pledge to stand by them in support at this hour of need," Bush said in Maryland before leaving for a West Coast campaign trip. Bush, who visited Florida and Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew last month, said he has "no plans right now" to visit Hawaii. The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was criticized for slow re- sponse to Hurricane Andrew, arrived at Kauai yesterday. Wallace Stickney was joined by Patricia Sakai, chief of the U.S. Small Business Administration and a for- mer Republican member of congress from Hawaii. About 300 Hawaii Army National Guard troops also landed yesterday on Kauai. Ten military C- 130 cargo planes mounted a 24-hour airlift to bring in food, portable kitchens, medical supplies, commu- 'Our hearts go out to the people of Hawaii and we pledge to stand by them in support at this hour of need.' - George Bush nications equipment and other relief. The Coast Guard stationed a cut- ter south of Kauai to relay emer- gency communications to Oahu, where Honolulu is located. Oahu is 80 miles southeast of Kauai. Though Oahu was spared the worst of the storm, there was an es- timated $2.5 million damage to 163 private buildings. About 11,000 res- idents and businesses on the island of 800,000 people remained without power yesterday. Niihau also was raked by the storm, but details couldn't quickly be learned from the tiny, privately held island 25 miles west of Kauai. Niihau has about 300 residents, mostly native Hawaiians. On Kauai, Hideo Kahutani of Lawai said the devastation was worse than that of Hurricane Iwa, which swept over the island in 19&r2- and caused $216 million in damage there and on neighboring islands. "Plyboard from other homes shattered our windows. Even the walls cracked and caved in," Kahutani said. Student contests election statute by Hope Calati Daily Government Reporter Record store to promote safe sex with condoms ; , *by Nicole Malenfant Daily Staff Reporter Music store buffs may be sur- prised to find "vibrantly-colored" condoms near the latest releases from their favorite artists. In an effort to promote awareness of safe sex, Tower Records on South University Avenue is giving away free condoms to its customers. Chrysler records and the English *music group Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine are furnishing the free prophylactics. In return, the boxes are embossed with their name. The promotion has been going on mostly in England, but the group brought their colorful contraceptives to Ann Arbor at the request of Tower Records Manager Tom Rule. Customers receive a free, three- pack of condoms with any purchase of more than $10. Store employees said customers may help themselves to the condoms, located near the register. Rule said he wants to bring in the free condoms to raise awareness for "all the students coming to college for the first time, who are experienc- ing a new freedom." He said he hopes students will "be safe when *experiencing this new freedom." "I have known some people that have died of AIDS," Rule said. "I think this is a very important issue." Rule said he has received a few weird looks but no vocal opposition to the condoms, and other store em- ployees said customer response has been very positive. Tami Stanko, a Tower Records employee, said there have been no complaints, and many people are "pleasantly surprised." Employees of the store have a positive attitude about the promo- tion. "I think if we can be involved with promoting safe sex then it is a great idea," Stanko said. Jay Arnold, another employee, said, "Bands are coming up with unique promotions all the time. This one caught our eye, and we thought it would be a good one to do." He also said sales have been up for the band sponsoring the promo- tion, and that they are receiving a lot of name recognition. "They are known as the band with the condoms," he said. Tom Rule added that he has been "begging" other groups to sponsor this kind of promotion, and that he is working on similar promotion for Madonna's new album, which will be released in October by Warner Brothers. Many customers said that they were unaware of the promotion until they saw the display at the counter. Bob Kraska, an LSA junior, said he didn't think condoms would draw people into the store, but instead serve as an added bonus to shop at Tower Records. However, he did express some hesitation about using condoms that "some guy at a record store gave me." Packed racksEATHERLOWMAN/Daily LSA sophomore Jill Legault miraculously finds a spot to park her bike near Mosher Jordan Residence Hall Saturday afternoon. o-democracy prts capturre s""narrow victory in Thai election BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Pro-democracy parties that want the military to stay out of politics ap- peared headed for a narrow victory in yesterday's parliamentary elec- tions, the first since a bloody mili- tary crackdown in May. The four parties pledged to form a coalition government if they won the vote, which was seen as a crucial test for a democracy that has weath- ered military coups and brutal sup- pressions of popular uprisings. Nearly 32 million people were el- igible to cast ballots, but turnout figures were not immediately avail- able. As usual in Thai elections, there were reports of vote fraud. Official results were expected to- day. Projections based on exit polls by Television Channel 9 showed the pro-democracy parties would win 185, or 51 percent, of the 360 con- tested parliamentary seats. Television Channel 7 projected that the parties would win 190 seats. The greatest influence on the elections was the so-called "Four Bloody Days" in May, when military forces killed more than 40 pro- democracy demonstrators and wounded hundreds of others in the streets of Bangkok. The bloodshed shocked Thais, and further protests forced the resig- nation of Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon, a former army chief appointed despite popular opposition. An interim prime minister, Anand Panyarachun, a former diplomat and business executive, was named by the constitutional monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and in three months he has taken major steps to slash the military's power. "There are still some festering wounds (in Thai society) so it's our duty to continue healing those wounds," Anand, whose term ended yesterday, said after casting his vote. "Your decision today will decide your future." The United States cut off some military and economic aid to Thailand to protest a February 1991 coupled by Suchinda. Thai military leaders have quoted U.S. officials as saying Washington would resume aid after yesterday's election. The election pitted political par- ties that supported the demonstrators against those that had backed Suchinda. The most immediate issue could be the pro-democracy parties' stated intention to repeal a Suchinda decree that granted amnesty to everyone in- volved in the May crackdown. Channel 9 said the Democrat Party was emerging with 79 seats followed by Chart Thai, or Thai Nation Party, with 75. The Chart Thai has traditionally been linked to the military. Analysts foresaw a coalition gov- ernment of the Democrat, New Aspiration and Solidarity parties and the Phalang Dharma (Power of Virtue) Party. A U-M graduate student is suing the county over a state statute pro- hibiting him from seeking a seat on the County Commission this fall. Corey Dolgon filed a lawsuit at Washtenaw County Circuit Court on Friday against County Clerk Peggy Haines, who recently decided not to place his name on the November ballot. Haines cited a Michigan Election Law statute that prohibits a candidate affiliated with a political party the ability to run as an independent later within the same calendar year. Dolgon and 17 other register&d voters in the 12th District are con- testing the statute. Dolgon applied to run on the November ballot as an independent candidate for the 12th District County Commission seat against incumbent Commissioner Meri Lou Murray (D-Ann Arbor). Earlier this year, Dolgon ran for Democratic Precinct Delegate. "Excluding me from the ballot is a violation not only of my rights, but the rights of these voters to vote for me," Dolgon said Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild, Dick Soble and Michael Steinberg, filed the complaint Friday afternoon. "Both organizations feel that this is an important case. There are fundamental civil liberties issues and fundamental principles of democracy," Dolgon said. Dolgon said his work with the Homeless Action Committee encouraged him to run. "Politicians, instead of dealing with the what is important to the community, like homelessness, community mental health and prison reform, spend all their time passing laws and statutes maintaining their control over the system," he said. :i ,y v i ' + .Clinton to visit Lansing despite Bush's silence LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Bill Clinton plans to show up for a presidential campaign debate in East Lansing, Mich., next week, even though his campaign has "not heard word one" from the Bush camp, a Clinton aide said Sunday. "I think we're seeing a stonewall on debates from the Republican side," said Clinton's communica- tions director, George Stephanopoulos. "They are trying to delay, they are trying to hold the president back. I don't think they're eager to have him go out there an defend his economic record." "We have not heard word one from the Republicans," Stephanopolous said. The president isn't saying whether he will debate Clinton next week, said Bush campaign spokesperson Torie Clark. "We just aren't talking about it," she said. "There will be debates and it will all be worked out in due time." Clark said Clinton was using the debate to divert attention away from Clinton's draft status during the Vietnam War, which has become a contentious campaign issue. "They're trying everything pos- sible to get attention off of that," she said. "It is a serious vulnerability." Clinton, meanwhile, took his family to the movies, attended a church service at which 11 anti-abor- tion demonstrators were arrested, and planned to meet with.a group of Arkansas veterans at the governor's mansion. That trip dovetails with Western appearances by Bush, who was meeting yesterday with former President Reagan in Orange County, Calif., and planned to tour Washington and Oregon today. Polls show Bush trailing Clinton in all three West Coast states. He lost Washington and Oregon in 1988 and only carried California, the na- tion's biggest electoral prize, with 51 percent of the vote. At a briefing for reporters, Stephanopoulos brushed aside a new demand from Vice President Dan Quayle on Sunday that Clinton be more forthcoming about his efforts to avoid the draft in the late 1960s. Peruvian government captures rebel leader LIMA, Peru (AP) - The gov- ernment said yesterday it captured the mastermind of one of the world's most fanatical guerrilla movements, and the seizure could be a turning point in Peru's fight to crush the re- lentless Maoist insurgency. Political leaders and terrorism experts said the arrest of Abimael Guzman was the hardest strike yet against the Shining Path. But they also said it would not end the rebel- lion - and could even lead to more violence because of Abimael's fanatical following. Guzman, a former philosophy professor known as "President Gonzalo," and seven others were captured in a raid late Saturday in the Lima suburb of Surco, police said. The Interior Ministry said the group was taken by surprise without gunfire, and that other key Shining Path leaders were among those arrested. The elusive Guzman went under- ground in 1978 and had not been seen in public since. El Comercio, Peru's leading daily, said Guzman was writing and did not resist when anti-terrorist po- lice broke into the house where he was hiding. Anonymous witnesses interviewed by Channel 5 television said they saw Guzman, heavyset with a graying beard, being hustled away. The capture comes less than three months after the arrest of Victor Polay, leader of the pro-Cuban Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, the smaller of Peru's two main rebel groups, which took up arms in 1984. Since 1980, the Sendero Luminoso - as it is known in Spanish - has conducted a terrify- ing campaign to create a peasant- worker state in Peru. The campaign coincided with the nation's eco- nomic collapse following years of government mismanagement. The group espouses a commu- nism so orthodox that it hailed the collapse of the Soviet Union, which it said was led by traitors to pure communism. It also believes the cur- rent Chinese leadership has failed. President Alberto Fujimori has vowed to end the insurgency before his five-year term ends in July 1995. He imposed military-backed one- man rule in April, claiming corrup- tion was blocking his efforts to fight the guerrillas. Guzman is expected to be tried by a military court for treason and faces a life sentence without parole. The harsh measures were announcrd recently as part of the government's crackdown on terrorism. In 1992 alone, about 1,500 have died in more than 800 bombings ap$ other attacks. The Shining Path alsq has intensified political indoctrina( tion in the past year, especially in the shantytowns of the capital. Student groups U Consider magazine, mass meet- ing, Michigan Union, Welker Rem 2 Rn m_ tice, East Mitchell Field, 8-10 p.m. U Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Club, CRTn iartial Arts Ronm.745- Events U "Guild House Writers Series," Guild House Campus Ministry, 802 Munroe St., 8:30 n.m.