The Michigan Daily -Thursday, April 1, 1993 - Pagev5 Senate proposal will raise state sales tax ROTC to sponsor blood drive to increase supply LANSING (AP) - Michigan vot- ers will decide June 2 if they want to raise the state sales tax by 50 percent :and use thatmoney to cut property taxes -and revamp school funding, under a measure winning final legislative ap- proval yesterday. The Senate approved the proposed 4 constitutional amendment, 31-4, after } about three hours of debate yesterday. That vote came less than 12 hours after the House approved it, 74-22, about 3 arm. The measure needed 26 votes, or a two-thirds majority, to clear the 38- member Senate. The upper chamber then began debate on other parts of the complex plan, including a rollback of this year's property tax assessment in- creases. However, voters must approve rais- ing the sales tax from 4 percent to 6 percent for any of it to take effect. Some senators predicted that will not happen. "Frankly, I think it will go down. I Desperate re TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina(AP) ThousandsofdesperateMuslimrefu- gees scrambled aboard U.N. trucks yes- terdayto flee Serb-encircled Srebrenica. U.N. officials said six died before they could reach safety. Bosnian government officials later charged that the town had come under renewed attack, and radio reports indi- think we're wasting time and wasting money," said Sen. Jack Welborn (R- Kalamazoo) referring to the $5.2 mil- lion cost of the special election. Sen. Jim Berryman (D-Adrian) said he voted to put the plan before voters, even though he was pessimistic about the reception it would get. "I think what we're doing is setting ourselves up for defeat at the polls. They'll turn down the sales tax increase because they don't trust us," he said. Other senators said while the plan wasn't perfect, it was the best the Leg- islature could come up with at this point in time. "This is the best we're going to getin a long, long time," Sen. Paul Wartner (R-Portage) said in urging a "yes" vote. Boosting the sales tax to 6 percent would bring in $1.7 billion and allow school operating property taxes to be rolled back to 18 mills. Local taxpayers could vote up to 9 additional mills. The current statewide average is about 35 mills. by Debi Wojcik Navy ROTC is out for blood and its cadets will really be giving all they can give today. Navy ROTC is sponsoring a blood drive in North Hall from 8a.m. to 3p.m. While all cadets will participate, the drive is also open to all University stu- dents. Lt. Sevran Maynard, manager of the blood drive, said he is hoping for alarge student turnout. One hundred people have already signed up to donate, Maynard said, add- ing that the ROTC aims to collect 200 pints. Maynard added that an average of 10 percent of potential donors are ineli- gible to give blood due to medical rea- sons. The ROTC blood drive follows a previous attempt by the Greek system to collect blood during Greek Week. The Red Cross collectedmuch less blood than expected, however, because many students were suffering from the flu and had to be turned away. ROTC is hoping this blood drive will make up for this loss. This is the last ROTC blood drive on campus this year. Neal Fry, the Red Cross representa- tive to University, stressed that every blood type is important, although the most important type is "any type thatis not on the hospital shelf." People who are type-O positive and type-O nega- tive are encouraged to donate becagse these types are considered to be univer- sal donors and can be used in emer- gency situations. Fry said the American Red Cross is optimistic that University students will donate much-needed pints of blood, ROTC sponsors three blood drnes each year. The firstsemesterblooddiive is always held in concordance with the Ohio State/Michigan footballgame. The ROTC programs at each school com- pete with each other to collect more pints of blood. This year Ohio State collected twice as many pints to winthe competition. Nice play. Dr. Pamalyn Lee fields the first ball of spring yesterday outside the practice schools in the Music School. fugees scramble to board cated Serbs had torched nearby vil- lages. Acease-fireineffectacrossBosnia since Sunday was in danger of collaps- ing. Two of the victims were children who were trampled to death in the mad rush and stampede to board the U.N. convoy, which evacuated more than 2,000 people to Tuzla. Four other people died en route, and the 14 trucks were so crammed with refugees thata young, blond-haired boy fell off during the journey. The Muslim boy ran after a truck, sobbing, until a Bosnian Serbsoldier,Maj. VladaDakic, boosted him aboard. Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said he signed an intemational peace U.N. convoy agreement last week in New York be- cause the costs of continued fighting were too great. "If we'dchosen the war option, there would be enormous suffering and casu- alties for an extended period of time," he said at a news conference. "We weren't sure we could win the military victory-" Thursday, April 1,1993 '. ,# I Lecture Room 2, Modern Language Building AND THEY DIED HAPPILY EVER AFTER A Reading of the Jesus Story Ellen Johns Once upon a time Professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature The Universities of Utrecht and Nijmegen ' "- ; 4:00-5:00 PMk Structural test analysis and psychoanalytical theory will be used to outline and interpret the Jesus story as a peculiar example of what has been called the "monomyth" (James Joyce): the journey of the hero/heroine from innocence through crisis to accomplishment. 1* Clinton administration will send 'modest aid package' in effort to support Russia WASHINGTON (AP) - Strapped for cash, the Clinton administration is preparing a modest aid package for Boris Yeltsin that will send several hun- .dred American helpers rather than huge amounts of money to Russia, officials said yesterday. The Americans are to help modern- ize farms and factories, create an effec- tive transportation system and remake state industries into private businesses. "Most of this aid ... is not money that's going to go from the Treasury to the Central Bank in Moscow," one of- ficial said. Rather, money will go to "people from our food industry, retired Ameri- can farmers, retired American business executives, people who have expertise" who would go and work in Russia for six months to two years, said the offi- cial, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. TheexpectedU.S. package, totaling about$1 billion, drawsheavilyonmoney inherited from the Bush administration but not yet spent. The administration official stressed that the aid was separate from $717 million that Clinton has requested for Russia and other former Soviet repub- lics for the fiscal year beginning Oct.1. Clinton will announce the new aid package Sunday at ajoint news confer- encewith Yeltsin at the endofa two-day summit in Vancouver, British Colum- bia The White House hopes their meet- ing will give a political boost to Yeltsin, who narrowly survived efforts to im- peach him and has called an April 25 referendum to decide whether he or the Russian parliament has ultimate au- thority. Apart from steps to spur private enterprises, the administration has been considering loan guarantees for hous- ing for Russian soldiers returning from Eastern Europe, food aid, and assis- tance to rebuild oil and gas facilities. In awarmup forthe summit, Clinton will deliver a speech in Annapolis, Md., today before the American Society of Newspaper Editors to spell out why he believes helping Russia is in the inter- ests of the United States. The United States is spearheading a two-front approach to help Russia: a direct aidprogram and aseparate, much larger package financed by the world's seven wealthiest industrialized nations, known as the Group of Seven. The G-7 plan, to be discussed by finance and foreign ministers April 14- 15, calls for relief on $87 billion in foreign debt owed by Russia and ap- proval ofamajor assistancepackageby the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Michigan Alumni work here: The Wall Street Journal The New York Times The Washington Post The Detroit Free Press The Detroit News NBC Sports Associated Press Scientific American Time Newsweek Sports Illustrated USA Today Because they worked here: OI in GIFT CERTIFICATES IN ANY AMOUNT ARE SURE TO PLEASE! ------- ----- - -- - - - -- - - LOVER 700 COs IN STOCK $9.99 EACH OR LESS! GUARANEED! BEST- PRICES IN TOWN! " How? We accept Competitor's Ads. 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