The MIch'an Dai - Tuesd&.Oc.ober .1993-7 I. _,U.- ,Soldiers find toddler alive in Indian rubble I Yost Avwa ffuIs. I U * I KILLARI, India (AP) - Soldiers digging for the body of a toddler in the rubble of her home found her alive yesterday, four days after she was buried by the earthquake that leveled her village. Eighteen-month-old Priyanka Javalge was found under a cot buried by heavy stones from the house that qashed down around her. The frail, wide-eyed little girl was conscious but dehydrated. "By all logical thinking, she should have died," said Lt. Col. Anuj Kumar Ghosh, an army doctor who treated her. "It is nothing but a miracle." Unofficial estimates of the death toll 'from Thursday's earthquake in southwest India range as high as 30,000. Authorities say they have GOP reps. prepare to battle for key position WASHINGTON (AP) -- House GOP Leader Robert Michel's retire- ment ignited an immediate race for a successor yesterday, and the combat- ive Newt Gingrich emerged as the early front-runner. d Michel, the easygoing Illinois law- Oiaker who has led House Republicans for 13 years, made an emotional fare- well in hometown Peoria as he an- nounced he would not seek a 20th term im Congress next year. The announcement of his depar- ture comes at a time when Republi- cans are still groping to mold an ef- foctive role for themselves now that tlieDemocrats control both the White kuse and Congress. The race to replace Michel is seen asboth acontestof styles, andabattle over who can best define and develop strategy for the minority party in Con- gress. "Idon'tknowifitwillbeafightfor asoulof thepartyasmuchasit'sgoing to be an issue of perceived style," said GOP Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a first-term representative from Michigan. 0 'Gingrich, the outspoken Georgian whoholds theNo.2 GOP jobasminor- it* whip, wouldn't comment on his intentions yesterday. He scheduled an anmouncement Thursday and told col- leagues he would be running for Michel's seat. The election to replaceMichel will probably be held in December 1994. Michelfondlyrecalledtheolddays *when there was more camaraderie in Congress and his satisfaction work- ing under Republican presidents. He expressed frustration with a "new generation" of public officials who came to Washington "trashing the institution." GUEST STUDENTS WELCOME Recruiting for 1994 Spring Term May 5 - June18,1994 OTTAWA POLITICAL INTERNSHIP in the CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS Offered by the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Campus 6 hours of transferable Political Science credit (Pol. Science 494-496) Dr. Helen M. Graves, Director 'of the Canadian Internship WILL BE ON CAMPUS Wednesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 7 3:30 -5:00 pm Political Science Graduate Student Lounge 6th Floor Haven Hall identified 10,000 victims so far. "We do not have a final figure yet," Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao said yesterday, after touring quake-stricken villages. "I hope to God it is not what is being reported." The earthquake destroyed all but a few buildings in Manglur, the vil- lage where Priyanka's family lived. Her parents escaped with cuts and bruises. On the nightof the quakePriyanka was lying on the floor, and apparently rolled under the cot where her parents were sleeping. . She was trapped there until her father, Venkat Jawalge, returned to the village from the hospital yester- day. The 30-year-old farmer asked soldiers to help him look for his daughter's body in the wreckage of his home. "I didn't know whether to believe it or not when the soldiers said Priyanka is alive," he said. Troops rushed Priyanka to an army infirmary in Killari, five miles away, where doctors gave her oxygen. "We feltgreat," said Lt. Col. Vinod Aurora, after pronouncing the toddler in stable condition. "It is a once-in-a- lifetime experience. We may never see such a miracle in our careers again." Javalge, his eyes brimming with tears, clutched Priyanka to his chest and mumbled, "Thank you, doctor sahib," as an army jeep carried fa- ther and daughter to a hospital for further care. Three babies were found alive amid wreckage on Saturday, two days after the earthquake. Prime Minister Rao toured the quake region yesterday and was be- sieged by survivors demanding new houses. "Please make arrangements for our housing," said Nirnaly Bhosle, who lost his brother and sister-in-law in the earthquake. "We are all sleeping in the open now." Rao told a news conference, "We have to rebuild entire villages ... and give people houses better than the ones they lived in." 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