2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 2, 1996 Legislators boycott Chirac's speech NATION/WORLD The Washington Post WASHINGTON - French Presi- dent Jacques Chirac, on his first state visit to Washington, encountered some empty seats as he addressed a joint meeting of Congress yesterday, when his appearance was boycotted by some who objected to France's nuclear test- ing policy. But he shrugged off the protest, and went on to what were apparently harmo- nious talks with President Clinton, in which thetwo leaders saidthey saw eye to eye on such issues as the future of NATO, the importance of aid to developing coun- tries and the need.to offer assistance to struggling countries in Africa. Relations between Paris and Wash- ington have been mostly cordial since Chirac succeeded Francois Mitterrand last spring, and Chirac and Clinton gave every sign at a joint news conference of agreeing on most points. Clinton hailed "France's recent de- cision to move closer to the military side of NATO, a move that will strengthen the alliance," as well as France's participation in the Bosnia peace enforcement mission. Clinton also said he agreed completely with Chirac's admonition to Congress dur- ing his speech there that the United States should be doing more, not less, in foreign aid. Clinton even said he and Chirac "agree to work together on preventive diplomacy in Africa to begin to head off conflicts before they start." U.S. offi- cials previously have been critical of what they described as France's refusal to consider a U.S. plan to ward off looming genocidal war in Burundi. The discussion of Africa was "gen- eral," a White House official said, and Clinton neither sought nor received a French change of heart on Burundi. But the two leaders did agree in principle, the official said, on the need for in- creased diplomatic cooperation in such troubled nations as Nigeria, Niger, Burundi, Sudan and Liberia. "There is fundamental agreement between us on most of the subjects we talked about," Chirac said. The same could not be said about Congress, where Chirac - the first French president to make a state visit here in 12 years - found some seats empty and others filled by pages and staff members drafted to fill in formem- bers who declined to hear his speech. Some members had left Washington to campaign or visit their home districts, congressional aides said. Some stayed away because they knew Chirac was going to urge them to spend more on foreign aid. But most of the missing were boycotting because of France's recent nuclear tests in the South Pacific - tests that Chirac has said will be France's last. Leaders ofcongressional Asian-Pacific, Black and Hispanic caucuses and of the Progressive Caucus, a group of liberal House Democrats, organized the boycott. "The lawmakers objected that Chirac was allowed to use the revered, respected forum (of the House chamber) ... to NATIONAL REPORT Train crash kills 2, releases toxins CAJON SUMMIT, Calif. - A train hauliig hazardous chemicals jumped the tracks on a steep hill yesterday and exploded in flames, killing two crew members, injuring 20 others and spewing toxic smoke into the sky. "I felt a boom ... We had an earthquake yesterday, and I thought it was another earthquake aftershock," said Ron Beth, who was jolted awake in his motel room a few hundred feet away. "I look out and see this big gray-colored column of smoke Most of the injured were police officers and transportation officials wlo complained of chest pains, shortness of breath and skin rashes. They were taken to several hospitals. Two of the three crew members were killed, but the engineer escaped with lacerations and an injured back after Patrick Davis, who lives nearby, pulled him through the window of an overturned locomotive. All four of the train's locomotives and 46 of its 49 cars left the tracks shortly after 4 a.m., said Mike Martin, a spokesperson for Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Corp. Five tank cars contained hazardous chemicals, he said. The fire was still burning intensely at midday: flames were shooting 30 feet into 4 the air and thick gray-black plumes of smoke billowed into the air. AP PHOTO French President Jacques Chirac prepares to speak before a joint session of Congress yesterday. come forth and express the views of his people," said Rep. Patsy T. Mink (D- Hawaii), who sponsored the boycott. "That offends the dignity and integrity of the House of Representatives." Some of the lawmakers said they were particularly offended by Chirac's embrace of a proposed, U.S.-sponsored international treaty banning such tests once France's own tests were com- pleted. "We return the insult with an insult of our own," said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.). It was difficult to assess the boycott's effectiveness as addresses by foreign officials are often sparsely attended by lawmakers. Only about 100 House mem- bers and senators - more than 60 Re- publ i cans and about three dozen Demo- crats - attended Chirac's speech. GEO Continued from Page 1. "The whole reason we unionized is beause we think teaching is utmost to the University," Dexter said. GEO member Conchas Gilberto agreed that the work of graduate stu- dent instructors is the lifeblood of the University. "This is a research institution (where) very little is placed on teach- ing but more on research and publish- ing,"Gilberto said. "And undergradu- ates understand that we do the teach- ing." Murphy said some of GEO's propos- als concern improving the teaching prac- tices of graduate student instructors, but many are about general issues like wages and benefits. SPEED Continued from Page 1 a 8-4 vote. It would allow police offic- ers to stop motorists simply for not wearing a seat belt, which they cannot now do. And Engler wants to see a provision added to the bill that would reinstate adding points to a driver's record for tickets up to 10 miles over the speed limit, McAlvey said. Over two days of debate and voting, supporters of the House speed limit bill put the brakes on several attempts to raise the limit beyond 65 mph. The House bill passed 99-4, but not until after close votes on some amend- ments that showed a significant level of support in the House for going to a higher limit. The governor's proposal is being drafted and circulated among support- ers of the House and Senate bills, McAlvey said. But House Transportation Commit- tee Chairman Terry London said he will fight to keep speed limits at 65. "There is no way that I'm going to consider voting for faster speeds any- where," the Marysville Republican said. Backers of the Senate's 70-mph limit are just as adamant that their position prevail. "The sentiment seems to be really strong in the Senate in support of 70," said Wes Thorp, an aide to Sen. Dou- glas Carl (R-Macomb Township). Thorp said compromises such as Engler's would be considered by Carl and others managing the issue in the Senate. "But I think he (Carl) feels confident that the votes are there for 70," he said. "He's going to push full speed ahead." Confusing the debate are those who feel setting speed limits any higher than their current levels would be a safety hazard. Rep. Maxine Berman (D- Southfield), was one of the few who voted against the House bill. "People will be driving 75," she said. "It's a real concern." Divorce filed based on cybersex affair SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A man fil- ing for divorce accused his wife of carrying on a "virtual" affair via com- puter with a cybersex partner who called himself "The Weasel." Diane Goydan's relationship with the man apparently never was consum- mated, but her husband, John Goydan of Bridgewater, claimed the pair had planned a real tryst this weekend at a New Hampshire bed and breakfast. Goydan filed divorce papers Jan. 23 that included dozens of e-mail ex- changes between his wife anda married man she met on America Online. The man, whose online name was The Wea- sel, was identified in court papers only as Ray from North Carolina. Goydan's lawyer, Richard Hurley, said Mrs. Goydan apparently believed the e-mail messages could not be re- trieved, but her husband was able to pull them off the computer and store them on a disk. That raises some privacy concerns, such as what rights spouses have to each other's communications, said U.S. officials, citizens urged to flee Sudan CAIRO, Egypt- Washington urged American citizens to leave Sudan yes- terday after ordering U.S. diplomats to get out for fear of terrorist-attacks. A Sudanese official called the secu- rity fears unwarranted, and accused the United States of trying to bolster a U.N. demand that Sudan extradite three people suspected of trying to kill Presi- dent Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. The U.N. resolution was passed Wednesday. The same day, without cit- ing any specific threats, the State De- partment ordered 25 diplomats and guards to leave Khartoum because of "the continuing concern for the safety of American officials in Sudan." Yesterday, the State Department rec- ommended that Americans avoid visit- ing the North African country and sug- gested that Americans living there "may wish to consider departing at this time." In Washington, State Department spokesperson Nicholas Burns said the evacuation was not connected to the David Banisar, spokesperson for the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. "If it's a shared computer, then the spouse has equal rights to get on it and share what's on it," Banisar said. Teens arrested for school bomb plot MINOA, N.Y. - Three 13-year- old boys armed with fertilizer, die- sel fuel and bomb-making plans they apparently got from the Internet were arrested for plotting to blow up their junior high school, police said. Tipped off by other students, police in the town of Manlius arrested teen-agers on Wednesday and sa they found bomb-making materials at one boy's house. The boys had planned to break into Pine Grove Junior High on Saturdayand set the bomb off in the office, Capt. William Bleyle said. "These kids appeared to be just dab- bling in it and very early in experi- mentation," Bleyle said. Security Council action but rather based on Sudan's inability to protect Ameri- cans from terrorists. Burns said there were 2,100 Ameri- cans in Sudan. Many of them are mar- ried to Sudanese nationals, and ab 350 ofthem work for private aid group Ex-communist named Polish prime minister WARSAW, Poland - Polish Presi- dent Aleksander Kwasniewski yesterday named a former Communist as prime minister, turning aside an appeal by op- position parties for an apolitical "govern- ment of experts" to shepherd the coun through a contentious espionage scanda: "The only task of this government is to reconstruct the credibility of Poland," said Andrzej Potocki, spokesperson for the opposition Union of Freedom. "We are deeply doubtful this can be donenow," Although a top official with the gov- erning coalition, Cimoszewicz does not belong to its dominant party of ex-Com- munists, and he has demonstrated a strong independent streak throughout his career. - From Daily wire service ROADWAY PACKAGE SYSTEM - L PACKAGE HANDLERS PERFECT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Saving for tuition? Find part- time work, year round at RPS! - Earn up to $8.50 per hour Roadway Package System, a small package delivery service, hires package handlers to load and unload package vans and semi-trailers. If you are not afraid of hard work, are at least 18 years old and want to work 4-5 hours per day, Mon.-Fri., we can offer you $6.50/hr. to start, $7/hr. after 90 days, plus $1/hr. tuition assistance after 30 days. Excellent opportunity for promotion while a student and after graduation. 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UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL, LCMS 1511 Washtenaw, near Hill SATURDAY Worship 6 30 p.m. SND Worship 1030a.m. Pastor Ed Krauss 663-5560 CAR Continued from Page 1 opportunity to improve their car for a second competition in June, 1997. The University's engine will use die- sel fuel for this year's competition in June, but the car won't meet its fuel efficiency goal, said the team's techni- cal manager, Bryan Simmons. "Fifty (miles per gallon) would be good," he said. Also, diesel fuel won't significantly reduce fuel emissions, Simmons said. "We're aiming for present standards." But the team will modify the engine to burn dimethyl ether for the second year ofthe competition, which will bring fuel efficiency closer to the goal of 80 miles per gallon and reduce emissions significantly, he said. The nickel-cadmium battery will give the car a range of 250 miles between recharges and, if used on a daily basis, would need to be replaced every four years, Engineering graduate student Bill Rimkus said. The cadmium used in these batteries - 1 is poisonous, however. "Batteries area major recyclingchal- lenge," Mull said. The FutureCar team also is increas- ing the efficiency of the car by using lightweight parts, such as aluminum powertrain component s, a plastic bat- tery box and plastic body panels. While making all these changes, the team is striving to preserve or improve the car's comfort and drivability and keep the cost down. "The idea ... is to keep (the car) the same,but more environmentally friendly," said Engineering and LSA sophomore Janet Booth, a team member. Mull said he was pleased that the University's team was keeping the con- sumer in mind. "You can't have any compromises for the consumer," Mull said, "because people aren't going to buy it. "So far, I'm very impressed (with the team).... It sounds tome like they're on the right track." Even with all the university and in- dustry research, Mull said it will be at least 10 years before a car with such high fuel efficiency is put on the mar- ket. In the meantime, technology devel- oped and tested in the PNGV research project and the FutureCar Challenge might be gradually introduced into the American auto industry. "It could be revolutionary -it could be evolutionary," Mull said. '"e MiCiganD aily (IS rN U745-9O) is puoisned Monaay througn riday auring the ral and winter terms Dy students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, year-long (September through April) is $165. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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