2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 16, 1996 NATION/WORLD Court hears campaign funding case The Washington Post WASHINGTON - During oral ar- guments yesterday in a major campaign financing case, Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about federal lim- its on how much political parties may spend on a candidate. A ruling could affect the ability of the Republican and Democratic par- ties to influence this fall's national races and how beholden individual candidates become to the party. The case dates to the 1986 Senate cam- paign of Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.), and a $15,000 anti-Wirth radio advertise- ment bought by the Colorado Republi- can Committee. Solicitor General Drew Days 111, de- fending the law that limits party spend- ing on behalf of a candidate for federal office against a First Amendment chal- lenge, said such restrictions prevent both real corruption and the appearance of impropriety. "There is a significant corruptive potential in large amounts of money," Days said, arguing that limits prevent "quid pro quo" dealings. But Justices David Souter and Antonin Scalia suggested it was per- fectly appropriate for a party to donate big money to a candidate and expect some influence in return. $10 CASH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH STUDY (Student l.D. Required) Date: April 15-16 9-3 p.m. at the Michigan Union- Kuenzel Room Please call Demand Research at 747-9945 for an appointment (ask for Mildred). FINANCE Continued from Page 1 During the first quarter of 1996, Chrysler's campaign received $118,181 from individuals and $33,600 from PACs. Rivers said she is proud to receive money from a group that helps get women elected. "When women are 52 percent of the population and only 10 percent of the elected officials, it is appropriate to bond together and help each other out," Rivers said. Rivers' challenger for the 13th dis- trict seat, Joe Fitzsimmons (R-Ann Ar- bor), raised $63,000 in the first quarter and has amassed a total of $279,928 since the start of his campaign. Jeff Timmer, Fitzsimmons' campaign manager, said that while individuals have the right to organize and support candidates of their choice, the amount of monetary support from groups like EMILY's List troubles him. "In 1995, Lynn Rivers received over 45 percent (of her campaign funds) from PACs, about $100,000," Timmer said, adding his concern about large donations from traditionally strong Democratic sources within the state, including labor unions, which make it hard for challengers to compete. Fitzsimmons' campaign has received $4,500 from PACs, he added. "I don't think that anyone has ever suggested I'm not responsive to my district by taking donations (from out- side my district)," Rivers said. Rivers said she was surprised at Fitzsimmons' vehement objections. She added that other groups that sup- port pro-choice and pro-life Republican women exist and have not beenncriticized. Stabenow spokesperson Steve Gools said the support from EMILY's List is imperative for the campaign to succeed. "When women stay home, Republicans win," Gools said. "(The support) allows (Stabenow) to connect with a portion of the electorate that is key...women." "It's a shame that Mr. Chrysler con- siders (support for women in office) such an onorous goal," Gools said. FIRE Continued from Page 1 the air," said AAFD Captain Dave Wilson. "It was something we did not want to go near at first." University chemical engineering research fellow Fu Zhang was con- ducting the phosphine experiment at the time of the fire. Zhang was un- available for comment, but DPS offi- cials and fire fighters said the incident was far from serious. "We were dealing with phosphine gas, which is very toxic - that's why our job was to get everybody back and away from the building," assistant Fire Chief John Zahn said. "But it was a very minor incident. The fire didn't do any damage because there was sucha minute amount of the chenical in the pipe." Hall said the incident was not serious because the laboratory's gas contain- ment systemworked. "That's whatthose gas boxes are designed for," she said. Professors and University officials who work in the Dow Building said yesterday the chemical spill and fire were so small that they had not heard about the incident. "I haven't heard anything about it at all," said chemi- cal engineering Prof. Brice Carahan, whose office is in the Dow Building. Hall said there have not been any major incidents involving student and faculty experiments this year. "We've had a few of these a year- usually they are contained pretty well," she said. "None have been very serious." Phosphine is a volatile and un- stable chemical used in the manu- facture of circuit boards. Chemical engineering officials said it is not widely used in student experiments. 2 & ~ ~~K) ~ ~L GOP tax amendment fails m House vote WASHINGTON - An election-year Republican push for a constitutional amend- ment making it much more difficult to raise federal taxes failed in the House last night. After a debate conducted while millions of Americans scrambled to meet their income-tax filing deadline, the House voted.243-177 in favor of the proposed amend- ment. But that was 37 votes short of the two-thirds majority required for approval. Just 24 Democrats joined 219 Republicans in favor of the bill. Sixteen RepU licans, 160 Democrats and one independent opposed it. The amendment requires that any law "to increase the internal revenue by more than a'de minimis amount" be approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate. Congress could waive the restriction for up to two years in the event of a declared war or other major military conflict. "The American people ... understand that what they have left in their paycheck is not enough," said Rep. Bill Archer (R-Texas), chair ofthe tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "That's what this debate is all about. ... How big will the federal government be? How much will it take out of our hard-earned pay?" GOP leaders had timed the debate to end with a vote a few hours before the midnight filing deadline for most taxpayers on the East Coast. Democrats said tht was aimed at attracting maximum news coverage, and they employed a serie procedural maneuvers that delayed the vote until 11:33 p.m. Ann Arbor time. WHO WANTS A REALLY COOL JOB? "I do!" s.. S " x do!" "Count me in!" The Michigan Daily is hiring! The Classified Department is looking for some highly motivated students to join our sales team. As an Account Executive, you will place ads for walk-in and phone customers and handle contracts. Sales experience is helpful, but not necessary. Pick up an application at the Student Publications Building. Application deadline is 4p.m. Friday April 19 420 Maynard Friends, strangers mourn child pilot PESCADERO, Calif. - To the strains of "I'll Fly Away," the 7-year- old pilot who died trying to become the youngest person to fly across America was mourned yesterday as someone who could "reach into your soul." Jessica Dubroff's mother, Lisa Hathaway, caressed the white casket containing her daughter's remains as she remembered the child killed in the crash of her instructor's light plane in Cheyenne, Wyo., last Thursday. Flowers and a small blue airplane decorated the casket. Her 9-year-old brother, Joshuawho reportedly planned to fly over the service, was grounded by the bad weather and was at the grave site. "She knew how to reach into your soul and stay there," she told some 200 people who had gathered in a foggy drizzle at a small cemetery where Jes- sica used to ride her bike, near the coast about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Jessica was attempting to become the youngest pilot to cross the continent when her small plane crashed in Wyo-. Ex-president of South Korea testifies on use of slush fund TOKYO - Former South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, appearing in court yesterday on charges of accept- ing $282 million in bribes during his eight-year term in office, testified that he used his huge slush fund for political goals, not private gain. While acknowledging that his political fund-raising and spending during his 1980-88 term broke the law, Chun argued that it was an accepted practice. "It is an open secret that in the April II legislativeelections,candidates spent I to 2 billion won (SI.3 million to $2.6 million) in campaigning, well above the legal spending limit of 81 million won ($105,000)," Chun said. "They have been assisted with political funds, the same as in my case." Speaking mainly in response to ques- tions by his own defense attorney, Chun gave the most detailed account yet pro- vided of how he used his $900 million slush fund. "I used none of it for private mingon Thursday. Her father and flight instructor also were killed. Criticism ofthe flight has been~mount- ing since the crash, with many people saying children shouldn't be allowedto fly. Others have wondered whether the dream of flying across the country was Jessica's or her parents'. Supplement may build muscles WASHINGTON - A dietary supple- ment developed for cattle feed appears to help male athletes build twice as much muscle as exercise alone, Iowa State University scientists reported yesterday. It's too soon to know all the effects of HMB, which the body naturally p duces every time a person eats protW But clinical trials involving large supple- ments of HMB are generating excite- ment among fitness buffs. The supplement'sdistributoreven claimsto have sold it to some Olympians and professional football players. "if you take HMB and a bag of potato chips and sit on a couch, you're not going to see any effects,' .cautioned Iowa State veterinarian Steven Nis purposes," he told the court. Prosecutors, however, told the court they have confiscated $45 million of Chun's hidden assets, including $7.9 million found in fruit crates in March. Violent youths rule@ Liberian streets MONROVIA, Liberia-The young thugs wreaking havoc on Monrovia's streets are untrained teen-agers, grind- ing the gears of stolen cars they don't know how to drive and waving their weapons in the air. Their young age is little comfo the hundreds of thousands of unarmed Liberians left to survive as their capital descends into anarchy, orto Americans and other foreigners being evacuated on U.S. military helicopters. The elite U.S. Army, Navy and Ai Force forces taking part in rescue opera- tions in Liberia say these gunmen are 2 far cry from the militiamen who united behind Somali warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid during the deadly 1993-94 U.S. mission in Mogadishu. - From Daily wire serviee man A °bA C. a The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms Dy students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. 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