2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 2, 1998 NATION/XORLD Committee seeks to broaden inquiry AROUND THE NATION -,' ' _ Los Angeles Times The broad WASHINGTON - The Republican majority on already bitterp the House Judiciary Committee, armed with four sub- bers clashedo poenas approved yesterday, urged a federal judge to either destroyc turn over internal memos from the Justice Republican Department's campaign financing investigation so it ated to determ could broaden its impeachment inquiry against campaign fun President Clinton. impeachment The search for fund-raising memos allegedly detail- "We just wa ing evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the Clinton they lead," sai administration comes about 10 days before the com- "and see if the mittee is slated to vote on articles of impeachment He argued related to the president's attempts to conceal his affair Amendmenti with Monica Lewinsky. Democratic f The Republicans' effort to obtain the campaign "fled the cour finance information also represents a departure into gressional an an area that two other congressional committees "We're goin already have investigated at length, and it creates take a look,"s doubts about what connection, if any, the new focus ment to concl might have on their push to punish Clinton for But Democ allegedly lying and obstructing justice in the poenas send th Lewinsky matter. matters." CHICK OUT THE DAILY ONLINE AT http://www.michigandaily.com ening of the probe only deepened the partisan divisions on the panel, and mem- over the righteousness of their efforts to or salvage the Clinton presidency. s insisted they are authorized and oblig- nine whether Clinton was involved in any d-raising violations that would warrant ant to look at the documents and see where d committee Chair Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), y lead back to the White House." that 95 people had taken the Fifth in refusing to answer questions about fund-raising tactics, while others had ntry" to avoid scrutiny by previous con- d Justice Department investigators. ng to take a look, and it's justifiable we said Hyde, who reiterated his commit- lude the inquiry by the end of the year. crats warned that the fund-raising sub- te impeachment inquiry into "unrelated "We're hurdling headlong into a constitutional cri- sis which the American people, in their wisdom, have begged us to rein in and reject," said Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.). "These new subpoenas wave a red flag that common sense and common wisdom are not welcome here." Added Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.): "This is the last desperate gasp of a group of people who were determined to impeach the president and haven't yet gotten their way. It's a desperate effort that demeans this process. It's just one last cry of, 'Oh my God what are we going to do?"' The Judiciary panel also heard yesterday from legal experts and two convicted perjurers on the subject of the strongest charge against Clinton, and it now awaits word from the White House today on whether it will accept an offer to defend him at a session tentatively scheduled for Dec. 8. The president already has decided not to appear personally before the committee, a determination his supporters defended in light of the rank political infighting of yesterday's hearing. Panel: Implants, disease not linked BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A court-appointed scientific panel said yester- day it saw no proven links between silicone breast implants and disease,-a finding that could hurt the claims of thousands of women suing implant makers. Testimony by the independent,-four-member committee will be video taped for use nationwide in courts where women have filed suit contending implants made them sick. "This adds to the trend of the past couple of years of courts rejecting the hypothesis that breast implants cause disease," said Doug Schoettinger, a lawyer for Dow Corning Corp., once the largest implant makers. But Ralph Knowles, an attorney for women suing the implant makers, predicted the scientists' conclusions would not hold up under the scrutiny of cross-examination and wouldn't affect lawsuits. Appointed by U.S. District Judge Sam Pointer of Birmingham to review conflicting scientific claims about implants, the scientists found no definite links between implants and systemic disease in four major areas: toxicolo- gy, immunology, epidemiology and rheumatology, the study of diseases o* connective tissue such as rheumatoid arthritis. Pointer oversees 8,600 implant cases nationwide. The Michigan Union Program Board and Mortar Board proudly present: Faculty Wednesdays at the University Club increasing your potential for educational success with Susan Montgomery Assistant Professor, Department ofChemical Engineering Today, December 2 12 noon-1pm Supreme Court ruling narrows privacy laws WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled yesterday in a narrowing of privacy rights that people who visit someone's home for a short time do not have the same protection against a police search as the residents. Three justices said the ruling ignores the home's importance as "the most essential bastion of privacy." "An overnight guest in a home may claim the protection of the Fourth Amendment, but one who is merely present with the consent of the house- holder may not," Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the 5-4 court yes- terday. The constitutional amendment pro- tects against unreasonable police searches and seizures, but the nation's highest court over the past three decades has grown less willing to invoke the amendment to restrict police. Led by Rehnquist, the court voted 6-3 to reverse a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling and reinstate two men's cocaine convictions. The justices split 5-4, however, in deciding the scope of visitors' privacy rights. Writing for the three dissenters, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the decision undermines the security ofres- idents as well as their guests. "A home-dweller places her own privacy at risk, the court's approach indicates, when she opens her home to others, uncertain whether the duration of their stay, their purpose and their acceptance into the household will earn protection,"Ginsburg said. James Backstrom, the Minnesota prosecutor who won the case, called the ruling "good news for the pro- tection of public safety in this coun- try..." New painkiller reduces side effects SILVER SPRING, Md. - Millions of Americans may soon get to take the first in a new class of painkillers that promise to relieve aches and inflamma- tion with fewer stomach-damaging side effects. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended unani- mously yesterday that Searle Corp.'s celebrex be allowed to sell, by pre- scription, for arthritis relief. Celebrex is thus expected to be the first in a new class of painkillers called "cox-2 inhibitors" to hit the U.S. mar- ket. Wall Street views Celebrex as the next potential blockbuster drug, because of hope that it will cause fewer ulcers, stomach bleeding and other gas- trointestinal side effects commonly caused by today's most popular painkillers. Analysts predict that tens of millions of people will take cox-2 inhibitors to relieve a variety of kinds of pain. But the FDA's advisors dampened sonmc of those expectations. While the panel said Celebrex may help arthritis sufferers, it stopped short of recom- mending the drug's use for other kinds of pain. Search for death row inmate escalates HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas prison officials still searching for the death row inmate who escaped late Thanksgiving night brought in a National Guard helicopter equipped with high-tech heat-detecting gear yesterday, and they shifted the main search area. The helicopter joined at least twoW other aircraft and a ground effort of about 500 officers and 70 tracking dogs in the search for condemned killer Martin Gurule in the dense woods and swampy terrain. "We are reconfiguring our search area at this point and that's really all I want to say," said Larry Fitzgerald, spokesperson for the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.* program board at the U-Club in the Michigan Union Free admission and lunch buffet. Limited seating begins at 11:30am. First come, first serve. U-M students with valid ID. 4 - B NSON GROUP A MORTGAGE LENDER ATTENTION COLLEGE GRADS Buy a new home with NO MONEY DOWN -reasonably good credit -must have job related to major 248-417-6059 I Pen : Opposition won t be tolerated BEIJING - The detention of two of China's most influential dissidents and three other pro-democracy activists underscores the government's stated determination to crush any challenge to one-party Communist rule'. Legislative chairperson Li Peng, the Communist Party's No. 2, was quoted as saying yesterday that Western-style democracy was inap- propriate for China and that opposi- tion groups would not be tolerated. Police in two cities went to the homes of Xu Wenli, Qin Yongmin and other members of the fledgling China Democracy Party on Monday night and took them away, relatives and a human rights group said yes- terday. The police action was one of the most severe since dissidents announced their attempt to form an opposition group in June to challenge the Communist Party's monopoly on power, Since then, police have ques- AROUND THE WORLD toned, briefly detained and harassed the activists. If organizations seek "the multi- party system and try to negate the leadership of the Communist Party, then they will not be allowed to exist," Li said in an interview carried yester- day by the official Xinhua News Agency. 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