2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 22, 1998 NATION/WORLD Olympic runner Flojo dies at age 38 MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) Forence Griffith Joyner died yesterday at age 38, just a decade after dazzling Olympic track with speed and glamour that have never been matched. A triple gold medalist at the Seoul Olympics and still the fastest woman ever, "FloJo" was known as much as her skintight running suits, her flowing hair and her glittering fingernails as her stunning times. An autopsy was being conducted to determine the cause of death. Her hus- band Al Joyner, himself a 1984 triple jump gold medalist, called authorities after finding her "unresponsive and not breathing" early yesterday, according to the Orange County sheriff's department. Greg Foster, a three-time world champion in the 110-meter hurdles, said he was told by her family that Griffith Joyner died of a heart-related problem. Primo Nebiolo, the head of the IAAF, track's international federation, said he knew Griffith Joyner had "some serious heart problems in recent months," although one of her brothers, Weldon Pitts, said she had shown no sign of illness recently. Griffith Joyner had suffered a seizure two years ago on a flight from California to St. Louis, and was hospi- talized for one day. Ier family did not disclose the ailment. Her muscular physique prompted talk of steroid use, but she insisted she never used performance enhancers and she never failed a drug test. Griffith Joyner was remembered for her stunning speed and fashion flam- boyance that took track to new levels. "What Florence brought to track was a flash and a flair that we didn't have, which was probably good for the sport and got attention for us," said Olympic sprint champion Evelyn Ashford, one of her main rivals and her Olympic teammate in 1984 and '88. "We were dazzled by her speed, humbled by her talent, and captivated by her style," added President Clinton. "Though she rose to the pinnacle of the world of sports, she never forgot where she came from, devoting time and resources to helping children - espe- cially those growing up in our most devastated neighborhoods - make the most of their own talents." Along with her sister-in-law, six- time Olympic medalist and world hep- tathlon record-holder Jackie Joyner- Kersee, Griffith Joyner turned the 1988 Seoul Olympics into a personal show- case. AROUND THE NATION, Congress urged to give fanner payouts HlOliION, Kan. A clamor is rising in Congress and the Clinton admin- istration to provide emergency payouts to farmers in the face of th: worst agricultural crisis in decades. But here in the heartland of rural A:merica, where combines are lumbering noisily over undulating farmlands in the annual ritual of reward, folks tend to take a longer view of things. "It's not handouts we want; it's decent prices for our crops that we can depend on to at least cover our costs," said Ilenry Hill, during a midda y break from harvesting a few miles outside this northeastern Kansas town. "I think it's OK to get rid of subsidies if we can keep decent prices up there wih some stability." Hill and other farmers around here are in their fields during the harves season from dawn until after dark. And so they have hardly had time to follow c ongres- sional wrangling over the farm crisis, including an agreement by House and Senate Republicans on Thursday to set aside nearly S4 billion to restore some of he sub- sidies removed when Republicans pushed through the market-oriented Fredolm to Farm Act in 1996 when crop prices were high. Democratic proposals are based on a major increase in price supports, wh' Republicans view as an attempt to repudiate the 1996 farm law that was suippcoses to end budget-busting farm subsidies forever. Odd alliance fights tribal Calif. casinos SANTA BARBARA, Calif - Strange alliances, fierce rhetoric and slick television commercials mark a bat- tle to preserve gambling on Indian reser- vations in California that is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive ini- tiative campaigns in the nation's history. The measure, Proposition 5, is offi- cially titled the Tribal Government Gaming and Self-Sufficiency Act of 1998 and popularly called the "Indian gaming initiative." It pits 37 Native American tribes in California that run casinos against a coalition, bankrolled and led by Nevada casinos, that includes church groups, labor unions and Gov. Pete Wilson (R- Calif.). Opponents say the measure on the Nov. 3 ballot would lead to prolifera- tion of California gambling -a claim advanced in a gaudy commercial in which casinos sprout on every corner, culminating in a towering neon sign that proclaims, "Casino California." Mike Sloan, general counsel of Circus Circus in Las Vegas and point nan for the Nevada casinos, said in ai inter- view that Proposition 5 is a wt dge for "wholesale expansion of unrngulated commercial gambling" in California. Steve Glazer, a consultant fortj- Proposition 5 campaign, ca Is t claim a "bankrupt scare tactic." US ledges new foo aid to N. Korea WASHINGTON -- the State Department announced plans yesterday to deliver 300,000 tons of food t,. N:ith Korea by the end of the year despite con- cerns over its military activities. The announcement came as t administration was preparing to deliver the final shipment of a 200,000-ton food comrrutment made last February. 'That commitment as well as the new one are in response to a January appeal for help from the World Food Program, a U.N. agency. Food short- ages have been rampant in North Korea in recent years as a result of d:oughh flood and mismanagement. 1 800 991-327 Welcome back... 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The organiza- tion disqualified nine Serb candidates yesterday, but Nikola Poplasen, Plavsic's likely successor as president of the Serb republic within Bosnia, sur- vived. Plavsic, a former hard-liner her- self, insisted she hasn't given up on democracy or her struggle to lead 1 Ii Bosnian Serbs, who call thei terri- tory Republika Srpska, out of isola- tion. "We are the ones who opeq Republika Srpska to the rest of world," Plavsic told reporters in her for- mer stronghold, Banja Luka. "It would be absurd for whoever wins this elec- tion to close that door." Japanese bank accord in doubt. TOKYO - On the eve of PriO Minister Keizo Obuchi's meeting with President Clinton, a Japanese government deal to address the nation's banking crisis appears to be unraveling, raising questions about the nation's ability to pull itself out of a recession that is contribu'ing to global economic troubles. 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