2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 5, 1998 GEO Continued from Page 1A Gamble also said he expects to pre- sent further information on medical and dental benefits proposals next 'week. : Three other GEE proposals seem to 'have stalled, Odier-Fink said. They "'address training compensation, creation of graduate employee mentors and recal- culation the number of hours a graduate employee is required to work each week. GEO bargaining committee mem- ,bers expressed frustration over the pace *.of the proceedings, and said the admin- ..istrative team has slowed negotiations. "They should be better prepared to deal -with these proposals," Odier-Fink said. But Gamble said GEO continues to present new issues that make the nego- tiations more complex. "The University is aware of concerns in other union meetings, but the GEO typically brings up new concerns that we do not have information on,' he said. Odier-Fink said the meetings have been kept closed, only allowing atten- dance of the bargaining team - not all GEO members - in the interest of expedience. This might not be the case for much longer. "If we're not going to benefit from closed doors, we won't keep them that way," he said. The GEO Steward's Counsel will vote Nov. 18 to decide whether the meetings should be opened, and Odier- Fink said there will be a decision soon- er if circumstances continue to dissatis- fy GEO negotiators. "We are opposed to open meetings because much more can be accom- plished this way," he said. NATION/WORLD Hurricane Mitch sparks aid appeal FLU PREVENTION STUDY FAMILIES NEEDED To help evaluate inhaled investigational drug TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Unable to provide Hondurans such basics as gasoline, food and water, a government overwhelmed by Hurricane Mitch's destruction made an urgent appeal for international aid yesterday. Across Central America, Hurricane Mitch has killed an estimated 9,000 people and destroyed roads leading to areas where authorities say thousands were still missing. A revived Mitch was expected to hit South Florida today as a fast-moving tropical storm, bringing four to eight inches of rain before heading toward the Bahamas. Mitch had sustained winds of 45 mph yesterday when it was 250 miles west of Cuba, producing rain and winds to the island In Honduras, the largest cities have become virtual islands accessible only by air. The U.S. Air Force was helping Honduras deliver aid to remote towns, communications minister Tomas Lozano said. Honduran officials estimated their country's death toll at 7,000 yesterday, though no one knows how many really died. Some 11,000 people officially were listed as missing. As many as 1 million are homeless, said Col. Rene Osorio of the national emergency committee. "We really don't know what the num- bers are. There are places we haven't reached yet," Osorio said. Mitch hit the Honduran coast last week and parked itself there, dumping several feet of rain onto the poor nation before moving across the Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico. It left behind a stunning wake of death and devastation across Central America. "How do we continue, without food, without sleep?" said Yolanda Marvella Arraya, who has spent nights outside on a soggy mattress along the debris- strewn banks of the Choluteca River since flooding destroyed her family's home. "I don't know what to think. My mind needs help." In neighboring Nicaragua, as many as 2,400 were believed dead. Rains there last week caused a crater lake atop the Casitas volcano to break open Friday and spill tons of mud onto vil- lages along the slopes. Nicaraguan military spokesperson Capt. Milton Sandoval warned that mines planted by guerrillas in the 1980s could surface in flooded areas. An esti- mated 100,000 mines were left behind. El Salvador declared three days of national mourning for the 239 dead there. In Guatemala, 194 were reported dead and at least 77,900 had evacuated their homes. At least six people were killed in southern Mexico and seven people died in Costa Rica. There was also no sign yesterday of the 282-foot Windjammer Barefoot Cruises yacht Fantome, which disap- peared off Honduras with a British cap- tain and a Central American crew of 30 more than a week ago. The Nicaraguan government pleaded yesterday for more helicopters to deliv- er food and medical supplies. Its air force has only six helicopters. A U.S. Army base in Panama sent three helicopters to Nicaragua on Monday and the U.S. government pledged to send another seven. Mexico said it was sending 10, and Panama will send two more. AROUND THE NATION $5 million reward offered for bin Laden NEW YORK - Exiled Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden was charged yester- day with masterminding the embassy bombings in East Africa and authorities offered a record $5 million reward for his capture. A federal indictment charged bin Laden and Muhammad Atef, the military com- mander of bin Laden's alleged terrorist organization, with conspiracy in the Aug. 7 bombings at U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanza Twelve Americans were among the 224 people killed. The indictment portrayed bin Laden as the director of a powerful terrorist orga- nization with roots in several countries. His influence even reached a Brooklyn office that provided aid to refugees from the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, it said. The conspiracy charges filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan alleged that the embassy attacks were the culmination of a terrorist campaign that had escalated since 1992. U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White said bin Laden kept increasing his hateful rhetoric until February when he directed Muslims "to kill Americans anywhere in the world they can be found." "In a greater sense, all of the citizens of the world are also victims whenever and wherever the cruel and cowardly acts of international terrorism strike," White s "And it is up to the authorities of the world to respond vigorously and unrelenti ly to such terrorist acts." i . s ;' " . " : . . R s i ! ' " : ! 7 $ " s i ; " " . " " Familhs: *must have at least 1 adult 18 or older and 1 child 5-17 years *must be available this Fall and Winter and *may need to have blood draws and pregnancy tests *may need to have throat cul- tures Qualified Families Receive: Court hears activist deportation case WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in the government's Il1-year effort to deport a group of Palestinian activists who claim they were targeted because of their political views. The dispute, which entangles free speech and national security concerns, tests when people who face deportation can get through the door of the nation's federal courts with the assertion that their constitutional rights have been violated. The case is one of the most closely watched of the term, and the oral arguments drew a host of advo- cates representing the immigrant com- munity to the high court. The eight Los Angeles activists asso- ciated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were arrested in 1987 and charged with visa violations, including failing to main- tain student status, working without a permit and overstaying a visit. The activists -- seven Palestinians and a Kenyan -- asserted that they were singled out in retaliation for their political views and that they should not be forced to undergo an administrative deportation process before they can bring their First Amendment case to a federal court. Leno jokes with Glenn and crew SPACE CENTER, Houston - John Glenn took a break from geriatric experiments and Mission Control yes- terday, checking in with "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for a few jokes about Metamucil and those "young punks" flying with him. In a welcome departure from the nO mally staid interviews conducted from the space shuttle Discovery, Glenn trad- ed a few good-natured barbs with the late-night comedian. The 77-year-old senator said this time in orbit, he's got more food choices - he can mix his Tang with Geritol or Metamucil. 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AROUND THE WORLD Securitycouncfl convoys to go out, things have changed markedly for UNSCOM, the commis- solit on use of force sionsearching for Iraq's long-range missiles and chemical and biological BAGHDAD, Iraq - Each morning weapons. this week, a convoy of U.N. cars -- with the required Iraqi escorts - has Netanyahu holds off headed into the field carrying weapons experts. peace plan debates I It suggests a certain normality in the search for Iraq's weapons of mass destruction as mandated by U.N. Security Council resolutions that ended the 1991 Gulf War. But U.N. officials said yesterday this is trickery aimed at world opinion as the Security Council debates how to react to Iraq's decision Saturday to cut off links to the U.N. Special Commission charged with ferreting out dangerous weapons. The council is divided, with the United States and Britain leaning more toward military action. Yesterday, Defense Secretary William Cohen was talking up a military strike to Arab allies but - publicly at least - he was not getting backing. In Baghdad and New York, U.N. offi- cials say that although Iraq allows the JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, throw- ing the U.S.-brokered Mideast peace agreement into confusion, yesterday postponed cabinet consideration of the plan for the third time in a week w* insisting that the Palestinians take fur- ther security measures. Netanyahu said he would not seek his cabinet's approval for the agreement until Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority made clear when it would arrest 30 men identified as terrorist fugitives, including a dozen serving in the Palestinian police. "Either this agreement means some- thing or it doesn't," Netanyahu said in an interview. - Compiledfrom Daily wire reports. Cam pu6 Chapet &tpo'tti~ i gait& and Rewan jw eAfSoutAd U. and c'e. t Sund 10:30 (L4 . imwCL66 Wed.9P'M Retail A great new look. 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