2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 27, 1995 MERGER Continued from Page 1A tential partners to expand its reach, Trester said. "We need to be a part of managed care networks in all the markets in Michigan," he said. "Nationally, we're going through a period of massive con- solidation and integration of health care systems. For us, it is link or die, net- work or die." ~ Trester would not identify who the University is talking to, but said new discussions will "go on the frontburner." Unlike the University, Conolly said Mission Health does not need to estab- lish a statewide system to survive be- cause the Daughters of Charity's and Sisters of Mercy's existing networks are so extensive. As a result, Mission Health will not look for other merger opportunities. "Our mission is to improve the health of the people we serve, and our focus will be on our immediate communi- ties," Conolly said. "Our model is that of a regional health services network." - Daily Staff Reporter Amy Klein contributed to this report. Dayton treaty not subject to revisions, U.S. officials say NATIONAL REPORT Whitewater prosecutors expand in WASHINGTON - Whitewater prosecutors have ex- panded their investigation to examine donations two Arkan- sas bankers made to Bill Clinton's 1990 gubernatorial cam- paign. The bankers are waging a secret court battle to fight subpoenas for their records, lawyers said. In a step approved by a federal appeals court in late July, prosecutors are investigating whether $7,000 from the families of Herby Branscum Jr. and Robert M. Hill came from federally insured funds at their bank, the lawyers said. Attorneys for Branscum and Hill deny there was any Clinton misuse of bank funds. The Whitewater investigation's original interest in Clinton's 1990 campaign focused on Bruce Lindsey, a longtime friend of the President who was the campaign treasurer then and now is a top White House aide. Perry County Bank in Perryville, Ark., which is owned by Branscum and Hill, is where Lindsey kept the 1990 campaign accounts. ISA ACADEMJC ADVISING ANNOUNCES EXTENDED HOURS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE ON MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27-30, THE ADVISING OFFICE IN 1255 ANGE L L WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 6:30 P.M. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Day- ton treaty on Bosnia is final, senior American officials said yesterday in rejecting demands from Bosnian Serbs that provisions relating to the future of Sarajevo be changed. "We are not going to renegotiate this agreement," Defense Secretary Will- iam Perry said of the pact worked out last week in Dayton, Ohio, with the presidents of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia. Perry, chief U.S. negotiator Richard Holbrooke and National Security Ad- viser Anthony Lake appeared on Sun- day news programs as a prelude to President Clinton's speech tonight in which he hopes to win public and con- gressional support for his Bosniapolicy. Congressional Republicans have led the opposition to Clinton's plans to contribute 20,000 U.S. ground forces to a 60,000-member NATO peacekeep- ing force. But two key Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee suggested that the traditional tendency of Congress to follow the president's lead on major foreign policy issues might again prevail. Congress hasn't defied a President on military matters since it cut off fund- ing for the bombing in Cambodia in 1974, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I think the President can make the case." Thousands of Bosnian Serbs in the . capital of Sarajevo have protested the peace accord, which cedes control of their sector of the city to the Muslim- Croat federation. Bosnian Serb Presi- dent Radovan Karadzic said yesterday that "a new solution for Sarajevo must be found" and that in the meantime, Serbs would not withdraw their troops. Perry, also appearing on CBS, said such protests were expected, but stressed that the terms of the treaty are final and that "we fully expect that there will be compliance" from the Serbs as well as the other parties. Holbrooke, an assistant secretary of state, also insisted on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the Serb leadership has ac- cepted the pact. "Dayton was an initial- ing, Paris will be a signing. There will be no change between Dayton and Paris." Lake, speaking on ABC's "This Week With David Brinkley," said that the Paris meeting to formally sign the ac- cord would take place in mid-Decem- ber and that U.S. troops could be in Bosnia a few days after that. The three administration officials, echoing Clinton's Saturday radio ad- dress, were also united in their message that American values were at stake in the commitment to join NATO in keep- ing peace in Bosnia. "Our values really are at stake here," Lake said, saying that in addition to maintaining the integrity of NATO and stopping the war from spreadingto other countries, Americans can't turn their backs on the reality that half the people in Bosnia have either been uprooted from their homes or killed since the civil strife began more than three years ago. "Throughout history American soldiers have been called upon to take risks, to protect those values," Perry said. McCain and Sen. John Warner of Virginia, two Republicans who have strongly opposed U.S. involvement on the ground and who carry considerable weight on defense matters, both pledged to keep an open mind when Clinton takes his case to Congress. Warner, appearing on NBC, sug- gested that approval was possible with the addition of some limiting condi- tions. He also stressed that there could be no repeat of the mission in Somalia, when the killing of 18 American troops in a firefight in 1993 hastened the U.S. withdrawal from that country. "If we go, we've got to remain, we've got to sustain the casualties," he said. "There can be no cut-and-run if we endure casualties. That's got to be made very, very clear from the outset." A Democrat who has been skeptical of U.S. involvement, Sen. Bob Kerrey ofNebraska, said on ABC that he would probably support the President. "I think the future of Europe is at stake," he said. But he, too, warned that America must be prepared to accept the risks. "We cannot ask our soldiers to be cou- rageous if our politicians are not." Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, a Repub- lican presidential candidate who was a guest on ABC, was adamant in his op- position to Clinton's policy and what he said was an "unworkable" agree- ment. "I don't think he has made the case. Foreign policy is not social work." AIDS Continued fron Page IA Rosenberg calculated. The numbers probably have not changed much since 1993, primarily because it takes so long for HIV to kill an individual, said John Ward, an AIDS expert with the CDC. And the numbers aren't a surprise- AIDS' death toll indicates fairly accu- rately how widespread HIV infection is, said Cornelius Baker of the National Association of People With AIDS. The study puts HIV in better terms to make the average American understand its real and growing threat, Baker said. "I don't think most people really get it, that infection is a potential for them," Baker said. "We have to be clear: Right now ... if you get HIV in your 20s, you will die by around 40 years old." This week, the CDC is expected to unveil new measures to try to get that message to young Americans. The government recently announced that AIDS appeared to be leveling off, with 40,000 new infections every year balanced by about 40,000 annual deaths. Rosenberg said his study counters that optimism - because the apparent pla- teaudisguisesthe increasedriskto younger Americans.Only young white men have seen a drop in new infections in recent years, while the risk has increased for young minorities and women. The CDC has counted 501,310 AIDS cases since 1981 and 311,381 deaths. As of 1993, between 630,000 and 897,000 Americans were alive with HIV, Rosenberg said. The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is the virus that leads to AIDS. GOP drops plan to cut legal imgrants' higher education aid NEW YORK - After protests from colleges and universities, congressional Republicans have backed off a plan to deny higher education aid to legal im- migrants. GOP welfare legislation would limit, and in some cases deny, the right of legal aliens to receive most kinds of federal aid, including food stamps, Medicaid and short-term child welfare. But after protests from campuses that education was not welfare, a House- Senate conference committee decided last week to drop the proposed ban on immigrants receiving Pell grants, which provide aid to college students, The New York Times reported yesterday. Much of the pressure came from col- leges and universities in states with large numbers ofimmigrants, especially California, Florida and New York, be- cause they feared the limits would cost them students. "Education is a fundamental tool of being successful, and everyone should have access to it," said Rep. E. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.). The conference members decided in- stead to require that immigrants have a citizen co-sign theirfederal college loans. Still included in the welfare legisla- tion, however, is a plan to limit access to the Head Start preschool program for legal aliens. Stores get mixed holiday message Consumers sent retailers a mixed message at the start of this holiday season: They hit the stores without spending a lot. Analysts expect this to be one of the toughest Christmas seasons in years. Consumers uncertain about the economy and their own finances al- ready owe billions to credit card com- panies and banks. Thanksgiving weekend sales, the tra- ditional first hint of the season's flavor, were strong for household items. Pragmatic consumers, if they bought personal gifts, were choosing small items like perfume and cosmetics, or those with long-term value like jewelry. OAOUND TE ORLID K. <) HE TO E N OODRFODMN IZ Use this box. Win this box. Ireland votes to legalize divorce DUBLIN, Ireland - Defying the wishes of their church as never before, Irish voters decided to legalize divorce, but only by the narrowest of margins. The first count Saturday was so close - 50.2 percent in favor of amending the constitution to 49.8 percent opposed - that Ireland's chief election official ordered an immediate recount. The re- sults of that count showed a slightly higher "Yes" vote: 50.3 percent. The margin was only 9,118 votes out ofmorethan 1.62 millioncast in Friday's referendum. Turnout was put at 61 per- cent. Ireland was the only country in the Western world to ban divorce, and lift- ing the prohibition marks the country's sharpest break with its Roman Catholic traditions. Appeals by Pople John Paul II and Mother Teresa spearheaded the cam- paign against the referendum in Ire- land, where 92 percent of the 3.5 mil- lion citizens are baptized Catholics. The amendment was to take effect immediately, allowing divorces for couples who have been separated for at least four of the previous five years and can show "no reasonable prospect of a reconciliation." Israeli planes bomb S. Lebanon bases MARJAYOUN, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes bombed guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon on yesterday, fol- lowing overnight ground battles that left one guerrilla dead, security sources said. Two Israeli jets attacked guerrilla strongholds in the highlands of Iqlim Al-Tuffah in three sorties, said sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. At least one explosion could be heard after each swoop in the area, just north of an Israeli-held zone in south Leba- non. Israel has occupied the zone since 1985 to protect its northern towns from cross-border guerrilla raids. There was no immediate word on casualties from the bombing. Iqlim AI-Tuffah is a stronghold of the Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim Hezbollah, which is leading a violent campaign against Israeli forces in the zone. - From Daily wire services Don't forget to send in your completed entry form listing the 10 reasons we gave you to order Domino's Pizza. Deadline to enter is December 12, 1995. Here are some other reasons to order..... The Micnigan Daily (ISSN U745967) IS publisned Monday tnrougn riday during the fall and winter terms by 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. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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