2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 29, 1995 1l TI UK. 0 I Clinton visits Ireland to boost peace momentum Los Angeles Times BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Troops are gone from city streets, and police who once wore bulletproof vests to track terrorists now clock speeders with radar guns. New busi- nesses are opening, and tourism is booming. This divided city is recovering from decades of ethnic strife, and President Clinton will add his own morale boost this week with an overnight stop at a downtown site that defiantly calls it- self "the most bombed hotel in Eu- rope." On the eve of the presidential visit, though, the fragile 15-month cease-fire by Roman Catholic and Protestant para- military groups underlying the North- ern Ireland renaissance is in danger. Repeated attempts by the British and Irish governments have failed to extend the cease-fire into an ongoing search for peace. "Clinton will help prospects forpeace. His welcome will come from across the community. Both sides have strong links to America, and people feel they are emerging from a long, dark period in history," City Councilor Reginald Empey said at City Hall, where Clinton will light Belfast's official Christmas Tree, a gift from Tennessee. Militants from both sides -republi- can Catholic and unionist Protestant- have halted 25 years of violence with separate cease-fires. Now, security checkpoints and British army patrols, like the fear of bombs in shops and pubs, are memories among people who tell pollsters they overwhelmingly wel- come peace. "This is becoming a normal city again," said Maria McCann, a Belfast businesswoman. "We go out at night, worry about speed limits and licenses, do things we wouldn't dream were pos- sible for many long years." A NcnNAL RE PORT Court rules to protect union recruiters WASH INGTON - In a decision expected to bolster labor-organizing efforts, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that paid union recruiters are protected from firing or other job discrimination by anti-union employers. The 9-0 decision boosts a recent recruiting tactic known as "salting," in which organizers and members on union payrolls are sprinkled into non-union work shops. The practice is most often used in the construction trades, where the percentage of union workers has fallen sharply in the past 20 years. Until yesterday, federal courts had been split over whether organizers were entitled to the protections of the National Labor Relations Act. The 1935 law protects employees from discrimination based on their union activities, but a federal appeals court in St. Louis last year said paid organizers are not true employees because their first loyalty remains with the union. Disagreeing, the high court said the law is broadly worded to cover all employees without exception. "A person can be a servant to two masters," Justice Stephen Breyer said from the bench in explaining the decision. Labor union and Clinton administration officials hailed the court ruling. Construction industry officials reacted angrily and suggested they would seek a change in the law from the Republican-controlled Congress. Michigan Educational Employees Mutual Insurance Company (M.E.E.M.I.C.) Many University of Michigan employees have already found they could substantially cut their insurance costs. AUTO HOME * LIFE See if we can save you money! Give us a call for a free quote. STEW GORDON 3376 Washtenaw Ave. " Ann Arbor, MI 48104 i 1(313) 677-1555 MICHIGAN EDUCATORS INSURANCE AGENCY Making Holiday Shopping Easy' ! I Holiday Gift Tins Shipped I l , or Place Your Order in Advancefor IQ Easy Pick Up. Call 761-CHIP 715 N. University Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30-7:00, Fri. 8:30-5:30, Sat. 10-5:30 U ® Hours may change due to final. Wednesday, 1 A f . t1 l i w .. .na... .r Ford to phase in side air bags in its cars DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. will begin equipping its cars and trucks with anew type ofairbag designed to cushion the heads and bodies ofdrivers and front- seat passengers in side-impact crashes. The safety devices will begin appear- ing in Ford vehicles in about two years and eventually will be phased in to all its product lines, Vice President Neil Ressler said yesterday. The rectangular bags are deployed from the side of the seat and extend from the lower torso to head level. Ford is the first of the Big Three automakers to announce plans for side air bags in its vehicles. General Motors corp.'s Delphi interior& Lighting Sys- tems division has developed a side air bag system for use in a 1997 model vehicle, but has not said for which automaker. Chrysler is studying side air bags as an option, but has not an- nounced any plans. Ford is the first to say it will use a combination bag protecting both head and torso. Ressler said head injuries from side- impact crashes account for more than 15,000 serious or fatal injuries yearly. National Highway Traffic Safety-Ad- ministration rules require all new cars be equipped with frontal-impact driver and passenger air bags starting with 1998 models. Light trucks and Vans will have to have them in 1999. There is no requirement forside-impact air bags. House bill would liit lobbying WASHINGTON - Thousands o Washington lobbyists would be forced to register and identify their clients un- dera bill overhauling lobbying laws for the first time in nearly half a century. The House resumed work on the bill yesterday, voting to kill several pro- posed amendments - including one banning use of taxpayer funds by the executive branch to lobby Congress. 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For directions and free parking information, please call U-M TeleCare at 763-9000 and enter category 2229. domestic turmoil PARIS- Prime MinisterAlain Juppe struggled yesterday to salvage his plan to overhaul France's welfare system amid signs that escalating transit strikes are inflicting serious damage on the world's fourth-largest economy. Forthe fifth day in a row, the country's public transport network was paralyzed as bus, train and subway service was canceled by striking rail unions. Work in many other sectors was disrupted as employees were stranded at home or stuck in long trafficjams. Mail delivery slowed, and many schools closed. The government, faced with France's worst labor unrest in nearly a decade, says it cannot afford to back down be- cause one of Europe's most generous social security systems would be driven to bankruptcy. Juppe's plan is intended to limit public deficits within two years so France can satisfy the low-debt, low- inflation criteria established by the Eu- ropean Union. Since Juppe unveiled his package of reforms two weeks ago, angry rum- blings in the streets have grown louder. Besides the chaos in public transport, France's 5 mjllion civil servants have struck twice to protest sacrifices inTheir pensionprogram. Egyptian election season rocky so far CAIRO, Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak's government would like today's vote for the National Assembly to go down as a step toward Egypt's democratization, which is a little shaky but still a step forward in a part of the Arab world where disagreements are seldom decided by voters. More than 600 arrests were rpade during the campaign - mostly of Is- lamists, who seek to replace Egypt's secular government with an Islamic state. About 150 Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers have filed as candidates for the 455-member par- liament, a change from their past elec- tion role on the sideline. Including independents, more than 4,000 people are seeking seats in" the Assembly. - From Daily wire services The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the tall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term. starting in September, via U.S. mail are'i $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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