2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 1995 HATION/WGRIMO San Francisco race highlights today's elections SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After weeks ofcommunity forums, mudsling- ing and one nude foray into a shower with radio DJs, today's mayoral race between Willie Brown, Frank Jordan and Roberta Achtenberg is all but cer- tain to result in a runoff. Recent polls show all three candidates with between 20 percent and 30 percent of the vote, with up to one-fifth of San Francisco's electorate undecided. If no one gets more than 50 percent in the nonpartisan race, the top two vote-get- ters will meet in a runoff in December. "The race has been hotly contested and all campaigns have thrown a lot of punches," said John Whitehurst, a San Francisco political consultant. "The elec- torate at this point is somewhat numb." Two states to pick governors Elsewhere today, Mississippi and Kentucky will pick governors, and vot- ers will decide whether Virginia will become the first Southern state since Reconstruction with a Republican-con- trolled legislature. The off-year election also includes mayoral contests in such cities as Hous- ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Charles- ton, S.C., and Gary, Ind., and ballot questions on topics ranging from legal- ized gambling to gay rights. In San Francisco, the race has been characterized by mudslinging and one well-publicized photo opportunity that featured Jordan, the first-term mayor, tak- ing a shower with two radio disc jockeys. Local newspapers had a field day with the stunt, offering prizes for the best caption forthe waist-upphotoofJordan's naked torso that appeared on their front pages. One caption offering: "The strang- est shower scene since 'Psycho."' Brown, the candidate with the long- est record of public service - 30 years in the state Assembly, half of them as the powerful speaker - has probably attracted the most mud. His career as a Democratic leader in the state house came to an end because of term limits. His opponents have gone after his im- age as a flamboyant, shrewd lawyer who likes to wear s ,000 suits and drive a black Porsche. They have also focused on a comment he made before declaring his candidacy: "Street lights, dog doo and parking meters are not my cup of tea." Critics say that Brown, one of the nation's most prominentblack politicians, is running for mayor to boost Democratic candidates in Califomia in 1996 and then resume his own larger political career. Achtenberg offers San Francisco's large gay voter bloc a chance to elect the first openly lesbian mayor of a major U.S. city. A former Housing and Urban Development official, Achtenberg has opted for a low-profile campaign featur- ing neighborhood walks andpolicy state- ments on the Internet. .NONAL REPORT FDA to consider new thera for AIDS SILVER SPRING, Md. - The drug 3TC should be approved as the first new initial therapy to treat AIDS since the original AIDS drug AZT, scientific advisers told the Food and Drug Administration yesterday. A combination of 3TC and AZT boosted the immune system of patients and lowered the amount of the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, in their blood. But more significantly, the drug combination showed more effect in patients who had never taken AZT than in those who have taken AZT alone, as is standard for most patients, manufacturer Glaxo Wellcome said. The FDA advisers agreed, although they cautioned there are alot of unanswered questions that patients must be aware of before choosing to try the combination therapy over AZT alone. "I am very uncomfortable giving this regimen in a widespread way" because of all the questions, said Dr. Douglas Mayers of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington. Early data "support the argument for initial aggressive therapy," said Glaxo research chief Marc Rubin. "3TC-AZT was consistently associated with greafer and more sustained response." The experimental drug is in the same family as AZT, the standard therapy. These drugs work by blocking a protein vital in the early reproduction phase of HIV, U -t Complete Meals for under $5 Student Special includes- salad, entree, starch and pop or coffee The Michigan League A Campus Tradition since 1929 tre +911 North University 764-0446 A Division of Student Affairs JS ,.... low ff i d. :L 5J - U" r C # MULTI COLOR SPECIALISTS * ARTIST ON STAFF * RUSH ORDERS * NEAR U OF M CAMPUS 1217 PROSPECT, ANN ARBOR 665-1771 '14OFF with this ad. - - -"OR% _ a " Lecture Notes " Course Packets " Resume Services . Copy & Bindery " Fax Services BOOKSTORE \WmWJU\ Republicans consider retroactive tax cuts WASHINGTON -- Some leading congressional Republicans want to make the $500-per-child tax cut that's a cornerstone of the "Contract With America" retroactive to 1995. If it be- came law, taxpayers would receive at least a partial benefit when they file returns early in the election year. Legislation passed by the House and Senate calls for making the tax break effective Jan. 1, 1996. But Republican leaders in both houses have discussed the possibility of pushing back the ef- fective date by a few months, if not all the way to Jan. 1, 1995. Forexample, an Oct. 1, 1995, effective date is under discussion. "I'd like to do it, but I've got to look at the entire package," House Majority Leader Dick Armey said recently, re- flecting a widespread concern that the change may be too expensive to fit into the GOP balanced-budget legislation. Armey (R-Texas) is one of the idea's strongest proponents, although House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Gai) said last Friday he, too, is interested, if the funds can be found. Officials said Sen- ate Majority Leader BobDole (R-Kani.) is likewise interested. ° The proposal has political appe'al because Republicans could trumpet the tax break as an early benefit of their legislative program before the GOP- inspired spending cuts begin to bite. Four killed in Boston restaurant shooting BOSTON - Two gunmen walked through the 99 Restaurant & Pubs in the city's rough Charlestown section around lunchtime yesterday and opened fire in front of a booth, killing four customers and critically wounding another. Two plainclothes police officers who happened to be eating lunch there fol- lowed the suspects outside and arrested them in the parking lot. Police gave no motive for the shoot- ing in the working-class, mostly Irish neighborhood, which has long had a reputed "code of silence" that has sunk many a murder investigation. Police Commissioner Paul Evans dis- counted speculation that it was an orga- nized crime assassination. $ 00 erFF Receive $1.00 off any tax service with this coupon One coupon per customer. Expires 1/1/96. Grade A Notes at Ulrich's Bookstore Second Floor - 549 E. University - 741-9669 Highlights From the 99-MUSIC Concert Linel ; r r- AROUND THE WORLD " ti Shevardnadze wins Georgian residency by landlide vote TBILISI, Georgia - Eduard Shevardnadze has been elected presi- dent by a landslide, according to pre- liminary results released yesterday, in a vote that signaled confidence in a leader who has brought relative stability to a country recently torn by war. "A triumph has been won by the forces of democracy," Shevardnadze proclaimed in his weekly television address a day after simultaneous presi- dential and parliamentary elections. The initial ballot count gave Shevardnadze 75 percent of the vote, beating five other candidates. His clos- est opponent, Dzhumber Patiashvili, took 17 percent. Final results of the parliamentary poll were not yet available, but Shevardnadze's party, the Citizens Union, was well ahead in the race for the 235-seat legislature, quelling fears that his nationalist and popu- list opponents would dominate the law- making forum. In an interview on election day, Shevardnadze wasrelaxed and confident. "If the opposition does have a major- ity, I'll act in the same way President Clinton acts with a Republican Con- gress," he said, chuckling, then adding that he doubted the opposition would prevail. MoUnties admit lax security of Chretien TORONTO - Mortified officials of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police admitted yesterday that Mounties as- signed to guard Prime Minister Jean Chretien made errors in judgment and violated security procedures in an inci- dent in which a man armed with a knife broke into Chretien's official residence in Ottawa. The intruder was confronted by the prime minister's wife, Aline, who locked herself and her husband in their bedroom and summoned police, from a guardhouse on the mansion grounds. The Chretiens were unhurt in the Sun- day morning incident. But RCMP Commissioner Phil Murray said too much time elapsed - seven minutes - between Mi-s. Chretien's call and the arrest of the intruder. - From Daily wire services ANNOUNCING A NEW SET OF COURSE OFFERINGS IN MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY WINTER 1996 The Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Depart- ment of Biology will be continuing and expanding a series of courses set in a modular format. Each one credit module runs for one third of a semester. In some cases multiple modules can be combined to make up a traditional course. Students may choose from the various modules to create a program that best fits their educational objectives and interests. Microbiology 606, 607, and 608 are three modules focusing on microbial physiology and pathogenesis. They are designed for upperclass advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in the health sciences. These modules will be offered consecutively and will meet TTH from 10- 11:30 AM in 5623 Medical Science Building II. Prerequisites for all three modules - first year biochemistry and genetics or permission of course director. Module I (1/11-2113) Microbiology 606 - Microbial Physiology & Metabolism (1 credit) Module II1(2/15-3/19) Microbiology 607 - Microbial Pathogenesis I (1 credit) Module III (3/21- 4/23) Microbiology 608 - Microbial Pathogenesis II (1 credit) The first module will focus on the metabolism and physiology of growth. The second module deals with colonization mechanisms and attributes of pathogens. The third module focuses on molecu- lar mechanisms underlying bacterial infectious disease. Microbiology 641 and 642 are two.modules focusing on molecular and cellular events in the immune response. They are designed for upperclass advanced undergraduates and graduate students w/SUSAN WERNER SUN. NOV.12 MICHIGAN THEATER 7:30 P.M. Tickets at all TicketMaster outlets, Michigan Theater, and Blind Pig. Tickets also at SchoolKids Records. Info call 99-MUSIC -- Crashed Car Display Watch for it on the Diag! Films Special selection of movies Mon.-Thu. on,. 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