Kurds seize key city from Iraqi forces
SALAHUDDIN, Iraq - Just eight days after ousting its rivals from the Kurds' unofficial capital, Irbil, with Iraqi army help, a jubilant Kurdistan Democratic Party announced that its guerrillas captured a key city 50 miles to the east yesterday.
Abortion divides GOP in Lansing
LANSING - The Michigan Republican Convention, which began as a pep rally for the party, developed into a frantic contest between pro-choice and pro-life supporters Saturday. The debate began when Gov. John Engler endorsed pro-choice candidate Judy Frey of Grand Rapids for a spot on the University Board of Regents over pro-life advocate Mike Bishop of Rochester Hills.
No surprises at Dem event
DETROIT - Michigan Democrats finalized their party tickets with less grandeur and only slightly more controversy than the national delegation did last month. The party officially nominated its candidates for the state Board of Education, Michigan State Supreme Court, University of Michigan regents, Michigan State University trustees and Wayne State University governors, and gave the final nod to state candidates for House and Senate at Cobo Hall yesterday.
Code panelists experiment in conflict evaluation
Teresa Crawford, a graduate student instructor, says an LSA sophomore spray-painted the phrase "Teresa and chemistry suck" on her office door. A custodian says he saw the student running in a hallway of the Chemistry Building at 1:10 a.m., and Lee admits to carrying a pint of rum in the pocket of her Pittsburgh Steelers jacket.
Levin supports education plans
In education, both Democrats and Republicans are looking for a means to an end.
Stressing dedication to higher education and family values, candidates are fine-tuning proposals and debating the merits of different plans all geared to make higher education more accessible for Americans, as the newest education package awaits trial in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.
Feature Photo: Twist and shout
Fran kills 22, floods neighborhoods
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Their neighborhoods in tatters but their resolve largely intact, residents of hurricane-battered areas turned yesterday to cleaning up formidable messes, watching swollen waterways and adjusting to life without electricity. At least six people were still reported missing.
Students win Summer Hopwoods
Three University students were honored with Summer Hopwood Awards in Creative Writing, while two others were given the Marjorie Rapaport Award in Poetry, also administered by the University Hopwood program.
Bonsai exhibit showcases unconventional art
Expectations for the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society's 26th Annual Bonsai Show this past weekend may have been nothing more than to revisit a scene from "The Karate Kid." But many visitors with experience in the art of bonsai said the show took an accurate and instructional look at the craft.
Campus construction whirlwind winds down as classes begin
Construction is a fact of life on freeways and roads, but until five years ago it was not a fact of life at the University. More than $1 billion later, the frenzy of building and renovation that has made construction commonplace on campus in recent years will soon come to an end.
Pair accused of Social Security embezzlement
LANSING (AP) - Two Lansing residents hired to distribute Social Security checks to people with a history of substance abuse are the subject of an embezzlement investigation, according to a published report. Police and Social Security agents are on the lookout for Johnnie Williams and Debora Verser. Officials believe the pair embezzled thousands of dollars from clients while operating as the African American Relations Reform Coalition.
Students to lend 'compassion' to AIDS memorial
More than 1,800 panels of fabric symbolizing love, remembrance, hope and commitment will be spread along the floors and walls of the Track and Tennis Building next semester.
Tropical Storm Hortense sweeps through Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Despite signs that Tropical Storm Hortense was losing its punch, authorities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands braced for the worst yesterday, stocking shelters and canceling flights.
Tropical storm warnings were lifted for eastern Caribbean islands by yesterday afternoon as Hortense moved northwestward toward St. Croix, the southernmost U.S. Virgin Island.
Tobacco industry spent $15M to protect interets
WASHINGTON (AP) - Feeling its own health threatened, the tobacco industry spent millions of dollars in the first half of 1996 to thwart federal efforts to curtail teen-age smoking, raise the industry's taxes and restrict its advertising.
Christopher asks Israel to speed peace process
LONDON - Secretary of State Warren Christopher called on Israel yesterday to ease travel restrictions on Palestinians and to withdraw its troops from the disputed West Bank city of Hebron, steps that he said will rejuvenate the Middle East peace process.
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