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Clinton inquiry begins: Starr testimony marks first day of third presidential impeachment inquiry in history
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a blend of constitutional drama and partisan struggle, Kenneth Starr laid out his evidence against President Clinton yesterday in the third presidential impeachment inquiry in history, then fended off a withering attack by Democrats.
Housing to allow returning students
Usually, a conference discussing American politics would find an easy headliner in a former president. But Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, was not the central piece of a conference yesterday at the Michigan League.
Wolverines to fight for Rose Bowl berth
There is no trophy awarded to the winner of tomorrow's Ohio State-Michigan football game in Columbus. There isn't an award or a tangible object that the Wolverines or Buckeyes can hoist above their heads and pass from player to player.
Israel votes to pull West Bank troops
JENIN, West Bank (AP) - After nearly two years of U.S. prodding and bitter disputes with the Palestinians, the Israeli government gave the final go-ahead yesterday to withdrawing troops from a chunk of the West Bank the size of Chicago.
Repercussions accompany MIPs
Beware to students hosting a party for tomorrow's big football game. If your door is open and people are milling about, any stranger legally is allowed to enter.
And that stranger may be an undercover Ann Arbor Police Department officer or volunteer.
Around the Nation
WASHINGTON - The chairperson of the House tax-writing committee pressed the Clinton administration unsuccessfully yesterday for details of how the president envisions using government budget surpluses to fix Social Security.
Republicans are still eyeing at least some of the money for tax cuts.
Around the World
Clinton urges Japan toward revival.
TOKYO - President Clinton offered measured praise today for Japan's strategy to end the nation's longest recession since World War II but said he was "quite worried" about trade battles unless Tokyo opens its markets to American-made goods.
Crime Notes
A husband and wife caught a man spying into their Northwood II home early Saturday morning, according to Department of Public Safety reports.
The suspect was seen by the couple peering into several homes on the 1700 block of Cram Circle in Northwood.
MSA elections see standard voter turnout
With 2 hours and 15 minutes left on the second day of Michigan Student Assembly fall elections, 2,533 students had cast their ballots, putting the turnout close to last year's numbers.
"In the very first hour of polling we got a hundred or so votes, so hopefully we'll see something similar in the last hour," said MSA election director Alex Hovan. "I wish every student would vote."
Regents approve funding wish
The University Board of Regents, just four months after agreeing on a budget for the current year, approved yesterday a state funding request for a 5 percent increase when the state appropriates funds for fiscal year 2000.
The request translates to a $22.2 million increase in funding from the state.
Playing around
'Jug' celebrates 60 years in A2
Waiters and waitresses passed out plastic glasses of champagne, and a blues guitarist strummed chords as patrons of The Brown Jug celebrated the restaurant's 60th anniversary last night.
Mayor Ingrid Sheldon stopped by the party to join in the celebration with The Brown Jug's co-owners Jim and George Paron. She presented the two with a proclamation on behalf of the city congratulating the Jug on the contribution it has made to Ann Arbor's downtown.
Castillo search shifts to East Coast
Four days after Milton Marin Castillo allegedly shot two brothers to death in his Ann Arbor apartment, investigators continued a nationwide hunt for the suspect yesterday.
After Maryland police on Tuesday located the car Castillo reportedly had been driving following the murders, FBI and local police investigators there began a search in Maryland.
Regents respond to alcohol concerns
Last month, University President Lee Bollinger opened the Board of Regents meeting with a solemn announcement of the death of a student.
Yesterday - a little more than a month after LSA first-year student Courtney Cantor fell from her sixth-floor residence hall window after she was seen drinking at a party at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity - some regents and administrators said they are still uncertain of the best way to address the problem of underage drinking.
Panhel, IFC elect new leaders
Election '98 has come and passed. The results of yesterday's Michigan Student Assembly and LSA Student Government elections are being tallied - and the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellinic Association have elected a new executive board.
Conyers questions motives of counsel
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Detroit, the leading Democrat on the congressional panel conducting a presidential impeachment hearing, told Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr yesterday that he went too far in his investigation of the president.
11-20-98
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