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Rallying the faithful
DETROIT - Energy and excitement electrified the air as Michigan Democrats held one of their most important campaign rallies of the year yesterday at the Renaissance Center in Detroit. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is quickly becoming the party's top fund raiser, urged the crowd of nearly 300 to get out and vote on Nov. 3. Clinton said Democrats must work to get families, neighbors and friends to vote as well.
Gingrich visits to shore up G.O.P. base
WESTLAND - Carrying "I love Newt!" signs and cheering loudly, about 200 supporters of Republican candidate for Congress Tom Hickey gathered yesterday to listen to House Speaker Newt Gingrich during a fundraising event.
Service program follows lead of Peace Corps
On Oct. 14, 1960, a crowd of more than 10,000 students spilled across State Street from the steps of the Michigan Union.
Demonstrations have national scope
Current and pending decisions on the fate of affirmative action drew students from around the nation to take part in demonstrations at university campuses.
Students and faculty at the University of California at Berkeley showed one of the most enthusiastic response at their events in support of affirmative action as part of their versions of the 2 Days of Action.
Lectures, rallies mark end of 'Days'
Adding fuel to the support of affirmative action at the University, hundreds of students rallied and attended forums to mark the second day of the nationwide 2 Days of Action in Defense of Affirmative Action. "It is clear that there is a new movement," said Jodi Masley, a member of United for Affirmative Action. "Last year we were talking about needing a movement. This year we are talking about how to build upon it."
Key agreement made in Mideast peace negotiations
QUEENSTOWN, Md. (AP) - In a drive to conclude a West Bank accord, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat reached agreement yesterday on revising calls in the Palestinian charter for Israel's destruction. Under the agreement, the Palestinian National Council would assemble along with other Palestinian groups and take formal action to annul clauses of the 1964 document that promotes Israel's dismantling as a Jewish state.
Fungi may help kill narcotic plants
WASHINGTON - Government researchers are testing a fungus they believe will kill narcotics plants without harming other crops or animal life, a potential breakthrough aimed at cutting foreign production of illegal drugs headed for the United States.
AfÞrmative action debate continues outside courtroom
University students continue to demonstrate that the battle over affirmative action is being fought not just in the depths of downtown Detroit courtrooms or the hush-hush privacy of legal conference rooms. Instead, University students joined attorneys and Detroit high school students yesterday in the Michigan Union for a national show of campus activism during the 2 Days of Action in Defense of Affirmative Action.
IRS forces restaurants to pay taxes on tips
WASHINGTON (AP) - Uncle Sam doesn't serve the food or the wine, but the government is insisting on its share of the tip. The Internal Revenue Service has won another round in its long court battle to force restaurants to cough up payroll taxes on tips, even if they're not reported to employers as required by waiters, waitresses, busboys and bartenders.
Reebok tries alternative marketing methods during NBA lock out
LOS ANGELES - With the National Basketball Association season in danger of dribbling away, the fate of Reebok International Inc.'s new Allen Iverson model shoes has grown even more dependent upon alternative marketing thrusts such as the Reebok sign inside Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles here and the new Iverson basketball shoe sitting in a plexiglass display case at the Posh Kliptz barbershop near Inglewood High School.
U' studies student/faculty relationships
A recent suicide at Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences shed light on problems that can plague the relationship between graduates students and their faculty advisers at universities.
Jason Altom, a fifth-year graduate student in chemistry, killed himself last week using cyanide taken from a laboratory. Altom was the third graduate student at Harvard to commit suicide since last year.
Jewish saint related to Public Policy professor
On an October day in Rome, economics and Public Policy Prof. Paul Courant sipped wine with 97 members of his extended family, 30 people and the host of his party - the Archbishop of Cologne.
The unlikely collection of guests characterizing Courant's first trip to the Vatican was the result of an unusual event - Pope John Paul II's decision to elevate Courant's grandfather's cousin Edith Stein to sainthood.
House candidate arrested for warrant
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A candidate for the state Legislature was arrested on a child support warrant during a break in a radio talk show on which he was a guest.
Robert Zelle of Saginaw was arrested Wednesday in front of hundreds of onlookers at the Saginaw Township Business Expo, where he was on WSGW's "Cameron Knowles Show" to discuss his candidacy for the 95th District seat in the state House. Zelle, a Republican, is challenging incumbent Democrat Mike Hanley.
Notes: Man caught camping in local Hubbard woods
A 40-year-old man, attempting to camp in the woods located on Hubbard Street, was asked to leave the premises Tuesday evening, according to DPS reports.
The subject, who is not affiliated with the University, had set up a tent in the woods when the Department of Public Safety arrived.
Friday Focus: 'These guys do everything'
rong. These 14 football managers have more important jobs than just giving Michigan tight end Jerame Tuman water when he's thirsty. These individuals are out there giving their heart and soul to Michigan football. When the men's and women's basketball seasons begin, one will see other managers behind the benches of Crisler Arena, helping things run as smoothly as possible.
10-23-98
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