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DPS head announces retirement: After 19 years, 63-year-old Leo Heatley plans to retire in March
After heading the University's Department of Public Safety for 13 years, Leo Heatley announced yesterday he will retire at the end of March.
"The time is right," the 63-year-old Heatley said yesterday. "It is time to move on to another chapter in my life.
Clinton insists he has morals to lead
WASHINGTON - Rejecting resignation, President Clinton yesterday argued that he still has the moral authority and popular support necessary to lead the nation.
In his first news conference since independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent to Congress his case for the president's impeachment, Clinton declared that he and the American people want to put the sordid business of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky in the past.
LSA student dies in friend's home
LSA sophomore Christopher Giacherio died in Ann Arbor on Tuesday morning in the home of a friend, Ann Arbor Police Department officials said yesterday.
The cause of Giacherio's death has not yet been determined, said AAPD Lieutenant Jim Tieman.
Hockey ticket prices hit all-time high: Season price hits near $160
With their first official game still three weeks away, the Michigan hockey team has already started setting records.
This year, student season tickets in Yost Ice Arena are selling for nearly $160 - the highest price ever for icer season tickets.
Year 2000 computer problems affect 'U'
When clocks strike 12 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2000, the world will collectively hold its breath in hopes that our technology-dependent society does not fall apart.
At the University, there's ample potential for problems. VCRs refusing to record the Rose Bowl, traffic lights magically shutting off and loans suddenly being past due are just a few of them.
Fed chair says there's no plan for rate cuts
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairperson Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday there is no current plan for a coordinated cut in interest rates by the central banks of major industrial countries to spur slowing world economic growth.
Around the Nation: GOP debates proposed tax cut combination
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are debating whether or not to combine tax cuts they prize in a package with spending increases President Clinton wants, part of a GOP effort to control the agenda as Election Day approaches.
Some Republicans see the strategy as a way to divide Democrats by luring some to support the tax package, then daring Clinton to cast a risky veto. Others worry the tactic could backfire if the package dies of its own weight in Congress, opposed by conservatives who oppose more spending and GOP moderates leery of using budget surpluses for tax cuts.
Around the World: Israel hails launch test of new missile
JERUSALEM - When Israel staged a successful test launch of its sophisticated Arrow-2 missile this week, people here cheered and marveled at the display of technical prowess.
Here was a supersonic specimen of Star Wars weaponry built to do what the American Patriot missile could not do in the Persian Gulf War - reliably shoot down incoming missiles at speeds up to two miles per second traveling 10 or 25 miles above the Earth's surface.
'U' prof. outlines health care improvements
In his new book titled "Designing 21st Century Healthcare," Public Health Prof. John Griffith outlines what it takes to distinguish a health care system at a level above the status quo.
With health care holding a unique place in society as one of few issues considered central to the survival of every man, woman and child, Griffith's study has a universal value.
First-year seminars grow in popularity: The number of first-year seminars has grown from 20 to 150 in past five years
More than half of all first-year students are taking a first-year seminar this fall - and those who aren't may come to regret it.
"It was the only class I went to every day," said LSA junior Drake Kohn of his first-year seminar on Slavic folk tales back in fall '96.
College GOP to recruit new members
Attorney general candidate John Smietanka and Mayor Ingrid Sheldon will highlight the first mass meeting of the College Republicans tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union.
Smietanka, who will face off with Democrat Jennifer Granholm to replace retiring attorney general Frank Kelley, has taken a hard line on many issues, but a plan to fight crime has been the centerpiece to his campaign.
Northwest strike cost state $323M
DETROIT (AP) - The 15-day Northwest pilots strike cost the Michigan economy about $323 million and left 560,000 passengers unable to travel, according to a study released yesterday.
The strike also cost 510,000 other travelers extra time and money to complete their trips, it said.
The Calendar: What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Gingrich calls Clinton a 'misogynist'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaker Newt Gingrich told fellow Republicans yesterday that President Clinton's own account of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky depicts him as a "misogynist," GOP congressional sources said. Gingrich argued forcefully for releasing a videotape of Clinton's grand jury testimony.
EPA considers regulations to make urban air cleaner
DETROIT (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is considering new regulations designed to clean the air in the nation's urban areas, including southeast Michigan.
As part of a broad expansion of its regulatory powers, the agency is considering four waves of regulations in America's largest cities. The regulations would aim to remove 825,000 pounds of potentially carcinogenic pollution from the air in the Detroit area.
State rep calls for Clinton to resign
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michigan Congressman Pete Hoekstra last night called for President Clinton to resign.
He is the second Republican congressman from Michigan to ask for Clinton's resignation. His call comes as the House Judiciary Committee examines the report by Kenneth Starr of possible impeachable offenses by the president.
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