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The BG News Thursday, Novembers, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 75, Issue 52 Weather Clinton will bring end to gridlock by Terence Hunt The Associated Press will be merited is another issue." shape, and they voted over- icit and a lack of consensus on "I expect he will hit the ground About 100 federal judgeships whelmingly for Clinton. policy approaches. His resolve running, with an aggressive pro- are waiting to be filled, and The transfer of power will be will be tested against some of the gram, and we in the Congress WASHINGTON - With his re- Democrats will lift their freeze accompanied by a generational nation's most powerful special look forward to working with him Time to batten down the sounding victory, Bill Clinton on nominations as soon as Clinton shakeup, as the 68-year-old Bush interest groups. By late spring, to enact it," said Senate Majority hatches: threw open a window of opportu- takes office. is replaced by the 46-year-old his store of political capita] may Leader George Mitchell, Today, cloudy in the nity to break Washington's grid- Bills that President Bush ve- Clinton, the first baby boomer in be evaporating. D-Maine. morning. Snow likely during lock. That spells change - from toed on abortion, parental leave the White House. Clinton said his Outnumbered Republicans "The highest priority is eco- the afternoon, possibly abortion rules and family leave and campaign reform are being mandate was to "restore growth already are plotting roadblocks. nomic growth to get the economy mixed with rain. High in the to health care and cures for the resurrected for Clinton's signa- to our country and opportunity to "Maybe we can frustrate some of upper 30s. West winds about moving again, health care reform economy. ture. our people." his spending and taxing pro- and dealing with the deficit," 10 mph. Chance of precipita- Democrats are soon to control The top priority, though, Clinton needs to move swiftly grams," said Senate Minority Mitchell said. tion is 70 percent. Tonight, both the White House and Con- clearly is the economy. to make his priorities clear and Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan. Many Democrats elected to snow tapering to flurries. gress, bringing an end to 12 years Throwing out Bush, disillu- set deadlines for achieving them. Democrats are eager to have Congress got a boost from Clin- Low in the mid 20s. Chance of divided government. sioned voters made the election a The appointment of his economic Clinton in the Oval Office - even tor. at the top of the ticket and of snow is 80 percent. Fri- "For the first time since 1980, referendum on his lack of atten- advisers and secretaries of de- though he wasn't the first choice owe him a vote of gratitude. day, considerable cloudi- we will have a kind of new opti- tion to problems at home and in- fense and state will send impor- of the congressional estab- With more than 100 new mem- ness. High in the upper 30s. mism that government can ability to ease anxiety about the tant signals to financial markets lishment and his "different kind bers of Congress, "they're going work," said Georgetown Univer- economy. and world leaders. of Democrat" approach was to be looking for leadership," sity professor Stephen Wayne, a An Election Day poll of voters Yet, from the economy to more conservative than the lib- said James Thurber, director of On Campus specialist in presidential elec- found that nearly 80 percent said health care, Clinton faces major eral bent of the Senate and House tions. "Whether that optimism the economy was not in good constraints: the huge budget def- leadership. See Clinton, page five. Campus cops horse around: It seems Freddie and Frieda aren't the only ani- Specifying The Speciesss Group tries mals roaming the crowds at home football games these days -- there's a new mascot to improve of sorts at Doyt Perry Sta- dium, not to stoke school spirit, but to prevent crime. conditions J See page three. by Cynthia Prada classified staff reporter Outside Campus Rather than closing ranks with a formal union, the Classified Clinton good choice for Staff Council has signed up with pro-choicers: a statewide group of universities Abortion rights advocates that works to improve the work- said Wednesday they were ing conditions of employees in delighted that BUI Clinton Ohio. was elected president, while The State Employees Council anti-abortion activists of Ohio is finally in place after vowed to work harder for about four years of planning on their cause. the part of the University, which Voters made a statement helped to form the group. by electing Clinton and run- This is also a part of CSC's ning mate Al Gore, both of effort to form a statewide classi- whom support a woman's fied staff council. choice on abortion, said Cin- Bob Kreienkamp, TV engineer cinnati City Councilwoman for WBGU and elected chairman Roxanne Quails. of SECO, said BG was instrumen- "It reaffirms what most tal in forming this group. people have known all along, "A couple of years ago we and that is that most people [council] started a search to see consider this to be a private how other staffs were dealing issue, and the state should with things like administrative not dictate to a woman," red-tape and budget cuts. Quails said. "We approached eight other schools and the response was Convicted murderer sen- favorable. Before, we all thought tenced: our problems were isolated to RAVENNA, Ohio (AP)- A The BG Ntw«/John DcLalUu our own schools but by unifying, man convicted of the beat- Building. Biology 476 deals with herpetology, the study of snakes we can share information and ing death of his wife was Getting help from Professor Francis Rabalais (left), Steve Fran- hopefully improve service to the sentenced to life in prison coeur and Michelle Truesdale try to identify the species of a snake and amphibians. In a Biology 476 lab Wednesday afternoon In the Life Sciences Wednesday by a judge who See Staff, page three. said the horror of the crime was incomprehensible. Michael S.York, 27, had been charged with aggra- vated murder. He was found County election results in ELECTION RESULTS guilty Friday of the lesser charge of murder, which carries a mandatory sen- Democrats have strong showing in conservative area tence of 15 years to life. According to trial testi- by Christopher Miller PRESIDENT mony, Heather York, 23, courts reporter Many voters, however, who Democrat Thomas Warns for was asleep Aug. 3 in the may be too young to remember County Commissioner, getting BUSH □ CLINTON^ PEROT□ couple's home in Streets- the last Democratic administra- 24,777 votes to Warns' 23,555. boro when her husband of Final election results for Wood tion, said they thought the "new" In the other race for County three years covered her County became available early Democratic party was the only Commissioner, Democrat Alvin U.S. SENATOR with a sheet and then struck Wednesday morning after a way of securing their future. Perkins won with 25,978 votes. her repeatedly with a blunt computer malfunction delayed "I want to be able to have a job Republican Edwin Miller attrac- object. tabulations on election night. when I graduate," John Lukasko, ted 19,488 votes while Independ- DeWINE □ GLENN flQ York, who called police Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton beat junior education major, said ent Franklin Tokes grabbed for help about six hours out George Bush by a mere 225 after voting for Clinton. Lukasko 2,228. Miller said he did not have after his wife died, was votes in historically conservative disagreed with the Republicans' STATE SENTATOR found in a hallway, bleeding Wood County, while Ross Perot educational policies, particularly much to say now that the race is from a slashed wrist. was a relatively close third. the issue of "school choice" over. "What you have done is According to figures released which would decrease the num- "At this point I think I don't HARTMAN □ MONTGOMERY flf almost too horrible and vio- by the Wood County Board of ber of schools and make it harder have much to add to what I've lent - it Just can't be com- Elections, the Democratic chal- to find employment. Lukasko in- already said when I presented to prehended why any person lenger pulled down 20,587 votes, tends to go into teaching after people and talked to them [dur- STATE REPRESENTATIVEEPRESENTA1 would do what you did to just a hair more than Bush's graduation. ing the campaign]," he said. your wife or to any other 20,362. County voters gave their In other County results: "There's not much more that can person," said Portage nod to third party candidate Ross Democratic incumbent John be said." GARDNERifjfl SINNQ County Common Pleas Perot with 11,520 votes. Glenn beat Mike DeWine, 57 to 36 The race for Wood County prosecutor went to the Republi- Judge George Martin.