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THE DETROIT CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND CONTRACTS NEWS By an overwhelming majority, Michigan voters pulled the plug on the proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Jack Kevorkian may have more trouble winning over juries in the future.Page 3. ENTERTAINMENT Michigan Opera Theatre’s opening-night production of “Lucia di Lammermoor” flirted with disaster, but was consider ably better the second time around.Page 10. Journal photo by GEORGE WALDMAN Re’Sean Coleman, 4, and his brother ReVon, 2, show art they cre SPORTS ated at Holy Trinity School following the parish’s week celebration of Dia de losNinosthe Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. See photo story, Pages 16-17. DRC will close today after 48 years, ending Detroit-area thoroughbred racing.Page 32. GOP in control Classifieds Page 26 State Dems must rebuild after debacle Crossword Page 27 By Eric Freedman ■ First, Gov. John Engler’s legisla Letters Page 9 Journal Lansing Bureau analysis tive hand will be far stronger, Entertainment Page 10 ANSING — Fieger time is because the GOP now has majorities over, and rebuilding time theis party’s most visible and powerfulin both the state House and Senate. Television Page 12 here for Michigan Demoofficial in Lansing. And they leave“That puts Engler in a dominant crats. Republicans in control of both positionleg as far as policymaking, but Movie Guide Page 23 L islative chambers. of course there will be one more state The topsy-turvy results of Horoscope Page 24 Tuesday’s election leave a Let’s look at what the results meanHouse election this century, so we Democratic newcomer, Attorneyfor Michigan during the next two Sports Page 32 General-elect Jennifer Granholm, asyears: See STATE, Page 6 PAGE 2 THE DETROIT SUNDAY JOURNAL NOVEMBER 8 y 1998 DAILY DAILY 4 * 1 1 /6 Midday: 1-3- Eve: N.A. 11/6 Midday: 4-5-7-2 Eve: N.A. around town 11/5 Midday: 1-1- Eve: 5-8-2 11/5 Midday: 6-7-8-5 Eve: 6-3-2-2 11/4 Midday: 7-9- Eve: 2-4-4 11 /4 Midday: 3-7-1 -3 Eve: 1 -1 -2-0 11/3 Midday: 0-2- Eve: 3-1-3 11/3 Midday: 9-2-5-3 Eve: 9-6-4-6 V 11/2 Midday: 7-9- Eve: 3-0-3 11/2 Midday: 7-9-4-0 Eve: 9-1-4-9 Marygrove scholarships 10/31 Midday: 1-6- Eve: 7-0-1 10/31 Midday: 8-8-4-2 Eve: 0-8-5-6 CASH 5 Students interested in careers in liver transplants among adults, 11/5 2 13 17 22 36 MICHIGAN KENO the arts may apply for scholarshipsaffects more than 150,000 Michigan 11/4 17 18 20 23 35 11/5 1 9 13 14 17 18 21 22 25 27 for the 1999-2000 academic year at residents — and most aren’t aware 11/3 10 12 19 32 37 39 49 57 58 61 63 64 69 76 80 Marygrove College in Detroit.they have the virus. 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Working People “An injury to one is an injury to all” • Persona/ Injuries • Workers’ Compensation • Employee Rights 1400 NORTH PARK PLAZA 17117 W. NINE MILE RD. Selected Michigan results SOUTHFIELD, Ml 48075 Downriver Office: GOVERNOR SECRETARY OF STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL 8415 Park Ave. John Engler 62% Candice Miller 68% Jennifer Granholm 52% Allen Park, Ml 48101 Geoffrey Fieger38% Mary Lou Parks 31% John Smietanka 48% (313) 381-0806 Donald G. Smith SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 8*YEAR TERM SUPREME COURT JUSTICE President (top twoelected) PARTIAL TERM ,( 248) 559-2110 Michael Cavanagh 33% • Maura Corrigan 25% Clifford Taylor 54% • Susan Borman 21% • Jeffrey Collins 11% Carole Youngblood46% • Jerry Jay Kaufman 5% To the customers of the CONGRESSIONAL RACES 1st District 2nd District 3rd District Family Independence Agency Bart Stupak (D) 59% Peter Hoekstra (R) 69% Vernon Ehlers (R) 73% The problems over the last month were the result of an ill-designed com Michelle McManus (R) 40% Bob Shrauger (D) 30% John Ferguson Jr (D) 25% puter system called ASSIST. 4th District 5th District 6th District They were not the fault of the workers. Dave Camp C (R) 91% James Barcia (D) 71% Fred Upton (R) 70% Dan Marsh (LIB) 7% Donald Brewster (R) 27% Clarence Annen (D) 28% The workers have endured frustration and stress because of their inabili 7th District 8th District 9th District ty to deliver the services to the customers of the Agency. Nick Smith (R) 58% Debbie Stabenow (D) 57% Dale Kildee (D) 56% They have also been threatened with discipline if they tell you of the real Jim Berryman (D) 40% Susan Munsell (R) 39% Tom McMillin (R) 42% problem. 10th District 11th District 12th District David Bonior (D) 52% Joe Knollenberg (R) 64% Sander Levin (D) 56% If you are still experiencing problems, please contact your State Brian Palmer (R) 45%R. Travis Reeds (D) 34% Leslie Touma (R) 42% Legislator. 13th District 14th District John Conyers, JR. (D) 87% UAW Local 6000 supports the Lynn Rivers (D) 58% Vendella Collins (R) 11% Locked-out Newspaper Workers in Tom Hickey (R) 40% 15th Dristrict 16th District their quest for justice Carolyn Kilpatrick (D) 67% John Dingell (D) 67% ChrysantheaBoyd-Fields (R) 11%William Morse (R) 31% NOVEMBER 8, 1998_________________ ,______________________________PAGE 3 Another Detroit News promotion is totaled By Alan Forsyth Journal S ta ff Writer labor notebook new Detroit News promo tion with Total service sta tions in the metropolitanMore bad news for DN Detroit has run out of gas. “Up, up and away.” AOn Wednesday Total stations That was the headline on a Detroit began selling the News along with a Newspapers ad in last Monday’s cup of coffee for 59 cents. The nextCrain’s Detroit Business. According day, locked-out newspaper workersto the Scarborough Report, “reader began passing out handbills to cusship of the Detroit News and Detroit tomers at the stations.