o r The Observer e ----------- Saint Marvis College The Observer NOTEE DAMIE" _______ 1*01 ANA VOL XXIV NO. 99 THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 20, 1992 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING NOTRE DAME AND SAINT MARY'S Candidates House construction hope to be off to a good start on ballot WASHINGTON (AP) — Hous­ called the “rather dramatic kick INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sup­ ing construction began 1992 up” in housing starts. porters of Democrat Paul w ith a healthy 5.5 percent in ­ But private economists said Tsongas and Republican Pat crease, the government said the report was not as strong as Buchanan said Wednesday they Wednesday, offering evidence it appeared on the surface be­ hope the candidates’ success in that a housing upturn could be cause the increase was heavily New Hampshire will boost ef­ the vanguard of economic re­ concentrated in the Midwest forts to get them on the ballot vival. and in apartment construction. for Indiana’s May 5 presidential The Commerce Department “It’s good, but it’s not great,” primary. said builders started construc­ said economist Martin Regalia “It looks like we might be tion on single-family homes and of the National Council of able to do it, but it’s going to be apartments at a seasonally-ad­ Community Bankers. “We’re a last-minute thing,” said justed annual rate of 1.12 mil­ not out of the woods yet.” Jennifer Ashworth, a coordina­ lion units in January, the high­ Data on building permit ap­ tor for Tsongas’ Indiana ballot est level since May 1990. plications, considered a good effort. The January gain followed a barometer of future activity, “Before, a lot of people didn’t 1.9 percent increase in Decem­ was more positive though. know who. he was,” said Ash­ ber, revised down from a previ­ Permit applications rose 6 per­ worth, the wife of Marion ous estimate of 2.6 percent, and cent. The increase reflected a County Prosecutor Jeff Modis- marked the fourth consecutive strong rise for single-family ett. But after Tsongas’ victory month without a decline. homes and was spread across in Tuesday’s primary, “ It seems Economists are counting on all regions except the West. like he’s getting support here,” increased housing construction Economist David Seiders of she said. to help ensure recovery from a the National Association of Meanwhile the Buchanan recession that started in July Home Builders said low interest campaign, relishing the candi­ 1990. An upturn in housing rates have dramatically in­ date’s strong second-place construction and sales tend to creased the flow of customers showing against President stimulate sales of big-ticket through model homes. Bush, expressed optimism the The ObserverZR. Garr Schwartz factory goods such as furniture Thirty-five percent of builders name of the former political In Remembrance and appliances. surveyed in early February re­ President Bush, campaigning ported high customer traffic, up columnist would appear on In­ Walsh freshman Meghan Kelley (left) receives the first annual Meghan in Tennessee after a disappoint­ from 8 percent two months diana’s ballot. Beeler Spirit Award. The award will be given annually during “Walsh ing showing in the New Hamp­ earlier. Meanwhile only 30 per- Week” to the Walsh freshman who best embodies the qualities of see PRIMARY / page 4 shire primary, noted what he swimmer Meghan Beeler. see HOUSING / page 4 Commons could face penalties, says Clarke By BILL ALBERTINI ago two men were threatened News Writer by a man with a handgun while in their car near the bar, re­ ported the South Bend Tribune. The Commons bar has been In both incidents, use of the reported by the South Bend city phone to call police was re­ police to the Alcoholic Beverage fused. Commission (ABC) for refusing The case was sent through to let crime victims use the the local Alcoholic Beverage telephone at the bar, said John Commission, which is handled Clarke of the Indiana State Ex­ by the Indiana State Excise Po­ cise Police. lice. From there it was sent to Pasquale Anastasio, owner of the state ABC in Indianapolis. the Commons, would not com­ The Commons could face a va­ ment about the allegations over riety of penalties including the phone, only saying that it fines, suspension or a revoked was a “highly sensitive” subject license if the case is bad and that whatever had been re­ enough, according to Clarke. ported in the newspapers to “The excise police are a kind date was “highly inaccurate.” of agent of the ABC,” said Ala- In October a couple was dine Derose, deputy city attor­ The Observer/Sean Farnan robbed of their wallets and ney for South Bend. The excise The Commons, a popular South Bend bar, could face fines, suspension or a revoked licence for refusing jewelry just inside the back see COMMONS / page 4 to let crime victims use its telephone. door of the bar, and two weeks Doherty loses 10-year deportation battle; returned to Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland extradition made him a potent ernment to reconsider his case. Court. The high court ruled gled with, are etched in my (AP) — Former Irish Republican symbol of resistance to British Critics said justice was sacri­ against him in January. mind forever.” Army fighter Joseph Doherty rule in Northern Ireland. But in ficed for the sake of relations Doherty had been imprisoned was deported from the United recent years he expressed with the British government. since 1983 as an illegal alien. Many of Doherty’s supporters States and returned to a Belfast doubts about the armed strug­ “ It is no coincidence that Joe Last week, knowing he might be said the U.S. justice system had jail early Thursday following a gle, and was disowned by some Doherty’s deportation was de­ deported at any time, he gave failed to protect a political 10-year battle for political IRA supporters. layed until the day following the his lawyers a statement for re­ prisoner from his persecutors. asylum, police said. Doherty broke out of Crumlin New Hampshire primaries,” lease once he was gone. Doherty, facing a life sentence Road w ith seven other inmates said Paul O’Dwyer, former New “Mr. Doherty is no more likely for murdering a British soldier while awaiting sentence for York City Council president. “I found myself seeking the to receive justice at the hands of in May 1980, was clandestinely murdering an army captain, Doherty’s lawyers were not safety and sanctuary of the British authorities than he has taken from federal prison in Herbert Westmacott, during a notified of his predawn removal American dream,” Doherty at the hands of the U.S. Justice Lewisburg, Pa., and put aboard gunbattle at a house in west and said they were stonewalled wrote. “This dream for me will Department,” said New York a plane, said a U.S. law Belfast. He fled to New York in when they sought to confirm his end in a nightmare when the Mayor David Dinkins, who enforcement source who spoke 1982 and was sentenced in his deportation. plane on which I am removed visited Doherty in jail last week. on condition of anonymity. absence to 30 years imprison­ “A man I’ve represented for from the United States touches He landed at the U.S. Air ment. 10 years has slipped utterly down on a British airfield in Dan Levin, the U.S. attorney Force base in Suffolk in eastern The deportation of Doherty, from our grasp and the gov­ occupied Northeast Ireland.” general’s chief of staff in New England and was then flown in 37, provoked sharp criticism ernment will not tell us any­ York, and Verne Jervis, a a British Air Force plane to from his supporters — 132 thing,” said attorney Mary Pike, “But my decade in the United spokesman for the U.S. Im m i­ Belfast, police here said. members of Congress had who took Doherty’s quest for States, the people I met, was gration and Naturalization Doherty’s long years fighting signed a letter asking the gov­ asylum to the U.S. Supreme befriended by, loved and strug­ Service, declined to comment. page 2 The Observer Thursday, February 20, 1992 INSIDE COLUMN FORECAST: a Victory” puts Bush on ropes ___ xVxVxV x^ x'\ n\ City H L If New Hampshire is any Albuquerque 50 26 indication of the opinions Atlanta 53 51 of the nation, George Austin 74 47 Baton Rouge 76 50 Bush seems to be in dire Bismarck 29 20 straits. Boise 51 44 He won the prim ary by Boston 43 39 Columbia,S.C. 52 51 an 18-point margin, in Columbus 61 41 any other circumstances Denver 47 21 Lisa Eaton Des Moines 39 33 that could be considered a Harrisburg 40 36 convincing victory, if not a Managing Editor Helena 47 39 landslide, but not this" ----------------------------- Honolulu 83 74 Indianapolis 61 40 time. The fact remains that 41 percent of the Jackson 77 40 Republicans in New Hampshire feel the state of Juneau 25 16 Lincoln 44 34 the union is so bad that they would take the Madison 35 32 risk of voting for the “outsider,” in lieu of Mpls-St. Paul 36 31 enduring four more years of what Bush has to Nashville 65 39 Sacramento 58 53 offer. Salt Lake City 47 36 In response to his deflating victory in New Pressure Tallahassee 66 58 Topeka 45 38 Hampshire, Bush said he would “roll up my South Bend 45 30 sleeves” and campaign harder for the up­ HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.