The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCIII No. 45 The University of Connecticut Wednesday, November 8, 1989 First woman mayor elected in Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT (AP) - Re- over because they were upset publican Mary C. Moran upset with the city," Moran, the two-term Democratic incum- business manager of a real es- bent Thomas Bucci Tuesday tate agency, told cheering sup- night to become the first porters. woman mayor of the state's "I tried to bring a different largest city. kind of message to the voters, Unofficial returns showed that I was not a politician, that Moran with 15,897 votes to I was a housewife, a business- Bucci's 11,989, or 54 percent woman and a mother," Moran to 40 percent. Bucci conceded said. less than an hour after the polls Democrats outnumber Re- closed. publicans 3-1 in the city. Moran attributed her victory "I said a prayer before we left to anti-Bucci sentiment and the the house," Moran said. voters' desire for a fresh face in Moran's inaugural will be on City Hall. Monday and she will take of- "A lot of Democrats crossed fice the next day. ELECTION <89 Message is social conciliq^or\ Dinkins elected mayor NEW YORK (AP) — David Dinkins won the mayoral election Tuesday as the first black mayor of the nation's most popuious city, propelled by a multiracial coalition drawn to his message of social conciliation. Dinkins, the Manhattan borough president, defeated Republican Rudolph W. Giuliani with the support of black, Hispanic and liberal white voters who had enabled him to retire three-term incumbent Mayor Edward I. Koch in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Dinkinr had 864,249 votes, or 51 percent, to Giuliani's 808,110 votes, or 48 percent. Conservative and Right to Life candidates each had about 1 percent. The city's three network-owned television stations said their surveys of voters leaving polling places found nearly unanimous black support for Dinkins — more than 90 percent. Dinkins also won nearly a third of the white voters and more than seven in 10 Hispanics, the exit polls showed. -UPI Top: Douglas Wilder(l) won a close race for Virginia's governor. Recount to follow. Election das news conference. Bottom: Mayoral candidate David Dinkins and his wife pose after voting in New York. Dinkins defeated Rudolph Giulliani becoming the city's first black mayor. Bush vows to veto WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush gave himself high grades Tuesday on the anniversary of his election, vowed to "veto Political turmoil in East Germany and exhort" until Congress approves his programs and brushed ^ BERLIN (AP) — The East aside criticism that he has responded too timidly to the awakening The 44-member cabinet, cal- More than 28,000 East Ger- of democracy in Eastern Europe. German government resigned led the Council of Ministers, mans have fled to West Ger- Tuesday, a victim of mass emi- resigned jointly, said govern- Bush, at a mid-morning news conference, also expressed fresh many through neighboring hope Iran would help win the release of American hostages in gration and pro-democracy tur- ment spokesman Wolfgang Czechoslovakia since Saturday moil, and pleas came from Meyer. The council, led by 75- Lebanon after a U.S. decision to release $567 million in frozen — they arrived Tuesday at the assets to Tehran. within the ruling Communist year-old Premier Willi Stoph, rate of 120 an hour. About Party for changes in its top implements policy made by the "I carry the fate of the hostages with me every single day," Bush 175,000, more than 1 percent said. He said he hoped the release of the Iranian funds would get ranks. Communist Party Politburo. of the population, have left the More than 100,000 people Stoph and several other "underbrush cleared out." country this year by legal or Separately, the State Department said that release of the money marched for democracy in five ministers are Politburo mem- illegal means. East German cities. bers. was not linked with the hostages in any way. The Council of Ministers Bush opened the Election Day news conference by saying his A Parliament committee re- "We appeal to the citizens will remain in office until jected a draft law allowing up who intend to leave our re- administration "has come together rapidly with good people and Parliament elects a new one, with good ideas and a quiet sense of purpose." to 30 days of travel abroad just public to reconsider their step Meyer said, but did not say a day after it was published, once more," the council said in Bush brushed aside criticism — most recently from former when that would occur. The President Jimmy Carter — that he has responded too cautiously to and said unrestricted travel a statement. "Our socialist party Central Committee was should be permitted. fatherland needs everyone." changes sweeping the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, East to meet Wednesday. Germany and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Campout will round off hunger and homelessness week By Michelle Kay is to unify the campus in an Student creative writing reference to students who may Daily Campus Staff Two 55 gallon drums will be educational event and to pro- club members will read a poem not want to camp out for the used to contain campfires. The Students will be camping mote a charitable spirit at with a hunger and home- entire night. out on the Student Union Mall UConn," said Cheri Marks, drums are symbolic of home- lessness theme at 12:20 a.m. Campers should bring sleep- lessness because homeless peo- here Friday night for 12 hours UConnPIRG hunger and home- Saturday. The Undergraduate ing bags and cardboard boxes to ple keep warm by keeping fires to learn what it is like to be lessness intern. Student Government spon- sleep in, and guitars or har- hungry and homeless. Throughout die night, cam- in these kind of metal barrels, sored movie "Ironweed", star- monicas for the entertainment Marks said. The campout will be the pers will be entertained and ring Merryl Streep and Jack finale of Hunger and Home- breaks to the non-alcoholic The speeches and movies educated by guest speakers and Nicholson, will be shown at event, Marks said. Portable lessness Awareness week, two films. Speakers include will be conducted in the Puerto 1:00 a.m., and "Shelter for the restrooms will be available, Rican Latin American Cultural sponsored by UConn's Public U.S. Representative Bruce Homeless," sponsored by the and university police will Center if it rains. Interest Research Group. The Morrison (third district), Mel International Center, will be event begins at 8:00 p.m. on patrol the mall on occasion, At the end of the campout, King, founder of the Rainbow shown at 3:00 a.m. according to Marks. campers will be informed of Friday and will end 8 a.m. Coalition, UConn professors, "We encourage people to Saturday. Marks said 75 students have how to get direcdy involved in local religious leaders, and stop by just to hear the "The intent (of the campout) signed up to camp out, as of me fight against hunger and UConnPIRG employees. speakers," Marks said, in Monday. See page 4 Page 2 The Daily Campus, Wednesday, November 8, 1989 AROUND THE WORLD Kitty Dukakis afflicted with mysterious illness BOSTON (AP) — Kitty Dukakis underwent tests yesterday at a hospital, where she was taken by ambulance after complaining of sluggishness, a spokeswoman said. The wife of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis had suffered from the flu for three or four days before she was taken Monday night to Brigham and Women's Hospital, said the spokeswoman, Mindy Lubber. Mrs. Dukakis' hospitalizauon came almost exactly a year after her husband's White House defeat. "I don't know if it's flu-related. I know she was feeling groggy," Ms. Lubber said. "She's been feeling tired. Last night she was feeling particularly lethargic." Mrs. Dukakis underwent four weeks of treatment for alco- holism at a clinic after her husband's unsuccessful campaign. She revealed previously she was addicted to diet pills for years. She un- derwent neck surgery last year. Ms. Lubber said initial examinations did not indicate her ill- ness was drug- or alcohol-related Ms. Lubber would not say what the tests were or whether Mrs. Dukakis had been given a CAT scan as WNEV-TV reported yesterday. Student discusses life at Beijing university —UPI BEIJING (AP) — Mao Xinyu tries to lead a quiet life at a Soviet radicals participated yesterday in a counter-demonstration during the annual prestigious Beijing university despite being the grandson of Mao Revolution Day miliary parade in Moscow's Red Square. Tse-tung, the revolutionary founder of communist China. Mao Xinyu is the only child of Mao's second son, Mao An- qing, a retired Russian translator for the People's Liberation Army, Marchers in Moscow challenge and novelist Chen Raohua, who wrote under the pen name Shao Hua. Western and Chinese historians alike credit him with the authority of the Communist party H abortive "Great Leap Forward of 1958-59, a drive to increase pro- lice broke up a crowd of thou- "When all this is hanging duction that ultimately plunged China into widespread starvation MOSCOW (AP) - Anti-Communist marchers, sands of would-be protesters like a sword of Damocles over and poverty. He was also behind the disastrous 1966-76 Cultural and beat some of them. The us, it is very important we do Revolution, during which intellectuals and merchants were reviled, striking workers and clashes between police and protesters military part of the parade in not forget the main thing, that schools closed and Red Guards spouting Mao slogans went on a vied yesterday with a scaled- its capital, Kishinev, was can- this is the way we have chosen nationwide revolutionarv rampage.