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e lSJpWQ TliCrP^f Associated Press -L ^ w W ^ JL £ia ^ Edited by Roger Price Clinton wins primary Perot’s following makes candidates nervous, wary PHILADELPHIA — Democratic front-runner Bill Clinton routed Jerry Brown Tuesday in a desultory Penn sylvania primary that masked the intensity building towarda three-way fall campaign for the White House. Clinton’s victory was sweetened by evidence of increased voter trust. Sixty-one percent of Democrats inter viewed at their polling places said they believe the Arkansas governor has the honesty and integrity to serve as president — a sharp increase over polls in earlier states. President Bush cruised to his 22nd straight primary victory over conser vative challenger Patrick Buchanan. Bush said he was “over the top” in amassing the delegates needed to assure his renomination, but the White House conceded it was relying on 22 dele ’' gates not yet chosen. With 72 percent of the precincts reporting, Clinton was leading Brown, 56 percent to 26 percent. Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas, who quit the race last month, was gaining 12 percent. With 73 percent of the Republican vote in, Bush was gaining 77 percent of the vote in the Republi can primary to 23 percent for Buchanan. The hottest political property in the land — Texas billionaire Ross Perot — was not on cither primary ballot. But he looked increasingly like an independent candidate for the White House. The polls charted strong support for him, and Bush and Clin ton sized him up nervously. The Arkansas governor spent most of his Pennsylvania campaign tilting against Bush, and virtually ignoring Brown. Clinton began the night with 1,388 delegates of the 2,145 needed to c laim the nomination, according to the Associated Press tally. Brown had 271. There were 169 delegates at stake in the Democratic primary; 73 on the Republican side. Clinton’s enormous delegate lead made him the presumptive Demo cratic nominee, with 14 primary elec tions still to come and party and union leaders lining up behind him. Even so,pre-primary polls pointed to widespread voter doubts about his character, and suggested another sur prising showing was possible for campaign dropout Paul Tsongas. The state’s Democratic governor, Robert Casey, said Democrats risk losing this fall if they ignore the character issues dogging their front-runner. Both Clinton and Brown dismissed speculation about their likely mar gins of victory or defeat. “I just want to win today and then I want to go on and talk about the issues that affect people’s lives,” Clinton said. Brown insisted the Pennsylvania results would not slow his reform movement, saying, “It doesn’t matter what the margins are.” But the luster was gone from Brown’s campaign, and Clinton paid him scant attention in Pennsylvania. Instead, Clinton turned his rheto ric on Bush — and Perot, to a lesser extent — in a likely preview of his campaign through the six weeks remaining in the primary calendar. “If it turns out to be Perot, Clinton ELACTION |_|M E 8 U 1 T 8 Pennsylvania primary 32% of precincts reporting Democrats ''^(Votes) Percent of vote Clinton (213.076)|HHH 54% Brown (105,518)|HI 27% Teongae (51,356)M 13% Other* (21,490)| 5% Republicans 43% of precincts reporting (Votes) Percent of vote Bush (254,859)flHHHB 76% Buchanan (80,404)H 24% AP and Bush, I am the only one who has taken action to help ordinary people solve their problems,” he said. Polls showed Perot with strong support as he pondered whether to invest $100 million or so of his per sonal fortune in the race. A Washington Post-ABC poll re leased Monday night gave Bush 38 percent support, to 31 percent for Clinton and 27 percent for Perot in a three-way matchup. A separate sur vey showed Bush and Perot running an even race in California, with Clin ton close behind. Economy climbing out of recession WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy clearly left the recession behind in the first three months of 1992, the government said Tues day, but a plunge in new home sales threatened a crucial under pinning of the fledgling recovery. The economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, ex panded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2 percent in the January-March period, the Com merce Department said. At best, that’s a modest growth rate, economists said, and not enough to reduce the unemploy ment rate, which hit a 6 1/2-ycar high of 7.3 percent in February and March. Still, it was the best growth in three years and a substantial im provement over the near-standstill in the fourth quarter of 1991, when growth slowed to a 0.4 percent rate. . President Bush welcomed the news. “Most people would say that 2 percent growth is not recession ary,” he said at a meeting with Republican lawmakers. “There are some areas that arc still hurting, but clearly this is a good sign and there arc a lot of other good signs.” A separate Commerce Depart ment report, however, said new home sales plummeted 14.8 per cent in March after falling 7 per cent in February. It was the worst decline since January 1982. Nevertheless, housing construe From a monthly survey of 5,000 U.S. households i . AP lion as measured by the GDP surged 15.8 percent in the first quarter, accounting for nearly a quarter of the economy’s overall advance. The increase was the biggest in nearly six years and came after mortgage rates reached a 19-year low early in January. Economist David Scidersof the National Association of Home Builders said that if contractors can’t sell the homes they’ve built, they’ll quickly pull back, eliminat ing a crucial element of the recov ery. On-Campus Summer Employment Opportunities Division of University Housing 40 Hours Per Week May 11 - August 15 / University Housing is now hiring for an Air Conditioning Project. Experience in carpentry electricity or plumbing helpful but not critical. Great opportunity to experience a variety of installation techniques. APPLY IN PERSON TO: 1100 Seaton Hall for interview appointment • j i V - • i ' ASUN to address change in appointment procedure By Kara Morrison Staff Reporter ASUN senators will vote tonight on trans ferring the power to appoint student members of the Parking Advisory Committee from the Appointments Board to President Andrew Sigcrson. “I think I’m in a better position to appoint students to this committee,” Sigcr son said Tuesday. Sigcrson said he was look ing for “pro-active” park ing committee members, and said he thought he would be able to better inform students of the responsibilities the position would include. Sigcrson said he had no hidden agenda in assuming responsibility for the appointment. But he said he thought the Appointments Board, which had to fill numerous positions, did not always have time to do extensive research on filling the parking committee, specifically. The parking committee, he said, is impor tant because its recommendations arc taken seriously by John Goebel, vice chancellor ol business and finance. Because Sigerson already approves appoint-. menus made by the Appointments Board, the change would mean that he would interview the applicants. Sigerson also will relinquish one of his appointment responsibilities tonight when the senate elects its Government Liaison Commit tee chairperson. The GLC position had been appointed by the president. In other business, the senate will vote on whether to support stricter admissions stan dards for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sigerson said he thought stricter standards were needed to attract the best students to UNL and to lessen the problem of retaining students. But he said he also realized access to a land grant college was important. The Association of Students of the Univer sity of Nebraska also will discuss funding for a new Student Information System, which Siger son said would “totally revolutionize” UNL’s drop/add registration system. SIS would enable UNL students to register by touch-tone telephone. Sigerson said the system also would improve financial aid and other administrative services. 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