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Lining up for tickets at Detroit Metro.
tall Michigan sign being car-
ried by Aaron Lerner,
strangers would come up to
ask, "Are you from Detroit?
Do you know so-and-so?"
Lerner was asked if he was
chosen to carry the sign
because of his height. "No,"
answered the 6-foot-6
Detroiter. "I just happened to
be one of the first ones here."
Lerner managed to keep the
sign high above the crowd
throughout the day, and his
sign and the white Detroit
hats were a key benchmark to
keep the Michigan delegation
together.
Stanford Lehne found the
Michigan sign on the Ellipse.
A retired engineer, he drove
from Detroit on Saturday "as
the least expensive way to
go." He came to the rally
because "there are human
rights problems all over, but
this is a critical issue. We all
have just one life to lead, and
if we don't do something now
Soviet Jewish youngster.
Esther Ingber, who will be bat
mitzvah next October, has
already begun writing her
Soviet Jewish twin.
Mrs. Ingber explained her
reasons for going to
Washington: "I didn't want to
be part of the generation that
didn't do anything. I think
most of the people here my
age feel that way." Her hus-
band Paul had suffered a
broken leg recently, and
stayed back in Detroit with
their 8-year-old son.
While she talked, chartered
Maryland busses sped past
the Michigan convoy on the
Washington Parkway, carry-
ing demonstrators to the
Ellipse in front of the White
House. On the way, we drove
by the U.S. Customs Service,
advertising its current exhibi-
tion on "The USSR: In-
dividual: Family: Society."
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NOON As one of the first
contingents from Michigan to
arrive at the Ellipse in front
of the White House, it was left
to us to discover area 4 which
had been designated for the
Michigan delegation. Parade
marshalls helped with that
task, distributed buttons pro-
claiming "I Went to the Sum-
mit for Soviet Jews," pointed
out the line of portable toilets
on the edge of the Ellipse, and
distributed printed signs for
the marchers to hold.
Several intrepid
demonstrators took the hour
of waiting time before the
march began, and two hours
before the scheduled
speeches, to head for the Na-
tional Gallery and the
Georgia O'Keefe exhibition,
telephone friends in the D.C.
area, or seek out ac-
quaintences in other state
delegations on the Ellipse.
Seeing the Detroiters'
white hats and the small but
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12:55 p.m. One of the few
serious incidents of the day
occurred during the singing
and socializing on the Ellipse.
Avishai Zelinger, 11 1/2, who
traveled by bus with his
mother and sisters from Ann
Arbor, collapsed. A doctor aid-
ed the youngster while
bystanders hopped the fence
into the media section and
called for an ambulance.
Avisahi spent an hour at
the hospital, and returned to
the rally with his mother,
Sandra, and went home with
the Ann Arbor contingent.
Mrs. Zelinger said this week
that he is being checked by
his doctor, and she thanks the
bystanders who helped her
son.
s.
1:20 p.m. "What I want to
know is how Gorbachev feels
about all this," said Elana
Nachman, one of 11 Hillel