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HI9HLAND PARK - High­
land Park City Treasurer Lucille
Jones refused a request to pay
Mayor Martha G. Scott and her
<, admini trative aide, I Mary E.
Thomas for hotel room expen­
ses at the National League of
Cities Conference in
Washington D.C. last month,
calling the rate "excessively
high" and suggested the High­
land Par City Council put a
limit on hotel and lodgiDg ex­
penses for any city official.
I Jones recommends a limit of
5150 a day for such expenses,
suggesting that anything extra
should either have to be special­
ly approved by council or come
out of the official's pocket,
Mayor Scott's bill
SI,395.27 for three days, or
$465.09 per day.
City Council Fed at its April
3 meeting to consider the sug­
gestion at its next se . on, after
seeking input from the Mayor's
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Office and the City Clerk. " the particular hotel, the mayor' without a challe ge, she could I
However, the mayor's Public'\ had to stay there. be blamed for the city expense in
nformation Officer Karen When asked about these the future. oting that it the
Marie Dumas stated that Jones comments, Jones contended the city council's function to set
in her letter to the' city council hotel bill was still "un-' policy, she stated she would
failed to take into account the reasonable", charging that the abide by their decision, whether
fact that the mayor was sharing council members attending the hey agreed with her" or no . '
a double room with her ad- conferenceL' d former Mayor "I was only making, a sugges-
ministrative assistant Mary E. Robert B. Blackwell in his ad- ion." she said. .
Thomas and a daily rate of ministration never spent that Once the council made their
S46S.D9 for two people is not as much for a hotel room,. even • �ecision, she noted, officials
far way from Jone's guidelines when sharing a room with F.uld have to abide bythe rules,
as she implied. (J one's another'ty official. She added _ whatcVfr theywere and she
guidelines would provide S300 a that there was not a clear state- ould point the rules out to
day for two people) ment or "audit trail on the bills, them.
In the copies of the two demonstrating that the bill was - Despit.e her critisisms of
checks that Jones presented to going to two people. _ Mayor Scott, Jones did refute
the council with her letter, With her letter, she included rumors placed in the :papers
Mayor Scott cited $465.09 for documentation from past COUD- a ut her. When as ed a�y(
hotel expenses, but Ms. Thomas cil minutes demonstrating that c rges that the mayor tried to-·
.did no list any special hotel ex- the city council had a limit on � use city money to inst II a
penses for herself. . other travel expenses, suggest-burglar alarm in her home, Ms. .
I Dumas added that hotel ins hotel co ts were not in- Jones said that she had never
penses in Washington are far eluded,' because, "it was as-' n presented with such a bill.
higher than most people in sumed everyone would be J ones Iso claimed she
Michigan are accustomed to reasonable.' regretted the idea of engaging In
and since the National League Jones stated that if she ac- � battle on this issue, noting, ,If
of Cities. Conference was held in . cepted the mayor's request . she (the mayor) had spent as
10 CHAII E
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Couocil30 of the UDited Dis­
tributor Workers chane ed
efforts by S de to e an
agreement with � Brathe
charging that such a deal uld
not ve the financially troubled
company from folding.
George Mauer, . ttorney for
the union, ated that under the
proposed agreement Elia
would get:
- "an exclusive licence to
manufacture and distribute the
remaining Sanders stores.
- I ell to whole le , cus­
to crs all the products current-
1y manufactured by Sanders.
- put "out of business
Sanders'. plant warehouse and
distribution facility.
- leave Sanders with 20
retail stores "least likely to be
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profit ble" even "under the best
Co ditio ."
Mauer charged that for
San�ers products to be
manufactured by Elias
Brothers, S nders Must pay
� "a price equal to the co
bined direct material and labor
costs plus 70%
"If it costs Elias $2.00 to make
. a coffee cake or a box of candy;
Sanders must pay Eiias $3.40'­
Mauer stated.
He dded that Elias Brothers
was not unionized and openly
opposed unions in its company
phamphlet, and if Elias
Brothers took over Sanders, the
union would boycott it both
Sander and Elias Brothers' Big
Boy. .
He sugge ted that there was
time for three proposals that
DERSDEAL
had greater promise, 0 e from
. Jack Sanders, the grandson of
t e founder one from Country
Home Bakery, and a third from
Sam Zeer.
"Elias Brother . t.rying to
take advantage of both the
orker and Sanders." he stated.
At the time of this writmg,
he Michigan Citizen could not
get in tounch with repre­
sentatives from either Elias or
Sanders or Sanders for com­
ment.
Judge George Brody of U.S.
Bankrupcy Court set up an
agreement Easter Sunday April'
3 indicating that some Sander
plants would be closed, while ef­
forts would be made to fmd a
buyer who would make it viable.
The Highland Park plant was'
not one of those listed as closing.
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lock Club
yRo Se I
At a Highland Park City
. ounciJ public session, Andre
we, president of the C urch
Street Block Club warned fan
dxhibitionist that may be ip the
ea.
Lowe warned that in the
oorway of a vacant house four
�r1s walk.ing together wa man
dompletelY naked. The iris
sp.eamed, frightening bini off,
stated, and they rushed away
tf, high school and called police.
'j-lthough t e police respo ded
° omptly, he stated, the man go
- a ay.
Lowe stat
S reet Block
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By Ron I from rris, Ie 01 Had d
Highland Park science stu- and Ap I Hanke on from Saint
dents won awards for creative Benedict.
exhibits di playing law df - 6th Grade: La a
. .ic ce at the Highland Park ton, Riona Jon and Cedric
Science Fair. Rembert from Ferris, Greaory
Greg Byndrian of the High- Fichter a nd Rich rd Smith
. land Park School Board noted, from Saint Benedict.' and
"Many kids feel the. thrill of vic- Qulnik wm on and Sylvia
tory." Taylor from Ford.
Winners for: - 5t h grade: Lalan
- 8th grade competition: Parker, Damon Danle ,J
rei Hoi and Larry Durr J 0, n. Gray and Ta I
from Ferris Middle School, Jo eph, Rodney S it Jo·
II a Te Hoppe and atho Zook, from Barber Mid-
Tremaine Sto e from Saint die School, Evelyn to from
Benedict Parochial School and Cortland Elementary School
latif: , Tare utr and and Peter GI mb, Elida Ray
he Ita uba from Ford Katrib from Saint Benedict,
Middle School. r
- 7th Grade: J el- ° Jo n a d Ga
to and Icbael Do erty Maria Matt re
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mlDlQIIS from Barber,
man from
nda SI 0
rd A t
from Saint
I ··.th alking
many mmutes WI me t
bout the business of the city
ather than talking bout trip
e would be further along." ....
City Council members did
ot discuss Jones' critisi ms of
he mayor's' expenses but orne
xpressed approval of her idea
or limiting hotel bi .
oting the city s financial
risis, Councilman ran Ross
tated, "We (high 0 cials) have
o et an example or the city.
e have to get policy in black
d white. No guessing."
I Council President Linday
orter said, "Mr. Jones sub­
. tted a good proposal.
However, Councilman
wight Downes raised ome
oubts. He claimed that the S40
p on transportation expenses
as unrealistic, charging it cost
im $40 going one way to
etropolitan Airport. N r­
heless, when' asked by The
ichigan Citizen, Metropolitan
ab Company stated their rate
rom Highla d Park to
etropolitan A' Port w $22.
aught young people to walk
�ether, If they had not been
pgether, he s ed one of them
ight have bee raped.
Lowe warned residents that
ere could be a insane man in
ighland Park, who might be a
anger to other ar of the city
wen as his. He noted t t
pists today wer "so crazy" that
t ey might att c men weD as
omen, adults and senior as
ell as the young.
I . "I felt people hould be alert
t tlie danger." he said.
He expressed praise for the
ay police handled the situation
abd how quickly they
r sponded .
from aint Benedict.
Special aw rds went to
rolyn Holla of Bright
S hool for junion tery, r.
F I qu of Bright School for
r,io mastery, M • Trout of
B igh School for EMf M •
one of Libert� chool for
I ior mastery and . Buler
o Barber School Ior kinderg 1-
ten.
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