THE MICHIGAN DAILY
State Officials Estimate
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esources for Department oficials estimate will pared by the highway department, Broken lenses duplicated
be needed for state improvements in co-operation with the County
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e m Tawould be sed on county smi In t was based on information NO 2-9116 NO 8-6019
on prepared $19.4 million on streets in the from many sources throughout
%if and oth- City of Ann Arbor, $7.9 million in the state.
may be con- the City of Ypsilanti, and $4.1 in The report is based on three
other localities, assumptions: one, that the new I \A Er i r r* K A E
The Michigan Council of State
College Presidents hired and ex-
ecutive director to head a Lansing
office devoted to research into
ways of standardizing operations
reporting practices among the
schools and spreading information
to the public and interested legis-
lators.
'"The main function of my job
will be to do research for the uni-
versities and compile information.
There is a large reserve of good
will toward the colleges that can
be increased if we make the facts
known to the public," Prof. Mer-
ritt Chambers, visiting professor of
education, . said in accepting $20-
25,000 per year post.
University President Harlan'
Hatcher claimed that Chambers'
appointment does niot conflict with
the legislative proscription barring
the council from hiring a co-coor-
dinator of colleges. Some of the
legislators, led by Sen. Frank D."
Beadle (R-St. Clair) believe it
does. Beadle, GOP caucus chair-
man,, can direct n'o action on the,
appointment, however, until the
Legislature meets in January.,
Cost Study...
A Detroit efficiency firm will try
to determine the cost of learning
at three state-supported universi-
ties, a special legislative committee
decided on the first of August..
A joint Douse-Senate interim
committee on higher education
hired the A. C. Lamb Associates
to start immediately on the $22,-
400 project involving Wayne State,
Michigan State and Western Mich-
igan universities.
Committee Chairman' Beadle
made it clear that the study is not
for comparison, but to provide a
guide for planning the expense of
higher education in the state.
Beadle hopes to follow up this
initial study with an investigation
of all nine state-supported univer-
sities and colleges. The Lamb
group is to report its findings in
January when the Legislature re-
convenes.
Peace Corps ...
C , The Peace Corps asked the- Uni-
versity to undertake a training
program for Thailand.
Dean of State-Wide Education
Harold Dorr, co-ordinator of corps
activities here, went to Washing-
ton twice to negotiate with corps
officials.
The proposed four-month train-
ing program would involve 75 vol-
unteers and six corps leaders.
The general program on campus
would include basic training in the
Thai language and culture, Amer-
ican institutions and culture,
physical fitness, personal health
and hygiene, and a.series of lec-
tures on corps orientation.
Specialized training would also
be asked of the volunteers, most
of whom are already college grad-
,uates.
Con-Con ...
Prof. Charles W. Joiner of the
These estimates were a part ofl
the "urban penetration" plan sug-
gested by State Highway Commis-
sioner John Mackie in announcing'
the projected 1,102 miles of inter-
state highways set for Michigan.
Recommends Improvements
Recommendations for improve-
ments in Washtenaw County in-
clude additions I-94, US-112
(soon to be renamed US-12), and
the US-23 expressway system;
four or more lane business routes
for US-23 and M-14 through the
city area; upgrading M-14 east,
from US-23 to a divided, limitedl
acces route, and the same for US-
23 north and south of Ann Arbor
and US-112 southwest from I-94.
Mackie conceded that improve-
ments such as this all over the
state will lead to a call for ad-
ditional taxes, but he said he
didn't "want to talk about the
price tag now."
He pointed out that recommen-
dations to meet the additional $3
billion that wil be required will
come in November when fiscal
experts from Michigan State Uni-
versity, Wayne State University,'
and the University make theirl
report.
Joint Preparation
The bulk of the report on needs
roads will handle cars and trucks
in the same sizes as today. The 12-
foot lane will be retained, despite
the increasing presence of very
small cars.
Two: That electronic traffic
control for the individual vehicle
will not come during the 20-year
period.
Three: That road building costs
will remain the same.
Mackie refused to comment on
tax questions, but he suggested
that "other taxes" than the pres-
ent six cent state gas tax be
used.
In addition to the Washtenaw
County areas, new construction is
projected for Grand Rapids, Flint,
Bay City, Saginaw, Kalamazoo,
Lansing, Niles, St. Joseph-Benton
Harbor, Jackson, andx Muskegon.
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Wayne State University-fresh
veteran of a nine month struggle
to defend its policy allowing Com-
munist speakers on campus -is
now embroiled. in a controversy
over racial discrimination.
WSU is awaiting a ruling from
State Attorney General Paul
Adams on whether it must take a
"racial census of its non-teach-
ing employees.
The Fair Employment Practices
Commission has demanded 'the
census in the wake of charges lev-
elled by a Negro' mimeograph
operator who was dismissed by
WSU last year. He claims he was
fired because of his race.
WSU Provost Arthur .Neef lab-
elled the census "both legally and
morally improper and it works to
the detriment of the basic philoso-
phy of the FEP act."
Exchange ...
The University passed up a
State Department offer to' join in
a university- to -university ex-
change with the Soviet Union.
As part of this latter arrange-
ment, Prof. Nicholas Kazarinoff of
the mathematics department re-
turned this summer from Russia as
the first American ever to teach
a regular course at Moscow Uni-
versity.
Dearborn Rides ..
Mixed groups of white and Ne-
gro persons were denied service
in only two establishments tested
in an early July "Freedom Ride"
to Dearborn.
Negroes were refused entrance
into a restaurant which was re-
ported closed for cleaning. A
similar group was denied the use
of a bowling alley's facilities on
the grounds that no alleys were
available.
White "control" groups were
served in both instances shortly
thereafter.
The 49 representatives of the
Detroit and Ann Arbor Congress
on Racial Equality and Michigan
Young Democrats found no dis-
crimination' in the other 21 res-
taurants and bowling alleys tested.
CORE co-ordinator Anna Holden
said that many of the restaurants
tested did not practice overt dis-
crimination, but did display "mi-
nor discrimination" by giving ther
Negroes inferior service.
Negroes were frequently given
poorer tables than the "control"
group and subjected to increased
prices.
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ORIENTATION WEEK
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Fiday, Sept. 15, 7:00 - LET'S GET ACQUAINTED
PARTY starting with an ice cream social followed
by an introduction to the Newman Club, dancing
and entertainment.
Sunday, Sept. 17 - After 9:30 Mass there will be a
COMMUNION BREAKFAST, with Prof. G. B. Harri-
son, our club advisor, giving his annual introductory
talk.