THE MICHIGAN DAILY State Officials Estimate 'U' Relations Road Improvement Costs CAPs ____ _____ ____OPTICIANS to head an cSome $88 million would be the . Most frames replaced cost that Michigan State highway that Mackie referred to was pre- while you wait. 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 vention. to county and roads FAST service on all repairs., tefa thent gruitye n Wash-ye rasAssociation and the Michi- conyention tenaw County in the next 20 years. gan Municipal League. 240 NICKELS ARCADE 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. PAPER-BOUNSD Huge stock for all classes PROMPT SERVICE On Special Orders OVERBECK'S BOOKSTORE tA 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. i Ml ;r m lve n Wood' READING DYNAMICS revolutionary new method of reading vertically down the page will conduct classes= at'the YM-YWCA, 350 South 5th, Ann Arbor, Mich., beginning September 28th. Classes will be held once a week for a period of twelve weeks on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For further information or literature, call NO 8-6007. L S al PROF. MERRITT CHAMBERS new co-ordinator WELCOME COEDS: It's Fall hairstyles galore! * No appts. needed *0 hairstylists * Air-conditioned THE DASCOLA BARBERS near the Michigan Theatre WON'T, SHBK EVEN IF YOUD Adler SC's are guar. antead not to shrink out of fit or your mon. ey back. Lamb's wool, in men's and women's sizes, in white and 12 other colors. Just $1 at fine stores. ,ADLER The University of Michigan Newman Club ~3LZ~ CATHOLIC STUDENT Organization ORIENTATION WEEK ACTIVITIES i SC's 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.