I The Michigan Doily-Wednesday, December 6, 1978-Page 7 OPR YLAND HOLDS TR YO UTS A T UNION Aspiring country stars audition I By MARY FARANSKI Linda Myers made a trek to Ann Ar- bor from Toledo yesterday, to sing "I Could Have Danced All Night" on crut- ches before a panel of judges from Opryland in the Michigan Union. She said she considered accom- panying her second number, "Cry Me a River," but decided "to keep it straight" considering her mobile limitations. OPRYLAND, a Nashville, Tenn. amusement park, best known for its musical variety shows, held auditions for their singing troop yesterday at the Union. Performers who auditioned yesterday were competing against over 6,000 people nationwide for 450 openings for next summer's show. Ann Arbor was only the third of 28 stops the judging crew will make during the next two months. Finalists will be notified by the middle of March when rehearsals begin. Members of the University's aMaizin' Blues music group were among the ambitious, but nervous competitors. Pam Courtney, a member of the group, noted that performing at Opryland would be a good way for the group to stay toned up over the sum- mer. ANOTHER Amazin' Blue, Dan Hur- tado, was auditioning for the second year in a row. Last summer he did not qualify for Opryland, but he performed in the University's Summer Repertoire Program. Hurtado, a junior majoring in theater, echoed the nervousness of the other contestants. "An audition is more intimidating than performing in front of 1,000 people, because you're on the spot," he said. Anxious contestants paced in an- ticipation as they watched others try out. The back of the hall was alive with dancers flexing and stretching their bodies. Outside, singers tuned their voices and gulped deep breaths while instrumentalists fingered their in- struments. "MUSICIANS audition for everything," said Bobby Gabriele as he assembled his drums in the back of the hall. "That way if we get something we really don't want, we can turn it down and wait for something better." The competition was not restricted to a collegiate crew. Lisa Hecht, a Dear- born high school student came to audition with experience in school plays and choirs. "I'm coming here cold," she said. "I'd never heard of Opryland before this, but I saw an ad in the Dear- born paper and my mother heard about it on the radio, so I decided to try." Opryland judges scribbled down notes and cast pensive views as the young contestants performed. "We look for stage presence. A performer mu-t sell his song," explained production manager John Haywood. He said criteria used in judging are charism , appearance, and emotion. "Of course, talent is a major prerequisite," he ad- ded. A few lucky performers, such as Lr- year-old singer Freddie Butson mut have fulfilled some of those criteri:". Butson was asked by the judges tr return and perform again last night. New federal court urged State representatives reject lenient pot bill (Continued from Page 1) AP Photo A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN examines an infant, one of 21 survivors of a com- muter plane crash. One person died in the accident, which happened Monday -,night in the Colorado Rockies. .earchers rescue Colo. crash victims , WALDEN, Colo. (AP)-Searchers on snowmobiles rescued 21 persons yesterday, including an infant in his mother's arms, who survived the crash- landing of a twin-engine commuter. plane on a mountainside and spent the "night in a near-blizzard. Authorities said one person died in the accident. The survivors were taken out from the crash site 10,000 feet up in the Colorado Rockies on Sno-Cats through a foot of fresh snow, some riding inside and others wrapped in down sleeping .:bags and strapped to the outside of the tractor-like, tracked vehicles. ONLY FOUR survivors were able to walk unaided when they reached a rescue center set up in remote log cabin. The others were carried in baskets and on plywood boards. i Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217 had left the ski-resort town of Steam- Sboat Springs at 6:55 p.m. Monday on a scheduled 45-minute flight over the Continental Divide to Denver. Fifteen minutes later, the pilot radioed that he 4was having trouble with ice and was heading back to Steamboat Springs. Vern Bell, 19, of Lakewood, one of the & zOverburger honored The research partnership between the federal government and the nation's Iniversities, a marriage that began in ;World War II, needs a heavy dose of 'productive and mutually beneficial" marriage counseling, according to "niversity Vice President Charles rbverberger. Overberger, vice-president for esearch, made those remarks, yester- day in accepting the American °,hemical Society's Charles Lathrop , 'arsons Award in Washington, D.C. .he award, one of the society's highest onors, is given once every two years to ecognize outstanding public service by a member, according to the University. Overberger said he is optimistic that ,universities and federal agencies will reach "some understanding of mutual 3problems and develop working elations that will safeguard the best in- erests of both parties." But, he noted, the partnership has,. ..'like any marriage in its middle term, eurqiu±ite,' lots of tvianninus sand brie-I passengers, said the plane had been in the air about an hour and there was no warning before the crash. "ALL OF A sudden we hit a little tur- bulence and ran right into the ground," said Bell. "I heard and saw a flash of light before we hit. After we hit, I guess I was knocked out for just a little while. I was in a daze, didn't know who I was. I thought it was a nightmare." There was screaming and moaning, he said. A few lights were on in the plane, but they soon went out. Those who were able to help wrapped the more seriously injured in blankets and coats. The windshield of the plane had been smashed in, Bell said. The pilot, Alan Klopfenstein, and the co-pilot were both delirious, he said. "WE STAYED awake most of the night," said Bell. "I couldn't sleep because of the pain." Bell, one of the first survivors to reach a hospital, was reported in fair condition with a possible broken nose and other injuries. It was about 6 p.m. yesterday when the first rescue crew, following the signal from an emergency locator tran- smitter on snowmobiles, reached the crash site southwest of Walden. "IT LOOKE like scrambled eggs," said Leo Mack of Steamboat Springs, one of the first at the crash site. He said the plane's wings were sheared off and that it had come to rest beneath a power line, its fuselage cracked in two and resting on a foot of fresh snow in the midst of a thick pine forest. The high-voltage transmission line had been knocked out and rescue par- ties had worked their way along the line until they found the plane. the motion spoke out, using the same arguments but a new factor was also mentioned. State Rep. Rosetta Ferguson (D- Detroit), who sounded the familiar warnings of the bill's opposition to the word of the Bible, said the legislature couldn't pass this measure and overrule the mandate handed down by the voters when they passed the drinking age proposal in November., She drew a parallel between the two, calling both of them vices, and said that since the populace voted against one, the legislature should reject the other. "How pathetic can we, whom the people have entrusted, turn around and stab them in the back by sticking a marijuana knife in their back," said Ferguson. Joining Ferguson in opposition, Rep. Gilbert DiNello (D-Detroit) said the primary issue is marijuana's possible harmfuleffects on a person's health. "It affects the fatty tissues of the body and the issue of health should override any others," he said. Rep. Dennis Dutko (D-Warren) stressed that the }dill "doesn't en- courage anyone to use marijuana" but Belcher to appoint Ed Hood to Council (Continued from Page 1) win the Third and Fifth. The Fourth Ward is called the "swing ward" since seats there have been held by both a Democrat and Republicans since the ward lines were drawn in 1973. Over the last several years, the results in the Fourth Ward have been almost identical to the citywide results. Last April, for example, Coun- cilmember David Fisher scored a close 58-vote win over a popular Democrat. Belcher won the Fourth Ward by 121 votes, and citywide Belcher beat for- mer Mayor Albert Wheeler by 179 votes. BY GOING INTO the elections with an appointed incumbdnt in the Fourth Ward, Republicans are hoping that a strong showing there will give Belcher a victory in the Fourth, and translate into a victory city-wide. But even with a Republican incum- bent running in the fourth, the GOP may not be able to offset the Fourth Ward base of Democratic mayoral candidate Jamie Kenworthy, a two- time winner in the Fourth. If Kenwor- thy can carry the Fourth Ward on his own popular appeal as the ward's for- mer councilman, he may be able to of- fset any votes Hood brings in for Belcher. just makes it easier for the law to prosecute "the big pushers" that are the crux of the drug abuse problem. "Let's bring our laws into what the needs of society are," said Dutko. If the bill is re-considered and then passed, it will be sent to Governor Milliken who has often voiced his sup- port for it. Regents name 2 for hospital W The University Regents Nov. 17 aproved the appointment of ad- ministrators for two University Hospital divisions on the recommen- dation of the Hospital Executive Board and Director Jeptha W. Dalston, the University announced. Richar Oszustowicz was named associate hospital director for finance and Marvin Cohen named ad- ministrator for the University's psychiatric hospitals. Since 1972, Oszustowicz has been an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, teaching financial management in a graduate program in hospital and . health. care ad- ministration. He will assume full resp- ponsibilities Aprol 1, 1979. Cohen, whose appointment takes ef- fect Dec. 18, currently is executive assistant director of the 1250-bed University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. UINN *Life oud for py Great surroundings atd great pay. Have fun camping by a 69-acre private lake in the Pocono Mountains (Wayne County, Pa.). Counsel through group work and humanistic methods, helping youngsters learn their Jewish Heritage in a democratic atmosphere. Activities include tennis, soccer, golf, gymnastics, backpacking, arts & crafts, music, drama, photography, sailing, canoeing, swimming (WSI), and ecology. Kosher. Coed. Write or call for a personal interview Camp Poyntelle-Ray Hill Agess7 -12/ 253 West 72nd Street Lewis Village a New York, N.Y. 10023 Ages 13-16 (212)787.7974 We will be interviewing at our office. We hope to hear from you. WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Supreme Court members urged Congress on Monday to create a new federal court-a national court of ap- peals-to help them with their ever- increasing workload. Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Byron White and Harry Blackmun took the extraordinary step of speaking directly to Congress in opinions linked to the court's order denying review to a trucking industry case.f ALL THREE have backed the con- cept of a new court in the past but that support never before has been made part of the official Supreme Court record. An act of Congress is necessary to establish any new federal court. First proposed in 1972 by a scholarly study group, the national court of appeals would consist of seven judges. The Supreme Court's nine members would be authorized to refer any case within its appellate jurisdiction to the "national court" for either a ruling on the merits or a determination as to whether the seven-member court should review it. "IT IS NOW six years since a com- mittee of distinguished practitioners and scholars, all of them intimately familiar with the work of the cour, concluded that the growth in volume and changing complexion of that work called for a remedy," Burger wrote. "It is not a healthy situation when cases deserving authoritative resolution must remain unresolved because we are currently accepting more cases for plenaryreview than we . can cope with in the manner they deserve," he said. In a separate opinion written by White, the other two court membe noted that only a tiny fraction of th: some 5,000 cases reaching the court ar? handled on their merits. In most cases, the high court has tih discretion merely to refuse to review the legal issues raised-leaving intact lower court's ruling. "The point has been reached at which the percentage of cases accord( review has dipped below the minimui necessary for effective monitoring 4 the nation's courts on issues of federF statutory and constitutional law, White's opinion said. Burger's opinion noted that Justict William Rehnquist, Lewis Powell Jr. and Potter Stewart have, in the pas.. supported the new court concept. To that, Justice William Brennan Jr. noted his previously stated belief the there is no need for such a court. U-M Stylists at the UN ION Chet, Harold & Dave Mon.-Sat. Open 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. U A N D DO IT BY MAIL r LEAVE BLANK __ONE SEMES Yes, I would like to subscribe to THE MICHIGAN DAILY. I agree to be billed later (pre-payment necessary for subs. outside of Ann Arbor, Mich.) 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