Page 2-Wednesday, September 26, 1979-The Michigan Daily
io the Rushee:
It wouldn't be the Deke House if there weren't
rumors about it. Just for the record, here are some
of the things we're not:
Quarantined
Rushing with Professionals
Entirely Grosse Point Aristocrats
Tekes
In the bar 24 hours a day, and so forth.
Come down and see us during Fraternity Rush Week at
our mysterious century-old Deke Chapel, 6111/2 E. William
Street, next to White's Market.
Delta Kappa Epsilon
a Michigan tradition since 1855
DRINKING AGE EFFECT UNDER SCRUTIN
Alcohol-related accidents
By SARA ANSPACH
By next September the University's
Highway Safety Research Institute
(HSRD will have statistics indicating
the effect of the state's recently-raised
drinking age on alcohol-related car ac-
cidents.
HSRI researcher Lyle Filkins
speculated that there won't be "as
dramatic a reduction (in fatal acciden-
ts) as there was an increase (in fatal
accidents) in 1972" when the drinking
age was lowered from 21 to 18. Filkins
said this possible imbalance would be a
result of statistical problems in early
analysis and light enforcement of the
drinking law in some cities, including
Ann Arbor.
Filkins and co-investigator Jarious
Flora last March completed a study of
fatal Michigan automobile accidents
from 1968 to 1976 that involved alcohol.
The scientists found that when the
drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18
in 1972 the number of fatal alcohol-
related automobile accidents involving
18-to-20-year-old drivers began to in-
crease. By 1976 the number of such ac-
cidents was more than twice the 1971
figure.
"There was no question in our minds
then, or subsequently, that lowering the
drinking age does in fact increase the
extend in both number and proportion
of drink-related accidents," Filkins
said, referring to a study he conducted
examining the number of accidents in-
volving alcohol in seven states, three
that had just lowered their drinking
ages, two long-term "21 states" and two
relatively long-term "18 states."
Filkins noted that when the drinking
age was lowered, "There was a shifting
of the peak age group in which alcohol-
related accidents occurred." Before
1972, he said, the greatest percentage of
drivers inhalcohol-related accidents
were in the. 22-year-old range. After
Young predicts best convention
as plans for '80 get underway
i
1
s
1
1
t
1
l
1
i
1
1
1
DETROIT (UPI)--Michigan's top.
industrialists and politicians yesterday
officially inaugurated the city's effort
to make Republicans feel welcome and
comfortable at their 1980 national con-
vention. -"
At a champagne reception to open the
"I pledge in the best non-partisan
fashion to make this convention a suc-
cess and then I'll go off to New York to
nominate the next president of the.
United States," Young quipped.
GENERAL MOTORS Chairman
Thomas Murphy, chairman of the host
against Detroit's symbol of its
revival-the gleaming, $367 million
Renaissance Center built with the en-
couragement of Henry Ford II.
The logo will be used on souveniers,
badges, banners and t-shirts.
The symbol was chosen from among
400 entries submitted by Detroit and
Michigan residents.
An estimated 20,000 persons are ex-
pected to converge on Detroit during
the convention July'14-18,'including
8,000 reporters and broadcast
technicians and 4,000 delegates and
alternates.
;Y ' :,r v' ¢: i. r..'.0 .."',:. . . . . . . . ...}. .. .^..sp"I . i'"y. . iP. }}7y: .. $'S.r i.i} }}r' ':.... . . .}:
.. .. .,". . ......e n..... .
'We expect the citizens of Detroit who are excited
. . to cooperate, to make this the best political
convention held by a political party in this coun-
try.'
-Detroit Mayor Coleman Young
., {.r{};.. v: :. F.~~ ~~~~. -'..":"vfCvn.A v ::f....~i.:t
">.:: }:::. .::::.::.::".}:~,'r:.r..,. .k:, :.... .',..:5.' .. ' :".." .J Ern.._:.% .,..,:..}:"},:r".
Y
studied.
1972 the percentage shifted closer to a
19-year-old range, he said.
"In a way," said Filkins, "they
(young drivers) became 'adults' more
rapidly."
Filkins said he receives his data from
state police reports. When a police of-
ficer fills out an accident report, ex-
plained Filkins, he indicates whether a
driver had been drinking (HBD) or had
not been drinking. Filkins said he
studies.the number and ages of
"HBD's."
Filkins said he will also be conducting
a study of breathalyzer reports in
Michigan. Historically, he said, young
people who are arrested on drunk
driving charges tend to have lower
blood alcohol counts than older drivers.
He speculated that older drivers tend to
be more experienced driving under the
influence of alcohol, and therefore are
not stopped by police officers unless
their blood alcohol is quite high.
The drinking age is a subject upon
which "more heat and-less light has
been shed" Filkins said. He added that
teenage women could feel
discriminated against by the recent law
which upped the drinking age since
statistics indicate that young women,
as a group, are much less likely to be
involved in alcohol-related accidents
than men of almost every age.
It is the responsibility of people in
research, said Filkins, to come up with
reliable information so the public can
make rational decisions about how to
regulate drinking and driving.
'lay SAL T
ms limitation treaty, Byrd said, "I'm
inclined to vote for it, but I'm not fully
decided."
The West Virginia Democrat said he
will make his final decision after
hearing the results of the Senate In-
telligence Committee's study of
whether compliance can be adequately
monitored.
* An item in the "Today" column of
Sunday's Daily incorrectly stated that
"Michigopoly", a handbook on the
workings of the Literature, Science,
and Arts school, is available in the LSA
Building. The handbook is not yet
available to students.
" A story in yesterday's Daily con-
cerning a dinner and discussion atthe
Business School on women's experien-
ces in that field contained incorrect
spellings of Hale Auditorium and a
major speaker, Carolyn Mills. Mills
was described as a women's activist,
when she is in fact the director of a con-
suiting firm. Also, Mills said, "There
exists an occupational segregation by
which salaries and status decrease in
certain fields as more and more women
enter them." Status was not included in
the story. We apologize for the errors.
civic host committee's office, Michigan
Gov. William Milliken said the 10 mon-
ths prior to the GOP:convention will be
"a very important period" in Detroit's
urban renaissance.
"It will mean Michigan and Detroit
will be in the limelight for many, many
years," Milliken said.
DETROIT MAYOR Coleman Young,
a Democrat, applauded Republicans
"for showing a hell of a lot better
judgment than the Democratic Party,"
which decided to hold its second
straight convention in New York.
"We expect the citizens in Detroit
who are excited". . . to cooperate, to
make this the best political convention
held by a political party in this coun-
try," Youngsaid:
He said the Republicans' decision
was "a recognition that Detroit has
come of age as a convention city."
committee, said he expects 3,000 or
more Detroit and area citizens to volun-
teer their services.
Murphy bristled when a reporter
asked if the city will ask the federal
government for $1 milllion for extra
police protection during the conven-
tion.
"We're going to have good police
protection-I can assure you of that,"
said Murphy, who accused Detroit news
media of trying to put Detroit in a bad
light.
YOUNG CONCEDED the city might
request "some money" from the
government.
Murphy refused to detail any special
events planned for the delegates,
saying the host committee will "make
people feel at home and have a good
time when they are here."
The host committee unveiled the of-
ficial symbol of the 1980 GOP conven-
tion, a stylized Republican elephant
Church: Do?
(Continued from Page 1)
SALT treaty until the troops were with-
drawn.
Other senators also reacted strongly
to Gromyko's speech.
"I'm astonished," said Republican
Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee.
"There is simply no basis for doubting
that the Russians have a fully equipped,
fully manned combat brigade in Cuba.
There's simply no doubt about it."
Baker called on President Carter to
'release to the public the evidence
showing the presence of the Soviet
troops in Cuba.
Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.)
called Gromyko's statement "a bald-
faced lie" adding that "the SALT
process has been put on ice for an in-
definite period.'
The furor over Gromyko's speech
came not long after Senate Majority
Leader Robert Byrd appealed to the
Senate to remain calm and avoid
linking Cuba and SALT.
"Why all this sudden panic?" Byrd
asked in a floor speech. "Why all this
sudden hysteria?"
Dropping his previous insistence that
he is uncommitted on the strategic ar-
An Equal Opportunity Employer
.t
<,. ; ,,
Go AtPe With Your Camera
in
Photo Conet
I
' 5
B1R7HtOAY
UNO
HAVE YOU EVER HAD TROUBLE
PICKING OUT A 0IRTHDA Y PRESENT?
Then imagine choosing a present for the third
oldest student union in the country!
The MICHIGAN UNION is looking for ways to com-
memorate its 75th Birthday. Students, Faculty and Staff
are invited to suggest innovative and exciting activities
that they would like to see happen during the week-
long Anniversary Celebration ... October 7-13th.
Jot down your ideas and send to: THE OFFICE OF STUDENT
DEVELOPMENT, Room 1310, Michigan Union, by 5:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 26th. (763-4182)
Ideas need to be creative, relevant to the occasion and finan-
cially feasible. Prizes include: (2) concert tickets, (2) dinners,
and (2) record albums.
SUGGEST THE BEST PRESENT
AND GET A PRESENT IN RETURNI
1
-9 --®
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
(USPS 344-900)
Volume LXXXX, No. 18
Wednesday, September 26, 1979
is edited and managed by studentsgat
the University of Michigan. Published
daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings
during the University year at 420
Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109. Subscription rates: $12 Septem-
ber through April (2 semesters) ;$13 by
mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer
session published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings. Subscription rates:
$6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 by mail out-
side Ann Arbor. Second class postage
p aid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POST-
MASTER: Send address changes to
THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard
Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
f
t
r
t
;" _
" ?t ':t.+<.:,... i3C:.xa...+?A":i ?; '" : a "":: x;:...:"k:::x":: : .:: :i3c z';h:::,vX} '
I I
. ..-
. 4
:2
Daily Official Bulletin
Daily Official Bulletin
Wednesday. September26, 1979
Daily Calendar
Statistic: George Wong, "Round-Robin
Analysis of Variance," 459 Mason, 4 p.m.
Physics/Astronomy: H. Stormer, Bell
Labs., "Heterojunctions and Superlattices,"
296 Dennison, 4p.m.
rg :; y
u
1 st Prize:
$25 gift certificates from BIG GEORGE'S PHOTO DEPT.
2nd Prize: $15 gift certificate from PURCHASE CAMERA
3rd Prize: $10 gift certificate from PURCHASE CAMERA
RULES
graphs must be black and white only, no smaller than 5" x 7" and no
r than 11" x 14". Mats and mounts are acceptable. Entries will be
_, _
1. Photo
larger
i
SEMESTER IN SF
**orily $2 189**' Feb. l--June 1 1980
Beginner or advanced. Study Spanish in beautiful Seville, Spain. Earn 2 full
years college credit for about the same cost as a semester heire.
Come experience the Old World with us in Professor Barton Siebring,
Spain. Fulfill your college requirements and professor at Calvin College f
have the time of your life in a tropical climate. lead the rigorous academic stu
Whether you're a beginner or advanced, Come with us Feb. 1-June
FOR
EVERYONE
AIN
-
judged on content and overall technical quality.
2. Individuals can submit as many photographs as they wish. Photographs will
be judged on an individual basis. Name, address and phone number must
accompany each photo.
former Spanish
or 10 years will
ady.
1, 1980. Round
,A w3 ovn Ik%..
I