The Michigan Daily-Friday, October 5, 1979-Page 7.
STATE HOUSE CLE AR THE WAY

Senate may kill

pres. primary

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ANSING (UPI) - With what
amounted to a Whimper, not a bang, the
s te House yesterday cleared the way
foz a Senate vote on a bill to scrap
Mthigan's embattled presidential
p gary.
ep. Michael Bennane (D-Detroit),
>e of the staunchest defenders of the
'y ballot, conceded he did not have
I4 votes to overturn passage of a bill
a spring that would eliminate the
or nary.
:he House, without objection from
ciimbers, approved Bennane's bid to
dhdraw his motion to reconsider the
Inination vote. The motion had held
pithe bill's journey to the Senate since
pproval,
4 AWMAKERS have been arguing
M l.ingus
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b again, although he eventually did.
epper also related the story of how
4gus ruined his career for four
Ors.
RIN 1962 MINGUS became obsessed
°ith writing for a big band, and kept
Agmenting an originally small band
Otil there were over thirty members.
ere was little time before the big
and's first major concert; and there
's not enough music. Knepper, who
dn't like the idea of a big band
way, refused to write backgrounds
en Mingus asked him. Mingus,
.wn for his volatile temper, finally
l enough, and "smashed" Knepper,
)cking out his front teeth.
Knepper also discussed Mingus' pen-
ant for self-destruction. "Whenever
was on the verge of success he would
Ssomething, anything to jeopardize
t success ... still he did pretty well
spite of himself."
a at was this self destructive tendency
for, more euphemistically, the refusal
:compromise - that kept Mingus en-
enched in obscurity. He refused to ac-
ommodate himself to "the right
epple" in the music industry, often
*edlessly insulting them. He in
iiated the press and generally made
:ngs exceedingly difficult for himself.
time went on, his reputation became
"bre and more negative, and he was
"garded as a crazy man who was not
farketable.
HIS "CRAZY MAN" image might not
ave been that far removed from the
uth. Throughout the autobiography,
ingus talks about physically leaving
pis body at various stages of his
Aistence and just gazing at himself
om afar. Many times he talked about
^aving his body and his hope for an en-
-ing death.
-Some thought this craziness was very
ial. Larry Coryell discussed the
:mystical aura" of Mingus, and Joni
Mitchell noticed that the day Mingus
'as cremated at the age of fifty-six in
4exico, fifty-six whales beached them-
elves there and were buried by the
1llagers. Mingus himself believed in
is mystical powers, but, Jimmy Knep-
er said, "Hell, there was no mystical
ura ... we tend to glorify our heroes
. there are a lot of Mingus stories
ding around."
We cannot know if Mingus had
iystical power, but he certainly was a
owerful influence on the music and
:ves of many. As he once stated, "I
ever want to become placid. . . I'm
tast trying to play the truth of what I
m - the reason it's so difficult is
ecause I'm changing all the time."
)Tiimmer Donnie Richmond sums up
4ingus best. After the concert Satur-
lay night, asked what would Mingus
hink of the Mingus Dynasty Band were
iestill alive, Richmond replied, "He'd
el us it was ........, but in his heart

ie'd love it."


over the presidential primary issue sin-
ce the start of the fall session two weeks
ago. Heated debate was expected on
Bennane's motion, but none
materialized.
Bennane lashed out at Gov. William
Milliken, who had said he would veto
any measure to require a "closed"
primary - one not allowing cross-over
voting.
Democratic National Committee
rules require primaries in which
presidential delegates are selected to
be closed.
BENNANE SAID he had tried
repeatedly to meet with the governor to
discuss a compromise on the matter but
got nowhere.
"I find his unwillingness to meet un-
conscionable, and. . . believe Gov.
Milliken has done more than anyone to
muddy the issue and kill any attempts
to salvage a meaningful primary,"
Bennane charged.
The Senate late last week approved

another in a series of bills that would
close the primary. The bill currently is
in the House Elections Committee and
indications are it will die there.

must be acted on by the party's state.
central committee.
Milliken earlier yesterday said the
best opportunity for Michigan voters to
express themselves was with an open
primary. He urged Democrats to sue
the Democratic National Committee to
force a change of the closed primary
rules.
"If that is unsuccessful, I would hope
they would select their delegates after
the presidential primary, not before,"
Milliken said.

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I fJnd1 ihs unwillingness to
meet unconscionable,
and . . . beliere Got. Milliken
has done more than anyone to
muddy the issue and kill any
attempts to saltage a
meaningful primary.'
-State Rep. Michael Bennane
MICHIGAN Democrats already have
unveiled a proposal for a series of
cauctises around the state April 26 to
select convention delegates. The plan

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