Page Six THE MICHIGAN OAILY Sunday, September 26, 1971 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY City lawyer to defend (k - I county's P0 By JONATHAN GLAUSER t The states first public defend- ser office opens in Washtenaw County this month, in order to provide free legal counsel for in- digent people facing criminal charges. .. $Ann Arbor attorney George Alexander runs the new office,+ and will soon choose a staff of three attorneys, an investigator, two secretaries, and two law stu- dents to assist him in his work with the county's poor. While most of Alexander's cli- ents during his first two weeks on' the job have been Ann Arbor resi-! dents, University students may seek the office's counsel after first establishing their neediness in court. In general, since the resources of a student's parents are not considered as his own, many stu-j dents here could qualify as poor enough to be represented by thef Alexander. -Associated Press Many of the criminal cases inX which students are involved con- ci cern drug charges, Alexandert says. Of these marijuana casesr terday for six of the 32 inmates are the most numerous, he says., .'" In the past, Circuit Courtz --- - -judges have appointed local pri- vate attorneys to defend the needy. Now, most of these have been assigned to Alexander's of-t fice. He does not represent all in- digent criminals in the county, tTake the case where two ort 1 thiree indigents are accused of leg athe same crime, which is not too infrequent. Representing them says that "if it's to be built any- both would involve a conflict of where, it might as well be here." interest," says Alexander. Criicsresondtha th ceteris In such a case, he would repre- Critics respond that the center ssent one defendant, while the oth- merely "g r o w t h, for growths ers would be assigned as before sake.'' to local attorneys. In the meantime, according to His most important duty, he a spokesman for the developer, the says, is "to convince clients that Detroit-based Taubmann develop- you are not part of the establish- ment center, construction plans for ment. Our biggest job is to gain the center are "moving along on the confidence of the client - to schedule." make him see that we are acting Company spokesmen are hoping in his interest." to break ground for construction This process, he explains, is of- later this fall. ten very distasteful for all in- __ --volved. "People don't like to hear or in court to the present location of the of- fice, since it is close to the coun- ty prosecutor's office. Alexander does not think that his clients have been intimidated by this, however. The office is being funded by a 5-year, $134,000 grant from the federal government. Asked why Washtenaw County was the first county in the state to have a pub- lic defender office, Alexander says "There was certainly widespread interest here to get one." He added that Washtenaw was a good place to experiment with the idea of a public defender. "For example", he says, "Wayne County has many of the same problems that we have on a} smaller scale, such as drug traffic. Also, we have many problems in common with rural counties as well." He also gives credit to the ef- forts of the county administrative aide in charge of state and federal programs. Alexander says he has encoun-I tered no "stereotype" defendant. They range in age from 18 up, and he adds that his clients did, not represent a disproportionate number from any minority or age group. Some of his clients are not ac- tually poor, but simply have no, available money because of bills.I There has been almost no per-I sonal tension between Alexander's office and more "law and order" type forces such as the police and the county prosecutor, he says.I "We all realize that there is a job to be done." WrXYZ I DIAL 5-6290 ANNA CALDER-MARSHALL TIMOTHY DALTON I 4 I' r . A A Attica inmates' funer An armed honor guard flanked speakers during funeral services yes killed in the Attica Correctional Facility rebellion in Brooklyn, N.Y ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE: Briarwood court bat dropped for lack of By HANNAH MORRISON smaller businesses, the Project has A court battle to halt the con- evoked much controversy., struction of a new 100-acre shop- Objections have centered on the ping center on the city's south ecological damage which ciitics side may be dropped due to the feel will be caused to the city. organizers' inability to raise funds City officials have denied that! for sky-rocketing legal fees. the center will - cause significant, The local chapter of the conser- environmental harm to the city. vation-minded Sierra Club has for They claim the city's high unem- the last several months sponsored ployment rate will be cut and re-i the legal effort to rule the zoning giofal prosperity increased by the of land on State Rd. near I-94 for: construction of the center.- the proposed Briarwood Center Although expressing doubts as to illegal. The group said this week the center, Mayor- Robert Harris that' the campaign has run up debts of almost $3,000. Unless a campus bucket drive Businessmen{ soon to be or ganized by the Eco- logy Center proves successful, the shopping center will be constructed hidden hoard CULUKby MUVIELAB f" W A AnAmerican International Picture (t *197@Aaw kw 9Intwa .MionitWro k . SHOWS AT 1, 3,5, 7, 9 P.M. ELECTROLYSIS The Total Body Beautifier Be free of unsightly excess hair anywhere it shadows your face or flaws your arms, legs or body. Our KREE electrolysis, method is quick, gentle, permanent. Free consultation with Mr. Wan. I] 'uJacobson's ' Beauty Salon ';a Subscribe to 665-6111 The Michigan Daily k*. I iI THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES OPPORTUNITY I 4 FOR EMPLOYMENT search for The Sierra. Club is centeriing its, r , 1 1 ' ' E 1 r k t 4 i { R R legal arguments on alleged irregu-, HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (A)-For ; larities in the procedure followed 200 years, Oak Island has kept its by the city council when it re- secret. zoned the land for the center. But now, a group of business-' The suit, which the club is pur-- men believe they are reaching the suing on behalf of a local resident, end of a long search and, when Mrs. Maryann Reimold, is current- it's over, they hope the 128-acre ly awaiting appeal after a decision island will have secrets no longer. in favor of the city in circuit court For the past seven years, David this summer. Tobias and 21 colleagues who form If the appeal is won, the city Triton Alliance Ltd. have been council would have to start anew searching the island for what may its procedure for altering the zon- be a communal bank full of jew- ing of the land. els or money hidden by priates. Local environmentalists have The businessmen have already opposed the Briarwood Center since spent $500,000 on the hunt and its inception last winter. Tobias says they can afford it. Designed by its Detroit based Among them are company presi- developers to house ,hee large de- dents and bank owners. Tobias partment stores and scores of himself owns Data Processing Products and Packaging Co. of Montreal. Jr So far, they have found noth- ei ming. but they're still hoping. The story began in the 1700's t when England, France and Spain; status c he outlawed piracy and agreed to pardon all pirates who handed daover their treasures to their re- fo demnedspective rulers-or face execution. Many pirates handed in about UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (1')_ 20 per cent of their wealth and The Security Council issued a new buried the rest, hoping to come demand yesterday that Israel halt back for it a few years later. changes in the status of the occu-, Groups of pirates dug hnge. pied Jordanian sector of Jerusa- shafts from which each wormed ped.I JordanSecrtryofeJera- out his own tunnel to hide his ShaIt ao repoSecretary-Generl treasure. The main shaft was filled in 60 days with water and the only person The reslution was adopted byd.who knew the whereabouts of each a council vote of 14-0, with Syria treasure was the pirate himself. a cuncl vte f 1-0,wit Syia In 1795, three young men found the only abstaining country. Pass- age of the measure came at the a ship's block hanging from the ae of theemeasrecaestat theor sawed-off limb of an oak tree at end of a debate requested by Jor- the south end of the island.Below The resolution was designed as was a faint depression in the a followup to two others adopted ! , ground. by te cuncl i 198 ad 169. They dug 95 feet down and be-I Tythe council i1n s1968and 1969.lieved they were close to their They called upon Israel to rescind all measures taken to alter the status of Jerusalem since Israel occupied the whole of it in the U-M 1967 Middle East war. T h e 1971 resolution deplored RID ING CL UB "the failure of Israel" to comply with the two previous resolutions MASS ORGANIZATIONAL and declared Israel's moves "to MEETING change the status" of Jerusalem "totally invalid." Mon., Sept. 27-7:30 P.M. It also asked Tha nt to use "such instrumentalities as he may UNION BALLROOM choose" in sending a mission to, ALL ABILITIES WELCOME Jerusalem that would report back on implementation of the resolu- 769-3364 s of treasure goal when water filled most of the shaft. Their attempts were aband- oned in 1805 and another search in 1849 also was unsuccessful. that they are likely to be facing some time in Jail," Alexander con- tinues, "but we must be honest with them. The most important thing is to level with our clients." He would like to get a staff that will be able to communicate withthis clients and said that it might be helpful to have certain minorities represented to attain, STUDENT PROGRAM ASSISTANTS 30 Work Study and/or Part Time Appointments this end. NEIL --n-ri Later = investigation revealed a system of ingenious water funnels and underground sluiceways lead- ing to the area of what was by now called "the money pit." Between 1900 and 1955 anothers 10 groups of searchers tried with- out success to find the treasure ,khich many believed was hidden by the legendary pirate, Captain Kidd. O t he r theories are that the: vault hides Viking treasure or possibly Inca gold. b~orie people xhad been opposed We Style. Hair. We Don't Just Cut It. OPEN 6 DAYS DIAMOND SAT., OCT. 9-8:30 P.M. U of D MEMORIAL BLDG. Tickets: $6.00, $5.00, $4.00 MAIL ORDERS ONLY Send check or money order with self-addressed, stamped envelope: U of D Performing Arts Box Of- fice. 4001 W. McNichols, Detroit, Mich. 48221. A TASCON PRODUCTION International Center Office of Religious Affairs Community Services Special Services " Mediation (tennant/ 'andlord) " Organizational Services Constituency Services in the areas of " Black Students " Women " Sexuality Programs School and College Governments " Chicanq The Dascola Barbers Arborland-E. Liberty Maple Village East U. at So. U. 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