mom Page-Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 3, 1974 Page-Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, November 3, 1974 Edward C. Pierce, M.D. "I am supporting George W. Alexander for District Judge because I have worked with him in his capacity as public defender and found him dedicated and innovative. I have worked with him in my capacity as a de- liverer of medical services to this community and have found him humane and receptive." "I urge anyone who shares my perception of the problems of here and now to vote for George Alexander on Tuesday, November 5. ia SA Pub~c Servie Of 6 This Newspaper & The Advertiaitprigcta Can anyone 4 do what you do any better? You're pretty darn good at your job. But today, we all have to consider how we can do our work a little better. That's how each of us.can help keep our jobs here in America. For now and for the future. America. It only works as well as-we do. The N --onal Co-mm-lo-- -n -s. Wahington.MC. Read and Use Daily Classifieds LOOKING BACK All Hallow's hunt By DENISE WORRELL "Looking for Gold, Anyone?"' was the prospect on this All Hallow's Eve. A treasure hunt, you say? Rather, a haunting in- vitation to track down the scene of a potential murder-a grisly' detective story, Edgar Allen Poe' style. It all started for this writer with an anonymous letter ex- plaining the crime and the means to prevent it. The mad tryst began: The first clue ap- peared in the "P e r s o n a 1" column of The Michigan Daily classified ads: "Gold?" A phone3 number was listed. We called and a low voice cracked, "HG 289. B69P37, ooh, a bad busi- ness." What next? The UGLI,j of course, to search the base- ment's dusty shelves for the next clue, an economics book called The Price of Gold. Hid- den in the 37th page was a hand- written message: "The price of gold is high, but we know where to find it at a DISCOUNT- S.U." Aha-onward under the! I TI ull moon to Discount Records we marched to find a poster in the window featuring ani ad ver-:.*;, tisement for 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Ie a r t' s Club Band.' Signed by E.U. Vaughn. What could this be? My com- panion, dressed as the goddess, Diana, and I as Apollo quicken- ed our pace down to East Uni- versity and Vaughn Streets. Alas! Would we be in time? Sgt. Pepper's Market at the corner of E.U. and Vaughn .is-. played an elegant sign reading: "LOOKING FOR GOLD? SWISS PROSPECT CHEESE, 11.09 lb. 1109 Prospect? "We have it," we cried, and crunching the candy canes some tricksters and treaters had thrown to us on our way, we rushed to the door. Stop. Heavy groans from with- in. A white body bleeding on And the party was on, high- the stairway. "It's too late." lighted by the murderee's ob- The murder has been commit. liging resurrection from the ted. But ... dead and a midnight recitation The lights went on, there were of TheRaven. Edgar Allen Pte laughs and shouts, and we found couldn't have done it better. ourselves victims of a mad ,n,,, lsu, hoax. Three of our beloved friends had staged every step dajoring incriinunology a n d of the show. gothic literanre. George W for 15th DISTRICT COURT JUDGE H.T. Conlin: Chairman Vivian Shanner: Treasurer paid political advertisement IIS IS SHIRLEY BURG YE for District Judge Donald Roster Don Koster will attempt to establish a free drop-in day care center at the District Court. "For all the eight years I have been practicing law in Ann Arbor, I have been deeply troubled by the notion-which inevitably all my clients JUDGE FO F GRADUATE U of M LAW SCHOOL, 1956 ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: * United States Supreme Court * United States Federal District Court " Oregon Supreme Court - 1957 " Michigan Courts - 1959 CURRENT WORK: * Trial lawyer in private practice * Instructor of law at Washtenaw Community College *Defender for Octagon House (a hard-drug treatment center) TRIAL EXPERIENCE: " Civil trials, settlements, appeals " Criminal trials, guilty pleas, appeals APPELLATE EXPERIENCE: " Law Clerk Oregon Supreme Court (1956-57) " First Appeal Won, Oregon Supreme Court, 1958 " Civil and Criminal Appeals to Michigan Court of Appeals PUBLIC SERVICE: " Chairperson, Committee on Paralegal Training at Washtenaw Community College " Attorney for Women's Crisis Center * Legal Advisor for Huron Valley Council of Cooperative Nursery Schools (1964-71) " Michigan Women's Commission (1971-72) MEMBERSHIPS: " American Bar Association * Michigan State Bar * Washtenaw County Bar " American Trial Lawyers Association " American Judicature Society * Associate Member National Council of Juvenile Court Judges " Oregon State Bar " Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority " Children's Charter of the Courts of Michigan " American Association of University Women * University of Michigan Alumnae Association (Conger Group) * First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor share-that appearing punishment. in district court for any reason is, in itself, a "Almost no one wants to go to court, but a court appearance puts an additional burden on parents who must find and pay for a sitter, or day care for their children. This discourages citizens from taking legitimate grievances such as auto and household repair cases, to the small claims division of the court. "A day care facility will enable parents, who now exclude themselves on the grounds of childcare hardship, to serve on jury duty for the first time. Since the court and traffic violations bureou now provide the .general fund with almost a half million dollars a year, it seems that the court could provide a small sum to finance day care. General fund money comes directly from the citizens who use the district court, some of this money should go back to these citizens-in the form of badly needed court services.