The Michigan Daily-Saturday, January 14, 1978-Page 3 flr Y SEE tOYS HA S CX LM f Tree today, gone tomorrow Sounds a little tardy to us, but better late than never, we guess. The city will begin its annual Christmas tree pickup today, starting with resi- dents who live west of Main Street. Pickup participants are asked to have their trees out at curbside by 7 a.m. The area south of the Huron River and east of Main Street will be serviced Jan. 21, and the areas north of the river and east of Main Street can count on collection Jan. 28. If you've kept your tree this long, however, why throw it out now? Only 344 days un- til Christmas. Happenings . are singular today, and out of town as well ... University Art School Prof. William Lewis will conduct workshops on the watercolor techniques of J.M.W. Turner, a 19th century British romantic painter, at the Detroit Institute of Arts today and again on the 21st. " Good news is no news LSA Dean Billy Frye got the flu, University Cellar employees almost got no paychecks, and other local residents braved the dangers of black cats, ladders, and all the tedious bogeymen (bogeypersons?) of a dismal Friday the 13th yesterday. "I took the flu today," coughed a sickly Frye. "It's coming on me now." Cellar assistant manager John Sappington said the National Cash Register computer system in Detroit scrambled the payroll, forcing one employe to go to Detroit to pick up the payroll, damaging a truck on a pothole en route. "We were running around all day trying to get it straightened out," Sappington groaned. Elsewhere, Mayor Albert Wheeler complained that it had been a "day of disruption." "I started off with plans which went in all different directions," Wheeler said. "Then 400 lab manuals I expected, that I needed for my class, fouled up in the mail." On the other hand, you may have had a perfectly wonder- ful day, but on Friday the 13th, that kind of thing simply isn't news. WELL, ALMOST: PODUNK (AP)-Greyh travel poster with the sloga G Grr a.h.ai $55 will take you to Podunk CENTER, Iowa TURPIN SAYS he believes 13 miles west along Interstate 235 and old Highway 169, arriving in shows a picture of a fa Greyhound chose Podunk, which con- 80. A left turn onto Iowa 169 and 13 miles Center a couple of miles beforet sn "Podunk Center, Iowa. sists of a couple of old frame buildings more would bring him to the Madison comes to a dead end. vi fn r "Podne r t on a two-acre plot, to convey at- Co"untvset of Wintit-ivct G DaA ..bPd ",kf' . C t. i a d Podunk the road wilt of th to tareynounu.s AS oruetas. Du the details are that the traveler would have to walk. the last 33 miles to Podunk. "There's just no bus service to Podunk Center," Bob Turpin, Greyhound's Des Moines terminal manager, said yesterday. "They just sort of picked a name to typify our area." WHAT'S MORE, the farm in the pic- ture is not a Podunk farm at all. "It's just a typical Midwestern rural scene taken from company files," says Dave Crellin, senior vice president of public relations for a Dallas advertising agency hired by Greyhound. The poster is currently displayed in Greyhound terminals across the nation advertising bus trips to the nation's heartland-or anywhere else in the con- tinental United States-for $55. tiVutlty DCclu VI YY IIILe1 aeL, Lzt eytluultu 'There's just no bus service to Podunk. They just sort of picked a name to typify our area. '-Bob Turpin, terminal manager r uunu enier pops inn a ou t; o fine news every few years. It first achieved fame in the 1930s when radio and vaudeville comedians used the term synonomously with "Hicksvills". In those days, the population hit a historical high of 21, according to Homer Weeks of Winterset, who owned the town for several years. The population is now unknown, but a woman from Macksburg, who used to live across the road from Podunk Cen- ter, says it's probably zero. In 1969, EWeeks sold Podunk Center to one John Garr. Records show he still owns it. Reporters have tried without success to locate Garr. mosphere. He said company officials may have heard the name but probably didn't think there really was such a place. If a traveler wanted to follow the ad- vice on the poster literally, he would only be able to "leave the driving to Greyhound"-as another company slogan puts it-as far as Des Moines. After leaving the FGreyhound ter- minal there, the traveler would trek doesn't go to Winterset, either, Turpin, said. FROM WINTERSET, the weary wanerer would trudge 7 miles farther south through rolling farmland along FRANCOfIS TRIJPFAIIT' 1976 Wiseacre Walter Veep Mondale, who is usu- ally more puns than he is poli- tics, continued his role as the White House emissary of hu- mor on a recent five-day stomp through the Western states, fence-mending for the administration. Throughout the trip Mondale heard a heap of complaints from business- people of government interfer- ence in their operations by burdensome federal regula- tions and time-consuming pa- perwork. For instance, take the case of a businessman in Ogden, Utah, who complained he couldn't get federal aid to start a consumer cooperative grocery. Mondale asked the man if the Small Business Ad- ministration had been of any help. Nope, the man said. How about other federal agen- cies, the veep asked. Unh-unh, he answered. "Well, " Mon- dale replied, "we're certainly not interfering with you, are e"'",, FTC accuses Ford ofpeddling lemons WASHINGTON (AP)-The Federal division of the Transportation Depar- Trade Commission, entering its first tment. The FTC entered the Ford case major automobile defect case, accused on grounds that the company's alleged Ford Motor Co. yesterday of selling failure to inform consumers of the someE 55,000 defective cars without defect in the cars amounted to an im- warning consumers. proper trade practice. Involved in the formal FTC com- The commission voted unanimously plaint are 1974-77 Fords that have an to issue the complaints after it failed to alleged defect known as "piston scuf- reach a settlement with the company, fling," or contact between pistons and officials said. cylinder walls during cold weather-a In a response, Ford termed the com- problem that could result in costly plaint "regrettable." repairs. A company spokesman said C. V. Barion, general manager of the repairs would average about $200. Ford's parts and services division, said The FTC alleged that Ford continued the company has a program to pay for to sell the cars without warning repairs of those who complained about prospective buyers of the problem, the problem. Barion said this-program even though the company was aware of was initiated before the FTC ever star- it. Even though Ford has a repair and ted asking questions about "piston scuf- compensation program for current fling.' owners of the cars, this was not com- Ford officials asserted that the defect municated firectly to the owners, the affects about 2 per cent of its four- and FTC said. six-cylinder engines for the model The commission seldom participates years cited by the commission. Affec- in cases involving vehicle defects or ted are 1974-77 models with four- recalls. The government agency nor- cylinder, 2.3 liter engines and 1975-77 mally involved is the National Highway models with six-cylinder, 200- and 250- Traffic Safety Administration, a cubic inch engines. Daily Official Bulletin CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT 7 & 9:05 p I THE U OF M's OFFICE OF MAJOR EVENTS PRESENTS: WILLIE 111501 SPECIAL GUEST AND WIT GTy MONflMTT WITHI GUEST DON BOWMAN ---- -(- - - -- SMALL CHANGE Truffaut explores the world of childhood in a small French town. With his characteristic light comic touch, he looks at life through the eyes of the children. As perceptive as his early THE 400 BLOWS but without the tragic overtones. In color, 35 mm and French. * * * Cinema Guild is now accepting membership applications ** * (inquire at ticket desk) SUN: Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI OLD ARCH. AUD. admission $1.50 "' t '9e aI(' 1b a 0 CZa e a4 Mondale 0 Take that, fool Seems Stella Parton is as funny as sister Dolly is talented. Com- menting on Billy Carter's assertion in a Playgirl magazine interview that her inferiority complex is worse than his own because "Stella's flat- chested," the less-known of the Partons quipped "At least my situation can be remedied, but whoever heard of silicone for the brain." 0v BY any other name? Hero Zzyzzx probably wouldn't switch names with John Smith for anything. Zzyzzx (pronounced "siz icks") says he gets his share of crank phone calls at all hours because his name is the last listed in the Madison, Wis. phone book, and is amusing to the pranksters, drunks and insom- niacs who call him at all hours. But occasionally, Zzyzzx will get a call from "an interested young lady," which is why he doesn't have his num- ber unlisted. "I've met a number of them for drinks," he said. Zzyzzx said his name is an amalgam of Finnisih, Lithuanian, Russian, French, Ger- man, and Central European. Zzyzzx, who claims he is an "intergalactic mechanic" by trade, said keeping his number listed is "kind of perform- ing a service. People get frustrated-and bored with nothing to do." His father, Xerxes Zzyzzx, would be proud. " Plumbing problems A plumber in Sulpher, La., has been getting a lot of guff from one of his customers lately. The disgruntled client says he charged her $77.75 to fix her backed up toilet, which she claims still doesn't work properly. The woman refuses to tolerate that kind of crap, or any snide remarks about her name - Catherine Outhouse. Big, bad Caroline Caroline Kennedy is a fugitive from the law, and the Long Island police force is on the lookout for her. An arrest warrant has been issued for Kennedy for failing to appear in a Hauppauge, N.Y. court to answer charges that she was speeding over 50 m.p.h. last August. If she surren- ders, Suffolk police say she'll probably be fined about $50, but if she doesn't turn herself in, and she is caught on' Long Island, she could be handcuffed, fingerprinted, and tossed in the pokey. On the outside.. . Snow should end this morning, and the partly cloudy skies will clear up by afternoon. The high will be 200, but the temperatures will slowly drop to a chilly 30.' Tonight will be clear and cool. Sunday will be a rerun of Saturday, with a high of 170. A warming trend (at last!) will be on the way by the middle of the week. Mediatrics DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER SEAN CONNERY'S last appearance as James Bond. Some say the most creative 007 to date. Lots of action-the film takes you through Las Vegas casinos, moon craters and a keystone kops chase. SAT. JAN. 14-7:30 and 9:30 Films in Natural Science Aud. $1.50 CINEMA 11 Aud. A Angell Hall Saturday. January 14,1978 Daily Calendar WUOM: Howard Schevrin, "Narcissim, Indi- vidual Development, Psychopathology," discusses the medical issues apparent in Narcissim, 10:30 a.m. CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT 3200 S.A.B.-764-7456 INTERVIEWING AT CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT Jan. 17: Manufacturers Nat'l Bank, Batelle Co- lumbus Lab., Nat'l GSS. Jan. 17: Leo Burnett, Abraham & Straus. Jan. 19: Indiana U. Hospital, Libbey Owens Ford Co. Jan. 20: Allstate Insurance Co. Jan. 23: Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Action/ Peace Corps/Vista. Jan. 24: Action/Peace Corps/Vista, Chem. Abstracts Service. Jan. 25: The Proctor & Gamble Distributing Co., Inland Steel Co., Conrol Data Corp., Action/Peace Corps/vista. Jan. 26: K-Mart Apparel, BASGWayandotte Corp. Jan. 27: Rike's, Data Resources Inc. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVIII, No. 86 Saturday, January 14, 1978 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. 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Sunday February 5 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor Reserved Seats $7-$6. 7:30 PM Tickets available at the Michigan Union Box Office in Ann Arbor, (763-2071), M-F 11:30-5:30 Sorry, no personal checks. Tickets also available at all Hudsons, at Paul Webbs Record Store and the Huckleberry Party Store in Ypsilanti. Or order by mail by sending self-addressed, stamped envelope and money order only to: Willie Nelson, Michigan Union Box Office, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 ** the Olnn arbor film cooperative0 TONIGHT! Saturday, January 14 CrnCARY GRANT FESTIVAL Charming, handsome, perfect comedic timing-superlatives roll off the " tongue when speaking of CARY GRANT, but too seldom noticed is the sum 0 of superlatives: "Cary Grant is" (in the words of David Thomson, Biographi.- " " cal Dictionary of Film) "the best and most important actor in the history " " of cinema." Few actors show shades of character as well as Grant-the " " dark, neurotic side of his charm, the heart of gold behind his raffish facade. " * BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks, 1938) 7 ONLY-MLB 3 If you had to pick a director who consistently got the best performances from " Cary Grant, it would have to be'a toss between Hawks and Hitchcock. With this zany story of a staid paleontologist, whose orderly life is derailed by a. " confusing, cocksure woman (Katherine Hepburn), the screwball comedy " * reached its pinnacle. Insanely funny and tenderly touching-missing it " * would be an act of self-deprivation along the lines of celibacy. "The American * * movies' closest equivalent to Restoration Comedy. This is Hepburn's best 0 * comedy."-Pauline Kael. CARY GRANT, KATHERINE HEPBURN, BARRY FITZ- 0 * GERALD, MARY ROBSON. * 0 TO CATCH A THIEF " (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955) 9 ONLY-MLB 3 0 " A charming and suspenseful Hitchcock film that is rarely screened. A suave, smooth, retired jewel thief (CARY GRANT-who else?) suspected of new s