Page 10-Tuesday, September 13, 1977-The Michigan Daily
Wet, weary balloonists Council votes to bu post office
By JULIE ROVNER "ACTUALLY, there are three things they could own enough space to avoid' well as approving third year funds
resc u e in Ac The Ann Arbor City Council voted last they (GSA) can do," said Councilman paying any rent at all, the Community Development B]
night, 11-1, to allocate $107,000 for the Jamie Kenworthy (D-Fourth Ward). Also last night, Council voted a $478,- Grant (CDBG) housing and phy
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Two miles in their attempt to be the first purchase of the old Federal Post Office "They can either negotiate with us, put 500 increase in the 1977-78 budget, as improvements plan.
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American balloonists who splashed
down in the chilly North Atlantic off
Iceland yesterday in an unsuccessful
attempt to drift from the United States
to Europe said they were in good shape
but "we won't give it another try."
Ben Abruzzo, 47, and Maxie Ander-
son, 44, both from Albuquerque, N.M.,
spoke to reporters in Reykjavik where
they landed at 11 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT) in a
U.S. Air Force helicopter after being
rescued from their balloon's floating
gondola.
THEY WERE WET, weary and dis-
appointed.
The pair had travelled nearly 2,000
men to balloon across the Atlantic.
They came down 80 miles short of their
target after more than 60 hours in the
air.
Abruzzo and Anderson said they were
forced down after their five-story-high
balloon, Double Eagle, began icing up
and was trapped in whirlpool winds..
"THE MAIN TROUBLE started
when we drifted into icy weather early
yesterday and we soon began losing
altitude," Abruzzo said.
"The balloon iced up badly, At the
same time, we were caught by the win-
ds and began to drift north instead of
south. The weather was pure hell."
building at the corner of Main and
Catherine Streets.
Exactly what the building will be
used for has not yet been decided, al-
though suggestions include District
Court offices, a cultural arts center, or
a neighborhood services center.
THE BUILDING, which actually be-
longs to the General Services Adminis-
tration (GSA) and not the Post Office
Department, has a current asking price
of $147,000.
Council had originally planned to
offer $53,000 for the structure, with the
county chipping in the same amount.
For the moment, however, the county
had backed out.-
Council simply voted to put up the
county's ,share in the hope that the
county will change its mind later and
make the building into a new city-
county office.
the property up for public sale, or take
the bid."
Kenworthy pointed out that a prob-
lem with putting it up for public sale
is that the 60-year-old building has a
historical designation, and therefore
the facade cannot be changed.
"They can't just tear it down and put
up a gas station," he said.
BESIDES THE' FACT that Council
considered the building financially a
good deal, the feeling was also ex-
pressed that it had a strategic location.
"Face it, that corner is the key to the
restoration of downtown," said Coun-
cilman Louis Belcher (R-Fifth Ward).
The feeling that the building would
be a good buy stems mainly from the
fact that the city is currently paying
over $30,000 per year in rent in another
building, so for only a few year's rent,
Study shows one third
o f LSA students quit
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UNBELIEVABLE SAVINGS
CALCULATORS & STEREOS
calculators
Texos Instruments
WAS SALE
TI-59........ $300 $224.95
T1-58 .........$125
TI-57 ..........$80
PC-100A. $200
MBA-FINANCE. $80
SR-51-11.......$70
SR-40.........$40
TI-1680 ........$40
BA-BUSINESS . $40
TI-5015.........$80
TI-5040 .......$130
TI-5050M ...$110
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$93.95
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HEWLETT PACKARD
WAS SALE
HP-1C.......$175 $153.95
HP-19C .'.$345 $299.95
HP-21........$80 $69.95
HP-22.......$125 $109.95
HP-25.......$125 $109.95
mass HP-25C-..$160 $140.95
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HP-91....... $325 $279.95
HP-92....... $625 $519.95
HP-97....... $750 $624.95
-LS&A SCHOLARSHIPS-
LS&A Scholarship applications for winter 1978 will be
available in 1220 Angell Hall beginning Sept. 15. 1977. To
qualify for scholarship consideration, a student must be an
LS&A undergraduate and have attended the University of
Michigan for at least one full term. Sophomores must have a
U of M grade point of 3.7 or better and Juniors and Seniors
must have a GPA of at least 3.6. The awards are based on
financial need and on academic merit. Completed applica-
tions must be returned to 1220 Angell Hall by October 12.
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procedure.
According to a survey tracking a
sampling of non-Residential College
freshpersons who entered the' school
in 1972, two-thirds of the 30 per cent
who dropped out left voluntarily. The
rest were dismissed for academic
reasons.
A similar survey conducted among
freshpersons entering LSA in 1969,
showed a 25 per cent attrition rate
with the same percentages voluntar-
ily quitting and flunking out. The
present rate appears to be no
different, Morris pointed out..
MORRIS ALSO said he is satisfied
with the present system of allowing
students to register for normal class
loads without counselor signatures.
The two-year-old practice frees up
Counselor time for discussion of
distribution plans, alternative con-
centration programs and career
plans.
" The quality of counseling does not
appear to have declined," Morris
said, adding his study of 361 students
- half counseled under the old
system and half under the new -
offered no reason to return to the o(d
system.
According to the sampling, the
average student sees a counselor
about once per term - the same
average as under the old system.
However, Morris said, appointment
lengths are now 30 minutes long, as
opposed to 20 minutes before 1975.
Morris added that, eight per cent of
1975 freshpersons and nine per cent
of 1972 freshpersons never saw a
counselor after arriving on campus.
But he pointed out that, lack of
counseling hasn't been reflected in
SHORT or LONG
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student coursework. "'The 21 stu-
dents have a combined GPA of 3.021
and only one has encountered aca-
demic disciplinary action," Morris
said. He added that those figures are
comparable to the rate for all LSA
students.
Also at the meeting, Frye dis-
cussed plans for the college, pointing
to the need for decreasing class size
as "more- urgent than ever before'
Frye discussed recommendations for
achieving "a more desirable level of
diversity" among students as well a
developing "a greater appreciation
of the longer range value of liberal
education" in students.
The soft-spoken dean further dis-
cussed graduate training, academic
support porgrams, organizational
difficulties and, as usual, funding.
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trated student, furiously rushing fron
stack to stack. "There are too many ix.
pressionists and enough goddamn M.C
Escher."
The Picasso print Vicki Baar bough
yesterday, besides matching her bed
spread, was especially releVant. "Jus
the other day," the Art School sopho
more recalled, "I took some flowers out
of my vase, held them in my hand anc
said, 'Look, this is just like Picasso.'
In his painting, simply entitled wit(
the date, 2.14.58, Picasso outlined two
hands, folding around a bunch of bright.
multicolored blossoms.
The sixth "semesterly" sale e
tinues through Friday during clas
hours.
1. Above prices include A/C Adaptor-Charger and Carrying
Case
2. All above calculators have full one-year factory warranty
3. Enclose payment in full with order, or remit $20 with order,
balance C.O.D.
4. Shipping Charges: Add $3.00 for calculators and 4% of price
for receivers.
5. FAST DELIVERY GUARANTEED only with M.O. or certified
checks. Personal checks will delay the order untlit clears
banks.
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NEW STUDENTS
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