Friday, March 18, 1977
THE MICHCGAN C:3AILY
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Belcher
acc
(ontinued from:
the favor of speci
outside the city by
that if he is elect
use his power as mn
influence within the
caucus to bring ab(
sal of ;that stand."
But Belcher den
practiced any dec
calls the group's
"a pile of crap."
A.CCORDI
Belcher, the Repo
Council were assure
24 decision was pui
Page 1) formality to bring the Master
al interests Plan into conformity with Coun-
promising cil policy regarding the airport.
ted he will "If we thought for one mo-
ayor and his ment that this could have been
Republican a matter of approving any con-
)ut a rever- cept, there would have been
at least four votes against it,"
Hies having he says.
eption, and Belcher claims that every-
accusations thing was done above board,
and that the reason the letter
N G T O was written on official Ann Ar-
ublicans on bor city stationery was that
ed the Feb. Nielsen's letter to him was
rely a legal written on official stationery,
heasCr
ised of
.so there was nothing under-
handed about it."
THE ADDRESS on the letter
indicates, however, that it was
sent directly to Nielsen's per-
sonal residence, and not to his
- until now -- he has been able
to avoid publicity about his
stand.
THIS WAS either "stupid" or
"devious", says Barbara Per-
kins.
secret deal
office. "Knowing it was a volatile is-
The airport expansion has sue, Belcher intentionally kept
been a political battleground I his voting record clean," she
since November of 1975, when ;says. "This is a clear case of a
the Democratic City Council j politician having one position
voted 7 to 3 against airport 'which he takes in public as op-
I growth. It became a powerful posed to one he takes in private,
factor in the April 1976 victory behind closed doors."
j of Democrat Jamie Kenworthy But Belcher calls the accus-
, in the Fourth Ward Council, ations "a big smear," and says
race, and is still a very hot is- Perkins herself was aware of
sue. , his position over the runway
year of the taxpayer's money
as it is, and that we had the
backing of the whole Council,"
said Eloise Pollard. "Now we
are finding out about these deals
going .on in private. I can't tell
you what a disappointment this
isO"
U.N.
on human rights
Belcher, who has been run-'
ning a highly - skilled cam-I
paign against incumbent Demo-
cratic Mayor Albert Wheeler,
was absent from .the session
where his fellow Republicans
made their stand in favor of'
airport expansion. Though hej'
says he favors moving the dis-
puted runway, his public state- I
ments have left room for a j
number of interpretations. And
move, having asked him about
it in a public debate.
"I know these people," he
says. "There's a small group
of people out there who think
that anytime you get. near the
airport you're treading on sac-
red ground. They're paranoids."
"I thought that finally we
didAi't have to worry anymore
about people wanting to expand
an airport that loses $300,000 a
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"should not block progress" ont
issues affecting security andf
world peace.
S O V I E T NEWSPAPERSI
have suggested continued U. S.
criticism of its internal poli-
cies could affect negotiations
nn Gte ic armf's' limitation
remarks Wednesday night en-
dorsing a homeland for the Pal-
estinians.
"I think what I said is ap-
propriate," he said. "I think '
some provision has got to be
made for the Palestinians in theE
framework of the nation of Jor-
dan or by other means."
i
I
an~ S t d"HE SAID the Israelis prefer
SALT. a solution in the framework of
At a reception f r the presi- the Jordanian kingdom but
dent folawing the speech, Car- added the matter must be work-
ter met and. shook hans with ed out first among the Arab:
the Palestine Liberation Organi- nations and then negotiated with
zation (PLO) representative, :Israel.
Hasan Abdel Rahman.Iral
Rahman said he was "an- Carter told a town meeting in
naunced as the representative Clinton, Massachusetts on
of the PLO." He said he was' Wednesday night that "there
not quite s.re who made the in- has to be a homeland provided
trodtuctio. he for the Palestinian refugees
Asked i he had had any con- who have suffered sv many,
versation with the President, he many years."
said: "I asked how he was." In his U. N. speech, Carter
Carter who, by coincidence, said the priorities of his for-
left the reception minutes after eign policy were to maintain
Ranhman, at . first seemed un- peace and reduce the arms
certain when asked if he had' race, to build a more coopera-
met the PLO representative. I tive international economic sys-
"Yes, I think so," he said. "I tem and "to work with poten-
just shook hands. I met them tial adversaries as well as with
,, our friends to advance the
all." cueo ua ihs
Asked by correspondents af- cause of human rights."
terwards if the gesture meant , Carter came to New York
there would be further contacts from Charleston, W. Va,, where
between the United States and he discussed energy problems
the PLO, the President said: in the heart of coal country,
"Not until the PLO changes its after spending the night in
attitude towvards Israel:''" Massachusetts.
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