Friday, March 18, 1977 THE MICHCGAN C:3AILY .Page Nine 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 Your Subscription Today 764-0558 (Continued from Page 1) "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. b oi teysa -- 310 MAYNARD HAPPY HOURS Ma '"': r Via;. ; ' :a._: ti : k t f. 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