I Friday, February 20, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY F Page Three Friday, February 20, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'age Three City streets outmoded Ford formally ends 1* By DAVID GARFINKEL I Observatory, the road leading to University Hospital, was built in the 1920's - and it shows. Under the regulatory domain of over 50 City Councils and underneath c o u n t I e s s pedestrians and vehicles since then, it was not until last sum- mer that the first repairs on that road were made. would allocate the millage funds' for the improvement of "local streets" and bikeways. "Local streets" are defined by the state as those which are pri- marily residentialhand havera low rate of traffic flow. THE PROPOSAL stipulates that the funds shall only be used for repairs, not for the construction of new roads. The millage would be in ef-, feet for five years. If passed. physical condition," on a scale relocation order from 20 to 100. The rating was determined by the combi- Nixon visits China LOS ANGELES (A) - Former ' Tokyo before the final leg to President Richard Nixon de- Peking tomorrow.j parts today for Communist China, where he went four itinerary in China has not years ago as America's chief been disclosed, but Nixon re- executive to open relations be- portedly will meet with Coin- tween the two countries. munist party Chairman Mao nation "of six factors - rough- ness, cracking, utility cuts, curb and gutter, sidewalk and "over-all impression.,, On the low end of the scale in the "local roads" category (roads that would be affected by the proposal), Church St. between South University and Hill received a score of 43. On the high end of the scale, Fifth Avenue between Madison and WASHINGTON (A') - Pledg-, ACTUALLY, the order was ing "that this kind of error shall lifted on Dec. 31, 1946, when never be made again," Presi- President Harry Truman de- dent Ford yesterday formally clared "that hostilities have lifted the World War I order terminated." that sent 112,000 Japanese- Americans i n t o relocation Ford said Roosevelt's execu- camps. tive order was no longer effec- His proclamation to that ef- tive after hostilities ended but dthat "because there was no feet was 34 years from the day fha estathmen asrn- that President Franklin Roose- formal statement of its termin- 4inn thorn rom~inC nrrar 33. I i{ 1 This time he travels as a private citizen as the guest of Tse-tung. President Ford has said the "SOME OF the (city) streets Robbins estimates it would were built for horse and bug- provide S700,000 a year in re- gy, and now they have heavy pair funds. trucks and buses on them," The Department of Streets laments John Robbins, the came out with a study of city city's Director of Streets, Traf- roadways last fall. The 200- fic and Parking. page report, "Street Ratings," To help improve road con- was prepared under the direc- ditions one of the ballot pro- tion of city Civil Engineer Steve posals the city will vote on in Wilmarth. the upcoming April election is for a 1-mill levy on property holdings. The millage increase condition of Ann Arbor streets, would mean an increase in Wilmrth said it was "substan- property taxes of one dollar for dard." every $1000 of the assessed HE ADDED, "People have to value of a home, if the propos- remember that streets have to al is passed. be renewed constantly." The proposal,,as presented by The report gave the streets a Feb. 2 City Council vote, "a rating representative of its i I I I , Hill received a 95. velt, in the post-Pearl Harbor' Hclimate, authorized what turned ONE OF the problems plagu- into mass internment camps. ing city roads is the existence of a heavy clay base beneath sFORD CALLED that Feb. 19ra i them, which does not permit a sad day in American his- good drainage.A gravel-and- tory" and added: "We now sand base makes road mainte- know, what we should haveI nance easier, but this is found known then, not only was thatt only in a few areas of the city. evacuation wrong, but Japa-t nese-Americans were and areE Another problem is neglect, loyal Americans."t according to Robbons, who hasj been working for the city for Attending the signing cere-1 the last ten years. "To my mony were Hawaii's representa- knowledge, there has never tives in Congress, Sen. DanielI been a continuous maintenance Inouye and Reps. Patsy Mink system (for the roads)," he and Spark Matsunaga, all Japa- said. nese - American Democrats, { and Sen. Hiram Fong, a Repub-I lican who is Chinese-American.I "This should have been donet a ogtime ago, but it's done U LLET I N , now," said Ford as he shook hands with some 35 people who - 3ata rci ation there remains concern among many Japanese - Ameri- cans that there may yet be some life in that obsolete docu- ment." Communist China. visit would have no foreign pol- icy implications for the Unitedt IN FEBRUARY 1972 Nixon, States. te oHe is not going there involv- munist, landed in Peking on his ing any foreign policy matters paied thyvisit numeruswaccd- Ford said at a press confer- psan dthenbyum ounesadvis ence earlier this week. "He ers and swarms of newsmen! is going as a guest of the Chi- who reported his every move. ;nese government and he is go- This morning, Nixon, his wife ing as a private citizen." and two aides will board a Chi- nese jet airliner at an out-of- Never operate a hair dryer, the-way hangar at Los Angeles shaver or other electrical de- International Airpore. A Boe- vice with wet hands or while in ing 707 from mainland China the tube or shower. Water and will take the Nixons first to wet surfaces greatly increase Anchorage, Alaska, and then tb conductivity. fir He called upon the American people to affirm the "promise that we have learned, from the tragedy of that long-ago experi- ence, forever to treasure liber- ty and justice for each individ- ual American." ROOSEVELT'S order author- ized Secretary of War Henry Stimson to prescribe military areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded" as protection against sabotage. 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