Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 31, 1976 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 3 I, 1976 GUILD HOUSE and CANTERBURY HOUSE present TWO POETRY EVENTS RECOLLECTIONS OF A CAMPUS MINISTER U OF M ALUMNI-Tony and Pat Stone- burner, George A. White, and Dr. David Steindl-Rast read and remember the works of the late J. Edgar Edwards THURSDAY, April 1st at 7:30 p.m. at GUILD HOUSE, 802 Monroe POETRY OF DAVID JONES AND DENISE LEVERTOV IN SPOKEN WORD AND VISUAL IMAGERY TONY AND PAT STONEBURNER will present an evening of readings, enhanced by visual images FRIDAY, April 2nd at 8:00 p.m. at CANTERBURY HOUSE, 218 N. Division Leash law Japa passes Spa s sTOKYO () - "Who in this (Continued from Page 1) society is willing to give a fair W h i 1 e council members chance to a teen-ager who has agreed that a minimum of $38,- no education, no money, no 000 annually would be neces- family background? Nobody but sary to make any significant us," said the middle-aged man change in enforcement capacity in a pin-stripe suit. it appears they were reluctant The man is a gangster, one of to allocate more funds to up- the bosses in a nationwide crime grade animal control, organization with 4,500bmem- "I'm frankly tired of walk- bers. He was talking about the ing down streets with dogs am- "opportunities" criminal organ- blings toward me," said Coun- izations give to teen-agers in cilwoman Colleen McGee (D- Japan's world of crime. First Ward), who supported the ordinance. "I've seen people POLICE statistics show there rushed by packs of dogs." are about 110,000 gangsters in 2,650 known criminal organiza- """""""'01M1uhl """'EinuI"'"Ii tions which in 1974 took in the We'veGot Ite quivalent in yen of $670 million, (OUR LICENSE) mostly through gambling, drug so y©Ltveet l peddling, prostitution, pornog- (sPIRITS)-raphy and blackmail. In addition, police say, the W iipes- mobsters are believed to have WTH p Rinterests in 26,000 legal enter- ITALIAN prises, such as restaurants, fi- DINNERS. nance, real estate and enter- tainment places. /~~Bee. Japan generally is considered WIT H OUR to have a well-policed, regulated = rPIZZA AND society. The rate of violent SANDWICHES crime is low, and much credit for this is given to tough gun control laws that prohibit pri- WITH YOUR _ LIQUEUR. I COMMENCEMENT YOU Cottage M ST ORDER ACAP A 0 GOWN BY - I NN NAPRIL 4 1976 * ROM T .CIJ. LAR 66T79 512 EAST WILLIAMS yRQ-yg4fl nese mob recruits teenagers vate citizens from owning hand- This has meant self isolation by guns. There also is a highly gang members and dealing onlyI efficient police alarm box sys- with people who seek whati tem in every neighborhood. criminal organizations have toc offer In addition to the large scale ing them the use of hotels, en- arrests, another move by author- tertainment sites and other fa- ities against crime rings in- cilities. volves heavy taxes on their in- "But we are citizens who are come.i nnirina t iiu diV dl i r t 1 NEV RT EL SS or anze b ipayng Taxes ana are at gage NEEhELES, rganized B tn This is carried out by the under the law," said the gang crime has been long accepted But the changing times and in-naialtxgecincpr-lad."Ytw aerfud as part of the system. Because creased police crackdowns are tion t pge. Wn gang- tese Ybi fa e It'sed the activity does not generally reflected in more arrests in the tion with police. When gang- these public facilities. It's a involve street crimes of vio- shadowy world of the gangs. land arrests are made, police violation of human rights, but lence, there is little public out- Police said they arrested 53,277 ased ooutstatemnts fro mes we don t make trouble because cry, gangsters in 1974, an increase of bsdo ttmnsfo hs eko ecnnvrwnpb In some cases, a certain folk 2.3 per cent from 1973. Charges arrested. They turn the informa- lic support. We are outsiders. In sme ase, acerainfol 2.3percen frm 173.Chagestion over to tax officials, who lore has grown around the "ya- included 269 for robbery, 348 for tmakeroaxsoffbiesh The gang leader said he has kuza," or gangsters, of Japan. murder and 600 for rape. Others a ancesfor "busie a son in his early 20s who works "Yes, we do a lot of illegal ranged from assault to black- xenses and then set out t for a stock company and a things because we have to eat " mail and illegal possession of collect. This is made easier by daughter in high school the fact t many o h i said the gang leader, who dangerous weapons and drugs. gangsIseekttoaoperate bwg agreed to talk with a reporter gangs seek to operate under "I always tell them never to but declined to be identified. The national police agency some sort of legal front. be ashamed of me because I "We can't eat if we stick to a launches countrywide roundups Officials said that in 1974 tax am living a man's life," he philosophy which is two cen- of gangsters periodically, haul- authorities got more than $8 said. "But you see, you can't turies old. The world is chang- ing in an average of about 1,000 million from 139 cases-involv- expect much from kids if you ing, and ours is no exception." each time. Most are released in ing illegal income of racketeers. are a bad father, and this is not a short time "because their There now are seven big gangs a life for a family man. THE philosophy he referred charges are minor," said In- that dominate in Japan, and "I've learned a lot in the past to is called "ninkyo-do," which spector Yoshio Nemoto, who is abolit half the tax revenue came 30 years. If I had had my pres- includes the tenet of not bother- in charge of the agency's anti- from those groups. ent experience and brains while ing "citizens under the sun." crime ring section. THERE ARE also efforts to I was in my 20s, I would never "_'__--_ -_. I irluiar ano Ppvr auiia hry uavy- Nadvues.nma a d gwigtLL" I Texas Instrument* SR-52 SR-56 SR-51A SR-50A ... $ $29600 . , . * ,$137"5 * $5775 e * e$5975 PSC grants graduated rate hike to Edison (Continued from Page 1) Edison described the ruling EDISON'S INITIAL rate in- as "so shockingly out of line crease request would have re- with reality" that it would have sulted in approximately $178 to re-assess its financial situa- million in additional revenues. tion t'to determine if we will be The money was to have been able to raise sufficient funds to used in Edison's power plant resume construction at all." construction program, w h i c h was halted in 1974 for a lack of With the Commission's adop- funds. The proposal adopted by l tion of the "inverted" utility the Commission will provide an rates, Michigan has become the estimated extra $62.4 million. first state to have its Public - -- - Service Commission order the new rate scales rather than instead. However, the ruling is by no - C o means the final word as Edison plans to appeal the Commis- By PHIL FOLEY The Michigan Student Assem- bly (MSA) last night confirm- ed a new Central Student Ju- diciary (CSJ) to replace the justices removed two months nner gang operations by deny h ave become a gangster. 4fills6new judiciary postions television equipment will in- crease 20 per cent. In other action the Assembly agreed to press for Varsity sta- tus of the Men's Volleyball Team. In supporting the motion the team's coach Jan Stannard I 1 , i' I 1 1 I l a 1 I i I _ "T " 1 Wd7 1 U-*v 1 L -w- --- I - - I J THURS., APRIL 1-AUD. B, ANGELL HALL CARL OGLESBY U of M 1962, SDS President 1965 4 p.m.: DALLAS 1: "The Whole Bay of Pigs Things" Conflict within JFK administration around Cuba-Viet- nam questions and departures from ex-VP Nixon's Cuban Invasion Plans. Indifference of Yankees and hostility of Cowboys. November 22, 1963 as a Coup d'Etat? ago. said, "There are more people The six new justices will take on this campus that play volley- office noon Thursday. Three of ball than any other sport." the new justices will serve for He added that if the team a full year, and three for a half was not given recognition, they year. The full term justices are will consider joining the wom- Scott Reit, Barbara Houston, en's team, which has varsity and Jon Elliot and the half status, under the provisions of term justices are Tim VanDu- Title IX. sen, Charles Franklin, and I Giant Typewriter Mart ARBORLAND SHOPPING CENTER Open Daily 10-9 PHONE 971-2400 SUPPLIES LIMITED sion's order in the courts. GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS SALE DAVID'S BOOKS Prints & Posters .............40% off New Books ...............40% off Used Hardcovers ...........40% off Used Paperbacks .......... 60% off Calendars ................70% off Shelving, etc. I 8 p.m.: DALLAS II: An effort truth of the killing of JFK (and and others). A Cowboy Coup? to get at the King and RFK SHOWING ZAPRUDER FILM AND A.I.B.S. SLIDE SHOW George Vinyard. MSA president Ken Berneis called a special meeting for THE CURRENT MSA consti- next 8:00 p.m. Tuesday to dis- tution stipulates that there must cuss a final contract proposal be ten members on the CSJ but for the Student Legal Advocate Pam Hyde of. the selection com- Program (SLAP) which pro- mittee explained that only six vides legal advice for students. were appointed because "we Berneis said that the meeting didn't find ten good people." will be especially imporant She added that there is an since, ". . . it concerns the al- amendment on the ballot for the location of nearly $26,000 of upcoming MSA elections. Hyde MSA funds. said if the proposal is defeated, Also on the special meeting the new Assembly can fill out agenda will be a motion to give the court after election. $200 to the West Quad Council The Assembly also approved for the 2nd Annual Madison the continuation of the current Street All-Campus Party. The student insurance plans run by party will be held April 16. The G-M Underwriters, Inc. How- Assembly turned down the orig- ever, provisions were added for inal request from representa- prenatal care, eyeglass exami- tives of the West and East Quad nations in the event of accident Councils to support the event of sickness dental treatment for with $500. impacted teeth (in addition to Brian Lasky of the Constitu- the current dental care provid- tional Convention informed the ed) and presentative medicine Assembly that the first draaft of when prescribed by out-patient a new all-campus constitution physicians. was approved 9-1 vote last Mon- "4)a f i I1 0 -I . I' _ . 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Maybe you could vote Republican this time just to register your protest against the Wheeler More than a little kicker. .it's the shape of things to come for spring! Get into the wild new wayi of walking and do it in DYN-O MI style. TOP - A la cd oxford( in combinatimn of Beige Suede and Leather or T an Suede and Leather. $28 CM) p p ---.-.~~ 4. n. re Dealers. #5 Whatever kind of other you are, representation on city council. Cast dog candidate. That's me. you still deserve good your vote for the under- Elect Wendell .. -f,' ' --