The Michigan Daily-Friday, June 8, 1979-Page 3 Citizens have clout, Dem leader stresses By JOHN GOYER Despite the underdog status which Ann Arbor Democrats have had to live with since 1973, newly elected city Democratic Party Chairman Robert Faber says he is optimistic about what his party can accomplish. Faber, a 25-year resident of Ann Ar- bor who has served twice on City Coun- cil, said that as Democratic Party Chairman he will try to persuade more citizens to participate in city politics - "not just by telling them to go vote, but by giving them an honest realization that they can do something." DURING AN interview yesterday in his new office on the city's south side, Faber said the planning of Briarwood Mall was an example of people "doing something." Briarwood could have been built un- der any city government, he said, but the protest of ordinary citizens changed the original design from "a sea of con- crete" to the design eventually pursued - including trees and landscaping. Faber, 53, came to Ann Arbor from Trenton, N.J. in 1954 with his wife and the first of his three children. His second son was born the same morning in October 1954 that he opened his first store here, Faber's Fabrics. HE RAN FOR one of eleven City Council seats in the spring of 1959, as a Democratic candidate from the Third Ward. At that time, the Democratic candidates regularly captured only 30 per cent of the vote. "I didn't know it was a hopeless situation," he said. "I got clobbered." Since half of all council seats are up for election each yer, Faber got a chan- ce to run again in 1960. After his first at- See VOTERS, Page 10 State files appeal of' abortion ruling LANSING (UPI)-State officials yesterday filed an emergency appeal of a circuit court ruling banning the use of tax dollars for welfare abortions. The appeal was filed in the Michigan Court of Appeals by Attorney General Frank Kelley, on behalf of Gov. William Milliken and state Social -Services Director John Dempsey. KELLEY ASKED the appeals court to issue a stay, delaying the effective date of the circuit court ruling, on an emergency basis. It was not im- mediately known when the appeals court would consider the issue. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Jack Warren last Friday ruled Milliken overstepped his legal authority when he used his line-item veto power to strike from the Medicaid budget a clause banning welfare abortions. Warren issued an order implemen- See STATE, Pages5 Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER DEMOCRATIC PARTY Chairman Robert Faber said yesterday he will try to persuade more citizens to participate in city politics "not just be telling them to go vote, but giving them an honest realization that they can do something." STORMY SEARCH PROCESS ENDS: Mackey named new MSU president By JULIE ENGEBRECHT by the board at the beginning of the process," said P Michigan State University (MSU) search committee Robert Barker, chairman of the search and selection members, the Board of Trustees, and the East Lansing visory committee. "He has a genuine interest in stude community all breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as Texas and has established both formal and informal mechani Technological University President Cecil Mackey officially for assuring faculty and staff input. was named the 10th permanent president of MSU. "He has an excellent relationship with his peers in thea The school ended its controversial presidential hunt of higher administration, and is an open, honest yesterday at a special meeting called by the Board of ministrator," Barker said. "He supports a strong gen Trustees. There, the board formally voted to choose Mackey education." for the post. MACKEY, WHO APPEARED with his wife Clare, said MACKEY, 50, WAS selected unanimously by the select family was "pleased to be a part of the future of this uni search committee last Wednesday night, following unilateral sity." support from MSU's All-University Search and Selection Trustees praised Edgar Harden, MSU's acting presid Committee. for his work while serving the university as a temporary, "He is fully nualified on the basis of the criteria established cessor to former president Clifton Wharton. Wharton See MACKEY, Page 6 a- o y kefial nlknrrthefnll n trv h n Prof. ad- ents, sms area ad- eral d his ver- dent, suc- left Hats in the ring Michigan State University (MSU) trustees yesterday profusely thanked the head of the MSU presidential selection committee, Robert Baker, for striking through the university's tumultuous search process. They also said they were sorry to lose Barker, a biochemistry professor, who will be teaching at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York. MSU Trustee John Bruff (D-Fraser) told a group, which had gathered at a press conference to announce the appointment of Texas Tech president Cecil Mackey to MSU's top position, that Barker has said he was going to Cornell on the merits of his knowledge of biochemistry. But, Bruff, joked, he had heard that the president of Cornell, former University Vice-President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes, intends to leave his post, and Cornell administrators needed Barker to fill the spot. Bruff did not indicate whether his story was true, however, and Rhodes remained Cornell president all day yesterday. Out of the disco, onto the Diag A pair of preachers on the Diag yesterday drew'i hoots and howls from a crowd of about 20. Cindy Lassester and Jed Smock, self-proclaimed non- denominational Christians, stopped in Ann Arbor on their tour of 150 cami5uses in 29states. Cindy offered S ipuum uniumer te ionowing story: She met Jed, who invited her to dinner. After dinner, ex- plained Cindy, "I planned to go to the disco party." But Jed balked, so they ended up parked in his car in a dark, secluded spot. "Jed began to pray to his Lord," she continued, "and I was sorely tempted by the devil." Then Jed told her he had not kissed a woman in six years. "So I said, 'Jed, what's wrong with just a little kiss on the lips?' " She said Jed believed a man should not kiss a woman until they were married. "He took me straight home," she. said, because "the mouth of a strange woman is a deep ditch." Jed took her to church the next day, and now they preach together. Jed said hecklers are common throughout their tour. Happenings ... ... kick off today at noon, when Prof. Stanley Person of Pennsylvania State University will lec- ture on "Characterization of Mutants of HSV-1 That Enhance Virus-Induced Cell Fusion" in Room 2703 Furstenburg ... also at noon, the Residential College Players Harmonie Ensemble will provide entertainment along State Street . .. University Hospital employees can enjoy an ice cream social from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the lawn north of Mott and Towsley ... Wystan Stevens will lead an "Ar- chitectural Tour of Historic Ann Arbor". If you've registered in advance, meet at 2:50 p.m. in the In- ternational Center Lounge .-. the 'School of Medicine commencement ceremonies will begin at 4 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Dr. Clifford Keene, retired president and chief executive officer of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, will deliver the address.. . Eclipse Jazz and Ann Arbor Tomorrow present the Steve Nardella Band and Jazz Vantage Point in the Liberty Plaza from 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.... at 7:30 p.m. and again at 9 p.m., the Gilbert and Sullivan Society will give a benefit performance of "Trial by Jury" in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. . . Sarah Bassett, field director for the Great Lake Region of the School of Metaphysics, will discuss "The Language of Dreams" at 7:30 p.m. in the Guild House ... "Classical Ragas of North India," a live performance of instrumental Indian music, will be presented at the Canterbury Loft at 8 p.m.... FILMS: Ann Arbor Film Co- op-Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask, 7 p.m. and 10:204p.m.; What's Up Tiger Lily?' 8:40 p.m.; all in Aud. 3, MLB ... Cinema II-Top Hat, 7:30 p.m.; Gold Diggers of 1933, 9:30 p.m.; both in Aud. A, Sngell Hall ... Cinema Guild-Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, 7:30p.m. and 9 p.m.; Old A and D Aud. On the outside More of the same-showers, thundershowers, high in the 70s, low io the mid-60s. WNW