The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, June 12, 1979-Page 3
Official gets
support of
County Bd.
in N.Y. case
By JOHN GOYER
The Washtenaw County Board of
Commissioners yesterday voted infor-
mal support for County Administrator
Michael Gotthainer, who is to be indic-
ted today in New York, for alleged
misconduct while employed by Suffolk
County as an administrative assistant.
Gotthainer, 35, will be charged with
asking the Suffolk County legislature
twice for funding in the purchase of
$50,000 worth of laboratory equipment
for the county health department, ac-
cording to sources cited in the Long
Island newspaper, Newsday.
AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE assistant
in Suffolk County from 1972 to 1975, Got-
thainer was in charge of preparing the
county budget. He has previously
testified before the grand jury.
Newsday said Gotthainer's indic-
tment was part of a larger grand jury
investigation into alleged misconduct
by Suffolk County officials from 1972 to
1974.
Gotthainer told the Washtenaw Coun-
ty Board of Commissioner's chairman
Richard Walterhouse Thursday night of
the possible indictment. He confirmed
yesterday before the Board that he had
been unofficially informed of the
charges, but because the indictment
was sealed, he would not know the
precise nature of the charges until he
appeared before the grand jury today.
"I'm certainly innocent of it, and I in-
tend to go back tomorrow (to New
York) and supply the Suffolk County
legal system with whatever they want
so that they believe it," Gotthainer told
the commissioners.
THE BOARD moved yesterday to
discuss Gotthainer's pending indic-
tment behind closed doors. After the
public was again admitted to the
session, Board chairman Walterhouse
read a statement calling Gotthainer's
work during the past year for
Washtenaw County "outstanding."
Walterhouse said he would support
Gotthainer's attempts to clear his name
See COUNTY, Page 14
Spit s Daily Photo By JIM KRUZ
Sptshine
Museum technician, Gerhard Schlanzky yesterday cleaned off the wax numbers used to identify the pieces of the sculpture
when it was assembled on the lawn of the Art Museum on State St. The metal is a special grade of steel that rusts only to a
certain point. The numbers are being removed so they will not interfere with the rusting process.
A 2 child care centers full
By SARA ANSPACH
Their sizes and philosophies differ take children at 18 months, but vir- The University-affiliat
greatly, but most Ann Arbor area child tually no place will take a baby under Action Center is one of t
care centers have one thing in common that age. care centers in danger
- an abundance of parents waiting to "INFANT CARE is an enormous license unless it can relo
enroll their children. problem," said Leslie DiPietro, direc- University School of
The city has what one day care center tor of the Ann Arbor Child Care and building.
director called an "incredible" need for Coordinating Service. "Most places DAY CARE costs can
child care facilities, the city's 28 full- don't want the responsibility of caring for working parents, ever
time day care centers are licensed to for an infant." city day care centersa
provide spaces for approximately 1,152 The day care dilemma in Ann Arbor organizations with "chro
children. Almost all the centers, was heightened last February when the paid staff," said DiPietr
especially those within walking distan- State Department of Social Services majority are not (fed
ce of large employers or on Ann Arbor decided to enforce new more stringent sidized," she added.
bus lines are full and many have long fire regulations. "The small neigh- The average cost forda
waiting lists. - borhood centers were hit very hard," child "full time" (seven1
Most child care centers are licensed said DiPietro, who added many could day) is $40 per five-day
for children from ages two-and-one-half not afford the costly renovations proximately $2,000 per y
to six. There are a few agencies that necessary to bring their buildings up to big chunk of any wor
code.
d d ySee APPLICANTS,l
blackout." The Washington Post recently stopped
Will it go 'round in circles? running the strip when it was announced that it
Judging from yesterday's anti-Somoza rally on would move to the capital's other daily newspaper,
the Diag, one must be in good physical condition to the Star, in late June. The strip began appearing in
partake in the art of picketing. Continuously White House news summaries last week. The
strolling around in circles holding a monstrous sign question is: will Doonesbury run for President in
in the hot sun can really take its toll. Such was the 1980?
case yesterday when, after circling the Diag about , ,
15 times, one demonstrator looker over to her friend Fresh impressions oe the U,
on the sidelines and asked, "Are you going to be One-hundred-forty incoming freshpersons in
leaving soon? I'm-getting a bit dizzy." We under- South Quad last weekend for the first of the three-
stand there may soon be a course offered at the day summer orientation sessions. Programming
University entitled, "Picketing 101-How to march includes campus tours, academic advising, com-
and picket effectively without losing your head." munication exercises, and information sessions on
ed Child Care
he city's child
of losing its
cate from the
f Education
be a problem
n though most
are non-profit
nically under-
ro. "The vast
derally) sub-
y care for one
to ten hours a
week, or ap-
ear. "That's a
king person's
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the cars behind me." Maybe he was driving in
reverse?
Happenings ...
... start late, so go back to sleep, at least until
4:00 p.m., when Dr. Jan Michalski of the Center of
Molecular and Macromalecular Studies in Lodz,
Poland, gives a speech entitled "New Aspects of
Phosphorus-Sulfur-Silicon Chemistry." It takes
place in Room 3005 of the Chemistry Building, and
refreshments will be served at 3:40 p.m. . . . The
Ann Arbor Film Co!op is featuring Le Jour Se Leve
at 7:00 p.m., and The Cousins at 8:30 p.m., in Aud. A
of Angell Hall. . . also, at 8:00 p.m., Dr. Margot
Duley MOrrow will speak at the monthly meeting of
the National Organization for Women. Her speech is
entitled "The 19th Century Feminist Movements:
or, What Our Foremothers Can Teach Us," and
takes place at 1917 Washtenaw Avenue.
On the outside...
Get out your tennis racket and your frisbee, it's
going to be mostly sunny and pleasant today. The
high will be around 72 degrees and it doesn't appear
as if there's any rain in sight.
Doonesbury on Capitol Hill
It seems Capitol Hill administrators are as
anxious as the rest of us to read Gary Trudeau's
popular comic strip "Doonesbury." Following the
lead of the White House, a congressional research
organization yesterday began circulating the comic
strip to Capitol Hill offices. The Democratic Study
Group said it was distributing the "legislatively
vital" strip with its packet of information on up-
coming legislation because of a "local 'Doonesbury'
Ann Arbor, said Orientation Director Don Perrigo.
I'm sorry officer, but ...
"When "law-abiding" citizens are pulled over for
speeding, they often try to talk their way out of it in
an expected manner. But some of the responses are
not so typical. After being pulled over, one Michigan
man claimed, "Officer, my wife is going to get
pregnant tonight, and I want to be there when she
does." Another driver seemingly couldn't get his
directions straight. "But I was just keeping up with