The Michigan Daily-Thursday, August 2, 1979-Page 3 'U'profs suggest aids for Black English By ADRIENNE LYONS With the Ann Arbor school system moving closer toward its deadline for a new program designed to aid "Black English" speakers, University faculty mem- bers and students are devising alternative plans of their own. The deadline was set July 12 by District Court Judge Charles Joiner, who rled in favor of a group of black Ann Arbor children, whose lawyers charged the school system with failing to recognize dialect differences in teaching standard English. Joiner gave the school 30 days to come up with a plan to recognize Black English speakers and then to consider the dialect in instruction. The families claimed the school system wrongly classified their children as having emotional and lear- Hearings continue- on death of 'U' student By TIM YAGLE Fifteenth District Court Judge George Alexander determined at a preliminary hearing yesterday "there is probable cause that" the 1976 Ford van Michael McCleary was driving struck and killed 30-year-old University student Jane Sallade last July 20. McCleary is being charged with in- voluntary manslaughter for the in- cident. Theonly question now, according to arresting Ann Arbor Police Officer John King, is whether McCleary's ap- parently drunkenness caused the 25- year-old Ypsilanti native to swerve to his right and strike Sallade, throwing her 80 feet toward the University shut- tle bus stop near Church St. SALLADE, CONSIDERED a "brilliant" archaeologist by her colleagues, had just returned from a year-long stay in Cyprus doing field work on land-use patterns for her doc- toral dissertation. Her paper would have been the first of its kind published in this country. King said in 15th District Courty yesterday he "smelled a strong odor of intoxicants in the car . . . which he (McCleary) practically lived in." King said McCleary staggered into the An- ( thropology Museum after the accident, In a dem which was where Sallade was heading, for the U See HEARINGS, Page 10 a group to Salina UFW stri today. There must be somebody out there A 56-year-old Kansas City entrepeneur spent almost $4,700 on a full page ad in Tuesday's Kansas City Times-a help wanted ad, asking for $5 donations to sponsor a nation-wide talent search for the position of U.S. president. Lionel Kunst said he'll accept Democrat, Republican, or independent, liberal, or conservative applicants-as long as it's not someone currently in the running. "The president is the only one who has the attention of the people. They need someone to explain the facts of' life to them. And, obviously, Carter can't do it." With at least 220 million Americans to choose from, Kunst should be able to find someone to fill the spot. ning disabilities, but the judge said that procedure was proper. The Ann Arbor School Board voted not to ap- peal the case. DON SMITH, an educational psychology professor in the Education School, has a method of training teachers in the differences between Black English and "school English." Smith defined "school English" as the use of phonics - a system of rules for sounding out words - which is normally used in schools. The method, Smith said, is "a self-taught learning module" entitled An Introduction to Black Nonstan- dard English for Teachers. Just recently published, the module was written by Master's candidates Mary Lee Bronzo, Ann Congei, and Marija Kaunelis. University Linguistics Prof. Robbins Burling said, "What is most needed is greater teacher awareness of why children speak the way they speak." Burling said he believed some form of teacher education should be required through in-service training or workshops. BURLING EXPLAINED the only "standard English" is in books, not in spoken English. "The great misunderstanding is in the confusion between learning to read and learning to speak. "Learning to speak the language of white middle class, is learning to speak the language of white middle class, not the language of books," Burling continued. Smith explained that students should be taught to speak foreign languages before they are taught to read them. But, he said, many Black English speakers can- See 'U', Page 6 State racing official should quit, senator says LANSING (UPI)-The woes of Michigan's horse racing industry deepened yesterday, with a key state lawmaker seeking the resignation of state Racing Commissioner Fedele Fauri. The move came as Fauri was preparing to discuss his racing industry reform plans with Gov. William SEN. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, whose State Affairs Committee deals with the industry, said Fauri's handling of recent problems at the Detroit Race Course showed an "unconscionable" disregard for the safety of track em- ployees. The unexpected attack was contained in a letter sent to Milliken Tuesday and released yesterday morning. Sen. Bill Huffman (D-Madison Heights), another key legislator on racing issues, canceled his plans to meet with Fauri and Milliken. No ex- planation was given for the move. RACING ANALYST Ken Christopher said Fauri, who has been racing com- missioner for four years, had no im- mediate comment on O'Brien's letter. "He has a meeting scheduled with the governor for tomorrow. He's not going AP Photo to have any comment until after that," tChristopher said. ttention The 69-year-old Fauri, complaining nt, leads his office lacks needed clout, had plan- Square ned to resign earlier this year, but was tfor the convinced by Milliken to stay on. California farm workers march onstration reminiscent of those that gained nation-wide a nited Farm Workers (UFW), Cesar Chavez, UFW presider of marchers from a noon rally in San Francisco's Union s, Calif. The march was aimed at drumming up support ke against growers. Water conservation A Sussex County, Delaware official, to the amazement and confusion of council members, proposed odd-even bathroom rationing for county employees. Administrator Joseph Conaway suggested employees with Social Security nubers ending in even digits be allowed to use the county bathrooms only on even days, while those with odd- numbered cards would use the facilities on odd days. "Visitors, tourists, heavy beer drinkers, and those with bladder and other medical problems may apply to the personnel department for a 'P' sticker which will exempt them from the procedures," the proposal stated. Employees also would have to "prove that they have at least half a tank to be allowed to use the restrooms." The suggestion would have been funny if county council members had realized its tongue-in-cheek nature. "You've got to be kidding me," responded a shocked council member after a long pause. Happenings ... ... are close to non-existent today. Just two even- ts to mark on your calendar ... Summer Repertory Theatre '79 presents "Bay Fever" at 8 p.m. in the Power Centers... FILMS: Ann Arbor Film Co- op-Mick Jagger night: Nee Kelly, 8:40 p.m.; The Rolling Stones Retrospect, 7 p.m., 10:20 p.m., both in Aud. A, Angell Hall. On the outside The rain will go away today, leaving partly sunny skies and a high temperature around 80' in its wake. The low will hit 60.