page three aiti MEMORABLE High-82 Low-54 Clear and warm News~ ~ -nn: 2tu.~ Saturday, May 27, 1972 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-uD55 ----------- Expo to boost black business in Detroit By PAUL RUSKIN Detroit's black merchants will have an opportunity to publicize their accomplishments and gain support during Detroit's first "Black Expo." It will be held at the Michi- gan State Fairgrounds from Friday, June 16 through Sun- day June 18. Sponsored by the Michigan chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the expo will feature performances by nationally and locally known black performers and speeches by black leaders. In addi- tion, over 150 black-owned businesses will offer exhibitions. According to Rev. James Hood, Operation Breadbasket director for the state chapter of SCLC, the purpose of the expo is "to introduce the 1*businessman to the con- Inuian claims sumer and thus to give the black community a chance to become acquainted with state of 'war black businesses." Another goal of the expo is to give buisnesses a chance to w ith A m erica recruit more black workers. Hood also hopes that during CHICAGO (A) - An American the expo, businessmen will es- Indian charged with setting fire tablish or extend "professional to a yacht contended in court contacts" with each other. this week that he could not be Daily activities are planned prosecuted because the Chippewa in honor of different black per- Nation is at war with the United sonages. States and setting the boat afire Berry Gordy, head pf Motown was part of the fighting. Records, will receive a presen- A lawyer for Harold Potts told tation Friday in recognition of a Circuit Court judge that the his work with the music in- United States has violated a dustry. peace treaty with the Chippewa Several major Motown ar- signed in the 1930's and, there- tists will perform in a "Mo- e, the Indians consider that tists wl et n a "Mo a ,state of wr still exists. . town Show." Singer Aretha The attorney, Richard Halpin, Franklin will entertain Satur- said Potts is not a U.S. citizen day night. and is entitled -to belgerency Sunday will be a day dedi- status, "like any citizen of a cated to the memory of Dr. country that is at war with the Martin Luther King. United States." International law Other activities planned for should prohibit Potts from being the expo include performances charged with arson, Halprin said. by Concept East Theatre, a Judge Saul Epton did not dis-' black theater group, and a miss the charges on the Indian number of displays of black war issue but did not preclude painting and sculpture. use of the argument during the Seminars on topics, including trial. The prosecution contended how to obtain a loan to start a that Potts is a citizen, given business, are scheduled. that status by the treaty. The Organizers modeled the De- case is scheduled to go before a troit expo after similar black jury June 5. expos in Chicago. Potts was arrested July 1 dur- According to organizers, last ing a confrontation between In- year's Chicago expo was enor- dian activists and police at a mously successful and channel- lakefront park. The Indians had ed over $28 million into black occupied the buildings of an businesses. Over half a million See INDIAN, Page 9 people attended. Melts in yotir hands A young lady inspects her mangled Good Humor bar, while her father sits helpless. It was a good time for ice cream yesterday, as temperatures sailed above and beyond 80 degrees for the ninth straight day. SCHOOL BOARD: Asst. to supt. resigns ater eontroversy over credenlials By LINDA DREEBEN Following a two-week contro- versy over allegedly falsified cre- dentials, the Ann Arbor Board of Education last night accepted the resignation of Mildred Bau- tista, assistant to the superin- tendent. Superintendent of Schools R. Bruce McPherson told the board and over 350 observers that he had asked for Bautista's resig- nation following an investigation revealing many inaccuracies in her resume. Bautista was not present at last night's session. The board had directed Mc- Pherson to Investigate charges made by The Ann Arbor News that Bautista had falsified data in a summary of credentials. McPherson said that all school personnel records will be review- ed to make certain that the cre- dentials of all employes have been checked. The State Departmuent of Edu- cation is reportedly investigating .the certification status of Bau- .tis'a and all administrative ap- pointees of the city public schools. According to Bautista's res- ume, she received a B.A. degree from the University of Califor- nia in Berkeley, and was work- ing toward her PhD from the Berkeley campus. However, according to a May 17 article in the News, University of California (Berkeley campus) officials say they have no rec- ord of her ever being admitted there, and no record that a de- gree was ever granted. University of California (Davis campus) undergraduate records show, according to the News, that Bautista enrolled there in September 1964, was placed on academic probation in June 1965 and dismissed for poor scholar- ship in Feb. 1966. Bautista's resume also report- ed the publication of several articles which the News claims were never printed. McPherson, previously the as- sistant superintendant in Phila- delphia, was appointed superin- tendent of the city schools last year. Several of his associates from Philadelphia, including Bautista, transferred to Ann Arbor last year to join McPher- son's staff. "I must bear responsibility for not having checked Ms. Bau- tista's credentials more care- fully at an earlier date," Mc- . Pherson said last night. "I as- sumed that because she had been employed by the school district of Philadelphia before being transferred to my office there such a check had been made. I do not offer this as an excuse, however." McPherson, Bautista and Dep- uty Supt. Philip Mcllnay re- turned early yesterday from California, where they had been investigating the allegations made by the News. E at a weed a day By JIM O'BRIEN Daily Science Editor Millions of Taraxacum Offici- nales are insidiously invading Ann Arbor, overrunning lawns. gardens and even cracks in the sidewalk. Taraxacum, commonly called dandelions, are enjoying an un- usually prolific spring in the state this year. Part of the rea- son, according to Jim Duffield. gardens assistant at the Uni- versity's Botanical Gardens, was a drought last year which killed grass and flowers, but left the dandelion very hearty. 'The dandelion grows best in disturbed areas, where the nor- mal ground, cover is mising," Duffield says, "It seems to fol- low iman." The plant, originally a native of Greece, is now common all over North America. Asia, Eur- ope, and even the Arctic. It can reproduce without fertiliza- tion, and the flowering top clos- es during unfavorable weather, giving rise to its use as a rain predicter by farmers. The name of the plant is a corruption of the French "dent de lion," or lion's tooth, because of the jagged, toothlike shape of the leaf. Its scientific name, Taraxacum, comes from t w o Green words which also mean "lion's tooth." Although it is generally taken See DANDELIONS, Page 7 SUPT. OF SCHOOLS R. Bruce McPherson pause Mildred Bautista's letter of resignation last night.