rimary eection today= te! 4C r4t n att Vol. LXXXII No. 58-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, August 8, 1972 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Local principal reinstated by school board By MARILYN RILEY The Ann Arbor Board of Education in an executive session last night reinstated Fred Leonard as principal of Forsythe Junior High School for at least another year. The. action reversed a controversial board decision made a few weeks ago to transfer Leonard to field direc- tor for the city's public schools. The board's reason for this transfer and the subsequent reinstatement have not been made public. Since the transfer decision was announced, a few weeks ago, angry parents have appeared at the regular board meetings to present opinions both critical and sup- portive of the board's decision. Racial tensions were appar- - ent at these meetings as some community members expressed concern that Leonard, a black P oil en principal, was transferred while white principals of equally troubled schools were not both- ered. While disagreeing with the board's original action, Schoolion Superintendent Bruce McPher- son last night defended the By LORIN LABARDEE board members' "right and re- sponsibility" to visit the schools Todayrvoters will choose and "express concern about their favorite condidates to run conditions in the school dis- in the November general elec- trict, or in individual schools." tion. The positions under con- Board member Henry John- sideration run the gamut from son, an outspoken critic of the a seat in the House of Repre- Leonard transfer who engi- sentatives in Washington to neereddhistreinstatement, said rainCommissioner of Wash- last night that the board got tenaw County. The final vote off "extremely light" in the totals will culminate weeks of case. frenzied campaigning. Claiming there was "no jus- tification" for the original POLLING PLACES transfer. Johnson said t h e A reminder from the city board should have apologized to clerk's office: Precinct boun- Leonard. daries in the city have been Johnson, who is University redrawn and new polling places vice president for student serv- If you ices, further claimed that there care unsure of your polling plaie, was "not enough said" at the tration card or call the League meeting, and that there were of Women Voters at 7610978 "still crucial issues that never 9713428, or 7692314. got touched." 9713428,_or_7692314. In announcing the decision to reinstate Leonard, Board in Ann Arbor, 61,088 people President Ted Heusel proposed are registered to vote in this that the administration es- eection, an increase of 4,000 tablish more specific guidelines voters since the April 3 elec- for the evaluation of adminis- tion. According to City Clerk trators' performances. See VOTERS, Page 12 Shriver speaks to reporters Sargent Shriver, George McGovern's vice presidential choice, speaks to reporters yesterday outside his home shortly before flying to Washington to consult with the South Dakota senator. The Democratic National Committee is scheduled to meet this afternoon to officially place Shriver on the November ticket. SURPRISE MOVE: Judge retains charges against remaining crater' defendants, By DAN BIDDLE In an unexpected move, Dis- trict Court Judge Sandorf El- den yesterday did not dismiss charges against three persons arrested in an anti-war crater dig-even though he had dis- missed charges against a fourth person arrested in the Ifay in- cident, Also, at a pretrial hearing yesterday Elden allowed prose- cution lawyers to amend charges against 27 persons arrested in the June 17 crater dig with an unsigned and ordinarily unac- ceptable complaint. Defense lawyer Thomas Bent- ley called the actions "highly irregular." He added that it was 'very likely" he would seek a superintendent controlaction in circuit court to overrule El- den. Prosecution lawyer Leonard Kowalski refused to comment on either case. Elden's refusal to grant a full dismissal of charges of "willful and malicious destruction of property" in the "Crater Four" proceeding came as a surprise after the July 28 dismissal of charges against Jonathan Gold- man, '73, one of the original four defendants. today's weather Cool with increasing cloudi- ness through the day and a 60 per cent change of rain this evening. High vsear 70 and low tonight in the mid-50's, with clearing expected tomorrow. The other three defendants, Rainbow People's Party member Genie Plamondon, Richard Eng- land, Grad, and Jay Hack, a former Student Government Council administrative vice- president, now face a full jury trial the second week of Septem- ber. Charges against them stem from the digging of four sym- bolic bomb craters on the Diag during an all-day anti-war pro- test held May 19 to commemor- ate the birthdays of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X. The trial had originally been set for July 20, but on that date Elden granted Kowalski's re- quest for a later pretrial hear- ing, giving the prosecution an opportunity to amend the orig- inal destruction of property charge. Defense lawyers had claimed the original charge was See JUDGE, Page 12 TVcorners Ste mpien By DIANE LEVICK map, picturing scenic places, and a cover Office-seekers traditionally send out letter welcoming any questions to Stem- large campaign mailings to their dis- pien. tricts, but today's state primary is tainted When the WJBK news crew began film- by the possibly unethical mailing practices ing the loading, the campaign workers of State Rep. Marvin Stempien, a candi- rushed into the car and stalled it sev- date for 53rd district seat in Congress. eral times, trying for a quick get-away. Idte r3d dtrt sea i gres- r "ft was like a second-rate James Bond sIn the second part of a three - part movie," Greene muses. series Sunday night, WJBK-TV news Greene later discovered that the let- documented Stempien's use--or abuse-or ter and envelopes were "purchased, print- state congressmen's printing privileges. ed, and addressed at state expense." Both political parties in Lansing run Stempien clsims he used campaign their own full-scale printing office for funds for the postage, however. use of congressmen-with some limita- Greene says the state map mailing was tions. not "blatantly political." It's the subtlety A WJBK news crew discovered a mass of it - putting his name in front of the mailing being loaded into a car outside voters before election," says Greene. Stempien's office on July 31. Curious as to "We didn't set out to discredit or hurt what was going on, WJBK Lansing bu- him," Greene continues. "It was unfor- reau chief Tom Greene took a look at tunate that we caught this." the mail contents. Stempien could not be reached for He found in each envelope a state comment on the map mailing. Exposure at taxpayers' expense?