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House disputes tuna,
porpoise catch limits
WASHINGTON " - The House grappled yesterday with the
issue of how matn porpoises tuna fishermen should he allowed to
kill in their sets. Some lawmakers warned that consumer prices
for tuna will ssmr tittless current restrictions on porpoise deaths
are eased,
The bill being dcbated on the louse flouor would increase the
number of tmtartne matimals that the tuna fishermen could kill
But several cotsgressmnen were offertig amendments designed to
provide more protection for porpoises.
AT A NEWS conference preceding the llouse session, Speaker
Thomas O'Neill called it "the fight hetween the tunas and tthe
dolphins"-a dolphin is a variety of porpoise.
The Senate, which does not meet this week, has tot yet acted
on the issue.
The present annual limit is 59,50 porpoises killed. Under the
bill, introduced by Rep. John Murphy (I)-N.Y.), this quota would
be increased to 78,900.
A KEY AMENDMENT, authored by Rep. Paul McCloskey
(R-Calif.) wtuld set the limit at 68,910 and require sharp reductions
in the future ained at reducing porpoise deaths to zero.
But several lawmakers have charged that unless the restric-
tions on porpoise deaths are eased, consumers will face price in-
creases of 20 to S15 per cetit fins tuna.
The American Pa ifi t tn fleet kept its boats in port for
three months this year to mpr(tect the present limit.
Using a techniqtte pioneered by the U.S. fleet, fishermen catch
yellowfin tuna by finding them swimming beneath schools of por-
poises, which are easily visible as they dart and bob among the
waves. It is not known why the tuna and porpoises are attracted
to each other.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, June 2, 1977
Drinking bill bottled up
LANSING (UPI) - The Sen-
ate approved bill raising the
legal drinking age to 19 will
not be considered in the House
until at least this fall, accord-
ing the the chairman of the
committee to which it has been
assigned.
'House Civil Rights Committee
Chairman Perry Bullard (D-
Ann Arbor) said because the
bill seeks to take away legal
rights there will be "a tre-
mendous burden of proof of
need on the proponents" of the
measure.
University facts
The University has an alumni
body of about 284,000 degree
holders and former students.
The University's Ann Arbor
campus has n e a r l y 333,000
square feet of space for indoor
intramural a n d recreational
sports.
The University library sys-
tems, including the Graduate
Undergraduate, 21 divisional and
special libraries, lists nearly
5,000,000 volumes among its
holdings.
BULLARD SAID he had ser-
ious personal reservations
about the bill, calling it "a
simplistic non-answer" to so-
cial problems.
Supporters of the bill argue
that lowering the legal drink-
ing age to 18 has resulted in a
dramatic increase in teenage
traffic fatalities and serious
high school disciplinary prob-
lems. The bill was overwhelm-
ingly approved in the Senate
Tuesday.
IHouse Speaker Bobby Crim
said he decided to send the bill
to Bullard's committee because
it involves "as much an age of
majority question as a liquor
control question."
TIE DAVISON Democrat no-
ted that the louse Liquor Con-
trol Committee has not acted
on previous drinking age bills
referred to it.
"At least Perry will give it a
hearing," Crim saisl.
The legal drinking age was
lowered from 21 to 18 in 1972
when the legislature lowered
the legal age of adulthood to 18
Bttllard noted that 18 - year-
olds are now considered old
enough to vote and serve in the
military. Proponents of the bill
want "to reinstitute age dis-
crimination," he said.
The ancient Roman goddess
Clenentia was the person-
ification of mercy and clemen-
cy. Her likeness is fotid on
mar-f Roman coins, a stan diitg
goddess %vith a holy dish in one
hand and a scepter in the oth-
er.
Jurors query witnesses
to conquer 'zzzz' monster
HAVEA CHECKUP
IT CAN SAVE YOUR UIFE.
BERKELEY, Calif. ') -
Municipal Court Judge George
Brunn thinks he has found a
way to keep jurors from getting
bored during dull, uneventful
legal proceedings in his court-
room. He lets them question
witnesses.
"Perhaps the idea came to
me when I was watching some
bored jurors," the veteran jur-
ist said. "I thought they might
not look so bored if they par-
ticipated in the courtroom."
R E A C T I O N FROM de-
fense and prosecution attorneys
has been mixed. Some resent
surrendering control of their
cones. Others see itw anan op-
portunity to judge which way
the jury is leaning.
"My concern was making the
whole process better and clear-
er for the jurors," Brunn, a
judge for tyears, said recent-
ly in an interview.
"In most cases, they have to
just sit there and get a less-
than perfect view of what is
goitng on."
"I prefer to try my own
case," said Alameda Asst. Dist.
Atty. John Baldwin. "We've
discussed the practice. Sure,
I've gotten some complaints
abotit it."
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"I TEND to shy away from
the practice," added Deputy
Dist. Atty. Vern Nakshara, who
said that while he can play to
the jurors based on questions
they may ask in court, there
was the possibility of being
hurt by misleading statements.
"There also is the danger of
them asking lots of interest-
ing questions that have no re-
levancy in the case," said
Nakshara. "They have enough
trouble focusing on the issues
in the case as it is."
But Asst. Public Defender
Roger Patton usually favors the
practice of having jurors in-
terrogate' witnesses.
"I1T MAY be dangerous, but
in my experiences I felt it was
fine," he said. "The jury was
getting closer to the truth as
mr client saw it."
Both sides worry that oh-
jecting to a juror's question, no
matter how irrelevant or con-
trary to the rules of evidence,
might prejudice the jury
against them.
But Brunn, who allows the
tuestioning in virtually every
jury trial he hears, said he
protects against such an event-
utality.
"When a juror asks a ques-
tion that is prejudicial or inad-
missable, I tell the juror it
would be inappropriate and we
can't admit that," he said.
An increasing number of Cal-
fornia judges allow jurors to
submit written questions, but
the California Judges Associa-
tion says it knows of no other
judge who regularly lets jurors
openly ask questions.
Brunn says the verdict isn't
in yet on the practice, but lie
says jurors have been enthu-
siastic and a number have
thanked him for injecting new
meaning into thetrial process.
Johnny Bench
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