Ned,esy, Jwe~, ,1977 Millag By GREGG KRUPA Two millage proposals, one affecting the regular operation budget of city schools and the other funding special education i; the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (WISD), are mong the issues facing city oers in Monday's school elec- 1he first millage proposal is enewal of a current 13.66 operating millage ' for city choals. If passed, part of the present annual school tax, 1o mills per $1,000 property THE MICHIGAN DAI LY Poge Threa THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three assessn for an( to 1982 The $13.66 sessed erty - ket val Schoi said th mately operati bor scl ing, th devast tion of "Peo to fund specialeducation nent would be renewed cut out if the Operating Millage handicapped persons in the Because of recent state other five years - 1978 is not passed' - well, we shud- WISD. federal legislation, all sc . der to think of the possibili- WISID is a regional school districts most provide cei 13.66 mills is equal to ties," said Robert Moseley, district encompassing the ten minimum standard progr for every $1,000 of as- Assistant Superintendent for local school districts in the for special education child value of a piece of prop- Administrative Services. county. It was established by The school boards oust pro 50 per cent of its mar- "IF YOU canvassed the vot- state law to coordinate and sup- these programs even if at lue. ers in the area, rm sure there plement programs and services age is not passed -- if n ol board officials have would be an overall approval," of individual school systems. sary from general opert ie 13.66 mills is approxi- he added. "But the question is, TIE SPECIAL education funds. 40 per cent of the entire will they vote? The last may- programs include facilities for The WISh special educ ng budget for Ann Ar- or's race is proof that any- children with emotional prob- millage has not been mcre hools. A loss of this fund- thing can happen." lems, mental retardation, phy- in eight years. The one hey say, would have a The second ballot proposal sical handicaps, learning disa- mill increase would raise ating effect on the opera- asks for a one-half mill in- bilities, blindness and impaired additional $1,009,335 for the school system. crease in the annual property vision, deafness and speech and Washtenaw County special ple say, 'what would you tax to support the education of language difficulties. cation programs. and hool rtain ants dren. vide mill- eces- ation ased e-half t ati the edu- VA defense requests dismissal of charges -By KEITH B. RICHBURG s iT rO' Ti eiDaily DE ITRfT - Federal Judge Philip Pratt will rule this - -morning on a defense motion to dismiss all charges against Leo- nora Perez and Philipina Nar- ciso in the Veteran's Admin- istration (VA) murder trial. Yesterday, during arguments over the motion, defense law- yers blasted the prosecution's case as insufficient and based on inference and speculation. "IT IS 'lHE perfect case for a directed verdict of acquital," defense attorney Michael Mo- ran said. Moran added that after 78 wit- AP Photo nesses and over 210 hours of 1 VE' Ju ileetestimony, "We know some things about the Veteran's Ad- Britain's Queen Elizabeth I waves to thousands of cheering ministration Hospital." spectators as members of the Royal Family gather on the Mean then gave the court a balcony of Buckin. am Palace yesterday for their final a ece VA hcosital duthating t public appearance following Silver Jubilee celegrations 'in summer of 1975, beginning with London, From left to right, Prince Andrew, Lord Mountbatten, understaffing and ending with Queea Elizabeth II, Prince Philip. See story, Page 6. poor security. BillwdU OKcongressioa recoUnts By RON DeKETT Canvassers are not authorized FOLLOWING the election, in to conduct a recount of general which Rep. Carl Pursell defeat- A U.S. congressional candi- election votes for a U.S. congres- ed Dem. Edward Pierce by 344 date nay challenge general elec- sional office. votes, both men filed a petition tion results and petition for a According to Bullard, last No- for a recount by the Board of recount by the Board of State vember's election results in the S t a t e Canvassers. However, Canvassers under a neiw bill in- Second Congressional District their petition was denied by Di- troduced by State Rep. Perry race focused attention on the in- rector of Elections Bernard Bullard (D-Ann Arbor). Under adequacies of the current Mich- Apol. the current election law the igan election laws. See BILL, Page 5 "NO ONE has seen either de- fendant with any Pavulon," Moran said. "And after 78 wit- nesses, not one witness saw one patient being harmed by either of the nurses." Moran said that the sum of the government's case is that one or the other of the defen- dants was in the vicinity of each alleged poisoning victim. "But it's their (the accused nurses) duty to be around sick people, to answer their calls," he said. The defense lawyer said that by showing Narcisco and/or Perez were in the vicnity of each VA patient who was poi- soned, the government had merely proved that the two nurses had the opportunity to attack the patients. "Oppor- tunity does not prove guilt. It is the very first step," Moran told the court. "The government never got past the first step. See VA. Page 5 Young criticized for racism acusations WASHINGtON (tP' - U. N. Ambassador Andrew Young, who has called four former presidents racists, met with President Carter on yesterday and said afterward that Carter told him he understood what he was'trying to say and "didn't tell me to shut up either." Referring to a magazine interview in which he described for- mer Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford as "racists," Young said Carter "mentioned he'd read part of it, and he said in the context he understood what I was trying to say." Had Carter encouraged his ambassador to speak out. "I DON'T think he has to encourage it, but he didn't tell me to shut up, either," Young replied, He spoke to reporters after meeting with Carter for half an hour. The ambassador said most of the talk was about his recent trip to Africa. Young said other topics discussed were the United Nations and Mrs. Carter's current trip to Latin America. Before going to the White House, Young told a congressional committee he would "rather be fired for doing what is right" than to retire as a diplomat who never accomplished anything. See YOUNG, Page 10 420 If you had a drea Monday night in which the number 420 figured promisently, you may have wound 1ul rich yesterday. 1 was the big winner in Michigan's first attempt at a "numbers game," in which players pick thee-digit aumbers on an electronic machine and wager money on then, 444 winners collected a combined pot of $74,000, let- tery officials said. But it you dreamed about 711, you're a loser - it was the "most heavily wagered" number, for some unexplained reason. Happeings .. . ...get up early this morning and register for a Continuing Medical Education Workshop on pulmo nary disease, beginning at 7:45 a.m. in the Tows- ley Center ... or, if you're not tired of playing games, get into "Gaming -- Phase Ill: Game Build- ing," a program sponsored by the Extension Ser- vice in the Union at - a.m ... Rosalyn Jeffries -TODAY - wil speak on'"Africanisms in Afro-American Art" at noon in the Center for Afro-American and Afri- can Studies .. the Students' International Medita- tion Society will sponsor introductory lectures on Transcendental Meditation at 1207 Packard at noon and It p.m. .. PIRGIM hosts a slide show on the Minnesota Boundary Waters Area, a film on the Alaskan Wilderness and speakers from the Sierra Club at 7 p.m. in the Union Assembly Room. Star Bucks Ever since Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh left ,em starstruck in Gone With The Wind, American moviegoers have periodically swarmed to some films in such numbers that even the studios that made them are amazed. And so far this movie season the wonder horse seems to be George Lucas' Star Wars, which has broken from the gate to gross 20th Century Fox $5.2 million in 12 days. The biggest moneymaker of all time, Jaws, took in $21 million in ten days, but Jaws showed in 40 theaters, while Star Wars has premiered in only 45, specially out- fitted for the film's unique sound system. The film, which tells the story of a space hero confronting an evil Galactic Empire, will move into hundreds of theaters at the end of this month, and gleeful Fox executives can't wait, Albert Szabo, manager of a theater in Los Angeles where Star Wars pre- miered two weeks ago, said, "I have never seen anything like this in 30 years in the business. They are filling the theater for every single perform- ance. This isn't a snowball, it's an avalanche." On the outside Somehow May and June have got their signals crossed. Today wil be cloudy, with a chance of showers and a high of only 511, with the overnight low dipping to 35 (better bring in those tomato plants). Tomorrow look for some sun, but a high of only 61.