Soturday, June 11, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Sottirdoy, June 11, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY age Three ' " i Postill acquitted of assault charge By LANI JORDAN A 12-member jury last night acquitted f o r mexr Washtenaw County Sheriff Frederick Postill of a charge of felonious assault. Postill was being tried for allegedly choking Sheriff's Deputy Basil Baysinger with a pair of handcuffs during a wed- ding reception brawl last July 11. FOLLOWING less than one- half-hour of deliberation, the jury returned to Circuit Court Judge Patrick Conlin's court- room, where jury forenan Mar- tin Sichel, a University profes- sor of Aerospace Engineering. announced the v e r d i c t, "not guilty." Thundering c h e e r s and ap- plause rose from the crowded courtroom as the decision was announced. A number of Pos- till's supporters ruahed forward to congratulate the former sher- iff on his acquittal. Postill stood silent, beaming. "t had no doubt about the out- come" he told reporters later. WhLEN COUNTY and state in- vestigators failed to turn up enough evidence following the incident to issue a warrant against Postill, Baysinger posted $200-in district court to have the former sheriff stand preliminary hearing on a civil charge. Fol- lowing a lengthy - preliminary hearing last August, 14th Dis- trict Court Judge Henry Arkison ordered Postill to face trial on criminal charges of felonious assault. "I'm really sorry our system of justice allows someone to put down $200 to allow someone else to go through all this and put out all that money (for attorney fees)," Postill said yesterday. Postill also said his attorney's fee for the entire proceeding was nearing the $20,000 mark. FOLLOWING the verdict the former sheriff's attorney, Neal Bush, said "I'm only sorry it didn't happen last July when Fred (Postill) was still sheriff. It would have been better for him and better for the county." Postill, who was in the midst of a re-election campaign when the incident occurred, was de- feated last November by Repub- lican Thomas Minick. Bush added he had expected the innocent verdict, but "you never know about juries.' ASSISTANT County Prosecu- for Lynwood Noah, who served as state attorney in both this week's four day trial and the preliminary hearing said during the jury's deliberation that he would not be surprised by an. acquittal. "The evidence showed, as (former oo'ball star) Alex Kar- ras would say, the sheriff had the stuffing beat out of him, Noah said upon hearing the ver- dict. See POSTIl., Page 10 Conflict mars caucus By LORI CARRUTHERS Seeial To The Daily LANSING - The first full day session of Michigan's Interna- tional Women's Year (IWY) here yesterday was marked by disruption and controversy among the over one thousand women and men attending. Represented at themeeting were various women's groups of differing views on such major issues as abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment (ER A). Participants included the feminist members of the Na- tional Organization for Women (NOW), and anti-feminists from Happiness of Women (HOW), anti-abortion groups and labor affiliates from the UAW and AFL,-CIO. NOMINATIONS OF delegates for a group which will submit resolutions on wo- men's issues to President Car- ter was the day's major con- troversy. Many women, particu- larly Elaine Donnelly of the Citizen's Review Committee, claimed discrimination against non-feminists by the feminists. Beverly Chisson of Ptblic Relations for 11OW called this "the most mismanaged con- vention I've seen." C'hisson claimed, using a stopwatch count, 11 minutes out of the 60 minutes designated for nominations were lost due to the excessive speaking of the chairwoman Eudora Pettigrew. Pettigrew spent much of the time calling many anti-femin- ists out of order at the micro- phones. THOSE AT the microphones were contesting the 60 minute time limit as unfair and asked for an extended period. At one point during the dis- See CONFLICT, Page 10 Ci izens' group to advise city on sewer problems By GREGG KRUPA der t develo An ad tpoc citizens' group has begun to meet JLM regularly to 'pssist city government to take all Chamt possible steps to remedy current deficiencies" in organi the Ann Arbor sewage treatment facility. city's The existing treatment plant does not meet 'Th state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) plaine standards for sewage control, and although the ficials city has taken several steps in recent months to to be comply with DNR standards, a possible court The battle looms ahead. tries bor's LITIGATION WAS SET to begin in the state reacti Court of Appeals yesterday, but both parties Judge have 15 days to file a brief. all ne A mong those in the citizens' group are repre- facilit sentatives of construction and related industries, the ju local realtors, several building tradesmen, attor- nomic nets, member' of the financial community, staff AN from the Chamber of Commerce and several city centw esnloyees, including City Administrator Sylves- as we 5er Mrray, acting City Attorney R. Bruce Laid- rate." 'i and Department of Publiv.-Works Superin- jeats, _endent Richard Sayers. ily ha In addition to the group's major purpose- Fre helping the city remedy current .deficiencies in hoc c the system - the group will also monitor ad- jobs. mainistrative actions and current litigation, in or- Line up Nature lovers around the University should be glad to hear the annual early-September camping excursion outside the athletic ticket office will take place again this year as Athletic Director Don Can- ham and other Athletic Department officials have decided to maintain the present ticket distribution system. In last term's MSA elections students were pre- sented various distribution plans and the favorite was a computerized system which would assign foot- ball seats on a random basis. Canham, however, says the computerized sys- tem would be costly, although he did not rule it out as a possibility. "We're still studying it," he said. "It would be a big advantage to our depart- ment but the problem, as I see it, would be for the student." His major complaint with the sys- tem is that it would eliminate the "personal touch" which the athletic department is now able to offer students with special seating requests. Canham said students with medical problems - could not be ac- commodated as easily as they are now, and students would not be able to sit with their friends if seats were assigned randomly. Undoubtedly, the two or o follow the case's progress as it affects Dpment in the community. FRENZA OF the Greater Ann Arbor ber of Cemmerce said the group was not .zed because of dissatisfaction with the handling of the waste treatment crisis. is is not a negative group," Frenza fx- Sf d. "We were not set tip to hound city of- , it is not a knee-jerk reaction. We hope a help to the city." involvement. of the construction indus- and community businessmen in Ann Ar- If a I waste water treatment crisis came as a junkies i on to Washtenaw County Circuit Court neighborl Robert Fink's March sewer tap ban. Since ent street wv additions to the city's sewage treatment The 7 y must tap into the system, the effect of heroin p dge's ban on the city's expansion and eco- berry (D livelihood was disasterous. "OU] UNEMPLOYMENT RATE of 15 to 20 per doing the was recorded by the construction industries, proach t ell as a 24 per cent overall unemployment teeing bi The construction of 26 major building pro- addiction valued at $40 million dollars, was tempor- would tar lted. available nza, however, emphasized that the ad Cush 'izens' group was not only-concerned with the prog dict by See CITIZENS, Page 5 three students who actually sit in their assigned seats will find the personal touch important. Happenings ... are well spaced this weekend, beginning this morning at 11 a.m. when you can see works by Rembrandt. and Weston at the University Museum of Art. The exhibit will run through August 14 .. at 4 p.m. the RC will present a panel discussion and film on the question of oil drilling in state forests ... the Women's advocate is sponsoring a discussion and slide show by the Feminist Art Work- ers in the Pendleton Rm. of the Union at 7:30 p.m. ... Sunday, the Outing Club will meet at the north entrance of Rackham at 1:30 ... the film Nosferatu will be shown for free in the old Arch. Aud. at 8 p.m. ... and also on Sunday, there will be a dis- cussion at the Gay Community Center at 7 pm. entitled The State of One Gay Movement ... Mon- day at 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn-West, the exten- sion service will sponsor a real estate workshop ... and at 8;30 a.m. the extension service will fea- ture a serninar on computers in education ... also from the extension service is a program entitled Geotechnical Practice for Disposal of Solid Waste Materials, in the Rackham Bldg....-and finally, Drug I* A~ fisla tars focus on : ne heroin problem By GREGG KRUPA pending state louse of Representatives' bill becomes law, n the state may be able to receive their fix from the hood medic-tl clinics a' a price substantially below pres- t cost. measure is part of a three-pronged attack on the state's roblem, sponsored by Representatives George Cushing- -Detroit) and Stephen Monsma (D-Grand Rapids). R PRESENT HEROIN addiction programs just are not job," Cusningberry said. "With our head-in-the-sand ap- o the drug crisis, we are doing little more than guaran- g profits for drug dealers. My bill would recognize heroin for what it is-a disease that needs treatment. And it ke the drug dealers out of the picture by making heroin to addicts." ingberry exiplained that in order to become eligible for rarm, a person would have to be certified as a heroin ad- a doctor. Rgistered addicts wauld then be enrolled in a See LEGISL.ATORS, Page 5 Help is recruiting volunteers to staff its 21-hour hotline, call 994-H-P for details Porno hearing Monday At this Monday night's City Council meeting there will be a public hearing on a proposed ordi- nance to prohibit dissemination of pornographic material in the city. The ordinance was proposed by Councilman Roger Bertoia (R-Third Ward), who has drawn a link between the sale of pornography and the increased prostitution trade on Fourth Ave- nue. The public hearing offers an opportunity for citizens to air their views on the proposed ordin- ance. On the outside It seems we just can't win when it comes to weather in thiz state. We're finally going to get rid of the cold this weekend, but we're going to lose our sunny skies ton, Today's high will hit the 80 tmark, but clouds will start to move in by the early afternoon, and thundershowers are likely. To- night's low should be in mid-50's. Sundav you can count on more of the same, with temperatures in the mid-80's, and rain clouds overhead,