Thursday, May 12, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Drinking age questioned By SUE WARNER, If several state legislators, parents, groups, and high school administrators have their ways Mich- igan's drinking age could be raised from 18 to 19 or possibly back to it's pre-1972 21-year old level. State Senator Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) said yesterday he favors a bill which would raise the age to 19 because, "the public school systems have reported problems with 18-year-olds going out on their lunch hour, or other times during- the day, buying beer and bringing it back to school." Bursley also pointed out that 18-year-olds often buy alcohol for underage friends who are also in high school. 0 HOWEVER, BURSLEY feels that returning the drinking age to 21 would be too drastic a measure. "I don't want it to go to 21 because I think college students should be able to do what they want," he said. Bursley also said there is a great deal of public sentiment for the bill. "There's a reasonably good chance that it could go through the Senate and the House within the year," he added. Tuesday, a State Senate committee heard pub- lic testimony regarding the bill which would raise the drinking age to 19. MOST OF THE nearly 101 citizens who attended the Commerce Committee hearing favored the proposed legislation, complaining that traffic acci- dents and alcohol abuse among youths have in- creased since the drinking age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1972. Another public hearing is scheduled for Tues- day. The bill's sponsor, Senator James DeSana (D-Wyandotte) advocates a age of 19 because he is convinced it would eliminate much of the high school drinking problem. GROUPS OPPOSING DeSana's bill argue that since 18-year-olds must accept the responsibilities See STATE, Page 10 Detroit's would-be mayors are a motley assortment By KEITH RICHBURG While Lou B e I c h e r is still contesting his one-vote loss for the mayorship of Ann Arbor, there are a host of people who want to be mayor of Detroit-- 30, to be exact, according to the official list of candidates at the Detroit City-County Building. Although most political ob- servers have narrowed the race down to a contest between in- cumbent Coleman Young, De- troit City Councilman Ernest Browne, and Wayne State Uni- versity L a w Professor John Mogk, the remaining "minor candidates" don't consider them- Stanford students protest Ford's, S. African policy (Contton tram Pate 1) "Months of efforts were directed toward the protests of the last two days," he-added. Approximately 900 students participated in another SCRIP organized rally yesterday, occupying the Old Student Union once again. During the afternoon, however, they discontinued their sit- in in favor of a low-key protest to "educate 'people about the issue" later this week. STANFORD has an enrollment of 10,000. "We became interested in this issue when we realized that Stanford's investment portfolio had corporations such as Ford which support apartheid," Nyhart said. Last month the group requested that the Stanford Board of Trustees, similar in function to the University of Michigan's Re- gents, vote in support of the Interfaith-Center's resolution. THE TRUSTEES, however, agreed only to abstain. from the vote rather than vote in favor of the resolution, Nyhart said. "This wasn't what we wanted. We felt a corporation such as Ford, could be a progressive force in that country., A rally to attempt to enter a building where the Trostees were meeting failed. Two students were later allowed to speak at a Trustees meeting The Stanford students d not expect the resouttion to gather many votes. "If ne of these things could even get 10 per cent of the stockholder's otes that would be a big statemiient to a cor- '?ratiori like Ford," Nyhart said. selves minor at all. "IF JIMMY Carter can be President of the United States and Merle Jeeter can be mayor of Fernwood, why can't I run for mayor of Detroit?" says George Saady, owner of a small Detroit bicycle business and lawn mow- er repair shop. "I just want to put a little competition in the race." Saady sees the major issues as the economic condition of the city and crime. "They go hand in hand," he says. lHe favors more uniformed police patrolling the beats. Saady also wants to make the mayor and all politicians more accountable to the people. "I would like to see a list of the mayor's aids and their salaries," he nays. "They get in, they think they're gods, and they are no I o n g e r representative of the people." SAADY'S CAMPAIGN is "not in full swing" yet, but the can- didat contends that "It's not just criticism for criticism's sake." Says Saady, "I hope to make a little bit of noise." Someone else who hopes to make noise is Leslie Benson. Benson, who lists his current oc- cupation as "running for the mayor of Detroit," says the peo- ple have not been adequatety represented. Btensioi says tha t Deroit nerds city officials "witl enough concern to kick the peo- ple in the butt." Although Benson sees crime as "a very big problem," and See DETROITERS, Page 10 ERIN braces herself for a shove from Scot in their fes- tivities at a Northwood Five playground. North Woodlacking recreation facilities By GREGG KRUPA Residents of the Northwood Five housing complex on North Campus have been doing quite a bit of compiaining lately about the lack of organized recreational activities and facilities for their cirren. Northwood Five has one of the densest populations of children in the Ann Arbor area. Between two and three in the afternoon busload after busload of children descend on the 400-unit complex from area schools. CLIFFORD WEBER, the principal of logan school, an elementary school attended by many of Northwood live children calls the situation "appalling." "The Northwood Five area has been neglected by the University for a number of years," said Weber. "There's io facilities out there at all for kids. I am appalled that the University has neglected the fansily. Weber blamed the problem on a lack of cooperation be- tween officials of the city, the University, and the public school system. le said space exists in the irea ifor develop- ment, but the need itsii exists for an>i orgonizatisin to vtii in and do the funding. RICIIARI TARRIER, Manager Ioft I-iFaity Iliiising taciLi- ties, disagreed with Wetir tied s-rid tihit thi' facilities were "pretty good, reilly." A quick srsee ii( the arei tiuried iisup kin abundance o swiigs, monkey iars, and saidbx llt See NORIWOOI, Page 10 "T SAY Motor City media Thesity of Detroit got a much needed shot in the image yesterday when Federal's department stores announced that they will be moving their corporate headquarters there from New York, In fact, ,Fed- eral's is so enthused with the Motor City that they've decided to sponsor a television special called "De- troit, We Love You!" The special, expected to be aired towards the end of summer, will feature such "local talent" as Diana Ross Gladys Knight and the' Pips, Dick Vitale, Al Kaline,. Governor William Mil- liken, Mayor Coleman Young, Willie Horton and. Henry Ford II. Not exactly a Television Renaissance, but at least better than The Price is Right. Happenings ... . If your brain can take topics like "physical limnology" and "meteorology in ice and snow stu- dies", check out the last day of the 20th Confer- ence on Great Lakes Research all day at-Rackhaia and MLB . . . and if even that doesn't sate your lecture palate, try "Radical Pairs and Magnetic Field Effects in the Primary Energy Storage Re- actions", 4 p.m. in 1139 Nat. Sci. .. . and at 8 p.m. the Sierra Club will hold its annual Members Wild- erness slHe show in the Public Library's meeting room, corner of Fifth and William. That's it! 0 Adversity The parish tax assessor in Gretna, 'Louisiana, thought he had a clever idea to help determine property values. He asked taxpayers to list "adverse influences" which might decrease property value and to submit photographs. One respondent listed his neighbor's "ugly wife" and enclosed a photo as proof. Another wrote an essay describing the beauty of colorful dead leaves settling gently into his swim- ming pool from next door. And a third attached a color photo of himself smiling in his den. Too bad extra tax breaks aren't awarded for creativity. Ford on tour Professor Jerry Ford is back with his traveling political science road show again, this time in los Angeles at the University of Southern California. Ap- parently forsaking the hometown Rose Bowl losers for the California victors, Ford was asked for prob- ably the thoi'sandth time why he pardoned Richard Nixon. The ex-President replied that if he had it to do all over again he would fake the same action. Ford also declined comment on Nixon's televised interview with David Frost. "M'Ir. Nixon's actions speak for themselves," he said. Ford spoke here last month as a guest professor. On the outside Look for another gorgeous day today, sunny with a high of 76. Tonight, cool and clear, with a low of 51, And tomorrow things tarn downright summery, with scattered clouds and a high of 80.