The Michigan Daily-Friday July 7, 1978-Page 3
Phone tips lead nowhere in Gold search
By R.J. SMITH
Twenty-one days ago Judith Schwartz
left the living room of her apartment on
Division Street to buy a stamp for a let-
ter, leaving her roommate alone in the
apartment. When Schwartz returned,
her roommate was gone.
Now, three weeks later, there is no
indication that the police are ap-
proaching the answer to the baffling
puzzle of the fate of Beverly Gold.
GOLD, A 20-year-old University
student; was last seen wearing blue
jeans and a T-shirt. She is 5-foot-4 with
brown hair and hazel eyes.
City police took more telephone calls
yesterday from people who may have
seen Gold. But the calls have produced
no successful results, only a series of
dead-end leads.
Several such leads were uncovered
Wednesday in a massive canvassing ef-
fort organized by some of Gold's friends
and members of her family.
A group of over 100 people from Ann
Arbor and Southfield scoured various
city neighborhoods, concentrating on
the campus area, talking to thousands
of residents.
"THEY GAVE us a sort of summary
of what they found," said police detec-
tive Charles Ferguson. "Most people
contacted said, 'We've heard about her,
but we haven't seen anything."'
The group spoke to several people
who mentioned they saw someone fit-
ting Gold's description getting into an
orange pickup truck in the woman's
neighborhood at around the time Gold
was reported missing. But that lead
was deflated yesterday.
"I HAVE SPOKEN with the driver of
the orange pickup, and it turned out it
was a girl who is a student here, who
had been in the area for several days,"
said Ferguson.
Police yesterday also talked with a
motel owner in the downriver Detroit
area who thought she had seen Gold in
the motel last week.
After showing the owner various pic-
tures of Gold, however, police said she
was "unable to make positive iden-
tification" with any of them.
MEANWHILE, in East Lansing,
police there are wrestling with a pair of
disappearances. Wendy Bush, a 21-
year-old student, was reported missing
on June 26, and has not been seen since.
the body of Elizabeth Choquette, 27,
was found ina wooded area east of Holt.
Choquette was a MSU graduate, and
worked at a television station in East
Lansing.
"We are aware of the disappearan-
ces, and have contacted the MSU
police, the Lansing police and the
Ingham county sherfiff's department,"
said detective Ferguson.
"I don't speculate on any connection.
I draw that inference when I have
evidence to support it . . . almost
anything seems different from someone
just walking out the front door," he ad-
ded in reference to Gold's disappearan-
ce.
Housing code may
alter 'U' dormitories
By R. J. SMITH
An application of the state housing
code made Wednesday by state Attor-
ney General Frank Kelley appears to
have had little effect on the University,
but there is a possibility that specifics
in the code may come to light in the
future to force some changes in dor-
mitory conditions.
Responding to requests from state
legislators, Kelley announced that
college dormitories must be in com-
pliance with the state housing code. A
student- group from Michigan State
University (MSU) had written letters to
state Sen. Earl Nelson and Rep. Lynn
Jondahl, saying certain converted
triple rooms in MSU dorms violated
regulations established by the state
code. The students asked if the code ap-
plied to their dorms.
ALTHOUGH dormitories are not
toda
mentioned in the state code, they do fit
the definition of "class B" multiple
dwellings, as do jails and asylums.
"The housing code is extensive, and
very precise," said East Lansing
representative Jondahl, whose con-
stituency includes MSU. "It (the code)
talks about sizes and lengths of win-
dows and doors ... and it mentions
ventilation systems and fire prevention
devices."
"It seems to me," Jondahl added,
"that there might be a whole raft of
provisions that must be viewed all over
again by the dormitories."
ACCORDING TO University Housing
Director Robert Hughes, dorm rooms
have always been built to specification
established by the code.
Kelley's statement was sparked by
student allegations that converted
See HOUSING, Page 7
The face is familiar
There are a lot of strange characters roaming the streets of New York City, to be
sure, but this man, clad to resemble the cartoon character Hulk, still managed
to draw more than a few second glances from startled passersby.
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Happenings...
... begin at your convenience today. Stop by the
North Campus Commons any time before 4:30 to
view an exhibition of paintings and drawings by
local artist Terry Walsh ... then attend a free 2
o'clock showing of the classic Western, Stagecoach,
starring the Duke himself, John Wayne, at the Ann
Arbor Public Library, Fifth and William ... Almut
roessler, director of music at St. John's Church,
Dusseldorf, Germany, travels all the way to our fair
city to give a 4:30 talk on "The Spiritual
Background of Messiaen's Music" in studio 2110 of
the School of Music ... grab your partner and head
over to the Liberty/Division park between 6:30 and
9 for a square dancing dlemonstration . .. if you
prefer something really out of this world, launch
yourself over to MLB 3at 7:30 for more free films in
the continuing Astronomical Film Festival ... if
you don't have the energy to leave the comfort of
your home, tune in to "The Sex and Comiedy Hour"
at8 on WCBN, 88.3 FM.
Wedding setting
Kurt Metzger and his fiancee, Jody Sussman, love
animals. In fact, you might even say they no ane
cage at the Cincinnati Zoo. The couple, Metzger ex-
plained, wanted to tie the knot "in a place that
means the most to us, and that's the zoo." The two
have no reservations about their choice of location.
"I think it's going to be great to get married in front
of gorillas," the groom-to-be said. "I prefer them as
wedding guest over a lot of people Iknow."
Dog days of summer
It's not that Rhode Island state Sen. James
Federico's campaign for lieutenant governor is
going to the dogs. It's more like the dogs are coming
to him. Federico was pounding the pavement during
the long holiday weekend collecting signatures so he
could get his name on the ballot for his state's Sept.
12 Democratic primary. And as he went along
shaking hands, kissing babies and petting dogs, one
canine decided that it didn't want to be petted-or
shake hands or be kissed, for that matter. So pooch
took a nip at tife candidate's leg. Federico returned
to the campaign trail after being taken to a hospital
where his wound was treated and he was given a
tetanus shot. But, like any astute politician, he's
taking no chances of upsetting any potential con-
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Slip sliding away
An Annapolis woman was charged with assault-
ing a police officer after she refused to pay a $1.25
toll on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The weapon she
reportedly used: a banana. Authorities said
Kathleen Wechsler hit Bay Bridge Police Officer
Thomas Crouch with the fruit after she allegedly
rammed his cruiser with her car when he tried to
stop her near a toll plaza on the western end of the
twin span. Wechsler then reportedly slipped back
into her car and drove off, leading police on a high-
speed chase for about five miles before she was
caught. Now Wechsler finds herself charged with
assaulting a police officer, failing to pay the toll,
negligent driving and other traffic charges, police
said. She was released on her own recognizance
pending trial July 24. No word on whether she will
ap-peel if convicted.
On the outside...
When you're hot, you're hot. Our high will
approach the 90" mark again today with equal
humidity under partly sunny skies. As if that
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