The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 6, 1978-Page 3 One party is too many for escaped criminal By THOMAS O'CONNELL A convicted felon's escape attempt was cut short Thursday night when he decided to stop off at a party store before leaving town. Jack Koester, 53, had pulled up in front of the Main Party Store at the corner of Main and Ann around 7 p.m. when he was confronted by Officer Mark Parin of the Ann Arbor police. PARIN HAD noticed that the tem- porary Ohio license tag on the car Koester was driving was hanging up- side down. When Koester could not produce the vehicle's registration, Parin decided to run a routine iden- tification check on him. The officer soon discovered that Koester was a wanted fugitive who had escaped from custody at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor a short time before. He had been tran- sferredtherefor medical treatment from Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson. Koester is serving three concurrent sentences for felony convictions, in- cluding three to five years for larceny. He was immediately locked up by police and returned to the prison yesterday. DETAILS of his escape from the hospital have not been made available. Prisoners from Jackson are regularly transferred there for treatment. Unfortunately for Koester, the iden- tification check run by Officer Parin turned up outstanding warrants on him from 13 communities in Michigan and Ohio. Law enforcement authorities in those towns were apparently unaware that Koester had been caught and im- prisoned. The outstanding warrants included charges of car theft in Detroit, counter- feiting in West Bloomfield, fraud in Farmington Hills, Waterford, Shelby and Royal Oak, and an undefined fugitive felony warrant from Koester's hometown of Toledo. See ESCAPED, Page 13 First freighter of spring uDily 'h0t0 byPER I A true sign of spring - second only to the robin - a freighter churns its way through the waters of Lake Michigan at St. Ignace, near the Mackinac Straits, in the morning sun. ROSEN NAMED NEW DIRECTOR: Provitt quits Ply mouth By MICHAEL ARKUSH quickly named David Rosen as the new Stehman praised Provitt for "h director. Rosen is the current director cellent job under the most diffic .ve.yn 71-'r..v4 , .ac «.ing :...rect ...r a toe..«.. ....1 i. ...1....1- Ll er ex- lt cir- Evelyn Provitt, acting director at the Plymouth Center for Human Develop- ment, resigned yesterday to accept a position with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). Provitt had replaced Dr. William Womack on February 24 after the Detroit Free Press reported that Womack failed to investigate allegations of abuse which allegedly occurred at the institution. YESTERDAY'S announcement, however, came as no surprise. Provitt had indicated originally that she only intended to spend approximately eight weeks at Plymouth, Dr. Vernon Stehman, director of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) 'I think it' a good more be- cause achile Proritt i'as a top bureaucrat. she nerer at- teni ted to speak openly trit h 11s. We beliere Rosen ill be different.' -Sauidy WcGuire, P4RC spokesperson of the Macomb-Oakland Regional Cen- ter. cumstances." He said she has made significant contributions to the advan- cement of services for mental health patients during the last 12 years. WILBUR COHEN, University School of Education Dean and chairman of a task force investigating charges of abuse at Plymouth, also complimented the 47-year-old Provitt. He commended her for implementing specific programs to improve conditions at Plymouth and called her new position "a fine promotion and a complete recognition of her ability." Members of the Plymouth Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), a parents group which has pVvt, SeerFROVITT, toda Professor honored s ... you can join the cyclers, who'll peddle In an article in yesterday's Daily on faculty from noon until 5 to raise money for the Ecology award winners, one recipient's name was omitted. Center in its eighth annual Bike-a-thon . . if you Donald Lewis of the Mathematics Department was prefer hiking, trudge along with the Outing Club on selected to receive a senior faculty Distinguished its trek which departs from the Huron St. entrance Aelci evem en a noaclyDstnuse of the Rackham Bldg. at 2 ... "Close Encounters Achievement Award. with the Funeral Industry" will be the subject of the annual meeting of the Memorial Advisory and A correction Planning Service at 7:30 at the First Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw . .. Open Singles The front page of yesterday's Daily was inadver- celebrates the "Rites of Spring" at an8 o'clock par- tently dated Thursday, May 4. We apologize for any ty at 721 S. Forest, apt. 504. Bring a snack to confusion caused by the error. share ... on MONDAY from 12:15-1:45 Diane Ruble of Princeton University will hold a colloquium on "Development of Social Comparison Happenings.. Processes" in 1211 SEB ... at 2, the Ann Arbor are rare, today. At 8:15, retired University Public Library offers Israeli folk dancing lessons Prof. Kenneth Pike speaks on "Static, Dynamic and for elementary school children ... enjoy an hour- Relational Aspects of Verbal Art" in Rackham Lec- long carillon concert beginning at 7 emanating ture Hall. That's the concluding lecture for the Con- from Burton Tower - . . at 7:30, the Washtenaw ference on the Semiotics of Art ... on SUNDAY, County Chapter of the Michigan Association for the Ann Arbor Handweaver's Guild holds its eighth Emotionally Disturbed Children holds its May annual sale from 10-5 at the North Campus Coin- meeting at Logan Elementary School, 2685 Traver , Page 12 Blvd. "The Impact of an Emotionally Disturbed Child in the Home" will be the topic of discussion. Room at the top In this era of politicians with big egos, House Speaker Tip O'Neill is the first to admit he needs more head room. So the Massachusetts Democrat has switched from a medium-sized car to a Lincoln Continental because he wanted a vehicle that gave him enough room to wear his hat. The 6-foot-3-inch O'Neill said the car's roof was too low. "It didn't leave room for you to wear a hat," he ex- plained. "I'm a great hat wearer." Never fear, though, O'Neill and an aide say the Lincoln actually will cost $550 a year less to lease and has gas mileage comparable to a smaller car. On the outside ... Things should be drier, but we'll still have variable cloudiness today. Expect warmer tem- peratures with a high in the upper 50s.