at rdcv, May 22, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three , Officials mum on VA drug reports By GEORGE LOBSENZ- THE CASE originated last August 15 when the FBI began its inquiry into a Federal officials investigating last Au- series of respiratory arrests that event- gust's respiratory arrest deaths at Ann ually totaled 51, at least six of which Arbor's Veteran's Hospital have refused resulted in death. to either confirm or deny reports that Last August pancuronium bromide traces of the muscle-relaxant pancuro- was discovered in the blood and urine aiun bromide (Pavulon) have been samples of two patients who survived found in the exhumed bodies of possible respiratory attacks. It was also detect- wurder victims. ed in one victim's intravenous tube. "I'm not in a position to comment on However, if this report proves accur- such a report," said Assistant U. S. At- ate, it would provide the first direct evi- torney Richard Delonis, "for several dence linking the drug with the sus- reasons I just can't say anything." De- picious deaths. Wais did not elaborate on the specific ASKED IF this type of evidence would -easons for his silence. strengthen his case against the two ant- TU, Reliable Realty split strike decisions in court pects named in a grand jury investiga- tion, Fitipina Narcisco, 31, of Ypsilanti and Leonora Perez, 31, late of Evan- ston, Il., Delonis replied "At this point, I really can't comment in any way." Delonis did admit that the testing methods used in examining the five ex- humed bodies were, medically, the first of a kind. "Prior to our undertaking of the in- vestigation, there was no method for testing body issues for chemicals or drugs, only body fluids could be test- ed," asserted Delonis. "THIS IS A totally new problem-and this is a totally new method," he said. Delonis added he would reconvene the 23-member grand jury in order to brIef them on "a number of developmenta". Again, he refused to go into detail. Jay Bailey, supervising the case for the FBI, was even more close-mouthed than Delonis. "All I can acknowledge is that we are continuing our investiga- tion" he said. A spokesman for the Veteran's Hos- pital professed complete ignorance about the new report. "We haven't received any reports from the FBI," he said, "we only know what we read in the papers." By MICHAEL YELLIN ae Realty Management Company be release yesterday of all but $70 i 20 rent withheld by striking mem- af the Ann Arbor Tenants Union in the fifth of 19 court cases sched- between the two groups. Te ury of three men and three wa- m alo ruled in favor of a TU counter- m. awarding the tenants of 518 South sib $300 in damages. The counter- .a charged Reliable owner Edith Ep- a h failure to maintain the house. iA Al) lawyer Jonathon Rose I the coort decision a TU victory I / RIP, Allosaurus ' ,auned $30,000 dinosaur safari or- de rthrough the post Neiman-Marcus department stare is now as extinct as the critters it was planned to dig up. The firm putting up the money for the expedition, Pinehurst Mortgage and Loan Co. of Southern Pines, N.C., has game into bankruptcy, and its owner con- victed of fraud. Paleontologists from the University of Utah, who had ex- pected to get some fine relics of a meat- eating Allosaurus, are pretty disappoint- ed and making few bones about it. Happenings . . . . . . MM Productions and 'U' Club are presenting Peter Pan today and tomor- row at 2:00 and 8:00 in the Anderson Rm. of the Union. Call 763-2236 for details ... People United for Justice are sponsor- ing a barbeque today Donations are $3.00. Call 769-3711 .. We Pippert, 'UPI Political reporter, will give a lecture Sunday entitled, "All the President's Men and You". The speech starts at 8:00 at the First Methodist Church .. . Also on Sunday, Dr. George Mendenhall will speak on "The Conflict Between Value Systems and Social Work." The lecture will be at 8:00 at the Ecumen- ical Campus Center . . . Weather or not It'll be sunny and warm today as the mercury will be on its tip-toes, reaching for the 70 degrees mark. Clouds will start to move in by late afternoon, and lows tonight will be in the upper 40's. Sunday's high will be in the mid-60's and there wil be a slight chance of rain. saying, "The jury recognized that even though the house passed inspection it was not up to code and awarded dam- ages to the tenants." Epstein was unavailable for comment. Through testimony it was learned that the property was infested with bats and rodents and had inadequate pipes and heatin. 'lhe house also locked a kitchen and lipiigi room. TENANT a t t o r n e y Wendy Brewer argued that, "The kitchen facilities were installed for the purpose of passing in- spection," and were "purposefully re- moved" by Epstein the day after in- spection. IRose contended that, "This house can be back on strike tomorrow," and that the TU strike against Epstein is "pro- ceeding in a manner favorable to the tenants " Union organizers believe their members "are organized and will not settle until Epstein meets their de- mands " The Reliable strike is now in its fourth month. Negotiations between the two groups were broken off again this week by Wil- iain Raymer Epstein'sattorney, who stated that "both partics are firmly fixed" in their proposals for a settle- ment. Bargaining over the issue of rent CCme60C control also ceased. Last year, David Goldberg, 11, of San Diego was involved in a motorcycle KIM KELlER, a TU organizer, stron accident in which his left arm was almost completely severed. Now, he's y belmeves that, '"if the Tenants Union i recovered enough so he can still hurl with the best of 'em in a recent Little See RELIABLE, Page S League game. Nine vie for school board By MIKE BLUMFIELD With a lack of stand-out issues and nine candidates vying for three positions, local voters may have trouble casting their ballots in the June 14 school board election. School board members serve three years on the nine-seat Board of -Educa- tion. CANDIDATES do not declare a party alliance but instead tend to be classified by their approach to the function of edu- cation. Liberals generally lean toward alternative systems while conservatives favor the old Three R's, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Nearly all of the candidates declare themselves interested in improving the "quality of education," something they feel has declined lately. As candidate Mary Rave says, "Every- body's for God and motherhood. So am 1. Everybody thinks school ought to be' more exciting and innovative and so do t." HARVEY JAHN is running on the po- sition that "social skills, which are too often neglected in favor of the Three R's, should be emphasized." He adds that "most young people like tome tort of tightening up of discipline, rot in a back- ward puritanical sense, but in a con- structive way." Insuring the teaching of basic skills has been a central focus of the Board for the past three years and constitutes a basis for the campaigns of current Trustees Terry Martin and Paul Wein- hold. As Martin says, "If a child can't read, there's nothing much else he can do in life. This has been neglected na- tionally too often." Board member hopeful Stephen Liu feels compelled to run because he is alarmed by the way "(achievement) scores are going down the hill-we need to restore prestige to Ann Arbor's edu- cational system." How that will be achieved, he admits, "has no simple answers. Teachers have to be brought up to date and materials and testing have to be improved. ONE WAY to help find answers is to solicit suggestions of parents and stu- dents in how to improve the student's education, according to candidate A. Edward Spitz. "I would seek parent ad- vice of major policy changes that are contemplated by schools. This would give a better cross-section of input. I would seek student advice at the high school level." As expected in these financially strap- ped times, the school budget is an area of difficulty. Weinhold feels that the budget "is a challenge for any board" and that now it is essential not to "keep layering things on top of each other." Kathleen Dannemiller hopes to remedy the situation by relying on her manage- ment background to provide alternative methods of school financing. Also running for the election are Elle, Blue and Robert Tulloch.