The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 8, 1981-Page Three FOUR PER CENT DECR EASE Scholarship fund cut By SARA ANSPACH The state's troubled economy will hit particularly close to home for some 2,600 University students whose Michigan Competitive Scholarship grants will be cut four percent this semester. The cut follows last fall's $250 reduction in the $1,200 maximum award granted to students. This fall that amount was reduced to $950; but with the most recent cut, those students will be receiving approximately $912-a maximum loss of $38 per student. MICHIGAN COMPETITIVE Scholarship grants are awar- ded by the state to qualified Michigan residents attending Michigan colleges. To be eligible for a grant a student must receive a "qualifying" American College Testing Program score and must demonstrate financial need. "Nobody is in a position to predict with any degree of ac- curacy" whether there will be further cuts in the program next fall, said Ron Jursa, Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority director. Although the governor will be announcing his preliminary budget recommendations for the 1982 fiscal year by the end of this month, Jursa said, the legislature won't have an- estimate of the amount of money available for the program for several months. "It's a long drawn out procedure," he explained. UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT Financial Aid Director Jim Zimmerman said that the program has several options" available if it receives a reduced allocation again next year, It may require a higher qualifying ACT score, or require,-a more strict definition of financial need, he said. Cuts in the state scholarship program can strain the University's aid program, Zimmerman said. The University. tries to fill unmet student financial need, he said, and when" the state gives less to students, the University must give: more. The most recent cut will mean University students will lose an estimated $90,000. Statewide, the Michigan Competitive Scholarship program provides 21,000 students with approximately $15.1 million in- financial aid. n m Rmum-W WmVn'guVF" 3 E E R * AP Photo A CRAWFORD, ARK. sheriff examines the tractor tire which contained the bodies of Detective Ray Tate, Jawana Price, who had hired him, and Price's friend, Holly Gentry. The triple slaying is believed to be connected to the disap- pearance of Price's husband. POLICE BELIEVE WIFE KILLED IN SEARCH OF HUSBAND: Triple FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP)-A wife trying to find her missing husband prought a detective and a friend back to hier apartment, where the kidnap- per--knowing she could identify him-lay in wait and killed all three, 'police theorized yesterday. , The husband, Larry Price, was still mnissing, and police said they did not expect to find him alive. i Fort Smith Detective Ray Tate, 34, +Jawana Price, 21, of Fort Smith, and rIolly Gentry, 28, of nearby Alma were round Tuesday stuffed in a tractor tire. ,l three had been shot in the head. THOMAS SIMMONS, 37, of rural Van Buren, described as a laborer, with an extensive criminal record, was rrested in the three deaths. He was murder linked to k charged with capital murder and four counts of kidnapping. Tate and Gentry went with Ms. Price to the Price apartment Monday after- noon after she reported her husband was missing. Ms. Price had left her apartment earlier in the day while a man was discussing the sale of a car with her husband. Police theorize that the man abducted Price. "DETECTIVE TATE and Mr. Gentry were with Ms. Price, who was a wit- ness," said Police Capt. Ralph Ham-, pton. "That's the only thing we can at- tach to it." The search for Mr. Price, 22, con- tinued yesterday, but Hampton said, "We have very little hope of finding him alive." He said the search was centered in an area to the east and south of Fort Smith because a vehicle that Price was selling for Gentry was found on the Central Mall parking lot in the. eastern part of Fort Smith. "WE'RE JUST making some assum- ptions that Mr. Price "nay have been killed earlier in the day and his body deposited in the area," Hampton said. Hampton said a taxicab driver picked up a man at Central Mall about, 5:20 p.m. Monday and took him to Mr. Price's apartment complex. He said Tate, Ms. Price, and Gentry arrived at the Price apartment shortly after 6 p.m. He said the cab driver would attempt SEMTA studies commuter line linking Ann Arbor and Detroit 1.7- ..°7 ayNvuuaua.a a mommi By BETH ALLEN Plans for a new commuter rail ser- vice between Ann Arbor and downtown D~etroit beginning in about four years are being studied by the Southeast 1ichigan TransportationAiuthority. SENTA, which, announced the plan ast month, is exploring the feasibility of a commuter train that would make ;from three to 11 round trips daily using )existing tracks owned by Conrail and stations operated by Amtrak. . THE PLAN ADDITIONALLY calls for the construction of several new 'stations along the line, which would end' aa terminal that SEMTA hopes to build beneath the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The commuter stops would be located at Dixboro Road near Geddes Road and U.S. 23; in downtown Yp- silanti; at Belleville Road near Van Born Rtoad; at Inkster Road and Nichign Avenue in Inkster; at Michigan Avenue and Telegraph Road ,in Dearborn, and, at the two Amtrak otations on Michigan Avenue in Dear- born and at 15th Street and Vernor ;Avenue in Detroit. According to SEMTA Commuter Rail ,Manager Julien Wolfe, the trip from 'Ann Arbor to Detroit would last ap- proximately one hour, but he added that some trains on the route might ;make fewer stops to cut down the time of the trip. Wolfe said the proposed rail system is part of SEMTA's plan to improve tran- sportation in the region. He added that 'imethod of funding the system has not been determined yet, although funds would probably come from a com- bination of state and federal agencies. Wolfe said the fact that three tran- sportation firms, SEMTA, Conrail, and Amtrak-will be. involved in the ven- ture should not present any problems. The study is expected to examine this facet of the proposal in detail. The trains on the line will be owned and operated by SEMTA, will run on Conrail track serviced by Conrail em- ployees, and will stop at four Amtrak stations, according to the proposal. SEMTA must also consult rail freight companies currently using the tracks and must establish a schedule that will not interfere with Conrail service. The study is expected to be completed by June. Two people injured in six-car pileup on U.S. 23 By JANET RAE Two persons, including a Michigan State trooper, were injured yesterday morning in a six vehicle chain reaction accident on U.S. 23 that blocked off traf- fic on the highway for more than one hour. State Trooper Garry Gray of the state police Ypsilanti post and Rona Persky of Milan were treated for bruises at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and were released. ACCORDING TO STATE Police Lt. Douglas Swix, Gray was investigating a "slight injury accident" on the south- bound lane of U.S. 23 involving a one- ton truck and other vehicles when the accident occurred. A passing semi-trailer rig, driven by Allen Canfield, was struck by an out-of- control car driven by Patricia Kennedy of Plymouth. The semi-trailer jackknifed into a parked car directly behind Grey's patrol car where he, Persky, and two other persons were sit- ting. Swix said the impact of the jackkn- ifing semi and the other car threw the patorol car into the pack of the parked truck involved in the first accident. An- tonio Dorazio of Livonia, the driver of the parked truck, was not injured by the jolt. The other persons sitting in the patrol car, Craig Thompson of Redford and Edward Andrews of Detroit, suf- fered minor injuries but sought private treatment. The chain reaction accident came to an end when Dorazio's truck was pushed forward into an unoccupied car parked in front of his vehicle. At least one other car was driven off of the road trying to avoid the wreckage but it sustained no apparent damage, Swix said. Traffic that backed up behind the accident, which occurred at 8:25 a.m., was re-routed over Geddes Road for more than one hour. " Ability to perform structural and dynamic analysis, " Strong academic credentials, - Use and write engineering computer programs, R ESE A RCH E NGIN EE R Analytically oriented? Like structural mechanics? Interested in computers? Enjoy hands-on testing? Freightliner is looking for research engineers who are self-starters to ;:work inthese areas solving problems with state-of-the-art technology. 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