The Michigan Daily-Friday, December 3, 1982-Page 3 Strip telegram fraud uncovered _AL %.-,J By THOMAS MILLER Con artists will sometimes go to great lengths to strip the public of its money, and in Ann Arbor one unidentified man is trying to strip the public by stripping himself. A number of female dormitory residents have received phone calls from a man who claims he has a telegram to deliver-a striptease telegram. People at T & A Strip-T- Gram, a legitimate Ann Arbor strip- tease telegram company, say this man is an imposter: When he strips, it's not the real thing. THE INCIDENTS have gone beyond ust phone calls though. Last week, everly Lashbrook, co-owner of T & A Strip-T-Gram, received a call from a woman who reported that a white male of student age showed up at her dor- mitory room claiming to have a Strip-T- Gram for her. The student asked the man who sent him, but he would not tell her, Lash- brook said. The man told her "he was doing this to make extra money." He then requested payment ,before per- forming. When the woman refused, the man left. "He did not take his clothes off," Lashbrook said. The man called himself Bob, she said. "He did not bring a stereo and was dressed as a normal student," Lash- brook said. T & A Strip-T-Gram messengers dress in suits and bring their own stereos for background music, T & A officials said. In addition, Strip-T-Grams have never been delivered in a University dormitory, and messengers are paid by the person who order the telegram, they said. EARLY IN October, Lisa, a resident of Oxford Housing, received a similar call. "He said he was from T & A Strip-T- Gram, and he had a telegram for me," Lisa said. "But he would not specify who had sent it." She then asked if she could call him back, but he gave her a wrong number. He called himself Bob. The imposter's use of T & A Strip-T- Gram's name has left the firm more than a little incensed. According to Bill Emrick, advisor to the company, "This man is obviously an imposter. We operate in a professional manner. He is giving our company a bad name." T & A USUALLY sends striptease telegrams to parties or gatherings. People contact T & A to send a telegram to friends. "We would never call people to arrange for an appointment. All arrangements are previously made through the person who sent the telegram," Lashbrook said. Aside from being a nuisance, T & A owners said, the imposter could be a hazard. If he got into someone's room, he might rob them, Emrick said. "We don't want to see anybody hurt," Emrick said, "we just don't know what he's up to." RESIDENCE HALL HOUSING AVAILABLE WINTER TERM GRADUATE OR UNDERGRADUATE; WITH MEALS OR NOT STOP IN ROOM 1011 S.A.B., TELEPHONE 763-3164 8 A.M. to Noon; 12:30 to 4:30 Weekdays {4 lDN t~bHS 1S CO1MNG EMU faculty to receive 5 percen L 1 "7 By FANNIE WEINSTEIN Eastern Michigan University faculty members will receive a 5 percent base salary increase effective Jan. 6 after an *agreement with the university's chap- Zer of the American Association of Jniversity Professors. The faculty union ratified the two- dear contract by a vote of 152-11 on Nov. 11 and it was approved by EMU's Board of Regents a week later. EMU-AAUP President Donald Pear- on said he was a little surprised by the pay hike. "It was kind of touch and go. We didn't expect anything large but it was larger than I thought it would be We said. The contract also includes three dif- ferent early retirement programs and a provision requiring all EMU faculty members to become dues-paying members of the AAUP or pay a representation service fee. Ironically, the contract was approved the same day that faculty at Michigan State University voted against unionizing. THE RETIREMENT plans were an- important consideration for faculty members, according to Jack Nightingale, information coordinator for EMU-AAUP. "They (faculty) were concerned about having some type of procedure," he ex- plained. "This would be a way of doing it without laying off faculty members." The "Early Retirement Severance Payment Plan" is a one-time only op- tion for faculty members who have taught for 20 years in a tenure track position. Benefits of the plan, which must be applied for by April 15, include the equivalent of one year's salary paid over two years. A "PHASED Retirement Plan," also a one-time-one option, is available to all faculty members who have taught for 25 years. This plan includes 60 percent of base salary for a 50 percent teaching load for a maximum of three years. The third retirement plan, the "Early Retirement as an Alternate of Layoff Plan," is restricted to faculty members in departments in which one or more. layoff notices have been issued or which has been notified that it is subject to layoffs. To be eligible for this plan, the ap- plicants salary must exceed that of the faculty member designated for layoff by an amount great enough so that the payment period will not exceed five years. The retiree will receive one year's base salary payable in equal biweekly instalments. C pay fllf e ALL THREE plans also include provisions for unused accumulated temporary disability pay and medical benefits. The new representation service fee is based on the amount EMU-AAUP currently pay, 0.75 percent of their salaries. The representation fee will not, however, include fees like the national AAUP dues. "The argument is," Nightingale said, "that although you don't have to be members of the union, you should provide your fair share for what the union does for you." PROF. WILFRED Kaplan, president of the ,University's AAUP chapter, said he doesn't think University faculty will unionize in the near future. "I don't think it's going to go very far here," he said. Since you can't come to Helix, we'll bring, photo savings to you!m I r4 w .. Meechigan grant to be awarded y JERRY ALIOTTA suffering a fatal cerebral brain clot. The old Meechigan spirit is still going A 1943 graduate of the University, *trong at the Phi Delta Theta frater- Ufer established himself as one of the -gity. This Monday at 7:15 p.m. the first all time great Michigan track stars in recipient of the Bob Ufer Scholarship the early 1940's. Ufer set a world indoor Fund will be awarded $250 to help pay track record for the 440 yard dash, ior his education. which stood as the school record for 32 "It's a very prestigious award," said years. Mike Citren president of the Phi Delta Among many other activities at the Theta fraternity. "There has been a lot University, Ufer was a Phi Delt and a of competition in the house for the member of it's Alumni Association. award." ' "Bob was on our member board and r Ufer, a flamboyant Michigan broad- when times were bad Bob was always "aster since World War II, had his 362- there," said Phil Grasshof, president of game streak of announcing Wolverine the Phi Delta Theta's Alumni football games broken last fall after Association. "We really miss him," he tHAPPENINGS - Highlight The Michigan Theatre will be the setting for "A Birthday Celebration for Sippie Wallace." The benefit concert will feature guest appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, and the Chicago Jazz Band. Hazen Schumacher of WUOM-WVGR will host the show, to begin at 8 p.m. Films AAFC-Polyester, 7, 8:40 & 10:20 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema Two-Experimental Films, 9 p.m., Cars That Eat People, 10 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. Cinema Guild-Man of Iron, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Lorch Hall. Mediatrics - Dirty Harry, 7 p.m., The Eiger Sanction, 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Performances UAC-"Bye B e, Birdie," 8 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Canterbury Loft - "Equus,' 8 p.m., 332 S. State St. School of Music-Voice Recital, Stellamarie Actis, 8 p.m., Rackham k Assembly Hall. The Ark-Roselie Sorrels, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Speakers Industrial and Operations Engineering and Computer Information and Control Engineering-Professor Will Gersch, "Smoothness Priors in Time Series," 3 p.m., 1504 East Engineering. English Language and Literature and Sociology-Rev. Andrew Greeley, "The Religious Imagination," 4 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Meetings Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class-Mtg., 7:30 p.m., University Reformed Church. 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