. '~ Reagan LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Reagan challenged television yester- day to dwell for at least a week on good news, namely "the magnitude of volun- tary activity" in the nation. But the networds refused to bite on what Dan Rather called a worn play "to try to convince the public that problems are not problems." In a speech to a U.S. Olympic Com- mitee fund-raising luncheon, the president suggested that television news shows set aside April 17-23, or "National Volunteer Week," to test the theory that "good news isn't good for the ratings." "Then, if the ratings go down, they can go back to bad news," Reagan said. The president, whose speech text drew network criticism even before he mounted the podium, softened his remarks somewhat on delivery. For example, instead of a direct asks 'It's a very old, and I would have thought discredited technique. . .used to try to convince the public that problems are not problems.' The Michigan Daily-Friday March 4, 1983--Page 5 T.V. for good news - Dan Rather, CBS news anchorman tscaster Howard Cosell." ABC will broadcast the 1984 Olympic Games ,in Los Angeles. The preparedtaddress continued: "Now I realize there is a theory thatE good news isn't good for the ratings, but I only wish Dan Rather of CBS, Tom Brokaw of NBC and Ted Koppel of ABC and others in the media would focus a bit more on some of the truly adinirable things being done by the American people." But Reagan didn't name names in his delivery. Deputy press secretary Larr Speakes said the prsident decided t9 delete them because "he did not thiA it was appropriate." That decision was made after advan- ce news accounts of the speech had drawn refusals from all three major commercail networks. "challenge" to the networks, he changed his phrasing to say they "maybe" should focus on good news for a week. And he deleted an assertion that Americans were unaware of "the magnitude of voluntary activity going on in this country" because of television's penchant for the negative. He also dropped a reference to an- chormen, by name, of ABC, CBS, and NBC. In addition Reagan departed from his revised text with this ad-lib: "I think it's great that bad news is considered worthy of being news, and the good news is so common that it doesn't get any attention." In his original text, Reagan noted that "the Olympic effort has the sup- port of people like ABC sportscaster Jim McKay, ABC News President Roone Arledge and, yes, ABC Spor- Gang wants Stones dead SCHOOL OF MEDICINE- c---r-- WASHINGTON (AP) - The Hell's Angels have an "open contract" again- st Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones and have tried at least twice to kill the British rock group, a former member of the outlaw motorcycle gang said yesterday. A witness identified only as "Butch" told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the vendetta dates back to the slaying of a spectator at a Stones' con- cert in Altamont, Calif., in 1969 that was captured in the concert film "Gimme Shelter." AUTHORITIES AT the time said the' gun-toting spectator was stabbed to death in a scuffle with Hell's Angels hired to provide security at the concert, attended by 300,000 people. "Butch," Whose name was not revealed under the federal witness protection program, said the Angels were still angry because they feel the Rolling Stones "did not back them" in the subsequent furor and prosecution of the gang member. "There's always been an open con- tract on the band," said "Butch," a convicted murderer who testified from behind a screen. * * AP Photo Matthew Zabik (front) and Swiatoslav Kaczmar of MSU's Pesticide Resear- ch Center yesterday revealed the results of a study showing high levels of dioxin in fish taken from Michigan rivers. Dangerous chemical ' ..:} " r Good friends will ep you study angles when all you can think about is curves. M found in state's fish EAST LANSING - State officials said yesterday they are surprised by a Michigan State University study showing fish with high dioxin levels in key Michigan rivers, but will study it before issuing any human health war- nings. Preliminary data released by MSU researchers showed evidence of the dangerous carcinogen dioxin in tests of about half of 90 fish taken from Lower Peninsula rivers. "IT'S A SURPRISE if these numbers are real," said John Hesse of the State Department of Pubic Health, noting the sample was very small. Dr. Harold E. B. Humphrey of the health department's environmental division said the report will be reviewed by his office, other state agencies and Gov. James Blanchard's staff before any decision is made to issue health warnings to Michigan residents who eat fish. The two scientists said they were sur- prised by the results of the four-year project by graduate student Swiatoslav Kacsmar of MSU's pesticides research program because previous studies have detected the dangerous chemical mainly in the Tittabawassee River downstream from Dow Chemical Co.'s Midland plant. DOW HAS continually maintained that discharges from its plant are not the sole source of dioxin. Dioxin levels near Dow were comparable to those in other industrial rivers. "There is no reason to believe Michigan is unique," said Matthew Zabik, associate director of Michigan State University's Pesticide Research Center. He said dioxin might be present in soil near industrial areas, too, although "it would be harder to detect." Zabik said, "It's more widespread than we originally thought." He said the specific dioxin detected was 2,3,7,8-TCDD, the most toxic of 111 varieties of the chemical. Dioxin is a suspected cause of cancer and a deadly poison in small doses to animals, although its effect on humans is still uncertain. Zabik and Kaczmar said Michigan residents should not worry about the levels of dioxin found in the fish. "We don't have any fear at the levels we're finding," Zabik said. Both said the research would not keep them from eating fish caught in those rivers. "THERE'S NO basis for shutting down a part of a river based on one sample," said Kaczmar, who must defend his yetunpublished research before an academic panel on March 11. Contaminated fish were found in the St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Grand, Huron, St. Clair, Pine, Tit- tabawassee, and Saginaw Rivers. No dioxin was detected in samples from several more recreational northern rivers, including the Au Sable. The state officials said fish consum- ption warnings due to PCB and other chemical contanimation already exist for the Great Lakes and many of the rivers where dioxin was found. 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