Historic Comm. The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, February 18, 1986 - Page 3 to present Adams House case By KURT SERBUS Representatives of the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission will try to convince the first Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor morrow that it should not tear down the Henry Carter Adams House on Hill Street, which the commission considers an historic landmark. Church leaders -are considering tearing down the house and converting much of the property into a parking lot. The church also plans to add foliage to beautify the area. ADAMS, a University economics professor, built the house in 1894, and it has stood at 1421 Hill St. since then. The church Wurchased the house in 1963, and it spon- sored the Ark coffee house as part of its youth outreach program until the Ark moved to Main Street in 1984. The Washtenaw/Hill Historic Study Committee has declared that the Adams site is one of the 40 most significant buildings in that district, so developers can get a 25 per- cent federal tax credit on any refurbishing they do. Michael Brooks, executive director of the Hillel Foundation, said Hillel had made a "very generous offer" to buy the land, but the church leadership voted to turn it down. "We planned to restore the house and use it as an annex for meetings, programs, and for visiting scholars and performing artists," Brooks said. HILLEL EVEN offered to build a driveway connecting the church to Hill Street, but that proposal was also turned down. The church originally bought the property so it would have access to Hill Street. Church spokesman Carl Gieder said the house itself was of secondary importan- ce to the land. He said the church wants to have the property available if it decides to expand. In addition, Gieder said, selling the house could mean restricting the church's access to Hill Street, "and with the immense amount of traffic we have on Sundays, this is not practical or safe." THE DESTRUCTION of the house would allow the church to widen the pedestrian walkway to allow safer Sunday traffic. "The way it is now, there's too much of a possibility of someone getting hurt," Gieder said. Landscaping the property is also impor- tant to the Church, Gieder said, as is the high cost of maintaining the house. "We feel the house warrants razing because it's cost- prohibitive," he said. Rosemarion Blake, chairwoman of the Historic District Commission, hopes that she and other committee members can change church leaders' minds at tomorrow's meeting. "Hopefully the church will realize that this is a very important part of this district and very worth saving," she said. Blake said the house will be nominated as a national historical landmark on March 6, but the church can still demolish the house if it wants to. The commission's efforts may be in vain because the Session, the ruling body of the church, voted in December to demolish the house. It later decided to delay the demolition in order to hear arguments on why the house should be saved. Mary Hathaway, who is a member of the church and the Historic District Com- mission, helped convince the church to delay its decision. "I think an element of impatience crept in, and we need to step back and examine this," she said. Housing allows student to stay By EVE BECKER University housing officials gran- ed engineering freshman Greg rown an extension of his dormitory lease after threatening two weeks ago to evict the Couzens resident because ie exhibited conduct "which could eapordize life, limb, and property." Housing officials agreed to let Brown move from Couzens to South Quad as long as he stays out of trouble. Brown distributed a flyer in December condemning building director Jerral Jackson, but later apologized after the incident. He said he was shocked when a security guard hand-delivered an eviction notice two weeks ago. BROWN MOVED into South Quad on Sunday. The housing office originally plan- ned to terminate Brown's lease and his meal contract because of the flyer, which Jackson said was offensive and threatening. John Finn, assistant director of housing, later suggested that Brown do community work or talk to a psychologist, but recently settled on a behavioral contract. Brown said he was allowed to remain in the dormitory system because he cooperated with housing officials. "When things were talked over, it just worked out," he said. The behavioral contract Brown signed only requires that he avoid receiving any more written warnings about his behavior, he said. Brown said he realized after talking to Finn that statements he made in the flyer, including a pledge to "make (Jackson's) life a living hell," were inappropriate because he had no per- sonal conflicts with Jackson. When Brown received the eviction notice two weeks ago, his hallmates gathered about 150 signatures on a petition protesting the severity of the punishment. "We did it to show that it was done in a sloppy manner and the reasons for the eviction were not justified," said engineering freshman Rob McMahon. Religious faiths unite: Mom stay home WASHINGTON (UPI) - Religious .,roups often at odds with each other esterday sided with a religious school that refused to rehire a teacher it believes should remain home with her children and has taken its case to the Supreme Court. In separate statements, the American Jewish Committee, the U.S. Catholic Conference and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said they filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the court on behalf of Dayton Christian Schools, Inc., a consortium of fundamentalist schools in Ohio. AT ISSUE is a clash between religious beliefs and anti- discrimination laws. In 1979, Linda Hoskinson, a teacher at the Dayton Christian Schools, com- plained to the Ohio Civil Rights Com- mission because the school's principal refused to agree to rehire her the year following the birth of her child. She was told that she would not be rehired because the school's religious tenets included the belief that mothers should stay home and take care of their young children. When Hoskinson sought the advice of an attorney, she was permanently fired for violating the biblical "chain- of-command" by seeking the advice of a secular authority. Hoskinson's complaint to the rights commission concluded there was probable cause to believe the schools had violated anti-discrimination laws. That conclusion was upheld by a Wet 'n' wild federal district court but overturned A huge wave breaks over a van nea at the appellate level. rains and high winds to Northern C Guerrillas capture Israelis in declared security zone (Continued from Page 1) Associated Press r San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. A severe winter storm brought heavy alifornia. THE LIST What's happening around Ann Arbor U Campus Cinema, Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958) MT F,8 p.m., Mich. The simple, uncluttered life of Monsieur is contrasted to that of his sister and brother-in-law, who live in an ultra-modern, gadget-laden home. Won an Oscar for best foreign language film. Performances Guarneri Quartet - University Musical Society, 8 p.m., Rackham Auditorium, (665-3717). This twenty-year-old string quar- tet will play pieces by Beethoven in- cluding Quartets in E-flat, A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 and E minor, Op. 59, No. E2. University Band/Percussion En- semble - School of Music, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, (763-4726). Conducted by Eric Becher, these two ensembles will perform Roger Nixon's Fiesta del Pacifico, Percy Grainger's Ye Bands and Braes O'Bonnie Doon, and Copland's El Salon Mexico. Bars and Clubs The Ark - (761-1451) - Chris and Bill Barton, American and Irish }traditional. Bird of Paradise - (662-8310) - Bill Heid Trio bebop and blues. The Blind Pig - (996-8555) - The Reducers, blues, country, and punk mingle The Earle -(994-0211) - Larry Manderville, solo piano Mr. Floods Party - (995-2132)- The Wingnuts, rockabilly Mountain Jack's - (665-1133) - Billy Alberts, easy listening The Nectarine Ballroom - (994- 5436) - High Energy Dance Music with DJ Roger LeLievre Rick's American Cafe - (996-2747 - Cadeau a Vous, funk U-Club - (763-2236) - Reggae Dance Party, Dj Tom Simonian Speakers Teshone Wagaw - "Appropriate Technology in Health Care, Food Production, and Famine Relief," Control in the 1980's and Beyond," Political Science, noon , Commons Room, Lane Hall. Eric Lipson - Undergraduate Law Club, 7 p.m., Kuenzel Room, Union. James Morgan - "Life After Retirement: Trading Skills, Sharing Ideas," 1 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church. Robert Super - "The Editing of Nineteenth Century Texts," COSCA, 4 p.m., W. Conf. Room, Rackham. John Powell - "A Visitor's Reflections on the Soviet Union," Ecumenical Campus Center, noon, 603 E. Madison. Stevo Julius - "Physiology of Hypertension," Psychobiology, 12:30 p.m., 4054 KHRI. Herb Pickett - "Rotational Spec- troscopy as a Tool for Stratospheric Studies," Chemistry, 4 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Bldg. Meetings University Aikido Club - 5 p.m., Wrestling Toom, IMSB. Farm Labor Organizing Commit- tee - 5:30 p.m., U-Club. AIESEC - International Business Club - 5:30p.m., 131 Business Action Against Aids - 7 p.m., League. Furthermore Investigating Careers in the Non- Profit/Social Change Sector - Career Planning & Placement program, 4:10 p.m. Defining a Career Objective - Career Plannin & Placement program, 4:20 p.m. Film Series - Near Eastern & North African Studies, 7 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. Supervision, Pt. II, Superinten- dants Rights and Responsibilities - HRD workshop, 8:30 a.m. Making Travel Arrangements - HRD workshop, 9 a.m. Basic Math Review - HRD workshop, 1 p.m. Negotiation Skills for Office Staff - HRD workshop, 1 p.m. Midwest Student Medical Resear- ch Forum XVII - Medical School/AMA-ERF, 8 a.m., Towsley Center. terim Force in Lebanon said by telephone only that two Israeli soldiers were captured. The Isrealis said the ambush oc- curred in the Beit Yahun region - the same area as Bint Jbeil. An Israeli military source, who spoke on condidition of anonymity, said the missing soldiers were low- ranking army officers who had been traveling in civilian cars. The source said the ambush took place at about noon, when guerrillas waiting at a bend in the road set off an explosive charge as a three-vehicle convoy of civilian cars was passing on a routine patrol. The Lebanese security sources said Irish and Ghanaian troops of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, the peacekeeping troops known as UNIFIL, set up a score of checkpoin- ts in an attempt to halt the Israeli thrust. BUT THE Israelis used helicopters to leapfrog the roadblocks, and other Israeli troops in tanks and armored personnel carriers moved northward along roads with no checkpoints, the sources said. It was the largest Israeli operation north of the security zone since Dec. 3, when several hundred soldiers with tanks and gunships attacked a guerrilla base near Hasbaya, 10 miles north of the border. The zone extends six miles from the border at most points. The Islamic Resistance, a name used by fundamentalist Moslems fighting the Israelis in south Lebanon, said in a statement that the'captured Israelis were "being treated for serious wounds." Lebanese television showed a film of a man in a bed under a bloodstained sheet, with his entire head bandaged, and said he was one of the prisoners. THE GUERRILLA statement said photos of the prisoners and a list of demands would be forthcoming. It claimed 10 Israelis were killed and all guerrillas involved in the ambush returned safely. The Center for Western European Studies announces the SUMMER PROGRAM IN SEVILLE JUNE 15 - JULY, 26, 1986 Classes in Spanish literature and linguistics, art history, history or political science taught in English or Spanish $1700 fee includes 6 upper-level credit hours of U-M tuitition, lodging and some meals For applications and further information, please contact CWES, 5208 Angell Hall, 764-4311 BLUE FRONT Packard at State $189sit 8 pack- 1/2 liter bottles MARSHALL'S PACKAGE LIQUOR S. 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Schily alleges that Kohl, a Christian Democrat, lied on July 18 to a legislative committee in Rhineland- Pfalz state that met in Mainz to in- vestigate alleged schemes to evade taxes on campaign contributions irin n ra.. th. n a d. n o ar,, n , n- fice had not been notified of the Koblenz investigation officially but that Kohl was not worried about the investigation, "because he made his statement to the investigative com- mittee in Mainz to the best of his knowledge and belief." die Pepsi. ; ,, y ,?1 LOWEST KEG PRICES IN TOWN! YOU HOLD THE KEY to FNEEDO(1 Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry F . STU DENT SOLIDARITY I'fAV a 1 I