LOCAL/STATF The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 30, 1999 - 3 Police searching for missing autistic man "he Ann Arbor Police Department is asking for any tips in locating a 22 year-old autistic male last seen in the 400 block of Washington St. yesterday at about 10 a.m.The man, Jeffrey Beauchamp, is white, six feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. When last seen he was not wearing any type of winter clothing and was dressed in a brown sweater, khaki pants and white Converse tennis shoes. n yone with information is asked to c l AAPD Sgt. Michael Logghe at (734) 994-1612. South Quad exit sign stolen Two male subjects in South Quad Residence Hall were issued minors in possession citations after they were observed ripping an exit sign off a fifth r wall Wednesday morning, epartment of Public Safety reports state. The two suspects were also reported- ly "spitting on the floor." DPS reports state that a warrant is being sought against the suspects for malicious destruction charges. Parts from various exit signs were reported missing throughout West Quad Tuesday morning, but DPS ported no connection between the idents. Internet camera helps nab football field trespassers Five subjects were observed running on the field at Michigan Stadium early Wednesday morning on the stadium's l internet camera, DPS reports state. i1 officers made contact with three of the five persons and cited two for MIP citations. Subject defecates at Law Quad DPS reports that an unknown person left human waste on the loading dock at the Law Quad last Tuesday afternoon. The Occupational Safety and ironmental Health department was dispatched to the Law Quad for cleanup. DPS did not report having any sus- pects in the incident. Marijuana found in West Quad Suspected marijuana was seized bye DPS officers from subjects is it Quad Residence Hall early yes- terday morning, DPS reports state. Warrants are pending based on analysis of the suspected substance at the Michigan State Police crime lab. MIPs given at Mott Hospital Two subjects were taken into cus- tody and served with MIP citations *Mott Children's Hospital on Vriday evening, DPS reports state. TLe subjects were reportedly visit- ing patients in the hospital and offer- ing alcohol to other minors on the premises. Christmas tree catches fire Christmas tree on fire on the it porch of a Church Street home Wednesday morning was extin- guished by DPS officers, DPS reports state. It was not clear how the fire began. No report was filed. Dental student threatens to steal textbook graduate student at the Dental School reportedly threatened to remove a textbook from the school's library on Nov. 3, DPS reports state. At the time, the student was urged to leave the book and complied, but the next day the book was discovered missing. DPS is investigating the incident. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Dave Enders. Abercrombie to check ID or catalog By Nick Bunkley Daily StaffReporter Santa Claus won't be the only one checking to see ifyou're naughty or nice this holiday season, as Abercrombie & Fitch employees now are required to check identification when selling "Naughty or Nice," this month's issue of the company's quarter- ly magazine. The policy follows a demand by Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm that the com- pany stop selling the S6 magazine to minors. An investigation by Granholm's office earlier this month revealed that employees at the Meridian Mall store in Okemos, Mich., did not require parental approval from underage customers despite a mature content warning on the packag- ing. "When they're selling that type of material to children as young as 10, that's a problem," Granholm's spokesperson Chris Dewitt said. "They did no checking of any parenisI consnt for children to buy these things" The magazine, which last year printed a citure called "Binge Drinking 101," cotins nude pho- tos and an interview with a pedoplile sorking as a shopping mall Santa Claus impersonator, Dewitt said. "It's designed to get attention" Dewitt said. "Clearly that's what the company was trying to do. They knew that they were going to push the enve- lope so they would gain more attention than they normally would." Hampton Carney, a spokesperson for Reynoldsburg, Ohio-based Abercrombie & Fitch, said shrink-wrap packaging and a warning sticker were instituted last year to prevent in-store brows- ing. "This is adult stuff. We've said that from the beginning," Carney said. "You can't walk into an Abercrombie & Fitch store and flip through the quarterly. It has to be purchased" Detroit radio station WJR-AM 760 contacted Giinholm after listeners called to complain about the explicit content of the magazine. In a Nov. 19 intersiew with morning show personality Paul W. Smith, Granholm called the quarterly "Playboy for Kids"' "The pictures are kind of like Playboy but the writing is kind of like Hustler or worse," Smith said, In response to Granholm's complaint, Carney said, the company has agreed to establish nation- wide guidelines for selling the quarterly magazine. "We will be carding every single person who wants to buy a copy of our quarterly," he said. "They could be 75 and we'll still ask for ID." Carney said the 300-page magazine, which debuted in August 1997, is designed for 18- to 22- year-olds, the store's primary customers, as a mag- azine rather than a store catalog. "\\ C1e sas it's almost comintiental that clothes are fotr sale in the iuirterl ihe said. "It' sour main ss ol cottminicIting ss it our cure customers: Abercrombie & Vitch's \\ehsIse calls the com- pass's line of clothes "the lifestyle for kids 7 to 14." LSA first-year student Demoree Fritz, who recently purchased the holiday issue of the Abercrombie & Fitch quiirterl, said it seemed very risque. "I wouldn't want my little brother looking at it" Fritz said. Fritz said the design of the magazine sug- gests it is meant to promote the company's products. "If they have an order form in it, it would be to order clothes, not for the words:' she said. Managers at both Okemos and Ann Arbor stores directed all inquiries about the quarterly to the company's headquarters I I Judge to rule on Dow Coming's bankruptcy pa BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - After four years of legal wrangling, Dow Corning Corp. should learn today whether a judge accepts its bankrupt- cy reorganization plan that includes a S3.2 billion settlement over silicone breast implants the company no longer makes. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Spector's ruling comes four months after his hearings on the Midland-based company's S4.5 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy, sought after thou- sands of women sued over implants. Spector has said his ruling would focus on one the settlement's most con- tentious parts - a provision barring further lawsuits against Dow Corning's corporate parents - Dow Chemical Co. and Corning Corp. - over silicone breast implants. He also said he will consider the settlement's ban on puni- tive damages. The implants settlement provides S3.2 billion to settle claims from 170,000 women who say their implants caused various illnesses. The bankruptcy plan also includes SI.3 bil- lion to settle other claims, including those from creditors and health-care organizations. Yesterday, Dow Corning spokesper- son T. Michael Jackson said the compa- ny believed Spector would confirm the bankruptcy plan and implant settle- ment, the latter already approved by 94 percent of 112,774 women in the case. Beyond that, Jackson said, "I would- n't want to speculate at all" about what Spector might rule, including possible blanket or partial approval of the reor- ganization plan. "It would be difficult not to approve the plan," he said. "It's anticipated the plan will be confirmed." Objectors to the plan include 50 women with implants from Nevada, where that state's Supreme Court has upheld a civil decision against Dow Chemical. Geoffrey White, a lawyer for those women, argues the settle- ment takes away their right to sue, making it "patently illegal and uncon- stitutional' "We're hopeful, based on (Spector's) comments throughout the (July) hear- ing, that he either rejects the plan despite the momentum behind it or carves out the Nevadans from the plan," White said. White said a Spector ruling unfavor- able to his clients would prompt his appeal to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, then to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. His question: "Does Judge Spector have the power to approve the plan that in one fell swoop wipes out (his clients') constitutional rights?" Kenneth Eckstein, a lead attorney for the bulk of U.S. women who sued Dow Corning, did not immedi- ately return a telephone message left yesterday. Dow Corning, which no longer makes silicone breast implants, declared bankruptcy in 1995 after thou- sands of women sued over implants they said made them sick. According to a settlement worked out between the company and attorneys for many of the women, those who blame illnesses on Dow Corning silicone breast implants could get between $12,000 and S300,000 each. Women also can get up to $25,000 for ruptured or leaking implants, and up to 55,000 for implant removal. Women who have no problems with their Dow Corning implants but still filed claims against the company also can settle for 52,000 with no questions asked. The plan lets women file claims for 15 years after it goes into effect. And it covers claims for women whose implants were made by other companies but filled with Dow Coming silicone gel. The plan also provides a pool of up to $400 million for individual claims, allowing women who choose to reject the offer to file lawsuits on their own. Dow Corning estimates about 179,000 women around the world are covered under the settlement. JESSicA JOHNSON/Dai/y Michael Schneider, a Biology professor at the University's Dearborn campus, swims laps at the Central Campus Recreation Building yesterday. Roche left no note befre ting own READ THE DAILY ONLINE AT WWWichigandaily.com life at Hill HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) - The daughter-in-law of Hillsdale College's former president left no note when she committed suicide last month, but a police report released yesterday indi- cates she was despondent over an affair she allegedly had with her father-in- law. The report also reveals that 41-year- old Lissa Roche was considering a divorce from George Roche III's son, George IV, and had briefly resigned from her position as editor of a Hillsdale pub- lication a month before her suicide. "I have been such an object in the college community for many years now," she wrote in a Sept. 8 resignation letter. "I just want this to be as private as possible, and, most of all, I don't want to have to answer any questions." The alleged affair rocked the tiny cam- pus, which Roche had transformed into a conservative powerhouse during the last 28 years. Roche, who abruptly retired Nov. 10, has denied the alleged affair to his son and to the college's board of trustees. Acting Hillsdale President Robert Blackstock said yesterday that he doesn't know Roche's whereabouts; the two haven't spoken since Nov. 10. According to the police report, which was obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom Of Information Act request, Lissa Roche called George Roche the morning of Oct. 17 to tell him she was going to commit suicide. George Roche, a diabetic, was in the hospital but had his secretary call his son to tell him about Lissa Roche's threat. George Roche IV, a Hillsdale professor, left a class and went home to speak with Lissa Roche, who demanded they go to the hospital. George Roche IV told police Lissa sdale Roche repeatedly threatened to kill herself on the way to the hospital, prompting him to ask a nurse for the names of some counselors. Once they were in Roche's room, Lissa Roche told her husband, George Roche IV and Roche's new wife that she and Roche had an affair. After George Roche IV and Lissa Roche returned home, Lissa Roche suggested that George Roche IV go to his grandmother's home to check on her. When George Roche IV returned, Lissa Roche had gone to a gazebo behind their home and shot herself in the head with a revolver from the fami- ly's gun case. George Roche IV told police that he, Lissa Roche and the couple's son all had keys to the gun case. At first, George Roche IV told police Lissa Roche had been "despondent for a while over family matters," particularly George Roche III's recent divorce and remarriage. In a later interview, George Roche IV admitted that Lissa Roche was upset about the alleged affair. George Roche IV told police he had never heard Lissa Roche threaten sui- cide until that day, but that she had been agitated for some time. "During the last month, Lissa had really changed. 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