_.... ...:. : ... ._-. ,, r .r:: A..x..:".s " ,r.:a "", r",xr ...,>r ", -:....a. ,: :" :str: f ; t'rk .v:a+ ._-+ D e v e lo pe:""".t. ,;:; i::.:.3.'.rr ;x;.. to,,."~i:t :rLrai":{"': a::,:.x;: :a.,;'{i $i'a ..,...4.5 ,. t.. >C >'' { s u b m it p la ns i ,"'', ":"; }+.+"#a ..~,}":."< t ,"r: :.rt. C,.ct$ '~r: ' 3 .v{ r "' . f o r, .'w.tok"f">'~vL;tr:i{q; "t :;a,+t, a %.:"',:".:,:ar:"f' .',... -.,:~";.. 2$::x;:+K d o w n to w n .". <;. {';" The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 23, 1980-Page 3 al Scene highrise By ELAINE RIDEOUT Huron Plaza is the new name for developer Richard Berger's old River- side project-a combined conference center, hotel, condominium, and office facility-that could find its new home downtown. Berger said he will submit the $100 million proposal to the City Planning Department within 60 days. THE DEVELOPER said he began plans for Huron Plaza after Riverside opponents suggested that the project would be better suited to a downtown setting. Last year's Riverside development proposal was rejected by the planning department. But Berger is confident that the revised proposal will be acceptable to city officials. "We feel we have found the right area," he said. "Because of the density, it belongs downtown, where it is already zoned correctly. Huron Plaza fits within the ordinances, which jobless hooked by deceptire, illegal ads By BONNIE JURAN Find jobs in Alaska. Earn up to $1,000.00 per week. Send $S for complete information. The offer sounds too good to be true, and probably is. For $5, some unsuspec- ting job hunter could possibly receive a listing of Alaskan employers, something he could have received free of charge from the state's department of labor. THIS IS ONLY one example of an ad- vertising con game that preys on unemployed workers during these economic hard times. According to William Castanear, director of public relations for the Michigan Department of Labor, practices like these are "deceptive but not illegal." Consequen- tly, the Department of Labor cannot do anything about them. "But," he added, "we recommend that you be real wary of these things." Castanear also warned against job ads which offer employment out-of- state. He said some employers charge exorbitant rates for room and board, which they deduct from their em- ployees salaries. THE OUT-OF-STATE employee has little choice but to accept these con- ditions as he, or she is most likely unaware of the state's labor laws and is See UNEMPLOYED, Page 14 is a key part to the success of any project," he said. The proposed site for the develop- ment project is currently a surface parking lot known as the Brown proper- ty, a block bordered by Huron St. on the north, First St. on the west, Washington on the south, and Ashley on the east. Proposed for this site is an 18 story hotel, a one story, 30,000 square foot conference center, and a three story of- fice building all above a 700 space parking structure. A .15-story condominium project would be built later at the location currently used asa parking structure at First and Washington streets. Berger said he will ask the city to sell him the structure, which would be torn down to allow for the unit. Another phase of the development would include a seven-story office building with parking spaces for 200 cars, although Berger said he has not completed negotiations for the land. According to Berger, the complex is comparable to the old Riverside project, though scaled down in size. The hotel, for example, was reduced from 30 stories to 18, while the office building dropped from 10 stories to seven. "The development will be on the same scale as U Towers," he said. THE QUESTION of scale is of con- siderable importance to Ann Arbor council members. "Over-development is my main concern," said Coun- cilwoman Leslie Morris (D-Second Ward). Earl Green (D-Second Ward) said, "The crying need is for rental apartments-I would like to see them either on that site or elsewhere in the city." The Huron Plaza plans include building a new street, which would cut through the property connecting First and Ashley streets. The hotel will be constructed of glass and brick and will contain 400 rooms, an 18-story atrium lounge, a theme restaurant, a coffee shop and rooftop cocktail lounge ac- cessable by outside elevators. The single story conference center will accommodate 1,500 people at one time or 2,500 people with the addition of a ballroom and meeting rooms. Three tennis courts, one of which can be con- verted into an ice rink during the win- ter, will belocated on top of the center. Total cost for the hotel, conference center, and commercial building, the construction of which could begin within six months, would be about $65. million according to Berger. The con- dominium project will cost $22 million, and the office project will cost $13 million. "The project will be at no cost to the city," Berger said. "In fact, it will provide a significant gain." Berger said that the facility would bring about 5,000 people per week into the downtown area, contributing about $65 million worth of revenues to the city. "We feel it would encourage more interest in downtown Ann Arbor," he said. RUTH CADWALLADER DISCUSSES her recent trip to Southeast Asia yester- day. Cadwallader was part of a four-woman delegation from the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom that toured the areas and met with government officials. Southeast Asia still suffering fro-m war, reeent visitor says By JOYCE FRIEDEN The people of Southeast Asia are still reeling from the effects of a war that has transformed a once verdant coun- tryside into a moon-like wasteland. They have yet to rebuild their devastated nations, according to a recent visitor to the area. "Our bombs fell on people, not 'military targets' as we've been told," claimed Ypsilanti resident Ruth Cad- wallader, national vice-president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). "There are many schools for the deaf (in Southeast Asia) and lots of people walking around with artificial limbs." CADWALLADER WASpart of a four- member WILPF delegation invited to take a two-week fact-finding tour of Southeast Asia in January at the request of the Women's Union of Viet- nam. While on the tour, the delegation met with Kampuchean (Cambodian) and Vietnamese government leaders, in- cluding Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach Kampuchean President Heng Samrin, and Viet- namese Minister of Education Nguyen Thi Binh, who assisted Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho at the Paris peace talks. According to Cadwallader, the Kam- puchean people are trying to rebuild their economy, which currently is non- existent, and are facing yet another ina series of famines. "NOTHING COULD have prepared us for Phnom Penh," she wrote in an article in a WILPF publication. "It looked like the moon's surface - craters from the Kissinger-Nixon bom- bing." According to Cadwallader, Kam- puchean President Samrin said the Vietnamese people were asked to fight in his nation by the Kampuchean people, who were struggling to over- throw the regime of Pol Pot, a ruthless dictator. "He said 'the Vietnamese people must remain here to help our very fragile economy grow'," she said in a recent interview. See RECENT, Page II