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Proposal to lower
drinking age to 19
will appear on ballot
By ELAINE RIDEOUT voters' signatures by a July 7 dead
Although the Michigan Legislature "We had the signatures anyway,
AlthughtheMiciganLegslaure said, "even without the added 4
recently voted to include a referendum signatures we expected to get ove
that would lower the drinking age to 19 July 4 holiday."
on the November ballot, a Citizens for a THE BATTLE Creek Democrat
Fair Drinking Age spokesman said his organization had hoped to co
Monday his organization had probably 350,000 signatures to allow
collected the required number of inevitable disqualifications. Per
signatures, anyway. who signed "A" or "Ypsi", for e)
"We collected 290,000 signatures," pie, were disqualified because
State Representative Richard Fit- violated a state law requiring signe
zpatrick, Chairman of Citizens for a write out the full name of the city.
Fair Drinking Age, said Monday at a Fitzpatrick said the petitions wil
Lansing news conference where the be filed but instead will be used to
signatures were on display. ; organize a grass roots campaign.
FITZPATRICK said his organization had 6,000 volunteers working to co
stopped collecting signatures last Wed- signatures alone," he said
nesday when the state Senate,following Representative Casmer Ogono
the example set by the House the day (D-Detroit), said, "People are real
before, voted overwhelmingly to place that 19 is a more practical lI
the proposed constitutional amendment r
before the vote s. drinking age than 21. Raising
"It was a huge victory," said Fit- drinking age to 21 developed tree
zpatrick. "The vote passed with an 80 dous problems for law enforcer
per cent House majority and 70 per cent agencies trying to enforce an al
Senate approval." He added, "The ac- unworkable state law."
tion of the legislature recognized the Citing a research project condu
widespread popular support for by Dr. James Rooney of a Washin
lowering the drinking age to 19 which is D.C. University, Fitzpatrick s
obvious from our statewide campaign." We've received documentation
Fitzpatrick led the six-month drive to people under 21 are consumingn
collect the required 286,000 registered alcoholic beverages in states with
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Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn gets a mock necklock by Universal Studios
Frankenstein during a party at the Universal backlot in Los Angeles Monday
night. The party was held for players, coaches and friends of the National and
American League all-star baseball players, who met yesterday in Dodger
Stadium.
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Michigan than in those states with legal
drinking at 19.
"The 19- and 20-year-olds have con-
tinued to drink despite the change in
law two years ago. They've simply shif-
ted their drinking from licensed
businesses to the back seats of cars, to
keg parties, and crowded public
parks," he said.
Placing the'drinking age issue on the
November ballot has the support of
Governor Milliken, the Michigan
Sheriffs' Association, Thomas Sch-
weigert, chairman of the State Liquor
Control Commission and the state
Board of Education.
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Yesterday, the employee continued,
Towner had the candy put back on the
shelves and made a display advertising
the candy at half-price. Although she
did not openly protest to Towner, the
employee said she did speak with the
bookkeeper. "He said there was
nothing he could do because Mr.
The University of Michigan
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OPENING SEPTEMBER, 1980
Applications for half-day, morning, and afternoon ses-
sions for toddlers and pre-schoolers are now being accept-
ed. Fall term classes begin Thursday, September 4.
OWEN C. JANSSON, M.S. EILEEN M. KIRWIN, Senior Teacher and
Administratoor Educational Coordinator M.S., Early
Childhood Education
Towner was boss," she said.
"WE DID go through and warn
people," she added.
About four people called about the
candy, another worker said. The em-
ployees then proceeded to unwrap
several of the candy bars. "It had webs
and stuff on it," one said.
When Daily reporters arrived at the
store, the candy had been removed
from the shelves. They were allowed,
however, to inspect it. Two employees
watched as the candy was unwrapped
and the maggot-like bugs were ex-
posed. "Don't use our names," one
said. "The owner will fire us if he finds
out we talked to you."
CURTIS ESTES, assistant to the
owner, said he and Towner were
unaware the candy bars contained in-
sects until his manager called him last
night. "I said burn the whole batch," he
said. "I didn't want to sell'a product
like that."
He did say, however, that a few
weeks ago, "we discovered a few bug.s
that had been on the shelves (by the
chocolate bars)."
ESTES SAID he removed the
suspect bars from the retail shelves.
Towner said before bringing out the
bars yesterday, he inspected ten or
twelve and found no bugs. Those bars
he brought out, he said, had never been
on the retail shelves before.
Towner estimated the chocolate had
been purchased sometime in 1978.
He said he became curious when
some of the two-year-old bars he
opened contained bubbles. But upon in-
spection of a new case of chocolate
bars, he said he saw sim ilar bubbles,
and put the two-year-old candy on the
shelf.;*
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CLAUDIA L. CHESTER, Teacher
M.A., Early Childhood Education
LAURA WESTBERG, Teacher, M.S.,
Early Childhood Education
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