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Page 6-Tuesday, July 7, 1981-The Michigan Daily
LocalNews roundup
This page is devoted to a recap two-week break between spring
of some of the major local news and summer terms while the
events that happened over the Daily was out of publication.

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Dam mishap injures 2
By ANN MARIE FAZIO BRUNNER WAS greatly stunned by the large to discover the reason.
Daily staff writer amounts of water she swallowed and Morson "WE CAN'T HAVE this happen
An electrical malfunction at the Argo Dam on the sustained cuts and a leg injury, but both were listed in said and assured that the situation wo
Huron River almost cost two canoeists their lives fair to good condition. The dam is being partially controll
Sunday after the gates completely opened, flooding Abbott noted it was fortunate that the dam had ficials said, to oversee the operation
parks downstream and causing other canoes to tip, been open or else they might have smashed against further mishaps that could occur.
city officials said, the dam wall and not made it out of the water alive. Collins said they had trouble wit
Alice Brunner, 35, and Thomas Morson, 31, both of THE DAM maintains the water level of Argo pond week due to slightly "erratic" water
Ann Arbor, were dumped out of their canoe and and is controlled by a "highly complicated" set of noek any coseqgency Abott ade
sucked through the open dam by the sudden rush of mechanisms, he said. not o any consequence. Abbott adde
water. Morson reportedly grabbed onto the branches The dam gates completely opened, sending all the had "periodic" problems with the d
of a tree and pulled himself out of the water, said water they were holding back downstream, said never this severe.
Wayne Abbott, director of the city's utilities depar- assistant city administrator Godfrey Collins. Island Park, Riverside Park, andE
tment. Brunner was reportedly wearing a life-jacket City officials were unable to explain why the dam cer field were flooded also, but thei
and floated down the river for about a quarter of a malfunctioned, however. They have called in con- sive damage, Abbott said. The rive
mile before being pulled out, he added. sultants ind the dam's deaianer from Chic'an to trv went right back down again," he expl

again," Collins
ould be resolved.
ed manually, of-
n and check any
th the dam last
flow, but it was
d that they have
am opening, but
a University soc-
re was no exten-
r "came up and
lained.

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Prof
removes
disputed
sign from
window
By LOU FINTOR
Daily staff writer
Biology Prof. John Vandermeer, who
stirred controversy last month over a
political sign hung in his Natural Scien-
ce building office window, has volun-
tarily removed the sign for "personal
reasons."
University maintenance officials, on
the orders of administrators, had
removed the sign, which stated "U.S.
out of El Salvador," several times over
the past two months. Vandermeer,
who replaced the sign each time, had
been in contact with the University at-
torney's office in an attempt to deter-
mine whether the slogan actually en-
dangered the University's privileged
tax status.
But, Vandermeer took down the sign
himself late last month. "I took it down
for personal reasons and would rather
not discuss it any further," Vander-
meer said.
NORMAN KEMP, a zoology
professor who lodged one of the initial
complaints against the sign, said that
most department personnel are happy
that it has been removed.
"I'm glad that he decided on his own
to take it down rather than pursue the
matter any further," said Kemp, ad-
ding, "he evidently took it down and
wrote a note to (then Acting LSA) Dean
Knott saying that he took it down for
personal reasons."
Former Acting LSA Dean John Knott
was unavailable for comment.

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Daily Photo by KIM HILL
TWO YOUNG GIRLS show their support for the Equal Rights Amen-
dment at last week's rally (above). Michigan Democratic Sen. Don
Riegle (left) was one of several government officials who addressed
the crowd.
300 gather on
Liberty Plaza to
support the ERA
By JENNIFER MILLER before the June 30, 1982
Daily staff writer ratification deadline.
Phyllis Schlafly may think the ONLY THREE more states are
Equal Rights Amendment is needed to meet the 38-state
dead, but a large crowd that requirement, but ERA backers
gathered on Liberty Plaza last face a tough battle in the
Tuesday for an 'Unlunch' rally legislatures of the 15 mostly con-
thinks otherwise. servative, southern states yet to
The rally, sponsored by the Ann ratify the amendment.
Arbor chapter of the National The noontime crowd of almost
Organization for Women, marked 300 was asked to donate its lunch
the beginning of the final year See ERA, Page 7

Daily Photo by KIM HILL