Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, May 12, 1983 Prof to settle I Hughes By GEORGEA KOVANIS The drama surrounding the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes sur- faced again Tuesday at an informal hearing before University Law Prof. Wade McCree. The conflict is between two states, California and Texas, which are bat- tling over the rights to collect taxes on Hughes' $1.1 billion estate. BOTH SIDES claim Hughes' legal residence was in their own state. The state declared to be Hughes' legal residence will collect all of the tax money. McCree, a former U.S. solicitor general and federal judge, was appoin- ted by the U.S. Supreme Court as a special magistrate to hear the case. California's attorneys argue that their state should get the tax money because Hughes, who died in 1976, spent 40 years of his life there and owned a movie studio in California. tax case HUGHES WAS born in Texas and was registered to vote there, which Texas officials argue make the state his legal place of residence. He also filed his tax returns as a non-resident when he lived in California. Preparing the case has not been easy, said Marla Miller, one of the Califor- nia's attorneys. She and other workers have spent more than a thousand hours going through hundreds of personal possessions and papers stored in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Everything was saved, Miller said, including Hughes' baby cup and actress Jane Russell's skimpy costume from the movie, The Outlaw. "Nothing was thrown out, all the way back from his early life," Miller said. McCree called for a more formal pre- trial hearing in September. The trial is expected to take place in Denver next March. College Board report suggests curriculum From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - College freshmen ought to be able to write a sentence, do algebra and geometry, use a foreign language and understand the revolutionary role of computers in modern times, the College Board said yesterday. The board, sponsor of the nation's major college entrance examination, released a report titled, "Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able To Do." THE COLLEGE Hoard is an association of 2,500 schools, colleges, and other groups that sponsors the most widely used college entrance exam, the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The report, part of a 10-year project begun by the College Board in 1980 to strengthen high school education, laid special emphasis on the escalating im- portance of the computer for both lear- ning and working. The report also underlined the impor- tance of the arts, saying visual arts, theater, music and dance can "challenge and extend the human ex- perience. " The study was released just two weeks after a scathing report card on American schools issued by the National Commission on Excellence in Education. University admissions director Cliff Sjogren said he had not yet seen the report and declined comment on its fin- dings. TODAY HAPPENINGS THURSDAY Highlight The Michigan Union's Mid Day noon Concert series features harpist Clair Ross performing works by Salzedo, Granjany, and Roger Marsh. Bring your lunch to the Pendleton room and bask in the spring time music. Films Classic Film Theater-Goodbye Columbus, 7:30 p.m., The Heartbreak Kid, 9:20 p.m., Michigan Theater. Cinema Guild-The Virgin and the Gypsy, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Lorch. Speakers Department of Statistics-Joe Eaton. "Some Remarks On The Predic- tion Problem,"3:00 p.m., 1439 Mason. Department of Chemistry-George Kabalka, "New Methods for Isotopic Labelling of Organic Compounds," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. Bldg. Vision-ARVO summary and discussion, 12:15 p.m., 2055 MHRI. Museum of Art-Art Break, Jennifer Bayles, "Forest, Prairie, and Plains." Native American Art," 12:10 p.m., W. Gallery. Meetings Campus Alcoholics Anonymous-noon, Counseling Services office, 3100 Michigan Union. Ann Arbor Bicycle League-7:30 p.m., Fire Station Conference Room, Fif- th Ave. Campus Crusade for Christ-7 p.m., 2003 Angell. Medical Center Bible Study-12:30 p.m., Room F2230 Mott Children's Hospital. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship-7 p.m., Michigan Union. Ann Arbor Libertarian League-7 p.m., Dominick's basement. LaGroc-7:30 p.m., Welcker Room, Union. Racquetball-8 p.m., Courts 10 and 11, CCRB Aikido-5 p.m., Wrestling Room, Athletic Bldg. Sailing Club-7:45 p.m., 311 W. Engin. Miscellaneous Ann Arbor YWCA-Workshops, "Beyond Tomatoes and Beans," and "Cacti and Succulents," 350 S. Fifth Ave. Michigan League-American Heritage Night, New York, 5 p.m., League Cafeteria. Scottish Country Dancers-Beginning class, 7 p.m., intermediate class, 8 p.m., Forest Hills Community Center, 2351 Shadowood St. FRIDAY Highlight Jim Loudon, staff astronomer at the University's Exhibit Museum, will speak on visitors from Mars and new discoveries about meteorites. The program also features a rare Soviet film on the 1908 Siberian meteor impact, "The Search for the Tunguska Meteorite." The fun starts at 7:30 p.m., in Aud. 3, MLB. Films Classic Film Theater-Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, 7:25 p.m. and 10:45 p.m., Annie Hall, 9 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Cinema Guild-Shampoo, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Lorch. Performances The Ark-Dan Crary, 9p.m., 1421 Hill. Speakers Museum of Art-Art Break, Barbara Hamel, "Moving of the Baroque," 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Meetings Duplicate Bridge Club-Open game, 7:15 p.m., Michigan League. Korean Christian Fellowship-9 p.m., Campus Chapel. International Student Fellowship-7 p.m., 4100 Nixon Road. Aikido-5 p.m., Wrestling Room, Athletic Bldg. Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class-7:30 p.m., University Reformed Church. Miscellaneous Ann Arbor Police Department-Crime Prevention Days at Arborland Shopping Center, 5 p.m., U.S. 23 and Washtenaw Ave. 4 The Michigan Daily Vol. XCIII, No. 4-S Thursday, May 12, 1983 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters); $14 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published tri-weekly Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $3.50 in Ann Arbor; $5 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. 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