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Ne-igh'bo'qrs discuss shelter rules
if they leave after signing in for the night they will not ,
By MICHAEL BEAUDOIN be allowed to return, said Shelter Association nment," said Dave Crary, chairman of the
The city's new shelter for the homeless will initially President Paul Brown. association's steering committee.
be open from 8:30 p.m. to 7 a.m., but organizers said Two volunteers will be on duty during open hours Responding to neighbor's concerns, Brown said he
last night they hope it will be a 24-hour operation along with a full-time coordinator, Brown said. expected the crime rate to drop near the shelter once
within two years. During non-working hours guests will be required to it opens. He said similar decreases had occurred near
Members of the Shelter Association of Ann Arbor leave the premises. other shelters and assured residents that the guests
outlined the procedures at a public meeting last night "THE ORIGINAL plan was to provide a warm, would be properly supervised.
at the new shelter, located at 420 W. Huron. safe place for the homeless. The door is open to Joe Summers, who handles the association's finan-
THE NEW facility, which will replace the shelter in anyone who comes in and says 'I need a place to cing, said they would like to pay off the remaining
St. Andrews Church at 306 N. Division, was pur- sleep,' "said Brown. cost of the shelter, $51,000, with a big fundraiser to
chased in late March with a $25,000 down payment "The opening (of the new shelter) will be in late avoid hefty monthly interest charges. He also said
provided by the city. June at the soonest, and could be significantly later that yearly operating costs will be close to $60,000, but ,
All guests will be required to sign in by 9 p.m., and with the extensive paperwork required by the gover- more may be spent the first year for renovations.
Committee approves new cigarette warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) - A com- "Smoking is the No. 1 preventable cigarette makers preferred the "Passage of this legislation is the top
promise bill to require four rotating cause of death in this country and the measure to a more stringent one that priority of almost every public health
health warnings on cigarette packs, in- American people have the right to know had been moving through both the organization in this country," said Rep.
cluding specific admonitions that the consequences of cigarette HouseandSenate. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman
smoking can cause lung cancer, heart smoking," Rep. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) That one would require circles and of a health subcommittee. "This
disease and birth complications, won said. arrows on cigarette packs to call atten- legislation is an attempt not to prohibit
the unanimous approval yesterday of Tobacco state representatives tion to the health warnings and would cigarette smoking but to help people
the House Energy and Commerce claimed that industry support for the include an assertion that cigarette make an informed decision on whether
Committee. compromise was reluctant - but that smoking could be addictive. . or not to smoke."
The new warnings would have to be
affixed to cigarette packs and placed on
billboard, newspaper and magazine ads
starting one year after the bill's enac-
tment. Each message would be rotated
every three months.
The new warnings would state: Spring,
" "Surgeon General's Warning: Smoking f.
Causes Lung Cancer, Heart, Fashion That...
Disease and Emphysema."
" "Surgeon General's Warning: Quit-
ting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces.
Serious Health Risk." -
" "Surgeon General's Warning:
Smoking by Pregnant Women May
Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Bir- S
th and Low Birth Weight."
" "Surgeon General's Warning:
Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon
Monoxide."
They would replace the present war-
ning on cigarette packages.
Regents
I approve
aeting art-
school dean
By ANDREW ERIKSEN
The University regents yesterday
approved the appointment of Prof.
Wendel Heers, associate dean in the
school of art, as acting dean for the
school beginning June 1.
Heers will replace Dean George
Bayliss, who resigned t('accept the post
of dean at the Tyler School of Art at
Temple University.
THE REGENTS also approved the y|r
appointment of art Prof. William Lewis
as the acting associate dean.
Both appointments are for one year. ___
"We hope that the search for a new -
dean will be completed during this
period," said Billy Frye, vice-president
for academic affairs.
"The art school is ready to go full
steam ahead," said Lewis. "There is a
real problem with the loss of faculty
due to the transition plan but we can
work it out." Natural Fabric Clothing
Lewis served as associate dean from 325 E. L berty 995-4222
1967-1975 and was acting dean last year
while Associate Dean Heers was on
sabbatical leave.