The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 12, 1984-- Page 5
New jurors called for Hart trial
By MICHAEL BEAUDOIN
"I am determined to find a jury that has no pre-
trial knowledge of Pearson's claims even if I have to
go through the entire county," Circuit Court Judge
Ross Campbell said in his courtroom yesterday as
jury selection continued in the trial of Ricardo Hart,
accused of murdering Ann Arbor resident Nancy
Faber.
Another 60 prospective jurors will be summoned
today in an effort to find a fair and impartial jury.
Almost 125 jurors have been questioned and
dismissed thus far in the week-old selection process.
EXTENSIVE pre-trial publicity stemming from
coverage of the trial of Machelle Pearson, 17, who
was convicted of first-degree felony murder, armed
robbery and possession of a firearm in the slaying of
Faber, has been the biggest obstacle in selecting a
jury.
During her trial Pearson testified that Hart, her
boyfriend, had forced her to commit the robbery
during which she shot Faber, a 39-year-old speech
therapist and wife of Ann Arbor News editorial writer
Don Faber, on November 22.
Pearson implicated Hart, 20, in a taped statement
given to plolice on December 21. Hart was arrested
on January 6.
Brian Mackie, assistant county proecutor, cited
several precedent-setting cases regarding jury selec-
tion in the event of widespread media exposure in an
attempt to end the dismissal of jurors who admitted
prior knowledge of the Pearson case.
Mackie claimed that for jurors to be dismissed,
they "had to have formed pre-trial prejudice" regar-
ding the case. He argued that such prejudice was not
evident in the cases of two prospective jurors.
Judge Campbell overruled the prosecuting attor-
ney in both cases saying that knowledge of Pearson's
claims had been the criterion for dismissal
throughout the jury selection process thus far and
would be continued.
Jury selection will continue today, but both attor-
neys are still considering relocation of the trial if a
jury cannot be seated.
McGraw-Edison environmental suit settled
LANSING (UPI) - Attorney General
Frank Kelley said yesterday he has
negotiated a settlement with McGraw
Edison Co. that may be unique in the
nation since it combines an environ-
mental clean-up with economic
development.
Kelley said the accord, which
resolves a suit filed in August 1982, is
"one of the most important and best
environmental settlements in Michigan
or in the United States."
The agreement requires McGraw-
Edison to excavate and dispose of soils,
on the former plant site in Albion,
which contain more than 10 parts per
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received, the prizes are appealing to
the participants, and she expects that
there will be a great deal of competiton
for the main prize, the team banquet.
"There's enough competiton on the
fields as it is," said Tom Adams,
"There's more competition on the
team, between teammates, to en-
courage each other to do their best and
get more hits. I hope the other teams do
well, too, because they can get twenty
hits and still not be winning, but they'll
be doing good," said Adams.
NASA to turn
dust into concrete
CHICAGO (AP) - NASA is giving 40
grams of moon dust to a local engineer
who wants to see if lunar material could
be made into concrete and used to build
space stations.
Douglas Blanchard, lunar sample
curator for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, said a team
of agency scientists last weekend ap-
proved giving 40 grams of lunar soil -
about half the size of a golf ball - to
T.D. Lin, research engineer with the
Portland Cement Association in subur-
ban Skokie.
billion of trichloro-ethylene or ICE.
The firm also must provide a
replacement water supply for any
resident whose water has been con-
taminated by pollution from the plant
site. It must clean groundwater in the
area to a level below 1.5 parts per
billion of ICE.
Kelly noted the Albion site is named
as a priority on the Environmental
Protection Agency Superfund list. He
called it "one of the worst hazardous
waste sites in Michigan."
The pollution allegedly was caused by
leaks in storage areas and the firm's
use of contaminated oils to hold down
dust on the plant-site.
McGraw-Edison also is required by
the settlement to pay the state $400,000.
Of that, $250,000 will cover costs in-
curred by the state in investigating and
monitoring the pollution problem.
The remaining $150,000 will be placed
in a trust account to be used for
econonic development projects in the
area. McGraw-Edison closed its air
conditioner parts plant in 1980, at a cost environmental suit has been settled
to the area of more than 300 jobs. with a provision for attempting to
Carol Hoffman of the state Commer- develop new jobs in the area impacted
ce Department will chair a special by the pollution," Kelley said.
committee that will attempt to use the McGraw-Edison must file annual
funds as "seed money" for develop- financial statements during a 40-year
ment projects. monitoring period. It faces fines of up to
"This is the first time in Michigan, $1,000 per day if it fails to comply with
and possibly in the nation, that a major any component of the agreement.
Lawmakers work toward
state budget compromise
LANSING (UPI) - Top lawmakers threaten that plan.
and aides of Gov. James Blanchard The Senate, for example, favors
said a three-hour meeting yesterday spending nearly $100 million more on
produced some movement toward education than the administration and
resolving differences on key fiscal the House.
issues, and announced they will meet At the same time, the Republican
again today. controlled Senate has approved a sub-
Lawmakers hope to adjourn for the stantially larger tax cut than the one
summer this week, but disagreements favored by Blanchard and _the
on key budget and tax questions Democratic House.
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