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The Michigan Daily - Saturday, July 27, 1985- Page 3
DEMONSTRATORS FACE COURT INJUNCTION
'Lawyer seeks Pinkerton case dismissal
By BARBARA LOECHER The six members who appeared last week to refrain from harassing the Pinkertons and caused the company more than $o,ooo in lost
were among the 13 names which appeared on a from infiltrating Pinkerton meetings. business.
Lawyers representing a local activist group suit filed by Kerasotes Theaters - an Illinois- The Pinkertons have alleged that the names Pollack said he suspects Kerasotes quoted
that has been protesting management based corporation that owns the State and of those members called in the suit were collec- the $10,000 figure in order to get itsdayincourt.
decisions by the owner of the State Theater are Campus Theaters in Ann Arbor, and the ted by a Kerasotes employee posing as a repor- "To get into Circuit Court you have to allege
trying to get their clients back on the streets in Wayside Theater in Ypsilanti. ter. damages equal to or greater than $10,000, or
full force as soon as possible. KERASOTES is suing the members for In the skits which are a regular part of the you have to request injunctive relief," Pollack
The group, called the Pinkertons, claims that harassment, trespassing, and defamation of demonstrations, group members often refer to said. "They've done both."
,Kerasotes Corp. unfairly fired union projec- character. a citation which the State Theater supposedly IN RESPONSE to the charges in the suit filed
tionists and eliminated senior discounts and Under the restraining order issued by Judge received when the fire doors were found locked by Kerasotes, the Pinkertons' lawyers are
"Dollar Night." Ager, the members were ordered to refrain from last January. In the skits, the demonstrators drafting a reply in which they deny that the
BUT LAST week, the Pinkertons went to harassing potential theater patrons and from have often portrayed Kerasotes as purposely Pinkertons wereinvolved inanywrongdoing.
court after receiving an injunction which or- blocking sidewalks outside the Kerasotes locking the fire doors. "We're denying that we're infringing on
dered them to limit the scope of their protests. theaters. JAMES CAMERON, the attorney represen- business rights by driving customers away,"
Stanley Pollack, an attorney representing Ager warned the members against making ting Kerasotes, has claimed that the Pinkerton Pollack said. "We're denying that anything
the Pinkertons, said he hopes Circuit Court possibly slanderous statements about the com- protests are "an improper exercise of free we've done constitutes slander. We're saying
Judge William Ager will revoke the injunction pany's owner, Robert Kerasotes. speech." Cameron said the protesters have that our right to be on the streets is guaranteed
at a court date sometime next week. THE CORPORATION was similarly ordered driven away Kerasotes customers and have by the First Amendment."
" House considers weapons bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The top FIVE WEEKS ago the House ap- drops the allied vote requirement and
House negotiator on a $302 billion proved an end to the chemical replaces it with language saying only
defense bill said yesterday he does not weapons production ban, reversing that the United States must consult
know if the full House next week will three years of voting down the with NATO nationsontheweapons.
vote a second time to end a 16-year weapons - the only major defense
ban on chemical weapons production. item denied President Reagan. The The conference seport will he put
229-196 vote came largely on the before the House net week, and there
Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis., chairman strength of a series of production will be a separate vote on chemcial
of the House Armed Services Commit- roadblocks capped by a requirement weapons.
tee, also said the fiscal 1986 defense that NATO allies formally vote to ac- I don't know. It's going to be fun,"
authorization bill worked out with cept the weapons. said Aspin when asked about the out-
Senate negotiators - one freezing The compromise worked out by the come. "If the House doesn't want
spending at 1985 levels with enough negotiators in two weeks of closed- binaries (chemical weapons), we'll go
added in for inflation - marks the end door sessions, retains most of the back (to conference) and deal with
of the era of big defense increases. roadblocks and safety checks but it."
Dedicated officer receives honors
(Continued from Page i) or hurt, then it would be worthwhile,' During the assignment, he often had
Jerue said. to bluff his way out of trouble to avoid
or mixed with other substances, and Jerue said the drug underworld is blowing his cover. "Maybe I'm a fr-
f~ sold on the street. filled with frightened dealers who ustrated actor, because I could go in
JERUE, AN 11-year veteran of the don't trust anyone, "and at the level I and be someone rm really not 'If you
Ann Arbor Police Department, admit- was dealing at they had a lot to be can go in and buffalo yourself through
ted that he was sometimes afraid afraid about," he said. that, you can buffalo yourself through
during the assignment. "I wouldn't anything," Jeruesaid.
classify it as brave, and I certainly THE MAN who put a gun to Jerue's
don't have a death wish," he said. mouth was murdered abut a month Because of the risks he took and the
"I'll tell you, anybody who is honest after the incident because he stole sacrifices he made, Jerue was awar-
Daily Photo by DARRIAN SMITH that's gone undercover, if they said some drugs, Jerue said. Police ded the distinguished service cross
Nohands that they're not afraid, they'd be a liar suspect that a drug ring's enfor- and "Policeman of the Year." In ad-
or crazy " dition, he has earned several unit
Neuman described Jerue as an out- cement division - the A-Team - was citations, safe driving awards, and
This clever beer drinker sips away while his hands remain free for other standing and dedicated officer. This responsible for the murder. professionale elenceawards
tasks. He was part of the Art Fair throng in the Diag yesterday. dedication, a genuine concern for The dealers were constantly afraid
other people, and his supportive of being cheated or arrested, so they Ann Arbor Police Chief William
family kept him going. always wanted to have the upper Corbett said he was proud to have
hand, Jerue said. Sometimes he Jerue on the force. "It takes an officer
G ov. ca[lls for tuition freeze, "1 like people," he said. "It maydelbthenxtisheidunssm eofe
sound corny, but I do. I was pretty carried a gun when he was making a with a unique brand of dedication to
ContinuedfromPaes UNIVERSITY President Harold naive when I went into it. I thoughty deal, but the next time he did business make those kind of sacrificesa"ide
need increases greater than the in- Shapiro said yesterday that the 'I'm gonna go under and I'm gonna h ily ared.
flation rate because their costs rise University has not decided what to do knock narcotics traffic to its knees. Despite the accolades, Jerne gave
more rapidly than inflation. about tuition. He said that he and And it just deesn't work that way. But "You've got to look at it from the credit to LAWNET, the Ann Arbor
FOR EXAMPLE, next year, Richard Kennedy, the University's you also get the sense of responsibility standpoint of the distributor: If you Police Department, and his family for
University administrators hope to in- Vice President for State Relations, and the feeling that, 'Hey, If I can save come in armed, next time you come in the work. "I have a lot of pride to be a
crease faculty salaries above the 5 met with state budget director Robert just one person, then it would he's gonna have at least two more memberofthisdepartment,"hbsaid.
percent inflation rate to make up for a Naftaly yesterday to explain the the while." people there, and they'll be heavily "My wife was very supportive during
gap in salaries between teachers here University's budget situation. DESPITE Jerue's and other of- armed because he doesn't want to get the whole time ... I think that without
and at other Big Ten schools. Billy Frye, the University's vice ficers' work, the narcotics industry is ripped off either," Jerue said. her I would have had a much more
Administrators also point out that president for academic affairs, has still going strong. "It got frustrating," difficult time"
declining state aid to schools in the said that the University will need a Jerue said, adding that every time a JERUE bought heroin, cocaine, and d
late '70s and early '80s - when the tuition increase of at least 5 percent, dealer was arrested, another three or acid (LSD) from several different Jerue is now assigned to general in-
state was in economic trouble - although in-state tuition could be four would take his place. Jerue found rings: Young Boys Inc., T.K.O., 007 vestigations and the Special Tactics
caused schools to defer some essential frozen by raising out-of-state tuition he couldn't stop the traffic - "I lear- Licensed to Kill, and Pony Downs. He Unit and will probably return to the
costs, such as replacing dated equip- by more than 5 percent. ned that real fast," he said. would buy from a lower-level uniformed patrol division in two
ment, that must now be made up. The University last year froze in- "But if you saw somebody messed distributor and work his way up to try years. And after i8 months under-
Blanchard conceded that state aid state tuition and raised out-of-state up on heroinon some acid, or some to get at the source of the traffic. cover, he said, it will be a refreshing
to schools declined during that time, tuition by 7 percent to meet similar real heavy coke, I think you could ap- Although most of the dealers are in change. "You get to respond to the
but said the most adversely affected requests by the governor. preciate that if you could save one their mid-20s, some of the drug run- calls that are happening and settle it
were state students and families Naftaly was unavailable for com- person from really getting mixed up ners on the street are 13- or 14-years- right there. You run into a whole dif-
because tuition had sky-rocketed. ment, old, Jerue said. ferentkindof people."

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