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Trespassers
seen in Betsey
Barbour hal
Two trespassers were seen Tuesday
on the fourth floor of Betsey Barbour
residence hall.
Two men about 17 or 18 years od
were allegedly walking around the hal
when DPS was called.
The caller said one was seen leaving
the women's bathroom on the fourth
fJoor.
"One had yellow hair and they were
dressed in slouchy. clothing - like
skateboarders," the report said.
Children play
With wheelchairs
According to DPS reports, two chil-
dren were escorted from Mott Children
Hospital yesterday.
Two men were playing with wheel-
chairs near the cafeteria entrance when
DPS was called.
The individuals said they were at the
hospital visiting a friend. But, when the
officers asked the clerk, they were told
there was no patient there with that
^name.
Person stabbed
with fork
DPS reports indicate an aggravated
assault early Wednesday evening at
Arbor Heights Center.
At about 5:05 p.m., a person was
stabbed with a fork, reports say. The
victim's skin was slightly broken, but
there was no bleeding.
Both the perpetrator and the victim
are residents at Arbor Heights.
The victim filed a report, but did not
want medical assistance.
Credit card theft
DPS reports indicate a recent inci-
dent of credit card fraud.
On Monday afternoon, a caller con-
tacted DPS about two credit cards sto-
len over the weekend.
She had left her purse unattended in
the LSA Building.
About $2,000 was charged to the
credit cards by an unauthorized user.
Car damaged in
'U' parking lot
A caller contacted DPS on Wednes-
day about damages to her car last week.
The woman said a University park-
ing sign fell on the hood of the vehicle
causing a dent and paint scratch.
The car was parked in a lot on North
University Avenue.
Fight at Markley
There was a fight in progress when
DPS was called early yesterday morn-
ing.
At 1:24 a.m., police arrived at the
front entrance of Mary Markley resi-
dence hall where about 30 people were
fighting.
One report of assault andbattery was
.',taken.
jeans stolen from
laundry room
DPS was contacted Monday when a
caller reported that he had items stolen
from Mary Markley residence hall.
The man said he had four pairs of
eans stolen from the Reeves/Frost laun-
dry room. He said they were stolen
between 11:30 and 11:50 p.m.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Jodi Cohen
Tribal council announces vote to adopt members
BARAGA (AP)- Those in the Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community who do not meet con-
stitutional requirements for membership can be
adopted into the tribe by voting members, the
tribal council announced.
At a Nov. 7 meeting, the council agreed 10-
1 to hold a special December election at which
eligible voting members can decide the fate of
184 people who want to be members.
Those 184 people must apply individually
to have their names on the ballot, said tribal
attorney Joseph O'Leary. A majority vote is
required for adoption.
The exact date of the election has yet to be
announced but was tentatively set for the sec-
ond weekend in December.
The adopted members will be allowed to
vote in upcoming elections for tribal council
and associate judge and at the constitutional
convention.
In a previous resolution, the tribal council
had determined that those individuals who are
enrolled in the tribe but do not meet the consti-
tutional membership requirements would con-
tinue to receive all the benefits of tribal mem-
bership, except the right to vote and hold public
office.
Some of those benefits include equal access
to tribal programs such as housing, education,
health, police protection and the court system;
the exercise of treaty rights such as hunting,
fishing, and gathering and taxation; and equal
participation in any future per-capita gaming
revenue distributions.
Fight for Justice, the group which has been
protesting the removal ofmembers' voting rights,
has not said how the resolution will affect the
standoff at the tribal center. The group has occu-
pied the grounds of the tribal headquarters since
Aug. 22.
State Leilature
OKs telephone,
insurance bils
Left, right, left
NROTC members at the University practice out in the cold weather yesterday afternoon. Each battalion is practicing for an
upcoming competition within the Navy ROTC.
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StateDr Powelor 0aio n
considers Steve Forb es candidacy
LANSING (AP) - Major legisla-
tion to revamp Michigan's telephone
law and curb lawsuits under the state's
no-fault auto insurance system won fi-
nal approval yesterday in the Legisla-
ture.
Final passage came as members met
until nearly dinnertime in a bid to finish
action on the two key measures. There
was little debate and few changes to the
two measures.
Then the two chambers broke for a
two-week vacation.
On a 35-1 vote, the Senate approved
the complex telecommunications bill.
Sen. William Van Regenmorter (R-
Hudsonville), who had objected to the
fact that some rate increases would not
be reviewed by the Public Service Com-
mission, was the sole vote against it.
The House then voted 79-18 to send
the final version to Gov. John Engler
for his signature.
The Senate voted 20-16 for the auto
insurance rewrite, sending the measure
to the governor.
The telecommunications bill is de-
signed to increase competition and con-
sumer choices in Michigan's telephone
service. The current telecommunica-
tions act was written to expire Dec. 31,
four years after its enactment.
"With this rewrite of the telecommu-
nications act, we've solidified
Michigan's position as a telecommuni-
cations leader," said its sponsor, Sens
Mat Dunaskiss (R-Lake Orion).
"We've passed the most comprehen-
sive plan of any state. It will create the
competitive market where new entrantfs
can thrive in place of the old monopoly',"
One result of the bill revising the
telecommunications act is expected to
be creation of a choice of local phone
service for residential and business ub
ers who are now limited to, says
Ameritech or GTE.
The bill also intends to provide faster
and cheaper alternative dispute resol6t-
tion before the Michigan Public Stf,
vice Commission and protects consum-
ers from exorbitant rates sometime,
charged by alternative operator services
at some pay phones and hospital roonms,
Dunaskiss said.
On one of the major issues for cor-
sumers, people could select from .a
"menu" of offerings for a flat monthly
rate. They could choose from a flat rate
for unlimited calls, a limit of 400 calls
a month, 200 calls, 150-400 calls aid
50-100 calls.
An unchanged portion of the act also
allows companies to bill on the length
ofa phone call and the distance called in
addition to the number of calls.
By Anupama Reddy
Daily Staff Reporter
In the wake of retired Gen. Colin
Powell's decision not to run for Presi-
dent, members of the Great Lakes chap-
ter of the Draft Powell for President
Committee say they may support
Malcolm "Steve" Forbes.
"Like Powell, Forbes is founded
groundly in the moderate, liberal center
of the Republican Party," said Joseph
Ditzhazy, state "Draft Powell" chair-
man.
He said members are conducting pre-
liminary discussions with other state
directors of the Great Lakes Regional
Committee and with Forbes' headquar-
ters.
A preliminary New Hampshire poll
done by Dartmouth College's Nelson
A. Rockefeller Center during Oct. 2-25
shows some interest for Forbes as a
candidate. The results showed that, with-
out Powell in the race, Forbes receives
10 percent of Republican primary vot-
Like Powell, Forbes is founded
groundlyinthe moderate, liberal
center of the Republican Party."
- Joseph Ditzhazy
Powell for President chairman
State Draft
Former insurance agent admits to
embeZZlement from Diocese
ers' support, The New Hampshire
Nashua Telegraph reported.
"Forbes was attractive because he
provides the individualized answer to
i"ssues that the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties have turned into dogma,"
Ditzhazy said.
Other pro-Powell groups said they
were uncertain of their position and
would need more time to decide their
future course of action.
Maggie Kelly of the Washington-
based Citizens for Powell said her group
will not endorse anyone.
Tim Bush, state chairman of the New
Hampshire Citizens for Powell, said he
has made no decisions but that many
people there are interested in seeing
him run.
Campus Republicans said Forbes had
name recognition and the financial
means to run.
"By supporting Forbes, I am happy
to see that they are staying with the
Republican Party instead of support-
ing Clinton," said Mark Fletcher,
state chairman of the College Re-
publicans.
LANSING (AP) - A former in-
surance agent admitted in court that
he took $479,000 earmarked for pen-
sions for priests in the Catholic Dio-
cese of Lansing.
William Sizer, 52, made the admis-
sion in pleading guilty Wednesday to
five felony counts of embezzlement.
Sizer told Ingham County Circuit
Judge Michael Harrison that he took
the money between 1989 and 1993
while working as an agent for Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Sizer, formerly a member of $.
Thomas Aquinas parish in East Lan-
sing, will be sentenced Dec. 6. The
maximum penalty for embezzlemeit
is 10 years in prison or $5,000 in
fines.
State sentencing guidelines based
on factors in Sizer's case show he
should serve up to one year in jail,
Prosecutor Donald Martin said. But
Martin said his office would ask
Harrison to sentence Sizer to at least
three years and four months in prison.
Veterans hope to raise money
for Vietnam memorial holiday
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LANSING (AP) - Another Veter-
ans Day is passing without a Michigan
Vietnam memorial, but backers say
progress will be visible in the 7-year-
old dream by the time next year's holi-
day rolls around.
Keith King, a member of the Michi-
gan Vietnam Vetorial Commission, said
yesterday that completion of the $2.6
million project cannot come too soon.
"If you ask me as a Vietnam veteran,
this is something that could have been
done 10 to 15 years ago," he said.
Faith in the future of such a project
has wavered since lawmakers in a com-
mission to build a memorial are not
appointed until 1990. The state failed to
donate land for a memorial until June
1992.
And money to build it has only
dribbled in.
Hubert Hess, state adjutant for the
American Legion, said it is hard to say
why the project has languished.
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