…Statue marks new downtown park By DAN OBERDORFER A gargantuan 15 by 18 foot statue - erected yesterday in the new Urban Statue Plaza near Farmers' Market - was promptly hidden by a similarly monstrous tarpaulin which will cover the work of art until its unveiling this Saturday at noon. The unveiling will mark the official opening of Ann Arbor's brand new park. Located on Detroit St. between Catherine and Fourth Ave., the park's floor is compos...…
…The Michigan Daily-Thursday, May 18, 1978-Page 3 City focuses on alcohol awareness By JUDY RAKOWSKY An occasional drink at the end of the day or during the holidays is the association most people have with alcohol. But the perils of alcohol abuse were what Mayor Louis Belcher had in mind when he declared this week Alcohol Awareness Week. "We want to make people more aware of the dangers of alcohol abuse and of the fact that it is a treatable ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 19, 1978-Page 3 Troops depart for Zaire rescue KINSHASA, Zaire (AP) - Belgian paratroops flew to Zaire yesterday to mount a joint Western rescue mission for 2,000 of their countrymen, hundreds of other Europeans and 14 Americans isolated and threatened by the rebel in- vasion of Shaba Province. Plane after plane packed with elite airborne troops took off from Brussels' military airport on the 5,000-mile jour- ne...…
…n Daily-Saturday, May 20, 1978-Page 3 Black woman recalls 'U' history By ELISA ISAACSON Fifty years ago, only sixty blacks at- tended the University. University regulations barred them from dances and from swimming facilities. Blacks were to enter buildings such as the Student Union via the back door. Lenoir Stewart, a black University alumnus from the class of 1928, retur- ned to Ann Arbor this week with vivid memories of the University's at...…
…'U' prof involved in Vent-s-boud i -mima space probe By MICHAEL ARKUSH A University professor who heads the science steering committee for a spacecraft bound for Venus yesterday said that although he doesn't believe life exists on that planet, he still con- tends the mission, launched Saturday, will produce significant facts about the Earth. Professor Thomas Donahue, chair- man of the University's Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, s...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 24, 1978-Page 3 Council votes on budget tonight By DAN OBERDORFER that "I cannot remember them very well," he said. When City Council meets to adopt a The Republican caucus met Friday new budget tonight, the Republicans night to arrange its proposals item by are expected to change significantly the item, Trowbridge said. Members were $37 million budget proposed last month, slated to meet again last night to c...…
…?oily-Thursday, May 25, 1978-Page 3 Green cheese and other exoticas By DOUGLAS HELLER Leah Dunham is constantly surroun- ded by exotic wines and cheeses, but she is not always being wined and dined. Dunham runs a Kerrytown specialty food shop filled with candies, jams, pasta, breads, spices and teas as well as spirits and cheddars. "I LIKE anything to do with food," she said, explaining her reasons for opening Dunham-Wells, Inc. with her nephe...…
…The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 26, 1978-Page 3 Feelings mixed on tenant bill By R.J. SMITH The State House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a truth in ren- ting bill earlier this week which is similar to an ordinance approved by voters in Ann Arbor last April. Although it must still meet Senate ap- proval, the bill has already elicited a great deal of response from tenant ad- vocates and landlords. "Sure it's a big step, but it's not ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 27, 1978-Page 3 GM plans defense for S. African By RENE BECKER General Motors Corporation developed a secret contingency plan last summer for the defense of their South African operation in the event of race riots in that country. The plan has drawn a variety of comments from those on and off cam- pus who have been involved in the year- long debate about University invest- ments in corporations which do busine...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 31, 1978-Page 3 George Washington slept, er... signed here ByR. J. SMITH era. Through a variety of documents, Ihandwriting the times are depicted in different If the folks who analyzem rting ways. For instance, there is a are correct in their assumption that statement of land sale signed by John people's signatures tell a lot about their Tyler, and there is the official recom- character, then it's written on t...…
…Page 4-Wednesday, May 3, 1976-The Michigan Daily Nmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom- 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 1-S News Phone: 764-0552 Wednesday, May 3, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Nixon: T Shouting at VP out oforder L AST WEEK'S graduation ceremony was a happy event for most of those attending. It was the end of four (in some cases, many more than th...…
…Page 4-Thursday, May 4, 1978-The Michigan Daily ~michigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 4204Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI.48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 2-S News Phone: 764-0552 Thursday, May 4, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Kent State: Eight years after T/ENT STATE University. Eight years ago to- day, an angry battery of national guardsmen called in by Ohio Governor James Rhodes quashed a student pro...…
…Page 4-Friday, May 5, 1978-The Michigan Daily "michigan DAILY Eighty-ejght Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Ml. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 3-S News Phone: 764-0552 Friday, May 5, 1978- Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Tuiion Jumpsaain T'S ALMOST as if it is becoming some sort of sick ritual. Every April, classes end on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and the Regents raise tuition nine or ten percent on T...…
…Page 4-Saturday, May 6, 1978-The Michigan Daily Gmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420OMaynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4-S News Phone: 764-0552 Saturday, May 6, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan St. Paul voters stifle gay rights I T WAS ENOUGH to make Anita Bryant beam. Last week voters in St. Paul, Minnesota easily repealed the city's four-year-old gay rights law in the...…
…Page 4-Tuesday, May 9, 1978-The Michigan Daily imichigan DAILY Eighty-eightdYears of Editorial Freedom 420 Mynard St., Ann Arbor, M. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5-S News Phone: 764-0552 Tuesday, May 9, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 'U' in conflict about Samoff SOMETHING'S WRONG when a university honors a faculty member for teaching excel- lence and, almost in the same breath, boots him out of the school. That's...…
…Page 4-Wednesday, May 10, 1978-The Michigan Daily 2michigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII. No. 6-S News Phone: 764-0552 Wednesday, May 10, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Geralds' fate up to the people L ATER THIS WEEK the state House will decide whether or not to oust Rep. Monte Geralds (D-Madison Heights) because of an em- bezzlement convict...…
…Page 4-Thursday, May 11, 1978-The Michigan Daily Gmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M. 48109 Vol. LXXXViII, No. 6-S News Phone: 764-0552 Thursday, May 11, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Paraquat's perils " " TE'RE CONCERNED with the health of our Y citizens," declared a State Department official Tuesday, referring to efforts to eradicate the nation's drug use. ...…
…Page 4-Friday, May 12, 1978-The Michigan Daily ~michigen DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 7-S News Phone: 764-0552 Friday, May 12, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan $5 tickets won't ease A 2parking problems J OHN ROBBINS, director of Streets Traffic and Parking, has recommended raising the cost of the expired meter parking ticket from $2 to $5...…
…Page 4-Saturday, May 13, 1978-The Michigan Daily The computing center on North Cam- pus services as many as 100000 batch B i a e o lL n l l ROME (AP) - Red Brigade terrorists struck again yesterday in a bold street ambush, gunning down a Christian Democrat Party official in Milan on the eve of a state memorial Mass for the assassinated Aldo Moro. Police said Tito Berardini, secretary of a Christian Democrat district office, was shot in the le...…
…Page 4-Tuesday, May 16, 1978-The Michigan Daily michign DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St.; Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 10-S News Phone: 764-0552 Tuesday, May 16, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Fond recollections of those iafternoons on the courts Legislators an' delaySATpc L AST WEEK U.S. Chief Arms Negotiator Pa Warnke speculated that a Strategic Arm Limitation Talks...…
…Page 4-Wednesday, May 17, 1978-The Michigan Daily ~micig nDAILYI Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M1. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 11-S News Phone: 764-0552 Wednesday, May 17, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Double bottoms should be junked THE DEBATE over double bottom tankers is still raging in Lansing, and some-' time this summer the legislature is' likely to make a final deci...…
…Page 4-Thursday, May 18, 1978-The Michigan Daily mkYhigan DALY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Ar-bor, M1. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 12-S News Phone: 764-0552 Thursday, May 18, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Court must stand up for gays G"AY RIGHTS received another setback this week.' The Supreme Court again refused to address the question of how far a state may go in regulating pr...…
…Page 4-Friday, May 19, 1978-The Michigan Daily Gmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Ml. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 13-S News Phone: 764-0552 Friday, May 19, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Jets block peace B EFORE PRESIDENT CARTER assumed of- fice he promised Americans that the United States would not remain the global arms pur- veyor. But since taking office, Carte...…
…Page 4-Saturday, May 20, 1978-The Michigan Daily Panther leader's bail ncreased OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Black Panther leader Huey Newton was or- dered yesterday to post an additional $75,000 bail by a judge who said he feared "history is repeating itself." Alameda County Superior Court Judge Martin Pulich said that charges filed against Newton in connection with a barroom scuffle last week in Santa Cruz County "substantially increases" the pot...…
…Page 4-Tuesday, May 23, 1978-The Michigan Daily .rmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial freedom 420 Maynard St, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 15-S News Phone: 764-0552 Tuesday, May 23, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Bottle bill awaits citizen action M ICHIGAN'S environmentally concerned citizens showed their clout when they rallied to the support of a state bottle bill in the 1976 election....…
…Page 4-Wednesday, May 24, 1978-The Michigan Daily michigan DAILY Chicago's Rogers Park: A Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom gothic architectural showcase 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 By Jeffrey Selbst three-story apartment buildings is maintained in this way. Vol. LXXXVI11, No. 16-5 News Phone: 764-0552 Streets lined with real trees. line every street. One might well Besides these common effects Cars parked end-to-end along the ...…
…Page 4-Thursday, May 25, 1978-The Michigan Daily LETTERS TO THE DAILY: michigan D AILY Free speech must Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom To The Daily: existence of an ultimate morality 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, M. 48109 It has been interesting to read that is equally binding upon all of the editorial page of the Daily us and that transcends the par- Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 17-S News Phone: 764-0552 recently. Last Wednesday we ticular "part...…
…Page 4-Friday, May 26, 1978--The Michigan Daily wmichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 18-S News Phone: 764-0552 Friday, May 26, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Plymnouth refor-m must come now N EARLY March, after the Detroit Free Press reported that residents of the Plymouth Center for Human Development were being abused and neglected, ...…
…Page 4-Saturday, May 27, 1978-The Michigan Daily Carter urges passage of ERA SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP)-President Carter discarded a prepared text which expressed frustration with the Washington establishment, deciding in- stead yesterday to plead with the Illinois Legislature for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Instead of giving his prepared speech, Carter had it handed out to those who wanted it and chose to make a low-key pit...…
…Page 4-Wednesday, May 31, 1978-The Michigan Daily omichigan DAILY Eighty-eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St.,Ann ArborMI.48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 20-S News Phone: 764-0552 Wednesday, May 31, 1978 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Activst Hugo Blanco deserves freedom L AST WEEK indus-t try and commercex ground to a halt in Peru, as workers across the country joined in a general ' strike to protest the go...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 3, 1878-Page 5 NATIONAL MonThur 9t PERSPIRER turday MAY 3,'1978 SMALLEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PHONY SCANOLE SHEET IN ANN ARBOR PAGE 88 ...'KI GCOURSE BOOK DISCOUNTS!PAGE 290 ealng Psychics Reveal Bookstore Located in Union page 60 National Divorce Rate Linked to 5% Course Book Discount at Cellar page schn age ***** Lg. Selection of USED Course Books Return to Haunt U.Cellar: at 25% Off List page 857.570 Spee...…
…The Michigan D U.N. forces gear up in-Le TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - "I have Menegaux, said "many gunmen" were Jean Germain Salvan, the 46-year-old never seen a battle,so confused like it. killed. commander of the 1,233-man French There was shooting everywhere, and French U.N. forces in southern force, the largest and best equipped everyone was shooting at everyone." Lebanon beefed up their positions among the United Nations contingents. A French arm...…
…The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 5, 1978-Page 5 Decision due on Rep's ouster By MICHAEL ARKUSH The House Policy Committee will try to decide today whether to recommend to the State House of Representatives that Rep. Monte Geralds (D-Madison Heights), convicted by a jury in March of embezzling $24,000 from a former law client, be removed from office. Committee Chairman Joseph Forbes (D-Oak Park) said yesterday he believes the committee will deci...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 6, 1978-Page 5 Point: Tax credits needed Us CoNSTIT ~ I By Charles Vanik WASHINGTON - The ravages of in- flation and spiraling education costs, as every parent in America knows, have now gone beyond tolerable limits. The entire private educational system, which has made a tremendous con- tribution to the diversity and intelligen- ce of our national life, is imperiled by the astronomical tuition charges many ...…
…Three Ohio State baseball players seem to be seeking refuge from a pop fly hit in the Big Ten with an 11-1 record. For more about Michigan's weekend success, by a Michigan batter. Ohio State must have been in hiding all day Sunday, as it see story page 16. dropped two games to the Wolverines, 4-2 and 12-1. Michigan is now in first place 15 INJURED, 22 ARRESTED: HOUST patrols y dered pea a Mexicc into a rio and 22 un "It wa things," major inc ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 10, 1978-Page 5 COMMITTEE MOVES TO BLOCK PROJECT: Seafarer suffers another blow LANSING (UPI)-The House Appropriations Com- mittee, at the behest of Committee Chairman Dominic Jacobetti, yesterday approved legislation Jacobetti hoped would keep the U.S. Navy's proposed Project Seafarer out of his Upper Peninsula (U.P.) homeland. The five bills simply declare that the state does not consent to the acquisition ...…
…Report urges tanker changes By DAN OBERDORFER Double bottom tankers need to be modified in two places in order to become stable enough to be returned to the road in Michigan, states a report by the University's Highway Safety Research Institute (HSRI). The report, delivered to the Office of Highway Safety and Planning Monday, recommends that the tandem tankers be kept off the road until they have un- dergone the necessary modifications because...…
… The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 12, 1978-Page 5 Vesco returns NASSAU, Bahamas (AP)-Fugitive U.S. financier Robert Vesco will return to Costa Rica after a business trip despite an executive order banning him from the country, a spokesman said Thursday. Vesco had to get special permission from a Costa Rican court to leave the country because he was accused in a criminal case of bilking a Costa Rican man of $134,000. Vesco left Costa Rica on Sund...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 13, 1978-Page 5 Financial aid cheaters beware By SANDY GREEN Financial aid applicants beware: Big Brother is watching you. A new computer designed to catch cheaters has rejected one-fourth of the first 800,000 applications it has processed for federal basic educational opportunity grants. THE DEPARTMENT of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) which administers the grants ordered the computer audits to search fo...…
…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, May 16, 1478-Page 5 COURT DECLINES GAYRIGHTS QUESTION Refuses to hear N. Carolina case WASHINGTON (AP)-The Supreme Court yesterday -refused to call into question the authority of states to outlaw homosexual acts between con- senting adults. The court, with two jnstices disagreeing, left untouched a North Carolina sodomy law dspite argumen- ts that it violated the privacy of rights of homosexuals. CIVIL LIBERTIES la...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 17, 1978-Page5 Jobs in A limited to burgers and parks By BRIAN BLANCHARD There are a few jobs left to help pay for sandals and ice cream, but summer opportunities in Ann Arbor seem to be limited to filing papers, frying ham- burgers and sweeping floors. The bulletin board on the second floor of the Student Activities Building is covered with notices from employers around the area, but "they do go pretty -fast...…
…The Michigan Daily-Thursday, May 18, 1978-Page 5 Detroit Rep's 'Lost in the Stars' By JOSHUA PECK In the center of a somewhat rundown, lower-middle-class section of Detroit is a building, replete with proudly blazing marquee, that constitutes something of a surprise in this frugal age - the Detroit Repertory Theater. At a time when many Americans, and Detroiters in particular, are without a Lost in the Stars by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill...…
…The Michioan Daily-Friday, May 19, 1978-Page 5 Sisters repulse burglar, receive citation PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Three Philadelphia nuns have been honored as heroines for choking, tackling and sitting on a would-be church bandit. "The detectives said we shook the oomph out of him," said Sister Anita Cecilia, who with Sisters Marie Sullivan and Dorothy Payne helped collar the culprit. Last Oct. 3 a man identifiedy gpolice as Juan West, 18, and des...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 20, 1978-Page 5 PAIR MAY FACE LIFE SENTENCES Vietnam spies found only motive was to work for nor- for five years. ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP)-A jury in malization of relations between A key defense contention was that the federal court convicted Ronald Washington and Hanoi. documents involved did not contain Humphrey and David Truong late TRUONG IS THE sone of a man who true defense secrets but, as one defense yester...…
…thit/ce REACH TOOTHBRUSH HBA Dept.- The Michigan Dily--Tuesday, May 23, 1978-Page 5a 1-STOP SHOlPPING SAVES MONEY. TIME. ENERGY I, MAt 27, 11 OKIFIED LIMITS. INSTITUTIONS %x s1LI MEN'S 1 2OL. "?0-.FAULT" DENIM JEANS REGULAR FIT BOOT4 FLARE. 19"' BOTTOM. THIS DENIM SOFTENS4 FAST BUT DOESN'T SHRINK OR PUCKER. SIZE ,29 TO 40. REG. $11.97 4 9pr. Men's Dept. riu SAVE 4 POLYOLEFIN4 4INDOOR/OUTDOOR CABLE CORD 4 BY MACRA WORLD. GREAT FOR MAKING4...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 24,'1978-Page 5 Recognize Peking, congressmen urge WASHINGTON (UPI) - The majority of a 10-man congressional committee which visited China in January said yesterday the United States should break formal ties with Taiwan and extend diplomatic recognition to the communist gover- nment in Peking this year. However, four members of the delegation filed separate views rejec- ting the, notion of an "artificial dea...…
…The Michigan Daily-Thursday, May 25, 1978-Page 5 FIGHTING CONTINUES Carter WASHINGTON (AP)-The Carter administration is considering a list of options, none of them very promising, for helping bring stability to Zaire, a friendly country which looks in- creasingly like an international cripple. The country is plagued by corruption and inefficiency, threatened by rebels based in Angola, and teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, State Departmen...…
…The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 26, 1978-Page 5 PLYMOUTH HEAD TO FOLLOW COURT ORDER: Rosen pledges quick changes By MICHAEL ARKUSH David Rosen, new acting director at the Plymouth Center for Human Development, yesterday pledged to quickly implement court-ordered changes to improve conditions at the institution. Rosen, who replaced acting director Evelyn Provitt several days ago, said his staff will "hire more key people in high administrative...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 27,1978-Page S Schlitz is a trademark of Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 SERVE UP SCHUTZ Everybody knows college is no easy ball- game. And that's what makes the little victories so important. Like the day you finally find out where the library is. Or after you actually make all your Friday classes-morning and afternoon. Or when you realize you've got a cold "A" in Chemistry because Louis Pas...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May 31, 1978-Page 5 SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE: WAS] Court whethe paymer discrim The j genera persona but tha may do vehicle pressio IN T will stu law m recipie Willi busines behind wife, a that the It vio B HON Chase] a secre met wi discuss the Ui Wester The Knight and no interns spenda with a1 Carter. THE taineds Alimony laws discriminatory? MS. PRIMUS, on behalf of the ACLU, HINGTON (AP) - The Supreme denies hi...…
