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…Page 2-Friday, August 1, 1980-The Michigan Daily Anderson says he may drop out of race congressman from Illinois who dropped out of the GOP race April 24 to run as an independent, praised: Kennedy as a man for whom he has "high regard."' The meeting was held at the in- vitation of Kennedy, who is lobbying hard for a convention rule that would free delegates to vote for any candidate they wished on the first ballot, thus threatening Carter's c...…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 2, 1980-The Michigan Daily Spanish nobles slain after terrorist threat MADRID, Spain (AP) - The Marquess of Urquijo and his wife, members of one of Spain's richest families, were found shot to death in their beds yesterday and a business associate reported the couple had received a death threat from Basque terrorists. Speculation of a politically inspired' assassination increased as police discarded robbery as a motive...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, August 5;:1980-The Michigan Daily Justice Dept. drops civil suit against Diggs 4 WASHINGTON (AP)-The Justice Departm~nt yesterday dropped its civil damage'suit against former Detroit Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., saying the im- prisoned ex-lawmaker would be unable to pay any penalty the court imposed. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court last Aug. 16 to recover money Diggs took from House staff members ina payroll padding sche...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, August 6, 1980-The Michigan Daily Reagan talks to 'lukewarm Urban League in New York From AP and UPI NEW YORK - Ronald Reagan, taking his pitch for black votes to New York yesterday, got a lukewarm recep- tion from the National Urban League and then engaged in a heated shouting match with residents of the devastated South Bronx. The former California governor, seeking to broaden his base for the fall campaign ahead, told the...…

…Page 2-Thursday, August 7, 1980-The Michigan Daily Billy's agent registration nOt unusual, says gov't attorney WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators: trying to determine if Billy Carter got kid glove treatment from the Justice. Department were told by a government lawyer yesterday that it commonly takes months to persuade some people to register as agents of a foreign power. "Many times it is at the door of the courthouse that voluntary registration is ...…

…v Page 2-Friday. August 8, 1980-The Michigan Daily Four 'U' economists predict recession to abate by start of '81 4 By United Press International The recession now gripping the nation should not extend beyond year's end, University researchers say, but the expected recovery should be slow and jobless rates will remain high. The economic forecast to be issued today -.updating one originally made last November - assumes monetary policy will r...…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 9, 1480-The Michigan Daily Document tells of nurse's * *" involvement in mercy killing BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A prac- - a cancer that spread to the lungs and tical nurse told investigators looking in- bones. to the possible mercy killing of a 51- No autopsy was performed and year-old cancer patient that she just Leanues was buried in St. Joseph, wanted to stop the woman's suffering, Cemetery in Taunton. according to hos...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, August 12, 1980-The Michigan Daily Mysterious priest leaves fortune in coins ~ 0 -u Y 4 uponh1 JEROME, Ariz. (AP) - Outside the door of the Holy Family Catholic Chur- ch in this ghost town-turned-artists' colony, the sign on the small black box read, "Tourists: 10 cents." Few people paid any attention to the clink of the coins - or to the money donated by parish members - until June 8, 1979. ON THAT .DAY, four men gathered ou...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, August 13, 1980-The Michigan Daily Bus employees baek; AATA management pessinistic about talks By JOYCE FRIEDEN Although members of the Transpor- tation Employees' Union returned to their jobs yesterday after a 42-day strike against the Ann Arbor Transpor- tation Authority, AATA Board Chair- man Cecil Ursprung said he felt set- tlement of the contract was a long way off. In a press conference held last night at the AATA's Ca...…

…Page 2-Thursday, August 14, 1980-The Michigan Daily Palisades plant reveals second accident leaking radioactive gas. '4 4 SOUTH HAVEN (UPI)-Consumers Power Co. disclosed yesterday the second accidental leak of radioactive gas in less than two weeks at, its Palisades nuclear plant, but said the incident pose{no health threat. Utility officials said the leak, which occurred at about 4 a.m. Tuesday, lasted for about three minutes and was halted...…

…Page 2-Friday, August 15, 198O-LfAthMichigan Daily Reproduction study group ends conference here By JOYCE FRIEDEN Everything from marijuana to sexual arousal in rats was under discussion this week at an unlikely location-Stockwell Hall-as the Society for the Study of Reproduction held its 13th annual meeting here. About 700 of the society's 1,500 mem- bers came to the conference held Tuesday through yesterday. "It was the largest turnout ever...…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 16, 1980-The Michigan Daily Parting is such sweet sorrow Today's Daily is the last of the summer. We have enjoyed producing the paper over the last four months and hope you have enjoyed reading it. The Fall/Winter edition of The Daily will resume publication on Thursday, Sept. 4 with distribution of the New Student Edition. To subscribe for fall and win- ter terms, call 764-0558. See you in three weeks. C On the outsid...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, August 4, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reagan backs endto abortion on demand HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)- President Reagan told a Roman Catholic audience yesterday that the "national tragedy of abortion on demand must end" and said his call for nuclear weapons reductions renders "obsolete" proposals for a mere freeze. The president reasserted his op- position to unnecessary government in- trusion into the lives of Americans and then wen...…

…Page 2-Thursday, August 5, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reagan to fight nuclear freeze in U.S. House WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Reagan mounted a last-minute offen- sive yesterday against a nuclear freeze resolution, warning the prospec- ts for real arms control could suffer a serious setback if the proposal is ap- proved by Congress. The House has tentative plans to vote today on the call for a mutual and verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons by ...…

…Page 2-Friday, August 6, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reagan gets stuck in White House elevator WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan was a bit late to a ceremony the state dining room yesterday - because he got stuck ina White House elevator. "I don't know just how to approach this and tell you why we are late," the president said, a little sheepisly, to representatives of the National Health Fair programs. "IN 18 MONTHS it never happened," he said....…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 7, 1982-The Michigan Daily 'Punk tribe' rampages across Great Britain NORWICH, England (UPI)- A "tribe" of punks and toughs including one man in a minidress and girls with green-painted faces rampaged across southern England, leaving 14 policemen injured, police said yester- day. Police said 13 youths, aged 13 to 25, were arrested Thursday along a 160- mile route. They were armed with an assortment of ax handles, mache...…

…Poore 2-Tuienelnv, August Inn ,R_7Tkh AA;r-k;.-.,r.i Today The weather Cooler temperatures and clear skies are expected today with highs in the mid 70s. Potted plants POLICE CHIEF James Bivens' green thumb attracted some atten- tion recently in Bluefield, West Virginia, and now the chief has had to uproot all but two of the waist-high marijuana plants growing near his office. One afternoon, the five potted plants were spotted sitting in the s...…

…Page 2-Wednesday, August 11 1982-The Michigan Daily Ruppe eclaims victory in GOP Senate primary From staff andwirereports With only 3 percent of the vote in, former U.S. Rep. Philip Ruppe claimed victory last night in the Republican U.S. Senate primary from his cam- paign headquarters in Bloomfield Hills. Detroit television stations WDIV-TV, WJBK-TV and WWJ radio agreed with Ruppe, projecting him as-the winner based on a survey of voters leav...…

…Page 2-Thursday, August 12, 1982-The Michigan Daily 'U' economists0 predict upturn in nation's By SCOTT STUCKAL The nation's economic clouds will' begin to clear by the end of the year due to increases in consumer spending, University economists predicted yesterday. In an update of an economic forecast made last November, University economics Prof. Saul Hymans and economic research assistant Joan Crary said the Gross National Product (GNP) wo...…

…Page 2-Tuesday, August 3, 1982-The Michigan Daily Ballenger poll confuses tight governor race From United Press International Republican U.S. Senate candidate William Ballenger, ranked-laat in a widely circulated poll, is the frontrun- ner in a survey released yesterday that was commissioned by his own cam- paign. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. James Brickley and Phil Ruppe, the generally acknowledged frontrunners in the Republican gubernatorial and sen...…

…Page 2-Friday, August 13, 1982-The Michigan Daily 128 killed in Israel's fiercest raids on By the Associated Press Israeli fighter-bombers ravaged west Beirut in the war's fiercest air raids yesterday before President Reagan angrily intervened and won a new cease-fire aimed at getting Lebanon to resume talks on the evacuation of Palestinian guerrillas. Lebanon suspended the negotiations to protest the air strikes that police said left at leas...…

…Page 2-Saturday, August 14, 1982-The Michigan Daily Anti-draft group plans weekend petition drive By FANNIE WEINSTEIN To protest the legal action currently being taken against non-registrants, members of the Washtenaw County Committee Against Registration and the Draft (W-CARD) will gather at the Federal Building Plaza today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to circulate pamphlets and petitions. "We're simply going to be handing out leaflets urging that...…

…The Michigan Daily-Friday, August 4,1989-Page 3 Nurses Continued from Page 1 cause hearing to rebut University ac- cusations that the strike caused "irreparable damage" to patients and harm to both the community and to the Hospital's referral services. "The burden of proof is with us," said Harrison. The court injunction also required that the two sides meet and bargain this week. After more than 20 hours of bargaining on Tuesday and Wednesd...…

…" the Department of Public Safety; S u rvivor last year 12 rapes were reported to continued from Page 1 public safety. Eighty-four rapes were supportive - in counselling and reported to SAPAC this past year. sensitivity," said Shears. The University's awareness about Women are also getting faster care sexual assault has also increased over in the emergency room since the the last three years. Since the student program was instituted. Two years...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, August 1, 1986- Page 3 Progress made in U' labor negotiations By PHILIP LEVY temporaty contract since their two- Negotiators for the University and year pact expired on June 30. The its employees made significant 2,100 workers are members of the progress this week towards reaching local American Federation of State, a new contract, according to Univer- County, and Municipal Employees sity Personnel Director James ...…

…Research report lacks stringency, opponents says By MARTIN FRANK Most members of the University's committee on,. assified research are pleased with their proposed 'idelines, but other members of the University com- iunity criticize the lack of enforcement mechanisms in e recommendations. The proposed rules call for eliminating panel and com-- ittee review of all research proposals, leaving the timate decision up to the heads of the departments...…

…- The Michigan Daily - Friday, August15, 1986- Page 3 Pursell and.Baker prepare to do battle By PETER MOONEY primary total was down by two U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell (R- thousand votes." The upcoming campaign seems literature rather than using the elec- crucial part of Baker's primary vie- Plymouth) seems relatively confident He also attributed much of the likely to hinge on whether Baker can tronic media. tory. In the November election, of winnin...…

…Dose-coloredhouse BY SANDRA STEINGRABER One recent morning in the sweltering glass box of a North Campus bus stop, two men were discussing the greenhouse effect. The morning shadows were still long, but it was already oppressively hot. One man explained to the other what happens when trees are cut and burned, how the carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere and traps the sun's heat. He spoke about the deforestation of Madagascar and Mala...…

…-JI IFF191 t_. i F. m-- Ir vRr3rFCC n wr s nc 3n~l k oA mgj - YY AV. .lI- BY LISA POLLAK Welcome, new students, to the University of Michigan - where the people are friendly and diverse, the lines are long and diverse, and no campus building lacks a meaningful (if not diverse) sculpture, statue, acronym, or legend. If you've been around here for a while, or at least long enough to real- ize the top of the Dental School doesn't look like ...…

…The Michigan Daily, Friday, August 7, 1987-Page 3 LSA offers scholarshonor, tuition By LISA POLLAK LSA officials are hoping that the new Dean's Merit Scholarship Pro- gram will entice top students to at- tend the University who might oth- erwise be swayed by more presti- gious or less expensive schools. LSA Dean Peter Steiner created the scholarships - awarded to eight superior first-year students this fall - because increasing student fees a...…

…The Michigan Daily, Friday, August 14, 1987- Page3 Ann Arbor to host wheel chair athletic events By LISA GEBAUER Next week Ann Arbor will host the Seventh National Veterans Wheel Chair Games, the largest wheel chair athletic event ever held in the United States. The games, sponsored by the Veterans Administration and Para- lyzed Veterans of America, will be- gin August 18 and last five days as wheel chair bound veterans compete in multiple sp...…

…D are in - Uni Tb aspi how; a c be it's coo kid A sid the is ti The Michigan Daily =Friday, August 3, 194- Page 3 Summer 'Canps for Champs'spur fiture athletes By MARLA GOLD Shawn Phelan, a 17-year-old from Milwaukee, said The camp, which is 10 years old, is almost entirely )uring the summer, when the University's students he was happy to return to see a girl he met last year. taught by University coaches. And to Triveline, this almost all go...…

…The Michigan Daily - Sunday, August 5, 1984 - Page 3 UNITED STATES SENATE Debates make GOP race visible By NEIL CHASE Until last week, few people other than politicians and the press knew about the Republican's race for the chance to meet Sen. Carl Levin in the November election. But former Rep. Jim Dunn and retired astronaut Jack Lousma have brought attention to the Republican Senate primary race recently through televised debates and excha...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 7, 1984 - Page 3 BALLOTS TO BE CAST TODAY Dunn, Lousma wrap up campaign From staff and wire reports Voters across the state will go to the pol primary elections which will pick canci numerous national, state, and local positioi In the most widely publicized of today's the Republican fight over who will challe bent Democratic Sen. Carl Levinin Nover tion, candidates Jim Dunn and Jack Lousr their bitter batt...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, August 10, 1984 - Page 3 AFSCME solicits support in rally By PETE WILLIAMS About 50 members of the University's Local 1583 employees union carried signs that call for higher wages and better work ben fits as they marched in a circle in front of University Hospital yesterday afternoon. Local 1583 is part of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. AFSCME is currently at the bargaining tabl...…

…The Michigan Daily- Sunday, August 12, 1984 - Page 3 PERES, SHAMIR DISCUSS COALITION GOV'T Israel struggles with crisis TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Three weeks after. Israel's general elections, the nation still has a crisis in government with no solution in sight. Labor Party leader Shimon Peres and outgoing Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir have met three times to try and forge a bipartisan government, but both sides concede little headway has been...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 14, 1984 - Page 3 McPromotion adds up to gold for franchise By ERIC MATTSON Considering that the United States won 174 medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, you'd think McDonald's has lost a fortune on their "When the U.S. Wins, You Win" promotion. You'd be dead wrong. Game cards at McDonald's all over the country have an Olympic event listed on them, and if the U.S. won a medal in that event...…

…The Michigan Dail - Tuesday, August 2, 1983-- Page 3 State court overturns ru ing on Princeton eating club TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A civil rights panel erred when it dismissed without a hearing a Princeton Univer- sity woman's challenge to all-male membership at three private social clubs, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. The Appellate Division of Superior Court said the state Division on Civil Rights should give a full hearing to Sally Fr...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 4, 1983 - Page 3 DON'T CUT SUMMER RECESS, JUDGE SAYS High court justice wants vacation ATLANTA (AP) - Supreme Court Justice John federal appeals courts. The Supreme Court now poor job of picking appeals and was so swamped by Paul Stevens said yesterday that depriving the nine resolves much conflicts. paperwork that Congress should create a new court members of the nation's highest court of their three- "ON...…

…The Michigan Daily - Saturday, August 6, 1983 - Page 3 Grand jury called in Chin case By HALLE CZECHOWSKI Currently, the group is waiting to D The U.S. Justice Department an- nounced Thursday a special grand jury will investiage the death of a Chinese- American man to determine if his civil rights were violated. The announcement followed a month- long FBI investigation into the death of Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Royal Oak man. CHIN WAS bea...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 9, 1983 - Page 3 Official predicts more jobs for service workers By DAN GRANTHAM Automation may change the work- place, but fears that it will eliminate thousands of jobs are unjustified, a federal labor department official said yesterday at the Michigan League. While increased skills may become necessary with some technological ad- vances, many jobs will still require little education, said Neal Rosenthal...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 11, 1983-- Page 3 Mich. Bell moves up deadlinet By MICHAEL WESTON A recent decision by Michigan Bell to publish phonebooks one month early this year will exclude many University students from the directories. Moving- the deadline for phone listings from mid-September to August 22, will bring Michigan Bell more Yellow Pages advertising, said David Smith, a district manager for Bell. But students who don't ...…

…The Mic MSU to keep biotech By JIM SPARKS Battle Creek lost its bid to lure a biotechnology in- stitute away from Michigan State University yester- day, when the institute board voted 7-2 to stay in the Lansing area. In a closed meeting at the University's Fleming Administration Building, the board ended a three- month effort by a group calling itself Battle Creek Unlimited to move the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) to Battle Creek. JOHN W...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 1, 1985- Page 3 Mass funerals banned in South Africa's new move JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (UPI) - The government banned mass funerals for victims of racial unrest yesterday on the 11th day of a' state of emergency in a new move aimed at stifling black protests again- st white-ruled South Africa. The decree came as police said another black man had been shot and killed by security forces, firing into a cr...…

…The Michigan Doily - Friday, August 2, 1985- Poae 3 Blanchard responds to call for tuition restraint LANSING (UPI) - Gov. James serious concern I had about the bill," Blanchard said he also has received Blanchard signed a $970.4 million Blanchardsaid. assurances from state universities higher education budget into law that they will allow new research yesterday saying the state's colleges "OUR COLLEGES and universities money to be targeted to ...…

…The Michigan Daily- Saturday, August 3, 1985 - Page 3 Teens pep up at cheerleading clinic By JANICE PLOTNIK Pony tails and pompoms are "in" this week as budding cheerleaders from across the Midwest gather at the 'We love our football University's track and tennis field for - annual cheerleading clinics. More than 100 girls are signed up for team. each of the four sessions offerred by (, 4 F the United States Cheerleading Association, whose pur...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 6, 1985- Page 3 Death shadows' mark Hiroshima event From United Press International Tolling church bells at the exact time an atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima 40 years ago highlighted events planned yesterday to remind the world of the horrors of nuclear war. As observances continued nation- wide to mark today's anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima - the first use of nuclear weapons in war - ...…

…Tutu saves, ives once again in. S. Africa From United Press International South African Bishop Desmond Tutu's efforts to defuse an angry con- frontation between heavily armed white police and black mourners is not the first time he has personally step- ped in to save lives. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, a passionate crusader against his coun- try's white rule and apartheid policy of racial segregation, is quickly becoming known as South Africa...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, August 8, 1985- Page 3 S. African street battles continue JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Pieter Botha reaffirmed his gover- homeland 80 miles northeast of (UPI) - Heavily armed police fought nment's policies toward blacks and Johannesburg. "No other country tell street battles yesterday with hun- dismissed possible economic san- us how to deal with our problems." dreds of Zulus in the second day of ctions by the Unit...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, August 9, 1985 - Page 3 y poiYokaseessa s0 By KERY MURAKAMI Serious black American music has been relatively ignored by music reviewers, tex- tbook writers, and others who shape society's perception of "serious" music, says Prof. Willis Patterson, associate dean of the music school. "So to blow our own horns, so to speak, because no one else will," Patterson and several supporters have put together the Black 0meri...…