JTOIUME 70 NUMBER 199 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28.1976 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824 fate low on funding scale, report says number of dollars ■ By SEAN HICKEY appropriated to higher personal income, Michigan I sutf News si*" Writer education with $600 million, but is also only $10.5 per each $1,000 earned. appropriates The Chronicle of Higher Education report about 1 per cent in enrollment. enrollment was the national trend toward Ante of Michigan is ranked in the among the top 10 in the number of also indicated that enrollment in funded colleges and universities publicly public At MSU enrollment is down nearly 1 increased tuition. ■jO nationally in increasing state housed "The state needs to colleges and universities may be on a per The problem of s higher education, ac- here. change its whole downward trend for the first time since cent this year from last year as a result of a attaining adequate finan¬ method of taxing," Vaughn said. "We need cial aid from colleges and However, 1951. conscious administrative effort to decrease universities |"t0 statistics released by the an overall look at the rate of to reorganize our priorities in spending feeling the budget crunch was also men¬ increase of state the number of entrants lot Higher Education. appropriations to higher state dollars so we can have more money for A survey of some 588 by 1,000. tioned as a possible contributor to a lo colleges and uni- education shows Michigan a low 49 out of 50 colleges and Among those reasons cited by the education." universities indicates i national decline of decrease in the number of dn Michigan has increased only 13 states. Chronicle report for the decline in national post-secondary students. While the average national in the past two years, while the increase in state education funding was 292 (average increase has been 24 per per cent. Michigan increased its funding only 169 per cent over the ten year ... _rI)rnpriation rate is also 2 period. {'behind the 15.7 per cent infla "Each year we force higher tuition ■ increase in goods purchased by crsii u s ,,tate at nationally. a comparative because the state legislature hasn't ed enough money to Vaughn said. relief." "We must provid¬ higher education," give students some Rep. promises other states' colleges and use state appropriations Michigan ranks 27th in the nation in per keeping upi|i vwith basic costs. Lk the downward trend for Michi- |,continue." said state represents- capita funding of higher education, with an average $64 per person. State legislatures throughout the country eased transition lie Vaughn, 0 Detroit. have appropriated nearly $14 billion for education in this state higher education this year, an average of if 'A' succeeds reach of the ordinary $65 for each citizen of the United States and $1 more than Michigan's per capita allot¬ late of Michigan appropriated $107 ment. [oMST '"r the 1976-77 academic Using personal income as a basis for appropriation, Michigan ranks 37th. While ranks sixth this year in total the average nationally is $11 By ED LION i per $1,000 of State News Staff Writer Rep- Lynn Jondahl, D-East Lansing, promised Wednesday to seek state or federal funds to GROUPS AIM TO PRESERVE AREA who will suffer losses if a ban on compensate companies and workers throwaway beverage containers passes next week. "It will be our responsibility to ease the transition and job displacement that might occur it proposal A passes," Jondahl told junction may halt a group of about 75 MSU students at a rally at Beaumont Tower. Jondahl said he believed the bottle measure is beneficial and result in a net increase in jobs and income. But it would cause will hardship to some companies and employes because they will have geon River drilling to reallocate machinery and displace jobs to shift from bottle manufacturing to reprocessing, he said. Proposal A goes before the voters Tuesday in a statewide referendum. It would ban the sale of all I Bv NANCY JARVTS throwaway beverage ment with the Natural Resource Commis¬ containers in the state and would I Bute New. Staff Writer place a 5-cent deposit on sion providing for 15,000 acres in the containers that can be used by more then one bottler and a 10-cent It drilling in the Pigeon River southern third of the forest to be deposit on containers used by only one bottler. opened for ■State Forest may be halted today, drilling. After the rally, Jondahl said compensation to offset any losses ion is granted by the Ingham This decision followed extensive and conversion costs could be study by given to the companies through nt Court. a DNR task foree-wMefc rdWhilhended oil federal aid programs or a special state assistance, fund m Mirmgan Lmvironmantal Ac- development in tl» southern tfaird sod He could not Sly how much it would cost to offset industry losses 1 iWMEAC), along with nine Incurfed by only if striQge^t 'drill ^plations are Proposal A since there are so many variables involved. ronmental organizations, has But the two-year lag before the proposal takes effect would give the I; filed suit against the Natural Further required regulations-would in¬ legislature plenty of time to sit down with industry and come up |rCommission (NRC) and the direc- clude a total development plan locating with a mutually acceptable sum, he said. io Dept of Natural Resources Jondahl said industry was aware of specific drill sites with review by Tanner, compensation proposals but odav, WMEAC will ask for an the public and the Michigan Environmental has refused to discuss them because they were pushing for » lo stop drilling preparations, Review Board. Proposal A's defeat. t* currently underway, until the After this agreement was signed, Jondahl said he was sure that the legislature and Gov. Milliken H Of the suit has been determined, WMEAC requested a contested hearing but would support compensation measures. pit was filed after Howard Tanner. it was denied by the NRC. During the rally, he said he was optimistic that the bottle |ofthe DNR. made an agreement to Now WMEAC is seeking an injunction, measure would pass and it would mark the reverse of trend where i the southern third of the along with filing suit, on the grounds that "we've tried to go cheaply from here to tomorrow" at the expense the agreement was made without of long-term environmental trends. He has been a adequate long-time e. Amoco, Shell and Northern public input. proponent of the ban. (Exploration Co. signed an agree- "Tanner had the negotiations without O.J. Scherschligt, deputy director of the State Dept. of Natural public hearings," said Kathryn Bramer, Resources, told the students that the bottle measure would spokesperson for WMEAC. "It was done significantly reduce the volume of roadside litter and annually 1/ enough energy to provide heating for the entire city of Grand save underhandedly and with no public input." to hold However. Jack Bails, chief of program review for the DNR, maintains that more Rapids for a year. The proposal would encourage people to return bottles so they Laura Till was one of about 75 students who rallied at Beaumont Tower Stale News/Maggie Walker than adequate public input was not only (continued on page 18) to show their Wednesday ifere nee obtained but seriously considered in Tan¬ ner's agreement. support for Proposal A. "Our position is in good order," he said. "We adapted the agreement after eight TALKS ON EQUAL BASIS FOR FIRST TIME proposed years of study and numerous public hearings. We heard many views during many public hearings and these were incorporated into our decision." 1 funding Bf MICHAEL ROUSE Bails said that several thousand people had commented either through hearings or by letter. He also said WMEAC claims that particular words of the agreement were not Black leaders to meet with Smith I State News Staff Writer published enough and this was part of their GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The ference's purpose remained unresolved. who, since 1965, has been Rhodesia's main the issues differently. To them, the heart of "s»es plans for complaint. Rhodesian drama enters a new and maybe It was on Nov. 11,1965, that Smith broke source of material, and military the matter is not the proposed Com- money prinoiple of trans¬ oevelopment funds for 1977-78 final phase today when black nationalist away from Britain, refusing to accede to support. A second mission through Africa ferring power but the practicalities of how "During my ten years with the depart¬ |>"""""endations. completed after city staff and ment, no issue has received as much public leaders meet Prime Minister Ian Smith on Britain's wishes to hand power over to blacks in Rhodesia as the British were doing last month culminated in an understanding that Smith, given certain conditions, would to arrange it. an equal basis for the first time. They will a report released Tuesday at input and consideration," Bails said. carry the assurance that white mastery is elsewhere in their African colonies. No negotiate a transfer of the power wielded Therefore, accusations and counter- Mstaff work WMEAC is anxious to preserve the on its way out in their homeland. outside government has yet acknowledged by whites since the 19th century. He agreed session, $554,600 accusations of bad faith arose in the wake of "Wed for various forest because it is one of the last But on the eve of a laboriously organized the unilateral declaration of independence. that control should pass from the 270.000 activities arid the Pretoria meetings which Vorster at¬ wilderness areas in the lower penninsula settlement conference, Smith's white British officials spread word ahead of the whites to the nation's 6.4 million blacks tended. F and houses the last remaining elk herd east talks that they consider a settlement SIAugust, J'»ifity Capital Improve- influence in Angola. States in the spring of 1968. totaling 96 F4 Phantom jets back to the United Mestr, s Lhas been aet «>We weather The secretary, during an African journey A Pentagon spokesperson said the new action has no connection with the P0»ever,k B modernization last April, announced a basic switch in U.S. election campaign. He said it has been in the works for months. presidential Khat t'vi !',ty C0UnciI hls not policy away from cooperating with white The announcement said the deployments of F15s and additional Fills are particularly tohP "ghts to install. Today's weather will be partly minority governments and toward active important in light of recent improvements in Warsaw Pact forces facing NATO. Vir0nmental I®- sunny and warmer — yes, support for the achievement of black The reinforcements will bringU.S. Air Force fighter plane strength in Europe to nearly r 'Pent fir u"01' The m°ney really. The high will be in the majority rule. 550 aircraft. K ,r ,CUrb ,and ,idewalk e upper 40s. Kissinger and the British followed According to Pentagon calculations, this will still leave total NATO tactical airpower I Li' I "*unuedI on Due e P'antings, lan 1- 181 through with secret exchanges involving only half as great as the roughly 5,000 warplanes arrayed by the Soviet Union and its South African Prime Minister John Vorster Communist allies in central and Eastern Europe. 2 Michigan State News, Eost Lansing. Mkhigon Thursday, Octo^ UAW set to strike Chrysler By EDWARD 8. LECHTZIN auto workers by 6 p.m. Nov. 5. contract talks that began in Woodcock said no decision will F°rd The N0.3 DETROIT (UPI)-The Unit "There will be no extension," aut mid-July. The industry's basic be made on giant General w«ek reported ed Auto Workers union Wed UAW Vice President Douglas pact was reached during a Motors Corp. until the Chrysler million third quart.. a „! nesday said it will strike the A. Fraser said. 28-day strike against the Ford deadline and a 10 a.m. next Fraser said n . "P" wa» Chrysler Corp. if there is no Chrysler is the second firm to Motor Co. Wednesday time limit on a not; agreement on a new contract be picked by the union to come The union has never had to new contract for 14,000 Ford of pleasure with its"! 50 allegedly killed during protest for 118,000 U.S. and Canadian to terms on a new contract in strike either the second or third Arms in the industry after it Canada workers is passed. He said one reason for leaving GM the Chrysler II have basic economic te D, Inc.. to pi has struck the "prime target" until last is its sheer size with Pro*— go to various MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (AP) - The district magistrate for this predom¬ to get the pattern agreement. 390,000 workers. dealings with Several Moslem leaders said Wednesday inantly Moslem region of Uttar Pradesh some,,, Chrysler fir^t ,,success, as many that at least 50 persons and possibly as many as 150 were killed when police State acknowledged in an interview that "a minor problem, a small scuffle" had Autopsy shows captain strike. was in line in 1973 and was hit by a nine-day The negotiations resumed at Chrysler on Oct. 15 after being recessed in late August while liar to its situation single U.S. a„d Ca J tXflnt tract and nn»4 ' ,tion. I'll open up if landlords off seem to token place, but he denied any shots had « _ opened tire last week on villagers UAW President Leonard the 9,100 Sep"attP irds would pay a regn been fired and denied anyone had been the union concentrated on ar""1 protesting the government's sterilization almost emplo ■ ' | policy. wounded or killed. legally drunk' MAY BE HURTING ECONOMY Commission investigates jet creator NEW ORLEANS (API - The captain of a Mississippi the 10-minute crossing from Destrehan to Luting, about 20 PARIS the National (AP) — The law commission of Assembly met Wednesday to create a special A former chief accountant, who him¬ self is charged with embezzling $1.6 million from Dassault, also accuses the River ferry packed with early morning commuters was "al most legally drunk" when lus miles Orleans. upriver from New Divers have recovered 71 Federal spending dow commission to aircraft builder of using business ac¬ craft collided with a tanker, bodies and 34 vehicles from the investigate charges that aviation mag¬ Marcel Dassault, the 84-year-old counts to finance personal and political killing an estimated 100 per river so far. Officials have nate WASHINGTON (AP) - The economists say they are con¬ ted creator of the Mirage jet fighter, cheated sons, a coroner said Wednes compiled a list of 27 other throughout govs projects, and of enriching companies of Ford Administration said Wed¬ nected, though top administra¬ agencies. the government of $300 million in taxes which he was the sole owner by fiddling persons believed still missing, nesday it underspent its budget tion officials deny this. Administration buta with the books of his public companies "This ferryboat captain had though they acknowledge there by bribing two high-ranking civil ser¬ by $7.6 billion in the last three A major share of the under¬ cy officials still w,r, „ vants. that used government funds. been drinking," said New Or is no way to tell how many were months, again raising questions spending in the past nine say just why the » leans Coroner Frank Minyard. actually aboard at the time of of whether the administration months occurred in the Defense slowdown was so "He was almost legally drunk, the accident. wide has contributed to the recent Dept., which spent $3.6 billion and this, coupled with the fact Eighteen persons survived They have said previous Pound recovers after report that he was at the end of his the accident. slowdown. less than it was authorized to were surprised and shift — the drinking and the Some officials said after the The total shortfall in govern¬ spend. The remainder of the about it because it LONDON (AP) — The British pound ment spending was $11.4 billion spending shortfall was distribu¬ anticipated. pound slipped back to $1.5825, but then fatigue — in my judgment, mishap the captain's body was made a slow, poinful climb Wednesday rallied. not found on the bridge. He was for the nine-month period end¬ impaired his judgment and against o background of speculation The renewed speculation about ability to handle his vessel." the only licensed pilot known to ing in September. about rising interest rates. By mid doy. the pound had reached interest stemmed from a Washington newspaper report that the International rising Minyard said the autopsy on Capt. Egidio Auletta, complet he aboard. "There is no way to tell how Though at first glance, a reduction in government spend¬ Fighting will continue $1.5975. up three-quarters of a cent from Monetary Fund (IMF) moy demand a hike ed Wednesday, showed a blood much the alcohol impaired the ing may seem like good news, it its Tuesday night closing price in London. At one time in early trading stages the in Britain's officiol minimum lending rate from its present 15 per cent to 18 per cent. alcohol content of .09 per cent. "That is just a tad under 0.1... captain's ability," said a spokes¬ person in the coroner's office. can hurt the private economy because it means the govern¬ say Christian leaders which is the legal definition of "No way to tell whether it was ment is buying less than it said BEIRUT (AP) - Christian into Lebanon to bota 10 per cent or 40 per cent. He it would. This may mean lower drunk in the State "of Louisi leaders vowed today never to weighed Christians against the was a young man, output, profits and employment let Arab League e and about 200 pounds and that throughout the economyr peacekeeping tinians and their Lebane forces police their the Norwegian tanker Frost.' would have had an effect. . . . Since the slowdown in spend¬ collided at dawn last Wednes But Dr. Minyard felt that his Lebanon, and they predicted Syrian-Christian (ritti ing and economic growth have that the civil war would con¬ day as the smaller craft made reflexes were slowed down." occurred simultaneously, many faced Tuesday it tinue. Roum, a village An Arab League summit Lebanon occupied b conference in Cairo endorsed a Syrians. Three Christiat Turkish police, students clash peace plan for Lebanon on •Tuesday but failed to agree that reported killed and reported wounded. Syria should furnish two-thirds The peace plan of the proposed peace force to revival of a 1969 Cairo Doctors say vitamin C doesn't help colds ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - caused by a brief exchange of number of youths killed in enforce the plan. ment that gave the Pale One student was killed and four gunfire between students from right-left ideological battles The declarations put the the use of southern Leba BOSTON (AP) Researchers who said persons, including a policeman, a nearby college. over the past two months. Last Christians on a collision course staging area for raids in — burgh Medical School. It is reported it were wounded in street fight¬ The street clash was joined year about 40 persons were with President Hafez Assad and two years ago Vitamin C and control of all might relieve issue of the New England Journal of the common cold now conclude the ing Wednesday between armed by students of other schools in killed, the 21,000 Syrian troops he sent refugee in L drug Medicine for publication Thursday. student groups, police said. the area, also the location of camps does not significantly ease symptoms of Police said the battle at Capa, student hostels. the sniffles. The virtues of Vitamin C have been near Istanbul's city walls, was The death brought to five the "We do not believe that Vitamin C has debated since Nobel laureate Linus widespread usefulness as a cold rem¬ Pauling said in 1970 people who took PIOPLI KNOW BOB DRAKK: edy," the doctors concluded. large daily doses of the drug would have The new study was directed by Dr. John fewer colds. He also said tile colds they F. Coulehan ot the University of Pitts¬ did get would be less severe. They know: Beb Brake has needed experience: Voters not mad, secretary says 6 years Probate Register and Referee 10 years Judge of Probate 10 years supervising other Michigan WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secre¬ the United States. Probate Courts tary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday "I "The voters have their heads screwed Present Michigan Presiding Probate can t believe for a minute" that Jewish on rather well and they know the Judgo voters would react against President President's positions on a whole ••b Brake founder of range of was Highfields, an opportunity Ford because of Gen. George Brown's things, including Israel, "Rumsfeld said in camp for minors, and other local and state remark that Israel is a military burden to an interview on ABC's "AM-America." programs serving youth. Bab Brake has advanced training programs for stu¬ Bishop cautions on reforms open thursday and friday nights till nino dents in psychology, social work, criminal justice, and education. In return they have WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the representative of the church in the United helped thousands of children in our com¬ National Conference of Catholic Bishops States. munity. soys the church should be very cautious The conference voted approval of about adopting the suggestions of last reslutions calling for opening the priest¬ For experience and proven service: week's "Call to Action" conference in hood to married men and women; Detroit. changes in the church's teaching on birth (3 Robert L. Drake Archbishop Joseph Bernordin of Cin¬ control; and an end to the automatic cinnati said that the conference was not excommunication of divorced Judge of Probate people. — non partisan — (Prepared and paid for by Committee to Retain Judge Drake.) LANDLORDS Milliken DETROIT (UPI) - Gov. Milliken says pledges to keep patrols BEWARE! Tuesday before the Engineering Society the state police patrols of Detroit's 62.5 of Detroit, "there has to be miles of expressway, which security in the began in late city. August to ensure the safety of motorists, The patrols are here to stay," he said. will continue it if means even seeking a "They will not be token off." budget increase for the state police The troopers began the patrols budget. Aug. 27, taking over the task from city police "Before we can really make after any Mayor Coleman A. Young said progress in solving the problems of police layoffs prevented city officers from Detroit, Milliken said in a speech doing an adequate job. Bottle ban proposal finds support LANSING (UPI) Backers of Michi¬ collect prints at a savings. — aged by a Detroit News poll showing 59 . . gan's proposed ban on throwaway per cent of persons interviewed in favor bottles and cans say a poll released of the bottle ban,'' 31 long sleeve nylon knit cut-and-sewn per cent opposed Tuesday indicates a hard-hitting adver¬ tising campaign against the proposal is and 10 per cent undecided. print shirts in a large selection of colors ASMSU LEGAL SERVICES failin At Thomas L. Washington, executive Washington a press conference last week, estimated that between 60 and patterns Great with everything INTRODUCES director of the Michigan United Conser¬ vation Clubs, said the group is encour- and 65 per cent of the proposal. Michigan voters favor from jeans to casual slacks and suits. "THE TENANTS SURVIVAL KIT" If you are S,M,L,XL sizes. renting an apartment In East Lansing of I Swallow received GOP funds thinking about living off campus you need this LANSING (UPI) — Joseph P. Swallow, a no Included In each kit Is Info k"'| Circuit Court Judge from Alpeno and paign spokesman. I know it was his understanding that .J on: former legislator who is running for the there would be some support from the security deposits leases state Supreme Court, has not been given party." eviction letters to landlords , any campaign money by the state GOP. Swallow was the overwhelming choice "Tenants Survival Kits" are available al Rm. while two other Republicans have each been given $17,000. of the Republican state convention in late August to run for the seat now held by 301 j It's a very sore point with him (Swallow), said Rolland Brown, a cam¬ Chief Justice Thomas G. Democrat. Kavanaugh, a JacobBon'6 For one Student Services Bldg. week they are available at no cost. Landlord By MICHAEL TANIMURA service initiated in Michigan State News SUH Writer A landlord would pay $4 for a credit check on any prospective tenant. In Lansing, this service is "Only about one in two thousand of our tenants don't pay their rent, and that's good in ,, „,on that is being organized in Michigan to gather information on renters currently available through the Statewide Tenants Record anybody's language," he said. "And we don't have to say to people, 'We have to check on Bureau. Stinson did not know about this te it to landlords does not seem to be receiving much support from East company. your credit rating' before we let them rent." East Lansing landlords contacted by the State News did not express much enthusiasm in Lee Halstead, owner of Halstead '"-finson of Grand Rapids has organized the Landlords' Tenant Credit Bureau of this new corporation. Dick Adadow, who owns a few of organization. Management Co., said he does not subscribe to this sort ,c to provide landlords with the opportunity to check the past payment of the Lansing record bureau. units in East Lansing, said he was already a member of His wife, Yolanda, who also manages some apartments, said, "I think people act are of rental units of prospective tenants. "I like to deal with differently in different situations. Just because some other landlord views someone as a -rscan go to various consumer and government agencies to check on landlords," people on a one-to-one basis anyway," he said, "and can't see bad tenant, it doesn't tied up in a big getting necessarily mean they will be a bad tenant for us." J;(j »s01 thought there should be a similar organization available for landlords organization." Mary Mulvany, manager of some units in East Lansing, said she would This type of organization can lead to abuses, and often can deteriorate relations between . , ,:ucc(,ss. as many landlords as possible across Michigan will have to join the rather use her landlords and tenants, Terry Roorda, president of Tenants Resource "II open up offices in Lansing and Detroit, along with the one in Grand own judgment on prospective tenants. Center, said. "I don't see "If there is enough ill-blood between a landlord and a lords seem to be really interested in it." why I should pay someone to do what I can do with one tenant, you can get possible talking to someone here in town," she said. "And I really haven't had phone call or by discrimination against that tenant," he said. "I hope the js would pay a registration fee to join the corporation and submit a list of tenants country's seen enough of the bad any problems with my effects of black-listing, so that it won't occur in the . ha(j the past five years. They would rate the tenants on two criteria housing market." - Richard Heidey, asst. of rent, and care of the rental unit. manager of Cedar Village Apartments, said the service would not do him any good. THursdoy, October 28, 1976 SMSU roles evaluated at meet; iter representation suggested By GEORGIAN HANSHEW "The only power we have is to serve as an Borg said. Sute New§ Staff Writer advocate," he said. opinions," he said. "We're here to represent the students. Don Breckle. representative from the -•-tsand frank self-critiscism were What the board should ask itself when We're not here to play one another by ASMSU Student politics," he said. College of Social Science, objected to defining its role, Lenz said, is " 'What can "Let's talk about issues Greene's statement, saying, :mbers in their Tuesday night we do to make the concerning the "Any issue that greatest impact on the has come up in ASMSU has come but specific objectives of the board lives of the students here?' " "I'm not through undefined. saying to forget we live in a Michael. The board members themselves He cited the voter registration drive -J members had intended to set by University," Lenz answered, "I'm saying to aren't getting into some of the essential ASMSU Legislative Relations, the cam¬ remember we live in a city, too." directive goals" of the board at the issues on campus." paign against Proposal C and participation Several board members expressed the Members agreed that better contact but the heated discussion was in the recent march and rally against tuition opinion that the president should play a between representatives and their after a general agenda was set hikes as examples of issues ASMSU was more passive role on the student colleges the board should consider, board, or is needed. Greene urged them to go and correct in getting involved in. should restrict his role to within the limits board members held conflicting speak at organizations within the various Terry Borg, RHA representative, object¬ of the University. the role ASMSU and its president, ed to the board's involvement in issues not colleges or, in the case of minority group Rep. John Conyera Jr. was on campus Wednesday to help out The president should simply officiate at representatives, to minority caucuses. Rep. Bob Id play in the University directly related to the University, such as board meetings, said Clarence Greene, Carr, D-East Lansing, in his bid for re-election. ie community. "People are saying, 'I don't know what attempts to put ASMSU support behind representative of the Black Affairs Council, :stated, ASMSU is not a govern- my constituency wants' " Greene said. "If rent control. and "should try to stay away from u said, noting that it has no "I being an you don't know, go out and find out." see the president going off. 9^V }rary' several landscaping projects and gifts of equipment to with the existing auto emission standards in contract. fC als° *ants to bring more tradition back into the graduation ceremonies. '™85 tauch more serious than they have been in the past," Finkbiner the Clean Air Act." In rating the members of the U.S. Senate, provide half of the former cost, leaving local governments to ing $800,000. come up with the remain¬ "There is going to be a lot more labor Correction . the league used a percentage rating, with a involved in this than we expected," Sode '"'lodes having President Wharton joke less and be more serious during said. "For one thing, the disposal sites are In editorial penalty of one point for absenteeism on each "Now, with a higher cost than expected, an on the Ingham * the county is $900,000 short on funds for the further than we had anticipated." County Board of Commissioners rare vote. Thirty-one roll call votes, which were '"tempting to bring back the playing of "Pomp and Circumstance," the. in Wednesday's edition, it was in¬ usually heard at high school considered critical environmental issues project," Veenstra said. ■to graduation ceremonies. during 1975-76 by environmental leaders, Concern from U.S. Fish and Wildlife correctly stated that William Long. change the production line oers for type of deal where the graduates are given were considered and these included legisla¬ Richard Sode, Ingham County drain Service and various environmental Republican candidate for the board the diplomas," she said. "That loses a lot of the effect of groups tion on areas such as strip-mining, offshore commissioner, said the EPA has verbally over the impact of dumping the dredged from the 19th district, ran against agreed to provide an additional $350,000 soil on surrounding wetlands has slowed the Democrat Patrick Ryan two years l' "°"'lnue the tradition of selecting 25 outstanding seniors in academics drilling, nuclear accident insurance, toxic chemicals and air pollution. to their fonner grant. The county must project down. Disposal sites further away ago. At the time, Long worked for he 77 Club, a 8Toup of distinguished graduates who are honored with come up with matching funds to equal this from previously planned sites had to be Channel 6 News. The average rating for Senate Democrats EPA grant. considered, Sode said. 0 o @[pDinlO@[nl SrJUPentSAYfte And Vote-for Candidates deserve seat on trustee board assistant coaches for 100 male students should be able to serve Though the campaigns for Uni¬ publicly say he wants to decrease the salaries of MSU administra¬ football players), completely com¬ on the board. Wl versity governance boards tend to Bellfy is frankly running as a be low-key, one of the most crucial tors, who are among the highest- puterized registration to cut red tape, an independent researcher student for the students, and has choices facing MSU students and paid in the Big Ten, as a means of Michigan residents next Tuesday cutting back costs. He also has to double-check administration the right ideas on many of the issues. He considers executive trior said he wants to fire three MSU statements and more publicity of is who to select for the two seats vice presidents who he does not the services of the ombudsman on sessions of the board an injustice, opening on the MSU Board of and would boycott them unless Trustees. feel are as competent as they campus. Phil Bellfy, a30-year-old MSU the issue directly affected stu¬ The trustees have a strong might be, and does not feel MSU should emphasize the agri¬ sociology graduate student, may dents. effect on the University as a cultural program as much as some not even be able to take office if he He would prefer to see funds whole: they finalize and approve of the candidates running for the is elected, but both in spite of this, directed to service areas rather the budget, set tuition and room board. and because of it, we think he than athletics, and does not feel and board rates, approve actions should be elected to the board. MSU should deal with foreign of the Administration, decide Smydra has suggested four There is some confusion over countries which violate what the department cutbacks and curricu- changes, which are surface Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley's ruling American Constitution considers luirt deletions and are the ultimate changes, but he feels they would in 1969 about students serving basic human rights. governing board of MSU. "improve the quality of student on Though there is a present board member running for re-election, we do not feel he deserves a life:" the hiring of a gynecologist for the 20,000 women on campus (he observes there are eight boards, particularly of their own school. Kelley has said "no," but this is not clear legally. We think The position of trustees is an important one. Vote for Smydra and Bellfy. And om i