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All the N.ws of AI the Point.s Every Thursday Morning Pointe ~ws rosse Home of the News Complete News Coverage of All the Pointes 20c '.r Copy 32 Pages-Two Sections-Section One VOL. 39-NO. 39 , ..bU.hed •• S.COIld CI... ""-tter 0' th. GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1978 $1.00 'or Yo,.. ,o.t OHlco ot Detroit, Mlchl.. n , , B.E Suspect HEADLINES Arrested of the WEEK In Detl"oil As ComplIed by TIle Park Officers Believe GrosIe Pol.nte News Man Is Thief But Await Confirmation: Thursday, September 21 Trustees Approve General Philosophy Statement Chief Praises Work ISRAELI PRIME MINIS- on September 18 Viewing Areas of Respon- of Sgt. James TER Menachem Begin told sbility, Form Committee to Look at Pro- LaPratt an audience of 2,000 Amer. cedures; Educators Agree Issue . ican Jewish leaders that Is- A male s u s pee t, be- ,faeli troops will definitely Is Complicated lieved to be the elusive remain in the West Bank Bv Susan McDonald "cat" burglar who has and the Gaza Strip after the been operating in The five-year' transitional period Since the reign of the old.fashioned truant of- Poinie and surrounding called for in the recent Camp ficer ended many years ago, the job of making communities for the past David summit agreements. sure kids get to class every day has become a com- The summit agreements spe- plicated business for school officials. several months, was ar- rested a this D e t r 0 i t cified that the issue of Is- With teenage auto owner. raeli presence in those areas apartment on Thursday, ship increasing, high school C e }7 was to be negotiated with kids are more mobile these r,ty oters September 21. by Park the Arabs. Mr. Begin's state- days. More of them want, or Det. Sgt. James LaPratt ment indicated that his mind need, to work, and try to Neff and a team of detectives was already made up on the shorten their school day to Okay , from Detroit's 15th Pre- issue. take a job. cinct, Conner Sta:tion. re- • • • To make counselors' track- BonlZ Issue ported Park Police Chief Friday, September 22 ing jobs even harder, they Henry O. Coonce. RAD ICA L PALESTIN. are finding home contacts Work on Improvements The chieE said it was sQlely IANS threatened military ac- more difficult to make with to Lakefront Park Will because of the sharp memory tion against American oil op- 1lI0re mothers now out to Begin Immediately of the sergeant, information erations in the Middle East work each day. received and the many hours to avenge President Jimmy Annual Concerns after 3-1 Victory that the officer worked on Carter's involvement in the "It's a complicated issue, at Polls the case, including on his Camp David summit. A Photo by Robert Cooper and one that's being dis. own time, that made it pos. spokesman for the Popular The Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety right), gives some last minute instructio~s to cussed all over the country," By Susan McDonald sible'to apprehend the sus- Front for the Liberation of pect. Auxiliary has proved a valuable arm of the four auxiliary members, (from left to nght), says North High Assistant Despite the current Palestine said the group Chief Coonce said because DAVE ADAMS, JAMES BILLUPS, DAVE Principal Florence Miller. wave of tax-limitation would definitely take such municipality since it became a reality on July 1, of many items stolen from WENZLER and DAVE CLARK, prior to their Her counterpart at South, h action. Asked if that meant 1973, by providing volunteer support ~f the de- Donald Messing, agrees. "At. fever, City voters ent us- homes in The Park that were such operations 'as blowing partment in a variety of areas. On a continual fire training at a vacant home at Vernier road found among the thousands up well drilling platforms or tendance problems are see- iastic:ally supported a basis, the citizens receive both fire and police and Morningside drive this month. (See story, of dollars in recovered loot pip e 1in e S , the spokesman and only to vandalism in dis- bond issue that will Page 4.) from the man's apartment, nodded affirmatively. Mean- training under the auspices of departmental of- cussions among administra. raise property taxes by a he believes that tlie man is while, Saudi Arabia told Sec- ficers Del. CHARLES PHILIP HAMEL, (far tors across the country," he half mill in a special elec- the "cat" burglar. retary of State Cyrus Vance said. tion Tuesday, September Brings It Together it is interested in talking Concerns about The Pointe 26. about the Camp David allree. llttendance policy crop up The $225,000 bond issue, However, he stressed, he 'Eves, Ears' Memory of Park Police ILakevie'w is cautious about positively ment. -./ annually among teachers, approved by voters by a 3-1 .. parl'nts and administrators, margin, is earmarked for im- identifying the suspect as the' Saturday, September 23 Plan to Go Sergeallt Honored at Question according to Director of Sec. provements and repairs at wanted man until all facts ondar)' Education Rob e r t the community's Neff Park are concluded. THE WARREN CONSOLI. The chief said he i~ with- Welcl,1. on Lake St. Clair. DATED school board fired 36 GP.Wide Defer Scllool Cel"emony Unsettled holding the name of the ac. striking school teachers and They center around a few The bonds will cost a typi. cused man until proof is re, promised more were coming George Blair, Who Died Last May, Cited for His Residents, Farms Coun- basic questions, Is the cur- cal City taxpayer, whose ceived from the Warren Stale Kiwanis Club Financially as it threatened contempt of rent system too liberal, or home is assessed at $30,000, Police Post, where physical Many Years of Service, Dedication to' Children cil Explore Issue Again; too harsh on the occasional about $15 per year for 10 court action tow a r d s 69 Supports Expansion of evidence has been sent for .,thers. The district's l,4{)O of Community As School Safety Officer Subiect to Be on skipper? Are parents ade- years . Child Safety analysis. This should take .~achers have been on strike quately informed of unex. City Man age r Thomas about two to three weeks, he since September 5, defying Program By James J. Njaim October 16 cused absences? How much Park Police Sgt. George B. Blair, who died of Agenda of counselors' time should Kressbach said designers and said. a court injunction to return Following a breaking and By Roger A. Waha a heart attack on May 2, 1977, at the age of 56, be spent tracking students engineers will begin work to work. It was the second entering in The Farms on in the state's history The "eyes and ears" was honored at a ceremony held in front of Defer By David Kramer down and verifying suspici. immediately on repairs at the 'ld f ous excuses? park. Work on the pool will Wednesday, September 20. ,lIat teachers were fired for Ch 1 sa ety program, co- School, 15425 Kercheval avenue, on Monday, Sep- Property owners. ad- be completed by next Memo. which resulted in a high striking, the first of which ordinated by the Youth tember 25, for his many years of service and dedi-' t t th d To deal with the problem, rial day, the traditional open. speed chase of the burglar Jacen 0 e unpave the School Board approved was ultimately upheld by the by Farms, Woods and Harper U.S. Supreme Court in 1977. Service Division, (YSD) , cation to the children of the community. He served section of Lakeview ave- a new statement of general ing day for the park, he will go Pointe-wide this for many years as the Park Police Department's nue between Mary and philosophy on attendance at added. Woods police. Sgt. LaPratt • • • fall thanks to the Grosse scho::>l safety officer. ----------- Carver streets were once its Monday, September 18, The special election had brought together all the facts from the evidence he had Sunday, September 24 Pointe Kiwanis Club, the Dedicated to his memory is 31, 1953, was advanced to again unable to reach a meeting, and is in the proc. attracted little attention I{athered. the information he A MAJOR FOUL-UP at efforts of a Woods lieu- an inscribed bronze plaque, corporal on August 12, 1964, general consensus on ess of forming a committee among voters in recent weeks had received and his recol. Detroit's huge sewage treat. tenant and the coopera- which was placed near the and was promoted to ser- what should be done to take an in.depth look at and had drawn. no major op. ment plant has caused mil. lection that he had arrested tion of all local police flag pole and benches in geant on June 12, 1968. with the road, and the procedures. ponentfs.thJUsct.u,nd er 10p~r. a burglar in 1973. He then lions of gallons of highly departments. front of the school. Dr. Sally In 1956, he attended a 40. F (Continued on Page 2} cent a e Ity s, 4 797regis- contaminated sewage to be arms Council decided tered voters turned out at made his move. dumped into the Detroit A total of around 530 pads, Bell is the school principal. hour traffic safety school to take the matter up -------- the polls Tuesday. With all this data.