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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-19-1988 The BG News January 19, 1988 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News January 19, 1988" (1988). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4744. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4744 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. Falcon icers scalp Redskins, see pg. 9 THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue67 Bowling Green, Ohio Tuesday, January 19,1988 Hirschman's death leaves void by John Meola "She was just getting acquainted with people. She hadn't made a lot of friends yet. She just city reporter got acquainted with the people in tier hadn't made a lot of friends yet." apartment complex and visited with the kids in her classes." A little over a year ago, 22-year-old -Mrs. Joyce Hirschman, Her mother said she would always de- Karen Sue Hirschman returned to her bate with her roommates which state apartment at 818 Second St. from her Two vanloads of evidence were taken Karen and Jim stayed behind and ren- university football team was best — Ohio family's new home in Toledo so that she from the apartment for analysis at the ted an apartment in Jackson. She was State University or the University of Mi- could buy books and clean the apartment Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, studying business administration at chigan. she shared with three other women. the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in Jackson Community College. "They had lots of fun with the Michi- That day, Jan. 5,1987, ended in tragedy Washington, D.C. and a private laborato- Since Karen qualified as a resident of gan and Ohio football game. They ban- when her boyfriend found her stabbed to ry in California. both Ohio and Michigan, she had the op- tered back and forth in fun ways. She death. Karen and her family are natives of tion to go to an Ohio school. She looked at (Karen) would always write 'Go Blue' on Police are still investigating the inci- Jackson, Mich. She grew up there both the University of Toledo and Bowl- the bathroom mirror," Mrs. Hirschman dent. along with her brother Jim. The time ing Green, her mother said. said. City Police Chief Galen Ash said the came, however, for the family to leave. Karen started at the University in the Mrs. Hirschman described Karen as investigation is one of the most technical Robert Hirschman, a communications fall of 1986 as a management information "always...vivacious and fun-loving." and expensive in the city's history. manager with Trinova Corp., was trans- systems major. She moved into her She also said Karen was a good athlete "We used analyses that four to five ferred to Toledo Sept. 6,1985. apartment in August. and a good student. years ago had not been developed," Ash "We left with some sadness," said "She was just getting acquainted with said. Joyce Hirschman, Karen's mother. people," Mrs. Hirschman . said. "She See Murder, page 5. Power costs Holiday may be lower conflicts burger said should be signed continue by Greg Connel "sometime in 1988," eliminates city editor the board of public utilities'pre- ATLANTA (AP) - The Rev. vious plan to provide electricity Martin Luther King Jr.'s mes- The city is negotiating a long- to the city with its own power sage of freedom rang out across term contract with American plant. the nation yesterday, as his Municipal Power-Ohio to pro- In 1985, the city contracted widow and children laid a vide residents with electricity at with inventor Albert Calderon to wreath at his tomb on the third a lower cost, according to Daryl build an experimental power national holiday in his honor. Stockburger, director of utili- plant that would generate elec- ties. tricty by burning high-sulfur U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn and At- Stockburger said AMP-Ohio is coal. Calderon said this process lanta Mayor Andrew Young, one a non-profit group that buys would be cleaner and less ex- of King's top lieutenants in the power from utility companies pensive than traditional energy civil rights movement, joined such as Toledo Edison, Buckeye sources. Coretta Scott King and her chil- Power and the Power Authority But City Council decided last dren at the wreath-laying cere- of the State of New York and September to void its contract to mony. Young offered a brief sells it to member cities. purchase the plant because prayer. plans were not preceding on Bowling Green currently schedule. The gathering then headed for holds a short-term contract with Calderon however, is continu- Ebenezer Baptist Church, site of AMP-Ohio that can be canceled ing his plans to build the plant the King family's triumph and by the city with one year's no- along with a methanol refinery, tragedy, for the 20th annual tice. A long-term contract, and even with the AMP-Ohio ecumenical service since his as- which Stockburger said is usual- contract, the city could still be sassination. ly made for up to 20 years, is ex- one of Calderon's primary cus- pected to provide power to the tomers if the experimental plant The national holiday to com- city at a lower cost. goes into operation. memorate King's 59th birthday "Right now we are looking at "When it (the Calderon plant) inspired people to march a slight (cost) increase next is built, Federal Energy Regula- through a downpour in Califor- year under the current system, tory Commission laws would re- nia, and hear ministers decry but we are negotiating for a bet- quire the utility company serv- lingering racism in the North ter pricing system under the ing the area to purchase power and South. new contract," Stockburger from the plant at the cost of pur- In Arizona, where the status of said. chasing it elsewhere," Stock- the holiday has been controver- The contract, which Stock- burger said. sial for the past year since Gov. Evan Mecham rescinded an ex- ecutive order issued by former Gov. Bruce Babbitt declaring it State grant may a state holiday, organizers planned school assemblies, prayer breakfasts, and a day- long festival. assist landlords In Boston, Sen. Edward M. BG News/Mark Thalman Kennedy told a breakfast gath- Room with a view ering in King's honor it was a by Julie Wallace Christina Bellman, sophomore business major, glances through the box office window at the Moore Musi- "national disgrace" that social assistant wire editor cal Arts Center. Bellman, who had not sold any tickets during the first two hours of her shift, said the job justice is in retreat. has some advantages. 'It's a good job if you want to read and get studying done,' she said. City officials may use a $75,000 state grant to help landlords im- -See King, page 5. prove substandard rental housing. Council voted last night to accept the grant from the Ohio Depart- ment of Development. Don Pond, Ward 1 councilman, said the pro- gram has assisted in renovating 47 rental units during past years. He said it will be directed mainly at rental units in Ward 1 and Ward 2, which are designated as Reinvestment Area Rental Rehabi- Drug may keep tans safe litations. Grant money is given only to residencies labeled as substandard. by Tim Baker the danger of cancer when suntanning. He He said that intercalation will definitely To qualify, the city housing technician must determine whether the staff reporter has been studying the effects of a class of benefit sufferers of psoriasis, who will now structure meets certain conditions. drugs called psoralens, which were used as be able to use psoralen-containing drugs "The system is based on a qualification system," Pond said. early as 2000 B.C. in Egypt. without the fear of skin cancer. "Leaky roofs, peeling paint and rundown porches are all included in A recent discovery by an assistant profes- "We have a fair amount of evidence that "The aim of my research program is to i- the qualifying criteria. sor of photochemical sciences at the Uni- the psoralens' reaction with lipids is the dentify the specific processes that are re- The amount received for 1988 is a $25,000 increase from the total versity may provide psoriasis sufferers with source of psoralens' beneficial effects on the sponsible for the health and biological ef- grant awarded in 1987. Pond said the amount is still less than the city a risk-free drug to combat the skin disease. skin. If this evidence is correct, then it will fects of direct or indirect light," Midden requested. Robert Midden has done research con- be relatively simple to modify the drug and said. cerning skin tanning, sunburn and skin block its reaction with DNA in a process D See Council, page 5. diseases, like psoriasis, which may remove called intercalation," Midden said. i See Discovery, page 5. Tuesday News in Brief DDon Pond experiences first City Fire bomb CaiiSeS Wasn't a'Dawg'day; TWA charter flight was expected to land in Cleve- Council meeting, see story page 3. ,--. , , i ■ i r» landat4:10a.m. Cleveland time. § JUO damaqe in quad plane delays BrOWnS Boulware said an aircraft mechanic went out DVCRs popular among college stu- with the plane as it "taxied to the end of the run- dents according to a recent study, see way.