f' .4. - All the New, of All the Pointe, Every e,ws Thursday Morning Pointe rosse Home of the New! Complete News Coverage of All the Pointes 20c Per Copy Published at Second Clau Motter at the GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1978 $'.00 Per Ve.r 30 Pages-Two Sections-Section One VOL. 39-NO. 32 Post OffIce 01 Delrolt, Mlchllla" Trio Help Move Vial of Life Plan Forward GP School Head Groups Hit HEADLINES ...::.: of the • Proposal on WEEK CandIdate for Soliciting As Compiled by the Woods Council Com- Grosse Pointe News Post in Memphis mittee Formed to Obtain Input from Thursday, August 3 Dr. William Coats One of Six Under Considera- Citizens, Organ- SiX NEW YORK firemen izations Toward were killed when the roof of tion by Tennessee Officials for Superintendent a burning supermarket in Position: Job Interview Set for August 16 Resolving Brooklyn collapsed, plunging Concerns them into the fire, At least By Susan McDonald 27 firemen and one police. Grosse Pointe Superintendent of Schools Dr. By Roger A. Waha man were injured while William Coats is one of six candidates being con- A proposed ordinance fighting the blaze, the worst .v side red for the post of superintendent of schools in regulating solicitations single fire disaster to hit J Memphis, Tenn., according to officials there. in the community ran the New York Fire Depart. ment in more than 10 years, Dr. Coats is scheduled to into some expected op- The six dead firefighters 1, attend a press conference GPW H position at the Woods were attempting to cut holes and public interview for the ears Council's regular meet- in the roof when it gave in. job on Wednesday, August . M d A 7 16. A decision by the Mem. Planner's mg on ay, ugust , Officials speculated that re- phis Board of Education is and, as a result, the mea- cent renovation work on the expected by Friday, Sept R sure was unanimously building may have weakened tember 1. referred tel a committee the structure. Cause of the eport fire was unknown, but fire The Memphis district is of two councilmen and officials said it was not at least 10 times larger than City Attorney George deliberately set. Grosse Pointe, with an an. Brandon Rogers Gives Catlin for further review. nual budget of about $140 Solons Update of Serv- Mayor Benjamin W. Pin. Friday.'" '"August'" 4 million, 120,000 students and ices Rendered to The kos said Councilmen E. D. A THREE.DA Y wildcat about 10,000 teachers, aCt Grady and John Sabol will strike by Detroit garbage cording to' Director of Pub. City, Focuses Upon represent the council on the workers and bus mechanics lic Information in Memphis, Land Use Plan committee, which is sehed- apparently came to an end Rod Spaulding. uled to meet with interested when workers began report. Approaehed on Job By Roger A. Waha citizens and organization rep. ing back for their regular resentatives toward resolving ~. Dr. Coats has been wi~h Planning Consultant concerns over the proposal. shifts. Seventy percent of the city's bus service was Wayne County Com"missioner ERVIN' A. tion of Vial of Life kits to some 800,000 house. Pointe schools for about two Brandon M. Rogers gave A report will then be pre. holds in Wayne County. Under the program, a years. This spring he was sented to the entire coun. expected to be restored by STEINER JR., (right), seeks suggestions from granted a five.year exten'. the Woods Council at its cil, with the session being this morning. Most sanitation vial, (medicine bottle), containg medical jnfor- Woods Det. Lt. JACK PATTERSON, (left), and sion to his contract by a regular meeting Monday, scheduled for sometime this workers also were expected Shores Public Safety Director JOSEPH VITALE mation sheets on family members is placed in the to return after they started 5-2 vote of the Board of August 7, a verbal report month. on the county-wide application of the Vial of Life refrigerator with appropriate stickers on the re- Education. Alain Concern reporting to work before 'd h . d on the status'of services program. The success of The Pointe program frigerator door and front door of the home signal- Dr. Coa ts Sa! e Vlewe The proposal is an out- midnight. The return to work ing the vial's presence to emergency medical per- followed talks between city helped encourage Vial of Life Task Force mem- the contract extension as a he has rendered to the growth of the council's con. sonnel. "demonstration of support" . officials and unions repre. bers to set a target date of October 7 for distribu- on the part of the Board and CIty. cern over the number of senting the workers, during ----------- ------- added he has not yet signed He also provided council solicitation requests from which Mayor Coleman Young document, various organizations on an Ph Wayne County Sets Goal the members with a summary 1 b . (ft b pr0m.ised that no disciplinary armacy GPW Still The superintendent said annua aSls. 0 en num er. act Ion would be taken he was approached about the index of planning and zon- ing between 20 and 25), and against the workers. I Wo d Of October 7 to pass Grant job by the Memphis School ing reports, along with a some citizen complaints of '"'"'" nos Eyes Board and plans to visit the copy of his preliminary draft being bothered all the time by solicitors. city next week for an "ex. of a land use plan for the u:~t:[;io~~~S~~IN IH:t Aga:n Out Vial of Life Kits Projects ploratory discussion." However, since the mea. Michjgan rose to 7.3 percent" ., "There's really no more city. sure was approved at its first in July, more than a full Pointe Program Plays Role in Effort to Distribute Council Ponders Survey to it than that. At the pres. Noting that the Planning reading stage on July 10, of- percentage point above the Estimated, Combined Containers to Some 800,000 Households; ent time, I plan on remain. Commission has worked dil. ficials have been contacted national average. Although Street Value of Drugs to Determine 'Low to ing in Grosse Pointe," he igently reviewing and dis- by numerous organization President Jimmy Carter in- Woods Lt. Patterson, Shores Public Taken in Two Incidents Moderate' Income said. cussin~ his recommendations representatives who have felt sists the economy isn't get- Safety Director Vitale on Task Force If Dr. Coats accepts the over the past year, :Mr. Rog. the proposal was too restric- ting worse, the national un- Placed at Between Levels in Com- "Vial of Life" will become a household word job in Memphis, the local ers suggested each council. tive and would stifle their employment rate rose from $40,000 to $43,000 munity Toward Board of Education will em. man read the land use plan fund raising activities in the 5.7 to 6.2 percent last month. throughout the county on October 7, according to a Obtaining bark on the long, time.con. and then meet with the city. The Labor De part men t For the second time in plan mapped by the Wayne County Vial of Life Funds surning process of selecting Planning Commission to fur. A main concern of these blamed half the increase on just over a m 0 nth, Task Force. The group, consisting of citizens, rep- a new superintendent for the ther explore the document. representatives is over the teenagers looking for sum. t hie v e s entered fhe resentatives of municipalities, including two Pointe second time in the last three Such a session is scheduled fact the proposal permits mer jobs. It is estimated Grosse Pointe Pharmacy, public safety officers, and the county government, ~~il~~~ ~o~;s~aori_ years. for Wednesday, September one solicitation per year per there are now about 6.2 mil. 19795 Mack a v e n u e, has set that date for door-to-door distribution of Somewhat Surprised 20. individual or group, with the lion unemployed. In Mich- . I f L'f k't t b d f .. ginal application for through the roof and V la Ole 1 s, repor s a oar 0 commlSSlOners An interim superintendent Offers Assistance permit, which must be accom. igan, model changeover in I ---------- Community De vel 0 p- will probably be selected panied by a $10 fee to defray the auto plants and new sta- took an assorted amount news re ease. 't W d ment Block Grant funds of drugs, according to a Th e p1an caIIs for recrm - terested citizen groups e. from the ranks of assistant At the same time, he in. the cost of processing the apt tistical methods also were ment of thousands of volun- nesday, August 2, at the City- failed to materialize, the superintendents, including dicated all elements of his plication, being valid for a blamed for the rise. report received by Woods teers to distribute Vials of County Building, city, which hasn't been Dr. Joseph Spagnoli, who's reports as cited in his con. consecutive 10.day period and '" . '" police Thursday morning, Life to some 800,000 house. disqualified from the in charge of instruction, and tract with the city have been being restricted to daylight Sunday, August 6 A t 3 "The response at the Task A BUS CARRYING handi. ugus . holds. Force meeting was so enthu. grant program, is cur- former South High Princi- completed. He also offered hours only.