All the News of AI the Pointe, Every Thurlday Morning ross~ ~w.s Complete News Coverage of All the Pointes Home of the News ------------------------------------------------------------- ----- -------------------- ... _------ VOL. 37-NO. 38 frat!.'::, ;1::: ::::"~':c__~tra tN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1976 $;.~:::y~:~y 28 Pages-Two Sections-Section One I HEADLINES Play Big Role in Winning Season iOther Issues of the DOlllinatc WEEK Dis('ussi()lls As CompUell by the , Grone Pointe New. Board Is Scheduled to Approve New Fiscal Year Package on Thursday, September 9 September 20 PRESIDENT FORD said Wednesday that the U.S. must By Susan McDonald now make a zuajor effort to Issues of tcachel' ne- mediate peace in southern By Susan McDonald gotiations and staff re- Africa / because racial war. Although there has been a great deal of talk alignments domiiHttce! fare there could threaten (both public and at the bargaining table), both the the boisterous three ane! world peace. But he stressed that he would not try to im- Board of Education and Grosse Pointe Education a half hour public hear- pose any peace plan on the Association, (GPEA), spokesmen are reporting ing on the 1976.77 school Africans and said he has not little progress in contract negotiations. budget held in an over- decided whether to send Sec. Meetmgs continued 1 a s t I crowded South High retary of State Henry Kiss. week and the two groups p . School' auditorium on 1, inger to Africa next week have now spent more than olnte W:'IS Monday. September l:l. , I- even though Kissinger made 200 hours at the bargaining , Welt o\'er 400 people 01'('1" "good progress" in his talks table. Economics and the is- L B 1 I !lowcd onto the smat!. audi- with South African Prime sue of making department Ollg att ,(3 torium's slage, floor and hall- Minister John Vorster. ebalrpersons administrators ways to continue the rhetoric are still keeping both sides B S 1 I that has dominaled school split, according to union rep. y C tOO S discussions during the past '" . '" resentatives. month. A teacher strike vote that Friday, September 10 Sca nt attention was paid had bee n scheduled for Harper Woods Will Not the $20 million hudget. Rilth~ CHINESE COMMUNIST Thursday, September 9, Was Appeal Court Decision PARTY CHAIRMAN Mao postponed indefinitely when Denying Transfer of cr. issues oC teachers' }lilY. Tse-tung died Thursday in union negotiators said the made public by Grosse Pointe Peking, ending a tumultuous talks were beginning to make Part of District Education As,sociation. (GP- life of 82 years that saw him progress, EA), mailings and picketing, , ~~~,.""...:. rise from siJtlple peasant to ", .. , Was "False Hope" By Susan McDonald and the Bonrd's announcc. leader of the world's l{lrgest "It was a false hop e , Harper Woods school ment thnt it lI'as accepting applications for 101 adminis- }Oass revolution and ruler of . "" '~~~, ' though." according to GPEA officials have decided not trativc posis, dominated the one.fourth of xn,ankind, The '. ,;~.~,~~"" .. , ' ' ...-' President DorLs Cook. "The to appeal a recent deci • .,'~':+. discussion. surviving leaders~ still locked •• > Pholo by -Andy'llo.n'Qr talks are now at a total stand- sion by a Wayne County JUany Topics Discussed ' in a power struggle since Grosse Pointe police officers, had a big year a clutch hitter; BRUCE MARONE, (Woods), who still. C' C "The progress on depart- lrcuit ourt judge deny- Barbara Youngs of Mc. Premier Chou En-Iai's de- in Metro Police Softball League play by winning led the' club in most offensive categories includ- mise in January, immediate- ment chairmen that we saw ing the transfer of part of Kinley avenue. told the trus- ing batting average, (.571); MIKE MAKOWSKI, ly called for unity and- de- its Blue Division by mne ga~es with a 23-3 mark last week was an illusion. the Grosse Pointe School tees that "additional admin- clared their . 'intentions to and capturing the playoff crown with a 3-0 rec- (Woods), a rookie who improved with each .game The Board team returned to District to Harper Woods. istrators were nol what the pursue the. policies Mao laid ord. Overall, the Pointers, including Neighbor- and finished with a .547 batting, average; and its fixed position." The decision ends a two- people voted (Of in Ihe lasl down in domestic and foreign . hood Club and tournament play, sported a 36-10 JOHN TREVILLIAN, (Shores), who led the Spokesman for the Board .year battle by the Harper millage eleeliOli, We need affairs, mark. Metro Police All-Stars from The Pointe, Pointers in triples, was second in RBI's and tea m, Lawrence Kennedy. Woods Board of Education more teachers in lhe class. (frbm left to right), include MIKE VAN DE batted .525. agreed that no progress is to boost the tax base of its rooms instead." ,QINI:?'r~(WpoqsJ, il.team leacier on defense and being made at the table. financially-troubled dlstricl Former Board o[ Education • • • Fact"flndlng would be the by annexing the l,119.student trustee Barhara Thompson. Saturday, Septelllber 11 next logiqal step in the nego- Poupard district. - of Radnor circle,responded !lations process, he said. Harper Woods Board Pres/, from the floor in support of "1 'B'R I TIS H AND YuGO. Hospitals Gas 'Station ,Operators GPC Study But the Board team would dent Donald Lueck said the the proposed staff realign. :! SLAV jeWners collided in not make thaf move, he trustees do not plan to pur, ments, saying that "it is in- midair and exploded Friday, added. sue the matter further. fantile to ,suppose an organiz- killing all 178 persons aboard View Law Upset over Enforce~en~ Of Merger "The offers we have made "Was Only Option" ation this size can be run and hurling fiaming bodies are fair and equitable," Mr, "The property transfer was without proper supervision." and metal to cornfields six On Medicaid Of Car Storage Ordinance Continues Kennedy said .. "It is up to really our onty option," M.r. Attention was often turned miles below in, history's the union to mOVe now." Lueck said. "As long as to the controversiat new Suo worst aIr collision. S I x t y- Law on Woods Books for 12 Years Suddenly Pro~ No Council Action Make Some Moves we're still sotvent and not in perintendent of Schools Dr. three persons were aboard Local Administrators A mediator, appointed by a crisis situation, I don.t see William Coats, his .$4.1,000 the British plane and 113 I Say Measure Is Un- duces 36 Violation Tickets; Await Planned on Con- the Michigan Employment what else we can do." salary and fringe benefits aboard the Yugoslav plane. , fair to Citizens and Interpretation by Judge solidclltion Pro- Relations Commission. met Circuit Court Judge An~ including use oC lhc Board. 1 Yugoslav officials arrested with the two sides (or sev- drew DiMaggio uphetd a owned home in GI'osse Pointe Institutions' By Roger A. Waha posal Septem- several persons in connection eral days over the Labor State Board of Education boulevard, and paid utilities. i with the disaster, while sev. There's a concern on the part of Woods gasoline ber 20 Day weekend, decision denying the transfer While one woman said , eral persons working in the By George Polgar Jr. service station operators over citations issued by According to Mr. Kennedy. on the grounds that he could such benefits put the super- the mediator directed the not find any significant pro. flight control tower at Za- Hospital officials in the the public safety department regarding the outside The City Council met inlend,ent's salary close to two groups to continue pis- cedural errors in the Stllte greb's Pleso Airport were Detroit area are con- storage of motor vehicles -on' their premises in Monday evening, Sep- th.at of the Governor of Mich_ cussions without him, saying Board hearings. taken info custody and ques- cerned about the direct relation to possible violations of the city's zoning tember 13, to further Igan, Truslee William Huell- "Don't call me again unless H a r per Woods Attorney tioned. and indirect impact of a ordinance. ----------- I explore the controver- ell1nn p() i n t e d out that it you're both witling to make Lawrence Z a t k 0 f ( alleged represented only a 7 3 per- recently sigJ:\ed State law Early Wednesday morning, being s'tored. It has gotten sial proposal to consol- some moves." that the State Board refused .. .. cent raise over last' year's which sets a standard of September 8, police issued a out of hand and legal action idate the municipality's Both sides continued dis. to give weight to certain satary. three-quarterscare for combined total o( 36 vio13- became necessary, he said. police and fire forces. (Continued on Page 4) testimony in considering the RWlday, September 12 Another former trustee, Michigan Medicaid pa- ~ions (for vehicles) at seven "There's a possibility that At '.the session, the solons ------- case. THE STRONGEST EARTH tients. different locations. As a re- some are storing cars for met with Robert Baker, sec- Lee Allen, of Morass road. H aIding The pro p 0 sed transfer focused attention on recent tremors in four months Sat- Section 70 of Public Aet suit, operators will have to days or weeks and I'm con- relary - treasurer, Michigan LW V would have aC(eeted students GPEA mailings aud their ef. urday hit an area of north- 254, which became law on appear in eourt on Wednes- eerned over the buil<l-up," he State Firefighter's Assoc., Day who live in that portion oC eastern Italy devastated by Leagu e' the Grosse Pointe School Dis.