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STATE
Homeless woman
feared help
GRAND RAPIDS — A
homeless woman who was
shot and beaten to death had
repeatedly refused help and
would not stay at the city's
homeless shelters because
. she feared for her safety, a
city official said.
Pclice said Tuesday they
still had no suspects or
motive in the slaying of
Muriel Stoepker, 77, whose
body was found Sunday near
a downtown parking ramp.
Police have ruled out
robbery as a motive.
Stoepker had roamed the
city's streets for the past six
or seven years, foraging for
food from trash cans,
sleeping in bus shelters or
parking ramps. She slept
outside even on the coldest
winter nights.
NATIONAL
Dahmer might
plead insanity
MILWAUKEE — Jeffrey
L. Dahmer's lawyer hinted
at an insanity plea by the
alleged serial killer at a
hearing set for today on 15
counts of murder.
Police have said Dahmer,
31, has admitted killing and
dismembering 17 males
since 1978. He has not been
charged in ... two of . the
si ay in gs.
Dahmer was to enter his
plea today. The murder
counts each carry a
mandatory sentence of life in
prison.
Cuomo extradites
AIDS patient
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov.
Mario Cuomo has ordered a
New York man extradited to
Michigan to face felony
charges of failing to reveal
his AIDS-related virus infection to a male sex partner, a
spokesman said Tuesday.
Cuomo aide Thomas
Conroy said the extradition
warrant against Jeffrey
Hanlon of Pleasant Valley,
N.Y., was signed Monday by
the New York governor.
Hanlon, 32, formerly of
Traverse City, Mich., has
been held in the Dutchess
County, N.Y., jail about 70
miles north of New York
City on $50,000 bail since
"his arrest June 15 for an
alleged violation of Michigan's public health law.
Michigan is one of the few
states in the nation -with
such an AIDS disclosure
law, said Ruth Harlow, staff
attorney for the American
Civil Liberties Union's AIDS
Project.
INTERNATIONAL
U of M honors
Nelson Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa — As a reward for
Nelson Mandela's "crusade
against apartheid" and his
^defense of human rights,"
three University of Michigan
officials presented the South
African leader with an
honorary doctorate on
Tuesday.
University regents
conferred the. doctorate of
law on Mandela in 1987,
three years before he was
released from prison.
Mandela toured the United
States last year and received
a hero's welcome in Detroit,
but did not stop at the Ann
Arbor campus.
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Hmmmm to the beat
Dance and urban will stay popular
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Mowing them down
Soccer team shuts down Alma, 7-0
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Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
September 11, 1991
VOLUME 747 NUMBER 7 m/mSmWU MOUNT PLEASANT/MICHIGAN 48859
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Union, Central bargain into night
By KEN WELSCH
I Ihh   St.iH Writer
Negotiations hctwccii CMU's
bargaining team and United
Auto Workers Local (SSSS ran all
day Tuesday and into the
evening, leaving both sides
caut iously opt iniist ic\
At press time Tuesday
evening, the meeting was still in
session, with no break-up time
set. Representatives from
negotiating   teams   could   not   Ik
reached  for comment.
"It's one of" those things where
they could break in an hour, or
they could go late like they did
last night." said Rae Goldsmith.
Public Relations director.
Some clerical workers walking
picket lines believe results could
be posit ive.
'We're figuring that since this
is the longest time they've ever
negotiated, that things are going
better than they have in the
past." said  Fran  Baker, striking
clerical worker. "They'll only
stay in there as long as thev feel
progress is being made."
Although other clerical
workers see negotiating as
positive, they hesitate to get
overly excited about a possible
set t lement .
"We just can't bo too opt imistic
at this point," said Joanne (Just,
union financial secretary. "They
are still negotiating, and that is
a good sign, but other- than that,
we have heard  nothing."
LIFE Photo Dustin A. Wyman
LOOK MA, NO HANDS: Paul Stewart, 5, slides in the sun Monday afternoon at Potter Park on the
corner of Maple and Pine streets.
Weekend costs police $1,000
By Jiilian Bogater
I I hi-   As<
it   News
At least $1,()(H) was spent on
overtime pay for Mount Pleasant
police last weekend in a crackdown on blind pigs.
At Monday night's City
Commission meeting, Martin
Trombley. Public Safety director,
present ed i n forma t ion
concerning party activities
during the last two weekends.
Blind pigs activities — selling
alcohol without a license — have
i n creased s ign i ficant ly,
Trombley said.
Several comm iss ioners
expressed concern about the
illegal act.ivit ies.
"We have Western Weekend
coming up, and this tiling can
just build," Commissioner
Kenneth   Bovee   said.   "We  want
everyone   to   know   thev   are   at      essential
risk."
Preparation  for such events is
See CRACKDOWN Page 16
J. 7 kegs confiscated
r* The numbers are in.
"--'* Mount Pleasant City Police cited 11.3 people for party-related
incidents from Friday to the early morning hours Sunday.
'"'"£ Lt. William Yeagley said approximately 17 kegs were seized over
the weekend.
.o Of the 113 citations, 75 were given for attending a ublind pig," a
party at which alcohol is illegally resold. •      .
'*?' Loud parties, disorderly persons,, disturbing the peace and the
illegal sale of alcohol made up the rest of the citations.
£'' Yeagley said police agencies are cracking down on people who
violate alcohol laws.
Sg^The policeman added students are becoming disruptive again
after   a   period   of decreased > large-party . reports   following the
termination of End-Of-The-World parties.      ,'*0*^^jt-vf^;C   '
^iYeagley said the officers hope to use education and enforcement
to inform people aware that these activities are illegal. 4l*WWi'^
Tuesday's marathon session,
which began at 9 a.m.. marked
the second straight day of talks,
a fact many hope is a sign of"
progress in  itself.
"There's really not much to
report right now," President
Edward B. .Jakubauskas said.
"They are still talking and I
think that's a good sign.
"I hope they continue to sit at
the table, to keep talking, and
reach a resolution as soon as
possible."
The bargaining session
followed an equally lengthy
meeting Monday, which ran
from 10 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
Thursday's proposal from
-Jakubauskas that negotiating
sessions resume Monday were
answered by union officials
Friday, but without agreement
on having 24-hour meetings,
(Jaunt said in a previous inter-
See BARGAIN Page 2
ST workers may
strike if talks fail
By Nancy Salta
| if-h   Assist.>.■ A  News  FMi'nr
The Supervisory/Tech n ical
Association has taken steps
toward striking if today's negotiations with the University fail.
The ST Association and
administrators are scheduled to
meet at lO a.m. today witli a
state mediator in Rowe Mall.
T h e 1 5 0 - m ember- uni o n i s
pursuing the possibility of
striking, said Ruth Melwig,
chairwoman of the ST Association  negotiating team.
"We're keeping our options
open, but will not make a
decision about striking until
after we see how the talks go,"
she said.
The union's three-year-
contract expired June 30, but
was extended until noon
Thursday.
The   ST   Association    is    affil
iated with the Michigan Educational Association, and has
begun the MEA's lengthy process
toward striking. The union also
has formed crisis and picketing
committees.
Although Melwig had no
comment on the current status of
bargaining talks, she said the ST
Association is prepared to stay at
today's meeting "as long as
needed if the negotiations are
product ive.
"We will do what we need to
help each other reach a contractual agreement.'" she said. "We
want to make CMU a better-
place, both for students and
employees."
Economic issues remain the
battle ground in ST Association
and University bargaining talks.
The     University's     original
See CONTRACT Page 2
Radatz enjoys life
after Red Sox job
By Todd Schulz
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Most 22-year-olds who long to
be the general manager- of a
professional baseball team must
turn to the fantasy-league
version of America's national
pastime.
But Dick Radatz Jr. lived the
fantasy — until he ran out of
dreams.
Radatz is now associate
director of Operations for
Michigan Special Olympics,
based at CMU. But from 19H2-H9
he was general manager of two
Boston Red Sox minor league
teams in Elmira, N.Y., and
Winter Haven, Fla.
The 32-year-old Radatz came
to Central in May after resigning
in December 1989 from his job
with the Boston organization.
Despite his accomplishments,
for- him, it became apparent
there was no moving up with the
Red Sox.
Tn Radatz's one year at
Elmira, the team set an attendance record, attracting 65,000
fans on only 38 home dates.
Radatz spent six years at
Winter Haven, Boston's Class A
team and spring training site.
During that time, he helped set
another all-time attendance
mark, double        concession
revenues and increase advertising receipts by 500 percent.
Still, there was no place for
Radatz at a higher level in the
Boston organization.
"(Boston Ceneral Manager'*
Lou (torman came down to
spring training two years before
I resigned," Radatz said. "Me
'pulled me into a room and said,
'Where do you see yourself? '
"I    had   accomplished   all   the
DICK RADATZ JR.
things I'd set out to do. Me
recognized that, which made me
happy. Me told me 1 was not
growing. I was getting stagnant.
The question then was, now
what?
"The problem was the politics
of the organization and the game
itself. There was no where to go
up the ladder although it was
recognized I was capable of doing
that. I waited two years for
something to pop, but I was just
spinning my wheels."
Not a 9-to-5 man
Radatz is a 1981 graduate of
Albion College, where he earned
a degree in economics and
marketing. He also played
baseball and basketball at
Albion.
Mis father, Dick Radatz Sr\,
was a major- league pitcher for
five teams — including Boston
and the Detroit Tigers — from
1902 b9.
Radatz,   a   third   baseman   for
See RADATZ Page 2
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