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FRIDAY
October 10,1986
merits prepare for parties — alone
BY FONTELLA WHITE
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Area apartment complex officials not included in
this weekends temporary restraining order say they
will take party discipline into their own hands.
Forum, Park Place and Concord Manor officials
say they will combat the large parties that
traditionally follow Saturday's home game against
Western Michigan University themselves.
Ftaxann Bittner, manager of Forum Apartments,
950 Appian Way, aaid apartment officials plan to
have   both   complex   entrances   sectioned   off by
security guards.
Guards will be posted at the Appian Way entrance
area near the Giantway shopping center. They also
will be stationed at the entrance from Mission Road.
The blockade will start today at noon and run until
necessary, Bittner said. All persons entering the
area will need either resident identification passes
or visitors' passes.
Bittner said apartment officials never wanted the
complex included in the city's restraining order.
A temporary restraining order, banning large
street gatherings Saturday in the Main Street or
Edgewood Apartments area, was issued Tuesday by
Judge Paul. O'Connell, of Isabella County 21st
District Court.
"We just preferred handling the situation
ourselves. If we had been included in the injunction,
our tenants would not have been able to hare guests.
We wanted to work with our tenants," Bittner said.
Mount Pleasant Police Chief Martin Trombley
said whether Forum's plans are successful depends
heavily on the tenant cooperation.
"I think the present manager is doing a good job,
but it all depends on the residents, ir people would
do things voluntarily it would make the entire
situation so much better. As a department we would
be able to use our resources in better ways,"
Trombley said.
Although Trombley said he did not know where
people will go looking for parties, he did say it
probably will be in the "usual" locations. He said
areas such as those included in the temporary
restraining order — Main Street and the Edgewood
Apartment complex — always are areas of high
concentration during parties.
Forum tenants expecting guests must obtain
visitor passes from management. Bittner said they
will not issue morejhan 20 to 25 passes for each
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'No guests allowed' if police cordon
Main Street, Edgewood Apartments
BY BETH MENGE
LIFE Assistant News Edtor
Guests of Main Street and
Edgewood Apartments residents
may be out in the cold Saturday if
a police line is established.
"We're not going to be concerned
with guests," said Mount Pleasant
City Police Chief Martin Trombley
at a press conference Thursday.
"If we begin to have problems and
we must cordon that area
off. . .then you are going to have to
prove that you reside there."
Trombley said he has not deter
mined yet whether any areas may
be condoned off with a police line
this weekend.
"You can bet your sweet bippy
I'm going to put that police line
up* if a large number of loud
parties are in a close geographic
area, Trombley said.
''We're hopeful we're not going
to have that kind of problem.
A temporary restraining order,
banning large street gatherings
Saturday in the Main Street and
Edgewood Apartments areas, was
issued Tuesday by Judge Paul
O'Connell, of the Isabella County
21st Circuit Court.
Areas listed in the order include
Main Street, from High to Bellows
streets, bordered by University
and Washington streets. Boundaries of the Edgewood area include
the south side of Broomfield Road
between Stockman and Crawford
roads; the south property line of
Vowles Elementary School,
between Stockman and Crawford;
the east side of Crawford between
the property line at Vowles School
and Broomfield; and the west side
of Stockman between the property
line of Vowles School and Broom-
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BROOMFIELO
Saturday's
restrained areas
A temporary restraining order
issued Tuesday by Judge Paul
O'Connell, of Isabella County 21st
District Court, prohibits the
planning, conducting or participating in large street parties in the
lollowing areas:
■1 Area #1: The boundaries circle
the Edgewood Apartments complex,
712 Edgewood.
■ Area 02: A six-block area.
including Main Street, from High to
Bellows streets, bordered by University and Washington Streets.
Installing a telephone seemed to be a monumental task in the newlyweds* apartment during tha
University Theatre production Barafoot in tha Park. The play runs through Saturday evening In
Bush Theatre. See related story and photo on page 6.	
Murder suspect testifies he
used knife in self-defense
BY KRIS HAHN and
marcia Mcdonald
LIFE Stjff Wrters	
Michael R McCord testified
Wednesday and Thursday he
used his cousin's knife in self
defense during a fight in which
an Iron Mountain man was
fatally stabbed and a CMU
student was wounded.
McCord, 19. of Mount
Pleasant, is on trial in Isabella
County 21st Circuit Court. He
is charged with second degree
murder in connection with the
April 19 death of Scott Allen,
Michigan State University
student, and assault with
intent to commit murder of his
brother, Craig Allen, Iron
Mountain junior at Chipp-A-
Water Park.
The jury' will deliberate after
final arguments today.
The prosecution concluded
Wednesday. McCord testified
in his defense Wednesday and
Thursday, and the defense
rested its case Thursday.
McCord said he and friend
Scott Williams "encountered
two guys" sitting on the ground
to their right while leaving the
park the night ofthe incident.
"The guys said something to
us," McCord said, adding he
turned and asked, "What did
you say?"
One ofthe men replied, "Just
get  the  hell out of here, you
f. holes," McCord said. He
said he then told the men they
were —holes, and said: "We're
walking by not doing anything.
What do you think, you own
this park?"
After the exchange of words
McCord said the men got off the
ground and started punching
him in the face. He said he
doesn't know why Scott
Williams, a Mount Pleasant
High School student who was
with him at the park April 18,
testified Tuesday he saw
McCord hit another man first.
After being "punched out,"
McCord said he tried to run
away, was tackled from behind,
and his shirt and jacket were
ripped over his head. McCord
said he was hit on the top of his
head and on his body.
"I put my hands over my
head and said, 'Don't hit me
anymore, don't hit me,'"
McCord said.
McCord was struck by a car
at age 7, and his ankle was
crushed, femur bone broke and
a hole was left in his skull. He
received pins in his right ankle
and a plate in the top right
section of his skull.
Although not under written
restrictions,  McCord   said  he
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Ticket sales flop; show canceled
BY TONY BITTICK
LIFE Stall Wrier
Program Board's show featuring Bruce Springsteen's drummer was
canceled Thursday because of low ticket sales.
A mutual agreement to cancel Max Weinberg's performance,
originally scheduled for tonight, was reached Thursday afternoon by
Program Board and Greater Talent Incorporated. Only 32 tickets for
the Weinberg show had been sold as of Thursday, PB Chairman Don
MacLeod said.
Tickets had been priced at $3 for students and $4 for non-students
for an 8 p.m. Warnner Auditorium performance.
In an interview before the cancellation, Weinberg's agent Gary
Muck said the tour has been successful thus far.
"The smallest crowd Max ever had was when he talked to a crowd of
380 people," Muck 6aid. "But you have to understand that the hall he
was in would only fit 450 people."
The show, which consists of Weinberg playing drums and a
motivational speech, was to be highlighted by a large screen video of
Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." tour.
PB members originally discussed the concert in late April and drew
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Cracking down
Stepped-up policy makes students 'think twice' about partying
(Editor's note: This is the final
part of a series examining the
attitudes of Western Michigan
University students and administrators, and Kalamazoo police
toward the rivalry and revelry
attached to Saturday's football
qame. LIFE Editor Wayne
Kamidoi, Assistant News Editor
John D. Gonzalez and Sports
Editor Ken McDonald recently
traveled to WMU to get their
views.)
KALAMAZOO — As a WMU
student, Robert Dievendorf said
he had his share of good times.
If he made a road trip in the fall,
it was to Mount Pleasant. And the
motive was not a football game.
To be honest, partying was the
ment
The police have no animosity
one reason I went," said Lheven-  toward the students. The students
dorf,   now   a   sergeant   for   the
Kalamazoo  City  Police   Depart
may not believe it, but that's life.
They  have  to  remember police
officers were once young." he said.
Many Western students,
though, said they believe the
police here are the bad guys, and
are out to get students.
Thus far in 1986, the Kalamazoo
police have received more than
. 60,000 telephone calls, primarily
complaining about loud noise.
Dievendorf said the police are not
taking this sitting down. They're
taking action.
"We had so much of a laid-back
attitude. Parties easily got out of
control."
'If we end the parties, people
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LIFELINE
INSIDE
INDEX
Briefly
Paddy wagon?
Advance registration for the 1987
winter semester begins Monday and
continues through Oct 17 In Rnch
FWdhouse. Course offering guides
and course request forms are available in the University Center
Bookstore.
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Barefoot play
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No money
Sexual assault task foot rum out of fundi.
doses
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CMU faotbal piara rebound, tactics 0-S
Western Saturday
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CM-Y0U p»ge3
Comment  page 4
Bloom County page 4
Entertainment page 6
Big Guy on Campus. page 6
Court Reports page 9
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