1981-12-02; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan LIFE
Vol.63 No.38
© 19&1.CMLIPE
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
26 pages
' Wednesday, Dec. 2,1981 •
Mount Pleasant firefighters spray down the burning wreckage of a miik tanker truck that crashed Tuesday morning on northbound U.S. 27 at the Broadway Street overpass.
CM UFE/J. Kyle Keener
Trucker 'lucky' to survive crash
by JAMES ISELER
LIFE News Editor
An Escanaba man, described by police and fire
officials as "lucky to have survived" a Tuesday
morning crash on U.S. 27 outside Mount Pleasant,
is listed in satisfactory condition at Central
Michigan Community Hospital today.
Stanley LeMay, 31, suffered cuts and abrasions
and is being held for observation, according to
CMCH Nursing SupervjsorFarF*i1»w^- '   «       ~*~
LeMay apparently fell asleep at the wheel of
$80,000 allocated
his milk tanker while northbound on U.S. 27 when
he drove into the base of the Broadway Road
overpass, according to Deputy Gary Bliss, of the
Isabella County Sheriffs Department.
The accident occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. After being thrown during the crash, which
ripped his truck's cab in two, LeMay was picked
up by a motorist who also was headed north on
the highway. He waited in the man's van until
firemen arrived, Bliss said. . „   "...  . .
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arid began spraying the wreckage with fire ex
tinguishing foam.
The tanker apparently hit the abutment and
skidded down the highway for about 50 yards
before coming to rest on its side. The front wheels
and much of the cab laid back under the overpass.
The truck was owned by the Frigo Cheese Corp.
of Lena, Wis., and was hauling nearly 10,000
gallons of milk which was unloaded Wednesday,
Bliss said.
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bits of debris. A state highway department crew
eventually doused the fuel with sand to prevent
possible fire or slick highways.
"If that would have been gas, things could have
been a lot worse," Bliss said.
Once firemen had the wreckage sprayed down,
about 45 minutes later, traffic was let through on
the shoulder of the road. It had been stopped at
about 100 yards in either direction.
A good share of the traffic also was comprised
of diesel trucks and as he stood in the freezing
rain -waving tWom through. Bllnn »»l«l. "I'll *><S>t II
(See "Tanker"—page 17)
SB A C funds dry up
by DAVE ELLIS
LIFE Staff Writer
For the first time in its three-
year history, the Student
Budget Review and Allocation
Committee has depleted its Student Activities Fund before the
second semester.
All of the $80,000 fund was
allocated by Nov. 18. In previous
years, the SBAC still had funds
available during Winter
Semester.
One of the reasons the money
was spent is because more than
$5,000 was appropriated to the
Student Government Association for a student legal aid service.
"Legal aid was a big cut out of
our budget," SBAC Chairwoman
Karen Pickering said.
The committee reviewed
budgets submitted by various
student groups, often cutting appropriations for trips, food, and
parties in the proposed budgets,
Pickering, Livonia junior said.
"We feel that this should come
out of a dues type of thing," and
not the student activities fund,
she said.
Overall, 42 groups were funded with SBAC money. The two
largest groups, SGA and Program Board, took 67 percent of
the budget.
Although most groups asking
for SBAC funds received some
money, one received nothing.
Funding to send a CMU
delegation to a United Nations
(See "SBAC"—page 13)
ICTC
may be
cut by
20%
by KEITH NAUGHTON
LIFE Copy Editor
A budget reduction of nearly 20 percent may be on the road to
adoption by the Isabella County Transportation Commission.
The proposed reductions are in answer to the millage reduction
levied to ICTC Oct. 21 by the County Commission.
The revised budget was presented in a public hearing Tuesday
convened by ICTC in order to have community input to the cuts.
The majority of the cuts will come in operation and administration, with ICTC reducing its service hours from 97 per week to 86,
according to ICTC General Manager Kevin Abbey.
Four bus drivers and one dispatcher also are expected to be laid
off, according to Nancy Carey, vice chairwoman of the commission.
Personnel Cuts amount to 17.4 percent of the $267,240 proposed to
be cut. The overall budget is proposed to be reduced by 19.4 percent, from $1.3 million to $1 million, Abbey said.
ICTC services, which include shuttle buses and dial-a-ride, will
begin one hour later, at 6 a.m., and will be discontinued three hours
earlier Fridays and Saturdays, at 7 p.m., if the budget's adopted,
Abbey said.
(See "ICTC"—page 13)
Subleasers: finding
them poses dilemma
by MINDY NORTON
LIFEStaWWriter ■ .. t.
Free cases of beer, a rent-free month, or $100
rewards — these are just some of the things
apartment-dwellers are offering to get out of
the common dilemma of finding a subleaser.
More, and more students are searching for
subleasers for next semester, as more than 200
ads asking for subleasers were placed in LIFE
this week.
"It's a frustrating situation " Tami Smith,
Grand.Rapids sophomore said. "If you can't
find a sublease^ you have to pay rent on a
place yop don't live in."
In order to encourage a possible subleaser,
Smith has offered to pay one month of the
subleasers rent.
"I'd rather pay one month's rent than have
to pay all five (months' rent)" Smith said. •
Smith has hail a few people look at her apartment, but none pf them have contacted her a
second time, she said.
"Part of the problem is that they usually
need to find someone to sublease their own
place before they can sign a new contract,"
Smith said.
• Although students have a variety of reasons
for wanting to move, a number of them move
because they have to student teach.
"I thought I'd be student teaching in the
area, so I signed for a year. I won't be though,
so Vm stuck finding someone," Kate Anderson,
Fenton senior, said. ■
Although Anderson doesn't,like the idea of;
breaking the lease, she believes it is a no-win:
situation.
"Even if- you're only going to be here one
semester, you have to have a place to live in, so •
"you have to accept their terms," Anderson ;
said,  summing up  the feelings  of several,
students. '    .. '■■-'*
<See"Sublease"—pige 13)>
Warrant out for flasher
A warrant was issued Tuesday for a Pearce Hall flasher
who returned to the scene Monday only to be identified by the
victim, who was discussing the
earlier incident with Department of Public Safety officers.
The suspect, a CMU student,
was connected with the indecent
exposure case at Pearce Hall
Nov. 23 and at Warriner Hall
Nov. 24.
A warrant for a disorderly
person was issued Tuesday
afternoon, said John McAuliffe
DPS director.
DPS officers questioned the
suspect after the female victim
pointed him out as he walked
through Pearce Hall.
"We were conducting our investigation when the suspect
happened to pass by where the
crime took place and the female
was    able    to    identify    the
suspect," McAuliffe said.
"The suspect is supposed to
turn himself in to our department today and we will take him
down to the courthouse,','
McAuliffe said. •;
In a separate incident, a CMU
student was arraigned Nov, 24
on indecent exposure and illegal
(See "Warrant"—page 13)
In Brief
"The Christmas Star," an astronomy lecture,
will be presented Thursday by Walter Bisard,
associate physics professor. The speech begins
at 8 p.m. in Brooks 176.
Campus
University    Health
Services no longer will
file   insurance   claims
for students,
page 3
With a poor state
economy,       CMU
graduates are lobking
elsewhere for jobs,
page 10
Sports
The CMU men's
basketball team
defeated Grand Valley
State College Tuesday
night.
page 14
Index
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Arts and Leisure 6''
Classifieds  17
Comment  4
Doonesbury , 4
Horoscope... ....... 17
Off the Wire ., ....2
Sports .14
Spotlife  17
Weather  17