WT"^^™^*»5^^^WWP^«|if™"»^i^^^^ Volume 59, No. 89 i :© 1978 Central Michigan LIFE Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859 Wednesday, June 7,1978 + After a day of Special Olympics competition, as well as a night of parades, speeches and music during the opening ceremonies, Albert John Roe finds riding -on his chaperone's shoulders easier than walking. However, Jim Huntsman has to wait until they get back to the dorms before he can take a load off his feet CMU Has been the site of Michigan's summer Special Olympics for six years and hosted the International Special Olympics in 1975; More Special Olympics pictures appear on page 9 (LIFE photo by Pam Eckman). Y <■ ; V, ■T j. » - 1 N S D IS". * f/ E budget hike totals $65,000—page 2 Pot health bills create conflict—page 3 athletes earn Ail-American honors—page10 1 *s>'*,ajls*i» »^fc4k*i**A«i* 4 *-*'k *"'■« 4'* £. A'I £7* f m