1976-10-11; Central Michigan Life

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89th District
battle heats
by STEVE SPALDING
LIFE Ass't Nes Editor
The race for state representative in the 89th District heated up over
the weekend as Republican John Engler and his Democratic challenger
BUI Odykirk accused each other of playing politics over a Medicaid reform I
resolution in the state House.
The candidates also agreed to disclose their campaign contributions
"soon."
Odykirk, on temporary leave from his position as administrative
assistant in the School of Continuing Education and Community services,
said Engler's efforts to stall a special joint committee to investigate
Medicaid abuses was a "personal vendetta" and cast "serious doubts" on
Englers motives and ability to represent his district.
Engler said the attempt to set up the committee, which overwhelmingly was approved by the House on Thursday, was a political
move by Democrats to help the campaign of the resolution's sponsor, Rep.
Francis Spanktla, D-Corunna.
"The committee won't help solve the problems of Medicaid fraud, it is
purely political. Nothing will be helped (by the investigation) except for
Spaniola's campaign," Engler said.
He also questioned whether the committee could accomplish
anything before Dec. $1, when all non-standing committes are disbanded.
Engler introduced a motion to move the investigation back- to Nov.
15, which overwhelmingly was defeated by the House.
Engler said Odykirk's attacks on his moves was a "cheap shot," and. is
the "type of low-road politics that should have gone out with Watergate."
Odykirk said Engler was playing politics and not voting in the best
interests of the 89th District. /
"Isn't is ironic .that Engler's coliegues did not agree with him?"
Odykirk said.
The House voted 97-1 to create the 14- member committee House-
Senate committee, with Rep. Stanley Powell, R-Ionia, being the only
member to oppose the resolution. Engler joined the majority on the final
vote.
"In a typical John Engler trick, he voted for the bill he had tried so
hard to cripple, so that the record would show him in favor of the
Medicaid reform bill," Odykirk said.
Engler said he voted for the formation of the committee because "the
vote (for the formation of the committee) was a foregone conclusion "
"If I voted against it, it would be perceived as against Medicaid,"
Engler said.
Engler and Odykirk both agreed tb reveal the names of contributors
to their campaigns after Odykirk asked Engler to reveal his contributions
after Thursday's vote,
"He owes the people an explanation of his motives and a complete
disclosure of his campaign contributors to determine if there is any
connection between his vote and the white collar fraud he tried to protect
Thursday," Odykirk said.
Engler said he will disclose his contributors soon and asked Odykirk
to do the same.
Odykirk replied he would reveal his list of contributors Monday or
Tuesday.
Odykirk did not specify what special interests Engler may have'
received money from. "There is no reason to believe Engler has received
any illegal money, but he owes the people of the 89th District an ex-
" planation," Odykirk said,
"He (Engler) will be surprised by how little I have received when I
reveal my contributors," Odykirk added.
The two candidates will be taping a debate to be shown on Oct. 28 on
WCMU-TV, Channel 14, but any-other debates appear to be uncertain.
Odykirk said Engler was out of step with members of his own party.
"Engler is a 'Lone Ranger' who is out of step in Lansing and who, as a
result, can't deliver anything for his own district."
Engler replied Republicans Lt. Govenor James Damman, Rep.
Dennis Cawthorne, R-Mainstee, and Rep. Melvin DeStiger, R-West Olive;
all are coming to campaign for him soon.
Volume 58 No. 18
Monday, October 11, 1976
ADMINISTRATIVE 'ALUMNI'-Ohio University sent two of its finest
to Saturday's CMU-OU football game-OU Provost Neil Bucklew (left),
CMU's former acting provost and vice president for administration;
and OU President Charles Ping, CMU's former provost. With Bucklew
CM UFE PHOTO BY SCOTT BELLINGER
and Ping are President Harold Abel and his wife, Iris. Bucklew left
Central this summer to assume the provost position while Ping became
OU president in the fall of 1975.
Legislature suggests 19,21
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Bills would raise drinking age
by KAREN BERRY
CM LIFE Reporter
Two bills now pending in the
state  Legislature  give  Michigan
lawmakersa- choicO'betwedtrlP and •
21 as the new legal drinking age.
The Senate bill, which would
raise the age to 19 and the House
bill, which would restore the age to
21, have support among educators
and law-enforcement agencies.
State Rep. Mel DeStigter, R-
West Olive, introduced two bills in
the House a year ago to raise the
drinking age to 21. His measures
have been stalled in the  House.
Committee on Liquor Control and
in the House Judiciary Committee.
Sept. 28, however, the Senate
Commerce Committee conducted a
I
"Drinking is a privilege and as such should he
exercised with maturity and responsibility"—Sen.
Jamas DeSana, sponsor of a Senate l$l which
would raise Michigan's legal drinking age to 19.
Parents respected
Students name heros
by NANCY INGALLS
CM LIFE Reporter
Students at the University of Florida admire
Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry Kissinger, John F.
Kennedy and.Abraham Lincoln, according to a report
in the Autumn issue of Horizon magazine.
The nation's young people, ages 10 to 18, list 0. J.
Simpson, Robert Redford and Patty Hearst as their
heros,'' Ann Landers' syndicated advice column
reports.
However, CMU students appear to more dpwn-
to-earth. Their "heros" are their parents.
In aa informal poll of Central students on the
question, "Who do you admire and respect more than
anyone else?" most students interviewed answered
their father, mother or both. Some students said they
chose their parents because they know them and trust
them.
"I respect them for what they've gone through,
the kind of people they are," Sue Simanz, Au Clair
sophomore, said. Jarri Barney, Flint junior, said her
hero is her father "because I know him the best. I
admire everything he does."
Reflecting the same attitude, a Ypsilanti senior
said of her mother, "I'd model my life after her. I want
to be like her."
Students who did not idolize their parents still
tended to name people they knew personally as their
heros. Beth Jorday, Birmingham sophomore, said her
hero is her old biology teacher.    ,
"He was very honest," she said. "He taught his
own way,- He cared whether we learned er not." She
added he was one of the few teachers die had had
with tlds attitude.
Steve Crawley, Mtj Pleasant senior, named poet-
philo-opher Chariot E. Gilhouse as his herd, V
Gilhouse, Gmwhy said, i» not well-fenown, bat Is
a friend of hi*, * W* * very Impressive individual. He
writ** poetry and does strange and bizarre thing*."
tie aaid, *
Some students could not think of one person they
respect and admire imore thahjanother,jbut*g»v* a
definition of a person worthy of respect,
MIk* Off, Waterford junior, said tie respect*
"people who stand up, who take a position they
' believe in and give up their time for people." Dave
McKinney, Pontiac sophomore, also said he would
respect "someone who stands up for what they
believe in."
More conventional responses from people to the
poll included idolizing famous people who have made
great contributions to history.
Famous politicians named Were Presidents John
•F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln and Democratic
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. Judy Neigebauer, -
Bay City junior, who named Lincoln as her hero,
explained "He got people out of slavery." Ellen
Wilson, Farwell sophomore, said she named Kennedy
because "He kind of changed the country around at
the beginning of the 1960s. He was different"
Stan Davis, Inkster sophomore, named Jordan
because "She really has what it takes." He said he
believes she should have run for vice president this
year on the Democratic ticket.
Other famous people named as heros in the poll
were Jonas Salic, inventor of the polio vaccine, singer-
composer Bob Dylan and Jesus Christ,     ,
The poll also asked students who was history's
greatest villain. Here, answers! mostly were contemporary.
Former President Richard Nixon was named
most often in the "villain" category. Mike Rockwell,
Jackson freshman, explained, "He was crooked as the
day is Jong- He was a common criminal." A Texas
senior said he Chose Nixon because "he's during my
lifetime," A Flint graduate stu'dent said, "He got
caught,"; i.
Both Adolph Hitler and mass-murderer Charles
Manson also were named aa villains,
Barney said she named Manson because of "all
the young minds he corrupted." Brenda Waugh,
Petoskey senior, named Hitter "because he was a
litekfe.* Wifcon aaid she chose Hitler because "He was
to lar oft He was juat bad.*
Other "villains" named in the poll included Arthur Bremmer, who attempted to as.aainate Alabama
Governor George Wallace and former FBI director* J*
Edgar Hoover.
public hearing on SB 1512, the bill
which proposes hiking the drinking
age to 19.
DeStigter.said raising the age
to 21 would be the most wise move,
but said he was happy the Senate
has decided to at least hear the
issue of raising the Michigan legal
drinking age.
Parents, teachers and school
administrators who want drinking
problems out of the secondary
schools supported the bill to raise
the age to 19, he said.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. James
De Sana, D-Wyandotte, reported
he has received numerous communications from'officials, teachers
and school guidance counselors
expressing concerns over real
problems due to the lower drinking
age.
He said there has been
widespread abuses in the schools
by students who not only drink
themselves but who are purchasing
alcoholic beverages for younger
school friends.
Therefore, De Sana said, "The
main purpose of the raise, to 19 as
being the minimum age that a
person may purchase alcoholic
beverages is to remove the
problem from the schools."
De Sana told the committee
the bill is not designed to undermine the rights of 18-year-olds.
"Consumption of alcohol is> not a
prerequisite to becoming a
productive memoer of society."
"Drinking is a privilege and as
such   should   be   exercised   with
maturity  and  responsibility,"  he
said.
An amendment was offered by
De Sana which would ease present
18 year olds into the proposed new
law. The language would allow
those already those already 18
when the law goes into effect to be
allowed to drink legally while they
still are 18. The bill then would
cover those who have not yet
reached the age requirement at the
bill's effective; date.
iftep. Jackie Vaughn'," "D-
Detroit, said he was opposed to any
bill taking away rights already
provided to the state's younger
citizens.
Vaughn, who worked for
passage of the towered age of
majority four years ago, asserted
this move would suggest treating
thes young adults as "half children
and half adults."
(See 'Bills ..." page 12f-,
Entrance policy
committee meets
The committee to reword the
proposed revision of the
University's housing entrance
policy will meet Tuesday, Bob
Olsen, Residence Hall Assembly
(RHA) president, said.
Olsen said representatives of
RHA, Resident Assistants Council,
Student Association, Married
Students Council and Housing
Programs would be notified today
of the meeting.
The proposal as it now stands
states no person may enter a
University residence without the
permission of the residents) or a
search warrant. It was supported
by 84.6 per cent of the voters in the
Sept. 27 and 28 student elections.
RHA, which received the
proposal from Student Association
for approval last Tuesday, voted to
form a committee to recommend -
regulations and procedures and •
rewrite the proposal.
Upon the committee's
recommended changes, and RHA's
approval, the proposed revision;
will be sent to James Hill, dean of;
students, who in turn will take it to;
the President's Council for con-;
sideration.
Inside
Senate to consider
CLEP elimination
Academic Senate will consider
eliminating credit granted through
the / general mathematics and
biology examinations of the College
Level Examination Program
(CLEP) at its meeting Tuesday in
Pearch 138 at 3:30 p.m.
, Requests to eliminate the
provisions of the CLEP program
which grant general credit came
from the Mathematics and Biology
Departments. Under the existing
CLEP program, it ia possible for
undergraduate* to earn biology or
mathematics credit toward
graduation by passing either a
i
CLEP General or Subject Area
examination.
Senate also will' consider
whether University Program
courses should be categorically
excluded from majors or minora
and pre-profesteional requirements.
Senate officers and Executive
Board members also will be elected
at the meeting.
Jn addition, Senate will hear a
report from President Harold Abel
and consider curricular item*
submitted by the University
Curriculum Committee and the
Teacher Preparation Council.
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m THE Wm?A~Coach Roy
Kramer received congratulations from an unidentified fan
after Saturday'* upset. (See
story page 9).    ' '
* Mid-decade census
begins Tuesday-page 3
» Group helps tha **umt~
tached"-page8
• Bowling Green is con- •
ference leader—page 9
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