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Volume 55 No. 28
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CM LIFE PHOTO BY FRED BlUHM
BOYCOTTl—A group supporting the farm workers* boycott of lettuce, grapes and Gallo wine picketed in front
of Farmer Jack's, 2129 S. Mission Road, Saturday from 10 a.m'. to 2 p.m.
Petitions available
SA sets election
for vacant seats
Petitions are available today for students interested.in running in a
special election to fill five vacant off-campus seats in Student Assembly,
according to Casey Sehesky, elections director.
Petitions, which must contain 50 signatures of students living -off-
campus, will be due Friday in Room 2 of the Student Government office,
Sehesky said.
The election will be.Nov. 11 and voting will take place in front of the
reservation in the basement of the University Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Sehesky said. "Only off-campus people can vote," he added.
To be eligible to run, a student must have a 2i0 grade point average, be
free from any kind of probationary status and be taking at least 12 credit
hours, Sehesky said. • .
In regards to filling the seat vacated by Rod Braun, Barnes Hall
assemblyman, who resigned last week, Sehesky said that election will be run
by the individual dorm, which has its own elections director.
"The election comes under my jurisdiction," Sehesky said, "but they
have to run their own election."
Sehesky said the Barnes situation was "strange" because in the fall
elections only 14 residents voted andosince they had no elections director,
Barnes students had to vote in Robinson. They now have an elections
director, however, Sehesky said.
NDpr Levin-Brown ticket
Candidate's wife campaigns
by DAVE RINEHART More qualified women should be
CM LIFE Reporter appointed or elected to government*
("Education"   and   "women's    positions, she said,
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wife of Paul Brown,
Bocratic candidate for lieutenant
jwior. She was in Mt. Pleasant
Srday to campaign for the Sander/
bin-Brown ticket.
jrl believe the posture of the
prnment   should   be   different
irdsthe appointment of women,"
said, emphasizing the point
iafirm nod of her head. "Nearly
e-fourths of a year ago, I heard
governor say, 'Send me a list of
ffied women I can appoint.' He I
sidn't go to the Farm Bureau or
jtr (predominantly male) groups
|ay, 'Send me a list of qualified
can appoint,"
"It's a good time tor women to
campaign," Brown said, "because of
inflation." Since women do the
shopping in most families, they are
more aware' of the pinch of rising
prices, she said.
Brown said she testified at the
hearings in Lansing on the Equal
Rights Amendment and was
"confident" the country would adopt
it.
Turning to education, Brown
called a move "unwise" by the State
Board of Education to impose
teacher accountability model on
public   education   without   first
getting input from people on the
"grass roots level."
concerned citizens have to decide,
what should be held accountable,"
she said. "It would have been so
much wiser of the State Board to go
out to a region and disseminate
information and say, 'go ahead and
work out accountability."'
"The governor has been very
supportive of a state-wide accountability model," she said, "and it
hasn't worked."
Brown has been a member of
the Petosky School Board for four
years. "I'm really paying Paul back,"
she said, laughing, "He's stumped for
me in two elections and now I'm
stumping for him."
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"Paul feels very strongly about
superb  higher  education   facilities
and faculties," she said.  He  was
electe?^te^niv^rSi^fbT Michigan"
board of Regents in 1970.
"If Paul is elected, these
(education and women's rights) are
the two areas I'd like to put the
prestige of the lieutenant governor
behind," she said.
Brown assessed the future of
the Levin-Brown team as "I think we
have a chance, f believe if the turnout is heavy, we'll win. I fear if it
rains on Nov. 5, or snows, we may
not."
Brown said she'd been on the
road for three weeks, with a day off
"every five days or so." She said she
was trying to make known the
"prestige, credentials and
qualifications of Paul Brown."
People are concerned about the
issues in this campaign, she said and
will vote very intelligently.
CM LIFE PHOTO BY DAVE RINEHART
Meg Brown
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PIRGIM survey shows
difference in orices   \
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Williams and
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p "Other People," a CMU street-theatre group.
by SUE REYNOLDS
LIFE Asst. News Editor
A PIRGIM grocery store survey
of six Mt. Pleasant businesses last
week found "a difference of $4.69
Ad claim
Withdrawn
Alleged false advertising by a
Mt. Pleasant store was discontinued
this summer following grocery price
surveys of six local stores by Central's PIRGIM chapter, Bill
LeFevere, PIRGIM co-cOordinator
said Friday,
The- surveys showed the
average market-basket prices at
Giant Super Mart were 5-6 per cent
higher than the store having the
lowest market-basket prices in. two
July surveys.
Since Giant Super Mart advertised "Our Prices Are Lowest" ia
the Buyers Guide, PIRGIM contacted Attorney General Frank
Kelley, LeFevere said,
When Assistant Attorney
General Salley Lee Foley requested
substantiation for the claim, Giaht
Super Mart discontinued the advertising, -LaFevre said.
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between the most and least ex-
pensive stores, according* to Bill
LeFevere, PIRGIM co-coordinator.
The survey, the sixth one
conducted by PIRGIM in Mt.
Pleasant, uses t a typical family
market-basket list compiled on the
basis of United States Department
df Agriculture research data.
Market-basket prices for the
stores are determined through
multiplying the price of typical items
by a factor reflecting average
quantities used, LeFevere said.
"About 46 per cent of the items
on the survey were name-brand
items, while . the rest were the
cheapest price of that item in the
store," LeFevere, St. Johns senior,
said. "This reflects buying practices
of many families who have brand
preferences for some items and took
for bargains on others,"
The survey is conducted by
PIRGIM volunteers at unannounced
intervals.
Last week's survey found the
lowest average prices of the six
stores were at Farmer Jack Market,
where the typical market-basket
cost was $49.93. A&P had the
second-lowest prices, with a market-
basket cost of $51.79. Other stores
surveyed were Krogers, Vic's Shop
Rite, LG.A. Foodliner and Giant
Super Mart.
A goal of the survey is to
determine which stores have the
lowest average prices on a continuing basis so consumers may have
& more objective way to decide
Where to shop, according to
LeFevere. I
He stressed last week's store
having the lowest average priced
placed iirst or second in previous
surveys, conducted in July, Augus|,
September and earlier this month;
Central's PIRGIM chapter, oi |
of five in the state, was established
last semester. • (•;
Election section Wednesday
:,< What is Proposal A? Proposal
B? Who is running for what in the
u^ming HoVerjlber election?
{,,'■-. *iIFE will attempt to answer' those     -^tions end hopefully
many more that will confront voter*  <
Nov.  5  Wednesday M a  specie!
election issue, Watch for the special
section which will include stories oB
local issues and candidates as wei
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