1975-12-08; Central Michigan Life

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IVolume 57 No. 43
Monday, December 8, 1975'
New reform bill spurs
disapproval from local
city, county officials
CM UFB PHOTO BY JOHN MAMSY
(HO HO HOl-Sinta, Claus, er, Robert Gostinge, Port Huron senior, visited the CMU-University of Detroit
basketball game Saturday to the delight of Mt. Pleasant children. Mr. Claus passed out candy and good cheer to
the crowd, who watched the Chippewas beat U-D 82-77.       '
by STEVE SPALDING
1>  CM LIFE Reporter
and
DENISEKALIN    '
LIFE Ass't News Editor
•> Mt. Pleasant ' Mayor Paul
• Hubscher says he will resign rather
than comply, with Michigan's new
political campaign reform bill. Other
city and Isabella County officials
have expressed similar disapproval'
of the bill.     .
City and county officials have
not formally discussed' the act Or
taken any action on it, however.
.THE ACT WILL require all
state, county, township and city
officials to file information with the
secretary, of state and county clerk
concerning debts, accounts payable,
personal gifts over $100 and financial
Six CMU people involved
eekend accidents total 25
byDEANCOUSINO
je  .   '- »CM LIFE Reporter '
[Eight persons were injured, including three CMU professors and three
lints, as.the Mt. Pleasant ;City Police were kept busy over the weekend
?None bfthe Injuries were serious, po|ice reported, w]th investigations
|inuing. in the following accidents: ,
-Elayne Watson, 39, of Rosebush, was treated'at Central Michigan
nmunity Hospital (CMCH) for injuries suffered Friday afternoon when
ar collided with one driven by Holland Ranson, 33, assistant professor of
i education. The accident Occurred at Franklin' and Gaylord Streets.
nAccording to police, the Ranson Vehicle was southbound on Franklin
\t when it; was'struckin the front end by the Watson Vehicle which was %
ftbound on Gaylord Street." Police reported Watson failed to see the
son vehicle approaching the intersection.
|Watson was cited for failing to yield after a stbp sign. -       .'
1-An accident Friday morning on Preston Road east of Franklin
ilted in three minor injuries. -
fGertrude Gillaspy, 60, assistant-professor of physical education, was'
I by police for failing to yield after leaving a private drive when her
icle collided with one driven by Pamela' Hammond, Gladwin sophomore.
lording 4to police, the Gillaspy vehicle pulled out into the path of the
Abound Hammond vehicle.
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Bmi ofe's station call letters-Page 6
ParMng spaces infestigatecS-'Page 7
Intertalnmerit-Pages 6 & 7 Section B
A passenger in the Gillaspy vehicle, Esther LaRowe, 64, professor of
physical education, also wps slightly injured in the mishap. .   • "   '
-LARRY LONGENDYKE, Hart sophomore and Robert Maliniak,
Detroit sophomore, were taken by ambulance to CMCH along with two Mt.
' information regarding businesses.
Hubscher said the act is "an
invasion of privacy," and said he will
resign front his position rather than
comply.
"I would not disclose information, I have nothing to hide,
but the bill is going too far," he said.
Hubscher indicated he wasn't
sure if the act applies to him. "I
would check with the City Attorney
before taking any action."
"Ihave nothing to be ashamed
of, but I'm only making. $150 a year
as mayor*V he said.     *
Hubscher said the act could hurt
citizen participation in government."
"It would limit the number of people
who would run for public office.
Successful businessmen would''not
.participate."
• City Commissioner -Sidney
'Smith Criticized the act but hasn't
decided whether he would resign. "I
will have to see if the State Supreme
Court upholds the bill," he said.
Smith Said the act was politically
motivated. "It's politicians in the
wake of Watergate trying to show
their colors."
COMMISSIONER    Carol
Scherer said she would comply with
- the act. "I haven't read it over, but I
don't have any problems in complying with the hUl^I am in favor of
act. "I have no feeling either way
on it, but I'm a public official and I
have to comply with the law,"
Barrons said. V .. . ■*
■ Robert K. Kennett, Isabella
county prosecuting • attorney,
-believes the act probably could be
tolerated by the people who serve
full-time in a political poiition.
However it might be an invasion of
privacy to the peop!e.who work part-
time or donate their time, he said.
"Their personal life is not a
matter of concern to the public in
general," he said.
Kennett will be affected by the
bill and has discussed it with other,
attorneys, however other county
officials have not discussed the act
with-him.
KENNETT ALSO fears a lot of
people won't go into public office
because of the act. He said the act is
''much too broad and has gone' too far
into invasion of public rights."
Bennie Graves, chairperson of
the, Isabella County Board of
Commissioners, favored. reform in
the reporting of political financial
reporting, however he indicated this
act would require such a 'major
amount of reporting it would involve
a great deal of time on the part of the
public officials. <
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Pleasant. reside&t.%, follow^
Street north of Broomfield Road.   **     "" .   fis ' 'Commissioners  alsft are   paid    have not indicated their feelings on
According to police, the Longendyke vehicle was southbound on Mission
when a car driven by Julie Gage, 18, of Mt. Pleasant, pulled out Of a private
drive in front of Longendyke, who Said he pulled left of .center but was
(See''Weekend..." page 3* ~ j
$150 a year. City Manager William
Barrons and City Clerk Charles
Deibel, who work full-time for the
city, said they will comply with the
the act, Graves, associate professor
of sociology and anthropology,^ said.
Other counties have indicated to him
they intend to oppose the act,
Campaign bill supported
A opposes Trustees
by MITCH HEAD
LIFE Managing Editor
Faculty Association (FA)
members are opposing the Board of
Trustees over Michigan's newly
passed campaign reform bill.
• In a general membership
meeting Thursday, FA members
voted unanimously to support the
bill, which has been attacked by
Trustees as unconstitutional.
nited Way donations
ighest ever by students
by DEBBIE GROHOLSKI
CM LIFE Reporter
fcpMU students, have raised moro money for United
[than in any past United Way drive according to
JCKartier, Student Foundation (SF) Public Affairs
iJents have contributed approximately $483
fak dorm i solicitation activities and canister
pons at the University Center arid some money
Worms has not yet been added to the total, Chartier,
' sophomore said. SF is in charge of coordinating
j&i participation in the drive.
ADDITION to students, faculty and staff
ms have contributed $13,362 to the drive, a
person from Charles House, coordinator of the
and staff solicitation, said.
Approximately $71,219 has been collected in the
County United Way fund drive by students,
**ity faculty and staff and community residents
linessss. ■   -
[^though completion of fund solicitation haa been
this year than in the past, "We're hopeful we'll
'our goal of $77,500," Paul Heydenburg, assistant
*<* of the county (drive said.
[Complete figures on the drive totals would not be
f> until the first of the year he aaid. Area grocery
chains and businesses who have their corporate
headquarters elsewhere still are planning to turn in
money, Heydenburg, community education director at
Mt. Pleasant High School, added.
Outside of the county, - drive solicitation' has
lagged somewhat. An Associated Press survey of 20
areas, across the state found the drives only slightly
more successful at reaching their goals than in 1974. •
However, fewer areas reported increases in giving
this year, despite signs of improvement in the nation's
economy, according to an Associated Press article, * %
UNITED WAY of Michigan officials said the state's
140 drives received pledges of $61,883,000 during 1974.
This year's figures are imcomplete, the .article said*
■ Walter Campbell, president of the "United Way of
Michigan, said the biggest hurdle this year was "the
tremendous economic obstacles all of us faced." He noted
"terrible unemployment" conditions in Detroit, Flint,
Saginaw* Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Lansing.
However, he added,, "This has been an extremely
successful campaign year in our state."
Detroit, site of the world'3 first United Fund Drive
in 1949, exceeded its goal for the 27th consecutive year,
collecting $34.8 million this year. John C. Dean, general
chairperson of the Detroit drive, said there were uncertain economic conditions "unparalleled in Torch drive
history," this year.
RON     JOHNSTONE,     FA
president-elect, urged President
Harold Abel not to challenge the
constitutionality of the bill, as he has
been instructed by the Board.
Furthermore,    members
directed   Norb   Musto,    Michigan
. Education    Association.  (MEA)
representative,   to   begin   an   investigation into possible conflicts of
interest by Board members.
Trustees are opposed to the bill
because they say it will hamper
.citizen participation in government.
The bill will require Trustees, as
well as' most city, township", county,
and state officials, to file all personal
financial information with the
secretary of state.
'The bill was designed in' an
effort to clean up government in the
post-Watergate era. It strives to
prevent conflicts of interest by
public officials who also are involved t
in business.
However, the Board,,says the
bill goes tdo far and it is an
abridgement of people's privacy. It
has hinted Trustees will resign
rather than comply with the new
Act, which'\becOntes fully implemented.in April.
, FA members also expressed
concern over the increasing number
of temporary faculty members being
hired by the University.
SOME FA members urged the .
FA Executive Board to petition the
Michigan Employment Relations
Commission (MERC) to allow the FA*
to incorporate the temporary faculty
members into the FA. Presently,';
temporary faculty members are not
required to join the union.   .
About 100 of the '680 faculty
members are temporary appointments,     giving-   rise ..- to
CM UPI PHOTO BY RKR McK&V
ASSOCIATION VOITE-James E. Hayes, (left) chairperson of the    /
Faculty Association  (FA), counts votes during. the FA* meeting' *
Thursday. The advosory vote' conceened next year's bargaining .
negotiations. - -        •
speculation the University is attempting to hire more temporary
faculty members sq it can fire them
at will: '   -
"There is a tenure^freeze on at
this University," Henry Fulton,
professor of English, claimed. Other
members claimed the University has
a set .tenure quota, which, is in
violation, of 'the current contract
between the FA and the University.
, Although a couple of the 20
members ■■ attending the meeting .
Thursday urged the union to file an
unfair labor practice charge against
the University,'FA President James
E.. Hayes advised members the FA
should - investigate the hiring
practices of the University before,
any action should.be taken.
Neil S. Bucklew, acting provost,
briefly ' explained the University
hiring practices to CM LIFE Friday.
He     noted     there     are,     two.
classifications   of faculty members:
regular  "tenure  track"  and  tenv
porary. 4-
"Temporary means a faculty
member is hired for a specific
amount of time, with no expectation
■ of. continued employment," Bucklew
said. "Normally, the person is hired
for'brie or two semesters."*
(See "Senate .. ."page 1\
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