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1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990DETROIT FREE PRESS 5B 1 IV Hecklers greet Bush; cheers drown them out Men dug up body as symbol for their club, prosecutors say City President George Bush stumps for John Engler, the GOP gubernatorial candidate, at the Grand Center in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. A protester heckled Bush over military involvement in the Persian Gulf. Schuette's solo speech ends Senate race debate series BY DAVID MCKAY Free Press Staff Writer GRAND RAPIDS For the third time Tuesday, President George Bush was heckled over military involvement in the Persian Gulf during a campaign stop. Bush responded that, "We are not in the Middle East to protect oil. We are there to stand up against aggression and He was interrupted by cheering from about 2,000 Republican faithful at the Grand Center in downtown Grand Rapids.

The crowd's roar silenced the lone protester. Bush arrived in Grand Rapids late Tuesday afternoon and was whisked downtown for a rally and speech on behalf of GOP gubernatorial candidate John Engler, the state Senate majority leader. Near the end of his 15-minute speech, Bush pledged that American forces would stay in Saudi Arabia as long as needed to counter Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The president also said he would keep pressuring Congress to come up with a plan to reduce the federal budget deficit. "The budget it must be real, it must be enforceable and it must preserve our incentives for growth.

And I will keep the Congress there as long as it takes to get that kind of budget for the American people," he said. Speaking about a deficit reduction plan in the Senate, Bush said, "At least it holds the line on income tax breaks, so I'm interested in seeing that one move forward." He pledged to veto a Democratic-backed plan in the House that he said would raise the taxes of working Americans. "The American people have a right to expect the United States Congress to act reasonably." Also, Bush praised Engler and the state GOP ticket. Bush urged strong voter turnouts for Engler and U.S. Rep.

Bill Schuette. Party luminaries at the rally included Engler's running mate, state Sen. Connie Binsfeld of Maple City; GOP National Committeewoman Ronna Romney, and Spencer Abraham, state GOP chairman. The heckling on Tuesday, as Bush whistle-stopped by plane across the1 country, was the first he had encountered since the Aug. 2 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the deployment of U.S.

forces to Saudi Arabia. In Des Moines, Iowa, three protesters shouted "No war for oil!" before being hustled away. Two women interrupted Bush at a rally at DuPage College in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn. Addressing the protesters, Bush said, "What we are for is peace in the Middle East. What we are, also for is principle." Free Press Washington staff and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

BY DORI J. MAYNARD Free Press Staff Writer Like boxers trying to slug it out in separate rings, Michigan's Senate candidates threw some punches about a half hour and hundreds of miles apart. U.S. Rep. Bill Schuette and Democratic U.S.

Sen! Carl Levin were supposed to wrap up a series of debates Tuesday with a joint appearance before the Economic Club of Detroit. But Levin stayed in Washington where Congress is wrestling to put together a budget package. "He's afraid to turn around because he knows I'm after him," Schuette said before his speech. Schuette spoke before the meal so that he could fly back to Washington for afternoon budget voting; he had missed some non-budget House votes in the morning.The verbal sparring continued during his speech, when Schuette accused Levin of using the budget as an excuse to dodge the last debate. The Levin camp, in turn, accused Schuette of ducking his work in the House in order to campaign.

In his speech, Schuette repeated his attack on career politicians, blaming them for the budget mess and pledging that he would get out of the Senate after one term, though he meant to say two terms, aides said. By the time Levin was linked to the luncheon by a phone call, Schuette was gone. Levin questioned why the three- NOTICE OF HEARING FOR THE ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS OF CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY CASE NO. U-9732 Consumers Power Company (Consumers) requests approval to use a power supply cost recovery (PSCR) factor of $.00622 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to compute Its retail electric customers' bills starting In January 1991 but Consumers may use other PSCR factors as described below. The Notice of Hearing below describes how a person may participate In this case.

You may call or write Consumers Power Company, Director of Electric Revenue Requirements and Rates, 212 West Michigan, Jackson. Michigan 49201. (517) 788-2574 for a free copy Of Its application. Any person may review the application at Consumers' offices. The first public hearing In this matter will be held: DATE: November 6.

1990 This hearing will be a prehearing conference to set future hearing dates and decide other procedural matters. TIME: 9:00 AM Anti-Engler ad ignores complexities ArucCTrn Tlx, r- (11 men dug up a baby's body irom a cemetery so they could use the skull as a symbol for a club thev were forming, prosecutors said Tuesday. But police said the four dumped the remains of Rebecca Brecht shortly after in a gravel pit because they became frightened. Rebecca was 18 months old when she died of multiple injuries in 1972. Her mother was convicted of child neglect.

Ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges of disinterring a body were Jeffrey Brecht, 20, of Oxford, the girl's cousin; Donald Ward, 22, and Paul Light, 18, both of Oxford, and Thad Staley, 21, of Auburn Hills. state Homecoming king, queen are charged in vandalism WHITE CLOUD The homecoming king and queen and three other students at White Cloud High School are facing possible four-year prison terms after being charged with vandalizing 17 school buses. Arron Robinson, 18, and Melissa Fish, 17, were arraigned Monday on charges of malicious destruction of property. The students are accused of flattening tires on all but two of the district's 19 buses on Oct. 2 three days before the king and queen were named.

Repairs and a lost day of school cost the district about $13,000, officials said. The students have been suspended pending a special school board meeting. Most arrests after game at CMU were nonstudents MT. PLEASANT Forty-two of 60 arrests after a post-football game disturbance were nonstudents who flooded the college town looking for a party, authorities said. James Hill, a Central Michigan University vice-president, said fewer than half the estimated 2,500 people were students.

"They come out of the woodwork looking for any place that you can go to party," Hill said. Man sentenced in forgery on $150,000 loan paper KALAMAZOO The son of Gantos Inc. President L. Douglas Gantos Sr. was sentenced Monday to 10 months in a Detroit area community treatment center for forging a signature to obtain a $150,000 bank loan.

Leroy Douglas Gantos 30, of Northville also was ordered to repay money he owes to banks and other creditors. U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen suggested a cocaine habit might have led to the crime. The Detroit Police Department is seeking help from citizens in locating these three fugitives. Each week, the Free Press will profile at-large suspects.

This list was compiled by the Detroit Police Repeat Offender Program. Delano Tyrae Thomas Age: 21 Height: 5 feet 6 Weight: 145 pounds. Charged with: Open murder. About 8:10 a.m. Sept.

2, police went to an alley in the 8000 block of Edgewood and found the body of a 33-year-old woman. An investigation revealed the woman had been assaulted and strangled to death by Thomas, according to a 36th District Court warrant. Bobby Joe Pennington Age: 28 Height: 5 feet 7 Weight: 135 pounds. Distinguishing marks: No upper teeth; possibly has false teeth. Charged with: Assault with intent to murder, attempted rape.

Housing official charged with income tax fraud DETROIT The city's housing development coordinator was charged Tuesday with six counts of income tax fraud. Clarence White, 53, substantially underreported income-in 1984-86, U.S. Attorney Stephen Markman said. The source of the alleged unreported income was unclear, White also ran C.C. White Associates Inc.

from 1981-87, state records show. The federal indictment charges White filed false corporation income tax returns in 1984 and failed to file any company documents with the IRS in 1985-86. Appeals court reverses ruling on city bus access DETROIT The state Court of Appeals has reversed a jury verdict on behalf of handicapped bus riders that could have cost Detroit $2.1 million. Some handicapped people had sued the city on grounds it denied them full use of public buses by failing to buy and maintain wheelchair lifts. After a long trial, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury awarded damages to 18 plaintiffs.

But the appeals court said Tuesday that the plaintiffs' handicaps are not legally compensable. 3 teenagers wounded by shots fired from car DETROIT Shots fired from a car wounded three teenagers on the city's northwest side about 10 p.m. Tuesday, said Officer Thomas Martinelli, a police spokesman. He said a youth, 18, was shot in the right hip as the car, containing several people, drove along the 16200 block of Appoline. Moments later more shots were fired in the 16500 block, hitting a girl, 14, and a youth, 16, both in the right leg.

All three were in temporarily serious condition. Police knew of no motive. ilACOKB Lake Shore district voters approve millage renewal ST. CLAIR SHORES Lake Shore School District voters on Monday approved, a proposal to renew 26.74 mills and restore 4.21 mills for two years. The millage defeated in August will generate almost two-thirds of the district's budget.

Another defeat would have meant teacher layoffs and elimination of transportation, art, music and sports, Superintendent John Beleutz said. Pennington tried to rape a 13-year-old girl about 2 a.m. June 18 in the 12600 block of Hamburg, according to a 36th District Court warrant. When she resisted and screamed for help, Pennington stabbed the girl with a knife several times, seriously injuring her, the warrant says. Ronald Leon Barnes Age: 22 Height: 6 feet 2 Weight: 220 pounds.

Charged with: murder and use of a firearm during a felony. About 11 p.m. Sept. 10, 3 22-year-old man was eating in a restaurant in the 3000 block of South Fort. Barnes came in with another man, placed an order and got into an argument with the 22-year-old, according to a 36th District Court warrant.

After Barnes got his order, he threw his drink into the 22-year-old's face and a scuffle started, the warrant says. Barnes took out a gun and shot the man, fatally wounding him, the warrant says. Anyone with information about these individuals is asked to call Detroit Police at 1-800-752-1241 anytime. Associated Press Detroit Free Press U.S. Rep.

Bill Schuette at a Cobo Hall news conference Tuesday. term congressman is running as a Washington outsider. Levin also said he favors campaign finance reform to give challengers a better chance in their fight against incumbents. Levin, who leads Schuette in the polls, has raised $6.3 million compared to Schuette's $2.3 million, and the Scnuette camp said Levin was being hypocritical in calling for campaign finance changes to help challengers. Although Levin said he stayed in Washington to vote, no roll call votes had been taken in the Senate as of late afternoon.

Maybe it's best when John Engler doesn't show up at all." ANALYSIS: Blanchard has portrayed Engler as dangerous, unreliable. This is a cryptic image. As for the tax-relief votes cited, a 30-second ad ignores the complexities. Engler and Senate Republicans in 1985 and 1986 blocked Blanchard's plan to roll back the income tax, cut property taxes $140 million for homeowners and impose a tax on insurance companies and banks. Engler argued that the property tax cut was too small and unfair to businesses.

In 1987, Engler opposed a Blanchard property tax reduction plan, saying it was too small. He later voted against new taxes on insurance companies and banks to pay for an income tax cut. And in March, Engler opposed $39.5 million to pay for Blanchard's proposed property tax limit plan, saying it offered too little relief. By Chris Christoff McCree blazed legal trail Former President Jimmy Carter, who appointed Wade Hampton McCree Jr. solicitor general, called him "a true American hero." A Fisk and Harvard graduate, McCree be? gan practicing law in Detroit after serving Wade McCree Jr.

in World War II. In 1954, he was the first black judge appointed to Wayne County Circuit Court. He later served on the U.S. District Court in Detroit and the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

When he died in 1987, McCree, 67, was Lewis M. Simes law professor at the University of Michigan. He worked to increase black enrollment at Michigan colleges. the scholarship." The scholarships are financed from he universities' general funds. TO If i -illiA la: LOCATION: Michigan Public Service Commission 6545 Mercantile Way, Suite 7 Lansing, Michigan PARTICIPATION: Any Interested person may attend and participate.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing to consider Consumers' September 28, 1990 request to use a PSCR factor of $.00622 per kWh to compute Its retail electric customers' January 1991 through December 1991 bills. Consumers plans to use other factors as described below: 1 Consumers plans to use a PSCR factor of $.00232 per kWh if the Commission has not Issued Its decision on this request by December 31, 1990. 2. Consumers plans to use a PSCR factor of up to $.00622 per kWh if the Michigan Court of Appeals Issues a decision permitting collection of contractual average capacity charges for the Midland Cogeneratlon Venture. Consumers plans to use a PSCR factor of up to $.01584 per kWh if 3.

One in a series examining candidates' campaign commercials Candidate: Gov. James Blanchard, Democrat Office sought: Re-election Opponent: Senate Majority Leader John Engler, Republican Ad length: 30 seconds Schedule: Began airing statewide on TV Monday Paid for: Michigan Democratic Party Creator: Rothstein Inc. AUDIOVISUAL: A scrapbook appears. A man walks tov ard the state Capitol and begins to open the door. Album pages turn, showing Engler's voting record.

We hear: "Now, let's see what happens when John Engler does show up to vote. He voted against property tax relief in 1085, '86, "87 and '90. When Governor Blanchard tried to close tax loopholes for bank and insurance companies and use that money to help reduce property taxes, John Engler even voted against that. Pioneering students take places SCHOLARSHIP, from Page IB sities has consistently fallen short of their presence in the overall population. According to a 1989 report by the Washington-based American Council on Education, 28.1 percent of blacks between ages 18 and 24 are enrolled in college, compared to 38.1 percent of whites the same age and 30.9 percent of Hispanics.

The minority enrollment in Michigan's 15 public universities is about 12 percent. "It is going up slowly," said Judy Martin, assistant director of the state Office of Minority Equity. In the fall of 1987, only 8.5 percent of the students enrolled in the public colleges and universities were minorities. "The high cost is a major impediment for a lot of minority students." Washington, who plans to major in electrical engineering or math, said a full-tuition scholarship about $10,000 over four years for her is a great motivator. "It encouraged me to do even better in high school to get It receives the necessary approvals for the sale of Its Palisades nuclear plant In addition to a Michigan Court of Appeals decision as described above.

Any person wishing to Intervene and become a party to the case shall file an original and 15 copies of a Petition to Intervene with this Commission by November 1. 1990. The Proof of Service shall Indicate service upon Consumers' Attorney, Mr. Frank R. Knox, 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201.

Any person who Intends to Intervene and become a party to this case may begin formal discovery, If desired, of Consumers Immediately. A member of the public who wishes to make a statement of position without becoming a party to the case, may participate by filing an appearance. To file the appearance, you must attend the hearing and advise the presiding Administrative Law Judge of your wish to make a statement of position. A copy of Consumers' request may also be reviewed at the office of the Commission's Executive Secretary, 6545 Mercantile Way, Lansing, Michigan, and at the offices of Consumers Power Company, 212 West Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan. For more Information on how to participate In a case, you may contact the Commission at the above address or by telephone at (517) (800) 292-9555 or TDD (800) 443-8926.

The Utility Consumer Representation Fund aids In the representation of residential utility customers In energy hearings. Contact the Chairperson, Utility Consumer Participation Board, Department of Management and Budget, PO Box 30026, Lansing, Michigan 48909, for more Information. The Commission has Jurisdiction pursuant to 1909 PA 300. as amended, MCLA 462.2 et seq; 1919 PA 419, as 'amended, MCLA 460.51 et seq; 1939 PA 3. as amended, MCLA 460.1 et seq; 1982 PA 304, MCLA 460.

6h et seq; 1969 PA 306. as amended, MCLA 24.201 et seq; and the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1979 Administrative Code, 460.11 et seq. "CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY HAS REQUESTED THE POWER SUPPLY COST RECOVERY FACTORS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE. THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY APPROVE, REJECT OR AMEND THOSE FACTORS." Consumers Power POWERING PROCRCSS 839-E MICHIGAN'S.