The Holland Evening Sentinel from Holland, Michigan • Page 14

PAGE SIX THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1972 Court Told School Tax Not Equal LANSING (UPD--The Michigan Supreme Court was told Tuesday the state's current method of financing public schools favors rich school districts over poor ones and should be declared unconstitutional. The contention by assistant attorney general Eugene Krasicky came during oral arguments on a suit filed by Gov. William G. Milliken and Attorney General Frank J. Kelley which seeks to eliminate the use of local property taxes for school operations.

Krasicky, Kelley's expert on school matters, said the local property tax has produced a wide variation in the number of dollars available in each school district for the education of children. He said school expenditures for students run from as low as $541 per pupil up $1,427 per pupil. Krasicky was joined by several intervening attorneys in arguing his case, including Elwood Hain, a member of the Wayne State University law school facility who was representing a group of parents from several out state school districts. "The question," Hain said, whether the state can be allowed to set up a system where the amount of money spent on education is a question of wealth," Hain said the Constitution guarantees each child the right to a quality education and the current setup soes not provide that. An attorney for the Dearborn School District, one of the defendants in the suit, said the constitution does not require an equally good education for everyone, but rather just promises basic education.

"The equal protection guarantee in the Constitution does not mean each defendant must be represented by F. Lee Bailey or Louis Nizer," said William Saxton. "The constitutional guarantee of education is for a basic education." Before the court could rule in the suit before it, he said, "the court would have to know what is basic quality education. They (Million and Kelley) are asking the court to delve into a field not capable of judicial measurement--educational quality." Saxton said the suit represented "the simplistic view that quality of education is measured in dollars." He said many other nonmonetary factorh must be taken into consideration in judging the education offered by a school. Justice Thomas E.

Brennan asked Krasicky at one point what he wanted the court to do to replace the current setup if it found it unconstituional. "Isn' it essential to the success of a lawsuit that there be some judicial remedy to what you seek?" he asked. Krasicky said the court is being asked to "take a good look at the system and declare it is unfair under the United States and Michigan constitutions. The remedy for the situation lies with the legislature." Once the court has found the current system unfair, it should give the legislature a chance to rectify it before going any further, he said, conceding that "ultimately there may be need" for the court to do more if the legislature fails to act. Laughs Off Reports WARSAW (UPD--Cuban Pre- i mier Fidel a today i laughed off reports he had i suffered a heart attack.

i Cooper For Prosecutor BRIGHTON (LTD--Livingston attorney Dale Cooper has announced plans to seek i the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney. Puts Sights (Continued from page 1.) i showing by Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, who had done no campaigning in the I state. He finished a close i second with about 30 per cent of the vole and Humphrey trailed with about a quarter of the vote.

The remaining votes were scattered. McGovern and Wallace split the state's 18 'delegate votes, each getting I nine. i Rep. Paul W. McCloskey, R- who dropped out of the primaries after winning only 20 per cent of the vote in New i Hampshire in March, won his first convention delegate by polling 6 per cent of the New Mexico vote in the GOP primary.

Nixon won 89 per cent and 5 per cent of the Republicans voted for neither, in effect casting blank ballots. Twenty-five Democrats and eight Republicans competed for their parties' nominations to succeed Democratic Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, who is retiring after a Washington career that stretches back to the New Deal. The winners were unknown early today.

New Jersey McGovern edged out Humphrey narrowly for the seven Democratic delegates elected at-large but cleaned up in most of the 21 counties which elected the remaining 102 delegates. The McGovern camp claimed he would wind up with 80 delegates. Humphrey counted on support from 17 successful uncommited delegates plus four Humphrey men. Liberal Republican Sen. Clif- ford P.

Case, considered virtually unbeatable, won re- nomination for a fourth term against James W. Ralph, a Vietnam war hero. Democrats nominated former Rep. Paul J. Krebs to oppose Case in a four- man race.

Rep. Dominick V. Daniels, defeated a a who claimed his indictment last May resulted from an FBI plot to defame him. Redistricting threw the two incumbents into one district. In a North Jersey district with a 52 per cent black majority, Rep.

Peter W. Rodino, who is white, easily won renomination for a 13th term against three black opponents. South Dakota--Uncontested, McGovern won his home state's 17 delegates. Freshman Rep. James Abou- rezk, easily won the Democratic Senate nomination for the seat being vacated by Sen.

Karl Mundt, 72, who has been absent from the Capitol since suffering a stroke 2Va years ago. No Republican won the 35 per cent needed for the GOP Senate nomination so the issue will be decided by a convention. Former state Sen- Robert Hirsch led with 28 per cent in a field of five. Montana--Metcalf easily won renomination for a third term. His opponent appeared to be state Sen.

Henry Hibbard. VAN DUREN Tailors COLLEGE at 9th Ph. 292-9788 Mississippi--Eastland, 67, easily defeated two opponents for renomination to a sixth six-year term, campaigning on the claim that as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee he helped make the Supreme Court less liberal. Meredith won only 20 per cent of the vote in his attempt to win the GOP nomination to oppose Eastland. The winner of the state's first Republican Senate primary was Gil Carmichael, 44, a Meridian business leader.

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