Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 11

LocalState Jennifer Carroll City Editor Lansing State Journal Tuesday, July 18, 1989 Page 1B Southeast city residents seek relief from sewer woes But residents voiced concern for about 250 houses in an area bounded by Potter Park and by Mount Hope and Pennsylvania avenues. McCaffery said he could not predict the impact of the research park on the sewer system because details about its water use are not known. The sewage interceptor system in question, which serves a third of the city, is not overloaded, he emphasized. When it rains heavily, the old, overtaxed combined sewer system than to keep sewage out of people's basements." Howard McCaffery, city public service director, said more than $100 million worth of improvements have been made to Lansing's sewer system in the past eight years, when projects could, qualify for federal funding. Another improvement is scheduled for next spring that will correct a sewer overflow problem caused by poor soil conditions for about 40 homes in the Sunnyside Avenue area, he said.

area residents complained that sewers overflowed during recent rains. The MSU project on Collins Road at Forest Road within city limits is expected to be approved soon by the university's board of trustees. City Council President Jim Blair said the homeowners' concerns will be taken up by the Physical Development Committee. When the council approved rezoning for the research park last month, the issue of sewer capacity was not raised. Blair said he did not know how seriously the council would address the moratorium request "We had a situation where a 20-year storm caused this problem," he said of the flooding.

"We can't build a system to handle that. "Do you stop all development in your community because of that?" Councilwoman Alfreda Schmidt, who lives in the affected area, said correcting the problem may be expensive. "But I can't think of anything more important sometimes backs up into houses and overflows into the Grand and Red Cedar rivers. The problem cannot be corrected without redoing the sewer system at a cost of well over $100 million, McCaffery said. Most older urban areas face the same dilemma.

The state Department of Natural Resources has given Lansing until December 1991 to come up with a sewer correction plan and a way of footing the gigantic bill. By CHRIS GOLEMBIEWSKI Lansing State Journal Southeast Lansing residents, frustrated about basements recently flooded with sewage water, demanded Monday that the City "Council freeze construction until the sewer system is improved. About 10 homeowners questioned the impact on the city's combined storm-sanitary sewer system of Michigan State University's proposed 112-acre high-tech research park. The Potter Park Bandit copycat hinted donated By SUE NICHOLS Lansing State Journal CHARLOTTE Martin David Daughenbaugh's attorney said his client is no saint, but he's not the man who committed the Blue Bandit-style armed robbery of a Delta Township gas station. The woman who stared down the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun the mnrnino nf firt Lansina State JournalROD SANFORD Set extra Kelle Kiger of Vermontville watches Lansing drifter who died in Lansing with more than $250,000 actor Marion Stutes portray Howard Drummond, a stashed away in banks across the country.

Drummond- story filmed 'Unsolved Mysteries' looks at wealthy drifter's life By ROBERT BURNS Associated Press President Bush's plan for cleaning up the nation's air is unlikely to meet its goal of eliminating unhealthy levels of urban smog by the year 2000, the main author of a report to Congress said Monday. The report by the Office of Technology Assessment, which advises Congress on scientific issues, said even if all known methods of pollution control are used, many cities will remain above federal limits for smog-causing ozone by the end of the century. It said residents of the most polluted cities Los Angeles, New York and Houston may live with unhealthy levels of smog for at least 20 more years. About 100 cities containing half the nation's population don't comply with ozone limits, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Three are in Michigan: Grand Rapids, Detroit and Muskegon, said Michael Koerber, EPA regional meteorologist in Chicago.

Bush said last month in proposing a sweeping revision of the 1 970 Clean Air Act that his measures would mean that most of the cities in violation of ozone limits could gain compliance by 1995. The president said all cities would be within the limits by the end of the century. The Office of Technology Assessment study, which started two years ago, did not specifically analyze the Bush proposal, but Robert Friedman, the report's main author, told a news conference the administration's forecast was probably too rosy. "I don't see how they're going to do it," he said, "i hope we are wrong and they are right, but I fear tht will not be the case." He said earlier that between 30 and 45 cities probably will be in violation of the ozone standard by the year 2000, even if all available anti-pollution technologies are used. Among these are Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston, Baltimore and St.

Louis. The report did not include a complete list of cities and their prospects for compliance. Ozone forms when hydrocarbons from car exhaust and other sources mix in sunlight with nitrogen oxides released by the burning of fossil fuels such as petroleum. Ozone is beneficial in the upper atmosphere, where it filters the sun's rays. But closer to the ground, it-turns into smog that some scientists believe can cause permanent lung damage by limiting the lungs' ability to ward off infection.

The OTA study said that each year, about 21 million people are exposed during outdoor exercise to ozone levels above the federal standard, each of them for about nine hours a year, on average. About one-quarter of these people live in Los Angeles. "Though experts disagree about the level of danger that ozone actually poses to the population, a large portion of the American people live in places where ozone concentrations far exceed those known to be completely safe," the study said. The White House is expected to unveil later this week full details of its clean air which was announced June 12 in outline form. Friedman said lack of detail in the original administration plan made it impossible to fully explain why Bush believed more gains against urban smog are possible than foreseen in the OTA study.

The Environmental Protection Agency said in a written response to the Office of Technology Assessment study that it did not take into account the administration's assumption that state and local governments would take their own anti-pollution measures to supplement the federal measures. By COLLEEN GEHOSKI Lansing State Journal The ghostly specter of Howard Drummond made an appearance Monday at his usual downtown hangout. No, it wasn't a paranormal phenomenon. It was Lansing actor Marion Stutes paid by the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries" to recreate the life of the 77-year-old ii fro i- wYt HioH in Daughenbaugh 24, 1988, emo tionally told the jury she's sure Daughenbaugh was the man clad in blue who robbed her. The first armed robbery trial began Monday for Daughenbaugh, 25.

He's suspected of being the Blue Bandit who terrorized the area with armed robberies between July 1988 and Jan. 19, 1989. iDaughenbaugh already has been convicted in Eaton County of assault with intent to rob while armed, possessing a firearm while committing a felony, possession of -less than 25 grams of cocaine, and being a habitual offender. Sentencing is set for Aug. 3.

He also faces eight other armed robbery charges in Ingham County. Ins the current tiral, he is ac-, cused of robbing the Speedway Service Station at Creyts Road and Saginaw Highway of about $1,700. He also is charged with using a firearm a sawed-off 20-gauge shotgun while committing a felony. The maximum penalty for armed robbery is life in prison. His attorney, Eugene Bennett, told the jury that while Daughenbaugh did commit some Blue Bandit robberies, the Speedway robbery was committed by a criminal copying his style.

"I'm not nominating this guy as Chamber of Commerce man of the year or Boy Scout of the year," Bennett said. "But this is a classic case of mistaken identity, and it would be a crime to convict an innocent man when the real perpetrator is out there laughing at the justice system." Bennett hacked at witnesses' testimony in which some descriptions of the robber, his weapon and clothing were different from Daughenbaugh and the sawed-off shotgun, blue hooded sweatshirt and blue duffel bag found in a safe in his Eaton Rapids home. Bennett said Speedway assistant manager Shelly Farrar described the robber as 6 feet tall, 145 to 150 pounds. Daughenbaugh is 6 feet 4 jnches tall and weighs about 190. But Eaton County Prosecutor G.

Michael Hocking said crime victims often err in descriptions. Farrar said she had no doubt Daughenbaugh was the man who robbed her, even though the robber wore a stocking over his head. She said the robbery has left psychological scars. "I had to quit my job. I tried to give two weeks notice and couldn't do it," she said.

"It's still hard to stand in line to pay for gas. I sometimes feel I wouldn't even be safe behind bars." The trial continues today before did. "No one seems to know why he lived as he did," said Lisa Lorraine Whiting, a WKAR employee hired as a production assistant for the show. "This man could have had a much better standard of living and he didn't" The crew will be in Lansing through Wednesday, filming at the downtown U.S. Post Office and recreating his room at the YMCA.

The segment is set to run sometime in the late fall on NBC. The show hopes to find close relatives who are heirs to his fortune. A date has not been set. Since news of the money spread, hundreds of people have claimed to be Drummond's relatives. Two second cousins, both of Texas, appear to have the strongest ties.

Lansing Lawyer Paul Rosenbaum has been researching Drummond's assets and is convinced Drummond had more money in yet-undiscovered bank accounts. Items in Drummond's YMCA room include a key to a safe deposit box that does not match locks in local banks. Rosenbaum has already has appeared on "A Current Affair," a the Fox television program hosted by Maury Povich which looks into offbeat news stories and is seen in 7.2 million households each week. January with almost Drummond $250,000 stashed in bank accounts across the United States. Dressed in a dusty green suit and a white wig, Stutes recreated Drummond's morning routine buying three breakfasts at Pico De Plata, 208 S.

Washington Ave. Drummond lived like a pauper in the Lansing YMCA before he died Jan. 28. His lank frame in filthy clothes was a familiar sight in the downtown area. After his death, it was discovered he had more than $250,000 stashed in nine banks from Denver to Boston.

The cast and crew from "Unsolved Mysteries" hopes to find some answers about why Drummond lived the way he "Unsolved Mysteries" director Keva Rosenfeld shows actor Marion Stutes how to play a scene. Film crews worked Monday outside Lansing's Pico de Plata restaurant. Mason residents cheer for local rescue service Mercy will leave." The public hearing capped a dispute that started when Ingham' County Sheriff Gene worth ordered county dispatchers to send out Mercy ambulances. The turf war came to a head June 22 when a Mercy paramedic vide business between the two companies. "It's going to happen." Thompson and Councilwoman Kathy Dean argued that government had no right to interfere in free enterprise.

"Do we as a legislative body have the right to stop free enterprise?" Dean asked. "I don't think for monopoly." But free enterprise didn't mean much to the residents who came to the public hearing. They wanted to keep long-time resident Archy Ammermann in business. "This is not just a testimonial of how nice Archy is," Mason resident Maxime Bazzy said. "He'll be Lansing Mercy Ambulance Service already has filed a lawsuit demanding 50 percent of the business in Mason.

A hearing before Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Stell has not been set. "I hope you're ready for the law-suits," Councilman Michael Thompson warned the council af By COLLEEN GEHOSKI Lansing State Journal MASON About 150 residents here clapped and cheered Monday as the city council voted to continue having Mason Area Ambulance Service sent to emergency calls. How long it will last, no one Circuit Judge Hudson Deming, viituu iiuujun See RESCUE, Page 3B knows. luiuwa. there.

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Current Ms. Lansing is not winning the city over Obviously, she impressed the judges, but "Ms. Lan- She did show up for one local event the Fourth of "Since the winner will be a sp sing," 21-year-old TamiStange, isn't winning any pop- I I July parade. That's when she informed Adams she convention bureau," he said, "thei "Since the winner will be a convention bureau," he said, "there spokesperson for the is an emphasis on. finding somebody with speaking ability." was going south for the rest of the summer.

ularity contests with her on-stage behavior. Actually, I kind of shocked," said C.L. Adams, whose agency Jrl J0HN SCHNEIDER Adams' Professional Modeling and rinismng bcnooi, 01 iiasieu hplnprl snnnmr the nnopant Stanpe won in May. This year there were 1 1 contestants. Adams said he knew nothing about Stange beyond; the information she provided on her application as a contestant.

She said she was a native of Grand Blanc and was: studying interior design at Michigan State University. But the registrar's office at MSU has no evidence that; Tami Stange was ever enrolled at MSU. Adams, apparently an eternal optimist, is still waiting for a reasonable explanation for the whole affair. "I keep hoping," he said, "that she'll call and say there were some misunderstandings, but that she: plans to return to Lansing and take care of The title came with about $3,500 "I told her she was expected to be here for certain events," Adams said. "She said she would fly back to Lansing for each event.

I told her that could get pretty expensive." Adams' arguments didn't sway Stange, but she did promise to contact him as soon as she got settled. He's still waiting to hear from her. Adams, who has been a pageant sponsor for 10 years, said nothing like this has ever happened before. Ms. Lansing, he explained, is chosen by a panel of five judges on the basis of her poise, personality and appearance.

The other sponsor of the pageant is local radio station WFMK. worth of prizes, plus certain obliga tions, one of which was to hang around Lansing during her one-year reign at least some of the time to represent the city at local conventions and other events. concerned, is that Ms. Lansing is spending all her time in Florida these days. Why Florida, we can't say.

We tried to reach her for a comment but she left no forwarding address with the pageant sponsor. Stange The problem, as far as Adams is.