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23 The Herald-Palladium, Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, Michigan, Sunday, January 30, 1992 REGIONPLUS 'Buy American' push uinsettles civil rights 'I'm worried that we are crossing the line from economic protectionism into national and racial prejudice Richard Lobenthal, B'nai B'rith leader "It was just a spontaneous thing," she said. "We see so much unhappiness as a result of unemployment. I didn't want him to lose his job and I was thinking about the jobs of our autoworkers Alexander Zelikov had asked to be able to test drive as part of his work with a suburban Detroit supplier of automotive clutches. "And I said, 'If you drive only American cars, I'll let you do Gage said.

"It was a busy day and Lobenthal said recent speeches by President Bush and Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca "have fanned the flames protectionist chauvinism. This is a very dangerous drift We did this in World War IL" said Lobenthal, when Americans of Japanese descent were detained and their property confiscated. Last week, an Oakland County judge agreed to reinstate a South-field speeder's license but only if he limits on-the-job test driving to "American-produced vehicles." if she had said go out and dye your hair red, white and blue. Anybody who's unpopular and looks different is becoming a sitting duck." Gage said no harm was meant by the order and that she was only considering the economy.

Blossomtime hopefuls Patients feel good about SH Hospital 1 Cheryl Williams photo BARODA CONTESTANTS: These are the contestants for the 1992 Miss Baroda Blossom Queen Contest scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday at Pebblewood Country Club in Bridgman. They are (from left): seated, Kristen Harmsen, Danielle Bowers, Kelly Schultz and Rebecca Wood; standing, Jennifer Lincoln, Sonja Kaskens, Mindy Winters, MelissaJTullandTncia Bern Drug suspect finally caught everybody in the courtroom just kind of chuckled." Gage acknowledged she doesn't know what an "American" car exactly means since many domestic models contain foreign-manufactured The Free Press said it could not reach Zelikov for comment. But Howard Simon, Michigan director of the ACLU, said he thought Zelikov and his employer had grounds for appealing the decision. "If the judge was aiming to fit the punishment to the crime, she missed," Simon said.

Of the 2,000 or so patients who have responded to the survey, 93.17 percent said they would recommend the hospital to a friend or relative. the ability to manage more acutely ill patients," said Joann Urbanski, vice president of patient care services. "This required an upgrade in our monitoring equipment" Also at the meeting, it was announced that obstetriciangynecologist Brian Bell has signed a contract to begin working in South Haven in July. Dr. Bell is currently in Norfolk, Va.

Bell will be working with the South Haven Family Physician group, which includes Drs. Richard Allen, David Liscow and Susan Heinrich. Bell will be South Haven's second obgyn specialist, according to Charley Soukup, the hospital's vice president of marketing and development The meeting was the first for new hospital board member Sue Manning, who replaced Bonnie Hover as one of the representatives from Arlington Township. Manning and her husband, Harold, own a professional property assessment company. The Mannings have three grown children and live on Scott Lake.

Twfe, name First Resnnrrp Pi) they had received information that in Bozeman. held in the Yellowstone County jail arranged to transport him to Michigan contend McGehee led a conspiracy tons of marijuana into the Midwest late 1970s and early 1980s. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A man described by authorities in Michigan and Indiana as the kingpin in an international drug smuggling operation remains in a Montana jail awaiting extradition. William Herman McGehee, 44, agreed late Wednesday to return to Michigan and face two federal indictments.

McGehee was arrested Tuesday without incident in Bozeman. He had been a federal fugitive since the mid-1980s. Circuit Judge Hilda Gage's order was criticized by the president of the county American Civil Liberties Union chapter. "It's just irrelevant and outrageous," said Elsa Shartsis. "It's as porations, including the Big Three automakers.

Most of the rest was a commitment from the state, which since has slashed nearly all arts funding. Volpe said the state likely will supply debt retirement money over no less than five years, but the future of state operating subsidies is bleak. This year, that meant the loss of $2.5 million. "We have to go back to community one more Volpe said. "Our budget has been basically same size for three years, and that's something no other symphony of this stature can say.

"If we made any further cuts of any size, it would change the artistic quality and change the product and we're not willing to do that," Volpe said. The target of the fund-raising this time is smaller companies, individuals and foundations. The orchestra's goal is to pay all its bills and reduce its debt to $5.9 million by the' end of fiscal 1992. Last year, it eliminated 12 positions, or 18 percent of its office staff and reduced the number of performances from 232 to 214. Volpe said recognition of the 97-member symphony as a Detroit and Michigan goodwill ambassador to the nation and the world could pry open some wallets.

"Detroit is perceived as needing winners in more than just the sports area," Volpe said. "Part of what we're seeing is people supporting that I'm optimistic in a guarded sense, but we have a real challenge in front of us." A FBI agents said McGehee might be He was ordered until U.S. marshals Grand Rapids, Mich. Authorities in that imported during the By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The push to "Buy American" should be monitored to make sure racism doesn't become entangled in efforts to revive the economy, Michigan civil rights officials say. "Fm worried that we are crossing the fine from economic protectionism into national and racial prejudice," Richard Lobenthal, Michigan regional director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, told the Detroit Free Press in today's editions.

Economy saps blood donations DETROIT CAP) The sluggish economy that has led to thousands of layoffs has translated to a decline in blood donors, leaving supplies dangerously low throughout Michi-; gan, officials say. "We prepare for and expect a fal- loff in donors in the summer and around the holidays," Red Cross spokesman Mark Cornillie said Wednesday. "But we should be into strong and increasing inventories right now, and we're not" as a result, me nea uross sent a letter or cauuon weanesaay to tu southeast Michigan hospitals, asking them to do whatever possi- ble to minimize blood usaee. The Red Cross' Southeast Michigan region had just 952 pint units of red blood cells on hand Wednesday, compared with 3,875 units at this time a year ago. That doesn't take into account the shortage of certain types of blood, such as O-positive, carried by 38 percent of the population.

Just 92 units of O-positive were available for the 4.3 million people in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw and St Clair counties, Cornillie said. The Detroit supply would last about a half a day in an emergency. The minimum goal is a three-day supply. The state's other regions in Lansing and Flint each had about a lV2-day supply, Cornillie said. He said the floundering economy appears to be to blame.

The region's mobile units used to be able to count on 200 or more units being donated at a factory blood drive. Now, a drive may net 25 to 30 units, if a plant will allow remaining workers the time off to donate at all Thirty-nine percent of all donations come from industry. Things were so bad Sunday night, Cornillie said, that the '20 units the Red Cross in Detroit sent to an accident victim in Port Huron had to be replaced with an emergency shipment of 30 units, sent by taxi from Flint "If we go into the summer with supplies the way they are now, I can't even say what's going to hap-, pen," he said. "If this was a company, and we were talking about parts inventory, I'd say we'd shut down. You hate to panic people, but that's what we're looking at" A year ago, with America involved in the Persian Gulf War, people were regularly offering their blood.

"People were willing to donate for a perceived need last year, but they're not willing to donate for their fellow neighbor this year," Cornillie said. To schedule an appointment to donate blood at one of 10 centers in Southeast Michigan can call 313-494-2800 or 1-800-582-4383. To organize a blood drive, call 313-494-2790. Warmus wants past stricken WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. CAP) -Carolyn Warmus' lawyer has asked the judge to strike a comment made by her former lover whose wife she is accused of killing that alluded to her history of troubled relations with men.

Paul Solomon testified Wednesday that early in their passionate affair, Warmus told him about a relationship she had had with a married bartender. It was the first time in either her first murder trial, which ended last April in a deadlocked jury that there has been mention in court of the Franklin, Mich, native's romantic past Published reports have detailed Warmus' romantic fixations on at least two other men before she met Solomon. But Westchester Countv Judge John Carey ruled last year that nothing of her past relations with men could be raised by prosecutors. Warmus, 28, is accused of firing nine shots at Betty Jeanne Solomon on Jan. 15, 1989, in the Solomons' Greenburgh apartment The prosecution claims she was obsessed with Solomon, whom she had met at an elementary school where they both taught Detroit Symphony has hopeful tune By ANDREW LERSTEN H-P South Haven Bureau SOUTH HAVEN A survey of South Haven Community Hospital patients shows a high level of satisfaction with the hospital services.

Hospital board member John reported the survey results at the hospital board meeting earlier this week. Of the 2,000 or. so patients who have responded to the survey, 93.17 percent said they would recommend the hospital to a friend or relative. The survey information is useful as part of the hospital's quality management program, VerBeek said. "We need to monitor how well we are meeting the needs of our patients," he said.

Reported satisfaction levels were broken down as follows by major service categories: inpatient services, 97.67 percent; surgical services, 94.29 percent; outpatient services, 94.07 percent; and emergency services, 90.07 percent In other matters, the board approved the purchase of a new $134,333 cardiac monitoring system for the hospital's intensive care unit from the California-based com-. pany Space Labs. The upgraded monitoring equipment will be installed next month, and the current ICU monitors will be moved to other hospital departments such as the surgical and cardiopulmonary departments. "The utilization of beds in our ICU has doubled and we now have J) Ij HI llffv FIRST RESOURCE I I II i I I I I I UNION ILfidl Ife DETROIT (AP) With a deficit and the loss of its state subsidy, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is by no means financially healthy. But compared with three years ago, the world-renowned orchestra has reason for guarded optimism.

Consider the DSO: Had 45 sellout concerts for the season ending last May, twice as many as the previous season. Increased subscriptions for the current season by about 20 percent over last season. Issued two compact discs under music director Neeme JarvL The first rose to No. 12 on the Billboard classical music charts during a 13-week run. Another disc is due out in February.

Had its Dick Cavett-hosted radio program carried on 400 stations nationwide, including the top 25 Arbitral markets. Not bad for an orchestra that nearly folded in 1989 under the weight of $8.4 million in accumulated debt "I don't want to suggest the recession hasn't hurt us," DSO executive director Mark Volpe said Wednesday. "When General Motors had that announcement in December, we saw it in the daily sales." GM announced Dec. 18 that it would close 21 plants and eliminate 74,000 jobs by 1994. It was Chrysler Corp.

Vice Chairman Robert S. Miller who spearheaded the $.18.2 million fund-raising drive that saved the symphony. Nearly $10 million of that came from Michigan's largest cor hirlpool Community Federal Credit Union has a new Federal Credit Union. And, while nothing else changes about the way we serve our members, an event like this is worth celebrating. After all, look what it did for Roy Rogers.

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