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1 etooit wtt Stress Today's Chuckle A Texan is always the guy who doesn't know whose picture is on a $1 bill. THE SECOND FRONT PAGE Page 3, Section A Thursday, January 30, 1975 A Lost Paradise But people like State Rep. Philip O. Mastin D-Hazel Park, say land-use legislation must be passed in America. "The opposition of people like the Michigan Association of Home Builders to land-use legislation is natural," says Mastin, the leading legislative champion of land planning.

"They talk a good line: They say that they want to protect the rights of local government. "But actually they are used to dealing with local government that has no rights. Face it, when they're dealing with local officials in a place that has no zoning, the builders can get anything they want." Mastin is hopeful that land-use legislation will fare better in the new session of the Legislature than it has in the past: "We have a group of people in both parties who are much more open-minded about this kind of iegislation. "At the very least, I don't foresee any effort at all to stifle the bill in committee this time around." Mastin's bill calls for a mix of state and local planning that would be applicable only to limited "critical" land areas and uses. Gov.

Milliken's recent State of the State message to the Please turn to Page 4A, Col. 3 Last of fire articles BY JIM SCHUTZE Free Press Staff Writer In July 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, the French essayist, traveled on horseback from Detroit to Saginaw both then frontier villages and recorded for all time a stirring vision of delicate meadows and throbbing forest: "We entered a thick forest through which a fine road has been cut We went through some delightful openings, like English gardens where nature has paid all the expenses we arrived at Pontiac at eight o'clock in the evening 20 very clean and very pretty houses well furnished shops, a transparent stream, a clearing of a league square and the everlasting forest all around." All that is gone now, after almost a century' and a half of development. Today, if present trend continue, that same area will receive even more extensive development in the coming decades as will many parts of Michigan, including its forests. SO FAR, ALL OF Michigan's efforts to plan for the explosive growth hovering on the horizon have come to almost zero. Real estate and development people generally oppose land use legislation, saying the industry can regulate itself.

New Curbs On Land Use Face Struggle PRETTYING PARK Landsciipe Arcliilecl Sludy Belle Isle Face-Lid Potential THE FRIENDS OF BELLE ISLE and the Junior Leagues of Birmingham and Detroit finally raised last week the $50,000 to hire a landscape architect to redesign Belle Isle. A Vermont group, Dan Kiley and Partners, has been retained for the three-month study. Kiley will be in Detroit this weekend to look at the 980-acre Detroit River park. The plan will be turned over to the Detroit Recreation Department which can do with it as it wants. Mayor Young has pledged to spend $10 million over the next beveral years to improve the park.

Kiley did the original landscape architecture for the Civic Center several years ago. Almost Didn't Make It "FOR A GUY who almost kicked the bucket, I feel pretty good," says Lou. Gordon, home now recuperating from his nearly month-long stay in Sinai Hospital for pneumonia. Gordon, 54, and IS pounds lighter, said his doctor told him he almost went for that big interview in the sky. Gordon says he hopes to resume his Channel 50 talk show chair March 2.

Brownies with Soul THE. COMMUNITY RELATIONS section of the Wayne County Intermediate School District sent brownies to certain reporters around town this week. They were called soul food cookies "a mincemeat brownie prepared with a special protein-based form of chit-ling." The gimmick was to drum up interest for a "Soul Food Day" at a school district cafeteria. 'tf' It t.U SA' iMajorily Hides Doctor Quits In Dispute On Insurance BY DOLORES KATZ Free Press Medical Writer The chief of orthopedic surgery at Detroit General Hospital says he will resign and will no longer treat patients after Saturday because he can't get malpractice insurance. "I won't go in the front door of Detroit General," said Dr.

L. James Roy, one of five orthopedic surgeons who make up the full-time orthopedic staff at the hospital. "My practice must be confined to office practice only, and I don't know what that's going to be, because I'm a surgeon. "I can evaluate patients, but as far as real treatment, HI have to make sure they see another orthopedic surgeon." ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY involves the treatment of disorders of the bones and joints. In addition to treating patients at Detroit General and Harper, Dr.

Roy also taught orthopedics to Detroit General surgical students as an assistant professor of Wayne State University's medical school. After Saturday, Dr. Roy said, he will no longer teach students at Detroit General either. Dr. Roy, 45, has been notified by his insurance company that his policy, which costs $4,100 a year, will not be renwed when it expires this Saturday.

THE DETROIT URBAN LEAGUE polled 10 cities last year to find out what their teacher residency requirements were. The Detroit Board of Education Tuesday dropped its plan to make teachers live in Detroit. The Urban League found that nine of the 10 cities don't have requirements. Philadelphia was the only city that did. The Other Side of Saving THE STEADY ANNUAL GROWTH in gasoline consump tion by Michigan motorists was reversed in 1974.

Last year 203 million fewer gallons of gas were used than in 1973. That's a 4.7 percent drop and it means that there is $18.5 million less in fuel tax funds to build and maintain increasingly expensive roads and highways. "tAriH4 I. atiiori urn'Ki-1 iminiii'mirinn rinrfMi-r Forecast: Scattered Feathers Between the winds that whipped around downtown Detroit Wednesday and a chicken's flight to freedom, this unidentified man almost lost his purchases while waiting for a bus. He was transporting five chickens in two plastic bags when winds that gusted up to 58 miles an hour knocked a bag out of his hand and onto the street.

One chicken made a brief attempt to escape, (right) but was dumped back into the bag (below) in time for his owner to catch his bus. Free Press Photos by IRA ROSENBERG wwweiiwriflltwMt, I A -my. Woman Quits Top Rec Job After Dispute BY WILLIAM MITCHELL AND ELLEN GRZECH Free Press Staff Writers The director of Detroit's Recreation Department resigned under pressure Wednesday during a meeting with Mayor Young. Mary Williams, 43, who was appointed to the post last July by the mayor, confirmed reports of her resignation Wednesday night but declined to comment on her reasons. Deputy Mayor William Beckham acknowledged that both Young and Mrs.

Williams had been upset with each other's performance in office, but he refused to cite specific examples. Beckham said Mrs. Williams' resignation is the first of several which the mayor will seek in his shake-up and reshuffle of department heads and other appointees. "The mayor has said he put A REGINS TODAY of kin of deceased state veterans will not be available until early spring, the military af-lairs department said. About 80 percent of the some 422.000 veterans believed eligible for the bonus are ex- 1 tit A i iV lSt Ail nected to apply this year.

Veterans or their beneficiaries will have until 1980 to apply. The Red Cross has an-ncunced plans to help veterans Please turn to Page 10A, Col. 1 The company, Medical Protective of Ft. Wayne, has insured Dr. Roy for 11 years, and is the largest malpractice insurer in Michigan, with 4,700 doctor clients.

Like other malpractice insurance companies. Medical Protective is cutting back on the number and kinds of doctors it insures because of the increasing number of malpractice suits being filed by patients. Surgeons and anesthesiologists, who have more suits filed against them than any other group of doctors, are finding it particularly difficult to get and keep malpractice insurance. According to the Michigan State Medical Society, an estimated 500 medical students who will complete their training this June will be unahle to enter practice in Michigan because insurance companies are not issuing policies to any new doctors here. On Tuesday, Dr.

Roy and nine other orthopedic surgeons met with an official of the slate insurance commission and asked him to call Medical Protective and request an extension of Dr. Roy's policy. The group included Dr. William Fulgenzi, an orthopedic surgeon at St. John's Hospital who will lose his malpractice insurance in February.

Medical Protective refused the request. The company has offered to give Dr. Roy a lim-i policy that provides S75.000 yearly coverage, but such coverage is considered inadequate in light of the large settlements awarded by juries. A NUMBER of groups, including the state bar of Michi-g a the Michigan State Please turn to Page 7A, Col. 1 NEWSMAN Dean Miller: He wants more time with his family.

I 3 $9s- 4 State Taking Vets' Applications some round pegs in square holes," Beckham said, "and this may be an example of that." YOUNG'S appointment of Mrs. Williams, who previously had been one of the department's leading critics, was hailed by community leaders who insisted the department needed imaginative, aggressive leadership. But several of Young's aides and advisers have charged privately lately that she has been "too abrasive" and has not been an effective administrator. Mrs. Williams has insisted that she has been only as aggressive and demanding as the job requires.

Ray Ricl.man, president of the Friends of Belle Isle and a ma jor opponent of the controversial amusement park which Mayor Young has said he would like to see on or near the island, said Wednesday. "In spite of the (disagreements) we've had with Mrs. Williams), we've been well satisfied with her high standards and productivity." He added, "It's very sad. I don't know if the Recreation Department could have taken four years of Mary Williams, but I do know it could have used more than what it got." llONUS RUSH cation must be notarized by a notary public." APPLICANTS must also have proof, of Michigan residence six months prior to service in Vietnam. Application forms for next AL BRODER: He wanted to boost his box office take.

Theater Owner Gels Wish: Jail BY JO THOMAS AND JANE BRIGGS i Free Press Sfatf Writers Police say Al Broder, who i has been promising live sex shows at his Six Mile Theater i in Highland Park, wanted to I be raided so badly he tried to pay a police officer to arrest him. Instead, Broder was arrested Wednesday on charges of attempted bribery. He will i be arraigned Thursday morn- ing before Detroit Recorder's Court Judge James Del Rio. ALL BRODER wanted, po-; ice said, was notoriety and a big boost in his box office 1 take. Highland Park Police Chief Donald Ashcroft said Broder first contacted Highland Park Detective Jack Roy, 40, lasl Saturday, offering a part-time security job in exchange for frequent raids on his theater, at 165.13 Woodward i in Highland Park.

Broder said he figured the notoriety of raids, arrests and national publicity would boost his income by thousands of dollars a week, Ashcroft said. Broder, who is 54 and lives in Royal Oak, met Roy again Monday, and his offer tn-! creased to $2,000 a month but i without a job, police say. At the third meeting, on Wednesday in Detroit, Broder met Roy again. This time, he was arrested by Roy, High- and Park Sgt. Robert Lovfe- idy and a state police officer.

Car Slolcn Police said a 57-year-old Warren man was robbed ot his car and $342 as he left the Manufacturers Bank branch at Dundee and Grand River. Police said two men forced Manuel Copado to leave the car and drove away after robbing him. 1 Dean Miller Quits Channel 4 RECREATION director Mary Williams: A round peg in a square hole? Irate Driver Assaults Meter Maid A young man whose car had just been ticketed forced a Detroit meter maid's cab against a parked car Wednesday and then fled with her cliptoard containing 28 parking violation records. Police said Zelma Maedore, .15, had just ticketed a yellow Chrysler and was traveling on Schaefer near Linden when a man in his 20s ran along side her and grabbed the steering wheel of her three-wheeled cab. Police said Miss Maedore lost control of the cab ami it smashed against a parked car.

She said the man grabbed her clipboard with the parking tickets and escaped in the ticketed Chrysler. Miss Maedore was treated for bruises at Mt. Carmel Hospital and released. "Nothing like this ever happened to me before," said Miss Maedore. Michigan Vietnam veterans can apply for state tonuses beginning Thursday at Secre tary of State offices around the state.

The $205 million bonus, approved by voters last Nov. 5, will reward combat veterans with $600 and noncombat veterans with up to $430. FIRST PAYMENTS are expected to be mailed out by the end of March, according to the Department of Military Affairs. To be eligible a veteran must have lived in Michigan for six months prior to joining the armed services and have served honorably for at least 190 days between Jan. 1, 1901 and Sept.

1, 1973. All combat veterans those eligible for the Vietnam Expeditionary Medal will receive $600. Noncombat veterans will receive $15 per month of service to a maximum of $450. Lt. Tim Everett, public information director of the bo-n program, said that vetearns may return their applications immediately.

"All that they'll need is a copy of their DD 214 discharge form and the application." Everett said. "But the appli- i 1 side Detroit, according to reliable sources. Channel 4 also is expected to make other changes in its newscasts, which have dropped in the ratings recently. Miller, who was well-known as an actor in several TV series, including "December Bride" in which he starred from 1954 to 1959, actually started his broadcasting career as a newsman after graduating from Ohio State with a degree in journalism. He invested in radio stations in Jackson, Ohio, and Sidney, Ohio, as well as in a weekly newspaper in Sidney, which is the hometown of his wife.

Miller gave up his acting career in the 1960s to manage his stations. He returned to television as a Miami newsman in 1970. When Miller came to Detroit in 1972, he was replaced at the Miami station by Ken Thomas, who now is also in Detroit as co-anchor man of Channel 2 newscasts. BY BETTELOU PETERSON Free Press TV-Radio Writer Dean Miller, anchorman of the Channel 4 evening newscasts, has resigned from the station, effective Feb. 14.

Miller, whose departure from the station has been rumored since last summer, said he wants to. devote more time to his other business interests and spend more time with his family. He joined Channel 4 (WWJ-TV) in August 1972, coming to Detroit from Miami, where he had been a newsman at station WPLG-TV. TOM BECHRER, news director of Channel 4, said no replacement for Miller has been set although he expects a successor will be announced before Miller leaves. It is doubtful that a new person would be ready to start until some weeks after Miller's last telecast on Feb.

14, Miller's replacement will come from out $14,000 Load Is Stolen with Pickup Truck A pickup truck loaded with $14,000 worth of welding equipment was stolen Wednesday from the Iron Man Construction Co. in northwest Detroit. Police said William La-France, an employe of the firm located at Burgess and Acacia, parked the truck on company property about 1:30 a.m. He told police that when he returned about 7 a.m. it was missing..