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1978 Most everyone is running, and everyone is a ivinner flnpifff. inside the news with the people who make it WALKING AGAIN -111 1 1 By KATHY WARBELOW Free Press Staff Writer Six-thirty on a muggy Wednesday evening. Ominous storm clouds and an oppressive humidity notwithstanding, about 60 runners have assembled behind Fraser High School for the weekly Macomb County Road-runners race. On cue, they form a raggedy line and drop into a starting crouch. On the call of "get set, go," they're off around a makeshift course, along a sidewalk, a gravel path and through several puddles.

A man with a stopwatch calls out the time as they lap him one, two, five times. It's not fancy, but It's a bona fide race, complete with awards at the finish, and the lineup includes some top local talent. Two years ago, you might have found 20 people at Fraser on a Wednesday night. Now 100 is not unusual in good weather. In Ann Arbor, a runner's haven, as many as 400 have shown up for a casual midweek fun run, and the recent Dexter to Ann Arbor race, an annual event, drew 2,000 triple last year's entries.

The story is the same every place there are enough runners to organize an event. Foot races, which used to attract only sparse bands of diehards, have mushroomed into mass sporting events with record numbers of participants. THE RUNNING BOOM, it seems, has evolved into a racing boom. A lot of the people who were puffing and panting around neighborhood parks a few years ago have shed their drab sweatsuits and are showing up at starting lines in brightly colored racing gear. "The numbers have just been phenomenal," said Dr.

Edward Kozloff, president of the Motor City Striders, which is expecting a record 500 runners for Sunday's 1 1-mile Pon-tiac Wide Track race. "We're getting 80 Free Press Photo by AL KAMUDA While their parents compete In earnest, the runners' children stage a few races of their own. "Runners are always looking to improve themselves, and racing provides that opportunity," said Campbell. "More runners means more racers." But there are also the special qualities of running which make it the most populist of Please turn to Page 13A percent more people for all our races." "The running craze has become a competitive craze," said Daswell Campbell, president of the Macomb club. "People just aren't satisfied running by themselves any more." Certainly the increase in the number of people who run latest estimate, 25 million is a big reason for the racing boom.

Tax Grab-Bag for Dearborn Voter iMayoral candidate strolls now to Grosse Pointe Park JOHN MOGK WILL MOVE this summer into a four- bedroom, two-story home in Grosse Pointe Park. Mogk, a Wayne State University law prof and an energy consultant, twice walked for mayor of Detroit in low-budget, door-to-door campaigns. He was squashed in primaries both times. "It's time for some new horizons for me," said Mogk, adding that he's seeking a GPP address so his three kids can attend a school where his brother is principal. The new, English Tudor-style abode is within walking distance of Mogk's present home in Detroit's Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood.

A real gem of a cover FIVE HUNDRED DAZZLING DIAMONDS, shaped into the familiar Ford Motor Co. logo, will grace the cover of Automotive News' June 1 6 issue that marks the No. 2 automaker's 75th anniversary. The gem gambit was the brainstorm of local adman Bob Wilson, who borrowed the stones from a jeweler. The four-color pix were shot in guarded secrecy.

"We knocked some (diamonds) on the floor," Wilson recalled, "and we thought we were going to lose some." Lucky they didn't. The little sparklers were worth about $100,000. Rosenbaum seeks release STATE NEWS MEDIA GENERALLY ignored a press release issued last Monday by State Rep. Paul Rosenbaum, a Battle Creek Democrat seeking his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate.

Rosenbaum, known as an aggressive publicity hound, was not bothered by the slight, he simply reissued the identical release Friday. Oh, yes it dealt with his plan to decriminalize minor traffic violations. The Ghoul is now a ghost THE GHOUL IS GONE, maybe for good. The white- frocked, maniacal movie host who, along with his stuffed-toy pal Froggie extended the boundsaf local TV tackiness, has been lopped from WGPR, Channel 62. A WGPR official refused to say why.

The Ghoul, also known as Ron Sweed, worked at Channels 50 and 20 during his six-year television career in Detroit. felt'5 tl I I 2 Lobby bill foes face the heat Tuesday By LOUIS M. HELDMAN Free Press Lansing Staff LANSING Supporters of a tough lobbying disclosure bill have been badly mauled in the Michigan Senate, and are now depending upon fear of voter reaction Many schools facing millage choices today By RON ISHOY Free Press Staff Writer Dearborn residents will get the ultimate voice in funning their schools Monday when they vote on four separate millage proposals to determine where and if school officials can spend money. Last March, voters defeated by more than 2-to-1 a 4.25-mill increase which had been tacked on to the 21 -mill levy under which the school system had been operating. After the defeat, the school officials were left with only about $11 million in county funds to run their $42 million school system.

Proposal One on Monday's ballot is for renewal of the current 21 mills for the next five years. If it doesn't pass, school officials say schools could close next fall. DEARBORN is one of 20 districts in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties where voters will be asked Monday to approve either a millage renewal or millage increase. In all, more than 75 districts in the three counties will be voting on millages or electing school board members. The State Board of Education said 400 to 600 questions will be on the ballots of many of the state's 530 school districts.

Since the department began keeping a scorecard last July, only 12 of 42 construction bond issues have been approved. Of the 284 millage questions, 163 have passed, the department says. THE REMAINING three ballot proposals in Dearborn detail which programs the school system will be able to afford if each separate millage is approved. "What the school board in effect is saying is, 'Tell us what you want and how much you're willing to said Tom Kirkland, a Henry Ford Community College official working for passage of the proposals. Proposal Two, a one-mill, two-year package, would fund varsity athletics in junior high and high schools and Henry Ford to turn opponents around when the bill comes up for a vote on Tuesday.

What supporters in II8WS analysis Llarti Dcltairc tho town uior Free Press Photo by SCOTT ECCK.ER Happy horn honkers deserve a wave back IF YOU HAVE any doubt that summer is almost full upon ic ltcton tn tho tnntinu nf the horns as the hieh school l4kJ kUVVl wvwmaag graduates in caps and gowns careen around Our Town in Reunited in matrimony Victor and Gallna Herman exchanged wedding vowa Sunday for the second time. Herman, the Detrolter who spent several years In a Soviet prison camp, was forced to divorce Gallna four years ago to leave the Soviet Union. In April of this year, he was reunited with his wife. Presiding at Sunday's ceremony In Dearborn's Hyatt Regency Hotel was Judge Joseph Pernlck. Spiderman, the Hulk grace university rare book room celebration.

if unn nrn oupr vniino. wave hack at them. It's a Great day in their lives and no fault of their own that most of them Community College. It would also allow continuation of summer school, staffing for elementary school libraries, staffing for special education programs, and reimbursement to teachers who advise such activities as forensics, drama and music. It's cheek to cheek once more tended to be a bill requiring full disclosure of lobbying activities and a prohibition against shady practices has become, instead, a measure that is loophole-riddled and possibly unconstitutional.

The sometimes bitter debate on the bill has featured personal verbal attacks on its supporters and political threats against opponents. One of the fiercest opponents, Sen. Gary Byker, R-Hudsonville, even proposed an amendment that if the bill passed, it forever be known as the "Michigan Gestapo First Amendment Rights Repeal Act." After the amendment was read on the floor of the Senate, Byker withdrew it. A NUMBER of opponents of a tough lobbying bill have been able to operate under the cloak of anonymity afforded by Senate rules that don't require votes to be publicly recorded until a bill is in its final stage of consideration. Supporters hope that on Tuesday when senators must declare themselves on the record some marginal opponents will embrace reform.

The supporters, including the UAW, Michigan Common Cause and the state Democratic Party, believe voters are as concerned as they are about lobbyists' influence in the Capitol, and will refuse to re-elect legislators who support the status quo. However, in the three Please turn to Page 18A have not been taught to read or write, i nat is one oi me fallacies of an educational system that puts a higher premium on administrators than teachers. Most of these light-hearted youngsters, raised on the boob tube rather than books, don't know what they're missing, more's the pity. Speaking of waving, how many of you use hand signals when you're behind the wheel of a car? Hold up a bit and let the other guy come into your lane. Give him a sign that you're opening the way for him and chances are he'll wave back in recognition.

You'll both feel better for it all day long. TIP OF THE TOPPER to Michi gan Supreme Court Justice Mennen Williams and his wife, Nancy, who rectived honorary degrees as doctors of science in business administration from Cleary College. It was the 1 8th or 1 9th" for the former Michigan governor and the second for Nancy. Not officially announced yet, but Justice Williams will definitely be running for a second term on the bench, with a fund raiser on the books at the Radisson Cadillac Hotel Thursday The Detroit Sports Broadcasters are returning to the Detroit Press Club for their weekly meetings, starting July 5 after a year's absence. Because of the increased emphasis on sports in Our State they will for the first time hold their get-togethers all year long, eliminating the summer hiatus If you go see "The Swarm," the new movie about killer bees, don't presume that swift death from bee attacks is an exaggeration.

Producer Irwin Allen says killer bee venom is twice as deadly as the domestic brand because it paralyzes the respiratory system. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Only people who can afford rich food today are the ones who shouldn't be eat By ELLEN GRZECH Free Press Staff Writer EAST LANSING The rare book room of the Michigan State University library might seem like a weird home for Peter Parker, alias Spiderman. But there he is, along with a valuable 15th Century manuscript on veterinary medicine and a first edition of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." Spiderman isn't the only superhero or unlikely character who has captured the high-toned and hushed-voice respectability of the library, either. THERE'S also Superman, the Hulk, Red Ryder, Harlequin romances like "The Hearth Fire Glows" and even turn-of-the-century dime novels like "Joaquin, the Terrible. The True History of the Three Bitter Blows that Changed an Honest Man to a Merciless Demon." The reaction of library patrons accustomed to the traditional fare of fine literature, respected research and educational material is predictable: "People are usually surprised and want to know what on earth That is doing in here," said Jannette Fiore, the librarian in charge of MSU's special collections.

BUT MSU's unusual popular culture collection has a purpose, from Marvel comics to Louis L'Amour westerns. They are collected so students and researchers can examine them to see how they reflect values and beliefs in society on issues from sex roles to race to technology. "Academic libraries traditionally haven't collected this kind of material," said Ms. Fiore. "There are very few collections like ours even now." There is an even more extensive collection of popular culture at Bowling Green University in Ohio, but there are no other similar Please turn to Page 6A PROPOSAL THREE would levy one-quarter of a mill for two years to continue pre-school programs, the alternative high school, gifted and talented student programs, and existing tuition rates in the adult school.

Proposal Four is for one-half mill for five years to continue repair projects on Dearborn schools. If all four proposals are approved, the total millage would be 22.75 mills. That is three-quarters of a mill more than the current combined 21-mill operating levy and one-mill capital improvement levy which will expire June 30. School officials say for the average homeowner, passage of all four proposals would mean an increase of $45 the first year, and an additional $38 the second year. FIGHTING the blitzkrieg mailings and leafleting throughout the district by the pro-millage committee is a nucleus of 15 people who call themselves the Committee for Quality Education at a Reasonable Cost.

The group, which successfully fought the last millage effort with a sensational tabloid flyer, has put out a similar publication headlined "No, No, No, No" urging defeat of all four issues. Despite recommendations by a citizen's committee after the last defeat for a lower millage, chairman Josepn Kovac said, the board is again asking for too much millage. There is no need to increase millage, said Kovac, because the declining student enrollment has forced school closings, which should save the system money. By ERIC SHARP Free Press Staff Writer Something's going on here. The musicians have been on for two hours and have yet to play anything written by the Bee Gees.

Despite this lack of obeisance to the popular tastes for the Brothers Gibb, or even the theme from "Close Encounters," the dance floor is full of smiling couples, who, wonder of wonders, even talk to each other while the music plays. THE SIGN outside the Club Berkley tells it all: "Now we dance the foxtrot, Tues. thru nightly." And it looks like owner Frank Bedient has hit on something that keeps the place filled, mostly with an older crowd but recently with a sprinkling of younger folks who are discovering the romantic adventages of dancing cheek to cheek. Bedient and his wife, Freda, took over the small club on Woodward in Berkley three years ago after it went through a tough period, including a stretch as a go-go joint. That chased most of the old customers away.

Bedient says he "finally put the tablecloths back on, got one of the old chefs back, and it started to turn around." Business was pretty good, then Bedient hit on putting up the fox-trot sign outside. "WE CAME HERE once a couple of years ago, and it was like an old folks home, so we left," said Donna Mae Saulter, who said she and her husband Please turn to Page 6A The long, cruel wait for Jody ing it. FOR THE first time, the French community will have a share in one of the summer-long celebrations scheduled by the city of Detroit Mrs. Dewey Mosby, chairperson of the newly formed Detroit French Festival Association, says her group will be operating a French Eoicerie and By BOB CALVERLEY Free Press Staff Writer The cool, non-committal expression is still on Portia Black's face, and she hasn't lost her patience as she listens to the same old questions from reporters. But there is a tremor in her voice that wasn't there before.

"People come to me and say, 'Why don't you cry when you're on she says. "Of course I cry. I'm a mother and my little boy. is lost. I don't like to show my feelings in public, that's all." William (Jody) Howze III, 7, has been gone from his west side Detroit home since the evening of April 17 when he went to a nearby playground to fly his kite.

"THIS IS certainly a strange case, I've never had one like it," says Det. Sgt. Harold Forest of the Detroit Police Department. "We haven't found him and we have very few leads." Shortly after Jody disappeared, a story was published insinuating that Mrs. Black had not provided a very good home for the boy.

Then the rumors spread that Jody was a streetwise kid who just didn't want to come home. Two weeks after he was gone, fewer than 30 people showed up at a meeting held to organize a search for the little boy. "He's a very bright kid," says his father William Howze Sr. "He's been on airline trips by himself. He knows my telephone number.

He once dialed me from South Carolina, collect." Howze says he knows his son would call him if he had the opportunity because the two were very close. Although Howze and Mrs. Black are not married and no longer live together, he insists Jody had a secure home with lots of love from both of his parents. THE POLICE do not believe the boy has run away or that he is living on the streets. Both parents have passed lie detector tests, indicating they are telling the truth about their son.

Neither is satisfied that everything possible is being done to find Jody. Howze says he has been trying to meet with the mayor or somebody on the City Council for more than a month to enlist more help in searching for his son. His fellow workers at the Michigan State Employes Association managed to collect $1,000 for a reward, but Howze would like to offer more if he could get it. Neither the mother nor the father will concede that their son might be dead. five French specialty food booths from Thursday to Sunday near the Hart Plaza.

They'll also be offering beer, wine and soft drinks, as well as dances and music from France. This year's French Festival will be part of the larger Michigan Council of the Arts celebration being held at the same location. Next year, says Mrs. Mosby, the group hopes to add the name of France to the full roster of Our Town's Ethnic Festivals. TODAY'S WORST JOKE: John Gaylord has a title for a rabbit infested with fleas.

It should be referred to as a Bugs Bunny..