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how you can call us City News Desk 222-6600 Classified Gold Ads 222-5000. Insurance Dept. 222-6470 For Home Delivery 222-6500 All Other Calls 222-6400 today's chuckla The Russians may be ahead of us in missiles, but we're five years ahead of them in Japanese cars. SHANNON DAVIS CASE Section Page 3 SECOND FRONT PAGE Tuesday, July 7, 1981 Toxicologist to publish findings David Richard Davis, who has grown a beard since his wife's death, is shown as he Attorney may hold court In his own building ff Km" frf arrives at his lawyer's office'. Prominent malpractice-personal injury at torney Albert Lopatin says he might turn his six-story Sentinel in Ann Arbor on Jan.

20 to give a sworn statement in a civil lawsuit challenging his right to collect part of the $300,000 in insurance benefits on his wife, Shannon Mohr Davis. Building into court space to handle the new city-county merged court system this fall. Lopatin bought the structure By BILLY BOWLES Free Press Staff Writer The Ohio toxicologist who says he found a deadly drug in the body of Shannon Mohr Davis will publish his findings in scientific journals, the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo said in a news release Monday. The brief announcement was the first public comment made by the college on behalf of the toxicologist, Dr. Robert B.

Forney regarding the drug succinylcholine chloride which the Michigan Attorney General's Office said Forney found in Shannon Davis' body following an autopsy. A spokesman for the attorney general said it was the first time succinylcholine had been recovered intact from a human body. Forney's explanation in a scientific journal presumably would describe how he and others at the medical college laboratory were laboratory where Forney's research was performed is supervised by Tom Carroll. STATE POLICE in the Attorney General's Office are conducting a criminal investigation of Shannon Davis' death on July 23, 1980, after she and her husband went horseback riding on their Hillsdale County, farm, 100 miles southwest of Detroit. The husband, David Richard Davis, 36, is trying to collect $300,000 in life Insurance on his wife but has been blocked in court by her parents, who have charged that he killed her intentionally and is not entitled to the money.

The Attorney General's Office's investigation started Nov. 4 after local authorities dropped an earlier investigation. The Medical College of Ohio said in its release that Forney "has developed in collaboration with other toxicologists a method of isolating, identifying and quantitating succinylcholine in biological specimens. Details of the methodology involved are at this time being prepared for submission to scientific journals. Until the at 2211 E.

Jefferson about a year ago from the Detroit Police Of Free PressIRA ROSENBERG ficers Association "It's an ideal olace for methodology and findings have been published and receive scientific review, Dr. Forney and the Medical College of Ohio believe that further comment is not appropriate." MiDart Lopatin C0Urts and there's just no space around," he said. Lopatin says Forney is director of toxicology in the college's department of; able to Isolate the drug intact in a body. Researchers in a 1967 criminal case in Florida said they had been able to isolate only the components of the drug after it had broken down in the body. The he is talking about the idea with court See FINDINGS, Page11A officials.

Lopatin, however, denied a rumor dpi "vx that he boosted the rent on the building Code Restaurant, which just announced its State Gives closing. "That is not true," Lopatin said "The lease they had with the DPOA is stiL effective. I didn't change the rent at all Blow to Lansing mayor's daughter gets herself a city job One of the new employes of the Lansing Emergency Communications Center is the daughter of Lansing Mayor Gerald Graves The mayor says 19-year-old Amy is well Nuclear qualified for the clerk job, She is working toward an associate degree in criminal justice from a community col lege. "She wants to be a police officer," he said, "We even gave her a .38 (handgun) for her graduation from high school a year Shipments ago." Graves says Amy practices at the firing range and is marking time until she turns 21, the minimum age for police offi cers. Free Press Wire Services LANSING Gov.

Milliken has signed emergency rules that Love lets Beverly Draper go 'round In a Mercedes effectively block the shipment of nuclear waste on Michigan roads, lakes and rail lines, aides to the governor said Monday. I 1, 1 The rules, drawn up by the Department of Public Health at iove maKes me wona bo rouna. so mev Milliken's direction, are the state's second step to block shipment of spent nuclear fuel across Michigan. say. For Channel 2's Beverly Draper (the 1 he rules take effect upon being filed with the secretary of state.

Milliken earlier signed rules submitted bv the state Fire Safety Free Press Photos bv RICHARD LEE Board that prohibit shipment of wastes over laree bodies of water' This spot reserved for the fish flies. Below; the dead fish flies are thick around a light post. former Beverly Payne), it means she can go 'round in a slick Mercedes 450SL sports car. She re unless the containers have been tested for long falls and deep! submersion. The rules were prompted by a Canadian research laboratory's plans to send spent nuclear fuel through Michigan to a recycling ceived the luxury ve' Bug off! I I I -TV center in south Carolina.

The hide as a wedding gift threat of federal pre-emption I from her new hubby, Guy Draper, two continues to hang over the ef fort, however. Fish flies cause 2 traffic mishaps Beverly Draper weeks ago. Nuclear Assurance Corp. of Atlanta got approval from the By MARTIN F. KOHN Free Press Staff Writer Nuclear Regulatory Commission last month to move wastes True grit to give way to old brass decoration This time the fish flies have gone too far.

through Michigan, entering at Sault Ste. Marie, crossing the International and Mackinac The short-lived insects, unusually abundant this year, cling to windows, walls, screens, sidewalks and streets, and that's bad enough. bridges and exiting near Toldeo Part of the City National Bank Building is getting a beauty bath during the next few weeks. Vigourous scrubbing on the Gris-wold side of the 53-year-old skyscraper The Michigan route was chO' Now they re causing traffic accidents. State police blame two motorcycle mis sen after some New York au thorities prevented trucks carry was treated for scrapes and bruises at Mt.

Clemens General Hospital. The other cyclist, Gary P. Pilarski, 33, of Fairhaven, told police he would seek medical care on his own. Both men were traveling east on M-29 when their cycles tipped over. AFTER THE SECOND accident, Ira Township fire personnel hosed down the Intersection, washing the fish flies away.

"It's just like (driving on) ice. You get the same reaction out of your vehicle," said Sgt. Jerry Stacer of the Macomb County Sheriff's Department. "You can slide right through stop signs." The fish fly population appears to be at an all-time high, Stacer said. "This See FISH FLIES, Page 10A Ins nuclear material from haps In Ira Township, in St.

Clair County, on will reveal a brass decoration in an Indian motif, which has been covered by grit for nearly 20 years. The building's veep, Pres passing through their localities, "an accumulation of fish flies in the road," said Trooper Wally Helmlia. Both accidents Nuclear Assurance has indi occurred at the intersection of M-29 at cated it will not challenge the Church Road; one took place at 11 p.m. rules In court, leaving the matter ton Shea, said the brass decorations represented quality workmanship that the public should get a chance to appreciate. Sunday, the other at 12:20 a.m.

Monday. up to the Canadian firm, which St Neither motorcyclist was seriously hurt, has not revealed its plans. although one, John R. Neal, 40, of Warren, The health department and Mel Ravitz: "I think Detroit; Fire Safety Board emergency Compiled by DONNA URSCHEL can be revitalized and I. would like to be a part of it; regulations will last six months again.

and could be extended for an other half a year. sound off tVn MILLIKEN HAS expressed PRICE DECONTROL DILEMMA Natural gas bills might hit $1,000 Ex-council Young aide edging into the race for city clerk worry about the potential effect i Keep off the grass? rrs? of an accident involving the wastes, particularly as the Six cities are being sued bv the U.S trucks crossed the Mackinac chief Ravitz: to run againj Bridge linking Michigan's penm Justice Department because they passed sulas. laws banning mail carriers from taking JACKSON (AP) The average annual natural gas bill for a Consumers Power Co. customer could climb to "well over 1 ,000" if price controls are totally removed in 1982, a spokesman for the The rules do not impose a shortcuts across lawns. But postal officials claim carriers save 51 minutes a day complete ban on nuclear ship' by walking on lawns.

Do you mind if mail By KEN FIREMAN Clty-Countv Bureau Chief ments through Michigan, but they put strict limits on the movement of casks holding the carriers cut across your lawn? utility said Monday. A federal Energy Department analysis says an option being considered by the Reagan administration is the acceleration of full decontrol of natural gas prices by 1982 instead of 1985. The removal of price controls three years ahead of schedule could cost consumers up to $127 billion nationwide and raise the Former City Council Presi radioactive wastes. How you voted dent Mel Ravitz will try to launch a political comeback this' "It's going to be very difficult NO, 54 percent. COMMENTS: "If it gets year by running for a seat on the! average homeowner bill from 21 percent to 54 percent, the mail here faster, I'm all for it" "One nine-member council.

to meet those requirements, said Walt Wheeler, who helped write the Health Department Ravitz, 57, picked up nomi trip a day won't hurt it" "Through unreleased analysis reported. MICHAEL BLOMBACH, a spokesman for Jackson-based Con nating petitions Wednesday and. rain, snow, sleet and lawn" "I deliv rules. ered magazines for one day, so I sumers Power, said some of the utility's 1.1 million natural gas expects to file them with city: elections officials later this; month. The rules are the state's first By KEN FIREMAN Clty-Countv Bureau Chief Mayor Young's top political lieutenant, Malcolm Dade, has decided to circulate nominating petitions for a possible run against City Clerk James Bradley this fall, a source close to the mayor said Monday.

Dade has already formed a committee to circulate the petitions, and the odds on his entry Into the race are "about 80 to 20 In favor," said the source, who asked not to be named. Dade's biggest obstacle will be securing the approval of Young, who may not want a close aide involved in a potentially bloody campaign against an incumbent, the source said. Dade and Bradley were unavailable for comment Monday. comprehensive attempt to regu customers are already paying prices that are 50 percent or more higher than last year because of a 20-year contract signed by the utility to buy expensive Algerian liquified natural gas. As an example, Blombach said the average bill of a Detroit-area In an interview Monday, Ra-! late nuclear shipments now YES, 46 percent.

COMMENTS: "What are sidewalks for?" "You bet I mind vltz said he decided to re-enter; politics to act as an advocate for- generally controlled by the federal government. our mailman drives a truck" "Next Consumers Power natural gas customer will rise from $537 in 1981 to $726 in 1982. greater government support for. thing, they'll be walking through the house" "If the service was better, I'd THE NEW regulations re mental health and other social. But if price controls are removed on natural gas in 1 982, the 1 982 figure could climb to about $1,215, Blombach estimated, adding, service programs.

"I think Detroit can be revi "Who really knows what the price will be it it quire anyone hauling nuclear material in Michigan utilities, shippers or individuals to give the state advance notice. Free Press Pholo Malcolm Dade: The odds favor his entry into the race. and a Bradley-Dade showdown could exacerbate that feud. Bradley, first elected clerk in 1973, was regarded as a safe bet for re-election this year until an embarrassing incident during last month's special city election on a proposed income tax increase. ON JUNE 23, the day of the election, Bradley and Elections Director John Reese Jr.

were in Louisville, attending a national convention of clerks and election officials. When 46 of the city's 1,122 precincts experienced ballot shortages, Bradley and Reese were harshly criticized by Young and others for their absence. That controversy has tempt-1 See DADE, Page 10A say OK." Sound off Is a non-scientific, reader opinion feature. Today's percentages are based on approximately 750 calls. talized and I would like to be part of it again," he said.

"The; name of the game is politics. I would like to move back into an. Shippers have to file copies of arena where I can be useful." THE UTILITY also blames the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 which has resulted in the gradual lifting of federal controls on the price of U.S. natural gas for the price increase to customers. Consumers Power wants the government to stick with the 1978 law under which price controls on most natural gas will be lifted Jan.

1, 1985. "We don't get any kick out of charging our customers more money," Blombach said. In its report to the administration, the Energy Department made their proposed route, including all major bridges to be crossed, the reason for the chosen route and a timetable of the travel, Wheeler said. RAVITZ, FIRST elected to- the council in 1961, served 12: years, the last four of them as; president. He was regarded as an- Tomorrow's question Since Dan Rather took over for Walter Cronkite, the ratings for CBS News have gone slowly but steadily down (see story, Page 8D).

Do you like the job Rather is doing? A DADE-BRADLEY faceoff for the city clerk's job could touch off a bruising confrontation between backers of the mayor and the UAW, which has strongly supported Bradley. Some UAW leaders are feuding with Young and other Democrats over the future direction of Haulers have to give evidence early favorite when he ran for no recommendation, but it said Reagan "should act soon it ne decides to seek moving the total decontrol date from 1985 to 1982. Energy Secretary James Edwards said the administration is committed to speeding up that timetable and is studying ways to do of recent safety inspections and open their vehicles for checks mayor in 1973. But he was beat-: To vote YES To vote NO Call 961-32111 Call 961-4422 See RAVITZ, Pe 11 See NUCLEAR, PagelA it. Jie Michigan Democratic Party, i IT.