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Free Press telephones City News Desk 222-6600 To Place Want Ads 222-6800 Insurance Dept. 222-6470 For Home Delivery 222-6500 All Other Calls 222-6400 Today's Chuckle A parent is a person who tries to give a lecture on nutrition to a kid who reached six-foot-six by eating potato chips. Section Page 3 SECOND FRONT PAGE Sunday, December 9, 1979 Ohio road veto spells trouble for M-275 in Oakland Comparison 1-675 M-275 Location Dayton, Ohio Western Oakland County Length 26 miles 22 miles Cost $130 million $100 million Function Bypass linking two Bypass linking two interstates interstates Affected area Suburbs, farms, Suburbs, farms, undeveloped land undeveloped land Supporters County officials, local County officials, local officials, state officials, state transportation planners, transportation officials, local businessmen local businessmen Opponents Central city officials, Central city officials, environmentalists, environmentalists, local citizens' groups local citizens' groups By KEN FIREMAN Free Press Staff Writer In a decision that may spell serious trouble for Michigan's long-disputed M-275 freeway, U.S. Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt last week killed a proposed interstate highway bypass around Dayton, Ohio. The canceled freeway, called 1-685 is similar in many ways to M-275, and opponents of the Michigan freeway are certain to seize upon Gold-schmidt's decision as a precedent.

Goldschmidt canceled 1-675 because he said it would promote urban sprawl by sucking businesses and residents out of Dayton's central city essentially the same argument cited by opponents of M-275. "For too many years we have made transportation investments that did not build up the cities, but instead pulled people, jobs and economic resources away from them," Goldschmidt said. "Any new transportation project we consider today must be measured in terms of its impact on energy consumption and energy costs. "In an era of limited and costly energy, it makes no sense to build highways that encourage lengthy commuting and urban sprawl." TRANSPORTATION Department officials in Washington say Goldschmidt's decision to kill the tion projects which would encourage urban sprawl or would tend to attract jobs out of our urban centers." FEDERAL transportation officials say Goldschmidt's decision to kill 1-675 was a conscious attempt to put the president's directive into practice for the first time. The canceled freeway would have run for 26 miles through suburbs and farmland east and southeast of Dayton at a total cost of $130 million.

The freeway was proposed in the early 1970s as a bypass around Dayton connecting two other interstate highways, 1-70 and 1-75. A 9.5-mile stretch of 1-675 has already been built, linking 1-70 with the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just east of Dayton. The road now ends in a cornfield. Goldschmidt last week approved extending I-675 another three miles at a cost of $50 million, but refused to extend it 134 miles farther at an additional cost of $80 million. Sources said Goldschmidt was reluctant to approve any extension of 1-675, but finally agreed to fund the three-mile segment so the freeway could end at another major road, U.S.-35.

1-675 has generated intense controversy in Day-See FREEWAY, Page7A DOT says Dayton bypass promotes only urban sprawl Dayton project does not automatically doom M-275, a 22-mile freeway proposed for Oakland County. But they warn that the Dayton decision was not an isolated event, but rather the first example of a new effort to square federal transportation policies with President Carter's urban goals. "There are implications in this decision for every other undecided urban freeway project," said one Transportation Department official, who asked not to be identified. A memorandum from the president to Goldschmidt last August directed, in effect, that the government stop building roads that promote urban sprawl, inefficient energy consumption or environmental damage. "I fully support the reorientation of urban transportation programs and projects to meet energy and urban goals and to improve overall environmental quality," Carter wrote to Goldschmidt.

"I am directing you to act immediately to assure that careful review is given to any transporta fff jyr ftl' "i TEST OF POWER ON INSURANCE CHIEF 3em war Milliken enate a By HUGH McDIARMID Lansing Bureau Chief LANSING Gov. Milliken stepped way put of character and put himself way out on a limb last week by first denouncing and haranguing Senate Democrats and by then forcing' a new confrontation on them in the matter of Richard A. Hemmings, his choice for state insurance commissioner. In short, the governor, who does not like to gamble and abhors confron tation politics, is now fully analysis engaged in both. On Thursday, all 21 anti-Hemmings votes came from Democratic senators.

MILLIKEN is gambling that he can persuade at least two of those senators to change their minds. In his statement Friday, Milliken said, "There is reason to believe some senators now realize a mistake was made and they may regret the outcome." The implication was that Milliken would win over enough Democrats to thwart rejection the second time around. That could be a bluff or just wishful thinking on Milliken's part or it could reflect promises that he obtained in hurried phone calls to various senators following Thursday's vote. Milliken was no more specific in his statement, and his staff refused to amplify. DEMOCRATS control the Senate, 24 to 14, so they can afford to give up four votes to Milliken and still beat him on the confirmation.

But Faust has a good deal at stake, too. The anti-Hemmings vote did not reflect a formal caucus position by Senate Democrats, but it put Faust's leadership reputation on the line. He will be sorely embarrassed if he cannot hold 20 or more of See MILLIKEN, Page 1 1 A IT WAS FAUST who led the fight against Hemmings and who, more than any other senator, was responsible for the 21 to 13 vote Thursday by which the Hemmings' nomination was rejected. The state Constitution says that "a person whose appointment has been disapproved by the Senate shall not be eligible for an interim appointment to the same office." Milliken intends to get around this by resubmitting Hemmings' nomination as insurance commissioner on a non-interim basis. Faust considers that a ploy designed to do what Milliken said Friday he does not intend to do: subvert the confirmation process.

FAUST SAID he may seek a court injunction to block Hemmings from reassuming his insurance commissioner duties until the courts can rule on the legality of the resubmission. Failing that, however, Faust and other anti-Hemmings senators have 60 days in which to reject the appointment again. "I have not changed my position," Faust said Saturday. "The basic reason we turned him down was because he lacked the necessary experience and qualifications I would think that 20 senators (the maorlty of the Senate required to reject a gubernatorial appointment) would hold firm." He could easily lose. The first test is likely to be a legal one.

Despite soothing words in a press release late Friday about not wishing to "subvert" the Senate's constitutional confirmation process and despite apparent support from the attorney general, there are serious legal questions about Milliken's right to shove Hemming's reappointment back at the Senate. That right apparently will be challenged. "Either I will challenge it personally or the (Democratic) caucus will challenge it," said Senate Majority Leader William Faust, D-Westland, Saturday. "The whole legislative process the issue of separation of powers is at stake here, far more so than just me or the majority of the Senate vs. Hemmings." 4 i -t Many see a blue Christmas in Hamtramck KifM wAn i tt i.

mis. wiiu uas nvtu 111 nauiuaiiiLn By DONNA BRITT Free Press Staff Writer Helen's Toyland on Joseph Campau in Hamtramck seemed almost alive Saturday with the whirrs and clicks of animated Christmas toys. But Lyle Bostwick, 25, had eyes only for one small blue motor bike. "My kid comes in here everyday and rides that bike," he said. "I'd love to buy it for him for Christmas, but it costs $63 and I can't afford it." Bostwick, of Hamtramck, was laid off his Bochniak since she was four years old.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD Nicholas Kaczor and his father, Richard, were on their way to a downtown barber shop when the youngster announced Santa was bringing him "lots of special kinds of toys" this Christmas. His father, a machine operator at Parke-Davis pharmaceuticals in Hamtramck, was less optimistic. Parke-Davis, a division of Warner-Lambert, pharmaceuticals, will start phasing out its Detroit area operations early next year. Kaczor, 34, said he expects to be laid off. "We're cutting back quite a bit this Christmas," he said.

"My children look at TV commercials and say, 'I want this, I want that' and I have to tell them other things come tramck echoed Bostwick's sentiments Saturday. Many cited the scheduled Jan. 4 closing of the city's Dodge Main plant as reasons for their lack of Christmas cheer. The 69-year-old assembly plant was originally slated to be closed next summer. But Chrysler Friday moved the date up to January because of lagging auto sales.

According to the company, the move will put nearly 3,000 more employes out of work. "I haven't bought a single gift this Christmas I just don't have the spirit," said Mary Bochniak, 67. She said her 48-year-old son Ronald, a machine repairman at Dodge Main, had been scheduled to retire in January 1981. "We're going to keep the home fires burning somehow. The family will more or less stick together and see what happens," said job as an assembler at Chrysler Dodge Free Press Photo Dv IRA ROSENBERG A home for Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette, you are here! Now on the northwest corner of E.

Lafayette and St. Antoine on the grounds of the Michigan Blue Cross-Blue Shield building since city workmen moved you Thursday! you spent the last 3Vz years on the median strip of Lafayette. City officials were afraid that your 18th Century patrician dignity was in danger of being upset by an errant 20th Century vehicle. Now, also, passersby will know who you are a famous general of the French Revolution. A bronze plate donated by Detroit sculptor Marshall Fredericks now adorns your marble pedestal.

Maybe they'll soon take the plastic covering off your head. Main plant last January. He said he has been unemployed ever since. "I guess Christmas is going to be hard for a lot of people in Hamtramck this year," he said. first." Kaczor SEVERAL Christmas shoppers in Ham MOKE AIRWAVES OPENING U.S.

transit grant increase still undecided, officials say The TV gospel vs. churches By HARRY COOK ree Press Religion Writer The recent launching of RCA's Satcom III communications satellite has given religious broadcasting in the United States a big boost. One of the satellite 24 relay channels is reserved exclu- 7 with bogus tickets William Beckham: "That report is completely without foundation." seized at Who concert sively for religious television and radio programs, which will be transmitted to stations around the nation. This means that nationwide and in Detroit, more religious programs will be available to stations and cable systems than can now be transmitted by RCA's Satcom I and Western Union's Westar satellite. Radio and television producers have special equipment to beam programs up to the satellite.

Through its relay systems, the satellite will transmit the programs to multiple receiving points across the continent. "It is the explosion of more and better religious programming meeting an ever demanding need that makes the new satellite capability necessary and possible," said Ben Armstrong, executive director of National Religious Broadcasters, an association of churches and groups involved in the production and transmission of religious programs. BUT THE SATELLITE and what it means to the rapid growth of religious broadcasting especially for the gospel evangelists whose listeners contribute millions of dollars a year fuels a conflict between ministers of the airwaves and leaders of traditional churches. On the surface, the battle is over allegiance and money. There are only so many people who are going to be attracted to one brand or another of the Christian religion and only so much money to be contributed.

On a deeper level, the conflict By JOHN CASTINE and BRIAN FLANIGAN Free Press Staff Writers At least seven non-Michigan residents were arrested at a Mayor Young has said he believes the federal government will ultimately approve spending whatever amount is needed by the region, but he too has acknowledged publicly that the federal commitment at this point is only to something beyond $600 million. A pledge to approve a $1.3 billion plan would mean the government is prepared to come up with some $900 million as its share. Goldschmidt stressed on a recent Detroit visit that his agency could not make such a pledge before the SEMTA decision. SEMTA General Manager Larry Salci said Saturday he does not believe the federal government has already made a decision on a plan or on the amount of money it is prepared to provide the region as its share. "I can state emphatically that I have not received any verbal or written commitment from any federal Department of Transportation official or from UMTA (Urban Mass Transportation Administration) itself," said Salco.

"I am still operating on the basis of the discussions recently held when Secretary Goldschmidt was here that they are anxiously awaiting our decision and that the secretary specifically said the federal government was not ruling out any of the alternatives before the SEMTA board," Salci said. "I do not believe the federal government has made such a decision," Salci said. He and Beckham both stressed, however, See SEMTA, Page16A By CAREY ENGLISH Free Press Staff Writer A high ranking official of the U.S. Department of Transportation Saturday denied that the federal government has already decided to approve a $1.3 billion package of mass transit improvements for southeastern Michigan. William Beckham, deputy secretary designate of the department, said the agency stands by earlier statements that no decision will be made until after regional authorities agree on an improvement plan.

Beckham was responding to a report broadcast Friday by Detroit television station WDIV (Channel 4), Indicating the money was assured even though the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) board of directors is not scheduled to vote on a plan until Dec. 18. "That report is completely without foundation," said Beckham, the No. 2 man in the department under Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt. THE AMOUNT OF money available for regional Improvements has been a sensitive issue in the debate over a plan.

Officials have carefully avoided saying exactly how much money will be provided so they won't bias the regional decision in favor of a single plan. The federal government long ago made it clear that an earlier pledge of $600 million as Its share for a plan was not a ceiling but that any amount above that would have to be negotiated after the region made its decision. Who concert in Pontiac for having bogus tickets in their possession, police said Saturday. One man was holding more than 1,100 phony general admission tickets when arrested late Friday, according to a police source. Pontiac Police Sgt.

Michael Miles confirmed that seven persons were under arrest and that "more than a few tickets" were confiscated. Miles said names of those in custody would not be released, pending arraignment Monday. concerns personal piety and human service. Religious broadcasting is a fast-growing enterprise in the Miles said the individuals were being held in Oakland County Jail on the charge of intent to defraud. communications industry, both locally and nationally, according to recently released media statistics.

Figures show a new religious radio station opens or an existing station's format is converted to all-religious broadcasting every week. At least six of the suspects had round-trip tickets to New York City in their possession tin, mi i ii until ifamwrtro Pontiac police were tipped off by the Los Angeles and New York Police Departments beioic the Who concert at the Silverdome Friday to watch for a "suspecfod counterfeit ring." New television stations devoted to religious programs are See RELIGION, Page19A The Bible Right is turning to political activism. Page IE. Salci: have not received any verbal or written commitment. Some 41,000 attended the Who concert at the Pontiac stadium..