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i DETROIT FREE PRESSFRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1980 13B mm mm 19 dateline I I Michigan SALE Prices "OTED, GOOD THBii SUNDAY, DEC 21J LTULUUl Crafts King of Newaygo' faces assault count LANSING A millionaire real estate dealer dubbed the "King of Newaygo" faces charges brought by Attorney General Frank Kelley in connection with two attacks on television newsmen investigating him. Calvin Deitz, who owns the largest brokerage firm rural Newaygo County in western Michigan, was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Richard Fara-baugh and was released on his own recognizance. Deitz is charged with felonious assault for allegedly driving his car in a threatening fashion toward James Riekse of WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids while the reporter was standing near the Cal Deitz Real Estate Office in Newaygo Oct. 30.

Deitz also is charged with helping his brother, Larry, assault reporter Mark Lagerkvist of the i mam WmL.au. 1 nd TWIST J5r fl Wm tt MffiMi fp 0 (tjfs- 1:1 MM MW A 2W "am IN RED, GREEN WHITE CREATE A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE WITH THESE ATTRACTIVE ACCENT CANDLES. REGULARLY 48c and 54c same station Oct. 11. Botn incidents were wmjvibcu.

He faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a $2,500 fine if convicted. Larry Deitz faces separate charges. WZZM, in a 10-part copyright series called King of Newaygo," charged Deitz has used his ties with a former county prosecutor and a local state police post commander to build a real estate empire. The Attorney General's Office said it brought the charges because Newaygo County Prosecutor Keith Schuiteman had talked with Deitz before one alleged assault and may be called as a witness. Falling gun wounds father, son KALKASKA Robert Lewis and his son, Jesse, 14, were wounded Wednesday night when the boy opened the refrigerator door at their Cold Springs Township home and a loaded 12-gauge shotgun fell off the appliance and discharged.

Lewis, 46, and his son were treated and released at the Kalkaska Health Center, the Kalkaska County Sheriff's Department reported. State farm Income up 20 EAST LANSING Increased production and higher prices raised net farm income 20 percent during 1980, a Michigan State University economist says. Michigan was favored with excellent crops and some yields were near record levels, the economist, John Ferris, said. The larger 1980 crops and higher prices will mean more income in 1981 as well because nearly half the major crops are not sold until after the first of the year, he said. Higher prices in 1981 are anticipated for hogs, cattle, eggs and milk.

Pere Marquette River survey upheld LUDINGTON A group of landowners armed with a 142-year-old survey and a long list of tax receipts has won the right to keep 2,000 acres in Mason County. The landowners, known as the Pere Marquette River Rights Association, said the federal Bureau of Land Management has decided to honor the old federal survey, even though a new survey turned up several major errors in the first document. According to the U.S. Swamp and Overflow Land Act of 1850, the land improperly surveyed in 1838 would have reverted to the state. However, the property owners argued they had paid taxes on the land between Ludington and Scottville for more than 100 years and the federal agency ruled they EACH A 5 9 OVER 12 VARIETIES OF EI11GI16 1' s-1 .2.

LIII0E SEIETS could keep it. A tug without a name LANSING A tug under construction by a state-subsidized company in Ontonagon, which will power Michigan's new venture in pusing barges across Lake Michigan, remains the boat with no name. Beautiful lush xl: i.y Fvs 1 cascauiny ium-nnp to accent anv room in Select from lovely Balsam, Spruce and Pine trees in many sizes, each one recently cut rushed to us to ensure its natural beauty. yur home. un a voice voie, uie suue Transportation Commission agreed to table indefinitely a proposal to christen the vessel Wolverine as suggested by the Department of Transportation.

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But Judge Gene Schnelz ruled against the schools and noted that other school boards in the state have been ordered by courts to keep drivers' education programs. Champagne for Oakland U. PONTIAC Oakland University is free to inaugurate president-designate Joseph Champagne. Oakland Circuit Judge Alice Gilbert, who issued a temporary restraining order Nov. 17 against an inauguration, dissolved it Wednesday after the university said it placed a hardship on Champagne, a vice-president at the University of Houston who has a house to sell.

Attorney General Frank Kelley sought the original order, saying the university had violated Michigan's Open Meetings Act In searching for a new president. University attorney James Howlett said no one has objected to Champagne and, however he was chosen, the choice was validated at an open meeting of the university's board of trustees Dec. 9. Lottery winners Treat your family and yourself to a special meal tonight usinq one or more of the tasty, kitchen-tested recipes you'll find in today's Free Press Food Pages. Read the Free Press in the morning and plan a delicious day! Bclroil ifircc Ptcso the action paper For home delivery call 222-6500 LANSING Insurance agent Richard Rasmusson, 56, of Grayling, won the $50,000 top prize in the weekly Super Play drawing Thursday.

This week's other winners were John De Horn of Muskegon, Stanley Schafer of Westphalia, Worthe Smith of Flint, James Flynn of Grand Rapids, $5,000, and Robert Noble of Alpena, $4,000. Compiled by W.R. DIEM From Free Press Staff and Wire Reports.