Metro Times 08/06/1981

AUGUST 6-20, 1981

In Search of the Creamy Grail

il resourcei anyneil In some cities,ete lines stretch for blocks with people waiting to sample the special flavor of real homemade ice cream. In Detroit, the : shops are largely neighborhood gathering not as meccas city wide.

city s vast ee ofice cream love oe the og them.

These shops are often owned and operated by the third or fourth generation of families rich in pride for their product. These ice cream akers are fiercein their commitment to the quality of their product, convinced that good ties_and only according to precious recipes deve ped through treasures aw places, known to the people on the block but

ALINOSIS

12748 E. McNichols, Detroit 527-3195 This elegant Ganddieed shop reflects the varmth and integrity of its owner

dark, milk and bitters eet chocolates. A sign. the rear of the shop reads: Made of the finest ingredients. No preservatives added only pure coffee, cream, natural fruits and flavors, 16 percent butterfat highest in the a State of Michigan. The sundae toppings are homemade, and the whipped cream is real.

The menu includes special sundaes entitled: Temptation, Victory Split, Peppermint Twist. and Hawaiian Dream. We asked Mrs. Alinosi how, after 35 years, she can stop from tasting

the wo derfu array ofice cream and candies

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NEWS

Women Bear the Brunt of Reagan Cuts, by Jane Dobija.......:... The Party s Over, by Michael Mariotte .............. cece ee ees FLOC Pushes for Nationwide Boycott, by Retha Hill ............ Newsreal, edited by Ron Williams...............00eccecceeeee

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In Search of the Creamy Grail, by Gene Mulcahy ............. Cover Fresh Fortnightly, by Jan Loveland ............ Letters... 2... cence eee eters ete tees sees Temptations, by Jan Loveland ...........400++ Flicks, by Michael Betzold weet eect nett eens

THE ARTS

Harry Chapin, byeMichael: Moore... os. as es ea ep Record Reviews: Miles Davis, by Herb Boyd, ZZ top. by Bul Rowe oo oe a Eating by the Book, by Ronald Aronson........ - Steambath, by Cindy Clothier.................

The Harder They Come, by Jerry De Muth......

EDITORIAL

WE RE BACK!

We would like to take this opportunity to offer a sincere thank you to George at Alvin s, Shadowfax, our fundraising subcommittee and, most of all, you for making our recent benefit

such a success. Not only was a good time had by all, but the paper cleared a cool grand to pay some back bills.

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FRI. AUG.

NONCE DEADLINE NEARS: You only have ten days left to register for the Nonce Dance Ensemble s summer workshops at the Rackham shops at the Rackham Memorial, which start August 27. Classes in Modern, Jazz, Ballet. and Dance for Skaters will be held, and director Denise Szykula will also hold a special class in Choreography. Registration info can be had at 8327400.

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SEND IN THE FEST: This afternoon at 1:30, on the Cass Avenue lawn of the Main Library, at least 100 clowns from around the metro area will celebrate the close of National Clown Week (and you thought Reagan was the main event. .). Members of some focal groups, or alleys (the Michigan Bell clown unit, the Detroit Fire Department Alley and the Shriner and Alhambra Clowns) will entertain. In case of rain, the merriment will take cover. inside the library. Call 833wen

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SUN. AUG.

PASTICHE PREMIERES: After a year-long sojourn in the Dominican Republic, the Pastiche Wind Quintet is back in

III, Detroit Public Libra-

_ty, August 8.

Motown and will perform today at Somerset Mall. The free, twohour concert begins at 2 pm, and will give their fans a chance to say hello. Call the Mall at 6436360 for any details you further require.

MON. AUG.

CHECK OUT THE ROAD: Sfart the week off right by checking in with the Michigan Emergency Patrol, currently enshrined in the lobby of the Fisher Building, before you start home today. A working terminal monitor screen will show you what to avoid, and MEP personhel will be on hand to fill you in on how their agency operates. Call 875-0104 for exhibit info.

TUE. 1 1 BUG.

CARIBBEAN CRAFIS: Arts, crafts, food and dance from the Caribbean will add color, tex-" ture and flavor to the summer heat today at part of the Caricarn Festival of the Arts '81. Today's show will take place on the Gullen Mall at WSU, but it is

only part of an entire week of

festivities. There are ongoing exhibits at the Main Library and the Afro-American Museum,a third exhibit, Caribscape, tomorrow at WCCC Downtown and a Thursday night screening of Jimmy Cliffs classic The Harder They Come. Saturday will provide a double capper with a morning parade from Kennedy Square to Belle Isle and an evening show and dance at Masonic featuring the Mighty Sparrow and Sam and the Caribbean Express. The parade will remind you of Mardi Gras, with costumed marchers from Haiti, Cuba, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Antigua, Trinidad, Tobago and the Virgin Islands taking part. Phone the Caribbean Carnival Committee at 533-5501 for further information or the various sponsoring institutions about individual events. a 14

VIDEO TO GO: If you've ever wondered what would happen if conceptual artists got hold of the network TV airwaves, you can get a glimmer for the nexttwo weeks if you visit the Oak Park Library. Statements on Tape, an exhibition of works » bias

of video art by seven local video artists, is showing continuously there. According to organizer Deanna Sperka the show is meant to take a relatively new art form and bring it out of its usual gallery-museum closet. A further note from Sperka: if you arrive and the videotape loops aren't running, a librarian should be able to assist you in getting them started. Accompanying photos and statements from the artists should help you in your viewing. Call the library at 548-7230 for directions, library hours and further details. 206. LO

MORNING STAR TONIGHT: At8 pm to be exact, a bright morning star will appear at the Southfield Parks and Rec Building. Including recently sighted political folk singers Marcia Taylor and Charlie King, Bright Morning Star is a group of six women and men who all tell stories, dance and communicate a political message nonsexist, anti-nuke and progressive in general. The benefit will help the Upland Hills Environmental Awareness Center in Lake Orion and. information about the event can be had at 531-8943.

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Farm Workers organizing drive which out- edited by Ron Williams lawed secondary boycotts and allowed sumAt the same time the Reagan administra- mary injunctions against harvest-time strikes. tion proposes to spend $3.3 billion on new O Connor also backed a bill which didn t pass interstate highway construction next year which would have prevented unions from conalone, it also plans the virtual gutting of this tributing to state election campaigns nation s rail passenger service sometime this The Southern Poverty Law Center located in fall, eliminating all AMTRAK service to 36 Alabama is in the process of getting its imporstates and 500 cities and throwing 15,000 tant national Klanwatch program off the people out of work. For more information on ground. The well-respected organization will efforts to derail yet another impending example document the activities of all known Klan of irrational social planning, contact the groups in the country utilizing the same record National Association of Railroad Passengers, system used by the Wiesenthal Center for the 417 New Jersey Ave., S.E., Washington, D. C. Study of the Holocaust to trace and locate Nazi 20003, (202) 546- 1550 war criminals. For more information on the proFinkel, our freelance sports nut who had his ject or to send a donation:, Klanwatch/The piece for this issue of the Metro Times on the Southern Poverty Law Center, 1001 S. Hull baseball strike canned at the last minute be- _St., Montgomery,AL 36195 cause of the surprise settlement, wishes to point United Farm Workers of America, AFLout that the agreement was reached exactly one CIO boycott of Red Coach lettuce will sponsor a day after the owners insurance ran out picket at the Farmer Jack store at 10 Mile and The Guardian reports that Reagan s Supreme Ryan, Saturday, Aug. 8 from 11 a.m. to p.m. Court nominee Sandra O Connor has solid Farmer Jack is the only major Detroit-area anti-labor, record. As an Arizona state senator supermarket chain continuing to sell the Red she backed a law aimed at stopping a United Coach label. For more information: 898-3400 2

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Regarding your articles about pollution

Nina Raff

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This etter is in protest to your writer and the Reagan administration: am Michael Betzold s description of Richard shocked and disgusted at your myopic Pryor s role in the movie Bustin Loose. inability to recognize that the supposed He wrote, . . .(Pryor) trying to raise sell out is actually a/bold plan to end the | enough money to finance that free base scourge of cancer. habit. . This remark reeks of racism by

First the administration gets the govern- making fun of his unfortunate life-threatenment out of the research business, cutting _ing accident last year). off all funds for cancer study. Millions of heard no humorous remarks about tax dollars saved. Then by strategic price white comedienne Totie Field s bout with support to the tobacco growers, smokingis _ cancer ciaiming first her leg then her life. encouraged. De-regulation of carcinogens _ heard no humorous remarks about white follows. Finally, industrial pollution is | comedian Jonathan Winters bout with unshackled. mental illness.

The result: a marked increase in the But when a black comedian has a more number of cancer victims. This in turn serious accident, your writer finds it funny. creates a market for an effective cancer expect this writer to be reprimanded and cure. Private enterprise will then inevitably those offensive words stricken from the invent that cure. See how easy it is? pages of the Detroit Metro Times. Its called supply-side economics and it Michelle Ventour works! The same approach is being tried in Detroit

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|Women Bear _ the Brunt of Reagan Cuts

by Jane Dobija

By the year 2000, virtually 100 per cent of the poor in America will come from households headed by women. That statistic from the U.S. Department of Labor fliesin the face of popular conceptions about the economic status of women in this country; namely, that they ve already achieved economic equality and now need only exercise their rights to enjoy financial success.

The Reagan plan calls for a one-third cut in the child nutrition program while preserving the tax write-off for the twomartini lunch.

But for the 125 women who attended Macomb County Community College s Speak Out on July 24, which addressed the issues of poverty among women, those Department of Labor figures match closely their personal assessments of their own situation: women-in America are in big financial trouble.

Sally Chalgian, Director of the Displaced Homemaker s Project which sponsored Women Speak Out, said the event was intended to make the public aware of the current economic status of women and how that status will be affected by the Reagon administration.

Participants in the speak out, including representatives from the NAACP, Macomb County NOW, the League of Women Voters and the U.S House of Representatives, provided the women in attendance with statistics that ex-_plained why they are poor and why they can probably expect to become poorer in the next threeand-one-half years.

According to Shirley Kloth from the Warren-Sterling Heights League of Women Voters, Women in 1980 earned only 59 cents for every dollar that man made. Their low earning power has nothing to do with education or training, Kloth explained. Both male and female employees have completed a median of 12.6 years of schooling, yet women end up lower on the ge totem pole.

Sarah Burns, Pode of the Macomb County Branch of the NAACP, argued against the popular notion that women who live in poverty in this country do

so because they don t want to work. They are poor, she asserted, because they work full time and do not earn enough to meet the subsistence needs of their families.

Burns turned the tables on conservatives who emote about welfare cheats. She emphasized that the poor want to get rid of actual cheats, the white collar and executive theft and corruption which has been estimated at $40 billion.

President of Macomb County NOW, Doris Little, said that some of the budget axing which Reagan plans as a means to balance the féderal budget really makes little economic sense. A Harvard study determined that the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program, for example, results in a three dollar savings for each dollar invested in the program. Yet, the penny-wise and pound-foolish Reagan plan calls for a one-third cut in the child nutrition program while preserving the tax write-off for the two-. martini lunch.

A statement prepared by Rep. David Bonior (D-12th District)]. added furtherto the list of complaints about. budget cuts designed to keep women in poverty.

The Legal Services Corporation, where two-thirds of the clients are women, and where more female lawyers are employed than in any other entity outside the federal government, is slated for a two-thirds budget cut.

Bonior warned that poor women are not the only ones who will suffer from the proposed cuts. Middle class working women will be hard hit, too. TheSmall Business Administration s assistance to female entrepreneurs would be decreased with the proposed elimination of the Women s Business Enterprise Program, he pointed out. And the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program which oversees affirmative action hiring by contractors would be totally eliminated.

The statements delivered by community leaders at Women Speak Out confirmed some of the audience s worst fears about their economic future and their place in Reagan s list of political priorities. Bonior summed up their feelings when he commented that, A country s values are reflected in how it spends its money.

If this is a reflection of the priority women hold in this administration we ve slipped a long way,

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Jane Dobija is a freelance writer and Editor of Corridors, a Detroit-based literary journal.

The Party s Over

by Michael Mariotte

WASHINGTON

nthe wake of its second major defeat in just over a month, the Democratic Party is in shambles. Detroit Democrat John Conyers, Jr. and some other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have publicly called upon House Speaker Tip O Neill and Majority Leader Jim Wright to resign their leadership posts. Its not necessarily the politics of the Democratic leaders that Conyers objects to, but the fact that they have been unable to invoke any semblance of party discipline.

Truth be told, there really is no Democratic Party anymore. Asa party designation, it stands for nothing. There will stillbe those who call themselves Democrats, of course, and as a national institution, obituaries are a bit premature; but in this year and in the immediate future, calling oneself a Democrat is akin to calling oneself a Whig a hundred years later it tells nothing about one s beliefs or goals.

This basic fact of olfacal life, especially relevant to those who have considered the Democrats the last-best alternative to the Reagan steamroller, became readily apparent last week, as the

nation Ss that they shot themselves in the head. Rather than regroup after the budget cut debacle and provide a reasoned alternativeto the Reagan-Kemp-Roth three-year, 25 per cent tax cut bill, the Demo_crats fashioned a bill so loaded with provisions for special interest groups, big business, small business and everyone else but the average wage earner (in a vain attempt to swing over southern conservatives), that in the end the differences in the two approaches were so negligible there really was no rational reason to vote against the president. After all, who s more popular in most districts Reagan or Ways and Means chair Dan Rostenkowski?

CORPORATE WELFARE

For the record the Democratic alternative was slightly more skewed in favor of those who earn less than $50,000 per year than was Reagan s bill. It was also for a shorter duration two years versus three, and did not havea tax indexing feature which will cost the U.S. Treasury untold billions of dollars when it begins to take effect in 1985. Unless the guns/butter _ priorities change dramatically by then, that indexing will virtually assure that most social programs in real dollars will never rise above their newly cut funding levels.

ie Democratic House of Representatives rolled over and played dead in the face of Reagan s nonstop hardcore wheeling and dealing lobbying machine for his tax cut proposals.

Reagan won easily, the tax cut passed by an even bigger margin than had the budget cuts last month. Perhaps the most ~surprising thing about this administration is the political skill and leadership it has thus far displayed even Lyndon Johnson

But both bills _ practically guarantee that the federal budget will remain wildly unbalanced for the foreseeable future. And it is only a slight exaggeration to assert that both bills essentially give to the large corporations, especially the oil companies, as much of the U.S. Treasury as they wish to carry away.

As passed, the tax cut will cost the Treasury over $730 billion over the next five years, which might not be so bad if it went to the average guy on the street. But it doesn t. The bills theory is that it will boost new investment, and poor and middle income people

It doesn t take much genus to figure out that if the corporations aren t paying that tax, someone else is. You.

might have picked up some pointers. In Washington, as one hopes is well known, political skill and leadership translate into knowing when and how much to compromise and to deal. Reagan _knows and does both exceedingly well. The full cost to the nation of his knowledge will not clearly unfold for years. It is actually somewhat incorrect to describe the Democrats as rolling over_and playing dead; it would be more accurate to say

don t invest, the wealthy and corporations do. So they get most of the cut. In the future, the theory goes, the fruits of that investment will trickle down to the rest of us provided that it is invested wisely, of course, or invested at all. That is called supply-side economics. -

As Congressman Conyers pointed out, As far back as 25 years ago, the corporate income tax paid 30 percent of the cost of Continued on page 25

Farmworkers Push for . Nationwide Boycott

by Retha Hill

As the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) enters its fourth consecutive season of strikes in Ohio s tomato fields, the organization is intensifying its efforts to organize a national boycott of Campbell and Libby products in order to bring the food industry giants to the bargaining

In Detroit, City Councilwoman Maryann Mahaffy has _introduced a resolution in the council that would remove Campbell and Libby products from city shelves. FLOC began its organizing efforts in 1968 when it struck 22 farms during the peak of the harvesting season. All 22 growers granted FLOC union recognition and good contracts. The next summer when the migrant workers returnéd to Ohio they found Campbell and Libby had contracted with new growers for the ~ 1969 harvest. The union was forced to start organizing again

In 1978, FLOC led 2,000.

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workers out of the tomato fields. The workers are asking for yearly three-way contract negotiations between the growers, the canneries, owned by Campbell and Libby, and FLOC.

The canneries believe there is no basis for a collective bargaining relationship because Campbell and Libby do not directly employ the farmworkers. It is the canneries, however, that set prices in their contracts with the growers,~ automatically limiting the wages for the farmworkers.

Farmworkers suffer the worst conditions: of any occupationin America low wages, _ inadequate housing, child labor and constant exposure to pesticides. FLOC workers earn less than one cent a pound for tomatoes, or 24 cents for a 33 lb. hamper. Whenit rains, they earn no wages. Because of low wages, children and senior citizens past retirement age must work in the fields to help support their families.

The pickers are asking thegrowers and the canners for an increase in wages to 35 cents for a 33 Ib. hamper and a work guarantee of 28 hours every two weeks, at $3.35 an hour, whether

- it rains or shines.

According to Julie Giconidd, coordinator of the Detroit FLOC Support Committee, the 1981 harvest season will be a crucial year for the strike.

are hurting,

The gigrowers have shown they arti says Greenfield. Campbell has sold some of its canneries because of the effectiveness of the baycott. The company is investigating moving another cannery to North Carolina from Ohio.

The long strike has been hard on the farmworkers as well, says Greenfield. Baldemar Velasquez, president of the union, and teams of FLOC members will tour the country this August to raise money to support the striking farmworkers and to expand the boycott effort. When the tour is completed, FLOC will begin picketing the tomato fields contracted to Campbell and Libby in northwest Ohio in hopes of stopping the harvest of this season s crop. a

For -more_ information or to send contributions write:

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714% S. St. Clair Toledo, OH 43609

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Bhere 11S something magic about ice cream. Magic and something perculiarly American. Who doesn t remember the ice cream man on the street and the corner store and the vendor at the ballpark and the special family trip out for ice cream. Ice cream is cool refreshment on a hot day; sometimes a delicious cold contrast to oodles of hot fudge dripping from its mountainous sides - like avalariches.

There are famous names in ice cream across the country, places where all assure you that some of the best ice cream anywhere is scooped. There is Peterson s in Chicago, Brigham s and Bailey s in Boston, Swenson s in San: Francisco and Detroit s Sanders. There are also small shops scattered across the land from whose back rooms and front windows flow special blends from a family heritage of secret recipes.

But contrary to our patriotic wishes, ice cream is not a native American dish. It was not served to the pilgrims on that first Thanksgiving Day with the turkey and cranberry sauce. Some trace its origins back to Nero (the concert violinist and pyromaniac of Roman times). Itis said that during his banquets he sent the speediest slaves into the mountains surrounding Rome to bear mounds of ice which would be covered with fruits and fruit juices.

Marco Polo returned from the Orient raving about what might well have been sherbert. The court of Charles in England served cremeice at the royal table from a regally secret recipe until the king completely lost his head and the secret was revealed. -

The first ice cream recipe beek: was written in France and calléd L Art de Faire de Glaces. It was published about 1700 and included recipes for chocolate, apricof, violet and rose ice creams. Parisian cafes served a remarkable array of flavors to the elite of the city and indeed competed for the most exotic flavors to offer the public.

The first documented appearance of ice cream in the New World was on the table of Governor William Brandon of Maryland in 1700. He very judiciously smothered the ice cream in strawberries. Ice cream became very popularin polite society in New York about the time of the Revolution. It was of course the Tories and not the Revolutionaries who were enjoying it.

Goerge Washington was alleged to have run up a $200 ice cream billina New York tavern (or did_ history,

offered the ice cream industry. still further new energy as many breweries retooled to become ice cream factories.

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alas, change the substance for which the bill was rendered). Thomas. Jefferson, the ever-inventive aristocrat, devised a many-layered ice cream and pastry concoction alas, the Montecello Sundae. Dolly Madison, America s unequaled social pace setter and first lady, offered pink ice cream at State dinners at the White House.

THE ICE AGE

What was up to this point the food of the fortunate rich was about to undergo a revolutionary change and become the delight of all Americans. By 1800 the ice house began appearing on the nation s ponds and lakes. In winter, large blocks of ice were cut by saw and stored in ice houses for use in the summer months. With the advent of the 18th century ice age the vendor emerged, and frozen delights could come to the customer, could enter the workplace.

In 1848 the Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer was registered with the United States Patent Office. Invented by Nancy Johnson, it tickled the growing nation s fancy. This rather cumbersome device requiring a bag of rock salt and a great deal of hand working is still on sale and still serves as a focal point of occasional rolicking family enterprise and fun.

The concoctionist was part linguist, part minstrel, part chemist, part fizzacist, part gynmast and, always, the entertainer.

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The first ice cream factory was opened in 1856 by Jacob Fussell, a Baltimore dairyman and close friend and supporter of Abraham Lincoln. He soon opened an additional plant in Washington, D.C. By 1857 his friend, banker Perry Brazelton, had opened factories in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Mr. Fussell was fierce ppponerd _of slavery, a staunch public advocate for civil liberties. Upon his death, the first ice cream fortune was left to charities to aid freed slaves. Soon technological wonders steadily increased the production of America s favorite new food. Refrigeration, homogenization and more sophisticated _ electrical made production and delivery more profitable for the businessperson and the ice cream supplier. Prohibition equipment

It was the golden age of ice cream. Elegant marble soda. fountains emerged graced with gold and silver plate in the highest order of the late Victorian era. The former practice of complementing ice cream with fresh fruit was eclipsed by the development of an array of flavored gunks and goos, liqueurs and exotic combinations of wonder and delight.

Oversight of the soda fountain was the responsibility of the concoctionist, the professor or less elegantly, the soda jerk. This now-faded figure in American history managed a melange of hand-powered machinery perceived by the customer as equal to the conirol panel of a large aircraft. The concoctionist was part linguist, part minstrel, part chemist, part fizzacist, part gymnast, and always, the entertainer. Some cities have lovingly restored. the antique elegance of the Victorian ice cream parlor and the quality of home-made ice cream. Sadly, the concoctionist seems to have been a victim of rapidpaced sales and corporate mass marketing.

In May of 1926, after a painful strike, the Bakers Union Local 118 of Washington, D.C. came to terms with ice cream manufacturers assuring them an eight-hour day and a sixday week. Already the business of ice cream was underway.

From a tiny news and cigar shop in Wollaston, Massachusetts, Howard D. Johnson began making a full 28 flavors in the basement of his shop. Mr. Johnson scooped his way to another great ice cream fortune with orange-roofed ice cream emporia and hostelries scattered across the world. His was also the first mammothly successful franchise operation. As Howard Johnson was charging West, Baskin Robbins was forging East. Fortunately for Detroit, it was in the center and received both entries in the ice cream sweepstakes with enthusiasm.

Through the 40s, strict federal controls demanded ice cream sanitation and purity. A minimum of ten percent butterfat content must be part of all ice cream sold. Ice cream became a large business component of the dairy industry:

In the past several years, a new ice cream notion is providing the base for still further riches. Reuban and Rose Matteus decided that some people might be willing to pay more for better quality ice cream than was usually available. They invented Haagen Dazs, a word which means absolutely nothing in Danish or in any other language and comes from exotic New Jersey. Once again the American. public responded with enthusiasm, and Haagen Dazs prospers as de its imitators.

There seems no end to this salon s appetite. Americans seem. hypnotized by the-creamy pile of ooze, mesmerized by the virtual endless parade of flavors-available. And why not there ain t nothin like it. a

Paradise Candies: Best Find. by etal Mulcahy

Continued from cover

APOLLO ICE CREAM

10449 E. Warren, Detroit 57 1. 9410

What is Bubble Gum Pink, Robin s Egg Blue and Chinese Red with Tangerine and Kelley Green trim? Answer: The Apollo Ice Cream Store. For 11 years, the McGigor family has been offering a wide array of ice cream and food items at a former. service station. From the high counter the customer can select from 16 homemade ice cream flavors and two sherberts. The personnel are very warm and friendly and are attiredin Tshirts boasting luscious lipped ice cream.

The card which accompanied our ice cream. sample read: Thank you so much for your patronage. We genuinely appreciate you as a customer, and you have our assurance that we shall make every effort to maintain the friendly type of relationship so necessary for continued confidence and good will. In our experience, Joe McGigor and his staff succeed. ey

PARADISE ICE CREAM &CANDIES

7938 W. Vernor (at Springwells), Detroit 843-6996

Since 1935 Steve Loupes and his family have been making their own ice cream and candies. This unique neighborhood store and soda fountain is a precious piece of Americana. A classic green Hamilton Beach soda mixer churns out malts, sodas and milk

Jeremy Iggers and Gene Mulcahy: the Court in session.

n Sunday, July 11, 1981, the Court Oo of the Goldon Cone convened in public session in the sidewalk cafe at the Down Under Restaurant in Hart Plaza. The distinguished panel of justices sampled 18 different kinds of ice cream available in the Detroit metropolitan area. The ice cream used was purchased or donated. No readypacked ice creams were considered. There were two categories of competition homemade ice cream made and sold in the shop itself and commercially made, mass marketed ice cream sold in company or franchised shops.

Because vanilla is the bellwether of all ice cream, the flavor was judged for each of the contestants. In addition, each shop was asked to nominate its most outstanding,* luscious flavor. In the case of commercially produced ice cream stores, we asked the dispenser to make the nomination, preferring a Detroit-made decision to one made in some distant corporate headquarters.

The following ice creams were sampled = the taste-testing process. Judges did not know which brand was being tested and ranked the ice cream on a ten-point scale with comments. The homemade ice creams were: Ray s, Alinosi s, Paradise and Apollo ice creams. The factory-made, hand-packed ice creams

RAY S ICE CREAM

4233 Coolidge, Royal Oak 549-5256

The ice cream making machine is in the window. From a stamped tin ceiling hang wooden fans. The booths are oak and oak veneer with Grecian vase imprints. The service is friendly and embracing. One long-time customer commented: These are. the best malted milks in town. tell you this truthfully. I m not even a relative.

If Paradise Candies is a slice of life out of the roaring thirties, Ray s is a perfectly preserved enclave of 50s Americana. Ray and Dale have established. an extraordinary degree of word-of-mouth name recognition since 1958 for this non-descript, one story red brick building which is the home of some creamy concoctions just this side of heaven.

If you were to blink your eyes you might catch a bygone glimpse of bobby-socked teenagers enjoying their cones while leaning on an old DeSoto in the parking lot. If this is your first visit, we suggest you try their Seay black raspberry. a

tested were: Baskin Robbins, Haagan Dazs, Howard Johnson s, Sanders and Stroh s. We are grateful for the cooperation of those companies and of the personnel who assisted us. We further express our thanks to Bob and the staff of the Down Under Restaurant for pro-viding so gracefully for our tasting.

The justices of the Court of the Golden Cone were the cream of the crop. They were:

® Justice Alex Casala: Alex is an 1-yearold student at the Davidson Middle School in Southgate. He constantly eats ice cream both in Detroit and in his native Argentina.

@ Justice Melba Boyd: Melba is a wellknown Detroit poet with a secret love for ice cream.

@ Justice Jeremy Iggers: Jeremy is food editor of the Detroit Free Press. -

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Metro Times most licorice. Steve s candies are hand dipped. You may find the store visited by the neighborhood children who can take up to ten minutes to decide just what color ice cream will best suite today s needs. Steve s mother will be patient And offer her best suggestions from behind the counter. ee

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NOTES

Congratulations to Art in America for a successful showcase last week at Traxx. The rock quartet had record execs from some five major labels in their thrall for two sets including the president of Geffen Records, David Rosenbaum,and its chief A&R person (read: talent scout) John David Kalodner. Capitol, A & M, EMI and Chrysalis were also there as the band rollicked through two enjoyable sets. Rumor is that a record contract. is now a certainty, and Art in America should be the next Detroiters _ making it big nationwide. kK kK wk kK wk Ann Arbor's Classic Film Theatre has been bringing R 'n' R flicks to the Punch and-Judy in Grosse Pointe since mid-July, but this weekend there s a very special screening: Rude Boy, featuring The Clash. For your $2.50 admission you'll get hot shots of the boys doing their greatest: I'm So Bored With the U.S.A, White Riot and Police and Theives. The weekend of Aug: 21 the CFT plans to screen

ROY

RECORD COLLECTORS AND

TYVEK TIDAL WAVE

It's hardly a household.word as yet, but Tyvek, a spunbonded olefin material, is the latest in fashion circles. Spunbonding means melding paper and plastic together. At Bull Shirt in Royal Oak, you can get a windbreaker that is shiny like plastic, crinkles like paper and is much softer and comfier than either one for $8 or so unprinted. Bull Shirt has printed some up for Emily's, and you can get one with a Detroit logo at her boutique for a little more. Or order a few for your club or friends with your own logo for about $10 each. That has to be cheaper than nylon, and you can pick from white, light blue, a yellowgold, red or metallic silver. The windbreaker we tested rolled up into a softball-sized ball, was ultra lightweight, and would be worth checking into for backpackers, too. Rumor has it that other clothing items, like jumpsuits, made of the space-age material are showing up at fashionable spots, like Patti Smith. But until we can confirm, try the Bull Shirt for a look into the future. The Bull Shirt Company, 216 S. Main, Royal Oak, 541-0600.

GOOD SLURPS

regular and thick and cost $1.20 and $1.50, respectively, in chocolate,

time you're up around Grand Circus Park. Watkins Tobacco, David

When I think of slurps,I think of malts. So should yqu, since there's a great downtown reminder: Watkins Tobacco. No, they don t come in kinky flavors like Borkum Riff. But in the back of the tiny, L-shaped store (off the David Whitney Building lobby)-there hides one of the best spots for that old-fashioned goo of your youth. Shakes and malts come in vanilla, strawberry or pineapple. Regular is hardly thin. Despite the fact that the price is a little higher than McDonald's, Watkins manager, Carter Justin, told us he uses real ice cream, not soybean-based sludge, in his floating confections. Vernor's freaks can get the Boston Cooler, featuring your favorite ale and vanilla ice cream for 94 cents. And for a quick funch stop, there are dogs and sandwiches, too. Stop in the next Whitney Building, 962-0583.

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MUSIC JAZZ

ALEXANDER ZONJIC QUARTET: Mondays, Jimmy's, Farmington Hilton. ALLAN BARNES BAND: Aug. 8, Club }431 East, 965-6857.

ANDREA CHEOLAS TRIO: Th-Sa, Sir Charles Pub, Royal Oak, 541-9593. ARMS DUO: Th & Su, The Gnome, 8330120.

AUSTIN MORO BIG BAND: Aug. 19, P'Jazz, 965-0200.

BOB JAMES: Aug. 13, Renaissance Live, 963-7680.

BOB PHILLIPS: Sasiays, Union St. I Grosse Pointe, 331-0018.

BROOKSIDE JAZZ ENSEMBLE with URSULA WALKER: Aug. 12, P'Jazz, 9650200.

CHARLES McPHERSON with GEORGE GOLDSMITH TRIO: Aug. 20, DIA Cabaret Jazz Series, 832-2730.

CHICO HAMILTON: Aug. 17, P 'Jazz, 965-0200.

DR. DICK S GOOD VIBES: Mondays, Crash Landing, Warren, 751-4444: DOC HOLLADAY & NEW CONCEPTIONS: Aug. 6, DIA Cabaret Jazz Series, 832-2730.

EX-CURSION BAND: Sundays, Cobb's Corner, 832-7223.

GAIL BAKER & THE CATS MEOW: Thru Aug. 14, M-Sa, Mountain Jack's, Troy, Aug. 19-20, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

GIGUE ORCHESTRA: Mondays, Les Lounge, 682-7755. Wednesdays, Woéden. Nickel Saloon, E. Detroit, 7721080.

GIL SCOTTI-HERON: Aug. 8-9, Watt's Club Mozambique, 864-0240.

GLORIA LYNNE: Aug. 12-23, Dummy George, 341-2700.

GROSSMAN & KOZIARSKEY: Aug. 7-8, Old Detroit, 964-8374.

J. C. HEARD QUARTET: Aug. 13, DIA Cabaret Jazz Series, 832-2730.

KAMAU KENYATIA QUINTET: Mondays, open jam session, Dummy George, 341-2700.

KRIS LYNN: F-Su, 101 Lounge, 9612338.

LIONEL HAMPTON BIG. BAND: Aug. 10, P 'Jazz, 965-0200.

LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION: Th-Sa, Cobb s Corner, 832-7223.

MICHAEL FRANKS: Aug. 14, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

MICHAEL URBANIAK & THE BUDDY BUDSEN TRIO: Aug. 14-23, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.

MILES DAVIS: Aug. 16, Masonic Auditorium, 832-7100.

PHILIPPE WYNNE: Aug. 13-16, 20-23, Watt's Club Mozambique, 864-0240.

RAYSE BRIGGS QUINTET: Tuesdays, open jam session, Dummy George, 341-2700.

REBOP ENSEMBLE: Sundays, open jam session, James Europe Post 3080

VFW. Mondays, open jam session, Jazz - Development Workshop #2, 894-9264.

RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES TRIO: Aug. 6-9, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.

ROBERTA FLACK & PEABO BRYSON: Aug. 9, Pine Knob, 647-7790.

SCALARE: Aug. 14-15, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

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VIKKI GARDEN: F-Su, jazz and ragtime piano, Union St. II, 831-3965.

WEINBERG & SUSKIND: W & Th, Union Street II, 831-3965.

WENDELL HARRISON & PAMELA WISE: F & Sa, The Gnome, 833-0120.

BLUES

ALTHEA McCULLERS QUINTET: Aug: 12-13, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

B.B. KING: Aug. 18, Renaissance Live, 963-7680.

BILL HODGSON: Sundays Alvin's Finer Bar, 832-2355.

BLUES BUZZ BAND: Aug. 9, Pier 500, Wyandotte, 282-7442.

CHICAGO PETE & THE DETROITERS: Aug. 7-8, Alvin's Finer Bar, 832-2355. GLEMI DERRALL & HIS BLUE BOYS: Aug. 5-6, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 5455483.

JAMES COTTON: Aug. 7-8, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.-

LIVING ROOM BLUES BAND: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. Aug. 1415, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe, 3310018.

PROGRESSIVE BLUES BAND: Aug. 78, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. SAM LAY: Aug. 14-15, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

SHARKS: Aug. 6, 13, Soup Kitchen, R&B

ALICIA MYERS plus THE ENCHANTMENT: Aug. 21-23, Henry's Palace, 341-9444. BOOGIE WOOGIE RED: Mondays, 259-1374.

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Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.

DR. ROSS: Aug. 14-15, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.

DICK SIEGEL & HIS MINISTERS OF

MELODY: Aug. 14-15, Alvin's, 8322355. Aug. 20, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

HOUSTON PERSON & ETTA JONES: Aug. 5-9, Dummy George, 341-2700. RON TRIP plus TF.O.: Aug. 14-15, Henry's Palace, 341-9444.

SOUL

DONNA SUMMER: Aug. 12-15, Pine Knob, 647-7790.

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS plus THE JOHNNY TRUDELL ORCHESTRA: Aug. 18, Meadow Brook Music Festival, 377-2010.

JAMES BROWN: Aug. 27-30, 20 Grand, 873-6500.

THE WHISPERS: Aug. 6-9, 20 Grand, 873-6500.

REGGAE

BLACK MARKET: Aug. 13-14, Todd's, 366-8633.

D ALIENS STEEL DRUM BAND: Aug. 7, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

JANET PLANET & THE CUTUPS: Aug. 12, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

MAKKAH RHYTHM TRIBE: Aug. 6, Nunzio's, Lincoln. Park, 383-3121. Aug. 19, Bookie s, 862-0877.

ONXYZ: Thursdays, Alvin's Finer Bar, 832-2355.

PETER TOSH: Sept. 19, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. THE SAMARITANS: Aug. Todd's, 366-8633. 13-14, GROSSE POINTE FARMS

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L-Seven, Bookie s, Aug. 14. NEW WAVE

THE A's: Aug. 15, Bookie s, 862-0877. CADILLAC KIDZ: Aug. 19-20, Traxx, 372-2320.

CHEATERS: Aug. 7-8, Lili's, 875-6555. FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS plus DICK SIEGEL: Aug. 10, Nitro, 5381645. FACTS: Aug. 15, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

FAITH & MORALS: Aug. 14, Bookie s, 862-0877. THE FAST: Aug, 14-15, Traxx, 3722320. FRED E. BOOTS MOVEMENT: Aug. 13,

- Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121. HOT LIPS: Aug. 8, Tupay's,521-1717.

HYPSTRZ: Aug. 7, Bookie's, 862-0877. THE IN: Aug. 8, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881. Aug. 13, Lilis, 875-6555.

JOHNNYS: Aug. 13, Bookie s, 8620877. Aug. 15, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

L-SEVEN: Aug. 14, Bookie s, 862-0877. LAST CALL: Aug. 12, Tupay s, 52117A7. MARCO & THE JETSETTERS: Aug. 8, Bookie s, 862-0877. Aug. 16, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.MARUGA & THE SODA JERKS: Aug. 20-21, Todd's, 366-8633. NIK JET: Aug. 12, Bookie's, 862-0877.

PATHETX: Aug. 19, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

PATTERNS: Aug. 13, The Bowery, 8711503.

R.U.R: Aug. 8, Nunzio s, Lincoln Parkx 383-3121.

RADIO CITY: Aug. 14-15, Traxx, 3722320. ne

RERUNS: Aug. 14, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121. ROCKABILLY CATS: Aug. 14-15, The .Bowery, 871-1503.

ROOMATES: Aug. 7-8, Paycheck's, 872-8934.

SOPHISTICATES: Aug. 8, Tupay s, 521- 1717.

STEVE NARDELLA BAND: Aug. 14-15, Lilis, 875-6555.

STINGRAYS: Aug. 8, Bookie s, 8620877. THE SUITS: Aug. 6, Bookie s, 8620877. THIRD COAST: Aug. 13, The Bowery, 871-1503.

TRANSFORMERS: Aug. 6, The Bowery, 871-1503.

|WHITE LINES: Aug. 7-9, Carriage Wheel Lounge, Garden City, 261-1310. WOMBAT: Aug. 7, Bookie's, 862-0877. WOODWARD AVE:: Aug. 8, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.

ZEUS & RENDEZVOUS: Aug. 6, Traxx, 372-2320.

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BFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553 W. Grand Blvd., 899-2500. Thru Oct. Needlepoint as a Black Art Form.

ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR: 445 Riverside Drive West, (519) 258-7111. Thru Aug. 16, works by Jack Macdonald.

ARTISAN S GALLERY: 19666 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, 356-4449. General gallery selections.

ARTRAIN GALLERY: 316 Fisher Bidg., 871-2910. Michigan Art.

C.AD.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Opening Aug. 23-Sept. 10, group exhibit of local artists.

CANTER/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623. Thru Aug. 8, new paintings by Timothy Van Laar.

CAROL HOOBERMAN GALLERY: 155 S. Bates, Birmingham, 647-3666. General gallery selections.

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield. Student Summer Show.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 6543210. Thru Aug., Navajo Textile Exhibit.

DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337. Closed until

Sept. 8.

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GALERIE DE BOICOURT: 315 Fisher Bidg., 875-7991. Folk Art.

GALLERY RENAISSANCE: 400 Ren Cen; 259-2577. Gallery selections including works by Jon Strand.

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DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bidg., 873works.

DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. Thru Nov. 15, Victorian Crazy Quilts and Throws. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Opening Aug. 11 thru Nov. 1, The Golden Age of Naples. Thru Aug. 23, paintings by Helen Covensky. Thru Sept. 13, Shadows of Mt. Huang: Chinese Painting and Printing of the Anhui School.

DONALD MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Opening Aug. 8-September 12, master drawings and works on paper.

FEIGENSON GALLERY: 310 Fisher- Bidg., 873-7322. Thru Aug. 8, works on

paper by Ron Morosam and Gordon Newton.

GALLERY 22: 22 Long Lake, Bloomfield, 642-1310. General graphic show. _~

GRAFISKAS: 218 Merrill St., Birmingham, 647-5722. Fine Art posters.

HABITAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. Thru Aug., Variations in Glass, a group exhibit of eight artists.

HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward, : pees 644-8284. Thru Aug. 22, Friends of the Gallery, photo exhibit.

ILONA AND GALLERY: Hunters Square, Farmington Hills, 855-4488. Thru Aug. 8, pottery, pastels and folk art.

KLEIN GALLERY: 4520 N. Woodward, Royal Oak, 647-7709. Thru Aug. 19th and 20th century prints and drawings.

MOTOWN MUSEUM: 2648 W. Grand. Bivd.~875-2264. Memorabilia from the first decade of the record label's history on exhibition. Open Fridays only.

GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 962-

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OAK PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY: Oak Park Blvd. at Coolidge, 548-7230. Thru. =RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. WashingAug. 21, video art exhibition titled ton, Royal Oak, 544-2828. Gallery selecStatements on Tape. tions.

PARK WEST GALLERIES: 29469 SCHWEYER-GALDO GALLERIES: 630 Northwestem Hwy., Southfield, 354- N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-0390. 2343. Thru Sept. 3, Detroit Summer Thru Aug. 15, paper constructions by Months, group exhibit of 17 area Bill MacArthur. artists. SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 Mar-

- artists. en print show. rs Aug. 22, group exhibition featuring sculpture by Louise Kruger and Johanna Jordan.

PRESTON BURKE GALLERIES: 12 Mile Rd. and Evergreen, 569-3330. Thru Aug. Contemporary prints from posters to Picasso.

RAMAYAN ARTS: Tower 400 Ren Cen, 259-6220. Paintings, sculpture and home accessories from Asia and the South Sea Islands.

PEWABIC POTTERY: 10125 E, Jeffer- tin, Birmingham, 642-7694. Thru Aug., son, 822-0954. Thru Sept. 5, works by German expressionist prints. Jim Powell and Marie Woo. SUSANNE HILBERRY GALLERY: 555 PIERCE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY S. Woodward, 642-8250. Thru Aug., GALLERY: 217 Pierce, Birmingham, Andre, Artschwager, Benglis, Gorchov, 646-6950. Closed for month of Aug. Humphrey and Torreano. PITTMAN GALLERY:300 Ren Cen, | W.S.U. ARCHIVES OF LABOR & UR259-2235. Thru Sept. 7, Romare Beard- BAN AFFAIRS: Walter P. Reuther Library, Cass at Kirby. Thru Labor Day, exhibit detailing the first 25 years of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. General gallery selections. YAW GALLERY: 550 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-5470. Thru Sept. 15, textiles from Bomeo.

ROBERT KIDD GALLERY: 107 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Thru

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FESTIVALS

553-5501 or 835-9444.

DOWNTOWN DETROIT ETHNIC

FESTIVALS: Hart Plaza, 224-3755. Aug. 7-9, Ukranian Festival. Aug. 14-16, Polish Festival.

FESTIVAL FOR THE PERFORMING

ARTS: Palmer Park, Aug. 15, 1-7 pm, CETA Summer Youth Program provides music, dance; drama and other forms of entertainment.

MACOMB COUNTY GERMAN FESTIVAL: Macomb County Park, Sterling Hgts., 979-7010. Aug. 8-9, noon-11 pm.

BENEFITS

BRIGHT MORNING STAR: Southfield Civic Center, 531-8943 for info. Aug. 19, pm, sponsored by CISPES, NOW, PIRGIM, SECO and Upland Hills EAC. Proceeds go to sponsor of your choice.

THE GIRIZ PARTY: Roostertai!, 9215811 or 571-8977 for reservations and info. Aug. 14, pm, entertainment by Natasha and Missing -Persons. Proceeds benefit Women in Media.

ROLL-FOR-RESEARCH: Aug. 16; 2-

POLITICAL

Army, 601 Bagley, 965-5580. Aug. 14,a° forum sponsored by Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Coordinating Organization (NARCO).

REVOLUTION BOOKS: 5744 Woodward, 872-2286. Aug. 16, pm, discussion of the suppressed book, After the Cataclysm written by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman. TOWARD A BLACK PARTY IN THE "80s: WSU Student Center Bidg., Hilberry Lounge, 921-0200. Aug. 7, 5:30pm & Aug. 8, am-6 pm, speakers and workshops addressing the-need for party that will organize and fight for Black interests.

AIRWAVES

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: National Public. Radio's award-winning nightly news magazine is broadcast weekdays 5-6:30 pm and weekends 5-6 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: Tues., pm. Metro Detroit's iongest-running radio show produced by and for women addresses events and music from feminist perspective. WDET, 101.9 FM.

ART IN DETROIT: Wednesday, noonpm, public information program ee Detroit art. WCAR, 1090

<a OFFICE BOMBS: Saturdays, am, the best of the worst Hollywood films. Aug. 8, Village of the Giants; Aug. 15, Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules.

night-1 pm. M: The Revisited Series; TuW: Jazz Album Review; Th-F: assorted musicians. Hosted by Calvin Euseary. WJZZ, 105.9 FM. DETROIT BLACK JOURNAL: Airs every Friday at 9:30 pm & Sunday, 2:30 pm. WIVS, Channel 56. HART TIME: Aug. 15,.7 pm, documentary portraying prison as strange, brutal world where survival has the highest value. WJBK, Channel 2. JAZZ AT THE INSTITUTE: Mondays, pm. The museum series of summer cabaret concerts. 13 2-hour broadcasts. WDET, 101.9 FM.

MORPHOGENESIS: Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams. M-F, 3-5 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM. MUSIC FROM THE ART INSTITUTE: Su, 1-2 pm. Classical concerts recorded at DIA music events, including Brunch With Bach. WQRS,' 105.1 FM.

OCEAN: Aug. 19, pm am. A National Geographic Special looks at oceans new life forms. WIVS, Channel 56.

OLD 'N GOLD: Sunday evenings, 6:308:30 pm. Featuring R&B and Rockabilly. WDTR, 91 FM.

AQUARIAN REVELATION CENTER: Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, 3555080 or 642-9262 for info. August 25 26, Seminar in Cosmic Experience. BOB TALBERT: Interested in what he has to say about his job and this city? Detroit Historical Museum, August 12,

RADIOS IN MOTION: Fridays, pm. Alternative rock for an alternative society. Hosted by Mike Halloran. WDET, 101:9 FM. pm.

RIFF ALBUM COUNTDOWN: Sundays, pm, review of week's top-selling rock

CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES FOR THE 1980s: Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti. Call Mich. Consumer Education Exchange for info, 487-2292. August 1-14, graduate colloquim featuring nationally known speakers.

JOB HUNTING SKILLS WORKSHOP: Oakland Univ. Continuum Center, Rochester, 377-3033. Aug. 15, 9:30 ampm. Pre-registration recommended.

FAMILIES

BELLE ISLE ZOO: Belle Isle, 398-0903. Open daily 10 am-5 pm.

BOBLO: Departure from behind Joe Louis Arena. Amusement Park. Call

music and more.

DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Open Tu-Su, exhibitions and two films, The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens and Ocean, projected on 180-degree domed screen.

DETROIT ZOO: W 10 Mile Rd. near Woodward, 393-0903. Open daily 10 am-5 pm.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: 111 E. Kirby, 871-8600. Thru. Aug. 19, Discover Music from Many Lands,, 90minute program includes games, crafts, dancing.

WAVE POOL: Vaterford Oaks Country Park, 1702 Scott Lake Rd., Pontiac, 7580906. Calm periods alternate with wave action at this public pool.

ETC.

Your Arms Too Short to Box With

MUSEUM~ THEATRE: Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village. Thru Sept. 12, Peg O'My Heart.

MUSIC HALL: 350 Madison, 963-7622. Thru Aug. 30, Your Arms Too Short to Box With God. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDIO THEATRE: Rochester, 377-2000. Thru Aug. 15, Murder at the Howard Johnson s. WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: 765 W. Long Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. Thru Sept. 4, Damn Yankees.

DINNER THEATRE

ALFRED'S SOMERSET DINNER THEATRE: 2475 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 6438865. Thru Sept. 4, Sleuth.

962-9622 for info. olds.

CHILDREN S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210: Thru Aug. 14, M-F, Summer Activities and Workshops for 4-12 year

HART PLAZA LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Tu & W evenings, 7:30 pm. Aug. 11, Ed Mucilli Big Band. Aug. 12, Joe Vitale Big Band Jazz. Aug. 18, Leash Saxophone Band. Aug. 19, Jimmie Wilkins Orchestra. Sponsored by Detroit Federation of Musicians Trust Fund. MT. CLEMENS ANTIQUE SHOW: Macomb Place, Gratiot btw. Cass New streets, 469-0120. Aug. 15,9 am-6 pm, over 20 Michigan antique dealers.

God, Messi Hale: ask for Carmen. Auditions currently being held for an Oct. production. Ages 10-18 eligible.

DANCE

BIG BAND DANCING: Somerset Mall, 643-6369. Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm, free dancing, open to the public but proper dress required. Aug. 12, The Ragin Aug. 19, Hal Jones Orches-

ONSTAGE

ALIVE & WELL DETROIT: Book-Cadillac, 114 Washington Bivd., 288-0450. Thru Aug., Americana Struttin. ATTIC THEATRE: 525 E. Lafayette, 963-7789: Thru Aug. 29, Steambath: BIRMINGHAM THEATRE: 211 .S. Woodward, 644-3533. Thru Aug. 23, Do Black Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?

JOANNE'S RESTAURANT: 6700 E. Mile Rd., 527-3202. The Merrymakers Dinner Theatre.

MR. MAC'S STABLE: Parkland Tower, Dearborn, 286-0450. Thru Aug., Fourposter.

Donald Sutherland as Nazi creep. by Michael Betzold RATING SYSTEM

The following ratings have been approved for use in the Detroit Metro Times by Reverend Jerry Sinwell and the Immoral Majority:

kkk are the conventional film critic s albums. WRIF, 101 FM.

measure of quality, from four (masterful) to none (miserable).

WWWWs indicate degree ofWeirdness. The more W s, the more creative strangeness you should expect, to good or bad effect.

ZZZZs are for sleeping. The more Z's, the More shut-eye you get for your money.

No parenthetical ratings indicate the reviewer has been unable to screen the film before press time. (The reviewer tries to screen as many as possible but is hampered by the fact that this paper has only one private jet, which is (of course) communally shared.)

SUNDAY CLASSICS: Sundays, 9 amnoon. Music from the fifties and sixties

5201 Woodward, 833-4043. Aug. -8, 1:30-4:30 pm, skits, tricks, fun and lots of clowns. Free.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine, July Aug. Opti-

CLOWNFEST II: Detroit Public Library, pm, startin at Birmingham Hughes Hatchers, 10-mile Roll-a-thon to benefit the American Cancer Society. Registration for ns available at all & H stores. For info call 557-7373. WIVS, Channel 56.

SKATING IN THE STREETS: Sundays, 1-6 pm, Shain Park, Birmingham. Outdoor roller skating in downtown Birmingham. Rentals available.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S MUSICAL THEATRE: 1701 W. Mile Rd., 838-9155

NONCE DANCE ENSEMBLE: Rackham Bidg., 832-7400 for registration or info. Aug. 17-27, summer workshops offered in Modem, Ballet, Jazz Dance for Skaters. Enrollment is limited.

COMEDY CASTLE: Maximillan's, 4616 Woodward, Royal Oak, 548-2323. Aug. 6-8, Dave Couwlier. Aug. 13-15, Martin Lewis. FISHER THEATRE: Fisher Bidg., 8721000. Thru August 22, the musical,

ARTHUR. Dudley Moore and Liza iina -jet-set caper comedy.

BLOWOUT. (xx*WW) Brian DePalma achieves maturity of technique, avoiding his earlier excesses, and John Trovolta proves he is more than pretty face in this engaging political murder mystery about movie sound man who is witness to the assassination of major presidential candidate and unwilling pawn in its cover up. There s never been any doubt that DePalma knows the tricks of the moviemaking trade, but some people have found his gory grandstanding in Carrie and Dressed to Kill, among others, objectionable. Here, DePalma retains horror, tension and his idiosyncratic style while fashioning true modern tragedy about the costs of fighting high-level corruption which stays faithful to the characters and symbols of the several types of genres noir and Hitchcock, among others which DePalma conflates. Nancy Allen talks funny but makes her dim-witted character duplicitous and conniving enough to be interesting. Of course, we

have yet to see DePalma movie in which any significant woman survives the ending intact.

ENDLESS LOVE. (xWWWZZZ) It's endless, alright. The low points are the close-ups~of Brooke Shields face during adolescent lovemaking. Is this how an orgasm is supposed to look, mommy? Shields betrays her inexperience on several levels; she s still model, not an actress. Looking for redeeming features in this Franco Zeffirelli opus, was amazed at the preposterous plot. Brooke s upperclass lover burns down her house, he s so piqued at being refused entrance for month during final exams. Later, retribution befalls both Brooke's father and lover, in the form of an errant taxi cab. There's no deciphering whether Zeffirelli is larapooning or lauding the two sets of permissive parents, but trying to figure out the message is as fun as reading Freudian comic book, which is what == Love most resembles.

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. (*WWWW2ZZ) It sounds better, at least in the Weirdness department, than plays, this crazy John Carpenter flick about the rescue of kidnapped president on futuristic Manhattan that has become gigantic island prison. (Those who think there are only criminals on Manhattan today have head start on the Carpenter mind set.) Imagine, Disney good boy Kurt Russell as murderous one-eyed punk, Ernest Borgnine as gangster McHale in taxi cab, and Issac Hayes as the world s foremost pimp in the world greatest pimp car, Caddy with chandeliers for hood ornaments. But the lighting sure is dim, the outcome predictable and the characterizations flat a very ordinary gangster flick, once you get past the plot. little too obviously cute. EYE OF THE NEEDLE. (« «x WW) Outstanding

performances from Donald Sutherland (as Hitler's most cunning and villainous spy) and newcomer Kate Nelligan (as lonely housewife who becomes the Allies fast hope) turn an interesting wartime adventure/romance into something quite special that hopefully will be remembered next Oscar time. Sutherland s achievement is making us see the tortured, isolated human being inside the workmanlike Nazi killer even at times when he 1s hampered by cliche psychoanalyzing in the script. He is man who could be loved at the same instant that he is the point man for evil, and that is certainly remarkable characterization. Nelligan brings plenty of credulity as well to her role of ordinary wife-and-mother elevated to reluctant hero. Never has the personal confrontation that is the central fact (endlessly repeated) of war been stripped so frightfully bare as in the last half hour of Eye of the Needle. Unfortunately, the first half hour is nothing special.

HEAVY METAL. The film that answers the question, Can comic book series without man that flies (or any central hero, for that matter), become hit movie as New Wave cartoon?

THE LAST METRO. (x*) Truffaut's elegant allegory about the roles played by Parisian citizens under Nazi occupation goes limp at the end, victim to the writer/director's own timidity. Catherine Deneuve is wonderful in~the pivotal role of Madame Steiner, caught between her loyalty to husband Lucas, who she is hiding from the Nazis in the basement of the theatre they jointly run, and her ambivalent attraction toward Gerard Depardieu, lukewarm Resistance fighter who is her co-starina romantic play. The Last Metro is insightful in illuminating the reasons behind the various adaptations (collaboration, resistance, exile,

spying, acquiescence, etc.) different people make to enemy occupation, but in regarding political behavior as mere role playing, another kind of acting, the film trivializes the Resistance and its fighters. Rather than strong resolution of the triangular plot, Truffaut opts for cloying symbolism. Despite many fine performances, the real star of the film is cinematographer Nestor Almendros, who has salvaged genuine sentiment from Truffaut's sentimentalism with strong, exquisitely lit portraitures throughout.

seem more sophisticated. (Ann Arbor Film Coop, August 11.)

human behavior is present

The Last Metro is strikingly beautiful but annoyingly shallow in its climax; never has an ending left so unfulfilled the pregnant promises of film. Yet the flaw Truffaut s stagey view of throughout, destroying admirable intentions and fine craftsmanship. (Detroit Film Theatre, Aug. 7-8 14-16.)

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER. (*«*xx) The documentary that should have been nominated for an Oscar last year: but wasn't, has strong local focus (both behind and in front of the camera) and an unusual urgency in these days when some dinosaurs who happen to be in power want women to return to subservience. Rosie focZes on five Rosies, women of diverse backgrounds who went to work in defense plants during World War and-then were shooed back to the kitchens by the same propaganda machine that lured them out in the first place. An excellent dissection of the sexual manipulation of American advertising, the nature of the workplace, the roles of the sexes, and the impact of all three on real women who lived through it. Don't make the mistake of laughing too hard at the obvious ploys of the propagandizing; its only the blinders of time that make today s eee insidious advertising

MAN OF MARBLE. If you can't wait until the DFT shows it laterin the season, you can catch the Polish equivalent of Citizen Kane now in Ann Arbor. Andrez Wajda, Poland s foremost director, made Man of Marble in 19 77, preGdansk, but you might say that the plot about an ordinary bricklayer who becomes national hero and then non-person is prescient in view of subsequent events in Poland. (Ann Arbor Film Co-op, August 20.)

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. (*ZZWW) The Lucasberg corporation, comprised of milfionaire B-movie rip-off artists George Lucas (Star Wars) and Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters), displays its latest piece of merchandise: hyperkinetic action adventure with Harrison Ford (AKA Hans Solo) as Indiana Jones, global cowboy archaeologist and Karen Allen taking Carrie Fisher's part as the tomboy in the Lucasberg boys club (where sex is avoided since it would sap the warrior s strength). Would you believe the vile Nazis are digging up the Egyptian desert, looking for the Ark of the Covenant so that Hitler's armies can invade Poland behind Jewish relic? Well, credibility has never been the Lucasberg long suit; here it thrown out the window completely in the name of escape entertainment. But even the comiest of Hollywood jungle movies had characters and causes audiences could believe in and context in which action took place. At the hands of Lucasberg, however, character development would only get in the way ofnonstop pilfering of old adventure movies. The never-ending narrow escapes eventually become tiresome, and Jones is only out for himself (he's the individualist adventurer par excellence), so it hard to care much about him. The

PARADISO CAFE: 17630 Woodward, 869-3988. Aug. 7-8, 14-15, The Mobius Theatre presents Side By Side By Sondheim. ROBERTO'S: 2485 Coolidge, Berkley, 546-7800. Thru Aug., Do! Do! STOUFFER S DINNER SHOWCASE: Northland Inn, Southfield, 569-4700. S, Gonzo Theatre. THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT THEATRE: 17 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke, Sterling Hgts., 288-0450. Thru Aug., An Owl and Pussycat. only word for this kind of filmmaking is showboating. ae STRIPES... («WWW2ZZ) Bill Murray's postanarchist Beetle Bailey is consistent representation of the new rock-and-roll patriots who sang Bomb Iran to the tune of Barbara Ann a-year ago. To Murray and his Army buddies, putting some funk into weapons drill redeems it, and shooting at Commies from inside Winnebago that is Pentagondesigned urban assault vehicle is great fun, as long as the enemy soldiers are just so many Space Invader blips on video console. Despite the apparent anti-authoritarianism of the film's first hour, Stripes doesn't question the values of the New Army. To accommodate Murray and his gang, the military brass need only add dancing beat to the lock-step marching and give each of them video game to play with. Which is exactly what the New Army is ae and that no laughing matter.

Stephan Goodfellow, Xochipilli

SUPERMAN II, (***WW) Funnier and more action packed than the original, this sequel, benefits greatly from new director, Richard Lester, who brings his tongue-in-cheek wit to the story of the Man of Steel coming to manhood. Three villains from Krypton, each withthe same pcewers as Superman, arrive in an America full of billboards and fast food, and. Lester has lot of fun showing them winning: the uneven battles with the stupid, punchless earthlings. Superman s preoccupied, bunking down with Lois Lane, as both Chris Reeve s and Margot Kidder's characters blossom into more complexly scripted and acted roles. Eschewing overblown intergalactic special effects, Lester's battles are more clever and enjoyable, and his hero much more appealing, than anything Lucas or Spielberg could dream up. Great entertainment for all ages.

ways stirring up trouble, right, Randy?

TARZAN THE APE MAN. In these modem days, it must be hard to find script suitable for the likes of-Bo Derek, who was born to play Jane, so it back to grunting and swinging. UNDER THE RAINBOW. It been long time between jobs for the Munchkins, who here share mofel with Chevy Chase duting filming of Wizard of Oz. Those short people are alZORRO AND THE GAY BLADE. George Hamilton takes time out from tanning, and fag jokes get top billing.

Three Faces of Eve (August 20); Monsieur Ver2355) Blues with Lightnin Hopkins,

24). Sponsored by Cass! City Cinema. aliery.

_WHAT'S.

_ Vernon Jordan

COUNTRY

FREE & EASY: Aug. 6-8, Cardona s,Brighton, 227-6177.

LOVIN COUNTRY: Aug. 6-9, Hay Loft, Mt. Clemens, 468-1010.

SOUTHERN BREEZE: Tu-Sa, Filthy McNasty's, Warren, 757-1120.

STEVE DAVID & THE ELECTRIC COWBOYS: Nightly, Urban Cowboy, Westland, 326-3500. WILLIE NELSON: Aug. 19, Pine Knob, 647-7790.

FOLK

JULIE BRUTELL: Th-Su, Sweet Water Tavern, 962-2210.

KAREN BOUCHARD: Mondays, UnionStreet I, Grosse Pointe, 331-0018. W-F, 4-8 pm, Money Tree, 961-2445.

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: Aug. 7, Meadow Brook Music Festival, 377-2010.

NEIL WOODWARD: Aug. 8, Flint Art Fair, 766-7169. Aug. 14, Shamrock Bar, Utica, 731-6886.

THE VINTAGE FOLK QUARTET: Thursdays, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe, 3310018.

CLASSICAL

BRUNCH WITH BACH: Sundays, 10 & 11:30 am, DIA Crystal Gallery, 8322730. Aug. 9, Jacob Lindberg, lutist. Aug. 16, Robert Sorton,. oboe, Joyce Weintraub Adelson, piano.

NIGHTCAP WITH MOZART: Fridays, 11 pm, Birmingham Unitarian Church, 851-8934.

HAPPENIN

ROCK

ADRENALIN: Aug. 823-6400. AUTOMATIX featuring SHAUN MURPHY: Aug. 6-9, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292. AXX: Aug. 10-11, September's, Warren, 756-6140. BAROOGA: Aug. 7-8, Traxx, 839-2777.

THE PRETENDERS: Aug. 18-19, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. PULSTAR: Aug. 6-9, Token Lounge, Livonia, 261-9640.

RADIO CITY: Aug. 6-8, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

RARE GIFT: Aug. 18-23, Studio, Westland, 729-2540.: RAY GUNN FAZE: Aug. 14, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

BAROOGA BANDIT: Aug. Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292. BITTERSWEET ALLEY: Aug. 6-9, Sidestreet, Allen Park, 383-1186. Aug. 1216, September's, Warren, 756-6140.

12-18,

13-15, Harpo's, Aug 18, 24 Karat, 531-2332. Aug. 1922, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

BOLTZ: Aug. 6-8, Exit Lounge, Madison Hgts., 588-3121.

BRIAN AUGER & THE SEARCH PARTY: Aug. 14, 8 pm, New World Theatre, 867-6220.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Aug. 11-12, 8 pm, Joe Louis Arena, 962-1800.

CHARLIE DANIELS BAND plus JUICE NEWTON: Sept. 1, Meadow Brook Music Festival, 377-2010.

CURTIS HY FLASH: Aug. 10-11, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292. Aug. 18-23, Token Lounge, Livonia, 261-9640.

DANNY JOE BROWN: Aug. 17, Harpo s, 823-6440.

DON TAPERT & THE SECOND. AVENUE BAND: Thru Aug., M-Iu, Piper's Alley, Grosse Pointe, 885-9130.

FLIRT: Aug. 17, Studio, Westland, 7292540. THE GREG KIHN BAND: Aug. 17, Center State, Canton, 981-4111. IGGY POP: Aug. 13, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

JACOBS KELLY: Aug. 6-9, 300 Bowl, Waterford, 682-6300.

JESSICA SPRUCE BAND: Aug. 19-20, Traxx, 372-2320: JOHNNY VAN ZANT plus TOBY REDD: Aug. 20, Harpo s, 823-6400.

KIM CARNES: Aug. 29, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

LITTLE RIVER BAND & PABLO

CRUISE: Aug. 17, Meadow Brook Music" Festival, 377-2010.

LOOKOUT: Aug. 11-16, Side Street, Allen Park, 388-1186.

MAJESTY: Aug. 11-16, Studio, Westland, 729-2540.

MARINER: Aug. 19-23, Papillon Ballroom, Dearborn, 278-0079.

MAYHEM: Aug. 6-9, Studio, Westland, 729- 2540.

"MILLERZ KILLERZ: Aug. 16-17, Token Lounge, Livonia, 261-9640. Aug. 19-12, September's, Warren, 756-6140.

MIMI HARRIS & THE MIDNIGHTERS: Aug. 7-8, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe, 331-0018.

MITCH RYDER .pilus PENDRAGON: Aug. 7, Harpo s, 823-6400.

NEW ENGLAND plus STRUT: Aug. 8, Nitro, 538-1645.

OLD SPICE: Thru Aug., F-Sa, Carter's Bar, 521-9216.

PENDRAGON: Aug. 6-8, Harpo s, 8236400. Aug. 10, Token Lounge, Livonia, 261-9640.

PETER FRAMPTON: Aug. 7, Rine Knob, 647-7790.

Playhouse. 2

ROUGH CUT: Aug. 7-8, The Bowery, 871-1503.

ROY ORBISON: Aug., 11, rockabilly, Nitro, 538-1645. SKIDS: Aug. 19-23, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

STAGE: Aug. 6-9, Papillon Ballroom, Dearborn, 278-0079.

STREETWISE: Aug: 4-9, Al's Dancing Club, Taylor, 946-7510. |

STRUT: Aug. 14-16, Papillon Ballroom, Dearborn, 278-0079. Aug. 17-18, September s, Warren, 756-6140. 33-1/3: Aug. 12-13, Traxx, 372-2320.

TEEN ANGEL: Aug. 11-15, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

TEEZER: Aug. 12-13, Papillon Ballroom, Dearbam, 278-0079. TOBY REDD: Aug. 6-9, September's, Warren, 756-6140. Aug. 12-13, Traxx, 372-2320. Aug. 14-16, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150.

URIAH HEEP: Aug. 14, Harpo's, 8236400.

VALENTINE: Aug. 11-15, Token Lounge, Livonia, 261-9640.

WIDOW: Aug. 11-15, Exit Lounge, Madison Hgts., 588-3121.

WISHBONE ASH: Aug. 8, Harpo s, 8236400.

ZOOMER: Aug.. 7-8, Traxx, 372-2320.

ZUOOSTER: Aug. 10, Studio, Westland, 729-2540.

THE GROOVE SHOPPE

BROADWAY, DETROIT 961-3603 ree

HARRY CHAPIN, 1942-1981

by Michael Moore

Harry's dead.

Its taken me halfa day just to be able to write those words. still can't believe it. I keep hoping that any minute now someone will wake me out of this bad dream.

How can I put into words the immense grief that {'m feeling right now? How can I convey to you who Harry really was? So man, ihoughts and feelings are swelling in my head.

It was the first week in December of 1976 that my friends andl hoppedinthe car and drove over to Grand Rapids to see if we could sneak in to talk to Harry Chapin. We were operating a crisis center at that time called the Hotline Center and had this idea about publishing an alternative newspaper.

We had seen Harry in concert before and thought that maybe he would help us. We got into the show and, during intermission, snuck backstage.Just as was about to open the door to Harry's dressing room; a guard grabbed me and asked where the hell did think was going.

Oh, I'm going to talk to Harry, I told him in a voice that I hoped would sound like knew what I was doing.

No, you're not, was his response and he started to lead me away.

At that moment, Harry stuck his head out the door and asked what all the commotion was about. The guard told him that this guy says he wants to talk to you.

Then let him comein and talk to me, Harry responded and went into the room with him.

don't know howlong was in there probably not more than five minutes, though it felt like two hours. told him what we were doing in Flint, the hassles we were receiving from some local rightwingers and asked him if he could help.

Sure, he said immediately. It sounds like you're doing a helluva job and I'll come to Flint and help you. | Here s my brother's number in New York. Call him tomorrow and set up a concert.

And, just like that, it all began.

It's been five years and 11 concerts for the Voice since then, raising close to $200,000 for our paper. Harry never saw a cent of that money. He refused any expense money and insisted that he pay for his own air fare, hotel and meals. He would even pay for the gas in my car on the way back to the airport. (Actually, he demanded to fill my tank up each year after we ran out of gas ina blizzard and he missed his plane!)

What kind of words do you use to

describe someone like this? He performedover 100 benefits each year, raising over $5 million for various causes around the country. He had a fairly modest lifestyle and refused to be caught up in the trappings of being a star. The more he made, the more he gave away. He could have just as easily sat back and watched the money roll in, but there was something Harry had that separated him from most other performers he had a social conscience. He was not content to live in a world where there was bigotry, inequality and poverty. He had committed himselfto what at times seemed like a one-man crusade to end oppression and create a more just world. Maybe that s what killed him. I don't really care to expend any energy as to

why Harry died, but for some reason I can just see him cruising down the Long Island Expressway in his daughter's Rabbit on his way to yet another meeting to help out this or that group. Each year, as Harry and would rush down US-23 in my Rabbit to get him to the airport at a speed of 80 mph I would say to him, Harry, how can you live like this. (as if I didn t know) and he would say, What do you mean, I'm having a ball. Harry lived life in the fast lane because, think, he was trying to pack ten lifetimes into one. He saw so few of his musical peers using their talent to create a better society that the burden seemed to fall on him to make up for everyone else's lack of commitment.

Without Harry Chapin there probably would have been no Flint Voice. With -Harry gone now, the future for the Voice looks bleak.

The last time spoke with Harry a few weeks ago, he called me at two in the morning just to say hi. how's it goin and see how the fundraising plan for the Voice was progressing. He had flown out to Flint on May 8 and bought everyone lunch at the University Club who wanted to be a:part of the Friends of the Flint Voice. With the people present, he set up a plan where he committed himselfto raising $60,000 for the Voice by the end of the year. He offered to play at Ombudsman Joe Dupcza s retirement party in August. He offered 150 seats at his Pine Knob concert that would be sold to raise money for the Voice and play ata party that same day here in Flint. He was also going to perform some Living Room Concerts in Flint during the fall at people s homes, and he wanted us to raffle off weekend with him at his home on Long Island.

And that's just what he had planned for us in the next five months. Had he lived, the Voice would have finally reached self-sufficiency. Now, 1 don't know.

I do know that what Harry would want is for all of us to keep going. He had come to feel a special attachment to Flint more so, he told me, than to any other city in the country. He loved being here so much that he spent his birthday in Flint performing three concerts in one day for us last December 7. The next day John Lennon was killed. One of the last things I remember talking to Harry about was if he ever feared the same fate would befall him. He told me that if he ever spent a second thinking about it that it would do him in.

You go when you're ready to go and until then you live life for all its worth, he said.

He closed by telling me how much he cared for me as a friend, how much he admired all of the things we were doing and how upsethe was that I didn't invite him to my hair-cutting (once long, now gone). Always one to think of a way to raise money for a good cause, he told me that I was foolish for not going back to Davison and selling chances to the good people there to cut a chunk of hair off my head.

What does this have to do with anything? I don t know. That's the last time I spoke with him, and I'm starting to cry again.

The Voice, I hope, will survive.

For me, without Harry as my friend, it will be a lot harder.

Reprinted from the Flint Voice Special Edition, July 17, 1981.

MILES IS BACK

Miles Davis ~ The ManWith a Horn

Columbia Duke

In my private jazz litany, the words are: Satchmo. .. Lady Day. - Bird. Mingus. :. Eric. ~.Trane. Monk. .Miles, amen. Only the latter two innovators, the iconoclastic Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, remain among us. Miles Davis. The name has magic. The image he projects is swift and suave; elusive and elegant. He s the Prince of Darkness, esquired dark blue Lamborghini/ Maserati.

listeners. And with this group of new players, you can see that the University of Miles is still turning out top-caliber musicians. The only slight criticism have is Miles strength, but that should improve as he continues to play. Fat Time, Man Witha Horn and Shout are getting lots of airplay. I think it's a great album. A nice mixture of tunes and tempos.

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flights with Charlie Bird Parker, Miles has been in the limelight and deeply embedded in the psyche of most hipsters. For many jazz buffs he is an institution which has produced some of jazzdom s finest musicians John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams, to name but a precious few. As an innovator, Miles has sparked at least four major trends in the jazz idiom: bebop, cool school, modal-funk and the contemporary amalgam of crossover/ fusion, what have you.

Over the years, every move that Miles makes is closely monitored by the media. And even when he doesn't move, folks want to know why. So, how do you review an album from such a musical giant as Miles? You don't. You cop out and call on your partners. Here s what a few of them have to say about Miles absence from the music scene and his new release:

Ron Jackson, musician Miles has nothing to prove to anyone. Long ago, Bird blessed him and that s it. think he is one of the most melodic trumpet players around. kind of dug him best when he was with John Coltrane. Some folks seemed disappointed with his latest concert appearance in New York, but if Miles did what they wanted him to do, they never would have gone to see him in the first place. i= 4 a

J.P. Lutcher, jazz aficionado

You can tell right away its Miles. Shout is something to shout about; the fender bass was exceptionally good. It s a four-star album, but one side is a bit commercial. think two of the young players are Miles nephews, but there are no liner notes on the album. I m glad he s back.

Reggie .Chapman, musician "Right away | knew it was Miles. I've only heard a couple of sides and it's typical Miles. Even his worse is good.

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Every Detroiter know, myself included, has a Texas prejudice, for all too many good reasons. You got half the people .you. know Oblitzkrieging this Promised Land like so many starved flies to shit, no dignity whatsoever. There's these assholes acting up on TV, these cheerleaders behaving like so much crab-ridden pork, these Cadillac cowclowns with their silly clothes, hemorrhoidal critter machines, bad manners and narcissistic neanderthal songs.

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Mike Harris, news director, WJZZ This album is a continuation of Miles foray into the future. It doesn t disappoint at wise are probably just a.bit confused. The vocal number Man With a Horn shows again that Miles'knows how to proach, which he established, and make it appeal to today s

Norma Jean Bell, musician T heard alittle ofthe album, but don t have to hear it to know that for me, Miles is the link to the past, present and future of America s art music. I had the privilege to share the bill with him in Florida when was with Stevie Wonder. He told me that women saxophone players were very rare but that if] really applied myself that would make it.

Miles Davis returns to Detroit for the first time in over five years Sunday, August 16,8 p.m. at Masonic Auditorium. Herb Boyd

Unfortunately, we often overlook the overwhelming Texan musical overload, with folks like Ormette Coleman, Joe Ely, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Albert Ayler, Delbert McClinton, TBone Walker, Albert Collins, Jimmy Reed and countless others ferociously contributing beyond all those other cactusheads. And, by all the gods, we forget ZZ Top! =

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Duane Allman/Ronnie Van Zandt fetishes. In fact, if Nick Lowe was the original Jesus of Cool, these ZZ characters are the New Cool Empire, fully entitled to the almost decadent, relaxed command they display on EI Loco. The rhythm section has that essential primordial swing. And when you talk topdog command, you (talk bad Billy Gibbons, guitarist/vocalist/humorist extraordinaire, stylistically the finest front honcho west of Sting or Chrissie Hynde. Guitar-wise, Gibbons has more tricks than the CIA, and more approaches to tone and rhythm than China has peasants. Gibbons growl makes him the most combatively legitimate ofay in the black man s ballpark since Van Morrison. He has a disarming offhanded finesse, a total personalization of his vernacular, and the archetypal charm of the southern gent who has the rare brains to match his balls and - pocketbook.

Thematically, | Gibbons/ZZ chase the usual tails (cars, girls, sleaze) but with an almost poetic sense of the nadir of these things. Unlike with, say,. Springsteen, cars to Gibbons aren't means to escape but rather sanctuaries, blessed wombs devoted to life s finer moments. And ol Billy actually likes women, an attitude antithetical to the male inferiority yowl common to rock 'n roll. Gibbons takes on undersides as literately and convincingly as Lou Reed, but it ain't no moral angst jones to-him, rather, it's a participatory option midst the good life. Here's to mental health!

You got your rockers ( Tube Snake Boogie, Don't Tease Me, Party- on the Patio ), gutter . filthy funk (I Wanna Drive You Home, Ten Foot Pole ), unexpectedly viable pop tunes ( Leila, It's So Hard ) and totally twisted sickness ( Heaven, Hell or Houston, Groovey Little Hippie Pad ). All of these jewels are delivered with the elegant gentry s sartorial candor and the complex, mature simplicity of high-rise gauchos genetically mojoed by the blues and its bio-chemical imperatives. Blue-eyed funk in extreme. Texas!

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Charm, strangely, is El Loco s strongest appeal. The record's so comfortably righteous as to almost assume a form in your living room on one of those nights of low-down relaxation. The songs are no big deal, basic variations of traditional Texas blues, but they do have some twists and turns that confound a Yankee like me, simple drunken logic turned upside and put to the gut.

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Ever want to stroll around a bookstore between courses? or make your mind up about a book over coffee? Food for the mind, food for the body Eating by the Book is nestled in the back of I Browse bookstore in West Bloomfield. Another in the growing number of natural foods restaurants, Eating by the Book is unusual for being strictly vegetarian, avoiding eggs and using non-dairy (or, where absolutely necessary, rennetless) cheese.

by Ronald Aronson

The Fantasy was a fruit salad with nuts, raisins and carob chips, in a banana whip dressing. Gazpacho was very good, but the balance of the vegetables and broth was overwhelmingly on the side of the vegetables, making it more ofa wet salad than a soup.

On the whole, Eating by the Book serves well-prepared, imaginative cooking at low prices. Our problem, however, was that their dinners are not large enough salad and main dish on a single plate. Bread was not included, but when we asked for it, we were given butter dusted with sesame seeds and - several slices of very good whole grain bread. We felt divided about this they could certainly provide more food and charge higher prices, losing one of their great attractions; or they could offer a fuller meal as a part of the menu ( din-

Their vegetable cheese soup, for example, starts from scratch, using nuts and seeds rather than milk. And their _soufile of the day includes tahini but no ners and light dinners ). In any case, eggs. Above all, itis unusual for being so one wants to leave a dinner well filled inexpensive $3.50-$3.75 is the prevail- ing by the Book is keen on the humble _ bright mixture of salad (including purple. _ perhaps their new menu will solve the ing price range, and the most costly item potato. In fact, we had the day s special cabbage, green pepper, carrots, sprouts, problem. on the menu is a soup and sandwich casserole a curried dish including seeds and nuts) surrounding the main In the meantime, Eating by the Book combination for $4.50. potato and peas and a hot spudsun- dish, which was delicious in each case. __ offers one of the best and most reasonIt is an interesting menu, even for dae a potato with melted cheese The potato takes well to fancytreatment, able light menus around town. And a those accustomed to healthfoodrestau- and guacamole, fresh cucumbers, car- vegetables and spices. Our only qualm _ place where its not at all unusual to see rants. In addition to vegetarian chili, rots, sprouts and spinach, and covered __ was that the main dish and saladtogeth- | someone writing or reading at a table, or several salads, pizza with ratatouille with a creamy tahini dressing, nuts and _ er werealmost too much of a medley, _ to hang out and be treated nicely. sauce, lasagna, tofu sandwiches and seeds ($3.60 with salad). giving us endless changes of taste and (Lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner salads and children s sandwiches, Eat- The plates arrived with a delightfully texture. 5-8 p.m.)

Steambath

The Attic Theatre. 525 E. Lafayette Detroit

by Cindy Clothier

If Bruce J. Friedman were writing Steambath today, the lead character would be an officer at a savings and loan association instead of an art appreciation teacher at the New York Police Academy. This early "70s comedy about the mortality and insignificance of each of us has been revived by the Attic Theatre as part of its summer series. It is presented with humor, spirit and a good many theatrical gimmicks (including nudity) that keep the evening moving along at an entertaining pace.

The question is: Why?

Steambath is a play that eminently suited the Me decade of the 1970s, when getting your head together was the primary recreational activity of the urban 18 to 35:set. It makes jokes about Bloomingdale s credit cards, vinyl breast harnesses, and uses Lawrence Welk s bubbles and theme song as embellishments on the doorway to eternity.

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But Steambath is too recent to provide a pleasant trip down memory lane

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for a look at the way we were, and too dated to make a real impact on a rea-sonably hip contemporary audience.

With thatin mind, we should appreciate the fine job the Attic does in making us believe that this steambath setting is actually the waiting room where dead folks go before moving on to their final destination.

The proposition is intriguing. It becomes funny, poignant and certainly provocative to imagine ourselves in their place.

We learn about the lives and deaths of these stereotypical characters: a philosophical old sailor, an unlucky businessman, a flighty working girl, and Tandy, our Everyman, who finally got his head together after a divorce and is going has a lot.of decisions to make every day, as if he were 8orhe cosmic combi to write a novel in his time off from the police academy. 3

Instead, he has choked on a piece of meat at a Chinese restaurant.

Enter God, in the person of the steam room attendant, replete with mop, towels, bucket (which he ofcourse kicks) and an Igor-like helper named Gottlieb, played with convincing revulsion by David Parker. But God is busy. God has work to do, calling the shots down on earth from a phone booth in center stage. God is Herb Ferrer, who offers a touchingly naive and frustrated portrayal that is ingenuously funny and appealing. It is about as far away as you can get from the holocaust scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Bill Blass, Jordache, Cassini,

_.a good laugh. But like Iacocca, business

If Steambath has much relevancy today it is in this approach to the nature and figure of God. It becomes perfectly reasonable to marvel, Boy, God really nation of Lee Iacocca and Ann Landers. And like Ann Landers, Ferrer s God is sympathetic to a good story and enjoys is business, and no amount of Tandy s pleading to return to life can stop the inevitable assembly line.

Steambath s premise is sound, and Bruce J. Friedman's underlying affection for his characters is to be complimented. But let's get on with. the Attic s fall season. .

Steambath continues through August 29 with performances Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 8 p.m., and Satur- Herbert Ferrer as God. day at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The Harder They Come

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Michael Thelwell

Ivanhoe Rhygin Martin does not leave rural Jamaica until one-third into

(Grove Press: Evergreen, 399 pages, $7.95) its folk beliefs, music, traditions, intertwined customs this self-confident yet vulnerable youth comes from. It gives him the strong character needed to survive yet leaves him unprepared for the Jerry De Muth

The film, The Harder They Come, has become a cult success with its mixture of reggae music, class exploitation and individual uprising. It is the tale of a youth from rural Jamaica who, with dreams and determination, seeks glory as a singer/songwriter in Kingston but instead becomes a successful ganja dealer who threatens the ruling establishment and, as a result, becomes a folk hero gunman who is ultimately shot down by a frightened military force.

Like many other political films about exploited individuals who attempt to stand up to the politically and economically powerful, moments stand out more than the totality so that memories of the - film, including the music of Jimmy Cliff, are stronger than the film itself. These weaknesses are absent from Thelwell s novel which is based on both the film and the life of the 1950s folk hero who inspired the film.

Thelwell, Jamaican who was active in the 1960s southern civil rights movement and now teaches Third World literature at the University of Massachusetts, adds depth of character and incident to the story. He expands the film, creating a work that complements and supplements it but also can stand alone.

depth and variety given to all the characters and the Rastafarian beliefs many hold, evil acts by many become less two dimensional, more understandable, even if not acceptable, than in the film. They all are seeking ways to survive, if not come out on top.

Rhygin returns home to find that it, like

New incidents fill out every aspect of the narrative. In one powerful addition, Thelwell relates the exhilarating hope that turns to frightening despair as Kingston, now is something he doesn't understand or fit into. It has been changed and distorted by the inroads of western culture.

Thelwell also depicts the importance of movies Hollywood westerns and film noir mysteries in the lives of Rhygin and his young ghetto friends. The films provide hugh color-filled images that can numb them to the surrounding poverty and despair, yet also offer dreams that can inspire them to stand up..

Thelwell writes with skill, imagination and feeling, telling the story mostly in Jamaican dialect. Footnotes and a glossary help make the language comprehensible. And creating the sounds of the words in the mind while reading further eases the difficulties until finally the words flow smoothly along with the story itself.

One can only wish that Thelwell described the music from hypnotic religious rituals to the pulsating reggae dance music with the same descriptive skill and thoroughness given other aspects ofJamaican life. But this is work which should be read and felt by everyone concerned with reggae music, Jamaican culture and the struggle of Third World people to preserve their unique, rich and important cultures.

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Continued from page 6 the federal government. Under - both bills, the corporate rate share will drop to under six percent. It doesn t take much genius to figure out that if the corporations aren t paying that tax, someone else is. You. A few House Democrats attempted to fight both bills, but with no success. A Congressional

votes to lock this in and give the oil companies unneeded billions so that the bidding for Conoco can go up and other things can go up, please do not go and tell your: people you are sorry you cut social security, that you cut school lunches, that you cut other things, not when you have given away oil revenues that exceed the amount of some of these cuts.

I do not object to the eyes of Texas being upon me; | object to the hands of Texas being in my 39 pockets...

Black Caucus proposal was not even allowed to be considered on the House floor. A one-year combination tax cut, balanced-budget proposal offered by Reps. Udall (D-Ariz.) and Obey (D-Wisc.) was rejected handily.

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Frustrated Democrats were left to. angry rhetorical speeches, many aimed as much at other Democrats as at Reagan. Said Barney Frank of Massachusetts: I do not object to the eyes of Texas being upon me; object to the hands of Texas being in my pockets. Anybody who Z

Ted Weiss of New York: happen to think that the Democratic bill is slightly less disgraceful than the Republican, but both are disgraceful bills.

George Miller of California: It would be much cheaper if we just gave the consumers a Visa card, signed Uncle Sam s name and told them to go Christmas shopping.

noon President Reagan is proposing a royal tax cut. It is very interesting what has Estooied think perhaps last week we had this bill won. Literally thousands of phone. calls, thousands of telephone calls and letters came in. guess we got everything in the tax bill but a tax cut for tax callers, particularly for Phillip Morris, Paine Webber, Chemical, Exxon, so kind to allow the use of their staff to the President of the United States in flooding the switchboards of America.

The final vote was 238- 195% in favor of the Reagan bill. Fortyeight Democrats provided the margin of victory.

Reagan s. massive _ publicity and: lobbying campaign certainly did not hurt his cause. But itis the Democrats who must bear the responsibility for the congressional validation of supply-side economics. Unable to agree on a tax bill that anyone supported - enthusiastically, unable to keep their members in line, unable for the most part to provide a-coherent opposition, the Democratic Party signed its own death warrant.

R.1.P. |

Michael Mariotte is the Man_aging Editor of the Washington, D.C. bi-weekly newspaper, 1981.

House Speaker O Neill, knowing the battle was lost, had the last word. Mr. Chairman, if the President has his way this could be a big day for.the aristocracy of the world. This morning there was quite a royal wedding. This afterMonsanto - McDonnell Douglas, who were

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GUIDE lists over 200 volunteer placement locations. Call Volunteer Action Center, 833-0622, Ext. 741, M-F, 9-5.

DETROIT METRO TIMES. seeking persons knowledgeable in layout, proofreading, special projects and general office work. If interested in helping to put together Detroit's only altemative paper, call DMT Office Manager at 961-4060.

~HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES able to deal with stress and with communication skills, are needed at Tel-HELP, a program of United Community Services, 51 W. Warin the Cultural Center. Call Janet McDoneugh, 833-0588, 8:30 am-3:30 pm, business days.

W.R.LF. RADIO, 20777 W. 10 Mile, Southfield, needs volunteers who can communicate well with others, especially 18-34 year olds, for their Community Informa- tion Line. Call Debra Wilson, 444- 1010, during business hours.

PERSONS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN MATH and science are needed by Readings for the Blind, 29451 Greenfield in Southfield. A four-hour weekly commitment. Call Gloria Lewis, 557-7776, M-Th, 9 to noon.

ROOMMATES

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NON-SMOKER WANTED to-share flat in GP Park. Reasonable rent and utilities. Barely fumished. Jack, 822-8638 or 961-3509:

PROFESSIONAL WOMAN, 25-35, to share large, beautiful home in North Rosedale. Non-smoker. Call Suzanne, 323-0362 days.

HOUSING

COLORADO. OIL SHELL COUNTRY 3bedrooms, 1-3/4 baths, living room. dining room, den, utility room, 2 fireplaces, 2-car garage, fenced, $69,500. Call (303) 243-0498.

1,500 SQ. FT. FOR RENT, ideal downtown location, income-producing area in Greektown, Great opportunity with Ren Cen view. Call 962-9025, Tu-Sa, 12-6. INDIAN VILLAGE garage apartment. Available immediately, $300°per month and utilities. 821-6988 evenings. NICE 3-BEDROOM HOUSE for sale. Rent/ option or reasonable land contract. Call 923-0843 after 6.

WANTED

COMMON? CENTS

PROFESSIONAL SALES POSITION OPEN

Must be self-motivated, assertive individual. Direct sales or marketing background preferred. Build your own career. Outstanding income potential. Call for appointment. 965-0172. Reply: Specialty Mart. P.O: Box 776-1, Detroit, MI 48226. MILNER ARMS APARTMENTS

Abortion to 22 weeks

Confidential Counseling and Education * Reduced fees for - §tudents

Medicaid/Blue Cross and Blue Shield accepted.

ART STUDENTto paint original design ona Woodward Ave. store. Call Michigan Roller Skating Co., 399-3955, George or Frank. ARTIST for portrait, reasonable. Phone 259-7553 after 6.0m. \ COUNSELORS and Social Workers are needed at United Cerebral Palsy, 15 £. Kirby. Call Diane Etheridge, 871-0177,9-4.

JAZZ DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP for young musicians needs clerical, fundraising and librarian help. Contact Rosa Parks Comm. Arts, 898-2225 or Marcus Belgrave at 822-9089.

READERS are needed by the Macomb Association for the Retarded. 2-hour commitment for 6-8 weeks. Momings of afternoons. Call Mary Pitocchi, 949-0151.

WORK WITH EX-OFFENDERS in our community to give them a fresh start. CallProject START at 965-3517.

ACTIVITIES ASSISTANTS are needed at the. Marian Manor Medical Center, Riverview. Reading to patients, games, possi-! ble outings. Weekend, evening hours. Call Laurie Conlen, 282-2100, M-F, 9-5.

MACOMB COUNTY Department of Social Services needs friendly persons over Bas transporters. Commitment for one day for six months. Call Don Porter, 469-7729, MTh, 8-5. io

NURSES or nursing students needed to jake blood pressure readings and

JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE RECORDS, Greg Nicksich, PO Box 2124-DMT, Riverview, MI 48192.

HONEST PLUMBER NEEDED. Also, honest person to fix turntable and recorder. Rate negotiable. Alice Jones, Box 21581, Detroit 48221.

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINES and _ mintcondition jazz LPs. Reasonable prices paid. Max at 547-0679.

ALBUMS made by Passport and FM (Canadian trio). Audiophile recording first album. Call Bob at 758-5694. CEDAR CHEST for a growing family. Call Tim at 584-9435."

MUSLIM MINISTER wants all past editions of Muhammad Speaks, Lessons on Supreme Wisdom (especially Ministers Advanced Lessons), FOI/MGT uniforms, Islamic jewelry, books, pictures and members for Muhammad's Mosque No, 1, 1510 Woodward, (313) 963-9300. _ .

PHOTOGRAPHIC MODELS wanted. Call Mr. Lawrence, Keller Photographic and | Casting, 10 am-2 pm, M-F, 961-8534.

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