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...Arbor, Mich...
...tested the cars at its laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich. Autos were placed on a chassis dynamometer (a device consisting of recording gauges linked to two large cylinders set parallel in a floor; a car is moved onto the cylinders, and its drive wheels move them during the test) and theoretically piloted over a typical 7.5-mile suburban and urban route by expert drivers who followed a computer-prepared strip chart at an average speed of 35 m.p.h...
...Fleming Follow" is only one of a score of tactical maneuvers that have been executed by University of Michigan women in their three-year battle against sex discrimination on the Ann Arbor campus. Despite their determined efforts, the U. of M. women seem to be engaged not so much in a war of the sexes as in a slow dance-two steps forward, one step back...
...withheld by HEW on charges of sex discrimination. Threatened with the loss of as much as $3.5 million, the university reluctantly agreed to an "affirmative action plan." But it has moved slowly in fulfilling its promises to end discrimination, and last month HEW investigators were once again in Ann Arbor demanding answers to charges that the university has still not complied with HEW guidelines. With the university's replies finally in hand, HEW is expected to produce a report on the U. of M. that could affect the status of women on campuses across the nation...
...Carrot. One possible solution was proposed last week by Milliken and State Senator Gilbert Bursley of Ann Arbor, who drafted a bill that would increase state aid, but only if a district's voters agreed to increase their local school taxes. "This carrot," says Bursley, "may be enough for the voter to see the reward in voting for millage...