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...They were three of the all-time greats," McCurdy said yesterday in reference to Tim McLoone '69, Keith Colburn '70, and Tom Spengler '71. "In fact, Mc loone was probably the fattest, most out-of-shape freshman distance runner who everturned out to be good. Now he's a great entertainer. You should hear him sing the Yaz song...
...E.D.F.'s Berkeley director, Tom Graff: "We can't invest in companies doing environmentally beneficial things, companies in solar energy or scrap iron, for example. If we did, it would look like we were promoting our economic interest when we took a stand on an issue." Added Colburn Wilbur, executive secretary of the Sierra Club Foundation: "Every time we drive, fly or eat we are helping the polluters. We don't have a pure investment portfolio. I don't think we could if we tried...
...report [the draft environmental impact statement on the power plant] states repeatedly that the construction of the MASCO plant is necessary because of Edison's decision not to proceed with a transformer installation which would be located at Colburn Street. Until MASCO made clear its intention to proceed with the proposed plant, Edison was planning the construction of a new transformer installation at Colburn Street to provide additional transformation and distribution facilities to supply the growing electrical needs of the MASCO institutions in the coming years. Edison had originally planned to have this facility in operation...
They were wrong. Mayor Thomas, who admitted he was shocked by the results, was ousted and finished fourth behind Council Incumbent Wilbur Brookover who, near the end of the campaign, switched signals and began speaking and debating on campus. Both Griffiths and Colburn won handily, in some precincts capturing as much as 75% of the student vote. In one district near the M.S.U. campus, the student vote alone accounted for their 3,000-plus vote margin of victory over Mayor Thomas...
...election of Griffiths and Colburn is, of course, not indicative of any identifiable trend among youthful voters. Neither man may be considered a radical. Says Griffiths: "We are not out to disestablish the establishment." Moreover, both had substantial off-campus support. But for those looking to 1972, the dramatic demonstration of youth power in East Lansing shows that when students choose to throw their weight behind a candidate who also has local strength, they can make the difference...