Democrats Choose 2 Ann Arborites

Winners 'in votirK at the Democratie State Convention in Grand Rapids include two Ann Arbor residents who are veterans in Democratie party activities. Neil Staebler, 67, was again elected to the position of Democratie national committee member, a post which he held from 1961 to 1968. Marjorie Lansing, a former Washtenaw County Democratie chairman, was the leading vote-getter in nominations for the University of Michigan's Board of Regents. Staebler served as Democratie itate chairman from 1950 to 1961, and was elected in 1962 for one term as congressman-at-large from Michigan. In 196Ï; he lost a race for governor. In 1968, he stepped down from the party's national committee in favor of state Sen. Coleman Young of Detroit, but since that time has held the title of associate national committeeman. The state's delegation to the party's national committee is now being increased to five. Other newly elected members are Shirley Robinson, a former aide to Congressman John Conyers of Detroit, and Sam Fishman, a veterari of both UAW and Democratie party activities. Staebler is a co-author, with former U-M gradúate student Douglas Ross, of a booktitled "How to Argüe With a Conservative," published in 1966. Mrs. Lansing was endorsed by all convention caucuses for one of the two vacancies on the U-M Board of Regents, and was nominated with 2,019 votes. She is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. Her main area of scholarly research concerns voting patterns of women. She was a Kennedy delégate to the 1960 Democratie National Convention, and served as Washtenaw County Democratie chairman in 1960-61. The other nomination to the U-M board was won by attorney Thomas A. Roach, 43, of Gross Pointe Park. Roach was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratie nomination to the U - M board in 1970. Placing third in balloting for the two nominations to the U-M board, with 1,040 botes was John R. Koza of Ann arbor, 29, who is in the process of completing post-graduate studies in computer engineering at the U-M. (Related stories and pictures appear on Pages 6 and 7)