,I I1 CINEM A II is now accepting petitions for new board members. Sign up, for an interview and pick up your petition at the bulletin board, first floor SAB. Interviews will be held on January 26-27. Racial tension interrupts Jackson's tranquility L g ' COMMANDER CODY and the LOST PLANET AIRMEN'S TRI UMP HANT FAREWELL DOOR LAST OPEN .-.NIGHT 8 .:: E: TONIGHT $2.0 r WALLSh 'r ..:. COLLAPSE SOMETiMtE FREE THEREAFTER ,.s 4.,,:>-i ; I OZONE a p p p .. p a a n By JAM4ES KUGAL Dispatch News Service JACKSON, Mich. - Jackson, population 50,000, is a medium-sized midwestern city with all the trappings of middle-America: pretty, tree-lined streets, a prosperous afternoon news- paper, high employment, a good assortment of bars, a black population of about 6,000, and a few John Birch Society chapters. But Jackson, like middle-seized towns all over America, is beginning to get its share of big-city problems. In the past three months there have been five murders, 11 other reports of snipings or shoot- ings, a rape, and several beatings and knife fights. Many of these have been linked to Jack- son's racial problems, which townspeople describe as tense. It began on Dec. 4, when Charles Cade, 45, Negro publisher of two weekly newspapers for Jaclkson's black community, was found bludgeon- ed to death in his apartment. The words "Black .. Niger,,"misspelled, were written on the walls of Cade's luxury apartment in his own blood. His body had been dragged through the apartment, spilling blood on carpets and furniture, and his face was beaten so severely that identification was difficult. On the next day, Donald J. DeMarco, the city's recently fired community relations director and an outspoken advocate of black equality in Jackson, received an anonymous note reading: "You think like a niger, die like a niger. First your wife, then your kids, then you." DeMarco is not terribly popular in town. He has attacked the John Birch Society publically, and his harsh comments about rightwingers on a radio show were received with disapproval. But, on Dec. 6, an armed assailant entered DeMarco's home while he was out, tied DeMarco's wife to her bed with pieces of green sheet, raped and then severely beat her. Mrs. Gini DeMarco reported that her assailant told her: "DeMarco killed Cade to start a race riot. He did. He did it to start a race riot." The rapist was white, she said. On Dec. 7, after a reported armed robbery attempt, police broke into the headquarters of the Black Berets, a local Negro youth group. The Berets sell Black Panther literature, but were refcsed membership in that militant organization. How does racial tension reach this pitch in a city of 50,000? Many whites in the town, clearly frightened and angry, blame the recent outbreak of mur- ders and sniping on the blacks, and agree with County Prosecutor Bruce Barton that some young blacks are "out to discredit everything-liter- ally!" Like many other American cities the major complaint of blacks is lack "of jobs or blacks in local government. Jackson blacks believe that the city has harrassed and discriminated against them. "Only about 2 per cent of the people o.. the city payroll are black," Harry W. Wright, Jack- son representative of the U.S. Civil Rights Com- mission observed, "and most of them are em- ployed at low-level jobs." The NAACP has called for the addition of six to 12 blacks to the police forcehstarting with the re-hiring of Jody Williamson, formerly the city's only black policeman, who was fired last August. At a later hearing, Williamson claimed he was fired for offenses regularly committed by white officers with impunity. He said the police hierarchy was "out to get" him and had other officers tail him on duty. The firing was upheld. "Our town is no different than other com- munities across the country," Prosecutor Barton said. "Unfortunately, the spotlight is on us. Sure we have racial problems-what city doesn't?" 1ss9 0 1969 pag4e three $ *itil~i!3an I ait NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764.0554 Sunday, January 25, 1970 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three the by The Associated Press and College Press Service Saturday and Sunday Dir. LUIS BUNUEL (1961) From the creater of Belle de Jour, an uncom- promising probing of repressed sexuality. Bunuel was exiled from Spain for his au- dacity. Shori: EXCERPTS FROM DRACiLA Bela Lugosi 7 &9 ARCHITECTURE 662-8871 75 AUDITORIUM A FEDERAL GRAND JURY will convene in Cleveland Tues- day to probe the murder of United Mine Workers leader Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter. More than 20 persons from "all walks of life" have been sub- poened according to U.S. Attorney Robert B. Krupansky. The investigation would involve "states other than Ohio" Kru- pansky said but he refused to elaborate. FBI warrants said plans to kill Yablonski were being made as early as July 19. The three men charged with the slayings are Claude E. Vealey, 26, Aubran W. Martin, 21, and Paul E. Gilly, 36. The FBI has not announced any connection between the accused men and the United Mine Workers. * * * FORMER GOVERNOR GEORGE ROMNEY, in a press con- ference tomorrow, will decline to enter the U.S. Senate race in Michigan. Romney's action will leave the way clear for his wife Lenore to seek the nomination. This information is being passed to state Republican leaders who have begun to prepare for a State Central Committee meeting in St. Clair on Jan. 34-31. The Michigan Republicans have also started an opinion sampling to determine Mrs. Romney's strength as a candidate. On Friday Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas E. Brennan withdrew from the race. State Senator Robert Huber of Troy is the only announced candidate. * * * CONGRESSIONAL SPONSORS of a bill to boost monthly payments to veterans attending college are seeking to break a Senate-House deadlock on the size of the increase. The House passed the measure last August, allowing for a $35 increase for each veteran from $130 to $165. In October, the Senate raised this figure to $190 and returned the bill to the House. Last month the House increased its original proposal by $5. " Nixon said the administration would support an increase only to $147, as he felt the legislation was inflationary. Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif), said that Nixon's recommendation for $147 payment was asking 'for double sacrifices from men who fought abroad. Now, back home they are asked to help stem the in- flation which stems directly from the war itself.", -Associated Press Muskie presents pollution program Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on air and water pollu- tion, presented his program for reducing pollution yesterday. Muskie recommended expenditures of $15.5 billion through 1976 with a matching amount from state and local governments. CLASHES IN LONDONDERRY-:* VolenCe fares in N. Ireland a ligisfeds r e !/ o R BMa V TB Ge e r considers drug bill WASHINGTON (A') - In the year's first Saturday session, the Senate today took up a massive drug control bill intended to pro- ride dhe Justice Department with new tools to crack down on the illicit narcotic traffic. "Under this new law we will impose severe punishment for the professional criminal in the drug trade while providing more flex- ible penalties for the less serious drug offenders," said Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D-Conn., the bill's floor manager. Dodd urged quick pas- sage of the administration-basked bill which is, he said, "strictly and primarily a law enforcement mea- sure." The bill provides for "no knock" narcotics raids by law enforce- ment officials, sets up categories of drugs and dangerous substances, creates a commission to study the long-term effects ofmarijuana and overhauls criminal penalties for those convicted of drug abuse of- fenses. "The new penalties will allow the judge to use his discretion in imposing sentences for d r u g offenders," Dodd said. "It will al- low more severe sentences in the case of pushers and traffickers in heroin and a lesser sentence of up to one year for offenders involv- ed with the simple possession of marijuana." Sen. Harold Hughes, D-Iowa, has promised that the Labor and Pubic Welfare subcommittee he heads will report legislation out by mid-April legislation dealing with the medical and scientific prob- lems of drug abuse. "This section permits narcotics agents tohact like burglars and enter a house by stealth or by force," said Sen. Sam J. Ervin (D-NC). The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day thrcugh Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mail. Summer Session pubished Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $3.00 by carrier. $3.00 by mall. TUESDAY MOADON (Meeting House) THE SON G OF. ISRAEL The spirit of the nation sings in its music... come listen ! ASHER BEN-YOHANAN, Israeli Musician and Composer JOSEPH D. BEN-DAK, Research Sociologist, Center for Research on Conf ict Resolution January 27-8 P.M. at THE HOUSE_ 1429 HLLL ST. -ALL WELCOME- GEN. C. ODUMEGWU OJUKWU, former ruler of Biafra, has taken exile in the interior of the Ivory Coast. After the Ivory Coast recognized Biafra, a large colony of Bia- frans developed there. Many refugees have followed. Ojukwu was 'believed to have passed through the Ivory Coast around Jan. 12 and then moved elsewhere before returning recently. Informants said there is good indication Ojukwu's children h a v e been in the Ivory Coast for some time. IIITIIHCOUK EXPOSES THE MOST EXPLOSIVE SPY SCANDAL OF THIS CETURY! . '- ydF:::; a i LONDONDERRY, Northern Ire- land (P)-British troops in full ript regalia erected barbed wire bar- riers in the main streets Saturday night after a series of violent clashes between Roman Catholics and Protestants. It was the first significant trou- ble in Londonderry since the feroc- ious wave of religious feuding which tore Northern Ireland apart last August. It was the first time army cordons had appeared since the last of the barbed wire was taken away two months ago. Four hundred British troops carrying automatic weapons, GUILD 802 Mi night-sticks and riot shields - coordinated by a helicopter hover- ing overhead - tangled w it h mobs throwing stones and bottles. An army spokesman said several arrests were made. At one point, 300 Catholics marched out of their Bogslide district through the town center and stoned soldiers and a police station, smashing a window. Just as army squads prepared to move into the throng and seize ringleaders, a priest persuaded the demonstrators to return to their homes. It was the third disturbance of the day.- An army spokesman said tensionl first flared in the Diamond dis- trict when 300 members of the pro-Catholic People's Democracy group staged a demonstration to protest a Northern Ireland gov-t ernment ban of a newspaper call- ed the United Irishman, an or- gan for advocates of union with- the Irish Republic to the south. E Protestants marshaled for -a counter-demonstration and stones and bottles began to fly.r As the soldiers moved in, a sec- tion of the crowd advanced toc meet them, chanting, "Go home, you bums!" and "troops-SS."t Adolf Hitler's Elite Guard was known as the SS. 11 HOUSE ONROE 5th Week Sows at 1, 3, 5,7, 9 '7- DIAL 5-629© I PREM IERE TON IGHT! , r :::.srr:.i ." :.**: , OF MICHIGAN. PROFESSIONAL: : THEATRE PR.O GRAM IS1111. A UVNER$AL PICTURE TECHNCOLOR MONDAY, JANUARY 26 NOON LUNCHEON-25c MARY YOURD, Michigan Women for Medical Control of Abortion: "Repeal Michigan Abortion Law" TUESDAY, JANUARY 27 NOON LUNCHEON ORIGAMI: FUN OF THE FOLD William Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel "The Reivers" is now a film! "'The Reivers' fills one with a joyous sense of life and laugh- ter. A marvelous time is had by cll."-New York Magazine . Steve McQueen 'The Reivers with SHARON FARRELL and WILL GEER Information Dial NO 2-6264 SHOWS AT 1:00, 3:05, 5:10 7:15 & 9:30 P.M. J T: V°YtV A MA w I'N JANUARY 26 -31 U.. Professleal Premiere! JOSE TRIANA'S I IM 1966 Royal shakespeare Company a . Success in London!i I; Prize-Winning Play of the American University Theatre Festival! "Fascinating-bold--innovative!" -Boston Herald "Unique-marvelous sense of WHAT IS THE --an all-campus orchestra! -sponsored by MUSKET and G&S! -performing "George M!" and "Pirates of Penzance! "HOW HARD IT IS TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH" TO OPEN YOUR MIND? ARE YOU READY SENATOR ABRAHAM RIBICOFF S ian Un for Auditins on S 33 .1 E I U i