the news today by T he Associated Press and college Press Service Q tx rt ttn atttt Department of lUrban Planning presents HANS BLUMENFELD A TORONTO PLANNING CONSULTANT LECTURE: "THE TREND TO THE METROPOLIS" Thursday, February 5 4 P.M. A&D Auditorium page three Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three THE TRIAL of 13 Black Panthers on bomb-conspiracy Wednesday, February 4, 1970 charges was interrupted by fighting between the defendants and court officers. The 13 Panthers are being tried for conspiring to bomb a New York City police station, railroad facilities, department stores, and the Bronx Botanical Gardens. The scuffle broke out when one Panther struck a court officer as the defendants were being led to a detention area outside the ' courtroom. Two officers were injured but did not require hospitaliza- tion> C i I ENDING WEDNESDAY GOLDEN LION AWARD WINNER! Yesterday's incident marked the third time in two days that the Panther trial has been recessed. LABOR SECRETARY George P. Schultz issued regulations specifying requirements for federal contractors to follow to assure equal employment opportunities. The standards require contractors in non-construction fields to: consider several factors in hiring, including the minority group population of the area surrounding the particular facility and the portion of minority group members in the total work force in the area. The new regulations outlined by Schultz seek to increase the number of minority group workers employed on jobs contracted by the federal government. THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION is consulting with Britain, France, and Israel on a reply to a Soviet niote on the growing Arab-Israeli crisis which President Nixon received from Premier Alexi Kosygin Saturday. White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler refused.to disclose the contents of the letter, but other sources reported the message blamed the United States for Israel's extensive military strikes against Egypt and other Arab countries and warned of an increase in Soviet aid to the Arabs. U.S. PLANES have made 41 retaliatory air attacks against North Vietnam since former President Johnson ordered the bomb- ing halted in November, 1968, a New York City radio. station reported., The fighter-bombers were accompanying unarmed planes on reconnaissance missions over North Vietnam, and had instructions to attack only if the North Vietnamese fired first. The latest raid occurred last Wednesday after North Vietnamese I gunners shot down one U.S. fighter-bomber and one rescue helicopter. -Associated Press Strike econtinues * THURSDAY * "STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE" by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WINNER OF 5 ACADEMY AWARDS Members of the local 301 of the International Union of Electrical Workers leave the state armory in Schenectady, N.Y. yesterday after voting to reject the contract proposed to end the nationwide General Electric strike. GE workers in Elmira, however, voted overwhelmingly to accept the contract. Committee hears pullout proposal WASHINGTON (P) - Senate critics of President Nixon's Viet- nam policy accused the admin- istration yesterday of creating a national euphoria about the war. The setting for a new assault on U.S. war policy was a familiar one, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which opened three days of public hearings on a series of resolutions proposing new U.S. approaches. The hearings are the first since the administration's counterattack in the wake of last fall's antiwar protests brought it high ratings in public opinion polls. Fulbright expressed hope they would lead to approval of a reso- lution but said "It Is much too soon to begin picking and choosing among the various resolutions." At the outset, the chairman read a lengthy statement in which he said an important question to be answered by the hearings is "whe- ther, all things considered, V i e t- namization is the most promising path toward peace, more promising than a renewed effort to nego- tiate a compromise settlement in the Paris talks." Fulbright said "Recent visitors to Hanoi report that the National Liberation Front and the North Vietnamese would be prepared to make significant concessions in re- turn for our agreement to t h e gradually, phased but complete withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam," adding that to what extent a compromise° is pos- sible "can only be determined by substantive negotiations." Sen. Charles E. Goodell (R-NY), charged "We have not Vietnam- ized the war: we have cosmetized it," adding that while "Vietnam- ization is a great public relations success, the real war--the war going on there, in Vietnam-has not been defused." Qoodell proposed a resolution that would have all U.S. troops,. including support troops and ad- visers, removed from Vietnam by Dec. 1. Such a plan, he said, would force the Saigon regime to set its own house in order and would bring pressure on the North Vietnamese to negotiate at Paris. i At KLH, we believe that music often leaves you no choice but to listen. Sel a POT in Daily Classifieds LUNCHEON ADDRESS: Student blasts Nigerian policy, contends Ibo unity still strong By LARRY LEMPERT The Biafran sense of national identity is still strong, according to Alozie Wachuku, secretary of the Biafran Student Association. Wachuku a graduate student in political science, spoke yesterday at a luncheon sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Center. "Biafra is no longer an inde- pendent nation," Wachuku said, bu t this e~a nt ha~u n tional identity. There is no ques- tion of surrender; the struggle continues. I would not Like to speculate on what form it will take." "We sought to formalize a sit- uation that existed before," he said. "We were a nation. We want- ed to provide that nation with a' government, to proclaim to the world 'we are.' We were asserting 'RUt s n c iut. S u~e tu ag ur na- the ideendence Or an African r---m--mi- -M---- m---m-m-----m-mm-- --m m ------people.' i Now Biafra is a colony, Wachu- U Please Rush Me u ku added. "Nigeria has introduced The uesionnire& Diectonscolonialism .and imperialism. They S The Questionnaire & Directions will appointa colonial adminis- * For CUPID COMPUTER; trator, and we will ?egard him as of such. Under this colonial rule, the U. of M.'s Computer Biafran people will endure humil- Dating Service Dat I iation -if we must." DaigSrieWachuku said he regards talk I understand that I am under no obligation to join. of a Nigerian nation as "prepos- terous." The original i d e a, he NAME ."...............said, was a "multi-national struc- : ture, a cooperation of various peo- ADDRESS ... ples alloving each entity to de- '1 : velop on its own. The important . ....ideas were self-determination and S ..... .security." CUPID COMPUTER The' Nigerians and the Biafrans E .Ihave only one main thing in com- Box 67 Imon, Wachuku said. "We are all MD-A Champaign, I11. 61820 * various shades of black." . .----- -i ----............, ......... . ."But many things divide us," ___ __ _ _ mn m m he continued. There are 250 dif- ferent languages. Northern Ni- geria maintains contact with the Moslem Arab world, while Biaf- AN N A R BO R'S rans are Christians. The society of the North is ascriptive; Biafran BRIGHT EST society is achievement oriented." ::: Wachuku outlined three ques- tions of importance for the future of the Biafran people. First, Wachuku questioned, what will happen to the "tenuous alliance formulated between the ethnic groups of Nigeria" if the "element of hatred" for the Ibos of Biafra is removed. A second important factor is how the Brit- ish and Russians will "share the booty," he said. And Wachuku also pointed to the potential long-range effects of the brutality endured by the Bi- afrans throughout the war. "How does a man feel, Wachuku asked, "when he sees his daughter or his. wife abducted and raped by sold- iers?" Wachuku estimated two million Biafrans died from starvation during the war with Nigeria. "Don't ask me to justify the deaths of those people," he said. "Ask those who destroyed them." SMVC plans ,conference on national spring action The National Student Anti-war Conference is meeting in Cleve- land Feb. 14 and 15 to form plans for massive antiwar demonstra- tions this spring. Representatives from the major branches of Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in! Vietnam (SMC) have made pro- posals concerning the spring of- lames Goodfriend Collection N IGHTSPOT = . . . . . . . ..*........,...*~. .. *.'.... . .* .* *. .* .*. I S i i MAKERS OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE STEREO EQUIPMENT DON BAILEY i the . .rSO 7.9.. 1tat 1n..trbar 7b9-40b0 2200 Fuller Rd. I Crative Arts Festivral 191 0 PRESENTING: SUN. NITE, FEB. 8 The Incomparable LOUIS FALCO & FEATURED DANCERS "THE RUDOLPH NUREYEV OF MODERN DANCE" Modern Dance, Electronic Music, Lights fensive and will be at the con- ference to decide on a final plan. Debby 'Bustin, chairman of Ann Arbor's SMC, said the conference would probably decide on some sort of decentralized action be- cause "there are too many people against the war now to be able to bring them all to one place." "Even with the Nov. 15 demon- stration in Washington,'there were problems," Mrs. Bustin s a I d. "Many people who wanted to go couldn't because transportation ar- rangements were cancelled a n d there were inadequate housing fa- cilities." Although the conferenceuhas been called by SMC, Mrs. Bustin emphasized the conference and the antiwar movement are not solely student actions.. The two-day conference will also offer informal workshops on other political issues such as workers' rights, women's liberation, a n d Third World oppression. The Ann Arbor SMC meets to- night at 7:30 in the Assembly Room of the Union to organize persons who are interested in at- tending the national conference. The meeting will organize trans- portation to Cleveland and hous- ing arrangements. $2.75 A.M.-4 P.M.; Sat. 1-3 P.M. I x THE MODEL SIX was the first full-range loud- speaker designed and built entirely by KLH. It probably sounds better on a wider Variety of program material than any other speaker in the world. WEDNESDAY-FEB. 4 Sam1Uel Fuller Festival in Architecture Aud: 7: "THE STEEL HELMET" (Don't miss this one) 9: "SHOCK CORRIDOR" __ A ..1 A . iyy Hi-Fi Headquarters in Ann Arbor if . __r