-Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, September 14, 1968 .. .e lTwo THEIMICHIGAN.DAILY...turd.y..Septem.er-14-.1-6- -AINLG~RA OPRTO records Hundreds die; only five Dead News media ask commission to study harassment of press FOX EASTERN THEATESinn Fox ,uVILLAGE 375 No. MAPLE RD."769.1300 NOW SHOWING SAT.-SUN-1:45-3:30-5: t6 ' 7:00-9:00 MON. thru FRI.-7:00-9:00 1 sportive look at the C'rtility rites (and wrongs) of western society. By LITTLE SHERRI FUNN rorpse Expert The road between spring 1967 and autumn 1968 has not been an easy one for your ab 9ve average, generally talented, s- ually creative, rock 'eM sock 'em lay-it-on-the-kids rock group. It has been a difficult road for them because all of a sud- den that spring, people started taking rock a little more ser- iously, for better or worse, leav- ing rock musicians without the focal points or the heavy doses of'tradition that earlier contem- porary music had fed upon al- most exclusively. The earthquake that the West Coast explosion and Sergeant Pepper brought about left most groups groveling in the dark, at- tempting to re-define their musical boundaries and carve out some 'sort of valid identity for themselves in the rock world. Many of the groups could not or would not make any worth- while transition and subse- quently have fallen by the way- side, either by issuing incredi- bly sterile albums, disbanding, or sticking to the tried (tired) and true- formula they had pre- viously laid on the citizens. Some of the groups, however, have cime through unscathed, notably Buffalo Springfield, the Beatles °(after 'a long, long per- iod of doubt that wasn't help- ed much by Magical Mystery Tour) and the Grateful Dead. Let's get at the Dead. The Grateful Dead contribut- ed a large section of the fuse that ignited the West Coast ex- plosion I mentioned iearlier, with their first album, Grateful' Dead (WS 1689). They crashed into the rock scene a year and a half ago exuding enough pure kinetic energy to light and heat Wheeling, West Virginia for six months. In reality, their initial album was one long song,,the song of creative men digging what they were doing and rolling, no hurtling through their musical lives. It vas plainly an album to jump around with. But now, after a year of re- cording and contract hassles, the Dead have stopped some of the jumping with the release of Anthem of the Sun (WS 1749). I think there are three basic concepts relevant to Anthem of the Sun so let's hang anything else we want to ,say about it around them. The concepts are: 1) musical talent and proficiency, 2) ma- turity, and 3) accessability (or lack of it). In order now. The musical' proficiency of the Grateful Dead is almost unrivaled in con- temporary music. Individually, Jerry Garcia on lead anid Phil Lesh on bass Stand far above most of their so-called competi- tion in the field. Lesh has gone farther than anyone except pos- sibly the early McCartney in,' liberating the full potential of the electric bass. Bob Weir and Bill Kreutz- mann have developed into a superlative rhythm section and even Ron "Pigpen" McKernan is getting into his vocals and organ work on a higher level NEW YORK P)-Eight news- police force in Chicago will be ton, pr paper and broadcasting executives available to provide information Broadca yesterday asked President John- and we shall, of course, be happy dler, pu son's commission on violence to to cooperate fully to assist your Times; study what they called "police commission in its work." dent of violence aimed at repressing free The telegram was signed by Co.; Art news coverage" of the Chicago Leonard Goldenson, president of ident a antiwar demonstrations. the American Broadcasting Co.; York I Dr. Milton Eisenhower, chair- Bailey K. Howard, president of editor-i] man of the President's National the newspaper division of Field and Mrs Commission on the Causes and Enterprises, Inc., publishing the ident of Prevention of Violence, created Chicago Sun-Times and the Chi- for th after the assassination of Sen. cago Daily News; Dr. Frank Stan- Newswe Robert F. Kennedy, already has said it will investigate the dis- e -u order during the Democratic Na- O ri entti o n tional Convention. The eight newspaper and broad- casting companies telegrammed Eisenhower, asking that the in- 5 ~ 111'"&ne w a f] vestigation specifically take up 7 police violence against news media. The telegram said: (Continued from page one) freshme "Immediately after the close of Residential College, says her accordin the Democratic National Conven- program proved worthwhile, "I "This tion in Chicago we called for the got myself located and had an living tc appointment of a committee of opportunity to meet people and together distinguished and disinterested professors," she says. temptin citizens to investigate the treat- Elisa Patterson, also in the the pilo ment of news reporters, photog- Residential College, says the tire stu raphers and cameramen by mem- fall orientation of one week Orien bers of the Chicago police force. was too long. "We really had Butts t "It would now appear that your nothing to do," she says. i need commission could make an impor- One specific criticism Miss Pat- Reif, "7 tant contribution by specifically teson voices is that the orienta- "almost including this subject in its an- tion leaders explained only about many m nounced investigation of the Chi- the Residential College and left ducted cago disorders. We feel that the students "to find out on our own ual is n freedom of America's news media about Ann Arbor." To in to observe and report was serious- According to the result of the demic c ly jeopardized during the Chicago student evaluations, however, gests ti disorders and that this repression Butts concludes "the level of satis- might 4 of freedom of the press should be faction is generally pretty high." registra publicly scrutinized. Most of the criticisms on the procedu "Accordingly, we specifically and evaluationswere on an "individ- that she respectfully request that your ual" basis, Butts adds. Some stu- up stay study of violence in America in- dents, for example, didn't like the student clude the subject of police violence food, didn't like their leaders, or even ta aimed at repressing free news wanted more mixers. BobI coverage of such events as the Butts explains the orientation tion lea Chicago demonstrations. office is trying to follow through prograr "Our reporters, photographers on the acquaintances students "a little and cameramen ;who were beaten make during the program by ers took and harassed by members of the filling housing assignments, and he exp] esident of the Columbia sting System; Otis Chan- blisher of the Los Angeles Julian Goodman, presi- the National Broadcasting thur Ochs Sulzberger, pres- nd publisher of the New Times; Hedley Donovan. in-chief of Time magazine, s. Katharine Graham, pres- the Washington Post Co., e Washington Post and ek magazine. oureau proachi,. n courses like English 123 ng to orientation groups. means that some will be ogether and t king courses x," Butts says. "We're at- g to spread the merits of' ot program across the en- dent body." tation leaders agree with that more personalization ed in theprogram. Wanda 1L, -says the program is t too structured." Too neetings, she says, are con- en masse and the individ- not recognized. mprove the program's aca- counseling, Miss Reif sug- ,hat the.,counseling office offer more explanation of tion and course selection ares. Miss fteif explains t and other leaders "wound ing up until 4 a.m. telling s about courses we hadn't ken." eff, '69, another orienta- ader, admits the existing m is "pretty good" although impersonal." "Most lead- k an interest in their kids," lains. f CAUTION: THIS MOTION PICTURE SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF THE REACII OF CHII.DRENI Grateful alive :Yery much Dead _ __ ; Education in France to see vast reforms than before. Musical proficiency. Is valuable, however, only be- cause it broadens the scope of what a group can accomplish and visualize for itself. And vis- ion depends on maturity. The Dead albums surpass so many of the others released during the same period-of time because the group has learned to follow the shortest possible > route to their destination. They say everything they have to say quickly, generally as simply as possible, and get off your turn- table. For instance, it is interesting to look at what Jefferson Air- plane did with electronic effects on After Bathing at Baxter's and compare it to the studio ef- fects on Anthem of the Sun. The former group never knew when to stop turning dials and hence created a hodge-podge of meaningless gimmicks, while the latter used electronic sounds to subtly enhance the albums total effect. Maturity does that for groups. Accessability. The Grateful Dead are one of a dwindling number of musical aggrega- tions that refuses to give their audience something for noth- ing. They don't sugar-coat their sound, their album covers, or their image. They are saying to their audience, "If you hon- estly come along, you'll love it and we'll be good to you. But if you want it free, go to hell." The Dead have learned all of the rules, melodically and structurally, and now they are taking no small pleasure in breaking them One by one. It makes for a difficult music and a difficult concept. But if you take some time, they will let you in on where they are head- ed, and it's a nice place to go. 20th Century-Fox presents DEBORAH DAVID KERR NIYEN i n FIELDER COOK'S d th e , SMA A KAHN-HARPER PRODUCTION' Color by De lure. ~1 ... -h :h 'n.'::' .'. Something To Swop? Try Daily Classifieds PARIS (A) -French Education Minister Edgar Faure, in a con- cession to many student demands, outlined last night a set of broad reforms that would make unpre- cedented changes In the tradition- bound French university system. But Faure, who was chosen by President Charles de Gaulle to take over the ministry at the height of France's student disor- ders-in June, insisted that exams scheduled for this fall be given despite any student attempt to block them. He promised that next year's examinations would be radically, ordered destroyed DALLAS, Tex. (,")-U.S. Dist. Judge Sarah T. Hughes ordered a Iallas-based diet pill firm yester- day to destroy all dosages con- taming thyroid and digitalis. The decison could .have a staggering effect on the weight reducing medication industry. Many weight reduction pills have thyroid or digitalis or both. 1 Judge.Hughes ruled that "any comrbination of thyroid and digi- ,talis" cannot be sold in inter- state commerce. The ruling was in the form of - an inWunction against the Lanpar "o-, a firm that manufactures diet pills for treatment of obesity. The judge further stated in the injunction that Lanpar Co. must not s ell digitalis in interstate commerce for the treatment of obesity. She also ordered certain label- ing rules in the use of thyroid. The FDA has already seized -rillions of dosage units of thyroid nd digitalis preparations on grounds that they- are misbranded ,Wjth "false and misleading label ing claims. They are included in "rainbow pill diet programs, named for the many colors of the pills. " The agency says the prepara- tions "are not safe or effective in the treatment of obesity and are dangerous when dispensed for weight reduction." "Asst. U.S. Atty. Ken Mighell said, "This will have an impact on all of the other cases and I think will probably result in a change for the entire diet pill industry." 3020 Washtenaw. Ph. 434-1782 Between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor IN COLD BLOOD Wrtenaorthe scrennd dreced by modified, but said the exams post- poned because of student -Vnrest last spring had to be taken now, and would have to follow the tra- ditional pattern. The university examination system has been one of the chief targets of student protesters. Faure announced these changes starting next November: -The creation of a university experimental center where 7,500 students, all volunteers, will begin a new broad liberal arts curri- culum, similar to that employed in many American universities. Until now, French university cur- ,riculum has been narrowly con- fined, to the student's chosen spe- cialty. 'Curriculum reform has been one of the principal points of contention by students. Other inovations promised for the experimental center include the end of some exams, and broad student participation in campus life and administration. -At another suburban univer- sity center, 1,500 literature stu- dents now at the Sorbonne will take scientific courses to encour- age cross-pollenization of aca- demic disciplines. At the same, time, science students will be en- couraged to take arts and letters studies. This, too, was termed a pilot project. -Two more centers will be opened where studies will be or- ganized on a step-scale basis, per- mitting studies to be terminated at 2-, 4-, or 6-year intervals. The principal innovation here is the cutoff at two years, equipping a less ambitious student for employ- ment. One of these centers will be established in the former headquarters building of , the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion in Paris. -The Paris faculty of medicine, now concentrated into one vast, overcrowded center, will be split into 10 separate autonomous med- ical schools. This will permit most students to start their practical training in hospitals beginning with their third year of medical school. Many medical , students had been unable to undertake hos- pital training because of the cen- tralization, overcrowding and ad- ministrative backlog. TWICE DAILY at 1:30 and 7:30 The hanging was the best show in town. But they made two mistakes. They hung 4 the wrong m-an and they didn't finish the job. Pentagon announces early F b f c s I'. a 1: C t n f a v y s F e + discharge of Navy enlistees WASHINGTON (P) - The was "an excuse to gain extra Pentagon, in an action described manpower" to meet demands of by one congressman as "disgrace- the Vietnam war. ful," has announced early dis- Schweiker, who has written a charges for 30,000 Navy reservists complaining letter to Secretary of serving two-year active duty en- Defense Clerk M. Clifford, said listments. the January activation of nearly The Pentagon said the move 15,000 Navy and Air Force reserv- announced yesterday would result ists was an "outrageous shame" in a saving of $48 million in the and said the men have been per- current fiscal year, thus helping forming only routine chores. to meet federal spending, cuts The men who will benefit by mandated by Congress. the Pentagon's "early out" plan The plan, however, does not af- are individuals who voluntarily, fect thousands of Army, Air Force signed up for a Navy reserve pro- and National Guard personnel gram referred to as the "two by who were activated early t h is six" tour. year in the wake of North Korea's This requires two years active seizure of the USS Pueblo. duty plus four years in a reserve Rep. Richard S. Schweiker, (R- status. The usual Navy enlistment Pa.), a member of the H o u s e is a flat four years active service. Armed Services Committee, label- Some reservists in this program ed the plan "an outrageous in- will be allowed to cut their two- justice" and suggested that the year active duty period by as much Friday and Saturday50 All Other $00 Eves. and All Day $250Performances Su~nday Promne A. SIZZLER FROMFRANCE. Therese and Isabelle' will be the most talked-about movie around." -WINS RAMO - 1/ 16a RADLEY M 1GEn .rJ 66Production starring ESSY PERSSON (",AWoman")as'Therese Order Your Daily Now- V qq t callup during the Pueblo crisis as one year. CINEMA II CINEMA 11 PRESENTS "REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT" A LEONARD FREEMAN PRODUCTION co s otE E D BEGLEY -.e - ER SEVENS PAT MINGLE as Judge Fenton Program Information Dial 662-6264, ll't E ATAl SHOWS AT 1:00-3:00 5:05-7:10 9 :20 MOM" ~ Anthony Quinn Screen Play: Fri.-Sot. 7:00-9 Jackie Gleason Rod Serling :00 P.M. Aud. I.D. Req. A NOTICE: BECAUSE OF THE STAGGERING RESPONSE TO ZORBA LAST WEEK, THE Vth FORUM HAS MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO BRING HIM BACK AGAIN BEFORE HE RETIRES. YES, THE OLD MAN IS BEING RETIRED-THE MOVIE IS BEING WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION LATER THIS MONTH-THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE ZORBA 1 THE GREEK PRIOR TO BROADWAY! SEPTEMBER 17-29 MOLlERE'S - : r t ACADEMY AWARDS "'ZORBA THE GREEK' IS A DECIDED MUST-SEE! Anthony Quinn's Zorba possesses all the energies and urges of the great ones of history and myth." --Bosley Crowther, New York Times "A grand uproarious Bacchanalian bash." O i ANTHONY QUINN -Time Magazine 66 sa~s a ssi sfs- ganef rrtan i .7,f e Attmlm.