THE 'SMILING EXECUTIONER' See Editorial Page Y lflir~ ~Iaitij 'WINTER' S TALE High-37 Low-18 Frost, fair but cold Vol. LXXX, No 43 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, October 23, 1969 Ten Cents Eight Pages Rich oil reserve found PLEDGE OF UNITY in upstate drilling tests Moratorium groups deny split Valued at 1 billion From Wire Service Reports LANSING - The state's big- gest natural gas and oil strike in twelve years was reported yesterday near Traverse City. A spokesman for the state commence department put the potential value of the oil strike near $1 billion, of which the state stands to gain mil- lions of dollars in revenues on production and royalties on oil wells. The new find is an under- ground strip 50 miles wide run- ning from near Traverse City 175 miles east to Gaylord on the shore on Lake Huron. Referring to an oil strike in Alaska that brought that state $900 million in the leas- ing of land tracts for drilling, state officials called the area the "New North Slope." While large tracts of the land strip are state-owned, an estimat- ed 90 per cent of the area is al- ready under lease to private busi- ness. This rules out a land lease boom similar to the one recently fheld in Alaska. Along with revenue levied on drilling going to the state, how- ever, the oil strike is expected to produce an economic boom in an area that has for years depended on tourist trade for its livelihood. The commerce department spokesman said the new discovery "shows every indication of pro- duction exceeding all previous pe- troleum production to date in Michigan." The statement referred to a 6,922-foot deep exploratory well drilled in Union Township, just outside of Traverse City. Officials of the McClure Oil Co. of Alma had termed the well "an By ROBERT SKLAR The two major organizations coordinating fall anti-war activities and the Nov. 15 actions in Washington have pledged their mutual support in the wake of reports that they were divided over how to protest the war. The two groups-the Vietnam Moratorium Committee and the New Mobilization Committee-both held press con- ferences Tuesday in New York declaring their unity in the peace movement and vowing that the action in Washington would be "legal and nonviolent protest." The Moratorium Committee took an active part in planning the Oct. 15 demonstrations nationwide and is organizing similar activities for Nov. 13 and 14 in Washington. New Mobilization-"New Mobe"-is planning the two-day death march in Washington for the same two days plus a mass rally for the finale Nov. 15. The announcement by the two anti-war groups, which clearly differ in make-up and political beliefs, came after numerous reports of a split were published in the Washington Post and elsewhere. Coordinated by liberals who worked for Sens. Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy last year, the Moratorium Committee is con- sidered politically moderate by today's standards, the New York Times reported yesterday. New Mobe is a more loosely-knit coalition of anti-war organi- zations and individual pacifists. Unlike the moratorium group, which is directed by young people, New Mobe is comprised of middle-aged, seasoned anti-war people. At the press conference Tuesday, Moratorium spokesman Sam Browne said the two groups were not so much split as just having a "difference of emphasis." He said he and other national Moratorium leaders plan to par- ticipate in New Mobe's rally and urge "others to join us." Leaders of the Ann Arbor New Mobilization movement are quick to echo Browne's sentiments citing that there is not, in fact, a splitE between the two groups. "There is not a division," points out New Mobe's Barry Cohen, "but a kind of difference that can be easily overcome in joint action." He says both groups have the same objec- tive-to end the war in Vietnam Immediately. Howard Goldstein, also of New Mobe, says that although the groups represent different political opinions, they have been working complementarily with each other and any split exists only between individual members. "Our common objective keeps us together," he says. Several local organizations, including the New Haven Mora- torium Committee, have remained uncommitted to Washington par- ticipation since they question the march's value. The New York Times reported New Haven leader Gregory Craigt said he feels the mass rally is a "most unfortunate tactic" which mayc "alienate the middle-class people who supported us on Oct. 15." He -Associated Press Perfect fit Soviet Cosmonaut Major General Gorgi Beragovoi tries on a helmet during his tour of the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston. He and another cosmonaut inspected the Life Support! Systems at the center yesterday. SECOND COMING: EMU president bans underground paper By JIM NEUBACHER Eastern Michigan University President Harold E. Spon- berg yesterday issued an edict flatly banning the "sale and/or distribution" of "The Second Coming" on the campus there. The Second C o m i n g is a new, radical, student-oriented newspaper published by a private group of EMU students and faculty members. The newspaper is not recognized by the ad- ministration a~s -an officia~l -tudent acrtivity nr or anizatin -Daily-Donna Bassin Sti.ent rifleman learns the game Rifle Club:1p Finding relaxation with a .22 caliber Remington extremely good well is known as No. 1. It is am( find." The new menuonet nat ne wil refrain trom openly opposing the rally, State Union Well however. i ong 58 such ex- *"'t1 1 41V o llV** d UC' ploratory wells drilled in the Sponberg's statement, issued yesterday to administrators northern part of the state since and faculty members but dated Tuesday, clears the way for 1966. the administration to take disciplinary action against the The well has a production ca- student editors and staff members. Dean of Students, Thomas pacity of 18 to 20 millioncubic Aceto collected a list of names Tuesday of students selling the toleds paper on campus and said he Two other major oil discoveries plans to bring the case before have been made in the state in the! M}tn the Student Court, a nine- past year. Last month Shell Oil man elected body. Co. struck a productive source in OtsegoCounty. About a year ago de 11 e S RApparently, students will be another significant find was made prosecuted u n d e r an EMU re- on Presque Isle by the Pan Ameri- gent's rule prohibiting use of cam- can Oil Co. A grouchy Paul McCartney - pus facilities for commercial ac- McClure is an independent firm or someone with his voice - dis- tivities without the specific per- headed by Harold McClure, GOP pelled rumors of the Beatle's death mission of the vice president for national committeeman for the, yesterday in a 30-minute trans- business and finance. The editors state. McClure is also president atlantic telephone conversation of The Second Coming reportedly of the Independent Petroleum with a disc jockey from radio were told that permission would Producers of America. station WKNR of Dearborn. be denied were they to apply. The new finds should move the "Tel thm Pul c~atne is Although A c e t o maintained state, now 17th in the nation "Tell them Paul McCartney i Tuesday that the administration among oil producers, up to number alive and moaning nm London was only interested in enforcing 12 in the country. England with a wife and family, "this rule, Sponberg's statement A spokesman for the McClure said the voice of the Beatle, ap- yesterday made it clear that the Co. said the new area would take parently annoyed at all the administration's disciplinary ac- five or six years to fully develop. "hassles the rumors has caused tion was a reaction to the content , Much of the territory is under him. He ended the conversation ',, . m 4nc. i l u.liai. Reflecting Craig's sentiments, individual moratorium leaders in other cities such as Los Angeles and Boston have privately indicated their dissatisfaction with the Washington program but will refrain from issuing public statements opposing it. Campuses are also being urged to set aside the two days for mass anti-war activities. New Mobe supporters are asking those unable to travel to Washington to become involved in local activities. On Nov. 13 and 14, national coordinators of the Mobilization Committee plan to have 46,000 persons participating in a "march against death." Each person will mirror the image of either an Ameri- can Vietnam fatality or a Vietnamese village left in ruins. On Nov. 15 a mass rally will be held near the Washington Monu- ment, the site of the 1963 Civil Rights March and last year's Soli- darity Day demonstration. i I i By JANE BARTMAN Take a right around the back of the building, in through a narrow door into a dimly lighted room smelling of buckshot and pounding with the sound of bullets thump- ing against targets. The scene is the first meeting of the University's Rifle Club, a group which gathers weekly to get away from the books-about fifty rounds worth of relaxation per evening. Ed Terill. the club's advisor, who is certified for instruction by the National Rifle Association, says the club's purpose is to teach care- ful use of firearms, as well as pro- vide an opportunity for those who enjoy shooting. "I think that everyone should learn to shoot" he said "especially girls. Sometime someone is going to put a weapon in your hand, E championship for both the 1965 and if you know how to use it you and 1966 National Inter-Collegiate won't shoot anyone." competition. The shooting is done with .22 ! Dick Porter, club president, ex- calibre Remingtons at a distance pressed a willingness to form a of 50 feet, the standard minimum team if there is enough interest. small bore range. The group As recreation goes, the pastime spends most of its time in the in- is cheap. The club supplies all door range but has an, arrange- equipment, so the $3.00 per semes- ment with the Washtenaw County ter dues are the only cost, besides Sports Club to use their 200- and; 75 cents every once in a while 30-yard ranges on weekends. for ammunition. The members of the club, usual- And, surprisingly enough, its .ly numbering about 25, and in- safe. "No one has ever been killed cluding a few girls, simply enjoy on an indoor range," Terill as- spending one- day a week shoot- sured beginners. "Its safer than ing, "though its no fun shooting bowling, or badmitton, according in here," complained one student, to government statistics" who prefers the outdoor ranges. ___- Small groups of students some- times gather for hunting, thoughOn oda s the club itself does not sponsor the trips o Page ThreeI Members of the club sometimes gather for informal discussion 0 Senate Republican leader about gun registration, though no Hugh Scott proposes that formal action has been taken. the U.S. unilaterally p r o - "We are concerned about the claim a cease-fire in Viet- problems of registration of wea- nam, but Secretary of De- pons-what should be done, what I nabtSceryoD- can be done, what is being done," fense Melvin Laird rejects said Terill. the idea. GA 4'U, recommends ending connections to ROTC , ,; By LAURIE HARRIS Graduate Assembly last night recommended the University abol- gents at the same time the facultyI presents its report concerning University-ROTC relations. by simply hanging up.; statement read, in full: million acres under its control.thprga fosudnsod-wntospotScilW :Po. The call was taped by newsmen "Because the content of the Shell recently disclosed that it has tide whthe ramhrto eabisftasaougnrita' min rity rort and disc jockeys at the station publication, 'The Second Coming', spent and is in the process of iextracurricular activity.{ to Senate Assembly asking for but was not replayed on the air contains material which is unac- spending $10 million on oil explo- Th eomnato ilb omlt eeaceo iswt because McCartney refused to ceptable to the University, any ration in the state. tirant permission for his voice to prior approval for sale and distri-t, McClure officials said that dur-submitted to the Regents at their ROTC, but said he believed it be broadcast. bution of 'The Second Coming' on ing a test of State Union Well next monthly meeting.; would be more important "to be the Eastern Michigan University No. 1 about 30 barrels of distillate The motion, presented by Mike an independent carrying weight "Don't play theROT tape,"e Bron eplanhdeesaidot The'talathetape,"yhesmani "Bcampuse ishereby revoked. Further natural gas and crude oil gushed Brown, treasurer, also included from Gauate Assembly." 'You created this sensationalism, sale and/or distribution of this from the well during a three-hour several points of implementation: Bill Price, GA vice president, vhy should you make anything on { pbli t by broadcasting it (the tape)? air cation is denied." experiment. They estimated the -drafting a letter explaining said Acting Vice President for The issue currently on sale, the well could produce from three to their motion and the philosophy Student Affairs Barbara Newell "I'tpmstosap o int vic e o ror tovbe pfbrishledcn iti-M:ue!fcassidta u-nx othymeigwudb mr motn t "' sy ti seod te pihed contains . 10 barrels of distillate per hour. behind it; had suggested various student or- ne," he said. "It's one big drag a controversial satire of EMU's Oil was first produced in the -making the letter open to the ganizations prepare their own re-' laving to deny it all (the rumor) annual Homecoming Pagent. Male I state in 1925. Production peaked in public; ports on the ROTC issue to be md I wish you would stop it." See EMU, Page 8 11939 with 23.4 million barrels. -presting the motion to the Re- presented to the Regents. SAFE UNTIL JUNE "It is everyone's legal right to Senate Assembly has postponed bear arms," he went on, "A bullet final action on the Academic Af- is similar to the spoken word. fairs Committee's majority report Everyone has said something theyI until its next meeting, Nov. 17. wish they hadn't said-a bullet is the same way.", This report calls for the elimi- "sk nation of academic credit, depart- "The weapon was made for kill- metal statusad aldiver ing, no doubt about it. But we mentastas, anTC allhave desired in our so-called civil- subsidies for ROTC. ization to make a sporting weapon; The report also states that if out of it, and we have created a the defense department refuses to very fine sport," he says. accept restructuring they then Citing the position of the Na- recommend ROTC become totally tional Rifle Association, he con- extracurricular cluded that the criminal ought to Senate Assembly defeated Lit- be punished, -not the sportsman. wak's minority report of the same The club has been non-competi- committee last Monday which tive for the last three years, due called for complete severance of to a lack of interest in tournament: ROTC from the University. shooting, though it won the team 9 The premier of Laos says he has a 'tacit' agreement with the U.S. that Wash- ington will provide aid to defend Laotian independ- ance, neutrality and terri- torial integrity. 0 The defense attorney f o r accused murderer J o h n Collins asks for a chance in venue. 0 UAC ticket patronage re- sults in the disappointment of students who attempted to buy tickets to the Mich- igan - Michigan State foot- ball game. During the summer Marc Van Der Hout, a student member of the Academic Affairs Committee, walked out of a committee meet- ing because he claimed students were not given equal representa- tion- with the faculty. Faculty members of the com- mittee and Mrs. Newell then sug- Draft extension relieves grad pressure U' tops list in gifts from alumni, business By ALAN SHACKELFORD President Nixon's recent ex- tension of draft deferments for graduate students relieved press- ures in many of the University's graduate departments. The announcement was seen by many students, however, as either a stay of execution or a shrewd political maneuver. While there was no massive collective sigh of relief, quite a few students who might have been drafted won't be, and many students quit school because of pressures from the draft. This year, though, only a few have left, and no more are likely to. "Of the few grads who have left, in every case their call-up procedure had begun before fall registration anyway," Groesbeck says. No students have received induction letters since registra- tion. Graduate advisors and other spokesmen from the various grauate deartments igeneral "Last year four students were drafted out of the department and two changed school because of draft pressures. This year we have everyone we started out with," she said. "We lost seven of our 110 grad- uate students to the draft this term,' says zoology administra- tive assistant Mrs. Ursula Frei- marck, but "only one was taken a f t e r registration and our other students seem to be defer- red for their period of enroll- ment." Other department spokesman pointed out that the full effect of the extension on graduate students in their schools would not be apparent until later in the year because they had not yet seen any results. University graduate students themselves were surprisingly noncommittal about how much of an effect the extension will have on them, and none felt any gratitude toward Nixon. "Nixon is politically commit- ted to take this kind of ation." master's degree so I can teach." I planned on enlisting in the Navy officer training program if I was drafted," says Kwiatek. Calling the move "a step in the right direction," Kwiatek predicts that the extension "will continue past this year and may evolve into a continuation of complete graduate deferments." Pleased with the move w a s another business grad, H a 1 Munson, \vho was previously scheduled for induction Oct. 28. "I h a v e to admit Nixon is I I I E a 3 gested students develop their own By ANITA WETTERSTROEM study period were years of extreme proposals. However, only GA has The University last year received efforts in fund raising: the $55 done so at the present time. more money in gifts from alumni ! Million Fund Drive took place and corporations than any other' during that time. MacCarthy con- back the ad hoc Committee of public university in the country, siders much of '67-68 donations as Teaching Fellows and to under- a recent report shows. residues of this campaign. write their mailing and operating Alumni support increased 12 per He also cites the decrease in expenses up to $500 cent during the 1967-68 school federal and state government sup- It was initiall sugested that year, moving the University port as a factor in focusing great- It wsntials t Asugeste thaagainst the tide of diminishing er effort upon the private sector representatives to GA also be rep- support for state institutions, as an "untapped reservoir "for fi- resentatives to the Teaching Fel- A study by the Council for Fi- nancial aid. lows Association. This was deleted, nancial Aid to Education and the The success of the fund raising however, because some members American Alumni Council listed campaign has prompted the Re- of the assembly are not teaching the University's receipts at $5,356,-: gents to expand the Development fellows. 1n I ., ,,,.,,,,.,,+ -f - " - 1arff