WHOSE STREETS ARE THEY-REALLY? See editorial page C, - r Sir igaui 4 1 SOSO High-70 Low-38 Increasing cloudiness, warmer tho' Vol. LXXIX, No. 32-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, June 21, 1969 Ten Cents Super teargas on South U. -- just like iet By STEVE ANZALONE gas or any other gas on South University." another law enforcement agency present physiological effects, Hersh makes use of standard CN ga Summer Co-Editor Olson also said that he had no knowledge Tuesday night. State Police officials would information from a U.S. Army manual in higher conce Clouds of doubt and a veil of uncertainty that teargas was being used at all until not discuss whether or not they stock CS (TH 3-215) which says: ilar to sunburn hang over the use of a "super" teargas by he smelled it himself. Asked whether or gas. Sheriff Douglas Harvey refused to talk "CS produces immediate effects even in less and disapp *..> police in dispersing crowds on South Uni- not Ann Arbor police stock CS gas, Olson to The Daily. low concentration . . . The onset for In- But doctors i veisity Ave. Tuesday night, replied that he did not know. There is also some dispute whether or capacitiation is 20 to 60 seconds and the cology departm But one thing is certain. Police did use However Mayor Robert Harris said that n CS gas is more dangerous than the duration of effects is five to- 10 minutes in that depart a"faster acting, more toxic" variety of Ann Arbor police did, in fact, use some regular CN teargas normally used in "riot after the affected individual is removed to last year, raise teargas called CS. The CS gas is used form of teargas. control." fresh air. During this time the affected gerous effects a extensively by the military in Vietnam and If it was the Ann Arbor police who used individuals are incapable of concerted ac- and Dr. Julian was used recently during the violence at the CS gas, it cannot be known conclu- Seymour M. Hersh, Washington journal- in. an Dr an Berkeley. Some people consider CS gas sively. It was dark during the South Uni- ist and an authority on chemical and bio- tion.theaing that in to fall outside of the bounds set by the versity incident and often difficult to logical warfare, told The Daily that CS "The physiological effects include ex- e ive ad s Geneva convention. distinguish between the different police gas is a "major escalation" from the use treme burning of the eyes accompanied by At least two CS teargas grenades were agencies, of CN and compared it to adding MIRV copious flow of tears, coughing, difficulty However, the picked up in the street after police charges Nevertheless, four witnesses claim s-multiple-missile heads to a conventional in breathing, and chest tightness, involun- not yet comple POSrz issl ytm tary closing of the eyes, stinging sensations effects of CS g during Tuesday night's conflict. Several tively it was Ann Arbor police who threw missile system. ' witnesses said that the CS grenades were the CS grenades toward them and these Hersh quoted from his book. "Chemical of moist skin, running nose, and dizziness Hersh's book thrown by Ann Arbor city police. grenades were picked up in areas Ann and Biological Warfare, America's Hidden or swimming of the head. Heavy concen- Harvard doctor Deputy Police Chief Harold Olson denied Arbor police were known to be patrolling. Arsenal," in describing CS as a "faster trations will cause nausea and vomiting and CN "arei that city police used CS gas. In fact, Olson It is possible that the witnesses are mis- acting, more toxic teargas" developed by in addition to the above effects." non-lethal, alt said, "The Ann Arbor police used no tear- taken and the grenades were thrown by the British in the 1950's. In describing the The same manual described the more See Six Pages tam s as "irritating to the skin" ntrations with effects "sim- " that are "entirely harm- ear in a few hours." n the University's pharma- ent who were instrumental nent's report about MACE d doubts to the more dan- f CS gas. Dr. Ian MacLeod Villarreal both sighted tes- ecent Senate subcommittee dicated CS might be "more afer" than CN gas. doctors said that they have ed a thorough study of the as. reports the findings of two s who said that both CS incapacitating, but usually hough they can kill under SUPER, Page Z REGENTS ASK STUDY: Boos tore de layed South as po four lice U. quiet patrol;a tsmd / By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN The Regents yesterday postponed action on the proposal to form a student bookstore. The decision followed a stormy closed session earlier in the morning, which involved a debate apparently re-ignited during the Regents luncheon break. In explaining the postponement, President Robben Flem- ing said four steps would be taken to provide further infor- mation concerning Student Government Council's bookstore proposal: -- Analysis will be made concerning the operations of. other bookstores in the state, including, for example, the use irres, of university subsidies to main -- Study will be made of SC BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Uni- versity of California regents voted 16-7 yesterday to build a parking lot and playing field on Berkeley's Sdisputed "people's park" land, with housing planned for the near future. t ed after abt two ho discussion, was supported by Gov. Ronald Reagan. The regents at the same time, rejected alter- lo nateplan forelprkdoos reeyby Bwdserke eophane'sorkRogernW, wiheysng n Cprnesd frenar Heyns left the meeting before the final vote and would not an- swer reporters' question. He told-" the meeting that the parking lot proposal would be "one of the most serious mistakes we would He urged that regents lease a portion of the university-owned three acref south of the campus to the city for a park.p Heyns argued that an orderly user-developed park would show the majority of students who sup- ported the plan that they would achieve results in the system.t ntain financial solvency;1 GC's suggestion to solicit alum- ni funds to support the store. -SGC will be asked for more specific plans for a non-recurring fee assessment to support the store. - A statement will be obtained from Senate Assembly's Student Relations Committee concerning pians for a co-operative bookstore. Fleming also lashed out at SGC President Mary McLaughlin and Executive . Vice President Marc Van Der Hout concerning their comments after Thursday's Re- gents open hearing on the book- store issue. Van Der Hlout and McLaughlin had attacked the president f o r asking local bookstore owners tol prepare a financial report on the[ student bookstore. Apparently referring to their comments on the influence 'of Fred Ulrich over the decision to postpone action for further study, Fleming said the SCG officers seemed to have "a devil's advocate. theory of history." "If SOC is serious, it is much more likely to make serious pro- gress through discussion" than by making such statements, Fleming added. Fleming reaffirmed yesterday that bookstore owners were wel- come to file any report' they wish- ed with the University. In other action, the Regents voted to make $7500 available to law enforcement agencies investi- gating the six recent murders in the local area. Vice President and Chief Finan- cial Officer Wilbur Pierpont cited See DELAY, Page 2 -Daliy-Eric Pergeaux .. . Peace reigns on a deserted South University Ave. Harvey blasts Harris South University Ave. was quiet last night as Mayor Robert Harris sent in about 15 helmet'ed, uniformed Ann Arbor police to patrol the four-block stretch between East University and Wash- ten aw. About four persons were arrest- ed peacefully during the night, re- portedly on minor charges. Ann Arbor police declined at 1:30 a.m. to release any information con- cerning those arrested. During the evening, police walk- ed mostly in pairs up and down each South University block,-oc- casionally chatting with passersby. There were never more than 200 people on the avenue and most of them appeared to be passing through. By 1 a.m., Ann Arbor police had left South University. With the weather brisk, few people remain- ed on the street. Mayor Harris was on ,South ?University again for about two hours last night, but, unlike Thursday night, there was never any attempt by a 'orup of people to move into the street. By midnight there were only a few dozen people on S. Univer-'? sity-including plainclothes police- men and city officials. State police, who had. been on standby along with Ann Arbor - police Thursday night, were sent home earlier yesterday. One city g official said that if trouble had e brocen out last night, it would t have taken two hours to mobilize y the Ann Arbor force. e There were a few tense moments around 9:30 p.m. as 'two fire- crackers exploded on the streets e within a ten minute period. Buta t police continued their patrol with-v out seeming to notice, and no - crowds developed. e There appeared to be a pro- ) portionately large number of Uni- e versity faculty members on theV 1 avenue throughout the evening, e including many who had beenR present the night before urgings d people to leave. No Washtenaw County sheriff'so t deputies were 4seen in the Southn University area last night. Early in the evening, two empty busesd - were seen at the sheriff's bivouac e on Washtenaw Ave. near Carpen- y ter Rd. in.Ypsilanti.. -Daily-Eric Pergeaux Students chat with city police for criticizing tactics 13 still in jail From Wire Service Reports Mayor Robert Harris' criticisms: of police behavior in the South University Ave. disturbances was labeled "political interference" by' Washtenaw County Sheriff Doug- las Harvey in harsh confrontation! early yesterday morning. "As far as I'm concerned you are just plain playing politics,"! Harvey said. "We are trained law enforcement people and you know nothing about it," he said to Har- ris, who is a law professor at the University. The stormy meeting took place; in the office of police chief Walter'I Krasny, where Harris and Krasny were discussing the successful at- tempt Thursday night to avert a third night of violence. Harvey was asked not to come in and Harris took control of police, who were not used. Harvey was enraged by Harris' complaints about the way Wash- tenaw and Oakland county sher- iff's deputies handled earlier dis-! turbances on Tuesday and Wed- nesday nights. "From now on you butt your nose out of our business," Harvey said. He said the undersheriff of. SOUTH U. AFTERMATH Oakland county was "flabbergast- ed" by Harris' criticism. Harvey said Harris was "looking a gift horse in the mouth." "These departments come here withou pay and this is the thanks then get. They won't forget it, I assure you," he said. Harris did not respond to the outburst and Harvey stormed ou of the office. At a news conference later yes- terday Harris commented on the dispute. "I'm not in a position t evaluate Sheriff Harvey but ther have been complaints and we wil evaluate the whole situation," he said. He said the police tactics had been discussed at confidentia meetings, which hie was not at liberty to talk about. Harris also praised the coopera- tion of members of, the White Panther Party and the University faculty in preventing further out- breaks on Thursday night. Harris was in Pittsburgh for a mayors conference and returned on Tuesday night-after the most criticized police action had El ready begun. He subsequently defended the actions of Ann Arbor police in volved but agreed with people from the street who were concern- ed about Harvey. However, he added that he wa. as. trials begin By SCOTT MIXER Trials began yesterday of persons arrested in Tuesday's and Wednesday's disturbances on South University Ave. while 13 of the 71 arrested still remained in jail. Six of those in jail are charged with misdemeanors while seven are charged with felonies. The first to be tried was Rose Painter, 19, of Ypsilanti, who was convicted of contention, a misdemeanor. A jury of six in Judge S. J. Elden's district court ruled Miss Painter had violated the Michigan Penal Code which states, "any person who shall make or excite any disturbance or contention iri any place of business shall be guilty of misdemeanor." The charge carries a penalty of $100 fine and/or 90 days in jail. Miss Painter was remanded to the county jail without bond until sentencing at 9 a.m..on June 26. > Prosecuting attorney Thomas E. Shea built his case around Ann is to L Abor Police Deputy Chief- Harold S nalile A repeated requests for the crowd to clear the street. Olson -' testified he used the bullhorn 8 Police control: By TOBE LEV Police control has surfaced as a major issue in the wake of this week's turmoil on South Uni- versity Ave. Prominent officials, w h i 1 e generally praising the actions of the Ann Arbor police, admit the possibility of tactical mistakes and isolated instances of out- right brutality. Control of much-criticized County Sheriff Douglas Harvey seems almost out of the ques- tion. Harvey can be recalled by the County Board of Supervis- ors but he would likely win a a hearing. All the facts must be reported. People threw every- thing under the sun at the po- lice and someone went after De- puty Chief Harold Olson with a knife." "I haven't heard any bad re- ports on state police although I have heard very little one way or the other. We are in the ef- fort of collecting complaints and getting an exact recap of what haplened. If I was wrong in my appraisal I will re-eval- uate," he adds. "The people who shot tear- gas in front of President Flem- Key question com, "can hire and fire the po- p o 1 i c e - community r lice chief, but otherwise c a n through increased com only consult with him on parti- control of police in his e cuar.'decisions on particular platform. He has appoi nights." - seven-man committee to The decision to bring Ann Ar- the issue, and the comm bor- police into the South Uni- scheduled to make itsp versity area Tuesday was made inary recommendations by Krasny with the concurrence two weeks. of Borut. Harris and L a r c o m, ,'Rev, Russel Fuller, ch who would normally influence of the committee, say Krasny's decision, were both out haven't finalized anythi of town. We just started on our Councilman Leroy Cappaert, and then this week'st the mayor protem, tacitly ap- came along to add grist proved Krasny's decision. Cap- mils." paert says, "Nothing Borut told ma -nt maalrm7 av-Ezra Rowry. former ch elations munity election nted a ostudy ittee is prelim- within airman s "We rng yet. work trouble to our airman - -1 e= Harris plai committee k,' E. on mails i I i Mayor Robert Harris announced e yesterday that he is appointing a - special committee to consider malls, temporary closing of streets, s dances, concerts and "the whole e general subject" to see what can be done. t T-7nric i4 tat ha ilm - t many injuries, is a busy thorough- fare and there were no thoughts of turning it into a mall before this week. However, the University and the city have been negotiating for many years construction of a mall to 10 times prior to the fiai an- nouncement that the street would be cleared by the police and any- one in the street would be arrested. Shea called the arresting offi- cers to the stand and they testi- fied that Miss Painter was in the street during the announcements and was only a few feet from Olson. They stated the defendent Ifailed to leae the street and was unable to do anything because Harvey is an elected >fficial.