STATE DEPARTMENT LOYALTY OATH See Editorial Page Sir CiA au A43ai Ii PARTLY CLOUDY High-80 Low--55 Cooler Sunday, showers likely Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVI, No. 23S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1966 SEVEN CENTS FOUR PAGES NEWS WIRE Late World News VIENTIANE, LAOS ()-Revolting against generals of the Laotian high command, Brig. Gen. Thao Mao has seized the airport at Savannakhet in southern Laos, a government official said yesterday. Chief of the air force, the 32-year-old general has been feuding since early last month with the generals. They accuse him of setting up his own reign at Savannakhet and refusing to carry out orders. Thao personally flies and directs bombing missions of U.S.- built T28 fighter-bombers against Communist forces in Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail supplying the Viet Cong in South Viet Nam. Finance Minister Sisouk Nachampassak flew to Savannakhet on yesterday and met with Thao in an attempt to settle the crisis. He told reporters on his return that the seizure Thursday was due to a misunderstanding. SAIGON (P)-TWO BUDDHIST NUNS burned themselves to death today in the continuing wave of suicides that have swept Viet Nam for the past week. At almost the same predawn hour a 24-year-old nun com- mitted suicide by fire in front of Saigon's main pagoda and an- other nun ended her life in flames at Nha Trang, about 200 miles northeast of Saigon. The second nun perished in the yard of a Buddhist school at Nha Trang. The fiery deaths were part of the Buddhist campaign to bring about the downfall of the military government of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. SANTO DOMINGO (A)-JUAN BOSCH said last night he will contest the validity of the presidential Dominican election in which he suffered a stunning defeat by conservative Joaquin Balaguer. He said a commission of lawyers will begin gathering evidence of fraud to back up his challenge. He urged his backers to be "calm and confident" until the investigation is completed. He has until June 10 to make a formal challenge. LANSING (A)-THE LEGISLATURE cannot prescribe quali- fications for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley ruled yesterday, ending a dispute over the right of newly-appointed Ira Polley to hold the job. The Michigan Education Association had claimedathat Pol- ley's background in higher education did not meet a require- ment of a 1955 state law that the superintendent have five years of teaching experience. Kelley ruled that the 1963 constitution, giving the power of appointment to the new State Board of Education, had taken away the right of the Legislature to set qualifications for the position. FINAL ACTION ON THE UNIVERSITY'S 1966-67 budget re- quest will be taken in the state Legislature next week. The House Ways and Means Committee may act on the measure Monday, with final House approval coming by midnight Wednesday. Then any differences in the budgets passed by the House and the Sen- ate will be ironed out in conference by midnight Friday beforej lawmakers head home for seven weeks of primary election cam- paigning. The Senate passed a University appropriation of just under $58 million April 22, nearly $8 million less than the Regents re- quested but $1.5 million above Gov. George Romney's recommen- dation. Budget trimming, especially in the area of educational ap- propriations, is expected to be heavy in order to bring total state spending for the next fiscal year to the area of $970 million to $985 million. Gov. Romney recommended spending $944.9 million. At present, prior to the expected cuts, budget bills total $1.02 billion. CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR., director of the American Uni- versities Research Program, the Agricultural Development Coun- cil, Inc., will speak on "An Agrarian Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia" Monday, June 6, 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. The lecture is sponsored by the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies. Wharton was a member of President Johnson's team, which visited Viet Nam in February. He has worked and travelled in Southeast Asia as an agricultural economist over the past six years. emini Pilots Shroud Bloci Catch arget But S Space Ass GEMINI 9, WITH ASTRONAUTS EUGENE cERNAN AND THOMAS STAFFORD aboard, was boosted off pad atop Titan II rocket from Cape Kennedy expected to rendezvous in space with a target vehicle launched Tuesday. At right, Stafford, twice-frustrated in his efforts to get his spacecraft off the pa mock match before he enters the spacecraft with spacemate Cernan, left rear. The match was topped with a red and white bulb which lit up when a but It carried a sign that read "plus count initiator." COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY: AA UPFEacdulty Salary Study Ranks 17th Am-ong822 Educatl**inalInstlitui By JOhN KELLEY and SHIRLEY ROSICK "I hate to haggle for salary When I went into teaching, I expected not to be bothered such things." Despite the sentiments expre s- ed above by a faculty member o a leading private university, sal- aries, like all of a university's lim- ited resources, will probably al- ways be haggled for. In dealing with the subject of faculty salary, a recent American Association of University Profes- sors survey shows that the aver- age nine-month faculty salary at the University is $12,482. This figure makes the Univer- sity 17th in a field of 822 insti- tutions who reported salary fig - ures to the AAUP. Commenting on this rating, As- sistant to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs William Schlat- ter said that it was very nearly correctdat present, but that plans for a general increase in faculty salaries have been made. Action by the Legislature on the Univer- sity's budget will probably deter- mine if and when this increase can be put into effect. The proposed budget for 1966- 67 anticipates an eight per cent' rise in teaching salaries, with $5.2 miillion of the requested $16.1 million increase in state appro- pria t ions going for salary inciease and inflation.] The salary figure is up from last year's average of $11,450. On the AAUP scale which ranges from AA to E, the University was grad- ed "A" for the average faculty7 compensa tion, which includes re-! tiretnent and fringe benefits, and "B" for minimum compensation offered. Both gradings ate improvements, over last year's standings, with averag e compensation at $14,130, up from $12,769, and minimuml compensation in the range of $12,- 100. These figures do not include Schools of Medicine and Denti for 1964-65 and also the Scl of Nursing for 1965-66. The m ical school was given "A" ra ings for both average and m mum compensation. Average c pensation there is $14,725, up f $13,330 last year, and average ary is $13,132, up from $11,960. Considering both average; minimum compensation levels least 23 other institutions r above the University. Figures are computed usingc the ranks of professor, assoc professor, assistant professor the instructor. Lecturers and teaching centage, 42, be stry fellows are not included. pendent univer hool One source of complaint of esting to note1 ied- teaching fellows, who have be- University of Ca nk- come extremely vodiferous in voic- ed only a "B" ini- ing their complaints recently, is compensation, om- that, in asking for appropriations, The AAUP su rom the University classifies teaching a national bas. sal- fellows as faculty, but salary rat- increase in av ings exclude them. Average salary pensation show and for University teaching fellows is of increase si at $2,475 yearly, plus in-state tui- pointed out th ank tion classification for all. all rate of ine Of the universities given "A" was a proport only classifications for average compen- crease for ful iate sation, only three per cent are rate of 7.5 per and public universities, the largest per- other academic Linkage Astronauts :f..Ordered pTo Pla y'it Safe Cernan Prepares For Execution of Marathon Spacewalk CAPE KENNEDY (P) - The eager Gemini 9 pilots caught their target in the sky yesterday-but found a space lnkup blocked by a shroud that made the target ship look like "an angry alligator" with its jaws agape. Instead of docking, the Gemini pilots separated and rendezvoused with the target again-then broke away for the night-setting the stage for another rendezvous and a marathon walk in space today. Command pilot Thomas P. Staf- ford repeatedly pressed a sugges- tion that he try to knock the ociated Press shroud off the target ship with yesterday. It is the docking bar of the Gemini d, carries a large spacecraft. But specialists in ton was pressed. Houston and Cape Kennedy said they thought it wouldn't work. _- ._-- a__ Stafford and copilot Eugene A. Cernan met the no-bumping order with a dejected, "Okay." For a while they flew in close formation with the target ship and gave flight experts a descrip- tion of the clamshell spunglass shroud from 10 feet away. At first, Stafford said he didn't dare get closer because of the danger if the shroud were to sud- ~io ndenly break away and hit the spacecraft. Ordered to Safety eing private, inde- The Gemini 9 was ordered to rsities. It is inter- get safely ahead and out of range that the prestigous of the target for the sleep period alifornia was grant- last night. The first order of busi- rating for average ness today will be to rise above the orbit of the target, and close irvey noted that, on the 86-mile gap separating the two is, the 17.3 per cent craft. erage faculty com- When the two astronauts found us the highest rate the shroud still attached after ince 1959. It also their pursuit through 75,000 miles iat while the over- of sky, they reported to ground rease is high, there stations its condition and experts ionately higher in- immediately began to ponder 1 professors, at a what could be done. cent, than for any The shroud on the ATDA- rank. Augmented Target Docking Adap- ter-was intended to act as a pro- tective nose cone for the target ship during its rapidly accelerat- ing flight up through the earth's blanket of air. Explosive bolts' exploded releas- ing the two halves of the nose cone, and springs shoved it part - way open, but the wires held ;it on, blocking the docking collar of rm, which in its last the target ship. 5 students. Officials who feel that docking eachers is not a particular problem any- onvenient time for way decided to take no risks. not make the spring Stafford and Cernan performed lly public school their four major space pursuit are in school while maneuvers with great precision, m is in session. For narrowing the original 640-mile are department re- gap between the two craft in 41/ per cent of its stu- hours. mmmer half term are Looking into the bright moon, rsity students. The they had trouble seeing the ATDA minantely teachers. in detailed fashion until they got lment figures are: quite close. chitecture and De- While experts were pondering tool of Business Ad- what to do, the Gemini 9'l backed 524; College of En- away some 13 miles and then flew ; School of Nursing, back up to the target with preci- ol of Medicine, 580. sion, pretending that their radar had gone out-and making the approach by computers, the stars and their own vision. Pi1 I~ Fire Thrusters ' Barely 2 hours and 25 minutes from the 9:39 a.m. blast off, Staf- ilitary personnel in ford fired his thrusters to settle am." the Gemini 9 into a circular orbit t Nam echoes in the 170 miles high. That was just 15 miles below inistration officials and 125 miles away from the tar- lief that despite the get and Stafford and Cernan were violence in the closing the distance at 226 feet aese political struggle per second. deep-seated dispute It was the third in a series of presence there. precise maneuvers as the pilots- y say, the turmoil working with computer calcula- an internal power tions and guiding by the stars- took dead aim on the fleeting ation officials wel- ATDA. by the Philippine They roared into space two days ing the dispatch of after the target was launched- force of engineers breaking 17 days of flight frus- roops to South Viet tration with the fiery and perfect blast off of their 11-story Titan 2 Record Total Enrollments of 10,034 Legislature Proposes Colleges Submit Tuition Figures Early By MARTHA WOLFGANG The House Ways and Means Committee adopted a provision late yesterday that would commit state supported colleges and uni- versities to a specific tuition figure by January 1 of each year. Under the bill the school would be required to state whether or not it intends to change its tuition in the forthcoming school year. If the school says it will make no change in its tuition, and a hike occurs after January 1, the amendment authorizes the State Administrative board to reduce the state's monthly payments to the school in proportion to the size of the tuition hike. Early Notice If the university or college in- committing the schools to a spe- cified tuition rate. If the House as a whole adopts the Ways and Means Committee version of the Higher Education Bill with the tuition amendment, the bill will go to a conference committee from both chambers., There the differences in the two bills will be ironed out. Faxon Speaks Rep. Jack Faxon (D-Det) said yesterday, "We can't force the schools to hold the line on tuitions, but we are legally within our rights to reduce their appropria- tion by the same amount they raise tuition." Under the state constitution, the colleges and universities are au- tonomous bodies, and cannot be rietatit bn h the Teislature. The believed to be alarmed by the amendment. The move was a result of a committee investigation of a Uni- versity tuition hike last year. This, followed what many legislators- but not the University administra- tion-considered to be a generousj hike in appropriations. Neihuss Argues Back Executive Vice-President Mar- vin L. Neihuss explained yesterday that a fund of close to $250,000 was set aside for students who indicated that the University's tuition hike had been a hardship. Niehuss told the legislators at re- cent committee hearings that there was no strife at the Univer- sity as a result of the increases. Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard L. Cutler said that,I "'rn fh.,,. i--f4 n.hilif qnimy I By MIChAEL IEFFER University enrollment, continu- ing its upward climb, has reached 10,034 for the spring and spring- summer terms, Edward Groesbeck, registrar, announced yesterday. This figure represents an in- crease of 21.3 per cent over the same period last spring, when en- rollment reached 8,300. These totals include extension students, but not those at Dearborn and Flint, still in winter session. Marked Increases The figures reveal marked in- crnases in certain schools. Educa- tion) school enrollment increased by 64.9 per cent to 845, social work school enrollment went up 50.5 per cent to 143, and music school enrollment jumped 48.6 per cent to 110. Groesbeck's figures assign grad- uate students according to their field of specialization. There are 6.021 undergraduate, 3,268 grad- uate, and 745 graduate-profession- al students taking University courses this spring. This includes 963 taking extension courses. The ratio of undergraduates to graduates, about 60 to 40, is the same as in the fall and winter terms, but is above the 50:50 ratio of summers before the trimester, indicating the summer trimester is attracting more undergraduates. The ratio of men to women, a little under 2:1, also is about the same as in the fall, but at 6,675 to 3,359, it could indicate another I I size of the summer in relationship: to the other two semesters. More for Summer Half Summer trimester enrollment has been at or above 50 per cent of the other two trimesters since the trimester went into pperation. Last summer's total enrollment was over 16,500. At the rate of growth of the spring term, the suymmer trimester might reach 20,000 this year. Fall enrollment, which has been rising at about 7 per cent per year, is projected at about 33,250 next fall. This would represent an increase of 6.4 per cent, or 1,983 students. If total summer enrollment reaches 20,000, it will be at about Peking Considers Nuclear WASHINGTON UP)-The United The Peking regime has consis- Vietnamese m States has asked Red China about tently refused so far to sign the South Viet N2 a no-first-strike nuclear agree- limited atomic test-ban treaty ad- In other Vie ment and about an end to U.S. hered to by all other major powers capital: bombing of North Vie Nam, pro- except France. -High adn: vided the Communists make re- On the question of bombing reiterated a be ciprocal moves. North Viet Nam, Washington from anti-American Disclosing this yesterday, State time to time has inquired what South Vietnam Department officials did not say Hanoi would do if the American there is noc what reaction, -if any, has come air attacks stopped. U.S. diplomats over the U.S.p from the Reds. Both subjects have have sought word that the North Rather, the been sounded out fruitlessly be- Vietnamese would quit sending results from; fore. troops into South Viet Nam. struggle. The U.S. soundings were report- -Administr ed to have been made at the latest State Department press officer comed action American-Communist Chinese am- Robert J. McCloskey declined yes- Senate approv bassadorial meeting at Warsaw, terday to discuss the latest U.S. a 2,000-man Poland, on May 25. probe on this matter specifically, and security t Tn zl r n.irthird ,lp1. but said again that North Viet- Nam. 60 per cent of next fall's enroll- ment, with no end to its growth relative to the rest of the year, in sight. Although the schools are plan- ning for increases in enrollment for the summer half term, they have no indication of how accur- rate they will be because there is no preregistration for the summer. Literary college spring enroll- ment accounted for 34.5 per cent of the spring figure. Last fall literary college enrollment ac- counted for 44 per cent of en- rollment. Last year there were over 8,800 in the summer half term. This term is roughly the same as the old summer tei year had 14,01 Tc It is at a c those who cane term, especia teachers who the spring tern example, the, ports only 15. dents in the su regular Univel rest are predo Other enrol College of Ar sign, 116; Sch ministration,5 gineering, 2505 353, and Scho II :