COPS See Editorial Page I :43 at1tl DITTO See Today for details Vol. LIX, No. 4 Ann Arbor,'Michigan-Sunday, September 10, 1978 Free Issue Fourteen Pages Indians challenge 'U, C By RENE BECKER Fourth in a series In the longest cross examination in six years in Washtenaw Circuit Court, Elmer White, representing a group of Michigan Indians in a class action lawsuit against the Regents, pounded away at the University's only witness, Helen Hornbeck Tanner, an historian. White took almost two days in his at- tempt to discredit the testimony of Tanner-the testimony upon which the University's general counsel, Roderick Daane, has used to defend the claim that the University does not owe the children of the Chippewa, Ottawa and curt witness Potawatomi tribes education. The tribes are charging in the lawsuit that their forefathers conveyed land to the University in article 16 of the 1817 Fort Meigs Treaty in exchange for the promise of perpetual education for their children. THE TYPE OF nit-picking which characterized White's cross examination of Tanner was displayed when he asked the witness if the University received its name from the Indians. Tanner said the University got its name from the territory. White then asked if it wasn't true that the Indian name for "great lakes" was Michigania Foes of drinking age hike rally at colleges and that the original name of the present day "University of Michigan" was the "University of Michigania." Tanner grudgingly confirmed. Under further interrogation Tanner admitted that the 1817 treaty was something of a dividing line for U.S. treaties with the Native Americans. She said that beginning with the 1817 treaty all treaties with the Native Americans mention some form of education for the Indians. Tanner also testified that no other treaty to her knowledge ever mentioned a specific institution as the Fort Meigs Treaty did. Article 16 refers directly to the "College at Detroit"-the forerun- ner of the University. WHITE ALSOattacked Tanner's previous testimony concerning the desire of the Indians to be educated. In the previous day's testimony, Tanner stated the Indians, at the time the 1817 treaty was written, were not concerned with education. White went into detail about the sour- ces Tanner used to reach that con- clusion, and asked why she hadn't used a number of what he called "significant" sources about the Catholic missionaries. Tanner testified tpat all these sources were biased and that she based her opinion on those sources she considered most reliable. Then Circuit Judge Edward Deake, who will decide the case, listened to an hour-long series of questions concer- ning the location of a place called Macon, which is mentioned in article 16. ON THE FIRST day of the trial, the court had heard James Concannon, a Native American of Ottawa lineage, testify that he attended a Catholic boarding school in the southern Michigan town of Macon. In her report to the University Tannerindicated tkat the placed called Macon was not See INDIANS, Page 9 t Daily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN Tiny, bubbles Perhaps Layrence Welk could use a new recruit like this bubbling bear that stood outside of Middle Earth yesterday. He is properly called a "Pustefix" bear. - - - By ELIZABETH SLOWIK Opponents of the November ballot proposal to raise the drinking age to 21 are combing the state for support, and are aiming their efforts directly at college campuses, campaign leaders said yesterday. "The most important thing is trying to get college students to vote. The drive is on in the college community," said Eddy Shepherd, co-ordinator of activities for the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. OPPONENTS OF the proposal will distribute 25,000 bumper stickers, 200,000 buttons and 500,000 pamphlets, said John Carver, Second Chance employee and co-ordinator of the Ann Arbor campaign base. They also have hired a Grand Rapids public relations' firm to run the campaign, said Carver. Several local bars are pitching in to help finance the campaign. Second Chance is planning to donate money from three benefit nights in September, is also serving as a voter registration spot in order to encourage more students to register. Dooley's is also performing that service, and the Village Bell has given funds to the campaign, according to an employee. THE BALLOT proposal calls for the drinking age to be raised to 21, and would go into effect ten days after certi- fication of votes. Opponents have criticized the proposal's lack of a grandfather clause, which would protect the rights of 18-20 year-olds who are currently drinking legally. As the proposal stands, there would be no exception made for these people. They would simply have to wait as much as three years before regaining the right to drink. Three main groups are opposing the proposal: the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association; the Three See FOES, Page 8 New troops enter Tehran to relinforce martial law TEHRAN, Iran (AP)-Thousands of troops backed by tanks fanned out yesterday to enforce a martial law decree in this capital city where at least 86 persons died Friday as soldiers bat- tled anti-government rioters. The Shah of Iran postponed a trip to Romania and East Germany to deal with violence, among the bloodiest in the wave of anti-government protests that have claimed more than 1,000 lives since January. Carter makes summit progress AN UNEASY CALM prevailed as troops and tanks guarded most street corners and the main squares. Gatherings of three or more persons were broken up. Most shops here and in other major Iranian cities were closed. The government said soldiers killed one man who attacked a patrol yester- day, and other scattered incidents were reported in this city of 4.5 million. But it was quiet last night as residents obser- ved the 9 p.m. curfew. Much of the recent rioting grew from demonstrations called by religious ex- tremists opposed to the Shah's attempt to Westernize this oil-rich, anti- communist nation and to loosen the traditionally firm grip of the Moslem clergy. But religious leaders denied calling Friday's demonstrations and the government blamed leftists for the trouble. THE BLOODSHED started shortly after martial law was declared here and in 11 other cities. The government acted after political efforts, including a Cabinet shakeup and the sanctioning of political parties, failed to pacify the protesters. Crowds led by teen-agers hurled stones at soldiers in Jalen Square in eastern Tehran and the soldiers opened fire. Official reports listed 86 killed and 205 wounded. Earlier, the government had said 58 were dead. Unofficial reports put the toll at about 100. Tehran hospitals posted signs asking for blood donations. There were no reports of injuries to the 120,000 foreigners, including 50,000 Americans, who live in Iran. Most of the Americans are in the military or the oil industry. NUMEROUS anti-government groups including a terror group the government callgs"Islamist Marxists' have joined, the religious leaders i demanding a return to Islamic law. The government blames the Islamic Marxists for starting the theater fire i Ahadan, in southwestern Iran, that killed at least 377 people last month. The mullas, or priests, of the Moslem Shiite sect see the Shah's reforms, star- ted in 1963 and recently accelerated, as contrary to the teachings of the Moslem holy book, the Koran. The reforms removed huge tracts of farmland from control of the clergy and leased it to small farmers. They also gave women the vote, permitted them to attend universities and let them discard their veils. On Aug. 27 the Shah tried to appease his religious and political opponents by naming a devout Moslem, Jaafer Sharif-Emani as premier. Sharif- Emani closed all the casinos and an- nounced that all legal parties could take part in the government. CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) --' President Carter's Mideast summit has produced progress on some fundamental issues but "substantial differences remain" and the outcome is unclear, U.S. spokesman Jody Powell said yesterday. Lifting the secrecy lid a bit as Carter, Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat paused in their deliberations for stock-taking, Powell said all three governments concurred in his assessment. "THE FOCUS in the main has been substantive," Powell said. But he again declined to discuss which of the key topics on the summit agenda were yielding to compromise and which were stubbornly unresolved. "We're not there yet," commented a member of one delegation, who asked not to be identified. The visiting diplomat said despite intensive exploration of the unresolved issues, the divergences between Israel and Egypt on these points were sharp. If they persist throughout the conference, Carter's summit may not properly be termed a success, he. added PRESIDENT Sadat is pushing for Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank of the Jordan River as well as concessions for the Palestinian Arabs. Prime Minister Begin has offered civil self-rule to the Palestinians and has declined to commit Israel to a pullout. "Progress does seem to have been made in some areas," Powell told reporters at the daily briefing in an American Legion Hall at Thurmont, Md., some six miles from Camp David. "However, substantial differences remain on other important issues and there is simply no basis for any informed speculation about the final outcome," he said. POWELL SAID all three governments agreed that his report of some progress on some fronts but continuing differencps on others "was an accurate assessment of the situation." Acting as spokesman for all three leaders, as he has throughout the four- day-old summit, Powell said Carter, Begin, Sadat and their advisers were engaged yesterday in a review of what has transpired to date. The spokesman said the assessments were prompted in part by Begin's observance of the Jewish Sabbath - the Israeli leader customarily devotes the day to prayer and rest - and also because the three-way talks have reached a point "at which a review seemed appropriate." American officials were privately predicting that the summit would go on at least until Tuesday. Powell said "there still has been no deadline set, either formally or informally." CARTER HAD an hour-long meeting early Saturday with Secretary of State See CARTER, Page 8 - Kiwanis sale lures A2 bargain-hunters By ELISA ISAACSON Perhaps it was evidence of the usually meager student budget, or as a consequence of the dilapidated condition of so many local abodes, but whatever the reason, students comprised a major faction of the group that made the annual pilgrimage to the Kiwanis Sale yesterday. Backpacks and a few stray sleeping bags evinced the bargain hunters' determination to find the right buy at the right price. "I'm the one who slept out here," Nakamura Coop resident Steve Teplinsky announced proudly as he pointed toward his rolled-up sleeping bag. "I got kind of inebriated last night. "THIS IS my first sale, and a person at the coop*told me to get here early," he explained, adding he had arrived at the corner of First and Washington at 6:00 a.m. even though the sale wasn't scheduled to begin until 9:00. "We're looking for desks and a rocking chair for the coop," he said. Others were not in the market for shoppers poured into the warehousE like children released from a classroorr at recess. The piles of must3 mattresses, giant armchairs, lace trimmed lampshades and pots and pans were immediately obscured by th scurrying bodies. "THERE'S A preponderance o students now because they're lookin for things for their apartments, but the winter there's a combination,"sai Kiwanis club member Don Olsen, wh explained that the club began holdin the small September sale about si years ago because it coincides with t arrival of the University students in th See KIWANIS, Page 6 Sun day " Health, Education and Wel- fare Department sends a specialist from Atlanta's Center for Disease Control to New York City where the sixth case of ~~ m . M.....