FOOTBALL TICKETS See Editorial page, .: 'l Alitv :4 Ii3 RELIEF See Today for details i Vol. .IX, No. 5 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, September 12, 1978 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages a Fleming to in retire 1979 University President Robben Fleming, who has held the guiding mandate of the University for more than 10 years, plans to leave his high- ranking seat by the end of 1979, he said yesterday. Fleming said he intends to step down from the presidency by the end of the current academic year, but added he could conceivably stay on until December 1979. "I WILL RETIRE by the end of '79. It may be sooner, but definitely by the end of '79," he said. Fldming plans to officially announce his resignation at the university Board of Regents' meeting later this week, officials said. The distinguished, silver-haired Fleming, however, refused to confirm or deny his intentions of making sugh an announcement. He has delayed the official statement until the first Regents' meeting of the academic year this Thursday and Friday, officials, said. "I DON'T HAVE any comment," Fleming said. "One thing is clear, there is a Regents' meeting. It would be an opportune time to make such an This story was written by Dennis Sabo with files from Ken Parsigian, Rene Becker and Dennis Sabo. ISRAELI PRIME Minister Menachem Begin took a break Saturday from the summit meeting at Camp David to play a game of chess with Presidential AP Photo assistant for national security affairs Zbigniew Brezezinski. today, however, negotiations got back into full swing. -PO WELL CLAIMS'NO STALEMA TE' 'Efforts intensified' Fleming announcement.;' According to Regent David Laro (R- Flint), Fleming may announce his retirement at this week's Regents meeting. "He (Fleming) will make an announcement on this matter this week, probably Thursday, and you can read between the lines," Laro said. All sources contacted said the announcement is a very personal matter to Fleming. These sources said it is Fleming's intention to let the Regents know of his plans first. But See FLEMING, Page 8 CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP)-President Carter has begun an "even more intense effort" to bridge dif- ferences between Egypt and Israel but "neither op- timism or pessimism is justified at this point," spokesman Jody Powell said yesterday. The president is trying to refine areas of apparent progress and trying to find compromise approaches- in areas where Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin are apart, Powell said. THE PROCESS began Sunday at a 65-minute meeting between Carter and Begin. It continued yesterday when Carter met for two hours with Sadat. Powell, briefing reporters for the first time in more than 48 hours, said Carter had no immediate plans for la three-way meeting with the Egyptian and Israel leaders. Earlier, Israeli sources had said such a session would be held by the end of the day. Powell said it would be inappropriate "to draw the conclusion of a stalemate" from the fact that there has been no triangular summit session since last Thursday. "YOU ARE barking up the wrong tree," the spokesman said. He said the summit had grown "even more inten- se" and the discussions were being conducted in a more "detailed fashion." "It is certainly a more intense effort by the president," Powell said. The Israeli sources, asking not to be identified, said the talks had moved from the exploratory to the operative stage. The president was understood to have made open "suggestions" to Begin at their meeting and presumably was doing the same with it summit, Sadat. THERE WAS NO public word about what the suggestions were. Carter is seeking compromises from both sides to break the Mideast impasse. Sadat is said to be looking for far more than a framework for negotiations at a lower level after the summit. The Egyptian leader is known to want hard results from the conference. But there was no way of knowing whether Begin was yielding to his demand for full withdrawal from lands taken by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and for recognition of Palestiniar "rights." "We need another two or three days to crystallize things," Ezer Weizman, the Israeli defense minister See SUMMIT, Page 8 Tuesday " Fierce hand-to-hand street battles erupted in Masaya and ~ts oher Nicaraguan cities yester- tts tS day. Sources said as" many as 200' -re used with persons may hve been killed as noted that government troops fought rebel A to identify forces seeking to topple the deres to uty government of Anastasio rerest to us, it Somoza. See story, Page 6. sue personnel ing the objects terest." ioned that he F'*' hey (foreign granted the y!For happenings, weather with regard to and local briefs, nt A see TODAY, page 3. LSA faculty off 5% since 1973' CIA chief Turner objects to University recruiting restra By LEONARD BERNSTEIN recommendations.' coercive" practic Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) The proposed guidelines went before foreign students Director Admiral Stansfield Turner the faculty Senate Assembly for "beyond steps d voiced objections ' to proposed discussion last June. Assembly individuals of possi University guidelines governing CIA objections sent the document back to is not our practice1 recruitment of employees on campus in the board for revisions, which will be inquiries without in a letter to University President Robben made beginning this month. of those inquiries of Fleming this summer. THE GUIDELINES are a response to But Turner also The guidelines were a draft of disclosures that the CIA has covertly failed "to see w proposed regulations formulated by the recruited employees and conducted students) shouldn University Civil Liberties Board last same freedom of ch year. "It does seem to me both their own futur TURNER'S primary concern cen- students enjoy." tered around a clause in the guidelines inequitable and a poten- PRESIDENT Fl requiring "intelligence agenciessuch tial disservice to the CO - dopte a nonc as the CIA' to obtain ''the express prior consent of an individual" before "his or try to apply to inquiries toward the guidelin her name may be submitted by another 1g4 gI believe ther member of the University community from this agency rules of guidelines," Flemij to an intelligence agency as a potential rocedure that do not But he refused to su proceure hat d notuntil "they (the Ser employee, consultant, or agent." In a letter dated July 17, Turner apply to other applicants something they agr requested that the recruitment efforts r . The translation of the CIA be treated like those of for personnelinformation Board proposals in private employers and added: or recommendations." is expected to be a1 "Nevertheless, I want you to know that recommendationsn this agency has no objection tonthe rule -CIA Director Admiral theSenate Adviso on personnel inquiries that is proposed, Stansfield Turner University Affai provided it is applied equally to all such f___Senate Assembly inquiries. It does seem to me both experiments at the University and at Executive Officers inequitable and a potential disservice to other institutions.' presidents) befo the country to apply to inquiries from TUrner further endeavored to consider adopting tb this agency rules of procedure that do reassure Fleming about CIA The , Civil Lib not apply to other applicants for recruitment of foreign students. Turner comprised of fac personnel information or guaranteed that no "intimidating or administrators. es we and esignei ible in to pur nformi f our in ment why tl not be hoice N PCthe By DAN OBERDORFER Five consecutive years of reduced state financing of the University have forced the Literary College (LSA) to reduce its teaching force by five per cent since 1973, LSA Dean Billy Frye announced at a faculty meeting yesterday. Speaking before 100 newly-appointed LSA professors, Frye said there are now 24 fewer assistant professors, associate professors and full professors than five years ago. "WE ARE DOWN to 685 professors from the 709 we had in 1973," Frye said. "That's a reduction of 3.6 per cent, and not- including lecturers, instructors, part-time appointments and student teachers. "There is no relief in sight. . . The last four or five years have been made difficult because of budget cuts from Lansing," he said. Frye added that the University's Affirmative Action program to attract women and minority faculty members has had "totally inadequate results" in LSA. THE NUMBER OF female professors has not changed since 1973, he said. Women comprised five per cent of the LSA staff then, and still do today. "It is not surprising if a student complains that they can't find a women from the senior faculty to be their concentration adivsor. I am very disappointed at this rate of change," he said. The results of black faculty member recruiting, he added, have been "even more inexcusable". The number of black LSA professors now totals 27, an increase of just three since 1976. "PERCENTAGES do not do an adequate job when dealing with such small numbers," Frye said. "That's how poorly the system has been performing. "It seems every time we hire a black See FACULTY, Page 8 es ac American eming, who did not Turner letter, has ommittal attitude es. e should be some ping said yesterday. uggest any specifics nate Assembly) get ee upon." of Civil Liberties to University policy long process. Board must be reviewed by ory Committee for rs (SACUA), the and the University (president and vice- ore the Regents them as policy. berties Board is ulty, students and . . F PCB NO T A THREA T: Sludge s By JUDY RAKOWSKY. The toxtic chemical Polychlorinated biphenal (PCB), which has been detec- ted in sludge that Ann Arbor is shipping to northeastern Ohio farmers for use as fertilizer, is not a danger to consumers, according to an Ohio official. Allen Franks, a spokesman for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), said the PCB cannot enter the food chain because crops do not absorb the chemical. SLUDGE IS THE solid residue of the sewage treatment process. iipment termed safe The estimated 40,000 cubic feet of PCB is 50 ppm. The sludge is diluted ith sludge, which had to be moved off the 25-50 percent water before it is spread existing waste water treatment plant in the fields, according to Franks. The facility before an expanded plant could level of PCB is between 10 and 30 ppm be constructed, is being exported. to when the sludge is applied, depending Ohio lby the Ny-Trex Co. on the thickness of the layer, Frank SHIPPING OF sludge has been un- said. derway for nearly a month and is ex- The sludge has been sitting on the pected to continue for another week or existing plant site for up to fifteen two, according to Plant Superintendent years. It also contains heavy metals Richard Sayers. such as lead, cadmium, and zinc, as The PCB level of the sludge in the well as PCB. Department of Natural storage lagoons was 38 parts per milion Resources (DNR) soil chemist Dick (ppm). Franks said the federal See ERA Page 8 guidelines for permissible content of Eleven proposals promise heated Nov. election By KEITH RICHBURG The Michigan Supreme Court yesterday denied a request for an emergency order to keen two Pronosition 13-inspired tax plans for Headlee tax plans later, but for all practical purposes, both hotly contested tax plans will be decided by Michigan votets. Observers believe both tax plans-and a third nrnnn1 that wnuld dratia11 1ater the provisions of the constitution that will be altered or abrogated," Ferency said. "We have picked out some of the more glaring examples" where Headlee and Tisch fail to do this, he said. Ferency said one such provision of the con- For the time being, however, all legal road- blocks were removed to the tax reform proposals appearing on the Michigan ballot this November. And with an unprecedented eleven proposals on the ballot, the fall campaigns sonal income, and would not cut back taxes. For this reason, some state officials consider it more acceptable to the Tisch plan. It is endor- sed by Gov. William Milliken and his Democratic opponent, State Sen. William Fit-