EXPENSIVE TOYS See Editorial Page L '7it Lit I!3UU 1E3 ai1 STICKY See Today for details Vol. LIX, No. 11 ( Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, September 19, 1978 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Mideast summit agreement doubtful Settlements issue still unresolved TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The great unresolved issue of the Camp David Mideast summit is the future of about 100 Jewish settlements on occupied Arab land. Israel now is faced with a crucial decision on those settlements, a decision that could be the key to ultimate peace in the Middle East. THE SETTLEMENTS issue apparently will have to be overcome before there can be progress on such other major and equally complicated issues as the political future of the West Bank and Gaza and the emotional issue of control of Jerusalem, with its Jewish, Moslem and Christian holy places. For Israel, the settlements are a cornerstone of Zionism, clothed in the mystique of Jews putting down new roots in the Promised Land and defending the borders of the Jewish state. For Arabs, each settlement is a constant injury to their pride and an intolerable Jewish presence on Arab land. The settlements, mostly small outposts of 100 families or fewer, contain only about 10,000 Israelis, but the symbolic importance of the outposts is far greater than the number of settlers. THE SETTLEMENTS stretch from the slopes of Mount Hermon in occupied Syria in the north to sun-baked Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. They dot the sweltering See BUT, Page 6 Vance will travel to Jordan, Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON (AP)-President Carter told Congress Monday night that the Camp David agreement has tran- sformed "this impossible dream" of Middle East peace into a realistic ex- pectation, and said he is sending Secretary of State Cyrus Vance to seek support for the accord from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Carter went in triumph to a joint session of the House and Senate, took their cheers and applause and then presented his Camp David negotiating partners, Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. Carter said there has not been peace between Egypt and a free Jewish nation for more than 2,000 years. "If our present expectations are realized, this year we shall see such peace again," the president said. In a nationally broadcast and televised report on the agreements reached during the 13-day summit con- ference at Camp David, Md., Carter said Vance will leave on Tuesday for talks with Jordan's King Hussein and King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. He said Vance's goal is "to secure their support for the realization of the new hopes and dreams of the people of the Middle East." Carter's speech wound up a day in which the administration began a diplomatic and political offensive in support of the fragile Mideast agreement, signed in a White House ceremony Sunday night. But even before Carter addressed a z: nationally televised joint session of AP Photo Congress, with Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat in at- tendance, there was mounting evidence how fragile the "framework for peace" really was. APPARENTLY IN disagreement with concessions that Sadat made at SCamp David, Egyptian' Foreign IsMinister Mohammed Kamel resigned, just as his predecessor, Ismail Fahmy, had done last year to aid those protest the Egyptian president's rs of the historic peace overture to Israel. includes The Camp David agreement showed varying further signs of strain when Begin told in other Israeli reporters that Israel did not culty will consider itself bound to forego er group establishing further settlements on the some West Bank. A senior American official, briefing reporters on terms of the agreement, o discuss said Israel was prohibited from'setting vould use up new settlements for at least five nembers. years. Beyond that period, the Egyptian President Anwar Saat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin embrace during Sunday's announcement of an agreement reached at the Camp David summit. REGENTS SEEK STUDENT INPUT Search for new president eg in agreement is silent. THE OFFICIAL, who asked not to be named, said that after all the terms of the agreement are examined, other Arab countries will recognize that Sadat achieved "many of the long- desired objectives of the Arab world." To bolster support for the accord, Carter was telephoning Jordan's King Hussein "in the hope and expec- tation"-as the U.S. official put it-that Hussein would lend his crucial active support to the peace process. At a briefing for 75 members of Congress in the East Room of the White House, the president said the 13-day summit meeting which ended with signing of the peace framework Sunday night was "one of the most historic events I have experienced since I have been in political office." See CARTER, Page 6 Gov't troops enter last Nicaraguan strongholds MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Government forces were airlifted into positions around Esteli in northern Nicaragua yesterday to attack the last guerrilla strongholds there. Esteli has been in rebel hands since Sept. 9 although the national guard said Saturday it had overpowered sniper positions in the town of 30,000. EARLIER, THE guard, Nicaragua's 7,500-member army, recaptured the towns of Masaya, Leon, Chinandega and Penas Blancas, routing rebels who are led by guerrillas intent on overthrowing the authoritarian government of President Anastasio Somoza. Travelers from the Esteli area, including some who had flown over the town, said it looked dead. They reported no movement of civilians or automobiles. A fire burned near the center of town. Troops were airlifted to a field north of Esteli to attack from the north and west, the travelers said. Rebels held the high ground leading into thercity from the south. National guard forces manned a checkpoint on the Pan American Highway three miles south of the town and barred journalists from entering. ,MOPPING UP action was reported in Chinandega, which the guard wrested from the rebels Sunday. There was scattered shooting overnight in Managua where businessmen vowed to continue a nationwide strike they called Aug. 25 to pressure Somoza to resign., Correspondents in southern Nicaragua reported occasional firing near the outpost of Penas Blancas on the Costa Rican border. Guerrillas fought a nine-hour battle with. the national guard garrison there Sunday before withdrawing into Costa Rica. The guerrillas, led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, vowed to try See GOV'T, Page 9 By MARK PARRENT and SUE HOLLMAN Less than a week after University. President Robben fleming announced his intention to leave the post January ; the long process to select a new chief administrator has already begun. The faculty Senate Advisory Commit- tee on University Affairs (SACUA) is now accepting nominations for a faculty committee which will be charged with recommending to the egents potential successors to Fleming. SACUA CHAIRMAN Shaw Liver- more said at yesterday's Senate Assembly meeting that nominations would be accepted until October 6. He said that SACUA would decide on the ten member committee by October 13. Law Professor Allan Smith will serve as interim chief starting January 1 until a permanent president is chosen. Although encouraging outside recommendations, 'the Regents them- selves comprise the official selection committee, and their decision is final. "The Regents indicated to me very firmly that they intend to make the decision," said Livermore. BUT THE REGENTS are not likely to completely disregard committee recommendations. "I was told that with a careful search process, there would be few surprises at the end," said Livermore. J. 1 Students and alumni will also form a committee to propose candidates to the Regents. Methods of selecting mem- bers of the student committee will be discussed tonight at the Michigan Student Assembly meeting, to be held at3909 Michigan Union at 7:30 p.m. SACUA will select 15 faculty mem- bers for their committee, in accordance with the desires of the regents. The student and alumni committees will each have 10 members. THISvSELECTION PROCESS is similar to the method uCed by the Regents in 1966 when Fleming was selected the University's ninth President. "They intend to follow closely the procedure of 1966," said Livermore. Although the Regents set no deadlines for committee recommen- dations, Livermore said he does have a rough idea of a timetable. "I would say that the expectation of the Regents (for committee recommendations) lies between eight months and a year," he said. ALTHOUGH INITIAL eligibility requirements for the faculty committee are not yet clear, Livermore s< definitely eligible are membe faculty Senate. The Senate most University professors of tenure. Livermore said certa members of the University fac probably be included. The latt includes, among others, librarians and researchers. Livermore was reluctant t the specific criteria SACUA w in selecting the committee n Tuesday Council OK's transportation plan r, The House Assassinations Committee reports Fidel Castro may have known about Kennedy's assassination in advance. See story, Page 2. " Indictments for fraud within the General Services Administration, are expected to be handed down within eight weeks. See story, Page 5. * Classes at Eastern Michigan University are cancelled until professors there end their strike. See story, Page 9. t Thousands Iranican ear TARAS, Iran (AP) - Aftershocks oiled yesterday across the parched ountryside of northeastern Iran where k 5,000 persons were reported dead or njured from a giant earthquake that s emolished 40 villages and badly t damaged 60 others. In this oasis city, hit by the quake's epicenter, the dead were stretched out t nder palm trees, their bodies frozen in R rotesque postures of sudden death and i rapped in white sheets or colorful f Sanndwoven cloth. THE TOWN'S minarets, mosques killed in By JUDY RAKOWSKI Last night City Council unanimously endorsed a long-range transportation plan to be implemented in stages through 1990, and also unanimously passed on first reading an ordinance to allow residents to pay a monthly fee to park on metered streets. In addition, Council approved a resolution installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Huron and Glenn, which is the first step in this comprehensive transportation package. THE PARKING permit proposal specifies that a resident must park within 500 feet of her or his home and shall pay $30.00 a month for the permit. The motion - proposed by Council member Earl Greene (D-Second Ward) - suggested that the permits be awarded at a rate of five per block and be granted at the discretion of the city administrator, Sylvester Murray. However, Council member David Fisher's (R-Fourth Ward) amendment - which won approval - restricted the permits to meters lasting four or more hours. The transportation plan Council endorsed is the result of a study undertaken in 1965 called the Urban Area Transit Study (UATS) as a result ROBERT POLENS, director of the UATS detailed the study which produced eight major plans, and held six public hearings. The 12-member advisory steering committee secured the consulting service of the firm Schimpeler and Corradino Associates of Louisville, Kentucky, and the University consulted their own expert. The plan outlines improvements for many major thoroughfares and intersections as well as realignment for Primary recount begins the Fuller Rd. Bridge. THERE ARE also provisions for improving commuter rail service between Jackson and Detroit. Ann Arbor Transit Authority (AATA) bus service will be stepped up to five minute intervals on Washtenaw, Packard, and Fuller-Geddes. Washtenaw bus drivers may be equipped with traffic signal controls to speed service as part of the plan. See COUNCIL, Page 9 rthquake damage. The quake, Iran's worst this year, killed an estimated three-fourths of Tabas' 13,000 residents. Most of the survivors were seriously injured, and he most severely hurt were flown to Tehran for treatment. Officials feared the death toll from he quake, which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale, would swell above the 15,000 mark as reports were received rom remote villages surrounding Tabas, where thousands were believed buried in the rubble. By MICHAEL ARKUSH The long-awaited recount to finally determine the Republican winner in last month's primary for the 18th district's state Senate seat will begin today but it may be two weeks before the State Board of Canvassers certify, the official victor. Washtenaw County officials, under the supervision of the State Board of Canvassers, will recheck the absentee ballots, punch-card votes and voting machines in each of the district's 174 precincts. IN AUGUST, City Councilman Ronald Trowbridge edged Universitv now going to be very, very difficult to beat Ed Pierce, (the Democratic nominee), Colburn said. A spokesman from the state Elections Division said the department is working vigorously to complete the recount "as soon as possible." "WE KNOW the election is coming up soon and we are doing all we can to get this thing over with," said Howard McCowan, an elections specialist. Although Washtenaw County comprises 80 per cent of the district's electorate, votes must still be counted from Livingston, Jackson and Lenawee counties. Since those counties must ::. "