w BOTHA See'Editorial Page L LIE i!3U i Iai1 DROPPINGS High-70 Low-47 See Today for details . U Vol. LIX, No. 21 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, September 30, 1978 Ten Cents ' Ten Pages udge rej ects tenants' request By MARK PARRENT Ciircuit Court Judge Patrick Conlin yesterday refused to allow a group of tenants and tenant advocates to par- cipate as parties with the city in the efense of two tenant-oriented city harter amendments. The two amendments, approved by city voters in April after massive tenant group campaigns and little organized landlord opposition, deal with a tenants' rights booklet and illegal and unenforceable lease clauses. THE CONSTITUTIONALITY, of the amendments is being challenged by a group of citizens in a lawsuit against he city. The group of 13 plaintiffs in- ludes several Ann Arbor landlords. Conlin did, however, invite the tenant dvocates to submit brieds to the court upporting their argument as "amicus uriae"'-friends of the court. The "Fair Rental Information Act" alls for landlords to distribute a tenan- ' rights booklet with leases. The three- art booklet, which would replace an xisting booklet, would explain tenants ights in three variations: landlord, enant advocate, and city versions. Jonathan Rose, a Student Legal Ser- vices attorney representing the tenant ~dvocates, argued that such a book is jecessary to show tenants which source tenant rights information is from. He" maid the existing booklet is based on many landlord-tenant advocate com- romise opinions. "LAW IS NOT an exact science," aid Rose. The extent of tenant rights epends on how various laws are inter- reted, he added and emphasized the mportance for tenants to know who is terpreting the law-in the booklet. Lansing attorney Arthur Clyne, who s representing the plaintiffs, said the hree part booklet is unreasonable and incapable of performance." He ex- ressed doubt that the section written See JUIDGE, Page 2 Saturday " Israeli Prime Minister Mena- chem Begin is in satisfactory condition in a hospital in Jerusalem. The 65-year-old statesman is suffering from fatigue after a grueling three weeks in which the Camp David agreements were reached and later approved by the Israeli parliament. See the story on Page 2. For happenings, weather and local briefs, see TODAY, page 3. World shocked by sudden loss of John -Paul I From AP and UPI VATICAN CITY - The body of Pope John Paul I, his face serene in a death no one expected, lay in state in his papal palace yesterday as the Roman Catholic church set in motion for the second time in as many months the 2,000-year-old process of choosing a successor. A stunned world expressed surprise and sorrow at the sudden death of the 65-year-old pontiff who died alone of a heart attack Thursday night while lying in bed reading a book of religious devotion. His private secretary found him early yesterday morning, the lights still burning at his bedside, the book still in his hands. JOHN PAUL'S reign lasted only 34 days, the briefest in nearly four cen- turies. It was a reign highlighted by his Pope John Paul I POPE JOHN PAUL I blessed the crowd in St. Peter's Square on the morning of his coronation. Thursday night, Sept. 28, 1978, he died of a heart attack. SACUA ACCEPTS ROLE IN PICKING PRESIDENT: Prof OK search rules ready smile and parish-priest manner that won him immediate affection. His personal style was humble and warm- hearted, and Romans loved him for it. "Rome is in a state of shock," Bishop Paul Dudley of Minneapolis said at the Vatican. The eternal city was still mourning the death on August 6 of Pope .Paul VI and a Vatican attendant, echoing the thoughts of 700 million Catholics, said, "It's impossible, it cannot be true. He had opened his arms to all of us and now he is gone so quickly." Some readers received an insert with yesterday's paper in- forming them of the death of Pope John Paul I early Friday morning. Unfortunately, not all Dailys contained the insert, and we feel an explanation is in order. The news of the pope's death was reported by the Associated Press wire at 1:49 a.m.-approximately two hours after our deadline, making it impossible for us to run it in Friday's paper. When we learned of the death, three Daily staffers began running off copies of the AP story on our copy machine and stuffing them into the papers. However, we started too late to stuff all the papers-only about three- quarters of them contained inser- ts. We endeavored to bring the news to as many readers as possible. We regret that some subscribers were deprived. The body of the 263rd pontiff, clad in his red and white papal vestments, lay on a bier in the marbled papal palace, his white silk miter resting on green and silver pillows, as nearly 100,000 mourners, numb with grief and sur- prise, passed by. UNDER HIS left arm was the silver bishop's staff topped by a crucifix. On his feet were the bright red "shoes of the fisherman" symbolizing the Roman Catholic belief that pope's are the suc- cessors of St. Peter, the fisherman from Galilee who became Christ's main disciple. All the church bells of Rome tolled in mourning at noon. By mid-afternoon, Vatican police estimated that up to 20,000 persons had viewed the body, lining up in silence, many saying prayers under a warm sun along the colonnades in vast St. Peter's Square. The crowds of mourners seemed larger than those that came out to see Paul's body, although many Romans were away on vacation when the previous pontiff died. "HERE WE ARE again to cry for the death of another pope," Archbishop Aurelio Sabattani told thousands atten- ding a Mass in St. Peter's. He described the dead pontiff as a man "who carried with him the smile of God." Messages of condolence, poured into the Vatican from throughout the world. President Carter expressed his "deep sadness." Evangelist Billy Graham said in Stockholm that "God may have a message for the world" through the recent deaths of two popes and a Russian Orthodox church leader. When John Paul's body was discovered, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Jean Villot of France, the church chamberlain, rushed into the room carrying a ritual silver hammer. A Vatican doctor was with him. VILLOT LIGHTLY tapped the late pope on the forehead three times with the hammer and called the pontiff by his given name three times in Latin: "Albino, Albino, Albino. Are you dead?" When there was no reply Villot pronounced the pontiff dead, grasped the pontiff's hand and removed the gold ring of the fisherman, symbolizing papal power, and smashed it with the hammer, signalling the end of John Paul's brief reign. With the ritual finished, Villot then went to John Paul's apartment on the same floor of the palace and supervised See WORLD, Page 7 By LEONARD BERNSTEIN Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) chairman Shaw Livermore said yesterday that while faculty members share many of the same "anxieties" as do students over their role in the selection process' of the University's next president, his committee is presently satisfied with its role in that process. "SACUA as of this Monday is content among alternatives to proceed the way we are proceeding," Livermore said. BUT LIVERMORE also stressed that discussion of faculty participation is continuously open at SACUA's weekly meetings. Livermore said he plans to raise the issue at each future meeting. SACUA will be discussing the issue of faculty, student-and alumni represen- tation in the selection process with Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) President Eric Arnson at SACUA's next meeting on Monday. MSA recently passed a resolution declaringthe selec- tion process "woefully inadequate" because it does not guarantee student representation in the decision-making process% The MSA resolution states that "until such time as the plan for student- representation as agreed to by the Regents is found adequate by the Michigan Student Assembly" MSA will boycott the selection process. SACUA IS the committee elected by the approximately sixty-five member Faculty Senate to advise that body. Senate representatives are elected by the faculty of each University depar- tment. Livermore admitted that if "I were making recommendations, I'd say the faculty should do it (the selecting)" because the faculty has "'the predominant if not the preeminent in- terest" in who the next president is. Livermore said the faculty is more af- fected by who is president than are students because faculty must work more closely and for a longer period of time with the president. But Livermore explained that beside the fact that the Regents are con- stitutionally mandated to select the president, it would be a "disaster politically" for them not to. "The University depends on public support and the public's link to the University is the Regents," he said. LIVERMORE'S comments were echoed by SACUA Vice-Chairman and Dentistry professor Richard Corpron and Social Work professor and SACUA member Jesse Gordon. Both expressed .satisfaction with SACUA's decision to endorse its capacity in the selection process. Eyen though they serve in only ad- visory capacity, Livermor said that the "faculty will think of every way that is reasonable to influence the final decision." Although he termed the chance of the Regents choosing a president that is not on either the student, faculty, or alumni" lists "remote," Livermore conceded that the Regents had to guard their right to make the final decision in case a last-second candidate became available and because of the large number of legitimate competing in- terests who would want to decide the, issue if given the opportunity. "THERE IS NO way the process can be committed to certain people, because others would instantly object," he said. But MSA representatives expressed fears that the entire selection process See ADVISORY, Page 7 Toga! Toga Toga! Toga! By RICHARD BERKE Civil rights violat1ons hit By DAVID GOODMAN Civil rights activist Charlene Mitchell told a Trotter House audience of 40 last night that political repression is still a reality in the United States for people fighting to change the status quo. Mitchell, who is executive secretary of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, said President Carter has ignored civil liberties violations at home and termed his international human rights cam- paign "demagogic." "THERE ARE VERY serious en- croachments on the rightssofrthose of us who fight for social change," she aid. Mitchell went on to give litany of cases over the past few years which she said exemplified the lack of political rights in the U.S. "Repression in this country is a .nationalized thing," she commented. "There may not be much nationalized in this country, but repression is." The alliance, a five-year-old organization, has been involved in defense campaigns on behalf of a num- ber of groups and individuals it conten- ded were prosecuted because of their been released on parole, and two more are expected to be freed later this year. HOWEVER, MITCHELL said justice has still not been served in the case. "Clearly, they're innocent--there's no way you can say they are guilt," she contended. Benjamin Chavis, a minister and best known of the Wilmington 10, is not eligible for parole until 1980. FOLLOWING THE conviction of the 10, the principal prosecution witnesses 'in the case have recanted their testimony against the group, claiming See VIOLATIONS, Page 2 Whitaker nominated Business School dean The women who garnered the highest ratings were the ones with the most bare flesh. And for the men, cute legs were the deciding factor. The University's first Mr: and Ms. Toga contest was underway. MEMBERS OF THE Sigma Phi fraternity and Alpa 'Delta Phi sorority weren't garbed in bed sheets just to keep cool on a scorching September night. Rather, they were part of the toga craze which, spawned by the National Lampoon film "Animal House," has hit college campuses coast-to-coast. The film depicts a group of trouble- making frat members who, in 1962, decide that holding a Roman-style toga party is one way to start a ruckus. The Mr. and Ms. Toga contest wasn't the only activity going on at Sigma Phi's toga party, styled with fountains of alcohol like those shown in the movie. ACCORDING TO Alpha Delta Phi junior Patty Fregolle, the loose-fitting togas brought some excitement so some 60 students that attended the event. "Someone took off his toga and gave all the girls a thrill," Fregolle recalled. And the chanting of "To-ga ! To-ga ! To-ga!" has not been limited to Greeks on campus. EAST QUAD fun-seekers boast that their dormitory had the largest toga party on campus, attracting 400 of the bed sheet set. And Markley, South Quad, and Couzens Hall all have had toga festivities of some sort, although on a limited scale. But freshman Cam Striewski, an East Quad resident, complained that fh _n sn - ;_ _ _ _,nm av n_ / = ' ' --... -- . / -.... + ( c _ ,, t .,, , _ , 5- ii , z . " / ' ti i .,. .... . l .. / W ' rr 7. \r V W \r r \ 1 ti ir ems-.. . Gilbert Whitaker of Texas Christian University (TCU) has been nominated as the new dean of the University Graduate School of Business Ad- ministration. Whitaker, 46, will replace Floyd Bond, dean of the business school since 1960, beginning next term if the Regents approve the search committee's recommendation. WHITAKER HAS been dean of TCU's M.J. Neeley School of Business since July 1976. Before that, he was ana associate dean of the Washington Tn;vrcita I- n mnb of n,,a a Ad- . . .:.