DIGGS See Editorial Page cl Lit i4au i ItilQ INCOMMODIOUS High-mid 60's Lowe mid 40's See Today for details Vol. LIX, No. 29 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, October 10, 1978 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages Possible forg By LEONARD BERNSTEIN door-to-door in recent weeks. It has Forged contracts are responsible for been the source of controversy because the rash of bad coupons that have several area merchants, claiming not plagued Ann Arbor consumers and to have contracts with the coupon com- merchants in the past few weeks, the pany, have refused to redeem the head of the coupon company said coupons. yesterday. LEMAR REFUSED to identify the RichardLeMar, head of I-Board Inc., employee, but said he and his attorney which publishes a passbook of discount were seeking the employee to discuss1 coupons, said that a salesperson whom the matter with him. he employed to sign up local establish- "If this person doesn't give me a writ- ments fabricated six contracts. The ten sattement that, yes, he signed these passbook, titled "The Entertainer," people up, then I would say, yes, it was1 costs $9.95 and has been sold locally forgery," LeMar said.; ery yw linked to bad c "If he does (issue a written statement that he signed the merchants up) then I will believe that he did and I will have my attorney and myself take ap- propriate actions to see that the coupons he signed up are honored," LeMar added. LEMAR SAID that he will "not hesitate" to reveal the employee's name to the Daily if "he doesn't give, me a written statement." "What I'm hoping is that by keeping his name out of it, he'll take respon- sibility," LeMar said. A check of the twenty-four Ann Arbor establishments in LeMar's coupon book resulted in four establishments - San- der's, Dairy Queen, the Bagel Factory and Mr. Tony's - responding that they had no contracts with LeMar or "The Entertainer". LeMar claims that the contracts of these four merchants had been forged by the employee. LEMAR ALSO said contracts with Mr. Dino's Pizza and Fotomat were forgeries. Roger Boylan, co-owner of the Liber- ty Racquet Club, also said that he did not "know anything about it (the coupons)" and that he was "surprised to hear about it." Boylan said that if his partner had signed the agreement with a salesper- son "I feel 99 per cent sure we would have discussed it." Boylan said that it was possible that one of his employees, Fran Wylie, had signed the contract. Wylie could not be reached for com- ment. LEMAR COULD not produce a con- tract for the Liberty Racquet Club but was certain that one existed because he )upon said he had signed the account up him- self. "I know I've got a contract on them - it must be misplaced," he said. Fifteen Ann Arbor merchants were shown to have contracts with LeMar. Many agreed voluntarily that they had signed contracts, and LeMar supplied copies of the other contracts himself. LEMAR SAID that he will discuss the matter with the merchants who had not signed contracts in an attempt to find a solution to the problem. Some met- See COUPON, Page 6 Fleming reflects on past and future in final 'U' address By RICHARD BERKE bureaucracy as it is that elected of- would be less devastating, at least in . ficials and/or bureaucrats will come to good economic times," he commented. Robben Fleming - in his last major believe that it is their duty to direct Fleming said the pressures he men- address as University president - said higher education along lines which are tioned and other forces influencing the last night that the four dominant issues more to their liking," said Fleming, University in the next decade will result facing higher education in the coming who will leave the University in in changed academic programs. decade are the struggle against gover- January to head the Corporation for One change he predicted is a redue- nment control, changing Public Broadcasting, ] tion in individuals seeking doctorates. demographics, financial pressures, and Fleming, concerned about declining he said he would like to see a shift n academic program changes'teot e school enrollments, said they will "im- students seeking masters' degrees to University address Fleming discussed pose harsh decisions" upon univer- programs which "prepare students for the often-troubled decade during which sities. the kinds of challenges which will be he guidetenierbsedydeadhernwhik"it must be expected that there will open to them:" he guided the University and then spoke be pressure to spread whatever losses FLEMING SAID he is disheartened about the cominGaddress hundreds of in enrollment occur over the higher by talk of increased specialization on education system," Fleming said," the undergraduate level to provide faculty members and- a smattering of "even though this may be contrary to students with greater preparation for students in the Michigan League's the wishes of individual prospective the job market. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, warned, of students." "It is not credible that the great the possibility that government will in- The outgoing president said one of the universities of the country should turn creasingly influence higher education, most "regrettable" effects of to that avenue in order to see their "The real danger is perhaps not so enrollment decreases will be on young students prosper," he said. "High great from inefficiency and faculty members asirin0 to tenured quality graduatestare inlikelv to llj zDaily Photo by WAYNE CABLE Al tha Ja The Jazz combo "Milestones" swing at Hill Auditorium with Sonny Rollins leading on his sempri-soprano sax and accompanied by Ron Carter on acoustic bass and McCoy Tyner on the piano. TALKS START THURSDAY: .Carter WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter will personally open the Mideast peace talks beginning here Thursday between the defense and foreign ministers of Egypt and Israel, a White House officialsaid yesterday. Carter, whose popularity rose dramatically after the Camp David accords were announced Sept. 17, will participate in the opening of the conference "to underline the importan- ce that we place on it and our con- tinuning role in it," said the official. THE OFFICIAL, who declined to be identified, also left open the possibility that the president would meet at the White House with members of the will opei Israeli and Egyptian delegations before the start of the session. Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weiz- man said yesterday that Israel and Egypt have "lots of details" to negotiate before they sign a peace treaty. "Both sides are very experienced in war, but this is the first time we are dealing in peace treaties," Weizman told reporters 'in Tel Aviv as he prepared to leave for the Washington conference. "We have lots of detail ... a lot on the essence of good neigh- borliness." ALTHOUGH SOME members of the Israeli and Egyptian delegations have" Mideast talks said they expect the peace talks to last two or three weeks, the White House of- ficial said, "That is not something we can control." Frameworks for the peace treaty were announced Sept. 17 by Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat after 13 days : of intense negotiations at Camp David, Md. At the time, Begin and Sadat both praised Carter's extensive role in win- ning the accords, and the president's ratings soared in public opinion polls. SECRETARY OF STATE Cyrus Vance is heading the U.S. delegation to the talks, but he is scheduled to leave t _-- _ MSAw By MARIANNE EGRI The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) voted late last night not to boycott the regent's proposed plan for the selection of a new University president. After a heated debate, 'the body passed an amendment which staed that MSA's Permanent Interviewing Committee (PIC) would advertise for appliations for the'student presidential search committee, interview the appli- cants and prepare recommendations. PIC WILL make the recommenda- tion to the assembly upon the receipt )n't boycott plan, Saturday on missions to South Africa and Moscow. A State Department spokeswoman said, however, that senior-U.S. officials would be involved at all times. Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, who is heading the Israeli delegation, urged other Arab nations yesterday to join the peace process. But he defended Israeli control of all Jerusalem and Jewish settlemen- ts of the West Bank. In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Dayan said Jerusalem "is the one and only eternal capital of Israel" and added, "We have resolved never again to compromise the unity of Jerusalem." DAYAN SAID Isreali settlements in the Gaza district and in Judea and Samaria-as his government calls the West Bank-"are there as of right. . . It is inconceivable to us that Jews should be prohibited from settling and living in Judea and Samaria." Egyptian Defense Minister Kamal Hassan Ali, who with Acting Foreign Minister Boutros and Ghali heads the Egyptian delegation, said in Cairo that he is carrying a draft treaty to the Washington conference. He said he ex- pects the negotiations here to last two to three weeks. The accords drafted by Sadat, Begin and Carter at Camp David would end hostilitiesrbetween Israel and Egypt, establish diplomatic relations and give Israel security guarantees in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from the occu- pied Sinai Peninsula. controversial By RICHARD BERKE Following claims by Governor William Milliken and several scientists that his PBB-related advertisement is false, William Fitzgerald, the gover- nor's Democratic challenger, announ- ced yesterday he has dropped the con- troversial radio commerical. PBB ad positions. In discussing the University's in- creasing financial woes and the fact that state support pf the school is below the national average, Fleming denoun- ced the three tax proposals up for voter approval on the November state elec- tion ballot. "THE VOUCHER and Tisch amen- dments have a primary impact-on the K-12 system, but they would certainly place pressureon other state resources which might be available for higher education," the 61-year-old president said. "The Headlee amendment, which operates on the principle of limiting state expenditures to a percentage of the state's personal income figure, qU lbY Ik u ac l . U . G~ b encounter a demand from prospective employers that they pursue a more technical course." Fleming said being greeted by pickets awaiting his entrance into the Michigan League reminded him of the ever-present protesters who appeared at his early speeches. "YOU CAN SEE nothing's changed," he joked. "When I came I saw pickets and I see nothing has changed ... you can see I made an enormous effect." About half of the forty protesters who gathered before Fleming's address were members of the Graduate Em- ployees Organization. Also present See FLEMING, Page 2 Sen. Fitzgerald.drops Proposal le '80 academi of a written assurance from the regents of a consolidated committee or that formal decidion among all the groups will take place. All the groups will also be given access to the regents- complete list of prospective candidates and will have access to the resumes of the candi- dates, and adequate personal access to the candidates be assured to all the groups on an equal basis. A resolution was passed which stated the present ad hoc committee will solicit student opinion on the process as outlined by the regents. ngthens ACCORDING TO Physics Professor Lawrence Jones who authored one of the proposals, the changes were suggested for a number of reasons. "We've had a rising tide of complaints concerning the present calendar," he explained, "and one of the most per- vading complaints is that the number of class days has been eroding - By JOHN SINKEVICS Students at the University in 1980 may find that they are required to begin classes on the Tuesday following Labor Day, may only have two study .days before final exams, and in general will be spending more time in class. That is, if the proposed changes of the academic cnlndar are eventually accented. U NDER THE plan the regents have devised, three committees, composed of faculty members, alumni, and students respectively would participate in the selection process for a new University president. Each committee would make recommendations, but the final decision would belong to the regents, who would not be bound to make their choice from names on one of the lists. MSA has had personal assurances from Regents Paul Brown (D- See MSA, Page 14 The advertisement, first aired two weeks ago, linked human health problems in the state to PBB and charged Milliken with handling the PBB situation in a "reckless, irrespon- sible, manner." FITZGERALD said despite yester- day's action, his milder PBB television advertisements will continue and inten- sify. In addition, the state senator challenged Milliken to a public debate on the PBB issue. -Tuesday "The 'cardinals gathered in Rome for the conclave to select a new Pope for the second time in two months predict that the selection process will be a speedy one. See story, Page 5. " A rematch of last year's World Series between the Yankees and the Dodgers begins tonight in Los Angeles. See story, Page 13. * Otto Graf, who has guided the LSA Honors program for the past 18 years, will retire at the end of 'this year. See story, Page 14. Council to vote on parking structure By JUDY RAKOWSKY City Council last night centered a heated debate around a proposed parking structure, which would be positioned behind the Liberty Street branch of the Ann Arbor Bank and Trust Company, but delayed con- siderati n of the plan until a special meeting tonight because of a split vote.' (',,nd mvted A-tn-A with Mavor folowing the meeting he would make sure they were present at tonight's special session to consider the parking structure plan. COUNCIL DID not have a chance to preview the plans since the 15-page' outline was presented to them at the beginning of last night's meeting by City Administrator Sylvester Murray. Thev were allotted ten minutes to study developers with "a reputation" have "nibbled" at the prospect of construct- ing condominiums or apartments above the parking structure. He would not reveal the names of those firms that have expressed interest in recent weeks. Belcher urged Council to approve the plan without delineating specific proposals for housing on top of the Fitzgerald PBB is a fire retardant that, in 1973, was accidentally mixed with Michigan cattle feed and consumed by humans in See SEN. FITZGERALD, Page8 . I