CAMPUS LABOR See Editorial Page Litlbgrn1 BIail NONPLUSSED HighT57o See Today for details Vol. UIX,. No. 36 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, October 18, 1978 Ten Cents Ten Pages Griffin chan I By BRIAN BLANCHARD Robert'Griffin, seeking a third term n the U.S. Senate, reversed his position n the legal drinking age issue Proposition D) yesterday, announcing ie will vote against the Nov. 7 ballot roposal to outlaw the sale of alcohol in .he state to individuals under 21. Also during a 45-minute morning in- erview at the Daily offices, the epublican senator said he favors in- reased nuclear power development, a stand which conflicts with that of op- ponent Democrat Carl Levin. THE SENATOR said the state legislature's approval of raising the drinking age to 19 goes far enough in protecting minors from dangers of alcohol consumption. Griffin said the ballot proposal "goes too far," but he is satisfied that the hike to 19 will "get (liquor) out of the high schools." In an interview early in the campaign ges with the Booth Newsp bureau, Griffin said h drinking proposal. ButI yesterday his statemei public announcement or Though Griffin aid denied that the senator sal, she later admitted raising the drinking ag had an opportunity t question. LEVIN - AS wall as for governor - has voi the proposal throughout Concerning nuclear Propositi papers' Lansing said the Carter administration ''hasn't e supported the moved rapidly enough" in nuclear the senator said energy research and, therefore, "we nt was his first are falling behind the Soviets.", n the issue. e Susan Soltes Responding to a question about r made a rever- potential dangers of nuclear waste he had favored products of the power plants, Griffin e to 21 before he said if the waste were "compressed in o research the glass and steel containers and deposited in rock or salt caverns in both candidates areas where we have stable con- ced opposition to ditions," there would be no problem t the campaign. with health dangers. power, Griffin GRIFFIN ALSO said the idea of using rockets to shoot waste into space "ought to be aggressively worked, on right now to see if it's possible." Challenger Levin, (however, said during a Daily interview last month, "We ought to complete construction that has begun (on nuclear plants) and use the ones that exist," but impose a moratorium on further construction. "We ought to avoid the extension of the use of nuclear energy," said the former Detroit City Council president. Levin said neither burying waste or sending it into space would be safe. CURRENTLY, MOST nuclear waste is kept on plant sites, pending com- pletion of government studies in the area of nuclear waste. The Detroit News published Monday the latest Market Opinion Research poll showing Levin ahead of Griffin by seven percentage points among "likely" voters with seven per cent un- decided. During a Detroit press conference the same day, however, Griffin charged Levin is leading in the polls because "he has distorted my record, while on D stance See SEN., Page 10 Carter intervenes as Mid-East talks encounter problems AP Photo THE NEWLY ELECTED Pope John Paul II hails a welcoming crowd after travelling outside Vatican walls to a Rome hospital for a visit with the sick Polish bishop Andres Deskur. His first 24 hours as pope had earlier been marked by the delivery of his first papal sermon. (See story on page two). J'SA REP. A T TEND D.C. MEE TING: WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter, insisting "there is no crisis," in- tervened in the Mideast peace talks yesterday as Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayanjsaid the negotiations had encountered difficulty. Carter met separately with the Israeli and Egyptian delegations-a tactic he used when the two sides drif- ted apart during the Camp David sum- mit, whose Middle East accords led to. the current round of talkshere. DAYAN, EMERGING from the first of the two White House meetings, had told reporters, "We have come against some difficulties in our negotiations with the Egyptian delegation," adding: "When we came here, the president told us that whenever we are stuck, we should-turn to him. So we used this op- portunity, and we have met with him. We are waiting now for his meeting with the Egyptian delegation, and then we'll find out how constructive we have been and how much he managed to solve and to help us go ahead and ad- vance with the process." As reporters and photographers came into the Cabinet Room to photograph the start of his meeting with the Eyptians, Carter laid: "I MIGHT SAY to the press so there won't be any misunderstanding . . . there is no particular problem. There is no crisis. There is no emergency meeting." real need for an Carter said he was meeting with the two delegations to receive reports about the status of the negotiations: "There are areas which have been agreed upon and there are still areas that need to be covered," Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Gorbal commen- ted as the meeting ended. DAYAN REFUSED to disclose the details of the problems involving the talks aimed at bringing Egypt and Israel together on the details of a peace treaty. The foreign minister said the problems had to be handled "carefully and quietly. Dayan's statement was the first public indication tht the talks were going anything but smoothly. However, State Department press of- ficer George Sherman said, "There is no particular hurdle. The president will review the status of the talks, the progress that has been made, and the differences that remain." Sherman refused to discuss the nature of the issues that remain unresolved. Student network planned Milliken approves law curbing lease abuses- By BRIAN BLANCHARD Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) member Kate Rubin flew to Washington yesterday to attend an in- flatkon conference for students called by the Cater administration, not so much to find out what the President plans to do about rising prices, but to take the first step in what she hopes will be a nationwide "student network." The MSA communications coor- dinator, who is not enrolled in the University this semester, was given $120 by the assembly to attend a day- long meeting in the Executive Office Building designed to give White House economic advisors some sense of University student concerns about in-, flation. BUT, BEFORE her trip, Rubin stressed the importance of meeting with the 18 other students. "I guessI see-that as one of the most important things about going," said Rubin, "it's not just to lobby (Treasury Secretary W. Michael) Blumenthal Wedn esday " The GSA scandal may help settle the controversy over ownership 'of personal notes of public officials. See story, page 7. " Government statistics predict that the nation is not in danger of a recession. See story, page 10. 7 - For happenings, weather and local briefs, see TODAY, page 3. about particular things students are concerned about, but to be part of a network." She didn't get a chance to see Blumenthal during her day's trip to the nation's capitol, Rubin said last night, because the hour-and-a-half inflation discussion was conducted by Peter Gould, special assistant to Council of Economic Adivsors' Chairman Charles Schultz, and Arnold Park from the Labor Department. Later in the day, Rubin went with the Stanford represen- tative to see Dan Meltzer, special assistant to HEW Secretary Joseph Califano. THOUGH SHE found the other representatives - from universities such as Georgetown, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, and Berkeley - more conser- vative than she anticipated, she gathered some addresses and was en- couraged at the similar attitudes she found among her peers on such issues as tuition, South African divestment, See RUBIN, Page 10 Conflict of interest charges may affect City Council bond decision LANSING (UPI) - Governor William Milliken signed into law yesterday a measure which prohibits landlords from misleading tenants by using legally unenforcable clauses in their leases. The state law is similar to an Ann Ar- bor city charter amendment which voters approved last April. The con- stitutionality of the city law is currently being challenged by a citizen's group made up primarily of landlords. THE LOCAL measure is not being en- forced pending the outcome of the lawsuit. The state bill, inspired by a consumer group's finding that such clauses are common, lists 13 specific lease provisions which are prohibited and requires a clause advising tenants of their rights. Mark Clodfelter (D-Flint), sponsor of the bill. "By including illegal clauses and misstating tenants' rights, leases mislead the parties and deceive tenants into surrendering valuble legal powers," Clodfelter said. He cited as example, clauses which claim to waive the tenant's right to a jury trial, limit the landlord's liability for negligence, require a tenant to pay rent for uninhabitable premises, and waive the tenant's rights under the state security deposit law. "IN THEORY, the landlord and tenant bargain over the terms of a lease," Clodfelter said. "In practice, however, leases are usually one-sided documents. These abusive clauses have found their way, into standard lease forms in the course of years of use," he said. The measure-which takes effect July 1, 1979-gives landlords 20 days in which to take corrective action after being notified of a violation. Tenants may sue for up to $500 if the landlord fails to act. By JUDY RAKOWSKY. A conflict of interest may have been involved in City Council's Monday night approval of a $2.1 million bond to finan- ce a new parking structure. If such a conflict is confirmed by City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw, approval of the project may be endangered by a delay in Coun- cil's endorsement. Second Ward Councilman Earl Greene asked Laidlaw to seek Attorney General Frank Kelley's opinion on possible conflict of interest involved in the votes- of Councilmen Clifford Sheldon (R-Third Ward) and David Fisher (R-Fourth Ward). THE-CITY MUST purchase land from the Ann Arbor Bank and Trust Company to cunplete plans to build a parking structure behind the bank's Liberty st. branch. Both Sheldon and Fisher are employed by the bank-Sheldon as a commercial loan officer and Fisher as a certified public accountant. They both voted in favor of the bonding. Greene's request to Laidlaw came on the heel's of a 7 to 4 vote to approve the bonding. Four Council Democrats op- posed the measure. According to Laidlaw, six votes were needed to ap- prove the bond, but 8 votes would be necessary if a conflict of interest is con- firmed. Yesterday afternoon Laidlaw said he was "leaning" toward an opinion that would say no conflict of interest was in- volved in Monday's vote, but that Sheldon and Fisher should not vote when the contract to purchase the land from the bank comes before Council.- He said he would probably submit his op nion this morning. Laidlaw explained that conflict of in- terest applies when there is a contract between a corporation and the city, and a member affiliated with the cor- poration votes on it. Laidlaw pointed See CONFLICT, Page 7 The measure is a developed during negotiations involving tenant groups. compromise months of landlord and "BOTH PARTIES to a lease should have a clear understanding of their rights and responsibilities," said Rep. Elections keep new clerk busy U.N. peace plan near for Southwest Africa BY JUDY RAKOWSKY Eldor Vollbrecht won't have much opportunity to learn the ropes of his new job as Ann Arbor's City Clerk in the next three weeks since his position overseeing local voter registration should keep him poring over election statistics until Nov. 7. And Vollbrecht, who began work Monday, already knows that voter registration rouses more than a routine response from city officials. The last permanent city clerk, Jerome Weiss, was reassigned following criticism of his department's handling of the 1977 mayoral election, when Democrat Albert Wheeler managed to hold onto his seat by a single vote. IN THAT ELECTION, faulty street; Though election-related work will oc- cupy the fair-haired Minnesota native during his first weeks in Ann Arbor, Vollbrecht is also charged with managing city records, issuing dog and business licenses, and supervising the city's conversion to punch card voting - a computerized method he has never dealt with. VOLLBRECHT SAID he found Mon- day's City Council meeting - the first he has attended - "entertaining," but he added that Council members have "partisan fights over things that shouldn't be considered partisan." The transient nature of the local elec- torate is a major source of work for the clerk's office. Last week, for instance, 127 address changes were recorded and 1 as, ..n a rs..._ -,-aa,...ria th PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and of- ficials of four other Western powers ap- peared to be edging closer to agreement with South Africa on a U.N. n.aa nian fnr indrAnon eenpo in nm.th major stumbling block in' the negotiations. The sources said the force would be scaled'down several thousand from the 7,500 recommended by the United Nations. Many of the units would be supplied by Canada. and -OEM~~i