DEPORT LOAN See editorial page aan CAPTIVATING High-50T Low-40° See Today for details Vol. LXXXIX; No. 60 Ann Arbor, Michigan--Wednesday, November 15, 1978 Ten Cents Ten Pages Students move department to revamp program. - I By JOHN SINKEVICS University Prof. Dennis Baker tried unsuc- essfully for six years to bring about changes in the Atmospheric *nd Oceanic Sciences (AOS) epartment, but it only took one week for isgruntled students to get results from depar- ment officials. James Deaconson, a graduate student and Steaching assistant in the department, said the problems and inadequacies in the AOS synoptic laboratories have existed for several years, and up until two weeks ago, nothing had been done to improve the conditions. "THE REPUTATION was getting around that the University of Michigan had a very weak bachelor's degree program in at- mospheric science," said Deaconson. "It's good preparation for grad school, but it's weak in the area of synoptics for students who want to get a job after instruction at the un- dergraduate level." Synoptics, an area in atmospheric science devoted to weather forecasting, requires the availability of certain types of equipment which the department does not currently have. In additign, Deaconson said, the study requires competent leadership from knowledgeable faculty. Synoptics classes, AOS 310 and 311, have 'The reputation was getting around that the University had a very weak bachelor's degree in atmospheric science.' -James Deaconson, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Dept. teaching assistant been taught by teaching assistants (TAs) for the last three years, and Deaconson said the only member of the faculty actually qualified to teach both courses is Baker. Baker is in Chicago this semester. "MY STUDENTS were really upset about the program," said Deaconson, a TA for AOS 310. "We had an hour-and-a-half debate in my class where students brought up specific complaints they had." Deaconson and TA Brian Heikes then organized two meetings early this month, where faculty members and students met to discuss the problems. Senior Rick Foltman, junior Tom Hallaron, and sophomore Jennie Moody served as representatives from the synoptics classes. "The meetings were very fruitful and we got everything we wanted," said Deaconson. "There were no conflicts, no finger-pointing, no petitions - everyone was satisfied." THE CHANGES were agreed upon by both the faculty members and the students and in- cluded: * The installation of a 'Service C Teletype' in January which would enable students to get upper air weather readings; * A promise that synoptic labs would be coordinated by a faculty member in the future; * The installation of a clock and bulletin See AOS, Page 7 *1 I .So comes o aidof Wilmington 10 convicts RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) - The federal government asked a federal -court yesterday - in an apparently un- precedented friend-of-the-court brief - to overturn the convictions of the Wilmington 10. In an 89-page brief, the government said it had found evidence that the defendants did not receive a fair trial when they were convicted of arson and conspiracy in a 1971 firebombing in- cident during a time of racial unrest in Wilmington. THE BRIEF was filed by the Justice Department, which also asked that if the convictions are not overturned, a hearing be held into the evidence the department gathered. The brief questioned whether the state's chief witness, Allen Hall, told the truth when he testified that each of the defendants took part in the firebombing. The department said its evidence in- dicated that "Hall is not a reliable wit- ness," that the defendants were not allowed to fully portray Hall's unreliability at the trial, and that the prosecutor, JamesStroud,withheld from the defense an amended statement by Hall that cast doubt on his testimony. "There is reasonable likelihood that the jury's verdict might have been dif- ferent had it known what was in the statement" the brief said. The Wilmington 10, a group of civil rights activists including nine black, men and a white woman, were convic- ted of arson and conspiracy in connec- tion with the burning of Mike's Grocery, a white-owned store, on Feb. 6, 1971. The firebombing came after a week of racial violence which left one white man and one black man dead. MSA moves to join in ' chief search Daily Photo by CYRENA CHANG SOME MIGHT CALL him a sixties relic, but jester Wavy Gravy continues in 1978 to push for the concern which has moved him for over a decade-getting food into hungry people's mouths. WAVY GRAVYA Woodstoek to Indians to A 2 By MARIANNE EGRI The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) last night took a step towards participating in the University presidential selection process and, in another action, elected member Kate Rubin to fill the body's vice-president position vacated last week by Nancy Smith. Without dissent, MSA passed a resolution stating that inteviewing for prospective members of the student presidential search committee will begin "on the assumption the Regent's resolution is satisfactory with regard to student input." THE GROUP had voted last month to boycott the selection process until the Regents change their selection guidelines. The resolution was based on Regent Robert Nederlander's (D- Birmingham) agreement with MSA to introduce a resolution at the Regent's meeting this week containing a statement of intent regarding student participation in the selection process. The resolution calls upon the Regents to "act in the same good faith" that MSA has followed in moving towards a compromise. It also stated that MSA will review the resolution at its next meeting Nov. 28. MSA'S MAJOR concern was losing jurisdiction in the selection process on- ce the student committee was formed. The committee members could act in- dependently of MSA, once appointed. The Regents, according to MSA President Eric Arnson, had insisted on the formation of the committee before they would deal with specifics for student input. Arnson, however, said that is no longer a'problem. He said Nederlander told him that either a MSA represen- tative would be put on the student committee or MSA would be present at the committee's negotiations so it could represent itself. Rubin By STEVEN SHAER In the early sixties, he made his living as a comic of drug and offbeat humor in Greenwich Village. He participated in anti-war rallies and has fought for peoples' rights to mass together at outdoor rock con- certs such as Woodstock. He has lived with Hopi Indians and wasin- volved in "acid tests" in the early days of psychedelic drugs. Once known as Hugh Romney, this, Renaissance man of the decade past is called Wavy Gravy. WHAT BRINGS Gravy to Ann Ar- bor is not one of his more adven- turous assignments, but one of his more ambitious ones. He is in town to raise public consciousness of the problems of world hunger at a noon Diag rally tomorrow for that pur- pose. With his one-stringed guitar or ektar and his clown regalia, he looks like a character who might perform at Bimbos on Saturday nights. But Gravy is serious about his work. "In the situation that I attend I try to use humor," he said. "Humor is medicine." DURING THE past fifteen years, Gravy has traveled throughout the United States and abroad to push social causes such as saving the whales, helping Indians,sandgstop- ping nuclear power plants. He has also participated in hunger con- ferences similar to the four-day "Fast for a World Harvest" program now taking place in Ann Arbor. "I'll be in my clown suit and See WAVY, Page 2 Arnson urged the assembly to act now because there was a "problem of logistics." This is taking up too much time, and we're at a stalemate," he said. "This will show we're still in- terested, and it puts us in a better light because we're willing to compromise so we can move ahead." Supporting the resolution, MSA member Joseph Pelava said, "It's good because it's a statement of intent to participate, but it keeps our options open." WITH NO VOCAL objections, Com- munications Coordinator Rubin was elected vice president. Rubin was the only nominee in the bid for the office, and was nominated by MSA member Richard Pace on the basis of what he said was her commitment to MSA, ex perience, and accomplishments. Rubin' stressed the major role of the vice president would be communication with students, student organizations, and MSA committees. Iranian oil workers end strike TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's 37,000 oil workers flocked back to their jobs yesterday, ending their crippling two- week strike against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi: But troops opened fire on two anti-shah demonstrations west of here, killing at least three persons and wounding 19, the official Pars news agency reported. The agency said the casualties oc- curred in Sonqor, west of Tehran, where protesters set fire to the offices and home of the provincial governor. The deaths raised the known death toll from clashes with security forces in the last three days to at least 23. Troops also fired into the air to Atom bomb inventor hits widespread weapons use By ERIC ZORN Victor Weisskopf, a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor who played a major role in designing the first atomic bomb disperse a crowd near the giant bazaar in Tehran, but no injuries or arrests were reported. IN THE PAST 11 months, an estimated 1,100 Iranians have been killed ini anti-government disturbances. Conservative religious groups oppose the shah's attempts at modernizing this overwhelmingly Moslem society, while political opponents seek an end to his 37-year one-man rule and other gover- nmental reforms. Both groups have called for the shah's abdication. The National Iranian Oil Co. said that strike leaders agreed to order a return to work after receiving assurances from the shah, through his represen- tatives, that he would bow to their political demands. The demands were said to be the restoration of civilian government, release of all political detainees and an end to martial law, which had been im- posed Sept. 8 in Tehran and 12 other cities to suppress a burgeoning wave of civil unrest. SOURCES close to the palace said it was possible that national oil officials during negotiations with the strikers had given them a pledge from the shah that their political demands would be met. The shah approved a 22.5 per cent pay increase for the oil workers last week, but also to install a military government last Monday. One of the strikers' key demands was the expulsion of all foreigners from the oil industry. Whether this demand will actually be met was not clear and ap- peared highly unlikely. The oil in- dustry, on which Iran's economy is built, could not operate without the technical know-how of thousands of foreigners, experts say. The first serious attack against a foreign oil executive occurred when George Link, the U.S. director of the Oil Services Co. of Iran, narrowly escaped injury when a bomb shattered his car in Ahwaz, in the heart of the Persian Gulf oil region. Wednesday Bulletin WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter Administration has decided to ask Congress early next year for about $190 million to begin full-scale development of a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that would be safe from Soviet surprise attack, sources said last night. The administration sources, asking to remain anonymous, said the funds to move the twice- delayed mobile missile project into a key development stage would be included in a $2.2 billion supplemental money bill for the 'U' safety director dies of heart attack By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH Fredrick Davids, the first University director of safety, died at University Hospital yesterday after suffering a heart attack at his campus office. Davids, 64, was officially pronounced dead at 12:46 p.m. following unsuc- cessful attempts by ambulance and hospital emergency staff workers to revive him, hospital officials said. DAVIDS BECAME safety director in 1970 after a 33-year career with the Michigan State Police. He accepted the high-ranking security position shortly after retiring as State Police director, a post he held for his last five years with the agency. Davids retired from the State Police as a colonel, the title by which many referred to him on campus. "FRED DAVIDS' sudden death is a great loss to the state, the University community, and the city of Ann Arbor," Davids DAVIDS, HEADING a 20 member staff, was responsible for coordinating safety and security programs at the Unviersity. He also served as a liason x' c2 V ' C '