The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 2, 1979-Page 5 CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE A FOCUS Census to be more than a count WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau has decided that it just doesn't need to know how many left-handed, American pet-owners snore. When the Bureau takes its 20th- national head count "next April the statisticians will be striving to learn not just how many of you are out there, but what you're like and how you live. There are some things however, that won't be asked. SPECIAL-INTEREST groups ranging from the poor to the handicap- ped to American Indians each has a need for special information and a desire to get it in convenient form. This means that in the decade it has spent preparing for the 1980 census, the Bureau was under constant pressure to ask this or that question, get such and such a piece of information. And the answers are of more than academic interest: millions of dollars in federal and other money for groups and municipalities depend on the count. THE CONSTITUTION requires a head count of the people, the added questions are a look at the charac- teristics of the population, explained bureau spokesman Henry Smith. But, he added, ''the questions have to have some relationship with an iden- tificable national interest. We don't ask' your religion, or who you sleep with or whether you have a pet." More than 70 meetings were held across the country to soilicit views on what 1980's questionnaire should ask, and these meetings, starting in 1974, led to several changes in the forms. RAY BANCROFT of the bureau reported that among the questions urged at these sessions, but rejected, included whether a person is left- handed, whether you snore, whether you own pets or a horse, what type of leisure you engage in and your sexual preference. Still, in each census year there are complaints that some questions are too personal. Bureau officials emphasize, however, that they are asked for statistical reasons and individual responses ,are kept completely con- fidential. The 1980 census will ask 19 questions of every American, seven populations questions and a dozen queries about housing. Bureau experts say it should take about 15 minutes to fill out. ONE AMERICAN in six - more in rural areas - will get a longer form that should take about 45 minutes to complete. It has an extra 2 housing and 26 personal questions. The first question on all forms is sim- ply the name of each person living in the household as of April 1, 1980. Arthur Penn's 1971 LITTLE BIG MAN Thebrape and murder of the American Indian told in flashback form by Jack Crabbe (DUSTIN HOFFMAN), a 121-year old man who survived the Little Big Horn. Custer is played for the psychotic he really was. Penn gave the western a new look and a strong dose of black humor. With FAYE DUNAWAY. Wed: HOW I WON THE WAR Thurs: REPULSION Fri: THE ASPHALT JUNGLE CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT 7:00 & 9:45 OLD ARCH. AUD. $1.50 Carter: No threat from Soviets in Cuba U I (Continued from Page 1) forces had been organized into a com- bat unit." It was understood that the Soviet assurances Carter cited were dealt with in a personal exchange last week bet- ween Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. CARTER SENT a message to Brezhnev last Tuesday, it was learned, and the Russian leader replied Thur- sday. The issue concerning Soviet troops in Cuba has delayed Senate consideration of the SALT II accord signed by Carter and Brezhnev in Vienna in June. Car- ter's speech was an effort to remove the roadblock and urge Senate approval of the accord. Carter described a series of steps that he was taking to bolster the U.S. presence in the Caribbean. "WE WILL expand military maneuvers in the region and we will conduct these regularly from now on." Without getting specific, Carter said, "We will increase our economic assistance to alleviate the unmet economic and human needs in the Caribbean region ... While declaring the presence of the brigade continues to be a cause of con- cern, the president declared, "I have concluded that the brigade issue is cer- tainly no reason for a return to the Cold War. A confrontation might be emotionally satisfying for a few days or weeks for some people, but it would be destructive to the national interest and the security of the United States." Carter noted the Soviet insistence that their troops are occupied in training and "can do nothing more." Earlier, Sen. Frank Church, chair- man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with the president for a half hour briefing on Carter's speech. The Idaho Democrat said he thought SALT II could be salvaged. "I think we can salvage the SALT treaty, and I'm looking for a way to do it," Church said. "I don't think that SALT Is scuttled. I believe that a way can be worked out that is satisfactory to the Senate." CHEENOS in a variety of colors DOLLAR BARELYABOVE PREVIOUS LOW: Gold prices reach new record in Europe By the Associate Press gold ever closed above $400 in Europe, but no specific steps to defend the price was up from $3964 at the close The price of gold surged to a record $415.50 an ounce in New York yesterday as the U.S. dollar declined and was kept from dropping below last year's lows only by vigorous central-bank interven- tion. GOld closed at $413.25 in London after trading as high as $414.75 and ended at $414.50 in Zurich. It was the first time although the lelvel was touched Friday before prices slipped. IN NEW YORK, the price kept rising and climbed as high as $419 an ounce before slipping back to close at $415.50. There were reports of continued gold buying by Arabs and of efforts to sell dollars after a meeting between West German and American officials in Hamburg produced vague promises, Gaold Gold has climbed steadily in recent weeks. The dollar, after initially showing strength. has now dropped to its lowest level against the West Ger- man mark, Swiss franc and Italian lira since the Unites States mounted a huge dollar-rescue effort Nov. 1,1978. IN ZURICH, the price of gold leaped $8 in the last two hours. The closing last Friday, $322.875 a month ago and $218.875 at the start of the year. In Lon- don, the closing price was up from $397.5 last Friday. Gold, which traded at $35 an ounce a decade ago, hit $200 in July 1978 and then took a year to climb another $10 and less than three months to hit $400. Grad dean appointed to high 'U' position (Cowtinuedfrom Page 1 1974, and was reappointed to a second five-year term earlier this year. In recommending Sussman's reap- pointment to the Regents, Shapiro wrote: "Dean Sussman is held in high regard, by his colleagues here at Michigan for the outstanding leader- ship he has provided the Rackham Graduate School, and by his colleagues. throughout higher education for his leadership in graduate education." Palestinian mayor asks end of Israeli 'oppression' SUSSMAN SAID he believes he was chosen for the job because, "I've had considerable administrative experien- ce. The grad school covers almost all areas of the University, and has a broader base than LSA." He said he has no aspirations to fill the academic affairs post permanently. Countering the views of some mem- bers of SACUA who said the interim job would be "very much a caretaker position," Schulze asserted," "It's a very active position." BEFORE SUSSMAN assumed his current job as graduate school dean, he served as that school's associate dean. Before that appointment, he was chairman of the botany department and associate dean of LSA, before being named acting LSA dean. Sussman has been a University faculty member since 1950. He received a bachelor's degree from the Univer- - sity of Connecticut in 1941, and a master's from Harvard in 1948. The following year, he received a Ph.D. from Harvard. SACUA members And two appointed students are searching for a permanent successor to Shapiro. A tentative deadline for nominations is Oct. 20. large waist sizes now available 761-6207 mon-sat loam-5:30pm thur-fri t 8pm nickels arcade (Contiqued from Page 1) They need security from us? "THE AGREEMENT is the security," he continued. "I need the guarantee, not them.. What guarantee do they want, more than their power?" The PLO charter does not call for the destruction of Israel, Kawasmeh said. Rather, "the charter calls for one state, everyone living together in Palestine-Jews, Muslims, Christians," he said.. "If Israel wants to live with us under one flag, one country, that's O.K. If not, then we accept two countries," he ad- ded. SKAWASMEH CRITICIZED severely the Camp David Peace Accords, main- taining that "the agreement forgets about four million Palestinians. "Carter talks about a Palestinian homeland wherever he goes, but forgets about it in the agreement. There is no mention in the agreement that the West Bank and Gaza are illegally oc- cupied territory, that the Israeli set- tlements there are illegal," he said. Peace can only be accomplished un- der the flag of the United Nations, not under the flag of the United States, ac- cording to Kawasmeh. "The U.S. is giving money to kill us. The U.S. talks of peace, but gives weapons to Israel. The U.S. is biased." THE MEDIA IS also biased against the Palestinians, Kawasmeh said. "If the Israelis kill a thousand people in South Lebanon, the TV and radio is silent. If two children are killed in an accident in Jerus.alem, it's the Palestinians (who are blamed)." Kawasmeh also discussed the problem of U.S. and Israeli recognition of the PLO, and Arab recognition of Israel. "The U.S. does not tell Israel to recognize the Palestinian people before it (the U.S.) will recognize Israel. But it tells the Palestinians to recognize Israel before it (the U.S.) will recognize the Palestinians," he said. I. -I 110;IT Half-Time Position. Available for Producer at Canterbury Loft Episcopal Campus Ministry and Center for Performing Arts The Loft is looking for an energetic person to develop per- forming arts events which raise current ethical, spiritual, political, and social issues. Familiarity with local arts re- sources, planning, program development, publicity, and some administrative skills are desired. This position involves 20 hours per week, some evening duties, and will begin in January, 1980. 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