The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 5, 1979-Page 3 LEVER MACHINES TO REPLACE PUNCH CARDS A2 voting switch okayed By PATRICIA HAGEN City Council Monday night scrapped the city's computerized punch card voting system in favor of reinstating mechanical voting machines for future elections. The rejection came despite acknowleged citizen ap- proval of the punch card system and an appeal by the county clerk for the preservation of the computerized method that had been used in last February's city primary and April's general election. FOLLOWING AN evaluation of the two elections, the Punch Card Voting Study Committee concluded the old lever machines should be reinstated. Council ap- proved, voting 10-1 in favor of the old machines. The committee cited several problems with the com- puterized method, including a large number of in- validated absentee ballots and general processing problems. But washtenaw County Clerk Robert Harrison said improvements have been made in the system since it was used by the city last spring. He said the punch card system has a potential for greater voter turnout, lower cost, and easier auditing. Other communities in the county currently use the computerized system suc- cessfully, Harrison added. Anne Sichel, a representative of the League of Women Voters, alsQ, recommended the punch card system be continued. She said the League spent many hours last year educating the voters in the proper use of the system. Councilman Louis Senunas (R-Third Ward) said he personally liked the computerized system but said it should not be used in Ann Arbor because of opposition among poll workers. Councilman Gerlad Bell (R-Fifth Ward) cast the only vote in favor of the punch card system. "I would like to represent with my vote all the citizens who liked the system," he said. 'Unique'Michigan child support agency more effective than other states,'study finds By MITCH STUART On any given day in many Michigan counties more men are in jail for failing to pay child support than for anything else, according to a 28-county study of Michigan's child support system released yesterday by University Law School Prof. David Chambers. Friend of the Court, a state-wide agency which oversees Michigan's child support system in each county is responsible for the jailings, said Cham- bers. "BECAUSE OF this unique agency and its industrious work - and only in small part because of the jailings - Michigan collects an average of more child support per case than any other state in the nation," Chambers notes in his study. Although he acknowledged its effec- tiveness, Chambers' study criticized Michigan's system of jailing men - and women - who refuse to pay child support. "Most of the men who end up in jail are alcoholics or men with long employment problems - the men about whom there should be the greatest' doubts of their capacity to pay," his study states. "The hearings that lead to jailings last only three or four minutes and include little serious inquiry into capacity to pay." But Pamela Byrnes, spokeswoman for Washtenaw County's Friend of the Court, said yesterday fathers are given many opportunities to pay up before they are sentenced to jail terms. SHE ALSO noted the "majority (of people jailed) are out in a week or two," and said she knows of only two cases in which the non-payer has, remained in jail for the maximum one-year term. According to Byrnes a "non-payer" is first notified he has missed child sup- port payments and given the oppor- tunity to either pay the full amount or pay a portion of the sum immediately and agree to pay the rest through a wage assignment placed on his salary. If this approach fails, the Friend of the Court is authorized to make the non- payer to show cause for non-payment. The non-payer is again offered a chance to make voluntary payments, and if he refuses, the case will go to court that same day to force payment, Byrnes said. THE AGENCY'S final tactic is to direct the court to issue a writ - an or- der to pay up or go to jail. "That's the last resort, or the nuclear weapon, as we call it," Byrnes said. There are usually 500 to 600 writs out- standing, said Byrnes. Names of non- payers are sent to police departments throughout the state. In addition, Washtenaw County Friend of the Court has two full-time warrant officers tracking down non-payers. Chambers' study shows counties such as Washtenaw, which have "self- starting" enforcement systems (which notify delinquent fathers). along with a high rate of jailing collected the highest Everyone's mCCesin' me Taking a break from the fatiguing activity of spelling his name, Dee Dee Ramne surveys the crowd at Schoolkids records store last night where the new wave rock group the Ramones were signing albums, faces, ties, and anything else they could get their hands on. Saudis remove last gunmen from mosque rates of support. Although Washtenaw County was in- cluded in his study, Chambers noted yesterday that "Washtenaw County has made a dramatic change in its policy since I wrote the study." Byrnes agreed, saying "Our collec- tions (and) our whole enforcement system have really been beefed up." "I wish Dave Chambers would come back in a couple more years," she ad- ded. By then, she said, she hopes to have Friend of the Court fully revam- ped. Christmas Dance Concert THE UNTYPSWEY OMICHIGAN POWER CENTER Dec. 7-9 Fri. & Sat. at 8pm Sun at 3pm Tickets $3-,5-PTP ticket office HOURS: Michigan League, or MonSt. at all Hudson's out- 10-1 & 2-5pm lets. PHONE: 764-0450' Iranian deportation illegal, lawyers say By Reuter Saudi Arabia said yesterday that the last remnants of a band of Moslem ex- tremists who seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca two weeks ago had been flushed from the building. The seizure and recapture of the mosque claimed the lives of nearly 60 Saudi soldiers and 75 Moslem ex- tremists - as well as wounding 200, soldiers =' hifrioi Miister Prince Nayef Ibn Abdil Aziz said last night. NAYEF GAVE the figures in a televised address, which was followed by pictures of prisoners and the leader of the extremists. He said 170 dissidents had been captured in the mosque, Islam's holiest shrine. Nayef said that a majority of the gunmen were Saudis, but the group captured also included Egyptians, Moroccans, Kuwaitis, North and South Yemenis, and Pakistanis. The prince said the foreigners in- volved were not in any way related to the governments of their homelands. NAYEF SAID in a statement the dissidents were cleared from their ter a one-week siege. He said the last of the "corrupt gang and renegades of Islam were either killed or captured." Nayef gave no further details but promised that a full statement detailing all the developments of the incident would be issued later. THE GOVERNMENT'S plan was to starve out the dissidents, determine their motives and then execute at least their leaders by beheading. That plan apparently was rescinded during an emergency cabinet session on Sunday after rumors of unrest and instability in several parts of the coun- try. The reports were vehemently denied by Saudi Information Minister Mohammed Abdo Yamani, who said the only unrest in themcountry was at the Grand Mosque. The extent of damage to the mosque is still not known but the hostages released by the gunmen told Saudi television that the attackers had smashed expensive chandeliers and defaced the Mosque's finely engraved walls. Its illars were riddled with WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge was told yesterday the gover- nment illegally singled out Iranian students for deportation following the capture of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Iran Nov. 4. The government is making Iranian students in this country "the scapegoats for the terrible problem in Tehran, Iran," said David Carliner, an attorney for the students. THE STUDENTS are fighting a presidential order that directs depor- tation proceedings to begin against Iranian students who are in this country illegally. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has asked all the Iranian students in this country to report for interviews by Dec. 13 so it can determine whether their student visas are valid. The students' lawyers told U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green that only Congress had the authority to take such action. They contended the gover- nment is violating the students' con- stitutional rights and that deportation proceedings are being instituted for the most minor types of infractions. After hearing the students' argumen.- ts and the Justice Department's defen- se of the president's order, the judge said she would rule "within the next few days." Pontiac fans should reach seats safely (Continued from Page1) show any sooner than the others," she said. "It's a horrible tragedy, but I'm sure that it is not indicative of problems we plan to see here." Young also said OME has an unusually large team of ushers and security guards, mostly student volun- teers, who arrive hours before the con- certs start and escort the ticket-holders to their seats. Ann Arbor audiences are more "sedate," she added. There is a noticeable difference between their behavior and that of out-of-town con- certgoers, according to Young. OME stopped using the general ad- mission system early in the 70s, Young said, after problems arose during the John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Crisler Arena which featured many prominent musicians. "Selling reserved seats is much more difficult than general admission seats," she said. "It is slower and more con- fusing." In this respect, she said, she finds fault with the promoters of the Who concert. dJr11COfrLT.. A Fund raising event for radio 65 co-sponsored by CBS records Friday, December 7 Michigan Union Ballroom 9:00 P.M. positions in the mosque's basement af- bulet. L~a pn a hod eian guerrillas: bullets. O sa urr S s S. Africa meddling (Continued from Page1) guerrillas did not accept his ceasefir ned that if Carrington sent a British proposals. governortoSalisburywithoutgaininga Saying he was near despair ceasefire agree'ment, he would be em- Carrington announced last night he ha ____broiling Britain in a seven-year bush issued the necessary governmen e r, d it FILMS Ann Arbor Film Coop-The Gracie Allen Murder Case, 7 p.m., Buck Benny Rides Again, 8:40 p.m., Three Stooges Shorts, 10:20 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Alice Lloyd Pilot Program Multicultural Film Series-No Hiding Place, 7:30 p.m., Free Speech For Whom?, 9:30 p.m., Alice Lloyd Hall. Free. MEETINGS English Composition Board-"Taking an Essay Exam," 7 p.m., 2402 Mason Hall. Dharma Study Group-"Buddhist Psychology," 7:30 p.m. sitting, 215 E. Kinsley. Call 665-4481 for information. International Center-Brown bag lunch to discuss study abroad, noon, International Center. Undergraduate Political Science Association-Mass meeting, 7 p.m., 6602 Haven Hall. Michigan Christian Fellowship-7 p.m., Michigan Union. Check at main entrance for exact location. Folk Dance Club-Intermediate and advanced dance, 8 p.m., Union. Stilyagi Air Corps-University science fiction club, 8 p.m., Conf. Room 4, Union. SPEAKERS Center for AfroAmerican and African Studies-Colloquium Series lec- ture by Prof. Vincent Thompson has been cancelled. PERFORMANCES School of Music-University Campus Orchestra, conducted by Charles J. Gabrion, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Free. Studio Theater Series-"The Dumbwaiter," 4:10 p.m., Arena Theater, Frieze Building. Pendleton Arts Center-Music at Midweek, pianists Michael Gurt and Richard Ridenour, noon, Pendleton Room, Union. Gilbert and Sullivan Society-"Iollanthe," 8 p.m., Mendelssohn Theater. MISCELLANEOUS war that has already cost more than 20,000lives. "If he opts for war, he must accept the consequences.. . we shall fight colonialism in whatever way it comes," Mugabe said. BUT OFFICIALS in the guerrilla delegation doubted whether Carrington would dispatch a British governor as he threatened to do last night if the decree for appointment of a British governor whose arrival in Salisbury would bring the rebel colony under London's authority. The foreign secretary is pressing the guerrillas for a firm "yes" or "no" response to the ceasefire plan which has already been accepted by their op- ponents, the biracial Salisbury gover- nment of Premier Abel Muzorewa. r nited Marijuana Smokers Of Michigan present in association with the Detroit Jazz Center LmY'lMAN- WOODARD___ ORGANIZATiON FEATURING ALLAN BARNES New LP "Oon't Stop The Grnwve" on Corndor Record PRISMAT1CBAND New Lp, Prymartrc" on 0omm Network Records New {p"October" o CharismaSound Records FRiDAY, DECEMBER 7 1979 MICHIGAN THEATRE ANN ARBOR