WE WANT YOU-to join the Daily CARTER AGAIN BLUSTERYI See editorial page £High-23I II LUSTERY See Today for details Vol. LXXXIX, No. 88 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, January 16, 1979 Ten Cents Ten Pages Punch cards to make A2 debut in Fe By AMY SALTZMAN City officials and election workers will be keeping a close eye on what is expected to be a boring primary election this February. Ann Arborites will be going to the polls under a new voting system called punch card. Although problems of overvoting, slow returns, and com- puter tampering have been cited as some of the major drawbacks of the controversial new system, City Council voted last May to switch from lever voting machines to the punch carA balloting. IN 1977 CITY COUNCIL appointed an ad hoc committee to study punch card voting. Jean Crump, the chairperson of the committee said that it was a matter of weighing the advan- tages of the system against the disadvantages. "City Coun- cil's judgment was that in the long run it would be a better system." ,But city officials are aware of the potential problems with punch card voting, and have consequently begun em- ploying various programs to educate the voters and clerks on this new system. According to City Clerk Al Vollbrecht, a training program with precinct workers began in mid-December. Eleven demonstration teams of two people each have also been trained to show the public how to use the computer punch card and punching tool VOLLBRECHT SAID that demonstrations will be starting this week, but that the emphasis will be on training the voters for the April election. "Punch card voting will be used in the February primary, but we don't anticipate a large turnout. Council didn't want to kick off the system in a major statewide election." Vollbrecht forsees few difficulties with the new system. "There may be some logistical problems, like not having enough people at the polls, but we are fairly confident of the equipment itself." But according to Council member Leslie Morris (D- Second Ward), who was a member of the 1977 punch card voting committee, there may be some difficulties with the system. "I'm against punch card voting. It may be very slightly superior, but it could also bring in extra problems. MORRIS DOES, however, support the committee's suggestion that punch card voting only be used for absentee ballots. Morris said that punch card voting is a big im- provement over the paper ballots used by absentee voters, b. primary but that the situation is considerably different when the pun- ch card is compared to the lever ballot. One of the major problems with punch card absentee voting is that if the voter punches the ballot card incorrectly, there is no way to correct the mistake except by getting a new ballot. And if the voter is in Honolulu it might be difficult to return to Ann Arbor for a new ballot. AT A CITY wide level supporters of the system contend that it will save the city money. Although the inital cost of switching to punch card voting is estimated to be $185,000, City Administrator Sylvester Murray said that in the long run money will be saved. Murray said, however, that the savings would be marginal. City suffers deep freeze By WILLIAM THOMPSON Students who left an unseasonably warm Ann Arbor at the end of fall term are discovering to their horror that the most valuable thing they will learn this semester may be the correct treatment of frostbite. Tem- peratures have sunk to chilling dep- ths as the deep freeze has disrupted the lives of people throughout the area. "Temperatures had been milder than average until New Year's Eve when a cold front came through," said C. R. Snider of the National Weather Service in Ann Arbor. "It got as cold as nine below in Ann Ar- bor. We've hit bottom as far as tem- perature is concerned, but there will be a lot more snow after this." Times of extremely low tem- peratures do not coincide with heavy snow. "There is an old saying, 'it's too cold to snow,' and that's ab- solutely true in this part of the coun- try," Snider said. "IT'S HARD TO tell whether this winter will have more snow or cold," he said. "It looks like it will be just about average." Some students, however, have already been affected by the cold weather. "I am going to skip my two o'clock class because it's too cold to go;" announced sophomore Allan Stejskal. "The University buses were run- ning behind last night and some people froze," Stejskal said. "Satur- day night people were waiting at the Geddes stop for an hour and a half. They were forced to walk from the Geddes stop to Bursley." See CITY, Page 10 --- - ......... - - - - - " " I Shah to visit Egypt on his way to U.S. By AP and Reuter TEHRAN, Iran-Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi will leave for Egypt tomorrow on his way to the United States for an extended vacation inten- ded to save the Iranian monarch, authoritive royal palace sources said last night. Many expect his journey to end in permanent exile. Political violence erupted anew as the country awaited the uncertainties of a post-shah era. Among at least 18 per- sons reported killed in two days of bloodshed was a former U.S. Air Force colonel, Martin Berkowitz, 53, of San Francisco, the second American slain in 12 months of nationwide turmoil here. THE IRANIAN Senate hastily gave its endorsement yesterday to the new government of Prime Minister Shah- pour Bakhtiar, a prominent oppositon figure, and the lower house of Parliament was expected to vote its approval today. The shah is scheduled to hold a rare newsconference late thistmorning, ap- parently just before flying out of the country. By leaving, the shah will clear the way for Bakhtiar to take full control of the nation. But the new prime minister must overcome the political stigma ot having been chosen by the shah and must deal with the powerful Moslem religious leaders, chiefly the exiled Ayatullah Khomaini. KHOMAINI HAS already announced the formation of an Islamic revolutionary council to pave the way for a new constitution and an "Islamic Republic." The Ayatullah, spiritual leader of Iran's 30 million Shi'ites, was expected to return to Iran a few days after the shah's departure. More than 100,000 jubilant Iranians converged on Tehran's main bazaar district yesterday, cheefully chanting, "Death to the shah" and "Long live Khomaini!" Government troops, stan- ding by and not trying to stop the demonstration, were showered with flowers and kisses by the demon- strators. NO MAJOR bloodshed was reported in Tehran, but reports reaching the capital said at least 17 persons were killed Sunday in violence in 21 towns and cities, and at least one death was reported Monday. More than 1,500 per- sons are estimated to have been killed in the year-long political upheaval. The newspaper Khayan said Berkowitz, identified as head of a cop- per-mining firm called Parson-Jordan Co., apparently was stabbed Sunday night in the kitchen of his home in the southeast city of Kerman. The paper said his killers scrawled the words, "Go Back To Your Country" on a wall of the house before escaping. The U.S. Embassy confirmed Berkowitz had been found dead but gave no details. Officials in Cairo said the shah will meet today in the southern Egyptian town of Aswan with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat. The sources here confir- med the 59-year-old monarch would travel to Aswan and then on to the United States. But further details of his plan, such as where the shah will go in America, were not known. New congress set on balancing bu dget By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - Carl Levin was of federal spending is reduced by a sworn in as the junior Senator from formula that would result in a balanced Michigan and Nancy Landon budget by 1982. Kassebaum, a Kansas Republican, Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, ranking became the Senate's only woman as the Republican on the Senate Finance 96th Congress convened at noon yester- Committee, introduced a three-part day on a frigid day in the nation's package that seeks similar reductions capitol. in federal spending while inflation- Vice-President Walter Mondale gave proofing individual income taxes and the oath of office to 35 Senators, in- amending the Constitution to require cluding the 20 newcomers elected last balanced budgets. November in a national vote of con- The new Congress is expected to meet fidence in the politics of 'less gover- head-to-head with the Carter White nment. Reflecting the apparent "Tax House on a variety of issues including cut fever" that swept many liberal the budget. A Strategic Arms Democrats out of office, lawmakers in- Limitation Agreement with the Soviets troduced a variety of budget-balancing will come to the Senate for ratification bills in this opening day session. this year, as will the appointment of In the House, 100 members endorsed Leonard Woodcock as the first am- a proposal by Rep. L. A. Bafalis, (R- bassador to communist China. Fla.), that would prohibit Congress The Woodcock nomination will be the from spending more money than the first battleground for conservatives government takes in. The only excep- over America's relations with China tions would be during war or ' other and Taiwan. national emergency declared by a On his proposed budget, President three-fourths vote of Congresst Carter said yesterday it would still con- Sen. John Stennis, (D-Miss.), offered tain an increase in spending for poor a different approach. His plan would people and that the fears of the nation's amend the Constitution to raise taxes mayors will be allayed once they have automatically at the end of any year in examined the document. which spending exceeds tax collections. "It is not a punitive budget," Carter Sen. Gary Hart, (D-Colo.), offered a said. "It is a good, sound budget that bill that would cut income taxes by an will sustain a strong economy and set a average of about 29 per cent over the good example for the control of in= next four years - but only if the growth flation." This is not a new form of modern art, but rather the law quad as viewed through an art museum window on an icy Sunday afternoon. U Stechuk to By STEVE HOOK Stechuk i LSA-SG President Bob Stechuk public apol agreed Sunday to publicly apologize to and facult former Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal LSA-SG's - Allon for LSA-SG sponsorship of a Governmer demonstration against an Allon speech afternoon. in December which turned violent. organizatio Stechuk also agreed to apologize to Students f Institute of Public Policy Studies Direc- Palestinian for Jack Walker, who organized the (HPRC) a speech, and to the Israeli Student discuss the Organization. IPPS DIP AT THE December 17 Allon speech, comment u Allon was shouted down by pro- said yester Palestinian hecklers. A few fists were (the demon thrown, and the Ann Arbor police were of the proc called in to remove the violent endorsemei protesters. No injuries were reported nI was ve but several assault charges are still name (LSA pending. A second demonstration held outside the Rackham Building was peaceful. H i -Tuesday WASHIN4 * Two members of the Wilm- Court, in a ington 10 were on campus this war" mail weekend to talk about their ex- yesterday t periences. See story, Page 7. hear civil si accused of b * Chicago struggles to recover The justi from one of its worst blizzards on such suits' record. See story, Page 2. court.s apologiet made what is effectively a said Walker, the speech's organizer. logy to over forty students Stechuk's announcement follows y members jammed into several weeks of controversy during - Literary College Student which he has been criticized for not nt's meeting room Sunday checking with other LSA-SG members Members of several before endorsing the demonstration. ns, including the Union of Stechuk has said that as advocacy or Israel (USI) and the coordinator for the student body, he is Human Rights Committee "authorized to represent council and to attended the meeting to speak on behalf of council."; endorsement. ACCORDING TO Stechuk, when he RECTOR Walker would not endorsed the protest, many of the pon Stechuk's apology, but political claims that appeared on the rday, "I was disturbed by flyer were not made clear to him, in- stration) and I wasn't sure cluding accusations that Allon is a edure LSA-SG used for its "racist" and a "terrorist. nts. .At Sunday's meeting, Stechuk said ery disappointed to see the the role of advocacy coordinator is not -SG) on the endorsement," clearly defined by the LSA-SG con- ih court to take ~letter case stitution. He added that in the future, guidelines for endorsements will be set by the student body. "Council will be provided with an opportunity to define my role," Stechuk said. Stechuk has stressed that he does not condone the violence of the indoor demonstration, but he said he endorsed the protest in the interest of a "broader sample of ideas" since no Palestinian speakers were invited'to debate. Ashe aces apartheid GTON (AP)-The Supreme case involving a CIA "cold -opening operation, agreed o decide which courts may uits against federal officials breaking the law. ces said they will study a 's ruling that persons filing may use any federal trial Intelligence Agency surveillance program which operated from 1953 to 1973. It is estimated that more than 200,000 pieces of mail to and from countries such as China and the Soviet Union were opened by CIA agents without search warrants. In other matters yesterday, the Surme aCour.t By BECKY FISH Tennis pro Arthur Ashe, a long-time opponent of South Africa's apartheid policy, said yesterday he does not ad- vocate divestment of American in- terests there. In a talk at the Union's Pendleton room, Ashe said that although taxes the South African government gets from the 400 American corporations help enforce apartheid, "If America gets the hell out of South Africa, Europe will get the hell in, and they don't care." He added that Europe's minorities "are not as vocal as ours," and that it would be a mistake "if all positive force (for change) left that country." He said he advocates the use of economic, cultural and sports boycotts, but stated