r' 1F OUSEE NN S HAPPV MCAILL DIY Council clowns Part I City Council Monday night raged an undecisive debate over what to do with mounting amounts of garbage disposed by Ann Arborites. They also touched on prospects for a new city landfill. Concluded Mayor Louis Belcher, "I believe this is fertile area for future discussion." Part II. The esteemed Richard Robinson, better known by the humbler title of Dr. Diag, also. made an appearance. He y.. addressed the council, saying, "You guys take a lot of guff from a lot of different factions. I just want to go down on the record that I think you're the greatest city council in America." At least someone thinks so. Belcher Through rain, sleet, but not revolution The revolution in Iran has begun to have immediate impact in Ann Arbor. Since January 10, there has been a complete embargo on mail to that country. A spokeswoman for the post office department said yesterday that if you're trying to send a message to friends, relatives, revolutionaries, members of the military, or just about anyone in Iran; hold onto it. She added that it is impossible to tell when the embargo will be lifted. Computer counseling ' The electronic age is aiding the path of medical science. A newly announced computer link-up of the University's Mott Children's Hospital with a new national computer network will improve treatment and advance understanding of birth defects. The network, which is part of the new Birth Defects Information System funded by the National Foundation-March of Dimes, links hospitals with a central computer at Massachusetts Institute of RTechnology where infomation on any one of 1,000 different birth defects is available. Roy Schmikel, University professor of pediatrics and genetics researcher, explained that the system will be used to treat children and exchange and compile information on birth defects. Accurate diagnosis will now be right at the doctor's fingertips. Editor's Note: It's bound to be a great disappointment to many of you, but yesterday we received the following letter from Ken Shaw Productions: "URGENT. Editor note: Please be advised that the "Paul Anka Show" which was scheduled for February has been postponeddue to extended recording contract commitment. Will advise on new date." We'll keep you posted. Take ten On January 17, 1969, the Regents voted unanimously to abolish the Univesity's requirement that sophomore women and all freshpersons live in dormitories. The Regents stipulated, however, that parental permission would be required for freshpersons and women under 21 wanting to live off-campus. Prof. Frank Braun of the German department had recommmended that the residency requirement for freshpersons be retained. "My fear is that innocent green freshmen are going to be exposed to the raw realities of Ann Arbor real estate," he contended. Nowadays, only students under 18 - and lacking parental permission - are required to live in University housing. Racial bias in schools Racial biases in school systems are no less pervasive than they were ten years agom just more subtle, said a University educator. "The issues are the same, but the form they are taking is somewhat different," said Charles Moody, associate director of the University's Program for Educational Opportunity, a federally funded desegregation assistance center. Moody will be in Washington DC this Saturday for the dedication of the new national headquarters of the National Alliance of Black School Educators. "Within the classroom, the multi-ethnic curriculum is still on the drawing board," Moody said. "Some elementary textbooks have been revised to include faces of different colors, but the central character - the heroes of the stories - nearly always continue to be white." The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 17, 1979-Page 3. U.S. THREA TENS TO WITHDRAW SUPPOR T: Somoza warned to OK mediation WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials have warned Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza that the U.S.-led in- ternational mediation effort will be suspended if he rejects new proposals aimed at averting renewed civil war in his country, sources say. According to the informants, who asked not to be identified, U.S. Am- bassador William Bowdler told Somoza that the latest proposals represent the 'minimum acceptable basis for further negotiation which has any hope of receiving a national consensus." authority composed of representatives of the government and the opposition. A parallel international body would exer- cise close supervision over the process. THE PROPOSAL represents a com- promise between Somoza's insistence on Nicaraguan control over the plebiscite and an opposition demand that the voting be supervised by outside monitors. The mediators and opposition groups are asking that there be an up-or-down vote on whether Somoza would remain in office or resign immediately. Somoza has said that if he lost a plebiscite, he ceptance of the proposal would be "polarization and radicalization" in Nicaragua and the possibility of "repressive counteraction" by the Nicaraguan national guard. IT WAS understood that if Somoza refuses to agree to the new proposals, the administration is prepared to show its displeasure by recalling the U.S. ambassador from Managua or with- drawing the American military mission. Another option would be a cutoff of the estimated $40 million in U.S. aid earmarked for Nicaragua. The administration already has said Nicaragua will not receive any new economic or military aid during the current fiscal year. Bowdler and his mediation team colleagues began negotiations in Oc- tober, shortly after a two-week civil war in Nicaragua that resulted in about- 1,500 deaths. The mediators have been trying to arrange a settlement between Somoza and the Broad Opposition Front; a grouping of anti-Somoza business., political, labor and religious leaders.. "There will be 'polarization and radicalization in Nicaragua if Somoza doesn't accept U.S. proposals." -U.S. Ambassador William Bowdler SOMOZA ALSO was told that his refusal to go along could result not only in renewed fighting in Nicaragua but a U.S. decision to disassociate itself from Somoza's government, the officials said. The three-month-old mediation ef- fort, which has involved the United States, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala, has been stalled over the terms of a national plebiscite to deter- mine whether Somoza would remain in office.. The new proposal, presented to Somoza on Friday, calls for the for- :mation of a national plebiscite would stay on as president but would give the opposition a proportional share of power. This difference would be subject to negotiation if Somoza agreed in prin- ciple to accept the mediators' proposal. OFFICIALS HAVE said that 1,200 to 1,500 foreign election monitors would be recruited from the United States and other members of the Organization of American States. Somoza agreed to a request by the mediators to give his answer by next Friday. Bowdler is reported to have told Somoza that the alternatives to his ac Ann Arbor Civic Thetre Auditions LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC JANUARY 17-MASS MEETING-7:30 pm JANUARY 17, 18, 19, : 20th call backs ROLES AVAILABLE 6 WOMEN ages 13-70 3 men ages 20-50 The Liebeslieders, persons of the community (2 sopranos, I mezzo, Tenor, Baritone) ALL ROLES ARE SINGING ROLES THE MUSIC IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. Auditions by appointment only, sign up after the mass meeting. There are a few non speaking roles, call the director if interested. Anyone interested in participating in the A.A.C.T. production of Little Night Music-is invited to come to the, A.A.C.T. Workshop Bldg., 201 Mulholland. (off W. Washington) Wednesday, January 17th-7:30 pm sign up for an audition time for cast and orchestra. All interested in set building, costume construction, light,-make up, prop crew, programs, publicity, box office, ushering are cordially invited. Director Susan Morris-761-6086 (H) 764-5345 (W) Producer Carol Deniston-761-2247 after 3 pm Musical Director Bradley Bloom The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative presents at Aud. A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 (John Ford, 1952) THE Q UIET M AN 7 .AUD. A JOHN WAYNE returns to the Irish town of his birth with a claim on his family's estate and a secret in his past. The film is a small masterpiece, a quiet celebra- tion of everything it concerns. With MAUREEN O'HARA and a host of outstanding character actors. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (John Ford, 1962) 9 only-AUD. A Ford's most personal film, the poignant culmination of, fifty years of filmmaking. Ford uses a simple story (a senator returns to a western town for the funeral of a pauper and tells a reporter the true story of who shot Liberty Valance) to explore the conflict between reality and symbol, truth and legend, memory and conscience. Probably the masterwork of one of America's greatest artists. Stars JOHN WAYNE, JIMMY STEWART, LEE MARVIN, VERA MILES. Tomorrow: EQUUS & EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC Nixon invited to White House dinner WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Carter invited Richard Nixon to a for- thcoming White House dinner honoring China's vice premier because "it seemed like the decent and proper thing to do," a White House spokesman said yesterday. "President Nixon had taken the first step toward normalization with China," White House press secretary Jody Powell told reporters. POWELL ALSO said former President and Mrs. Gerald Ford also were invited to the dinner for Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping Jan. 29, but they are touring the Middle East and it is not clear whether they will{be able to attend. Powell said Nixon has accepted the invitation, but "it is my understanding Mrs. Nixon will not be able to come." ALSO INVITED was former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who made the first breakthrough trip to China. Kissinger promptly accepted. Powell explained that Nixon and Ford had "taken the first steps" toward U.S. recognition of China. "This visit is very symbolic of the .: ._ x Daily Official Bulletin ...:}L: . .....:.....,v....r.. .._.: :.+:....::::L.. . :"iiif.i::.. . . . .i WednesdayJanuary 17, 1979 Daily Calendar Academic Women's Caucus, Margaret Leary & Janice Lindberg, SACUA Members, "Issues Related to SACUA and Women," 3050 Frieze, noon. Physics/Astronomy: J. Wesley, General Atomics Co., "Recent Progress Towards Fusion Power," 296 Dennison; N. Fleishon, LBL, "Inelastic Compton Scattering in Two-Dimensional QCD,"20'R Randall, 4 p.m. Statistics: David Neuhoff, "Universal Data Com- pression," 451 Mason, 4p.m. Prog. in Comparative Literature: Richard Oh- mann, Wesleyan-U., "Class Language and Political Consciousness," Rackham Amph., 4:10 p.m. I Nixon completion of the recognition," he said. Asked whether the White House thought the invitation to Nixon, who resigned from the presidency following Watergate scandal revelations, would be anaffront to some of the American people, the presidential spokesman said: "There isn't any decision that he (Carter) has made that wouldn't make some people mad." THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXIX, No.89 Wednesday, January 17, 1979 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109.sSubscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail, outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7,00 by mail outside Ann Arbor. I ... ... .1 Now Showing, Campus Area Butterfield Theatres WEDNESDAY IS MONDAY IS "BARGAIN DAY" ST NIGHT" $1.50 ugtil 5:30 TWO ADULTS ADMITTED I i RICEOF ONEJ ADULTS FRI., SAT., SUN EVE.& HOLIDAYS $3.50 MON..THURS. EVk. $3.40 ALL MATINEES $2.30 CHILD TO 14 $1.50 I L- -- ---------- - - WAYSIDEWait Disney's 3020 Washtenuw " NOCCH ," Ypsilanti .., 0 Happenings FILMS Ann Arbor Film Co-op - The Quiet Man, 7, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, 9, Auditorium A, Angell Hall. SPEAKERS Program in Comparative Literature - Richard Ohmann "Class, Language and Political Consciousness," 4:10 Rackham. Graduate School of Business, William Hoglund, "Opportunities in Corporative Accounting", 4 p.m., Hale Auditorium, Graduate School of Business. Chemical Engineering - Brice Carnahan Fortran-IV Programming Language, 7:30, Natural Science Auditorium. MEETINGS International Center - "Digging up the Past", a program about a archaeological digs abroad, 7 p.m., International Center Recreation Room. MISCELLANEOUS Hopwood Awards - Poetry reading and award presentation, 4 p.m. Rackham Lecture Hall. Science for the People - The Ohio Workers Strike, 7:30 p.m. cvingjasafe on cverytk~n8. I 1I 1 - 11 F 1! Am k =t I E