Metro, Grand Rapids From AP and UPI Two airplanes crashed within 10 minutes of each other last night, killing six persons at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and four persons at Kent County Airport in Grand Rapids, of- ficials said. Four of the six victims in the Detroit crash died at the scene. Two other passengers were dead on arrival at Wayne County Generaf Hospital. BOTH PLANES were attempting landings when they crashed, authorities said. At Metro airport, 20 miles southeast of Ann Arbor, a Lear jet "exploded on impact" at 7:35 p.m., according to Lt. William Parkman of the Wayne County Sheriff's Depar- tment. The names of the victims were not immediately released. THE LEAR JET was owned by Massey-Ferguson, Inc. plane crasl The origin of the flight was South Bend, Indiana. "It just went kaboom," said an unidentified man who said he saw the crash. "It skidded down the runway and went kaboom" . IN GRAND RAPIDS, a twin-engine Cessna Aerostar, owned by the Simmons Co., overturned while landing at 7:27 p.m., killing four persons and injuring two others critically, said the Kent County Sheriff's Department. hes kill 10 Kent County Airport director Bert Ross said the airplane was en route from Marquette to Lansing when it called into the control tower to report its wings were icing. At Metro, the twin-engine craft touched down on an air- port runway, exploded and burned, authorities said. "The plane got pretty badly mangled and burned and what they have to do is pull the fuselage apart," said Louis Sugo, spokesman for the Wayne County Road Commission, THE CHILD'SL FREEZN RAIN WLAEWLo-i nhI ih-80s See editorial page See Today for details Vol. LXXXIX, No. 92 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 20, 1979 Ten Cents Eight Pages Housing official Finn under scrutiny By DENNIS SABO that time, but says the dwelling was offered Finn was officially promoted to his new ad- Hughes and Johnson both said they have con- University Associate Housing Director John rent-free to disadvantaged University students ministrative position two weeks ago. Univer- fidence in Finn's integrity. Finn said he is un- Finn is being investigated by University of- until they became financially stable. He also sity officials, including Henry Johnson, vice certain why the audit was undertaken. F 'It was not for ience, but for the of others.' my con en- convenience ficials for his year-long access to a furnished North Campus apartment last year, according to University officials. Finn, who was just promoted to his current position this month, was given the key to an apartment at 2241 Hubbard Rd. sometime in the fall of 1977 by a Northwood office employee, University officials said. Finn gave it back in October when Housing officials discovered the situation, the officials said. FINN, 36, ADMITS having access to the $2,000-a-year one-bedroom residence during said he made the arrangement so he could have a "model" apartment to show prospective ren- ters. Housing Director Robert Hughes called Finn's action a "misjudgment." Finn said: "I'm not stating it was right. But there were minority and black students who were in a very critical time and I helped them. "I JUST SHOWED some people a damn apartment and kept the keys," Finn said. "It was not for my convenience, but for the con- venience of others." president for student services, and former University President Robben Fleming, knew of the apartment arrangement late last year, of- ficials said. Finn had been acting associate housing director for more than a year. Hughes° asked University auditors to in- vestigate the matter earlier this month, soon after Finn's confirmation. UNTIL THE auditor's investigators in- vestigation is complete, no disciplinary action will be taken against Finn, Johnson said. "I'M AT A loss why the auditors are even reviewing the situation when it was reviewed by Hughes before the appointment," Finn said. Because the timing of the disclosure is so close to that of the appointment, Finn, who is black, said he believes he is the victim of a "racial slur," initiated by some University workers, particularly staff members in the Housing Office. The Housing Office staff is pre- dominantly white. See ASSOCIATE, Page 5 -University Associate Housing Director John Finn, on the free use of a University apartment Daily Photo by PAM MARKS p hce mural Aerospace Engineering Prof. Harm Buning serves as master of ceremonies during space. Astronaut alumnus Col. Alfred Worlden returned to campus for the the dedication of a mural summarizing the University's accomplishments in event. See story, Page 8. REFUSE TO PA Y F DER AL 'WAR' T A XES: plan killed by board By MITCH CANTOR THE MONEY previously considered The University Regents yesterday ef- for one consolidated Hill dining hall will fectively closed the door on the be used to replace windows in East possibility of a mass dining hall for Quad, West Quad, Barbour, and dormitory residents on the Hill. Newberry residence halls, and to roof Instead, the board allocated all $4.9 and insulate Northwood I, II, and III million of a HUD loan request to an apartments. Energy Reduction Program. The funds In other action, the board also ap- originally had been slated for the dining proved a $3.79 million diagnostic hall. radiology improvement program and a THE PROPOSED multi-million $7.74 million proposal for consolidating dollar eating facility was turned down University opthalmology services at by the Regents at last November's Parkview/Turnerhospital. meeting by a 3-3 vote. At that time, Both projects are to be funded in- Regent Thomas Roach (D-Grosse Poin- dependently by the University. te) said he would bring up the question THE RADIOLOGY program is being again. David Laro (D-Flint) also ex- implemented due to "urgent pressed interest in reviving the issue.s needs. . . to replace outmoded equip- The plan was dependent, however, on ment, to accommodate presently al- a $2.5 million loan requested from the sent new technologies, to modify department of Housing and Urban inadequate facilities. .. and to provide Development (HUD). Having previously minimum.essential patient amenities," turned down the Hill dining hall, the according to a report submitted to the Regents yesterday decided to use all, Regents by Hospital Director Jeptha instead of half, of the $4.9 million loan Dalston. request for the energy program. The six-part program will eventually "It's safe to assume there will be no add 8,560 square feet of space to the (Hill) dining commons in the Radiology Department. A timetable foreseeable future," said Robert has not yet been set for the plan. Hughes, University housing director. T hough services are not as THE BOARD members - with the inadequate in opthalmology as in exception of Gerald Dunn (D-Lansing), radiology, consolidation of the Op- who was absent - voted unanimously thalmology Department is expected to on the motion. make operations run more efficiently. Another form of meal planning - Construction on the project is slated to week-end consolidation - has yet to be begin in November. brought before the Regents. The IN ANOTHER move, the board voted project, if approved, would. mean that 6-0 in favor of authorizing Hugh Jacob- during the weekends South Quad sen Associates as the architect'firm residents would eat at West Quad, responsible for designing the new Mosher-Jordan residents would eat at Alumni Building to be constructed nor- Markley, and Alice Lloyd residents th of the Michigan League. would eat at Couzens Hall. Last month, the Alumni Association The weekend consolidation plan has Building Committee recommended the been endorsed by the student Rate same firm, but several board members Study Committee as a means of cutting suggested a Michigan firm, instead of dorm costs. See REGENTS, Page 5 Rep. Pursell lands Appropriations spot Ypsi couple continue By PATRICIA HAGEN Ruth and Bruce Graves of Ypsilanti hope to con- vince the U.S. Supreme Court some day that they ought to be able to pay only half the federal income tax the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants from them. And Supreme Court verdict or no, they seem determined to prevent the government from using the money. They say they'd gladly pay all the law requires, if the money went for such needs as school buildings, new buses, or food programs. But they also say they have a right to withdraw their financial support of bombs, missiles, and all other military equipment. THE GRAVES legally owe the IRS thousands of dollars since they began to request that about half of their tax payment be refunded each year and donated to charity instead. The Graves' appeal may become a test case for a growing number of citizens and legislators who think the term "conscientious objec- tor" ought to apply to taxpayers as well as recruits to the armed forces. Ruth Graves and 17 others who by and large feel the same way, met Thursday night at the Public Library for an informal discussion on "The War Tax -s IRS fight Dilemma" sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Frances Eliot, representing the National Council for the World Peace Tax Fund (WPTF), and David Bassett, the honorary chairman for the WPTF National Council, reported on the status of the World Peace Tax Fund Bill, now before Congress. THE BILL, they said, would provide a legal alter- native for taxpayers to express directly on their tax forms their opposition to participation in war and the military. The money would instead be put into a government trust fund, administered by a board of See YPSI, Page 5 Mitchell k From UPI, AP and Reuter With the release of John Mitchell yesterday in Alabama, the federal prison system is empty of Watergate convicts for the first time in six years, completing another chapter in the scandal that sent 25 people to jail and bounced a President from office. The former attorney general was released from a minimum security prison at Maxwell Air Force Base after 19 months in jail. He flew to Washington and managed to duck a large welcoming committee of reporters and haves prison on parole cameramen. THE PIPE-SMOKING, ex-Wall Street lawyer, whose marriage and career collapsed in the scandal, had en- tered the prison June 22, 1977, and his sentence was interrupted by two furloughs totaling slightly more than five months. Mitchell, 65, wearing a tan sports coat and tie, walked to a waiting car' where he paused to speak with repor- ters. "I would like to thank all those won- derful people that have written all those thousands and thousands of letters to me expressing their prayers, concern and thought," he said. SECONDLY, I" would like to congratulate you fellows because this is the last time that you'll have to get up early in the morning to come on out here," he joked. "Thirdly, I'm looking forward to coming back to Alabama and seeing all of my friends down here, and from hen- ceforth, don't call me, I'll call you," he said. Mitchell Iranian protesters seek Khomaini-led government Saturday I By Reuter and AP TEHERAN, Iran - Hundreds of thousands of Iranians jammed the streets nf Teheran earlv vesterdav. BULLETIN At least six persons were shot, one of them fatally, last night by a man holding his wife hostage near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, police said. " The Fifth Annual E/C2 Con- fusion Convention, which attracts sci-fi fans from across the nation, will be held in Ann Arbor this weekend. See story, Page 2. By HOWARD WITT Congressman Carl Pursell (R-Ann Arbor) got "something he's been looking for" on Wednesday, according to his news secretary, William Kerans. The freshman representative was ap- pointed to the powerful House Ap- propriations Committee, the first Republican from Southeast Michigan in the last 20 years to hold such a seat. "As an Appropriations Committee member, I would like to evaluate in- dividual formulas to make sure that Minister Shapour Bakhtiar, endorsed by the shah before the monarch left the country last Tuesday for an indefinite " Tomorrow's Super halve nra ia: f i a :a na Bowl r. 4k . i I NS d