DIVESTURE See editorial page P Eighty-Nine Years of Editorial Freedom :4E aiuj ALMOST NICE High-320 Low--15 See Today for details Vol. LXXXIX, No. 130 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 15, 1979 Ten Cents Ten Pages Mideast peace treaty signing near Israeli Cabinet approves key points rNroo PRESIDENT CARTER, AFTER completing his Mideast peace mission, returns the open armed welcome of well-wishers at Andrews Air Force Base yesterday. 'U' profs doubt lasting peace despite pact By JOYCE FRIEDEN Though it appears the Egyptian- Israeli peace treaty will be approved by a narrow majority of the Israeli Knesset, prospects are doubtful for lasting peace in the Mideast, said three University professors in separate in- terviews yesterday. "Steps toward peace (such as the Mideast treaty) are destabilizing and tend to polarize the opposing sides," said Political Science Professor Raymond Tanter. Tanter said the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), which is opposed to the treaty, will try to make it ineffective. "The PLO will heat up terror in Lebanon and in the West Bank," he said. ANOTH ER MIDEAST expert, Political Science Professor Zvi Gitelman, agreed that the PLO con- stitutes a major threat to Mideast peace. "The PLO is in a position to sabotage the treaty by making autonomy in the West Bank impossible. They would do this by terrorizing West Bank residents into rejecting autonomy. Making the treaty depen- dent on this issue makes it dependent on the PLO," Gitelman said. C. W. Henry, political science professor and expert on Egypt, said "The PLO is opposed to the treaty because it provides no assurance that Palestinians not living on the West Bank would be allowed to return there. This leaves out two-thirds of the Palestinian population." Henry added that Israel is reluctant to consider complete West Bank autonomy. "What more do we have to give Israel to make the framework for autonomy something to hold out the prospect of a Palestinian state on the West Bank?" EACH PROFESSOR had a different view on which side made the most con- cessions in the peace pact. According to Tanter, both sides made some com- promises. "Israel asked to have preferential treatment when buying See PROFS, Page 7 From Reuter, AP and UPI The Israeli cabinet yesterday approved the key proposals for a peace treaty and Egypt's President Sadat said he will fly to Washington next week to sign the pact if all continues to go well. The Israeli cabinet in Jerusalem paved the way for a peace treaty with Egypt by approving two key proposals presented by President Carter during his just completed Middle East negotiations. The vote was 15 in favor and none against with one minister deferring his vote. THE ISRAELI Knesset must now ap- prove the proposals, which is said to be virtually assured. One proposal deals with supply of oil from the Sinai fields which Israel would evacuate under a peace treaty and. the other concerns stages of withdrawal from Sinai and timing of exchange of ambassadors. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin -has threatened to resign if the Knesset does not agree to the set- tlement. In Cairo, Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said in a television interview yesterday that if there were no delays in. Israeli approval, the English- language version of the peace treaty-the first between an Arab nation and the Jewish state-could be signed in Washington "by Thursday or Friday of next week." "I DON'T anticipate any problems, especially after the Israeli cabinet's acceptance of the treaty draft today." The premier said, "If there are no problems and things go normally,- Sadat and myself will fly to Washington to sign the treaty either next Thursday or Friday." Begin has said the signing could take place as early as next week.. Informed sources in Israel said one important compromise was reached when Israel dropped its demand to buy oil directly from Egyptian oil wells and settled for an American guarantee of supplies for 15 years. ISRAELI RADIO SAID Egypt would in fact sell oil to Israel, but this would not be written into the treaty. The nature of the other compromise. was less clear, but it was believed to in- volve a more precise timetable for Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, and an Israli concession on Egypt's demand to station "liaison of- ficers" in the Israeli-held Gaza Strip to oversee moves toward autonomy in the area. In Washington, President Carter said yesterday the Israeli cabinet's ap- proval of his Middle East ,peace proposals settles all outstanding issues on the proposed Israeli-Egyptian treaty. He was effusive in his praise for both Begin and Sadat, with whom he con- ferred in Cairo before returning to the United States. "At this historic moment, I want to congratulate the great leaders of both countries . . . for their leadership and the courage that they have consistently demonstrated," he said. "The peace which their peoples so clearly need and want is close to a reality. I am proud that our country has been able to assist these two long-time See MIDEAST, Page 7 Treaty to cost U.S. $5 billion in aid From AP and Reuter WASHINGTON-President Carter told a group of Senate and House mem- bers yesterday that an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty will cost American tax- payers about $5 billion in additional aid to the two nations, according to some who attended the president's briefing. Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker (R-Tenn.) said, "It appeared that the financial commitment would be about a billion dollars a year for four years. We are talking about something in the range of four to five billion dollars."~ REP. STEPHEN SOLARZ (D-N.Y.) said he understood the cost would be roughly $4 billion and said "this is a relatively small price to pay for peace." It was understood that the proposed additional aid would include about $4 billion in military aid for both Israel See AGREEMENT, Page 7 'U' student regent still unlikely By MITCH CANTOR Despite a strong nationwide trend toward student participation in college policy-making, student representation on the University's Board of Regents seems at least several years away. Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) President Eric Arnson, who last April presented a proposal to the Regents for a non-voting student member, said op- position to the idea was fairly strong at that time. Though the proposal failed by a mere 3-2 margin, Arnson remains pessimistic about student participation in policy-making in the future. THE MSA CHIEF will meet with Regents in April to once more advocate student participation in University decision-making. Whether or not the Regents agree to ease restrictions on student par- ticipation in lower levels of policy- making, Arnson is certain a student regent is far in the future. "I think with the current composition (of the Regents) it seems like it just won't happen," he said. He added that the Regents' "we make the decisions and we'll tell you about them attitude (is) very similar to the attitude (they have) taken in the presidential selec- tion process." WHEN THE Regents reviewed MSA's proposal, Regents Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor), Robert Nederlander (D-Birmingham), and Thomas Roach (D-Grosse Pointe), who rejected the measure, cited several reasons for. their opposition. Nederlander argued that students already have access to Regents and administrators, so the added step is un- necessary. Another reason for opposition, em- phasized by Baker, was that other campus groups, such as faculty and alumni, might also ask for represen- tation if the students were granted a voice. REGENT GERALD DUNN (D- Lansing) who officially offered the resolution, and Regent Sarah Power (D-Ann Arbor) had apparently changed their minds on the issue since the board unanimously opposed a student Regent resolution in November 1975. Since last year, however, the Regents have remained opposed to the idea. Regent David Laro (D-Flint) believes the structure of the Board, mandated by the Michigan Constitution, offers a fair voice to the students. "THERE ARE EIGHT Regents; they represent the people from the state. There isn't an issue which comes up in which the student view is not represen- ted," Laro said. "One doesn't have to be a student to represent students." "In the foreseeable future, I don't see a change," Baker said. He added that he still believes an offer of represen- tation to students will prompt other groups to demand equal treatment "like night after day." Power would not commit her self on the issue. Though she said she could see many problems with a student regent, she said she is "willing to work with anyone. If it comes around, I would gladly work with it." THE STRONGEST administration advocate of student representation on the board is Vice-President for Student Services Henry Johnson. Johnson, like student advocates of the plan, claims it would be a chance for students to make their views known at times when they would have the most impact: at the meetings. "I think it's just simply one ad- ditional source of immediate input," he said. "I don't know that the presence would make the Regents any more or less effective as a policy-making body. The important thing is that the person be informed and articulate." WHILE ONLY regental approval would be necessary to provide for a non-voting student regent, an amen- See REGENTS, Page 10 KENWORTHY, BELCHER DEBATE POTHOLES, PLANNING: Mayo: alcandi aedates fc f ment . . . would make the extension of daries," Belcher said, referring to When asked by an audie State and Eisenhower Streets more recent negotiations with outlying town- how effectively they thou convenient," said Kenworthy. City ships over official dividing lines. "For has been minimizing mari the first time in history, we have set a the high schools, the size for Ann Arbor." responded with diverging vi Th'ursday =ME=" * University economists have predicted a 'near recession' later this year. See story, Page 2. * Palestinian educator Philip Farah spoke last night on Israeli repression of Palestinians on the West Bank. See story, Page 2. * The seventeenth annual Ann Arbor Film Festival began Tuesday evening, starting off a six-day screening of over 25 hours of films. For a glimpse of what the first night was like, see review, Page 5. " Tennis Coach Brian Eisner previews the men's season. See story, Page 8. 0 Reed the Today column, Pge 3 By ELISA ISAACSON In the first mayoral debate of the election season, incumbent Republican Louis Belcher and Democratic conten- der James Kenworthy crammed outlines of their respective platforms into a 45-minute breakfast session before the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. In the pink and red surroundings of the Roma Hall Castle, less than three weeks before the election, the can- didates discussed street repair, high school marijuana use, and the mayor's record in office. KENWORTHY opened by answering negatively to three questions he said are crucial to the city's well-being. The questions were: Are local roads soun- dly constructed, is City Hall planning adequately for the future, and is Ann Arbor in better financial shape than it was last year? Without going into much detail, since he was restricted by a rigid time restriction, Kenworthy attacked Belcher's street repair program as "shoddy and unrealistic." The Democratic candidate charged that the city has incurred a $200,000 deficit because too much money was spent last year on road "patching," which he con- siders an ineffectual method that can- not last longer than a few years. Belcher retaliated, however, by declaring, "Regardless of what my op- ponent says, the streets patched last year ... have held." KENWORTHY SAID the city is "not really doing any nlanning" for the Council, however, has already moved against the expansion of those two roads. The incumbent, though, said he has been launching several important projects that will prove beneficial to the city later on. "We have begun to define our boun- ANOTHER PROJECT the /mayor cited is the southwest fire station, sub- ject to voter approval in the upcoming election. The station would be the last built in the area, since the city's growth would be limited by the boundary restrictions. The response time for the station is estimated as four and a half minutes, Belcher said, as opposed to the current area response time of six and one half minutes. city elections '79 "I think the city's been doing well in curbing it," Belcher declared. "We are doing everything we can to crack down on the suppliers. This is something both parties on Council feel - that these people who have been pushing drugs to young people are the scum of the ear- th." Of the pot-smoking situation, Ken- worthy said, "I don't think the city of Ann Arbor has a great influence on that." ce member ght the city juana use in candidates" iews. experts investigate contaminated local lakes 01i-- 2" -.~ A group .4.r.. ~.~ plans t T. A buy. local r0 By ALISON HIRSCHEL -S4 -. Though it may be a year before a final agreement is reached, representatives of a non-profit ° °A city corporation are confident they will succeed in purchasing the historic Michigan Theater. The five-member corporation. was organized by City Council to purchase the theater after several local groups expressed interest in preserving the 50- year-old Ann Arbor landmark. The theater, located at 603 E. BY TOM MIRGA Spurred by citizen concern over the closing of nearby Ford and Belleville Lakes, a team of University environ- mental and water quality experts is completing a preliminary study to pin- point causes of pollution in the lakes. The study, due out at the end of the month, will be followed with a full-scale Center at the University, said the group's responsibilities include the collection and review of existing infor- mation on the lakes, the development of a mathematical model to simulate the lake's bacterial ecosystem, and the development, and implementation, of a detailed field sampling program in support of the model.