r Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, January 13, 1972 1. r HR-RIP ruling o ballot- spot, city pens doors to nex Radical party gains slot on ballot across state The Human Rights-Radical In- dependent P a r t y (HR-RIP) has been assured a spot on the city's April ballot and the state's Novem- ber ballot following certification of its petitions for a ballot posi- tion by the Board of State Can- vassers. The party had submitted 21,160 signatures in October. Only 14,239 were required to secure a place on the ballot. HR-RIP is the union of the state- wide Human Rights Party and the locally based Radical Independent Party, which ran candidates in a write-in campaign for mayor and a City Council seat in last year's election. Though RIP candidates fared poorly then, observers believe the party's chances are better now that it has secured a ballot posi- tion. In addition, HR-RIP is ex- pected to attract a. large segment of the newly enfranchised 18-21- year-old bloc of voters. HR-RIP has held to a radical platform, advocating community control of police, increased day care facilities for the city, and low cost housing. In addition, it has strongly opposed the city's proposed flat rate income tax. The party is expected to run candidates in races in all of the city's wards this April. However, it will choose its candidates through a party caucus, not through the usual Febrary pri- mary. The Socialist Labor Party also received certification at the same time as HR-RIP. The two parties will join the Republican, Demo- cratic and American Independent parties on the state's November ballot. residency Residency in city wards not required By DAVE BURHENN The one-year ward residen- cy requirement for Ann Ar- bor City Council candidates was ruled unconstitutional on December 30 by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Gra- bow. The decision stipulated that the requirement violated the equal protection clause of the constitution. It is now possible for an Ann Arbor resident to run for a city office without having to live in one ward for a year prior to regis- tration for candidacy. However, while it appears that this ruling may make it easier for students, who are more mo- bile than most groups in the popu- lation, to run for office, a bar still exists to prospective candidates between 18 and 21 this year,There is a requirement that any person filing for election in the city must n. have been a registered voter for at ~ ; "-::; .........least 1 year. Since the constitutional amend- ment.was passed in July no new -Associated Press voters can meet this requirement campaign circuit. Sen. Henry for the upcoming city elections. Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D- Sn. Hberb uhey.(D Feld, who could not challenge St. Petersburg, Fla. this provision because he is over 21 and therefore not directly af- fected, thought that it too will niinously soon be challenged in the courts. The residency ruling came as m ar a result of a suit filed by local at- yltorney Carpenter for plaintiffs Daniel Feld, Charlene Stern, and ;mocratic convention. Bruce Kahn. Three-fourths of all delegate Feld, a six year resident of the pport would be based on these gional races. Candidates win- second ward, attempted to file for ng over-all statewide party ma- city council candidacy from that rities would .gain an extra one ward, but discovered that because arter of allocated at-large del- of a short absence last summer ates. from the district, he was ineligi- Milliken's plan has been in- bleTe then decided to instigate a rpreted by many as a simple .cTurthendedto hetla. ample of "political one-upman- court challenge to the law. ip." Not wishing to appear to On November 2, attorney Car- san opponent of election re- penter filed the suit against the rm, critics say, the Governor ct fAnAbradct lr ok his opponents plan and took city of Ann Arbor and city clerk one step further. Harold Saunders. A hearing was The result has been consider- held December 27, with the de- le confusion in Lansing. cision rendered four days later. news briefs by The Associated Press ENEMY ATTACKS IN SOUTH VIETNAM rose to the high- est level since October yesterday and showed no signs of abating in northern Laos. The sharp increase in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese activity in Indochina parallels the Tet offensive of 1968 and comes at the start of the Indochinese dry season when the heaviest fighting usually occurs. REV. PHILIP BERRIGAN'S trial has been postponed until Jan. 24 to consider defense pleas for a change of trial locale to New York City and to examine the questionaires of excused jurors. Berrigan, along with seven other defendants in the trial, will be tried for an alleged plot to kidnap presidential advisor Henry Kissinger. SHEIK MUJIBUR RAHMAN shed his presidential robes yes- terday for those of prime minister to head a parliamentary gov- ernment in Bangladesh. The new nation picked up more support from behind the Iron Curtain. The provisional constitution, issued by Mujib Tuesday, vested most of the country's power in the prime minister, gave no power to the president without the prime minister's consent, and established a constituent assembly to draw up a permanent constitution. GOVERNMENT TAX INVESTIGATORS have zeroed in on 328 drug traffickers in 26 states and assessed them more than $1 million in taxes and penalties, most of it uncollected, officials said yesterday. The program, which aims to take the profit out of the illegal drug trafficking business, singles out alleged. traffickers in the middle and upper echelons of the drug distribution system and puts them under close tax investigation. OPENING THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS SPEED-A-PRINT 619 E. William S.-at, Slate 4i 0 4 Cinema II drops suit By CHARLES STEIN Charges brough against the Or- son Welles Film Society by Cine- ma II were withdrawn by Cinema II representatives last month be- fore the scheduled pre-trial hear- ing with Central Student Judiciary (CSJ). Cinema II, an established cam- pus film group, had charged Or- son Welles with illegally using Cinema II's name to obtain the movie "Woodstock". The distribu- tor of the film had previously can- celled its contract with Orson Welles for earlier contract viola- tions. Cinema II claims that as a re- sult of the actions taken by Orson Welles, the film distributor had demanded payment in advance for future Cinema II films, as the dis- tributor assumed that Cinema II was merely a front organization for Orson Welles. Previously Cinema II had been able to order its movies without prior payment. According to Steve Rosen, a member of the Cinema II organi- zation, the group did not have enough time to adequately pre- pare its case against Orson Welles at the end of the fall term, so the case was withdrawn "without prejudice." Rosen feels that there is no need to resubmit the charges since Or- son Welles' position as a recog- nized student organization expired December 23. Cinema II says it has straightened out its situation with the film distributor, and was able to obtain the film "Bonnie and Clyde" without advance pay- ment. The recent complaint against Orson Welles is only one in a series of charges that have been levelled against the organization. Earlier in the year, Orson Welles was charged with harassing other film groups, operating for a profit signing for an auditorium under an assumed name and obtaining a film without the distributor's con- sent. Its former president, Arthur Maurello, is also under indictment in a civil court for stealing some $2000 worth of film equipment from the University. In response to these charges. the Student Government Council took action against Orson Welles at their October 27 meeting. The council voted to appoint a com- mittee to jointly administer the group's financial records and ac- counts and stipulated that any remaining funds be passed on to SGC to purchase film equipment for student use. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES begin the rigors of thec Jackson (D-Wash.), left, speaks at a New York news conference while Minn.), right, makes a campaign appearance at a shuffleboard match in State Democrats vote unai to support presidential pri (former Barth Tailor Location) t i (Continued from Page 1) gan branch needs to revise its list of accredited delegates to the party's summer convention in Miami. The national delegates now representing M i c h i g a n were chosen in 1968. Thus, if new members are not chosen this year, the Michigan delegation to the convention could be chal- lenged and subsequently unseat- ed. Currently, elected precinct delegates participate in local and statewide conventions that choose delegates to the national conventions. Generally, those delegates support a slate of can- didates who have been hand- picked by party leaders. The plan offered by Milliken would take the following form: Some time in March, Secre- tary of State Richard Austin would post a list of persons that national media coverage sug- gests are generally considered presidential candidates. All would be permitted a per- iod of time, perhaps two weeks, to file their intention to appear on the Michigan ballot. They also would be required to post lists of convention delegates and alternates supporting them. The election would be held on two levels. Voters would pick their favorite candidate and also a slate of party members pledg- ed to vote for that candidate at the summer nominating conven- tion.. Tabulation would be based on how each candidate and his slate fared in each of the state's 19 Congressional districts. Thus, if President Nixon car- ried Rep. Gerald Ford's Grand Rapids district, he would count on those delegates at the San Diego convention. Similarly, if Edmund Muskie carried the Detroit District of U.S. Rep. Martha Griffiths, he would be ensured of the support of that area's delegates at the De sur reg nin jo] qu eg te ex shi be far too it ab PRI NTI NG WHILE YOU WAIT XEROX COPIES 4 .1 1i * EVERYTHING PRINTED .*e " TYPESETTING 9 Lee Composition & Printing Co. 761-4922 I Students caught buying papers fail course, draw 'probation' *' SHOP NOW! SHOP COMFORTABLY! By DANIEL JACOBS Two University students who submitted identical papers pur- chased from a commercial paper writing company last term have been placed on disciplinary pro- bation for one year, and have received failing grades in the course in question. The punishment resulted from a decision of the LSA Adminis- trative Board which ruled that the purchase of such commer- cial papers is a form of pla- giarism. The maximum penalty for plagiarism is expulsion from the University. Eugene Nissen, Administrative Board secretary, said that "dis- ciplinary probation" meant that future infractions would war- rant more severe action. In addition, he noted, the pla- giarism charge will appear on the students' permanent aca- demic record, unless they can successfully petition the Uni- versity to have it removed upon their graduation. One of the students involved cited "personal problems" as a motivation for turning to a pa- per - writing service, while the other refused to comment. Shortly before the board's rul- ing, the manager of Write-On Term Papers Inc., where the papers were allegedly pur- chased, claimed the incident had resulted from "deliberate sabotage" by a rival company. In summation of the discipli- nary action, LSA Dean Frank Rhodes said, "The Administra- tive Board of the College, in continuing to act in such mat- ters concerning academic dis- cipline, expects that each mem- ber of the academic commun- ity will maintain the highest standards of integrity in the pursuit of knowledge. The board will continue to discipline indi- viduals wherever a breach of this academic honesty is estab- lished." Here's a way to beat book rush crowds 0 0 . at the U CELLAR... 0 EXPERIMENTAL INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT (Pol. Sci. 111) Interested in participating in an experimental course? Anxious to develop skills for understanding politics? Designed to help students think about and analyze politics in- telligently, the class will experiment with several new techniques: evening workshops will analyze videotapes of TV news, Nixon statements, etc., and engage students in simulation of Presiden- tial nomination and election campaignamong other things. Dis- cussion sections organized around specific issue topics (politics of ecology, minority politics, etc.). Lecture: Mon.-Wed. 2:00; Workshop: Wed. OR Thus., 7:00-9:30; Discussion section, Fri- day at 12:00 OR 2:00. For further information, check with the student counseling office or come to the first class, Monday, Jan. 17th, 2:00 P.M., Natural Science Auditorium. I I We have thousands of used course books, cheap; all required and recommended books for all courses in the University including the professional schools; and we discount all new books FIVE PER CENT! Plus, get this, we discount school supplies AT LEAST FIFTEEN PER CENT (heavy, huh?)! What more could one want, you ask? Lotsa space to wander around in while choosing your books, natch. With you in mind, as always, we rented the Union ballroom for book rush and all course books (except med, dent and architecture which are in the regular basement store) are waiting there for your perusal. No more dings on your body from frenzied elbows. Lotsa space. 4 [ - A new natural foods restaurant: Naked Lunch food as natural as life inexpensive, carefully prepared. LUNCH SERVED FROM 11:00-2:30 P.M. MONDAY-FRIDAY in the basement of the NEWMAN CENTER 331 Thompson, 761-1154 9 I I Unfortunately, we have to vacate the ballroom Satur- day night and move our operation to the Pendleton Library on the second floor of the Union next to the bil- i I I I FAST, EASY CASH! GENEROUS PEOPLE ARE BUYING BOOKS FROM FOLKS LIKE YOU, RIGHT NOW! ii iards room. (The Pendleton Library is also pretty roomy, SAVE! up to 333%% but not quite as roomy as the ballroom.) So, our mes- sage is... 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