ROTC: EATING UP YOUR MONEY See Editorial Page Y S ir~rgx tit TEMPERATE High-29 Low-17 Partly sunny and warmer Vol. LXXXII, No. 103 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 1 1, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages STILL PENDING: Nixon voids. Housing unit backs black residence plan' more peace concessions; air war up By KAREN TINKLENBERG The Housing Policy Com- ! mittee unanimously approved "in principle" yesterday the formation of black housing units within the dormitory system. The motion, which is subject to another reading by the com- mittee, could also be overturned by the Regents before implemen- tation. The housing units proposed by the motion, though intended for blacks, would be open to all stu- dents. Over 100 blacks and 20 white 4 students attended the meeting to express their positions on the is- sue. According to President Robben Fleming the Regents will prob- ably consider the action before it can be effected. He said there was considerable discussion among the ' Regents when a similar proposal for a black sorority in Oxford housing was approved. Housing director John Feld- kamp favored the move. The proposal, introduced by committee member Phil Cherner, did not specify locations for the ' units. "Details will be worked out later," he said. The meeting was marked by intense debate on the issue by residents of Stockwell and South Quad. A statement prepared by black Stockwell r e s i d e n t s charged "white harrassment" in the dorm as grounds for a separate cen- trally - located black corridor and black government. South Quad representative Lee Gill called for the establishment of Afro-American and African Cultural Centers to be located on the fifth and sixth floors of Bush and Gomberg Houses. Gail Nelson, spokeswoman for the Stockwell group, cited as problems invasion of black's pri- vacy by white R.A.s, dehumaniz- ing treatment of black male visi- tors, and the dormitory govern- ment's unresponsiveness to griev- ances, See BLACK, Page 1@' More jets movedto SAIGON ) -- The United States launched the largest number of air raids in four months yesterday as an ap- parent warning to North Viet- nam of heavy retaliation in the event of the big Com- munist offensive predicted this month. The raids came as U.S. forces continued a major operation to increase the number of warplanes in the Indochina theater. Three aircraft carriers, hold- ing a total of about 350 fighter- bombers, have been moved into the Gulf of Tonkin. There is also speculation that a fourth carrier, the Kitty Hawk, might soon be ordered to Vietnam. It is the first time three car- riers have been operating off the Vietnamese coast at one time since Nov. 1970. during the heavy raids that accompanied the un- successful attempt to free Amer- ican prisoners of war from the Son Tay camp near Hanoi. In a d d i t i o n, administra- tion sources in Washington said three squadrons of B52s had been f ordered to the western Pacific from Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Tex.; Dyess AFB, John Feldkamp Phil Cherner . " The Housing Policy Committee gave final approval yes- terday to next year's residence' hall rates, which will remain the same as this year. Only Oxford housing, on a deficit budget, will increase rates by 2.5 per cent, or about $17 to $23 per year depending on the room. The rate stabilization will not affect dorm services, al- though the Housing Office's rate committee has recommended that weekend meal service be eliminated due to lack of stu- dent response.. The committee also recommended a "65-35" payment plan be adopted when administratively possible. Under this plan a Abilene, Tex., and Orlando, Fla. McCoy AFB, student would pay 65 per cent NEWSPAPER: " $10,000 offered for facts about U' fires Rewards totalling up to $10,000 have been offered for informa- tion concerning the fires that have been set on campus over the past two weeks. The Detroit News said yester- day it will pay $2,000 for infor- mation leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone starting a fire in the future. The newspaper, through its "Secret Witness" program, will also offer rewards of $2,000 each for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who started one of the fires at the University. In addition, Student Govern- ment Council last night approved a motion to offer a $500 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the arsonist or arsonists. Police suspect arson in 18 fires at the General Library, Under- graduate Library, Angell Hall, the Michigan Union, West Quad- rangle and the Student Activities Building. The most recent blaze, set Tuesday at the General Li- brary, destroyed 57 valuable books in the library's Center for Language and Literature. Among the lost items were 19th century works of British poets John Ruskin and William Morris, described as 'valuable and indispensible to scholarship by Rolland Stewart, associate di- rector of University Libraries. Other damaged materials have included a movie screen, bulletin board, and wastebaskets. There have been no injuries in any of the fires and most have been put out before firemen ar- rived on the scene. Damages, however, have been estimated at $5,000 in lost materials. Police have apparently de- veloped no new leads in the fires. A man and a woman have each been seen leaving the scene of two of the fires. Since the fires began, the hours of operation at the libraries have been curtailed. In addition, the libraries have taken extra se- curity measures to guard against a recurrence of the arson. of the dorm contract cost the fall term and 35 per cent dur- ing the winter term. If a lease cancellation policy is implemented, the payment plan will also be put into effect. Other- wise the plan will not be used next year. The lease cancellation plan, un- der review by a housing policy sub-committee, would allow for cancellations within a certain, as yet unspecified, time period. In other action, a motion by William Dobbs, a member of the committee, reversed a previous decision to change a proposed 200- unit housing project site. The or- iginally proposed site for the hous- ing is near Northwood Terrace Apartments. Thee site was changed to Huron Parkway and Hubbard last year. Dobbs claimed the decision to change the site was invalid be- cause a quorum was not present when the committee voted on the action. Yesterday's reversal was made in an attempt to persuade the Regents to approve the plan, as the site change would reduce the project's cost by approximately $21,000 percunit.The Regents will consider the project at a Plant Extension Committee meeting on Feb. 28. Committee member and North- wood Terrace Association (NTA) representative Ronald Beck strong- ly objected to the motion. He com- plained. that the committee had violated all procedural rules by It is the first strong reinforce- ment of heavy bombers since the United States began disengaging from the Vietnam war in 1969. Some observers felt the aircraft moves demonstrated Nixon's lack 'of confidence in the Vietnamese ability to protect departing U.S. soldiers, although the adminis- tration has consistently claimed that Vietnamization is successful. The show of aerial strength also raises the possibility of massive retaliation against North Viet- nam should Hanoi launch an of- fensive. The aircraft carriers in the Ton- kin Gulf sent scores of warplanes to attack suspected enemy sites in Laos and dispatched reconnais- sance jets over North Vietnam. The movement of planes into the South Pacific, coupled with the reconnaisance operations, has sparked speculation that Presi- dent Nixon may shortly order a new massive wave of attacks against the North. Since December, Pentagon of- ficials have been predicting that the Communists would launch a major offensive effort during Tet -Vietnam's dry season. The attacks have not yet ma- terialized, but U.S. sources are still standing by their earlier pre- dictions. The fear of a Tet offensive was officially cited by Army sources in December as necessitating the major air attacks against North Vietnam during that month. However, junior officers polled' last week by the Associated Press said they did not believe an enemy; offensive was as imminent as the1 Pentagon has been predicting. i -_-_ St I By JIM O'BRIEN In a heated six-hour meeting, the city Board of Education dis- cussed a proposal Wednesday aimed at achieving greater ra- cial balance in Clinton and Southeast elementary schools. Approval of the plan, which calls for the "pairing" of the schools, appears uncertain. The final decision will be - made at next week's board meeting. R. Bruce McPherson, superin- tendent of Ann Arbor schools, submitted the "pairing" plan, which would involve busing of students between the two ele- mentary schools. Kindergarten through second grade students, now attending the overcrowded though racially balanced Clinton school, would be bused to the new Southeast elementary school. All third to fifth grade students would be bused to, Clinton school. The Clinton school district in- cludes both elementary schools, divided by Interstate 94, all stu- dents in the district now attend- ing the Clinton school. But ac- SGC stops VP's pay, offers fire reward -Daily-Sara Krulwich Golly gee! A shopping spree! A little boy takes a rest between trying on hats at the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club Rummage Sale yesterday. The sale will continue through tomorrow at club headquarters, Washington and First treets. PAIRING' PROPOSA L: planfor racialb alance Paris talks a ear at stalemate By The Associated Press President Nixon said yester- day "there will be no further concessions" from the United States at the Vietnam peace talks until Hanoi, in his view, agrees to negotiate seriously. The statemient quickly dashed recent reports indicating that the administration was moving toward a more flexible negotiating stance in order to spur progress in the peace talks. Eariler this week, both the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese rejected Nixon's latest peace plan. The talks now appear to be at an impasse. The President's announcement, made at an unannounced-in-ad- vance news conference, was seen as a major statement of support for South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Earlier yesterday, Thieu de- clared that South Vietnam would make no further peace concessions regardless of any compromises the United States might be willing to make. Thieu was responding to a re- cent statement by Secretary of State William Rogers that the United States planned to maintain a "flexible" negotiating position. In addition, Rogers said that all aspects of the President's eight- point peace plan are negotiable. One possibility raised by Rogers' statement was that the United States might end its support of the Thieu regime. Nixon emphasized yesterday that all Paris peace proposals by the allies have had joint Washington- Saigon approval. All future pro- posals will be approved in the same manner, he added. The President's new negotiating stance almost certainly rules out the possibility that a political set- tlement to the Indochina conflict will beuworked out at Paris in the near future. Both Hanoi and the Viet Cong have long insisted that Thieu's im- mediate resignation is the princi- ple condition for reaching a set- tlement. Under the Nixon plan, Tliieu would resign one month before an ,-See PEACE, Page 10 Thursda set for Nixon's trip to China WASHINGTON () -President Nixon announced yesterday that his trip to the People's Republic of China will begin next Thurs- day. Nixon said the visit would pro- duce more talk than solutions, and advised friends and critics not to expect too much from the trip. His itinerary, the President said, "is being kept flexible." "There will not be a great deal of what I would call sightseeing," he added. cording to recent figures, 94 per cent of Clinton's black enrollment comes from the area south of the highway, while the majority of white students live north of the highway. Board president Cecil Warner referred to the highway Wednesday as the "Ma- son-Dixon line." The advantage of busing stu- dents to both schools would be in "maintaining the social, eco- nomic and racial diversity found in the present Clinton Elemen- tary School," according to Mc- Pherson. Under the proposed plan, the current busing of the predomi- nately black students from areas south of the highway to Clinton School would be expanded to two-way busing of black and white students to both schools, according to their grade in school. Warner, who opposed the bus- ing plan on the grounds that it would "uproot the Clinton com- munity," suggested another plan. He proposed that 120 predomi- nantly white students from vari- ous areas outside the Clinton School district, who are current- ly bused to Pattengill Elemen- tary School, should be bused to Southeast School instead. This plan would, in effect, achieve a iRISH CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST Cull en: Commenting on Ireland By DIANE LEVICK In a time when political involvement seems to be declining, Bernard Cullen, an Irish civil rights activist from Belfast, is working on campus to arouse interest and sympathy for the cause of a united Ireland. Cullen, a graduate student in philosophy, ,organized last Friday's Fishbowl rally pro- testing British involvement in the con- tinuing conflict in Northern Ireland. The "Bloody Sunday" tragedy of January 30, in which British soldiers killed 13 civilian A former member of an Irish student civil rights group with Bernadette Devlin, Cullen believes the solution to the problems in Northern Ireland includes the complete evacuation of British troops from that pro- vince and an eventual reunion with the Irish republic. Their combined governments, he believes could operate under some form of social- ism. "Of course," he admits, "this is an over-simplification. I can't wave a magic wand.-" 1 J 1 I 1 By SCOTT GORDON Student Government Council last night voted to terminate the sal- ary of Coordinating Vice President Andre Hunt and asked for his res- ignation.I Council also voted to offer a $500 reward for the information leading to the arrest and convic- tion of the person or persons re- sponsible for the recent fires on campus. Hunt, who did not attend last night's meeting, was appointed to his post upon the expiration of his elective term lastNovember. ac- cording to Council members, per- sonal obligations have kept him from performing his fob effective- ly. SGC member Brad Taylor com- mented that Hunt "hasn't been in the SGC office in three months." The motion concerning Hunt had been postponed from last week's agenda so that he could speak in his own defense. Hunt is not the only appointed Vice President whose post has been questioned in recent months. Ad- ministrative Vice - President Jay Hack has been the target of sev- eral attempts to abolish the post A, CD,.. ._40 years of working though adictionary By LINDA DREEBEN "It's a job like any other job. It has its level of routine, moments when it's pleasing and others when you want to kick it out the window," com- ments Richard McKelvey of a job many might not consider "like any other job." McKelvey is one of seven editors involved in an obscure but unique undertaking-the compiling of a complete historical dictionary of Middle In other action, Council post- poned for two weeks a motion which would require member at large John Koza to reimburse SGC for 18 reams of paper he used for a mailing concerning Rackham Student Government elections. Council also moved to endorse a proposal to be brought up at the March Regents' meeting concern- ing the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM). ' See BUSING, Page 10 'f. ii.j Qt