Skyjack security upp By LORIN LABARDEE Special To The Daily ROMULUS - Last weekend the nation's air carriers were ordered by the federal government to in- stitute stringent new programs to reduce the epidemic of airplane hijackings. - Although there have been few successful, hijackings of flights leaving Detroit's Metropolitan air- port here, the new security mea- sures were very much in evidence this week. They ranged from wholesale shakedown frisks of passengers departing on flights to Europe to screening travelers for concealed weapons departing on domestic journeys. At most gates airline officials checked b'o a r d i n g passengers against a personality and be- havioral profile of the "typical" hijacker. Dozens of f e d e r a 1 agents - many of them with dog-eared airline tickets in their breast pockets and magazines in their hands pretending to be pas- sengers - roamed the terminals constantly in search of potential air pirates. Officials here were tight-lipped when asked about the new pre- cautions. One federal marshal, asked about the behavior profile test, would say only that "it works real well." He declined, as did his supervisor, to furnish any details of the profile. Airline security officials and federal agents both insist that to divulge the contents of the pro- file could enable potential hi- jackers to elude it. The latest gadget in the strug- gle against hijackers is the so- called magnometer, or metal de- tector. Few gates at Metropolitan airport are yet equipped with this device, which is supposed to alert security men with either a flash- ing red light or a high pitched whine when a passenger carrying weapons walks by. Airline officials are experienc- ing difficulties with these gadgets however. The detectors are so sensitive that they are often trig- gered by a keychain, a watch, the metal clips of a suspender belt or shoe buckles. Even if a hijacker can elude the electronic and personality screenings and the inquisitve eyes of the federal marshals, a further barrier can confront them. Trav- eling aboard an unspecified num- ber of flights leaving Metropoli- tan airport are a number of the new "sky marshals." The job of the sky marshals is to stop a hijacking after it has actually begun. As Vice President Spiro Agnew said: "These guards are under instructions to shoot to kill." But even the sky marshals are often powerless to stop a hijack- ing, or feel that to try and do so could involve an aerial shoot-out with grave risks for passengers and crew members. It is probably too early to say whether the federal governments' latest campaign against air pir- acy will succeed. But judging by oed at past evidence, it seems likely that federal agents will continue to make arrests of airline passengers caught in the hijacking net with weapons or drugs. Government statistics s h o w that between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15 last year, federal marshals arrest- ed 1,926 passengers as a result of anti - hijacking precautions. Of these, 538 were held on drugs charges. Another 400 persons were ar- rested by agents of the Depart- ment of the Treasury's customs bureau, but norbreakdown is avail-' able as to how many of these were held for drug law violations. These drug arrests have raised a number of legal questions. A New York Judge, J. Weinstein. ruled in the case of Lopez vs. U.S. that drugs found on Lopez as a consequence of a search were ad- missable as evidence. The judge ruled that because Lopez had been identified as a potential hi- jacker by the personality profile. the system "survives constitution- [lie tro al scrutiny." However, during visits to Metro- politan airport by a reporter for The Daily last week, federal ag- ents were seen on three occasions to subject everyone on the eve- ning Pan-American flight to Lon- don and Amsterdam to searches of their luggage and frisks. Any evidence secured by such indiscriminate searches may be inadmissible in court. University law Prof. Yale Ka- misar, who is said to be one of the nations leading authorities on search and seizure law, said last week that such mass searches can be justified on extra - legal grounds. "In many ways it is better to have everybody subjected to an invasion of privacy because there is a political check against abuse. All economic and social classes (of people) are subjected (to the search) and it removes the stigma created when people (are search- ed) based on the way they look," he said. -Daiy-Denny Gainer FEDERAL MARSHALLS frisk passengers on Pan-Am's flight to London Friday after- noon. The shakedowns, although of dubiou s legality, are part of the government's step-up in air security programs. LY SUNDAY MORNING See Editorial Page 1flfrf~igau :43 tit#, TROPICAL? High--40 Low-25 Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers. Vol. LXXXII, No. 105 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, February 13, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages HEW halts Columbia contracts The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) has announced it will con- tinue to withhold $13.8 million in federal contracts from Columbia University because of that school's 'failure to include sufficient statistical information requested for a re- cently revised affirmative action plan for ending job discrimination. The action could have implications for the University, -which two weeks ago was re- quested by HEW to provide additional sta- tistical information on University employes before HEW approves the University's own affirmative action plan, submitted to that agency more than a year ago. - University officials have said it may be impossible to provide all the information re- quested by HEW. HEW asked Columbia to submit the name, race, sex, position, salary, promotion history and past experience of all of the school's 10,000 employes. Columbia, however, reportedly included only the names, sex and position of some of its employes as part of information it sub- mitted to HEW last December. HEW has set an April 6 deadline for Co- lumbia to satisfy its request for the statistics. After that time, the department will set up a formal hearing that could lead to the can- cellation of $13.8 million in contracts with such federal agencies as the Defense Depart- ment. HEW held up more than $2 million in fed- eral contracts from the University in Octo- ber, 1970, according to J. Stanley Pottinger, director of HEW's Office of Civil Rights. The action was designed to force the Uni- versity to develop an affirmative action plan 4. to end sex discrimination in hiring. The University has until the middle of March to provide the additional information recently requested by HEW, including: -A list of employes with their name, race, sex, job classification, level of education, past job history, and date and method of entry into their current job classification; -Information on employes who have par- ticipated in University training programs, former employes and their reason for leav- ing, and employes with spouses who work for the University; and -A list of women upgraded since imple- mentation of the affirmative action program and a 'report on all academic and adminis- trative personnel hired since the first HEW investigation at the University. See HEW, Page 7 U. S. jets, launch heaviest attack in over one yea -Daily- Lightfoot loosens up at Hill Singer Gordon Lightfoot strikes a heavy chord while playing one of his hits before a sell-out crowd last night FEB. 21 PRIMARY By The Associated Press U.S. forces in Indochina have launched their biggest aerial campaign in 18 months, reportedly trying to wipe out an alleged Communist buildup along South Vietnam's southern border. U.S. tactical fighter bombers and B-52 heavy bombers yesterday and Friday flew 356 strikes in South Vietnam while hundreds more pounded supply trails and staging areas in Laos and Cambodia. On the average, fewer than 10 strikes per day, by contrast, had been flow through Indochina during the past four months. In the midst of the stepped up bombings, the U.S. command has released just one bomb damage assessment, which it calls BDA. A communique said five U.S. Air Force -Tom Gottlieb jets killed 12 Communists in western Kon- tum Province in the central highlands Fri- day, and destroyed two bunkers and 35 fight- at Hill Aud. ing positions. - - - Asked about the lack of bomb damage re- ports from otherstrikes, a U.S. spokesman replied: "We are not sending American ground troops into an area just for the pur- pose of collecting a BDA." w He implied that information was still being compiled by aerial observers, and the U.S. Command does not want to risk sending sot- diers into areas known to have large Corn- , munist troop concentrations, where most of p o t the air strikes occur. No results have been issued for recent mis- sions by B-52 bombers. The Stratofortresses flew 12 raids in South Vietnam Friday and to run in the yesterday morning, the highest number in touny inth one 24-hour period since January, 1970. unhappy with Propeller-driven Skyraiders and subsonic e me. One of jets of the South Vietnamese airforce are acil seats this also participating in the aerial campaign. ,an offer "re- They have flown 383 missions in the past tation" to the four days. Saigon headquarters said 94 of these oc- ant run' ex-curred Friday and yesterday morning, caus- "ant towin", ing six secondary explosions, seven fires "left wing of and the destruction of 18 bunkers and 29 fortifications. ed at present, The massive air strikes are aimed at pre- diminished in empting a Communist command offensive expected this month. Most of the targets have been in the northern 1st military re- gion and the 2nd military region that en- compases the central highlands and the coastal lowlands. More than 100 Communist attacks and shellings have been reported in these regions during the past four days, although only one has resulted in abandonment o, a govern- ment position. A militia outpost in coastdl Binh Diph Province was abandoned Friday after a 24-hour siege y a Communist force of battalion size. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told a luncheon in San Diego on Friday that U.S. naval forces are on standby in the Pacifiv in case the North, Vietnamese launch an offensive during the Tet lunar New Year holiday which begins T_,sday. He said the two aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin were joined this week by the See VIETNAM, Page 7 Steinem -set to. speak for wo-men's unit Feminists Gloria Steinem and Margaret Sloan will speak on "sexism and racism" to- morrow night as part of a benefit for the Ann Arbor Feminist House, a proposed off- campus women's center. Steinem is a writer for New York maga- zine and editor of the new women's magazine "Ms." Sloan has been a leader of the Illinois Women's Abortion Coalition and a coordi- nator of Operation Breadbasket, a Chicago- based operation to provide food for needy blacks. The speech will begin at 8:30 at Power Center. Tickets may be purchased at the Michigan Union, the Fishbowl and at the door. Fourth Ward GOP's pose VI( 3 vying for council ballot S] By DAVE BURHENN Republican residents of Ann Arbor's Fourth Ward will find three diverse candi- dates on the city council primary ballot when they vote in the Feb. 21 city election. elections '72: ann arbor Sarah Steingold, who in the past was more closely associated with the Democratic party, Bruce Benner, Jr., a middle-aged bank executive, and Charles Frank, a 22 year old conservative, will vie for the right to face Democratic and Human Rights Party ch lengers for the seat of retiring Republic councilman James Stephenson in the Ap 3 general elections. The Fourth Ward, located in the sout western section of Ann Arbor has traditio ally been a Republican stronghold. Contai ing few students or blacks, it comprises large block of the city's middle and upp middle class citizens. The three candidates, while expressi significant differences of opinion on ma city issues, to some degree, all reflect t concerns and interests of their fellow rec dents. al- an Aril th- n- n- a er ing Steingold says she decidedt primary because she was "very the candidates who filed befor two women. running for cour year, she believes that she c sponsible, progressive represen people of her ward. Acknowledging that "you d cept as a Republican if youv Steingold places herself in the the GOP" ny Steingold, who is not employ he says that "city services havec nilif 11 C o fo hn -I; SECOND-HAND STORES Recycled' goods flow in town 4 By SUSAN BROWN In the name of the environment, but with an eye toward economy, "recycled" goods have become increasingly common here. This isn't recycling in the usual paper and glass sense of the word, but the resale of clothing, furniture and appliance. Recycled is just nice word for used, ex- plains 23-year-old Ed Davidson. Davidson, a recent University of Iowa graduate, is pro- prietor of the Bivouac, an army surplus store. His stock includes not just govern- me nt cRnmI c, items Nit nlcon ''rnnPl ries jeans, old French army helmets, march- ing band uniform coats, prison jackets, Hawaiian skirts, and camping equipment. Another aspect of the recycled goods trend is trading for items. The Yankee Peddler, a new firm near campus, gets most of its stock through trade- ins, selling the rest on consignment. The store, which opened last Sept. 1, has not been doing as well as the young owner, who prefers to remain anonymous, had ex- pected. "I thought a place like this would quany. he freels tnat police, tire, an public works, all basic city services, should ube maintained at present levels. Steingold specifically recommends restoring "high quality services in the areas of refuse col- lection, street cleaning, maintenance and snow removal." Steingold is opposed to the proposed city income tax, because it "would not provide funds this year for the city to run on." She favors a graduated income levy and adds, "I'd much rather see a higher income tax and a lower property tax." Steingold believes that the decaying city central business district can be revived through the use of "parks, restaurants, and little shops that would draw people." If she had been on council, Steingold says, she would have voted against the proposed Bri- arwood shopping center, even though her husband was representing interests behind the development. Many have contended that the huge shopping area will hasten the de- mise of downtown Ann Arbor. By DIANE JONES Dispatch News Service International SAIGON - A police jeep with four white-shirted officers pulls up in front of a newstand. A policeman jumps out and begins leafing through the 30 or more dif- ferent newspapers displayed on the counter. "Any Tin .Sangs, Song Thans?" he asks the old woman proprietor who sits behind the stand. She shakes her head sourly. After searching through the papers once more the police officer climbs back into his jeep and drives away. A bystander walks up to the stand. "What was he looking for?" he asks. Thien govt. confiscates uncomplimen tary papers From September to November last year, Tin Sang was confiscated every day. But despite government efforts to suppress the newspaper, "confiscated" issues still cir- culate from 28,000 to 30,000 copies "under- the-counter." Regularly, the paper sells about 50,000 copies an issue. As well as simply seizing copies of Tin Sang, the government imposes fines on the newspaper every time it prints material judged by the Thieu regime as "harmful to the national security or harmful to the public order." This year Tin Sang has been taken to court 104 times. The paper rhas won favor- ,, _ _ . ..