SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES See Editorial Page I r 0fr~iAa A& :43 a t I RIPPING High--35 Low-25 Windy, showers or snow flurries Vol. LXXXlI, No. 140 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, April 4, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Page De Grieck, Wechsler win in City Council race; Republicans capture other 3 wards * * * I. med Viet advances Ashley-First proposal loses by large margin By CHRIS PARKS with inainr Breaking almost every political rule, and shocking "experts", the Human Rights Party (HRP) captured two five City Council seats in yesterday's election. the out N ff w countera t Cks SAIGON (R) - The five-day- old North Vietnamese inva- sion stalled today according to t military officials. The allies launched a massive counter- offensive across South Viet- nam's northern front, includ- ing amphibious landings. The U.S. Navy committed its big- gest force since the 1968 bombing halt. Saigon's commander in the north, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam,r said "we have stopped them now." He estimated North Vietnamese casualties in the battle below the demilitarized zone at 2,000 killedj by ground fighting and air and' artillery strikes. He said govern- ment casualties were 200 killed and 600 wounded. Nearly a score of B52 bombers h a m m e r e d North Vietnamese forces trying to outflank the de- fenders of Quang Tri from thel west and southwest. The main i Communist drive meanwhile bogged down north of Quang Tri' in the face of stiffened govern- ment resistance. Thousands of South Vietnamese assaulted the banks of the Cua Viet River to secure the coastline from Communist forces trying to encircle Quang Tri City or move south. The Seventh Fleet assembled at_ least four aircraft carriers and , The city's new student voters came out in droves and voted heavily for HRP, giving the new party the margin of victory in the First and Second wards. The HRP' turnout in the Fourth and Fifth wards - although comparatively small -probably took enough potential Democratic votes to ensure Republican victories. The election makes the composition of the council five Republicans, four Democrats and two Human Rights Party members. The Democrats - who had said I their minimum hope was to win in the First Ward - won no seats, while the Republicans scored vic- tories in the Third, Fourth and 0 " Fifth Wards. jurors sti City voters also voted over 2-1 to defeat the controversial Ashley- First (Packard-Beakes) bypass bonding proposal. _ 11 ieeii HRP candidaL 'IT «..ancy15..ecnsier -Associated Press On the campaign trail Gov. George Wallace of Alabama shakes his fist yesterday as he delivers a speech in Janesville, Wis. Wallace is campaigning for today's primary election. ALLEGED ERRORS: CSto reconsider SGC election di pute -Daily-Robert Wargo VICTORIOUS HUMAN Rights Party (HRP) candidates Jerry De Grieck (top right) and Nancy Wechsler (top left) celebrate after winning two s eats on City Council in the election yesterday. HRP, supporters cheer the news at party headquarters (bottom). De Grieck was elected in the First Ward, Wechsler in the Second. The Ashley -First bond proposal was overwhelmingly defeated by voters yesterday. four destroyers to back up 20,000 CRISLER. VISIT: South Vietnamese ground troops. Another 5,000 South Vietnamese reinforcements were ordered to the northern front.- Naval guns opened up against the DMZ's southern half. A White House spokesman in Washingtonreported the Presi- dent summoned a special foreignh nnl-n. ,i-nnc o fint' Ithe nffonsie~', .eping pong team HRP candidate Nancy Wechsler won by over 500 votes in the heav- ily student-populated S e c o n d Ward. HRP was expected to do well there. But in the First Ward -long considered a Democratic stronghold - the victory of HRP candidate Jerry DeGrieck was, For complete but unofficial returns see Page 10. greeted with stunned disbelief by City Hall experts. DeGrieck took four of the ward's seven precincts. In the third pre- cinct, which includes the "Hill" dorms, DeGrieck rolled up 1,020 votes - a margin of 663 votes over Democrat John Kirscht, his clos- est competitor. Unofficially, De Grieck received 2,315 votes, to 2,069 for Kirscht and 1,964 for Republican Robert Foster. Wechsler won the Second ward with 2,176, to 1,508 for Republican Tom Burnham and 1,465 for Dem-, ocrat Mike Morris. Wechsler got her victory with huge majorities in the student- dominated first and second pre- cincts. She came out of the cam- pus area with an 824 vote lead - too much for Burnham to catch up in the pro-Republican out- lying areas. In the Third ward, Republican C. William Colburn won with 3,220 votes to 2,383 for his DemocraticE opponent Ulrich Stoll. HRP entry Genie Plamondon's strong show- ing in student-populated first pre- cinct was not enough to put her in contention in the ward as a whole. The candidacies of David Black and Nancy Romer Burghardt of HRP in the Fourth and Fifth wards effectively blocked victories for the Democratic candidates Mona Walz and Franz Modgis. Although HRP totals in these. wards were relatively low - 793 in the Fourth and 459 in the Fifth -they were in both cases well above the margin of victory for the Republicans Bruce Benner (Fourth ward) and incumbent Lloyd Fairbanks (Fifth ward). See HRP, Page 10 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The deadlocked jury in the Berrigan conspiracy trial requested more information yesterday including a complete re-reading of U.S. Dis- trict Court Judge R. Dixon Her- man's charge, before continuing deliberations. The jury also asked for a com- plete transcript of the testimony of paid FBI informer Boyd Doug- las, the government's main wit- ness in the trial. Douglas said that the defendants plotted to kidnap Presidential advisor Henry Kis- singer, blow up Washington's tun- nel heating system and raid draft boards. Herman declined to reread his charge and the testimony in their entirety. But he told the jurors he would repeat specific passages they might designate. The jury failed to indicate por- tions of the Douglas testimony. But there was some indication that members may have shelved that request, at least for the pres- ent. The jury later returned to the courtroom and heard Herman re- peat his instructions on the law covering the possession and use of explosives, circumstantial evidence, the definition of mail threats as pertaining to Kissinger, and the legal ramifications of entrapment as a defense. The jury Sunday convicted Rev. Philip Berrigan of smuggling a letter out of the Lewisburg, Pa. federal prison, count four of the ten-count indictment. Count four, which carries a maximum penalty of ten years, re- fers to the smuggling of a letter through Douglas out of the pri- son. The letter does not mention the alleged bombing-kidnap plot. Under defense cross-examina- tion, Douglas admitted he became a paid FBI informer after June 3, 1970. Defense lawyers said that after that date, the contraband letters were taken out by Douglas with the knowledge and consent of pri- son officials and the FBI and con- sequently broke, no law. By DAN BIDDLE ?1 The Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) in a meeting last night, vqted to reopen hearings on charges questioning the validity of the recent all-campus elec- tions. CSJ ruled that a charge by Jay Hack, former' SGC officer, that an incorrect computer pro- gram used to count ballots was "based on enough strong evi- dence" to merit further investi- gation by the judiciary body. A full hearing on the charge is scheduled for a week from to- day. order "a total recounting of all ballots using the new program suggested by Hack." Hack said later that the dif- ference in programming "could affect at least one of the Coun- cil seat races." CSJ also voted to hold a pre- liminary hearing on Council member Joel Silverstein's charge of "gross ,fraud" on the part of Elections Director David Schap- er. Schaper has denied the truth of the allegations. Meanwhile, a hearing on SGC member Brad Taylor's challenge to the Board of Publications election has been set for Thurs- day. ear at U' on tour, But the spokesmn said the thrust By DANIEL JACOBS headed by economics Prof. Alex- equal number of Chinese journal- will not hamper U.S. troop with- The Chinese table tennis team ander Eckstei. ists, translators and officials. drawal. will stop in Ann Arbor during its According to Eckstein, the tour The team also plans to hold in- A State Department spokesman upcoming tour of the United marks "the first time since 1949 formal discussions with Univer- Robert J. McCloskey, character- States. The world champion team that a group from mainland China sity's Center for Chinese Studies hs set foot on American soil," and attend a luncheon with Presi- ized the North Vietnamese attack will stage a teaching session andapart from the recent arrival of dent Robben Fleming. as a "flagrant violation" of the exhibition on April 15 at Crisler the Chinese U.N. delegation. In addition, the team members 1954 Geneva Agreements and what Arena. Other stops for the team will will witness a demonstration by American officials call a 1968 "un- Co-sponsors of the historic tour include Detroit, New York, Wash- the University's trampolinists, led derstanding" between the United include the United States Table ington, Memphis, and Los Angeles. by George Huntzinger, a two-time States and North Vietnam. Tennis Association and the Na- Three-times men's world chain- national cha mpion. Hanoi denies there ever was an tional Committee on United States- pion Chuang Tse-tung will lead the The co-sponsors have been meet- understanding. China Relations, a private group entourage of 14 players, and an ing with U.S. officials in Wash- ing tn nd ,V New York for several CSJ smith charge Chairman Mark Gold- stated that if Hack's is substantiated, he will I Whis. primary McGovern, Humphrey vie in close contest, polls indicate vital test for By TED STEI and GENE ROBIN Special To The Da MILWAUKEE - Tod consin primary is shapin battle between two sena neighboring states - G Govern of South Dakot bert Humphrey of Minn Last week's Oliver Q which showed McGover with 23 per cent and1 second with 18 per cent puted yesterday by a " tific" telephone canvass ed by New York ma Lindsay. N showing in the survey, which ac- NSON cording to most indications is aly hovering well below five per cent day's Wis- of the vote. as a Although the two polls disagree g rs from on who is leading in the primary eorge Mc- race, they concur that a large per- a and Hu- centage of Wisconsin voters - esota. perhaps as many as twenty per- cent - are still undecided how uayle poll, they will vote today. rn leading The candidates in the waning Humphrey days before the primary have non-scien- been dashing around the state, s conduct-appealing to those uncommitted yconduct voters, portraying themselves as yor John the only true advocates of "the little guy." Perhaps the major issue at 72: hand is a fair redistribution of Dems McGovern tax charges altered MILWAUKEE-Senator George McGovern yesterday a m e n d e d charges that the International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) Corporation has paid no federal income " taxes for the past five years, and that the giant corpora- tion has listed a $400,000 contri- bution to the Republican National Convention as tax-deductible. McGovern, in a press statement, said that he had no proof that the $400,000 contribution was ac- tually made and changed his charge that no taxes had been paid for five years to a charge that no taxes had been paid for three years. He said he made "an honest mistake." McGovern said he had gotten weeks to insure smooth progress for the tour. There will be no fed- eral funding however, since the State Department has decided that the trip is not a government func- tion. Instead, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations will pro- vide most of the funding. The Chinesevisitors expect to arrive at around 9 a.m. on April 15 and depart at about 2 p.m. on a flight to their next stop in Wil- liamsburg, Va. The University of Maryland will be the only other college campus included on the tour. Tickets for the Crisler eventl will go on sale tomorrow. The U.S. team's trip to China came immediately after last year's world table tennis championships in Japan. During that tournament, the Chinese smashed Japan's long dominance of international ping pong. SDS closes four day anti-racism program By MARTY PORTER Over 1000 people participated in the Students for a Democrat- ic Society (SDS) National Con- vention Against Racism, held at Harvard University. The four- day convention marked the first national gathering of SDS since the splintering of the group dur- ing its Chicago convention in June, 1969. SDS sympathizers, including representatives from B erl1i n, Tokyo and PuertoRico, met at the convention which ended Sunday to discuss methods to all the work three yars ago," he said. Participants attended various workshops focusing on racism in the schools. Resolutions to eliminate "racist professors and racist ideas" in the schools were formulated. But although the convention participants agreed on general principles, no consensus was reached on methods of imple- menting them. Before the start of the con- vention, A. C. Epps, dean of stu- dents at Harvard, threatened to ban the convention, claiming elections I :r - z i