Michigan rambles by Figh tin' lin, 35-6 See stories, Page 9 SUNDAY DAILY See Editorial Page flit ian ~E~uttOj MELLOWING High-76 Low-58 Cloudy but mild Vol LXXXII, No. 33 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, October 17, 1971 Ten Cents Ten Pages ' proceeds with controversial student By PAUL TRAVIS After years of student demonstra- tions, petitions, and disruptions-all designed to point out the need for low-cost student housing-the Univer- sity is finally moving ahead with plans to construct 206 units of student apartments. While studies are still being com- pleted to finalize the housing site, the site decision must be made soon. To qualify for funds from Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ground for the project must be broken by June 30, 1972. The main thrust of the student hous- ing demands has always been for a large number of low cost units. The demands have taken the position that the University should actively com- Pete in the Ann Arbor housing market to provide adequate housing for its students. But the proposed housing project- tentatively planned for North Campus -is neither low-cost nor large enough to make a great impact on the Ann Arbor market, students charge. The plans call for 206 units to house 824 tenants. The estimated rents for these apartments range from $128 for a furnished economy one-bedroom apartment to $366 for a furnished three-bedroom apartment. The rates will be slightly less for unfurnished apartments. There are many reasons given for the relatively high cost of these units. According to John Feldkamp, director of University housing, one of the ma- jor reasons is that "This is the first housing built by the University that is not directly subsidized by the gov- ernment." The financing plan calls for the Uni- versity to sell bonds to raise the capitol for this project. The University will pay three percent interest on the bonds with HUD supplying the addi- tional interest to bring the bends up to the open market interest level. The anticipated cost for the total project is $5,662,300 and it is estimat- ed that it will take 30-40 years to pay off the bonds. Another reason for the high cost of the units is reduction of financial sup- port for student housing from the Uni- versity's general fund. During the late fifties and early sixties the support for student hous- ing reached over two percent of the total general fund budget. Those peak years saw over $800,000 per year being contributed to student housing from a general fund budget of $39 to $46 million. Since that time the general fund budget has steadily increased while the percentage going towards housing has greatly declined. During the year of 1970-71 the total general fund budget surpassed $120 million while only 0.1 percent-$221,- 618 of the total budget-went towards housing. The combination of no direct feder- al subsidy and virtually no financial support from the University has for- ced the estimated rents to be higher than students had hoped. tousing There has also been growhig op- position to the proposed site. A writ- ten analysis of six potential sites on North Campus recommended that the University 'redensify' the Northwood Family Housing site. This would entail reduzing existing recreation areas in the Family Hous- ing area by 10.6 acres and would re- sult in mixing single students with the already-present married students and their small children. The advantages of this site are that there are existing utilities and bus service in this area which could easily be connected to new housing. Another factor is this plan would not See 'U' Page 6 Northwood-Terrace apartments Rap Brown found in NYC shoot-out H. Rap Brown *Faculty unit to vote ',on research1.text By W. E. SCHROCK Senate Assembly will vote tomorrow af- ternoon on the final proposed text of a resolution banning most University classified research. The resolution states as "general policy" that "the University will not enter into or renew federal contracts that limit open publication of the results of research." Originally submitted by Sociology Prof. Howard Schuman and amended and ap- proved in essence at the Oct. 4 Assembly The full text of the final draft of the classified research resolution .appears on Page 7. meeting, the proposed resolution is expected to receive final Assembly approval tomox- row. The final product of an intense anti- elassified research campaign begun last spring by both faculty and students, the resolution must now be presented to the Regents for approval as official University policy. Although the Regents have rarely refused requests of Senate Assembly, the faculty representative body, in such controversal matters, the Assembly resolution came only See FACULTY, Page 7 NEW YORK (P)-H. Rap Brown, the black militant who went underground 18 months ago and became one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, was wounded in a running gun battle here early yesterday by police who said they didn't know who he was. Brown was allegedly part of a four-man robbery team that held up a bar and some crapshooters on the sidewalk outside the bar on the Upper West Side. Brown gained the nickname "Rap" and a national reputation in the civil rights movement for his fiery, persuasive speeches which inspired audiences to shout, "Rap it to 'em, baby:" He was added to the FBI's most wanted list in May, 1970, two months after he failed to appear for trial on charges of arson and inciting to riot in Cambridge, Md. Since then reports have circulated that he was eithetr dead or out of the country. But yesterday he was caught-by police- men who said they believed he was only a stick-up man. Police said Brown was shot twice in the stomach by a patrolman wuho cornered him on a rooftop after Brown's three companions were captured by other officers. He was reported in fair condition. Police said Brown was fired on because he pointed a pistol at the patrolman. Positive identification of Brown, 27, was not made until yesterdLy afternoon when his fingerprints were checked with FBI files. Brown and his companions, all carrying guns, robbed 25 patrons of the Red Carpet Bar, police said, and then gathered up the stakes in a craps game outside. Their diversion at the craps game ap- parently allowed police, who had been called by a bartender, to reach the scene before Brown and the others could escape. One policeman was wounded by the flee- ing bandits, police said. But other officers joined in the chase and quickly rounded up the quartet. Brown, the son of a Baton Rouge, La. petroleum company worker, had a high aca- denic record in sociology at Southern Uni- versity Agriculture and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge before he joined the emerg- ing black movement in the early 1960's. For several years he worked in the. shadow of Stokely Carmichael, then nationai chairman of the Student Non-violent Coor- dinating Committee (SNCC). But in 1967 Brown succeeded Carmichael. Protesters marcon By CHRIS PARKS Special to The Daily PLYMOUTH, Mich. - A contingent of over 200 persons, largely students from De- troit and Ann Arbor, marched on the Detroit House of Correction (DeHoCo) here yester- day to protest conditions in the facility and alleged racism and sexism in prisons. The demonstration, which remained for the most part non-violent, was organized Qy Michigan Mayday, and Youth Against Fasc- ism and War (YAWF). The main focus of the action was on the women's wing tf the institution, where a month ago around 300 inmates staged a sit-in protesting prison conditions. According to Tom Soto of YAWF's Pris- oner Solidarity Committee, the protest was called, to "bring to the attention of the American public" what he described as in- humane conditions in the prisons. The first stage of the demonstration took place at the front gate of the women's sec- tion of the prison. Moving up the road from their meeting area a few locks away, the crowd was met at the prison gates by a phalanx of prison guards backed up by units of state, county and local police in full riot gear. On Friday, the march leaders had lost Upton a suit before the t Wayne County Circuit Court which would have forced prison of- ficials to allow them access to a parking lot adjacent to the prison. With police blocking the road to the prison, the protestors were effectively pre- vented from making any attempt to defy e the court's decision. Demonstrators, therefore, had to content themselves with marching around the en- trance, singing and shouting slogans. Soto claimed that although the protesters rees with were unable to come within sight of the wo- t system men in the prison, women inside could hear the state the chanting and singing. alterna- William Bannan, superintendent of the is. prison, said, however, that the prisoners mber of "aren't interested" in protests, and that they and edu- pay little attention to the chanting. on to a Bannan's contention was contradicted, by cing pub- the response of prisoners when the demon- stration arrived at the men's wing of the a more facility. legisla- In contrast to the situation at the wo- failed to men's wing, demonstrators were able to get draw up within a few hundred feet of the men's wing and were clearly visible to the inmates. school fi- Upon hearing the chants of the demon- n of local strators, the inmates immediately responded id state- with whistles and cheers. See DEMONSTRATORS, Page 7 -Daily-John Protesters march at Detroit House of Correction PROPERTY TAX RULING School furi By LINDA DREEBEN With the constitutionality of the traditional means of funding public schools under ques- tion, state legislators and education officials face the problem of finding alternative means of financing public schools in the state. If the state Supreme Court should rule that the present method f funding schools through local property taxes is unconstitu- tional, state legislators will most likely be charged with the responsibility of finding a method of financing public schools which pro- vides both quality education and equal edu- cational opportunities to all ,tudents regard- less of what district they go to school in. iding may see Chan At issue is the disparity in the value of tax- able property among the different school dis- tricts in the state. Those who oppose the pre- sent method of financing contend that this method leads to a system which penalizes students living in areas with low tax bases. In an effort to correct the inequities of the present system, Gov. William Milliken and Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley, Friday filed suit in circuit court against three wealthy suburba'n Detroit school districts in. an effort to out- law as unconstituional the financing of pub- lic schools through local property taxes. If the court agrees with Milliken and Kel- ley, the biggest relief could go to low middle class or working class areas which have little industry to tax, but have high nroperty taxes. Kelley had announced earlier that he would seek to have the present financing sys- tem declared "unconstitutional as violating the equal protection of the law provision of both the state and federal constitutions." Kelley and Milliken are reacting to an is- sue which is becoming a national concern. Since the local property tax has long served as the maojr source of revenue of the com- plicated financial structure that supports public educaion in the U.S., at change in the financing structure of one state could have profound effects on other states that finance their school system through a property tax. In a precedent-setting action, the Californ- ia Supreme Court last month ruled uncon- stitutional that state's system of financing public schools through local property taxes discriminates against the poor If