SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON See Editorial Page PPV Sir &U,4IM4 UNSEASONAL High--77 Low--50 Chance of rain, partly cloudy Vol. LXXXII, No. 35 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, October 20, 1971 Ten Cents Ten, Pao I . I Sinclair charges cruelty Prisoner readies political bias suit for court hearing By GERI SPRUNG In the wake of several re- cent protests against prison conditions, John S i n c 1 a i r. founder of the White Panther Party (now the Rainbow Peo- Time out pie's Party) has been granted . Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin takes time yesterday to talk with a the opportunity to prove in worker during a tour of the Canadian International Paper Co. in court his charges of discrimi- Catineau, Quebec. Kosygin was continuing diplomatic talks with natory punishment while in Canadian Prime Minister Elliott Trudeau in Ottawa. (See News prison. Briefs, Page 3.) Sinclair, who is serving a 912- 10 year sentence for possession of RA PE PATROL: two marijuana cigarettes, has_ charged authorities at Jackson State Prison with discrimination against him on the basis of his 1oen protection political beliefs. mPt The White Panther Party was termed by its founder "a national political party devoted to radical a enciesor'anized p oli t iec a 1, economic and socialga change within society." Sinclair is presently in prison By BETH OBERFELDER awaiting a Nov. 2 hearing beforeB In reaction to several rapes which have recently occurred the State Supreme Court on an nt appeal of the marijuana sentence. in the campus area, University women are organizing a Wo- The Supreme Court denied him men's Crisis Clinic (WCC). bond last month in a 5-2 decision. "We hope it will serve not only as a deterrent to rape, "John has been through every but also as an outlet for women seeking aid or information," kind of psychological and emotionalsiz damage possible, while at Jack- says Marnie Heyn, an organizer. son," said Marc Stickgold, his The clinic is being funded by Student Government Coun- chief counsel in the case. cil, which has given it $300 and loaned another $200. Organ- The suit has been filed in U.S. izers plan to use the money for loans to women who need district court, Sinclair's wife said legal aid or abortions. yesterday, because "we wouldn't In addition to WCC's action, a group from married hous- See SINCLAIR, Page 7 ing units which are surrounded by the Arboretum have 0 Crisis. EDITOR'S NOTE: The following ar- ticle is the first in a two-part series ex- amining the growing problems of trans- portation in Ann Arbor. By ROBERT SCHREINER Driving in circles looking for a park- ing place, or seething for ten minutes waiting to make a left turn, the thou- sands of residents who have allowed themselves the "convenience" of owning a car in Ann Arbor may be regretting their decision. Parking and transportation problems have reached critical proportions here. And everyone is feeling the effects from downtown businessmen to outlying residents; from low-income students to affluent professors. Ann Arbor's parking and transpor- tation problems have been steadily on the rise over the last decade, due to a phenomenal increase in the number of automobiles in the city-an increase with which the city has been unable to keep up. But now, compounded by the city's financial strain, the problems are dras- tically evident: Lack of sufficient park- ing spaces within the city boundaries; limited public transportation, lack of road improvement, severe traffic con- gestion, antiquated parking ordinances and generally poor city planning in the past. The list could go on, but it all boils down to one thing: Too many cars. "The automobile is the worst disas- ter that ever hit our cities," Councilman Nelson Meade (D-Third Ward) said re- cently. And Mayor Robert Harris echoes his sentiments. "The problem of parking and trans- portation in the city is dear to my heart," he says. "The whole thrust is how to intercept the process of more and more cars in Ann Arbor each suc- ceeding year. "Besides an absolute increase in the number of people in the city, increasing Ann Arbor vs. cars affluence has given us three-car fami- lies where there used to be two, and two-car families where there used to be one," he continues. Parking poses perhaps the most frus- trating situation to city officials. The city has built a few parking structures and carports to supplement its on-street metered parking, and it has stuck additional meters on prac- tically every available slot of land. But space is almost gone, while cars keep increasing. Harris says "we are pretty much at the end of the road with destination (downtown) parking." In fact, the last major parking construction by the city was the Maynard St. Carport expan- sion, completed in 1969. The unusually large part that meter revenues and parking fines play in the city's total revenues also indicates the magnitude of the problem. Last year, for example, the revenues from meters and from parking viola- tions constituted over 10 pet cent of the total city revenues. This compares to a figure of about two per cent of De- troit's budget. In fact, Detroit, though over 20 times larger in population than Ann Arbor, has barely three times the parking meters and issues barely twice the parking tickets as its smaller coun- terpart. -Daily-Denny Gainer Councilman Norris Thomas (D-First Ward) among others, has accused the city of maintaining parking meters sim- ply as a source of revenue, instead of as a method of parking turnover. City Administrator Guy Larcom, how- ever, says that Ann Arbor's parking meters are primarily utilized to force turnover in parking spaces, since it is technically illegal to "feed" the meters past a two-hour limit. Current figures from the Department of Traffic Engineering and Transporta- tion show the city to have 1,463 on- street meters-an increase" of only 11 over the past two and one-half years. See AUTOMOBILES, Page 7 -Daily-Rolfe Tessem Checkmate at Mark's? Coffee house holds open chess contest "The Mark's Coffeehouse Open" has joined the ranks of eight nationally-rated chess tournaments to be held this weekend throughout the United States. The tourney has been recognized by the National Chess Association. Conceived by three former University students as a benefit for the financially-strained coffeehouse, the "Mark's Open" also seeks to involve the entire community in playing the game. According to Rudy Fink, one of the organizers of the tourney, Mark's is the one place in town where "we can come, play chess, and sit for hours without feeling pres- sure to buy something." David Presser, director and another organizer, feels that the tourney is a way to make up for people sitting in Mark's and "not contributing to the financial betterment" of the coffeehouse. Fink has called this tournament "the most open open ever," stressing that it is open to all chess players, regard- less of their level of competency. There are special prizes See CHESS, Page 7 organized around the issue of rape. j The Ad Hoc Safety Committee of University Terrace (AHSCUT) is currently pressuring the Univer- sity for better lighting, patroling and busing service. They are upset b e c a u s e' two women have been raped in that area in the past ten days. "Women can no longer come and go as they please," says AHSCUT spokeswoman J u d i t h Frandzel. grad. "Now the situation is so ridiculous. I can't even come home at 8 p.m. without fear." ICC's plans to deter rapes in- clude the' organization of groups of two to four women, who will patrol "the worst areas during the darkets hours," says Heyn. The !patrol squads will be called; "mounties." The aid of local families will also be enlisted. Homes which vol- unteer their services will be mark- ed as WCC first aid stations with large day-glo signs. The stations are to be staffed at all times, according to Heyn, and will pro- vide a place for women to go if, they are harrassed on the street. In addition the clinic plans to, have lists of women who will vol- unl eer to walk other women at night, and offer self d e f e n s e classes. Because of what they term the "legal hassles" a woman must go: through in order to convict a rapist, WCC is also offering free legal counseling to women. In order to bring an assailant to court a woman who has been raped must be examined by a cer- tified physician within 24 hours and generally must contact the city prosecutor the f ol11o w i n g morning. "Most women are unaware of police procedure, and don't bother; to report incidents," says Police: Lieutenant Kenneth Klinge. Many claim, however, that the problems go deeper than that. Ac-' cording to University Women's< A d v o c a te Barbaraterry Kurtz, many women have not reported rapes because the police "assumeI that they seduced their attackers unless they can prove otherwise."Ei 'U' signs contra~c with new se curit guard company By KAREN TINKLENBERG The University announced yesterday it has signed a $40 000 contract for security protection with the William J. Bur Security Services, an international detective agency. The one-year contract replaces that formerly held Sanford Security Services, which presently provides 40 u armed building guards at an annual cost of $360,000. Sanford, among several private security agencies biddi] for the contract, has been the object of much dissatisfacti among University security officials. University Safety Dire -Daily-Sara Krulwich A SANFORD SECURITY guard takes a rest at the desk of the Michigan Union. Sanford guards will soon be disappearing from the campus scene, replaced by employes of the Wm. J. Burns Detective Agency. MA YDA Y ORGANIZERS: D.C. anti-war offensive starts vict NXo' campaign Oct. 22, tor and former Michigan State Police director Frederick Da- vids said privately last sum- mer that Sanford's guards "slept on the job," and "were generailly inefficient." Davids could not be reached for com- ment on the new contract last night. Services provided by the Burns Agency will basically be the same as those formerly provided by Sanford. The service will provide a minimum of 40 unarmed guards, equipment such as vehicles and radios, and extra manpower as needed for special events. Earlier, Director of Plant Ex- tension 'John P. Weidenbach had said that the University's reasons for considering other agencies were economic, being due to increased competition b e t w e e n private agencies. He added that "no dissatisfac- tion with Sanford Security is im- plied." By MARCIA ZOSLAW In what it calls the "most serious political project ever undertaken by the anti-war movement," the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) is sponsoring an "Evict-Nixon" campaign set for a six-day organizational kick-off Oct. 22 in Washington, D.C. Leaders of PCPJ were instru- mental in organizing this year's Mayday actions of massive civil disobedience in Washington in which over 12,000 persons were arrested. The campaign is the second phase of a three-pronged fall anti- war offensive co-sponsored by PCPJ and National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC)-although NPAC is not participating in this week's actions. The first phase of the of- fensive began Oct. 13 with a na- tional moratorium that attracted little participation. The final phase of the fall offen- sive will take place on Nov. 6 when a broad coalition, including labor, will demonstrate in 16 re- gional centers across the country. With both the second and third phases of the fall offensive, the movement is broadening its base and turning to a community level. The actions for this week in Washington begin with the conven- ing of a "grand jury" fLom all sec- tors of the country. The group will hold hearings to launch an open; investigation of what they term "government infringement of indi- vidual rights." ater via transcontinental' tele- phone. The Vietnamese seven point peace proposal will then be ac- cepted in a citizen's 'peace treaty ceremony.' The Washington action will cul- minate in a White House lawn service of mourning for what the PCPJ calls "political :evolutionary martyrs." See ANTI, Page 7 Economis1 speaks On Phase 1II By ANDY FEENEY Economics Prof. Warren Smil a member of the President's Cot cil of 'Economic Advisors dul the Johnson administration, y terday spoke in favor of the Nii administration's wage-price fre and the decision to float the d lar. At the same time, Smith ,tacked the ten per cent imp surcharge and the proposed set per cent investment tax credit, well as government expenditi cuts included in the administ tion's "New Economic Policy," Speaking at the Democra Party's weekly Lunch Box!For in the Michigan Union cafetei Smith lauded Nixon's decision stop . gold payments for dolls But he qualified that stateme saying "I'm afraid the Admii tration won't take advantage Nixon asks Congress f broader economic powers a new penalties for freeze viol tors. See story, Page 3. the situation to make perman improvements in the, internatio monetary system." Instead, he felt that the coi try may "snap back to the system" of exchanging gold SOCIOLOGIST SPEAKS AT U Women's historical role distorted By LYNN SHEEHAN Traditional roles of women and in- grained sociological outlooks have dis- torted the picture of history's great wom- en. according to Alice Rossi, sociologist and feminist historian. tify with and express intense admiration o" their subjects. Idolizing "wc men in history will serve us no b tter," than idolizing men of his- tory has she said. As a substitute for this mode of biog- ranhv. Rossi snaoested historianns inseand . ~lB ..