AT 1-3-5-7-9 4qnki- I M- DIAL 8-6416 Methadone treatment alternative sought IHELLRM-CHRONICLE I By The Associated Press Widespread research is about to be- gin by the nation's drug industry and the government to find safer, non-ad- dicting and longer lasting substitutes for the controversial drug methadone. Methadone, a synthetic drug that ap- peases the hunger for opiates without producing the high of heroin, has been highly criticized. Like heroin itself, it is highly addictive and vulnerable to illicit traffic for it must be admin- istered daily. The two-pronged goal of the pro- posed venture to curb heroin addiction is to: -Develop "heroin antagonists" that would thwart heroin addiction for any- NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 where from a week to more than a month with a single dose, compared with one-a-day requirements for meth- adone. -Possibly even develop a "vaccine" for more or less permanent protection against heroin addiction. The idea to join forces for a new anti-heroin weapon came from the drug industry, which proposed pool- ing research skills and facilities by 123 of the country's fiercely competitive pharmaceutical manufacturing firms. The White House and proponents of the proposed venture are working to remove roadblocks, such as anti-trust laws, which must be eliminated to get the heroin research started. Although strongly backing the pro- posed new research venture to find sub- stitutes for methadone, the White House's new Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention-created by President Nixon by executive order - is pushing for expanded use of metha- done. The head of the office, Dr. Jerome Jaffe, concedes that methadone in any form is by no means the perfect answer. But Jaffe and. his aides say they hope to have new treatment and rehabilitation facilities reach up to 100,000 heroin addicts over the next three years-with methadone playing a large role. 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"Epic battle of the sexes!"-vincent Canby, N.Y.Times RICHARD BURTON as HENRY V1 GENEVIEVE BUJOLD ' as ANNE BOLEY IN THE IIAL'WALLIS PRODUCTION AAe 4eRsa P OTUE A UNIVERSAL PICTURE 150,000 to 175,000 addicts, compared to the 30,000 of the nations estimated 300,- 000 addicts to whom the drug metha- done is now being administered. Jaffe said his office believes that methadone maintenance, used as an ad- junct to psychiatric and other drug- free methods, is better than anti-heroin programs employing drug-free' methods alone. Estimates are that it costs a heroin. addict $10,000 yearly to finance his craving-and that he must steal up to $50,000 in jewels and other goods to get that kind of money from a "fence", unless he steals it in cash, or, in the case or a prostitute, makes it on her job. It was designed originally as a new form of analgesic-a pain killer-but, in the mid 1960s, it was also found cap- able of blocking a given heroin addict's craving for 'the drug, and his ability to get "high" on it. So far, methadone has been permitted only experimentally; but Dr. Elmer Gardner of the Bureau of Drugs in the See ALTERNATIVE, Page 7 page three It costs about $1,000 yearly to main- tain an addict on methadone. Methadone is a synthetic opiate de- veloped by German scientists during World War II, and uncovered by an Allies' scientific team during the initial occupation of conquered Germany. al4c Sfntrigtin 46 Ann Arbor, Michigan Sunday, October 24, 1971 news briefs By The Associated Press AFTER WEEKS of studiously avoiding a prediction of suc- cess in an effort to keep Taiwan in the United Nations, the Nixon administration now says it is confident of victory. Presidential press secretary Ronald Ziegler said after the hour- long meeting the secretary and ambassador told Nixon they were "confident that the Republic of China will maintain its seat in the United Nations." The crucial vote is expected' Tuesday when the United States will seek to have an Albanian resolution seeking to expell the Na- tionalists considered as an "important question," requiring a two- thirds majority. The American move needs only a simple majority to be suc- cessful and that is what Rogers and Bush told Nixon they were confident would be achieved. The Albanian resolution also calls for seating the mainland Chinese in the U.N., a goal shared by the United States, which has introduced its own resolution to that effect. * * SOME 200 MEMBERS of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War were taken into custody yesterday in Denver, Colo. as they attempted to march in the city's Veterans Day parade. The veterans, dressed in military fatigues and some walking with the aid of crutches, offered no resistance. Denver Safety Manager George Canjar said allowing the anti- war veterans to march with the traditional group could "tend to a breach of peace." * * * POLICE CLASHED with about 6,000 demonstrating workers in Barcelona, Spain yesterday who were protesting incidents in- volving police and workers. The demonstrators tossed fire bombs and burned a patrol car, with several workers and five policemen injured and 30 persons arrested. * * CONVICTED ASSASSIN James Earl Ray allowed himself to be captured and sentenced for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King because he expected he would receive a presidential pardon, his lawyer claims. Percy Foreman, who represented Ray at his trial and convinced him to plead guilty to the murder charge, said Ray expected Ala- bama Gov. George Wallace to be elected president in 1968 and that Wallace would then grant him a pardon. Ray is presently serving a 99-year prison sentence in a Tennessee maximum security prison for the April, 1968 slaying of King. * * * SOUTH VIETNAMESE troops and U.S. air power have crushed a planned three month offensive along the Cambodian border and dealt North Vietnamese units a six-month setback, Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh claimed yesterday. Minh, commander of South Vietnamese forces in the region around Saigon, said in an interview that the North Vietnamese 7th Division, which threw 4,000 to 5,000 men into the four-week cam- paign, lost 2,200 killed and had been forced to retreat. Minh said enemy orders captured on the battlefield indicated that the North Vietnamese high command called for a three-month offensive on the frontier 60 to 90 miles northwest of Saigon. It began Sept. 26, but tapered off less than three weeks later. India mobilizes, reserves alon Paki~stan front NEW DELHI (P - India mobilized its military reserves yesterday to increase its strength along its borders with Pakistan, where both countries have massed troops in a show of force, Prime Minister Indria called on her countrymen avoid further escalation of Gandhi, in making the move, to exercise "self-restraint" to the crisis with Pakistan. "In the last few months the world has witnessed age, dignity and self-restraint with which we faced lenge," Gandhi said. "I am sure that you will meet dangers in the same spirit." the cour- this chal- all future An Indian Defense Ministry spokesman said all army reserv- ists, and navy and air force re- servists with special skills, were being called to active duty. At least one border skirmish in- volving tanks flared last week, vnd increasing troop buildups htave been reported in recent days. 'Debate set o'0n pullout 72 -Associatea rress Trying his hand With a hockey stick in one hand, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, through an interpreter, talks with Montreal Canadiens team cap- tain Henri Richard before a hockey game in Vancouver last night. VIOLENCE ERUPTS: British troops ill The quarrel between the two countries has intensified since last p op osa spring when Pakistan's military government sent troops into East Pakistan to crush a rebellion of WASHINGTON (RP) - Asserting Bengalis seeking greater auto- that continued U.S. presence in nomy from West Pakistan. T h e Senate Foreign Relthe ar, Cthe fighting, which continues, h a s mittee said yesterday a new anti- driven about nine million refugees war amendment to be-debated this into Indian territory and placed a week "should end the stalemate" severe strain on India's welfare and bring home U.S. troops and prisoners. The claim is contained in the BELFAST, Northern Ireland (P) - British soldiers shot five persons dead yesterday - two sisters in a speeding car and three alleged bank robbers - as violence intensified in strife- torn Northern Ireland. The illegal Irish Republican Army avowed to avenge the shooting of the two women, one the mother of four, Within hours, guerrillas opened up with automatic weapon fire on the army vehicles leaving Bel- fast's Royal Victoria Hospital, seriously wounding a man de- scribed as a bystander. The army reported three sep- arate clashes on the Northern Irish border with the Irish Re- public, shootings in Londonder- ry and burnings in Belfast. Army spokesmen claimed the dead sisters were dressed as men while riding in a car that fired on British patrols. The driver of the car, who escaped unhurt, denied the women were dis- guised as men and said no one in the car carried a gun. The IRA threatened retalia- tory action against British troops "just as soon as it suits us." The army said its troops pa- trolling the Irish Republic bor- der as a precaution against arms smuggling fought with mobs three times, including one hand-to-hand. encounter with civilians that ended with more than a dozen arrests. No serious injuries were reported. Automatic rifle fire slashed into an army post in London- derry, but again no soldiers were reported hit. Troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets at stone-throwing mobs during the day. In Belfast, angry crowds hi- jacked four buses and set them afire. Black smoke rose over the. Roman Catholic Falls Road district, the home of the two sisters shot by British troops. Mrs. Gandhi's government an- nounced on Friday night new lev- ies on internal air and rail trav- el, and on certain clases of mail in an effort to raise an extra $93 million to meet the rising cost of :the refugees, fleeing to India from a West Pakistani army crackdown on East Pakistan. Diplomatic sources have said that numerous attempts have been made by the major powers during the past seven months to urge In- dia to show restraint toward Pak- istan and avoid an armed conflict. The MichigantDaily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity ye-ar. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $11 by mail. Summer Session published Tuesday through Saturday morning Subscrip- tion rates: $5 by carrier, $6 by mail. committee's report on the $3.2- billion foreign-assistance bill. The panel spoke of diminishing r.p- port for the aid program and said "Congress has allowed it to continue more by sufferance and a lack of appealing alternatives than through true support. The new antiwar amendment, like two others on earlier bills, is expected to pass the Senate and run into difficulty in the House. It combines the previously passed Mansfield amendment calling for total U.S. withdrawal in six months with a new proposal to cut off funds for American mili- tary operations throughout Indo- china except "for the purpose of vithdrawal of all such forces from Indochina and protection of the withdrawing forces ..." The aid bill, on which floor de- bate starts Tuesday, contains also a provision restricting U.S. spend- ing and personnel in Cambodia.