4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 19, 1971 THIIHGNDIYFidy eray1,17 S. AID PROGRAM: American firm to build new tiger cages' on Con Son island By DON LUCE the construction. Skilled prison ispatch News Service International labor will be paid 200 piasters (721 AIGON - Construction of cents) per week and unskilled la-1 -e new blocks of isolation cells bor will receive 150 piasters (55 scheduled to begin this month cents) a week. There is some con- the penal island of Con Son cern that the prisoners will not an American firm. Each of be in good enough physical condi- three blocks will contain 96 tion to do a "full day's work." Dis- .s. The new construction will cussion is under way about the >W Con Son officials to dras- possibility of providing special ex- ally increase the number of pri. tra rations for those who work on ers held under "tiger cage" the project. iditions, one American who is Con Son prison was in the news ailiar with the project claims. last July when two American con- 'he new "tiger cages" will be gressmen found the "tiger cages" 1t by the firm of Raymond, which had been kept secret f o r rrison, Knudsen, Bfown, Root years by the Vietnamese govern- d Jones (RMK-BRJ) under a ment. The "tiger cages" visited by 10,000 contract. The funds will Congressmen William Anderson provided by MACCORDS (D-Tenn.) and Augustus Hawkins ilitary Assistance Command (D-Calif.) were built by prison il Operations for Revolution- labor in 1939 under the direction Development Support), the of the French. erican paramilitary economic Anderson wrote to President ti 1 >., i, 2: ' 96 isolation cells; an outer com- Sound wall of concrete block; a barbed wire perimeter fence with security gates; kitchen; and dis- pensary." A concerted effort has been made by both RMK-BRJ and the U.S. government to keep the pro- ject a secret. "Anyone who even takes a cam- era to Con Son will be terminated immediately," the RMK-BRJ pro- ject manager is reported to have said. The persons who provided the in- formation for this article have re- quested that their names not be used. However, copies of five dif- ferent memos on "Project S623/ 70 Isolation Compound, Con Son" are in the possession of this writ- er. RMK-BRJ began work in Viet Nam in 1962. Its projects have included construction of roads, DAILY OFFICIALt BULLETIN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1971 'Day Calendar Joint Physics-Nucear Engr. Seminar: F. Haake, Harvard. "Time Correlation Functions for Open Systems," P&A Coiloq. Rm., 12 noon, U-M Commission on Women Weekly Meeting: 3540 SAB, 3 p.m. Astronomy Colloquium: Dr. E. Upton, UCLA, "Effective Temperatures of B Stars," P&A Colloq. Rmn., 4 p.m. U-M Cancer Research Inst.: C. Hei- delberger, U of Wis., "Studies on Cancer and Viral Chemotherapy with Fluorinated Pyrimidines," S. Lect. Hall, Med. Sci. IL 4 p.m. State asked to examine high school Musket: "My Fair Lady," Lydia Men- : er for emotionally disturbed children: delssohn, 7 and 10 p.m. further details and applic. at SPS. Mich. League: "The Moon Spiners." J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit. Openings Mi. League, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. for jrs. and srs. In fields of marketing S"h. of Music: J. Mattimore, French mgt.. gen. business or retailing: detail- horn. Sch. of Music Recital Hall, 8# ed info, at SPS. pm. # APS/International Scholarships. N.Y., Hockey: Mich. vs. Notre Dame, Mi. chaperon positions in the End-of-Stay Coliseum, 8 p.m. Program, expenses pd. Details and ap- International Folk Dance: Barbour plic. available; must be 21 or over: Gym, 8 P.M. applic. deadline March 1 University Players: "~The Devils." uelod .pm School of Music Mich, Chamber Play- ORGANIZATION ers: Playing Bach, Mozart, and Tschai- 'O G N Z T O kovsky. Rackham Lect. Hal., 8:30 p~m. kvkRchmLc.Hl,83pm.'International Students Assoc.: F o 1 k NOTICES singer Luke bhidwin Rive Gauche. 1024 Hill. 9 p.m. SUMMER PLACEMENT SERVICE UMI Graduate Outing Club, e v e r y 212 S.A.B. Sun., rain or shine, 1:30 p.m., meet at Interviews: To make appt. call 764- Huron St. side of Rackham, where cars < 7460 and ask for Summer Placement, or will leave for an afternoon of hik-I stop in. ing, Dinner is optional after the hike. FEBRUARY 20: * * * Camp Lenni-Len-A-Pe, N.Y., coed, in- The Office of Student Organizations terview Sat. 9-5, rm. 3616 SAB. Tennis, would like to announce its new office golf, ham radio and electronics, sail- hours: Mon.-Fri., 8:30 - 5:30 and 7 - ing, canoeing, skiing, tripping, athlet- 9 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. ies, arts and crafts, riflery. * * * Camp Mataponi, Me., girls, interview UM Folk Dance Club, every Friday, Sat. from 10 to 3, rm. 3524 SAB. Water- 7:30 - 11:00 p.m. Barbour Gym. Teach- front. landsports, drama. Must be 20 ing 7:30 - 9:00, Open to everyone. For or over. further information call Nancy John- FEBRUARY 22: son, 769-3164 after 5. M- A..-'-nn-+,-i* * * * 4K 1,500,000 Lire. aid program here. The isolation compound will be a "Top Ten Project," one person familiar with RMK-BRJ priorities said. As such, it will receive prior- ity in the routing of supplies and 'assignment of personnel. The Vietnamese authorities al- ready have one cell block under construction. A Jan. 7 memo de- scribing the job to be done at Con Son states that the new construction as' a self-help pro- ject." Prison labor will be used in Nixon following that visit: T fle Tiger Cage imprisonment of hu- man beings and the savage mis- treatment of these prisoners a r e outrageous contradictions to the minimal standards of political de- cency we, as a fee American peo- ple, should establish as a condition of our aid and friendship to any nation." The Jan. 7 memo, which des- cribes what the RMK-BRJ firm will build, states: "The Scope of Work is the completion of three cell blocks, each partitioned into !, A R Tommy the Traveler pleads guilty to fraud airports, military compounds for the South Vietnamese government, radar sites, etc. "It is," said one of its employees, "the largest con- struction consortium in the world." It is best known in Viet Nam for the construction at aCm Ranh Bay. RMK-PRJ headquarters are in San Bruno, California. The July publicity surrounding the "tiger cages" led to the forma- tion of a special committee for the improvement of South Vietnamese prisons headed by Prof. Nguyen Van Trung, former dean of the Faculty of Letters at the Univer- sity of Saigon. The most import- ant success of this committee's work and the Vietnamese press campaign against prison brutality is that all 300 women who were held in the "tiger cages" at Con Son have been returned to the mainland. However, the present condition of the male prisoners on the is- land is not known. Several jour- nalists have been refused visits. Former U.S. Congressman Allard Lowenstein'srecent request to go to Con Son was turned down by the Vietnamese Ministry of In- terior. In October, Viet Nam's larg- est daily newspaper, Tin Sang (Morning News) reported a riot involving 300 prisoners demand- ing better living conditioins. As a result of this uprising, Tin Sang wrote, 6000 prisoners were put into a maximum security area "no, different from the Tiger Cages." Copyright @ (1971) Dispatch News Service International An investigation into conditions at Willow Run High School has been requested by County Com- missioner William E. Winter of Ypsilanti. Winter sent telegrams Wednesday to state attorney general Frank Kelley and state superintendent ,of public instruction John Porter, re- questing the investigation. Williams cited the "inability of the school board and administra- tion to maintain order and con- trol of the schools in the Willow Run School District" as necessi- tating the probe.I Neil Mast, Chairman of the County Board of Commissioners, has called a public meeting to discuss the situation Feb. 24 at 7:30 at the Washtenaw County Service Center. Willow Run High opened today after being closed since Monday because of racial violence between students.j A spokesman for the school dis- trict said that there will be no police officers in the school. Vol- unteer parents, however, will pa- trol the halls for several weeks. 3 5 Good Humor Co.,Detroit. interview- lng from 9 to 5; good paying jobs; openings in other cities. B.E.S.T.S., Chicago, N.Y., interview from 1:30-4:30; chance for first-hand information on jobs anywhere in Eur- ope. Details at SPS. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mobil Research and Devel. Corp., Dal- las, openings for graduate students as research assistants in programming and a research geologist; details and applic. N.J. Dept. of Community Affairs have' announced Summer Intern Program; details at SPS; application deadline Apr. 1. rd Bellefaire, Cleveland, child care cent- r a I Special Selling $25 Women - New Counseling Service - Coordinating grads and professionals to talk to undergrads. Call Varb Kurtz at 622-4431, or see her In Room 336, Mich. Union. Messages may be left at the secretary's in 338 also. Graduate Christian Fellowship meet- ing, Sat., Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Campus Chapel. Discussion on prayer. Nichiren Shodu Life Philosophy Club (Nam Myoho Renge Kyo) General meeting with guest speakers on Satur- day, February 20, 7-9 p.m., Michigan Room in the Michigan League.,'Every - one welcome. That's a lot of lire fora car. But that's a lot of car for the lire. It's one of the most meticulously built sports cars in the world. The classic body was designed where many great sports cars are designed: Turin, Italy. By the famous Ghia Studios. It's built by one of Europe's oldest cus- tom coachmakers: Karmann of Osnabruck. Only a limited number are made each day. Mainly because it takes interminably long to shape the body. So intricate are some of Ghia's lines that machines can't form them. So Karmann em- ploys sculptors to finish the body. By hand. 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(IP) -Th o m a s "Tommy the Traveler" Tongyai, onetime campus undercover agent turned shoe salesman, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one of 20 counts of illegally receiving un- employment benefits while work- ing for a sheriff on the Hobart College campus. Tongyai, 27, entered the plea in Geneva City Court after his court-assigned lawyer Xand at- torneys for the State Labor De- partment conferred with J u d g e Joseph Caito. Caito placed Tongyal on pro- bation for one year and ordered him 'to make restitution of $1,105 in checks that authorities s a i d had been paid him last spring. Tongyai was to have zone to like to spare them the rigors of a trial." Tongyai has been working part time as a shoe salesman in Gen- eva and attending police-science classes at Finger Lakes Commun- ity College in Canandaigua.-. He spent several months on the Hobart campus here last year, during which, some students as- serted, he encouraged them to take radical action. When he accompanied police and deputies on a campus drug raid June 5, angry students be- came involved in a confrontation with the raiders. The trouble ended when author- ities released five students taken into custody in the raid. Guy & Gals For the student body: LEVI'S CORDUROY Slim Fits .....$6.98 (All Colors) Bells $8.50 DENIM Bush Jeans .. $10.00 Bells ........ $8.00 Pre-Shrunk ...$7.50 Super Slims $7.00 6.1 IMitcwiaBawtl DOWNTOWN 217 S. Main Mast's TWO STORES CAMPUS 619 E. Liberty i '} ":1:"r:}1 1t:V\{1Y. :1V !.V{:lJ:" :.<}}5 i'":"':ti4:"isk ::{;{k. tS4 }b:ejr:":M:;:"}{.":.v.a:^:4::":"r:"X"R::':"'.4Y,. "'l:;:tiS;:r>:":":{":':}:r i .. s. . ..}:":'. ...::";rae:.:x".r .,":..:..a":a ::.: ra..........":r.:".t:."a~"s:",...:xs.}:........ ,.. .."...::a":.....>.."..>.. trial next Wednesday and a jury panel had been drawn for the case.I Tongyai was suspended as a de- puty by Ontario County Sheriff Ray O. 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