Shoplifting: Mercha nt as policeman EDITOR'S NOTE: The following arti-. ters: "Observation Mirror: Shoplift- shoplifter; when he is behind the mir- business no matter how effective the of shoplifters is a difficult problem. splifting in Ann Arbwor foes on ers will be prosecuted." ror he misses relatively few, deterrents.A udbyTeDicrreot the reaction of storeowners to the phe- I watch a huskily built male wander Local merchants are by no means Tom Kay, the owner of Stanger's, is behind one-way mirrors during crowd- noenyo. Tomorw' eartice will explore into the store. He begins walking up blessed with immunity from the shop- one of the few willing to venture an ed shopping hours, showed that cus- seodBy TONY SCHWARTZ Inhis cramped quarters on the . seodfloor of a small food store, Bill Tice is momentarily diverted by a delivery boy requiring is attention. While he Is engaged, I take the op- portunity to look out through a large one-way mirror. It gives the observer an expansive and undetected view of the store and of any customers who ex- periment with the art of shopping without paying. , On the other side of thel mirror and ~,In full view of the store's customers, a message is printed in stark black let- and down the aisles, glimpsing occas- sionally at the cashier, utterly con- spicuous in his attempt to be relaxed. I watch the young man as he finally sneaks a hand out and pockets a bag of unobtrusive Hershey's chocolates. The cashier is preoccupied with a line of customers and he exits unnoticed. After regaining Tics's attention, I describe the incident. A grimace, un- conscious and reflexive, crosses his face and he dims the office's adjustable light, affording us a clearer view of the store through the mirror. He appears dismayed, perhaps a bit angry, but certainly niot surprised. He is annoyed that he missed the ifiing craze wnicn piagues merchants in all major cities. "Sure we're being hit" explains one owner, echoing the sentiments of what appears to be the majority. "But I try not to think about how much I'm losing. It simply hurts too much." In general, storeowners claim it is impossible to estimate the amount they lose to itchy-fingered customers and to dishonest employees. They point out that total losses include a number of variables, including unsold merchan- dise, the sales a store holds and miscal- culation during inventory. Nevertheless, most storeowners seem to be resigned to the fact that shop- lifting will have some effect on their estimate on his yearly losses. He be- lieves that he loses as much as $45,000 a year between his three stores, one of which is in Ann Arbor. He adds that this year has been par- ticularly bad. Kay suspects he loses anywhere between five and ten per cent of his gross intake in a given year. Ernie Bundy, an owner of Ulrich's bookstore, voices the common lament. "It is simply impossible to keep track of what we are losing." The theft problem is amplified at times when the store is most busy. In miid-winter as customers mill around in large coats, protected by the Sa- turday afternoon crowds, the detection tomers often shield each other inadiver- tantly, that suspicious shoppers a r e very difficult to condemn conclusively and that many of the suspicious "types" are keenly aware of mirrors and of other protective devices. The increased consciousness of em- ployers during crowded hours pro- vides an inherent dr'awback to poten- tial shoplifters. Owners often m a k e special efforts to decrease their sus- ceptibility by increasing the number of employes on the floor, focusing great- er attention on customers and man- ning whatever protective devices they have. See SHOPLIFTING, Page '7 A CLOSED CIRCUIT television camera in a local store keeps electric eye on potential shoplifters. GARRIS FOR MAYOR ?? See Editorial Page Sir i~au ~EIaitM RECAPITULATORY High-40 Rainy, windy, chance of .snow flurries Vol. LXXXI, No. 148 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, April 2, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Page ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION: Profs to reintroduce Faculty asks ban on war research - By P. E. BAUER I By TAMMY JACOBS revision in * -Associated Press AN ARMORED personne carrierar) rubes upi a roa near ambush. HEA VY A TTA CKS: N. Vits strie posts near Laotian border SAIGON UP) - North Vietnamese troops yesterday led devastating attacks on South Vietnamese outposts In central apd northern sectors of the South Vietnamese highlands near the Laotian border. H owever, South Vietnamese troops were reported last night to have recaptured an artillery post in an eastern sec- tor near the border. A Saigon military spokesman said South Vietnamese Ai resoiution cailing for an end to classified researcb on campus will be reintroduced to Senate Assembly, the faculty representative body , at the May or June meeting, accord- -~~-~--- ing to two professors active in, the opposition to such re- search. - at the March 22 Senate Assembly 6 meeting, where the faculty body i asked two of its committees to study the research Issue. About two months of concen- trated student-faculty opposition tortheresearch had diminish ed af- ther investigations. A*4 However, the indication this week of sron student sentiment search - as indicated by the N N te camus-wid election - ap- ther efforts by faculty members j toward ending such research. - One referendum, asking w ho e--*. ther the University should refuse to contract for any further mili- E ther the University should refuse NN to contract for any further class- Daily Jim wallac ified research, passed by a vote of AN AD HOC GROUP of students meet last night to discuss their plans for further opposiin to the 4,6 to - 3,069. University's research policies. Plans involve mas s attendance of the Regent's April 16 meeting. The facult motion to end mili- ~._________________ ____ ______ ___________________ tary and classified research oni- ginally introduced by medical SGC ELECTIONS: Prof. Donald Rucknagel and soc -______*_________ ial work Prof. Roger Lind, calls for an end to classified research, j e judic By HESTER PULLING Senate Assembly, the faculty representative body, last night approved the draft of the proposed ,University-wide judiciary, as revised by the Regents this month, but sug- gested a major aspect of the draft be altered. The Regents' revised draft, released by the administra- tion Wednesday, modified the role of the two associate judges who sit on the panel with the presiding judge. The Regents are expected to approve their revised judi- ciary plan at their April 16 open meeting. The regental proposal empowers the presiding judge - an attorney - to make the final decision on rulings in- volving '"a question of law," with the student and faculty associate judges serving in only an advisory capacity. Assembly instead suggested that all procedura mattersv bedeter presiding judge and the two associate judg ens dicial plan has only a bare major- ity support among the Regents. Five of the eight Regents ap- prove the plan, with Regents Law- rence Lindemer (R-Stockbridge), the source said. The source voiced fear that any mao r criticis of te regental pro- Regent William Cudlip (R-Detroit) to switch his vote. Ed Kussy, a student member of the student-faculty-administration committee which formulated the proposed judicial system, prompt- ed Assembly to propose alterations in the Regents draft. Kussy questioned the effective- ness of the two associate judges when given only an advisory role in determnining "legal questions." "I have presided at disruption cases and I feel that every decision I made involved a 'question of law,' " Kussy told Assembly. Anthr evsin he Regets suggsted inrtei judiciary plan was the requirement in the original plan for unanimity in jury deci- sions. h R d f guilt and punishment wud be de- cided by five of the six jury mem- bers. Assembly in is Jauary determined by majority vote, but agreed last night to support the iv-ixth ornoal. panel representative body, last night en- dorsed the Housing Policy Board's proposal tobuild 250 low-rent, sub- modified the proposal with three strong stipulations. The housing proposal must be ap- proved by the Regents at their April 16 meeting in order to meet a May 1 filing deadline for, a IHousing and Urban Development (HUD) subsidy needed for the pro- ject. The stipulations which were at- tached to Assembly's endorsement asked for: a r'eview of alternative sites, a provision for a North Capselementary school site, and for the University to assume part jf the financial responsibility for such a school or schools. Since the presently proposed site nrhof Huron High School entails bussing costs, some Assembly members suggested raising the projected rents to meet costs, and alternative sites either on central campus or closer to present bus routes. -~ frce too bak th bae lae -but allows security classification 1* ra of North Vietnamese regulars Poii e P Ilast night from the regiment which had driven them out 11 * * te day before. 0001110111 i The South Vietnamese efforts hero n g were aided by heavy American air By JONATHAN MILLER support, including fresh raids by B52 bombers against North Viet- I City police, aided by members namese. of the Detroit Metro Squad, the In Saigon yesterday, the U.S. Mihn Saeri Poep ande tt heCommand reporteda58 Americans to have smashed the biggest hero- highest death toll in a month, in ring in the county with the ar- and 542 Americans wounded, the rests yesterday of nine persons on -hghest in six months. Figures for The raiding party, led by Det. and 335 wounded. Sgt. Calvin Hicks of the city po- The step up in North Vietnam- lice, began their round-up early ese action in the central high- yesterday morning. Twelve per- lands marked the third major sons were taken to the police sta- communist strike this week, with See HEROIN, Page 8 See N. VIETS, Page 8 for tne soie purpose of providing access to classified materials.'' According to Lind, "it's our plan that the resolution wili be rein- troduced in May." The first of the two committees will give its report and recommendations in May. the second in June. Meanwhile, at a meeting of about 30 students last niht, fur ther actions for changing the Uni versity'sd research policies were Thse group plans to present the issue at the Regent's April 16 mUniversity comn it te The students also plan to send a delegation to Pres. Robben Flem- ing in an attempt to get the sub- ject of classified and military re- search on the agenda of the Re- See PROPOSAL, Page 8 Lonservalives gain nig foothold in government By ROBERT SCHUEINER Daily News Analysis A deliberate, highly organized sity's conservative students coming at a time of confusion and schism within the left and radical ranks has resulted in th e strongesttshow- Government Council campus-wide elections. With the landslide election of all four members of the Student Cau- cus-who campaigned under the slogan "turn the rascals out", and CITY'S ROLE DEBATED promised to follow a "libertarian" doctrine that they would leave to ntre sudch uas war,rclassifie re- search and recruiting-the conser- vative element appears to have gained a significant, if not de- Although f the conservative-sup- ported president and vice presi- dential candidates finshed a wak sound thrashing delivered to the leftist candidates for SGC at-lar~ge seats by the four caucus candi- dtes seems to be an accurate indi- cation that the present mood on campus is more to the right htn years - at least among those stu- dents interested enough to vote. be the first four places amongr the 19 candiates for at-large council Aend there is some feeling amcng political activists of both camps that conservative sentiment on campus is even higher than Tues- day's and wednesday's vote indi- cated. "I think if Bill Thee (the right- supported presidential candidate) hadn't gotten into all that trouble over campaign spending, he would have won, or come damn close to Sec CONSERVATIVES, Page 8 4.) P roblems pervade black affairs Scott was subsequently elimui- nated after the initial ballot accord- and his votes were ~distributed be- tween the other two candidates, in cases where students had indicated their second choice. At that point, the vote was 3,932 to 2,481 in favor While the election undoubtedly shows that the conservative ele- ment is strong at the University, many radicals disagree that the seating of four rightists on coun- I SGC discusses directing C&R to reconlsider Thee charges EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the third of a series exploring prominent issues In Monday's city elections. By JOHN MJTCHELL Two city programs designed to ease the problems of the Ana Arbor black com- munity have, over the past two years, become the centers of bitter controversy, evoking questions about the roles of the city administration in black affairs. in the Model Cities Policy Board, the pro- gram's steering committee, as disputes erupted about the alleged "political game- playing" and the "cliquish administra- tion" of some members of the board. As a result, the Detroit office of Hous- ing and Urban Development, the pro- gram's principal funder, was recently re- quzsted to investigate the local M o d e 1 Cities operation. inent board members, says that once the quarreling ends, the program will be ef- fective in solving black community prob- lems. He says he will "continue persistent efforts to make the program a success.". Jack Garris, the Republican mayoral candidate, claims that the entire Model Cities Program has been a fiasco. City reports published in 1966 and 1968 The Student Government Council continued discussion early this I morning on whetherrSGC's Credi should reconsider its investigation I and ruling on a complaint against defeated presidential candidate Bill Thee. Last Friday, the board found Thee in violation of the SGC elec- tion code for exceeding the $100 eliminated following the first tally, which placed him third, Tehe results onthe raesd fo Publications, and the Board in Control for Intercollegiate Ath- letics, and The Advisory Committee on Recreation intramurals and Club Sports had not been tabulated yesterday. The returns are ex- pected today.