1 1 Wolverines flounder to victory, ~Daiti 20-9 SUNDAY DAILY See Editorial Page I; 1MwA SUMMERTIME High-85 Low-57 Mostly . sunny Vol. XXXI, No. 16 Ann Arbor, Michigan --Sunday, September 20, 1970 Ten Cents Ten Page DECISION TODAY Hepatitis may cause tent city eviction Jordan accepts By MARK DILLEN "Tent City," a tent-dwelling community on the Diag, may soon be forced to close up because of a case of infectious hepatitis. This was announced last night by Vice-President for Student Services Robert Knauss, following a series of com- munications between Knauss, 'Environmental Health Di- rector William Joy and residents of the tent community. A final decision on the matter is expected today, follow- ing a meeting between Knauss and representatives of the Tenants Union, which has been supporting "Tent City". The presence of the disease was first discovered Friday when Ralph Barker, 18, was admitted to University Hos- pital, He had been living in several places recently, in- eluding Tent City and Stockwell Hall. Although University health officials have since disinfected most of Stockwell's restrooms and most of the people in contact with Barker have been innoculated with a serum to prevent the dis- ease, there remains some question as to whether further steps are necessary. 'Joy has said the tents must be removed while the tent dwellers are contesting this. "They're trying to create this fear in the public mind that unless all the tents are removed, the place is unsafe," said Teants Union spokesman Steven Burghardt. "That isn't true. There are only two tents that Barker was in City t sell ~ Mark's for $600 tax bill_ By W. E. SCHROCK People used to go to Mark's Coffeehouse to meet friends after class, to study or play chess, or just to relax in what must be de- scribed as one of the feyv local coffeenouses with "atmosphere." Occasionally they went to buy something to eat and drink. Now they are greeted by a padlock, a tax sale announcement, and some wilting flowers from would-be patrons Flowers may have been "too sentimental for some people who stopped to look at the door, but almost everyone was surpried to find Mark's is to be sold for taxes by the state. Friday, people walked up to the door and read: "Notice is hereby given that a tax sale will be held by the City of Ann Arbor on September 28, 1970 at 11:00 Wolverine o'clock at 605 East William St. (Mark's day s ?0-9 address) . . by reason of personal property taxes which are outstanding for the years 1968, 1969, and 1970 in the amount of $596.71" City Treasurer John P. Bentley signed the announcement. They also read a more detailed announce- ment issued by a representative of the Mich- " igan State Police force Thursday listing w i particular acts violated and the items for sale, "viz: tables, chairs, refrigeratoi, food prep. cabinets and tables, utensils, pots, By R pans, dishes and misc. items, cash register, A dispute h coffee maker, food warmers and keepers of the Unive and inventory of supplies." store's new m While most of those who stopped to read just walked away, a number paused long seling at su enough to swear. dent Activit'ie "The pastrami sandwiches had shrunk been made p a lot recently," one former patron remarked. ployes collecti But that was not the only problem Mark's With the e had encountered in the last year or so. el t the s Mark's had also suffered invasions of "teeny- the Student B boppers" and health inspectors. te todhire "It probably died because people wouldn't The Board fe buy anything," another former patron co- problems of i mented.anwolsu In less than ten days the flowers will have operations.u blown away, people will have stopped leaving notes on the.door for their friends when Apparently they find they can't meet them there any- veloped with more, and Mark's will be dead and sold. meeting with the student 7y ~~ "'p . content with ment. One student since its ince store as frien feels that the tudinous servi out of hand. Another stu anonymous fel ing policies we some personsI the brief rush fically told tha nlonve until thf and they have been taken down and will be disinfected." Joy disagreed. "There's no way of knowing which tents and which people are affected. All the tents have to be removed and disinfected." Some of the residents charged that the decision was based on "politics" and not safety. "Barker only spent a couple of days here and we've already done everything our doctors have said we ought to-we've all gotten the shots," said one resident. Several doctors contacted yesterday expressed doubt that any precautions other than taking the gamma glo- bulin serum were necessary. "These guys are just out to get us out of here," added Tenants Union member David Christeller. "Brinkerhoff (Director of University Business Operations) would like , to get rid of us today before the alumni see us and when everyone is at the football game."{ Christeller was referring to the order Brinkerhoff had given Joy for the tents' removal yesterday which was later rescinded pending today's meeting.J Despite this criticism, University Health Service Direct- or Dr. Robert Anderson said the removal of the tents was necessary. "We have to take every precaution because it's a very difficult virus to completely erradicate." he said. "That area is really contaminated and I would recommend it be evacuated. We have an obligation to protect, the com- munity." Although Anderson cautioned that even with the pre- ventive shots there was "no absolute protection," he said "only those with 2 to 3 hours exposure to this person or those who used common lavatory facilities that he used are likely to have the disease." The University originally allowed people to set tents on the Diag provided -no health hazard was created by them. The residents claim that this hasn't happened, but Knauss says he isn't sure. "It may be the case that a health hazard has been created. If so, we may have to move the tents to some other location," he said. Meanwhile, Tenants Union, which has supported the "Tent-in" is uncertain of what will eventually happen. "I wish I knew what would happen," said Burghardt. "We're supporting them but we can't negotiate for them. We can only help them in their dealings with the Univer- sity," he said. Although the University has offered to provide tem- porary housing for students involved in the tent-in while the area is disinfected, few can take advantage of the offer if the tents come down. Only one person currently involved in the Tent-in is a student. cease -fire; rebels refuse Blacks begin publicati*on of new magazine. By ART LERNERy "Burning Spear," Ann Arbor's newest publication, is a magazine designed to serve the city's black community. The first edition includes articles on the Ann Arbor Model Cities program, Newark, legal self-defense, firearms, Chicanos, and an interview with black, artist Jon Onye rLock ard. TheBurning Spear's staff plans to pub- lish the magazine twice monthlyand dis- tribute it through pedestrian vendors and newsstands. The magazine is an independent organi- zation, recognized by Student Government Council, and not affiliated with any other group. Burning Spear Editor Alan Douglas gives two primary purposes for, the magazine. One he says, is "to establish effectivedregular communications between black students, faculty,staff and other interested people. The other is "to form a link of communica- tion between black folks on campus, in Ann Arbor and beyond." The magazine has a core staff ofvolun- teers, says Douglas. "Contributions of time, poetry, art, fiction, or anything else relat- ing to black people are welcome from any- one," he says. The staff hopes there will be an exchange of ideas on possible solutions to the spe- cific problems of blacks in the magazine, says Douglas. In addition, Burning Spear tywill carry several monthly features intended to serve the needs of the community on an on-going basis. These will include free community an- nouncements column, a letters column, book, record, and movie reviews, and funda- mental information on first aid, legal self- defense and firearms, according to an edi- See BLACKS, Page 6 BULLETIN BEIRUT (AP) - Amman Radio said early today that a Syrian armored brigade crossed into Jordan in the early hours and clashed with royal Jordanian troops. A communique ,issued by Jordanian military governor Habis Majali said the Syrian attack was repulsed back into Syria "with heavy losses." By The Associated Press Jordanian army chief'Habis Majali order- ed his soldiers to cease military operations against Palestinian guerrillas yesterday but later warned "anyone who fires on civilians or troops will be shot." Guerrilla broadcasts rejected the cease- fire in the three-day war that has left an estimated 10,000 casualties and declared "the battle continues." Majali apparently agreed to a truce pro- posed by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in ordering his troops to back off, but 2/a hours later he broadcast the warn- ing to guerrillas that they would be shot if they fired at soldiers or civilians. He also declared a ban on "anyone carrying arms in towns and cities throughout the country." Associated Press newsman George Boult- wood reported from the Syrian-Jordanian border 50 miles north of Amman, that 3,000 Syrian troops with 50 Soviet-made tanks were deployed along the frontier in support of the guerrillas. The Soviet news agency Tass- expressed alarm at movements of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean it said, "Re- ports indicate that plans of foreign military intervention . . . are being hatched by definite circles in certain countries." Tass appealed to the Jordanian government and guerrillas to stop "the fratricidal conflict." The Egyptian government said any Ameri- can, military intervention in Jordan would have "grave consequences." U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said yesterday that as long as the Jordanian army remains in control there are no plans for the United States to evacuate U.S. citi-, zens who are in that troubled country. Asked about reports that the Palestinian guerrillas were moving some tanks into Jor- dan across the Syrian border, Laird said this was a possibility-but he stressed there had been no confirmation. In any event, Laird said, he wouldn't regard the use of i tanks by the guerrillas from Syria as an act of intervention in the Jordanian civil war. In related developments, Britain an- nounced last night it is readying medical help and emergency supplies for an inter- national relief operation to Jordan. Also, a hand grenade apparently thrown by Arab terrorists exploded in an East Jeru- salem restaurant last night, wounding a former Chicago couple and their teen-age son, police said. 1 -Daily-Jim Jucdkis Looking for daylight Lance Scheffler looks for running room in the fourth quarter of yester- victory over Arizona. See story, Page 9. WHO SUPERVISES? " " )kstore ernployes in rift [Ii manager on policies --Ass.catel kress PALESTINIAN guerrillas rest outside Ramtha near the Syrian border. IHA, RHU to meet on proposed constitutions By MICHAEL SCHNECK Acting Inter-House Assembly (IHA) pres- ident Bob Hartzler and Residence Hall Union (RHU) chairman Jeff Lewin will meet today to iron out differences in their proposed constitutions for; a new student housing organization. A new constitution was made necessary by Central Student Judiciary's (CSJ) ruling last year that IFA was in violation of Stu- dent Governient Council's (SGC) constitu- tion. The action against IHA was brought by residents of West Quad's Chicago House who claimed IHA was unrepresentative. Both IHA and RHU have drawn up con- stitutions to submit for the approval of dorm residents. Both new constitutions would reduce the size of the organization's representative body. IHA's proposal would limit voting members to 20, with four non- voting members serving as representatives on the Board of Governors of the residence halls. RHU's proposed constitution would limit the number of voting members to 17 repre- sentatives of students in dorms, along with voting privileges for the president and the student members of the Board of Governors. One major difference separating the two sides is the nature of the head officer of the organization. According to IHA, he> would be called chairman and would be elected from among the IHA council as is done See IHA, Page 6 OSE SUE BERSTEIN as emerged between employes, .sity discount store and the anager. store began in January,, 1969 pplies and records in the Stu- s Bldg., major decisions h a d rimarily by the student em- vely. xpansion of the store to in- dent bookstore, the Board for Bookstore decided it was ne- a general manager, Lou Hall. lt that Hall would ease the initiating a book department pervise the store's day-to-day misunderstandings have de- this change, and at a closed the Board last Sunday night, employes voiced general dis- the store's current manage- who has worked at the store ption described the original dly, small, and personal. He present store, with its multi- ces and products has gotten dent who preferred to remain t that the new hiring and fir- ere unjust. He explained that had evidently been hired for season but were not speci- at they were short term em- aev werep fired. to be made the students have lost control over the store's operations. Professor Merle Crawford, a fagulty member of the Board, explained that he thought the student workers were adequate- ly represented through SGC. "The Regents agreed to a compromise letting students control the store but not a particular group who work at one time at that store, rather students at large." See BOOKSTORE, Page 6 Against, the, war: The tie that binds, By HANNAH MORRISON "I'd march with the devil against this war," says a professor. "I'm be- yond thinking about who's marching with me." And apparently other anti-war workers in the area - some of them organized into four specific p e a c e groups - feel the same way. Though the four organizations h o u s e d at the newly-established Peace Cen- ter at Huron and State have different constituencies, origins, ideology and methods, they are sufficiently united to co-exist. Movement for a New Congress (MNC) and Peace Works (the former McGovern-Hatfield petition d r i vIe) were formed this summer in resporne "Our purpose is to kick out the bad- dies and get in the goodies," says MNC leader Andy Semmel, grad. Another MNC organizer, Laird Har- ris, says, "people good on peace are usually good on other issues too." The group centers its efforts on door-to-door canvassing, voter regis- tration and distribution of literature -leaving fund-raising to other organ- izations. Last week, MNC held a regis- tration drive on campus, in. addition to a mass meeting. Though Harris says the organization is non-partisan, it has supported "at least three Demo- crats for every Republican." An organizer suggests two criteria by which MNC evaluates candidates- 'Does the candidate understand why I Peace Works is now in the process of redefining its goals, following the defeat of the Hatfield-McGovern Amendment to End the War, which it was formed to promote. The group had collected over 17,000 signatures this summer in support of the amend- ment and has been selling Peanuts for Peace to raise money for anti- war advertising. Two older organizations located in the Peace Center are the Interfaith Council for Peace and the Ann Ar- bor Committee to End the War. The Committee, composed of graduate students and faculty members, orig- inated during summer 1969 as an ad hoc faculty group to organize a fall anti-war rally. It reassembled after most established peace group in Ann Arbor," consists of some 40 people, about half of whom are local clergy- men. It began late in 1965 as part of the Protestant Council of Church- es. Barbara Fuller, a minister's wife and the groups' sole fulltime employe, says, "After a while, it seemhed sense- less to work against the war without the help of other religious groups, so now we're only nominally affiliated with the Protestants.' The Council maintains ties with most local congregations interested in social action, says Mrs. Fuller. "The representatives tend to be from the less sectarian, less narrow churches," she says. ThP grnn hc n.a *,,,nfnlArI rnnon i