SECURITY FOR HUEY: FORMS OF REPRESSION See Editorial Page Y Si4r 43aUY 4E2at ~ COOL High-45 Low-35 Windy and cloudy, chance of rain tonight Vol. LXXXI, No. 67 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, November 19, 1970 Ten Cents Ten Pages 39 TURNED DOWN: Cut 0 nI Jurors rejected budget Tto n Seale trial unlikely BysJIM NEUBACHERj Special To The Daily NEW HAVEN, Conn.--A possible request for the electric chair for Bobby Seale loomed large here yesterday as defense and prosecution attorneys rejected 21 more prospective jurors in the trial of the Black Panther. Seale, 34,,the national chairman of the Panther party, is on trial along with Connecticut Panther leader Ericka Hug- gins. Both are accused of murder, kidnapping resulting in death, and conspiracy to commit both of those crimes in the May, 1969 slaying of New York Panther Alex Rackley. The 21 rejected jurors bring the total number rejected to 39, with the first juror yet to be seated. But a clear pattern is emerging which seems to indicate that State's Atty. Arnold raise tuition By HESTER PULLING Although the University has not yet determined what areas will be affected by the State Legislature's $735,048 emergency cut in this year's appropriations to the University, Vice Presi- dent for Academic Affairs Allan Smith yesterday said he does not anticipate increasing student tuition to cover the cuts. Tuesday legislative negotiators announced budget cuts of one per cent for all four-year, state-supported colleges and universities to add $62 million to the state's treasury. Of the total $735,048 University budget cut, $692,950 is from the Ann Arbor campus, $23,003 from the Dearborn branch campus and $19,095 from Flint's branch campus. Explaining the difficulty in determining which areas of the University's budget to cut, Smith said, "Any cut in the anticipated budget is tough, - - - %Worklers return to GM plant DETROIT (I)-Return of 3,000 long-striking employes to a Gen- eral Motors plant today was vetoed yesterday by the United Auto Workers Union. But the UAW left undisturbed, at least for the time being, plans of 2,500 others to begin returning to another plant. A nationwide UAW s tr i ke against GM now in its 10th week will not formally end until union ratification of a new national con- tract on which voting winds up tomorrow. There was no explanation from union headquarters in Detroit why workers had been ordered not to return immediately at a Fisher Body plant at Grand Blanc, Mich., but no such order had been given a similar plant at Kalamazoo. Local unions representing em- ployes of-the two plants have ap- proved overwhelmingly both the new national contract and at-the- plant working agreements which supplement it. They also had agreed with local management to return to work without awaiting a formal end of the strike. Don Ellis, UAW regional direc- tor for the Flint. area, pointed out the union had not called off its GM strike and that it still wasn't "absolutely ceitain" the new con- tract will be ratified. General Motors said it would welcome any workers who return today either at Grand Blanc or Kalamazoo, but James Huffman, s h o p committee chairman at Grand Blanc, said "orders came down from the international" for no one to go back before Monday. The UAW local at Kalamazoo said it had received no such orders and that make-ready crews would begin reporting at midnight yes- terday, skilled tradesmen today and production workers tomorrow. A Fisher Body local union at Grand Rapids reported it sent back make-ready crews yesterday and planned to return production workers Monday, when results of the ratification vote will be known. There was a groundswell yes- 4 terday in new contract approval, with 27 units voting to ratify and bringing to 53 the number thus far approving out of 155 separate GM-UAW bargaining units around the country. The strike has had long-range economic effects, sending the un- employment rate in the state up to 9 per cent and across the nation to 5.6 per cent. Markle is looking for a jury that won't be afraid to im- pose the death sentence if asked to. In a significant move yesterday, Markle asked Superior Court Judge Harold M. Mulvey to excuse1 a prospective juror who said he was against the death penalty at all times. Mulvey complied with the motion over the objections of Charles R. Garry, defense at- torney for Seale. Garry contended that a recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court does not allow a prospective juror to be disqualified just te-' cause he was opposed to the death penalty. Although Mulvey overruled Gar- ry's objection, and disqualified the juror, Garry was allowed to in- troduce evidence in support of his contention, and may use The issue of an improperly constituted jury as grounds for appeal should that be necessary later. Under Connecticut law, the jury in a capital case first renders a verdict and then, if requested to by the prosecutor, debates the sen- tence. Questioned about asking for a death sentence should he win a conviction, Markle brushed the is- sue aside, saying "We're going after a conviction first, we'll come to that later." However, in the previous trial of Panther Lonnie McLucas, who was also charged with kidnaping and conspiracy to murder Rackley, Markle anounced before the start of the jury selection that he was not going to seek the death pen- alty. McLucas was eventually con- victed of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to 12-15 years in jail. But yesterday Markle said, "The Seale trial is not going the same way as the McLucas trial." He declined to say this meant, he was considering asking for the death sentence. About half of the 39 prospective jurors have been excused for health or hardship reasons. Most of the rest were excused by Mul- vey after admitting, in the course of grueling examinations by Garry and Catherine Roraback; attorneyr for Huggings, to having pre- judged the case, or having a bias that would make it impossible for them to consider evidence and testimoney in a fair and impartial manner. On only two occasions thus 'far have Garry and Roraback been satisfied that a prospective jurort would be fair and impartial. In both these cases, Markle has used a "preemptory challenge" to= excuse the prospective juror with- out having to show a reason. InI one of these cases, he did not ask2 the prospective juror any ques- tions. His only apparent objection2 to the prospective juror was that( the juror was approved by the de- fense lawyers. Defense attorneys have also ex- See REJECT, Page 101 -Barb Jaffe A sign of our tines When a large billboard became available in the center of Columbus, Ohio State fans were quick to find a suitable use for the space. For the past two weeks, slogans coined by the fans have been posted in an effort to advance the Buckeyes chances against Michigan on Nov. 21. The right half of the billboard, not visible in the picture, responds to the phrase "In Ann Arbor they say: Goody, Goody, Bo Beat Woody" with the question "We say: Who's Bo?" (See sto ry, Page 9.) PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED: ' asks security plan By EUGENE ROBINSON the kind of climate which ought to allowed to enter or leave the In the future, groups who plan prevail on a campus," Fleming building. to use University facilities for said. Fleming commented yesterday, lectures or talks will have to re- The statement was issued in re- "I'm very concerned about the ceive University approval for any sponse to Black Student Union matter of searching people to go unusual security precautions, in- preparations for a talk Tuesday to a University lecture." He said cluding physical searches, in ad- night by Huey P. Newton, minister that it was a matter of people vance. of defense of the Black Panther being "free to come and go." According to a statement issued Party. He said that he did not know by President Robben Fleming, the Before entering Hill Aud., each of the BSU's plans to search the' University will want to know be- member of the audience was crowd until late Monday after- forehand any circumstances which searched for concealed weapons. noon. might warrant such precautions, Also, no cameras, tape recorders, He said that the restrictions and will review whether "appear- or sharp objects were allowed in seemed "totally inconsistent with ances which must take place un- the building. 'university' type of climate." der such conditions are appro- Once inside, the crowd was told He emphasized that his objec- priate on this campus. to sit down immediately and re- tion was to the security restric- "That it should be necessary to mansae.I.adtote tions, not to Huey Newton him- search people attending a lecture main seated. In addition, they self. He said that people with all on University premises is some- were informed that once Newton points of view are welcome to thing which we find repugnant to began speaking, no one would be speak on the campus. 1-Ill . 1 1(eC~1____ 1 notice Dave Wesley, president of BSU, had no reaction to the statement. He said, however, that he felt that too much emphasis was being placed on the security precau- tions, and not enough on Newton's seerch itself. Other reactions to the security measures were varied. History Prof. Gerhard Weinberg, chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee of University Affairs (SACUA) was reluctant to comment, saying, "This is a matter that the Uni- versity's Civil Liberties B o a r d is looking at." However, he did say that he thought there were severe c i v i 1 liberties problems to such actions on campus by "anyone under any circumstances." Robert Knauss, vice president for student services, had mixed feelings about the subject. "I was concerned about the se- curity question," he said. "Any time you've got the use of public buildings, I find it very trouble- some to have these restrictions im- posed." He added, however, that "under current restrictions, I find noth- ing legally wrong with imposing restrictions." Knauss cited o t h e r University events at which the use of cameras or tape recorders has been prohibited. Under present rules, when the Universityrents a building to an organization,'the group has a right to exclude or restrict whomever they wish, he said. Knauss also emphasized that the major objection was to the re- strictions and not to Newton h i m- self. He said that he could apprec- iate the concern of BSU on secur- ity reasons. However, he expressed doubts over the actual effective- ness of the search. for lots of plans are laid for the full year. We will have to revise these plans on a make- shift basis which is always unsatisfactory." Smith- said he, talked briefly with President Robben Fleming concerning the budget cuts, but did not have time to talk with the deans'of the schools and colleges. But, Smith said he prefers not to make budget cuts "across the board"-a flat, percentage figure applied evenly to all the Univer- sity's schools and colleges. "I would rather see selective cuts from different places (in the University,)" Smith said. Several devices Smith suggested to accommodate the budget cuts include freezing all vacated staff positions and equipment and re- habilitation expenditures. "If some of these devices could be used, the impact on the opera- tional units would be lessened," Smith said. Last week the University an- nounced a possible three per cent budget cut which would not take effect until 1971-72. The state's budget reduction request-which will be effective this fiscal year- has no relation to last week's pro- posed cuts. Smith said he does not antici- pate any more cuts from the state. Tuesday's cutbacks resulted from a slowdown in the national econ- omy and costs relating to the General Motors strike, the state House and Senate Appropriations Committees said. Senate Appropriations Chair- man Charles Zollar (R-Benton Harbor) said he did not expect the $62 million would be sufficient to cover state losses from the auto strike. According to its constitution, the state cannot operate on defi- cit spending. Legislative measures aimed at increasing state revenue include: -Deferred capital outlay on programs totaling $13.97 million. Included in this category are the proposed new capital, a Grand Rapids state office building, pre- fects at state colleges and univer- sities and mental health facilities; -Reduction of payments to nonpublic schools (parochiaid) of $12.2 million. This reduction, in effect, was ordered by the voters in the Nov. 3 elections when a majority approved a constitution- al amendment halting state aid to nonpublic schools. -Program reductions and de- ferments of $3.1 million. Cuts here amount to trimming state pro- grams such as grants to school districts for community - school specialized instruction programs; and -College cutbacks of $2.84 mil- lion. The legislature put no re- strictions on where universities and colleges should make these cuts. t Regents to investigate dorm acts By DAVE CHUDWIN The Regents will discuss stu- dent morals in dormitories in a closed session with University of- ficials as the Regents begin two days of meetings here today and tomorrow. University Housing Director John Feldkamp along with re- presentatives of the Health Ser- vice and counseling office will dis- cuss visitation hours, the use of drugs and sex in dormitories and respond to Regents' questions on the subject. "Some months ago the Regents asked to discuss with people in the dorms their perceptions of these problems," President Robben Fleming explained. Fleming emphasized that the secret meeting will be purely for. informational purposes and that the Regents will not take any ac- tion on the situation. "If anybody makes a speech, they (the Regents) get asked by the audience about drugs and sex on campus and they want in- formation," Fleming said. He added that the Regents were not specifically concerned w i t h the situation in any single dormi- tory or any particular problem. The Regents public session to- morrow has a comparatively un- eventful agenda with the Regents scheduled to receive reports on la- bor relations and sources of re- search funding among others. Fleming said earlier this week that he will comment on negotia- tions between the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the University on an action plan for employment of women. In addition, the Regents are ex- pected to approve the appoint- ment of Roger W. Heyns, chan- cellor of the University of Cali- fornia at Berkeley, as professor of education and psychology here. One reason that this month's Regents meeting will be so un- eventful, sources say, is that de- tailed proposals on several con- troversial issues such as the Of- fice of Student Services' recruit- ing policy and a University policy on use of facilities are not yet ready for submission to the Re- gents. Some of these sensitive proposals will conceivably not be brought before the Regents until t h e i r January meeting when two newly- elected members, James Waters and Paul Brown, take office. roils open tor iinal clay ot MA elections following light turnout By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN Polls will continue to be set up) Voting was slow again yesterday at the following locations: thel in the second day of the semi- Union, the Fishbowl, the Under- annual Student Government Coun- graduate Library, the Frieze Bldg. cil elections. and the North Campus bus stop. Elections supervisor Vic Gut- Schools which will have polling man estimated that 1,500 students places are: the medical school, the cast ballots in yesterday's voting, school of education, the law bringing the two-day total to school, the-engineering school (at about 2,700. both East and West Engineering With seven council seats and a Buildings). referendum at stake, election bal- During meal hours only, these lotings ends today. dormitories will have voting booths "I would encourage all students set up: South Quad, East Quad, to vote today," urged Jerry De Markley, Bursley, and Alice Lloyd Grieck, executive vice president Halls. of SGC. "Otherwise," he cau- Candidates for the seven Coun- tioned, "they will get a student cil seats include: a coalition of government which may not rep- Marnie Heyn, Paul Teich, an in- resent their interests." cumbent, Brian Spears and Jean- NEW COMMITTEE MEETS 'ne Lenzer; incumbents A n d r e Hunt, Al Ackerman, and Henry Cley; Jeff Lewin, running with Ackerman; Jay Hack; Russ Gar- land; Paul Travis; Bahr Weiss, and an informal alliance of Jim Kent, Edward Steig and Mark Ruessman. The referendum reads as fol- lows: "Should two students and two faculty be seated with the Board of Regents, said students and faculty to have all regental p r i v i l e g e s except the right to vote?" De Grieck appeared dismayed by the low voter turnout for the first two days. He explained that al- though voting at central campus locations had picked up yesterday, fewer ballots were cast at the var- ious schools and colleges and dor- mitories. Gutman atributed the lag in balloting to "poor campaigning." "No major issues were involved," he explained. Many voters yesterday seemed apathetic about the election. Poll workers became bored as few students voted. One residence hall voting station got fewer than 10 votes at lunchtime yesterday. Another poll worker pointed out that the voters were amazingly ig- norant of the candidates' posi- tions. As shespoke, a student ap- proached the booth, He inquired about the election and then told her that he couldn't vote because he "just didn't know enough about the issues." Election procedures were the standard ones which have charac- i 1 t U' to aid handicapped students By GERI SPRUNG. "Many handicapped students have been reluctant to come to the University be- cause they believed, perhaps correctly, that there was a lack of facilities and pregram- ming for them here," says Vice President for Student Services Robert Knauss. Hoping to ease this problem, Knauss has apointed an 11-member committee to make recommendations on actions the University can take to help handicapped students. The committee met for the first time three weeks ago, and committee member He says students are told that they should come to check out the facilities here and if they think the facilities are adequate they should come. Students are reminded, however, that they will be on their own. The usual problems for the handicapped include housing, transportation, parking and special problems for the blind. For those that cannot walk long distances, there is the problem of the spread-out nature of the campus. Approximately 10 per cent of the ap- plicants will definitely have problems, he pus do not conform to the state codes for the handicapped. State investigators were on campus two weeks ago to inspect the buildings. Douglas Sherman, assistant vice presi- dent and director of capital planning, said "nothing too serious was found wrong." However, a written report on the investiga- tion is expected this week. Other problems students encounter are unrepaired sidewalks, broken elevators, and unshoveled sidewalks. There are very limited special services offered to handicapped students through I,