HUBER GOES TO THE RIGHT. See Editorial Page Y 4AA4hptr igaYt &t aiMo NIPPY High-35 Low--2Q Cloudy, colder; chance of snow Vol. LXXXI, No. 77 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, December 5, 1970 Ten Cents Ten Pages LIBERTIES SUSPENDED: Ireland acts to foil conspiracy DUBLIN (A1 - The Irish government assumed emergency powers to jail suspects without trial yesterday to counter "a secret armed conspiracy" which it said plotted a campaign of kidnaping and lawlessness. Prime Minister Jack Lynch acted on the advice of police authorities, who said the conspirators planned the kidnaping of prominent leaders and a series of armed bank robberies likely to involve murder. Lynch said his government was invoking the right to bring into operation without further notice Part 2 of the 1940 Offenses against the State Act. This gives power to intern any citizen without trial. A statement signed by Lynch and Justice Minister Des- mond O'Malley said orders have gone out for the imme- diate preparation of deten- tion centers. The statement gave no names of individuals or organizations in- k It volved in the alleged plot. It was, however, widely assum- ed in bublin that Lynch's move was directed against the under- ground Irish Republican Army and a fanatic splinter group By SARA FITZGERALD known as Soar Eire - Free Ire- A candidate who was defeated land. in the recent Student Government Saor Eire gunmen were involv- Council (SGC) elections has asked ed in a series of bank raids earlier Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) this year, until a six-month bank for a vote iecount strike thwarted them. The banks for avotereopened last month. Mark Ruessman, '71, is appeal- I epndls month a ncnatn fthaCFP1P Harris cites indecision on re-election bid By CARLA RAPOPORT Mayor Robert Harris said yesterday he has not yet de- cided whether he will seek re-election in April. The mayor's statement contradicted reports from knowledgable sources that the mayor had decided not to seek a new term. One highly reliable source, who had previously disclosed the mayor, would not run for a second term, yesterday de- clined comment on the matter. Several prominent local Democrats, including Harris, reportedly met in a closed meeting Thursday night to discuss the selection of a candidate. Harris' subsequent statement yesterday morning prompted speculation that either he had changed his mind or was attempting to keep the Re- publican party guessing... Candidates for the mayorship must file their petitions by Dec. 31. Front-runner for the Republi-, can nomination now, according to an informed source in city politics, is Councilman James Stephenson, a critic of the Harris administra- tion. Stephenson played a promi- nent role in the Republicans' ef- fort to' ban summer rock concerts and alleged "smut and obscenity" from printed matter in Ann Ar- bor. If Harris decides not to run, in- dications are that the Republicans will support former Councilman John Hathaway. In addition, Har- ris' last opponent, Richard Bal- zhiser appears to be seeking the GOP's backing. Jack Garris, a prominent con- servative in city politics. and Lewis Ernst have already announced their candidacy for the Republi- can mayoral nomination. ing the refusal of SGC's Creden- tials and Rules Committee to call a recount. The committee, which oversees SGC election procedures, turned down Ruessman's request for a recount Nov. 22 by a 4-0 vote. Reussman claims that some bal- lots listing his name were not counted in the final tally of votes, according to Vic Gutman, who was in charge of running the elec- tion. Specifically, Ruessman's request asks that the "unused printed bal- lots left over from the recent SGC election be counted in order to find out if the used ballots plus the unused ballots total 10,000 bal- lots as they should." Explaining why a recount was not ordered, Gutman says, "The committee decided not to comply with Ruessman's request because when voters made mistakes at the polls, they tore up their ballots, .,invocation of t ne uiienses against the State Act involved the government in withdrawal from some provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. Lynch said this was a measure of the seriousness of the situation. The announcement was seen in political circles as a move by the administration to snuff out the threatened conspiracy before it could flame up. Intensified police action is ex- pected to follow because of the alleged threat to t h e safety of government ministers and other prominent people. The IRA, which is split into two groups, known as "officials" and "provisionals," has re-emerged in the past year after eight years of inactivity. The "officials" are dedicated to Marxist revolution, the "provis- ionals" to the longstanding IRA aim of forcibly abolishing parti- tion of Ireland between t h e 26 -Daily-Jim Judkis Harvey's secret weapon This army surplus truck is believed to be what Sheriff Douglas Harvey has referred to as his "secret weapon" for quelling public dis- orders. Located at Harvey's new communications center on Hogback Rd., Pittsfield Township, the truck is equipped to spray crowds with either water or chemicals, possibly in combination with a pepperfog generator purchased by the sheriff earlier this year. The loca- tion of the truck has been secret until now. 'WEATHERMEN' CHARGED: Arrest six in 01,NY bo mb attempt and those ballots voided by the counties of the republic and the computer were thrown out." s i x counties of British-ruled The committee also thought Northern Ireland. that Ruessman was too far behind Although officially outlawed, for a recount to seriously affect both groups have recently parad- the outcome of the election. ed openly in uniform in Dublin. J rr-,ar larlrr ra xral kr im f NEW YORK (P) - Three men had been closely watched and three women, described by tectives for months. police as members of the Wea- One of them was quoted therman radical group, were ar- ing detectives that they ha rested yesterday outside an East ned the "first of a series of Side bank which detectives s a i d ings to celebrate the mu they were preparing to fire bomb. Fred Hampton," and the An attorney said later the six decided on New York C denied being Weathermen. the first bombing "becaus The group was planning the act dent Nixon is coming her to commemorate the death a year Hampton, a BlackI ago of two Black Panthers during leader, was shot to death a Chicago police raid, the police ago today in a police rai said. Chicago apartment. P Posing as drunks in ragged Nixon was in New York clothing, detectives seized the six, speech to the National Ass after trailing them to the bank. of Manufacturers. Police said the alleged bombers All those arrested at th by de- as tell- ad plan- f bomb- rder of at they Dity for e Presi- -e." Panther a year .d on a resident for a ociation he First National City Bank branch dur- police laboratory for examination ing the early morning hours were and the six were taken to the Cen- New Yorkers. tral Park Police Station for ques- They were identified by police as tioning. Richard Palmer, 40, Joyce Plecha, A woman detective, Frances 26, Sharon Krebs, 26, Claudia Co- Emolino, was taken to a hospital nine, 22, Martin Lewis, 25, and for treatment of an injury which Christopher Trenkel, 19. police said she received when one Police said the suspects planned of the suspects kicked her in the to break the bank windows l-eg. carrying sledge hammers for the purpose -- then placed four gaso- The six seized were charged with line-filled milk bottles inside the attempted arson in the first de- building. gree, attempted criminal m i s- The tattered police descended on chief, conspiracy to commit ar- the group just as they were about son and possession of dangerous to light the fuses, authorities said. instruments. The fire bombs were taken to a A op hp iwt LAJA'.5. jud e rdered.'~ UUtemJ he'.ld ithU. t7 4 Ruessman came in eighth with' 688 votes behind Jim Kent, who with 1,126 votes, was also de- feated. Next was Brian Spears who won . a half-term seat with 1,150 votes. "It should be rather easy to find out if there has been some kind of fraud," says Ruessman. "I was surprised that the Credentials and Rules Committee wouldn't take such an opportunity to confirm the integrity of the election. That they wouldn't take this chance makes me wonder a little:" "I see no reason why the Cre- , dentials and Rules Committee should have granted Ruessman's request." said Jerry DeGrieck, SGC executive vice president. "This makes me wonder whether Ruess- man is only trying to cast doubt on the whole election." The case will be judged next term, according to CSJ Chairman Ed Kussy. "Though the complaint asks CSJ just to review the committee's decision, there may be a lot of other things involved," Kussy says. 'Their leaders are well nown Lo the police and some even make, television appearances in their own names. Following is the text of the gov- ernment statement: "The police authorities have in- formed the government that re- liable information has come into their possession to the effect that a secret armed conspiracy exists in the country to kidnap one or more prominent persons. Connect- ed with this conspiracy are plans to carry out armed bank robberies which the police believe may well involve murders or attempted murders. "The government views with deep gravity the situation arising from this information which has be-n carefully checked.I "The government has given in- structions that places of deten- tion be prepared immediately and the secretary-general, Council of Europe, is now being informed of the government's proposals as these proposals will involve dero- gation from certain provisions of See IRELAND, Page 7 Foreign students in dorms face whiter break H using problems By ANDY ZACK The closing of the University dormitories over winter vacation presents a special problem to some 125 international students who re- side in dormitories and would pre- fer to remain in them during the break. According to Letty Wungluck, community coordinator for the In- ternational Center, there are 206 foreign students living in Univer- sity residences. Of these, approximately 125 foreign students are living in dor- mitories that will close after finals. Wungluck is especially con- cerned about finding places for nearly 70 first year students who are unfamiliar with the housing market in Ann Arbor. About 73 foreign students live in Baits Housing, the only Uni- versity residence facility which does not close during winter vaca- tion. John F e 1 d k a m p, director of University Housing, says "if 200 foreign students are scattered throughout University housing, this is the first time I have be- come aware of it." Feldkamp adds that the Univer- sity simply cannot afford to keep FLEMING ENCOURAGES MOVE WCBN ask By GERI SPRUNG Radio station WCBN, the student-run campus broadcasting network, is seeking University funds to set up and operate an educational FM radio station. The station would be able to broadcast to most parts of Ann Arbor while the present AM outlet operated by WCBN can only be heard in University dormitories, the Law Quad and University Towers. WCBN has requested Vice President for University Relations Michael Radock and Vice President for Student Services Robert Knauss to provide $9,000 from their budgets to cover the initial costs of oper- ating the FM station. 'U' funds to go FM the dormitories open during vaca- tion. He explains that the costs of providing adequate security in the dorms "are almost insurmount- able". Referring to the possibility of housing foreign students in Baits, Feldkamp says, "We can't force anyone to open their rooms and as- sign it to someone who doesn't have a space for a vacation." Students who want to stay in Ann Arbor over vacation will en- counter expensive rates. Accord- ing to Wungluck, nightly rates for the YMCA are $8, while the Union costs $11 for a single room for one night. Jean Farah, president of the In- ternational Students Association, says he hopes to get the affected foreign students together "in or- der to get the University to face their responsibilities." He claims that in the past, "the University hasn't bothered to do anything because people haven't complained that the University should be responsible for the fore- ign students' housing between between semesters." At present the International Stu- dents Association is gathering a list of the precise number of fore- ign students who desire housing in Ann Arbor over the winter vaca- tion period. Farah says he thinks there may be space in Baits during vacation when the English Language Insti- tute students finish their studies at the University and vacate rooms there. Farah says it is especially hard for foreign students to find places for vacation now because of final out bail for a hearing T u e s d a y after Asst. Dist. Atty. Kenneth Conboy told him, "part of the conspiracy of the defendants and agreed to by them, was that should they be arrested and bail set, they would jump the jurisdiction." Last Oct. 5 Weatherman lead- ers announced a plan to attack U.S. institutions. The announce- ment came in a tape recording of a voice identified as that of Bern- ardine Dohrn which was played at a news conference called by Yip- pie leader Jerry Rubin. Dohrn, contending that the United States was committing genocide in the war in Vietnam and was unjustly taking what she called political prisoners in this country, said the Weathermen would wage a "fall offensive" against the establishment. Within a week seven govern- ment-related buildings were dam- aged by bombs in various sections of this country. C ?-- At least one knowledgable Dem- ocratic source reiterated yesterday,;,____ that Harris would not seek a new term because he has lost the sup- port of the student and black ele- IL ments of the community. which was the key to his election in 1969. An upset victory swept Harris01 and four Democratic councilmen v into office in April, 1969, produc- ing the first Democratic majority MADE on Ann Arbor's City Council in Franco thirty years. of emer In last April's elections, how- ince ofC ever, the Republicans gained three sive str seats establishing a five-five split protesti on council, with Harris giving Basque the Democrats a simple majority. Thed While the Harris administration free as has sponsored major restructuring residen of city departments and ordi- detain nances, it has also received strong hours criticism from many elements in conduct the community.rants The most outspoken critics of In a Harris have been the conservatives Ias of the community, leaders of the Basque black community, and politically issued radical students. The conservatives, following the gen Bei first few months of the Demo- Beihl w cratic administration, sponsored terroris a campaign to recall Harris and ernmen six Democrats on council. same f The group, Concerned Citizens trial. of Ann Arbor, blasted Harris for The his alleged "interference" with the Guipuz police department, his acceptance nounced of summer rock concerts and his meeting failure to "assure safety and mo- Palace. rality to Ann Arbor." instruct The recall 'campaign, however, onstrat was eventually dropped. workers The major accomplishments of through( the Harris administration thus far ing of I are generally recognized as: Some -Restructuring the H u m a n arrested Rights Department giving its per- A m sonnel the authority to deal, ef- 190,000 fectively with citizens' complaints refused of discriminatory practices in the ed sour city; many r -Passing a new housing code, day bu See HARRIS, Page 7 orders. iergeney 'in Spain, RID (P) - Gen. Francisco decreed yesterday a state rgency in the Basque prov- Guipuzcoa to counter mas- rikes and demonstrations ng the military trial of 16 separatists. decree voids the rights of ssociation and choice of ce and permits police to suspects more than 72 without charges and to searches without war- related development the terrorist organization ETA a message saying that kid- West German Consul Eu- hl was in excellent health. as seized three days ago by ts who warned the gov- t that he would suffer the ate as the separatists on emergency measure for coa province was an- d after a regular cabinet at Gen. Franco's El Prado Civil governors also were ed to clamp down on dem- ions that boiled up among ' and students' groups hout Spain with the open- the Basque's court martial. 200 persons were reported d during clashes with police. ajority of the estimated workers in the province to work Thursday, inform- ces said. They added that remained on strike yester- it there were no new dis- Mayor Harris ulations. The station therefore has to turn to the University for support. President Robben Fleming encourages the establishment of the FM station and suggested the two vice presidents find ways to fund the station's operational budget.- However, Fleming stipulates this would require "some reallocation of present re- sources since it is not foreseeable that a further budgetary allocation can be made for this purpose." Director of Broadcasting Service Gar- ret Garrison, who makes budgetary recom- mendations to Radock, says that he is hopeful that part of the money can be reallocated from the Office of University Relations' present budget. Because the station would be using Uni- committee were to be reorganized to in- clude students. WCBN is proposing that half of the $9.000 operating costs for the FM station from January 1972 to April 1972, and half of the $15,000 operating costs projected for a full year of operation thereafter come from OSS. After that time the station hopes that the Broadcasting Service can take over the entire budget. i According to WCBN staff member Bob Grimshaw, who is working to establish the FM station, WCBN is more concerned with getting the FM station on the air than with the committee structure. He says that although he would like to ;: