FRIENDS OF NEWSREEL See Editorial Page Y e 4t igau t RIPENING High-58 Low-38 See Today for details Vol. LXXXV, No. 25 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, October 3, 1974 Ten Cents Ten Pages 144 PROSPECTIVE JURORS F -YU$EE ? SFJAPEN CA DLAdY Volunteers needed The Vocational Technical Program, sponsored by Project Community, is looking for volunteer foster parents willing to take in inmates from the Adrian Training School for juveniles. The halfway program is designed to help the 12- to 18-year-old inmates, who have had legal difficulties, readjust to the outside world. Two students will be assigned to each Adrian participant to act as big brothers and big sisters for the seven-day program. Contact Larry Tarkowski at the Project Community offices (763-3548) or at his home (769-7588) if you wish to volunteer, or if you simply want more informa- tion. UAC flights The deadline is fast approaching for University Activity Center (UAC) Thanksgiving flights to New York. The flights will leave Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Wednesday, Nov. 27, and return Sunday, Dec. 1. And the best part is that a round-trip ticket will cost a mere $82.27. Payments and registration for flights must be made before Oct. 28. For those of you who want to think ahead, UAC has scheduled flights to London, New Orleans, a ski package to Salt Lake City and a California tour for winter break. Trips to New York, Mexico City and Salt Lake City are planned for spring break. Visit UAC's travel office on the second floor of the Union or call 763-2147 for more information. 0 SGC election And while we're on the subject of deadlines, it's time to get your application in if you plan to be a candidate in this fall's Student Government Coun- cil elections. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday for the Oct. 15 throdgh 17 election. Open offices include president, vice president and a number of seats in the residential, divisional and school and college categories. Go to Rm. 3909 in the Union or call 763-3241 for further information. Poisoned fish Traces of the same bromide chemical that con- taminated thousands of cattle has reportedly been detected in fish along a 25-mile stretch of the Pine River southwest of Midland. The Department of Natural Resources said yesterday that the chemical - Plybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) - has been found in carp and bullhead in the river. The villain is the Michigan Chemical Company's St. Louis plant, where the bromide flame retard- ant accidently fed to cattle was manufactured. The plant discharged the chemical into the river. Happenings.. . .. .are apparently in a mid-season slump. Still, the Indochina Peace Campaign will continue its educational program with discussion and films on the question of torture "A Question of Tor- ture," at 3 p.m. in MLB Aud. 3 . . . and the first meeting of the English Undergraduate Association will take place at 8 p.m. in the West Conference Room, fourth floor Rackham. All English major and prospective English majors are invited to attend. The new flu The current rash of flus, colds, pneumonia, mono, and "The Bug" may seem like enough al- ready, but, according to the National Center for Disease Control, we ain't seen nuthin' yet. An in- fluenza virus related to the London flu, which cre- ated widespread illness two years ago, will strike America sometime this winter. The name of the newest malaise is the Port Chalmer's flu, since the virus was first isolated in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Several cases of the new virus have al- ready been discovered in Georgia and Mississippi. A vaccine has been developed to combat the dis- ease, and is recommended for persons of all ages who have chronic diseases and older persons. How- ever the disease is not expected to be as serious as the 1968-69 Hong Kong flu. Slaughter stopped Texas cattlemen junked plans to slaughter nearly 1,000 cattle yesterday in protest of economic con- ditions after an eleventh hour appeal from the White House. The stockmen were angered by in- flationary costs and low income, a squeeze they said could be best dramatized by shooting hun- dreds of calves and burying them in a mass grave. A telephone call from a White House aide promis- ing a meeting with President Ford, interrupted the slaughter. On te einside ..- . ..the dilemma of several Vietnamese students in America is outlined in an Indochina Peace Cam- paign article on the Editorial Page . . . Sports Page has a feature story on defensive tackle Jeff Perlinger by Al Hrapsky, and also a history of the Michigan-Stanford rivalry by Ray O'Hara . . and, on the Arts Page, David Blomquist tells of next month's Detroit performance by the National Theatre Company of Great Britain. The group will perform Shakespeare-in drag. /~h__aA _12 0 Judge irica seeks impartial jury WASHINGTON () -- District Judge John Sirica com- pleted the first phase of his search for an impartial jury in the Watergate cover-up trial yesterday, while one of the defendants, John Ehrlichman, claimed double jeo- pardy as ground for dismissal of his case. By the end of the trial's second day, Sirica had narrowed several hundred prospective jurors to 144 and was ready to start more detailed questioning today. EHRLICHMAN SAID the White House plumbers case, in which he already stands convicted, is so extricably linked to the Watergate cover-up that the separate accusations violate his Con- stitutional rights. He said in a memorandum that as soon as the jury is chosen he AP Photo Why are these men smilingA ht John Ehrlichman (left) and H. R. Haldeman, former White House Domestic Affairs Advisor and White House Chief of Staff respectively, leave U. S. District Court in Washington Tuesday. They are standing trial along with three other persons, all charged with blocking the investigation of the June 1972 Watergate break- in. OPINIONS CLASH: Candidates talk amnesty Nyill petition the court to dis- miss the Watergate charges of obstructing justice and the pro- secition, meanwhile, disclosed that it has linked one more per- son to the alleged conspiracy. Special Prosecutor Leon Ja- worksi filed a statement that as a result of "newly discover- ed evidence" made known to the defendants on Monday, an- other person had been named an unindicted co-conspirator. THE LIST OF unindicated co- conspirators has never officially been made public, except for acknowledgement that former President Richard Nixon was one of those named. Jaworski also filed a response on behalf of the Central Intelli- gence Agency (CIA) to a sub- poena filed by Ehrlichman de- manding CIA documents. The prosecutor said the agen- cy would provide voluntarily some of the material subpoen- aed but asked that the sub- poenas be dismissed. Without identifying the spe- cific items subpoenaed, the re- sponse described the demand as "a blanket request for ev- erv piece of paper in the agen- cv's files that mentions or in any way refers to" individuals linked to Watergate. JURY SELECTION on the second day of the cover-up trial of former Nixon administration and campaign aides closely followed the pattern set on Tuesday. Sirica told prospective jurors the cover-up trial might last three or four months and that the 12 jurors and six alternates would be separated from their families for the entire period. When the judge asked for a count of those who felt service would be a hardship, 81 persons stood up. Hap, Dems discuss rents By DAVID WHITING Three Democratic City Coun- cil members and a handful of Democratic and Human Rights Party (HRP) strategists met last night for a unique exchange on the two parties' respective proposals for rent control. At the informal meeting in HRP's William St. office, the activists .discussed differences and similarities in their plans for rent control, as well as possible coalition campaigning strategies. BUT HRP members insisted that the route to rent control is a charter amendment - a proposal that failed in last Ap- ril's city election - while the Democrats generally stuck to the party plan of seeking rent control through a council-passed ordinance. HRP strategist Frank Shoi- chet, who helped draft the Ap- ril proposal, said his party would "never, never consent" to the mayor-appointed rent control board described in the Democrats' proposed draft or- See HRP, Page 7 By STEPHEN HERSH Local political h o p e f u I s at yesterday's "candidates' night" expressed radically divergent views on amnesty for Viernan- era deserters and draft evaders. Candidates for state repre- sentative, state senator, U.S. representative and University regent spoke at the affair, held at the Veterans' of Foreign Wars (VFW) club. INCUMBENT S T A T E Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbar) argued for full amnesty: "The people who went to Canada were heroes. They discovered early that the war was im- moral, and they had the cour- age to take action. "The people who fought were heroes, too," he added. "They didn't ask for the war, and cer- tainly those who bore the brunt of the fighting, above all, de- serve some recognition for what they went through. "But now, with no troops over Nixon funds cut by 75 per cent WASHINGTON (Reuter) - An angry House of Representa- tives voted overwhelmingly yesterday to slash President Ford's request for funds for former President Nixon by nearly 75 per cent. In a preliminary action, it voted 321 to 62 to reduce the Presi- dent's request of $850,000 to $200,000 in expenses for Nixon for the financial year ending next June 30. THE MONEY would be provided under a Presidential Re- tirement Act and another act to provide funds to help Nixon's tran- sition to private life. The House action came after an emotional debate in which several members accused Nixon of having betrayed public trust for his role in the Watergate affair. Nixon's resignation, following a congressional impeachment investigation, had made the fund request highly unpopular in the House and Senate. THE HOUSE provided $100,000 for expenses to help Nixon's return to private life and another $100,000 for pension and other retirement benefits, such as maintenance of an office and staff. It approved the reductions after rejecting several other proposals to reduce the request even further, including some which would have denied Nixon his pension of $60,000 a year. Representative John Moss (Democrat-Calif.) said the House asked to support "one of the greatest betrayals in American his- tory" in being asked to approve the fund request. there, surely we can say that those who didn't fight should be given unconditional amnesty," Bullard said. TAKING AN opposing view was state representative can- didate Norman Briehoff, of the American Independent P a r t y (AIP). "I'm opposed to amnes- ty," he remarked, "but I might consider it for people who evaded service because they felt, 'I'm not going to fight if I have to fight with one hand tied behind my back.' "We ran the Vietnam war the way we ran the Korean war," he added. "We let the other side know we were easy pickin's." Republican Rae Weaver, also a candidate for state represent- ative, took a stand somewhere between the diverging views. "I think an alternative service where people would be paid at the same level as in the Army, would be a good program." THE VFW members in the audience, far outnumbered by the candidates, reserved most of their applause for the mn:re conservative views. Democrat John Reuther, con- testing the seat of incumbent U.S. Rep. Marvin Esch, charac- terized President Ford's amnes- ty program as unjust. "The pro- gram is planned in puniive terms," commented Reuther. "We can't accept punishment for those who felt they couldn't fight." Phil C a r r o l1, the Human Rights Party candidate for U.S. representative, favored "im- mediate, unconditional amnesty with no penalties whatsoever." "BECAUSE THE people suf- fered so much in resisting an illegal war," he argued, "they should be compensated. The outcome of the Nuremberg trials dictates that people should resist illegal wars." Incumbent State Senator Gil Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) said, "I think that basically what Presi- dent Ford suggested was a good, sound route. I'm not sure how many people will avail themselves of it, however." Bursley's opponent, Democrat Peter Eckstein, argued that "we should have a form of am- nesty where people don't have to work their way back." ARLAN HELLWORTH, Con- servative Party candidate for University Regent, explained that it would be "difficult for someone who saw riots at the University involving war re- sisters" to support unrestricted amnesty. Negotiations continue in intern s' dispute with 'U' By DAVID BURHENN Apparently, negotiations between University hospital interns and resident physicians and the facility's administration will result in a tentative new contract-thus ending a one-day work slow down by the doctors. As the Daily went to press last night, Dr. Robert Soderstrom, president of the House Of- ficers Assoc. (HOA), said, "Things look a lot more positive. If the University makes major concessions then we'll call off the slowdown Thursday." SODERSTROM MADE the statement during a lengthy bargaining sesison which began last night, and continued into the morning. Nearly 500 doctors yesterday refused to per- form many of their normal clerical tasks such as filling out Medi-care and Medicaide forms. No vital patient services were halted. Soderstrom said that "nothing has been con- eluded" but concessions have been made in the areas of pay benefits for interns and residents and of patient care. UNIVERSITY negotiators were caucusing as Soderstrom made the announcement and could not be reached for comment. When asked if he thought that the slowdown had been an effective tactic, Soderstorm replied "the University has certainly moved now, and they didn't move before." Earlier yesterday, Acting Hospital Director Dr. David Dickinson said that the added clerical work caused by the union action proved "a big hassle." BUT DICKINSON said that he had "very good co-operation" from the administrators and faculty recruited to fill out the necessary information forms. "Patient care has not suffered," headded. See TALKS, Page 7 Flemings host annual tea; about 300 students attend By BETH NISSEN President Fleming's annual student tea gave several hundred students a chance to meet him and the University's First Lady yesterday after- noon. Cordially welcomed into the President's home on South University, attending students evenly divided themselves between the reception line and the cookie table. ALL VARIETIES of students shufflqd on the freshly vacuumed carpet, clattering china cups of ste-ming licuid. The crowded coatroom held ski mirk s, Michigan band jackets and fox-trim- med canes. Sorority eirls in exnensive chain-draped sweat- er qts and snsort-roated colleginns mingled with a few when.ing neople wiping their noses on their worn flannel sleeves and long-haired girls in o-'er.ks !-d e-rth shoes. They exchanged the n"mInp of th-ir thiors their residences and In the room adjoining the exotic greenery-filled solarium, the Flemings comfortably faced a wearyingly long line of students. For two hours the Flemings nodded and smiled, personally greeting blue-jeaned sophomores in Zoology, mascaraed theatre majors from the Residential College and freshpersons who adamantly re- peated their med school intentions. The students came to see Fleming's house, to meet their college president, to complain or give their oninions, take a handfull of brownies, and even to opportunistically brown-nose. "I'M GOING TO ask Fleming why tuition went nn again." said a stern-faced LSA junior from Ohio while waiting his turn to shake the great man's hand. After a brief investigation and palm encounter with Fleming, the same student was symnathetic. "I guess the Univer- sitV isn't exemnt from inflation anv more than U>;>.