FRYE AND THE GRC See Editorial Page Y MAAt it a 4]ait CHEERY High-63 Low-28 See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. LXXXV, No. 44 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, October 25, 1974 Ten Cents Ten Pages CAMPAIGN TOUR _ IFMUEE ZSHAPPEN c:.LL%. V Improvements slated The city's planning and administrative depart- ments have released a Capital Improvements Bud- get Program covering the next six years and to- taling $133 million. About thirty percent of next year's proposed $10 million budget would involve acquisition and development of city parks. Other priorities include $42 million for needed storm drain improvements and $1 million to resurface streets. To pay for these improvements the report suggests that two bond issues and a tax raise be submitted to voters for approval. A $5 million park bond is- sue is recommended for 1976, and an $8 or $9 mil- lion general obligation bond issue is suggested for next year or early 1976. And a tax rise of 4.48 mills over 1975-76 was suggested to cover the storm drain improvements. Fahr murder trial Thirty-two-year-old Orville Davis was bound over for trial in Charlotte, Mi., yesterday for the 1973 slaying of University coed Melanie Fahr. Fifteen witnesses testified against Davis at a two-day pre- liminary hearing in Eaton County District Court. He was bound over on first-degree murder charges in the shotgun slaying of Fahr, a 19-year-old stu- dent from Birmingham. Her body was discovered in an Eaton County field last November, some eight months after her disappearance from campus. Davis was arrested last March in Milwaukee, Wisc., following a dramatic running gun battle with police. Fahr's car was recovered after the battle. 109 and 308... ... are this week's winning lottery numbers. If you've pulled both numbers, you can qualify for a super drawing enabling you, with luck, to win at least $10,000 and possibly as much as $200,000. If you have either 109 or 388 you win $25 and qualify for the million dollar drawing. You've got to have both 809 and 443 to win $5,000 in the sec- ond chance drawing. Winning numbers for the Oct. 24 Jackpot Gold $1 tickets are 246181, 73157 and 884. Happenings... . . are on the wane today, but there are at least a few exciting events to spice up your day. At noon, Democratic County Commissioner Kathy Fojtik will face her HRP challenger, candidate Diane Hall, in a debate at the New Morning Book- store, 124 East Washington . . . this year's Ozone Parade to celebrate homecoming will begin at 3 p.m. Participants should meet at Stadium Gate 10 at 2 p.m. The best costume and float will be judged at the Union. The theme: "First I look at the Purse" . . . the Council for Exceptional Chil- dren will hold a social from 3 to 6 p.m. at Trotter House, and are inviting all special education peo- ple . . . and finally, The Newman Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the lower chapel of St. Mary's Stu- dent Chapel. Fr. John Whitney of College St. Scho- lastica will speak. Nazis in Boston Three members of the American Nazi Party were arrested yesterday on charges of attempting to incite riot in the city that is rapidly becoming the Selma of the North - Boston. Among the men arrested was Harold Mantius of Arlington, Va., the self-styled leader of a group calling itself the Revo- lutionary Voice of National Socialism. The Nazis, who apparently oppose Boston's court-ordered busing desegregation program rather vociferously, appeared in Boston twice during the first week of classes. At that time they drove through the city in a large yellow school bus displaying "White Power" signs before they were escorted out of state by police. Otherwise, only one minor inci- dent was reported in America's bulwark of liber- alism: a 17-year-old black student was sprayed in the face with a chemical by two white youths while trying to attend classes. s 'Roo still missing Chicago's finest are still pursuing the kangeroo that has beenhhopping along the city's streets since Friday, and here's the latest: Australian wildlife experts have offered some advice on how Chi- cago's men in blue should find the zoo escapee. Bill Poole, a government wildlife specialist, says they should first try to corner him, "walk up slow- ly up to him and grab his taiL" Randy Bush, a former cowboy in Australia's kangeroo country, suggests the searcher dress up in a kangeroo skin coat, approach the animal and make a mating gesture. A chuckwagon cook, who likes to prepare kangeroo tail soup, says authorities ought to hide behind a bush until the escaped 'roo approaches, then toss a handful of salt on his tail: In any case, they say it'll be rough trying to find an animal that can hop along at 30 miles an hour and leap 10-foot high obstacles. On the inside ,. .. . Fred Upton previews the hockey opener with Ohio State on the Sports page . . . Cinema Weekend appears on the Arts page . . . and Beth Nissen writes about the joys of children on the Rrlinrin nna Fori Members of local dope ring indicted By DAVID BURHENN One of the most massive dope smuggling operations in Ann Ar- bor history was exposed Wed- nesday when federal indict- ments were brought against ten persons, including three local men, on charges they smuggled a two and a half ton truckload of marijuana from Mexico to Ann Arbor in early April 1973. The value of the grass on the retail "market" was estimated by police to approach one mil- lion dollars. STEVEN Burns, Paul Mori- gi and Mary Hyman, all iden- tified as Ann Arbor residents, were named by a Chicago feder- al grand jury in a four-count indictment. The charges are conspiracy to distribute mari- juana, possession of marijuana and interstate travel to sell con- trolled substances. Also charged are five Mexi- cans, a Chicagoan, and another as - yet unidentified person. Three of the suspects, including Hyman, are presently in cus- tody, and federal agents said the rest are being sought. , While details of the operation are still incomplete, federal agents said yesterday that the marijuana apparently traveled in the following fashion: FROM fields south of Rey- nosa, Mexico, it was smuggled across the border to McAllen, Texas. In McAllen, the grass was loaded onto a semi-trailer truck owned by one of the de- fendants, and then driven to Chicago. On Chicago's south side, the marijuana, or all but a small part of it, was transferred to a Hertz rent-a-truck for shipment to Ann Arbor. Agents said the grass reached this city on about April 10, 1973. Asked how the case was brok- en, a federal agent in Chicago said "we have some information from informants, and extensive investigation into the case cor- roborated that information." THE AGENT, who asked not to be identified, said a customs raid in Chicago that uncovered See DOPE, Page 10 its Dems on inflation S peaks on behalf of GPcandidates CHICAGO (T)--President Ford campaigned yesterday through Middle America for Republican congressional candidates, charging that Democrats in Congress are to blame for the nation's economic ills and will "drive the budget deeper into the red and the rate of inflation higher into the blue." At each stop in his 15-hour campaign day, Ford pressed his effort to stave off predicted major Democratic gains in Congress. "Some of the friends in the opposition seem to think that what is needed is a veto-proof Congress," Ford told 1,000 persons at a $50-a-plate luncheon in Des Moines. "The fact of the matter is that it was heavy Democratic majorities over the years which helped create most of the problems we are faced with today." He then posed a question: AP Photo Nothing is better for thee ... ... than ine Homer Hudson, of Hart, Mich., certainly agrees with the old Quaker Oats slogan. He's been eat- ing oatmeal for breakfast ever since he was old enough to hold a spoon. "I've eaten it all my life," the 90-year-old retired farmer said, "aocd I've never gone to a doctor because of sick- ness." He has 300 of the empty two-pound boxes in his house. W4TERGATE TRIA L: "ARE YOU-are we-going which produced those problems in the first place-problems of ever rising prices, of piling more centralization of power on to Washington, of undermining o'w foreign relationstwith hand- cliff restrictions on the policies of the President and the secre- tary of state." The problems of the past, Ford declared, "are largely the faihnre of legislative dictator- ship by a party so snug in its seniority that it no longer re- snonded to the true needs of the peonle." Ford heartily endorsed the re- election campaign of Iowa's Re- publican governor, Robert Ray, and plugged for the election of the state's GOP congressional nominees. BEFORE THE luncheon, Ford stood on the steps beneath the state's gold-domed Capitol and told a crowd estimated at about 10,000 that he understands farm- er unhappiness, andthe added: "1 pledge to you today... that I will do everything in my power to make sure that the American farmer is fully re- warded for services rendered. America owes that to the farm- er. And so does the world." Ford made no direct refer- ence to his recent move to slow down grainnshipments to Russia -a decision opposed by many in the farm belt. He declared it is time to expand farming in America because "food is the basic key to world peace." HIS SPEECH on the Capitol steps was billed as nonpartisan but he openly urged Ray's re- election and said that in Con- gress "our delicately balanced two-party system is in some trouble, some jeopardy." "If one party upsets that bal- ance because members of the other party were too apathetic to get out and vote, then we stand guilty of abusing the American electoral process and forfeiting hope for effective gov- ernment." Ford said. "I urge you to neIp keep this great, balanced system intact. Let us not lose it by default." Winding up a fast-paced day of politicking with a $250-a-plate See FORD, Page 2 to continue down the same road Doctors consider surgery for Nixon LONG BEACH, Calif. (A') - Richard Nixon was reported yesterday to be depressed and in heavy pain as his doctor weighed whether surgery is needed to combat the former president's phlebitis. Dr. John Lungren said the decision on whether Nixon will need surgery will depend on whether hospital - administered anticoagulant drugs are suc- cessful in treating the inflamed veins which have painfully swollen Nixon's left leg. In phlebitis surgery, the in- flamed veins are often tied off. "He came in last night for tests and didn't expect to stay" the source close to Nixon said. "They told him it was a very dangerous situation, and when they told him this he became very depressed and grumpy." "Yesterday he was in very bad spirits. The clot situation is worse than they thought. He was having heavy pain. Unfor- tunately, he was working con- stantly at home on his book and papers so at least he'll get a rest here," the source added. He said allegations that Nixon may be using his illness to keep from testifying at the Wat- ergate cover-up trial "really doesn't bother him at all. He doesn't care what people say." The blood - clotting could threaten Nixon's life if a clot in his leg could break loose, travel through the bloodstream and lodge in his heart. N i x o n' s hospitalization on Wednesday was unexpected. Lungren had maintained pre- viously that Nixon was doing well. Sirica pa less- than pis Dean as 'lily white' By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge John Sirica yesterday described John Dean, the prose- cution's chief witness in the Watergate cover-up trials as less than a "lily-white angel in this case." As the jurors listened, Sirica said it is up to them to decide what parts of Dean's testimony to believe. SIRICA also said yesterday that former Attorney General John Mitchell should have thrown out the architects of the Watergate break-in when the political espionage plot was be- ing hatched in 1972. Judge Sirica's frank comment came while the jury in the Watergate cover-up case was out of the room during a brief lawyers' conference. But the judge added that perhaps he should not make such an ob- servation. "I suppose a judge shouldn't say anything, because every- time I say something people put the wrong interpretation on it,' he said after a brief wrangle between trial Chief Prosecutor James Neal and William Frates, lawyer for one of the accused, John Ehrlichman. I'LL TELL you what is in my mind," he said. "It's too bad that Mr. Mitchell didn't say throw them out of here, get them out fast, and you wouldn't be in this courtroom today." On a day also marked by several heated exchanges See LAWYERS, Page 2 HRP launches rent, child care petitions By DAVID WHITING The Human Rights Party (HRP) announced yesterday that petition drives would begin today to place rent control and child care funding referendums on next April's ballot. The child care funding pro- posal would require that no less than 1.7 per cent (some $300,- 000) of city revenues be ap- propriated to non-profit day care centers. UNDER the proposal, day Jacobs served with summons By TIM SCHICK Former Student Government Council President Bill Jacobs care monies would be appropri- ated by either the city admin- istrator or City Council "insur- ing that the needs of low-income residents are met." The rent control measure aims at municipal control of rents to prevent abuse of ten- ants' rights and exorbitant charges. HRP backed a similar pro- posal which was defeated in last April's city elections by an 18 per cent margin. HRP rewrote the original pro- posal after seeking opinions from local Democrats, the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commis- sion on rent -control, economic professors and lawyers. The new proposal differs from the previous effort mainly in giving greater exemptions for small landlords, increasing in- centives for capital improve- ments, changing rent adjust- ments and reorganizing the rent control board. Democratic council members Jamie Kenworthy, Colleen Mc- Gee and Norris Thomas have expressed approval of HRP's intentions but favored a rent cnntrol ordinane inted nn h Levin policies By CHERYL PILATE veh Striding briskly into the Lawyers' Club gt Lounge with a dark blue suit coat slung loan over his shoulder and a campaign grin ban on his face, Democratic gubernatorial stud candidate Sander Levin looked ready to N face just about anything. legs However, it soon became apparent did that he was reluctant to discuss many of aud the issues raised by the predominantly wer student audience. " dlsts 0 n c Mi ilken close race emently asserted his support for ranteed student loans. We've got to expand the state student n program. Under my administration, ks will be sensitive to the needs of dents," he promised. EXT THE question of . marijuana alization came up-a subject Levin not seem anxious to discuss with an ience in which at least two people e openly smoking dope. The jury isn't in yet on marijuana," said. "We have to wait and see what longterm effects are, and right now m opposed to its legalization." osing to Governor Milliken by a mere per cent of the vote in 1970, Levinm headed for another tight contest this e and is doing his utmost to hang to both moderate and liberal support- eat made more difficult by the can- campaign profile LAST MONTH'S appearance at the University was probably one of the more uncomfortable moments in Levin's fall campaign. There were no babies to kiss, he the I at one is h tim on a fe ;. .: ., afi4 ., ........ ....... .. .. ....... . .. 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