HONEST JERRY? See Editorial Page Y L Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom 74latt LOUSY High-SO Low--25 See Today for details I Vol. LXXXV, No. 66 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, November 20, 1974 Ten Cents Eight Pages I - F'MUSEE NE.M CALLyr Lucky break Embarrassed prison officials admitted yesterday that a woman inmate at the Detroit House of Cor- rections in Northville was freed by mistake hours after she busted out in a daring fence-climbing es- cape. The officials said that Cynthia Jones of De- troit, slipped past nurses on Saturday morning, climbed a fence and fled. She was picked up a few minutes later by a Northville Township patrol- man, wo drove her to the prison gate and asked if there were any escapees. Officials said no, and the woman was freed. About 45 minutes later, the escape was discovered, but by then the woman could not be found. Officials said the error in head- count was "a natural mistake". " JFK coverup? This Friday marks the 11th anniversary of John Kennedy's death - and the occasion will be marked with a rather unusual lecture tomorrow. JeffCohen,ra member of the "Assassination Inves- tigation Bureau" and has done extensive research on the murders of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. Cohen says there is over- whelming evidence indicating that a right-wing conspiracy was behind each of the murders. He also plans to touch upon such subjects as the War- ren Commission Report and the possibility of a cover-up in the assassinations during his lecture. Oops! We reported recently that the Graduate Em- ployes Organization (GEO) had fallen back from their original wage demand and was seeking only 13 per cent. Actually, the GEO is seeking to set a minimum wage for all graduate employes which would be some 24 per cent above present pay scales for the average worker. The demand does represent a concession to the University, as the earlier demand would have meant a 29 per cent pay increase for the average worker. Happenings... ..lean toward the socially conscious today. In- mate Project and the University's Project Com- munity will present a prison panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. in the Lawyer's Club Lounge.. . a rally for the workers of the Argus plant, sponsored by the Revolutionary Student Brigade, will begin at noon on the Diag . . . the School of Social Work Collegium series will present Gertrude Wilson lec- turing on "The Future in the Rear View Mirror," at 2 p.m. in the Rackham Assembly Hall . . . the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers and Chamber Orches- tra will perform with the Tappan Junior High School Seventh Grade Chorus in a presentation of Benjamin Britten's St. Nicholas. The concert be- gins at 8 p.m. in the University Reformed Church . . . the Spartacus Youth League will discuss "Black Oppression and Working Class Politics: What Road for Black Liberation?" at 7 p.m. in Rm. 2207 of the Union . . . the University Ski Team will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Unionlobby .:.. and the Second Ward Democrats will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Carpet Lounge of Alice Lloyd to discuss city charter revision, voter registration and of course, the April elections. Kidnapping ends A man who held the Philippine ambassador to the U.S.. at gunpoint in Washington for 11 hours was committed to a mental hospital yesterday be- fore he could see his son whose freedom was won by the ordeal. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos had personally telephoned assurances that the son, Napoleon Lechoco, Jr., would be allowed to leave the Philippines. The father, Napoleon Le- hoco, Sr., was committed for a mental examina- tion after he made a deal to release the ambassa- dor when the son was allowed to immigrate to the U.S. The father was held yesterday on a federal charge of kidnapping o diplomatic officials of a foreign country. O Roast 'roo? Here's the latest on Chicago's favorite kangaroo, at large somewhere in the Midwest: Over the week- end, the literally boundless marsupial, first sighted Oct. 13, was last spotted along Indiana Rte. 234 near an Indianapolis suburb. One man telephoned the police to say the animal was sitting on its hauches - and that it was a big one. A woman saw the kangaroo hop into some woods, but a helicopter search proved futile. Last week, a kan- garoo was reported near Rennsalaer, Ind., where the Chicago Bears football team trains. On the inside ... . Steve Ross reviews the Carlos Montoya con- cert at Power Center on the Food/Arts Page . . . on the Editorial Page, Harnie Heyn and Ann Marie Lipinski interview Jeremy Rifkin, coordinator of the People's'Bicentennial . . . and Jon Chavez in- spects the Ohio State defense on the Sports Page. On the outside... Counselors By SARA RIMER Academic counselors in the literary college (LSA) and members of the Graduation Require- D o i ments Commission (GRC) yesterday heaped praise on the LSA faculty's Monday night ap- Dismissing proval of expanded pass/fail options, calling it of peanuts," "a fine and positive step" that will help stu- Eugene Nisse dents. to 'a maximu Other actions taken at the drawn-out Monday dent's' total night faculty meeting drew a mixed response. ahead." While key LSA figures applauded the vote to Nissen said adopt a plus-and-minus grading system, they saw dents and dis that decision as less important than the expan- a burden on s sion of pass/fail and the reaffirmed flexibility of away" by us the LSA eight-term rule.fsw yes first two yeai THE COUNSELORS and GRC members also A downplayed the newly-approved transcript options ASSOCIATE which allow students to list their grades and is especially courses in a variety of ways and permit letter distribution co grades to be listed as simply pass or fail. tion is really t laud pass- fail changes Wnplay plus-minus switch the plus-and-minus addition as "sort LSA Academic Actons Director n called the expansion of pass/fail m one quarter (30 hours) of a stu- credit "a fine and positive step the inclusion of underclass stu- tribution courses in pass/fail "puts students not to play their aces right ing up the pass/fail option in the rs of college. LSA Dean Charles Morris said he pleased with the move to include ourses in pass/fail. "Since distribu- aking you outside your area of com- petence," Morris noted, "it seemed odd you couldn't use pass/fail for distribution." Nissen emphasized that no implementation date exists yet for the changes advocated by the fac- ulty. He explained: "Certain steps have to be followed. After faculty has gone through the re- port, a special committee appointed by (LSA Act- ing Dean Billy) Frye will iron out inconsistencies and clean up irregular language. They will see where changes are required in the faculty code." According to 'Nissen the report will then go back to the faculty for final approval and then to the Regents. Morris had earlier predicted that sections of the report might begin to go into effect by Sep- tember 1975 the earliest. Nissen asserted, "There are some things that can't possibly go into effect as early as fall '75." But several LSA officials agreed that with the exception of the new transcript option, most of the changes voted Monday night will probably get Regental approval without major revision. Associate Registrar Douglas Wooley pointed out that a student can already get certification of a degree without a transcript; thus, he says, the GRC plan "hasn't really increased options." Wooley continued, "I'm sorry to see it passed for two reasons-possible impact it might have on the integrity of the record for_ sending out partial transcripts, and admission problems it might cause students applying to grad schools." The GRC-recommended plan allows students to list letter grades for previous passes and fails, "no courses," or all courses as originally chosen. History Prof. Sidney Fine, a member of GRC, said the transcript proposal "seemed contradic- See LSA, Page 8 Damman took part 0 in Troy land fraud, AP Photo Ford meets the Boy Scouts President Ford poses with Japanese boy scouts after receiving the Golden Pheasant Award and special scarf in an honorary ceremony at Tokyo's State Guest House yesterday. Ford later addressed Japan's national press club. See story, Page 2. DETROIT (UPI)-A con- tinuing probe by t h e Detroit Free Press ended last n i g h t with charges t h a t Lt. Governor - elect James Damman was in- volved in a shady land deals while a city official in the Detroit suburb of Troy. In early editions of to- day's Free Press, the news- paper said it had confirmed Damman's role in drafting and voting for land use plans that directly affected property he partially owned while a Troy official. A SERIES of stories published by the Free Press several days before the Nov. 5 election de- tailed almost identical charges against the Republican Dam- man, who_ was Gov. William Milliken's handpicked running- mate. An e x p 1 o s i v e controversy raged into the final hours be- fore the election. It ended with a retraction by the Free Press of an earlier editorial call for Damman's resignation and an admission t h a t the earlier stories may have been incor- rect. , Milliken, seriously wounded by the charges against his run- ningmate, managed to win an- other term in office with a slim h- defeat of Democratic candidate it- for governor Sander Levin. MILLIKEN said an investiga- nd tion would be conducted into the ng Damman affair following the e election. If Damman was judged n- guilty, the governor said, Dam- n- man would resign. The Free Press said yester- by day an extensive investigation r- revealed Damman voted in pub- al. lic meetings between the Troy on city commission and planning h- commission on future plans for i- land use in Oakland County. n- M. .Damman held a direct finan- cial interest in land affected by Aso those plans, the Free Press le- said, in apparent violation of e- the conflict-of-interest clause of '2, the Troy city charter. ty eTrycychtr. THE FREE PRESS said Dam- a man's land interests were not is known to his fellow commis- u- sioners or the general public ff when he voted on the land s: plans. Damman has insisted and continues to insist that he is innocent of any wrongdoing. A spokesman for the governor de- clined comment on the Free Press allegations. The Free Press said its ear- lier stories reporting Damman's land investment activities were correct and a statement issued by Milliken in Damman's de- fense just 72 hours before the election was incomplete and in- accurate. State Attorney General Frank Kelley has launched an investi- gation into the activities of Damman while a Troy official. A SPOKESPERSON for Mil- liken, who is vacationing in Hawaii, s a i d the governor "would like to see precisely what they (Free Press) have and how it relates to the in- vestigation our people are con- ducting." The governor was expected to return from his vacation some- time after Thanksgiving, a spokesman said. Arabs, Israel TAPES PLAYED AT TRIAL: Nixon ordered pardon 0 ress say.s WASHINGTON, (Reuter) - Former President Richard Nix- on promised pardons for the original Watergate burglars in April, 1973, a new portion of White House tape played at the Watergate cover-up trial dis- closed yesterday. Nixon released a transcript of the April 14, 1973 tape ear- lier this year, but the discus- sion of the pardons was de- leted from his version as not relevant to Watergate. THE FULL conversation has Nixon telling his two top depu-. ties - H. R. (Bob) Haldeman and John Ehrlichman - that "you get them full pardons. That's what they have to have, John." Nixon was meeting with his deputies to try and find out how to get former Attorney General John Mitchell to take the blame for Watergate and steer investi- gators away from the White House when the subject of par- dons came up. On the April tape, Nixon said that Mitchell would have to ac- cept responsibility and possi- bly face criminal indictment for the scandal. GEO walks out of bargaining session "THE JIG is up," Ehrlic man advised Nixon to tell M chell. However, the tapes showe that Nixon concluded by tellin Ehrlichman that he, not th President, would have to pe suade the former attorney ge eral to go to the prosecutors. At the meeting attended b Ehrlichman and another cove up defendant, H.R. (Bob) Ha deman, Nixon said the decisio to force Mitchell out was toug er than the presidential dec sion to send troups into Car bodia and bomb North Vietnar THE CONVERSATION al turned to the original seven d fendants in the June, 197 break-in at Democratic par headquarters here. Nixon said, "I don't give damn about the part of th with Hunt, Liddy and the C ban . . ." His voice trailed o as one of his aides replies "True." "It would be my . . . a re sonable time had expired aft the thing . . . with and befog I leave office and they'll g off. You get them full pardon That's what they have to hav John," the former preside tells Ehrlichman. T H E O N E TIME dome tic affairs adviser replies "Right" and Nixon asks: "D you agree?" "Yep, I sure do," Ehrlichma responds. The President released massof rnnonrintc nn Anril'3 trade By The Associated Press Israel and Palestinian guer- rillas exchanged threats of new bloodshed yesterday, hours after an early-morning raid on an I s r a e l i settlement in which authorities said three Arab in- vaders and four Israelis were killed. Israeli gunboats were report- ed cruising off the coast of southern Lebanon. The Leba- nese Defense Ministry put the army on alert and urged the public to report any threatening Israeli naval movement. Guer- rillas also were altered through- out the country. IN DAMASCUS, Syria, t he P o p u 1 a r Democratic Front (PDF), an organization that said its men carried out the suicide raid on Beit Shean, de- clared such attacks will con- tinue "until Israel recognizes our rights and existence, and u n t i 1 a secular democratic Palestine state is established." A PDF spokesperson said: "We still hold the olive branch but find it inevitable to use the rifle which we also hold with the other hand." The statement reiterated a declaration by the top guerril- la, Yasir Arafat, last week at the United Nations that he held an olive branch and a gun as he spoke to the General Assem- bly. NONALIGNED delegations cir- culated a resolution among General Assembly m e m b e r s yesterday generally endorsing Arafat's demands. If passed in a vote expected Friday, it would See ISRAELIS, Page 8 threats By JEFF DAY and JIM TOBIN Graduate Employes Organiz- ation (GEO) negotiators stomp- ed out of a bargaining session last night after University rep- resentatives said they would not offer a wage hike of more than eight per cent. GEO bargainers said the Uni- versity's insistence on the eight per cent figure came as a com- plete surprise to them. The Or- ganizations has been seeking an average pay increase of 20 per cent, combined with free tui- tion for all graduate employes. "WE WILL not be coming back with an offer on your tui- was inevitable and may even come before the January 30 deadline set last week by the GEO. "What you're offering us is a take-it-or-leave-it proposal," GEO chief negotiator Michele Hoyman told University nego- tiator Ailmand. "Yes," he replied. "That's not collective bargain- ing," Hoyman countered. "LISTEN," University negotia- tor Lawrence Jones replied, "just because you started with demands out on cloud nine, doesn't mean we'll reach an agreement that goes halfway to cloud nine. We've made an of- fer. and that's as far as we AN ISRAELI woman weeps as she looks through the machine-gunned ruins of her home in Beit Shean, Israel, after Arab terrorists tried to seize an apartment house there. a- er re et s. re, nt s- ;s: )o in a in Chrysler closes five of six key plants, lays off thousands DETROIT (UPI) - Chrysler Corp. will close all but one of its six U.S. assembly plants from the day before Thanks- giving through the Christmas holidays to Jan. 6 to trim its record 120-day supply of un- General Motors and Ford, up to 150,000 U.S. auto worke:s- almost one-fourth of the total industry labor force-could be off the job in the month before Christmas. More layoffs are expected to Jan. 6 with 8,400 being trimmed indefinitely from Chrysler pay- rolls when work resumes. PLANTS THAT will be clsed until Jan. 6 are at Belvidere, Ill., Newark, Dela., and the