ARMS PACT DECEPTIVE See Editorial Page Irl,..RW (it '14 r Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom :4ZIaItli CHEERLESS High-33 Low-22 See Today for details l Vol. LXXXV, No. 74 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, December 4, 1974 Ten Cents Eight Pages plus Supplement i 1- '- SFlEx E ?2vS HAPPCALL I yLy Studenit files More in the continuing effort to let you see your academic records: Sen. James Buckley (R.-N.Y.) plans to make an addition next week to Congress' recent bill to grant students access to their own academic files. According to John Kwapisz, the senator's legislative aide, the compromise amend- ment will grant access to all parts of the files - including counselor comments and test scores - with the exception of letters of recommendation. Kwapisz assessed the chances for the amend- ment's passage this month as "extremely good." He added that there will "almost certainly" be no move to delay implementation. But University President Robben Fleming has said that the Uni- versity has no plans to open the records until January at the earliest, although the bill became law Nov. 19. The measure provides 45 days to com- ply with its provisions; after that time, students could take legal action to demand a response to their requests to see the files. Rent petition boo-boo Although citizens are generally advised against signing petitions twice, nobody will gripe if you sign the rent control petitions now circulating twice. In fact, you'll have to, thanks to a mis- take made in the original petition. The petition omitted non-delinquent property taxes from a clause on the adjustment of maximum monthly rent. All people distributing the old petitions must trade them in for the new ones, available at the Human Rights Party offices, 516 E. William. And naturally, if you signed the faulty one, you'll have to sign the new version or the signature won't be valid. The new petition, which HRP began circulat- ing yesterday, will be simple to distinguish from the old one - the corrected petition is on orange paper, the defective one on blue. Freon ban? Rep. Marvin Esch (R-Ann Arbor) and Rep. Paul Rogers (D-Fla.) have introduced legislation which could lead to a ban on chemicals now used in household products ranging from aerosol sprays to refrigerators - specifically, freons. The pair cited findings from some of the nation's top sci- entists - including University scientist Ralph Ci- cerone - which warned that the fluorocarbon gas- es (freons) are rising in the atmosphere and are destroying the ozone layer. In a joint statement, Rogers and Esch said, "We feel that hearings should be held to determine the severity of the situation . . . We have not called for an immediate and total ban . . . But there is little doubt that if the evidence does hold up, a ban may be neces- sary." Hearings are tentatively scheduledbto start Dec. 11 before the Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment. Happenngs .. . are beginning to roll following the weekend "Superstorm."' At 7:30 p.m., the Human Rights Party will hold its December mass meeting on the fourth floor of the Union . . . also at 7:30 p.m., a National March and Rally Against Racism sched- uled for Boston, Dec. 14, will be planned in the League's Conference Rooms 1 and 2 . . . Phillip Hayes Dean's "Sty of the Blind Pig" will be pre- sented by Black Theatre Workshop. The play opens at 8 p.m. in the Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg. . . . The Spartacus Youth League will hold a class on "Women and Revolution" at 7 p.m. in Rm. 2207 of the Union . . . at noon, the Women's Studies Colloquium and the Open Hearth Feminist Theatre Group will have a presentation in the Pendleton Room of the Union . . . and the Study/Work/Travel Abroad and Programs Offices at the International Center will sponsor a Travel Fair tonight and to- morrow in the Union Station. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. both evenings. Gold aucton It's going to be the auction to end all auctions: the U. S. will sell 2,000,000 ounces of gold, valued at $84.4 million, from its government-held gold reserves Jan. 6. The gold, to be sold at public auc- tion, will be in quantities of 400-oz. bars. Treasury Secretary William Simon, who made the announce- ment yesterday, said the General Services Admin- istration will issue formal invitations for the bids in about 10 days. The auction will officially end a 41-year-old ban on the private ownership of pre- cious metal. But if you're worried that the sale will clean out Fort Knox, rest easy. The two million ounce supply will still leave an estimated 274 mil- lion ounces in the trustworthy hands of our govern- ment. O tthe inside... . . . David Burhenn reviews the Juilliard String Quartet on the Arts Page . . Sue Wilhelm dis- cusses nuclear fission on the Editorial Page . . . and details of Archie Griffin's Heisman Award are included on the Sports Pnge. On the out siie Keep those snow shovels ready. A weak frontal system will cnse an incre"se in cloudiness this Termc By JEFF SORENSEN Minute Research Company, a Chicago-based firm that sells thousands of dollars worth of "research" papers, has apparently engaged in mail fraud for knowingly selling term papers to college students for classroom use. The company has a catalogue of over 4,000 finished papers and also does "custom research" to order on any topic within 10 days. ALTHOUGH NO federal law specifically out- laws the sale of term papers, a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ruled that companies could be found guilty of mail fraud if members of the corporation know that the papers are being used in classes. When asked if the company receives requests from University students, a Minute Research em- ploye replied, "Boy; do we! I think we've had more from Ann Arbor than any place else." The employe said that the firm doesn't guar- antee a particular letter grade for the papers, but indicated they are of "very high quality. )aper scheme Chicago company sells thou We haven't had many complaints about quality and we've sent thousands of these out." WHEN ASKED if the papers are in a form that could be turned in for a university class, the employe replied, "Yes, but I'm not sup- posed to say that." The employe, who identified herself only as Paula, takes requests for research over the tele- phone. Minute Research manager Bob Hansen * was unavailable for comment yesterday. The firm has taken out several ads in The Daily and has also put up leaflets and flyers in prominent campus locations. THE EMPLOYE also explained that "we sent these (ads) out to just about all the schools in the East." Tom Ziebarth, a Washington attorney in the consumer protection divisiono Office, acknowledged that for l taken it must be shown that firms had "actual knowledge t using the papers in classes." The companies can advertis research, says Ziebarth, but m that the material is intended fa THE MINUTE Research er that "we can have a custom p next week if you send us a let with very specific requiremen topic. And be sure to put you address on the request because use fake names because theya get caught." She indicated that the firmk "we never send the same pap .Wills down stripp W AS H ING T ON, uncovered how many pages, footnotes and details on the sand S school." The employe also said "we were thinking of expanding there (Ann Arbor), but we thought feg U.. Post we'd have too much trouble," indicating that the egal action to be firm might face legal challenges if it were based members of the in Michigan. hat students are ZIEBARTH SAID that the Minute Research employe's comments might constitute "the kind e that they sell of stuff on which a successful case can be iust never admit based." Those comments, he said may "indicate r classroom use. an awareness of the cheating." Ziebarth, who has investigated several cases nploye explained of alleged mail fraud involving term paper re- paper for you by tailers, explained that the "research" firms are tter by tomorrow "much more sophisticated now than a few years its, bibliography, ago, when companies blatantly advertised that r real name and their products could be used in classes. The term e a lot of people paper business represents a cancerous growth," are afraid they'll he said. Ziebarth stated that anyone can file a com- keeps records so plaint against the term paper companies with per to the same See COMPANY, Page 2 may s-tep I Not your average snowman Most of us took one look at the storm and thoug ht of good books we'd been putting off. But en- terprising residents of Kingsley street took advan tage of the abundance of cheap building material to erect this charming addition to the city's arch itecture. JUDGE CONSULTS DOCTORS: (Reuter) - Reuresentative Wilbur Mills, (D-Ark.), be- set by physical, personal and political troubles, yes- terday entered Bethesda Naval Hospital amid re- ports from associates that he was contemplating re- signing from Congress. Mills entered the large Naval hospital complex in suburban Washington this afternoon, a few hours af- ter Speaker Carl Albert of the House of Representa- tives said "he is a very sick man." ASSOCIATES of the Arkansas Democrat, chairman of the House Ways and Means Com- mittee, once one of the most powerful lawmakers on the nation, said Mills was consider- ing resigning from Congress since most of his Congressional powers either have been taken away from him or will be. One widely respected member of the Ways and Means Commit- tee said it was virtually certain that the liberal forces now con- trolling the Democratic Party in the House would take away his chairmanship by December 20, the deadline under new House rules for determining committee assignments a n d leadership posts in the new Con- gress meeting in January. Neither the hospital nor Mill's office would state why Mills was admitted. Mills told Reuter's in an interview Monday that he was very weak and worn out and needed time to rest. The 65-year-old chairman has had mounting troubles since Saturday night when he visited his stripper friend Fanne Foxe, "The Argentine Firecracker." He was interviewed and pho- tographed with her on the stage of a burlesque house in Boston, where she was playing, and the next day the two appeared on front p a g e s throughout the country. Mills was not available for comment. But close aides said folio wingi er incid ent that he was thinking of resign- ing, or going into a hospital fer an extended stay. Earlier yesterday, Democrats meeting in a party caucus, de- cided by voice vote 'to nlarge the Ways and Means Commit- tee, which is considered the single most important panel in Congress, and responsible for tax, trade, and health measures. The Ways and Means C'.m- mittee was enlarged from 25 members to 37 in a move de- signed to add more liberal Democrats and to further w:est control of the committee from Mills, who has run it for more than a decade as virtually a See MILLS, Page 2Ml Congress overrides President's veto of hiigher GI benefits WASHINGTON (P)-Congress probably would be in the hands overrode by solid margins yes- of the veterans now in school in terday President Ford's veto of about 15 days. The first regular a 22.7 per cent increase in most check with the increase will go GI education benefits for seven- out Jan. 1, they said. million Vietnam-era and four- FORD vetoed the bill, saying million post-Korea veterans. it was inflationary and sug- The House voted first 394 to 9. gesting an 18.2 per cent raise. The Senate then voted 90 to 1, He also objected to a new $600- with only Assistant Republican a-year loan program for vet- Leader Robert P. Griffin of erans and an increase in entitle- Michigan supporting the veto. ment for undergraduate study Both margins were far over the from 36 months to 45 months. required two-thirds majority to In House debate, Chairman make the bill a law. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D-S.C.), of the House Veterans IT WAS the fourth time Con- Affairs Committee, said "I find gress has overriden a veto by it hard to believe an $800 mil- Ford since he became Presi- lion education and training bill dent. for veterans is inflationary However, in another vote yes- while a $1.252 billion military terday, the House failed to over- assistance request for Vietnam ride Ford's veto of the disaster is not. relief bill. It was the fourth Ford had said $500 million time his veto has been upheld should be cut from the first- of 15 bills he has vetoed. Con- year cost of $814 million. gress did not contest seven of The three previous Presiden- the vetoes. tial vetoes rejected by Congress The higher veterans payments involved the Freedom of In- are retroactive to September formation Act, railway employe and Veterans Administration of- retirement legislation and voca- ficials said the back payments tional rehabilitation. i Sirica may wri"tten*m WASHINGTON (R e u t e r)- SIRICA HAS Judge John Sirica yesterday like the trial1 asked the court-appointed panel Christmas. The of doctors to determine if for- sequestered for mer President Richard Nixon is Describing w well enough to answer written tion of the ail questions from lawyers at the "as just a thoug coverup trial of five former immediately to aides. skeptical excha Earlier this week the panel defense and p said Nixon was too ill to gve yers. personal testimony until some Chief Trial P time next year, even though Neal said "it John Ehrlichman has called the matter because former president's testimony had a number crucial to his defense. from the form the Watergater of them have b to the governmi DEFENSE la want a Christmr agree tofor the jury and Sg ee o qizzedat 1i home sometim " 6, when doctors iation Goerngivea 111e 18 1 11 Gverment p sav Nixon's to By JEFF DAY esgential to th Chances of an early settle- obje-tions to re ment between the University beia"se of poss and the Graduate Employes Or- prnitdicial nub Btformerd ganization (GEO) improved yes- fdviser Jhn terday as the two sides stream- tends that hisd lined bargaining techniques and lrq-ly on ge vSre d to take major dismutes lerlm of er g ! give Nixon ,errogation said he would Haldeman repeatedly denied to wind up by knowing most of the :Mtails jury has been surrounding the June 17, 1972 10 weeks. break-in at Democratic Party ritten interraga- Headquarters. He insisted on ing ex-President giving lengthy explanations of ght I had," Sirica each event mentioned Juring o u c h e d off a the questioning causing prose- ange with both cutors to complain to the judge. prosecution law- Haldeman spent most 3f the session testifying on what he rosecutor James remembered about a meeting was a difficult held with Nixon on June 23, we've already 1972, to discuss using the Cen- r of statements tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) er president on See SIRICA, Page 2 matter and none been satisfactory nent." wyers said they nas recess called id then have Nix- hs San Clemente e after January s say he will be deposition. prosecutors, who estimony is not eir case, raised eleasing the jury sible exposure to licity. domestic affars Thrlichman con- defense is based etting testimony r nr-islent. who FACT-FINDING TOUR Fleming tells of China voyage By DAN BORUS Just back from a three week fact-finding tour of the People's Republic of China, University President Robben Fleming found little in the Chinese higher education system to apply at the Uni- versity. But his conclusions about the proper path the University should follow drew fire from some of the 200 students gathered last night to hear him speak about his trip. "THEIR goals are different than ours," Fleming said. "Their universities are similar to our vocational schools or two-year colleges."