For Daily subscriptions, phone 764-0558 SIRICA EASES BLOWS See Editorial Page Y A& A& -A, 4 loormw .AJ t t Ott r4 A IW WF n A& 4hr :43 a t t DREARY High-41 Low--36 See Today for details Eighty-Four Years of Editorial Freedom Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 10, 1975 Vol. LXXXV, No. 83 Ten Cents Eight Pages ROTC seeks credit to boost status IU SEE S HAPPEn CALL XrDtyY City notes More on the upcoming April city elections: Mayor Stephenson, who somewhat reluctantly filed to run for re-election last month, has now vouched for the preferential balloting system. In a Wednes- day night speech to local Rotarians, the GOP in- cumbent quashed rumors that his party would test the new voting system in court, saying "It's here to stay, and we'll live with it." Stephenson also an- nounced that paper ballots instead of voting ma- chines will have to be used for the complicated pre- ferential election system. Speaking of the election, we described Democratic mayoral hopeful Al Wheeler as a physician in yesterday's paper. He is in fact an associate professor of dermitology and microbiology at the University. We also erroneous- ly called Third Ward hopeful Mike Broughton a Republican. He's really a Democrat. 067 and 602... . . . are this week's winning lottery numbers. Second chance numbers are 288 and 278. Winning numbers in the jackpot drawing are 272206, 68957 and 392. Happenings... . . are topped today by world - reknowned French mime Marcel Marceau's 8 p.m. perform- ance at the Power Center. Unfortunately the show is sold out . . . At noon, the Educational Media Center presents a free showing of the film Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the Edu- cation School's Schloring Aud. . . . and if you can't get tickets for Marceau, the second best show in town could be the Big Ten Gymnasts Invitational, 7 p.m. at Crisler . . . at 7:30 p.m., the swimming team takes on Wisconsin at Matt Mann pool - . Yale's Russian chorus graces Mendelssohn at 8 p. m. . . . and the free African Film Series pre- sents Discovering Musical Africa and Heritage of Slavery at 8 p.m. in Angell Aud. D . . . Oh, by the way, if you need something to celebrate, yesterday was Richard Nixon's birthday. He is 62. Anwar the arsonist The Arab states will light the fuse on their rich oil fields before invading U.S. forces can capture them, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat declared yesterday. Sadat's remarks came after Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's statement last week that he would not rule out the use of force against the oil nations in the event of "some actual strang- ulation of the industrialized world." A simple ex- plosion would eliminate the need for armies, ac- cording to Sadat who said, "Blowing up something is much easier than an invasion." Bravo, Anwar. Eat my words After being nabbed in London for shoplifting, a young woman promptly swallowed all her identifi- cation and hasn't uttered a single word since she was taken into police custody. Called the "female anon" in court yesterday, she thwarted the efforts of interpreters in six languages to crack her code. The court has ordered the mystery woman's fing- erprints taken. By SARA RIMER Commanding officers on campus have called for University support to boost dwindling enrollment in the Army and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) up to levels considered viable by the Defense Department. Army Colonel Kenneth Iris hand Air Force Colonel M. E. Grunske voiced their concern this week as a Literary College (LSA) committee completes its investigation of the academic quality of Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC courses. IRISH WARNED, "If we don't receive credit, I suspect that if junior enrollment doesn't go up, this unit will be dissolved." Grunzke said, "It would be quite demoralizing for cadet stu- dents if we don't get credit. It might affect enrollment. If we have to leave here ,and go to a lesser school, we might have lesser talent." The LSA Curriculum Committee, who ordered the investiga- tion last October, appointed a sub-committee of three faculty and one student to examine the academic quality of ROTC courses in order to determine whether some courses merit the full aca- demic credit eliminated in 1969 by the LSA faculty. THE CURRICULUM committee reviews all academic courses and recommends proposed alterations, which are then submitted to the school's Executive Committee and ultimately to the LSA faculty for final action. According to Irish, countrywide ROTC enrollment began plummeting around 1969 "when the country beecame disenchanted with the Vietnam War." Army enrollment here plunged from 330 students in 1969 to a low of 33 students in 1973. Beginning to recover, it stands at 61 this year. Irish contends, however, "To expect enrollment to go back to pre-Vietnam levels without academic creit is wishful thinking." See ROTC, Page 8 'If we dont receive credit . . this unit will be dissolved.' Colonel Kenneth Irish Army ROTC CREST WOOD FIRINGS ILLEGAL Court orders School board plans .... to appeal decision By DAVID BURHENN and KEN FINK Special To The Daily DETROIT-A three judge circuit court panel ruled here yesterday morning that the Crestwood School Board must rehire some 180 teachers it fired for striking against the system in December. The 2-1 decision declared that the school board had acted illegally in firing the teachers, members of the Crestwood Education Association (CEA). CURRENTLY, non-union personnel are staffing classrooms in teac ers rehired C res twood: Legacy of bitterness By DAVID BURHENN Special To The Daily DEARBORN HEIGHTS-Carol Guiles,' mother of five Crest wood school students, stood it) the harsh glare of televiison footlights outside Judge Joseph Rashid's courtroom and vowed that her kids would not return to schools staffed by rehired striking teachers. "They're not going to be taught by animals," she cried. "They're animals. They split on my son's car when he cross- ed their picket lines." THE BITTERNESS and anger generated by the school strike in this suburban community will probably last long after the teachers return to their class- rooms. Yesterday the hostility was visible on the early morning picket linestoutside of Crast- wood's seven elementary and secondary schools. Striking teachers watched tn anger as their non-union re- placements made their way into classes that the union teachers See CRESTWOOD, Page 8 the place of the 180 strikers. Judges George Bowles and Thomas Roumell stated in the majority opinion that the teach- ers could not be deprived of their Jobs until they were grant- ed a hearing. The court action ended a threatened wave of sympathy strikes in other Detroit subur- ban districts represented by the Michigan Education Association (MEA), of which the CEA is a member local. The union had contended that the firines had cnr"titiited a threat to the col- 1-tive bargaining rights of all Michigan teachers. 1WHUT1TF Bowles and Roumell ordered the teachers reinstated by next Monday, the Crestwood School Board voted yesterday to anneal the ruling and to ask for a delay in the implementa- tion of the order. Crestwood teachers w e r e meeting late last night to decide whether to return to work on Monday in view of the board's decision to apneal. If the school board was dis- mayed by the result in circuit court, the Crestwood school superintendent, Robert Rutila was not. HE TERMED the decision "the best thing to happen to this district in nine months." Rutila, asked what would hap- pen to the non-union instructors hired to replace the strikers, See COURT, Page 2 g r e .mes:_:.:- i 3:25:?:-- : at#5n:s::,::2::::%::sres ::? : ,:::24 <"st'3r w".S¢ '.ri A LINE OF STRIKING teachers ring Crestwood High School yesterday, protesting their firing by the Board of Education, and the year and a half they wprked with no contract. The strikers hurled insults at students and non-union teachers who crossed their lines to enter the school. SANDBERG NOT ENROLLED: SGC p- By TIM SCHICK and KATE SPELMAN Student Government Coancil (SGC) President Carl Sandberg, who built his administration on investigating past SGC offizials, last night hinted he may soon resign amid increasing specula- tion his tenure in office is illegal since he is not a University stu- resident may Little bugger An Alabama city's 11-inch statue of the infamous boll weevil will receive special protection after it was stolen last year and recovered within 24 hours, slightly damaged. The Enterprise City Council has appointed a special security commission to soothe citizens who are irate over the theft of the famous monument. The boll weevil was immortalized as a statue 60 years ago after it chomped its way through the entire cotton crop in south Alabama, forcing farmers to turn to other crops. On the inside ... . . . George Harvey writes on Future Worlds on the Editorial Page . . . Arts Page features Cinema Weekend . . . and Sports offers a preview of the Michigan-Wisconsin swim meet by Ed Lange. On the outside ... Dark and dreary, wet and weary. As bitter cold arctic air mixes with warm, moist tropical air, a major storm will form over Kansas and move to- 11,000 employes released indefinitely by big industries dent. Before last night's SGC meet- ing, Sandberg told The Daily that "due to questions about my status as a student" ne may consider resigning his office within a month. BUT SEVERAL SGC sources stated Sandberg will quit at next Thursday's SGC meeting for sev- eral personal reasons as well as his shaky presidential status. "He's jo in i ng the army again," one SGC official said of Sandberg, a Green Beret re- servist. The source said Sand- berg has decided to enlist after failing to find acceptable em- ployment in the Ann Arbor area. The SGC bylaw which may, jeopardize Sandberg's presi- dency reads: "Allhcandidates for SGC offices shall be cur- rently enrolledsstudents or stu- dents who were enrolled in the previous full term." SANDBERG, who is seeking a master's degree in sociology, said he was last enrolled -as a University graduate student dur- ing the Winter term of 1974. Theoretically, this invalidrtes his re-election to the top SGC post last October, when he was not enrolled. rollment and his elect Sandberg hinted last he would enroll as this term if SGC mount a strong challe legal status. BUT HE refused to on the reports that h sign next week, say stpdown tion. "Rumors do fly." Sandberg said night that he would decide whether to a student register for classes by Feb- members ruary. nge to his A source in Campus Coalition (CC) said the party's moderate- to-conservative SGC members comment are prepared to support SGC e will re- Vice President Reddix Allen if ding only, See SGC, Page 8 No progress made in oil contract talks More than 11,000 workers learned yesterday that they would be laid off their jobs indefinitely. Auto manufacturers and companies that supply them accounted for most of the total, but United Airlines, New England Telephone Co. and Honey- well were among other companies that had bad news for some of their employes. THE ANNOUNCEMENT affecting the most workers was made by General Motors, which said it would put 2,800 employes at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant on indefinite layoff beginning Jan. 20. In Indiana, three divisions of General Motors announced layoffs affecting a total of 1,335 em- ployes. IN EAGLE, PA., Gindy Trailer Manufacturing Co. announced indefinite layoffs for nearly 65 per cent of its work force-a total of 515 white- and blue-collar workers. A spokesman blamed lagging sales of truck trailers. In Arcade, N.Y., Motorola, Inc., said it would lay off 375 administrative and production workers later this month. The layoffs bring the number of workers idled since Oct. 1 to 900, or more than half of the total employment at the Arcadia plant late in 1974. The plant manufactures parts for the auto industry. In Winchester, Ky., Rockwell International, Inc., said 190 of the 1,370 workers at its truck axle plant would be laid off indefinitely effective Te...- A - .~~~n ne -. nmir.r nn AitiflVn DENVER, Colo. (iP)-No pro- gress was reported yesterday in contract talks between the na- tion's oil companies and the 60,000-member oil wo r k e r s union as a strike deadline ap- proached. A. F. Grospiron, head of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Work- ers Union, said he will call a strike by today if new contracts are not settled. NO PROGRESS was reported in the bargaining. "There is nothing new," Crospiron said through a spokesman yesterday. The union produces 60 ner from the oil companies there is more money there," Grospiron said at the time. "The next 24 hours will pro- v'ide a settlement or a strike," Grospiron said at a news con- ference Wednesday night at the union headquarters here. 'It will determine whether or not we will announce strike action." Grospiron said that any strike would be called against a se- lected company or seveial com- panies first, but it would be "nationwide within short order." THE OIL bargaining policy