4 Wednesday, February 21, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Wednesday, February 21, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven JACOBSON'S WILL BE CLOSED FOR INVENTORY next TUESDAY, FEB. 27j ~. < LIBERTY at MAYNARD . . LAST SHOWING Cease-fire settlement ends Laotian fighting Ahead of histuil (Continued from Page I) Lao neutralists, with Souphanou- vong as deputy prime minister. The government has agreed to appoint Souphanouvong as deputy prime minister but has rejected the composition of the coalition ad- ministration, the sources said. When the current peace talks be- tween the two sides began they soon bogged down over procedural matters. It was not until the Paris agreement on a Vietnam cease- fire, signed last month, that the Laotian talks started making some progress. Factional conflicts have prevail- ed in Laos since it regained its sovereignty 24 years ago, but it was the spread of the Vietnam war which created mass suffering and ever-growing streams of refu- gees in the inland kingdom. A series of factional battles and shifting coalitions ensued after Laos emerged from French rule. And, as has happened before in the 700-year history of "The King- dom of a Million Elephants," for- eigners and neighbors intervened to escalate and polarize the strug- gles. The confrontation that developed from the decades of turmoil was between Souvanna's Vientiane gov- ernment and the Pathet Lao forces led by Souphanouvong. But the interests of North and South Vietnam - and the United States - became heavily involved in the fighting, that ebbed and flowed across the country in of- fensives and counter-attacks as cyclical as the seasons. TUES. & THURS. 7:30 & 9:30)p.m. Modern Lang. Aud. III (E. Washington'at Thayer) $1.25 NEW WORLD FILM CO-OP Almost Zlke magic Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc.) who is undergoing hair transplants, shows the success of the opera- tion to date. He is shown as he appeared in December, 1970, left, as he appeared in March, 1972, center, and as he appears today. NOT PLAYING FAIR APPEAL DENIED: Indiana was penalized 189 yards vs. Kansas State in 1962, a school record. --- ease c losed "GETm ATTENTIONI WASHINGTON UP) - The Su- sent decrees, which were negotiat- preme Court yesterday rejected ed together. consumer advocate Ralph Nader's The agreement, entered in 1971, bid to reopen the ITT-Hartford In- permitted ITT to retain Hartford, surance Co. antitrust case that but called for the divestment of raised a furor over alleged politi- three other companies whose an- cal influence last year. nual sales totaled more than $1 Nader and Washington lawyer billion. Reuben Robertson III appealed the Nader's attempt to intervene ruling of a federal district court came in May, 1972, with an attack judge in Connecticut who blocked on the government's failure to their participation in the govern- state what the appeal described as ment - initiated antitrust suit and the main reason for negotiating a held that the government need not settlement - the hardship it would reveal its reasons for negotiating cause to stockholders of the com- a settlement. The justices affirmed the lower court's opinion over the dissent of Justice William Douglas who skid3 he would grant a hearing on the issue. Nader's appeal asked the high court to widen citizen opportunity- to intervene in antitrust suits and; to give the judiciary a firm role in assessing settlements achieved by negotiation. The-suit to block ITT's acquisi- tion of Hartford was one of three filed against .the conglomerate by the government in 1969. The Justice Department lost two panies, and the resulting effect this would have on the entire stock market. That explanation surfaced in Senate hearings on the confirma- t " of Richard Kleindienst as at- t. ey general. The hearings ex- amined the settlement for politi- cal influence after a memoran- dum attributed to an ITT lobbyist surfaced. The memorandum linked prom- ised ITT financial support for the Republican National Convention in 1972' to a more favorable atti- tude in the Justice Department. The administration and ITT ve- of the suits after trial. With the I hemently denied any impropriety Hartford acquisition still before in what until then had been hailed Judge Joseph Blumenfeld, the as a major government antitrust parties to the suits proposed con- victory. Do you have a disability?, Could you use a reader or someone to help you get around? We have a service line for you to call and people are glad to be available. CALL 763-2423 or 663-8607 Join The Daily CIRCULATION DEPT. Come in any afternoon 420 Maynard STAND OUT.. from the Crowd Make good use of your spare time, working on and learning about newspaper production. JOIN THE DAILY - m - IL - - - - w - - -o-a - 0 -F-- m.