FIGHTING EXEC PRIVILEGE See Editorial Page *ir i rn DaitL UEG-RESSIVYE Iligh-55 Low-35 See Today for details Vol. LXXXi I, No. 157 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, April 17, 1973 Ten Cents Twelve Pages, & IFYOUSEE NEWSHAPPENCALL76:D WY Heavyweight champ} One subject University naval architecture students aren't treating lightly is the building of concrete canoes. 50 University students as well as engineering students at two other state schools are dead serious in their attempt to build two crafts for what might be called the world's strongest canoe competition- the third annual Concrete Canoe Race Apr. 28 on the Eagle Creek Reservoir near Indianapolis. Heavy, man. Vote note A University professor has cast his hat into local politics by announcing his candidacy for the city School Board. English Prof. Christopher Reaske said that he is running because "many of the city's residents have "been embarrassed by what has been going on at the school board meetings." The elections are in June. Broken dreams, broken windows A woman attending a dance at the United Auto Workers hall in Ypsilanti was asked to dance by a man who she said was at- tempting to become "romantically involved" with her. When she refused to dance =with him he told her, "You'll be sorry," Where- upon it is suspected that he went out and broke all the windows of her 1973 car. But she had her revenge: his hands were re- ported to be badly cut during the incident. Cruel, cruel, love. Sour sewer By CHRISTOPHER PARKS Ha rris: Time -to First of two parts Robert Harris felt good last week as he stretched out. feet on his desk, and reflected on his four turbulent years as mayor of Ann Ar- bor. Despite the recent election which had re- turned the GOP to control of City Hall, Harris said he was, in "an elated period"-proud of what he sees as the significant accomplishments of his two-term Democratic administration. Slowly puffing on a rough, long cigar-as much his trademark as Groucho Marx's-Harris ramb- led on for nearly an hour reflecting on his upset victory in 1969, challenges of the right-wing Con- cerned Citizens and the left-wing Human Rights Party, wars within his own party, and the future of Ann Arbor. Bob Harris's election as mayor in 1969 marked the end of the GOP's 30-ye'ar-plus stranglehold on City Hall. His victory, much like HRP's last year, was the result of massive grass-roots or- ganizing and a large student turn-out. It came as a surprise to almost everyone, Ilar- "I ran a good canpaign," Harris remembers. "The issues were good, I worked hard and I had a superb party organization. I don't think the Demo- crats have had as good an organization since." ::: ':.:.:.. .. ... :: :: :::: :: w sv. :. ::::.:.:, :.:.::..:. .; ............. rr iisv:::::. :: JJJ: :v: :". :::: .:: "::..::: J::a":::lais .. . . . .. J. J.... ......:"}'rses ris included. "I expected it (the campaign) would be fun," he said, "but I didn't think I could win. The peo- ple who were asking me to run didn't think I could win either." But there was a general feeling, in the com- munity - especially among students - that the time had come for a change in the city's govern- ment. On campus, the student drive was spear- headed in the Law School where Harris taught. It was led by a young black law student named Ed Fabre, who would later be a prime mover in the 1970 Black Action Movement strike. I ran a good campaign," Harris remembers. "The issues were good, I worked hard, and I had a superb party organization. I don't think the Democrats have had as good, an organization since." Harris. remembers his opponent, moderate Re- publican Richard Balzhiser, as a man who tried to please everyone. "He wanted votes on cam- pus, off campus, conservatives, moderates, ev- erything. He was concentrating on winning big instead of just winning. I think Dick underesti- mated us." Harris just squeaked into office, edging out a surprised Balzhiser by under 700 votes. He swept four Democrats in with him, giving the city its first Democratically controlled City Hall refle ct since the war. Harris .remembers that first year when he held a commanding 8-3 council majority as one of considerable progress. "We did a tremendous amount that year," he says. "We put the, best anti-discrimination law in the country on the books . . we put through a better housing code than any city in the coun- try . . . we put through a city affirmative action hiring program . . . there was the pollution con- trol ordinance, and the grievance officer .- we revised the whole disorderly conduct code and got out crap like loitering and vagrancy . . . and we repealed the Republicans' ban on electric music in the parks." But enforcement lagged disappointingly behind legislation. An under-funded Human Rights De- partment lacked the money to enforce equal. op-, portunity ordinances. Tenants' rights under the new housing code were never adequately pub- licized and went unused. And Harris admits that See FORMER, Page 7 CEASEFIRE VIOLA TED U.s. resumes air strikes over Laos Our man in Washington, Rep. Marvin Esch (R-Ann Arbor) has written William Ruckleshaus, administrator of the Environ- mental Protection Agency, that the proposed sewer for our area is "wholly inadequate, failing to take into consideration the im- pact on our area." Esch asked that Ruckleshaus have the agency review its preliminary endorsement of the plan and not endorse it in the final recommendations. Fire rages A 'fire raged through a six unit apartment house on Jeffer- son St. near campus yesterday, gutting the three story frame dwelling and causing minor injuries to one firefighter. Fireman Roger Trombley was treated and released at St. Joseph Hos- pital for smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported, of- ficials said. Residents of the apartment house were evacuated soon after the blaze began. Cause of the fire was not immediately known. Fire officials refused to estimate damage to the building. Happenings .. . . . . are mostly of an aural nature. Leading off is the Music School student trumpet recital in the School of Music Recital Hall at 12:30 pm . . . a poetry reading by Robert Bly will be held in Aud, 4, MLB at 4:10 . . . The Astronomy Club presents "Explor- ing the Milky Way; Interplanetary Space" in Lecture Rm. I of the MLB at 8 pm . . . Another three-decker music extravaganza will begin with the 'U' Jazz Band blowing away at Rackham Aud. while at Hill Aud. will be the 'U' Choir and at the School of- Music Recital Hall will be- the student string chamber music recital and all will be at 8 pm . .. At 8:30 will be a lecture by Prof. Rodolpho Acuna of Cal. State on "Chicanos in the U. S." in the E. Conf. Rm. of Rackham Bldg. . . . And ending a busy day will be a West African celebration at the Rive Gauche starting at 9:30 pm. Dope note NEW YORK-Police announced yesterday, they have cracked the largest drug distribution ring in the history of the U. S.'with split-second weekend raids that resulted in indictments against 86 people described as "top mobsters." Along yith the suspects, police picked up 15 guns, $52,000 in cash, and four cars. Only one- eighth of a kilo of heroin was seized. "These guys are so far up they wouldn't even touch the stuff," said a police spokesman. Police Commissioner Patrick Murphy said one of the indicted would have' been arrested "but for the fact that he was found in his car on Feb. 20 . . . with his throat cut." Do your duty LONDON-The Privy Council, which normally handles the af- fairs.,of the British crown, has been assigned an extra task by 10-year-old Paul Gregory and other schoolboys in Cheshire. They wrote the Council in care of No. 10 Downing St., the official resi- dence of prime ministers, complaining that their school needed a new "privy" and that the Privy 'Council was obviously the agency to take care of it. A Council spokesman said it would refer the request to the government agency responsible for "privies," British slang for toilets. Roughing ;it GRAVESEND, England-Mrs. Fay Young has decided to put her 14-year-old daughter Janet on World War II rations for one week to prove to her that kids have it too easy today. The girl's menu for the next seven days will consist of 14 ounces of meat, three eggs, two pounds of potatoes and two ounces of cheese plus unrationed items. For Sunday lunch, this meant a slice of bread and a boiled egg. "Most teen-agers take the good things in life for granted," said Mrs. Young, "so I decided to teach her a practical lesson." Daddy of the week NEW YORK-"We had him arrested," said comedian Alan King Sunday, referring to his 18 year-old son Andrew, who he packed off to a private, Manhattan-based drug-rehabilitation program. King said that Andrew was not a heroin addict but had enrolled his son in the p-ogram so that "things wouldn't go any further." Andrew was arrested for possession of marijuana and hashish after he had taken his mother's car without per- mission from their family's 22-room mansion near New York King had the police arrest Andrew and a companion. On the insde .. . The Arts page includes a review of Johnny Win- ter's new album "Still Alive and Well" by Harry Hammitt . ..on the Sports Page IM basketball star Godfrey Dillard relates his experience as the' first black ever to play for Vanderbilt University. to senior editor Bob Huer . . . and on the Edit Page columnist Pete Hamill charges that re- turning POWs are being used as pawns by the Nixon * .Viet, U.S. attacks on Cambodia continue By Al and Reuter WASHINGTON-U.S. aircraft, including B-52 bombers, resumed air strikes over Laos yesterday after North Viet- namese and Pathet Lao forces seized a strategic town just south of the Plain of Jars. A communique issued by the U.S. Pacific command in Honolulu also said American bombers had conducted raids over Cambodia. Earlier, the Defense department disclosed that com- munist forces in Laos had seized the town of Tha Vieng, ending almost a month of rel- i o t' S Z, c ( 0 u' L h e h I atively little battlefield activ- ity. - The bombing raids over Laos were the first since Feb. 23, a spokesman said.- Informed sources said the raids were resumed on President Nixon's orders. The air operations were an- iounced in a 'brief statement by the Pacific Command, which con- trols U.S. military activity in Southeast Asia now that the Ameri- :ans have withdrawn from South Vietnam. It said: "At the request of the Laotian government, U.S. air- :raft, including B-52s, April 16 (Southeast Asia time) conducted >perations over Laos.". The other aircraft involved were understood to include F-4 and F- 11 fighter-bombers based in Thai-" and. Pentagon spokesman Jerry Fried- heim earlier indicated that renew- sd bombing was in the cards when he told reporters that Tha Vieng had been seized only a few hours beforehand by combined Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces. He said the United States had been in contact with the Laotian See BOMBING, Page 9 l 'U' to ask revenue shiaring funding By DAVID UNNEWEHR Vice- President for Academic Affairs Allan Smith yesterday told the Senate Assembly the Univer- sity will ask the Regents to ap- peal to the state legislature for an additional $9 million to offset federal budget cuts. The University intends to ask the legislature for money the state will receive from revenue shar- ing. Under President Nixon's reve- nuie sharing plan state and local governments receive tax monies from the. local' government to dis- tribute as they please. "Revenue sharing is designed to. See SMITH, Page 9 Daily Photo by DAVID MARGOLICK Pusso ver elebratin Barbara Gold, '73, breaks the matzoh in one of the many Seders going on across campus last night. Matzoh is the unleavened bread eaten by the Jews in their flight out of Egypt. RENTERS llT LANDLORDS: Tenant hearings draw many Op110nS By DAVID BURHENN The hec A parade of over 15 witnesses get react testified yesterday before a local of state public hearing of the state and two House of Representatives Ten- pieces of1 ant's Rights sub-committee chair- The fir ed by Rep. Perry Bullard (D- landlords Ann Arbor.) nual inter The session, held in the Law and the s Quad, was conducted by Bil- status to lard, state representatives Lyn their neg Jondahl (D-East Lansing) and Reactio Howard Wolpe (D-Kalamazoo), pr9posals. and state senator Gilbert Bursley almost al (R-Ann Arbor). ants, agr on- aring's purpose was to ion on the desirability authorized rent control recently introduced tenant legislation. st bill would require to pay five per cent an- est on security deposits econd would give legal tenant organizations in otiations with landlords, Fns were mixed on the While most witnesses, ll of whom were ten- ted that additional leg- 'ental islative moves should be in the area of tenant right ions varied on the effe specific legislation. Terry Adams, a rece school graduate active in Aid, voiced Ijis opposition interest requirement on s deposits. "The necessary of the interest requireme said, "is to raise rents an housing less available fo people." He also attacked ren trols, saying that they City Council okays reduced Model Cities pro gramn bug problems, taken make Ann Arbor's housing short- s, opin- age "more severe." ects of Student Government Council member Sandy Green spoke in nt law favor of a form of rent control a Legal that would limit what he con- to the sidered exorbitant returns on security capital investment in apartment effect houses owned by management nnt," he companies. d make Iastudied several of the large d poor investment corporations," he I said, "and found that they gain- ed upward of 20 per cent annual- t con- ly from their properties." would Much of the three hour session was occupied by numerous indi- vidual complaints of witnesses against their landlords. Some_ persons told of 30 and 40 'per cent rent increases following the _I end of Phase II economic con- trols, while others complained of stopped-up toilets and other negligent maintenance. r drug One woman, holding a small white poodle as she spoke, said Iy drug that when she signed her lease, she was not given a copy of emnber apartment regulations which ' nented. prohibited pets. or con- Upon moving into the building, iginally with her, dog, she was forced to o Octa- pay $10 a month more on her rent and an extra $56 on her rovides damage deposit to keep the )r high pool. r260g0 The same witness said that $26,000, she was having trouble finding 100,000. a room this year because she By GORDON A'1TCHESON City Council last night unanimously approved a second year Model Cities budget which finances most program operations at significantly reduced levels. The Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment (HUD) funded most of the $1.1 million budget through federal grants. Because .of Nixon Admin- istration cutbacks, however, the appropriations cover only about 60 per cent of the amount re- quested by the city. The Mode] Cities program provides social Ilouse conducts rehabilitation programs fo addicts "Without that grant we jeopardize the on treatment center in the city," Council, m .Jerry De Grieck (HRP-First Ward) coma He said $10,000 was "a bare minimum" f tinuing the program. Model Cities had or planned to completely eliminate the grant t gon House. The Community Skills Center, which p vocational training and job placement fo school 'drop outs, received an additional3 raising its total appropriation to around $ :.. :,: .. ..