Today is your last chance to register to vote STICKING TRICKY DICK See Editorial Page Ci r air 41 A& 44 &Iv :43 a t- ly GLUM High-7o Low-52 For details, see "today. ... Vol. LXXXIII, No. 26 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, October 6, 1972 Ten Cents Ten Pages today... Wayne abortioi Motown cops probed The Detroit police report they are still investigating three the cops are refusing direct 'comment, sources told today... that the officer responsible for the beating of Detroit News photographer Gary Porter has been identified by film shot by WXYZ-TV news. The Daily and WXYZ have also complained of harrassment by police, but there is no word on the status of their complaints. Double take dept. Reliable sources "high atop the Administration Building," have slipped today . . . the following text of a letter to the University's admissions office: "Please send me an application of inrolment (sic) and Info. In specific (sic), info about mari- juana grownd (sic) rules allso (sic). thank You, Peace and Personal Freedom." University officials have not yet decided on a suitable reply. Happenings . . . . include the first showing of an automated anti-war slide show prepared by a group called NARMIC (National Action Research on the Military Industrial Complex). The show will be exhibited at 1:20 p.m. in Rm. 1300 of the Chemistry Bldg.... the weekly International Folk Dance is tonight at 8 in Barbour Gym. 'U' fiscal blues If the currently pending suit against the University's high out-of-state tuition is successful, the University's budget scale will dip to the tune of $11,730,864, according to a survey com- missioned by the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. The suit depends on whether courts rule that decisions allowing students to -vote in their campus com- munities also confer full citizenship rights, including classifica- tion as resident students. Abortion leading DETROIT - A poll published yesterday by The Detroit News shows that voters favor liberalization of the state's anti-abor- tion laws by a substantial margin (see related story, this page). The poll, taken by Market Opinion Research, shows that 59 per cent of voters favor the liberalized abortion law, which will be Proposal B on the Nov. 7 ballot, 37 per cent are opposed, and five per cent are undecided. Dope notes, A local physician has found a possible link between the re- peated use of nitrous oxide - commonly called laughing gas - and increased incidence of spontaneous abortion (This method is not endorsed by today . . . ) . . . although Kentucky is the "Bluegrass State," its most popular grass is quite green. It seems the state is covered with marijuana fields left over from World War II, and it's harvest time right now. Local police have their hands full trying to keep the thousands of dope-crazed youths away from their objective. Prices rise Wholesale prices are up again - this time by .3 per cent. According to the wizards at the Bureau of Labor Statistics it isn't really so bad, taking into account seasonal adjustments and other devices known only to themselves. What it means is that you're still paying more for your groceries than you did during "rampant inflation" before Nixon's wage-price freeze. Homecoming roundup Nearby Eastern Michigan University, in a none-to-rare display of sexism, has decided to switch to a bathing suit competition instead of the traditional talent contest to choose its homecoming queen. The EMU administration has met pro- tests over the action . . . and in other homecoming news, Florida State University student Ron Shank doesn't think there's any reason why he shouldn't be his school's homecoming queen. He is charging sexism in the decision of the FSU homecoming committee to disqualify him from the competition. GOP edict WASHINGTON - From the National Republican Congres- sional Committee comes the following word to GOP candidates' wives: Watch proudly when your husband speaks, don't be photographed holding drinks, keep ankles crossed or knees to- gether when sitting on a stage and above all steer clear of controversial statements. Are you listening, Martha Mitchell? Sin no more GLENDALE, S.C. - The Rev. Timothy Hottel, pastor of Glendale Baptist Church, is rejoicing now that South Carolin- ians can buy new license tags. For the past year, the first three letters of the minister's license plates have read: "SIN." Sad news The wife of an American POW, held captive in North Viet- nam for seven years, yesterday filed for divorce. Her grounds: desertion. It probably can't make husband Lt. Comdr. Raymond Vohden, a navy pilot, any more miserable than he already is. On the inside -.-- . . . economics Prof. Daniel Fusfeld discusses collec- tive bargaining for the faculty, in the Editorial Page's weekly "faculty comment" . . . the Arts Page features short reviews of the weekend's local movie fare in Cinema Weekend . . . the sports staff say they don't have anything worth mentioning. county ci laws j udge calls state unlconstitutional HOUSE ACTION TODAY: Senate oks" no-fault bill LANSING ,() - The State Senate yesterday passed a sweeping no-fault auto insurance reform bill that would guarantee unlimited "reasonable" medical expenses to acci- dent victims regardless of who is to blame for the mishap. House action is expected to follow today-the last day of the fall session before a recess until Nov. 27. Prospects for the bill's passage are unclear, but its back- ers expressed optimism yesterday for early House approval. The Senate vote was 23-11. The bill also would provide automatic payment of vehic- le damage cost, subject to policy deductible exclusions, but Cahalan to I would require a court suit to perty damage. settle liability for other pro-I Welfare V bill passed bySenate WASHINGTON (P) - The Sen-s ate early today passed an $18.5- billion bill increasing numerous Social Security, Medicare and wel- fare benefits but delaying for yearsI reform of the program for wel- fare families.c The vote was 68-5. The bill, one of the most im- portant revisions of the Social Se- curity and welfare laws ever passed, was sent to conferencec with the House which cleared an $8.2-billion version of it June 22, 1971. Sponsors said they are confidentf Senate-House conferees can reach agreement on the 989-page mea- sure next week in time to send itc to President Nixon beforethe 92nd Congress adjourns.i See earlier story, Page 2 S The Social Security provisionsI would benefit widows; all men;I disabled persons; the chronically ill elderly who need maintenances drugs; persons desiring to retireI at age 60; those who want to workI beyond 65, and many other groups. It also would raise Social Secur- ity taxes substantially to pay forc the benefits, the second boost in1 payroll levies to go through Con- gress this year.- The bill would establish a na- tional level of benefits for the firstf time for the three million personsr in the adult categories of wel- fare - the aged, blind and dis- abled. In most states this wouldt raise payments substantially. The bill, designated as H. R. 1, since it was the first House mea-I sure introduced in the 92nd Con-c gress, was submitted originally byt President Nixon as a welfare-re- See SENATE, Page 10t In that respect, present "fault" provisions of conventional policies would be retained. The switch-over, mandatory for1 an estimated six million register- ed vehicle owners, would take place next Oct. 1, but would not apply to motorcycles. S h a r p disagreement marked yesterday's debate over the bill's effect on insurance rates. Sen. James Fleming (R-Jack- son) termed it "a little more in- surance for a lot more money." "Now we will have jumping so- cialism," he said. House Speaker William Ryan (D-Detroit) disagreed, saying, we: can't say, but as a general rule, we get increased benefits at slightly reduced rates." He circulated a table, drawn up by Robert Rowe, chief deputy commissioner in the Michigan In- surance Bureau, that showed, a $12 drop, for example, in the pre- mium that might be paid by a family receiving $200 in weekly wages. Because benefits for lost wages could be paid under the new sys- tem, it would be necessary for an insurer to determine a policy holder's income. No such provi- sion is part of buying convention- al insurance. Complete review of the finished package is sought by the Michi- gan Supreme Court under a con- stitutional provision allowing the legislature to ask it to rule on pressing issues. The no-fault system of auto in-j surance is a controversial idea, one that de debated in this state by an array of opposing groups. Labor unions, insurance compa- nies, attorneys, and Gov. William Milliken, among others, clashed for many months over the fate of no-fault. The law was originally designed to help halt the spiraling costs of auto insurance. However, some insurance ex- perts claim that the guaranteed coverage clause will only serve to increase premium costs. Massachusetts was the first state to pass a no-fault insurance law. AP Photo Nixon at home President Nixon holds forth at his first news conference in five weeks. The President fielded questions on taxation, the war and the Watergate Caper, and took an opportunity to hit his opponent's policies, too. DEVIATION STANDARD? 'U uofsays method, disregard new ruling By MERYL GORDON Wayne County C i r c u i t Judge Charles Kaufman yes- terday struck down Michi- gan's abortion laws as un- constitutional invasions of women's privacy. Ruling in a case brought against Wayne County prosecutor William Cahalan and Atty. Gen. Frank Kel- ley by dozens of pro-abortion sup- porters, Kaufman said the laws violated the ninth and 14th amend- ments. Cahalan said he would appeal the ruling to the State Supreme Court, and would contine to en- force the old laws in the interim. "If I am presented with suffic- ient evidence that a crime has, been committeed regarding abor- tion or manslaughter, I will re- commend a warrant (for the per- sons involved)," declared Caha- lan. Kelley could not be reached for comment yesterday, and his dep- uty, Leon Cohan, declined to comment on the ruling. Michigan laws presently permit an abortion to be performed only if it will save the life of the mother. Kaufman's ruling, which will go into effect Tuesday means that abortion clinics in Michigan may operate subject to State Board of Health regulations. The controversial ruling came after many months of testimony in a suit filed by former state Sen. Lorraine Beebe, 40 lawyers, 20 doctors, nurses, social workers and housewives. Though the case originated in Wayne County, Kaufman said his order, when signed will be effec- tive throughout the state. Opinions differ on the ruling's effect on the Nov. 7 statewide abortion referendum. If the referendum passes, it would legalize abortions by physi- cians up to the 20th week of preg- nancy for any reason, and would establish health standards for abortion clinics to be licensed by the State Public Health Depart- According to Pat Boyle, one of the attorneys on Cahalan's staff, the effect of yesterday's decision would be to invalidate the legal re- forms called for by the referendum question. The referendum would modify laws which were struck down by Kaufman, and would thus be un- constitutional itself, leaving Michi- gan with no laws regulating abor- tion at all. However, supporters of the ref- erendum urged backers of the pro- posal to continue to work for its passage, in case Kaufman's rul- ing was struck down by the State Supreme Court. Detroit Attorney Barbara Robb, who represented the plaintiffs in the case, called Kaufman's deci- sion a major victory for women, See JUDGE, Page 10 Ex-FBI man admits Deva. bugging role LOS ANGELES (P) - A former FBI agent who took part in the bugging of Democratic National Headquarters says he delivered reports on the eavesdropping to the Committee for the Re-election of the President, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. Times reporters Jack Nelson and Ronald Ostrow said they in- terviewed Alfred Baldwin III for e a tim ing By JIM O'BRIEN When one poll gives Nixon a 28 per cent lead, and another releas- ed the same day gives Nixon a 39 per cent lead, can you believe, either of them? Can you believeI polls at all? Not often, says the University'sI chief poll-taker political science Prof. Warren Miller of the Insti- tute for Social Research. A critic of cheap polling tech- niques and an expert in his own right on opinion sampling, Miller can slant polls not only feels that much of the opinion polling currently being fed to the public is misleading, but thinks it could even affect the results of the election. As an example, Miller cites two surveys released simultaneously in last Monday's New York Times, showing broad differences in their estimates of the candidates sup- port, and predicting trends in op- posite directions. One of the polls, conducted by Louis Harris a n d Associates, DEBATE CENTERS ON TAXES Class hears state rephopefuls showed 59 per cent of the "likely voters" contacted in favor of President Nixon, and 31 per cent; in favor of Sen. George McGovern,: a gap which had narrowed from1 their previous surveys. The other poll, conducted by Daniel Yankelovich, Inc. for The New York Times and Time Maga- zine, showed Nixon ahead with 62 per cent, and McGovern with on- ly 23 percent, a gap which had widened since their previous poll released a month earlier. Miller pointed out that although the two surveys were released at the same time, the Harris poll was conducted only a week be- fore it was published, while the Yankelovich poll began a month earlier than its appearance in the Times. The sampling methods used by the Yankelovich poll, especially the reliance on telephone inter- views and the limited area from which the "population 'was drawn could also make its finding sus- pect, Miller said. "Clearly the reason for tele- phone interviewing is that it is many times cheaper," he added. A spokesman for Harris' outfit agreed that use of telephones, and the less representative sampling methods used by YankelovichI made the polls "in no way com- parable." By CHRIS PARKS The four contenders for Ann Arbor's state representative seat debated each oth- er in front of a Political Science 111 class at the Modern Language Building last night, and talked mostly about taxes and, predictably, each other. The larger portion of the night was taken up with discussion of two proposals on the Nov. 7 ballot which would (1.) eliminate the property tax as the basis for funding schools and (2.) replace it with a state- wide graduated income tax. ris said he opposes graduated taxes on a philosophical basis because they 'are "rooted in envy of those who have ma- terial wealth." Bullard's attack on HRP was based on that party's refusal to back a Democratic Party effort to get the property tax re- Graduated taxes "are rooted in envy of those who have mate- rial wealth." He skid HRP's actions were motivated by a desire "to destroy the Democratic Party" and may result in sabotaging "pro- gressive change" in the state income tax. In rebuttal, Burghardt said HRP had not supported the Democratic petition because it would have written graduated tax rates into the state constitution rather than al- lowing them to be set by the legislature. Bullard and Burghardt also tangled in the debate over a $100 contribution from HRP founder Zolton Ferency to Bullard's campaign.