ELECTION '72: ISSUE APATHY See Editorial Page C I 4-C gut A 4Etait CLAMMY High-4 Law--37 See today ... for details Vol. LXXXIII, No. 55 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, November 9, 1972 Ten Cents Eight Pages today... if you see news happen call 76-DAiLY I Cabinet SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT shak-eup planned by Nixon Student strike Student organizers have called for a strike at Huron High today to protest the recently-adopted school board disciplinary policy. According to organizers from Pioneer and Huron, the strike will be the focus of dissent for all the students in the dis- trict. They said they will be trying to get 60 per cent of the stu- dents to strike, which they say would force the school to close for the day. Last week also, students protested the disciplinary policy, picketing at Tappan Jr. High. Happenings .. . A meeting to organize an SGC grocery co-op will be held at 8 p.m. tonight, in the SAB . . . Meanwhile, the Sixteenth An- nual Fire Control Seminar for Michigan Industry goes on all morning and afternoon at Chrysler Center . . Interested in politics? Detroit Common Council President Mel Ravitz will discuss "The Politics of the City" at 4 p.m. in Rackham's. as- sembly hall . . . In a related field, Daily alumnus Harvey Was- serman will discuss U. S. history from a radical perspective at 7:30 p.m. in the UGLI multi-purpose room . . . For a change from the ordinary, go hear Kirtanananda Swami, chief disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta and the first American Swami, who will be lecturing at 7 p.m. in the Modern Language Bldg, Ad. 1. Decisions, decisions Californians voted on an incredible total of 22 state-wide propositions, Tuesday. The proposal to legalize persons 18 and 'older to smoke marijuana, grow it in their backyards and trans- port it, was defeated by a two to one margin. Californians also turned down the attempt to introduce strict censorship on nudity and obscenity. Passed, however, was the proposition to restore the death penalty to California. The American Civil Liberties Union plans to launch court fights against its restoration. Despite heavy opposition, environmentalists won a clear victory in their battle to reduce piecemeal development of the coast, by creat- ing state and regional commissions to oversee planned develop- ment. California's growers' proposal to regulate employe rela- tions in their industry was defeated by a large majority. The plan would have prohibited tactics such as the United Farm Worker's boycott of non-union lettuce. Indians retreat-with booty WASHINGTON - Some 350 Indians today ended their week- long occupation of the U. S. government Bureau of Indian Af- fairs (BIA), apparently satisfied with assurances of White House attention - and reinforced by three truckloads of purloined secret documents. The Indians, protesting against their treat- ment by the U. S. Government and demanding that the bureau be abolished and that old treaty rights be respected, Tuesday night won agreement from the White House that a special com- mission will investigate their problems. Dennis Banks, a spokes- man for the Indians, said the occupation group had seized at least three truckloads of highly incriminating documents relating to treaty rights, and other Indian affairs which could be damaging to several congressmen and senators. He said the documents included secret FBI reports, but did not elaborate on their con- tents. Whoopee?? President Nixon's re-election seems to have drawn mixed, but for the most part, pleased reactions around the world. "We are very happy," said Foreign Minister Fran Van Lam in Sai- gon, adding "The victory "will impel Hanoi to be more logical and more constructive in forthcoming discussion." An official Thailand spokesman said Nixon had been "close to us" and added "we did not want a friend who is unfamiliar to us." Pres. Georges Pompidou of France sent his "hearty congratulations on your brilliant re-election." Artist Salvador Dali sent a tele- gram congratulating Nixon. Dali signed the telegram with "hom- age from Spain's most modern monarchist to the president of the largest republic." News of Nixon's re-election was carried at the bottom of page five in the official -Cuban government newspaper "Granma". For years now, the Cuban communist party has been spelling Nixon with a swastika instead of an "x" and Granma did today. North Vietnam's comment, however, seems to mirror others today . . . has heard: "Americans who go to the polls have the feeling of despair for the past and uncer- tainty for the future." On the inside .. . The Editorial Page features Jack Anderson's col- umn and some comment on the re-election of what-his- name . . . On the Arts Page, they say, a story by Diane Levick of the burial of a time capsule of art objects (??) .. .Sports staffer George Hastings discusses basketball on Page 6 and Page 7-features a column by world famous Daily sports writer Billy (Frog) Alterman, who refuses to tell today . . . what he wrote about. The weather picture The damper on community spirits will continue today, with typical November cloudy-and-clammy atmospheric inclemency. Temperatures will range from 45 today down to about 37 tonight, with the chance of rain increasing from five per cent today up to about 30 per cent tomorrow. Stay in bed. Romney, Laird included in possible resignations By The Associated Press and Reuters WASHINGTON-In the aftermath of his landslide vic- tory, President Nixon yesterday announced plans for a sig- nificant shakeup of the White House staff and departmental bureaucracy. According to Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler, the Presi- dent informed his aides that he is considering a "restructur- ing" of the executive branch of government. Ziegler noted it is traditional for presidential appointees to submit pro forma resignati terms. However, rarely if ever has tradition been underlined by a volunteered White. House announcement of the fact. Ziegler said Nixon, who left yes- terday for his Key Biscayne, Fla. home, would spend four or five daysthere in what he termed as intensive discussions with such principal staff assistants as H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Henry Kissinger. Responding to questions, Ziegler would give no hint of whose resig- nations Nixon might accept. In fact, he insisted the President has yet to make such decisions. Despite Ziegler's denials, it is common knowledge that several Cabinet officials are planning to resign in the near future. Secretary of Defense, Melvin, Laird and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) George Romney have both express-' ed plans to leave the Cabinet.. Laird has hinted that he might be interested in running for the Senate in his home state of Wis- consin in 1974. Romney, on the other hand, has long been dis- satisfied with what he feels is the Administration's unwillingness to an n~n ith him n tp of ons during the period between GOP fails bid to Win Congress By the AP and Reuters WASHINGTON - Even with his record - breaking victory Tuesday, President Nixon failed to come even close to attaining his "work- ing majority" in Congress. In the Senate the Democrats actually gained two seats, while in the House the GOP picked up around 1seats-a far cry from the 39 needed to gain control. The result, according to most ob- servers, is likely to be an increase in hostility between the White House and Capitol Hill over the next four years. For presidential returns by state, see chart, Page 8, AP Photo 'What happened, chief? Sargent Shriver greets George McGovern at the airport in Washington, D.C. yesterday. McGovern was returning from South Dakota where he conceded defeat to Richard Nixon Tuesday night. Between them is Eleanor McGovern. FINAL RESULTS: Griffin victorious over four referenda proposc Nearly final returns from across victories in the normally Demo- The proposal to reform the state's the state yesterday showed that cratic strongholds of Wayne, Oak- abortion laws also went down to Michigan voters re-elected Repub- land and Macomb counties to put defeat. lican Senator Robert Griffin and him over. The abortion referendum - Pro- defeated all but one of five ref- Although, he won in Wayne, he posal B-lost 1,466,912 to 929,755, erenda. lost Oakland and Macomb by or 61 to 39 per cent. jWith 84 per cent of all precincts 'around 20,000 votes each.jI reporting, Griffin was leading Dem- Barbara Halpert, the Human The proposal was originally given ocratic challenger Frank Kelley Rights Party candidate for the a good chance of passing and many 11,491,722 to 1,357,320.. Kelley con- senate seat, received over 15,000 observers credited its defeat to a ceded defeat at about 9:30 a.m. votes, enough to guarantee the strong last -minute anti - abortion Although he trailea most of Tues- party a continuing place on the funded by the Catholic day night, Kelley was counting on state ballot. -- - - -Proposal D, aimed at giving Lansing the power to establish a graduated income tax went down Ilepublcans capture 67-33 per cent, while Proposal C which would have limited the prop- erty tax as a means for funding r ' education lost 57 per cent to 43 StwR g n per cent. ~ls fai --Democrat Jerome Fulton de- feated Republican Richard Wanty for Drain Commissioner, -Democrat Hiliary Goddard beat GOP incumbent Sylvester Leonard for County Treasurer, -Incumbent GOP County Clerk Robert Harrison beat Democrat Duke Armstrong, -Republican prosecutor William Delhey beat Democratic challenger George Sallade. go along wit nm on matters o, ousing oicy. ikU Nearly complete figures from housing polcy, across the nation showed George There have been indications that McGovern suffering the worst de- most other Cabinet members feat of any Democrat since Gen. would remain, as well as the prin- John McClellan lost to Abraham cipal members of Nixon's White 'Lincoln in 1864. House staff. HosE saf Nixon won with 61 per, cent of In the past, Nixon has voiced Nxth opular wota61, of unhappiness over what he viewed e popular vote and 521 of 538 as the sluggishness of the bureau- electoral ves, losing only Massa- cracy in responding to his direc-j chusetts and the District of Co tives or to the needs of the people. Hlumbia. Sources indicated the reorganiza- His tally was only two electoral tion plans stem in part from this votes short of Democrat Franklin dissatisfaction, and Ziegler said Roosevelt's record 523 in 1936 and Nixon wants to reinvigorate the his popular total fell only one tenth executive branch with an infusion of one per cent short of Lyndon of "new ideas and new thoughts." Johnson's record 61.1 per cent in Ziegler was asked whether the 1964. fact that the names of some White McGovern's humiliating defeat House aides have been linked with seemed to trigger a dog fight for some aspects of the Watergate leadership of the Democratic party. bugging controversy would' have The focal point of the battle will any effect on their jobs in a second likely be the reform rules on which term. "None whatsoever," he re- McGovern and the left wing of the sponded. See REPUBLICANS, Page 8 I w T v N-W -vL M. NLI/ t IL./.JL.AL W k-,y N-/ %wW W k_7 By ROBERT BARKIN In a race that saw two sets of candidates trade front positions all night, it appears that the Republican candidates for the two seats on the University's Board of Regents have emerged as the winners. With 92 perscent of the vote tallied Lawrence Lindemer, the incumbent, and Deane Baker, were leading their Democratic opponents, Thomas Roach and Marjorie Lansing in their bids for the open positions. For Lindemer, it was his first statewide electoral victory. He has previously run for state at- torney general and in 1968 he ran unsuccessfully for a Regents seat, to which he had been ap- pointed. le was later reappointed to the Board of Regents and it was that seat to which he was re-elected. Baker, a city resident, is the president of a local contracting firm. It was his first try at elec- tive office. The late returns showed Baker leading with 1,318,000, and Linde- mer closely following with 1,303,- 000. Lansing trailed with 1,253,000 while Roach had 1,249,000. Baker said the race was "closely contested." "It mostly depended on the Kelly-Griffin race," he said. Lindemer said that he saw no major departure in the direction of the Regents. "We have been responding to the problems of the University," he said, "and I expectthat we will continue to do that." The Republican victories are significant ones, as there were important differences between the candidates on a number of issues. Both Republicans, for instance, oppose the publication of faculty salary lists, and are also against open Regents meetings. According to Baker, "there is a distinction between discussion and decision, and while I agree that decisions should be made in public, discussions don't have to Gbe. The two further oppose giving students a voting voice on Uni- versity committees. The two Democrats, and Lan- sing in particular, took much more liberal stands on all these Iquestions. In other state education board elections, Edmund VanDette, an instructor at Michigan Teh. was A proposed bonus for Vietnam war era veterans was narrowly de- feated. The sole survivor on the refer- enda scene was a proposal to put Michigan on Daylight Saving Time. The proposal which will give the state the latest sunset in the nation passed 54 to 46 per cent.I Locally, Washtenaw County voters elected their first Democratically- controlled Board of Commissioners since the Civil War.I ThetDemocrats seized 8-7 control of the board by keeping secure seats in Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township and picking up a few surprise victories in normally Re- publican districts. The Democrats also profited from the creation of the new 14th and 15th commissioner districts. The two districts are predominantly student areas, and DemocratsI Kathy Fojtik and Elizabeth Taylor turned back HRP challenges to capture the two seats. In other county races: -Patrick Conlin and Shirley Bur- goyne were elected to the Wash-. tenaw County' Circuit Court,, )ciety 's child w in-search CINDY HILL ies say. Jim Carey is his head against a I his friends think he y getting screwed." to his fianceetSandy "just wants to live [s against Jim and ng normally-at least rfuture-appear slim. sult of an arrest for raffic violation, Jim dentified as a 19-year- )ee from a Massa- rison farm. te of Massachusetts returned to prison to remaining three years ear sentence for sell- o a friend turned in- wever, has decided s other plans for the years. Among them a home of his own, carried, raising the he and Sandy are and finishing the edu- . tt was interrupted riminal career began :h grade. belong in jail-I'm mal," he says. ms his career asta Iall a thing of the he was "rehabilitat- after two years in e escaped and met route to Colorado. battiles, of lo ve NO MICROCOSM County ignores state trends By KATHY RICKE Despite the huge majorities President Nixon piled up around the nation, Washtenaw County voters went to the polls Tuesday and gave George McGovern one of his few regional victories. Washtenaw voters also proved more liberal than national and state voters in a number of other Long a Republican stronghold, with the emer- gence of the student vote, Washtenaw County now appears to be slightly Democratic in terms of state and national politics. Tuesday's election was, the first national one in which eighteen year-olds could cast their ballots in college communities. YS-t-APP - t e r na llr n ec n ar h ....: "' 3 5 Uauy en z ,.