THE FATE OF MASS TRANSIT See Editorial Page I Lilt iSa 473atly SPACED-OUT High-30 Low-20 For details, see today Vol. LXXXIII, No. 76 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, December 8, 1972 Ten Cents Twelve Pages _ _ today... I if you see news happen call 76-DAILY i Don't count your chickens The precedent-setting Democratic majority on the County Commission may be overturned, as votes are being recounted in two commissioner races won by Democrats in the last election. Recounts have been asked by Republican Chester Carter, who lost to Mari Lou Murray by 149 votes in the 9th District, and by Susan Sayre, who lost to James Walter by 130 votes in the 8th District. If either Republican wins when the votes are totaled, the Democrats will lost their edge. More Politics High What causes normal high school students to become Univer- sity politicos? Ask Oak Park (Mich.) High School experts. The school has the dubious distinction of graduating more campus politicians than any other school, claiming such notables as SGC Bullshit Party member Dave Hornstein, student government activist Bob Black, state representative candidate Allan Harris, Responsible Alternative Party mogul Howard Victor, former elections director and SGC staff member Victor Gutman, the lost and found SGC member Joel Silverstein, University Housing Council member Mark Share, former SGC presidential candidat Scott Seligman, Board for Student Publications member Donna Katzman and CSJ member Mike Rosenwieg. In addition, Victor has named SGC member Bill Dobbs as an "honorary Oak Parker." Dobbs disclaims the honor citing his departure after Oak Park Junior High as the "crucial difference. I don't even consider myself as part of the Midwest," says Dobbs. Daily boy makes good Bob Schreiner, an editorial director of The Daily, has been awarded this year's Power Exchange Scholarship for two years of study in Cambridge, England. The scholarship, provided by a foundation set up by former University Regent Eugene Power, goes to a University graduate who demonstrates "scholarship, leadership, physical vigor and creativity." Power announced the scholarship in the absence of President Robben Fleming, who mistakenly went to the wrong office for the ceremony. Schreiner is currently doing an honors English thesis on romantic English poetry and was a one-time All-University champion in the half mile run. Happenings .,.. are all right, if you really want to brave the elements to get to them. The University Ski Team is holding a ski swap to buy and sell used equipment. (Don't laugh. You may need it if this weather keeps up.) It's being held at Barbour Gym at 8 p.m. ... The city's Democratic party will be meeting tonight in the public library at 8 p.m. to talk about "Health Care Delivery in Ann Arbor" . . . And the International Center is holding a "Travel Fair" with ethnic entertainment and information on ways to work or study abroad. It runs from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Union. Truman holding steady KANSAS CITY-The condition of former President Harry Truman improved slightlynyesterday after he survived an ultra- critical period Wednesday night. Doctors at Research Hospital say Truman's "vital signs continue to be stable," but his status remains "critical" due to his "age and the potential for sudden change." "He is not out of the danger yet," say hospital spokes- persons, who rate his chances for recovery as "uncertain." With the continued presence of a bronchial infection the major concern centers around the strength of the former President's heart. The 88-year-old successor of FDR is being administered a constant supply of oxygen while his life functions are monitored continu- ously. Truman was admitted to the hospital Tuesday night after developing symptoms of heart failure. Prior to his entry into the hospital, the oldest surviving chief executive had been treated for lung congestion during the past two weeks. Nixon pledges military aid WASHINGTON-President Nixon pulled a few more cabinet appointments out of his bag of tricks yesterday, when he nom- inated Claude Brinegar, a senior vice president of Union Oil, as secretary of transportation. Meanwhile, it's "to Rome with love" for John Volpe, who's being sent from that job to become ambassador to Italy. Nixon reportedly took special pride in sending Volpe abroad because the appointee's parents were once poverty-stricken immigrants from Abruzzi, Italy. Nixon has now named 10 members of his cabinet for his second term. Stay tuned tomorrow to find out: Will Richard Kleindienst remain on as attorney-general? Filipino first lady stabbed MANILA-Imelda Marcos, one-time beauty queen and wife of the president of the Philippines, was stabbed with a bolo knife yesterday during a beautification awards ceremony here. She survived with wounds requiring 75 stitches. Her assailant, w'ho has not been identified, was slain by guards after slashing several bystanders. Thousands of television viewers in Manila saw the attack, which was replayed on video tape many times. No clear motive has been established in the stabbing. More appointees named BRUSSELS-President Nixon told the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) yesterday that 300,000 U.S. troops would remain in Western Europe unless there were corresponding Soviet military cuts. In a letter which Secretary of State William Rodgers read before the semiannual NATO meeting, Nixon stated that the "prospects for East-West dentente must rest on a foundation of continued military preparedness." The letter renewed the U.S. pledge to "maintain and improve our forces in Europe and not reduce them unless there is reciprocal action from our adversaries." Rodgers also called for a united struggle to force the Soviet Union to halt intervention in the affairs of other Communist nations. Most of the proposals were discussed to prepare a new Western policy for talks with the Soviets on security and mutual troop cuts. On the inside Get ready for some rough driving as the chill winds blow more raunchy winter weather our way. Snow beginning this afternoon will change to freezing rain and then rain by nightfall. Tonight's rain will change back to snow and diminish to snow flurries by Saturday morning. Tempera- Film licensing delayed; more hearings set Student Government Council members concerned about "restrictive" clauses in a Student Organizations Board (SOB) proposal for licensing University film groups postponed a final decision on the issue at last night's SGC meeting. Representatives of SOB set a date for open hearings to rework the proposal this week. Several of the proposal's clauses sparked objections at the meeting. These included: -A measure requiring film organizations to file mem- bership lists with the SOB; -A requirement that film groups submit to possible in- vestigation by SGC agents at particular showings; and -The use of union projectionists, by all University film groups. Ho, ho, ho Barbara Cernan, wife of Apollo 17 commander Eugene, greets a Santa Claus cut-out on the lawn of her craft Center in Houston, Texas yesterday. Neighbors, who called the cut-out "a Charlie Brown Santa" de the family was watching the launching of the spacecraft at Cape K ennedy. The code names "Charlie Bi aboard Apollo 10-Cernan's first Apollo flight. "I'm going to take the p hone off the hook, take a bath and go i CONTRACTING GUIDELINES: Abdiverse group of Councilrmem- bers, including Sandy G r e e n (Community Coalition) and Keith Murphy (Responsible Alternative Party) spoke against the propos- als. Green described the member- ship listing as "patently illegal and unconstitutional." Murphy felt that the proposal set "dangerous precedents" and that the clause regarding "closed shop" film projectionists meant possibly prohibitive costs for new- ly .formed groups. SOB representatives agreed to strike the third point and were dis- cussing amendments to the othert points before a motion to post-( pone further action was passed. I Council chambers were filled; with spectators and representa- tives of several film organizations now operating on campus. AP Photo The meeting was taped by one film group, Friends of Newsreel. I home near the Manned Space- Their spokesperson, Glen All- ecoraed te Cenan ome hile vord, criticized the proposal, say-x corated the Cernan home while ingit particularly discriminated rown" and "Snoopy" were used against newly formed groups be- to bed," she said. cause "they have no reputation to stand on." rAllvord presented 695 student signatures on a petition which Friends of Newsreel circulated this week asking for more open hear- ings on the issue. He described another measure in the original proposal as "witch- hunting." It prohibited the circum- venting of licensing provisions by Ithe "formation of numerous or- ganizations, the memberships of which generally overlap." Representatives of other film1 tion in East Lansng aganst the groups, including Ann Arbor FilmI renewed bombing of North Viet- Co-op and Cinema II, said they nam during which massive ar- supported the licensing proposals. rests were made. According to Steve Bernardi, a A group of concerned East member of the operations com- Lansing residents including local mittee of Ann Arbor Film Co-op, radicals set up a fact finding "Distributors are very close to, committee. After some pressure saying we don't need all the prob- on the council and the urgings lems associated with Ann Arbor.a of liberal c o u n c i l members We can either police ourselves or George Colburn and Griffiths the have them say it's not worth it council agreed to consider sug- to rent films to us." gestions from the ad-hoc coin- Victor Gutman, director of stu- mittee. dent organizations, emphasized One of the suggestions was that "if SGC doesn't do some- that the city look at the war con- thing to assure trust between dis- tracting record of the companies tributors, the University of Mich- frr igan administration will. And what that offered bids to the city for we do is nothing compared to whatE See COUNCIL, Page 7 they can do." Passage delayed on an plan by East Lansing t By ERIC SCHOCH The East Lansing City Council Council has taken one step for- ward and two steps back in an attempt to pass a concrete anti- war proposal which would limit city contracting to companies with relatively lower defense contracting records. The proposal was sent back to an ad-hoc committee for clari- fication late Tuesday night after having been passed Nov. 21 by the council. The war contracting guidelines were to have been Apollo 17 speeds along toward moon By the UPI and Reuters HOUSTON-The Apollo 17 astro- nauts partially closed down their spacecraft "America" for five and three-quarters hours of sleep as their spacecraft sped at more than 5,500 nautical miles an hour to- wards a Monday moon landing. Looking back toward home from a distance of more than 25,000 miles, Astronaut Jack Schmitt told mission control, "If there ever was a fragile-appearing piece of blue in space, it's the earth right now." The Harvard-trained geologist noted that although he did not previously believe the controversial geological theory that the contin- ents had drifted apart from a sin- gle land mass, "When you see the pieces, they seem to fit together."i used in the selection of bids for city purchase of garbage trucks. In letters sent to bidding com- panies, including Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., and Inter- national Harvester Co., the coun- cil asked what per cent of the companies' sales were related to defense materials. Since the answers were, ac- cording to Councilperson George Griffiths,"bluntly vague," the cou:ncil used a list of Defense Dept. contractors provided by ad-hoc committee member War- ren Day. The council found In- ternational Harvester lowest in volume of war contracting. The list of the top 100 Defense Dept. contractors was compiled by the Council on Economic Pri- orities from Department of De- fense data. Assistant City Manager Arthur Carney asked last week that the anti-war guidelines be reconsid- ered because the applicants were not specifically told that their defense contracting records were to be used in determining the best bid. However, representa- tives of the bidding companies had been present when the anti- war guidelines were debated. Carney also criticized the pro- posal predicting it would cause paper work "headaches" and would drastically r e d u c e the number of competitive bids the city would receive in the future. Tuesday night, Councilperson Mary Sharp introduced a motion to reconsider the use of the anti- war guidelines on the garbage truck bidding, calilng it "unfair- ly retroactive." T h e council voted 4-1 to drop the guidelines for that particular contract. However, the council sent the general proposal to use war con- tracting guidelines in future bids back to the ad-hoc committe to clarify the use of percentages and volumes of defense contract- ing in the guidelines. The committee was also asked to determine how the companies involved in a bidding process will be notified that war contracting is a factor. The ad-hoc fact-finding commit- tee was formed last spring in the aftermath of a violent demonstra- Kissinger continues Viet talks By AP and Reuters Strong new doubts arose yester- day about a pending Vietnam ceasefire agreement as Presiden- tial Envoy Henry Kissinger and Hanoi Envoy Le Duc Tho held a further four-hour meeting in Paris, searching for a settlement. However close they might be to an agreement, it appeared from the semi-public conference thlrt Saigon's adamant demands for withdrawal of all North Vietna- mese troops from South Vietnam remained a big sticking point. 478 592 are this week's winning lottery numbers Another problem of apparently growing signficance is that of political prisoners in South Viet- nam. The North Vietnamese claim these number about 300,000 - the same figure given by Saigon for North Vietnamese troops in the South. Hanoi Delegate Nguyen Minh Vy, deputizing for Chief Delegate Xuan Thuy, charged in a press state- ment that the South Vietnamese were engaged in the "odious task" of sabotaging the basic agreement reached between the United States and North Vietnam in October. "They are ruining the prospects for peace so long awaited by all" Vy said. He argued that the Americans, while pretending to adopt a mod- erate stand, were supporting the South Vietnamese. This proved, he said, that "a gap exists - even deeper than before, between the words and acts" of the United States. The angry words of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dele- gates to the peace conference of- fered a sharp contrast with the in- creasing warmth of the Kissinger- Tho talks, which for the first time began and ended Wednesday in a show of public hand-shaking. Meanwhile in Vietnam, B52s dropped more than 600 tons of bombs in and around the demili- tarized zone in one of the heav- iest raids of the renewed air war, the U. S. Command reported yes- terday. Smaller +U. S. tactical jets flew 90 sorties over North Vietnam's southern panhandle in the 24 hours ending at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Navy pilots reported destroying 15 trucks and a railroad bridge in the north- ern part of the panhandle. Columbia University newspaper may g out of Ibusiness soon By RALPH VARTABEDIAN rate of interest, but the university tional or international news events. The Columbia Daily Spectator, 'insists on immediate payment on The paper. does not subscribe to the nation's second oldest college the telephone bill. Brecher said that any wire services. newspaper, has hit the financial the terms are too high. A survey of ten other college skids. Unless the newspaper can Brecher said that with the aid newspapers conducted by The New find money to pay off two out- of the new typesetting machine, the York Times did not find any other standingdebts, the presses will paper had shown a profit of $4,000 papers with severe financial prob- stop on Dec. 13. for the first three' months of this lems. John Brecher, the editor-in-chief, academic year. In the comparable According to Timothy Condon of said yesterday a loan to repay a period last year, the paper suf- The Florida Alligator at the Uni- $25,000 debt on a new typesetting fered a $5,000 loss. versity of Florida, the paper would machine and deferred payment of The machine will be repossessed still operate if the university's a $16,000 telephone bill owned to in a month if additional funds are $93,000 subsidy were taken away. Columbia University are being not secured. The university president has threat- sought. ened to withdraw the money in a Columbia has offered to lend the aure McGu thmanag fight over editorial control. SpCtlmato 250atanfe8eperoenteeditor, added, "We will be self--_ ___ _ Spectator $25,000 at an 8 per cent sufficient in the long run. It's only a matter of settling these two [EM debts." McGuirl said the editors iOeirs, are looking for a loan from an out- side source to pay both bills. The 96-year-old Spectator, dis- tributed on campus free, has been an independent corporation since 1961. It received an annual sub-J sidy of $20,000 from the university By JOHN ,le. One proctor, Mark Gotfried, until 1969. The following year it "I heard an old man on boa g has enriched my total educa- was cut to $10,000 and then elim- illanoise Company started at the fi e, allowing me to interact with inated in 1971. & when he reached the top he hay in an academic atmosphere with- During the last two years the wer killed & wouned." pressures involved in a science paper has operated at a loss of This inaccurately spelled descril nearly $40,000 and its cash re- is taken from a letter written by Ju a student taking Zoology 411 said, serves are nearly exhausted. who served with the 10th Michigan you can plan ahead much better. The paper has been fighting off His letters are part of a large learn the material more thoroughly bankruptcy, however. Last year, recently donated by their collector, ,nran,.n nn n tn ,mit n a staff salaries were eliminated, andti i NEW LEARNING SYS] Keller Plan By BOB ANDREWS ° In an attempt to eliminate much of the inflex- ibility of the current learning system, the Univer- sity is experimenting with a new program-the Keller Plan. The plan, instituted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is being used in Psychology 321, Chemistry 111, Physics 120 and 140 and Botany- Zoology 411. Other colleges have used it in lan- Ql..' J C . Y j Cf.7: 1 P ; ('P strongly favorab said, "Proctorin tional experienc fellow studentsi out the normal course." Jeff Maludy,; "In this course, You are able to: bar., Ricanfl rnr speak of Ci~v~l War KAHLER rd say thare was one Cap. of an foot of the hill with a full Company A only 13 sound men left. The rest ption of the battle of Fort Donaldson dson Austin, a private from Allegan, Cavalry from 1862-65. e collection of Civil War materials Nina Ness of White Pidgeon, Mich.