The Michigan Daily-Friday, January 27, 1978-Page 3
Smith, blacks near,
FYOUSEE NOV APPnCALL DWLY
Happy birthday
Believe it or not, the state of Michigan celebrated its 141st birthday
yesterday-but hardly anyone knew it. In fact, aides in the Governor's
office did not even know yesterday was the day. All they remembered
was that 1837 was the year Michigan was admitted to the Unin. Since
no one gave the state a surprise party, it got back at us with a little
surprise of its own. No matter, happy(belated) birthday to the sun-
shine state of the midwest.
Happenings...
continue to happen (two of them, anyway), blizzard or no bliz-
zard ... first off, "Bernice Bobs her Hair," a play based on the F. Scott
Fitzgerald short story, will be presented at 12:10 p.m. in the School of
Education's Schorling Aud. .. . and at 3 p.m. there'll be an infor-
mational program about taking work trips to Britain for six months in
the International Center, 603 E. Madison. . . and the Outing Club has
asked us to announce that it's holding a cross-country ski trip to Peach
Mountain Sunday. for information call Cordelia at 668-6286.
Udder intoxication
What makes milkmaids tipsier? Vodka. Soviet news sources an-
nounced this week that milk production at the Sadnikovsky State
Farm 60 miles west of Moscow is suffering because of frunk and disor-
derly milkmaids. Farm officials tried to hide this sad state of affairs
from a newspaper reporter, but the situation was.so bad that other
workers complained about the hapless cowgirls. "the milkmaids come
to work drunk and make scandals," said the reporter. "Two or three
groups of cows usually remain unmilked." And our more bovine
readers know just how painful that can be.
The Illustrated Woman
When Elizabeth Weinzirl of Minneapolis was in her 40s, her husband
told her he wanted a tattooed wife. So she did it-she got a tattoo. "I
got one and I thought that would do it," says Weinzirl, now 75. "But
then I wanted another one, and another one." A large black spiderweb
radiates from the Portland, Ore. woman's navel; at its edges colorful
parrots frolic among brilliant green scrollwork with bluebirds,
flowers. butterflies and other creatures. The pictures cover her entire
trunk, as well as her upper arms and legs. "Tattooing shouldn't be put
down," she says, "because it's an art."
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On the outside ..
In Puerto Vallarta, there are little brown children running naked on
the beaches chasing bright-colored birds. The sun there is as hot and
pure as God's own angry' eyes, and the sea as warm as bathwater.
There is music in the palm trees, and the sidewalk vendors sell iced
drinks to thirsty gringos. At night, the stars throb to the beat of ancient
drums. But there are no drums in Muddville, nor in Ann Arbor. Snow,
wind and cold are the order of the day hereabouts: today's high is sup-
posed to be 16 degrees Fahrenheit (if we're lucky), and winds are ex-
pected to reach 50 to 60 mph. Stay inside, drink something warm, kill
the fatted calf. The poor sonofabitch is liable to freeze to death
anyway.
A CLU --
wont aid
Nazis
DETROIT (UPI)-The American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will not
help operators of a Nazi bookstore
threatened with eviction from their
westside bookstore, the group said
Wednesday, unless their rights to free
speech are violated.
"Many of our members may become
so emotionally involved that they may TO
withdraw from membership if we take :
the case, but that's the price you pay for Michigan Daily
intellectual integrity," said Vesta
Svenson, Detroit ACLU chairwoman.
THE WEST SIDE bookstore, which
distributes pamphlets, books and WHEN: Tuesday-Sunday
buttons attacking blacks and Jews and mornings
advocating white supremacy, has
sparked protests and picketing since it
opened in mid-December.
Dennis Mullins, head of Nazi In- WHERE: Anywhere you
ternal , Security, called the
Detroit ACLU "a farce." He said the
Nazis will not be able to hire an attor-
ney for their hearing next Monday in
the landlord and tenant division of the
Common Pleas Court.
accord in J
SALISBURY, Rhodesia (AP)-Black
and white negotiators were trying to
work out yesterday a time-scale for an
interim multiracial government to
oversee the planned transition to black
majority rule in Rhodesia.
Prime Minister Ian Smith reportedly
wants a period of two to three years.
The nationalist leaders, who claim sup-
port from four-fifths of Rhodesia's 6.4
million blacks, are under pressure to
produce a black government as
speedily as possible.
THE AGREEMENT, however, was
unlikely to end Rhodesia's five-
year guerrilla war since the
leaders of the militant Patriotic Front,
Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugaba,
oppose the Salisbury talks and have
vowed to continue the fight from Zam-
bia and Mozambique.
Smith predicted Wednesday that he
and the black leaders, Bishop Abel
Muzorewa, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole
and Sen. Jeremiah Chirau, would reach
broad agreement on majority rule
within a few weeks.
Sources said they already have
agreed to the principles of a new one
man, one vote constitution with
safeguards for Rhodesia's 268,000
whites for the first 10 years after the
establishment of a majority rule gover-
nment, including a parliamentary
Rhodesia
blocking mechanism.
The four leaders have now turned
their attention to the mechanics of for-
ming the interim multiracial ad-
ministration which would be charged
with drawing up the new constitution,
deciding the composition of the armed
forces and organizing one-man, one-
vote elections.
ONE SOURCE said if there are no
snags over the time-scale for the in-
terim administration a plenary session
of the four leaders and their respective
political party delegations could be
called today. Smith also will brief his
50-member parliamentary caucus on
the talks today.
Any formal agreement reached bet-
ween Smith and the black nationalists
will require constitutional amendments
in the white-dominated Parliament to
allow the formation of the proposed in-
terim government.
Legislation paving the way for this
could be shepherded through
Parliament-.compromising 50 ruling
Rhodesian Front members and 16 in-
dependent blacks--at its nextasession in
Mid-February.
Once a new constitution is produced
its details will be put to the country's
white voters for approval. The whites
are expected to endorse any plan Smith
presents to them from the talks.
M USKXE T
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WESTSIDE STORY
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-he Qann3arbor fIm COOperative presents at MLB
Friday,.January 27
SEVEN
BEAUTIES
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MEDIATRICS
(Lino Werlmuller, 1975) 7 8.9:15-MLB 3
An egoistic, would-be machismo learns the meaning of humiliation under the Italian Fascists.
Powerful, dark comedy. In the opinon of many, Wertmuller's best. "The greatest director
since Bergman. "-John Simon. GIANCARLO GIANNINI, MARIANGELA MELATO.
200 MOTELS
(Frank Zappao& Tony Palmer, 1971) 7T& 10:30-MLS 4
Does this kind of life look interesting to you? Frank Zappa
best described 200 MOTELS as "a documentary of the most
Me advanced nature; by taking the actual facts-he is this; he
did that; later on he won't even know he's done that-and
transmogrifying that into a musical event with. optical effects,
and you put it all in one package, and- tht's what 200
MOTELS is." Featuring the animated sequence 'Dental.Hygiene
Dilemma" by Cal Schenkel. With RINGO STARR, THEODORE
BIKEL, KEITH MOON, and THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION.
- .- Plus Short: CALVIN SCHENKEL CARTOONS. Crazy
animation by Zappa's graphic designer.
ZACHARIAH
(George Englund, 1971) 9 only-MLIS4
Travelling with bank robber rock musicians, two gunslingers
Frank Zappa decide to split up, realizing one day they will have to face
each other in a final gundown. The first, and only, "electric
Western" was written by the Firesign Theatre and Joe Mossot and includes performances by
COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH, THE JAMES GANG, THE N.Y. ROCK ENSEMBLE, and jazz giant
ELVIN JONES.
Single Feature $1.25 Double Feature $2.00
SATURDAY, Jan. 28 at MLB
Altman's "THREE WOMEN"
de Broca's "THE KING OF HEARTS"
THE STING
7 Oscars, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert
Perfect timing and a plot that just won't quit -.*.
Show-
"That's
Entertainment"
JANUARY 27th
7:00 and 9:30
MR*A*S*H
A thinly-masked, anti-war satire in Korea. "Nothing is
Sacred: Not medical surgery, chastity, womanhood, army
discipline, war movies, or the Great American institution of
football. "---TIME
JANAUARY 28th 7:00 and 9:15
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Volume LXXXVIII, No. 97
Friday,. January 27, 1978
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