NO VA JUSTICE See Editorial Page e~at flailg NO WHITE STUFF High-22 Low-11 See Today for details Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 103 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 3, 1978 Ten Cents 10 Pages. Plus Supplemen I As Fourth !Ward goes, so goes A2 By JULIE ROVNER and R. J. SMITH Some call it a microcosm of the city. Others call it the swing ward. Officially, though, the Fourth Ward -- the city's largest with some 3,000 more voters than the next biggest one - includes most of the southeast section of Ann Arbor. A cross section of students, professors, wealthy busi- ness people, and public housing residents live within the ward's boundaries. ASIDE FROM its extreme diver- sity, the ward also stands out because it sports this year's only primary election. OntFebruary 20, Republicans will go to the polls to determine whether Earl McIntire or David Robert Fisher will face Demo- crat Leroy Cappaert in April. Liberal Democrat Jamie Kenwor- thy, who currently represents the Fourth Ward, decided to call it quits after four years on Council. The graduate student's decision only intensified the scramble by both parties to win his seat. Traditionally, Democrats have controlled the First and Second Wards, while Republicans have dom- inated the Third and Fifth. So, barring an upset in another ward, whichever party comes away with the seat will hold the deciding vote on Council for the next year. MC INTIRE, 29, is an Ann Arbor native and a graduate of the Univer- sity. An employe at University Microfilms, a firm owned by Xerox, the Republican is married and has one daughter. His past political ex- perience consists of working locally for his party. "I've lived here all my life and I've change his mind, staff members met with his campaign manager, former Republican mayor James Stephen- son, who said he felt the candidate "could use his time better doing other things ... The Daily is not the only way to reach the students." Cappaert, who served as a Fifth Ward councilman from 1964 to 1970, has lived in Ann Arbor since 1952. He is the principal of Abbott Junior High School and has remained active in both local and national politics since he left Council. Last year he man- aged the campaign of Mayor Albert Wheeler - a contest Wheeler won by capitalize on that which has quite consistently been brought out." BOTH CAPPAERT and McIntire indicated they planned to conduct their campaigns primarily by going door-to-door in the ward, and they would probably focus on issues per- taining to city services. McIntire sees streets as the key issue this year. "I feel really strong about it. I think everyone I know feels really strong about it;' he said. "When I go door to door and give people my brochure and they read it and see 'let's fix the streets,' man, they go crazy." "The more I've gotten involved in it, though, the more I see that there's a lot more to it than just 'let's fix our streets.' I mean, everything relates to money," McIntire said. ANOTHER ISSUE McIntire feels- strongly about is transportation, but he says he's unsure about what should be done. "I don'tknow2what the answer is. In the future, 20 years from now, See FOURTH, Page 10 city elections '78 'Every one of the prob- lems facing this cit y is complicated as hell. But if you only give complicated solutions, you nerer get anywhere.' -Leroy Cappaert paid attention to local politics," he said. "I find it exciting and I've already learned a ton since I've been campaigning." Fisher, 33, a professional engineer, CPA, and ex-Michigan football play- er, refused to be interviewed by Daily reporters. IN AN ATTEMPT to get him to one vote and one in which the results are still being disputed. "I think, quite frankly, that 90 per cent of a political representatives' role should be that of a sponge; that is, sponging off what you hear," he said. "You don't have to sell yourself short, you can vote against your con- stituency on some things, but on the other hand, you'd be foolish not to 'When I go door to do and giveI chure ant and see streets, crazy. people my bro d they read it "let' s fix the man; theyg -Earl McIntire m Major arms hike sought WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of Defense Harold Brown said yester- day that the United States must increase its defense spending by $56 billion over the next five years in order to keep up with Russia. He said also that Soviet advances in satellite- destroying weapons were leaving the United States with little choice but to get into a space weapons race with Russia. "Because of our growing depend- ence on space systems, we can hardly permit them to have a dominant position in the anti-satellite realm," the Pentagon chief said in his annual report. THE REPORT was issued the same day Brown went to Congress to ask for $126 billion in military spend- ing for next year. The total spending authority re- quested is up $9.2 billion from the authority voted by Congress for the current fiscal year. Brown said the Pentagon is planning for growth to a total budget of $172.7 billion in fiscal 1983 to keep the United States from falling behind Russia. The budget request brought prompt criticism from a group of House liberals who appeared at a news conference sponsored by SANE, an organization opposed to what it says is excessive spending on defense. "I DISAGREE with the concept of more planes, more missiles, more tanks and larger bombs," said Rep. Fred Richmond (D-N.Y.), "We al- ready have the capacity to defend ourselves." "When you come up with a defense budget like that, you have to look for other areas that are b e i n g squeezed," said Rep. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), "Look at the farmers who have been here asking for a little income for the products of their farms, and yet we can't squeeze anything out of the budget for them." Rep. Ted Weiss (D-N.Y.), ex- pressed concern about urban prob- lems being shortchanged, saying, "If our cities fall apart, no amount of military spending 'is going to com- pensate." THE CONGRESSMEN charged that the budget was a violation of President Carter's statement during the 1976 presidential, campaign that defense expenditures could be re- duced by about $5 billion to $7 billion per year without danger. At a House Armed Services Com- mittee hearing at which Brown outlined the budget, Rep. Ron Del- lums (D-Calif.), said the budget raised the "very alarming" possibil- ity of both the United States and the Soviet Union having the ability by the mid-1980s to launch a first-strike nuclear attack. Brown replied that this was "the other side of the coin" from criti- cisms he said were voiced by others maintaining that the budget did not provide enough in the way of protec- tion. "IT IS NEITHER too much nor an. insufficient amount," he said. He added, however, that "the range of uncertainty is very high. "What it takes to deter an attack on' us is what it takes to deter the Soviet: leadership and that is very hard to tell," Brown told the committee.. In his 375-page annual Defense' Report, the secretary said the main objective "must be the maintenance of an'over-all balance with the Soviet, Union no less favorable than the oneO that now exists." He described this balance as "a standoff or stalemate," adding that the Russians had the edge in some, areas and the United States in others: He also expressed concern a6o4, what- he' described-as "an'-inereasl- ingly precarious conventional bal- ance" between forces of the Nortit Atlantic Alliance in Europe and thos of the Russian-led Warsaw Pact. Daily Photo by ANDYFREEBERG Beatin' State! Panel urge 'U' to cult S African ties By RENE BECKER Four speakers out of a panel of five- intended to be a synthesis of local community opinion-strongly urged the Regents to divest all University holdings in corporations operating in South Africa. University President Robben Fleming was among the 75 people listening to the panel in Rackham Auditorium. Last night's event marked the end of the University Forum on Corporate Investment in South Africa. INDIVIDUALS representing each viewpoint were allowed to explain their position at the panel discussion. Spon- sored by the Committee on Com- munications, the seminar was open to those previously participating in the forum and members of the University community. The panel consisted of Tim Smith, director of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (ICCR); Prexy Nesbitt, a representative of the American Committee on Africa; Don Alexander, a representative of the Washteniaw County Coalition. Against Apartheid (WCCAA); Denis Ondeje, vice president of the African Students Association (ASA); and Len Suransky, a doctoral candidate in education at the University. Each member was permit- ted to speak for ten minutes. Smith, while not discouraging University divestment, urged the University to make a public statement saying that "U.S. corporations should withdraw fromnSouth Africa." SURANSKY, a white South African, said his remarks wereihn ennsnenus of "We had. . . people working together to call for divestiture of U of M funds," he said. "This is blood money which turns into bullets and tanks." Suransky said although U.S. cor- porations consider their role in South Africa as constructive, in reality they have had a destructive influence. "THEY'RE NOT there to effect change," he declared. "They're there for profits." He argued that the huge See PANEL, Page 10 Regent may joinrace for Senate nomination By KEITH RICHBURG The race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination may be gaining a new contender and losing the first- - announced and best-financed can- didate. University of Michigan Regent Deane Baker is expected to announce his can- didacy sometime this month, and Hillsdale College President George Roche III may be withdrawing because of ill health. "THERE'S BEEN no declaration of candidacy," Baker said. "But we're looking at it very seriously." Baker is looking at it so seriously in fact, that a campaign committee will be forming "withina couple of days." "I'll have an announcement within thirty riidu "he c aid early next week. However, some political pundits think the Hillsdale College president has already withdrawn in effect, and is only waiting to make the formal an- nouncement. This contention is suppor- ted by the fact that campaign workers are talking as if Roche is already out of the running. "This is unfortunate because we were going really dynamite," said Roche's campaign manager Mark Barnes. "The bucks were rolling in and we had thousands of volunteers. I didn't think anybody was going to touch us on it." BARNES SAID the Republican nomination would have been 'a cakewalk." "We're in a holding pattern," he said. "The first of next week it's either go or Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG BARGAIN-SEEKING hombres will be able to find hundreds of items at the Kiwanis Club Sale this weekend, including this sombrero worn by doorkeeper Ernie Laetz. Charity to reap benefits of sale By JOHN SINKEVICS It looks like bargain city. Where else can you buy a black-and-white TV for $5, a full-size refrigerator for $20, a sweater for 50 cents, or a best-selling novel for a quar- ter? You can find all this and more at the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club's 52nd Annual Sale today and tomorrow. "Its terrific," said one happy customer. "Some of the bargains are so great I'm gonna talk my friends into coming back on Saturday." CUSTOMER MARY MUSSELMAN was impressed with another facet of the sale. "I just like to come down and watch the people," she admitted. "It's a lot of fun,, Jaeger. "We've worked hard all year picking up donated, items and storing them in this building. Honestly, if it wasn't for the help of all toe members and their wives this event wouldn't be possible." THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE are donated to vari- ous service groups including the Kiwanis Foundation of Michigan, the Career Camp for Young People, Operation Drug Alert, and the YM-YW Learn-to-Swim Program. "All of the money goes back into the community,"' said Jaeger. "By law, we're allowed to take ten per cent of the proceeds for expenses, but we don't even take that much." Last year the three-day sale netted more than !#35A)OO E