Page 2-Sunday, February 12, 1978-The Michigan Daily LORI CHRISTMASTREE fiber CYNTHIA WEBB clay Vance seeks pact to free Namibia February 1-26 Reception: Tue-Fri. 10-6 February 3 Sat, Sun. 12- 5 7 -9 p.m 764-3234 FIRST FLOOR MICHIGAN UNION UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secre- tary of State Cyrus Vance and four other Western foreign ministers con- ferred with black guerrilla leaders and South African officials yesterday on ways to end South Africa's control over Namibia. The diplomats met separately with the guerrillas and South African rep- resentatives in sessions lasting a total of three hours. The secretary of state said the first round of talks was "businesslike and straightforward." Guerrilla leader Sam Nujoma said, "We made a good start." VANCE OPENED the two-day conference that was described by a French official as a crucial effort designed to end a source of tension that has plagued southern Africa since 1946. At that time South Africa refused to allow Namibia to become a United Nations trust territory. South Africa has administered Namibia, a former German colony also known as South-West Africa, since 1920 under a League of Nations mandate. The mandate was ruled invalid in 1966 by the League's successor, the United Nations. It declared that South Africa had abused the territory by promoting racial segregation and exploiting its mineral riches. Two years ago, the United Nations called for elections to be held in Namibia under U.N. supervision. SOUTH AFRICA has agreed to relinquish its control over the terri tory by the end of this year, but under terms that are unacceptable to the United Nations and the South-West A f r i c a People's Organization (SWAPO). SWAPO is the U.N.-recog- nized nationalist group fighting for independence. The subject of the discussions was an 11-page Western proposal drawn up after months of negotiations between the Western powers and South Africa and SWAPO leaders. The "Proposal for a Settlement of the Namibian Situation" envisages Namibia to become independent by Dec. 31. It calls for a four-month po- litical campaign ending with election of a constituent assembly to draft a constitution for an independent Nam- ibia. A South African administrator- general would run the elections but would have to satisfy a U.N. special representative of the "fairness" of the process. And South Africa would withdraw all of its troops - now estimated at 20,000 - after the election of the assembly. Daily Photo by PETER SERONC Walkers do a double-take as one young man decides to explore the wares of the Fourth Ave. Adult News store. A bill now before City Council would crack down on local businesses like this one. Cityaes toughechoice, a-mong porn-alter nativ1e s PART-T1ME -EMPLOYMENT . 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(313) 271 -2300-ext. 433 or 292 By KEITH RICHBURG A Daily News Analysis Since the Supreme Court ruled that local communities could set their own obscenity standards, localities have been faced with a tough dilemma. They must walk the deli- cate tightrope between keeping a check on the growth of pornography- while respecting First Amendment freedoms. Few, if any, cities have actually come to grips with the problem. Now Ann Arbor is making its own attempt to cope with pornography, but, like everywhere else, the city's proposed anti-smut law raises some very serious issues. BARELY HAD the law passed first reading when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was lam- basting the plan. State ACLU direc- tor Howard Simon blasted the bill as "censorship with a velvet glove," while the Ann Arbor ACLU chair- man, Don Coleman, took his objec- tions directly to City Council. Coleman told Council the proposed bill "has a chilling effect on the First Amendment of the Constitution." The plan in question is a two-part effort sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Louis Belcher (R-Fifth Ward). The first section, which is scheduled for debate tomorrow, would try to limit the growth of adult entertainment businesses through a strict rezoning process. SPECIFICALLY, under the new law, adult entertainment businesses would be prohibited from opening within 1500 feet of any school, church, park, child care center, or within 1500 feet of any already existing porno- graphic shop. '"Adult entertainment businesses" are defined as those shops catering in materials which are "characterized by their portrayals of human genitals and pubic regions or acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse'or sodomy." The first part of the ordinance leaves some questions unanswered, however. SPECIFICALLY designed to keep porn shops from opening up in resi- dential neighborhoods, the law would prohibit any adult entertainment business from ever opening again in Ann Arbor, since-few if any locations can meet the stringent 1500 foot re- quirement. The law is patterned after the zoning law in Detroit, which was upheld in court. However, because that city is large enough that there are many places an adult business can locate while still meeting the 1500 foot require- ment. THE SUPREME Court has upheld the use of zoning as a way for localities to control pornography, and two schools of thought have developed. One avenue is to spread the porn shops out, as in the Belcher 1500 foot requirement. The alterna- tive is to establish a zone specifically designated for pornography. Opponents of the technique of es- tablishing a porn-zone point to Bos- ton, and the problems of that city's infamous "Combat Zone." Since its inception, the Combat Zone has seen a proliferation of crime, drugs and prostitution asso- ciated with the kind of element such areas have a reputation of attracting. THE ALTERNATIVE is to spread the porn shops out, as Detroit has done and Ann Arbor is trying to do with the 1500 foot requirement. The problem with the requirement, how- ever, is that the end result could well be a sex shop in every block. The dilemma has been tackled in Baltimore, which has one of the most innovative attacks on pornography. There, adult shops are officially defined as businesses and restricted to business districts in the city. According to James Denbeck in the zoning office, Baltimore's plan "is not perfect, but it's generally work- ing.' HE PROPOSED Ann Arborsor- dinance, however, goes one step further and makes location of an adult business within 1500 feet of any church, park or child care center taboo. The result is, for all practical purposes, to prohibit any new adult businesses from opening within city limits. "It's using zoning for something that it's obviously not designed, to do," said Journalism Professor John Stevens, who teaches a course in First Amendment rights. "I think the Brandeis University zoning approach will undoubtedly stand court review unless it is shown that it results in a complete restric- tion of adult establishments." Likewise, ACLU Director Coleman 'says any court will not only look at the legality of the Ann Arbor ordin- ance, but its "practical effects" as well. THE SECOND part of the Belcher plan was only introduced last week, but it, too, is already drawing fire. That section deals with the display of sexually explicit material in places frequented by children,, like drug- stores. Specifically, that part of the law prohibits the display of porn books and magazines unless they are at least four feet off the floor, or unless only the top three inches of the cover are showing. Opponents are already lining up against this part of the bill as being both trite -and arbitrary. The most vocal complaints are that an uncov- ered book at 4-feet-i-inch would be legal while an uncovered one at 3-feet-11-inches would be a violation. ALSO, THE law defines children as being under sixteen years old, and many children under sixteen can see four feet off the floor. The ACLU is opposing this part of the Belcher bill as vigordusly as the first, claiming that the right to free expression covers the right to display as well. The fact that both parts of the bill could be in trouble before second reading was shown at last Monday night's Council meeting. Debate was long and often heated, and the issues touched on everything from the right to free speech to the moral obliga- tions of parents. DEMOCRATS on Council could also be caught in the bind of having to vote against the pornography bill if the ACLU objects to it, since the Democrats have the reputation of being the champions of human rights. Voting against the bill, however, might be seen as voting in favor of pornography, and this could become an issue in the upcoming April elections if the Republicans choose to manipulate it. To further complicate matters, the Supreme Court is expected to come out sometime soon with'a clarifica- tion of its "community standards" obscenity rule, The Belcher bill, meanwhile, is still in the simmering phase, and the first part of the ordinance, the section dealing with rezoning, is up for public hearing tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. 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