FRENCH ELECTIONS See Editorial Page L~frII 1E34ai1 SCATTERED SNOW High-- 280° Low - 120° See Today for details. Vol. LXXX VIII, No. 121 Ten Cents Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 24, 1978 10 Pages Plus Supplement Lesbian t 'By PAULINE TOOLE Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Frederick Ziem denied the custody appeal of an Ann Arbor mother, Margareth Miller, for the second time yesterday. Ziem originally denied custody for Ricky, 15, and Jillian, 11, in Jupe because Miller is an acknowledged lesbi n. Miller's attorney, Shirley Burgoyne, took the case to the Court of Appeals. In January, that court turned the case back to the lower courts, instructing Ziem to take the Child Custody Act more fully into ac- count in his custody decision., itoter 's c, THE CHILD Custody Act instructs the court to mak custody decisions on the basis of the ability of parents to provide financial security, education, love and affection. Also included are criteria interpreting the moral fitness of paren- ts, the permanence of the family unit, the men- tal and physical health of both parents, the child's school record and the child's preferen- ce. Burgoyne charged Ziem had ignored those criteria-particularly Jillian's desire to stay with her mother-and made his original decision solely on his reaction to Miller's sexual preferences. "The last time, I wa was angry," said Mille tion to the decision. "Y dship it's causing me,t my daughter." MILLER SEPARAT 1972 and obtained a children lived with her when her husband br against her. Jillian no while Ricky lives with 1 Gayle Richardson, custody appeal s devastated, this time I teacher testified on behalf of Miller at the r is discussing her reac- hearing. Richardson said from an educational ou can't believe the har- and social standpoint, it would be damaging for the hardship it's causing the child to be moved from her present en- vironment. ED from her husband in In his decision, Ziem referred to the child's divorce in 1973. The preference. "There's no question she prefers to for four years until 1976, stay with her r other." But, he said, "An rought the custody suit eleven year old adopted child is not in a position w lives with her mother to decide." his father. BOTH BURGOYNE and Paul Miller's attor- Jillian's fifth grade ney, Jim Hand, agreed there is no question is denied morality involved. "There is no moral question here," said Hand. "That criteria does not apply to this case." The major area of contention involves the "stability of Mrs. Miller's home. The mother cannot offer stability," Hand observed. "Here, is a girl in the fifth grade and in her fourth school, the best interest of the children lie with him (Paul Miller)," he said. According to Richardson, Jillian Miller has been enrolled in Dickens school for for years, See JUDGE, Page 2 Coal strike effects hit Midwest hard From'Wire Service Reports The spreading effects of the 80-day coal strike reached the auto industry yesterday, with two General Motors plants in Indiana announcing one-day furloughs of a total of 8,300 workers. Meanwhile, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland braced for power cutbacks that seemed likely to bring more drastic layoffs next week. And officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest utility, said the cutbacks could spread to it by early March and lay off more than 100,000 workers in seven states. MEANWHILE, pleas for voluntary power-saving or orders for cutbacks not drastic enough to affect jobs were in ef- fect in a wide swath of states - from Missouri and Illinois to Alabama, Virginia and Maryland - that depend on Appalachian coal. Michigan residents are not conser- ving as much energy as state officials had hoped, but the picture is not as bleak as it was last week because power supplies have been increased through other means. Gov. William Milliken secreted him-_ self with officials of Michigan's utility companies yesterday for an update on the power situation and conservation efforts. DESPITE Milliken's television ap- peal last Friday for conservation, Public Service Commission Chairman Daniel Demlow said energy consum- ption has been cut by only about three per, cent. State officials had hoped that heightened conservation efforts would reduce usage by 10 percent. Demlow said, however, that he is "somewhat more optimistic" than he was last week because additional power has been purchased from Canada and several trainloads of non-union coal have been secured. The Canadian power - 3,000 megawatts - equals a full third of the state's daily consumption. PRESIDENT Carter kept alive hopes See EFFECTS, Page 2 inds newr home rig ht next doors The gleaming new firepoles and freshly washed trucks all proclaimit's moving day for the Ann Arbor Fire De- partment. Hoses, trucks and men werey transferred out of the old house - a landmark since its construction in 1882 - right next door. Fire Chief Frederick Schmid, left, and Mayor Albert Wheeler, right, chat during' a tour of the new facility last night. Official dedication is not slated until late March. h Daily Photo by JOHN KNOX Chile regime charged with repressive acts By RENE BECKER said. It is particularly evident in the ie The most serious problem in Chile today is the abduction of citizens who resist the efforts of the government to repress democracy and culture, said Chilean exile Enrique Kirberg. More than 2500 people have been taken by the government, Kirberg, former member of the supreme council of the University of Chile, told a small' audience in the Union Ballroom last night. "THE FATE of these 2500 people remains unknown," he said. "The government won't acknowledge the ab- ductions despite testimony about the government's responsibility for them." The Piriochet regime in Chil operates on the basis of fear, Kirberg universitites where members of the military government serve as ad- ministrators, and help create an aura of fear on the campuses, he said. "The junta, wants to dominate the minds of the youth," he said. Pinochet realizes the universities were largely responsible for Marxist President Salvadore Allende's election. He also realizes students are the base of strong resistance to his regime, Kirberg said. See CIHLE, Page 2 Kirberg Both- issues pass in Council passes new porno law By KEITH RICHBURG - Amidst charges of election year politics, a controversial new anti-por- nography re-zoning law slipped through City Council last night in a 6-5 partisan split vote. The pornography law is a watered- down version of the stricter code intro- duced by Louis Belcher (R-Fifth Ward) last November. THE NEWLY amended version, which Councilman Earl Greene (D- Second Ward) called "a 'political whip- ping post," prohibits the establishment of adult entertainment businesses within700 feet of another adult business or residential district. The bill also prohibits such businesses from allowing known prostitutes or their customers to frequent the premises. Known prostitutes and known customers were defined as anydwho have been convicted of such in the last 24 months. The prostitution clause and the 24 months definition came after heated de- bate which touched on issues ranging from First Amendment rights to possible discrimination against women. "IN ORDER to have prostitution you have to have a customer," said Leslie Morris (D-Second Ward). "Why are you singling out one half and not the other?" Greene later called the 24-month period, "arbitrary." "I can do better than that in church. I can walk in a sin- ner and walk out saved," he said. "I don't see why a prostitute has to wait for two years." The vote came amidst charges of election year politics and partisan bickering. Greene accused the Republicans of bringing up the sen- sitive porn bill for political mileage during an election year. Gerald Bell, (R-Fifth Ward) likewise accused the Democrats of using the prostitution clause as their own "political whipping dog." specit By MARK PARRENT Both ballot proposals in Wednesday's Michigan Student Assembly (MSA ) special election passed, according to unofficial results released late lastI night by special election director Tim O'Neill. Voter turnout for the one-day election was one of the lowest ever, with less) than 500 students voting. O'Neill at- tributed the low turnout to many fac- tors, including the cold weather. THE FIRST amendment to the All-' Campus Constitution will change the composition of the Assembly to representatives elected by students from each of the University's 17 schools 1 election and colleges. The number of reps from each school will depend on the enrollment of the school. MSA is presently composed of acom- bination of at-large and appointed reps from college governments. The amen- dment will also provide for only one MSA election per year rather than the previous twice annual elections. The second amendment provides for the direct election of the MSA president and vice president by students, rather than by MSA itself. The results must still be certified by Central Student Judiciary ( CSJ) Illegal and improper votes still have to be subtracted from the results, { I OO 1 1 I I I State suit over PBB damages 'welcomed' by Farm Bureau LANSING (UPI) - Farm Bureau Services President Elton Smith said yesterday a $119 million PBB-related lawsuit filed by the state against his organization will be contested hotly in court. Smith also said he welcomes the op- portunity for a full disclosure of the cir- Friday Bulletin The City Council last night voted on a 6-5 par- tisan split vote to cumstances of the PBB farm con- tamination disaster. "PERHAPS SUCH an examination will permit the general public to realize that the true causes of the PBB problem are more complex than is now widely believed," he said. , The lawsuit is believed the largest single civil action arising from the ac- cidental contamination of dairy animals, and subsequently Michigan's general population, with the flame retardant chemical PBB.; Attorney General Frank Kelley filed suit Wednesday charging the two firms Bureau Services facility in Battle Creek in 1973, touching off what Kelley described as "the most serious instan- ces of toxic contamination in history." Smith said officials of the farmers cooperative were "shocked that Kelley felt compelled to seek millions of dollars on the basis that we acted knowingly, recklessly and purposely. Nothing could be further from the truth." The lawsuit seeks recovery of all state expenditures arising from the PBB episode-including the costs of testing milk and meat and removing it from the market-as well as damages Sharp . variances in salary disclosed Although University officials have taken a firm position against disclosure of detailed faculty salary information, The Daily has obtained in-depth com- parisons between pay rates for some LSA departments. An unofficial 'U' survey for staff pay in academic year 1976-77. The study, released to The Daily early this month, points to sharp differences between pay rates of different departments. The most extreme differences found - n hti"aon ,hc "r. ndA ACtlp'grnnn DEPARTMENT RANK NO. floW MATHEMATICS Full ASTRONOMY PHYSICS ,PHILOSOPHY LINGUISTICS ENGLISH ROMANCE Associate Assistant Full Associate .Assistant Full Associate Assistant Full Associate Assistant Full Associate Assistant Full Associate Assistant Full Associate Assistant 28,936.00 18,547.00 23,576.00 21,730.00 17,110.00 20,000.00 18,000.00 14,000.00 20,888.00 17,820.00 14,160.00 22,300.00 17,325.00 13,350.00 21,500.00 17,500.00 13,000.00 FACULTY SALARY DATA FROM CONFIDENTIAL UNIVERSITY SURVEY AVERAGE HIGH 28,500.00* 18,100.00* 14,100.00* 37,702.00 19,963.00 31,491.00 22,963.00 19,090.00 23,000.00* 46,690.00 21,022.00 55,330.00 24,403.00 21,193.00 33,000.00 21,000.00 32,700.00 19,020.00 16,480.00 33,500.00 23,000.00 17,500.00