LIEP 1t aug CONFETTI High -18° Low-9° See Today for details Ten Cents 14 Pages MILLIKEN DEEMS STATE'S STATE GOOD $85 million tax break :prop LANSING (UPI) - Gov. William Milliken called yesterday for $85 million in tax relief for Michigan citizens, and unwilling Democratic lawmakers, smelling an election- year gimmick, conceded they may be forced to approve it. While hundreds of striking farmers; jammed Capitol corridors - some of, them shouting catcalls at state officials assembling in the House chamber for the 1978 State of the State Address - Milliken described Michigan's current condition as, in; many respects, excellent., So excellent, in fact, that the governor asked the legislature to increase individual state personal income tax exemptions from $1,500 to $1,600, boost property tax relief for senior citizens and the handicapped and provide incentives to school districts to reduce millage rates. Milliken said the relief to individ- ual taxpayers is "not substantial." But he said it is "just as important to lower taxes when possible as it is to raise them when necessary." Milliken - who has not yet an- nounced whether he will seek re-elec- tion for a third term - set the assembled leaders of the executive, legislative and judicial governmen- tal branches on the edge of their chairs by beginning his speech with the announcement that this was his last appearance at the House po- See analysis of Milliken's speech, Page 14 dium. Then he dispelled the suspense with the qualifying phrase, "this month." His half-hour address was inter- rupted by applause only four times, mainly from members of Milliken's own party on the Republican side of the chamber. The tax relief proposal provoked the most intense reaction. "My initial feeling is, 'I told you so'," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Patrick McCollough, (D- Dearborn), one of four Democratic candidates for governor who fought last June to allow a portion of the personal income tax to expire. But McCollough said major por- tions of Milliken's tax relief package had been introduced last year, and he said some - including the increase in personal exemptions - were opposed last year by the governor. "I think it's clearly political," said Sen. William Fitzgerald, (D-Detroit), another gubernatorial hopeful. "I think it was the opening salvo of his political campaign." Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerome Hart, (D-Sagin- aw), agreed with Fitzgerald and said a tax cut might force cutbacks in educational aid and other services. "This year I think we're going to be more apt to look at the total picture than to give the citizens a few pennies in their pockets and then reduce K-12 and other programs. But Hart said the legislature may well enact the osed program "because of pressure we get from back home." House Speaker Bobby Crim, (D - Davison), said he will check item-by- item the fiscal information from aides upon which Milliken based his tax relief proposal. He described the address as "smooth and just the kind of speech I would give if I was an incumbent governor running for re-election. As expected, Republicans were generally pleased by the message - as were many of the striking farm- ers, whose tractors ringed the Cap- itol and whom Milliken met briefly before delivering the speech. In the only significant departure from his prepared text, Milliken pledged to help Michigan farmers in whatever way he can. When he left the chamber, many of the farmers who clogged the stair- ways, halls and rotunda outside the See MILLIKEN, Page 14 Carter criticizes aid to Somalia WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres- ident Carter yesterday accused the Soviet Union of sending Russians and massive arms shipments to the horn of Africa and said Cuban soldiers were dispatched there by the Soviets "perhaps to become combat ants."r He said that while the United States has' avoided shipping arms or interjecting itself into the war between Somalia and Ethiopia, "the Soviets have done just the opposite." DURING A nationally broad- cast news conference, the Pres- ident also said he expects Congress to reach an energy compromise early in its 1978 session "of which we can be proud." He predicted a natural gas pricing, compromise that "will be acceptable to me." The President, who returned last Friday from. a nine-day overseas trip, said foreign lead- ers expressed concern during the journey about whether the United States has "the resolve to deal squarely with our energy problems." See CARTER, Page 9 For tis we spent $6 miihon?Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG Nursing annexes were moved yesterday to make way for the new A. Alfred Taubman Library on the medical campus. The nursing faculty members who. were vacated from the annexes were moved to the old St. Joseph Hospital. The' cost of the new library, also housing the Learning Resource Center, is estimated at $5.5 million. And then another $6 million for the bionic help, of course. FLEXIBILITY MA Y BE REDUCED: New distributi By STEVE GOLD Alternative approaches to the LSA distribution requirements are now being discussed by the college's Curriculum Committee and it appears that a far less flexible distribution plan will result. Debate is centering on plans B and C. A subcommittee has recommended that plan C-the most commonly elec- ted plan which requires the student to take two courses in the areas of humanities, . social sciences, and natural sciences-be changed to require three courses in each area. Several members of the committee are urging the complete elimination of plan B, which requires pursuit of analytic, moral, and aesthetic modes of learning. THE SUBCOMMITTEE also proposes to remove the are of creative expression from plan A, leaving the requirement ofbone course each in the areas of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and math and logical analysis. Several committee members believe that the college doesn't offer enough serious courses in creative ex- pression to make it a distribution requirement. Carolyn Rosenberg, a student mem- ber of the committee, said she feels that raising the plan C requirement to three courses in each area is "really restric- tive and unnecessary." She accepts the need to expose students to the various disciplines of learning, but feels that one "can glean that (exposure) from one course." However, Rosenberg has little sup- port on the committee for this view. Ac- cording to Paul Cloke, chairman of the subcommittee, "It appears virtually certain that the committee will recommend a requirement of three courses in each area." ) plans THE REPORT of Cloke's subcom- mittee called for changes in all three distribution plans, but did not ask elimination of any of them. Still, Cloke said there is an 80 per cent probablility that plan B will be eliminated." Com- mittee member Mills Thornton said, "I oppose plan B completely. It is genuinely nefarious and ought to be eliminated. It's not a distribution plan." Thornton says he thinks a student could satisfy plan B without being ex- posed to the various disciplines of knowledge which is "essential to a liberally educated person."' Bob Stechuk, a student government appointee to the committee, said, "Students are mature enough, and they're paying to be 'here . . . they should be able to pattern their own education," Even so, Stechuk admits, "Plan B is almost certain to be eliminated." likely ROSENBERG SAID that a "cleaned- up" version of plan B that was proposed by the subcommittee has a chance to pass the whole committee. If it does not survive, she fears that the committee might combine the remaining plans A and C, thus eliminating the flexibility of the college's distribution plan. Assistant Dean Eugene Nissen argues that "the presence of the Bachelor of General Studues (BGS) program isatisfies the need for flexibility." But Stechuk looks at BGS as something which people may be "pushed into" because they would not feel comfortable in a rigorous plan C. He explains that a "mandatory attitude creates apathy." But it is a "man- datory attitude" that is Thornton's goal. "We simply can't graduate students from a college of literature, science and the arts if they haven't had some exposure to literature, science See STRICTER, Page 5 The Annual Student Housing Hunt What to look for By RICHARD BERKE Little clusters of students are starting to prowl the streets this month, staring up at the shingled roofs' of boarding houses and knocking on apartment doors. They are the earliest birds in The Annual Student Housing Hunt, looking for bed and board eight full months before they will move in. With the current central campus vacancy rate at a mere .58 per cent, students hoping for apartments have no choice but to start hunting this early. BUT JO WILLIAMS, adviser at the ;university Off-Campus Housing Office, warns students not to panic. "We've been trying to discourage people from making commitments too early," she s'id. "Students ought not be pressured into signing leases im- begin renting in early March because they like to allow present tenants a long time to decide whether they want to renew their leases. SMALL LANDLORDS usually rent their apartments by advertising in 0 and 104 By RICHARD BERKE Looking for an apartment, right? You want two bathrooms, a fire- place, plush carpeting, and a micro-' wave oven? But wait. Before running off to grab your dream apartment, you'd better remember that Ann Arbor is one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation. . . . newspapers or through listings with the Off-Campus Housing Office, located in the Student Activities Building. Williams encourages students-par- ticularly those with no renting ex- perience-to bring leases to the office before signing them. Williams and her See LOOKING, Page 5 ok outfor bedroom about $327; for a three- bedroom $404; and $198 for an- efficiency. Houses range from about $521 per month for a four-bedroom to $734 per month for a seven-bedroom. Houses, however, are scarce and usually quick to disappear from the market. Jo Williams, adviser in the Univer- The hows and wheres o city rentals REALTOR TYPE OF UNITS AVAILABILITY RENTAL INFORMATION Campus Rentals Older & Modern 130 units- List availability 665-8825 buildings; some houses 100open since earlyJanuary Campus Mgt. Older & modern * List available 6634101 buildings; houses early February Maize & Blue Modern apts. currently List available 761-3131 no vacancies since Jan. 5 McKinley Older & modern build- 600 units- List available 769-8520 ings; few houses 75 percent available Jan. 19 Wilson White Older buildings, * List available 995-9551 apts., houses midFeb. Dahlmann Apts. 5 modern complexes 88 units- List available 761-7600 70 open Jan. 16 Middle Mgmt. 3 modern complexes 70 units- List available 769-3639 50 percent open Jan. 20 Modern Apts. Modern apts. 130 units- Price ist avai a e 668-6906 unknown Jan. 17; list available Jan. 30 Pote ality 4 buildings -110 units- istvilabe1.6