POT BILL See Editorial Page r31E i ai1 FLUFFY, NOT STUFFY High-57 T Low-380 See Today for details Vol. LXXXVIII, No, 143 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, March 31, 1978 Ten Cents 12 Pages 1. .1 Carter feels Begin can ne RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (AP) -. President Carter, stalked on his Third World tour by problems in the Middle East, said yesterday, he is confident Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin can negotiate peace with his Arab neighbors. At the same time, Carter grappled with problems back home, saying price hikes posted by major U.S. steel producers are a serious blow to his an- ti-inflation program. He said he will announce new steps to control inflation when he returns to Washington. CARTER SPOKE at a news con- ference in Brasilia before flying to Rio de Janeiro with his wife, daughter Amy and top foreign policy advisers, the third stop on his seven-day tour of developing countries in Latin America and Africa. . The news conference in Brasilia, televised throughout Brazil and in the United States, was Carter's second formal away-from-home meeting with reporters since he took office. His first was last Dec. 30 during a visit to Poland. The questions in Brasilia alternated between Brazilian and U.S. reporters. Carter wore an earphone to provide him with a simultaneous translation gotiate from Portuguese, which is spoken in Brazil. The President said he still has not found a way to hurdle the biggest obstacle to a negotiated settlement in the Middle East - Begin's refusal to commit his government to ultimate withdrawal from occupiediArab lands. BUT CARTER denied reports at home and in Jerusalem that officials in his administration have said Begin stands in the way of any settlement and that peace prospects would be better without him. "I can say unequivocally that no one in any position of responsibility in the See CARTER, Page 12 peace No progress in Mideast talks The hole to China? Daily Photo by.ANDY FREEBERC Actually we're not exactly sure where it leads to. You can use your imagination, but considering this is the view overlooking the court yard in the Dental Building, it may be hard to come up with an answer that's better than ours. CANDIDA TES IN AGREEMENT: Fifth Ward focuses onpotholes By MARGARET JOHNSON and SUE WARNER As in several other wards this year, the City Council campaign in the Fifth Ward has skipped by the usual partisan skirmishing over traditional party dif- ferences to a discussion of one central issue-the horrendous condition of city streets. "I believe that the people of this town want to see the streets repaired very badly and as their representative I have to see that done first," states Republican candidate James Cmeirek. CMEJREK CONTENDS that there is "fat" in the city budget which could be used towards the cost of road repairs. city elections '78 He also favors investigating the possibility of receiing state funds for repairs. Joel Goldberg, the Democratic can- didate, also suggest eliminating any waste in the city budget but stresses, that there are definitely not enough funds there to solve the street problem. Both candidates agree that the voters will have to approve millages for road See FOCUS, Page 5 CAIRO, Egypt (AP)-Ezar Weiz- man's visit could be "a last chance" for Israel to prove it wants peace, a high Egyptian official said yesterday., No progress was reported in the Israeli defense minister's talks with President Anwar Sadat on resuming deadlocked negotiations. The lack of progress was reported by official Cairo radio. In a later broadcast last night, it said Sadat was sending a letter today to President Carter outlining the results of the talks. WEIZMAN WAS reported\ spending the night here, but his schedule today was not known. Dr. Osama elsBax, Egypt's under- secretary of state for foreign affairs, said in Cairo the Weizman-Sadat meeting did not mean Egypt and Israel were "reopening the chapter of back- and-forth negotiations" that ended with the suspension of direct talks 10 weeks ago,.' Speaking while Weizman met with Sadat at the presidential villa 15 miles, north of Cairo, el-Bax said: "We are simply giving the Begin government a chance, which may be a last chance, to prove to us and to the world at large that it is changing its attitude because in the absence of a significant change in. the Israeli attitude no progress can be achieved and no negotiations can. be meaningful." OTHER FOREIGN Ministry officials said unusual government, restrictions on press coverage were apparently an effort "not to give more importance than is merited to the Weizman trip." Reporters were kept far from both. the Sadat-Weizman conference and a later meeting the Israeli delegation held with top Egyptian military officials. Cairo radio said Sadat and Weizman also discussed Israel's occupation of south Lebanon- and Weizman assured the Egyptian leader Israeli forces would withdraw as soon as the U.N. peacekeeping contingent is fully deployed.~ The cease-fire between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli troops appeared to be holding yesterday in most of south Lebanon. But there were reports guerrillas were refusing to allow U.N. peacekeeping troops to take over two See MIDEAST, Page 12 (oldberg Friday * The Coalition for Better Housing yesterday announced the winner in its "Worst Lease Contract." See story, Page 2. " If you're on the Pill and smoking cigarettes, don't expect to remain in the best of health. See story, Page 9. " A Republican has announced her write-in candidacy for the Second Ward City Council . . . and the election is only three days away! See story, Page 12. For happenings, weather and local briefs, see TODAY, page 3. (me jrek High times expected at 7th Hash Bash By CAROL KOLETSKY Once again, there will be high times on the Diag. For the seventh year in a row, an assortment of scruffy high school kids, somewhat bemused collegiate types and harrassed Ann Ar- bor cops will congregate before the University's Graduate Library for that annual rite of spring - the Hash Bash. "We anticipate an orderly, happy-go- lucky crowd," says Ann Arbor police major Walter Hawkins with tongue firmly in cheek. "We see no need for a concentrated effort by the 30 or 40 'police who will be present to arrest pot smokers." HAWKINS SAYS those caught smoking will have to pay a $5 fine under city ordinances, but "if a kid has less than two grams, we'd probably knock it off as a simple misdemeanor." Adds Ann Arborofficer Kerry Smith: "We plan to cause as little problem as possible without letting, them walk away with the town." Hawkins estimates that the size of the crowd this year may be either larger or smaller than usual due to the fact that the Bash will be held on a Saturday for the first time ever. "News travels faster when students are in organized classrooms," speculates Hawkins in forecasting reduced attendance at the smoke-in. ANN ARBOR Pioneer High principal Milo White agrees with Hawkins. See HIGH, Page 2 St. James demands prostitute protection By JEFF WOLFF Margo St. James was a prostitute. Four years ago she "became aware of the complete hypocrisy in prostitution," became an "enlightened feminist," and now says she 'could never turn another trick as long as I live." After her change of heart, St. James advocated the need for recognition of the rights of prostitutes and founded COYOTE (Call Off Your Old, Tired CONTENTS OF THIS STUDENT sampler kit are surely enough to fill anyone's medicine cabinet. You'll get the whole menagerie free if you live in University housing next fall. The great- giveaway Dorm dw By RICHARD BERKE1 For those dormitory dwellers who think all, the frills are gone from University housing, there's a surprise in store next fall. '116.++-+ A -f - - ofthd rIn. ellers to gel throughout the country. Based out of Knoxville, Tennessee, the corporation + was formed in 1969 by four University of Tennessee graduates who, while in college, published a magazine for in- nnmint O narintc ° freebie soliciting its magazine advertisers to donate their products for the sampler. The scheme worked. Teri schools par- ticipated in the trial run last year and next fall the University will be among 400 universities in the nrogram. which