E Sito uti e GLOOM See Today, Page 3 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 21 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, October 1, 1977 Ten Cents Ten Pages ouncilman: investments mishandled By GREGG KRUPA ious decisions can be made without one comes out of this looking very by city investment policy and is very buy another note which the city role this misrepresentation played in City Councilman Jamie Kenworthy public knowledge, that there is not good, nor do we deserve to." questionable under state law affect- hopedwould be more profitable. In the crisis. (D-Fourth Ward) has suggested that sufficient accountability and checks Jedele, who said he had not seen ing investments made by communi- this case the second note lost According to Kenworthy's state- several city employes acted improp- within the city's financial system, .Kenworthy's statement, responded, ties. drastically on the market. ment, "Merrill Lynch's behavior erly in the city s recent unauthorized and that certain major authorities "Any comment to be made will come In an arbitage transaction the ALTHOUGH an investment coun- does not excuse or even explain the investment transactions. and policies should not have been out of the city administrator's of- investor - in this case, the city - selor for Merrill Lynch, who has city's actions. As the link between the In a statement released yesterday, delegated by the administrator" fice." Both City Administra:tor Syl-:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..:..:*::::::::....citizens and the city employes, the Kenworthy asks why City Controller Kenworthy charges in his report. vester Murray and Levin were out of "sCoui h t i to th blic: Lauren Jedele and City Accountant Kenworthy continues, "I am re- town and unavailable for comment. These events show that serious decisions can be How as an accountant I could be Marc Levin attempted to cover up lieved the city lost no money. The made without public knowledge, that there is not allowed to mace such transactions; thle arbitrage transactions and why actions taken and people involved THE CITY inyolved itself in an how this mold bd b they failed to notify the city adminis- leave me saddened and concerned, arbitrage transaction in January sufficient accountability and. checks within the the controllneycand sent betsigneNw trator of the losing investments. He With the probable exception of the that almost cost the city $1.4 million city's financial system .. . -Kenworthy York; why a short-term transfer of also accuses te investment officers Acting City Attorney (Bruce Laid- dollars. The transaction was ar- funds wa made between the control- pf speculating with taxpayers' law), who immediately notified the ranged by Levin with the investment :"...: : : : : : : : : : : :::.::.:.:::.:..........::::::::::::: ler's office and Merrill Lynch in an money, rather than investing it. administrator when he learned of firm Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, borrows a treasury note from the since been fired, lied to the city about attempt to cover up the city's losses these transactions and then helped and Smith. ' investment firm. The investor then how the note was doing on the at the close of the fiscal year June 30 "THESE EVENTS show that ser- negotiate the return of the funds, no The transaction was unauthorized sells the note and uses the money to market, Kenworthy downplayed the See KENWORTHY, Page 2 Frenh hijacker nabbed; .4, /'r, airĀ° .":grenade kills passenger PARIS (AP)-Police marksmen firing teargas grenades stormed a hijacked French jetliner last night and captured a blond gunman who had shot a stewardess and threatened to blow up the plane unless his recorded political message was broadcast. One passenger was killed and at least four were wounded when the hijacker lobbed a hand grenade toward the cockpit as some 50 policemen forced their way into the jet parked at Orly Airport, a French official said. PASSENGERS SAID some crew members were wounded when shots were fired inside the twin-engine Caravelle and the hijacker was injured slightly by a teargas grenade that hit him in the head. - But district administrator Jean Perier said no shots were fired by policemen carrying sidearms or the hijacker, armed with a pistol. "There I was absolutely no exchange of fire," he said. The lightning strike by specially trained officers came more than eight hours after the hijacker first comman- deered the Paris-to-Lyon domestic Air- Inter flight and held more than 90 passengers hostage. The gunman had been negotiating with French officials, warning them not to "try anything stupid" or he would kill his captives. POLICE IDENTIFIED the hijacker as Jacques Robert. He became known as France's "Pirate of the Air Waves" after he burst into a radio station on Feb. 8, 1974, brandishing a pistol and phony grenade. Robert forced the station to broadcast an incoherent anti- government attack at that time. After forcing the domestic jetliner to land at Orly, the gunman released the wounded stewardess and seven unhar- med passengers, including a baby. Hours later, after darkness fell, another passenger leaped to the macadam and freedom as a ground crew brought food to the plane. IN ANOTHER hijack development, a Japan Air Lines DC8 left 'Tokyo for Bangladesh today carrying $6 million and six Japanese prisoners to meet ransom demands of hijackers holding 142 hostages aboard another Japanese jetliner. The five hijackers, identified as members of the ultra-leftist Japanese Red Army and said to be armed with guns and explosives, seized a JAL jet Wednesday over India and forced it to land at Dacca airport. Japanese officials in -Tokyo said the ransom plane loaded with cartons of 60,000 U.S. $100 bills and the prisoners freed from Japanese jails left Tokyo at 6 a.m. today (5 p.m. EDT last night). IT IS DUE to arrive in Dacca at 11:20 a.m. today (1:20 a.m. EDT). The ransom jet also was carrying 6.6 tons of food, medical supplies and clothing and 76 government and airline officials led by JAL President Shizuo Assada and Hajimi Ishii, a parliamen- tary minister. "We will do our best in carrying out the duty requested by the Japanese goverment," Asada told reporters in 'Tokyo. He refused to ay whether he would offer himself as hostage in ex- change for the passengers' freedom. Beware ofdarkness nom more- Night Owl buses roll Oct. 30 By PATTI MONTEMURRI The "Night Owl" bus will ride again. Tentative plans call for buses to leave the Un Initiated last November after a series of assaults on dergraduate Library every half hour from 7 p.m. to 1 women near campus, the service will follow last year's a.m., seven days a week. The buses-blue, 15-passenger route and time schedule starting Sunday, October 30. University vans-make regular stops on Hill Street, Ox- That's the day Michigan residents set their clocks back ford Housing, the hill dormitories, University Hospital an hour to make the switch from Daylight Savings to and the Geddes Bus Shelter. Eastern Standard Time, causing darkness to fall earlier on campus. Bursley residents are banding together to form a night "WE JUST PUT our heads together and decided this "escort service." See story, Page 3. would be a good time to start," said Henry Johnson, vice- president for student services, who with University President Robben Fleming and Vice-President and Chief THIS IS THE same schedule as last year. Other stops Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff made the final may be added to the route if a need is shown to service decision to reinstate the service. other areas, Johnson said. The bus was discontinued last May when the term's end Letters from Oxford Housing staff and various and warmer weather caused a decrease in riders. See HAVE, Page 3 C.EEU.......F E AGAIN:...................... .......t.,.... CAR TER, REB UFFED A GAIN: Deregulation WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate, baum (D-Ohio). "I gue in still another major setback for sup- tinue the filibuster for a porters of President Carter's energy days, maybe two week plan, yesterday refused for the second trouble." time to set aside a plan lifting federal Metzenbaum said c controls on natural gas prices. tees, opponents of der The 50 to 44 vote demonstrated that in only a few votes shy of a several days of a marathon filibuster Abourezk (D-S.D.)j by foes of deregulation, the administra- leading the filibuster. tion had been able to pick up only two. However, one key votes in its efforts to retain controls supporter, Sen. Dale Bu over the critical fuel. said it appeared to him t Nonetheless, filibuster leaders re- the Senate on natural ga fused to give up and said yesterday's vote might be overturned. "I THINK the handw "OUR INTENTION is to continue the wall and we ought to ge filibuster," said Sen. Howard Metzen- said. wins round ss we could con- another week, 10 :s without much ounting absen- regulation were tie. Sen. James joined him in administration impers (D-Ark.) that the battle in as was over. ,riting is on the t on with it," he Should the Carter administration con- cede defeat in the Senate, the natural gas issue would go to a House-Senate conference committee. The House has approved Carter's plan for a natural gas ceiling of $1.75 per thousand cubic feet. Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) See FOES, Page 3 Singing for Jesus Daily Photo by JOHN KNOX The wet, cool weather failed to dampen the spirits of this Bible Church choir, which sang on the steps of the Graduate Library at noon yesterday. Some 50 people gathered to hear the foot-stomping performane. ' profs tangle over Bakke case Carter plans a 'town meeting' for ,Motown By MICHAEL BECKMAN In what could have been a dress rehearsal for the arguments to be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 12, Profs. Carl Cohen and Terence San- delow engaged in an animated debate of the issues involved in the Bakke reverse discrimination case before an overflow audience in Hutchins Hall yesterday. Alan Bakke, a while male, claims he was twice denied admission to the U1niversitv n Caifornia naviMed Miea1 the National Board of Directors of the American Civil'Liberties Union, mixed legal and philosophical points throughout his emotional presentation. He argued that any special admission program that gives preference on the basis of skin color is illegal and morally wrong. "There are stupid whites and stupid Daily Night Editor Linda Willcox ex- plores the Bakke case and its ramifications for the University's own WASHINGTON (AP) - President Carter will visit Detroit on Oct. 21 to meet with inner-city residents to discuss their problems, a White IN THE afternoon, Carter will fly to Des Moines, where he will spend the night in a private home after addressing a state Jefferson-Jackson