PLO'S MISTAKE See editorial page Vol LXXVIINo 75An Aror Mihian-hurda, Dceber8,197 Tn Cnt Bk ictgin 19\IIt~ LET IT SNOW High - 260° Low -12° See Today for details Vol. LXXXV~il, No. 75 Ann Arbor, Michigan--Thursday December 8, 1977 Ten Cents 12 Pages Hoover suspected Kennedy conspiracy I said I personally believe 0sikald was the assassin ..'. WASHINGTON (AP) - Two weeks after John Kennedy's death, FBI Direc- tor J. Edgar Hoover was convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin but he wondered at least briefly whether Oswald had help from Cuban conspirators, according to FBI files released yesterday. The documents show Hoover had concluded within hours after Kennedy's death that Oswald fired the fatal bullets. But the agency later obtained letters written to Oswald from Cuba, and those messages raised the preplexing conspiracy questions which linger to this day. Hoover later labeled one of the letters an apparent hoax. The mountain of material offers fresh clues about Hoover's suspicions of a puzzled FBjI conspiracy, but does not reveal how he ter its inve resolved them. It will take historians there wasn and researchers months or even years government to evaluate this batch of FBI files and While the more yet to come. Hoover pon Hoover, of course, was hardly alone conspiracy, in pondering the possibility of a Cuban of the FBI connection. Oswald had spoken of his disprove the admiration for Cuban chief of state ding that Os Fidel Castro and he had distributed pro- The files Castro leaflets in New Orleans. that Hoover Castro has denied that Cuba was in- had killed K volved in the assassination in any way. as deeply c The Warren Commission concluded af- the FBI's im he stigation of the case that no evidence of any Cuban -role in Kennedy's death. documents indicated that dered the possibility of a preliminary examination files turned up nothing to e Warren Commission's fin- wald acted alone. released yesterday show was eager to find out who ennedy, and portrayed hii oncerned about protecting rage. The documents show Files show letters that Hoover went to great lengths to counteract criticism of the bureau. The 40,091 pages of files, weighing nearly a half ton, offer a rich tapestry of the tragedy and drama rippling from the gunfire in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The FBI released the documents, half of its total file on the Kennedy assassination, to comply with requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The other 40,000 pages are due for release in January. The memos include confidential reports passed among the highest of- ficials of the government. And they in- clude letters from ordinary citizens ex- pressing outrage and sorrow and, in some cases, intense hatred of the Ken- nedy family. Some documents were See FBI, Page 7 .. the second aspect as to whether he was the only man gives me great con- cern.' -J. Edgar Hoover SENATE COMPROMISES ON TERMS Congress agrees to abortion aid Belcher won't seek Council re-election By KEITH RICHBURG Calling his four-year stint on City Council "enough for anyone," City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Louis Belcher said yesterday he won't run again for his Fifth Ward seat when his present term expires in April. "I think two terms on a council seat is enough," Belcher said. "I want to. through city Republicans and Demo- crats. With Belcher out of the campaign, the upcoming April elec- tions will see three vacant council seats up , for grabs. Incumbents Roger Bertoia, a Republican, and James Kenworthy, a Democrat, have also decided not to seek reelection. Belcher's attorney, former council- man Robert Henry, says the results I want to give young blood a chance to come p ., -Lou Belcher ruling, and the State Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether the voters must disclose their choices. Belcher says he is confident the election will either be declared void or reversed in his favor. "I hope to be mayor by (next year)," he said. City Democratic chairman Victor Adamo said by his decision, Belcher relieved himself of the possibly diffi- cult task of justifying his court fight to the voters in his ward. But Adamo said he did not think that aspect determined Belcher's decision. "This is something (the court fight) that Belcher should have had to be held accountable for," Adamo said yesterday. "It concerns people's rights (to a secret ballot)." "There's no question that if he ran for re-election, that would be the issue," said Ann Arbor attorney Robert Grace, who is representing Mayor Wheeler in the court suit. "The dispute over the young women (illegal voters) seems to have transcended partisanship," Grace added. "He may have hurt himself. I think truthfully he may feel he is damaged." Grace added, however, "I don't think it will have any effect on the litigation itself." Republican City Council member See BELCHER, Page 2 Brooke: have to live with it WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress, weary of dissension from a four-month- long dispute, came to terms yesterday on when the government will pay for poor women's abortions. The House-Senate agreement was in time to avert pre-Christmas pay cuts for more than a quarter of a million federal employes whose agencies were on the verge of running out of money for the third time this year. On a voice vote, the Senate went along with a House proposal outlining the conditions for Medicaid-funded abortions during the remainder of the fiscal year. THE SENATE agreed to a House- passed measure requiring two physicians totcertify that a woman would suffer serious, long-lasting physical health damage from a full- term pregnancy. before the federal government-would pay for an abortion. The House approved it earlier on a 181 to 167 vote. The legislation must now be signed by President Carter. Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) said he reluctantly presented the House proposal to the Senate. HE SAID THE Senate's concern throughout the unusually long fight has been about "what is the most humane See CONGRESS, Page 7 give young blood a chance to come up." His decision, Belcher made clear, does not mean he will give up his court fight to reverse his one-vote defeat in the mayoral contest last spring against Democrat Albert Wheeler. The announcement sent a jolt of the election are not valid, since it was discovered that twenty persons voted'in the election who did not ac- tually live within the city limits. The court fight became a cause celebre for civil libertarians when a local judge ordered the twenty to reveal their votes in open court. The Court of Appeals upheld the judge's Daily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER MICHIGAN'S TOM STATON (23) battles Louisville's Larry Williams for a rebound in the Wolverines' 88-85 loss last night at Crisler Arena. For story and statistics, see page 9. Feud batters LSA-SG race Dean gives decision on nursing dispute By MARK PARRENT LSA Student Government (LSA- SG) elections have become en- tangled in a controversy involving the removal of several candidates' campaign posters. ftlection Director Ted Yemer yesterday confirmed that he re- moved posters but offered varying accounts during the day of his reasons for removing them. YEMER FIRST said he took down posters 'of the Forces of Goodness and Niceness (FGN) party and the Bullshit party be- cause the leaflets contained "slan- derous" information. Last night, however, he said, "They came down because they were up in excess" and slanderous comments were not a factor in his decision. FGN candidate Irving Freeman said he removed several Program for Educational and Social Change (PESC) leaflets after he saw that some of his own had been taken down. "I ripped them (the PESC post- ers) down," Freeman said yester- day, but later said he would deny making the comment. Assistant Election Director Mi- chael Harwood, who ran a pre-elec- tion candidates meeting, said he told the candidates that the LSA- SG was concerned about misleading statements and also about an excess of paper candidates use for campaign materials. "AT THE MEETING of the candidates, they were informed about the amount of paper," Har- wood said. "They were also told any leaflets that were found to Landerous or (containing) lies id be taken down," Harwood "They didn't ask any ques- , so that is implied consent," he d. the LSA-SG meeting last night, ibers said they had conveyed r concerns about the use of *r and slanderous posters to er, but said they didn't author- him to remove such posters. LSA-SG election rule states: person under the jurisdiction of code shall, during the election paign, engage in the . . . oval of posted campaign mater- without the permission of the ;on(s) posting the material." emer argued that he had the essary permission. "Since no- y objected (to the policies stated WE A OF "T \V f t M 1 at the candidates meeting), gave us consent," he said. they "I THINK that stuff about implied consent is horseshit," said candi- date Freeman. "I'm planning on filing a suit in the LSA - SG judi- ciary. I'm asking for a new elec- tion," he said last night. He added there were other suits he was considering concerning the elec- tion. When shown a copy of the New Action Coalition posters Yemen said, "We haven't taken down this poster," because it isn't "slander- ous." Later last night, how- ever, he said some NAC posters were removed because they were posted "on the window" in violation of the rules. See FEUD, Page 2 "T HE \iJ9 " / By MITCH CANTOR Assistant NursingSchool Dean Bar- bara Hanson will share administrative responsibilities of the psychiatric nur- sing program with acting chairperson Betty Davis in an attempt to quell dis- putes between faculty members, Nurs- ing School Dean Mary Lohr announced yesterday. According to faculty and students in the program, the'differences between Davis, who is black, and four white pro- fessors involve matters of racial fric- tion as well as Davis' administrative abilities. All four professors have asked to be relieved of their teaching re- sponsibilities. IN HER STATEMENT, Lohr said, "Involvement of Associate Dean Han- sen more directly in administration of this area is viewed as an effective means through which very complicated issues can be identified and dealt with properly." Lohr's statement made no reference to the requests by the professors to be relieved of their teaching duties, but spond, promptly to her proposed resolu- tion." MARSHALL, who met with Lohr and Hansen several times in an effort to help the dean make a decision, said, "There obviously are some problems with communication within the faculty. This will help to facilitate the communi- cation." The statement did not indicate which See ACTION, Page 2 Nurses present deman ds By SUE WARNER Representatives of the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (UMPNC) have presented their proposals for a new contract naekani tn niversity negotiators. .Q ApSL WDERaU5... TIMk$ 15