GRIFFIN BELL See Editorial Page '1 it A Da t REPETITIVE High -- 20° Low - 6° See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No. 91 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 21, 1977 Ten Cents E I £ ght Pages a I r MU EE ES iAfPECAL'76- I( Oksenberg, Part 2 University Political Science professor and China watcher Michael Oksenberg yesterday confirmed he has joined the staff of the National Security Council. Oksenberg, who was an advisor on China for Jimmy Carter during the presidential cam- paign, will serve as the chief person handling China affairs on the Council. The 38-year-old pro- fessor is asking for a leave of absence from the University in order to work in Washington. Ok- senberg termed his position on the Council "a great challenge." He says he looks forward to working on an issue of personal concern-namely U.S.-China relations." Oksenberg added, "It's a great opportunity to learn, in a personal way, about politics. And whenaI return to Michigan, it will help in my teaching." Take the plunge Ever get the feeling that the old pastimes just don't do it for you anymore? Is the trip to your favorite watering-hole a wash-out? Is your pinball- foosball addiction losing its hold on you? Did the TV set bust? No, this isn't a Geritol co-nmecial,. just a simple suggestion that you get up out of your rut and mosey on over to The Michigan Daily mass meeting, next Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 9:00 p.m. Here at 420 Maynard St., we have several antidotes to boredom. Try out your Clark Kent imitataions on news staff and get the scoops on University and city events. Should you be sports- minded, you can team up with those cuddly folks on Sports staff. And if you lean toward the busi- ness end of things, sign on with our -Business staff and get valuable experience. If by some unfore- seeable circumstance you can't make it to the mass meeting, keep on the look out for dorm meetings. Finally, if you miss all the meetings, just drop in any old time and check us out. We love visitors. Happenings... . ..are hard to find today. At 3 p.m., A. Hae- worth Robertson of the Social Security Adminis- tration will speak on "Current Issues in Social Se- curity" at the Business Administration Auditor- ium . . . then at 4 p.m., "Assertion" will be the topic of a lecture given at Auditorium D, Angell, by Robert Stalnaker of Cornell University . . finally, Bob Jacobs will lead a workshop on "Po- larity Self-Help Manipulations" at 8 p.m. at Can- terbury House, at the corner of Catherine and Division. Hi Ho, Hare Krishna Neither rain, nor wind, nor sleet nor a quick change of costume can stay the dedicated Hare Krishna solicitor from his appointed rounds. Well known for their uncanny ability to corral hapless passers-by on street corners and in train stations, members of the religious sect are trying a new tack at the National Western Stock Show in Den- ver, an annual mid-winter event for ranchers and their families. Abandoning their traditional yellow robes, the Hare Krishna gang has taken to donning cowboy-style garb in an effort to mix more freely with potential contributors. However, Denver dep- uty city attorney Bill Van Duzer suggested that the Hare Krishnas may have had other motives in mind as well, like self-preservation. "If they came in their yellow robes they might not get too friendly a reception from some of the cowboys," under- stated Van Duzer. A spokesman for the sect said the stock show's own security personnel have been "very, very friendly" but that the city policemen hired as extra security have been "very blasphem- ous." Nevertheless, in the future, should you see a character standing on the street with a ten- gallon on his head and spurs on his boots, beware. He went that-a way A little bit of the Old West was resurrected in Baltimore , Wednesday night that would have warmed the hear'ts of Marshal Matt Dillon and Fes- tus. It all started at 3 a.m. when novice, robber Melvin Cummings flagged down Jerome Lesane's taxi and took him for a long ride out to a wooded area in the northwest section of the city. There Cummings relieved Lesane of his night's earnings, dumped him, and took off in the cab. Lesane quick- ly called his dispatcher who called the police and then broadcast a description of Melvin to the 70 cabbies working in the area. Sure enough, an alerted cabbie spotted Melvin climbing into a sta- tion wagon and the chase was on. Again, the dis- patcher relayed the news and within minutes, a posse of some 70 angry Baltimore hacks had con-, verged on a thoroughly frightened Cummings, who elected to stay in his car until the police arrived. Said one cop, "If we hadn't gotten there when we did, they might have done justice right there in the street." Ride 'em, taxi cab drivers. On the inside ... There is the full text of President Jimmy Carter's Inaugural address on the Editorial Page for those of you who were too busy to catch it . . . Sports Page has the full story on the showdown with Pur- due . . . and Arts Page offers the omnipresent Carter 1S inaugurated; urges new faith inl 'American Dream' President leaves car to walkparade route By JEFF RISTINE special to The Daily WASHINGTON - Jimmy Carter, calling upon the American people to "compensate for my weakness" and "help to minimize my mistakes," was sworn into of- fice yesterday as the 39th President of the United States. Carter took the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol at four minutes after noon, delivered a short speech whieh emphasized spirit rather than program, then surprised his Secret Service by getting out of his limousine and walking more than a mile down Penn- sylvania Avenue to the White House. THE PRESIDENT URGED the nation to continue pursuit of an idealistic "American Dream" and stressed that the credit for any accomplishnient during his self-styled "people's" presidency will be shared with his fellow citizens. "This inauguration ceremony marks a new beginning, a new dedication within our government, and a new spirit within us all," Carter said. "A President may sense and proclaim that new spirit, but only a people can provide it," Carter spoke from a special platform beneath the presidential seal, wearing no hat or coat and showing no sign of discomfort from the chilling 20-degree weather. He delivered his inaugural address in short phrases with few big applause lines, relatively flat and deliberate. HE DREW A GASP and then cheers from his audience, how- ever, when he acknowledged the international armaments -race and said: "We will move this year a step toward our ultimate goal - the elimination of all nuclear weapons from this earth." It was a goal he had never before promised, apparently carry- ing anticipated successful results from the upcoming SALT II talks to their most idealistic extreme. The Georgia Democrat requested that Supreme Court Chief See CARTER, Page 2 Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER and his wife Rosalynn march down Pennsylvania Ave. in the inaugural parade shortly after Carter was sworn in as the 39th President of the United States. HEADS TO CALIFORNIA: Fiorc WASHINGTON (UPI) - Gerald Ford, moments after his presidency became a memory, yesterday made a brief air tour of Washington and then flew to California to begin life as a private citizen for the first time in 28 years. President Carter, in his first words after being sworn in, thanked Ford for his efforts "to heal our land"-a remark that brought warm approval from the crowd. - It was 2% years ago that the Watergate scandals drove Rich- ard Nixon from power and thrust the Grand Rapids, Mich., native, the nation's first ap- pointed vice president, into the Oval Office. IN HIS LAST morning at the White House, Ford, along with his wife, Betty, shared coffee with the new tenants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He also approved some, congressional action, including one granting temporary Secret Service pro- tection to Nelson Rockefeller, his vice president, and Henry good Kissinger, his secretary of state. But for the most part, it was a sentimental occasion for the long time Michigan congress- man. He reserved his final hours in office for those closest to him. "I've enjoyed the White House mainly because of the fine people," he told about 75 officials assembled for a final breakfast in the State Dining Room. "The days were long, but they were lightened by the people. Sjouth African student charges police faked 19 76 'Zulu riot' "YOU ALL, CONTRIBUTED to an administration I think was good and which history will treat kindly. I hope to see you all again. I believe the friendships we made here will go well beyond Jan. 20." Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford "obviously was moved" during the gathering, but that he "didn't see any tears." Ford then spent some time in the Oval Office. Once he left it for the last time, crews then packed away the mementos of his stay. He made the traditional ride no Pennsylvania Avenue with his successor and stood mo- tionless as Carter took the oath - a chore Ford coveted but one that eluded him in the narrow election defeat. Ford left the Capitol building by the "West Front," the back door. Once outside, he walked down several long flights of steps to a waiting helicopter. THE FORDS, along with the Rockefellers, flew over the nation's capital with its gleam- ing white marble buildings and on to Andrews AFB in suburban Maryland. At Andrews, 300 well wishers saw Ford depart for the last time on a blue and white jet in the presidential fleet. Some in the crowd carried signs reading "Thank You. Jerry" and "Good Llick." A military honor guard' of about 150 troops lined the path to the plane. The former president begins brivate life in the limelight. He joins golfer Arnold Palmer today in the Bing Crosby Pro- Am Golf Tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif. - By DAVID GOODMAN Special To The Daily DETROIT - South African police "staged" the so-called Zulu riots in the black Soweto Township near Johannesburg last summer, an eye witness told an audience here 'Wednes- day. Sikose Mji, a former 'Soweto high school student on a speak- ing tour of the U.S., told ixty people at a private home in De- troit that police engineered the riot to paint a false picture of black disunity in the township. THE RIOTS left dozens dead and hundreds injured. Accounts from South Africa at the time claimed that Zulu laborers had gone on a rampage to protest a work shut-down that was part of the struggle against use of the ]anglage Afrikaans in black s:hools. The twen'y one-year-old wo- man, who fled her homeland in Sentember to avoid arrest, pre- sented suroorting evidence that African (black)-reserve police, rogher than Zulu laborers, car- ried ot the attack on Soweto r-dients. 'lii ex-lai"'e- 1he backgrouind (f "he anti-Afrikaa-s movement t ,a enveloned Sowth Africa last tar and led to thousands of 0-5i nntinv-wide. The conflict began when the ACCORDING to Mji, blacks feared Afrikaans instruction would lead to "the isolation of the African people international- ly" by allowing the government to control all reading matter available to them. "When Afrikaans was intro- duced, parents complained, but they were ignored," she said. On June 16, over 20,000 Sowe- to elementary and high school students staged an illegal street march to protest the new lan- glage requirement. Mji was among them. "When the demonstration started, we anticipated police action, but we didn't think they woud murder in cold blod," she related. Police first fired tear gas into the crowd. Mji said. When it didn't disperse, they began shooting directly into the crowd, killing an eight-year-old boy. THE DEATH touched off a one-sided battle between heav- ily-armed police and rock-throw- mie young neople. In succeeding days and weeks, disorders spread throughout Soth Africa. Before summer ended, over a thousand oeople hnd died accordinz to Mji, and almost all casualties were the resol' of police shootings. Tn Sowe'o itself. protesters be- qrnn a highly successful stav- responsible for enforcing laws against petty crime, are known derisively as "black jacks," Mji stated. She said that a newspaper re- porter whose account was banned by the government over- heard a white police officer tell one of the so-called Zulu rioters, "We didn't say you could de- stroy government p r o p e r t y (state-owned apartments occu- pied by blacks) we said 'you could kill the inhabitants." Mji said she learned from friends that the African police were plied with large quantities of "Bantu Beer", trucked into the township and instructed to kill and rape wi'h impunity. Mji said according to her own observation, the rioters all seemed to be wearing the same See SOUTH, Page 8 Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS THE MULTITUDES crane their necks in the cold inaug- ural air, hoping to catch a glimpse of the swearing-in cere- monies at the Capitol yesterday. Gandhi ends censorship, NEW DELHI, India (AP) - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government restored key democratic rights yester- day after 19 months of stern emergen- cy rule - ordering the release of po- litical prisoners, lifting press censor- ship and revoking a ban on public rallies. form a united front against Gandhi's Congress party in the coming elections. The government announcements, just two days, after Gandhi's pledge to per- mit the revival of legitimate political activity, amount to a major dismant- ling of the emergency apparatus set up in June 1975. The government sus- Dended civil liberties at that time to < The anvernmp.nt Haiti tha rl iinnc M