I REGENTAL SELECTION See Editorial Page f ARV a IV? Urni Y Dat ABOMINABLE High T - 10 Low -- 10. below See TODAY for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No 97 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 28, 1977 Ten Cents Ten Pages MU SEE NME AP CALLuADALY VA trial U.S. District Judge Philip Pratt yesterday re- fused to drop ten poisoning charges against the two Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital nurses accused of murdering five patients and poisoning ten others. The ruling stopped a defense effort designed to reduce the maximum sentence carried by the charges against the former nurses, Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez. Defense lawyers had argued tha't the nurses should have been charged under a federal assault law, but Pratt decided prosecutors acted properly in applying the state poisoning law, which carries a maximum term of life imprisonment. Pratt's ruling was the first against the defense in the trial scheduled to be- gin March 1. Dear Don: His name is Don, his birthday is January 7th, he drives a bus on the University campus - and Priscilla wants desperately to get in touch with him. The two met Christmas Eve while Don (she can't remember his last name) was on his way to the Rose Bowl and Priscilla was traveling to St. Louis. When Priscilla discovered she had lost her new friend's address, she dashed off an im- passioned plea to the folks at The Chicago Sun- Times' "Action Line"-type column, who, apparent- ly finding the assignment too difficult, forwarded the letter to us. It's all up to you now, Don. We've got Priscilla's address in Chicago; call us at 764-0552 and we'll try to get the two of you together again. Happenigs .*. . ... Begin with slides on the ancient architecture in Lebanon at 3 p.m. at the International Center ... Prof. Edward Jones speaks on "Self-Attribu- tion; Alcohol and Under-achievement" at 3:30 p.m. in ISR Rm. 6050 . . . Speakers and discussion on the Political Development in the Glf Region will be in the Kuenzel Rm. of the-Union at 7 p.m.. . Cosmic Transmitter Tyagi Ji makes a long-awaited reappearance at 7 p.m. in the Friends' Meeting House, 1420 Hill . . . Rabbi Y.M. Kagan lectures on "The Woman as Second Class - The Myth Exposed" at 8 p.m: at Chabad House, 715 Hill .. Judge George Crocketa, Jr., speaks on "Chira Law for the People" at 8 p.m. in the Education School's Schorling Auditorium . . . University Carilloneur Hudson Ladd presents "The Carillon in the Netherlands" at 8 p.m. at the International Cen- ter . . . A presentation of "Iridology" will be given by Pamela Plummer at 8 p.m. at Canterbury House (Catherine and -Division) . . . and the Uni- versity Club presents The Roots Jazz Trio from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on the Union's mnain floor. 28-second gap It sounds incredible, but utility officials in Om- aha say every electric clock in the Eastern Unit- ed States ran 28 seconds slow during last week's cold spell - and that they've already compensat- ed for the time error. Few people apparently not- iced the discrepancy between their electric time- pieces and windup 'clocks or watches, or the dif- ference between East and West Coast points. Here's what happened: the Arctic horror caused an overload on electric generating capacity begin- ning early Monday the 17th for the system that serves the entire eastern U.S., reducing electri- cal output from the usual 60 cycles to 59.83. Clocks slowed over the next day and a half, until they were behind 28 seconds for about six hours. Om- aha power wizards say they had to "overspeed our generators" to correct the time lapse, which was made up about a week ago. And time marches on ... Cop art It's a startling, ghoulish mystery that's baffling police in Seattle and Vancouver, British Colum- bia. Someone is.drawing outlines of human shapes on the sidewalks, the kind of sketches homicide detectives chalk around murder vict-ims. About 12 of the stencils have appeared in the two cities since last spring, but unlike the real' versions, they're done with indelible paint and are still on view. In most of the Seattle drawings, the "vic- tim" seems to be a male in baggy pants and shoes, one arm stretched out and the other bent at the elbow. A splotch or red at the head adds the gris- ly suggestion of a b"llet wound, and in Vancouver, the legend "It's a Dead Issue" sometimes accom- panies thie ar'work. A Seattle newspaper art critic says the sketches have "an expressive, disturb- ing energy." Police say they're too busy with the real thing to spend much time investigating the sidewalk Grim Reaper. On the inside... Today's Editorial Page offers two brand-new col- umns on Men's Liberation and tenan s' rights . . . Lee Donaldson reviews "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder" for the Arts and Entertainment Page and Kathy Henneghan covers 'as' night's thril- ling basketball game in Wisconsin for Sports. SUPERFREEZE! Three states declare natural gas crises; no relief in sight By The Associated Press and United Press International The governors of Ohio, New York and New Jersey declared /an energy crisis for their states yesterday as a freezing! blast of Arctic air produced severe shortages of natural gas in sev- eral eastern and midwestern areas. Meanwhile, the governors of Florida and Pennsylvania asked President Carter to declare a state of emergency for their states. THE ENERGY SHORTAGE forced thousands of layoffs, clos- ing factories, schools and municipal buildings. Michigan is not in immediate danger of running out of nat- ural gas, but parts of the state were buried beneath 11-foot snow- drifts. Western Michigan residents yesterday were digging out in the aftermath of a severe winter storm that dumped nearly 5 inches of snow in Grand Rapids and caused dozens of traffic accidents, at least two of them fatal. WHILE WESTERN SECTIONS of Lower Michigan were hit hardest by the Wednesday night snowstorm, residents in other areas of the state were shivering in bitter cold that was expect- ed to continue through the weekend. In some portions of the state, the wind chill index was reportedly 40 below zero. Tie National Weather Service blamed the nationwide freeze on distorted winds in the earth's upper atmosphere and said relief from the harshest winter in at least five years could not be expected for two weeks. Citing weather forecasts calling for more subzero tempera- tures, Ohio Gov. James Rhodes said the shortage of natural gas threatened "the jobs, education, safety, lives and welfare of the people of Ohio." AS MANY AS 250,000 WORKERS may be laid off their jobs and Ohio School Supt. Martin Essex said that more than 400 of the state's 617 schooP districts will close today until further no- tice. Columbia Gas of Ohio urged its industrial and large com- mercial customers in all 56 Ohio counties it serves to stop us- ing natural gas immediately so millions of homes would have heat during a coming frigid weekend. The East Ohio Gas Co. ordered its 1,100 industrial custom- ers to keep restricting their use of iatural gas to mere main- tenance levels until midnight Jan. 31, saying, "The weather is making our decisions for us. NEW JERSEY GOV. BRENDAN BYRNE declared a state of emergency and ordered almost all public buildings and most apartment houses and hotels to turn down their thermostats. The governor said he acted as it became more likely that a major energy crisis would confront the state. And gas com- panies planned service cuts that could put thousands of peo- See THREE, Page 7 tudy '77- '78 budget 'Carter outlines Viet vet jobplan By AP and UPI WASHINGTON - In an ef- w fort to eradicate a "blight on# the nation's conscience," the{ Carter administration yesterday° announced a $1.3 billion jobs program designed to put more than 200,000 unemployed Viet- nam veterans to work. Labor Secretary Ray Mar- shall, outlining the plan just after taking the oath of officer said it calls for the government to provide public service jobs for 145,000 veterans and for pri- vrate industry to hire 50,000 to$ 6x0,000.-o ALTHOUGH HIRING by pri- vate firms will be voluntary, Marshall said Carter "intends to approach the chief execu- tive officers of most of the major American corporations Daily Photo bv ANbY FREEBERG to request their support in this Larry Fissel tapes "The Working Musician," only one of the many programs prepared by program." the University Television Center. "We cannot permit ourselves to become insensitive to the/ plight of thousands of Vietnam-e the brunt of our involvement in a regrettable war," the sec- reretable By ANNE GERITSER discussion, is one of the many the Univer- retary said. sity TV Center has produced since it began Both the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The old lady smiles as she picks her way operating in 1951. The Center serves as an which last week denounced Car- through the, aisles. She carefully selects her arm of the University, producing films for ter's pardon of Vietnam draft groceries and places them cheerfully in her educational institutions and commercial tele- evaders, endorsed the program cart. With a white-gloved hand, she sets her vision. and pledged their cooperation. food stamps in front of the new cashier. The THE CENTER started making these edu-t BUT WHEN ASKED if it boy puzzles for a moment. Suddenly he swoops cational films in 1951 when WWJ invited the would blunt the criticism, a them up, waves them wildly in the air and University to participate in a co-operative VFW spokesman replied: "No. yells, "Iey Jack, whaddya do with food venture. At first, the staff would go to De- He (Carter) chose to recognize stamps?" All eyes turn on the old lady, who troit to make live programs which were broad- those who ran and broke the is trembling with chag-in. cast only within Michigan. Transportation dif- law before he chose to recog- ficulties encouraged a move to Ann Arbor, nize those who served honor- This "trigger film," aimed at stimulating See TV, Page 10 See CARTER, Page 10.................... ........ _N ite Owl 1buHs 'ep n truckin' Tuition 1ike possible; Water m an simmers By MICHAEL YELLIN The University Board of Regen's was presented with a review of the 1977-1978 budget yesterday - and University Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes indicated that although Gov- ernor Milliken's budget request calls for an increase of $9.7 mil- lion to the University, the money still won't be enough to make ends meet. Rhodes. said the $9.7 million "will have to meet a ill which is more than that figure," and added: "We are going t have to solve our problems in a way -- that is all too familiar." IN THE NEXT few mon'hs,/1ssaut apparently, the Regents will consider either a tuition increase or departmental cutbacks - or both. 5 t Regent David Laro (R-Flint) took his stand against a tuition [ hike by saying: "I am definitely opposed to another tuition increase this year. I think the responsibility 11 to fund education belongs to the hfl state and I think it is time they face up to that and take some of the load off the students." By LAURIE YOUNG Laro added: "We must con- Washtenaw County Prosecu- front ° the legislature with the tor William Delhey yesterday fact that we need more money, filed a petition with Washte- and that we are opposed to a naw County Circuit Court to tuition hike." determine if Robert Finklea, a suspect in a mugging which A DECISION now to increase occurred during last semester's tuition would be. premature" rash of assaults on local wom- according to Regent Thomas en, could shave his newly- Roach (D-Detroit) who claimed grown mustache and goatee. the possibility of a hike hinges According to the victim of on action by the legislature. "It the Oct. 13 assault, her attacker would be terrible if we had to was clean shaven. increase tuition again," Roach added, "but we may we'l have "WE WANT TO present him to." in the same fashion as when Over the last ten years Uni- the crime was committed," ex- versity students have had to plained Ann Arbor Police Chief take on a disoroportionate in- Walter Krasny. crease in tuition compared to Finklea, 26, has not been other Big Ten schools. In 1966 charged with any of the other tuition made un 25 ner cent of 16 assaults, including three the bdze*, but by 1976 this fig- rapes and one attempted rape. Tre had j'imned to 33 ner cent. However, police consider him This has made the Regents wary a suspect because "he is charg- See REGENTS, Page 2 ed with a crime committed in See RAPE, Page 2 By STEPHANIE BLEECHER "Ever since the rapist I don't like to walk alone at night. I always take the bus when no one else is going the same di- rection as me," .said a passen- ger on the Nite Owl bus. The University has provided this nightly bus service in re- sponse to the rash of assaults last fall. ONCE THE Nite Owl route was adopted last November, it has had varying success with from four to - 200 passengers riding the blue vans each night. "I don't want to get raped." one woman said, "I have better things to do with my time." Many other riders cite fear of attack as their reason for rid- ing the Nite Owl. A former Detroiter put it more. concisely: "It's danger- ous out there." are women, according to driver nice, they're warm." Lee Volchoff. Passengers on the bus say they appreciate the Nite Owl service. "I think it's a good service," said a woman trav- elling 'from the undergraduate library to Markley. "It's always on time; they (the buses) are A DEFINITE attraction of the service is that it's free. "People have offered me Ann Arbor transfer tickets and mon- ey, but the service is free." sand substitute driver Jim Hag- an. The flexibility of the route is another advantage. "If you don't feel safe walking from the bus stop to your house just ask the driver," Hagan explains to his riders. "I don't see any rea- son why he shouldn't drive you home if you feel unsafe." See STUDENTS, Page 7 etermining bal a difficult deciion local judge says By LAURIE YOUNG "The setting of bail may well be the most dif- ficult thing a district court judge does," 15th Dis- trict Court Judge George Alexander told a small group of peoale celebrating the second annual meeting of the Washtenaw County Bail Fund last by area churches, community funds and indi- viduals. The Fund also assists people after they have been released from jail. Its services include job referrals, housing assistance and personal coun- seling. Alexander, citing the United States and Michi- "v.:.. . .... ..._ YSAi9 i 7 1 . u" ai[yCe.*A %r'._. ... ' Y f.