r DORMITORY HEARTBURN See Editorial Page Y ita :4 ai1 A BITCH High-4 Low- -5° See today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No. 98 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 29, 1977 Ten Cents Six Pages U ytlSEE Nv5HA[4 ''NC DL'NLY Daily's dilemma It wasn't easy, but we did publish a paper this morning. The weather provided us with a big local s ory to cover but, unfortunately, it also delayed the production and distribution of today's Daily and was expected to prevent many subscribers from receiving their papers on time. More than half of our printing shop personnel was snowbound, leav- ing us with a hearty but overworked skeleton crew. So if you latched on to a Daily, share it with a friend and we'll try to do a little better tomorrow. Freshfolk findings Should students have the right to ban college speakers? Over 60 per cent of the freshpersons at the University think so, according to an an- nual survey conducted during summer orienta- tion. The questionnaire was part of a nationwide poll which showed that University students, for the most part, resemble their counterparts across the country. Among the findings: 46 per cent of the freshfolk here call themselves middle-of-the- road politically, outnumbering the liberals (39 per cent) and conservatives (13 per cent). Over 71 per cent say high school grading is too easy. What about goals in life? About three out of four say their primary objective is "to be an authori- ty in my field," less than half want most to "be very well off financially." 0 Mugging suspect Circuit Court Judge William Ager yesterday re- fused to grant a request that Robert Finklea, a suspect in a mugging which occurred during last semester's series of assaults on local women, be shaved before appearing in a police line-up. Ager, in an informal meeting, said the matter would re- quire a formal hearing sometime next week. Po- lice want Finklea's new beard shaved so that he will appear the same as he was when the crime was committed. Ager also said yesterday he would not grant a request by Finklea's public defender to prevent the suspect from appearing in the line- up. Happenings . . are sparse today. At 7:30 p.m., Chabad House presents four short films on "Judaica Ex- plored". The show is at 715 Hill . . . Roots Jazz Trio performs from 9:30 to 1:30 a.m. on the Union's main floor . . . the A E Pi frat party, scheduled for tonight has been cancelled . . . and at 9:30 there will be a live hook-up from the New York World Headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch with the Farbrengen. Interested? It's at Chabad House, 715 Hill. Carter notes The latest bits of gossip from our newPresident's White House: When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter moved in to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue last week, they found the previous tenan's had only left be- hind a half dozen coat hangers, not nearly enough for th family's belongings. The chief housekeeper had to send out for a fresh supply from a local store. Carter has to pay for the new hangers him- self because they fall into the "personal expense" category . . . A caller who telephoned national se- curity affairs adviser Zbigniew Brezezinski's office reports that the woman who answered made two attempts before correctly pronouncing the name of her boss . .:Carter and his aides often compare access to the President to "spokes of a wheel", with Carter as the hub. On staff aide Hamilon Jor- dan's wall sits a bicycle wheel, mounted on a pla- que. Most of the wheel's spokes are broken. New trial for Boyle W.A "Tony" Boyle, former head of the United Mine Workers Union, was granted a new trial yesterday on charges he ordered the assassination of Joseph "Jock" Yablonski. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the 1974 murder con- victions and set aside Boyle's three life sentences for the slayings of rival Yablonski, his wife and daughter. The 6-1 ruling said Boyle, was denied "his right to present relevant material and com- petent evidence from which the jury might .have inferred he was not involved, in the Yablonski slayings." On the inside . . Stu McConnell writes a column on tenants for the Editorial Page . . . the Arts Page offers its regularweekly Happenings Calendar . . . and Sports has details on the games that weren't can- Ooo, b By SHELLEY WOLSON and LORI CARRUTHERS Winter pulled a fast one on Ann Arbor yesterday, as bitter temperatures and stinging winds brought most of the campus and local community to a halt. Swirl- ing snow and rising drifts helped snarl already hazardous roads, while the unpleasant- arctic ele- ments made everyone a captive of an unusually cruel Mother Nature. Vital services, such as local banks, stores and campus librar- ies shut their doors prematurely as employeserushed homecto beat the worsening driving con- ditions. NEVERTHELESS, local mo- torists were chagrined to find I-94 and U.S. 23-the two major arteries girding Ann Arbor - closed to traffic. The Washtenaw County Road Commission issued a "red alert" and urged motoristsktokkeep their cars warmly tucked in garages. The Commission, which had only one crew clearing road, worked just until dark, claiming that too many plows on the streets would cause unnec- cessary road hazards.' Meanwhile, t h e University shivered and struggled to keep the wheels of academia in mo- tion. IT WASN'T easy. The journalism department, for example, was forced to close early because the secretaries, who live outside of Ann Arbor, had no way to fight the storm home, according to Dept. Chair- rby, it's cold in A2 ... . man Peter Clarke. "Since they had to leave, we decided to close the whole department," he said. Keeping University Hospital open and operating is a major concern. The hospital staff was asked yesterday to remain on its shift until a replacement shift could arrive. Basic in-patient service remained open, but out- patient services closed. Univer- sity snow removal equipment was kept functioning to help clear roadways leading to the hospital. UNFORTUNATELY for week- end studiers, the Undergraduate Library will keep its doors shut today, according to Head Li- brarian Rose Faucher. Ventila- tion fans in the structure have already been turned off and the temperature in its lobby has fallen to 46 degrees-a welcome reading for outdoorspeople, but too cool of an environment to study in. If the freeze fails to thaw, the UGLI will remain closed to- morrow. However, the Graduate Li- brary anticipates opening today on schedule. THE COLD weather also facil- itated the shutting of fans in several University buildings in order to protect their mechani- cal systems, according to Rob Pesko, energy management en- gineer. In addition, the Michigan See 'U', Page - and everywhere else, too From Wire Service Reports A blizzard raging across the Midwest and East -including the southern two-thirds of lower Mich- igan-paralyzed travel in nearly a dozen states yesterday, immobilizing whole communities and intensifying one of the worst energy crunches in the nation's history. Massive snowdrifts heaped by Arctic winds of up to 50 miles-per-hour blocked streets and high- way from Minnesota to the Appalachians, forcing hundreds of beleaguered motorists to take refuge in schools, churches, police stations and roadside restaurants. IN MICHIGAN, dozens of schools and busines- ses were forced to close early. At least one weather- related traffic death was reported and police around the state, in general, reported lit- erally hundreds of accidents, most of them minor. Half a dozen states including Ohio, New York and New Jersey have declared energy emergen- eies, giving their governors special powers to cope with the severe shortages of the fuel caused by two weeks of record cold weather. The National Weather Service announced that the below normal temperatures now gripping most of the nation are expected to continue for the next 30 days. The weather service predicted below normal temperatures east of the continental divide except for near normal temperatures in western portions of the northern Great Plains. Temperatures in the moutain areas of eastern Washington and Oregon and most of Idaho also were expected to be below, normal. SEVERE SHORTAGES of natural gas needed to heat homes and run factories worsened sharply yesterday, threatening more job layoffs and cold homes. And a new wave of cold air moved east- See SEVERE, Page 2 Daily Photo by ALAN BILINSKY YESTERDAY'S BRITTLE, biting cold kept most people in- doors, sipping tea and feeding their fireplaces, but a few brave souls-some would say fools-battled the frosty outdoors. Regents alter P1fu d n vote to RGIM s system By MICHAEL YELLIN The University Board of Regents voted 4-3 yesterday to abolish student run 'PIR- GIM's (Public Interest Re- search Group in Michigan) current funding system, a decision which could take away badly needed funds from the group. The Regents directed the administration to enter into a one month negotiation with PIRGIM in an effort to develop a "fair" system for future financing of the consumer interest group. Next month a vote will be taken on this forthcoming bipartisan proposal. Under PIRGIM's present neg- ative check-off system, a stu- dent is automatically billed to ,support the group on his or her tuition bill. Students who choose not to aid PIRGIM must com- plete and return a form to the research group. 1 Board to Ford. Tou're invited' A majority of Regents have indicated they would support a positive check-off system where- by students would have to be de- pended on to indicate a desire to finance the group before be- ing assessed the $1.50. REGENT SARAH POWER (D- Ann Arbor), who voted for a negative check-off system last year, cast a turnabout vote yes- terday. "My position has chang- ed from a year ago," Powers explained, "I don't think the University structure should be used for private organizations." PIRGIM is a non-profit public organization. Though PIRGIM was able to get the signatures of more than half the students In 1972, Scott Fink, University PIRGIM chair- man, doesn't think the organiza- tion fairs so well now and pre- dicts yesterday's vote will cut the current $75,000 annual bud- get to $20,000. Some of the projects PIRGIM is responsible for are the Michi- gan returnable bottles initiative; tenant-rights legislation and pe- tition drives for stricter safety requirements for nuclear plants. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) voted against PIRGIM, but said, "Our vote is obviously a vote of dissatisfaction with the existing funding system and not a judgment of PIRGIM itself." NONE OF THE Regents ques- tioned the benefits PIRGIM provides students. Discussion See REGENTS, Page 2 . a H.P ENIL agiafgstretny reh ause pub s a rabi.tR '+t?:f his ha< f By HAON ONNN customers."The peope.who c*mein are e Thb g -e:eldpf que ahag s :abfveteraiedanbhe by heailtytoen fnscription reads: "onry{L. MVoj-h .de, Custma. 4m.ft , fim faaf f ghtr :Ir Walter Gibson's Encyclopedia of Conjuring. Its tain others." inscription reads: "Henry L. Moorehouse, Customers must climb a flight of rickety Prestidigitator." stairs 0o find the tiny, three-room store. But The ornament is part of the Magic Emrpo- once inside they are ,faced with countless rium at 516 E. William, a store that "sells mystical paraphernalia that line the shelves wonderment." and walls. "HANK" MOOREHOUSE, the shop's 44-year- MOOREHOUSE brought the Emporium to old proprietor, is a manufacturer, distributor Ann Arbor in 1472. The shop previously housed and inventor of magic tricks, an instrument repair store and was the site ~ "edeal in two things-wonderment and of the original Bivouac, a local sporting gear fun," says Moorehouse, who demonstrates his store. magical products daily for the Emporium's See EMPORIUM, Page 2 .+* *4*.*44 m m.* * .g* .. +:. ". . . .. :^.', : , ? By EILEEN DALEY University Regents yesterday formally extended an invitation to former President Gerald Ford to become an adjunct professor of political science here begin- ning this winter term. The move startled transition officials in Washington, who were not told of the appointment. "I am surprised," remarked Dick Wennekamp, director of transition, "because anything like that s h o u ld have come through here first." ACCORDING TO Wennekamp, talk of a Ford professorship at the University is still "specula- tion." Plans are presently in the discussion stage, he said. But a c c o r d i n'g to Frank Rhodes,vice-president for aca- demic affairs and LSA Dean Billy Frye, Ford lans to be on campus for one or two one-week periods this yedr,' and will give at least five lectures in graduate and undergraduate courses dur- ingz each period. Frye and Rhodes said that fur- thpr details will be made known as talks continue with Ford. The action yesterday approved the LSA College's request for the apo ointn.ent. Ford : Invited MSA- whiereth bucks go By BOB ROSENBAUM Wha can 75 cents buy? When over 20,000 students get NEGOTIATORS PLEASED, NEW DEADLINE SET: A ASCME talks- continue By BOB ROSENBAUM Representatives for the University and the American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME) Local 1583 will steam through their extended negotiation deadline of Jan. 31. Although officials from both sides agreemore time is needed, they say the talks are progressing well. BOTH SIDES NOW have until Feb. 15 to reach an agreement. The original deadline was extended for a second time last Sunday and nurse§ aides, has been without a contract since a 33-month pact expired Dec. 3, 1976. .1 Deadlines could be ignored if talks continue in a positive direc- tion, Anderson said. "We've got all the time in the world as long as (the pay) is retroactive." The twb sides have met in negotiations every day this week. Sessions are also scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Neff said. ANDERSON foresees a change in the bargaining climate when the question of wages and benefits finally arises. Although the two