GEO CONTRA CT See Editorial Page YI rL Latest Deadline in the State ~Iaitg :4 . 44i SEQUENTIAL High - 25 Low -- 7 See Today for details 4 Vol. LXXXVII, No. 103 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 4, 1977 Ten Cents Ei ght Pages i " IOUSEE NE WSfP t iCAL . yALY Where are you? Some University law students at the Child Ad- vocacy Clinic are searching for the parents of a baby left on the shelf of a North Campus laun- dry room last November 20. The students are the temporary legal guardians for the baby, and are eager for the child's parents to get in touch with them before February 17, when the county Pro- bate Court will hold a hearing to decide whether parental rights shall be terminated. The court has ordered that the parents attend the hearing. If they do not, their legal right to custody of the child will be jeopardized. For details, call the Child Advocacy Clinic at the Law School at 763- 5000. Concert cancelled Jeff Beck fans, take note! Jeff has cancelled his concert tour and will not appear Feb. 27 at Cris- ler Arena. The University Concert Office has ar- ranged for ticket refunds Monday to Friday, 11:30 to 5:30, at the Union Box Office. 0 Happenings ... . begin at noon with a Guild House luncheon. Phil Carroll speaks on "Socialism: Goal for the future?" . . . then, at 100 p.m., Hutchins Hall in the Law School hosts On the Waterfront with Mar- lon Brando. It's free for law students and $1.00 for the rest of us . . . a Japanese chef conducts an informal arts program on Japanese cooking at the International Center at 3 p.m. A coffee hour follows . .. that fun-loving Cosmic Transmit- ter, Tyagi Ji, holds another session at 7:00 in the Friends' Meeting House at 1420 Hill St. . . . sit by the fire in the Cook Rm. of the Law Quad at 8 p.m. and listen to Caveat Auditor perform music from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Oops! The Daily made two errors in yesterday's Coun- ty Commission story. First, Comprehensive Em- ployment and Training Act (CETA) Coordinator Patricia Bambery's salary was raised to $19,500 (not $19,000), which is $1,500 (not $15,000) less than proposed. Second, the County directly employs 180, rather than 190 people, directly under the CETA program. An old flame No one really knows whether Jimmy Carter is starting tp believe he is Franklin Roosevelt re- born, but an old broadcast newsman who coined the phrase "Fireside Chat" thinks the new presi- dent carried off the first of his own informal ad- dresses with just about as much style as FDR himself. "I thought he did a hell of a good job," said Harry Butcher, now 75, retired, and living in California. "Obviously, he was not as dramatic as Roosevelt; he is not quite the actor. But I thiink the President did a very good job of putting rath- er complex legislative problems in simple terms I notice he had a fireplace right handy." Of course, unlike Roosevelt, Jimmy needed his fire; the White House thermostat was lowered to 65 degrees. 0 Roots of success Results of last week's Neilsen ratings made avail- able Wednesday prove that America is willing to forsake "The Captain and Tenille" when something better comes along the tube. Take the serialization of Alex Haley's "Roots", for example. Last Sun- -day's concluding episode was the all-time, most- watched show in America, while four of the most wa'ched shows in television history were segments of "Roots". The good numbers must have put dol- lar signs in the eyes of ABC executives. Of the 16 top ranked shows aired last week, all came to you through the courtesy of ABC. * Peeping Thomasina Peeping Toms can peep for a price, but women can't look -- that's called vice. At least that's what the proprietor of the downtown Fun, Arcade in Oklahoma City told a television reporter when she tried to view the shows inside those myster- ious boxes. KWTV's Vicki Monks tried twice unsuccessfully to view the arcade peep shows, but the manager told her "there was some kind of law against it," and that the vice squad had told him to turn away women. Asked about a ban on women, city Vice Squad Detective David Mc- Bride said no such order has been given. He said his department is concerned only that the shows - for men's or women's viewing - are legally peepable. On the inside.. . today's Page 3 Digest features State Rep. Perry Bullard's (D-Ann Arbor) consumer legisla- tion against 'lemon' automobiles . . . Stu McCon- nell compares Jimmy Carter to FDR for Edit Page . .. Arts Page offers a feature on the rigors of a dancing career by Elaine Elson . . . Tom Cameron and Kathy Henneghan cover last night's Stockwell elects minority house j its first A president __.. . ,r _ .,,_ ,! S I By LISA FISHER During the 1974-75 school year, the Stockwell House Council twice voted down a Black Wo- men's Caucus amendment or- dering token minority represen- tation in their ranks. And in that same year, April 1975, some 228 women of the same predomin- antly white dorm, signed a pe- tition requesting the resignation of the building director for al- leged administrative incompe- tence. She 'was black. But last week, the Stockwell women elected their first minority House Council, president - by an impressive margin. Lisa Bowen, the new presi- dent, has only been a Stockwell resident since 1976 and claims little knowledge of the contro- versy that plagued the 74-75 Ho'ise Council. Today, Bowen is more inter- ested in unifying the women in the dorm. "I've never been to the black women's caucus 'A she says. "I don't even know if I'ni atoma'ically considered a member." a A woman of both black and American Indian descent, Bow- en is sensitive to racial tension that may exist in her residence hall and cites a number of inci- dences where she has been able to sympathize with her white colleagues. "At the beginning of the term there were a lot of problems with the black women's caucus THE BLACK .women in Stock- well are clearly a minority as .they number some 22 of a total of 450 residents. Bowen feels this could be the root of the problem. "I really think there are more problems concerning the black 'There might be a lot of white girls who don't like the black girls in the dorm, but they don'tfmake it that well known.' - Lisa Bowen, Stockwell House. Council president ground, I feel confident that I can enhance unity between the students in all areas." Bowen is only the second mi- nority to hold a House Council office in Stockwell's 40-year his- tory. The first was a black wo- man elected secretary last term. Meanwhile Stockwell's' build- ing director, Mildred Morris, the- same woman who was under fire in 195, is'especially glad that a minority is now able to be president" in view of the 74-75 incident coscerning the black caucus. THE ELECTION proceeded with ore incident Morris said. "There was some question whe- ther or not a candida'e had met the deadline for signing up, but there was no proof and we felt the election should proceed." Bowen said she felt the entire election was handled fairly. "There was the usual share of signs pulled down, but many of my opponents' were also ripped ,(down) so I don't believe it had any racial overtones." concerning funding," Bowen ex- plains. "They were allotted too much money (relative to the rest of the dorm groups) - the dorm felt they were. The caucus said it was a racial thing but it wasn't. The money that had already been used of 'their $700 was kept. The rest of the money, was put in a general fund and the dorm voted on its use." girls for the white residents of the dorm," says Bowen. "There might be a lot of white girls who don't ,like the black girls in the dorm, but they don't make it that well known." "I wanted to be president be- cause I feel I can understand the viewpoints of both white and minority residents of Stock- well," Bowen said. "Coming from a racially mixed back- Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS Bowen Gas reserves transferred eastward Smay get PBB resea grant By PHILLIP BOKOVOY Speaker of the House Bobby Crim (D-Davison) has proposed a $63,450 grant to finance Poly- Brominated Bi-phenyl (PBB) research being done by Dr. John Chanda at the University Hos- pital. The special appropriation to to study the effects of PBB will be introduced by Rep. Raymond Kehres (D-Monroe), vice-chair- of the House Appropriations Committee. KEHRES SAID the research would supplement research be- ing done in other states and added that the money will run out Oct. 1. He said the decision whether to continue funding will be based on the results of the study. The grant is part of a contin- uing effort by the state to ex- amine the effects of a massive 1973 PBB pojsoning. PBB was accidentally added to livestock feed and resulted in the slaugh- ter of many animals. MANY HUMANS eating the meat or drinking the 'milk of contaminated animals have complained of health problems. Dr. Chanda said the money will be used to re-examine the af- fected people and find out if any of the complaints the peo- ple had are related to PBB.". Mexico begins sales to U.S1 next week WASHINGTON (AP) - Acting quickly under the new emergency natural gas law, the Federal Power Commi;scion (FPC) ordered the firvt transfer of gas from west to east yesterday to aid shortage-stricken pipelines and their customers. FPC Chairman Richard Dunham told a news con ference the gas has already started flowing and should take only a few hours to start aiding eastern states with severe gas shortages but only to a relatively small degree. THE DIVERTED GAS had been intended for Oregon and Washington but is now heading to the. East, he said. President Carter's emergency legislation may ease this win- ter's crunch, but it will not, as he acknowledges, correct a long-standing supply problem. See news analysis, page 8. Dunham said the commission is looking for other addi- tional gas supplies, and has had an offer from the state of California and is working on possible gas injeptions from Mex- ico and Canada. Diplomatic sources in Mexico City said Mex- ico will sell 40 millioi cubic feet of gas a day to the United States, beginning next week. An FPC official said that although natural gas travels through pipelines at around 20 miles an hour, the emergency sales and transfers of gas can provide almost immediate re- lief thousands of miles away, without waiting for the emerg- ency gas to move, physically; through the entire length of pipeline. IN SOME CASES, in fact,, the emergency gas may never travel -the full distance but, instead, will be traded to serve more local needs, freeing other gas supplies farther up the line. This process is called "displacement" and can bring, shortage-relief far away in a matter of hours or minutes. Meanwhile, there were these related developments: See GAS, Page 8 Daily Photos by ANDY FREEBERG A DISCERNING SHOPPER carefully examines a lace-edged tablecloth while (below) a small girl eyes the endless tables full of second-hand treasures. Both were patrons at the annual Kiwanis Club Rummage Sale. Kiwanis sale: Treasure trove By ELIZABETH SLOWIK There were books for two bits, shirts for two dol- lars and hats for a buck and a half. And every- where you turned, bargain-hunters were snatching up the goodies quicker than you could say "Kiwanis." The occasion was - what else - the annual Ki- wanis Club Rummage Sale: Buyers and window shoppers of all shapes and sizes flooded three floors of the Kiwanis Activity Center to finger the second-hand salvagables. They found purses and pullovers, draperies and dungarees and even a pair of "praying salt shakers" - porce- lain hands, gesturing skyward, with the right hand pouring salt and the left hand spilling pepper. That one-in-a-million item was snapped up by Uni- versity junior Nance Rosen for a mere 75 cents. See BARGAIN, Page 8 He added that the research is only investigating the effects of PBB on the skin. MANAGER CALLS PROTEST UNFAIR: Govrndas w( By DAVID GOODMAN Former Govinda's employes picketed and handed out leaflets in front of the natural foods regtaurant on State St. yesterday to protest their mass firing last week-end. The demonstration came as Govinda's reopened yesterday as a cafeteria after being closed since Sunday for remodeling. The picketers - who numbered six or seven at a time - carried signs reading: "Community business or community ene- [r kers 0k picket x: the possibility of giving ten of them jobs or closing thk restaurant and not having any jobs at all," he said. "THEY DON'T seem to understand that the ovwners were taking money out of their pockets. How long can that go on?" he asked. "If they came in now, I would have to lay off several new people (in order to rehire the old employes), but I would do it, ;: ;: .; ti;Y,. ;: :>tjE:,g;:;">;r R:, .,j.ri'{+i 'ikl :::r ": : :;: : "'tv" :": k'« "'i":} it 'r'"ii {>;: y:::.:; ,;;.. .. ... ..... v. ....