Poe Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY t ,riciay, 1-edruary ft, 1 v i I Pane Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY 1-riday7,n $a:..l-e 5°truar IJf _. .. Y.....................................:.?.,,................................................................?.................~..................................... ... .........; - ia ai". ERA faces stif f battle in N.C. GRAND RAPIDS MYSTERY: Murders ha RALEIGH, N. C. (P) - The battlefront in efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment has moved to North Carolina, a southern state which supplied a woman to Jimmy Carter's cabinet and where the new gov- ernor's wife is an outspoken CLINIC SHOE' YOU r advocate. Prpponents are well organiz- ed and predict a narrow vic- tory, but the opposition' to the ERA is also potent, led in spirit by retired U. S. Sen. Sam Er- vin Jr. , ERA's CHANCES in the leg- islature are too close to call. Carl Stewart, speaker of the state House of Representatives, said the issue may be decided by "who's absent and who's present" when it comes to a vote., It has passed a House com- mittee and awaits floor debate, but also must pass the Senate. "Everyone has focused at- tention on North Carolina be- cause if North Carolina passes it, we have built sufficient mo- mentum to get those other two states," said Lillian Woo, a staff consultant for North Car- olinians United for ERA. THIRTY-FIVE states have ratified ERA and three more are needed by March 22, 1979, fortit to become part of the Constitution. House members, confronted' daily by billboards, bumper stickers; mass mailings, tele- phone drives and newspaper ads, begin floor debate next Tuesday on the ERA, which I 'I $ 00 f \ The Professional Theatre Program ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS for the 1950's Black Musical TAMBOURINES TO GLORY Cast: 10 Males & 10 Females THE AUDITION WILL CONSIST OF: 1) SINGING A PREPAREQ SONG (accompanist will be provided) 2EA DANCE AUDITION 3) "READING **You will not be expected to be proficient in all these areas*** SATURDAY, FEB. 12 at 1:00 P.m. TRUEBLOOD THEATRE (2nd floor Frieze Bldg.) For further information 763-5213 withulwschool. What can you do with only a bachelor s degree?, Now there is a way to bridge the gap between an undergraduate education and a challenging, respon- sible career. The Lawyer's Assistant is able to do work traditionally done by lawyers. Three months of intensive training can give you the skills-the courses are taught by lawyers. 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SINCE THE last rejection, moderate Denocrats have tak- en control of Istate government. Gov. Jim Hunt called for ratifi- cation of ERA in his first State of the State address three weeks agotand hiswife, Caro- lyn, spoke in favor of it in a public hearing last week. "If we ratify the ERA we'll show we are ready to start a new beginning in North Caro- lia"Carolyn Hunt said. "We've never had as much sunnort as we have now," Woo said. "It's going to be tough sled- ding in the South - there's no onestion about it - because of the traditional roles for wom- en," she said. Most of the state's political leaders favor ERA. But, Ervin, o, row a Morganton attorney, bitterly doposes it. This year lie sent an 18-page position pa- ner to legislators outlining his objections. GRAND RAPIDS (UPI) - Police call them the Hill Murders.. Seven young women slain over the past six years - some were stabbed, others strangled. All are unsolved. THE FItRST was Shelley Mills, 19, found stabbed Sept. 15, 1970, in her apartment in the Hill District, a neighborhood of stately but deteriorated old homes neardowntown. The latest was Nancy Beth Sweetman, a 20-year-old col- lege student, stabbed to death last Christmas Eve as she walked home from a chich service in the Hill District. Between them, five other young women lwere slain: Laurel Jean Ellis, 20, stabbed, May 29, 1975; Linda King, 24, stabbed, Dec. 9, 1975; Kathryn Lynn Darling, 17, strangled, March 19, 1976;'Lois DeRitter, 22, strangled, May 17, 1976, and Barbara Larqon, 25, bludgeoned, Nov. 16, 1971. EACH OF them either lived in the Hill District or had some connection with it. Former Kent County prosecutor Harold S. Sawyer, now a congressman believes the slayings may be the work of one man, "a kook" who is still at large and may strike again. "I don't have the concurrence of the detectives in this belief," said Sawyer, who as prosecutor oversaw a grand jury probe ;into a number of unsolved slayings in Grand Rapids. "IN NONE OF the cases was robbery an apparent mo- tive," Sawyer said. "In none was there evidence of sexual penetration. In three of the murders, the victim had her skirt or blouse pulled up around her neck." 1 R ................. ........................ .... ......... ...":".": . . .... ."f: .. ........ ... tr :ty . ..: ....1J "i "" . . 1r....,.11.... ... f '.. ....... ..?: f.::..,.":. :. o :J.:";:"..f.1::::?F..X........7si ...... ... ...........{.......,...;..:::{}' ... Factions battle in Ethiopia ffle poice' "The truly frightening thing about these murders is that once you have eliminated sex and robbery as motives, and then you eliminate any personal animosities as motives, you are leftwith a kook. "And if it is a kook, and we can't find him, we continue to run the risk of losing more young women. SAWYER NOTED that there 'have been at least three other incidents in the Hill District in which an" intruder en- tered an apartment or house after the husband had gone to work and confronted the wife. In one case. a woman woke up to see a man at the foot of the bed holding a knife in one hand and a length of cord in the other. She screamed and he fled. Still, the slayings have had little visible impact on resi dents of the Hill District, an area targeted by a'citizens group as an historical renovation site. SGT. LORIS PAFFHAUSEN and other policemen think the whole matter has been blown out of proportion. At best, according to Paffhausen, two of the murders appear related by such factors as position of the bodies, location of the wounds and time of the slayings. "I think all the other local killings were done by differ- ent people," Paffhausen said, Detective Richard Bewell agrees with Paffhausen. "Even if you assume all the killings are related, it doesn't help you unless you have a suspect," Bewell said. "I would rather work with facts than theories any day. Spinning theories is like chasing butterflies. You can't arrest a theory." ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia ()- Rival factions in Ethiopia's rul- ing military council shot it out yesterday at council headquar- ters. The winning group said the chief of state and six other members of the council were executed afterward. An official statement issued after the battle accused Brig. Gen. Teferi Bante and the others of plotting to eliminate "pro- gressive" members of the 40- man Central Committee and move the Ethiopian revolution to the political right. IT SAID te shooting took place after the seven were ex- posed as secret members of an underground political move- ment, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party (EPRP) and as supporters of the Ethio- pian Democratic Party (EDU). Earlier yesterday, Radio Ethi- opia said an attempted coup was foiled after a group of counter- revolutionaries tried to surround the headquarters. The radio said there was scattered and sporad- ic gunfire in Addis Ababa, but the city was calm. Residents living near the mili- tary council's headquarters re- ported hearing heavy firing yes- terday morning, while govern- ment troops manned strategic points throughout the capital. THREE LOYAL members of the council, known as the Der- gue, also died in the shooting while struggling with the plot- ters, the statement said. The three included Col. Daniel As- faw, the council's security chief and a key member of the Der- gue, which has ruled Ethiopia since the late Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974. The statement said Col. Meng- istu Hailemariam and Aten Abate, the first and second vice chairmen of the ruling Central Committee, "are safe and' sound." Observers said the two men, regarded as strongmen in the Dergue, apparently would continue to lead the council. THE STATEMENT added that one reason the government could not crack down on the EPRP was the secret membership of many senior officers in the un- derground movement. Ethiopia has been in a state of internal turmoil for years, with an attempted coup last July, executions of dissidents last November, assassinations, secessionist guerrilla conflicts in the north and constant infighting among military leaders. 1 MAST SHOES 610 E. liberty 211 S. Main CAMP ECHO LAKE (N.Y. Adirondocks) ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS FEB. 14 and 15 For exciting and challenging summer positions in co-ed environment for Upperclass- men, G r a d s and Faculty; Waterfront and Gymnastics Directors, T e n n i s; Crafts, and general staff. Contact: Placement Office' for appointment (763-4117) I ALICE LLOYD HALL Friday, Feb. 4-9:00 P.M. BENEFIT COFFEEHOUSE q ELLIE KELLMAN and Others will be perform- ing. 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OP) - Balloon zona city, ist Karl Thomas went "south of ERR ATIC winds blew Thomas the border" early yesterday in 60 mi'es off course Wednesday, his effort to float his hot-air forting him to set down in a balloon from California to nearly, inaccessible area just Florida. short of a Marine Corps 'gun- Thomas, piloting his yellow nery range. Limited Edition Sail, took off Larry Weis, a spokesman fo yesterday to use prevailing' Thomas, 28, said it was possibl winds to blow him around the the balloonist could be. out o Gila Mountains, about 20 miles( communication with other tha east of this southwestern Ari- his flight crew for almost tw' days during his Mexico leg. "He will -probably go as hig as 18,000 feet," Weis said in de scribing Thomas' plans to cats T. prevailing winds. He said Thom as will, carry a small oxyge container but probably woul not have to use it. 0 "KARLNOW plans to hea P ian ist solith,'ride the winds down t Mexico, then swing east on 8 :30 p.m. crescent-shaped course throug Nogales and un through Texas, said Weis. "He will probabl 1: Carnaval, Op. have to travel a portion of th way through Sonora, Mexico. Thomas, an airport own from Troy, Mich, got abo three hours sleep Wednesda When someone drinks too much and then drives, it's the silence that kills. Your silence. It kills your friends, your relatives, and people you don't even know. But they're all people you could save. If you knew what to say, maybe you'd be less quiet. Maybe fewer people would die. What you should say is, "I'll drive you home." Or, "Let me call a cab." Or, "Sleep on my couch, tonight." Don't hesitate because your friend may have been drinking only coffee never made anyone sober. Maybe it would keep him awake long enough to have an accident. But that's about all. 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