- 4 p B PROPOSAL See Editorial Page ld * -00* A6F alt1 A BORE See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No. 114 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, February 16, 1977 Ten Cents Ei ght Pages ;rWMU SEE NFS IA'!' N CALL n )AJiLY Strike talk The Student Support Committee for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Em- ployes (AFSCME, Local 1583) will hold meetings all over campus tonight to educate student workers about issues that might confront them should there be a strike. AFSCME is currently negotiating with the University for a new contract. The meetings. will be at the following times and places: for East Quad residents, 9:30 in East Quad's Green Lounge; for Markley types, 7:30 in Alice's Restaurant in Alice Lloyd; for Couzens and Mosher-Jordan, 9 in Alice's Restaurant; for Stockwell, 7:30 in Alice Lloyd's Klein Lounge; for Alice Lloyd, 9 in Klein Lounge; for South Quad, 7:30 on the fourth floor of the Union; for West Quad, 8:30 on the fourth floor of the Union; and for student bus drivers and students who work in the Michigan League and the University Club, 9:30 on the fourth floor of the Union. Happenings ... ... kick off today at noon when Dr. Gwendolyn Baker sets up shop inthe CAAS Conference Room at 1100 S. University to speak on "Black Children in School Settings" . . . then from noon-1 at the International Center, there will be the first of a series of meetings on how to live cheap in Europe . . . then from non-2, a free workshop on Rape Awareness and Prevention will take place in Rm. 3205 of the Union . . . the Museum of Zoology spon- sors H. Ronald Pulliam of the University of Ari- zona lecturing on "Toward a New Theory of Flock- ing" at 3:10 in MLB lecture rm. 1 .. and if that doesn't grab you, dash on over to the Kuenzel Rm. at the Union where, at 3:15, the Office of Ethics and Religion will sponsor a film called "King: From Montgomery to Memphis" . . . from 4-6, graduate students and University staff are invited to slurp coffee and chit-chat at the Wesley Lounge of Ann Arbor's First United Methodist Church, at the corner of State and Huron . . . at 7, the Univer- sity Skydivers will conduct a free j'imp course at 1042 East Engineering . . . then at 7:30 in the Multi-purpose Rm. of the UGLI, Friends of the Earth, People's Business Committee and MSA will present Jim Corvert, chairman of Great Lakes 'Greespeace, (an international, . environmental, civildisobedience group), who will address the is- sue 'of seal protection. Two free films will be shown . . . at 8, the Jung Discussion Group wil consider "The I Ching and T'ai Chi as Androgy- nos" at HCanterbury House.corner of Catherine and Divisiont . . also at 8, Residential College Writerin-residence Arturo Vivante will speak in the Benzinger Library in East Quad. And that, folks, is it. 0 Slime in toyland- Wracking your brain over what to get your kid brother or sister for his or her birthday? How about "Slime", a "gooey, drippy, oozy, cold 'n clammy" pile of gook that's ,"slime green instead of lime green" and made mostly of water? Not durable enough for the little monster, you say? Why then, pick up "Electro-man," a doll that re- sponds to light and movement, and his companion toy, "Zogg the Terrible", whose sole purpose is to be "destroyed" by his electronic pal. These are just some of the latest playthings on display at the annual American Toy Fair in New York. During the next two weeks, those lovable clowns of the toy industry will try to unload their creations on buyers from around the country. This year's crop leans heavily on electronics, CB radios and TV show tie-ins. Whatever happened to Tinker Toys? Anita to arms Down among the Florida sunshine trees, orange juice pusher Anita Bryant has found another cause to yowl about. Bryant, who in the past has scrupu- lously avoided local -Nsues, has come out of the citrus tree groves and resolved to raise some p p over a recently passed Dade County ordinance banning discrimination against homosexuals in housing and employment. Miss Oklahoma of 1959 has helped organize a group called "Save our Children". She says the local gay community is' "trying to recruit our children to homosexuality." Local gay rights leaders have fired off some salvos in return, calling her efforts "bigoted" and "fanati- cal". They have also tried- unsuccessfully - to pressure the Florida.Citrus Commission, for which she has advertised orange juice since 1968, into takings her ads off the air. Bryant vows that she will continue her crusade even if my livelihood is stripped away from me.' 0 On the. inside ... .read about Irish allegations concerning the use of torture by British security forces in the Daily Digest on Page 3. . on editorial page, Marnie Heyn writes about pinball . . . Michael Broidy reviews Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" on the arts page... and finally, sports staffer. Andy Glazer offers some deep thoughts in his last column. nionexti By BOB ROSENBAUM Negotiators late last night extended the deadline for contract talks between the University and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME, Local 1583), saying that both sides were "close enough" to a settlement to jus- tify the added day. The deadline exension gives the University and the union at least one more day to try to avert what could become the first campus strike by AFSCME sirfce 1971. AFSCME represents over 2,300 food service, custodial, hospital, and grounds workers on campus. Walking out of the bargaining room at 10:25 p.m. after 12 hours of trading economic compromises across the table, chief Univer- sity negotiator William Neff and AFSCME representative Art An- derson said that a midnight deadline would be set aside and nego- tiators would meet again today. "We're close enough to a final settlement that it's worth the delay," said Neff. ends strike e 'u', AFSCME may agree, on pact today NEFF SAID on Monday that the AFSCME wage prop9sals were "way out in outer space." Asked last night if that comment still held, Neff said, "Well, we're coming in for a landing." An AFSCME leaflet being distributed to union members this morning says that the two sides "expect to work out the details" of a settlement today. The teams met with a state-appointed mediator Monday and yesterday, but one will not be present today. UNIVERSITY BARGAINERS would not say whether they -felt a settlement could be reached today. When contract talks began last November, AFSCME was seek- ing an approximate 15 per cent increase in wages over a multi- year contract, and the removal of a cap on cost-of-living payments. Sources said that, at least up until Monday, the University was offering under a five per cent wage increase, and had refuused to lift the cap on cost of living paynients. THE PARTIES already have settled most non-economic issues in the new contract. Even as the extension was announced, the University and AFSCME were making last minute preparations in case a walk-out were to occur. The Housing Office has notified dormitory staffs that they would have to recruit resident staff members and willing students to work in food service and housekeeping positions if AFSCME went on strike. See UNION, Page 2 --a-ri es 40 V n in Tel Aviv on. Mideast mission i Daily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER Schuss! University, junior Jay Asquini whooshes through the Arb. Asquini is a ski instructor at Schuss Mountain ski area on weekends. LETTUCE DECISION HIT: By aP and Reuter JERUSALEM - .Secretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday assured Israel that the U.S. would maintain an enduring commitment to that nation's security and survival. Vance is on a six-nation Middle East tour to survey prospects for new Arab-Israeli peace talks. Welcoming Vance at Ben Gur- ion International Airport, Is- raeli Foreign Minister Yigal Al- lon declared it was "high time the political momentum should be revived." Israel was not for stagnation, he said, "on the con- trary, we are for movement to- wards peace." THE STOP in Israel is the first in a week-long tour that will take Vance to Egypt, Leb- anon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. This is his first visit to the six countries. In talks with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and other Israeli leaders today Vance intends to explore terms under which Is- rael would drop its resistance to negotiating with the Pales- tine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Carter administration continues to. back Israel's veto over PLO participation, but that support could soften if the PLO accepts Israel's existence. ABOUT PROSPECTS for a settlement, Vance said: "We all know that this will not be an easy task nor one which will be quickly achieved.;" He said he came to Israel with "one simple message" - that "the United States is con- vinced a fundamental underly- ing principle of our quest for peace is the enduring trust and confidence between our two na- ticns. "Let there be no question the' United States is deeply commit- ted to the survival and securi- ty of Israel." IN HIS TALKS, Vance hopes to persuade Israeli leaders that a new current of "moderation" is moving through the Arab world. He will emphasize the Carter administration's view that this presents asunique op- portunity for a "just and last- ing peace." Shortly before Vance arrived, Allon said in parliament that ' Israel would tell the secretary of state it was willing to at- tend a reconvened Geneva Mid- east conference, and would de- mand a peace treaty "and nor- malization of relations" between Israel' and the Arabs. This "in return for territorial compromises whose map has not yet been determined," he said. IN AN INTERVIEW with Is- raeli correspondents in Wash- ingto'n released on the eve of the trip, Vance said he had dis- cussed his mission with the So- viets and would report to them after it is completed. Noting that Moscow is a co- chair with Washington of the Geneva conference, Vance said the Russians "have a respon- sibility for seeing that we move toward peace in-the area." He added: "They have indi- cated that they wish to cooper- ate in discharging that rule." See MIDEAST, Page 9 MSA rips URIC vote By PATTI MONTEMURRI Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) last night condemned the University Housing Council's (UHC) decision to continue the non-union let-. tuce boycott, saying UHC undermined the credi- bility of student government by ignoring a stu- dent mandate favoring an end to the boycott. MSA members also voted to protest the review procedures used by the Dean of the School of Public Health in his recommendation to termi- nate the school's Population Planning Dept. (PPD). MSA MEMBER Chris Bachelder termed UHC's refusal to abide by the results of December bal- lot question where students voted 2-1 to end the boycott of non-United Farmer Workers (UFW) lettuce, "politically indefensible". Students were not against the UFW, rather, the results of December's ballot question express- ed dissatisfaction with the quality of lettuce serv- ed in the dorms, claimed MSA member Irving Freeman. But since December's ballot question, the dormitory system has purchased UFW let- tuce regularly, and students no longer can com- plain about being served only leaf lettuce, he See MSA, Page 2 et Waterman issue to face Regentsaai By MICHAEL YELLIN The proposed razing of Barbour/Waterman gymnasiums once again promises to be a center of stormy controversy at tomorrow's public Regents meeting. Although the Regents have already decided to have the build- ings destroyed this summer, opposition groups hope to turn the ruling around' and find some good use for the building. THE REGENTS HAVE RECEIVED two reports from the office of Frank Rhodes, vice president for academic affairs, both of which conclude, "There are many other priority needs which demand our attention at this time," and recommend the demo- lition of Barbour/ Waterman. 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