STRIKER SUSPENSIONS See Editorial Page Pr e0A D~ait DESOLATE High -- 380 Low - 22* See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No.136 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, March 23, 1977 Ten Cents Eic 'Ig ght Pages S b b/*' rF YOU SE *"WS M TEN~ CALL DiY' Subterranean subject The Law School Library is apparently due for a rather sizeable addition in the near future, but don't be surprised if you have trouble finding it. The University has decided to build three more levels - underground. Why underground? Authori- ties felt that any new construction could not match the present Ivy League-ish architectural style of the law school. Not so incidentally, Tappan St. be- tween Monroe and E. University will be closed for some two years because of the construction. And if you think that's going to inconvenience you, con- sider the big U's position. It'll have to fork over $265 per week to the city for lost parking meter revenues along with $35,904 in street and side- walk fees. Happenings. . ... start off at the noon hour today with a meeting of the Commission for Women in Rm. 2549, LSA Building ... also at noon, a mini-course entitled "The History of Ethnic Groups in De- troit" will be held in Rm. 1437, Mason ... Dr. Robert Schmalz of Penn State University will speak on "Evaporites, Sulfides and Petroleum" at Rm. 4001, C.C. Little Building at noon ... and if that doesn't grab you, munch your bag lunch, at the International Center at noon and learn about "Backpacking Abroad" ... take a nap until 3 when the Peace Corps will meet in the International Center Lounge to answer questions ... Court Mart 373 meets in Rm. 1053, Nat. Sci. at 3, speakers from the Lesbian Mothers' Defense Fund will be there ... at 4, Herant Katchadourian of Stanford University will lecture on "The Genitalia: Struc- ture, Function, Pride and Prejudice" in Aud. 4, MLB ... wolf down some dinner, and then go check out the Ann Arbor Morris Dancers at 7 in the Cook Rm. in the Law Quad ... then at 7:30, there will be a poety reading by David Victor in the library of Markley Hall ... the first part of a four-part workshop on "Keeping a Psychologi- cal Journal" will be held at 8 at Canterbury House, corner of 'Catherine and Division ... finally, at 8, the Israel Coffee House presents Poet's Night at Guild House, 802 Monroe. 0 Long live Ferrari For some people, it's mother, for others, it's the childhood pooch or the after-class martini. Whatever, everyboly's got something they just hate to part with. Take Sandra Ilene West - de- ceased. West's final wish is that she be buried in her expensive sports car. A handwritten will drawn up in 1972 leaves most of West's $3-6 mil- lion estate to her brother provided that he have her buried in her lace nightgown at the wheel of her Ferrari "with the seat slanted comfort- ably." However, there is one question as to wheth- er this will is authentic. Another document, which contains no such bizarre requests, leaves the hef- ty bank account to Fred Semaan of San Antonio who claims he was a father figure to West. Never- theless, Peter Loring Jr., the funeral director hand- ling the arrangements, says he is willing to grant West's last request when the courts decide which will is the real McCoy. . St. Louis story Police in St. Louis have apparently found the man responsible for nine recent automobile motor thefts. An unemployed mechanic and former rac- ing team member is the perpetrator who can supposedly remove engines from Volkswagens in 15 to 20 minutes. Authorities say the man stole motors from small cars in downtown parking ga- rages to support a $50-a-day heroin habit. The en- gine rustler was nabbed when one victim paid $1,100 for a replacement motor only to discover When he read the serial number that it was his car's original motor. Not exactly a plot you'd find on Kojak M is for the money If there are any confirmed Freudians in the real estate business, they must be in a terrible stir over the case of George Bobbit. A federal judge in Elizabeth, New Jersey has ruled that Bobbitt, 38, may evict his mother, Almeter, and his brother, Glen, within three days if they do not pay him $180 in back rent. Generally this role is reserved for the snarling villain in the black cape but when Bob- bitt's mother missed last rent payment because, according to her, an illness prevented her from working, the hammer came down. Glen Bobbitt is unemployed because of a physical handicap. Aside from the interesting cotiversation it must make at the Bobbitt dinner table, the case may set if bad precedent in mother/son relations. Oedipus, after all, never had to deal with the modern housing market. On the inside,. Check out the Daily Digest on Page 3 and read about the sudden resignation of the Dutch coalition government ... Keith Richburg writes about U.N. ambassador Andrew Young on the Edi- torial Page . . Arts Page features a review of the University dance concert by Mara Brazer ... and Tight race in swing Fourth Ward Contest key to control of city By DAVID GOODMAN ing, and low income cooperatives. Profes- and LIZ SLOWIK sors, blue collar workers and upper middle The showdown between Republican in- class Detroit commuters all live here. cumbent Ron Trowbridge and Democratic challenger Bob Hemeryck for Ann Arbor's "AS GOES the Fourth Ward, so goes the Fourth Ward City Council seat will be cru- City," is a statement that describes many cial in deciding which party, controls City recent local elections. Democrat Mayor Al Hall for the next two years. Wheeler carried the ward in his narrow vic- The Fourth Ward, which extends south tory over incumbent Republican Mayor of Hill Street to the city border, is a good James Stephenson in 1975. A year earlier, the cross section of the various elements of Ann Arbor's heterogeneous population. It in- ward's voters approved the $5 marijuana cludes a slice of the city's student ghetto, ordinance, which fared well throughout the large swaths of high income suburban hous- city, but turned down rent control, which lost city-wide. In 1976, Fourth Ward voters re-elected Democrat Jamie Kenworthy to the ward's other council seat. This year, however, Re- publican Trowbridge has the incumbent's advantage. But Trowbridge is not a clear favorite in the race. No Republican has captured a ma- jority in the ward since its boundaries were fixed in 1972. Republican victories in 1973 and 1975 occurred with three candidates in the running. See TIGHT, Page 8 Trowbridge Hemeryck kn . . . . . . . * .*.ss.n * .....'r.'* y {f }P Z y . 3 R Daily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER A 75-year-old trolley car, a relic of the past, stands idle in a downtown Ann Arbor ga- rage. Local supporters for a new trolley line are hoping to put the car back on the right track. Ctyyk e By DENNIS SABO residents as well as downtown businesses need Trofley cars may again be rolling and clang- the trolley system. ing along the streets of downtown Ann Arbor if the city can obtain state funds for the trot- "THE SHOPPING sections between State St. ley line's construction. and downtown need to be connected," Slater said. "This is a catalyst that will do it.' The proposed trolley line would run on Lib- V Slater said the trolley group purchased an erty St. between Main and State Streets, con- antique walnut interior car almost two years necting the two downtown business districts. ago. According to her, several merchants have already requested advertising space on the A $10,000 state-funded trolley feasibility study trolley. was awarded to Chase-Mogdis, Inc., by the The trolley is currently being restored in a Ann Arbor Transit Authority (AATA). AATA garage at First and Liberty Streets. The car director Karl Guenther said the study's results was built in St. Louis in 1899 and operated in should be available within three to six months. Portugal for 75 years before it was brought to Ann Arbor Street Railway and Museum, Inc., Ann Arbor. is -the trolley's principle supporter. Mary Lou Ed Blossom, a nationally-known expert on Slater, the group's 'president, said the city's See TROLLEY, Page 8 GEO1 shelves strik e Electoral L College doors election WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter administration asked Congress yesterday to pass a constitutional amendment to provide di- rect popular election of the president and vice president and to allow voters to reg- ister on election day. Democratic congressional leaders say they will try to enact the election law changes before the 1978 House and Senate cam- paigns get underway. THE PROPOSAL to junk the embattled Electoral College method of electing presidents and vice presidents was part of a comprehensive election law revision plan prepared by Vice President Walter Mondale, who disclosed it at a news confer- ence yesterday. The administration proposal also seeks public financing for congressional campaigns, a re- vision of the present system of public financing for presidential campaigns and liberalization of the Hatch Act to allow increased participation in political cam- paigns by federal civil servants. Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), assistant Senate majority lead- er, yesterday said he thought the proposals for public financ- ing of congressional campaigns and for easing voter registra- tion requirements would be en- acted into law this year. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill (D)-Mass.), said, "We'll work to the utmost" to get the voter registration proposal enacted quickly. And Sen. Birch Baid (D-Ind.), said he now believes his pro- posed constitutional amendment vote $700 or $1,600. The feeling I gut was that GEO maybe ought to pack up and fade slowly into the sunset. I got discouraged." "People must realize that the union is at stake," another stated. "I don't think people will even strike over money. The only thing they would strike over is survival, of the union." One member summed up a pervading sentiment within the union: "We've cried wolf once too many times - let's get or- ganized." to eliminate the Electoral Col- lege and provide for direct elec- tion of presidents could be rati- fied before the 1980 presidential election. "THE ARRAY OF confusing and sometimes burdensome reg- istration requirements now pre- vents many citizens from cast- ing their ballots on election day," the vice president said in a statement prepared for his news conference. He said states that have sim- plified registration requirements have seen dramatic results through increased voter turn- out. Under current procedures, vo- ters must register in advanpe of going to the polls. Mondale said that in states where voters can register for state elections on election day, including his own state of Minnesota, "the re- sults have typically been a sig- nificant increase in voter par- ticipation with no increase in voter fraud." "Over 450,000 Minnesota citi- zens were registered on election See ELECTORAL, Page 2 S0 Surprise!, Housing sbad, By STU McCONNELL A $39,000 study commissioned by the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee on Fair Rental Practices and released Monday docu- mented what many city residents have been saying for years -- that housing is expensive, scarce and often of low quality. The study, based on data compiled by the University's In- stitute for Social Research (ISR) shows that the average con- tract rent per dwelling unit in the city is $193.33 per month and the average contract rent per tenant is $157.35. AVERAGE GROSS RENT - rent to landlords plus utilities - was $206.53 per dwelling unit and $174 per person. The committee - composed of council members, tenant advocates, landlord interests, a homeowner and a representa- tive of the University's Housing Office - also made several recommendations to ease what it called "overwhelming odds against the private rparket's ability to provide high quality, relatively low cost housing." The chances of finding better outside the "central The central eight tracts ghetto" housing. a unit for under $200 a month were eight census tracts," the study said. contain most of the city's student By RICHARD BERKE - What was anticipated to be a meeting last night of Graduate Employes Organization (GEO) members to outline strategy for a strike this term turned out to be a session where members candidly exchanged views about the union's future. Plans to vote on a spring strike referendum were shelved at the meeting's opening, when only 125 members showed. Last night's turnout was significantly lower than that of an October meeting when some 300 mem- bers passed a motion that ini- tiated an unsuccessful strike ref- erendum. MEMBERS DID pass a mo- tion last night to organize for a strike next term and to "main- tain -a militant profile." Speaking in support of the mo- tion, a GEO member stated: "We must act in the fall. If we wait any longer, there won't be a union around. The University is whittling away at our inter- ests." "Plans for a fall strike are unrealistic," said an opponent of the motion. "We'll have as much trouble as we did last fall getting people mobilized." LAST NIGHT'S low turnout sparked speculation on how GEG members feel toward the union. A "phone-chain," con- ducted last weekend in an effort to promote member interest in a strike, drew mixed impres- sions from those who made the calls. "I couldn't get anyone con- cerned," said one memner. "They could care less whether their tuition next year will be "The premium for central city living amounts to the price of a four-room unit anywhere else in the five rooms, the premium is about $93; and for six rooms it is $177," the report said. $68 over city; for or more 'U' students, profs surprised by defeat ' By JULIE ROVNER The news of the resounding defeat of India's Congress party in last week's election took almost everyone, including students and faculty here, by surprise. "This is a, clear rejection of Mrs. Indira Ghandi and her leadership," said Political Science Prof. Richard Park, an expert "THE REPORT WAS A THOROUGH JOB," said Council- woman Liz Keogh,. (D-First Ward), a committee member who also works for ISR. "The committee hasn't had the time to explore all the implications, but the report gives us an idea of where we stand now with relation to the housing market." The study found a vacancy rate of seven-tenths of one per cent. The Department of Housing and Urban Devolopment con- siders anything less than five per cent a "crisis situation." See SURPRISE, Page 8 Jockeying starts for Gandhi's former post By AP and Reuter Two former leaders of Indira Gandhi's Congress party jockeyed to succeed her yesterday, less than 24 hours after her resignation as India's prime minister. A decision on the top spot was expected to be reached by to- morrow morning in time for the swearing-in of the new govern-