(Zi P Sirti!3zul CARTOONS See Editorial Page Dali POLARIZED High T - 19 Low -- 6° See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVII, No. 86 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 15, 1977 Ten Cents 9' Six Pages Y ' Collins denies guilt John Norman Collins, convicted in 1970 of kill- ing Eastern Michigan University freshwoman Karen Sue Beineman, denied Thursday he was guilty of the slaying-or the six similar "coed murders" which proceeded it. The Ann Arbor News reported in a copyrighted interview story yesterday that Collins, now 28 and serving a life sentence in Jackson prison, said he never knew or saw Beineman and that he strongly resents be- ing linked to the six brutal murders for which he was never charged. Collins told The News Wash- tenaw County Prosecutor William Delhey and his assistant withheld exonerating evidence from the courtroom and that police investigators threat- ened to "ruin" defense witnesses who owned lo- cal businesses. The prisoner, who did not testify at his trial, also implied a key witness perjured her testimony, and said his pending appeals for a new trial have been endangered by a book about the murders and a forthcoming movie. Recombinant DNA Following in the footsteps of the University's decision here last May, the Wayne State Uni- versity Board of Governors yesterday gave the go-ahead for recombinant DNA research at its school. The Wayne State Board accepted the re- port of a special committee that proposed guide- lines for the potentially dangerous experiments including research safeguards dictated by the National Institute of Health (NIH). recombinant DNA research, in which genetic material of dif- ferent organisms can be "combined" to create altered forms of life, has been praised for its possible application for medical and industrial discoveries but strongly criticized as a possible Frankenstein's monster. The NIH guidelines are designed to prevent any laboratory creations from getting loose in the environment, and similar to the University's Board of , Regents, the Wayne State Board has banned those experiments for which NIH requires the highest degr- of physi- cal and biological safety measures. The panel also proposed research undergo periodic review and approval by a Biohazards Committee. Happenings ... be advised the North Campus Recreation Building is now open at 7:15 in the a.m. for swim- ming and recreation . . . and there's a beginning- level square dance in the Anderson room of the Union from 8 to 11 p.m. No experience or part- ner necessary, and it's free. Free tuition The Internal Revenue Service said yesterday it is withdrawing a proposal that would have re- quired college employes to pay taxes on free tuition granted their dependents. In a notice pub- lished in the Federal Register, the agency said that hearings on the free tuition issue had point- ed out several problems with taxing such bene- fits and that IRS was yielding in favor of a con- gressional study of the broader issue of scholar- ships and fellowshins. Ononents of the nronosal, which would have brouqht in an extra $10 million annually in taxes, said it would have made it harder for schools to attract professors and would have forced them to pav instructors more to com- pensate for the lost fringe benefits. Kissinger to Georietown Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will become a visiting professor of diplomacy at-Washington's Georgetown University after he leaves office, ad- ministration sources said yesterday. Kissinger's term at the Jesuit school will begin March 1. !He will also serve at Georgetown's Center for Stra- tegic and International Studies, an academic think tank specializing in foreign policy. The outgoing secretdry's position at the school will last through the slimmer. the sources said. They would give no exact salarv figure. but it was understood Kis- singer world be paid in the $15.000 range. Rather than teaching ordinary classes, Kissinger will lecture at various intervals on current issues in in- ternational affairs. Kissinger's future has been the sulhject of intense snecula'ion since President Ford lost his bid for a new White House term. The sources stressed tha+ Kissinger's academic post is temporary and will allow him to write his memoirs, act as a consultant to the Carter administration and continue nezo'iations for a longer-term job. The sources would not comment on these plans, ht Kissinger has been talking extensively with William Palev, head of CBS. about an executive post with the television-radio network. On the inside... Start planning a week of movies, music and events with our weekly Hannenings Calendar on page 3 . The Editorial Page has a niece by Steve Kursman, who believes New York's woes are far from over . . and Snorts writer Errol Shifman covers last night's hockey Faction against Michigan Tech. 0 VA lawyers slam govt. misconduct By GEORGE LOBSENZ and MARGARET YAO With Wire.Service Reports Defense attorneys for the two nurses charged in the Ann Arbor Veteran's Administrationk(VA) Hospital mass murder case blasted federal prosecutors yesterday for what they termed im- proprieties and "abuse" of the grand jury system. The commehts came in the wake of U.S. District Court Judge Philip Pratt's decision to suspend court proceedings be- cause the prosecution violated an earlier court order. ON DECEMBER 23, Pratt instructed government prosecu- tors to turn over all FBI reports of interviews with possible witnesses and other pertinent evidence to the defense. The possibility of government misconduct surfaced Wednes- day when defense lawyers discovered that they had not received crucial information and that deletions had been made in the documents received. Pratt's action came on Thursday in response to a defense motion calling for dismissal of the case on the grounds that the prosecution had withheld evidence from the defense. AT THAT TIME, PRATT SAID he found "merit" in the de- fense motion but did no ascribe misconduct to the prosecutors. Nor did he dismiss the charges facing accused nurses, Leonora Perez, 32, and Filipina Narciso, 30. The two nurses stand accused of murdering five patients and poisoning 10 others at the Ann Arbor Veteran's Administration Hospital during the summer of 1975 "It appears to us that the government (deleted some material that was favorable to us . . . n one instance a piece of white paper was pasted over a paragraph." -Thomas O Brien, defense attorney for Narciso However, Thomas O'Brien, attorney for Narciso, said it is "a dcfinite certainty" that the prosecution acted improperly. ff Brien said dzfhnse attorneys had noticed apparent deletions in transcri'pts of FBI interviews with potential witnesses. "IT APPEARS THE GOVERNMENT deleted material that was favorable to us," said O'Brien. "There were blank spots in the middle of some pages, they re-composed paragraphs and blacked out others. In one instance, a piece of white paper was pasted over a paragraph." O'Brien said their suspicions were confirmed when they sub- poenaed originals of the FBI interview- ind compared them to the documents they had received fri: e prosecution. In this way, they discovered the complete omssion of some pieces of evidence as well as the deletions in the material they had. "If they-withheld that information intentionally," said O'Brien, "This could be a very serious matter." THE ANN ARBOR ATTORNEY also charged the prosecu- tioa of abusing the grand jury system in frmuiating indictments in the case. Noting that there wasn't any "screbning process" in the grand jury procedure, O'Brien said the government had presenited quiestionable evidence to the graid jry. Azcording to O'Brien: "This case -- when it's over, will be a classic in the abuse of the grand jury system." O'Brien said the allegations of g-vernment misconduct un- covered, so far could be "just the tip of the iceberg." Edward Stein, attorney for Perez, concurred with O'Brien, See GROUPS, Page 2 Senate committee gives approval to Vance nomination WASHINGTON (AP)- Without a dissenting word, the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee gave its approval for Cyrus Vance to become secretary of state when the Carter adminis- tration assumes power next week. The vote endorsing the 59- year-old Wall Street lawyer and foreign and military policy ad- viser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson was unanimous. FE' "rNATORS were pre- sent ommittee Chairman ,Joh, inan (D-Ala.), turned to Sen. Charles Percy (R-Il). and asked if he cared to offer a motion approving the Vance aupointment. Percy said he'd be happy to but was willing to de- fer to one of the Democrats. 'Well, Why don't we all move,' q"inped Sparkman, Thus, Vance got off to an amicable start with a commit- tee that has often feuded bitter- Iy with secretaries of state in Democratic and Republican ad- ministrations. VANCE, LIKE the other Car- ter nominees, still has to win approval of the full Senate be- fore taking office, but there is expected to be no difficulty in this.. Carter cannot officially nom- inate cabinet members until he takes office on Thursday, but these hearings and committee actions pave the way for speedy Senate action once the nomina- tions become official. Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer, whom Vance will suc- ceed, once enjoyed the enthu- siastic support of the Foreign Relations Committee. But in re- cent times, committee members have complained that Kissinger failed to keep Congress inform- ed and operated with excessive secrecy. See SENATE, Page 2 Carter reveals to White House aides By AP and Reuter PLAINS, Ga. - President-elect Carter made known yesterday the names of 13 top aides who will assist him in the White House. Six are Georgians and only one did; not work in Carter's prehi- dential campaign. The names were announced by Carter Press Secretary Jody Powell who said it is intended that all will have equal access to Carter and that each will be expected to deal with his or her own area of responsibility. POWELL SAID also that Carter intends to keep his promise to reduce substantially the total number of White House staff members and that he will do that before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. In general, the White House staff will be organized along the "spokes of the wheel" concept which Carter used as governor of Georgia. See CARTER, Page 2 Daily Photos by ALAN BILINSKY There's no business like snow business New swine shots urged Cold, wet snow may have some redeeming qualities . . . if you're under five years old is. This 'student' at the Madalon Pound House pre-school on Hill St. demonstrates - can taste it, throw it or take a tumble in it with a friend. GILMORE DIES MONDAY: Jdges deny atemp d, that ATLANTA (A" - A federal advisory commit- D - you tee recommended limited resumption of the cha nationwide swine flu vaccination program after new - receiving a report yesterday of two cases of me possible transmission of swine flu among hu- Dr. mans. he The Center for Disease Control's (CDC) ad- I w visory committee on immunization practices cep said the moratorium on the swine flue vaccine S should be lifted to allow inoculation of persons per in high risk groups, such as the elderly and ceiv the chronically ill. T THE MORATORIUM was imposed last month flu after reports of a possible connection between the the swine flu vaccine and an outbreak of Guil- the by at- lain-Barre syndrome -- a temporary paralysis ino ath row which can be fatal but generally is not. at their - )r. David Sencer, director of the CDC and airman of the advisory committee, told a ws conference that he had read the recom- ndations to the assistant secretary for health, Theodore Cooper, in Washington. He said would "hand deliver them to him tomorrow. gould certainly recommend that they be ac- ted." encer said there are 35 million to 45 million sons. in the high risk group who should re- ve flu vaccinations this winter. HERE ARE ONLY scattered reports of swine now, he said, but "if we see an increase in next few weeks, then we should seek out adult population" by 1-esuming the general culation program. See NEW, Page 2 to block execution SALT LAKE CITY VP) - Two judges yesterday turned back separate attempts to postpone convicted killer Gary Gilmore's execution; scheduled for sunrise Monday. In decisions handed ' down within minutes of each other in courtrooms only a few blocks apart, U.S. District Court Judge Aldon Anderson and Utah Third District Court Judge Dean Con- der refused requests to delay Gilmore's death by firing squad. "I DO NOT look upon last- hour filings as an aid" to the ju- dicial process, Anderson said in turning down the request for a restraining order to delay the execution. The request was filed torneys for two other de inmates, who argued th Longet guilty of- 'nelent omide From Wire Service Rieports ASPEN, Colo. - French-born singer Claudine Longet, ex- wife of singer Andy Williams, was found guilty yesterday of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of her lover, pro skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich,, in their resort chalet last March. cases would be adversely affect- ed by Gilmore's execution. The matter is scheduled for a hearing today before the 10th U.S. Circuit Coirt of Appeals in Denver according to state Atty. Gen. Robert Hansen. IN THE state court, attorney .Judith Wolbac.h described capi- tal punishment as "an unfortun- a e return of barbarism to the United States." She and attorney Jinks Dabney, representing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), argued that using tax- payers' money for executions constitutes wrongful expenditure of publc funds. But Conder ruled such an ar- g-ment premature until the con- s itutionality of Utah's death penalty is tested in the coutrs. The attorneys also argued that t