U .S AND CHILE See Editorial Page Y ljifr i!gjau A6V :43atty LOLLIPOPS THigh-80 Lott-58 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State (ol. LXXXVII, No. 5 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, September 14, 1976 Ten Pages U r'rUcSEE NWWS H APPCAL )AIY Join the Daily If you'd like to become part of any facet of the Daily's operation - news, sports, arts, or business - we'll be holding two mass meetings tonight. At 7:30 p.m. in South Quad's West Lounge, and Rm. 24 in the basement of East Quad's Tyler House, you'll have an opportunity to see at least a little of what we're about. And if you can't make it tonight, they'll be two more meetings Thurs- day evening, one at Bursley and another at Mark- ley. If photography is your interest, come to the Daily offices, 420 Maynard, tonight at 7:30. If you can't make it, call 764-0552. Happenings ... At 7 p.m. tonight there will be a meet- ing of the MSA (Michigan Student Assembly) Steering Committee in Rm. 3909 of the Union .. also at 7 will be a planning and work session for the amnesty demonstration for Wednesday night's visit by President Ford, to be held at Corntree House, 1910 Hill ... at 8 p.m. there will be a MSA meeting in 3909 of the Union ... all day MSA will be conducting interviews for va- cancies on the Board in Control of ntercollegiate Athletics. Call 763-3241 for more information. Students- By BARBARA ZAHS Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) President Cal- vin Luker and Vice President Amy Blumenthal yes- terday completed the onerous task of selecting 20 students 'who will be allowed to meet with Presi- dent Ford in a question and answer session prior to Ford's speech at CrislerdArena tomorrow night. But now Luker and Blumenthal fear that their troubles have just begun. I EXPECTED TO BE criticized," Luker admit- ted, "but I hope that people understand. I didn't de- sire to be in this position." Luker and Blumenthal were contacted Sunday by Henry Johnson, University Vice President for Stu- dent Services, and members of the White House staff who told the two that they had been given the re- sponsibility of choosing the students who would be allowed to participate in the question and answer session. Because each student is subject to a security picked to question Ford Luker expects controversy check, the list of names had to be submitted by 1 p.m. yesterday, leaving Luker and Blumenthal less than a day to make their selections. For a complete list of students participating in tomorrow's question and answer session with Pres- ident Ford, and a letter of explanation from MSA President Calvin Luker, please turn to Page 4. "I THINK IT'S REALLY unfortunate that we weren't able to have more time," Luker said. "Still," he conceded, "be it one day or a week, we wouldn't have been able to please or satisfy every- body."- Luker said he believed the selections were "the best we could do on such short notice." "I don't know if the group would have been that much different if more time had'been given to make the selections," Blumenthal remarked. "I think who, ever we picked we would have gotten flak about it." THE GROUP SELECTED to participate includes Luker and Blumenthal, MSA Communications Coordi nator David Goodman, University Activities Center $UAC) President Mary Masters, and 16 other students, nost of whom are active in campus affairs. C.C. Leslie, head of. the University of Michigan Students for President Ford, the group which claims sponsorship of the President's visit, was also among the 20 chosen to take part. University President Robben Fleming said White House staff members had suggested that a student group sponsor the visit, but added, "I would assume See STUDENTS, Page 2 Luker. Auto settlement called impossible' I Dope note Some 'people can't get arrested even if they try. Ed Frey of Ukias, Cal. wants to challenge the constitutionality of state laws that prohibit the cultivation of marijuana. In July he went to the office of Mendocino County Sheriff Tom John- dahl, handed him 18 little marijur plants and told- him they were home grown. Instead of a bust for cultivation Frey was cited for possession and fined $100. Following that failure, Frey re- cently taped two marijuana plants to the court- house door as a crowd of about 30 watched. But law enforcement officials ignored the event. The would be criminal finally wrote a letter to the district attorney saying he was insulted. The DA replied, "We take the position that we will evaluate each case on its merit." Meanwhile Frey still runs free. Monster sponge A monster sponge that may soon eat San Fran- cisco could be growing near the site where radio- active waste was dumped 25 years ago. While no monster sponges have been found yet, a new genus of sponge has been discovered. The new sponges, three to four feet tall, are shaped like vases and were discovered 30 miles west of San Francisco. The plutonium content of the sea bot- tom where 47,500 barrels of radio-active waste was dumped was found to be 25 times higher than the maximum levels predicted by scientists. Rob- ert Dyer, an oceanographer with the office of Radiation Programs of the Environmental Protec- tion Agency said the idea of a giant mutant sponge growing out of a radioactive dump is "a nice science fiction idea, but I would have a hard time justifying it." x0 Munchies A Winterwill, N.C., carpenter has been pro- claimed "collard eating champion" after gulping five pounds of collard greens In a mere 30 min- utes. Brian Demarcus said he made no special preparation for Saturday's contest and had eaten a vegetarian dinner of broccoli and cauliflower earlier in the day. His achievement surpassed the old record of three pounds of collards consumed in 20 minutes. On the inside... The Editorial Page features a letter from Cal- vin Luker containing the names of 20 University students who will be questioning President Ford tomorrow ... on the Arts Page Eric Gressman writes about the movie "Drum" . . . Sports Page has the latest football poll putting the big Blue in the No. 1 spot. E By AP and UPI DETROIT - United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock said yesterday that it would be "absolutely impossible" to reach a con- tract settlement with Ford Motor Co. by midnight to- night. Woodcock said there was now only a "one in 100" chance of avoiding a na- tionwide strike tonight by Ford's 170,000 workers in 22 states, despite a new Ford offer on a key union demand for reduced work time. FORD officials also conceded for the first time yesterday that they did not have much hope of avoiding a strike. "I'm not particularly opti- mistic," the company's top bar- gainer, Vice President Sidney McKenna, told a news confer- ence called to announce details of the firm's third revised con- tract offer. Traditionally, neither the company nor the union have made public any new offers so close to the strike deadline. Labor o b s e r v e r s could remember no time indfour decades of UAW-auto industry bargaining that the final night before a strike deadline was not spent in marathon talks. WOODCOCK left negotiations at Ford world headquarters in suburban Dearborn early yes- terday evening, while McKenna remained on hand. Spokesper- sons for the UAW and Ford said bargainers would return to the table at 8 a.m. today - 15 hours before the deadline. The Ford offer also extended a dental plan to retirees, in- creased the wage base from which percentage pay boosts are computed and added an additional penny an hour to the supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB) fund for laid- off workers. WOODCOCK rejected the company's reduced work time plan as "very skimpy," add- ing that "the whole approach is not responsive to reducing working hours and adding new people to the work force." He said the company's latest concessions in other areas were still short of resolving basic differences. Woodcock said the net effect is that the two sides remain far apart on every major issue, including wages, pensions, health care, SUB and the thorny reduced work time issue. THE COMPANY proposed a bank of hours of time off based on both seniority and attend- ance. A worker must have at least three years of seniority before being eligible and then would get 20 hours time off a year. The number of addition- al hours off reaches the maxi- mum 40 hours per year for workers wit) 25 or more years seniority. The Dlan includes restrictions the union termed unacceptable. See AUTO, Page 2 AP Photo UAW MEMBERS of Ford Local 228, Sterlin g Heights, sit together yesterday as they make preparations for a possible strike tonight at F ord Motor Co. plants throughout the country. FORD ORDERS SCRANTON: No Vietnam in U.N. Tightsecurity set for Ford's ~U visit By PHILIP BOKOVOY President Ford will be well-protected during his campaign visit to the University tomorrow, and the city will be footing much of the bill for his safety. At least 300 law enforcement officers-including 150 city police, 50 state police and SO Secret Service agents will have the Republican presidential nominee covered at every turn. POLICE CHIEF Walter Krasny said most of the police working on the special detail will be paid for overtime, at a total cost to the city of "probably several thousand dollars." "It's all part of the business," he added quickly. Krasny offered no details about what his department would actually be doing tomorrow, but did say that his people would be expected to question those who might pose a threat to the President, and look for people on top of buildings. KRASNY SAID THE police will also clear areas for the park- ing of the presidential motorcade, and insure that traffic does not become too congested. The State Police will serve primarily as a back-up force (along with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department), while city police do the bulk of the work. See SECURITY, Page 2 By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - President Ford yesterday instructed Am- bassador William Scranton to veto Vietnam's application for membership in the United Na- tions, the ambassador said yes- terday. After meeting with Ford, Scranton told reporters that the U.S. action was based on the fact that there had been "very little" response so far from the Vietnamese on U.S. demands for information about Ameri- cans missing in action in the Vietnam war. VIETNAM has a pending ap- plication for U.N. membership. Scranton said the issue will come up for a vote in the Se- curity Council today. "The President instructed me to veto that admission," Scran- Scranton ton said. "For some time we have been trying to work with Vietnam" regarding the MIAs, Scranton said, adding that there' has been little response to date. Scranton said Vietnam has failed to meet two criteria for admission to the United Nations: "peace loving" and "humanitar- ian." "CERTAINLY there is no pro- ject or no issue in the United States in its relations with Viet- nam or in the world generally that indicates inhumanity more than their complete lack of rea- sonableness in providing infor- mation about these men," Scranton said. Vietnam provided the U.S. with information about 12 miss- ing men 10 days ago but, ac- cording to American officials. there are at least 550 others still unaccounted for. Ford demanded last week that Vietnam provide a full account- ing if relations between the U.S. and Vietnam were to be normal- ized. ASKED IF election-year poli- tics played any part in the President's decision, Scranton said, "As far as I am concern- ed and as far as the President is concerned, we have not at- tempted to play politics at the United Nations." The*Vietnamese, however, is- sued a statement yesterday ac- cusing Ford of obstructing bilat- eral contacts and blocking Viet- nam's entry into the United Nations for domestic political motives. "IT IS NO SECRET to any- one that Mr. Ford's real con- rn is not on American MIA's i Hijac kers charged with murder; bail set NEW YORK (AP) - Bail was set yesterday at $1 million each for a couple accused of leading the weekend hijacking >f a Trans World Airline passenger plane. The couple and three other men were arraigned on fed- eral air piracy charges in the 30-hour, transatlantic skyjack- ng they allegedly carried out without actually being armed. BEFORE ARRAIGNMENT proceedings began in federal zourt in Brooklyn, the district attorney moved to charge the five suspects with the murder of a policeman killed by a >omb the hijackers allegedly planted in a subway locker. The couple, Zvonko and Julienne Busic, were the first to >e arraigned. Proceedings for the other three prisoners were delayed while court officials awaited arrival of their lawyers. U.S. Magistrate A. Simon Chrein scheduled a hearing in 1. . :. . .. ...... .. 1 u.. : i+r}. .. ... : .. x..