Sunday, October 10, 197 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Sundy, Otobe 10,1 97 THEMICHGAN AILYPageFiv SUNDAY MAGAZINE LOOKING THE WEEK IN REVIEW Butz resigns N A DECISION that he called, incredibly, "one of the sad- dest of my presidency," Presi- dent Ford accepted the resig- nation Monday .of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, following reports of a racist comment he made after the Republican Na- ,tional Convention in, August. The comment, attributed to Butz by New Times magazine, was made aboard a west coast flight from Kansas City, where he explained to former Whitet House Counselt fJohn Dean and entertainer Pat Boone why the GOP had failed to attract "col- oreds: "Coloreds only want three things: You know what they want? I'll tell you what they want. It's three things: first a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit. That's all." More remarkable than Butz's comments was Ford's nearly three-day hesitation in giving Butz the gate. The secretary was reprimanded "very severe- ly" by the President last Fri- day, but it was apparently felt that the massive outrage over: the remarks could be outlasted. It couldn't. Butz "resigned" on Monday, with the White House maintain- ing that it put no pressure on him to quit. In the end, he still demonstrated no real awareness of what he had done, tearfully announcing to report- ers that his departure was "the price I pay for a gross indis- cretion in a private conversa- tion." Butz', indiscretion may' have exacted a far greater price from Ford's election hopes. *d* * Ford smbles Thai dictatorship THE DARK HAND of totali- tarianism cast its shadow over Thailand Wednesday as a; military regime with a tough anti-communist stance toppled the civilian government of Prime Minister Seni Pramoj after a bloody battle that left 41 dead and hundreds wound- tract negotiation deadline with the Administration. At a well-attended member- ship meeting Tuesday night un-' ion members voted overwhelm- ingly for the extension - os- tensibly to take one more shot at the bargaining table with the Administration, but 'also' with an eye towards mobiliz- ing the rank and file for a walkout. GEO also agreed to offer the Administration a' chalice to enter binding arbitra-i tion, an offer that will almost certainly be refused. "I'm disappointed if in fact they are just biding their time to mobilize for a strike," said Chief University bargainer John Forsyth. But union leaders were heart- ened by the showing Tuesday night,, which turned out about : i 3 I 400 GSAs. "I thought it indi-f cated that people are solidly be- hind the issues and are willing to fight for what they believe in," said GEO Treasurer Bar- bara Weinstein. If by Oct. 19 an impasse still exists, the membership will re- assemble to consider taking a strike vote. , * * . Murder unsolved "THE STILL UNSOLVED mur- der of 17-year-old fresh- woman Jeannine Boukai took a bizzare twist this week as au- thorities confirmed that she tookj out a life insurance policy short- BACK ly before her death. Boukai was found shot to death in the Arb last Friday morning. Meanwhile, the search for Ricky Wayne Wilson, 19, the transient suspected in Boukai's arirder, turned south this week. A spokesperson for the Washte- naw County Sheriff's depart- ment said on Tuesday they have reason to believe that Wilson might be in Florida or Georgia, in the company of another wom- an, with Boukai's Yamaha mo- torcycle. "Looking Back" was com- piled by Co-editor-in-chief Bill Turque. T[HE UGLINESS of Butz's ob- ed. senities was exceeded this i The strongman in the new week only by the sheer stupidi- regime, which calls itself the ty of the President's latest, and Administration Reform Commit- possibly most damaging, cam- tee (ARC) 'is 60-year-old San- paign gaffe. In his foreign poli- gad Chalawyu, whp had served cy debate with Jimmy Carter as defense minister for one day Wednesday night in San Fran- in Pramoj's government. Chal-' cisco, Fordtassertedtthat "There awyu told the country on radio is no Soviet domination of East- Wednesday that "One thing I en Europe," and that the peo- must stress to you is that ARC! ple of Yugoslavia, Romania, and will strictly uphold the prin- Poland are "independent and ciples of democracy." autonomous." The ARC promptly demonstra- The blunder drew a barrage ted its dedication to democratic of protest from Eastern Euro- ideals by arresting 3,000 persons pean Americans, and a gleeful on blanket charges of subver- round of taunting from Demo- sion, declaringmartial law, crats. On Thursday, carter' and shutting down Bangkok's buoyed by reports that his de- 30-odd newspapers. bate performance might have won' him new support, said that UAW contract Ford had "disgraced our coun- try." Democratic Vice Presi-: THE FORD Motor Co. and the dential candidate Walter Mon- United Auto Workers (UAW) dale called Ford's comment "the came to a tentative contractj most incredible and unbelieve-' agreement Tuesday evening, able ever made by a sitting three weeks after a strike thatI President since the iron curtain! sent 170,000 Ford employes off clamped down." .the job.. The agreement, yet to 0 the university of michigan artists and craftsmen guild- invites you to on exhibition and sale of ceramics, fibers, graphics, jewelry, paintings, and sculpture by 75 guild members saturday, oct. 16 8 am to 6 pm sunday, oct. 17 12 noon to 6 pm grounds of community high school, across from the farmers market in ann arbor AP Photo A Thai army trooper, armed with a machine gun, watches at a checkpoint to Bangkok, following the military coup and violent suppression of leftists Wednesday. be ratified by the membership, is a three-year pact calling fort reduced work time (which could be the beginnings of a four-day week), improved Supplemental Unemployment Benefits, and wage increases of approximate-' ly three per cent for each of' the contract's three years. GEO extends talks 'HE POSSIBILITY of a strike this semester by members of the Graduate Employe Or- ganization (GEO) remains very much in the picture, even though the union approved a two-week extension of their con- F, 4' I No velist flees Moscow and (continued from Page 3) Five weeks before the wed- ding, she left to visit her moth- er in Vienna. At the Moscow; airport, an official crossed outE the word "return" on her visa.{ "They made an X on her. passport, like this," Sokolov says. He marks a large X' on a sheet of paper with a ball ' point pen. Although his English'I is fluent, his thoughts are rac- ing ahead of his words, and he appears agitated by the mem- ory. Moscow officials said their3 hands were tied. Viennese offi- cials said there was nothing! they could do. The wedding date was drawing nigh; Sokolov and, Steindl staged a hunger strike. Sokolov pads across the living; room to find a photo of Steindl. Proffer is in the room, and So-j kolov lapses into Russian while, trying to describe her.-- Once again, the couple wal- they would let her come to lowed in bureaucratic excuses.' Moscow or let me go to Vi- The wedding, officials claimed, enna," says Sokolov. could not be rescheduled until Steindl wrote U.N. Secretary September - long after the ex- General Kurt Waldheim, and al- piration date of Steindl's visa so Soviet Foreign Minister An-1 July 4. drei Gromyko. "A' life lived separated from While Soviet officials claimed each other is, for us, meaning-! they were helpless in facilita- less," she wrote, ting Sokolov's marriage, they Sokolov, in turn, wrote a let- responded with relative alacrity' ter to Soviet leader Leonid, to Sokolov's refusal to be vol-| Brezhnev - an almost unheard untarily examined. The military of gesture:1 medical commission, which had "I grew up in a country where1 given him a low draft status from childhood the concept of! a decade earlier due to nervous human dignity is lauded, where tensi ordered him to submit the word freedom appears in! to an xamination. alphabet books, and it is bit-, By then, however, Sokolov ter and shameful to have to was no longer a private figure.; beg the mercy of unknown peo- "The authorities are afraid to, ple, for the permission of un- arrest famous people in famous known people, for things that situations. They can arrest no- any citizen of any country has bodies," says Sokolov. They a right to =-- simply because were, apparently, equally reluc- he is a member of the human ' tant to declare him insane. race." '' , "I couldn't stay alone, there was no guarantee they wouldn't arrest me," he says. "It cost me very heavily in nerves. Ma- ny people didn't believe me,'+ they thought it was my fantasy. They were very much afraid, when they saw it was true." On the day Sokolov was final- ly permitted to leave for Vien-4 na, Ardis announced the publi- cation of his book. With a lit- tle goading, Ardis was also able to obtain a special U.S. ar- tist's visa for Sokolov. For the -meantime, his wife will remain I in Vienna. Sokolov is pleased that so ma-3 ny people seem to be "fond" of his book, which is the story* of a psychologically disturbed boy. "This boy, the hero, is much more clever than the teacher and the others who surround him," says Sokolov. "Actually, he's very nervous. A great' dreamer." Most people, however, have been more than "fond" of the book. Vladimir Nabokov called; it "enchanting, tragic, and 'KGB in a publication called "Life of: Blind People." (The name was, later changed to "Our Life," a switch Sokolov finds symbolic of the Soviet world in general.) At present, Sokolov is work- ing on a "rather large" novel about Russia, tentatively titled "Between the Dog and the Wolf." It's possible that Russian lit- erature will evolve outside, rath- er than within, the land where it? language is spoken. "It's too early to tell yet," says Proffer. He pauses. "But I think so. ."It may happen more in this house than anywhere else, with Sasha here." Produced by SAM SHAW Writen ancfl)rected by JOHN CASSAVEi s PLUS ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (PG) TECHNICOLORR) From WARNER BROS. A Warner Communicbtions Company I I Come hear one of Ann Arbor's finest live rock & roll band dance bands this Monday, Tues. day and Wednesday at the Blue Frogge. Order Your subscription Today 764-0558 EVENING COVER: $1.50 ($1.00 with Student I.D.) HOURS Mon -Fri. t30a m 30a.m. Sor 5cpm; s.- 30am. Sun. 5 p m.-midnight 611 CHURCH ST.--995-5955 r "The government was not sure I IE PHOTOS, from a Vien-, what was better: to send me to' nese press service, show a a madhouse or to jail. They diminutive woman with large were checking out the facts in{ eyes against the backdrop of my biography. I was a little bit St. Stephen's Cathedral, where famous, then I. became more she began her fast. A second and more famous. They lost photo shows the reunited cou- their moment," says Sokolov. ple - tired but happy. , Steindl and Sokolov were mar- The hunger strike continued, #ried in a small Protestant ser-a for four days. Austrian Chan- vice in the woods outside Mos- cellor Bruno Kreisky personally cow. The bride returned, once intervened to get Steindl an- again, to Vienna, and, once other visa in early June. again, they resumed what So- Steindl arrived in Moscow on kolov termed their "unequal, the day of her wedding. Inex- humiliating and senseless game" plicably, she was detained at with the authorities. the airport for 16 hours. "The question was whether While Sokolov was seeking the j attention of "someone higher up, , at the top," he received in- stead more solicitous concern'j from the KGB. He was followed, he claims, by a phalanx of five men, who walked in a semi-circle behind him at a distance of 10 to 20 meters. { t i REDUCED RATES TODAY 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Billiards at the UNION - { TICKETS GO ON SALE THURS., OCT. 14 (On the lower level of the CampusArcade) touching." Not bad for a man whose pre- vious literary efforts extended no further than a short story in cooperation with Major Events Office and UAC. TICKETS $5.50, $4.50, $3.50 at Michigan Union Box Office 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Schoolkids and both Discount Records. INFORMATION 763-1107. Late comers will not be seated during performance. If _ _ OCTOBER 27 Persons interested in submitting proposals for consideration as Winter 1977 Course Mart offerings should come to 2501 LS&A Bldg. (764-6464) soon to obtain application forms and information, COURSE MART WINTER '77 about Course 'Mart procedures and guide- ines from Linda Rogers or Joan Woodward. All proposals must be completed and re- turned to 2501 LS&A Bldg. by October 27, 1976 to be considered for Winter Term '77 offering. Thank You. OCTOBER 27 _ ANN Ar0 U [ILM c-Cr *e@*@Oe@@oe e e s e e @ @@@@@iiS i e TONIGHT in MLB ANN ARBOR PREMIERE 7 & 10:30 VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (Jaromil Jires, 1971) "As Jires depicts the tender, sensual and bizarre daydream- ing of ai13-year-old girl, with the accompaniment of lyrical music and a flow of surreal imagery, the picture evokes a pictorial music of its own. In content, the film is a weird exercise. striking out boldly in the paths of Bergman, Fellini and Bunuel. A born director."-Vincent Canby. Czech with subtitles. LOVE (Karnly Makk, 1971) 8:45 ONLY Mari Torocsik as the wife of a poltical prisoner confronts her dying mother-in-law (Lili Darvis) by telling her tales of her son's success in America as a filmmaker. The interaction between the mother and the daughter-in-law are some of the most fascinating moments between women in film, and I-oth actresses were honored by the National Society of Film Critics. The movie "covers an extraordinary range ofathings- psychological, social, political--with a directness and sim- plicity, one seldom finds in a film."-Vincent Canby. "A mar- velous film, made with a precision of eye and spirit which r,.'rrq rea love"-P,re~nlo (Giin Hunarian with subtitles. -'e ,he DE SICA'S 1952 UMBEflTOD The neo-realist story of an elderly man beset by the tragedies of modern life. De Sica's sympathetic vision (last seen in such classics as The Garden of the Finzi Continis and Brief Vacation) were in full flower in this earlier work. Italian with English subtitles. With the short, CATA- LOGUE by John Whitney, of Computer Graphics. TUES: Bette Davis in LITTLE FOXES CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARENA AUD. 7:00, 8:00, 9:05 Admission $1.25 JEAN EUSTACE'S 1973 The{ Mother and the Whore The Menaze A' Trols is explored and expounded upon through an unemployed psuedo-intellectual cafe bopper, the working woman he lives with and a confused nurse he meets in a cafe. A personal film grappling with the pain that comes:with the breaking down of long- held sexual morals and values, sensitive to the female experience of 0 3411 Washtenow 4 $499 $ R 44 NCLUDES: Choice Gf Potato,