QUEBEC LIBRE? See Editorial Page CZ e Lit& Daft INDIFFERENT High--410 Low-21* See Today for Details Latest Deadline in the State \/,.d1I YYV l/II hl,. r7 i vI. L-^^^fv [I, INO D J Ann Arbor, Michigan-Soturdav. November 13 1976 Ten Cents _.. ,.. . ~ , .., .,. ,-,I. Eight Pages FlU SEE NWSAPPENCALL.DALY Election Picks Carl Pursell having been declared the unofficial winner in the 52nd congressional district race, a The Daily is at last ready to declare an unofficial winger in our Election Picks. Contest. David Craig Ramsay, of Maiden Lane Court in Ann Arbor, will receive two unofficial tickets for unofficial meals at The Blue Frogge. Ramsay missed only three races, and came very close to picking Car- ter's margin of victory (he thought it would be 50-47; it was really 51-48). Congratulations, Dave. Fabulous Frisbee Fling This is hardly Frisbee weather, but neverthe- less, those plucky engineers of Pi Tau Sigma have dreamed up a test of mechanical skill and inno- vation involving the flying discs of plastic. The objective: to design a device to take the place of human hands for the purposes of propelling a Frisbee. The contest, which will be judged in terms of accuracy and skill, takes place next Fri- day at noon on the Diag and anyone can enter for a buck. Complete details are available at 217 W. Engineering, and the prizes are food-oriented. Could this finally conquer the dreaded disease of Frisbee Finger? Time will tell. e Bellyaches A 19-year-old Michigan State University stu- dent is emptying her stomach for President Ford. Elizabeth Sims of Southgate was so upset at the incumbent's defeat to Jimmy Carter that she's going on a ten-day hunger strike in protest. "I think that Ford/ has done a very good job and I don't agree with many of Carter's ideas," said Sims, who has consumed nothing but water since Monday. ."It's an unusual form of protest," she admits, but adds that she could stand to lose a few pounds anyway. We're not s re how fast- ing fits in with a presidential race, but if the dorm food at MSU is anything like ours, she may be doing the right thing after all. Clean parks Overwhelming voter support last week for Pro- posal A, the proposition to ban throwaway bev- erage containers in Michigan, has prompted state officials to halt the sale of throwaways in state parks effective immediately. The overall state ban doesn't take effect until 1978, but the Natural Re- sources Commission has adopted the policy to clean up parks, recreation areas, harbors of re- fuge on the Great Lakes and all other facilities operated by the Department of Natural Resources including office buildings as soon as possible. The resolution imposing the ban asks Gov. William Milliken to consider similar action to cover all state facilities. Happenings :.. ... begin, of course, with feats of derring-do at Michigan Stadium, courtesy of Bo and The Team. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. this time ... The Go Club meets at 2 p.m. in 2050 Frieze ... Soprano Janet Smarr has a recital at the School of Music recital Hall ... The Iranian Students Assn. offers a lecture at 7 p.m. in the International Cen- ter ... The University Men's Glee Club sings in a joint ,concert with their counterparts from Illi- nois at 8 p.m. in Hill Aud. ... Gay Community Services has a gathering at 8 p.m., 612 S. Forest, B ... and Bursley Hall presents the Ann Arbor Theater Company with selections from "Bitch You Crazy" and "Mad Madonnas" at 9 p.m. in the ,Bursley W. Cafeteria. What's good for Rocky *.* * Karen Irving, a 25-year-old mother, was talk- ing to a man on a downtown street one day when a group of four undercover policemen walked by, one of whom waved at her.. Irving, for one rea- son or another, thought the men had mistaken her for a prostitute and responded with the uni- versally-understood uplifted finger. They arrested her on the spot. Now she's basing her defense on the famous pictures this fall of Vice Presi- dent Nelson Rockefeller giving the bird to dem- onstrating students, and says her arrest was an abuse of police discretion. "This isn't illegal," says her attorney.. "We're going to get this case to trial and get a decision so that we can have some sort of policy and police will know they can't arrest people for this." On the inside... Level - minded Michael Beckman offers his thoughts on ticket queues for the Editorial Page ... Arts once again unloads next week's movies, music and events on the weekly Happenings cal- endar ... and Bill Stieg previews this afternoon's grid scene for Snorts Ten Cents 'U., GEO near contract agreement "-. C By SUSAN ADES Following a week of productive bargaining in the first set of talks since members of the Graduate Employe Organization (GEO) decided not to strike, both union and University negotiations expressed con- fidence yesterday that a contract settlement may be reached any time before Thanksgiving. The two sides have agreed on such hotly disputed issues as class size, departmental TA training pro- grams and graduate student assistant (GSA) input into curriculum decisions. According to Chief Uni- versity Bargainer John Forsyth, the union and the University made more progress in two days of bar- gaining last week than they've made in the seven months since haggling began. NEXT MONDAY, talks are scheduled to probe three areas in which the University has made little if any Imovement at all -- affirnmative action, non- discrimination in hiring, and economics (which in- cludes salary, tuition and fraction matters.) a But neither adversary is afraid those issues will snag progress next week as they have in the past. Forsyth said settlement on the economic pack- age "might not take too long," and GEO Bargainer Barbara Weinstein said optimistically, "We should be able to settle t'ms l (the remaining issues) Mon- day and Tuesday. WEINSTETN ? F) (IC'TED it would take an ad- ditional day to f *1, the pact after Monday and Tuesday's sessions. The ontract, she said, would then be "brought to th: , 'ion membership for a ratifi- cation vote - hopefully before Thanksgiving. Forsyth was hesitant in speculating, but said: "I don't think it'll be over next week. I think realisti- cally we'll be finished bfore Thanksgiving." Althougih major issues are being dealt with swift- ly, Forsyth indicated GEO bargainers have not ceased to push for their proposals. "THEY'E NOT COMTNG in and aski'g 'Where do we sig-?," he sai. "They're not rushing into anything." And Wei stein confirried Forsyth's statement. "There's still bargaining going on, that's for sure." But she went on to admit: '"It'sto all of our best ,,interests at this point to gut a contract soon.'' The class size agree:lent was a sigaificant move See 'U', Page 2 Ithin refji !414"(l yi tv-I' 'If he fit by n Reprieved Gilmore By AP and Reuter SALT LAKE CITY - Gary Gilmore was turned down again yesterday on his request that he be executed on schedule, but he went ahead with plans for his death before a firing squad, asking for a six-pack of beer as his last meal. Lt. E. S. Fagan, supervisor of the state prison's maximum security unit, said Gilmore ask- ed for the beer casually. He saiid no decision has been made but that the request probably would be granted if the execu- tion is held. GOV. CALVIN RAMPTON said yesterday he would not re- s ind his stay of execution to allow the convicted murderer to die on Monday as originally scheduled. Gilmore, 35, who has said he would rather die than spend the rest of his life in prison, ap- pealed to the governor Thurs- day night through a statement to let him die as originally sen- tenced. Gilmore's statement said de- laying the execution puts him through "the stress of cruel, unusual and inhuman punish- ment." A SPOKESPERSON for the governor said Rampton had made it clear that he plans no f irther action, meaning the Utah Board of Pardons will con- sider the case in its regular meeting, which starts on Wed- nesday. The three-member board could commute the sentence to life in prison, reduce it to a pri- son term of less than life or leave the sentence as is and ask the trial judge to reschedule the execution. The board chairman, George Latimer, told reporters today: "If a person says he doesn't want clemency and no one makes a good case for it, we do not have a basis for work- ing in that person's favor. "I DOUBT if Gilmore will change his mind." Gilmore was convicted for the [ans for death m'irner of a motel clerk dur- ing a robbery. In another development, Ex- ecutive Director Dean Sheffield of, the Utah State Bar executive committee said the group plan- ned to consider at a meeting late yesterday the conduct of Gilmore's new counsel, Dennis Boaz. An attorney whom Gil- more fired earlier, Michael Es- plin, said he asked that the mat- ter be considered after a re- quest by Gilmore's brother in - Oregon, Michael Gilmore. BOAZ ALSO IS a freelance writer who has said he might market his writings about the case. Esplin said the brother wanted to make certain Gil- more's attorney acts in the con- demned man's interests. The committee will decide what, if anything, should be dole, Sheffield said. Asked why he felt Gilmore wanted to die, Boaz told re- porters he felt the decision was based partly on the Mormon doctrine of blood atonement- the belief that one who sheds innocent blood should ,likewise have his blood shed. UTAH IS THE worldbcenter of the Mormon religion but Gil- more has said he has no relig- ion. His father, a printer, was a Mormon and his mother is a Catholic. Gilmore believes in reincar- nation and feels his execution would serve to cleanse his soul in a future.life, Boaz said. The condemned man has spent 18 of his last 21 years in jail for a variety of crimes. See GILMORE, Page 2 Open meetings law received cautiously* by top U' officials Doily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN Squeeze-play The generation gap wasn't quite big enough for this little person to squeeze through yesterday on Fletcher Street, but he certainly seemed to enjoy the tight fit. TU., RELIABLE REALTY EQUALLY FIRM: Rent strike intensifie By JAY LEVIN A State Senate. "sunshine" bill designed to open meetings of government groups to the public has been welcomed cautiously by some top University policymakers, who remain concerned about the measure's effect on Regent sessions. The Open Meetings Bill, which will become law in April, could affect the small fraction of Regental gatherings held behind closed doors in the bowels of the Administration Building. PROVISIONS OF THE bill, however, exclude certain social or chance meetings from the scepter of public scrutiny. As a re- sult, the privacy of the Board's monthly dinners at Inglis House -where members engage in informal discussion - may remain undisturbed. Amongother exceptions, a public body can vote to close its sessions by a two-thirds margin in order to discuss the dismissal, suspension or discipline of an employe or student should that per- son request such a closed meeting. Not everyone i6 entirely happy with the bill, either. "Inevitably, one of the effects of the Sunshine law will be that people will speak with less candor, and I'm sure the proponents of the law knew that," said University President Ropben Fleming. See SUNSHINE, Page 2 By CHUCK CHIAVARINI and STU McCONNELL Angry tenants living in units owned by the Reliable Realty Management Co. are gearing up for another round of nego- tiations in their 10-month-old rent strike against the c'om- pany. The Ann Arbor Tenants Un- ion (TU) called a strike against Reliable last February, charg- ing the company and its own- er, Edith Epstein, with failing to maintain buildings and as- sessing excessive rents. Since then, all striking Reliable Ten- ants have left Reliable hous- ing - and TU has had to re- organize the new fall crop of tenants. ELEVEN OF THE 18 houses owned by Reliable are partici- pating in the current strike, which has seen over $6,000 paid into an escrow fund managed by TU since November 1. "I think our strength is about the same as in the spring," said TU's Kim Keller, "In one way, it's even stronger because the tenants are more commit- ted. She (Epstein) didn't think the strike would go on past August." Negotiations broke down in March over the issue of rent control. If negotiations are re- sumed this month, rent control is likely to be the major, stumb- ling block again. "THAT WOULD BE the key - whether rent control is an issue," asserted William Ray- mer, attorney for Reliable. Raymer contended that his client has remedied the main- tenance problems and that "when those conditions no long- er exist and they (tenants) prolong the strike for political See TU, Page 8 -- -- Political strategists analyze '76 election By PATTY MONTEMURRI Two top Michigan campaign strategists - one Republican and one Democrat - gave their analysis yesterday of the political machinery that put Jimmy Carter into the White House and knocked Jerry Ford out. Addressing students in the Contemporary Political Issues: Elections 1976 class, Peter Fletcher, state chairman of the President Ford Committee, and Carter field coordinator with "a good track record and background." Michigan Republicans "did as we damn well pleased" in or- ganizing the Ford vote, said Fletcher. The national Carter campaign staff was coordinated different- ly. Carter's people in Atlanta named an outsider to head the Michigan campaign organiza- tion, noted Buffa. 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