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Power corrupts.
He's still not sure exactly where it happened,
but Richard Darr, general foreman of the Uni-
versity electric shop, said Wednesday night's cam-
pus power failure was caused by a faulty cable
somewhere- between the power station on Huron
St. and the substation in the Michigan Union.
The cable, which darkened a bunch of Univer-
sity buildings west of State St., lasted for al-
most an hour and a half. Sneaky little devil,
huh? Darr said it probably won't happen again
soon.
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Reward for tp
As part of their "Secret Witness Program,"
The Detroit News is offering a $3,000 reward for
any information leading to the arrest and con-
viction of the person(s) believed to be respon-
sible for the rash of 15 assaults on local women
during the past six weeks. This program is a
way in which people can tell what they know
but remain anonymous. The tipster's only identi-
fication is a six-digit number and .if a tip leads
to an arrest, it is up to that person to contact
the Detroit News. When The News receives the
tip, it turns it over to the police to investigate.
The program, begun in 1967, has helped solve 44
murder cases as well as various other crimes,
incluing rape. Over $120,000 has been given out
in reward money. If you have any information
concerning the assaults, call the Detroit News
at 222-7549 or write to them at 615 Lafayette
in Detroit.
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VA trial
Leonora Perez and Filipina Narciso, the nurses
charged in the 1975 P.avulon murders of five
patients at the Ann Arbor Veterans' Administra-
tion Hospital, will go on trial in Federal Court
February 1. The trial had been scheduled to be-
gin the first week of January, but U.S. District
Court Judge Philip Pratt moved it back to pro-
vide time for pretrial hearings and moti-s. The
women 'face a federal indictment which charges
them with 16 counts of murder and poisoning.
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GEO vote
Balloting on the tentative GEO contract con-
tinues today, Monday, and Tuesday in the Fish-
bowl and the Frieze Building from 10 a.m. to
5 p.,m. You're eligible to vote if you're a card-
carfying member, even if your fall dues aren't
paid. Department stewards will also have ballot
boxes available. GEO officials say roughly 370
affirmative votes are needed to ratify the tenta-
tive agreement. The union and the University still
haven't reached a final accord; talks ended two
weeks ago when the bargaining teams were split
over the issue of two labor grievances filed by
GEO. The un'ion wants to press the University to
sign the pact by having their own membership
vote in favor of ratification
Happenings...
the College of LSA wants to know how you
feel about CRISP. Pick up a questionnaire any
time in the next few days at 1221 Angell Hall
and tell them ... the International Center spon-
sors a program for foreign students at 2:30 p.ni.:
"Quality of Life Index Discussion" ... Dr. Sander
Van Der, Leeuw of the University of Amsterdam
illuminates "Ceramics in4Archaeology: The Pot-
ter's Point of View" at 4:10 p.m. at 2009 Ruth-
ven INfusum Bldg. ... A free "Experiental Work-
shop" will be sponsored by the Institute of Geron-
tology at the Wesley Foundation, 602 Huron at
State, at 7 p.m. The subject is "Understanding
and Relating to Aging Persons" ... That fun-lov-
ing cosmic transmitter, Tyagi Ji, will hold a
session at The Friends' Meeting House at 1420
Hill St. It's free ... Trotter House will show "The
Other Francisco," a film about slavery in pre-
revolutionary Cuba at 7:30, also free ... Dan Ben-
sky will speak on-"The Chinese Art of Heling"
at 8 p.m. at Canterbury House, on the corner
of Catherine and Division ,... and the Ann Arbor
Art Association will hold a "Holiday Gift Sale"
of the works of community artists at 117 West
Liberty from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The artists will
be there.
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Barry-iJ a rry
Senator Barry Goldwater shook up the race for
Senate Republican leader yesterday by announcing
that he wanted the job. Michigan's Robert Griffin,
Minority Whip and a prime contender for the post,
has already thrown his hat in the ring. Howard
Baker, '(R-Tenn.), of "What did the President
know and when did he know it" Watergate fame,
is also expected to enter the race. A Goldwater
aide said the Arizonan's hackles are up at the
prospects of Jimmy Carter's Democratic Wash-
ington,
On the inside .
Sports staff's Errol Shifman tells how little
desire the Minnesota hockey team has to play
our skaters in blue this weekend ... and Calvin
Luker and Amy Blumenthal write about the pow-
erlessness of the ichigan Student Assembly
(MSA) on the Editorial1 Page.
Plai
to destroy
Waterman
hit
By JENNIFER MILLER
A small group of faculty and students have ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with a University report
recommending that the Regents stand by an
earlier decision to authorize the demolition of
the Waterman-Barbour gymnasiums.
The report, prepared for the December Re-
gents meeting by William Sturgis, an assistant to
Vice President and Chief Financial officer Wilbur
Pierpont, concludes that restoration of the 82-
year-old complex would be too costly. In March,
the Board decided to raze the buildings, and to
"This is probably the largest
building decision of the decade.
People think there's no issue on
campus this year but there is."
- Prof. William Shepherd
possibly replace them .with an addition to the
Chemistry Building. But it agreed to reconsider
the move, pending this report.
ECONOMICS PROF. William Shepherd, grad-
uate students Kathie Gourlay and Jerry Scheilke,
and Dorothy McGuigan, a program associate
for the Center for Continuing Education for Wo-
men, say that potential uses' for the building
need a more thorough exploration.
"Sturgis and Pierpont haven't done a proper
study for the Regents," Shepherd said. "We.
think there's something funny about it."
"This is probably the largest building decision;
of the decade," he added. "People think there's
no issue on campus this year but there is."
SHEPHERD said University President Robben
Fleming "just brushed off one 2000 signature pe-
tition as 'predictable"', and that University staff
failed to attend informational meetings with
alumni.
He said alumni won't commit themselves to
support of the buildings without hearing both
sides of the issue, including the University's.
Sturgis offered no explanation for the Univer-
sity's failure to attend the meetings.
SHEPHERD also charged the University with
ignoring the historic "value of the 82-year-old
buildings, which "the Department of Natural
See GYMS', Page 7
Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG 'k
Waterman Gym stands idle yesterday as a storm brews over plans to demolish the 82-year-old
structure.
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SALT LAKE CITY (P -
Attorneys representing the
mother of convicted mur-
derer Gary Gilmore yester-
day asked U. S. Supreme
Court Justice Byron White
and Utah state courts to
postpone Gilmore's execu-
tion.
Bessie Gilmore of Mil-
waukie, Ore., has said she
opposes capital punishment
and does not want her son
to die. But Gilmore, who
says death is better than a
lifetime behind bars, sug-
gested earlier this week
that persons trying to save
him should "butt out."
GILMORE HAS persuaded
Utah officials to let him die
and is scheduled to go before a
firing squad at sunrise Monday,
which would make him the first
person executed in this country
in nine years.
The request to White was
made by Anthony Amsterdam,
a Stanford Law School profes-
sor who said he had been re-
tained by Gilmore's mother.
A Salt- Lake City attorney
working with Amsterdam, Rich-
ard Giauque, filed petitions in
the Utah Supreme Court and in.
the district court where Gil-
more wastried.The attorneys
are seeking a stay of execution
from each so that they can file
execui
a petition for a writ of certior-
ari with the U. S. Supreme.
Court. That action would seek
a review of the Utah Supreme
Court's Nov. 10 order with-
drawing a previously granted
stay of execution for Gilmore:
"THE NEED FOR a stay of
execution . . . is obvious," Am-
sterdam told White. "Such stays
are commonly granted in death
cases. Indeed, the, only factor
that makes this application un-
usual is petitioner's assertion
that he wishes to be executed."
The request said Gilmore's de-
sires must be weighed against
procedural safeguards in the
Constitution.
White, who represents the
court in urgent matters for the
10th U. S. Circuit that includes
Utah, planned to refer the mat-
ter to the full court for consid-
eration. A decision did not seem
likely before the court's week-
ly conference today.
A T T OnR N E Y S repre-
senting otlr opponents of the
execution also indicated action
was immhent. They met pri-
vatelv yesterday at the office of
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) lawyer Jinks Dabney of
Salt Lake City, who predicted
the U. S. Supreme Court would
view the situation as "a cir-
cus."
See COURT, Page 2
Production to
begin on
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Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG
Shadows on the sky
A Larchmont, N.Y. father and his three sons strike silhouettes on a rocky bluff overlooking
Long Island Sound, taking in the view on a blustery afternoon recently.
MSA, UHC ELECTIONS:
L ettuce
boycott defeated
By AP and Reuter
WASHINGTON - Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
yesterday ordered a start on
production of the costly and
controversial Bi bomber, a de-
cision that could be overturned
by President-elect Jimmy Car-
ter after he takes office.
Carter has said he would keep
the plane in the research stage.
More than $2 billion already
has been spent on Bi research
and development and the Ford
administration believes it is
ready to be produced. The Air
Force secretary said he had
advised Richard Steadman, the
Carter administration's 'transi-
tion chief at the Pentagon, of
the production decision before
the contract award was made.
CONGRESS ORDERED a
month to month limitation on
spending for the Bi until Feb. 1.
so the new President could
make a final judgment on pro-
duction of what would be the
most expensive bomber in his-
tory.
The Air Force and Rockwell
International Corp., the plane's
contractor, reportedly have
agreed to continue the month
to month financing arrange-
ment until June 1 to give Car-
ter more time to make up- his
mind.
Announcing the long - expect-
See PRODUCTION, Page 10.
By LANI JORDAN
For the first time since its
inception in 1972, the referen-
dum to boycott non-union let-
tuce in University housing has
been defeated. The boycott,
which supports the United Farm
Workers (UFW) failed by-a two-
to-one margin, as votes in the
University Housing Council
(UHC) were tallied last night.
Meanwhile with most of the
vote still uncounted, only two
of the 11 seats qn the Michigan
Student Assembly (MSA) have
been filled. Irving VFreeman won
an MSA seat after four unsuc-
cessful bids in past elections.
Chris Bachelder, a Markley
resident and first-time candi-
date, captured his seat by 63
votes.
THE WINNERS of the remain-
ing MSA seats will be known
today. The results are not of-
ficial, however, until the Cen-
tral Student Judiciary (CSJ)
certifies the election nevt week.
pends on how the University
buys lettuce."
UHC WILL HAVE the final
say whether the boycott will
end. Fabian predicts that UHC
members will follow the stu-
dents' mandate.
The defeat of the boycott is
effective only for the upcoming
term. The referendum will
again appear on the ballot in
the spring election.
For the first time in several
years, MSA candidates did not
swarm the student government
chambers during the election
tally. Freeman and Brian Las-
key were the only candidates.
who observed the vote counting
procedure.
BACHELDER SAID he was
"overwhelmed" by the 187 first
place votes he received.
"It makes you believe stu-
dents think and don't play
games, (when voting)," Bach-
elder said. "It's not a circus
here."
"Markley really came out in
my support," he added.
MORE THAN 200 students
voted in the three-day MSA'UHC
election. Although poor weath-
er necessitated the relocation of
many polling places, MSA elec-
tion director Myra Willis said
she was pleased with the six
per cent voter turnout.
"Wednesday' was great," she
said, "More than 1,100 students
voted."
Many MSA election ballots
were submitted blank. Accord-
ing to election officials, many
students voted only on the UHC
lettuce referendum and dis-
See MSA, Page 2
'It would be irre-
sponsible not to in-
itiate BJI produc-
tion at this time.'
-Air Force Secretar3
Thomas Reed
Murder
suspect's
"-
hiearing
delayed
By JAY LEVIN
Exactly two months after he
was named prime suspect in the
gunshot slaying of a 17-year-old
University freshwoman, Ricky
Wayne Wilson stepped before
14th District Court Judge Thom-
as Shea in Ypsilanti yesterday
and was granted a twelve day
postponement in his prelimin-
ary murder charge examina-
tion.
"The prosecutor would like to
do further investigating and we
were agreeable to that," ex-
plained assistant public defend-
er Ron Carlson, who is repre-
senting the 19-year-old suspect.
P R 0 S E C U T I N G At-
torney David Swartz acknowl-
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By DAVID HYDE
Few havens
remain for
Local late-night noshers might call it
the most heinous of culinary injustices,
but it's something they had better take
with a grain of salt: the 24-hour restau-
rant, long an oasis of comfort for the
midnight pencil-ptisher, is nowhere to be
found on campus.
STATE STREET'S Campus Grill, open
around the clock since mid-summer, now
burns its lights all night only four days
a week. Owner Adam Adamopoulos, who
instituted the all night policy when he
bought the eatery in July, decided to re-
duce the hours after coming in one morn-
ing to discover that he made $25 the night
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