Saturday, December 11, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five BRONFMAN CASE Jury renders duel verdict He's loading his gun, He's checking it twice, He's going to find out who's naughty or nice, Santa Claus is a New York cop! The police in the Big Ap- ple are dressing for the season in their efforts to cut crime. Officer Adam D'Amico of the crime pre- vention unit checks his gun after making his first ar- rest. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. (M') ing was a hoax planned by the the extortion conviction, which quital, Asst. Dist.A -- Samuel Bronfman 2nd's two|23-year-old Bronfman to extort carries a maximum 15 years frey Orlando said accused abductors were acquit- money from his father. Co-de- prison term. Kidnaping carries seek the maximum ted of kidnap charges yester- fendant Dominic Byrne did not a minimum of 15 years and a He added that he ha day, but were convicted of ex- take the witness stand. maximum of life. State Su- tion of pressing perj torting $2.3 million in ransom "HE engineered it," said jur- preme Court Justice George other charges agai . from the whisky heir's father. or Amelia Driscot, a Mount 'Beisheim scheduled sentencing ' Bronfman. By its acquittal, the jury ap- Vernon, N. Y., housewife, in for Jan. 6. "I was surprised. parently accepted testimony of agreeing with Lynch's account BOTH defendants have been compromise verdict. defendant Mel Patrick Lynch of a phony. kidnaping. She was held without bail since their ar- a sympathy factor, S.that the Aug. 8, 1975, kidnap- one of seven women on the 12 rest 16 months ago and Byrne's said. member panel that began de- wife, Elizabeth, told news-, A B R O N F M liberations Wednesday night men she hoped Beisheim ily spokesman said after an eight-week trial that would sentence them to time bers were "angered began Oct. 14. already served. Iv saddened by this Lynch admitted extortion to Despite the kidnaping ac- travesty. thesdegree that hetdelivered 2;44 ,1 ad elt ransom demands to Edgar S Bronfman, head of the Sea-NOW SHOV gram distillery empire, and picked up the ransom, which COMPLETE SHOW: was later recovered. But heC T : Hsif "tsaid he was only doing young P, P 4 AT 1:00-3:10-5:( Bronfman's bidding. '9" rLynch said he was forced to L (Continued from Pagef1) help when -Bronfman threaten- what they'll need in the future. ed to expose him as a homo- S °';:A>: xY N 3: U n d e rg r a d u a t e se l ,rU degra uae sexual. Classical Studies counselor Ri- B R RO N F M A N testified chard Shannon points out that that the kidnaping was real because English grammar isn't and he was in fear of his life. A Fantasy Film UnitedAsmd s Staughtat lower levels, a foreign He denied having any part in language may be a student's the extortion scheme adding only exposure to grammar. he had no need for the money. "STUDYING enough to read He said he was kidnaped at literature in a foreign language gunpoint from his mother's es- is valuable because it gives a tate about 25 miles from New feeling for a different culture," York City. says Billy Frye, Dean of the Bryne, 54, a limousine oper- Literary College (LSA). Frye ator, did not testify during the TONIGHT AT 7:00 & 9:00 ENDS THUR feels the language experience trial. However, he had claimed OPEN 6:45 Shows Today at 's broadening even if it doesn't he been duped into taking part 3:05-5:10-7:15 r lead to a bigger paycheck or in the crime. 9 accentance at a graduate The lawyers for both defen- school dants said they would appeal 2 ~Another potential drawback is the carelessness of students without a distribution require-, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ment. Assistant LSA Dean ' DANCE CAMPANY Charles Morris likens- the po- Presents tential liability to a home-'Be made car: "If you wanted to Elizabeth Weil Bergmann's as c t slees == lv met your specifications, you might build one. The problem by Gustave Hoist held up twice, both in recent "Taxis won't completely go is that while a Ford or GM Gay Delanghe's nears. I had a sawed-off shot- out of business," he insists. car is sure to run - becausen gun put aside my head about "They offer you more direct millions do - you might make LACEATION DU NDE two years ago and an auto- service than Dial-A-Ride. You some basic errors." by Ooriuz Milhaud rnatic pistol the other time. A don't have to wait, transfer or Morris stresses that the :ouple of weeks ago, I drove be with a crowd of people." problem isn't inherent in the POWER CENTER FOR W O YA L N three teenagers across town. degree, but that a student must THE PERFORMING ARTS When I stopped, they jumped "YOU GET A LOT of nurses be careful in his or her plan- and ran so I was out a couple and bar patrons. I used to get ning. DECEMBER 10, 11, 12 THE FRONT" bucks," he says, shaking his a lot of students years ago' but Bob Chiilin, another BGS head. now students own their own senior, praises the program for Performances December 10 ae cars." it's flexibility. "Grad schools mi, n800 P.M.< oor Voice claims the city-spon- .rs don't like it because you don't December 12 at 3:00 """*..."" sored dial-a-ride service has cut Why does Voice like being a concentrate quite as much in into the cab business by offer-Itaxi driver? one area, but it may give a ing lower fares than the 70 "Because I like to drive," he pre-med or pre-law (student) -ents a mile- cabs charge. But says firmly. , "Driving comes an advantage." AM ~-~ Atty. Geof- he would sentence. d no inten- ury or any :nst young It was a There was " Orlando ANfam- its mem- and deep- outrageous AP Photo Cab bie drives ,.. . ,,. ,.r. , ~ . ,,,,, 11-- ,, a - : -- " nnn i By DENNIS SABO "THIS CAR has over 234,000, miles on it," he says. "I should As Ann Arbor slowly rocks get a new one but I figure I'll j itself to sleep at night, Gerald run it into the ground and then Voice, a taxi' driver, waits pa- retire." tiently in his cab for another Voice used to work 12-hour customer call from the Veter- lays, seven days a week, but an's Cab dispatch. admits he doesn't work as much "I get a liberal education by as he, used to. Sometimes the metwoork reminds him of the filmI meeting people," says Voice, 64, "Taxi Driver." as he drives through the emptyTx i city streets. "But when business "I play ambulance once in a is slow this job sure gets lone- while. O"casionably I pick up :~people who have been in knife ly. , , VOICE CLAIMS he is the city's fights o4' have been beaten up," most experienced taxi driver- he says. he's been in the business since "IT'S SCARY sometimes, and 1937. He logs between 50,000 and l don't scare easily. I've been ne remains optimistic.n 60,000 miles a year. "I've driven between one-and- I Siles on this job. All of it hapWgest Pt. head exits heen spent right here in Ann Arbor. I can take you to any " house in, town without lookingo at a map and I won't miss the inwake ofoscandal house." WASHINGTON WP)-The com- No replacement for Ulmer Voice owns the 1971 Plymouth manding officer df West Point was. immediately named by the he drives, pays for its gas and during its worst cheating scan- Army. does his own maintenance. In- dal is being reassigned to an Ulmer's announcement came surance costs him $800 a year, armored division, apparently one day after cadets rejected a and city inspectors check the without receiving the promotion referendum that would permit :car and the meter accuracy traditionally given departing some cadets who violate the twice annually. commandants. honor code to remain in the Brig. Gen. Walter Ulmer told academy. " { the U.S: Military Academy's The rejection means that ca- N a tio n s 4.000 cadets yesterday he would dets who are found guilty of k leave in January to become as- violating the 'code face auto- sistant divisional commander of matic explusion from the acad- the 2nd Armored Division at emv. Q-] Ft. Hood, Tex. The referendum required a o p o s "I LOOK forward to the chal- two-thirds majority for passage. lenze of that assignment," he But only 66.08 per cent voted toI said. "I hone to see many of the modify the rule, while 33.92 per - crnlass of 1977 there next sum- cent favored automatic expul- Ulmerhas been commandant sHonor',Committee chairman of cadets since April, 1975. The Michael Ivy said he 'was dis- I O stagEBs normal tour of duty for a com- appointed by the vote. "WeG mandant is from two years to , ut a lot of time and effortinto three 'years. . it. and I really hate to see it (Continued from Page 1) Ulmer's t h r e e immediate defeated," he declared. break in the e-notionai dead- nredecessors were promoted on ' Ulmer made his announce- lock thatehasesstalledth antiter- leaving the academy. But Ui.ment to the cadets during break- rorism measures in the past. mer's new assignmnent calls for fast in the academy's sprawling an officer with the rank of mes~s hall. Reaction was muted. HIJACKING AND OTHER brigadier general. "I think if people were al- extremist actions have been on HOWEVER, the assignment is lowed to, many would have the assembly's agenda every considered desirable, according teared. said a cadet who asked year since Israeli athletes were ito military observers at the for anonymity. massacred at the 1972 Olym- Pentagon. Ivy said, "I'm sorry to see pics in Munich. But Arab and The drafts of forthcoming re- him go. The timing on this is other Third World . countries ports prompted liy the cheating terrible." have been reluctant to con- scandal directly and indirectly ! Ulmer. a 1952 graduate 'of demn actions used by Palestin- criticize the 47-year-old com- West Point, served as a deputy ian and other liberation move- mandant. A total of 151 cadets commanding general of the ments. has left'the academy because of Army Training Center at Ft. Secretary - General Kurt the scandal involving wide- Knox, Ky., and as chief of a Waldheim said Friday there :spread collaboration on home U.S. military delegation in Viet- was "much miore readiness" study project given to this year's nam before being named com- now to tackle the terrorism is- graduating class. mandant. sue. ------ natural to me When I go on vacations I still like to drive," he adds, with a look that speaks his affection for his job and his love for the automobile. 0 I University Showcase Production Sir George Etherege's Comedy The Man of Mode DEC. 8-11, 8:00 P.M. ARENA THEATRE (Frieze Bldg.) $2.00 Adm. PTP Box Office 764-0450 MARX BROTHERS in What would Sen. Joseph McCarthy thought if this political satire and its resulting brand of "Marx"-ism had come out in the 1950's? He probably would have been very confused for Groucho and his cohorts are surreal in their comic attacks on government. Come and see the rise and fall of Rufus T. Firefly and the republic of Freedonia. SUN.: Cary Grant in HIS GIRL FRIDAY CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARCHAUD 7, 8:30 & 10 Admission $125 y ANN A UDCIU [ELA CC-CU TONIGHT IN MLB-Saturday, Dec. 11 ALICE IN WONDERLAND (WALT DISNEY, 1951) MLB 3, 1:30 & 4:30; MLB 4,7 & 10:30 Disny's fully-animated cartoon feature preserves the outlines of Lewis Carroll's story while adding original whimsical touches, suc has the pencil and eyeglass critters. The production design is much less stodgy than the Tenniellillustrations and the fea- ture remains one of the best the studio has ever made. ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE CARTOON FESTIVAL (JAY WARD) MLB 3, 3; MLB 4, 8:45 They're all here and funnier than ever in this side-splitting hour and a half compilation-Rocky, Bullwinkle, Dudley ;Do-Right, Fractured Fairytales, Snidely Whiplash, the whole gang! NASHVILLE (ROBERT ALTMAN, 1975) $1.50-MLB 3, 7 & 9:30 Robert Altman's big, funky allegorical blockbuster. Can be taken on many different levels, all of them enjoyable. This type of fresh, spontaneous picture is only possible when made by a maverick gambler like Altman. More enjoyable with each viewing. Henry Gibson, Keith "I'm Easy" Carradine, Lily Tomlin, Karen Black. Ronee Blakely, Geraldine Chaplin to name a few. "An orgy for movie lovers . . . a pure emotional high .-Pauline Kael. SUN: GROOVE TUBE MON: SHERLOCK HOLMES NIGHT I WA I 1 I I HOW TO GET RID OF (or sell) YOUR FALL TERM BOOKS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING? Just lake advantage of the Michigan Daily Classilied Book Drive -M I mesan "Terrorism has spread and it has more and more the char- acter of criminal terrorism, and therefore there is much more readiness to cooperate in this regard," he told The As- sociated Press. FRI.-SAT.-SUN. PAUL SIEBEL $3.00 r C Y WHERE? Stop in at the Michigan Daily 420 Maynard Street HOW: Fill out an order form listing your name, phone number, and the course number. 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