WHEELER VETO See Editorial Page C I 4r .4ijt I!t IUU AL :43 zt t I AUTUMNAL High-59 Low-34 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 18 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, September 24, 1975 Ten Cen ts Ten Pages - - REFUSES TO 'PLAY HOSTAGE' r er tSEE tSHAPEN CALL % Zy Ozone woes University scientist Ralph Cicerone yesterday told a U. S. Senate subcommittee in Washington that the refrigeration industry must develop new chemicals to keep things cold because the present ones are destroying the upper atmosphere, known as the ozone. Cicerone was one of the first scien- tists to reveal the danger of fluorocarbons used in refrigeration and aerosol spray cans. GEO meets The Graduate Employes Organization, which represents some 2,200 teaching fellows and re- search and staff assistants at the big 'U', held a membership meeting Monday night . . . and 75 people showed up. GEO President Nancy Conklin astutely noted that the union will have to organize into a strong unified group if it wishes to be taken seriously by the administration. GEO will try an- other membership meeting next month and maybe the rank and file will come instead of sitting home and watching Howard, Frank, and Alex Don't wrap it, bag it It reads: "Tahiti - embark on a new adven- ture." Could it be what's inside the box that Jay is now bringing down the aisle? Or could it be what's behind the curtain where Carol Merrill is now standng? Doubtful - if so, the lucky couple would have traded away a $1,000 gift certificate in the Spiegel Catalogue (Chicago, Illinois, 60609), for the latest line of "south sea" colored condoms. Colors seem in this year. One manufacturer's product comes in midnight black, morning blue, sunset gold, dawn pink, and siesta green. Phil Harvey of Population Planning Associates, a ris- ing firm in condom manufacturing, says the ad- vent of the pill "flattened the growth curve of condom sales," but condom sales are hardlly limp. If anything, they have shot up - with over five million condom users and 750 million condoms sold annually in the United States, or in the ballpark of 150 per user per year. In an off the wall com- ment, "Happy" Harvey spurted, "The Japanese prefer pastels, soft greens and blues. Black has done very well in Sweden, and research in Kenya has shown a strong preference for white." Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Ypsi, land of . At the Ypsilanti City Council meeting Monday night, the group briefly debated the possibility of a slogan for the place. Mayor George Goodman asked Councilman Eric Jackson of the Human Rights Party if he knew what the Ypsilanti city slogan was - on the chance they actually had one. Jackson quickly responded "Where Com- merce and Education Meet," and added he thought 1 it was "corny". But fellow HRPer Harold Baize blew the whistle on Jackson by pointing out that the councilman made the slogan up on the spot. Goodman let the whole matter drop without fur- ther comment. Happenings .. . lead off with the University Council meet- ing at 4 p.m. in Rm 2056 of the Frieze Bldg .. - Pocket billiards pro Jim Rempe will give demon- strations of the art in the Union at 4 and 8 p.m. . . . As part of Africa Week, Dennis Brutus will speak on the "future of Struggle in Southern Af- rica" at 4:30 p.m. in Rm. 100 of the Law Quad . . .the Washtenaw Democratic Party's County Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Ypsilanti Township Civic Center . . . in the Rackham Am- phitheatre at 8 p m. Dudley Randall will speak on "Small Publishers in the United States" . . . also at 8 p.m. the Music School's symphony orchestra will perform in Hill Aud. " Dope note A Columbian woman who tried to smuggle co- caine into the United States in her platform shoes tripped herself up with her heavy heels, when Customs officials in Houston became suspicious of the weighty footware. The agents drilled a hole in one of the shoes, and out spilled a white pow- der. Altogether the agents scored one and a half pounds of the stuff - worth nearly $300,000 on the street. Lennon lucks out i ormer Beatle John Lennon yesterday received a temporary delay in efforts to deport him, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reported. He will be allowed to stay here because his wife, Yoko Ono, is expecting a child. Lennon has ap- plied for permapent resident status but has been ruled ineligible because of a previous conviction in England for possession of marijuana. a On the inside .. . . " . Edit Page features a test of our readers' knowledge of city politics with David Weinberg's CDRS quiz . . . Arts Page has Jeff Sorenson re- viewing Bruce Springstein's Hill Aud. perform- ance.. . . and Sports staff writer Rick Bonino pre- views the Varsity Reserve football team. 4 t7 . I-F Ford plans to continue travel Moore sought arrest By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON- President Ford told aides yesterday he will not be- come a hostage to would- be assassins, while a Demo- e r a t i o senator dis- closed that the woman who tried to shoot Ford in San Francisco had actually asked to be arrested lest she start "testing the sys- tem." That disclosure promised congressional controversy about the protection of the President, and the Treas- ury Department announc- ed an intensified review of the Secret Service intelli- gence system for weighing potential threats to ' the President, after two as- sassination a t t e m p t s against Ford within three weeks. MEANWHILE in San Fran- cisco, Sara Moore, the chubby- faced, curly-haired woman ac- cused of trying to shoot Ford Monday, was ordered to un- dergo a battery of psychiatric tests to determine whether she is competent to stand trial. Back in Washington congres- sional leaders suggested imme- diate Secret Service protection for the 1976 presidential candi- dates, rather than waiting un- til Jan. 1. Furthermore, legislation that would virtually eliminate hand- guns in the U. S. was introduc- ed yesterday by Representative .John Conyers (D-Mich.), chair- man of the House Judiciary Subcommittee. THE proposed bill would ban almost all private ownership of handguns and their manufac- ture or importation for private is- use. See THREATS, Page 2 Fromme Moore Court finds Froime mental ly competent SACRAMENTO, California (Reuter)-A Federal District Court Judge yesterday found Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme mentally com- petent to stand trial on charges of trying to assassinate President Ford. The Judge also gave the 26-year-old follower of convicted mass murderer Charles "Halter-Skelter" Manson permission to repre- sent herself in court. BUT JUDGE Thom-s Macbride refused -a defense request for special jailhouse privileges for From-me, including a desk in her isolation cell and time to interview witnesses "because of the seriousness of this crime." The Judge's decision, in effect, made Fromme and her cur- rent court-appointed attorney, E. Richard Walker, co-counsel in the case. Fromme was examined by a Sacramento psychiatrist, Dr. James Richmond, who gave his report to the judge Monday. The report was not released by the court. "I HAVE concluded the defendant is mentally competent to understand the nature of the proceedings and assist in her own defense and therefore she will be permitted to represent herself," Macbride said. However, the Judge imposed some limitations on Fromme and Walker. Only one of them will be allowed to cross-examine wit- nesses and make objections. "I'm not going to have both of you going up and down like pistons in an engine," the Judge said. See COURT, Page 7 Uaily Photo by PAULIN: LUB:NS Springsteen rocks on at Hill Bruce Springsteen played to a packed house at Hill Auditorium last night. For a review, see Page 5. CONTINUE SPYING: Agencies defy WASHINGTON (I)-U.S. intel- ligence agencies ignored a pi esi- dential order revoking a plan authorizing illegal domestic spy- ing, Senate Intelligence Commit- tee Chairman Frank Church said yesterday., "The decision of the President seemed to matter very little," said Church (D-Idaho). HE NOTED that the CIA had illegally opened mail before the so-called Huston plan was a p p r o v e d by then-President Richard Nixon. The Huston plan authorized what Church said were illegal wiretaps, mail open- ings and burglaries. Research finads city life good By DAVID GARFINKEL Ann Arbor's done it again. The city has already won titles as the Dope Capital of the Midwest, the Harvard of the Midwest, and the Home of the World's Marathon Chess Record: AND NOW it's been rated the tenth best mid-sized American city by the Midwest Research Institute. Their survey examineddthe quality of life in 83 mid-sized cities with emphasis on eco- nomic, environmental, political, social, educational and health factors. City residents surveyed by the Daily this week g e n e r aIlly aereed with their city's high rating, but complained that it cost a lot to live in the coun- try's tenth best city. ON THE plus side "there are ,ll kinds of neople, cultural ac- tivities and lots of men," sid Marcia 1H1ivkema, who teaches in Detroi+. But there are also hied rents and noor marking, :;ie comnl:nn- But five days later Nixon yielded to objections from then- FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and then-Atty. Gen. John Mit- chell and revoked the plan. However, the burglaries and mail openings continued, said Church. White House aide Tom Huston testified the intelligence agencies -not the White House-drew up the plan which is generally re- ferred to by his last name. HUSTON SAID he endorsed the plan because he thought it was needed to curb rising do- mestic violence. Such violence still exists, Hus- ton said, pointing to the two ap- parent attempts in recent days to kill President Ford. But he said the disclosures of the Watergate period have convinc- ed him that although it involves a serious risk, intelligence ac- tivities inside the U.S. must re- main within the limits of the law. Huston has testfied he was also under the impression that neither Nixon nor President Lyndon Johnson knew of the CIA's Operation Chaos nr: the FBI's Operation Conintelpro order which were aimed against d sident groups. "THE BIG mistake I ma was that I assumed the integri of the people involved in the operations was such . . . th these types of enormous powe -would be only be used in ve limited, narrow circumstances, Huston said. "It was my opinion the Four Amendment of the Constituti which forbids illegal search a seizure did not apply in matte of internal security" because the inherent right of the Pre dent to insure domestic securit Huston said. He said it is "totally untru that the Huston Plan was precursor to the creation of t White House "Plumbers" toi vestigate new leaks or to t Watergate break-in. In a related development, Se Richard Schweiker (R-Pa.) a nounced that Church and con mittee vice chairman Jot Tower (R-Texas) have author ed the committee to study t CIA's and FBI's c',perati with the Warren Commission investigation into the assassin tion of President John Kenned ode ity se at rs ry th on nd rs of Si- ty, e" a he in- he gn. )n- m- hn iz- he on n's a- iy. Hearst declares SLA drove her to insanity, used torture By AP and Reuter SAN FRANCISCO - Patricia Hearst swore yesterday that she was driven to insanity by her alleged Symbionese Liberation Army kidnappers who tortured her mentally and physically. Hearst, in a startling written affidavit, said she did not will- ingly join the SLA and had re- turned to the San Francisco area to discover whether her parents still loved her. SHE SAID the radical band locked her in a closet for sever- al weeks, then forced her to help rob a bank on threat of instant execution if she disobeyed. She realized she had been liv- ing ina fantasy world only when she was hugged and kissed by her parents and sisters follow- ing her arrest last Thursday, she said. Hearst's attorney, William Keller announced yesterday that federal firearms charges against her and two SLA comrades were dismissed yesterday. BUT HEARST and William and Emily Harris still face nu- .merous state charges stemming from their activity in the Los Angeles area in spring 1974. Hearst made her statement in an affidavit submitted to a court here which yesterday heard a request by her lawyers that she be allowed to go free on bail of $500,000 so she could return to her family. A judge had earlier revoked the bail on the grounds that she might vanish again. See HEARST, Page 7 Hearst Pl'amondon cleared State overturns conviction By JIM TOBIN The Michigan State Supreme Court yesterday overturned the two-year-old conviction of Law- rence "Pun" Plamondon, co-founder of the radi- cal White Panthers Party, because police tapped two telephone calls, used as evidence in his trial, without warrants.- The court voted two to one to reverse the July, 1973 conviction of Plamondon and Craig Blazier, both members of the now-defunct Rainbow Peo- ple's Party, an offshoot of the White Panthers. PLAMONDON was sentenced to five years pro- bation and Blazier to two years probation. Pla- mondon is now entitled to a new trial. ment last night, but his former lawyer expressed relief about Pun's exoneration. "I'm real happy, obviously," said Hugh "Buck" Davis, a Detroit attorney who fought Plamondon's legal battles for several years. "For three years we went through 14 felonies, which is what they ended up sticking him with." DAVIS called the various charges against Pla- mondon, which ranged from carrying false iden- tification to littering, "phony." "As he (Plamondon) began to be associated with Sinclair (fellow radical leader John Sinclair) and the White Panthers here, the word went out