FOOD STAMPS See Editorial Page :Y .4jjtr4tg IWF'VrYi i13 MILD High-72 Low-44 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI No. 41 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, October 21, 1975 Ten Cents Ten Pages plus Supplement ,..r. I WI JbI U.S. reveals Soviet cI' Zu SEE ~wS WPn 4i A Yf Local man shot A 36-year-old Ann Arbor man was shot and killed sometime around 1:00 a.m. yesterday near the corner of Liberty and Ashley Streets. The victim, Roger Davis of 618 Packard, was pronounc- ed dead on arrival at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. City police held a suspect for several hours yester- day but later released him. A'detective said there was a possibility another suspect would be appre- hended today. Police say they are unsure of a motive for the shooting. Ky-note speaker? Bill Powers, president of the University Activities Committee (UAC) denied reports published yester- day in the Michigan Free Press that UAC has signed former South Vietnamese Premier Nguyan Cao Ky and self-proclaimed genetic theorist Wil- liam Shockley for speaking engagements. What happened was that a member of the UAC staff wanted to book these men and was overruled by Powers and the other senior staff members. "I don't' think they would be heard," Powers said explaining the action. "They would simply be booed down. Besides other people would be more interesting to the students." Norman LoPatin, who originally suggested Ky and Shockley, has appealed the ruling to the UAC Board which could reverse the senior staff's decision. " Happenings ... .. .begin today when Cerberus presents artists' videotapes from 1-4 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Union . . . Richard Ford will give a poetry reading at 4:10 p.m., also in the Pendleton Room of the Union . . . Project Com- munity gives a free showing of "Titticut Follies" and "Voices Inside" at 7:30 p.m. at Angell Hall, Aud. C . . . and the Graduate Employes Organiza- tion holds a membership meeting at 8:00 in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Red bottoms The U.S. Supreme Court has apparently decided that "if you spare the rod, you'll spoil the child." The high court ruled yesterday that public school teachers may spank a pupil against the wishes of a child's parents. The court affirmed without com- ment a decision of a three-judge federal court in North Carolina upholding corporal punishment and spelling out procedures to be followed when ad- ministering spankings, The ,lower court said the pupil must be informed beforehand that specific punishment might cause a spanking and that a written explanation should be furnished to a parent on request. It also required that paddling not be resorted to unless other means of discipline had failed, and that a second school officer must wit- ness the punishment. " Bless its little pointed head The Abominable Snowman may not be so abomin- able after all, but just a species of apes, according to zoology expert Edward Cronin. "I can't come out and say the Yeti (Abominable Snowman) exists," he said, "but the evidence points toward the existance of an ape." While on an expedition in the Himalayas, Cronin's party came across footprints, attributed to the beast, outside of their tents. The prints, about nine inches long and al- most five inches wide, showed a fat big toe with four smaller toes and a round heel. From the footprints, they determined the animal walks on two legs and weighs about 165 pounds. The Yeti has never been seen by scientists, ,but is described by natives as a stocky, hairy ape with big teeth and a pointed head. Colson converted? Spiritually fortified with new-found religious fer- vor, former Watergate conspirator Charles Colson seems to have, found another cause that's close to his heart. Colson, having served out an atten- uated seven-month prison sentence, has hit the lecture circuit and is plugging for prison reform. Colson appeared at the Sumter Correctional Insti- tute in Bushnell, Fla. to impart some of his unique philosophy to prison inmates. "We are marked men," the former White House special counsel told 50 inmates. Society is not forgiving. Society is going to turn its back on you." Nevertheless, Colson said he was thankful for the time he spent in prison because he "grew closer to God." Later, asked by a convict if he had received special treatment in prison, Colson replied he had chosen to sort laundry rather than work in an office. On the inside.. . the Arts Page features a new look today as well as a review of the Martha Graham Dan- cers' performances of this weekend by aCthi Suyak . . . Editorial Page presents a humorous look at the problems facing The Big Apple by Marty Porter and Jay Levin . . . and Sports Page includes an article by Leba Hertz on the three Michigan football team captains. grain deal Detente produces oil for United States WASHINGTON UP)-The White House announced yes- terday a five-year grain deal with the Soviet Union pro- viding for the purchase of at least six million metric tons of wheat and corn annually at prevailing market prices. Officials estimated the deal's worth at about $1 billion a year. It was hailed by President Ford as "a positive step" in relations between the two superpowers and one that would benefit American farmers, workers and con- sumers. IN A PARALLEL move, the Soviet Union agreed to offer' for sale 200,000 barrels of crude oil and other petroleum products a day over the five-year period. Negotiations on final terms are to Whishhhhhhhh Eight-year-old Pam Schroeder enjoys some of the last few days of mild fall weather by playing in a field of milkweed pl her home in La Crosse, Wisconsin. be completed later this month. There was no immedate indi- cation on whether the oil would be sold below the cartel price fixed by the 13-nation Organiza- tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). But. Frank Zarb, head of the Federal En- ergy Administration, hinted at a discount, saying "we need to have beneficial terms." Even though the Russian oil represents a fraction of daly U.S. imports of some 5.8 million b a r r e I s, the administration AP Photo sought a cut-rate price as a sign to OPEC that it cannot wholly dominate prices in the world market. ants near WITH T H E announcement, President Ford lifted the mora- torium he imposed last summer on grain sales after a poor Rus- sian harvest led to the purchase of 9.8 million metric tons from American exporters. According to some economists, this prob- ably will result in a jump of consumer prices here over the rvices, ad- next few months. anning and Simultaneously, A F L - C I 0 gency) and President George Meany' said sand fUnc- t h e International Longshore- are deline- men's Association dropped its reeler. embargo on loading grain for Soviet Union. "This is good ded allocat- news for American consumers o physical and farmers," Meany said of pment ac- the deal. community The terms provide for the fol- [25,000 for lowng: ig and eval- 0 The Soviet Union will buy ge 7 See U.S., Page 2 WON'T ACT UNT Courn By ANN MARIE LIPINSKI City 'Council last night again postponed implementation of Ann Arbor's first special rev- enue sharing program - which has been under consideration for nearly two years. The $2.5 million Community Development Revenue Sharing (CDRS) plan offered by Demo- cratic Mayor Albert Wheeler last night, will now face the IL MONDAY: 41l post pones CDR~ President asks food By AP and UPI WASHINGTON (P)-President Ford asked Congress yesterday to approve a new food stamp, program that would deny assist- ance to families whose income exceeds the government's pov- erty level. Administration officials said it could savethe government $1.2 billon a year and disqualify about 17 per cent of those now receiving stamps, an estimated 3.4 million persons. AGRICULTURE Secretary Earl Butz, pres.enting the ad- ministration plan before a Sen-i: ate committee, said about 1.4 million very low income fami- lies-"the poorest of the poor" -actually would have their benefts increased. By eliminating the 1 million families-totaling about 3.4 mil- lion people - whose annual in- comes are above the official poverty level of $5,050 for a family of four and otherwise making eligibility more difficult, See FORD, Page 2 scrutiny of council members and a regional representative from the federal Department of Hous- ing and Urban Development (HUD) this Friday during a special council working session. WHEELER'S program will be put to a vote next Monday. Council also postponed Wheel- er's resolution to establish basic objectives and procedures for Edschool cutbacks cause quality slump By JIM FINKELSTEIN The School of Education, located in the old University Ele- mentary School building, has been haunted in recent years by a very real, but famliar spector: that of severe budget cut- backs amounting to nearly five per cent in the last three years. And as a result, the school has faced numerous staff short- ages, course closings and other crisis generally associated with the present University-wide budget crunch. "I'VE SEEN A LOT of positions open up in the faculty that haven't been filled," mourns one masters degree candi- date. "In offices where there used to be three secretaries, now there are only two. "Courses that prevously had been offered every semester are now offered every other semester," the student adds. Education School administrators are finding that budget cut- ting is becoming a full-time job. "If you have to deal with the budget, you don't have any time for anything else," notes Assistant to the Dean Eric War- den. "A miniature bureaucracy has grown up in the last couple of years whose only function is to figure out how to trim the next per cent-and-a-half off the budget." See SCHOOL, Page 7 development of the city's second year CDRS application, and a third proposal creating a perm- anent human services commis- sion. Council members from all three parties claimed they did not have ample time to study the three resolutions because Wheeler failed to release the documents until yesterday after- noon. WHEELER'S CDRS proposal is the latest in a series of rev- enue sharing plans that have been consistently voted down by council. The CDRS monies have long been the center of a council controversy that has pitted each of the three political parties against the other two at various times. According to Councilman Rob- ert H e n r y (R-Third Ward), Wheeler's plan "appears to basically go along with what we've (the Republicans) decided on," and should the GOP sup- port the plan, it will almost cer- tainly be approved. THE PROPOSAL'S dollar al- locations, according to Wheeler, "do not differ significantly in the recommended distribution" from those proposed last Feb- ruary by the 30-member citi- zens advisory committee for CDRS. "The major differences are that proposed distribution of funds is more clearly defined in respect to physical develop- ment, community se ministration and pl local option (conting also in that services tions, not agencies, ated," explained Wh Wheeler recommen ing $1.5 million t neighborhood develo tivities, $620,000 for public services, $ management, plannin See CITY, Pa TWO INDICTED Ford death By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - The Justice Department dis- closed last night that on the same day that Presi- dent Ford came close to being assassinated in, Sacramento, California, he was to have been the target of a second, apparently unrelated attempt on his life. Attorney General Edward Levi said two men allegedly involved in the new assassination plot were charged yesterday by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles. LEVI SAID in a written statement that the pair had planned to set off an explosion in the sewers near the State Capitol Building on September 5 in Sacramento as Ford strolled the grounds, then pick him off with a gun shot during the confusion that would follow. Levi identified the defendents, both unemployed, as Gary DeSure, 32, last of Warm Springs, Mon- tana, and Preston Mayo, 24, of Warren County, plot foiled Virginia. He gave no further information about their backgrounds. While Ford was in Sacramento, Lynette From- me, a follower of convicted mass murder Charles Manson, pointed a loaded .45 caliber automatic pistol at the President. The gun did not fire. According to the Attorney General, the two men were in a jail cell more than 300 miles from Sac- ramento on the date the alleged plot called for the murder of Ford. THEY HAD been arrested on state theft charges by County Sheriff's officers in ,Santa Barbara on August 26-10 days before the Ford visit. In Santa Barbara, Detective Robert Zapata, who arrested the pair for stealing a television set, said he had "built up a rapport" with DeSure, who told him of the alleged plot. Zapata said DeSure told him he had escaped from a mental hospital in Montana where he had See JUSTICE, Page 10 ....... . ... shows sizeable increase WASHINGTON (M)-The gov- ernment said yesterday that the volume of total economic output -the Gross National Product (GNP)-jumped by the biggest margin in 20 years during the last .three months. It prompted officials to declare that the re- covery is proceeding on a solid foundation. But officials said that the spurt in the growth rate, a com- mon recovery characteristic } Congress criticizes New York Mayor's Ne ol aplea for- federal aid By AP and UPI NEW YORK - As Gov. Hugh Carey met yesterday with the state board that controls New York City's finances, Mayor Abra- ham Beame was in Washington appealing to Congress to make "wise decisions" on his city's request for federal aid to avoid default. Carey and the state board late last night approved plans to cut $724 million-the equivalent of 55,000 municipal jobs-from the city's deficit-riddled budget over the next three years. NEW YORK CITY averted immediate default Friday when the city's teachers' union decided at the last minute to use $150 million in pension funds to buy city notes and support a state rescue plan. 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