DIGNITY FOR TREES See Editorial Page p itFAO OA6F :43 t I HOPEFUL High-40 Low--32 See Today for Details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 63 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, November 15, 1975 Ten Cents Eight Pages I I IFLUSE 11* AM DC1.-A-Ay Local yokel A local man wanted by the Ann Arbor Police for robbery wound up in Las Vegas - again on the wrong side of the law. James Melvin was arrested in Sin City for attempted murder, robbery, and grand larceny when he decided to shoot it out with a policeman who stopped himas part of a routine traffic check. Apparently Melvin was driving a stolen car and was afraid it would be discovered. He whipped out a gun and opened fire. The police beat him to the draw - Melvin is now is a Las Vegas hospital recovering from multiple gun shot wounds. It'll keep him out of the casinos, at least. " Lest we forget It was a blustery November Saturday six years ago, the kind that makes you think of the band playing at halftime or the crowd chanting for a touchdown. But it was different: the crowd, an estimated 500,000 people, gathered around the Washington monument to protest America's role in the Vietnam war. The gathering was non-violent and united. Six years ago today, folksinger Pete Seeger sang "Give Peace A Chance", and a half- million people faced the White House and held up the peace sign. Now, that war is over and that President has resigned in disgrace; mass demon- strations are virtually unknown. But for the stu- dents and adults who rode buses to Washington that weekend from across the country, it is a memory that will not soon fade. 0 Happenings .. - include something for everyrone from stamp fiends to animal lovers today. The Ann Arbor Stamp Club holds its 1975 stamp show from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the community room in Briar- wood Mall . . a conference of University law school women grads begins at 9:30 a.m. in Hutch- ins Hall .vith discussion focusing on current legal research on women . . . the Fund* for Animals holds an animal benefit Christmas card and gift sale from noon till 6 p.m. at 2841 Colony Rd... . at 7:30 p.m. East Wind sonsors an Asian-Ameri- can Rhymesical with poet Lawson Inada and sing- er Charlie Chin in the Markley Angela Davis Lounge . . . and national wheelchair basketball champions, the Detroit Sparks, hold a benefit ex- hibition game at 8 p.m. at the Huron School gym- nasium to raise funds for the Leonard Greenbaum Memorial Scholarship for Disabled Students at the University; tickets may be purchased at the UAC office on the first floor, Michigan Union. Hollywood flats? Ever wonder why flat south Florida has com- munities with names like Vero Beach Highlands, Hollywood Hills and Miami Heights? It's good old American salesmanship at work. "You couldn't take Hollywood Hills and call it Hollywood Flats," says the president of an ad firm specializing in real estate. "You need the romantic flavor." Vero Beach Highlands measures in at a dizzying 12 feet above sea level: Hollywood Hills peaks out at 11 feet; and Miami Heights stands one stately foot above sea level. 0 Chimp talk Lyn Miles is finishing her doctoral studies in an- thropology with a dissertation on her efforts to get Ally, Lucy and others to "talk." They're chim- panzees, and the conversations were in sign lan- guage. The first time Miles conversed in sign lan- guage with chimp Lucv, "I was really blown away," she says. "And Lucy took it as a matter of fact. She sinned, 'What are vo 'excited about?' I didn't know how to tell her I was excited about communicating with an animal." Miles says she teaches chimns sign language by molding their hands in the shape of sins. Chims combine signs, on their own, into complete thoughts and use them to exnress feelings, she id. 0 Put to pasture William Wright of Callahan, Fla. may not have particularly liked his wife, but he sure dug her. In fact, he cared about her so much that when she wished she were dead, Wonderful William quickly complied by burying her alive in a nearby pasture. Investigators are unsure whether Laura, William's 19-year-old wife, was dumped in the six-foot deep hole or if she strolled in voluntarily. An unidenti- fied relative told police he went to the pasture when he heard a bulldozer about 1 a.m. Tuesday. The relative found Wright and asked what he was doing to which he very cleverly and logically re- snonded that he was burving Laura. Wright has since been charged with first-degree murder That's gratitude for you... On the inside,. .. Paul Campbell: reviews last night's hockey game at Notre Dame on the Snorts Page . . . the Arts Page features a review by Jeff Selbst of Mandra- gola, a play by Machiavelli, and on the Edit Page Pacific News Service writer Steve Weissman writes about the military situation in Spain. FIVE DAY HUNT ENDED Two a By GORDON ATCHESON Authorities yesterday arrested two young men here in connection with the kidnapping of the son of a General Motors executive earlier this week. FBI agents, accompanied by state and Bloomfield Township police, took Clinton Williams, 19, of Ann Arbor and Darryl Wilson, 22, of Inkster into custody yes- terday afternoon, following an intensive investigation. STATE police officials described the two as "the principles" in the abduction of 13-year-old Timothy Stempel, who was kidnapped Monday while playing near his Bloomfield Township home. The boy's father, Robert Stempel, the director of engineering at GM's Chevrolet Division, paid a $150,000 ransom the next day. Timothy was released un- rrested harmed near a Wayne County hospital late Wednesday. No more arrests are expected in, the case, the Detroit FBI said last night. "AS FAR as we are concerned the case is closed," an FBI' spokesperson said. Police indicated that "a large portion" of the ransom money had been recovered during the arrests. "We don't know how much only because we haven't gotten around to counting it yet," the FBI spokesperson said. Williams was arrested around 7 p.m. at his parents' home, 2315 Stone St., according to authorities. WILSON was arrested at 3517 Brae- burn Circle two hours earlier, police said. He was apparently staying with friends, who the police refused to iden- In Ste I jr 4 tify. Both men surrendered without offering any resistance, police said. The pair has been charged with violat- ing federal extortion laws, police said. In all likelihood, state kidnapping charges will also be filed against them. Wilson and Williams were detained at the Ypsilanti State Police post last night for questioning, according to state police. THEY WILL be taken before the U.S. magistrate in Detroit this morning to be formally charged. The arrests came less than two days after young Stempel's release and were the result of "a lot of hard police work," authorities commented last night. STEMPEL was forced at gun point Le d0 up et i into a car late Monday afternoon, his father told reporters Thursday. The boy spent most of the next two days in the trunk of the car while the kidnappers dickered with his parents over the amount of ransom and how it should be delivered. After several telephone calls Tuesday from the kidnappers, Robert Stempel delivered the money-all in small, un- marked bills-to a secret drop point in Wayne County the next day. WITHIN HOURS, the teenager turned up at Wayne County General Hospital and called his parents to tell them he was safe. Many members of' the news media learned of the kidnapping the night it happened but held the story-at police request-until Stempel's release. dfnap Stem pel Kissinger cii Brooke p ossible for VP -Ford By AP and Reuter DURHAM, N. C. - President Ford told a group of black stu- dents yesterday he would con- sider picking black Republican Senator Edward Brooke as his running mate in next year's presidential race. Brooke told reporters later, "I am not sure I would be in- terested in that job." FORD MADE his comment about consideration of a black vice president when he met with university students privately after his speecn at North Caro- lina Central University, where he received an honorary law degree. "Certainly Sen. Ed Brooke by his record is a person who ought to be considered," Ford said in response to a question on vice presidential possibili- ties. BROOKE, a member of his party's liberal wing, later said: "I am flattered, it is very kind and generous and I am very grateful - but I just don't ex- pect the President will ask me to be his running mate." contempt Calls House panel action regrettae By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - A congressional committee voted yesterday to cite Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over classified intelligence documents it has subpoenaed. Kissinger told'reporters later he "profoundly regret- ted" the committee's action and it would raise serious questions all over the world about "what this country is doing to itself." THE HOUSE of Representatives Intelligence Committee passed three separate resolutions recommending the full House cite Kis- singer for contempt for withholding documents on U.S. covert Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS Melodic melodia Tony Barrand (left) and John Roberts (right), both musicians from England, entertain an audi- ence at the Ark last night. Barrand is playing the bowed psaltery while Roberts coaxes a tune from the melodia. The two, who perform at the Ark often, sing pub songs and ballads. operations and alleged Soviet violations of a r m s limitation agreements. It was the second time in two days a congressional panel had recommended a contempt cita- tion against a Ford cabinet member and the first time a secretary of state - the highest cabinet position -has been the target. Observers doubted the full House would go along with the Intelligence Committee in cit- ing .-Kissinger for contempt. If it should, he could conceivably be sent to prison. In Atlanta, Ford said the ac- tion was "shocking" and had "very broad and serious ramifi- cations." HE SAID the committee had s o u g h t documents from the years before his administration. He invoked executive privilege, he said, "to protect the confi- dentiality of previous secreta- ries of state and presidents." Kissinger said the action may interfere with his handling of foreign policy. "I profoundly regret the com- mittee saw fit to cite in con- tempt a secretary of state, rais- ing questions all over the world what this country is doing to it- e self and what the necessity is y to torment ourselves like this d month after month," Kissinger listens io"'' clericals' dispuite By ELAINE FLETCHER A dispute between members of the U n i ve r s i t y Clericals Union drew United Auto Work- ers President Leonard Wood- cock into the fray yesterday. Woodcock sat in on a meeting with the two factions of UAW local 2001 along with UAW Vice President Doug Fraser and re- gional head Bard Young. WOODCOCK listened, but re- mained noncommittal through- out most of the rather heated debate between the Clericals for a Democratic Union (CDU) and their opposition, the Unity Cau- cus, according to CDU supporter Carolyn Weeks. CDU members protested al- leged interference by the UAW regional command in local busi- See WOODCOCK, Page 8 VIDEOTAPED TESTIMONY: Ford does not recall gun click By AP and Reuter SACRAMENTO-President Ford, in videotape testimony, told a jury yesterday that he cannot recall hearing any sound of a gun clicking when Lynette Fromme allegedly tried to kill him. Ford said he saw a large gun in a hand aimed between his knee and his wrist, but has "no recollection of the gun clicking or not clicking." THE PRESIDENT said that as he was walking through the California state capitol grounds Sept. 5, he saw a woman in a bright red dress approach him through a crowd of well-wishers. He said he hesitated because it appeared she wanted to shake his hand or speak to him. "I saw a hand come through the crowd in the first row, but in the hand was a weapon," Ford said in the testimony recorded on television tape at the White House Nov. 1. The President was the first witness called by the defense in the case in which Fromme is charged with attempting to assassinate him. WHETHER THE pistol's trigger was pulled ant whether the hammer fell are key points in th defense case which claims that Fromme had onl3 brandished the gun as a publicity stunt and ha not intended to kill the President. "The weapon was large," he said. "It coverer all or most of her hand as far as I could see, anc I only saw it instantaneously, because almos automatically one of the Secret Service agent lunged, grabbed the hand and the weapon an( then I was pushed off by the other members a the Secret Service detail." Ford said he could not tell if Fromme had hei finger on the trigger, and he said he also saw n action that would indicate that Fromme hac tried to cock the gun. HE SAID he did not recall hearing her speak See FORD, Page 8 dI If ;r 0 dI said. Fromme College job market tough, feminst says By CATHERINE REUTTER Academic women have faced a mixture of accomplishment and disappointment in the last five years, Bernice Sandler told an audience of about 35 in a Rackham Conference room last night. Sandler, director of a project on the status and education of women with the Association of American Colleges, spoke to the Academic Women's Caucus. The caucus is a group of women instructors at the University. Griffin reportedly top court choice By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - President Ford's leading choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court is Michigan Senator Rob- ert Griffin, according to a report yesterday on National Public Radio. Reporter Nina Totenberg said that she had learned the names of 11 persons being investigated by the American Bar Association (ABA) for possible appointment to succeed retired Justice William Douglas. FORD,u E yNTIME, said he would pick a candidate to fill the court vacancy within three weeks. He told reporters at a press conference that he had a list of potential nominees drawn up by Attorney General Edward Levi and he would try to. pick the candidate as quickly as possible because the Supreme Court is working on some important cases. Douglas retired on Wednesday and there had been spec- nlntion that Ford might choose a woman for the court, but the radio report said no' women were on the list sub- - ++n +- 1-...A RA .k Al)