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Vol. LXXXVI, No. 66
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Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, November 19, 1975
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Favorable rays
Yesterday's sunny weather accounted for a con-
siderable voter turnout in the SGC/UHC elections.
According to elections consultant Tim O'Neill, "It
was fairly heavy; we had about 1,000 people." He
stated that, if "the weather holds out," last
spring's vofer total of 2,600 should be surpassed.
SGC elections end on Thursday.
Bottoms up
State Rep. PerryBullard (D-Ann Arbor) has in-
troduced legislation that will make it easier for
smaller restaurants to get liquor licenses. Bullard
says the present restriction of one license per 1,500
residents in a community hurts small restaurants
-particularly those specializing in foreign foods.
The measure pertains only to eateries and not to
bars. "Since social drinking with dinner is a deep-
ly entrenched custom in American culture, a qual-
ity restaurant which cannot offer wine or before
dinner drinks is simply not considered by many
people when they choose a restaurant," says Bul-
lard. We'll drink to that . .. or just about anything
else.
Mightly costly
Robert and Michael Meeropol, sons of the con-
victed atomic bomb spies Julius and Ethel Rosen-
berg, were told Monday that the FBI will charge
them $23,451 to obtain nearly 30,000 pages of infor-
mation the agency has about their parents. Robert,
a University grad, and Michael have sued under
the Freedom of Information Act to get the mater-
ial on their parents, who were executed in 1953 as
spies. Under the act, government agencies can
charge a search and copying fee for information
requested by citizens. The Meeropols, who have
taken the name of their adoptive parents, have
been trying to prove that the Rosenbergs were
wrongly convicted of espionage.
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Happenings.. ..
begin with a UAC/MUSKET sponsored pre-
view of the musical Godspell on the Diag at 1
p.m. . . . William Mair will lecture on "Computer
Assisted Fraud" at 4 p.m. in Hale Aud. . . . at 7
p.m. interested persons are invited to a meeting
on rape prevention in Rm. 24-26 in the'East Quad
basement . . . the National Association of Media
Women will hold an organizational meeting at 7
p.m. in the William Monroe Trotter House Lounge
the Peonle's Bicentennial Commission will
hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
332 S. State St. . . . First Ward Democrats meet at
7:30 p.m. at Community High School, 401 N. Divi-
sion . . . the Ann Arbor Wekl Penle Club will
meet at 7:30 n.m. in Thm. 3209 of the Union . . . a
free class on relaxation eynrcises and voga will
be held at 8 p.m. in Rm. 224 of East Quad.
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Back in town
Accompanied by three FBI agents, Eldridge
Cleaver, the black radical, returned to the United
States yesterday from Paris - after seven years
on the run. Cleaver, 39, faced immediate arrest
when he arrived in New York, but has resigned
himself to going to prison, his wife said. Cleaver
told reporters he has perceived a "different mood"
in the country which will allow him to get a fair
trial on charges that he violated parole and on a
grand jury indictment' concerning a 1966 shoot-out
in which two police officers were injured. Cleaver
has lived in Cuba, Algeria, and France since he
left the United States in 1968.
'Cool Hand' Front
The New World Liberation Front, which has
taken responsibility for numerous terrorist bomb-
ings in recent months, claims a new target-San
Francisco parking meters. Police said yesterday
that they are investigating the groun's claim that
it poured liquid steel into the locks of several
hundred narking meters in retaliation for a recent
ticket-writing snree by officers. "They got 400 to
500 meters, including a bunch in front of police
headuarters," one officer said. The New World
Liberation Front is crrently under investigation
h the wRT for 20 hombhings in the Bay area. "We
will att,-nnt to sabowee every parking meter in
San Francisco, with the assistance of the brothers
and ist' rs who are tired of being pushed around
hIv the nicru" the ,ron sid in a statement.
On the inside .. .
Editorial Page features Bill Turque's inter-
view with University President Robben Fleming
... Arts Page has Rob Meachum's review of the
latest from Frank Zapna . . . and Sports Staff Paul
Campbell reviews the Snow Bowl game of 1950.
Senate c
Rumsfeli
defense
WASHINGTON (A' against Mr.I
- The Senate confirmed but against ti
President Ford's choice of brought him
Donald Rumsfeld as the Without me
nation's new secretary of he said Ford
defense by a vote of 95 to Secretary of
2 yesterday, singer, instea
Stone's offic
Both senators casting an explanatio
negative votes, Jesse Helms negative vote
(R-N.C.), and R i c h a r d rected agains
Stone (D-Fla.), said they which Ford fi
were protesting the way THOSE PR
er and regret
Ford fired Defense Secre- cluded Democ
tary James Schlesinger 16 Mansfield of N
days earlier and replaced John Stennis
him with Rumsfeld, the John Pastor
White House chief of staff. Strom Thur
MUCH OF the 30-minute de- g Repu
bate was taken up with speech-
es praising the outgoing secre-
tary. After the confirmation 3 l
vote, the Senate by voice vote
passed a resolution commend-
ing Schlesinger. C IA
Considered shrewd and am-
bitious, the 43-year-old Rums-
feld in expected to work more
closely with the White House WASHING
than the ousted Schlesinger. He yesterday not
has been mentioned as a possi- foreign leader
ble vice presidential candidate battle.
next year, a prospect he de- In a srp
clined to rule out during his con- notified the U
firmation hearing. that it wouldc
The lopsided vote capped a THAT AC
speedy confirmation process. employe to fo
The Senate Armed Services The com
Committee approved him unani- ing Office wh
mously last Thursday after 1 whether to pr
days of hearings in which he The select
was the only witness. rU.S. intellige
A FORMERecongressman Thursday afte
from a heavily Republican sub- SN O
urban Chicago district, Rums- SEN. JO
feld was one of the architects
of the House Republican revolt
in the mid-1960s that placed
Ford in the leadership post.
Several months after becom-_
ing president, Ford summoned
Rumsfeld from his post as U.S.
ambassador to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization to
take over the top spot on the .fh
White House staff."
Before taking the NATO post, -
Rumsfeld had served the Nixon
administration as director of the
Office of Economic Opportun-
ity, White House counselor and
executive director of the Cost
of Living Counsel.
HELMS, a conservative who
favors Ronald Reagan over
Ford for the 1976 GOP nomina-
tion, said he was pasting "a
protest vote, not so much
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Rumsfeld himself, ed Services Committee, refer-
he scenario which red to a personality clash be-
to this nomina- tween Ford and Schlesinger and
said, "The President has a right
ntioning his name, to choose his own Cabinet."
should have fired Stennis, the chairman, of the
State Henry Kis- Armed Services Cornmittee,
d of Schlesinger. said that in a 90-minute discus-
e, when asked for sion with Rumsfeld he had been
n of the senator's pleasantly surprised by the new
said it was di- secretary's knowledge of the in-
t the manner in tricacies of national defense.
red Schlesinger. The resolution praising Schle-
AISING Schlesing- singer, introduced by Sen. Hen-
ting his ouster in- ry Jackson (D-Wash.) with
ratic Leader Mike more than two-dozen co-spon-
Montana, and Sens. sors, commended the fired of-
(D-Miss.), and ficial's "excellence in office, his
e (D-R.I.), Sen. intellectual honesty and integ-
rmond, (R-S.C.), rity, and his courage and inde-
blican on the Arm- pendence."
rte panel shielIds
emplo ye name
TON (AP -The Senate intelligence committee agreed
to name a former CIA official linked to plots to kill
s so its final report would not be delayed by a court
rise reversal of its earlier position, the committee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
delete the former official's name from its report.
TION abruptly ended legal efforts by the ex-CIA
rce the committee to keep his name secret.
mittee's 400-page report is at the Government Print-
ere employes were waiting for a court decision on
int it with or without the former official's name.
committee formed to investigate alleged abuses by
nce agencies plans to make public its report on
r a secret Senate session.
HN TOWER of Texas, ranking Republican on the
See SENATE, Page 2
Daily Photo by KEN FINK
Zapped out,
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention played a curious mixture, of jazz and rock to an
enthusiastic crowd at Crisler Arena last night. Zappa, who is known for his wierd antics, played
such favorites as Dirty Love, Camarillo Brillo aid Stinkfoot.
2 -men rob local bn
By JIM TOBIN
The Plymouth Road branch of the Ann Arbor
Bank near the University's North Campus was
robbed of an estimated $70,000 yesterday after-
noon - the latest in an unprecedented rash of
city bank robberies.
Two men held up the bank at gunpoint, obtain-
ed a "large sum" of money according to city
police, then fled in a small red car which was
found a short time later at the nearby Plymouth
Mall.
THE GETAWAY car, said a police official, was
reported stolen in Florida.
The robbery was the 18th in the Ann Arbor
area this year and the sixth in the last seven
weeks. Police are seeking a dark-haired white
male who has appeared in photographs made by
security cameras at several of the heists.
However, the suspects in yesterday's robbery
were both identified as black.
Area bank officials are likely to watch the
investigation of yesterday's hold-up closely. The
robbery was the first to occur since area banks
instituted a citizen action reward program early
this month in cooperation with city, state, and
federal police.
THE PROGRAM will pay up to $1,000 for in-
formation leading to the arrest of a robbery
suspect.
Police officials are careful to emphasize that
the value of tips leading to arrests will be
evaluated by a group of police and bank offic-
ials and will be rewarded accordingly.
Not all tips will be rewarded with the full
$1,000 reward. The names of all informants will
be held in confidence.
The suspect police are seeking in connection
with several of the robberies appears to be
ronet nossibly a student, usually appears in
s.q-i-sses. and has been seen with varying hair
1 th.
ALLEGED STEMPEL KIDNAPPERS
Pair may not face state charges
By KEN PARSIGIAN
The two local men being held
on federal extortion charges in
connection with the Nov. 10 kid-
napping of a General Motors' ex-
ecutive's son may not have to
face state kidnapping charges.
The Oakland County Prose-
cutor's office, which withdrew
from the case last week at the
request of the FBI, did not file
charges yesterday, and may de-
cide not to file them at all.
As a result,' federal kidnap-
ping charges have been filed
against the pair. , However, it is
generally more difficult to get
a conviction under federal
charges because it must then
be proven that the suspected
'kidnappers used extortion to in-
terfere with inter-state com-
merce.
"WE ARE still trying to de-
cide whether or not to prose-
cute the two men," said Oak-
land County assistant prosecu-
tor Richard Thompson. Thomp-
son added that he expected a
decision by Friday, but he
wouldn't comment as to the
probable outcome of that deci-
sion.
Clinton Williams, 19, of Ann
Arbor and Darryl Wilson, 22, of
Inkster have been arrested in
connection with the kidnapping
of 13-year-old Timothy Stem-
pel.
The boy, son of GM's Chevro-.
let Division engineering director
Robert Stempel, was abducted
outside his Bloomfield Town-
ship home and released two
days later when his father de-
livered the $150,000 ransom.
The prosecution's started last
Friday when the FBI asked the
Oakland county officials to drop
the case. Thompson claims
that the FBI threatened to with-
draw unless it was allowed to
make the arrest on federal war-
rants.
"ONCE THE FBI decided that
they wanted us off the case we
withdrew," said Thompson.
"Our job is to honor the deci-
sion made by the federal au-
thorities," he added. "They
wanted to run the show and we
let them."
After. calling off the local au-
thorities last Friday, the FBI ar-
rested Wilson and Williams on
charges of extortion, a federal
chargethat carries a maximum
sentence of 20 years in prison
See PAIR, Page 2
Daily Photo by SCOTT ECCKER
Hoop shooters
These two women, Barb Seel (left) and Margaret Van Ben-
schoten, demonstrate their playing skills on the East Quad
basketball court.
Internal bleeding
hits failing Franco
By AP and Reuter
MADRID, Spain-Gen. Francisco Franco, gravely ill for a
month, suffered massive new internal bleeding and heart flutters
yesterday and sank into critical condition, his doctors reported. A
high government source said Franco also had suffered brain
damage.
Plans for a state funeral for the 82-year-old generalissimo
were accelerated.
By JIM FINKELSTEIN
U' goof
causes
A recent blunder by the .University Grounds Depart-
ment has forced them to tear up a costly section of
sidewalk that had been put in only a month ago.
The scene of the gaffe is a 40-square-yard patch of
what used to be grass, located in front of the Uni-
versity Extensions Service Building on Maynard Street
near William.
A FEW WEEKS ago, the Grounds Department suc-
cessfully eradicated the patch of greenery, leaving 40
square yards of gleaming white concrete.