For Daiy subscriptions, phone 764-0558 JOAN LITTLE AFTERMATH See Editorial Page Sfr iguau Da111ii GLOOMY High-r5 Low-62 See Today for details Vol. LXXXVI, No. 2 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, September 5, 1975 Free Issue Twenty-Four Pages F U f 1FMU SEE a6 HAPPEN CLLM- NIy Card carriers If you happened to be stopped by someone hand- ing out white cards today, don't regard it as a leaflet. The Daily is handing out subscription cards, and if you fill out one on the spot you can save yourself a walk or a phone call. Subscribe to The Daily - and keep in touch. 'Jaws' Grow your own "jaws." Sign up now for a week- end course on growing carnivorous plants. The new course will be offered at the Botanical Gardens on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28. The cost for the two all- day sessions is $21. Contact the University Exten- sion Service, 412 Maynard, to register. Look on the bright side According to the current issue of Time magazine, tuition at the University is comparatively cheap. So if you ignore the ache in your pocket and look at some of the other colleges, you might not feel so bad. Bennington College has the dubious honor of being the most expensive private undergraduate institution in the country with combined tuition and room and board fees rising to the staggering height of $6,280 this year. At the bottom of the list, according to Time, are the top-ranking public universities; the University of California costs $2,174, and the University, as we are all sadly aware, charges $2,398 this year for in-state students. Happenings .. . . . .today are relatively scarce, which is sur- prising considering it's the first day of school (a happening in itself.) But there will be a gathering of Duplicate bridge players in the Union at 7:30 tonight. Bring your own partner. 0 False security Phineas T. Buggerhound slid by security guards in federal buildings for nearly three years before his cover as a poodle was blown. "It was a case of a wag dogging our security systems," comment- ed an Environmental Protection Agency spokes- person of the false identification card used by Dr. John Prager. Prager carried an ID card with the photograph of a silver poodle instead of his own. The dog tag was issued when the National Marine Water Quality Laboratory in West Kingston, Rhode Island, where Prager works, became part of the EPA. Prager also maintains that he used the card to get into such federal buildings as the Depart- ment of the Interior, the Justice Department, and the Agriculture Department. He did have his own card in case he was caught, but he noted that the one issued to Phineas was also an official card. The reason? "You have to have a sense of humor to work for the government," he stated. . Wiggun' all around The latest fad dances around here are the "bump" and the "hustle", but other places are a little more behind the times. In Moscow, for ex- ample, the biggest craze is the "shake" and the "monkey." Despite the clucking of their anxious elders, Soviet teen-agers are packing into the rel- atively few clubs, cafes and open air park danc- ing areas to wiggle and writhe to the sound of pop music. "First you must jump on one foot, then on the other," wrote N. Cheripanova, a scandal- ized Soviet reporter. "Lower your shoulders and shake with the head and hips." "It's elementary," she was told by a young dancer. However, the dis- approving reporter did concede that "Nothing can compete with this 'prehistoric technology' on the dance floor." On the inside .. . .The Editorial Page offers a Joan Little ret- rospective, and the Sports page starts out the year with a piece on football ticket sales by Ed Lange. Our second section contains many interesting fea- ture stories. . . . On the outside Wh a J , r-il ,hp ore i;tng hantoavs Cause of breath arrests confirmed By DAVID WHITING and ROB MEACHUM An FBI agent told The Daily yesterday that for the first time during their probe of the mysterious rise in respiratory arrests at Veterans Hospital, they have received positive test results that a paralyzing drug was responsible in at least two attacks. "We got the first conclusive report today that Pavulon was found in two urine samples," the agent said. He added that it was found "in a substantial amount.' THE University Hospital Pharmacy Services conducted the urine analysis. Pavulon, a powerful neuro-muscular relaxing agent, is believed to be the cause of over 50 cases of respiratory and cardiac ar- rests, resulting in some ten deaths since July 1. When asked about the possibility of a killer at the hospital, the FBI source said: "Well, let me put it this way - the hospital normally has about seven or eight respiratory attacks a month .. . they've had 56." He said that the agency has narrowed its list of suspects "down to several hundred." Drug found in two VA Hospital victims A PATHOLOGIST at the hospital, Dr. Theodore Beals, com- mented that "if it isn't natural then it's deliberate - and it's an unusual set of natural circumstances." "It is very unlikely that Pavulon was administered acciden- tally," Beals said. He then explained that anyone who knew that Pavulon is a muscle relaxant could be responsible for the attacks. HOSPITAL officials first became alarmed August 15 after three persons suffered attacks in a 20-minute period that afternoon. The FBI was called in the next day to investigate any "criminal in- tent" involved. Records concerning all respiratory and cardiac arrests were checked and an alarming discovery was made - over 50 arrests had occurred since July 1, three times the expected number for a similar time period. The only common denominators found amongst the patients suffering respiratory failures was that they received intravenous medication at one point during their stay at the hospital. FURTHERMORE, many of the victims were in the intensive care unit and all of the attacks occurred during the 3:30 p.m.- midnight shift. After an in-house investigation by the hospital failed to turn up anything, the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. dispatched a team of investigators August 19. The team was sent to advise the FBI on medical matters and review hospital pro- cedure. Within hours after arriving from Washington, Dr. Laurence See FBI, Page 8 st accord I as Soviets. Council OKs voter re istration measure A volunteer door-to-door vot- er registration measure, intro- duced to City Council by Demo- cratic Mayor Albert Wheeler, was approved Tuesday by a 6-5 margin. By the same margin, coun- cil passed a resolution to bring the door-to-door plan before the voters in April, for an advisory vote. A vote of no confidence at that time would not automatic- ally overturn the plan, but' is in- tended to gauge its support among the voters. OBSERVERS feel that door- to-door will probably cost the Republicans votes, since stu- dents, who have a higher turn- over rate than other city resi- dents, are less likely to be reg- istered under current proce- dures. Students are believed to cast more votes for liberal or radical Democrats or Human Rights Party (HRP) candidates than for Republicans. CouncilwomanKathy Koza- chenko (HRP-Second Ward) joined council Democrats in vot- ing for the ordinance, giving them the edge over the GOP. The Republicans succeeded in passing the advisory vote reso- lution with a vote by Democrat Ellizabeth Keogh (First Ward). Republicans argued at the meeting Tuesday that the sound defeat last April of a city char- ter amendment providing for door-to-door registration showed that the voters oppose such a plan. BUT Wheeler held that the amendment vote indicated a re- jection of the specific measure, and not of door-to-door regis- tration in general. Commented Councilman Ron- ald Trowbridge, "The assump- See DOOR, Page 9 AT BURSLEY: Midea signec boycott cere Doily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS Small-town fun By CHERYL PILATE The Saline Community Fair boasts no freak shows, fast- talking midway hawkers, or death defying roller coasters. In fact, the high-powered hoopla one usually associates with a fair was nowhere to be seen. The annual event, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this week, exudes a congenial, family atmosphere in which no one is out to make a fast buck. NATURALLY, there were livestock shows, ferris wheels, pinball machines, and handicraft booths, but the fair seemed much more a community gathering than a slick extra- vaganza. See SALINE, Page 9 By OF) and Reuter GENEVA, Switzerland - Israel and Egypt signed the U.S.-sponsored Sinai pact yesterday in a brief, muted ceremony boycotted by the Soviet Union and oversha- dowed by a slashing attack on the Kremlin by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Cairo. The signing, over in less than ten minutes, was un- smiling and businesslike. The two delegations did not shake hands and their ta- bles were arranged in, a V- configuration so they would not have to face, each other directly. MEANWHILE, in Washington, Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer opened his campaign for congressional approval of the agreement and pledged full dis- closure of all American com- mitments. The signing ceremony, at U.N. European headquarters in the marbled Palai des Nations, completed the successful peace shuttle by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. But the Soviet Union demon- strated its disapproval of the pact, proclaimed by both signa- tories as a "significant step" toward lasting peace, by its re- fusal to assign an observer. The U.S. reacted by also deciding against attendance. BUT HIS televised address to the Arab Socialist Union, Egypt's sole political party, was marked by his attack on Mos- cow. Almost shouting at times, he declared that the attitude adopt- ed by the Kremlin amounted to a "flagrant incitement and an attempt to divide the Arab na- tion." In Washington, during two and and a half hours of close questioning by the Senate For- eign Relations, Committee, Kis- singer appeared to ease some misgivings over the settlement, especially the plan to station up to 200 American observers in the Sinai Desert. THIS PLAN, together with an mOny aid package of more than $3 billion for Israel and Egypt and fears that the U.S. might be bound by secret agreements, emerged as the three major areas of concern among mem- bers of Congress. - But when asked by reporters if there were any secret agree- ments, Kissinger said, "The American people will know ev- erything we are committed." He said that on Monday top officials of the State Depart- ment would review with the committee all documents on the Middle East agreement. The committee would then decide how to handle them. SENATORS indicated See ISRAEL, Page 9 that Ford predicts quick OK of Mideast pact ... , . Fleming greets frosh By TIM SCHICK University President Robben Fleming's annual pep talks to freshpersons have pulled few- er and fewer students every year, so this fall brought a change in the format of his ad- dress. Instead of speaking to a 95 per cent empty Hill Auditorium, Fleming is touring several dorms for small, informal ques- tion-and-answer chats with the new undergrads, and last night he made his first such appear- ance, at Bursley Hall. SOME 50 Bursley residents listened to Fleming speak on a number of topics, including dormespace, tuition rates and budget cuts. The students were warmed up with a song-and-dance routine by the Friars, part of the Mich- igan Men's Glee Club. Stepping into the comfortable atmosphere left by the group, Fleming told the freshpersons: "You've been oriented, reoriented and disor- iented. Now I'm here to show of last spring's panic after a surprise announcement of a lot- tery for dorm space, Fleming said, "We will see to it that there is plenty of warning" if another lottery is necessary next year. He declined to pin the blame for residence hall overcrowding upon the Housing Office, adding, "if things go bad, we look bad. If we made a good guess (on dorm reapplications), it looks as if we ran an efficient organ- ization." Fleming offered both good - and potentially bad-news when asked about the effect of cur- rent fiscal problems on tuition rates. "There will be no tuition hike this semester," the Presi- dent said, but he left open the possibility of a fee increase in the spring. BUT A STATE Department spokesperson said, "We don't make a big thing out of it. Whether we were there physic- ally has no bearing at all." Showing a degree of bitterness never before displayed toward the Soviet Union - until recent- ly Egypt's chief supporter in the struggle aaginst Israel - Pres- ident Sadat accused Moscow of trying to drive a wedge into the Arab world. He was also unusually strong in his condemnation of Syria and Palestinian groups who re- fused to recognize the existence, of Israel and who rejected any idea of a peaceful settlement of the Middle East conflict. SEATTLE 0P) - President Ford said yesterday that the Middle East agreement between Israel and Egypt had provided the atmosphere to keep the mo- mentum for peace going and he predicted congressional approv- al for the pact. Speaking at a Republican fund raising luncheon, Ford said that he found "near unanimity" in support among some 20 House and Senate leaders from both parties at a White House meeting earlier in the day. FORD added he believed a concurrent resolution to be put before the House and Senate ap- proving the assignment of U.S. civilian technicians at early warning posts in the Middle East "would be approved." The President received a mixed welcome in Seattle, the first stop of a two-day swing to the West Coast. He made four speeches in Seattle and two in Portland, Ore., and will be in California today. His greeting included the gift of a 40-pound salmon and a noisy protest from a group crit- ical of federal policies toward native Americans. AT, THE airport, some 100 persons held a demonstration protesting federal Indian poli- cies and chanting "FBI off In- dian lands." They also held aloft placards that said "Stop the war on In- dian peoples." And also there were refer- ences to the Middle East agree- ment saying, "No American sons in the Middle East." IN HIS remarks on the Mid- dIe East, Ford said the station- ing of American civilian tech- nicians at warning stations with- in a U.N. buffer zone in the Sinai was "a wholly different situation" from the early inter- vention of U.S. military and technical personnel in Vietnam where "there was a war going on." Ford said that without the agreement "the probability of another war - the fifth in some 27 years - would be very hot." Because Ford was making so many frankly political appear- ances, the Republican National Committee picked up the tab for his whole two-day swing into Seattle, Portland and Sacra- See PRESIDENT, Page 8 LINES ENDLESS CRISP By ELLEN BRESLOW The scene resembled an old-fashioned sit-in. People were sprawled all over the lawns sur- rounding the Old A&D Building, dressed in any- thing from cut-offs to business suits, guzzling wine and licking fudgesicles. Only a big sign in f,.r,nnt ofIteMnrno CSt1-nnt,'nnrPnn fnniifninv goes stale ple I talked to said they'd been there since 7," he added. "They don't know what they're doing," grum- bled Griewski. "First of all, they put everyone in the same line. Then the people up at North Campus decide they don't feel like turning on -ha n~nmmitertill 110Wn' a,, I .: .: