AATU DEMO See Editorial Page Ci 4r. Bin it :43,ttity GUSTY High-24 Low-9 See Today for Details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 103 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 30, 1976 10 Cents Eight Pages +I'tVSEE MOS APP CALL A5A Y For shame The state chapter of the American Civil Liber- ties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against Wayne State University, charging the school with sex discrimination in paying retirement benefits to former employes. The class action law suit, filed earlier this week in U. S. District Court, alleges WSU has consistently given women smaller month- ly benefits than men - even though employes pay an equal amount into the retirement fund re- gardless of gender. Growing out of charges raised by the National Organization for Women, the suit asks that the school increase benefits for female employes to a level equal to that for men and that back pay, with interest, be given those women who have already retired. Onthe rise Minority student enrollment in the state's ele- mentary and secondary schools has steadily in- creased during the past six years, according to a survey released yesterday by the University's Pro- gram for Educational Opportunity. The purpose of the federally funded study was to provide an "ac- curate data base for further reducing racial iso- lation." Less encouraging, however, was the indi- cation that minority staff in the schools still does not approach the percentage of minority students. This was particularly apparent in rural and small town areas, and could impede development of a "culturally diverse curriculum," 'the study notes. "Big foot" caught? Detroit police yesterday announced the capture of a man suspected of being "Bigfoot" - who may have been responsible for as many as seven mur- ders and numerous rapes in the Cass Corridor strip in Motown. Arrested was Carl Mayweather, a burly 6-foot-7, 240-pound man who matches the de- scription of the killer, Police said they entered Mayweather's home yesterday and found more than 600 pieces of women's underwear, several weapons, and a quantity of jewelry and trinkets. Victims who survived attacks described their as- sailant as a tall, heavy man with huge feet. Police then nicknamed the suspect "Bigfoot." Happenings ... .. . begin with a noon luncheon at Guild House featuring State Rep. Perry Bullard speaking on "Secret Police in Michigan" . . . A demonstration sponsored by the Tenants Union will be held out- side the Sunrise Management offices, 512 Pack- ard, at 3 pm. . . . The Campus Crusade for Christ presents a multi-media show entitled "If I Should Die" at 7 and 8:30 p.m. in the League Ballroom ... Marxist Forum will discuss "World Women in Struggle: A Report of the World Congress of Wo- men" at 7:30 p.m. in East Quad's Greene Lounge ... The Ann Arbor Libertarian League meets at 8 p.m. in the 3rd fl. library of the League to dis- cuss "Big Brother vs. Feminism" . . . Cindy Nemser, editor of The Feminist Art Journal, will speak at 8 p.m. in the Residential College Aud. on "12 Women Artists and Their Work." . . . there will be a mountain dance workshop in Barbour Gym from 8 to 11:30 p.m. 0 Surprise, surprise The Postal Service announced yesterday that it has encountered little difficulty in getting Amer- icans to pay the extra three cents postage required on letters since Dec. 31. "Most of the shot-paid letters were inadvertent, we feel," a department spokesperson said. Since the Postal Service started returning postage due mail to the sender the num- ber of short-paid items has dropped by some 15 per cent. It seems, however, the department for- got to mention the biggest reason people com- plied with the rate hike - the Postal Service is a monopoly. The only alternative is a flock of hom- ing pigeons. Under fire A Mercer County, N. J. veterinarian faces mal- practice charges for the death of a kitten. The New Jersey Consumer Affairs Division said Wednesday that it charged the doctor with mal- practice in a complaint filed jointly with the state Board of Veterinary Medical Exeminers. It seems the doctor refused to treat a kitten because the owner - a little girl - had no money. If found guilty of malpractice, the veterinarian co Id lose his license to practice and could be fined $500. On the inside ... . ..Editorial Page features a Pacific News Ser- vice story on Western Europe's fight against nu- clear reactors . . . Jeff Selbst reviews the Uni- versity Showcase production of Loot on the Arts Page . . . Sports Page his John Niemever pre- viewing this weekend's hockey series with North Dakota . . . House blocks report on CIA By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives last night handed President Ford a major victory by preventing the House Intelligence Committee from disclosing secrets without the President's approval. Rejecting pleas from Committee Chairman Otis Pike (D-N.Y.) the House voted 245-124 to give Ford the final say on whether to release the committee's report containing details of U.S. intelligence opera- tions. AFTER THE vote, Pike accused Ford and his advisers of perpetuating "a cover-up in which I think the Congress is regretfully participating." But supporters of the secrecy proposal, fed by the intelligence panel's ranking Republican member, Rep. Robert Mc- Clory of Illinois, said public disclosure would violate an agreement with the President. "What agency do you think will pro- vide us information if it thinks we cannot be trusted?" McClory said in floor de- bate before the vote. "And that's the issue before us today: whether we in the House can be trusted." PIKE SAID he personally will now vote simply to drop the entire House in- telligence investigation and issue no re- port at all, although he said he does not kiow what the full committee might dezide to do. "I personally have no desire what- ever to participate in the writing of a report on the CIA that is censored by the CIA," Pike said. But copies of the committe's draft report have been distributed to federal agencies for comment and Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.) immediately announced she has demanded public release of the report under the Freedom of Informa- tion Act. CONSERVATIVE Democrats joined Republicans in voting to bar release of the report, which the CIA and the White House have argued would damage U.S. security and would violate an agreement on confidentiality. Many members said they were con- cerned about the inclusion of classified information, which the White House had wanted deleted, in the final document. Rep. John Young (D-Tex.), who led the fight on behalf of the President, told Zis colleagues, "The House of Repre- sentatives is deciding today whether or not the report containing the classified Irdma information goes out under the official signature of the House-this is much more serious than to have it publicized by the media." THE SIZE of the vote in favor was surprisingly large and apparently re- flected the feelings of conservative as well as liberal members over leaks of the report to the news media. The White House and the CIA have attacked the r e p o r t itself as biased against the CIA and have also criticized leaks to the press. MEANWHILE, the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has been conducting a parralel inquiry of abuses by U.S. in- telligence agencies, yesterday formally introduced legislation to create a per- manent Senate committee with the power to overrule any proposed secret opera- tions by the CIA. seek Ford Fo finangcial aid for Angotla WASHINGTON ( P' - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger yesterday told a Senate subcommittee that the Ford Administration is "seriously con- sidering overt financial aid for Angola." He outlined an intensified hard-line anti-So- viet foreign policy, saying the United States must be prepared to react against any massive Russian involvement. HE TOLD a Senate subcommittee studying An- gola that "I am not saying we will police every area in the world . . . but wherever the Soviet Union moves hostilely, we must commit our- selwes. "I believe we must discorae the view that the Soviet Union can move anywhere it wants without serious risk," Kissinger said. Meanwhile, in Moscow, the official Soviet news- paper Izvestia said the Russian government wants an Angola settlement based on a coali- tion government "of all the patriotic forces" in the country. It did not say which groups it considered patriotic. THE ARTICLE was seen in Moscow as more conciliatory than previous declarations on An- gola. In Washington, the State Department refused comment on the report one official noted that the same dispatch accused the two anti-Soviet groups in Angola of "national treachery." Kissinger appeared before a Senate foreign relations subcommittee considering U. S. policy in Angola. IN HIS statement, he repeated criticism of Congress for cutting off all aid to anti-Soviet groups in the southwestern section of Africa. Kissinger's call for a freer hand in the conduct of foreign policy met objections, particularly from subcommittee Chairman Dick Clark, (D- Iowa), and Sens. George McGovern, (D-S.D.), Joseph Biden, (D-Del.), and Clifford Case, (R- N.J.). They all said congressional opposition to giving the administration more flexibility in the conduct of foregn policy was rooted in such excesses as Vietnam. KISSINGER said the question of an Angolan government and the issue of a Soviet presence factions there is now secondary to the over-all issue of world stability. MEANWHILE, in Lusaka, Western - backed UNITA officials who were in radio contact with their leaders in Angola reported there was calm along UNITA's 600-mile defense line across the country north of the Benguela railroad. The last major fighting was reported Sunday at Novo Redondo, a key coastal town on the road to Lobito, the UNITA-held Atlantic port at the end of the railway. UNITA and the pro-Soviet MPLA have issued conflicting claims as to which side controls the town. Jobless rate jin county rose to 11%C last month By RICK SOBLE The Michigan Employment Security Commis- sion (MESC) announced yesterday that the un- employment rate in Washtenaw County rose to 11 per cent in December. This marks a .8 per cent increase in the county jobless rate over the 10.2 per cent November figure. The rise represents an increase from 12,900 unemployed persons to 14,100 out of work. "THE WAY the trend was going, this was somewhat of a surprise," said an MESC spokes- person. "Unemployment has been inching down slightly for the last few months." The increase in the December unemployment rate is apparently due primarily to the large number of people who flood the job market around Christmas in search of spending money. "There was no increase in unemployment among local businesses," explained MESC an- alyst Carol Fletcher. A decrease in state government jobs accounted for much of the trend, according to Fletcher. See JOBLESS, Page 3 AP Photo A soldier in the Soviet-backed MPLA wears a Russian style steel helmet while on duty in Santa Comba Angola. Reports describe the Soviet-backed factions as confident of victory and the West- ern-backed forces as desperately short of supplies. SMOKING BATTLE: Pot reform faces, fight By TIM SCHICK The state House of Represen- tatives is preparing for a battle next week over a bill which would reduce Michigan's mari- juana penalties. The controversial legislation is expected to pass in some form, but according to its spon- sors the extent of penalties re- mains a major question. The bill, debated by the House last week, would make the possession, use or distribu- tion of less than 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of marijuana pun- ishable by a $100 fine and pro- bation. Possession of more than 100 grams would be punishable by an additional 90-day jail sentence. THE BILL also provides for a traffic ticket type citation and no criminal record for a conviction involving less than 100 grams. Currently, possession and dis- tribution of marijuana is pun- ishable by one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. According to the bill's spon- sor, William Bryant (R-Grosse Pointe), the bill has only a 50-50 chance of passing with only minor revision. However, he is confident the House will approve the bill in some form. TWO CHANGES are being dis- cussed by several legislators. One revision would lower the limit for possession and use from 100 grams to 30 grams (about one ounce). Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor) admits thatthis revision will probably be approved by the House, though he plans to See HOUSE, Page 3 PIRGIM defends present fee system By JEFF RISTINE PIRGIM insisted yesterday that its membership fee system is legal and said the proposed alternative collection methods could spell the end of the group's existence. PIRGIM Legal Director Edward Petrini contended a Uni- versity attorney's warning that the organization's fee collection system may be illegal is based upon incorrect assumptions, ignores relevant court decisions and misinterprets the nature of the group's work. SPEAKING at a news conference in PIRGIM's Michigan Union office, Petrini also disclosed that students could have had their $1.50 PIRGIM assessment killed at any time last term, not just d'ring the controversial one-week period specified in mailings and advertisements. University General Counsel Roderick Daane, who wrote an opinion on PIRGIM earlier this month at the request of the Board of Regents, stood by his position yesterday and charged the groun with "straw man" tactics. t. s :.: ':' . .