for daily subscrip tions, hone 764-055 FORD'S THE ONE? See Editorial Page VAL. Cl4r *16 it ALGID High-22 Low-4 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 85 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 9, 1976 10 Cents Ten Pages iF u SEE 1-16 A~FMhCAL.-Z fY Chinese dies of remier ancer in hou eking En-lai at 78 Missed classes Because of the great number of students who want to get into intro chem courses, those people enrolled in Chemistry 111, 113, 114, 116, 196, 197, 225 226 227, 294, or 295 must attend the first lecture or laboratory session to claim their places or they will be dropped from the rosters Those who can't make the first session should inform Dr. L. Meers (100 level courses) or F. Bryant (200 level courses). Also, because of a bureaucratic snafu, American Studies 410, a course on Chicano literature, was inadventently omitted from the time schedule. It will meet MWF at 1 p.m. in _3000 Frieze Bldg. for those interested. Oldies but goodies State Senator John Hertel (D-Harper Woods) has borrowed a page from the hippie handbook in order to help senior citizens. He has proposed legisla- tion that will allow senior citizens to set up food co-ops with a little help from the people in Lansing. If the measure is passed, members of the Office of Services to the Aging would train interested elderly persons in the art of running a co-op and buying food. Hertel says that several groups have been successful in setting up such stores in the Detroit area but that it would be beneficial if the services could be available statewide. Happenings . . . . . are almost nonexistent. They lead off with a gathering of local and national experts and prac- titioners of occult arts at Briarwood from 1:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. . .. Political Science 351 will spon- sor a showing of the film "Colonialism: A Case Study-Nanibia" at 3 p.m. in rm. 2412 MLB . . . and the International Students Recreation Program will'meet from 7-10 p.m. in Waterman Gym.. Birthday boy Tricky. Dick celebrates his 63rd birthday today with a quiet, invitation-only party at his San Cle- mente estate. A few former White House aides and a handfull of close friends will be there in- cluding Rabbi Baruch Korff and ex-Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren. In announcing the. get- together, Korff said yesterday that Nixon is "quite confident" and believes that there will be a change in the assessment of his administration especially with the wave of stories about the extra-marital liasons of President John Kennedy. Apparently adultry is worse than obstruction of justice in Nixon's book of do's and don'ts. We could wish him many happy returns . . . but we won't. b Seedy character Miklos Petrovicks walked into a Culver City, California bank Tuesday, brandished a gun, and made a rather odd request. Instead of asking a teller to fill up a bag with money or something like that, he demanded that each of the offices of the Bank of America in the state-more than 1,000 in all-send a truckload of birdseed to that branch. After Petrovicks was apprehended, the bank manager said the gunman claimed that pol- lution was killing the birds and that "we should take care of his birds." The manager added that Petrovicks had told all of the employes "to go dow nto the seashore and cleanse yourselves." Petrovicks claimed he had tried it several times himself but found it "very cold," the manager said. Authorities were unsure what they would charge Petrovicks with, since he hadn't actually robbed the bank but conceeded they would find something. Domestic discord Hundreds of surprised spouses found themselves with some explaining to do after a mailing foul-up by a computer firm sent letters thanking them for staying recently at a downtown Chicago hotel. The hotel received over 500 telephone calls from sus- picious husbands and wives who suspected their mates had been fooling around. "One woman whose name was on the letter had three children and was pregnant with a fourth," said Jerome Belan- ger, manager of the Oxford House hotel. "She said her husband was mad and doubted the child was his." One woman was disapponted to find out the letter was a mistake-she had just begun di- vorce proceedings against her husband and hoped to use the letter as evidence. On the inside ... . . . Daily staffer Jim Tobin writes about Jerry Ford and the upcoming presidential election on the Editorial Page . . Cinema Weekend returns to the Arts Page . . . and Sports Page brings you all the information on last night's basketball game against Wisconsin. oviets claim no s11ps b)y Angola By Reuter The Soviet Union firmly de- nied yesterday allegations by the U. S. that it had moved a guided missile destroyer and a tank landing ship into position off the Angolan coast. Meanwhile, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) cleared the decks for what was called the greatest challenge in Afri- ca's post-independence history -ending the Angolan civil war. THE SOVIET news agency Tass said reports by western news media of alleged Soviet naval activity in the area were a "vicious , invention" and "clearly provocative". The Tass statement, whose wording indicated that it had top-level Kremlin approval, avoided direct reference to the source of the reports, which - were based on informatiop from the White House and the Oe- fense Department. It said that "certain western circles" who had circulated them evidently wanted to dis- tract attention from their own support for South Africa's in- tervention in Angola. "There are no Soviet warships and no special movements off the An- golan shores," Tass said. YESTERDAY, White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen See SOVIETS, Page 2 Leader's death won't affect U.S. detente By REUTER and AP Chou En-lai, premier of the People's Republic of China since its oreation in 1949 and a leading force for moderation and detente with the United States, died of cancer Wednesday in Peking, the official Chinese news agency Hsinhua announced yesterday. In its eulogy of the scholar and revolutionary who became a founding father of modern China, his country's leadership called the 78-year-old Chou, "The great fighter of the Chinese people" and termed his death "a gigantic loss." BUT HOURS after the Premier's death was announced, there was not even a flicker of public reaction in the darkened, freezing streets of the capital as early morning joggers paced the pave- ments and blue-clad workers waited for buses. In the massive Tien An-mien square, scene of Communist China's greatest parades, public security men chatted amiably, banging their hands together to keep out the cold. Asked if he was aware that Chou En-lai had died, one pe- destrian stared back in total disbelief. U.S. OFFICIALS in Washing- ton said the death of Chou is not expected to affect efforts to im- prove American relations with the Chinese government in Pe- king. They said the man expect- ed to take Chou's place. Vice Premier Tang Hsiao-ping, 71, who has handled day-to-day af- fairs in Peking during Chou's illness, is considered a strong supporter of increased contacts with the United States. A descendant of Manadarin forebears who turned Commu- nist revolutionary in his youth, Chou had been confined to a hospital for much of the time since 1972 when he was reported stricken with a heart ailment. Before that, his thick black eyebrows and broad grin had come to symbolize the new Chi- nese statesmanship as he tra- veled widely, greeting chiefs of state with intelligence and wit. HSINHUA said Chou died at 9:57 a.m. Thursday-9:57 p.m. EST Wednesday. The announce- ment said: "The Central Committee of the Communist party of China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Sta'e Cwin-il of he People's See CHOU, Page 3 'U' prof p raises Chinese, premier By JIM TOBIN Allen Whiting, a political sci- ence professor at the Univer- sity and a nationally - recogniz- ed expert in Far Eastern af- fairs, last night termed Chinese Premier'Chou En-lai "a sophis- ticated, cosmopolitan, worldly- wise intellect," and called Chou's likely successor Teng Hlsiao-ping "an inside man who understands power and how to use it in a blunt way." He said the leader's death would have little effect on ei- ther Sino-American or Cino-So- viet relations. WHITING held the State De- partment position of director of Intelligence and Research for the Far East from 1962-66 and wvas Deputy Consulate-General in Hong Kong from 1966-68. Speculating on the probable See 'U', Page 3 AP Photo FORMER PRESIDENT Richard Nixon lends a hand to China's Premier Chou En-lai as he took off his coat at the start of a meeting in Peking in February, 1972. Hsin~hua, the official Chinese news agency, reported yesterday that Chou died of cancer. LABOR LEADERS QUIT: Ford veto sparks resignations WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor leaders angered over President Ford's veto of a bill expanding union picketing rights resigned yesterday from a key govern- ment advisory committee, de- claring that Ford double-cross- ed them. T h e walkout apparently meant that any chance Ford might have had of winning some labor support on the pre- sidential campaign was gone. "IF HE can't support labor, I don't know how labor can sup- port him," said Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons, whose 2.2 million - member un- ion is the nation's largest. Fitzsimmons and eight lead- ers of AFL-CIO construction un- ions stalked from a meeting of the Collective Bargaining Com- mittee in Construction, on which they had served with manage- ment representatives s i n c e their appointment by Ford last April. The Teamsters and hard-hat unions traditionally favor Re- publican presidential candi- dates, but the union chiefs vow- ed that Ford "will get absolute- ly no support." AFL - CIO President George Meany and other union chiefs Fitzsimnmons Survey indicates frosh are expected to resign shortly from another presidential advis- ory panel, completing labor's break with the administration. The walkout by the construc- tion presidents also increased pressure on Labor Secretary John Dunlop to resign. He is weighing such a move, and aides say his decision will be based on a determination whe- ther he can still be effective. President Robert Georgine of the AFL - CIO Building and Construction Trades Depart- ment said, "I don't think any- one can believe he speaks for the President or the administra- tion." THE LABOR secretary had drafted, with Ford's support, legislation which would have broadened the picketing rights of construction unions and would have created a national committee with authority to in- tervene in local disnutes and to seek settlements. Ford, who at first said he would sign the bill, vetoed it last week after pleas from industry leaders and po- litical conservatives. At a news conference follow- ing the union chiefs' resigna- tion, Georgine charged that management members of the bargaining committee had turned anti-union. "We have neither the disnosi- tion nor the time to play char- ades with a management which has indicated it is merely a proxy for the most virulent anti-union forces in the United States and a President who is overwhelmed by that group," he declared. Management spokesnersons had no comment, nor did Dun- weren't told By BILL TURQUE A random survey of 30 freshperson dorm residents yesterday revealed that they had re- ceived virtually no written warning from the Housing Office concerning the likelihood of a selection process to allot dorm space next year. This apparently refutes the contentions of hous- ing officials, who claim that all new students have received ample warning of the impending reap- plication lottery. THlE FRESHFERSONS contacted by The Daily s-id they had heard of the lottery by word-of- mouth in their dorms and, ocassionally, from their residential staff. But an overwhelming ma- jority could recall no communication from the University warning them not to count on dorm sr'ace next year. Director of Ho''sing Information John Fimn s id olottery man, said he was informed of the possibility of a lottery by staff in East Quad and through a monthly bulletin distributed within the RC. "I didn't get anything like that," said one freshman from Alice Lloyd. ASKED IF ANY communication other than the soring warning was issued from the Housing Office, Housing Director John Feldkamp replied: "No, we have to limit our communications. It's expensive, and we had 9,000 new students this year. People are selectiwe in what they read." This yeir's lottery plan is primarily the pro- d-1t of a student 'staff committee which spent most of the fall investigating the reapplication problem in the wake of last spring's widely cri- ticized lottery plan. The new nlan lists several categorical exemp- ti )-s to the) otterv--neonle who will receive dorm Black Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN Rent strike rulings favor management By JAY LEVIN Three district court judges approved Wednesday a local landlord's request for mediation and court controls over his tenants' escrow funds in a current rent strike dispute. Dewey Black, owner of Sunrise Management, asked for the withhAI rents to be placed in custody of the court rather