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Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, February 21, 1976 10 Cents Eight Pages
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Deanship
Last week's appointment of Billy Frye as LSA
dean brought to a close one of the most turbulent
chapters in recent administrative history at the
University. Today's Daily features an editorial dis-
cussing the highly questionable circumstances sur-
rounding Frye's appointment. Please turn to Page
4 for this important comment.
Just sleeping
Yesterday morning, the Daily received a call
from a worried University Plants Dept. employe
who had run across what he thought was a whole-
sale and inhumane slaughter in a lab at the Nat.
Sci. Building. He asked us to check out three large
snakes and two lizards which apparently had died
of dehydration. His account included drops of blood
in the cage (he thought the snake had bitten itself),
a strangely contorted smaller snake and empty
water dishes. When a reporter went to investigate,
the professor in charge of the lab,, Glen Northcut,
was quite annoyed, to put it mildly. He patiently
explained to the reporter that when the huge
pythons are fed mice, their teeth tend to draw
blood. The python had just shed its skin, and this
resembled a dried-out garter snake. As for the
two motionless lizards, they were merely under
heavy sedation and should be coming out any day
now. When informed of these findings, the em-
barrassed employe replied, "Well, you win some,
you lose some."
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Co-op bill
Two tax incentive bills introduced by State Rep.
Per'ry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor) to aid parent co-
operative nurseries were unanimously passed by
the state Senate yesterday and sent to Governor
William Milliken for his signature. According to
Bullard, there are some 350 parent co-op nurseries
serving 13,000 families throughout the state which
will now be eligible for use and sales tax exemp-
tions on supplies and other tangible items which
they purchase. "To qualify for these exemptions,"
he said, "the pre-schools must be directed by
qualified personnel and licensed by the Department
of Social Services." "The estimated annual cost
to the state will be only $8,000 in lost revenues,"
he continued, "but these non-profit co-ops will be
aided in fighting inflation by reduced operating
costs which now average about $5,000 per year
for 40 or so children."
Happenings.. .
... today are non-existent, but with all the nice
weather we've been having, we're sure you can
find something pleasant to do.
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Stop the presses
Twenty-one striking Washington Post press opera-
tors began a sit-in at AFL-CIO headquarters yes-
terday, charging that the parent union has not
backed their long strike against the Post. The
group managed to get to the eighth floor where
AFL-CIO President George Meany's office is lo-
cated, but guards shut off elevators and prevented
several others from going up. To the dismay of
those who did make it, Meany was in Miami
attending a union meeting, as were most other
union officials. The strike against the Post began
last Oct. 1.
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Tricky Ricky
In two developments arising from intelligence
investigations, the Justice Department says it
won't prosecute former CIA Director Richard
Helms for his role in a break-in, while the House
says it will investigate CBS reporter Daniel Schorr
for arranging publication of a secret document.
Despite the Justice Department decision not to
prosecute Helms, he remains under investigation
for possible perjury. The House meanwhile sug-
gested no specific action against Schorr, but Rep.
Samuel Stratton (D-N.Y.), who introduced the
resolution authorizing the investigation, said
Schorr's congressional press card may be voided
or he could be cited for contempt of Congress.
On the iiside...
. . . includes a feature by the Pacific News
Service on China's problems in dealing with the
transfer of political power . . . Arts Page presents
a review by Jeffrey Selbst of "The Time of Your
Life, Seven-sixths of a Play" . . . and Sports Page
has all the latest scores.
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On the outside...
The third storm this week to come from the
southwest will be affecting us today. Rain will
develop during the morning and continue into the
afternoon as the storm heads our way. It will nass
Strikes heighten tenantawareness
By JAY LEVIN
Despite demonstrating a negligible effect on the volume of
next fall's off-campus rentals, the two rent strikes currently
organized by the Ann Arbor Tenants Union (AATU) have resulted
in a 'sophistication" among renters and a resurgence of the ten-
ants movement the city last experienced in the 1960's.
The recent tenant actions against Sunrise and Reliable Realty
Management Companies are the first organized rent strikes here
since 1969, when a successful city-wide action encompassed nearly
2000 tenants at a time when student activism had reached its
peak.
THIS YEAR'S strikes have failed to discourage students from
renting off-campus. A University housing lottery and the recent 8.9
per cent dorm, rate hikes have sent many students out to vie for
off-campus rentals in one of the nation's tightest housing markets.
But Peter Schoch, University director of off-campus housing,
sees a definite, positive outgrowth from the rent strikes.
Probably half of the students that come in here (the off-cam-
pus housing office) express an awareness of the strikes," says
Schoch. He adds, "Students in general are becoming increasing-
ly sophisticated as to their rights as tenants" because of recent
strike publicity.
ACCORDING to Schoch, a recent housing information panel
at South Quad drew about 300 students, a figure indicative of in-
creased student concern about the city's housing situation.
He cites the tenant's right to withhold rent from a landlord
as one privilege which has come into public prominence during
the strikes.
"There's no doubt about it that a lot of tenants were not aware
of that right," says Schoch, "and some still aren't."
A SPOKESMAN for the Tenants Union, believes tenant aware-
ness had been gradually brewing until the time of the strikes.
"I think they (tenants) have always been angry, but now
they've found a means to vent their anger in a constructive way,"
says Robert Miller.
Schoch also notes that the publicity has benefited several
once-obscure organizations such as his own office, University
Mediation Service, and especially the Tenants Union.
"I'D SAY the group of students in the Tenants Union are now
doing an excellent job of determining what is within their ability.
They have been very selective in their targets and very careful
in their analyses of strengths and weaknesses of landlords," he
said.
Schoch foresees that once the strikes end, the AATU "will
continue to press on behalf of the tenants who receive substand-
ard housing at exorbitant rates" and to aid the tenant who feels
"powerless."
"We don't claim we're going to revolutionize Ann Arbor over-
night," says the TU's Miller, "but our organization is growing in
experience and numbers all the time." He estimates the TU has
between 300 and 400 members, with about 50 active people keep-
ing an eye on the city's housing.
MARTY PORTER, a member of Student Legal Aid's VISTA
housing reform program, says that as a result of the strikes "peo-
ple realized that they can get somewhere."
He cites the eruption of individual rent strikes, one being
See STRIKES, Page 8
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Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS
Dog day fternoon
One of Ann Arbor's four-legged citizens peers pensively through a broken panel in an ornately
carved door near campus, watching the world and an idyllic day go by.
BUDGET DEFICIT PROJECTED:
WASHINGTON P-Sena-
tors drafting intelligence
supervisory legislation ap-
peared to abandon p1 a n s
yesterday to r e q u i r e the
White House to give Con-
gress prior notification of
secret operations.
Meanwhile, Sen. F r a n k
Church (D - Idaho), chair-
man of the Senate Intelli-
gence Committee, said Pres-
ident Ford's plans for re-
organizing the intelligence
community "show little in-
terest in protecting citi-
zens' rights."
FORD, campaigning in New
Hampshire, insisted that "under
the new organization with the
new restrictions that I have ap-
plied there will be no abuses."
He added: "I can assure you
we are going to end up with an
intelligence capability that will
be our best security in peace-
time and the best security in
case of any difficulties around
the world. At the same time,
the private rights of American
citizens will be totally pro-
tected."
Ford called his proposals "a
good plan" and added: "I think
Congress will approve it."
BY A VOICE vote, the Senate
Government Operations Com-
mittee deleted from a resolution
to establish an intelligence mon-
itoring committee a provision
stating t h a t no intelligence
agency should undertake a co-
vert operation "unless and un-
til" the Senate "has been fully
informed of the proposed ac-
tivity." Members said the pro-
vision might be unconstitutional.
In its place, the committee
adopted language that, accord-
ing to a statement prepared by
Sen. Charles Percy (R - Ill.),
would allow, but not require,
prior notification "if a good
w o r k i n g relationship is de-
veloped between the new com-
mittee and the execu t i v e
branch."
Government Operations Chair-
man A b r a h a m Ribicoff (D-
Conn.), w h o introduced the
amendment in Percy's absence,
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said both Church, whose com-
mittee wrote the original prior-
notification requirement, and
the White House,- which consis-
tently has opposed prior noti-
fication, were prepared to ac-
cept the new language.
A VISIBLY angered member
of the intelligence committee
staff said afterwards, "Church
wants out of this thing so badly,
he'd give away the store."
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aid Coinally- Roeky
By KEN PARSIGIAN
Special To The Daily
LANSING-Vice President Nelson Rockefeller said yesterday
that the "timing is unusual" for Richard Nixon's visit to China,
and hinted that he might be making the trip to aid the presidential
hopes of former Treasury Secretary John Connally.
Speaking at a press conference here, Rockefeller said "I
really don't know why he's doing it, perhaps he's trying to help
Connally. If you were speculating, that would be the best bet, but
I'm not speculating."
ROCKEFELLER said that he did not think Nixon's trip would
affect President Ford's chances in the NewtHampshire primary
next week, but. added "whether that was the intent or not is
another question, but I think the American people are very
intelligent, very incisive and not affected by things that are not
related to the questions at hand."
See ROCKY, Page 2
CIA
Other members of the com-
mittee's staff insisted there had
been no significant weakening
of the prior notification require-
ment.
Church is expected to an-
nounce his candidacy for presi-
dent next month: In the mean-
time, he has delegated the day-
to-day workings of the intelli-
gence panel to two subcommit-
tees headed by Sens. Walter F.
See CHURCH, Page 9
'U' fuel consumption Up
By LOU MOORE
After a two year decline, energy use by
University is on the upswing. Coupled with
ing fuel rates, this spells a projected $1.1 mil
deficit in the fuel budget, according to Univer
Plant Operations Director Don Wendel.
Wendel attributes the upswing to "reh
efforts and apathy" among individuals, ads
that, people "have become accustomed to I
energy costs."
THE ENERGY Task Force, composed of
dents, faculty and administration members
currently studying the causes and degree of
increase in energy use.
The two-year-old task force, seeks to ence
age conservation measures by improving c
Poliico
From Wire Service Reports
MANCHESTER, N. H. - Democrats and
Republicans traded hard political potshots
within their own ranks yesterday as cam-
paigning for this Tuesday's New Hamp-
shire presidential primary enters its final
weekend.'
Former Georgia Governor Lester Mad-
dox assailed front-running Democratic
presidential candidate Jimmy Carter as a
liar, a crook and a fraud.
"Jimmy Carter is the most dishonest
man I ever met," Maddox told a stormy
press conference he called to denounce his
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munications within the University. Initial con-
servation measures, such as heightening of pub-
lic awareness and a twenty per cent reduction
in classroom and office lighting resulted in an
eighteen per cent decrease in energy use by the
University in 1973-75.
"UTILITY costs are up 133 per cent since
1969," said Wendel. He expects the Public Utili-
ties Commission to grant permission for a rate
increase to Detroit Edison in the near future.
Wendel cited the variety of different heating
systems on campus and the less
older buildings, such as the Frieze,
versity's energy culprits.
"It (the Frieze Building) was
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cessor was marked by bitterness and in-
suIts about each other's political doctrine:
Maddox also called Carter cruel and
said, "he is a radical liberal - the George
McGovern of 1976. He is the Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde of 1976."
SIX "good friends" in Atlanta financed
Maddox's trip to New Hampshire after he
read "some things in the fish wrapper back
home that were dishonest."
The Georgia Democrat supports Wallace.
"If he doesn't get it, I'll vote for Ronald
Reagan. You know, I've voted Republican
before -- for Tricky Dicky."
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Reagan said, "I'm not even a front-door
Socialist." He quoted Winston Churchill in
denouncing Socialism as "the philosophy
of greed."
He said the cabinet offers came last
winter and spring and that the positions,
mentioned by Ford personally, included
Commerce Secretary. Former White House
Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld had also
told him of a number of positions opening
in the cabinet, including that of Transpor-
tation Secretary.
REAGAN also said the President had
received some "bad briefings by his own
Priest desc ribes
S. Korean* tyranny
By LOIS JOSIMOVICH
An American missionary expelled from his South Korean
post last April for outspoken opposition to the government
of President Park Chung Hee last night sketched a grim
picture of torture and oppression of the Korean people.
Adressing a Pittsfield meeting of the Women's Inter-