REAGAN'S STRIPES See Editorial Page ,friF DaidOi RELIEVING High-S2 Low-36 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol LXXXVI, No. 124 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, February 24, 1976 10 Cents Ten Pages Air Force im information a o 0 be using ' perfect bomb Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS Nicholls, Carter to By ELAINE and PAUL slini FLETCHER HASKINS Suecial To The Daily MANCHESTER, N. H. - Ex- Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter established himself after Morris Udall in the New Hampshire pri- mary, but now he appears to have gained a slight edge over former front-runner Udall in the race- one that is now only hours from its conclusion. Carter has been heralded by his sup- porters as a new Kennedy, a political phenomena; charismatic and competent. AS CARTER'S popularity mounts, cri- ticism directed towards him has inten- sified. For the first time in New Hamp- iedge shire the national media has turned the spotlight towards the ex-governor, large- ly to scrutinize his proposal for reorgan- ization of the executive branch of the federal government. - During his term as Georgia governor (1970 to 1974), Carter devised and im- SEE RELATED STORIES, PAGE 3 plemented an overhaul of the state's executive branch that reduced the num- ber of departments from 200 to less than a dozen. Carter will propose a federal reform along similar lines, if he is elected. "Don't vote for me," he has said, "un- less you want to reorganize the bureau- cratic mess that we now have in Wash- ington." , See CARTER, Page 7 By STEPHEN HERSH and LOIS JOSIMOVICH The United States Air Force is apparently using a University de- partment of Aerospace Engineer- ing research project as a source of information on its sophisticated Fuel Air Explosive (FAE) weapon. The FAE bomb, which can be fired from fighter jets, works through the explosion of a liquid fuel cloud. THE UNIVERSITY project studies the properties of the detonation of fuel clouds. The study may violate Regental regulations which prohibit research 'any specific purpose of which is to de- stroy human life or incapacitate human beings." The project, which was begun in 1972, is being conducted under contract with the Air Force ArmamentBLaboratory, located at Eglin Air Force Base in Flor- ida. According to a retired Air Force col- onel, who has worked on weapons de- velopment at Eglin, the air Force's con- cern with the research is itsausefulness in weaponry. , RETIRED COLONEL Edgar Munyon, who was Director of Development Plans during part of the time the University project has been in progress, said last night "the emphasis at Eglin is almost entirely on weapons." Speaking by telephone from his Florida Tome, Munyon explained that weapons developers at Eglin are not interested in the safety guidelines that can be drawn from the explosion research . "Undoubtedly there are some other ap- Mayor tells of right to FBI query By RICK SOBLE Democratic Mayor Albert Wheeler will inform the families of both youths in- volved in the Pump and Pantry shooting of their right to request a full FBI in- vestigation into the incident, he an- nounced last night. Wheeler's announcement came in re- sponse to public criticism of Police Chief Walter Krasny's official police report, which drew charges of inconsistency. People for United Justice, a citizens' group organized to protest the handling of the affair, has been particularly vocal in its dissatisfaction. "PEOPLE FOR United Justice were promised by our newly elected mayor that City Manager Sylvester Murray would carry out his own personal in- vestigation. This was not done," the group pointed out in a press release. Wheeler remarked that, "some parts of the police report may be proven to be incorrect." The police report does not mention the presence of any witnesses to the Feb. 11 shooting of Larry Edwards and Richard Bullock, who were fleeing from a gas station when officers George Anderson and Thomas Pressley arrived to investi- gate a holdup. EDWARDS was hit by two bullets and See MAYOR, Page 10 plications," he said, "but down here on Eglin, there is not much interest in them." THE FAE WEAPON was one of the subjects of an article on armament de- velopment which appeared in a July 1974 magazine issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. The magazine shows a photograph of the bomb, which is a canister of explo- 3ive fuel with a long "probe" attached at the front. "The probe is designed," the article says, "to provide the! correct distance above the ground for the canister of propylene oxide to burst open and distri- bute a cloud over the target area for subsequent detonation." THE STORY goes on to say that the FAE bomb "already has proved effec- tive in simulated tests against troops and actual detonations on bunkers." Aerospace Engineering P r o f e s s o r James Nicholls, one of the directors of the research, asserted that the Univer- sity project has not been instrumental in the development of the bomb. "There are certain areas of commonality," he said. "But they've had this sort of in- formation for many years. "It may help them understand better what's going on (during explosions of the FAE device). But they cannot use what we have to come up with a newer version." The 'U' research project, entitled "Fundamental Aspects of Unconfined Ex- plosions," involves the setting up of fuel explosions in the laboratory to study their properties. The method of setting up the explo- sions in the laboratory is described in the introduction of one of the progress reports on the project. The report states that "liquid fuel in an appropriate con- tainer is dispersed into the atmosphere as a cloud of fine droplets by the deto- nation of a primary charge. "AN APPROPRIATELY placed and timed secondary explosion is then used to detonate this cloud of fuel droplets." The research project has been re- viewed by the Classified Research Com- mittee, which is charged with seeing that classified science projects comply with Regental policy on classified re- search. The research itself is not classified, but because the researchers have access See USAF, Page 2 Dailv Photo by KEN FINK RONALD AND NANCY REAGAN campaign yesterday outside Derry, New Hampshire. Reagan hopes to garner at least 40 per cent of the Republican votes. Reagan centrist grabs for support By DAN BIDDLE and JIM TOBIN SDecial To The Daily Daily News Analysis MANCHESTER, N.H. - As Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign jet wheeled into take-off position at the air- port here Sunday, Hugh Gregg, Reagan's tall, bristle-haired state campaign mana- ger, stood by the runway with his hands on his hips and loudly promoted his candidate. "If he goes out of here with anything better than 40 per cent, he'll go all the way," Gregg shouted over the engine's roar. "Better than 40," he repeated as reporters asked him to predict the out- come of today's Republican primary. IT WAS windy and raining, but Gregg, formerly New Hampshire's governor, wore only a suit and did not seem to mind as water dripped down his face. An aide ran over and held an umbrella over his head. Reagan's campaign here has shown clear signs of the same hard-line conser- vatism that split the GOP in 1964, but Gregg said this was no problem. "Not at all," he said, "I assume all good Re- publicans will support the Republican nominee just as we will. "We haven't been at all devisive the Ford people have been very nega- tive and distorted the truth but I wouldn't say they've been too devisive that they couldn't support us in Novem- ber. HE ALMOST barked his words, as if his listeners could readily accept the as- sumption that Reagan, not President Ford, is the voice of mainstream Re- p0blicanism. But not so many people believe that yet, and Reagan and his aides here'have struggled to put a gloss of acceptability on their conservative challenge to Ford. Despite his claims to being a non- politician, the former movie actor has stumbled into the traditional problems faced by non-centrist candidates of both parties. He is trying to capture a portion of the middle without losing his natural loyalists on the right. A SUCCESSFUL tactic in this strategy has been left exploitation of Ford's unique position: his weakness as a non- elected President and his assumed strength as an incumbent in the first primary. "We're up against an incumbent,",said Reagan's chief advance man, Paul Russo, one of the sophisticated national aides who is more careful than Gregg in calling Ford names. "If we just see a crack, we'll jump onto it." Asked how he would read a Ford vic- tory by five to ten per cent, Russo said, "That depends on what you guys write about" - a comment which underscores the press' ability to call the incumbent See REAGAN, Page 2 Daily Photo by STEVE KAGAN FORMER GEORGIA Governor Jimmy Carter stumping yesterday in Manchester, N.H. He is moving his campaign at a frantic pace to maintain his edge over Arizona Congressman Mo Udall in their last day of campaigning. sew IfUY SUE NW AP A i-DAIY and thep wound up back on the welfare polls, died Sunday without fulfilling her dream of a comeback. The Wayne County Medical Exam- iner's office said Ballard, who was 32, had been drinking and taking medication before she was admitted to the emergency roor at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital on Saturday. She died from what hospital records described as a cardiac arrest. F'ormer state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Brennan formally announced his candidacy yes- terday for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate. Brennan-who became the fifth candidate ganization at 7:30 tonight at the Ann Arbor public library; afterwards there will be a party at 1910 Hill St. to watch the results of the New Hampshire primary . . . a brown-bag lunch will be held at noon with Patrick Fridenson from the University of Paris at 202 S. Thayer . . . former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson will speak at Hill Aud. at 3:00 this afternoon as part of the Future World's lecture series . . . an assertive- ness training workshop will be held in Rm. 3205 of the Union . . . there will be a community work- shop on Senate Bill 1 at 7:30 in E.Quad,Rm.126 . . . a meeting of the MSA Steering Committee at 7 tonight at 3909 Union is open to the public a tropical plant sale in the Union Ballroom from 9:00 a.m. until 8 tonight ... and "The imposing title geomorphology of of "Mound Building: A Psycho- Mud." The 142nd annual meet- Flak trap A bomb scare-phoned in by an unidentified person to The Daily Sunday night-sent East Quad residents scurrying into the cold expecting an explosion. The Daily called the dorm and the Ann Arbor police, who were soon on the scene ing of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, which brought together some of the top names in biology, sociology, medicine and physics, has produced perhaps the nation's fore- most authority on mud pies. Lest the less scien- tific observer think it's all fun and games for a grown man to watch toddlers play in the sand and muid, Prof. Dennis Wood of North Carolina State University explained what happened when the youngsters-aged 10 months to 13 years, in- cluding his son-discovered that dirt makes things grow. "At one point the loan of our baby was On the inside ... . . . Editorial Page highlights an article by Laurie Young on Operation Desktop, a Defense Department project . . . Arts Page features a review of Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" by Bruce Weber . . . and Sports Page has complete coverage of last night's basketball game with Illinois. Ont the oiutside... Where has winter gone? A deep storm over central Canada will put us under the influence 1 I