REGISTERED TO VOTE? See Editorial Page Y it D~ait MOIST High--60 Low-38 s See Today for Details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 132 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 4, 1976 10 Ce ents Eight Pages 10 C~ Scientists IFYOUSEE NEHAPPEN CAL 7 LY Fly, flown, flu About one-third to one--half of Washtenaw Coun- ty's residents will come down with the flu this winter, according to the local public health direc- tor. Symptoms, says John Atwater, will include any, or all of the following: sore throat, fever, muscle aches and pains, head aches and often cramps and diarrhea and sometimes nausea and vomiting. The discomfort should last four to five days, but like the good doctor says, 'drink lots of liquids and get plenty of sleep.' 0 Happenings ... today include a preview of "Hello Dolly" at the Pendleton Arts Theatre in the Union at 12 noon . . . and the Native American Solidarity Committee (formerly Wounded Knee Support Group) will hold a planning meeting on the fourth floor of the Union at 8:00 tonight. It's the next best thing to being there The Postal Service, alarmed by the drop in mail use, is considering a nationwide advertising campaign urging people to write more letters. The ads would be "not unlike the telephone company's campaign for long-distance calling," J.T. Elling- ton, a senior assistant postmaster general, said in an interview. An increase in long distance tele- phone calling has been one factor in the recent decline in mail usage. "In 1972, the average household was mailing 3.8 pieces of first class mail per week. In 1974, it was down to 3.2 and in a survey last fall it was 2.6 sent per household per week," Ellington said. The day Geneva stood still The clocks have stopped, mail is piling up by the ton, elevators and computers are idled and there is no heat in the offices or toilet paper in the bathrooms. The Geneva disarmament confer- ence has been forced to cancel its meetings, and the 32-nation U.N. Commission on Human Rights has moved to emergency rooms outside the U. N. complex. A week-old general strike, unprecedent- ed in the history of the United Nations, has ef- fectively paralyzed work at the European U. N. headquarters in the mile-long Palace of Nations. "We remain operational on an emergency basis," said a Dutch official at the office of the U. N. high commissioner for refugees. "And we even manag- ed to get one or two manual typewriters. But we have to collect urgent cables downtown because there is no power for our Telex machines. And each of us has to walk up 10 flights several times a day, enough to give you a heart failure. It is a pain in the neck." Life sure is tough, isn't it? Highway hijinks Jack, Cissel was driving down a Miami road to see his tax consultant yesterday when a single- engine plane bounced off his car roof. "I thought they were filming a movie," said a dumbfounded bystander after the small plane descended, touched the roof of Cissel's car and came to a rest. The pilot's excuse? "We had an engine failure and it was the only place to land." Cissel was unharmed, and he's not entirely unhappy about the acci- dent: "Now we have another deduction," he said. Super ford It's a bird. It's a plane. It's . . . a reaction by President Ford to Ronald Reagan's calls for re- duced government bureaucracies. Candidate Ford yesterday told all federal agency officials to cut 10 per cent by June from the amount of informa- tion collected in reports from the public. "To put it bluntly," the ex-football star said, "regardless of how necessary a program administrator or agency head may believe reports to be, the American peo- ple believe that they are too many, too long, too frequent and take too much time to fill out." He added that it was important "to protect the Ameri- can people from unnecessary expenditures of time and money in order to satisfy our information re- quirements." Sorry, Jerry, but it won't wash. On the inside.. Editorial Page presents a perspective by Elaine Fletcher on Jimmy Carter and his chances for the Presidency . . . Arts Page highlights "Side One: Records in Review" . . . and Sports Page will have the scores of last nights games. 0 On the outside... With warm humid gulf air sitting just south of us for the past few days, rain, drizzle and fog has species. The new alter the genetic host organism as t on DNA research By MARGARET YAO In two information-packed forums yes- terday, imported as well as resident ex- perts made it clear that the scientists themselves are in wide disagreement over the recombinant DNA research con- troversy. Over 650 persons poured into Mendels- sohn Theatre yesterday afternoon and again last night to hear some of the nation's leading researchers from the University, Harvard, MIT, and the Uni- versity of Alabama discuss the values and dangers of genetic engineering. RECOMBINANT DNA research, a re- lative newcomer to science, involves the transplant and rearrangement of DNA molecules from one organism to another of a totally different combinations of DNA characteristics of the the DNA replicates. Society, according to Richard Gold- stein, professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Harvard med- ical school, must weigh the known bene- fits of recombinant DNA research against the potential hazards before scientists continue with the experiments, some of which have been suspended by self-im- posed guidelines. Nobel Prize-winner David Baltimore, an MIT biology professor, cited numer- ous potential health benefits of recom- binant DNA experiments, noting its cur- rent importance in research of cancer- causing viruses. FOR EXAMPLE, Baltimore said, the research could lead to a genetic method of producing a infinite supply of insulin. A colleague of Baltimore's, however, Biology Prof. Sonathan King, called Bal- timore's predicted applications "a series of social myths and half-truths." In an impromptu, impassionate speech to the afternoon session, King said fund- ing for environmental problems would be more important and more beneficial than allocations for the genetic research. AMIDST HISSES from the audience, King also claimed there is no evidence that viruses cause cancer, one of Balti- more's supporting justifications for gene- tic engineering. King, who was not scheduled to speak until the second series of forums today, also said the DNA researchers are not reliable sources of information about the estimates of social risks and benefits. "That's like a vinyl chloride manufac- turer telling you the benefits of vinyl chloride," he said. Baltimore denied the accusations, de- claring that King was "foolish" in dis- claiming viruses as cancer - causing, since some causes of the disease are still unknown to scientists. KING, WHO rapidly emerged as a major personality at the forums, was liter reprimanded by chairman of the University's Human Genetics depart- ment, James Neel. Neel asserted that See EXPERTS, Page 8 'How much do w e really need recombin- ant DNA ? Fine, we canl do without it. We have lived with fam- ine, viruos and cancer, and we can continue to., -David Baltimore, Nobel Prize Winner FLEMING HESITANT ON STATE IDEA: Colleg members strike at EMU By JENNY MILLER YPSILANTI - Two United Auto Workers (UAW) locals representing clerical, adminis- trative, technical and profes- sional workers went on strike , yesterday morning at Eastern Michigan University., The walkout by 540 members of Local 1975 and 1976 followed a breakdown in negotiations be- tween UAW and the EMU man- agement for a new contract. PICKETERS AT the EMU campus say the University is bargaining in bad faith. "They %' (EMU negotiators) simply walked out ofthehmeeting on Thursday, and haven't been seen since," said one striker. Dressed in warm clothing to A striking UP ward off the day-long drizzle, 540 union me See EMPLOYES, Page 8 management. SEEKS $1 MILLON DAMA funding plan unveiled By MIKE NORTON A proposal to reorganize the funding of Michigan colleges and universities was unveiled yesterday by the State Senate Fiscal agency. The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Bill Huffman (D-Madison Heights) and Rep. Gary Owen (D-Ypsilanti), has been described as a substantial change from traditional funding methods. Its sup- porters claim it could add more than $100 million a year to state institutions and raise their annual appropriations to almost $600 million. UNIVERSITY President Robben Fleming, however, expressed hesitancy over the plan. "I know what the formula suggests," said Fleming. "But I would hesitate to say what we think about it until we've had time to apply it to our own situation." Fleming added the University would make a formal response within "a week or ten days". THE NEW funding formula would divide state appropriations into three main areas: "foundation of support," "added costs" and "special grants". The so-called "foundation of support", would act as a basic appropriation to meet institutional needs. It would be computed according to what state fiscal experts call "performance expecta- tions". This means the number of students and teachers'and the See STATE, Page 2 Poorh nm endBayh campaign Daiv Photo by STEVE KAGAN AW member pickets outside of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Some mbers are striking as a result of a breakdown in negotiations with the University GES: Sunrise sues By JAY LEVIN Sunrise Management C o m - pany threw a spark into its cur- rent rent strike dispute yester- day when the rental agency fil- ed a $1 million suit against the Ann Arbor Tenants Union (AA- TU), charging the TU with in- ducing tenants to withhold their rent by means of "moral and social pressure". The suit, filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, was brought by Sunrise's owner, De- wey Black. The Tenants Union organized the rent strike action against the former Trony As- sociates in November in protest of what some tenants believe to be inadequate maintenance ani security measures. NEITHER BLACK nor his at- torney, Gerard Matuszak, were available for comment yester- day. Meanwhile, the Tenants Un- ion announced that eight addi- tional Sunrise units, comprising twenty tenants, have joined the strike by withholding their March rent. The Sunrise escrow account has ballooned to about $27,000, which includes wsit h- held monies from the 124 strik- ing tenants. The suit filed yesterday charg- ed the Tenants Union with in- ducing the tenants, as of last November 1, not to perform their lease contracts with t h e management company by with- holding rent and refusing to en- gage in mediation talks, as stip- ulated in the lease. IN ADDITION, Sunrise charg- ed that the Tenants Union ac- ey fees. TENANTS UNION of irked that a hearing next' day coincides with spring1 termed the suit a "nui rather than a verys threat. "They're trying toc what is a growing tenants ment in Ann Arbor," Downs. He added that th is "conclusive proof" th Tenants strike has had a substantial fect. ficials, The TU disagrees with the Thurs- legations stated in the suit, break, pecially the charge that it co sance" ced tenants with moral and s serious ial pressure. diffuse "WHAT DOES moral and s move- ial pressure mean?" as] said Downs. "We haven't coerc he suit anybody." at the "We only told people of th Union ef- legal rights," said Keller, "and they carried them out by them- al- selves." es- The Tenants Union was dis- er- mayed over the claim that it oc- should be enjoined from agitat- ing and organizing. "It's fairly standard," s a i d oc- Downs. "It's a ploy manage- ked ment uses against a union. It ced prevents people from getting to- gether to have some control over eir their own lives." By The Associated Press Senator Birch Bayh (D.-Ind.) plans to withdraw from the pre- sidential campaign, a Demo- cratic source said last night. The decision followed a seventh- place finish in Tuesday's Mas- sachusetts primary and 5% ho-irs of conferences with cam- p-'ign aides last night. Bayh plans a news conference at 9:30 a.m. in New York to- diy. Although he would make no statement, he is reputedly not going to make an immediate endorsement of any other De- mocratic contender. MEANWHILE, Henry Jackson (D.-Wash.) savored his triumph in the Tuesday voting, which put him atop the field with 23 per cent of the vote in a splintered, nine-way Democratic contest. The Republican primaries in Vermont, where Ford was alone on the ballot, and Massachusetts were overshadowed by the Democratic show. Ford got 62 per cent of the Massachusetts vote, and 84 per cent in Ver- mont. campaign '76 Rep. Morris Udall (D.-Ariz.) was rejoicing, too, at a second place showing (18 per cent) that marked him the top man among liberal Democrats. UDALL'S task now is to con- vince liberal Democrats that they ought to coalesce around his candidacy, and he worked at it by arguing at a New York news conference that he is now the only champion the progessives have. See POOR, Page 2 Pros titution, heroin ...:: thrive on The Block By DAVID WHITING and MICHAEL YELLIN First of two parts Students are few and far between on The Block, where the dice roll, the numbers run, the skin pops and people hustle for a living. Located two blocks from City Hall, just east of the county jail on E. Ann St. is The Block-the black hub of the city's heroin trafficking and fencing of stolen goods. PROSTITUTES, junkies, gamblers and thieves converge on the Derbl Bar, which serves as the front office for many local hustlers. What is not sold inside the bar is available in some nearby parked car or the unnamed game hall two doors up. "It's just like a little Detroit down here, maybe a little small- er, friendlier," savs Roxanne, a young woman describing the 100 block of Ann St. "Eiverybody knows everybody." The Block's small size creates a tightly-knit community which A ... allows hustlers to know their competition as well as their custom-