WALLACE DIVISIVENESS See Editorial Page Y 4fttA& C Yi i~a11 ELUSIVE High-3 Law--24 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 88 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, January 13, 1976 10 Cents Eight Pages 2ND BEST SELLING AUTHOR IN HISTORY Concert note Some months ago, The Daily reported in this column that musician Carole King would make an appearance on campus. Soon after that announce- ment-was made, however, negotiations fell through and King never performed. Well, we can now say that she will definitely be at Hill Auditorium for two concerts: one on Jan. 26 and the other on Jan. 27. Ticket prices will vary from $4 to $6 and will be strictly mail order only. For more details, check tomorrow's Daily for a UAC ad- vertisement. A worI of caution: no mail orders will be accepted prior to Wednesday, Jan. 14. Remember, you heard it here first. Better dead than Red State officials announced yesterday that the so- called Red Squad, an arm of the State Police begun in the 1950's to collect information on alleged sub- versives, will be. disbandedgashthe result of a law- suit filed by the Human Rights Party. The state" attorney general's office also agrees with the party's contention that laws under which the squad was formed and operated are unconstitutional. What will become of the more than 50,000 files the unit complied remains unclear. Dope contest One of the state's alternative newspapers, The Sun, is holding their Second Annual Win a Pound of Colombian marijuana contest. To enter, all one must do is fill nut the entry form in a copy of the Sun and mail it. Sun Publisher David Fen- ton assures all those who enter that the winner's name will remain confidential and says that the prize is "of high quality, costing, about $450." Other prizes will be awarded, including Earth Shoes, a lifetime supply of rolling papers and passes to movie theatres. 0 Happenings ... ..today are largely academic. The Reading and Learning Skills Center is offering classes in speed reading, self management, academic skills and writing fundamentals for University staff and students; for additional info call 764-9481 . . . the Astronomical F i Im Festival will s h o w several' films with a lecture in MLB Aud 3 at 8 p.m.. . Rudolph Pohl, an academic consultant in the area of early childhood education, will speak at Tappan Jr. High tonight at 7:30 . . . if you're going to Europe, the International Center and the Res. Col- lege are sponsoring a program at 7:30; call 764- 9198 for the details . . . the University's Program for Educational Opportunity is sponsoring a con- ference on sexism in education; call 763-9910 for more information . . . the women's IM basketball clinic will be held in the Sports Coliseum at 7 .. . and the IM Bldg. will be the scene of marital arts demonstrations at 4:30. " Professor Nixon? It seems that it's going to take more than resignation without honor to kick the only living ex-president. Students at Stanford University have invited Richard Nixon and radical Angela Davis to accept a guest professorship this spring. Neither Nixon nor Davis have responded to the offer, but an old crony of Nixon's says he has already turned down several lucrative speaking engagements and a desire to re-enter the political arena and will, instead, concentrate on his memoirs. " Puppy love / Everyone's heard of great expectations, but there is apparently no limit. Queen Elizabeth's 11- year-old son, Prince Edward, has received a mar- riage* proposal. Alison Findlay, 9, a commoner, says she is in love with the prince and wants des- perately to marry him. "When we are older, will you marry me so that I can come and live in the palace?" she wrote the sandy-haired prince. But to no one's surprise, a spokesperson at Buckingham Palace said Edward and .the other royal children get many love letters, and all are answered by a lady-in-waiting. And Alison will hear from the palace shortly. High lawi As if they have nothing better to do, the Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide whether a state may let women buy beer when they turn 18 while making males wait until they turn 21. A special three-judge panel in Oklahoma upheld a state law to that effect on grounds that research data in- dicates more beer is consumed by males than by females in the 18-20 age group, there are more vehicle injuries to males and these injuries relate to alcohol use. On the inside... . . . include a review of the Detroit Symphony by Arts Editor David Blomquist . . . the Editorial Page features an interview of James Earl Ray . . . and Sports has complete coverage of last night's basketball game. Agatha Christie By AP and Reuter WALLINGFORD, England - Agatha Christie, England's master of mystery fiction and creator of the famed Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, died yesterday. She was 85. Her recipe for crime was .invariably the genteel setting of a middle or upper class English home, a murder and the clever unravelling of a web of intrigue. DESPITE NEW fashions in crime fiction-with more violence and antiheroes-her popularity endured for more than half a century into the hijacking-and-hostage era of the 1970s. Dame Agatha's death at her home 55 miles west of London was announced by her personal physician, Dr. Gordon Mitchelmore, and her publisher, William Collins., "She had not been in good health for the last month or two. She was failing," said her literary agent in London, Hughes Massie Ltd. dies in IN A 56-YEAR career, Dame Agatha wrote 85 crime novels and 17 plays and was translated into 103 languages. Her books sold more than 350 million copies, her publishers estimated, making her one of the two best-selling authors inhistory. Only Georges Simenon, the Belgian mystery writer now living in the United States, matched her in over-all sales, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Describing her craft, she once said: "What is difficult is having a very clear way of murdering perple." Shortly after publishing her 80th book, in 1971, she was made a Dame Commander of the, British Empire--the female equivalent of a knighthood. Her most famous creatiorn was a little Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who with his egg- shaped head, impressive moustache and general brilliance became one of the most popular fiction London detectives since Sherlock Holmes. several publishers. First suggested to Christie by Belgain refugees she nursed during the war, the dapper little detective was to reappear in dozens of her novels and short stories. But in 1975, Poirot met his end when Dame Agatha decided to publish a novel written 30 years earlier, IN "CURTAIN, Poirot's Last Case," originally intended for publication after the author's death, a lifetime's devotion to rich meals, Russian cigarettes and thick chocolate catches up on the detective and he dies of a heart attack. Her play, "The Mousetrap," a mystery set in an English country house, is the longest running play in the world. Its 9,612th performance went on as usual at London's St. Martin's Theater last night, but lights were to be dimmed in honor of the writer. flbates- Christie ~ .N- seats PLO for Israel condemned as Zonist racist state UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Ml - The United Nations Security Council, disregarding objections from the U.S., yesterday voted to invite the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization (PLO) to participate in debates on the Middle East by an 11-1 vote. The vote allows the PLO to partici- pate in the debate with the same rights as U. N. mem- bers. U. S. Ambassador Daniel Moynihan voted against, while Britain, France and Italy abstained in the 15-mem- ber council. Later, last night, as the debate began the PLO called Israel a "Zionist, racist state" PLO spokesman Farouk Kaddourii said his organization would continue its military and po- litical struggle to establish, a Palestinian state. He called on the council to adopt "an effec- tiie resolltion" offering Pales- tinians "a path to return to their homeland." KAfnnOUMI charged that the United States is a "s'istainer of the continitd eer'sion and e-nnnsion of Tsrael." Tsrael's d-cision to boycott the debate h*".iie of the PLO presence, h' sad, wat an effort "to fr"s- trate the will of this council." Daiv Photo by STEVE KAGAN Turbo power This Chrysler turbine car is one of 250 cars on display at the Detroit Auto show, which runs until next Sunday. This is the 60th year for the auto show, which is the oldest such event in the world. TENANTS UNION CONFIDENT: Rent st r1e nterS mediation Tn an obvious reference recent General Assembly lution equating Zionism racism, Kaddoumi said: to a reso- with By JAY LEVIN The-Ann Arbor Tenants Union (AATU) enters rent strike me- diation talks today with Sunrise Management, confident it can win suitable settlements for the striking Sunrise tenants. Today's discussion will focus on what kind of format media- tion will take. LAST WEEK, the 15th District Court ordered the dispute be turned over to University 'Medi- ation, one of landlord Dewey Black's requests, However, members of the ten- ants union insist the ruling will not harm their position in rela- tion to the strike. "Things are going along the way they should in court-we have a jury trial and we've paid our fees," said Jonathan Rose, legal aid laiyer representing the AATU. ABOUT 50 households have been withholding rent from Sun- rise Management since Decem- ber in protest of allegedly shod- dy living conditions. The strik- ing tenants claim Sunrise, for- nierly Trony Associates, has not provided adequate maintenance and security measures. The tenants union feels a jury trial would be a more equitable way to resolve the case since legal counsel is banned from mediation. H o w e v e r, AATU members concede that media- tion has advantages because it is quick and inexpensive. The AATU was opposed to Black's, request for mediation since it feels that jury trials tend to be more favorable to- ward tenants in this type of dis- pute. IF THE UNION is not pleased with the mediation results, it plans to take the case to court. The district c o u r t accepted AATU's request not to take a recommendation from mediation if the sides fail to achieve a satisfactory agreement. "Since counsel won't be pres- ent, we prefer the juries to decide themselves on the basis of evidence presented in court," explained Robert Miller, mem- ber of the AATU steering com- mittee. If mediation fails to settle the dispute within three weeks, both See SUNRISE, Page 8 "We're going after a gsood settlement and "Our struggle is not against the Jews in Palestine but against the Zionist movement . . . its expansionist practices and its aggressive intentions which have led . . to the exile of our people. "WE HAVE also declared our categorical -rejection of any al- ternative homeland. Our peo- ple have one homeland, Pales- tine, and we struggle for its restoration." Moynihan , said Kaddoumi's "adamant speech . .". doesn't seem to recognize the existnce of Israel." After the Libyan ambassa- dor spoke in support of the PLO, the council adjourned un- until 3 p.m. EST today. bombs were found in a subway tunnel beneath the U. N. Li- See PLO, Page 8 Land CDU wins in clerical election By JAMES NICOLL University clericals gave the C I e r i c a 1 s for a Democratic Union (CDU) an overwhelming majority of executive offices in last week's election, according to results certified early Sunday -morning. The CDU captured seven top positions--some by slim mar- gins, which will probably be con- tested by their opponents, the Unity Caucus. CAROLYN WEEKS and Mari- anne Jensen, both CDU mem- bers, were elected local presi- dent and bargaining committee chairperson by margins of one vote. Because of the closeness of the contest, the Unity Caucus will probably ask for a recount. A complicating factor is the status of 86 uncounted chal- lenged ballots, which could alter the results of the election. Although an election commit- tee member refused to comment on the nature of the challenged ballots, pro-CDU sources claim- ed that they were - overwhelm- ingly for the CDU, having been challenged by the Unity Caucus. See CDU, Page 2 fraud gear'i g tori .' up for -ran AArTU 0orgaInizer7 Cheating taken too lightlymmLSA faculty By MARGARET YAO University students caught cheating on examinations, plagiar- izing, and fabricating research get off too lightly, according to literary college (LSA) faculty members at yesterday's monthly meeting. The faculty reacted negatively to a report from the college's Sharp-eyed salesmen victimnize 'the sheep' By ALLEN NACHEMAN Associated Press Writer August, 1971, a hot summer night in Gigi's bar in East Phoe- nix, Ariz. John Peterson is there when a stranger taps him on the shoulder. He wants to transact some business in a car in the parking lot in the rear. The stranger produces a stack of blank real estate contracts, each stipulating that the signer has purchased a piece of land on time and agrees to fixed monthly payments for several years. Peterson's signature is worth $10 on each contract he signs. Noth- ing to worry about, says the stranger. Nobody expects him to make any payments, Peterson later testifies. The stranger's com- ..