HEARST VERDI CT See Editorial Page 10014C , fritgai augtt OUTGRABE High-5S° LOW-300 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State ..,_ Vol. LXXXVI, No. 140 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, March 23, 1976 10 Cents Ten Pages I. - Ci n IFYOUSEE NEw HAPPENCALDrAJY A striking issue The Ann Arbor Tenants Union is continuing its strike against Trony Associates (Sunrise Manage- ment Co.) although a final agreement seems near. Spokespersons for both sides refuse to discuss details of the impending settlement, but a joint statement is expected sometime this week. The four month-old rent strike was organized in No- vember in protest of what some tenants thought to be inadequate maintenance and security mea- sures. In related action, hearings on a $1 million lawsuit filed by the management company against key Tenants Union officials were postponed yes- terday due to the prosecuting attorney's illness. The suit, filed on March 3, charged the TU offic- ials with coercing tenants to withhold rent by means of "social and moral" pressure. Take your pick Michigan voters may choose from among nine presidential candidates when they go to the polls May 18 for one of the nation's most important primary elections. On the GOP side, President Ford will again battle against the once-promising Ronald Reagan. The Democrats' race offers a little more variety, as seven hopefuls registered affidavits of candidacy before Friday's deadline. Front runner Jimmy Carter will share the ballot with Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson, liberal leader Morris Udall, Fred Harris, '72 Michigan winner George Wallace, Sargent Shriver, who has with- drawn from active campaigning, and anti-abortion candidate Ellen McCormack. Reagan's Michigan campaign manager, state Sen. John Welborn, said that although the Californian does not expect to take Ford's home state, "we're certainly going to make an effort and we'll do the best we can. It's going to be difficult and a grass roots campaign." Happenings . . . ..will keep you busy all day long today. At noon Ester Boserup, a Danish economist will be speaking in the former regents room of the LSA Bldg. on "Women and Work in the Process of Development" . . . at 1:30 in the multipurpose Rm. of the UGLI is a seminar on "Progress in the 3rd world" . . . at 3 the Future World lecture Series presents Susan Brownmiller s p e a k i n g on Changing Sex Roles in Future Societies, $1 ad- mission, at Hill auditorium . . .at 3:30 the Poli- tical Issues Committee of the School of Public Health'will present its annual forum on National Health Insurance in the auditorium of the Francis Bldg. . . . at 4:10 Lemuel Johnson will read poetry in the Pendleton Rm. of the Union . . . at 5 is the deadline for filing if you want to run for a seat on the Michigan Student Assembly . . . at 7, Students for O'Hara will meet in Anderson Rm. A of the Union . .. and at 7:30 the Under Grad Political Science Association will hold a career seminar on "Alternatives to Law School" in the Kuenzel Rm. of the Union. " Postal pushers They tried higher postage stamp rates, a cut- back in services and computer-age technology, but nothing seemed to increase the revenue of the foundering U.S. Postal Service. Now, in the face of a sharp decrease in first-class mail use, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers has what can only be described as a last resort. "Letter carriers are on a first-name basis with half of America," says James Rademacher. "They should be put to work selling the Postal Service." Under Rademacher's plan, the mailmen could earn extra bucks by talking to their patrons and persuading them to increase their mail use. A Postal Service spokesperson declined comment on the proposal. Maybe he'll mail his response to Rademacher, in which case he'll probably have the news by next Saturday. " Chimps and chumps Three chimpanzees who managed to elude a massive police search were still at large yester- day in a posh Los Angeles neighborhood. Debra Kessler and her 17-year-old son Matthew found them in their wooded backyard Wednesday night, staring down at them from the branches. A po- lice Sgt. called to the scene instructed Matthew to return to his squad car and radio for help. The message was garbled somewhere along the line, because Matthew reported to headquarters that the officer was trapped by three gorillas, bringing every available patrol unit in West Los Angeles to the scene - 23 shotgun-toting officers. Kessler said the police "all broke up laughing when they saw the animals." But as the police- men laughed, the chimps vanished. " On the inside *. * ... the Editorial page has a story on the Problem of unemployment by Jon Pansius . . . the winners of the Ann Arbor Film Festival are discussed by Jeff Sorenson on Arts Page . . . Sports page has Mary Beth Dillon writing about tennis stars Newcombe and Laver. On the outside . . Lonks likp tih nf snrina ill he in th eir Committee By JEFF RISTINE The commit binant DNA re Committee B, the University's recombinant DNA the National I research policy group, gave a go-ahead yesterday to "an acceptable most forms of the controversial genetic experiments, experiments.I arguing that "the potential benefits likely to arise from experiments in this work are great." cific laborator The committee recommended that the research be Committee monitored by a panel of "biological safety officers" to binant DNAq ensure that scientists do not pursue studies with un- that a small ri acceptable risks. lines. But it c ONE MEMBER of Committee B, History Prof. Shaw experimentatio Livermore, dissented from the majority opinion because rmay be devel of what he called the "awesome and possibly disas- rk trous consequences" of the ability to genetically alter COMMITTEE life. was appointed OK1s DNA research tee, for the most part, adopted recom- esearch guidelines already developed by nstitutes of Health (NIH), calling them e basis for assuring the safety" of the Those guidelines separate the genetic nto different categories, each with spe- y safety requirements. B, which has wrestledhwith the recom- question for six months, acknowledged sk remains with the use of the NIH guide- oncluded that "this risk should not bar in and the possible understanding that oped concerning the origins of just such E B, composed of 11 faculty members, by Vice President for Research Charles Overberger after the University Board of -Regents approved the appropriation of special funds to cover the costs of renovating three laboratories for recom- binant DNA research if researchers do not receive a grant. The renovation, expected to cost $306,631, is necessary to meet government guidelines for -the re- search. Scientists have applied for a grant in that amount to the National Cancer Institute. The Committee B report will be reviewed by Over- berger, the Faculty Senate, the Senate Assembly and the Regents before any laboratories are actually reno- vated for the experiments. "We believe that the potential benefits likely to arise from this work are great," said the committee's 54-page report. See COMMITTEE, Page 7 'The risk should not b a r experimentation and the possible u n - derstanding that may be developed.' -Committee B DEFEAT MAY END PRESIDENTIAL HOPES Reagan, Kisst iger a cautions Cuba on Rhodesia, By AP and Reuter DALLAS - Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, apparent with Rhodesia in mind; last night warned Cuba against any further military actions in South ern Africa. At the same time, a front page report in the Washington Star said President Ford had resolved to meet any new mili- tary commitment by Cuban troops in Africa with swift and vigorous response against Cuba itself. THIS, THE report said, could include a blockade or invasion of Cuba or air attacks on the.f island. Neither the White House nor the State Department would comment. Kissinger, in a major floign policy speech in Dallas, said: DEMOCR "We have issued these warnings he announ before. I repeat them today. - The United Stae will otac AT Ir I cept further Cuban military in- EW terventions abroad."- In the same speech, Kissinger rebuked critics of Ford adminis- tration defense policies. Kissin ger said that while the Soviet Union has achieved a "rough equilibrium" with the United By J States it has not gained military ascendancy.- Daily Those un KISSINGER said that w i t h are braving thousands of missile launchers market this and many more warheads on look forwar each side "a decisive or politi- . For a wid cally significant margin of su- city officials periority is out of reach." not foresee a Charges that the Soviets have of rental hoi overtaken the United States or downtown a that the Ford administration has year or two neglected America's defenses "sound remarkable like t h e CITY COU 'missile gap' claims which a "downtow See KISSINGER, Page 2 "more per Ward 2 Vii By SUSAN ADES and be opposed b MARGARET YAO ful Earl Gre candidate J In City Council elections on present SHI April 5, the largely student-popu- Kathy Koza lated Second Ward will be cru- run for re- cial to the future of the Social- "You do on ist Human Rights Party of good as (SHRP). The Second Ward seat, official." traditionally the scene of a bat- tle between the SHRP and Dem- ocratic candidates, is currently C held by SHRP and is their last CITY foothold in council. Running for the waning third party is Diane Kohn who will FOR THE Wallace camp aign in NC. Slriver drops out o Democratic race By AP and Reuter DURHAM-Ronald Reagan and George Wallace made last-ditch campaign appearances in North Carolina yes- terday hoping to stave off primary election defeats today which would probably end their presidential hopes. But political experts were convinced President Ford would win the Republican primary in this southern state to widen his already formidable lead over Reagan and that former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter would strengthen his position as the front-running Democrat. BUT, BOTH REAGAN and Wallace continued to insist that defeat in this primary election would not be fatal to their White House aspirations. On the eve of the North Carolina balloting, Sargent Shriver, who never came close to the leaders in his Democratic primary AP Photo ATIC PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Sargent Shriver holds his head dejectedly yesterday as nced his withdrawal from the race. CONSTR UCTION UNLIKELY: Sntal outlook bleak JACK TOBIN News Analysis ortunate souls who g the city's rental year have little to d to. de scope of reasons, and developers do ny new construction using in the campus- rea for at least a UNCIL has approved n plan" issuing in a missive outlook, to tat t4 by Democratic hope- ene and Republican ames Reynolds. The RP councilwoman, chenko, refuses to election explaining,. y a limited amount a Socialist elected L.ECTION'76 next two weeks, all 1 i accommodate all types of de- velopment," according to Joe Monroe, the City Planning De- partment's assistant director. But the plan, which will even- tually liberalize the city's zon- ing, land use and building codes in the downtown area, will take about a year to become effective -and another six months to a year before developers will even begin considering projects, ac- cording to Monroe. In addition to the time delay involved in the project, there is a "horrendous amount of admin- istrative procedures" confront- ing any prospective developers, says Monroe. Besides the morass of the present zoning laws, building codes, seuer restrictions, pro- perty taxes and a host of other regulations, there are some other important matters to be considered by prospective de- velopers: q The general unavailability and high price of land in the campus-downtown area. About 15 of the approximately 24 acres of vacant land in this region is zoned for rental unit construc- tion, according to the Commit- tee on Fair Rental Practices (CFRP). Most of this consists of small parcels, averaging about two or three acres-well below the ten acre minimum generally required for rental units. See NO, Page 2 efforts, announced in Washng- ton that he is withdrawing as a candidate. He said he was re- leasing his delegates-11of them. Wallace, in Charlotte, said he would not be "dispirited or panic stricken"hby another sec- ond place finish in today's pri- mary. "I THINK we have a chance," the Alabama governor said. But he said his opponents are bet- ter organized now than four years ago, when he easily won the primary witha shade over 50 per cent of the vote in a divided field. There are six names on the Democraticballot this time, too, but only Carter and Wallace have made significant cam- paign efforts, and the rest of the field is expected to trail far behind them. Wallace has taken an increas- ingly hard line against Carter in an effort to cut down the frontrunner in a normally con- servative state. "He has been found out all over the country because he talks one way today and another way tomorrow and he is a warmed-over McGov- ern," Wallace said. REAGAN hopped from Ashe- ville to Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, in a series of air- port news conferences designed to gain election-eve newspaper and television coverage in the state's major cities. Reagan said he expects to do better in the Southwest, the Deep South, and on the West Coast. He has lost to Ford in See SHRIVER, Page 2 election funds awarded By AP and Reuter WASHINGTON - The Fed- eral Election Commission today approved nearly $1 million in government funds to help Pre- sident Ford and 11 other presi- dential candidates meet their campaign expenses. It was the last award of matching money for the candi- dates pending a congresional re- organization of the commission under guidelines recently laid down by the Supreme Court. HOW LONG the infusion of government money into pri- mary camnaigns might be held un denends now on when - or whether - Congress and Presi- dent Ford agree on legislation rewriting federal election law. The court, after ruling Jan. 30 that the FEC was unconstitu- tionally appointed, twice g a v e Congress a chance to pass new lPgislation. Bit attempts at a simnle revision of the law bog- ged down in disnites over fur- See ELECTION, Page 2 o SHRP go with the party, the 21-year- old contender who calls his po- sition "moderate to liberal" said "I figured I could get bet- ter backing and better organi- zation working with the (Repub- lican) party." But the implementation of the new door-to-door voter registra- tion system passed by city coun- cil one year ago may cast more gloom over Reynolds' chances. The majority of new registrants in Ward Two are expected to be students and, traditionally, stu- See DEMS, Page 7 Death of 2 Lloyd residents termed awful coincidence' three candidates will be can- vassing throughout the ward. Roughly, its 11 precincts include all of North Campus and most of Central Campus east of State Street and north of Hill Street. Except for South and West Quads, all of the dorms fall within the candidates' domain. Since 1971 the Second Ward seat has been won alternatively hr Tl __-nr nin A QT7? m n nn_- By DANA BAUMANN Two University students, both residents of the same hall in Alice Lloyd, died within three days of each other last week. The cause of death in both cases is still unknown, pending autopsy results, according to Margot Morrow, building director of Alice Lloyd. "As far as we can tell, the two deaths were just an awful coincidence," said Morrow. "Though it is not clear why either died at nresent .there snms to h no connection." heart. The measles probably wore him down so much that he couldn't overcome the virus," surmised Larry Rosen, Domzalski's room- mate. The second death occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 20, when Kevin Cullen, a 19-year-old freshman from Larchmont, New York, collapsed in his dormitory hall among five companions. "SEVERAL OF us were just joking around in the hall, and Kevin, who was a big mnusulanr ev was acting like he wasn't co- .:esaismnuan , : aum ases 1