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Vol. LXXXVI, No. 83
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Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 7, 1976
10 Cents Ten Pages
If-r-V SE E fSHAM QCA W DNItY
Tradition takes a blow
The most luxurious dorm on campus has lost
some of its shine. The traditional silverware isn't
on the Martha Cook table this semester. In its
place are plastic utensils and an explanatory note,
from the dietician, pinned to the bulletin board.
The commoplace cutlery was substituted after the
mysterious disappearance of the silver last semes-
ter. A rumor is spreading through the Gothic halls
that one unnamed resident made off with 150 place
settings in order to outfit her boyfriend's apart-
ment. "He must be doing an awful lot of enter-
taining," others joke. And some residents admit
that they still have a spoon or two in their draw-
ers for stirring late night cups of coffee. Mean-
while, the meat is served up on elegant china, but
it will be cut with plastic until the dorm's Board
of Governors settle the matter.
"
'Ensian winners
Organizers of the Michiganensian's photo con-
test, which managed to lure 73 entries, announced
yesterday that Dan Weimer had captured the
Overall Best of Show title for his "finger sand-
wich" image. Dan won a parka from Bivouac and
two other winners, Linda Garnets and Oliver Car-
duner won $25 gift certificates from Purchase
Camera and Big George's, respectively.
Instant encore
Last fall's instant lottery was such a magnifi-
cent success that tickets for a second round will
go on sale Tuesday. Michigan's lottery, which is
one of the most prosperous in the country, owes
much of its popularity to the instant game, which
sold 53 million tickets in a six week period. Prizes
for the second instant -game include 110 new cars,
in addition to cash awards of $2 to $10,000.
What, me vote?
Don't like Jerry Ford or Ronnie Reagan? None
of the Democratic presidential candidates strike
your fancy? Confused . . . Angry? Well, if state
Representative Mike Conlin (R-Jackson) has his
way you'll be able to end your frustration and per-
form your civic duty at the same time. He re-
cently introduced a bill that would give people the
option of casting "none of the above" votes in any
race with more than two candidates. Such ballots
would be considered votes of no-confidence in the
entire slate, under Conlin's plan. A similar mea-
sure just went into effect in Nevada. Maybe we
could interest SGC in something like that . . .
Happenings ,
Today is, you guessed it, the first day of classes.
So, if you have nothing else to do, you can always
run out and buy this term's textbooks and get a
headstart on your reading. If that doesn't sound
too exciting, you have your choice of a handful
of campus events. "Womanworks," an exhibition
featuring a wide range of works by artists from all
over the state, will be shown at the Union gallery
until Jan. 31 . . . the Ann Arbor Film Co-op is pre-
senting that perennial favorite, King of Hearts, in
Aud. A, Angell Hall at 7 and 9 p.m. . .. and the
Michigan hockey team meets the powerful Czecho-
slovakian National team at 7:30 p.m. tonight in
Yost Ice Arena.
Rocky burial
If you think laying down $4 for a Pet Rock is
stupid, wait until you hear about this gimmick. A
Los Angeles area church is offering funerals for
the domestic hunks of granite for $5 of course.
It's all part of a fund raising drive, said David
Mencher, a spokesman for the Emerson Unitar-
ian Church. "We found out a number of our mem-
bers had these rocks so we proposed a $5 funeral
for them. One or two of our members haxe ex-
pressed interest," he added. Services for the silent
household companions would be accompanied by
the hymn Rock of Ages and rock music. Seaside
and roadside burials were also being offered for
an additional fee. Perhaps a little tongue in cheek,
Mencher added, "I'm sorry about it, but we can't
do cremations.'
On the isd e . .
Sports Page features a potnourri review of the
Michigan snorts you may have missed over va-
cation, incl"ding an analvsis of what hannened at
the Orange6 Bowl . . Johrnneshrg, South Africa
was introdnced to the world of television Mond-v
night and Arts Page h-s the det=-ils . . . and
David Olsen writes phot the crrent conflict in
Angola on the Editori-l Wage.
Britain
sends more
troops to
N. Ireland
By AP and Reuter
LONDON-British leaders or-
dered 600 more soldiers to
Northern Ireland yesterday but
rejected Protestant calls to "de-
clare outright war" against the
underground I r i s h Republican
Army (IRA), a mainly Roman
Catholic movement.
An infantry battalion normally
kept on standby in England for
use in emergencies was dis-
patched to South Armagh where
five Ronian Catholics and 10
Protestants have been slain in
two days this week by sectarian
gunners. The move doubles the
number of troops in the South
Armagh area.
ANNOUNCEMENT of t h e
troop movement came after
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
summoned key advisers for
talks on the worsening security
situation in the province. The
meeting resolved to go on
searching for a political solution
based on power-sharing between
the 1,000,000 Protestants and
500,000 Catholics.
Merlyn Rees, the minister in
charge of NorthernIreland, flew
in from Belfast where he had
won from all Irish political party
leaders a fierce condemnation
of "the evil of sectarian murder
and violence."
Demands for a British decla-
ration of outright war "mili-
tarily to defeat the IPA" came
Monday from the Rev. Ian Pais-
ley, leader of the powerful Ul-
ster Unionists which wants the
province to remain part of Bri-
tain. Paisley warnedra failure
by the Labor government to
take the gloves off could lead
to a province-wide strike of Pro-
See BRITAIN, Page 7
Convicted
aides a pp
'74 trialt
By AP and Reuter "The American pe
WASHINGTON- whipped up to aN
Unprecedented publicity, a against these defenda
biased jury and the failure Wilson, Haldeman's
of ex-President Richard told the court durings
Nixon to testify prevented on the appeal.
four former Nixon aides HE CLAIMED the
from getting a fair trial in Senate Watergate he
the Watergate cover - up 1973 and as many as
case, their lawyers argued on Watergate a dayi
in an appeals court yester- Washington's two n+
d prejudiced the jurors.
day. "This is the gre,
Lawyers for former At- largest, most virulen
torney General John Mit- situation in American
chell, former Assistant At- Wilson said.
William Frates,
torney General R o b e r t
Mardian and ex-White
House aides H. R. "Bob"
Haldeman and John Ehr- Se a
lichman asked the six-
member court to overturn
guilty verdicts handed U .S . Trc
down by a jury on New
Year's Day last year and
grant the men new trials. The chairman ofa
public hearings will
BUT PETER Kreindler, ar- Angola.
gling for the snecial Watergate Senator Dick Cla
prosecutor's office, said the Kissi ger, Secretaryc
convictions should be upheld be- tor William Colby hav
cause "the proof of guilt is ov- AT THE SAME t
erwhelming." vention in the civilt
"None of the defendants has other countries get C
challenged the evidence," Kre-otecunrsgto
indler said. "They were con- its assistance to the
victed on evidence that left no in Angola is certain
doubt whatsoever about their Clark told report
guilt." war is no longer a s
el
nf air
Nixon
al; -call
ople were
white heat
nts," John
lawyer,
arguments
televised
earings in
30 articles
in each of
ewspapers
atest, the
it publicity
history,"
who de-
fefnded Ehrlichman, said trial
Judge John Sirica's refusal to
postpone the trial long enough
to get Nixon's testimony cost
his client the chance to be ex-
onerated.
HE SAID Nixon was "the pro-
d,!cer, the director, the main
character in what this trial was
1ll about" and claimed that the
testimony would have shown the
former President duped Ehr-
linhman.
Kreindler countered that Nix-
on's testimony was hardly indis-
pensable since the defendants
See WATERGATE, Page 2
AP Photo
Up, tip and away A
Ronald Reagan takes a break on the campaign trail at a
winter resort in Dixville Notch,, New Hampshire. He holds a
balloon presented to him by a rubber products company in the
town.
Regents review dorm lottery
By BILL TURQUE
While most dorm residents were fleeing
for the holidays last month, Housing Direc-
tor John Feldkamp unveiled this year's
edition of the housing reapplication lottery
at the December meeting of the Board of
Regents.
The plan, to be implimented in early
February, is the product of a committee
charged with revising reapplication pro-
cedures, which drew bitter criticism from
housing staff and students last spring.
THE RESIDENTIAL staff and students
on the committee have devised a list of
"categorical exceptions" insuring those who
meet the criteria of dorm space regardless
of whether they are successful in the'lot-
tery.
Participation in the lottery, Feldkamp
emphasized, is compulsory for all students
interested in returning to the dorms next
year.
The exceptions are as follows:
-incoming freshpersons and handicapped
students;
-Residential College sophomores;
-students participating in the Summer
Bridge Program, administered by the Coal-
ition for the Use of Learning Skills (CULS)
to provide approximately 50 minority stu-
dents with special orientation and counsel-
ing services;
-fifty per cent of the Honors students
cinrrently residing in Honors housing, who
will be able to return to the dorms in lot-
tery number order;
-Pilot Program freshpersons, who will
be allowed to reapply for space at Alice
Lloyd Hall at a percentage matching that
of returning students at other dorms;
-an affirmative action provision to in-
sure that eight per cent of the total dorm
returnees are minority students. If the lot-
tery proves insufficient to meet this goal,
additional minority students will be offered
dorm space until the percentage is reached.
As a rough estimate, Feldkamp says
about 2,700 of the approximately 7,500 dorm
spaces will be available after these excep-
tions are accommodated. Last year, nearly
4,100 students vied for about 2,600 spaces,
sparking sharp reaction against what many
See REGENTS, Page 7
tinuing it as a covertt
"If the secretary
United States to be
Congress and publicly
"THE ADMINIST
Angola without the k
American people."
Clark said he full
(OAU) meeting later
forces from Angola a
there.
As the controver
Congress over the U
ments in the situation
* Senator John T
eyewitness source tol
or five missions a dz
Angola.
But a Pentagons
"No U.S. military p
Defense contracts are
Under persistent
he neither met not ta
unt to probe
e in Angola,
By AP and Reuter
a Senate panel on Africa yesterday announced
begin January 19 on U.S. involvement in
irk (D-Iowa) said Secretary of State Henry
of Dsfense Donald Rumsfeld and CIA Direc-
e been asked to testify.
ime, Clark urged that the U.S. end its inter-
war-torn African nation and "demand that
out." He said that for the U.S. to continue
anti-Soviet factions supported by South Africa
disaster for U.S.-African relations.
ters U.S. participation in the Angola civil
ecret and "there is no justification for con-
operation."
of state believes it is important for the
involved in this conflict, he must come to
make his case," Clark said.
RATION should not spend another penny in
knowledge and support of Congress and the
ly expects the Organization of African Unity
this week to urge withdrawal of all foreign
and the formation of a coalition government
rsy bewteen the Ford administration and
.S. role in Angola continues, other develop-
included the following:
unney (D-Calif.) said an "extremely reliable"
d him American pilots have been flying four
ay taking arms from neighboring Zaire into
spokesperson later denied the report, saying
pilots, military aircraft, or Department of
involved in flying in or over Angola."
questioning by reporters, Tunney admitted
lked directly to his source, who he said was
See PANEL, Page 7
Senal
The U.S. Senate race exp
the past week and a half to
elude the Republican P
right wing as University R
Deane Baker and former
Congressman Robert Hube
ed the field.
Baker and Huber, both
servative mavericks, will
U.S. Congressman Marvin
(R-Ann Arbor) for the Re
can nomination.
ALSO FROM Ann Arbor
er officially announced his
didacy witha series of spe
across the state yesterda
Monday. Baker, president
construction firm, has, hov
been campaigning aroun
state for about a year.
Huber, from Troy, mad
announcement on Decemb
at the Detroit headquarte
the Michigan Chrome andC
ical Co., which he owns.
Both men mentionedt
ployment and other ecoi
ills as the top issues in th
coming contest for the sea
held by Sen. Philip Har
Mich.), who will retire
year.
IAKER, HUBER ENTER
te race thickens
anded become a candidate. people to "try to get something
in- In his campaign announce- for nothing, whether it is a wel-
arty's ment, Baker called on the voters fare check, an income tax re-
tegent to "remove the politicians from fund, or a college grade."
U.S. politics because they have failed If elected, Baker said he
r join- America by giving us program would try to revamp the wel-
after program that do not solve fare system while creating more
con- problems." jobs through tighter budget
battle BAKER, billing himself as the management at the federal
Esch only non-politician in the race, level.
publi- said that too many decisions T H E MARQUETTE - BORN
are being made by the federal Baker was elected in 1972 to the
Bak- government and more authority University Board of Regents-
s can- must be returned to state and the only elective office he has
-eches local officials. held.
v and. He also condemned the fede- He has been active in the Re-
of a
Never,
d the
le his
er 29
ers of
Chem-
unem-
nomic
ie up-
t now
t (D-
this
eral government for convincing
See SENATE, Page 2
Candidates file for
City Council election
By RICK SOBLE
City Council will soon see some new faces.
Thirteen candidates have officially filed to run for the five
council seats opening up in the April 5 regular city election.
ONLY THREE incumbent councilmen are seeking re-election.
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