PHIL OCHS See Editorial Page W Irv, i D43atIi WARMER High-67°-72° Low-50°55 See Today for details Latest Deadline in the State Vol. LXXXVI, No. 159 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, April 14, 1976 10 Cents Teri Pages I ... Tenant rights The State House of Representatives yesterday passed a tenants rights bill by a 62 to 29 margin. The bill, which now goes to the State Senate, pro- hibits landlords from evicting tenants with out a hearing. The bill also provides a $200 penalty if landlords turn off heat, change locks or board up windows to harrass tenants. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor) said he was "optimistic" about the proposal's chances in the Senate. Happenings ... . begin at 10 a.m. with a workshop on the book trade and the diffusion of ideas in the 18th century at the Center for Western European Stu- dies . . . at noon a luncheon seminar on radical politics and literary culture in pre-revolutionary France will be held in the Rackham West Lecture Room . . at the same time the Student Counsel- ing Office (SCO) is holding a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Spectacular, just 15 cents in 1018 Angell Hall . . also at noon in the Lane Hall Commons Room, P. G. Hare will speak at a brown bag luncheon on "Hungary in the 1970's: Prospects for the New Economic Mechanism" . .. at 3 there will be a photography exhibition entitled "Photos de la France" in the fourth floor Commons Rm. of the MLB . . . from 3 to 5 there will be a work- shop on low cost accommodations for those travel- ing in Europe this summer in the International Center . . . at 6 in the Business School's Hale Aud. Ernie Jones, Chairman of the Board of Darey, Mc- Manus, and Manius Advertising Agency will pre- sent "Belief Dynamic", an audio-visual presenta- tion. Damage deposit The government will pay for property dam- ages if the FBI or federal narcotics agents raid the wrong house by mistake, according to Attorney General Edward Levi. Previously, the victim of an erroneous raid had to prove that he or she was innocent and deserved reimbursement for any property damage. The change in policy was re- ported by Senator Charles Percy (R-Ill.) when he disclosed the contents of a letter from Levi. The attorney General said "It is my view that these costs should generally be borne by the federal government rather than by innocent individuals." The Treasury Department, which oversees the Cus- toms Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, says it will adopt a similar policy soon Yippies strike The Youth International Party (Yippies) has emerged from obscurity to strike once more, this time hitting columnist William Buckley with a shaving cream pie according to Aaron Kaye, who said he is a reporter for the Yipster Times, the of- ficial publication of the Yippies, he launched his attack because the conservative columnist "was putting Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitzyn on a pedestal and spouting that jazz about America, love it or leave it." But it appears that hard eco- nomic times have struck the Yippies. When asked why he chose a shaving cream pie Kaye replied "A lemon meringue pie costs about $4 and I wasn't going to spend that." 0 On the inside,... ...'on the Editorial Page Marty Porter, of Stu- dent Legal Aid, writes about security deposits .. . on Arts Page features Jim Valk writing on movies of the summer . .. and Sports Page has the story on yesterday's Tiger game. On the outside .&. It will be warm. A storm system moving out way from the Rockies will cause increasing cloudiness today. But a warm front associated with the storm system will produce much warmer temperatures this afternoon in spite of the cloudy skies. Highs will be 67 to 72. Tonight will be cloudy, windy, and mild with showers and thundershowers. Low 50 to 55. Committee bill limitin OK's use, g idguns Daily Photo by ALAN BILINSKY Birthday rally Students, faculty and other Ann Arbor community members dance and sing on the diag yes- terday, celebrating Israel's 28th birthday. NEW MSA SEATED: liis *1te ra tu r e .e m -erg es By AP and UPI WASHINGTON- The House Judiciary Com- mittee yesterday approved a gun control bill that would ban the manufac- ture and importation of cheap, concealable hand- guns, commonly known as "Saturday Night Specials" and would set mandatory jail sentences for persons convicted of using a pistol to commit a crime. By a vote of 26 to 6 the panel approved a measure offered by Rep. Tom Rails- back (R-Ill.) as a substi- tute to a more restrictive gun control bill defeated by the committee 1 a s t month. THE BILL, as it reads now, would allow gun dealers to con- tinue selling Saturday night specials they may have in stock or those they obtain from other gun owners. But new guns could not be manufactured or imported. The original proposal also banned the sale of existing Sat- urday night specials. Yesterday's vote set in mo- tion the procedure for the first House consideration of restric- tive firearms legislation since passage of the 1968 Gun Con- trol Act. THE RAILSBACK measure would increase license fees for wholesale and retail gun deal- ers and require pistol purchas- ers to wait 14 days before tak- ing possession of their hand- guns. The legislation does not affect any handgun already in private ownership. The Bureau of Alcohol, To- bacco and Firearms has esti- mated that about 5 per cent of all handguns made in the Unit- ed States in 1975 would fall into the category of cheaply made Saturday night specials. IT ALSO reduced the pro- posed increase in license, fees for gun dealers. Fees would be hiked from $10 to $50 for retail firearms dealers and from $10 to $125 for wholesalers. The or- iginal bill called for license fees of $200 for retailers and $300 for wholesalers. The mandatory sentencing provision calls for persons to be sentenced to one to 10years on the first conviction, and to two to 25 years for a second offense. The jail terms would be added to any sentences hand- ed down for a felony conviction. The criteria to be used to de- termine whether a weapon is classified as ' a Saturday Night Special, and thereby banned from manufacture, would be identical to the standards es- tablished in 1968 to block the imports of certain handguns into this country. The criteria includes such factors as size, caliber, quality of manufacture and safety features. By PHIL FOLEY' and MIKE NORTON The Michigan Student Assem- bly (MSA) elections may be over, but that hasn't stopped the flow of derogatory litera- ture aimed at MSA members. A new leaflet, this time in the form of a "wanted" poster list- ing the names of ten student political figures, emerged on campus yesterday. The handoutdescribes the stu- dents as the "ten most wanted campus political conspirators," and refers to each of them by a disparaging nickname. Many of the epithets used are racial in nature (MSA member En- rioe Barroso, for instance, is called "Poncho"). NINE OF the ten students named (with the exception of Ken Berneis) are members of the Student Organizing Commit- tee (SOC), which has been the target of most of the election attacks. The students named in the handout are: * Calvin "Coackroach" Luk- er, newly - elected MSA presi- dent; * Amy "Squeaky" Blumen- thal, newly - elected MSA vice president: * Wendy "The Dog" Good- man, newly - elected Academic Programs Coordinator; O Ken "Mad Dog" Berneis, ontgoing MSA nresident; * Dave "Goebels" (sic) Goodman, MSA Communica- tions Coordinator; * Dave "Big Jelly" Mitchell, former MSA vice president; 9 Amy "The Spoon" Berlin, former LSA representative; * Debbie "The Dupe" Good- man, former SGC president; * Marty "Camel - Jock" Kaufman, MSA member, and * Enrique "Poncho" Barro- so, MSA member. The leaflets repeat the fa- miliar charges that SOC mem- bers conspired to rob students through use of mandatory funding, used MSA funds to "promote partisan viewpoints in a campaign," and illegally removed the entire Central Student Judiciary (CSJ). They also accuse MSA of "grossly malapportioning" itself to steal the votes of 16,000 students. SOC MEMBER Calvin Luker See MSA, Page 2 Matthews Police arms control measure in limbo after judges' ruling * By MIKE NORTON A panel of three Circuit Court judges agreed Monday to halt immediate implementation of a police firearms policy, re- cently approved by City Coun- cil, that would substantially re- strict the use of guns by offic- ers. Acting, in response to a law- suit filed on behalf of the Po- lice Officers Association (POA), the court agreed to hold a 10- day moratorium on the contro- versial gun policy. The 10-day period will allow the now Re- publican - dominated City Coun- cil to reconsider the policy, passed last week by the out- going Democratic-SHRP major- ity. THERE is little doubt on City Council that the Republicans can muster up enough votes to rescind the new restrictions and revert to the old ones. But Dem- ocratic Mayor Albert Wheeler, a staunch supporter of the mea- sure, holds veto power over the Council's decision. At least two Democrats would have to vote with the Republicans to over- ride Wheeler's veto. Councilwoman Liz Keogh (D- First Ward) doesn't consider that event as unlikely as it might seem. "There might be AATU stages rally at Reliable Realty By CATHERINE REUTTER Nearly 40 tenants and Ann Arbor Tenants Union members circled in front of Reliable Realty's office on Church St. yesterday afternoon to demonstrate their support for the rent strike begun against that company last January. The protesters carried picket signs and the blue Tenants Union flag while chanting anti-landlord slogans such as "We ain't got no shower, but we got tenant power." The strike apparently initiated in an effort to upgrade maintenance, speed up repair work and bring rents down. Ll T? 7111 .«, 41.~ ~, FL,,, P> - -« two Democrats around to over- ride the veto," she said. According to Keogh, a com- promise between the two sides is likely in the event of a may- oral veto. "There are only a couple of points on which we're in serious disagreement," she declared. "If it comes down to a question of government by veto, I think there'll be some compromising. At some point they're going, to have to." ASKED HOW much ground the Democrats intend to give, Keogh replied, "It all depends on what kind of screws the Re- publicans are going to put to us." Wheeler has already stated that he hopes to meet sometime this week with representatives of the police unions and other concerned officials to discuss the newly - passed guidelines. Councilman Robert H. Henry, (R-Third Ward), leader of the present Republican majority, also expressed hope for some kind of agreement with the Democrats. "I think we're all interested in some kind of com- promise," he said. "But if we're going to have quality law enforcement we're going to have to get thewcooperation of the police." POLICE, Henry maintains, "aren't opposed to some kind of Daily Photo by ALAN BILINSKY Spiderman Engineering freshman Bob O'Neill relaxes with his multi- legged friend, Boris, a tarantula. Locals cash n on new two-dollar bill By JAY LEVIN The two-dollar bill made its comeback yesterday, and the long-lost greenbacks have been flying out of local banks like hotcakes into the hands of a curious, giddy public. "I can't believe it," exclaimed Danny Rosenberg, who received Thomas Jefferson's portrait while transacting busi- ness at the Ann Arbor Bank on Ann St. "I'll definitely save it as my patriotic bit this year." LOCAL BANK managers, however, do not view the new currency in patriotic terms. "The cost of printing a one and a two is the same," said Mark Ouimet, manager of the Huron Valley National Bank branch on North University. "They (the government) feel the two will lessen the expense of currency." According to Ouimet, Huron Valley's customers have been enthusiastic, "looking at the bill with a great deal of interest." "MOST PEOPLE here on the University campus real- ly don't remember a working two dollar bill, one that they'd use," he explained. The last two-spot vanished ten years ago, a victim of waning public interest. However, there was massive interest found yesterday in local banks, as customers begged tellers for a look at the latest in pocket money. J. C. Handy, an assistant manager at the National Bank and Trust on William, termed the public's response "un- believable." "I THINK this branch had roughly three thousand dol- lars in two-dollar bills and now they're pretty close to gone," Handy said yesterday during lunch hour, just hours after the bills were made available. "I don't know if people con- sider them collector's items or not." 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