The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 11, 1979-Page 3 Emergency plans needed for A-plant licenses WASHINGTON (AP)-A Senate committee voted yesterday to shut down in six months all nuclear power plants operating in states without a government-approved emergency evacuation plan. Officials said the move could force the closing of 41 reactors in 16 states that lack Nuclear Regulatory Com- mission (NRC)-approved plans. There are 70 commercial nuclear reactors now in use in the country. AT THE SAME TIME, the Environ- ment and Public Works Committee voted to deny operating licenses to reactors now under construction in states without the NRC-approved plans. The House Interior Committee voted yesterday to delay federal construction permits for six new nuclear reactors. "It's an absolute anomaly that you can operate a nuclear reactor in this country without an emergency plan," Sen Gary Hart (D-Colo.) told the Senate committee as it debated his proposals. HART, CHAIRMAN of a subcommit- tee on nuclear regulation, earlier this week proposed denying operating licenses to new nuclear plants in states without an emergency plan. Hart's recommendations passed 6-4, need approval by both houses of Congress and must be signed into law by President Carter before they could take effect. Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), claimed the NRC doesn't have precise regulations governing evacuation plans. He proposed allowing the agency 90 days to draft such regulations, and then giving the states nine months to comply. His proposal failed, 7-4. THE COMMITTEE, which called for a $400,000 study of the accident at the See NEW, Page5 Doing the sunstroke Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ Katie, in an attempt to soak up some rays and improve her swimming abilities, decided to spend yesterday at Silver Lake without taking a dip in the chilly water. BENSON FORD JR. DENIED SEA T ON BOARD: Caldwell successor to Ford DETROIT (UPI)-Henry Ford II said yesterday he is resigning as chief executive officer of the auto firm his grandfather founded 75 years ago and declared "no crown princes" from within the feuding Ford family will suc- ceed him. "After 34 years on the job, I now am ready to stand aside," Ford, 61, told the company's stockholders who greeted him with a cheering ovation to his last annual meeting as the company's head. MEANWHILE, Benson Ford Jr., rebuffed by Ford Motor Co. stockholders in a bid for a seat on the board of directors, pressed a courtroom fight yesterday for a $7.5 million inheritance he claims was wrongfully denied him. The elder Ford said he will turn the reins over Oct. 1 to Philip Caldwell, the company's president since last fall when Lee Iacocca was fired. Iacocca now is president of the rival Chrysler Corp. That will leave Ford's younger brother, Detroit Lions' owner William Clay Ford as the firm's highest ranking E toda3 family member. He is a vice president and chairman of the firm's executive committee. FORD BLUNTED the attempts of his wayward nephew to claim a seat on the company's board of directors, saying power in the firm must be earned. "If any other member of my family achieves a senior position in the com- pany, it will be through merit and by decision of the board of directors," he said. "There are no crown princes in the Ford Motor Co. and there is no privileged route to the top." Benson Jr., who is taking on his uncle and other family members in two lawsuits, has demanded the vacant seat See FORD, Page 19 Carter warns against SALT rejection WASHINGTON (AP) - With Senate leaders of both parties noncommittal about the new arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union, President Carter argued yesterday that its rejection would cause the United States to be "looked upon as the warmonger." Carter also told a White House break- fast for retailers that if the Senate does not ratify the pact, this country would suffer a serious loss of trust among NATO allies, and efforts to halt the spread of nuclear weapons would be undercut. Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd told the Senate he hopes action on the SALT II treaty can be completed this year - a hope echoed by Sen. Frank Church, (D-Idaho), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. BYRD, A WEST Virginian whose support could be crucial to Carter's search for the 67 votes needed for ratification, emphasized he remains uncommitted. Meanwhile, it was confirmed that the treaty will be signed June 15. President Carter telephoned his wife, Rosalynn, shortly before she visited Italian President Sandro Pertini in Rome and the U.S. Embassy spokesperson there said Carter asked her to tell Pertini the pact would be signed on that date. There was no announcement of the site of the U.S.-Soviet summit meeting at which the treaty is to be signed. But there was considerable speculation that it will be in Vienna. IN A BRIEF speech at the opening of the Senate session, Byrd said, "I'm not going to be intimidated by the idea that if my vote is against, it goes down." Declaring that "the Soviet Union is not Panama," Church cautioned again- See CARTER, Page 18 New York, but not Detroit George Lewis is mad as hell, and he says New York is not going to take it anymore. Lewis and two other New York comedians have launched The Society for the Prevention of Disparaging Remarks about New York City. Lewis accused Tonight Show host Johnny Carson of being particularly guilty of lines similar to "the only way to get crosstown in New York City traffic is to be born there." The group named Carson "Duke of Derogatory" and presented him with its"Enemy Award." "Our job," Lewis said yesterday, "is to focus attention on detractors, warn them, ban them, boycott them, pressure them to change and invite them to rally to the support of the city with humor, wit, and wisdom." Lewis asked other cities that often are butts of jokes-Cleveland, Ohio, Walla Walla, Wash., Sheboygan, Wis., and Hoboken, N.J.-to join his forces. Apparently Lewis decided Detroit's reputation as the "Murder City" is not derogatory enough to be considered for his group. Happenings ... ... for the early-birds, at 8:30 a.m. the Extension Service presents a Workshop on Angelo-American Cataloguing Rules for practicing librarians at the Michigan League .... the College of Engineering will hold a civil engineering seminar, Public Works Management: Meeting the Challenge of the 80s with Program Management at 9 a.m. at the Chrysler Center ... a reception for artist Margaret Parker, will be tonight at 7 p.m. in the Michigan Union Gallery. Parker's work is on display in the gallery through June 3 ... at Hillel at 8 p.m. there is an Or- thodox Minyan. Hillel is at 1429 Hill Street. On the outside This early glimpse into July will continue, as high temperatures will reach the 80' point again today. But in the evening, there's a good chance for showers. The low will be close to 60'.