[The Ann Arbor, Michigan Daily in Ten Cents Michigo Vol. LXXXIX, No. 33-S Saturday, June 16, 1979 Sixteen Pages 'U', city disagree on campus land deal By JULIE ENGEBRECHT and JOHN GOYER The University and Ann Arbor are at odds over a land deal in which the University would trade two acres of land to the city in return for two parcels of land on Central Campus. The University's Board of Regents yesterday reasserted their un- willingness to sell two acres near the in- tersection of Green and Baxter Roads on North Campus to the city at market value unlessthe city agrees to relinquish two strips of roadway. The strips include the west side of Ingalls St. between E. Washington St. and N. University Ave., and Madison St. bet- ween Thompson and Packard Roads. THE UNIVERSITY would use the Ingalls St. land to construct a pedestrian mall which would be bor- dered on the south by the Graduate Library and on the, north by the Rackham Building. The University has planned to con- vert the Ingalls St. area into a pedestrian mall sicne 1964, when the city decided it wanted to acquire the two acres on North Campus. The Regents countered with offering the land trade, authorizing University of- ficials to press for a trade at their Oc- tober 1977 meeting. Yesterday the Regents voted to again offer the city the land trade, rejecting the city's offer of $49,200 for the two- acre tract on the advice of University See CITY, Page 14 Tanker flips on 1-94A Firemen hose down a tanker full of propane gas which jacknifed early yesterday morning near Ypsilanti.- The accident occurred within 200 yards of the Ford plant in Ypsi. Small businesses and a school in the area were evacuated as a pre- cautionary measure. See story, Page8. Regents OKplanforAlumni Center By JULIE ENGEBRECHT Preliminary, plans for a proposed Alumni Center to be built just north of the Michigan League were approved by the University Board of Regents yesterday. The Regents last month asked alumni project planners to revise the proposal to accommodate Regental objections to the certain architectural charac- teristics and to the building's location. ALSO AT yesterday's meeting, the Regents voted not to sell a tract of land to Ann Arbor, because the city in- dicated it would not abide by University stipulations on the sale (See related story). Judge denies appeal on H-bomrbstory MILWAUKEE (UPI)-U.S. District Judge Robert Warren yesterday denied a motion by The Progressive magazine that he lift his ban against its publishing a hydrogen bomb story the government says could speed the spread of thermo- nuclear weapons- The reasons for the decision were secret, sent in sealed envelopes to the attorneys for the government and the magazine. "We are disappointed but not sur- prised," magazine officials said in a statement. They said they would appeal this ruling just as they appealed the temporary injunction to the 7th District Court of Appeals in Chicago. "THE ISSUE of a secret opinion-where freedom of press is a central issue-marks a further spread of the cancer of secrecy in the See PRINTING, Page 9 Architectural consultant Clarence Roy outlined the Regents' objections and the action taken to accommodate them, including evalution of the building site and adjustments in several structural features. The revised plans lower the four chimneys by six to eight fee and add vertical slots in a stone wall, which would look "essentially very much like a picket fence," according to Roy. HE ALSO SAID the planning group had reconfirmed the location of the facility on Ingalls Mall, the open area between the Michigan League and the Bell Tower. Regents Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) said he thought the triangular building could be constructed in another corner of the lot, leaving more open space. Roy said the point on the corner of Ingalls St. and E. Washington St. would have to be filled in order to preserve a line along Ingalls Mall. Regent Robert Nederlander (D- Birmingham) questioned the need for the chimneys several times, but Roy defended the design, saying eliminating the chimneys would hurt the architec- tural concept. The building was designed to blend in with other buildings in the area. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL Regents in- See REGENTS, Page 2 A2 may lose British buses By BETH PERSKY Ann Arbor may soon lose its British accent. The city's three London doubledecker buses, which make daily runs through Ann Arbor's three shopping districts, will have their routes discon- tinued unless city merchants can find a way to pay $50,000 still owed to a local bank for the purchase of the vehicles. LIBERTY UNLIMITED, a group, of local business people which runs the shuttledeckers, has successfully managed the operating costs and the interest on the purchase price of the red vehicles, but it has not yet been able to pay for the initial in- vestment. "As of this moment, the potential for the buses to be cut out is great," said John Swisher, treasurer of Liberty Unlimited. "I do not see another source to take the buses over." Swisher said that in addition to the debt which must be paid off, someone must be found to operate the buses because the people involved in Liberty Unlimited don't have enough time to devote to the project. Currently the merchants sell ads for the buses, the revenue from which Davs for almost See LONDON, Page 13 Daily Photo THIS DOUBLEDECKER bus is one of the three imported from London to Ann Arbor in a business venture last summer. The bus, which runs from campus to downtown to Kerrytown, may be put out of serviceJuly 31 along with the other two.