Subscri'be now-ca 764-0558 Vol. LXXXIX, No. 36-S he Nichigan Daily FixJe P9g1s Ann Arbor, Michigan Ten Cents iiiir w n iiii Hubbard departs Michigan for pro eareer Area group to sue over 'U' By ALAN FANGER Michigan center Phil Hubbard has decided to pass up his final year of collegiate eligibility in favor of playing professional basketball. At a press conference yesterday, the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons announced the signing of the 6-8 Hubbard. The Pistons had made him their third first-round choice in Monday's draft. ALTHOUGH TERMS of the contract were not officially disclosed, in- formed sources said Hubbard was given a multi-year, no-cut contract valued at over $100,000 a year. "Phil was the premier forward in the country three years ago, not just one of the best," said Piston coach Dick Vitale. "I am really delighted to have him with us and I know he can make the transition from Big Ten center to NBA power forward.' HUBBARD APPARENTLY finalized his decision to turn professional sometime between Monday's draft and Wednesday, according to Michigan See PHIL, Page 15 Hospital By JOHN GOYER The Board of Trustees of the regional health planning council voted unanimously Wednesday to bring suit against the Michigan Department of Public Health, demanding that the department return controversial plans for a new University Hospital to the regional council for re-review. Regional council members have repeatedly charged the state Depar- tment of Public Health with violating the intent of health planning laws by negotiating with the University for reductions in the scale of the hospital plans. THE REGIONAL planning council maintains that the changes made by the University at the state level are sub- stantial enough to constitute an entirely new application for approval of the hospital project. *illikely Human Relations Robert Treadway. He said a strike is still "probable." If the 305 AFSCME employees walk out, some city services would be halted, while other departments would con- tinue to operate with non-union person- nel. Refuse collection and the Streets, See CITY, Page 2 plans The regional planners of the Com- prehensive Health Planning Council for Southeastern Michigan (CHPC) claim that because of the substantial changes, they have the right to re-review the hospital project. According to board member Mel Ravitz, lawyers for the regional council have not yet decided on the language of the suit. CHPC President Della Goodwin already has sent letters to Governor William Milliken and Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Secretary Joseph Califano, asking the pair to intervene in the approval process. Goodwin wants Milliken and Califano to Department of Public Health to return the hospital plans to the regional council for re-review. STATE AND FEDERAL officials, however, have said it is unlikely Milliken or Califano would intervene until after the Department of Public Health formally approvesthe hospital project, which it has not yet done,. and until after the regional council registers a formal complaint with HEW. The department has indicated it will approve the project. Goodwin said Tuesday the regional council will appeal to HEW after the formal decision by the Department of Public Health, due by August 8. "WE WILL BE moving into litigation much sooner than that," Ravitz said See REGIONAL, Page 2 NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE: City worker strike st By PATRICIA HAGEN A strike by more than 300 city workers remained likely as negotiations continued yesterday bet- ween union and city negotiators. The strike - slated to begin at midnight Saturday - could have a serious effect on many city services. At the end of the bargaining session yesterday, negotiators indicated that some progress had been made but a strike was not likely to be averted 0 I think there is a real dif- ference in the expectations on both sides." -Assistant City Administrator Patrick Kenney before the deadline. BARGAINING sessions are expected to continue today and tomorrow. Members of Local 369 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) voted by a margin of more than five to one Wednesday night to reject the city's contract offer of a five per cent in- crease and authorized a strike if an ac- ceptable offer is not received by Satur- day at midnight, when the current three-year contract expires. The union and the city offers were far apart going into the session with state mediator Thomas Bedoud yesterday. THE AFSCME local is demanding a 25 per cent pay increase in a one-year contract, with a 45-cent an hour ceiling on the cost of living allowance. Roger Knight, president of the local, said Wednesday a two-year contract would be considered acceptable by the union if the cost of living limit were removed. The city offered the union a five per cent increase each year of a proposed three-year contract. The union has requested the large in- crease which would total $1.65 per hour - to achieve parity with police and fire fighter contracts which also expire at the end of the month. KNIGHT COULD not be reached for comment after the bargaining session yesterday. Chief negotiator for the city Melvin Muskovitz was reluctant to comment on the details of the talks yesterday but said "there was some progress made." If there is a strike "we (the city) would try to keep the essential services going," Muskovitz said. A STRIKE IS "maybe a little less likely," than before the session, accor- ding to city Director of Personnel and Carter blasts OPEC over oil price hike From the Associated Press prices and other factors are added, the The OPEC cartel raised world crude price may climb as much as 15 cents a oil prices to a range of $18 to $23.50 a gallon by year's end, some economists barrel yesterday, the biggest increase say. in five years. President Carter called President Carter, attending an the hike "extraordinary" and said economic summit in Tokyo, said:"There everyone in the world would suffer. is no one on earth who will fail to suffer The price, boosts-at a time of shor- from these extraordinary increases in tage, long gasoline lines in the United oil prices." He called on Congress to States and frantic bidding up of prices approve "billions of dollars" to develop on the world market-are designed to alternative energy supplies and make "bring some stability" to the situation, the United States self-sufficient. the 13-nation Organization of The OPEC decision, announced after Petroleum Exporting Countries said. othree days of tough bargaining between EXPERTS ESTIMATE the OPEC price "hawks" and "Doves," dEXPsERbyTSESTIMAddTE theOPE establishes a multilevel pricing system, decision by itself will add four to five with Saudi Arabia at the bettom and cents a gallon to the retail price of ws a s iba at gasoline and heating oil in the United such hawks as Libya at the top. It States. When decontrol of domestic oil See CARTER, Page 10