The Michigan Daily-Friday July 6, 1979-Page 3 ACLU charges FBI with role in slaying From AP and UPI The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a $2 million suit yesterday charging the FBI was responsible for the 1966 slaying of Civil Rights worker, Viola Liuzzo and tried to cover up its involvement. The suit, filed on behalf of Liuzzo's family, charged that the killing resulted from the illegal ac- tivities-authorized by the FBI-of Ku Klux Klan undercover informant Gary Thomas Rowe, who recently was charged with murder in the case. RATHER THAN conduct a full in- vestigation of the slaying, the suit con- tended, then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover attempted to orchestrate a smear campaign against Liuzzo and prevent reporters from tracing the ex- tent of Rowe's activities on behalf of the FBI. "What I want from this case is that if I stand up for something that is right I won't have to worry that an FBI infor- mant is there for my protection and not as my killer," said Penny Liuzzo Dupure, one of Liuzzo's three daughters. Liuzzo's husband, Anthony Liuzzo of Detroit, died last year. Two sons also survive. The case was filed in the court of U.S. District Judge Charles Joiner. THE GOVERNMENT had 60 days to reply to the suit. The FBI in Washington had no immediate comment. ACLU attorneys said they hope the case will persuade Congress to tighten government oversight of the FBI. "There are lots of reasons to dredge this up after 14 years," Howard Simon, executive director of the Michigan ACLU, said at a news conference. "Th- ere is an obligation on the part of the U.S. government to people who are wronged by the government." SIMON SAID Congress should Viola Liuzzo legislate an end "to the tailure of the FBI to control, train and adequately supervise its agents." Liuzzo, a white woman who volun- teered for civil rights work in Alabama, was shot to death from a passing car March 25, 1965, as she drove her car along Highway 80 between Selma and Montgomery. One of her jobs was shut- tling civil rights workers between the two cities. No murder convictions were returned in the case, but three members of the Ku Klux Klan were sent to prison for violating Liuzzo's civil rights. TWO OF THE Klans members later said Rowe fired the shot from a han- dgun that kiled the 39-year-old woman. Rowe is under federal indictment for See ACLU, Page 10 Chicken Little APPho Although no one is sure of exactly when and where the faltering space station Skylab will land when it plunges to earth late this month, more than 4,000 of these "protective helmets," modeled by. Seat-of-the-Pants Management representative Brad Rudolph, have been sold in Denver, Colo. Each poster- board helmet is equipped with an "early warning spike" that provides "00193 nanoseconds of warning" before a piece of Skylab hits. Rudolph sells AA TA to consider cuts in Dial-a-Ride service By BETH PERSKY A plan presented to the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) last night would cut Dial-a-Ride service except for the handicapped and the elderly. AATA members will discuss the proposal, consider Sunday and evening service, and hear public commen- today Four not on the floor If you happened to be walking down Maynard St. last Sunday around 1:30 a.m., you might have seen a 1979, two-door, brown Toyota parked unlike any other car on the block. The car was tipped over so its left side rested on the pavement. When Ann Ar- bor police and a tow truck finally set all four tires on the ground, they found paint scratches and a two- inch circular dent in the driver's door. The car's owner, wearing a baffled look on his face, finally drove his battered compact away around 2:30 a.m. University security called the incident "a prank." Woodstock lives Those of you who think the "hippies" of the 1960s are now staid suburbanites, should think again. Ac- cording to Woodstock Census, a new book by Dean- ne Stillman and Rex Weiner to be published next fall ts at their next meeting July 18. THE PLAN ALSO would reduce fixed route service from every 15 minutes to every half hour on the Packard Rd. route, but would maintain service every 15 minutes on the Washtenaw Ave. route. Service hours would remain basically the same. More comprehensive fixed route services would be provided to compensate for the Dial-a-Ride cutbacks. The current five fixed routes would be expanded to ten and two coaches would be added to the fleet of 22, according to the proposal. See AATA, Page II by Viking Press, many members of the "Woodstock Nation" still consider marijuana the best way to get high. According to an article in High Times magazine, the book, a survey of men and women who were in their teens and twenties during the 60s, says 42 per cent of those surveyed have been smoking pot regularly over the years. And you thought the 60s generation was dead. More U.S.-Soviet agreements? Salt II isn't the only agreement the Soviets are making with the U.S. After years of futile attempts to copy american blue jeans, the Soviets have asked the makers of Lee, Levi, and Wranfler jeans to submit proposals for a plant in Moscow. The Soviets, who are hoping for an output of two million to three million pairs of jeans annually, have budgeted $7.5 million for the plant proptosal. When the Soviets tried to produce their own jeans, Soviet youth apparently rejected the Russian jeans, opting instead for black market American jeans, which sold for $200 a pair. Happenings ... ... are scant today. The opening reception for photographer Nancy Fink's exhibition begins this evening at 5 p.m. at the Blixt Gallery, 229 Nickels Arcade. The exhibit runs through August 26 ... FILMS: Ann Arbor Public Library-Gaslight, 2:00 and 7:30 p.m., at the Ann Arbor Public Library . . . Ann Arbor Film Co- op-Woody Allen's Interiors, 7 p.m., 8:40 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., MLB, Aud. 3 ... Cinema Il-The lHar- der They Come, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall . . . Cinema Guild-To Kill a Mockingbird, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., Old Arch. Aud. On the outside Maybe summer really is coming to Ann Arbor at last. Although it's too late for those Fourth of July picnics, the sun will shine today. The high will hit 80' and the low will dip down to the upper 40s. ~^. Yi-i q rt e+ amrv r !Rt' ": . e-+ -