The Michigan Daily-Saturday, July 7, 1979-Page 3 Malaysian protesters want U.S. to take more 'boat people' KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian protesters demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy yesterday and called on President Carter to open America's gates wider to "boat people" refugges. Two hundred protesters demon- strated outside the U.S. Embassy and complained that Washington was ac- cepting lawyers, engineers, and other skilled refugees but was leaving the un- skilled for Malaysia to worry about.U.S. officials denied this. The protesters then went to the Viet- namese Embassy and demanded that Hanoi halt the exodus from its shores. HOME AFFAIRS Minister Ghazali Shafie, meanwhile, told a convention of Malaysia's ruling party that about 140 Malaysians had been arrested for "collaborating" with the Vietnamese refugees. He did not elaborate but cautioned citizens against being lured by Viet- namese gold, an apparent indication that some villagers have acceptea payment in exchange for sheltering newly arrived boat people. AP Photo Almost 450 Vietnamese refugees were rescued by the USS Robert E. Peary from the South China Sea about 400 miles south of Thailand in May. The boat filled with refugees included children such as the youngsters pictured above. Malyasian protesters yesterday called on President Carter to open American doors to Southeast Asian refugees. HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDS FACE REDUCTION: The government has put up a naval blockade to keep the refugee-laden boats from landing in Malaysia, which already has many people on its soil awaiting resettlement elsewhere. The Malaysians have been towing new arrivals back out to sea. IN OTHER developments yesterday in the Indochinese refugee crisis: Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumatmadja said in Jakar- ta his government and those of the other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philip- pines - were still considering a request by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other Western officials to lift their ban on new arrivals from Vietnam. * The Thai government said it would convert two small islands in the Gulf of Thailand into refugee processing cen- ters. An estimated 150,000 Indochinese refugees, most from Laos, are sheltered in Thailand. Regents meeting rescheduled The University Board of Regents has rescheduled a special meeting to discuss preliminary candidates for the University presidency. The meeting is set for Monday at 6 p.m. It was originally scheduled for July 2. IT IS EXPECTED that the Board will close the proceedings, allowed under the Open Meetings Act, to discuss "potential and preliminary can- didates" for the post of president of the University. Members of the Board of Regents have refused to comment on Monday's meeting, but University officials and search committee members said they do not anticipate a new president will be named at that time. Search committee members have said they "hope" and "expect" the president to be named this month. State proposes $4.6 billion budget From UPI with staff reports LANSING-Legislative leaders yesterday set a 1979. budget target of $4.6 billion-a goal which will force them shave about $200 million from spending plans already a proved by the House and Senate. The spending cuts will includea $30 million reduction in t Higher Education appropriations bill through which t University receives its operating funds, according to Sens Fiscal Agency analyst David Murphy. Each house has adopted its own version of the maj budget bills. Joint conference committees have been appoi ted to work out the differences. BOTH THE SENATE and the House have approve Higher Education budget bills. The Senate's bill would gi the University $148.9 million-$15,450,000 over last year aj an increase of 11.2 per cent. The University requested an per cent increase from the state in October 1978. Murphy said he could not predict whether the cuts in t tody Volunteers needed The Domestic Violence Project is seeking volun- teers to fill two positions. One is client advocate, assistant to battered women on emotional, career, educational, legal,. and financial matters during their stay at Safe House. Requirements include a 6- month committment and eight hours of volunteer time a week, and applicants should be women. The second position is for child service worker, and requires men or women with backgrounds in child care. The time commitment for this position is negotiable. Call Volunteer Coordinator Lori Thomas or Child Care Coordinator Sue Huff at 995- 5447 for information. One less blimp The Goodyear blimp Mayflower may have made its last circle above Michigan Stadium. The blimp sustained $1 million in damage during a thunder- storm Tuesday night at an airport in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, according to pilot Ron Bell. Bell said that while the 3,000 envelope which surrounds the air- ship's structure could be patched, the decision whether to rebuild or to repair would be purely economic.Perhaps that reasoning could apply to Higher Education bill would affect the level of state funding for the University in the coming year. A joint appropriations committee for Higher Education will meet Tuesday to work out changes in the bill, Murphy said. AN AIDE TO Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor) said yesterday it was unlikely the Higher Education bill would be reduced by the total $30 million. House Speaker Bobby Crim (D-Davison) said key figures in the budget-writing process will meet again Tuesday to assess their progress in meeting the target goal. Crim said lawmakers also will have to come to agreement with Gov. William Milliken on revenue projections for the coming fiscal year and on several items in the budget in- cluding the hotly disputed home heating assistance plan. "IT LOOKS LIKE we're in better shape than usual,' Crim said. "It seems at this time we're still on track" for ajournment See $4.6, Page 10 the Wolverines inside Michigan Stadium, too, now that former quarterback Rick Leach has graduated and signed with the Detroit Tigers. Happenings.. . ... are scant today. At 1 p.m., the Yoga Center of Ann Arbor will present a Tofu Workshop. The center is located at 207 E. Ann St. Call 769-4321 for more in- formation ... those who signed up for the Inter- national Center's trip to Hart Plaza in Detroit for the International Ethnic Festival should meet at 2:50 p.m. in the International Center Lounge . . . registration begins today for Ypsilanti Township Recreation Department tennis classes. Call 483-0774 for information . . . Cathy Adkins of the School of Music will give an organ recital at Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. . . . FILMS: Cinema II-Lucky Man, 7 p.m., 10 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall ... Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Return of the Dragon. 7 p.m., 10:20 p.m.; Chinese Connection, 8:30 p.m., both in Aud. 3, MLB ... Cinema Guild-It Happened One Night, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Old A & D Aud... . SUNDAY, Larry Weed will give a trombone recital at 4 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall . . . and at 8 p.m. in the same hall, Scott Hartley will also perform on the trom- bone, . . FILMS: Cinema Guild-The Last Laugh, 8 p.m., Old A & D Aud.... MONDAY, John Gouwens will give a carillon recital at Burton Tower from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.... the Musical Society presents Carlos Barbosa-Lima, guitarist, at 8:30 p.m. in Rackham Aud... .today marks the start of the University's Media Resources Center's 1979 Sum- mer Film Showcase. At 7:30 p.m. today in Aud. 3, MLB, the Center will show Henry Ford's America followed by My Hands Are the Tools of My Soul. The Film Showcase continues Monday through Friday until July 26. On the outside Some people in Ann Arbor recently have conten- ded that this summer, and, in fact, the entire year, has been unusually cold. True, the number of sweaty, humid, fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk days has been limited in 1979. However, these pessimistic people have neglected one thing. The weather can only get better. To prove this point, today will be sunny. The high temperature will reach 800, the low a comfortable 500. Thy breeze will be slight. Barring the slight possibility of a blizzard, glacier, or ice storm moving across southeastern Michigan within the next several weeks, according to the Daily's weather forecasters, summer will continue until September.