Tuesday, July 10, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY Page Three w Tuesday, July 10, 1973 THE SUMMER DAILY Page Three Highs and ows o city dope aw By GORDON ATCHESON expected as much. They saw the small and use at 25 cents but found that such a asking for an $11 fine for use but not sale. Just a little more than a year after its fine as a symbol-an educational tool penalty could not be legally enacted. "We FINALLY AFTER several weeks in highly publicized birth, the city's five dol- which would show the country how lightly wanted the law to look as silly as possible committee the five dollar fine for sale lar marijuana law has been laid to rest the marijuana issue should be treated. to show how absurd the whole issue is," and use of marijuana emerged as a com- by the votes of seven united Republicans. A coalition of Human Rights Party and comments council member Jerry DeGrieck promise proposal. The Dems and HRP When passed originally in May, 1972, Democratic council members was respon- (HRP-First Ward). council members teamed up to approve the law left Ann Arbor with the most lib- sible for the bill's passage. Both parties While interested in seeing the penal- the ordinance despite strong objections eral dope law anywhere in the United . had advocated legalization of marijuana ties reduced the Democrats were not pre- from the Republicans on council. States. People everywhere were curious in their April election campaigns. pared to go quite as far. Former mayor Police Chief Walter Krasny was per- to see what effect the law would have on and Democratic party leader Robert Har- sonally unhappy about the law, according the city's lifestyle. Still the law did not become a reality ris explains that too many people feared to Harris, but went along with it after IN RETROSPECT many observers would without something of a struggle between marijuana, consequently the law "could lengthy discussions with other city offic- agree that the city experienced virtually the Dems and Humans. not be treated with levity." ials. no change. The sponsors of the law had HRP WANTED to set the fine for sale The Democrats came up with a proposal See DOPE, Page 10 Uganda releases planeload of Peace Corps volunteers tt Happy Birthday, Mrs. S. Mary Samuelson, Student Govern- ment Council's administrative assistant for nearly a decade, is celebrating her birth- day today. Mrs. S., as she is fondly known to SGC people, has served the student government nobly through thick and thin. All of us who have ever attended an SGC meeting shall never forget the inspiring sight of Mrs. S. sitting and taking notes with placid, silver haired maturity amidst the frivolous and profane exchanges tht plagued SGC under Bill Jacobs' admin- istration. Souitrces close to the dignitod lady say she places her age at 29; oh- servers maintain that she is tot) wise to be just 29", but astSGC people k . , Mrs. S. always has the last word. -ipp % I irthiday, Mrs. S. New buses The Southeistern Michigan Traspoxx<- tion Authority (SNvITA) announced yester- dy that a new express bus service be- to-een Ann Arbor and the Ford Comples in Dearborn is being instituted. Begin- ning today city commuters can catch buses at 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel parking lot located on souih State Road and I-94. Return buses will leave the Ford complex at approximately 4:45 and 5:00 in the evening. Monthly passes are available for $45. Waterbug humor WASHINGTON - A firm calling itself the "Off-White House" is now selling "Enemy of Richard Nixon Certificates" for those who were disappointed when they learned they had not been included on the original enemies list. For only a dollar, you can purchase a certificate that says the omission of your name was only the result of a bureaucratic bungle. As a bonus the firm offers to include a blade of grass reputed to be worth more than $67.95 in taxpayers money - if the import arrangements can be made with S a n Clemente and or Key Biscayne. Happenings ... . there will be an Outreach Mass Meeting tonite at 7:30 in the Natural Science Auditorium . . . the Commission for Women is sponsoring a film called "Turnabout" - a portrayal of male-fe- male role reversals - today and for the rest of the week. Those interested can see the presentation today at 12:10 p.m. and 12:40 p.m. at Frieze Building,'Wash- ington Entrance, Auditorium 2065, School of Public Health, 109 S. Observatory, Room 3042 and at the Children's Psychia- tric Hospital, N. Hosp. Dr., Aud. A2's weather Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain- showers. There will be scattered showers in the area as a storm system finds its way across the state. Highs today be- tween 83-88 with lows tonite 60-65. NAIROBI, Kenya P-U.S. Peace Corps volunteers detained by the Ugandan army for two days were released last night after the presi- dent of the nearby country of Zaire vouched for them. He said the 112 volunteers were welcome in his coun- try and were neither mercenaries nor Israeli agents. A chartered jetliner carried the young Americans from Entebbe, Uganda, where they were held, to Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, the former Congo. Most of them will teach in the eastern highlands of Zaire. PRESIDENT IDI AMIN, the burly, un- predictable leader of Uganda, detained the Americans Saturday after their jet made a ref teling stop. According to one account, he saw the plane taking off from Entebbe and after learning who was aboard or- dered it back under threat of interception by Ugandan fighters. Radio Uganda said Amin held the group on suspicion they were mercenaries or Zionist agents. lie ordered their release, a later broadast said, after assurances foinPresident nbtux Sex Sekt oo Zaire. U.S. diplomats had asked Mobutu's in- tervention after unsuccessful round-the- clock talks with Ugandan authorities in an effort to get the corpsmen freed. IN WASHINGTON, press officer Paul hare said the State Department was gratified that the corps members were released. "But we remain deeply concerned that they were detained . . . and will be con- sidering the implications this situation has for us," he said. American relations with Uganda have been gradually deteriorating of late. THE STATE DEPARTMENT sharply criticized Amin last week for a Fourth of July message in which he accused President Nixon of murder in Cambodia and wished him a speedy recovery from See AMIN, Page 10 More phases to come Secretary of Commerce Frederick Dent tells a meeting of New York stockbrokers about the administration future plans for the economy. Dent stated that a "Phase 5" will mark the end of broad controls on prices and wages. CONSPIRACY CHARGED Florida sues major oil firms TALLAHASSEE, Fla. OP)-The State of Florida filed suit yesterday in federal court against 15 major U.S. oil companies, charging them with conspiring to con- trive the current fuel shortage. "There is no gas shortage," Florida's Attorney General Robert Shevin told a news conference before filing the suit. "Our position is that the gas shortage is a direct result of anticompetitive prac- tices manipulated by the major oil com- panies to protect their profits." The suit filed in federal court here alleges that the oil companies have en- gaged in an illegal monopoly and un- reasonable restraint of interstate com- merce and trade. SPOKESMEN FOR a number of com- panies said they would have no com- ment until they had read the suit. A spokesman for Mobil Oil Corp., one of those accused, said, "We have no com- plaints or subpoenas from the state of Florida and we don't know what we are being accused of. We can say categorically that we have not conspired with anyone to perform any act in violation of the antitrust laws." The Florida suit asks that the oil com- panies be forced out of the crude oil exploration and production business, "The basic problem is in the crude oil business," Shevin said. "That's where the anticompetitivd nature of the industry brought about the results we have today." OIL COMPANIES should not be allowed to control oil from the ground to the gas pumps, he said. Shevin labeled the cur- rent situation a "megalopoly." Asst. Atty. Gen. Dan Dearing said the suit could be the biggest trustbusting at- tempt since the breakup of the Standard Oil Co. in the'1900's. "We're talking about the reorientation of a $100-billion-a-year industry," Dearing said. THE SUIT CHARGES that prices of gasoline have risen steadily since mid- 1972 along with efforts by major oil com- panies to- cut off supplies to independent and private brand dealers, jobbers and marketers.