Tuesday, July 17, 1973 TESM E AL uj Administration snugs controls over no-knock narcotics raids WASHINGTON (P) - The Nixon admin- istration tightened controls over federal no-knock narcotics raids yesterday and pledged "a shift in emphasis" toward pro- tecting individual rights. John Bartels, acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, laid down. stricter rules for the use of no-knock searches and forceable entry in the pursuit of illegal narcotics. HE ACTED in response to growing com- plaints that agents have abused the con- stitutional fight to privacy in raids on in- nocent citizens. "Any recurrence of such abuses cannot and will not be tolur-ted, Bartels told a news conference. "I cannot find words to express my contempt for any agent who misuses the badge of a federal officer for asy illeg-1 nurpose." In addition, he said "the misuse of that badge, the misuse of that gun will be dealt with as sternly as possible, as quickly as possible." THE AGENCY issued to its 2,200 officers a 10-page statement of search and arrest policy which states that: * Narcotics agents may proceed with a no-knock raid only with specific author- ity of Bartels or Isis deputy. * Agents must obtain an arrest warrant or their supervisor's approval "whenever humanly practical" before forcing their way into the home of a suspect and must knock and identify themselves as narco- tic agents before making a forced entry. * The agents must wear some identi- fying emblem and should try to take a uniformed police officer on raids. * On joint raids with state and local officers, the federal rules will govern. * No federal agent may fire a gun ex- cept to protect himuself or -souse siller per- son sir for official target practice. BARTEIS CONCEDED that most as- pects of the guidelines were in effect tt the time of two Collinsville, Ill., raids last April and other previous raids in which agents are accused of terrorizing fai lies after forcing their way into the wrong home. He said key differences are the new requirements that he or his deputy ap- prove all no-knock searches, the require- ment that arrest warrants be obtaned when practical prior to raids, and the more stringent identification mandate. ACCORDING TO recent articles pub- lished in both the New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine drug raids against innocent people are fairly commonplace. Often these accounts say, authorities move in on the basis of rather flimsy evidence that they have not bothered to sub- ,stantiate. In the Collinsville raid several people were beaten while others were threatened with violence. Of time and the river A young elm tree stands by the sun-specked Huron River below the Arboretum yesterday afternoon, waiting for Dean Woods and Patrick Hughes to ford the stream at a shallow place. Dean and Patrick reported that the salmon have not yet arrived; the elm tree said he'd wait. '55/iW1'5" ''ttr RPP trial Hearings on the adiissability of evi- dence began yesterday in the Cadillac trial of Rainbow People's Party members Pun Plaiondon and Craig Blazier. The two are charged with extortion, conspiracy to comsmit extortion, and criminal usury in a case being specially prosecuted by state Attorney General Frank Kelly's office. Originally held on charges of armed rob- bery and held on $100,000 bonds, those charges were dropped and bonds reduced when one of the prosecution's two wit-. nesses contradicted the other, denying that Plamondon and Blazier had indeed brandished weapons, made threats, or robbed anything. The trial is expected to last about two weeks and will be covered by the Daily. Marriage prescribed Acting on the advice of his psychiatrist, Ypsilanti's returned POW, Marine Capt. Jtames Warner, is going to get married to the daughter of close family friends, Shar- on McGinley, also of Ypsilanti. Warner said his psychiatrist, with whom he is con- sulting in a regular readjustment pro- gram, told him that marriage to the daughter of family friends would be an "ide-il situation." Five and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, War- ner has applied for admission here at the University but says his plans are uncer- tain. Happenings*... . . . in And. 3 of the MLH, from noon to 2 p.u., a program by the Commission for Women on affirmative action, "U of M Women 73," and at 7 p.m., films on death and dying presented by the Audio-Visual S'itmmer Films series . . . The Center for Continuing Education for Women is pre- senting a lecture, "What It's Like to Be an Adult Woman Student," at 330 Thomp- son St. from 9:30 to 11:30 a. in. A2's weather Look for mostly sunny and warmer to- msorrow, high in the mid-8$s There is lit- tle chance of rain., A dminis tra tor approvec4 mayor asks new rules By GORDON ATCHESON City Council officially confirmed Sylves- ter Murray as the new city administrator last night, despite objections from the Homan Rights Party (HRP). Mayor James Stephenson also proposed several changes in council rules which if enacted could limit audience participation at the meetings. UNDER THE PROPOSED guidelines ass member of the audience may stand in the council chambers except when officially allowed to address council. Furthermore no members of the audi- ence may speak, clap, boo, or make other noises except during designated audience participation sections of the agenda. A third change would prohibit council members from using "profane or obscene language" at the meetings. Stephenson presented his proposal without discussion or debate. SIX VOTES WOULD be necessary to approve the alternations. Currently seven Republicans sit on council and probably could be expected to vote in favor of the new rules. Murray, the present city manager of Inkster, Mich., was approved by a 9-1 tally, as only Jerry DeGrieck (HRP-First Ward) voted against confirmation. The 30-year-old Murray has served in Inkster's top city job since 1970. He re- ceived an undergraduate degree from Lin- coln University and a degree in urban management f r o m the University of Pennsylvania. "MURRAY DEFINITELY was the best choice of the candidates available," Nor- ris Thomas (D-First Ward) said. "His philosophy is the closest to the pelie of Ann Arbor's thinking" Stephenson praised Murray as a sian with "a direct, positive approach to peo- ple and management." While DeGrieck said Murray was the best candidate considered, his views did not seem radical enough, according to DeGrieck. He also condemned the admin- istrative form of government as an "In- responsive form of government." See COUNCIL, Page 10 'U' women hold legal rights crash course By DEBORAH GOOD The Commission for Women yesterday held a two-hour cram session on legal and administrative aspects of sex-discrimina- tion in University academic and employ- ment practices, Speaking to a near-capacity female crowd in MLB Aud. 3, representatives of a number of sections of the University's affirmative action program explained how women who are employes or stu- dents of the University can fight unequal pay and promotion policies. KATHY SHORTRIDGE, formerly Uni- versity Women's Representative in charge of inquiry into pay- inequities, recounted the events which led to investigation of the University by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) in 1970. The HEW probe was initiated by a charge of employment discrimination against wo- men and led to the formation of the af- firmative action program. Aided by a chart outlining the employ- ment situation for the University's women staff members during the academic year of 1970-71, Shortridge prefaced her re- marks: "I'll be speaking in the past tense but you shouldn't assume the conditions I'm describing have changed substantial- ly"' Among the faculty, Shortridge said, wo- men are massed at the instructor post and "fade from sight at the top." Zena Zumeta, Shortridge's predecessor as Women's Representative and currently a I ,w student, spoke about laws covering sex discrimination. I ZUMETA ALSO delineated the laws which protect women students from dis- criminatory admissions, courses closed to women, unequivalent health services and sexist counseling services. The Michigan Civil Right Commission is now taking such complaints, she said.