Wednesday, June 26, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Newspapers need not offer reply space, High Ct. rules WASHINGTON ;P - Newspapers can- not be required to give free space to political candidates to reply to editorial attacks, the Sttpreme Court rtled unani- moutisly yesterday. In one of five decisions affecting free- lom of speech and the press, the court struck down a 61-year-old Florida law challenged by the Miami Herald and ether newspapers. ONLY ONE other state, Mississippi, has such a lass, but the lustice lDepart- ment was considering proposing federal legislation if the Florida law was upheld. Chief Justice Warren Burger, speak- ing for the court, said the right-to-reply Good-by It's time for Daily staff nemubers, like the rest o the student population, to start studying for exams or taking air- planes home. We slop publication after today's paper until July 9, after which we wilt be on your doorstep again ues- day throigh Satturdoy tilt sunnier. iss "e\:cts a o i'ialty i t'he busis of he content if a ness"'r" ''I said he pe'alvt iw't'ded additisnat ntn ting sosts and 'taking is sace that could Ie devoted te oth"r mIt ciat the news- .aner may hasve nrcf-rred to print." "'The choice of material to go into a 1ewspaper and the decisions made as o limitations on the si-e of the paper, and content and the treatment of public issues and public officials--whether fair wr unfair-constitute the exercise of edi- torial control and judgment," Burger wrote. "It has yet to be demonstrated how governmental reguilation of this cru- cial process can be exercised consistent with the First Amendment guarantees of a free press." IN OTHER CASES, the court: -Ruled S to 4 that private individuals may collect damages for injuries they actually suffer because of a libel if they are able to prove negligence. This cotuld make it easier for an individual to win a libel ,judgment. The coiurt also ruled hat private individuals may not collect punitive damages for libel unless they ,an prove reckless disregard for the truth. --field 6 to 3 that a union's use of the word "scab" in a newsletter was covered by federal law guaranteeing unions free speech protection for their organizing efforts. The word is sometimes used for non-union workers. -Struck down by a 6 to 3 vote the conviction of a Seattle man who hung an American flag out of his apartment win- dow with a peace symbol attached to it. The court said a state law against affix- ing symbols or pictures to U.S. flags abridged his constitutional right to free expression. Record drug bust Customs agents said they seized this 10,500 pounds of marijuana from two tanker trucks which came across the border from Mexico Sunday, and following clues gained in the truck bust, U.S. and Mexican authorities seized 42 tons in Mexicali, Mexico, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced yesterday. Teltran progresses sloWl toward full bus service By JEFF SORENSEN The Ann Arbor Transportation Author- ity (AATA) is moving slowly to enact the Teltran proposal passed in the April. 1973 city elections to provide city-wide Dial-A-Ride services. Under the approved system, likely to be completed next spring or summer. CAW City Council nixes proposed bond issu By CHERYL PILATE During a special session yesterday, City Council defeated a proposed $750,- 000 general obligation bond issue for street improvements which would have been placed on the Aug. 6 primary bal- lot. The proposal, which was supported solely by Republican council members, was introduced during .a working session Monday night by Councilman John Mc- Cormick (R-Fifth Ward). DEMOCRATIC opposition to the bond proposal stemmed from the illegality of placing an issue on the ballot that had not been approved by the county clerk 49 days prior to the election. State law would have required that the proposal be certified over a week ago to meet the deadline, , See COUNCIL, Page 11 city residents will be able to board a bus anywhere in Ann Arbor and ride any- where else in the city for 25 cents. THE CITY-WIDE service will be pro- vided by a combination of the present large express-route buses and smaller Dial-A-Ride buses. The large buses, which are already in operation, will run on regular routes on the main streets and Dial-A-Ride vehicles will pick up and deliver passengers door-to-door. Dial-A-Ride operates much like a taxi system-passengers call in specific pick- up paints and destinations and wait ap- proximately 10 to 20 minutes for the rides.° Progress in implementing Teltran has been slowed considerably by early dif- ficulties in obtaining federal financing and also the city's impoundment of more than 9200,000 in AATA money last year. AS A RESULT, six Ann Arbor cItizens and the local League of Women Voters filed suit against the city in January asking- for an-accounting of the funds and restoration of the money to the AATA. "Last April, a two and a half mill transportation tax (approximately $1,400,- 000 in reveue for the AATA) was passed by the voters," said Sally Vinter, one of the plaintiffs, "and now it appears that the city has taken $221,000 and possibly more from the AATA without the AATA approval." The maze of financial interactions be- tween the city and the AATA involve withdrawals of AATA funds to repay a 1970 loan from' the city for AATA buses. THE COURT hearing on the citizens' suit has been set for Aug. 12 in Wash- tenaw County Circuit Court. Henry Bonislawski, Assistant Operat- ing Supervisor of AATA, explains that when Teltran is completed, "Ann Arbor will have perhaps the country's most comprehensive bus system. "We're trying to provide a demand- response system," he says, "one that may offer an attractive alternative to the automobile." Lawyers to investigate state prison conditions By DAVID WHITING Two Detroit lawyers have begun an investigation of Michigan penitentiaries which focuses on Marquette State Prison. The two attorneys, Gabriel Kaimowitz and Kennth Cockrell, are presently working on "several suits" directed at the Marquette prison, Kaimowitz says. THEIR INVESTIGATION was sparked by the strangulation death of John Ier- rara, 26, at Marquette in February. Prison officials termed the death a suicide. "We do nOt believe it was suicide," Kaimoiitz says. Herrara was found hanging from cell bars in a solitary con- finement section of the prison. Kaimowitz is examining the circum- stances surrounding Herrara's death and claims, "we have eye witnesses," but refuses to reveal their names. HE CHARGES that Herrara was "coerced" into taking part in the Mich- igan Intensive Program Center (MIPC) and attributes his death in part to this coercion. Terming the MIPC "a behavior modi- fication unit," Kaimowitz contends thaf many prisoners face a choice between solitary confinement and compu!sory participation in the program. " Ted Koehler, Warden at Marquette State Prison, calls allegations thuit t er- rara was forced to joint the MIPC "lot true." KOEfILER DENIES prisoners are coi- pelled to take part in the MIP('. con- tending they do so by their own choice. He refuses to discuss the lawyers' in- vestigation further. In relation to IHerrara's death, Cock- rell is filing a suit contending that the deceased's relatives are entttitud to monetary compensation.