Soturck-y, July 13, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Poge Three Cavanagh to sue; Staebler calls charges diversionar By CHERYL PILATE tion during the eight years he was De- Former State Democratic Chairman troit's mayor, met with his lawyer Thurs- Neil Staebler of Ann Arbor said yester- day. day that charges of libel, slander, and Officials and supporters in Canavagh's conspiracy leveled at him by guberna- gubernatorial campaign have called for tonal candidate Jerome Cavanagh are an investigation to determine whether .both "ludicrous" and a "purely diver- Rome's charges were made at the sionary tactic." prompting of Staebler. Cavanagh, who was accused by for- "I made two attempts to get Cavanagh mer state crime commission chief Louis concerned about this before he filed," Rome of maintaining underworld can- said Staebler, "It's a difficult situation tacts while mayor of Detroit, announced when you have to deal with these kind yesterday he plans to file a $15 million of facts - if you release them, some suit for defamation of character against people will call it a smear campaign- Staebler and Rome. if you don't, some people will call it a cover-up." EARIIER this week, Cavanagh said the allegations were "absurd" and liken- ed the charges to the "horrors of Wat- ergate." Rome said 'Tuesday Cavanagh was unfit to be governor because of his "proxinity to Detroit's underworld." Staebler, who told Rome that "lse owed it to the public" to come forth with the allegations if they were strong- ly substantiated, said that he was "very impressed" with the "evidence" against CavanaTgh "Ite (Rome) is a person of strong con- science," said Staebler. "When we first conferred (mid-March) I told him to put together his charges more firmly- now lie has apparently substantiated them." CAVANAGH, who said there was "no scandal of any kind" in his administra- STAEIIBER refused to comment on whether the charges wvould impair ('va nagh's chances whets he faces Sander Levin in the Aug. 6 Democratic primary. "I'll leave that for sou people to de cide," he said. "l'mnot supporting any- body." levin has issued - statement denving any connection with ome, delaring that his canaign swv's devoted "solely to the issues." Romeo wits executive director of the Michigan Commission on a Enforce- ment aid Criminal .Justice from 196 to 1970. lIe resigned nder pressure from Re- publican Governor William Milliken shortly before* being convicted of owning student housing in Ann Arbor that vio lated the building code. He was fined $70. Rome is now a private consultant on law enforcement in Est Lansing. NEIL STAEBLER, former state Democratic chairman, responds to charges leveled at him by gubernatorial candidates Jerome Cavanagh. Staebler called the charges "ludicrous". oca hypnologists claim power to conquer vices By BILL IILENAN rette smokers wosld be instructed to saying," tie reveals. Tihrough hypnotism chances are SO per cent or better that you can cure your bad habits-or maintain the good ones- sy local hypnologists. Despite hypnotism's "hocus - pocus" reputation, no pocketwatch wielding doc- tors lurk behind, the walls of the Ann Arbor Hypnosis Center. Located in a drab, combination apartment-office build- ing, the center is the only clinic in the city devoted exclusively to hypnotism. The atmosphere is informal, with "clients" addressing the three staff mem. hers by their first names. "THEY'RE CLIENTS, not patients," said co-director of the center, hypnolo- gist Doug Beltz. "Patients implies that we're handling medical problems, which we're not." Beltz claims 80 per cent or better ef- fectiveness in controlling errant "beha- vior patterns"-notably weight, smoking and general "uptightness" problems. He claims a 100 per cent cure rate for in- somnia and impotence. "In order to help the client we must get him to relax and concentrate on the problem," Beltz says. "Our purpose is to help him learn how to exercise the power of the mind to solve problems;" "THE HYPNOLOGIST'S t o I," con- tinues Beltz is 'suggestion'-any spoken remark or command serving to rein- force the desired goal. For those who wish to quite smoking: "Picture yourself as a non-smoker," "The process is continual, and we may see the client for four to five sessions," he continues. - In conjunction with his office efforts, Beltz teaches customers self-hypnosis by explaining the various relaxation stages involved. At home, he says, the subject reads the. suggestion to himself. Ciga- practice self-hypnosis three times a day, ic adds. THOUGH hypnolgists disagree on the exact niumber of hynotic levels, most concede that there are light and deep states. Under light hypnosis, Beltz ex- plains, the subject focuses his attention on the thought without being critically aware of his surroundings. "Students often unwittingly become, the victims of this 'waking, hypnosis' when furiously taking lecture notes with- out analyzing what their professor is Other characteristics of light hypnosis include catalepsy (inability to move eyes), memory blacks, or a change in smell or taste senses. Deeper hypnosis is characterized by subject amnesia, an absence of pain sen- sation, and hallucinations. Only 20 per cent of the total popula- tion enters deep hypnosis, Beltz contends. WITH A note of cynicism Beltz com- ments: "Maybe there's no such thing as hypnotism, maybe people are just pre- See HYPNOLOGISTS, Page 9 State legislature passes tougher, new rapebill LANSING (UPI)t-The State Legislm- ure yesterday approved a revamp of the state's century old rape law which would prohibit defense attorneys from revealing a rape victim's sexual history in court. THE SENATE gave the bill a final nod on a 27-6 vote after the Iloise ap- proved it Thursday. It now goes to Gov. William Milliken. The bill is aimed at protecting the victim's rights while making it easier for prosecutors to convict rapists. It provides a maximum penalty of life imprisonment-as does current law- even though an earlier Senate version set a maxinum prison term of 40 years. WOMEN'S GROUPS supporting it com- plained that under current law, the vic- tim is put on trial by defense attorneys who bring out the victim'seconsensuat sexual history and attempt to smear her credibility. In addition to outlawing testimony of a victim's sexual history, the bill divides the crime into four degrees and classi- fies it as a crime of assault rather than a sex crime. Doily Photo by STEVE KAGAN IYPNOLOGIST DOUG Beltz relaxes in his office at the Ann Arbor Hypnosis Center, The clinic is the only one in the city devoted exclusively to hypnosis.