page three ~t ~14 ~1 ~ tt JUNISH High--83 Low'-55 Sun shiny, moon glowy Saturday, June 3, 1972 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN News Phone: 764-0552 May food prices jump; jobless rate unchanged Baklava anyone? By DIANE LEVICK and NANCY ROSENBAUM "Yasoo!" That's the welcome issued to all guests at the Greek festival and bake sale taking place this weekend at Ann Arbor's St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Greeted by women wearing traditional Greek costumes, visitors yesterday tasted mouth-watering Greek delicacies, ad- mired Greek artifacts on display and genuinely enjoyed the warm, spirited atmosphere generated by Ann Arbor's Greek citizenry. Last night under an open-air tent, festival-goers linked arms with costumed Greeks and danced to the music of the bouzoukee -an instrument similar to the mandolin. Ann Arbor's Greek population comprises about 250 families. "We want to share the beauty of the Greek heritage and cultural background with the community," says Father Athena- goras Aneste. See WANT, Page 8 S. Viet headquarters bombed by saboteur SAIGON -A saboteur blew up the Binh Dinh Pro- vince command post and U.S. advisers evacuated a district headquarters yesterday amid fears bitter new fighting was imminent in the rich central coast region. A man identified by witnesses as a South Vietnamese airman smuggled a 40-pound satchel charge into the bunk- ered command post at Qui Nhon, and was killed instantly, apparently because the device exploded prematurely. Field reports said the blast killed two others and wounded 15 South Vietnamese, three U.S. advisers and two South Koreans. It also wrecked valuable electronics gear at !D the provincial headquarters S ate b compound. S Two American advisers were flown out of Phy My, 32 miles to etn am north of Qui Nhon, as North Vietnamese troops ringing the By DIANE LEVICK district headquarters closed in. An anti-war bill originally in- . Should Phy My fall, it would troduced y e r itRep.n ack be the fourth district capital in Vaughn (SDtrt) inp Fake Binh Dinh and the 15th in mary, 1971 would "provide a South Vietnam lost to the anti- basis for urging a Supreme Saigon forces since the offensive Court ruling as to the con- began March 30. stitutionality of the Vietnam Senior officers in military re- war," according to Atty. Gen. gion 2 said they expected hard Frank Kelley. fighting in Binh Dinh. Military The bill makes it illegal to re- sources reported from Qui Nhon quire servicemen from the state that the deteriorating situation to serve in a combat zone un- and apparent poor security had less Congress has declared war affected troop morale. or a state of emergency exists. In the air war, U.S. Air Force The bill, now in the judiciary pilots beamed super-accurate committee also provides that "smart" bombs onto targets in the attorney general defend any North Vietnam, crippling a individual who wishes to resist major power plant and severing assignment to combat zone un- a patched-up rail line to China der the proposed "unlawful" military spokesmen said. conditions. Fewer than 10 F4 fighter- In an analysis of the bill, re- bombers collapsed the river span quested by Vaughn, Kelley does Coa Nung Bridge, 50 miles from not take a political stance on the Chinese border, and badly the question. damaged the 12,000-kilowatt telley does say, however, that Bac Giang power plant, 25 miles if the bill is approved, "the re- northeast of Hanoi. sources and influence of the Also, sources report that nine state of Michigan would be more B52 heavy bombers were placed squarely behind an effort flown from U.S. bases to South- to resolve the question of the east Asia. This brings to nearly constitutionality of such presi- se the number of B52s com - dentis ventures as the Vietnam mitted to the air war, conflict." WASHINGTON () - The government said yesterday wholesale prices of beef, pork and other farn pro- ducts surged up again last month while the unemploy- ment rate held steady at 5.9 per cent. Livestock prices alone went up 4.9 per cent. The increases will soon show up at supermarket meat counters, if they haven't already. The administration said it is considering. letting more foreign beef into the country as a countermeasure. Overall, the Labor Depart- ment's Wholesale Price Index rose 0.6 per cent in May, or 0.5 per cent if the normal monthly increase is discounted. This compares with small in- creases of 0.1 per cent in both April and March, when food prices were falling after a three- month climb. Wholesale prices of industrial commodities, most of which are subject to price controls, went up 0.3 per cent unadjusted, or 0.4 per cent seasonally adjusted. This is about the same as in March and April, but officials say it must go lower if Nixon's goal of a 2 to 3 per cent infla- tion rate is to be met by Decem- ber. Another' Nixon goal is a job- less rate near 5 per cent by the end of the year. But May's 5.9 per cent is the same as in March and April. In fact, the rate has been hovering around 6 per cent for a year and a half. The total number of unem- ployed persons was 4.3 million last month. After statistical cor- rections for normal seasonal variations, the Labor Depart- ment figured the number at 5.1 million,mthe same as the two earlier months. There was an increase of about 200,000 persons holding jobs. Geoffrey H. Moore, com- missioner of the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, said this increase is too small to be statistically significant. ro poses end combat draft Kelley notes that the Vaughn bill parallels in its intent and language a' Massachusetts bill which is now law. "That law," he adds, "is assumed to be on appeal following its dismissal from a U.S. district court." Vaughn says Kelley expressed concern that the Michigan bill would be redundant in view of Massachusetts' action. "I intro- duced my measure to put Michi- gan on the record in support of the concept," Vaughn explained. "Kelley isn't vehemently op- posed to it-he just left it in the air," Vaughn continues. "He seems to think there's no cause for action." If Vaughn's bill does not come up for a vote before the close of the House's session-tentatively the end of December-it will die in committee.' Should this happen, Vaughn says, "I will introduce it again." He does not expect the bill to come up for a vote this session. "The attitude here is 'get out as soon as possible.' " Vaughn says that the House's main concern will be the state budget, leaving no time for the anti-war bill. -Associated Press HERB'STEIN, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors tries'to explain the latest jump in food prices, at a press conference yesterday. I by The Associated Press FORD MOTOR CO. may avoid a shutdown in new car pro- duction, thanks to a compromise proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency allowing them to distribute, but not sell, the cars without proper testing of their anti-pollution equipment. Ford had admitted to the Agency last month that previous tests for 1973 cars were run incorrectly, but claimed that operations in- volving 450,000 workers would have to shut down if the company were denied permission to distribute them. WEST GERMANY and the Soviet Union overcame a last- minute bottleneck, clearing the way for the signing of a Big Four agreement on Berlin, involving France, England, and the United States. The difficulty, which arose from a separate, Soviet-German non- aggression pact was worked out in a secret compromise. The treaty will ease travel restrictions in Berlin, and is seen as a major breakthrough in improving East-West relations. THE ANGELA DAVIS case went to the jury yesterday after Judge Richard Arnason instructed the seven men and five women in the meaning of the charges against Davis, and the possible verdicts they could hand down. The murder-kidnap-conspiracy charges against Davis stem from a shootout at a Marin County courtroom nearly two years ago. Davis was not present, but guns belonging to her were found at the scene. THE NATION'S BIRTH rate fell to the lowest level ever recorded in the first three months of 1972, according to the Na- tional Center for Health Statistics. If the current level of 15.8 births per 1000 population continues, the nation could achieve zero population growth in 40 to 50 years, the Center reported. Census experts say the decline may be due to liberalized abor- tion laws and the 1969-1970 recession. BLACK MILITANT II. RAP BROWN was sentenced to a maximum of five years on a federal gun law violation for the third time yesterday. Brown, who skipped bond on the charge while waiting for an appeal, was on the FBI's "most wanted" list for 18 months until his capture last October in New York. William Kunstler, Brown's attorney, argued that the defendant had been moved illegally from New York to New Orleans, the site of his sentencing, and that he would appeal the verdict again.