E tr4tgan 4attg Vat. LXXXII, No. 7-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 1 8, 1 972 Ten Cents Twelve Pagel Vol. LXXXII, No.17-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 18, 1972 Ten i Cents Twelve Page! CALIF. NEXT BIG TEST Wallace vict ory urts By CHRIS PARKS Still stunned by George Wallace's landslide victory in the state, Sens. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) and George McGovern (D-S.D.) hitched up their campaign wagons yesterday and it was "Westward, ho" to California where each hopes to strike it rich in that state's 271 delegate winner-take-all primary on June 6. Tuesday's vote, while representing an overwhelming victory for Wallace's insurgent campaign also provided a further boost to the rising hopes of McGovern. With returns in the state now nearly complete, it ap- pears that Michigan, billed as the major northern con- frontation between party liberals and Wallace's self- styled populist campaign, resulted in a/rout in favor of the Alabama governor. Late counts show Wallace with 809,601 votes (51 per cent), Mc- Govern with 425,898 votes (27 per cent) and Humphrey far at ivities down the list with 249,346 votes 16 per cent). If this percentage holds i: will 'j s- give Wallace over 70 of Mich- 00 111L 1I1L igan's delegates to the national convention with 37 going to Mc- By MERYL GORDON Govern and 24 to Humphrey. While anti-war protests con- Analysis of the vote totals tinued in Lansing, new actions shnw that Wallace was stronger were planned locally Friday and than expected among the state's Saturday and nationally - in blue collar workers. Despite last Washington, D.C. - for Sun- minute anti-Wallace leaflet cam- day and Monday. paigns by the. AFL-CIO, the gov- Yesterday afternoon 500 pro- ernor's totals in three Detroit testers marched six miles to the area counties-Wayne, Oaktand State Capitol for a rally and a and Macomb-doubled those of 24 hour peaceful vigil on the his two rivals. Capitol lawn. In fact, Wallace carried all but Locally, a large number of four of the state's 83 counties groups are s p o n s o r i n g a Two of the four he lost--Ingha "day of solidarity with the In- and Washtenaw-are the homes dochinese People" Friday. and Whsahte'saw aretuhms Plans will be finalized to- of te sate' tw larest500 night at a Tribal Council Meet- versities, where McGovern din- ing at the Community Center. played considerable strength. Presently, the protesters plan Humphrey's dismal 16 per cent to confront the Regents at 11:00 showing, close to 200,000 votes at the Administration building behind McGovern and nearly 10 Friday morning with balloons in per cent below what he had a symblic mining of the Re- hoped as a minimum, put an- gents meeting. other nail in the coffin of a cleat- The activists will continue at ly sagging campaign. the Diag where speakers and Neither of the traditional Hum- rock bands are scheduled to ap- phrey power bases - the black pear. The protesters also plan and labor voters-came through to dig symbolic bomb craters. or him in the state. The organizers hope to con- The Wallace anti-busing blitz tinue the events through the destroyed much of Humphrey's night.' Declaring S ast u r d a y labor support, and muich of what "Armed Farces Day", people will was left went to McGovern.. go to the Oscoda Air Force Also, for the first time retiurns Base fortaerally at noon. indicated that the South Dakota The local actions are partially senator made inroads in black organized to energize people to neighborhoods-an area of frus- continue on to Washington tration in his prior campaign Saturday night. Bus and car outings, transportation can be arranged See McGOVERN, Page 3 by calling 76-GUIDE. ALABAMA GOV. George Wallace reads of his primary victories yesterday. With him in Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md. is his wife, Cornelia. Doctors give Wallace slim1 chance of walking By The Associated Press One of George Wallace's doc- tors said yesterday that there is "less than a 50-50 chance" that the Alabama governor will ever walk again after being critically wounded by a would-be assassin on Monday. The doctor indicated that even if Wallace could eventually walk, it would probably only be with the aid of leg braces. Meanwhile, however, Wallace appeared to be in good spirits, chatting with visitors and read- ig newspaper accounts of his two latest primary victories. Dr. James Galbraith, a Uni- surgeon who has been attending Wallace, said the cause of Wal- lace's present partial paralysis is damage done by a bullet which entered his body and may have severed his spinal cord. Galbraith said the impact of the bullet caused the governor to be paralyzed in his lower ex- tremities, and that the paralysis could possibly eas in time. But he added that Wallace has not yet regained any feeling in his legs, and the longer he goes without improvement the worse his chances are for re- covery. Galbraith said surgery would be performed within ton days to remove the bullet, and that it will be at least three months be- for Wallace recovers to what- ever extent possible. He said none of his previous patients had ever fully recovered from such an injury, and that at best they are able to walk only with Fthe aid of a leg brace. Galbraith said Wallace will not be able to get around, even in a wheelchair, for four to six weeks. This probably rules out any possible campaign appear- ances until shortly before the July 10 Democratic National Convention. Other doctors disagreed on Wallace's chances for a full or partial recovery. Dr. Edgar Ber- man, a retired surgeon who as- sembled the team of surgeons who operated on the Alabama governor, said it will take fur- ther surgery to d e t e r m i n e whether Wallace will walk again. He said however that "the bulk of the indications" points to permanent paralysis. Meanwhile, in an attempt to prevent future assassinationat- tempts a Senate judiciary sub- committee approved a bill yes- terday to clamp down on the sale of handguns. Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), the chief sponsor of the bill, said it would prohibit anyone except a police officer from buying the type of gun that was used to shoot Wallace. Petitions seek statewide tax reform By LINDA DREEBEN Voters may be asked to approve two amendments to the state constitution in November, if current petition drives col- lect enough signatures to place the issues of public school funding and tax reform on the ballot. Two efforts - one sponsored by state Democrats, the other by the Michigan Education Association (MEA)-seek to eliminate local property taxes as the basis of financing public schools and fund schools on a statewide basis, and to re- move the present constitutional ban on levying a graduated income tax. Although the two efforts seek similar reforms proponents of each claim advan- tages for their specific proposals. While the Democrats include both of the issues as part of one petition, the MEA asks voters to sign separate peti- tions for each issue. Democrats say they are reluctant to ask repeal of the property tax without instituting a graduated income tax to provide money for school funding. MEA, however, believes eliminating the proper- ty tax for school funding and repealing the ban on the graduated income tax are individual issues which should be voted on separately. Rep. Marvin Stempien (D-Livonia) ar- gues that separating the two issues "thre- atens the goal of providing tax relief to the majority of taxpayers, while at the same time establishing an adequate and stable source of funding for schools." According to the Democrats their pro- posal-"Better Education-Sound Taxa- tion" (BEST)-would eliminate existing local property taxes and replace the reve- nue with two statewide taxes, one on business property, the other a graduated tax on individual income. The plan would also bar the state from levying a flat rate tax on income. Democrats say the BEST proposal also guarantees: -property tax relief to renters as well as homeowners. -the ability of each school district to maintain its existing level of educational expenditure; -statewide support for vocational, compensatory and special education; and -local control of educational policies and practices. One MEA proposal would allow the state and political subdivisions of the state to levy a graduate or a flat-rate income tax. The other proposed amendment would establish a maximum limit on taxes the state could impose on personal proper- ty. It would have the legislature estab- lish a program of general state taxation and a method of distributing funds for the support of districts. Under the MEA proposal the legislature would also establish a method of distri- buting the supplementary funds for in- termediate school districts, vocational ed- ucation and compensatory education. . The constitutionality of financing pub- lic schools through local property taxes See PETITIONS, Page 7