Vol. LXXXI, No. 18.S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 28, 1971 Ten Cents Twelve Pages CAPITOL BOMBING, MAYDAY PROTESTS Ann Arbor linked to D.C. acts By JONATHAN MILLER Ann Arbor has apparently become a focal point in the federal government's wideranging investigation into the March 1 bombing of the U.S. Capitol and anti-war demon- strations in Washington, D.C., early this month. Questions put to Leslie Bacon, 19-supposedly the gov- ernment's key witness to the Capitol bombing-indicate the government believes a connection exists between a February organizing conference of anti-war activists in Ann Arbor and the Washington explosion. Bacon, held since April 28 by a Seattle, Wash., grand jury as a material witness to - - the bombing, was jailed on a contempt citation lastSc lb ( week after refusing to an-sSeaseotoubh swer questions a b a u t the Ann Arbor conference and her relationship with other radicals-including two lo- cal Mayday organizers who were subpoenaed by a fed- bond set eral grand jury in Detroit this week. CHICAGO (A')-Black Panther Two of the 18 questions Ba- C h a i r m a n Bobby Seale was con refused to answer directly granted bond yesterday pending referred to Ann Arbor. appeal of a four-year contempt One asked Bacon to reveal the sentence imposed during the names of persons from the Chicago conspiracy trial in 1969. Seattle area who attended the The ruling permits Seale to conference. be freed for the first time in The other asked her to ex-. almost two years. plain her knowledge of a pro- Bond was set at $25,000 by posal submitted to the confer- 7th U.S Circuit Court of Ap- ence by the Seattle delegation. 7tU..CrutortfAp The Seattle proposal called peals Judges Luther Swygert for the establishment of organ- and Thomas Fairchild. Seale izing regions, each of which was ordered to notify the U.S. would delegate two members to marshall when traveling beyond a Mayday steering committee to the court's jurisdiction, and to plan strategy. receive permission for any travel Agents of the Federal Bureau outside the United States. of Investigation served subpoe- An attorney for Seale, who nas Wednesday to Ken Kelley, was being held in jail pending 20, and Terry Taube, 18. the setting of bond, said efforts Kelley-founder of the Ann were under way to get Seale Arbor Argus-and Taube, both freed as soon as possible, but it former members of the Ann Ar- was unclear how long the pro- bor White Panther Party, stayed cess might take. in the same house as Bacon in The government had opposed Washington, D.C., prior to the Seale's appeal bond while capi- Capitol bombing and the May- tal charges were pending against day demonstrations. him in New Haven, Conn., and The two were with Bacon on continued its opposition when the morning of the explosion, the case ended in a mistrial and according to Kelley. dismissal of the charges Tues- Bacon refused to answer gov- William Bauer, U.S. district "describe the conversations that attorney, said the government's took place on the morning of continued objection was based March 1, 1971, at 2226 M Street on Seale's not being acquitted in See LOC, ag2 1 t the Connecticut case. See LOCAL, Page 3 Model Cities vote * A local resident voices his opinion concerning the five Model Cities contracts before the Ann Arbor City Council. The council approved the contracts in a special session last night. (See story, Page 3). SMALLER PROJECT POSSIBLE: Proposal or low cost housin units rejected 1 By ROBERT SCHREINER versity Cooperative, University The department of Housing The Michigan State Housing Employes Credit Union and the and Urban Development, the Development Authority (MSH- University Hospital Credit Union Federal Housing Administration, DA) yesterday rejected a pro- to take advantage of a 1967 state and MSHDA would trovid finan- posal for the construction of 600 legislative act authorizing state- cing for the project. units of ultra-modern, low-cost chartered credit unions to spon- The present plans call for a housing on North Campus be- sor state or federally assisted co- unique semicircle of townhouse ginning in August, but at the operative housing for their mem- "clusters", with a medium or same time indicated it would give bers. high rise complex so the middle. Z i r a a I i T G a } r a a 1 >S a strong consideration to a similar proposal involving only 400 units. At a meeting in Lansing yes- terday with representatives of UCU (University Credit Union) Corporation, MSHDA officials said the proposal was too large for the state's pocketbook at the present time, but that if UCU could present plans for a reduced project involving around 400 units, it would probably be ap- proved. UCU Vice President Arthur Reed said last night if the cor- poration finds that rents could still be, kept down, despite the reduction in possible quantity buying of fixtures, it will try to formulate a new 400-unit pro- posal within ten days, Reed said MSHDA computer- ized the projected rent-costs for a 400-unit proposal last night and would make them available to UCU sometime today. If the figures prove low enough for the corporation's liking, Reed said, architects will be asked to redraw the original 600 unit pro- " posal on a less-grand scale. Reed said UCU would have to give formal approval to a revised plan at its meeting next Friday, and that another meeting with MSHDA would probably be held the following week. UCU was formed last January by the Student Credit Union, Uni- The government had asked that bond be denied but, failing that, recommended the amount of bond and restrictions ulti- mately set by the court. The contempt sentence was issued to Seale in Chicago in 1969, when he and seven others were tried on charges of con- spiracy to incite rioting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale was severed from the trial and sentenced for con- tempt after he repeatedly de- manded of Judge Julius Hoff- man that he be allowed to con- duct his own defense after being denied a delay in the proceed- ings while his attorney recovered from an operation. At one point in the trial, Seale was bound and gagged in the courtroom. Five of the defendants in the case.were convicted of inciting rioting while two were acquitted of the charges. Charges against Seale were later dropped. In addition, J u d g e Hoffman held all seven defendants and their two attorneys in contempt, giving sentences ranging from several months to four years. All are currently free on bond, but are under the same travel restrictions as were imposed on Seale yesterday. Legal f eat Ruchell Magee, on trial in San Rafael, Calif., with Angela Davis for conspiracy and murder is shackled to his chair yesterday at his pre-trial hearing. Deputies, however, neglected to bind his feet, enabling Magee to kick his court-appointed lawyer, Ernest Graves, shortly thereafter.