CirMfr41!n &itj Vol. LXXXI, No. 43-S Ann Arbor, Michgan-Saturday, July 10, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Pages LSA sit-in cases remain unsettled By TAMMY JACOBS Almost two years have passed since city and county police removed 107 people from the LSA Bldg., where they were sitting in to push for a student-run, student-controlled bookstore, but for many the case is still not closed; At that time, demonstrators were charged with "creating or exciting a contention of dis- turbance," and were tried before district court singly or in groups of up to about a dozen. About 16 of the people were acquitted, charges were dropped against several for various tech- nicalities, and the rest were convicted in trials that began shortly after the Sept. 26, 1969 sit-in and ran through the next spring. Of those that were convicted, a handful served the seven-day jail sentence and paid the $240 fine, but the rest-about 65 in number-decided to appeal the case to higher courts. Over 21 months have passed since the sit-in and the University Cellar-that long-sought stu- dent-controlled bookstore-is a reality, but most of the appeals are still traveling through the courts. One, in fact, has already been rejected by the county's circuit court and is being carried to the state court of appeals. According to De- troit Atty. Ernest Levin, who handled that case, the "lower courts just rubberstamp what the lowest courts have done," and it is the next steps that will be "important." Also, a Michigan appeals court recently up- held a federal court ruling that part of the statute under which the demonstrators were tried is "unconstitutional." The part of the See APPEALS, Page 6 units set cuts in budget -Danly-Gary Villani New regulations, same arboretum Rules may change at Arl pending regental approval By ALAN LENHOFF Last December, the University called upon all of its units to present proposals for saving money during the 1971-72 fiscal year. Now, almost seven months later, the plans have all been submitted. The original request called for each unit to submit a plan which would save an amount equal to three per cent of the unit's salary budget from last year. University officials ordered the cuts in anticipation of receiving an inadequate appropriation from the state for fiscal 1971-72. James Lesch, assistant to the vice pres- ident for academic affairs, explains that the savings do not amount to a "cut" in the budget for each unit. Rather, he says, the money-amounting to about $2.8 mil- lion-will return to the units, as plans call for the funds to be used to pay for staff salary increases. Although the University is still await- ing final word on its appropriation from the state, it seems apparent that the salary increases will fall somewhere be- tween the 6.5 per cent hike suggested by Gov. William Milliken and the 8.1 per cent increase recently asked for by the University. The University did not specify how each unit should save the three per cent, and thus, each unit, having its own pe- culiar assets and liabilities, solved the problem in whatever way it felt best. According to Lesch, however, some units found they could not make the cut with- out seriously hampering their operation, and were allowed to make slightly less substantial cuts. Lesch declined to indi- cate which units were in this situation. Among the units who made the full cut, plans for saving money were as varied as their particular programs. For example, the School of Music saved its three per cent-which amounted to about $60,000-mostly through reductions in its payroll, Allen Britton, dean of the music school, explains that about $20,000 of the savings came as a result of three faculty retire- ments. "We replaced these instructors," he says, "but the salary of a tenured pro- fessor compared, to that of a new pro- fessor-who may be very highly qualified himself-leaves us a surplus." In addition, the music school reduced its non-academic staff slightly, including eliminating one electronic engineer. The unit made further savings through reduc- ing the costs of printed programs for concerts, reducing maintenance, and lim- iting their purchases of instruments. The engineering college's three per cent savings amounted to about $200,000. Ac- cording to Dean Gordon Van Wylen 60 See 'U', Page 6 By JIM IRWIN and P.E. BAUER Rules regulating Nichols Arboretum, a spacious green haven more affectionately ly known as the "Arb" to its patron freaks and nature - lovers, have come under review and are due for possible change pending approval by the Uni- versity Regents. A chief proposal is to change closed hours for the Arb from the present 10:00 p.m. until sunrise to 11:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. Changes are being recommended by the Student Government Council and University Council, working with James Brinkerhoff, director of business opera- tions and Col. Frederic Davids, Univer- sity director of safety, who are acting in official advisory capacity for the Re- gents on this matter. Although the Regents have not yet ap- proved the change, the sign at the Ged- des St. entrance to the Arb futuristically posts the proposed new hours. In addition to the 11:30 p.m. curfew, SGC will recommend quiet hours in the Arb after 9 p.m., forbidding fires as a safety precaution, and forbidding all night sleeping there due to the lack of protection. Both the city police and the Univer- sity's Sanford Security Guards are re- sponsible for enforcement of the rules since the Regents adopted the rules with reference to Ann Arbor city ordinances. Violation of the Arb's curfew carries the same penalty as violation of any of the city's curfew laws-a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine and 90 days in jail. Curfew rules in the Arb, however, have not been strictly enforced in the past. Ac- cording to Ann Arbor police Lt. Robert Conn, police only take action in the Arb when they receive complaints from neighbors of people running through their yards or engaged in "genuine old hell-raising." Patrolling the Arb regularly would cost too much money, he said. Accordinng to Davids, arrests in the past have generally been for "disorder- ly conduct and/or drunkeness." Jim Morrison Doors lead dead at 27 PARIS (P)-Lead singer of The Doors Jim Morrison died suddenly here last Saturday, it was announced yesterday, He was buried Wednesday in Pere La- chaise cemetery. His death, at 27, was announced in Los Angeles by his Manager William Siddons and confirmed by U.S. officials in the French capital. Si d d o n s attended the funeral and brought Morrison's wife, Pamela, back to Los Angeles, where the Doors first rose to prominence. The Mor- risons had no children. The singer's lawyer, Max Fink, said Morrison died in a Paris hospital of a heart attack, or pneumonia. Siddons added that on the day he died Morrison complained of respiratory trouble. The official listing did not indicate cause of death. Morrison had been accused at times of acting and speaking obscently, both on and off the stage. He was found innocent, however, when tried in Florida for in- decent exposure on stage. Morrison and The Doors first rose to rock fame in 1967 with the release of an eventual million-copy seller, "Light My Fire." Since late 1969 the group had been in a slump but recently had begun to regain poplarity with the release of its latest album, "La Woman."