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Sgturday, August 7, 1971
Ann Arbor, Michigan News Phone: 764-0552
SHard drugs speak o
deep-rooted problems
A-Bomb Memorial
Thousands of Japanese brave yesterday's rain to attend a
Loemorial service commemorating the 26th anniversary of the
dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
SEX PROPOS A L FA LS:
C on ress recesses
after passing aid 1ill
By JIM IRWIN
The problem of heroin use, traditionally
thought to grow out of the depression and hard
times of inner city poverty, has shown many
signs in recent years of becoming a spreading
phenomenon in the trim neighborhoods of
suburbia.
Although any accurate analysis of the extent
of the heroin problem is difficult to come by,
there is a general consensus among workers in-
volved in drug treatment, policemen and local
junkies that heroin usage is on the increase
in Ann Arbor.
One former junkie adds, "Last summer it hit
the 18-year-olds, this summer it's the 16-year-
olds."
However. the heroin problem is not new. In
the words of one black, a former junkie, "It
was never a 'problem' until it hit white middle
class kids."
In addition to the usual community problems
heroin addiction creates, such as stealing,
absence of trust, and lack of responsibility,
many social workers are beginning to emphasize
the view that heroin use is a tragedy engulfing
individuals frustrated by life in this society,
rather than a crime committed by dangerous
persons,
Dick Gilmore, administrator for "Octagon
House," a hard drug rehabilitation center, the
"boom" of heroin use in Ann Arbor began about
three years ago.
Most of thepeople in the program there, he
says, have been using the drug for two or three
years or less. About 55 per cent of the addicts
being treated there, he adds, are between the
ages of 18 and 23.
Although heroin users face medical hazards
such as overdoses, strychnine poisoning, hepa-
titis from dirty needles, collapsed veins and ab-
scesses on their lungs and muscle tissues, the
euphoria of heroin seems, for many, to over-
shadow the problems it brings.
One local heroin user describes the high as
"orgasmic." Another user describes it as "a
kind of serenity that overtakes you so you don't
think about things anymore; nothing bothers
you."
Probably the most well-known problem the
heroin user faces is paying for his habit, which
may cost anywhere from $5 to $40 a day and
even more. One former user, however, describes
WASHINGTON (A - Congress
*losed down yesterday for a
month-long recess after the Sen-
ate sent three key appropriations
bills to the White House and
passed a multi-million dollar
higher education bill.
Before recessing, the Senate
passed an $18 billion bill extend-
ing major federal programs to
aid higher and vocational educa-
tion institutions.
The legislative body blocked
a proposal to bar sex discrimina-
tion in colleges receiving federal
aid after being told it might
force the nation's military serv-
,4e academies to admit women.
The proposal was made to a
multi billion dollar higher edu-
cation bill by Sen. Birch Bayh,
D-Ind.),
Sen. Strom Thurmond, (R-S.
C.), made a point of order that
Bayh's proposal was ungermane
,and was so broad that hearings
'should be held on it.
"The implications of this
amendment are unknown,"
Thurmond said, noting it might
force the admission of women to
the U.S. Military Academy, the
U.S. Naval Academy, the Air
,Force Academy, the Coast Guard
Academy, the Merchant Marine
Academy and the Citadel in his
home state of South Carolina.
On the parliamentarian's ad-
vice, Sen. Howard Cannon (D-
Nev.), who was presiding, ruled
the amendment ungermane on
grounds sex discrimination was
not mentioned any place else in
the bill.
After a delay to accommodate
Republican Senate leaders, who
were downtown meeting with
President Nixon at the White
House, the Senate voted to up-
hold the chair's ruling.
Then, in quick order, the Sen-
ate passed and sent to the White
House these three money bills:
-A continuing resolution to
fund federal agencies, which
have not yet received their regu-
lar appropriations, until at least
Oct. 25. Action came by a voice
vote;
-A 20.8-billion bill for the De-
partments of Health, Education
and Welfare, and Labor that is
$581 million above President
Nixon's budget. The vote was 79
to 0, and
-A $1 billion measure pro-
viding funds for up to 173,000
public service jobs, mainly for
returning Vietnam veterans. It
passed 68 to 10.
Dick Gilmore
a slightly different situation as a heroin user
which he said was similar to that of many of
his friends:
"I got the money from my parents and jobs,"
he says. "That was enough to keep me on a $10
a day habit. Getting into 'jones' (street name
for heroin) is a prestige thing; it's a status
symbol to be able to afford it, to be able to pay
for it no matter where you get the money from.
I knew it was bad, but it was the thing to do."
With casual inquiry, finding junkies or heroin
users on Ann Arbor's streets is no difficult task,
reflecting, in fact, the ease with which it is
bought and sold. Most are willing to discuss
freely the merits and problems of heroin use.
"Truly and honestly I really dig it; wanna
try some?" said one.
Not only is there prestige in being able to
support a habit financially, but also, according
to Matthew Lampe, a worker at Drug Help,
Inc., "heroin is a status symbol because it has
a reputation of being the biggest, meanest,
toughest, most criminal drug.
"Actually it weakens the user, it's a pain-
killer," he adds. "The trouble is, a lot of people
See OCTAGON, Page 6
AFTER JAIL STAY
Appeal reinstated for Chester
By TAM
Local radical
released from j
his motion for
duced into Cir
a ten day inc
ming from ac
LSA Bldg. sit-
1969.
Circuit Con
MY JACOBS Conlin released Chester on $200
Eric Chester was bail and gave him and his law-
ail yesterday and yer a month to bring his appeal
appeal reintro- up to date.
rcuit Court after Chester, as well as 106 others,
arceration stem- was originally arrested for con-
conviction in the tention during the sit-in that
in in September, resulted in the establishment of
the student-run, student-con-
rt Judge John trolled University Cellar book-
store.
Most of those arrested were
convicted in District Court jury
trials during late 1969 and 1970.
Chester defended himself in
his trial, and when convicted,
entered a claim of appeal, but
during a review of pending
appeals this spring, Chester's
was found to be incomplete and
was dismissed.
A letter warning that the ap-
peal had been dropped was sent
to Don Koster, an Ann Arbor
attorney who is handling most
of the appeals. A copy of the
letter was also sent to Chester,
but he had moved and said he
never received it.
When Chester didn't respond,
a bench warrant was issued for
his arrest and Chester engaged
Atty. George Sallade, .who filed
for a stay of execution of the
warrant and a reinstatement of
Assoeiated Press the appeal.
While the reinstatement mo-
tgh flood waters tion was pending, Chester was
gh flod wters arrested and jailed, and his stay
an 30 dead and of execution denied by District
Court Judge Sandorf Elden,
Yesterday, however, Conlin
accepted the appeal reinstate-
ment, and freed Chester, but
demanded that he retain Sal-
lade as counsel.
"Mr. Chester has served as his
own lawyer too long," said the
Circuit Court judge. "I must
ask that Mr. Sallade handle the
appeal."
Women seek
salary aequit
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lems are becoming apparent by
Zumeta.
"It is always very difficult to
prove salary inequity beyond the
shadow of a doubt," says Zu-
meta. "Because so many fac-
tors are involved in evaluating
an employe, very few employes
will enter a job with exactly the
same duties and having the same
specifications."
Problems have also arisen as
a result of a general reluctance
to pursue cases unearthed by the
file review. "Many women are
afraid to lay their jobs on the
line in order to get back pay,"
says Zumeta. "They are reluct-
ant to initiate. any action which
might cause them the loss of
their jobs,"
Typhoon hits Japan
Citizens of Kaseda City, Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main land, wade throuo
Thursday as a typhoon swept through the southern part of Japan, leaving more thu
large amounts of damage.