page three £fr14 rn ai1 LAZY High-85 Low-55 Fair, warmer, no rain 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 (Continued from Page I, 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.