DON'T PENALIZE STAFF WHO SUPPORTED BAM See Editorial Page Y glfr 4Iairtj SLIPPERY High-aS Low-45 Cloudy, chance of afternoon drizzle and rain Vol. LXXX No 7-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 14, 19 70 Ten Cents Six Pages MILLIKEN IMPOSES CURFEW: EMU with stud 200 ents clash police -Associated Press Protesting pollution Rep. Richard McCarthyl (D-NY) swims in New York's Hudson River yesterday in an effort to dramatize the need to fight water pollution: Melarthy is seeking the Democratic senatorial nomina- tion in New York. PROXY VOTES: Coalition to confront Regents on GM issue By HESTER PULLING A coalition of local anti-war groups made plans last night to confront the Regents tomorrow on their decision to vote the University's General Motors stock in favor of man- agement policy. The confrontation "to demand the proxies be given to Nader and Campaign GM" will follow a noon rally on the Diag and a march to the Administration Bldg., where the Regents will be holding their regular monthly meeting. Campaign GM is a national campaign seeking to collect proxy votes against the man- agement from General Motors' g shareholders. The anti-war coalition also ' made plans to participate in a, const jMay 22 rally in .Detroit, when the annual shareholders meeting of j General Motors begins. Protesters rent raises j from across the nation are ex- The Regents will consider to- I Locally, the coalition hopes to By WILLIAM DINNER Students and police clashed again last night at Eastern Michigan University as an 8 p.m. to 5 .a.m. curfew was im- posed in Ypsilanti by Gov. William Milliken. Over 200 riot-equipped Ypsi- lanti police, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies,and state police were used to break up a crowd of 500 demonstrators which gathered near the EMU union building. By midnight, over 30 people had rbeen arrested on chargesuranging ifrom violation of the curfew to possession of marijuana. In response to the continued disturbances at EMU, Milliken yesterday declared a state of emergency in Ypsilanti, imposing the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Also included in the declaration of emergency were prohibitions on the sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages, gasoline, and other in- flammatory liquids. Gasoline sales will be permitted, if placed direct- ly into the tank of a motor vehicle, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. The state of emergency and the restrictions will remain in effect until changed or rescinded by the governor. In the declaration, Milliken said that his action "was in direct re- sponse to a request from the May- or of Ypsilanti and the State Po- lice. The order empowers the State Police to make arrests for viola- tions of the curfew-a power they do not have under a city-imposed curfew. "That order should serve as a warning throughout the state that when peaceful dissent turns to violence, that violence willnot be1 tolerated. It will be met with# whatever force is required to stop it and order will be restored." The recent demonstrations by EMU students have been in protest of the U.S. intervention in Cam- bodia and the suspensions of six EMU students las, week by EMU President Harold Sponberg. On Tuesday, the six students, Henry. Shprg, Tim Osborn, Pat Fry, Ed Mattos and Skip Rackmill, appeared before a special tribunal composed of two members of the# EMU student government, two ad- ministrators and the head of the EMU law board to decide if the students had violated the suspen- sions by participating in Monday's; disturbances at EMU. See 500, Page 2 COLORADO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, part of a contingent of o heavy equipment demolishes the shantytown put up by antiwar de Denver. The Guardsmen, accompanied by police, moved onto camp the demonstrators had fled the area. (See article on Page 2.) IDemonstrat ions 4 on n'~ation's cad By The Associated Press is scheduled today in front of the Student strikes and demonstra- state Capitol in Lansing. Yester- tions, most of them peaceful, con- day, a crowd estimated by policeI tinued on many of the nation's at more than 2,000 gathered at campuses yesterday, the Capitol steps on a cold, windyl At some schools, students spon- afternoon. sored petition drives, and at the They raised antiwar chants and! University of Maine students don- heard several speakers in a peace- ated blood for servicemen in Viet- ful demonstration that lasted less nam. than an hour. Students were urged The student strike information to strike to show their dissatisfac- center at Brandeis University in tion with government policies. Waltham, Mass., reported 267, There were no incidents of vio-I schools were on strikes of inde- lence and some of the demonstra- finite length. The center reported tors stayed on afterward to tour 266 schools on strike Tuesday. the Capitol. A nationwide sampling showed The University of South Caro- only 15 colleges officially closed. lina was under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. There are about 1,500 four-year curfew and Gov. Robert McNair colleges in the nation. said in a statewide television ad- Another student demonstration dress that National Guardsmen' obtaining the exemption. President Robben Fleming could! not be reached last night for com- ment on the effect passage of the >bill would have on the bookstore. However, Tom Brown, the admin- istration representative on the e ---Z bookstore board of directors said last night he did not believe the bill, should it become law, would prevent the establishment of the -Associated Press bookstore ver 1,004, stand by yesterday as "The Regents were concerned By CARLA RAPOPORT monstrators at the University of with the bookstore being able to us early yesterday morning after qualify for the exemption under Four employes in the Unive present regulations," Brown said. Hospital have been suspende their connections with at Bruce Wilson, vice president of wildcat strike last month. the bookstore's board of directors. The suspensions, which r said yesterday that the bill "may in length from one to four mon to n tin i e put some fears into the minds of wee annoueo nday al the Regents. They have been wor- meeting between Universitye rying about the success of the cials and leaders of local 158 Sstore." the American Federation of S S"I don't think this will dras- County, and Municipal Empi tically change our plans," he (AFSCME), which represents added... hospital employes. and police were standing by if "I think the store is at a point AFSCME leaders announced needed to be called to the campus, at which the Regents will not be terday they will challenge thec where 100 persons were arrested able to withdraw approval, Wi- pensions through arbitration. during student-police clashe.s son asserted. mechanism for appealing the Tuesday night. The House voted 77-22 to end pensions was set forth in T'edy -dthe exemption on nonprofit text- strike settlement between theI The 13,000-student campus was book sales by amending a bill that versity and the hospital work described as normal Wednesday, had sought to extend the exemp- The University's decision and the governor indicated he ex- tion to commercial book stores month to dismiss a fifth emp pects the university to remain doing business with students. is presently being put to arbi n te semeteremaining two weeks In January, Rep. James Brown tion at the union's request.' (R-Okemos) introduced the orig- employe is charged with stri Gov Richard B. Ogilvie ordered inal bill recommending extension a supervisor. int00 Cabondatibecaus fua sen of the tax exemption to private Charles McCracken, presidei tinuing turmoil at Southern I- bookstores to "bring equity among local 1583, last night termed all purveyor's of textbooks." disciplinary action as "unjus linois University. A 7:30 p.m. to Brown said yesterday that after ably excessive. Four month 26 0 stude twas imposed on the "looking into" the matter of text- suspension is like firing a g 6,0- ncampus, books sales, he found it was "po- McCracken said. The university agreed earlier to liti nllT int f~aih ib to extend the ------------------------.'A- rsity d for brief ange nths, at a offi- 83 of tate, 1byes sthe yes- sus- This sus- the Uni- ers. last loye itra- The king nt of the stifi- s of guy," - Bookstore maylose tax exemption By NADINE COHODAS The state House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill which would end the exemption from the four per cent state sales tax currently granted to students buying textbooks in college-operated bookstores. If the bill passes'the Senate and is signed by Gov. Wil- liam Milliken, it could jeopardize the establishment of a University bookstore approved last October by the Regents. In tentatively approving the bookstore plan, the Regents stipulated that it must qualify for the sales tax exemption. In January, the state sales and use tax commission ruled that the proposed bookstore meets the standards required for I s a s- 7 7 1 A !1 C71 nEU 74 " !17" ALnAL1 7 z . A-b L I 1 I demonstration on Memorial Day morrow a controversial proposal set up working committees to: By LINDSAY CHANEY by the University administration -Persuade people around Ann to raise the rents in married hous- Arbor who own stock in GM to The local chapter of the Stu- ing units to cover the costs of vote their shares in favor of the dent Mobilization Committee to educating the residents' children. campaign; End the War in Vietnam (SMC) # ~last night announced plans to par-' The rent hike was proposed -Get people who do not own ticipate in a mass antiwar dem- last month when the University stock but who are sympathetic to onstration in Detroit on May 30. announced its decision to pay the campaign, to attend the May 1 $252,000 to the Ann Arbor School; 22 meeting; and The demonstration, which will Board to defray the educational -Publicize and help organize take place in Detroit's Kennedy the Detroit rally. Plaza, is one of many scheduled costs incurred by the children. te'Dtotrly otk paears h onr Since University buildings are "The issue of corporate irre- to take place across he cont exempt from state and local prop- sponsibility just has to be pub- on Memorial Day. The Detroit erty taxes, the school board has licly raised and debated." Dan rally is expected to attract parti-n thus far received no compensation Dozier, a coordinator for Cam- and central Michiganll or for educating the children living paign GM said. a in the University's married hous- Last April in a private meeting, Approximately 40 people at-1 ing units. the Regents rejected a proposal tended the SMC meeting lastI Under the administration's pro- asking the University to vote its night. Besides planning for the posal, rents paid by residents of shares against the management of Detroit rally, they voted to sup- married housing units would be GM on the issue of stockholder port a "peace picnic" being or- increased $17 95 per month. to participation in company policy- ganized by the American Service- See REGENTS, Page 2 making. men's League (ASL) at Selfridgej Air Force Base, near Mt. Clem- onstrations will be left to the local ents, Mich. : SMC chapters, however. The gen- The "peace picnic" is also on eral plan is to have several re-! Memoral Day. ASL members at gional rallies rather than many Selfridge are asking for students local protest or one national dem- to come to the base and pass out onstration. antiwar literature, and otherwise In the May 19 issue of the Mili- peacefully demonstrate their op- tant, an SMC publication, national position to the war. Memorial Day leaders urged local SMC chapters is traditionally a public "open to build the Memorial Day demon- house" at Selfridge. strations into "the mightiest active The rally in Detroit is planned expression of popular opposition for the morning so participants to a war in the nation's history." may also go to Selfridge in the "Our goal is to reach out now afternoon. SMC is arranging for from a movement of the immense buses to transport students to De- majority of students," said Carol trait Other buses will on to Dh. U LT m n.f thR QMC nntin( l .f student demands to shut down for an "indefinite time" although some students were urging the school remain open. Thousands of students greeted the closure order with singing and dancing in the streets. Police in Blacksburg, Va., using dogs, evicted more than 100 anti- war protesters from a building' they had occupied overnight on the campus of 10,000-student Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr. T. Marshall Hahn Jr., Vir- ginia Tech president, said "an- archy must be dealt with" and added that the school had no al- ternative but to call police. He said the students caused signifi- cat damage within the building. Students at Kent State, closed with four other Ohio schools, will be permitted back on campus next week under carefully regulated conditions to pick up their belong- ings. The 21,000-student school will not reopen until mid-June for the start of the summer sos- sion. lcally n I1Teasle e tel l exemption so I amended my own bill." Eliminating the exemption forl college - operated bookstores will bring equity in textbook sales, because no store will havesthe exemption then, Brown said. He also said that ending the four per cent sales tax exemption is in keeping with the "tax loop- hole package" passed by the Legis- lature earlier this year which re- moved several categories of tax exemptions. "There's a great feeling in Lansing to tighten up tax loop- holes," Brown added. He said his bill admittedly "doesn't make col- lege education any cheaper," but asserted that the savings from the four per cent exemption are minimal. Brown cited an example of one state senator who bought books at, a tax-exempted store for his daughter enrolled in the Univer- sity's dental school and saved "only $6" as a result of the ex- emption. McCracken added that despite the protestations of union lead- ers. University officials declined to alter the announced discipli- nary action against the hospital employes. In response to the union's charges, Director of University Relations Jack Hamilton said last night, "In some cases these peo- ple led similar illegal walk-outs before. It would not be in the Uni- versity's interest to enter into agreements with the union if the union can't keep their members to them." The hospital workers strike, in- volving about 150 service and maintenance workers, began last April 22 when the workers walked out in protest of alleged harass- ment, over-work, and discrimina- tion on the part of hospital super- visors. Three days later, a two-part settlement was agreed upon by the union and University officials, ef- fectively ending the strike, which had forced the hospital to tem- See 'U', Page 2 Li . '4.1 U. .6LJ'Will .A gV J Le- troit, and then on to Selfridge. The Memorial Day demonstra- tions were first announced by the SMC national office at a press; conference in Washington, D.C. last Thursday. Plans for the den- 'SAVE OUR WOODS' Grade schoolers protest pollution I-API 1x11 01J. o L Le OiV .; 1a J1ici n 0 - fice, "to one of the immense ma- jority of the entire population." It was suggested at last night's meeting that SMC participate in an organized effort to canvass petitions and letters in support of a bill in Congress which would prohibit the use of United States funds to support any military ac- tions in Cambodia in 30 days, and j in Laos by the end of the year. The bill, proposed by Sens. George McGovern (D-S.D.) and Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), would also require the withdrawal of all American forces from Vietnam by June 30, 1971. The suggestion that SMC ac- tively support the bill precipitated a debate on the relative merits of working within established legis- lative channels or engaging in "visible" expression of will. SMC decided not to take a for- ial stand on the McGovern-Hat-, field measure, but to leave any activities in that are-a to the dis- cretion of individual members. Turnout for the Detroit rally is expected to be heavy. Based on By ANITA WETTERSTROEM Student protest has come to Ann Arbor's Thurston Elementary School. It erupted spontaneously last Monday afternoon, when several grade school stu- dent walking home from school Literally prostrated themselves in front of moving bulldozers which were preparing to lay drainage pipes leading to a pond in the school's Nature Center. Remembering their nature studies and an ecology teach-in at Thurston, the stu- Since then, Superintendent of School W. Scott Westerman ordered work on the project to halt for at least two days. Yesterday, a letter was sent home with each student by an ad hoc Committee for the Protection of the Thurston School Na- ture Center, to inform the parents of the situation. In addition, a group of Thurston students circulated a petition which gath- ered between 300 and 400 signatures of students, parents, and teachers. As explained in a newsletter sent to parents by the school principal, David frontation which characterize our times." Two years ago, Thurston's Nature Cen- ter was declared a state reserve, one of three in the state. The 600 students at Thurston have devoted considerable time to the woodland area, which is the home of turtle, ducks, muskrats, fish and birds. "We put down the path, planted trees, made bird homes and keep -he papers picked up," Owen said yesterday. Most of the parents and teachers say they are proud of the students for recog- nizing a "social ill" and acting to remedy 11., 4 .