The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 8-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 13, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Carter: Nixon broke the law Nixon husks 0 0I ia personal WASHINGTON (A) - Richard Nixon says he rejected as "sheer madness" a Soviet proposal that he send two American divisions into Israel during the 1973 war to help impose a cease-fire while Russian troops were moved into Egypt and Syria. The former president, ranging over 5% years of foreign policy in an interview broadcast last night, said joint superpower in- tervention might have kept the Mideast peace but it would have raised "the possibility of a big- power conflict." In the interview with David Frost, second in a five-part series of remembrances, Nixon took credit for preserving Egyp- tian President Anwar Sadat from "a coup or worse" by per- suading Israel to release its hold on an encircled Egyptian army. Recalling the implicit pres- sures he brought to bear on the Israeli government, Nixon said that like the storied Mafia "God- father," he "gave them an offer that they could not refuse"-a promise of unflagging U.S. sup- port whenever Israel came un- See NIXON, Page 9 PRESIDENT CARTER GESTURES as he answers a reporter' ence in Washington yesterday. Carter told reporters that his tri sense" of confidence among Western allies. WASHINGTON m - Presi- dent Carter expressed a person- al belief yesterday that Rich- ard Nixon "did violate the law" in handlig the Watergate scan- dal, but suggested the former president has convinced himself he was innocent. Following a formal television- radio news conference, Carter was surrounded by reporters seeking his reaction to the init- ial Nixon interview on Water- gate with David Frost, broad- cast last week. "IT DIDN'T CHANGE my opinion about President Nixon," said Carter, adding that he watched only "a small part" of the interview. Carter amplified: "I' personally think that he did violate the law, and I think he did commit impeachable of- fenses. I think he doesn't think he did . . . I think he has ra- tionalized in his own mind that he did all these things for the benefit of his staff members and so forth, and that he didn't have any criminal intent. I think he's mistaken." CARTER CALLED the newt conference, originally sched- uled for the same evening hour as the second Nixon broadcast to report on his six-day trip to London and Geneva. The President said his partia- ipation in London summits with the leaders . of other major democratic nations helped spark "a quiet sense that we have jus- tified reasons for confidence" He said the leaders he met with there came away with " s question during a press confer- renewed spirit of hope and con fidence" that they can compete p to Europe resulted in a "quiet successfully with the Soviet Ur See CARTER, Page ICC may use solar power to heat water By GREGG KRUPA Ann Arbor's Inter-Cooperative Council ('C) has begun an extensive energy saving program that may eventually include a solar energy facility which would heat water used at the North Campus cooperative complex. The Council, which owns and operates 22 coops which houses 650 University students during the school year, is attempting to procure a $75,00 to $1H),000 grant from the Department of lious- ing and Urban Development (HUD) for the program. The ICC is waiting to apply for the grant, pending completion of architectural designs by Sunstructures, Inc., an Ann Arbor based I group specializing in energy-conscious design. Other facets of the energy conservation program that will cost the ICC $20,W0 include the insulation of all sidewalls and attics < in the coops and the installation of 300 storm windows. Members say the project is being undertaken to keep future costs from sky- rocketing and to allow the ICC to maintain reasonable room and board'charges. "The solar energy will be used to heat domestic water, for dishes, showers, and washing clothes,", explained Tom Stitt, an ICC staff member. "The natural energy will pre-heat water through a heat exchanger." Stitt said although the old gas water heater will not be totally replaced, the boiler will not operate between June and September. Richard MacMath, a partner at Sunstructures, said "up to 75 per cent of the annual domestic hot water demand could be met with a 5000 square foot collector area." See ICC, Page 6 PROFESSOR WILLARD OBERDICK examines a solar energy receptor panel on the roof of the Architecture Building on North Campus. The ICC is hoping to use solar energy to heat domestic water usage on North Campus. - - ~,- . A ..c.,-. "ivM.'55Mt , -.siiuses.s. ;gu'-us.' ; M;s.-:ggu,'sgwsc'wue "