Friday, June 3, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Sirhan still blank on RFK murder SOLEDAD, Calif. (P)' - Convicted assassin Sirhan Sir- han told two Los Angeles County supervisors yesterday that he still has a mental blackout about the killing of Sen. Robert Kennedy and repeated: "I can't remem- ber, I can't remember." Kenneth Hahn and Baxter Ward, who spent three hotrs inside Soledad Prison interviewing Sirhan, said thet believed he should undergo further psychiatric ex- amination and possibly hypnosis. '"THERE IS still more to be known," said Hahn. "We still have to find out the answer. The investigation is not through." Hahn and Ward said they both pressed Sirhan to say whether or not anyone else influenced him to shoot Kennedy. Sirhan's only answer, they said, was "I can't remember." Sirhan's attorney,-todfrey Isaac, who sat in on the meeting, stressed that Sirhan said he knew of no con- spiracy to kill Kennedy. THE 32-YEAR-OLD Sirhan's mental blackout begins at the time he entered the Los Angeles Ambassador Ho- tel on the night of June 5, 198, the supervisors said. He told them he remembered nothing until he was lting on a steam table in the hotel kitchen where he had been wrestled after the shooting. Isaac said Sirhan still has "a clear conscience" be- cause he does not know for sore whether he killed the senator. "HE WANTS to know himself did he or did lie not kill Sen. Kennedy," Isaac said. The attorney said that during the meeting Sirhan suggested that he be taken back to the scene of the killing, the Ambassador kitchen, perhaps with a psy- chiatrist along to help him remember. Isaac said he would visit Sirhan again in a week and determine the next step to be taken to try to job his memory. HAhN NOTED, "I tried to ask him several times of his motive and he didn't remember. But he.did say that when be came from Palestine he had a very nega- tive feeling toward Bobby Kennedy's foreign policy" Sirhan had said at -his trial he resented Kennedy's favorable attitude toward Israel. Hahn said Sirhan told them he had expected Kennedy to become president. "We talked to him for three hours," said Hahn. "We went through every step of this tragedy . . . we asked every question imaginable. "SIRHAN was very frank with us. He was not hostile," he added. But he said many questions went unanswered because of Sirhan's memory'lapse. "I hope we can have medical authorities pull back the curtain in his mind," Hahn said. Kennedy was shot moments after he claimed victory in the California Democratic presidential primary. Sir- han, grabbed at the scene, was holding the .22-caliber pistol which killed the senator, City faces waste problem By GREGG KRUPA The wheels of Ann Arbor city government have begun to roll in the city's attempt to prolong the life span of the landfill site on Platt Road. The landfill is the dumping/site for solid waste gener- ated by the community. If dumping continues at its present rate, the landfill will be filled to capacity some time between 1982 and 1987. The city has disposed of its solid waste at the Platt Road site since 1958. 0ear old arrested for-lost week's rape By M. EILEEN DALEY Police have arrested a 20-year old local man in con'- netion with a rape wrhich occurred early Saturday morning behind the Law Quad. Tiken into custody was Anthony Wooten, a Cassidy I ke Technical School inmate who was released in April on a work-release program. Wooten was arrested at the Ant Arbor YMCA where he had been living for the past timnths. %OOTEN ALLEGEDlY forced the victim to accom- pity him to the YMCA after she had been beaters and raped behind the law quad. The victim identified Wooten a the man who attacked ter after she was shown a photograph of himi, and she later identified him in a line-up. Wooen was arraigned yesterday morning and is bring held on $100,000.00 bond. His preliminary exami- nation is scheduled for June 8. Although police think Wooten may be a suspect in another rape case, they do not believe he is responsible for any of the three attacks which have occurred near. campus since Tuesday. AN AD HOC committee on solid waste disposal was formed by City Council in December of 1976, and the committee has now completed its report. The committee will recommend that the city hire an engineer to prepare plans and cost estimates for a shred- ding and landfilling facility, patterned after similar plants in Madison, Wisconsin and Cowlitz County, Wash- ihgton. Fred Mammel, director of the city's Department of Public Works (DPW) and a member of the commit- tee, said that shredding Will at least double the antici- pated life of the Platt Road facility. "A rough estimate would suggest that the shredding facility would add at least fire years to the city's use of the landfill," said Mammel. THE SHREDDING process has other advantages be- sides prolonging the city's use of the landfill. These include elimination of blowing paper, eradication of flies and rodents, odorlessness, improved aesthetics, and easier spreading and compacting. The capital cost estimate, including engineering, con- struction equipment, and utilities, projects a cost of $1,735,750. In addition, the annual cost increase for the proposed shredding plant over the present operation is $200,000. However, the shredding facility might also be a source of revenue. The shredding process could isolate refuse derived fuel, through an air separation process, for pos- sible marketing to a major user. ACCORDING TO the committee's report, "The poten- tial exists that proceeds from the sale of refuse' derived fuel (and perhaps ferrous metals) will more than offset. additional cost of shredding and fuel separation." But, because no customers for the fuel have been found, the c t mtmittee has recommended that the air separating portion of the facility should "be planned, but not constructed."f The University was approached by the committee, but said it could notmake use of the refuse derived fuel. See CITY, Page 7 Si rha n Trades Union brgisfor new contract By SUE WARNER Negotiators for the University and the Building Trades Union met yesterday to discuss the first set of proposals presented by the union in their cur- rent series of contract bargaining. The present con- tract will expire July 30. The two parties reviewed eight non-economic pro- posals presented by the union, primarily those re- garding contract language. Union negotiator Charles l-arnsworth said of the meeting, "We explained what we're asking for iS far as non-economic proposals and of course, we don't expect an answer from the university on lte first day - they need time to digest it." Felix Barthelemy, Chief University spokesmn for the Building Trade Union negotiations, also empha- sized the necessity of enough time to study the con- tract issues before decisions can be reached. "We may attempt to respond to sime of the pro- posals next week, but we must review the potestial impact of the proposals ont the university," he stated. The next negotiating session is slated for June 7. Farnsworth, who is representing over 300 union members, said he hopes to finish presenting the non- economic proposals at the June 7 meeting and per- haps begin discussion of matters such as wages. TODAY A pity If mama wanted you ,to play the violin but you went into engineering because that's where the jobs were, you'd .better start looking for a used Stradivarius. According to a report released yes- terday by the National Science Foundation, em- ployment of scientists and engineers in U.S. pri- vate industry decreased five per cent between 1970 and 1975. That compares with a 14 per cent increase between 1965 and 1970, and a 19 per cent gain in the 1960-65 period. NSF also found that an increas- ing number of scientists and engineers - particu- larly geologists - are employed in energy-related fields. Down to earth meal Worm Au Jus. Worm Au Gratin. Worms Bene- dit. Pineapple Upside-Down Worm Cake. Sound delicious? Well, none of these tasty dishes can hold a candle to Lynn Remisovsky's "quiche Lorraine avec ver de -terre" (quiche Lorraine with earth- worms), the winner of Wednesday's Pomona, Cal- ifornia Earthworm Recipe Contest. Remisovsky says she boils and'hen bakes the worms until "crispy" -- nobody likes an undercooked worm - and then crumbles them like bacon bits into the French cheese pie. Among the contest losers were Worm Fritters, Crawling Canape Caps and Earth Kitchen Bread. Bon appetit! Happenings ... four workshops, part of the Extension Ser- vice's summer symposium on social work, will take place today in the Michigan League - call 764-5304 for complete information ... the International Cen- ter sponsors a trip in search of "Edible Wild Plants," leaving from the Center, 603 E. Madison, at 4 p.m. ... a group show featuring wu(ks of Mavis Chaney, Betty Fulmer, John Kloor, and Mary Ann Zotto- Beltz will open at Gallery One, 113 S. Fourth Ave., with a preview from 5 to 7 p.m. ... and the Roots Trio will be, playing free jazz in the University Club from 9:30 to 1:30. That's it! On the outside , The earth should wobble back nb its txis n- day and cliar ip some of the dreadful weather we've had all week. Look for clear, sunny skies and a high of 72, an overnight low in the high 50's. and a sunny Saturday, with a high near 80.