The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 36-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, July 1, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages TESTING TO CONTINUE No= Carter halts B-i productio By The Associated Press and United Press International WASHINGTON - President Carter yesterday killed further production of the controversial B-1 bomber in a surprise decision he said was not governed by his campaign statements against the multibillion dollar program. Carter said an "effective and flexible strategic force" could be maintained without the B-1, which would have been the most expensive combat' airplane ever. Carter said his decision to kill the B-1 was based on his faith in the cruise missile, his belief that the B-52 bomber would continue to play a role and concern about the expense of the B-1. CARTER SAID TESTING with models of the bomber already flying would continue, however, in case of unanticipated prob- lems with development of cruise missiles or other U.S. strategic weapons planned for the 1980's. Carter's decision limits to four the nation's fleet of the swept- ' wing, four-jet supersonic B-1's, which would- have replaced the 20-year-old B-52's. Three experimental B-1's have been built and a fourth now in production will be completed by the manufac- turer, Rockwell International. The project has cost the government $3.9 billion in money spent or legally committed to be spent. THE AIR FORCE estimates each of the 244 B-1's it wanted v 'to build would cost $101.7 million and the cost of the total project y--7would reach nearly $25 billion. The President's decision set the stage for a fight in Con- gress over the B-1's future. The House voted 243 to 178 earlier thi-s week to spend $1.5 billion to build five B-i's. The issue now goes to the Senate where the Democratic leadership supports (Carter on the B-1. Carter said he thought the House and Senate now would go along with his verdict. See li-I, Page 2 VAjury recesses; asks for transcript DEFTROI T (UPI) -Tse jury in thse trial oif two Filipino nurses accut ed of poisonin hospitat patients halted deliberations yester- day after asking for transcripts of testimony from a key prosecu- Duilv Photo hv CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER tinwnes tion witness. Happy birthday Sources close to the case said the nine women and three men wanted to review statemtents by nursing ussistant L~ula Balls. Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the Blue Front erstwhile resident of the corner Senwastadgov ew tnsbinuhe nthree-montul. Balis of State and Packard, and also the 50th year at the Front for Ray Collins. Collins, now 78, Court trial of Filipina Narciss, 31, and teonaro Perez, 33. started at the Front when he was 28. Friends of Collins gave him a small party to com- THE WOMAN testified regarding one poisoning count against memorate the event.TH WOA tetfereadnonposigcutaant Narciso. The defendant left patient Mark Hogan alone and asked -_Balls to watch him. Moments later Hogan suffered a myster- A 3 , 3I , ious 'breuatigfailure. }- Secretary Adams says all cars must have air bags by 1984 WASHINGTON /"'- Transportation Sec- retary Brock Adams ruled yesterday that automakers must start equipping new cars with air bags or other passive safety de- vices in the 1982 model year. By 1984, all new cars sold in the United States would be required to have the de- vices, Adams said,. . THE SECRETARY also called on five automakers who previously had agreed to start equipping some 1980 model cars with air bags or similar devices to honor that pact - a request one auto industry official said was "an offer we can't refuse." The order requiring passive restraints, which Adams said could save 9,000 lives a year, will go into effect automatically af- ter 60 days unless Congress overrules it. Adams tolds a news conference he was confident Capitol Hill would go along. But withit an hour of the announcement, Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), an outspoken oppon- ent or air bags, introduced a resolution to overturn the decision. ADAMS' ANNOUNCEMENT brought an outcry from some U. S. automakers and their Lobbyists readied a campaign to re- verse it in Congress. Insurance officials, a motorsts' organization and the head of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union, all hail's the decision. Th order would force the automakers to equip cars with air bags or passive seat belts that would not require human assist- ance to protect the front-seat occupants of an auto involved in a crash. Air bags, balloon-like devices which ex- pand when the car is in a crash, would be See ADAMS, Page 9 The significance sof the jury's action was not clhar. Judge Philip Pratt said he would ans- wer the transcript request to- -day. The sequestered jury started deliberations Wednesday and continued yesterday until early evening, when jurors went to their dokwntown hotel for the night. "IT'S REALIY fairly rou- tine as deliberations move along," one source said of the testimony request. "I think you'll see more of it in the next day or so." The jurors, who were dressed casually but appeared tired as they filed into the courtroom prior to leaving for the day, must consider 6,000 pages of testimony from 100 witnesses and 58 exhibits in thetrial. The defendants sequestered themselves in an undisclosed location away from the down- town federal building to await the verdict.