The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 38-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, July 7, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Page! Detroit employes walk out DETROIT (P) - More than 8,000 municipal workers unexpect- edly went on strike in Detroit yesterday, cutting off bus service for some 200,000 riders, halting garbage pickups and affecting services at the city hospital. Besides those striking in a wage dispute, several thousand other of the 20,000 unionized city workers refused to cross picket lines. THE CITY went into court in an effort to force back to work 15 civilian police emergency telephone operators, who left their jobs at midnight Tuesday along with 30 sewage plant workers and bus mechanics. Officials estimated 450 calls to the police emergency number, 911, went unanswered overnight. Uniformed officers were called in on 12-hour shifts to man the phones. An official for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME) said many nonprofessional em- playes joined the walkout at Detroit General Hospital although registered nurses and practical nurses stayed on the job. TRAFFIC WAS reported unusually heavy on city freeways as commuters who normally take buses to work were forced to drive. Detroit has no subway system. Some bus riders, apparently un- aware of the strike, stood at coach stops this morning waiting for buses that never came. The major taxi company, Checker Cab, reported a deluge of calls. WITH THE CITY sweltering in mid-90 degree heat, recreation officials were considering draning municipal swimming pools because not enough staff was available. "Our preference, obviously, is to keep the pools open," said Leon Atchison, city 'recreation director. "It gives the kids some alternative to more destructive things. Harry Boyle, director of the bureau of sanitary engineering for the city health department, warned that loosely stored garbage and continuation of the hot, humid weather would bring out more disease carrying flies and rats. He urged residents to cut the bot- toms from cans and crush them flat to eliminate food sources for the scavengers. STRIKING DETROIT city emplbyes walk a picket line in front of the City.County Building. Many city services came to a hal yesterday as an estimated 8,000 city workers walked off the job when talks between the city and unions representing the employes broke down. DOES POISONING IMPLY PREMEDITATION? VA jury queries judge By KEITH B. RICHBURG special To he Daily DETROIT-The jurors in the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital trial yesterday asked Federal Judge Philip Pratt for a legal definition of murder, while the prosecutor in the case tried to get a new charge-second de- gree murder-before the jury. The first; development came yesterday morning when the jury, still undecided after a week of deliberations, asked the judge, "Does the finding of the fact that a poison was used sat- isfy the concept of premedita- tion?" THE JURY was referring to the m u r d e r count pending against VA defendant Filipina Narciso. The murder, that of patient John Herman, is the fourth listed in the indictment. If yesterday's request is any indication of how far along the jury is in its deliberations, the three men and nine women still have five charges to consider in the nine-count indictment. Narciso and her co-defendant Leonora Perez are accused of causing multiple breathing fail- ures at the Ann Arbor VA dur- ing the summer of 1975. -The government contends that the two women injected patients with a muscle relaxing drug called Pavulon that affected their respiratory systems. The jury is currently consider- ing four counts of poisoning and one murder charge against Nar- Pratt yesterday if the fact tha ciso, and three charges of pois- a poison was used satisfied thi oning against Perez. Both wo- "premeditation" requirement for men face a charge of conspi- first degree murder, the judgt racy, the first count in the in- reread his original instructions dictment. Pratt told the jury to look fot "malice of forethought, premed WHEN THE JURY asked See 2ND, Page 10 Council defeats porno ordinance, parks veto By GREGG KRUPA By a 9-1 margin City Council last night defeated a pro- posed ordinance that would have banned the promotion of pornography and the displaying of indecent matter within the city limits. However, Council member Lou Belcher (R-Fifth Ward) said he would be introducing another anti-pornography ordi- nance in the near future. THE ORDINANCE, proposed by Council member Roger Bertoia (R-Third Ward) was a replica of the Ypsilanti anti- pornography ordinance. It would have established penalties of up to 90 days in jail a fine of $500 for violators. Bertoria portrayed the pornography business in Ann Arbor as a quickly expanding enterprise and sought to link the pornography trade with Ann Arbor vice problems. "There is a domino affect that occurs here. It started in Ann Arbor with the opening of one porno house and esca- lated to various shops and massage parlors," said Bertoia. He then asked his colleagues, "Which portion of Ann Arbor are See COUNCIL, Page 7 WHILE A JURY pondered her fate in the Veterans Adminis- tration Hospital poisoning trial, defendant Filipina Narciso book a break from the waiting with an ice cream cone in down- town Detroit yesterday.