Saturdey, July 9, 1977 Defector criticizes Chinese regime THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three TAIPEI, Taiwan (,.M - A Chinese Communist fighter-pi- lot who defected to Taiwan said yesterday that the army had to put down recent disturb- ances in southern China. He claimed the 800 million reople in mainland China lead "a very miserable life," the Chinese hierarchy is "unstable" and the purged "gang of four" still wields some influence. FAN YUAN-YEN, A squad- ron leader who flew his MIG19 jet, fighter to Taiwan on Thurs- day, appeared at a news con- ference here and renounced his Communist party membership. "The Communist hierarchy really is unstable," he told re- porters. "Recently, there was unrest in the areas of Chint- slang and Potien in Fukien" and army units were sent to quell the disturbances. Fukien, the southern Chinese province across the Formosa Strait from Taiwan and the site of the military base where Fan was stationed, was a focal point of unrest reported in China late last year. FAN SAID. MANY tenant farmers have resisted the gov- erinent and there have been many disturbances in Fukien Province. He said farmers are especialy hard up, with "noth- ing much to eat or put on" Fukien radio reported last December that there was fight- iag between troops loyal to Chairman Htua Kuo-feng and. radical supporters of Chiang ching, widow of the Chairman Mao Tse-tung. She and three top radicals were arrested for allegedly trying to oust Hua last October. - The ex-squadron commander said the purged "gang of four" still has limited influence in the air force. He said when the radicals were purged many party cadres began to suspect :hat the purges since the 1969 | ' tultural revolution were mere- ly power struggles. They began to feel Communist press reports about purges were not relia- °> ... ble, Fan said. FAN SAID HE fled to tell the world about the conditions in China. "There is no freedom, no de- mocracy on the Chinese conti- nent," Fan said. "What for- eigners have seen in mainland China was untrue . .,. you will iever know how many peoples were slain by the Commun- ists."5 He said many people on the mainland have died of starva- tion. r The 41-year-old Fan, who left a wife and three children onAP Photo the mainland, said the Chinese Shady lady Communists lack the military capability to mount an inva- Complete with parasol, 22-month-old Laurie Schaab of Grand Rapids goes out for her daily spin lion with mom Carol, well-protected from the sun. ''ospital plans ove Slowly By RON DeKETT The University Hospital Plan- ning Commission is- contending with a web of regulations as it slowly but steadily inches its way towardhcompletion of plans for a new hospital. The planning process is still in its infancy as the mammoth job of compiling studies and reports for the future teaching hospital becomes more and more complicated. A 1973 BUILDING Conditions Report concluded that the pre- sent University Hospital's phy- sical facilities were inadequate to provide continuing modern, efficient patient care. The Regents accepted the re- port, the state endorsed it and the Hospital Planning Commit- tee was formed. "The initial concern of the planning commission was the siting of the hospital and de- termining the size of the pro- ject," Program Planning Of- ficer Douglas Sarbach said. THE COMMISSION evaluat- ed all possible sites for ease County plans recreation area By GREGG KRUPA Commission has announced conceptual plans to In 1836, the Washtenaw County Supervisors pur- transform the land, known as the County Farm, chased a 128-acre parcel of land near the present into a county recreation area. intersection of Platt and Washtenaw Roads to The plans reveal that the park will include fa- be used as the site of the County Poorhouse, to cilities such as bicycle and jogging trails, a nature serve the poor, the orphaned, and the insane. and garden center, a barnyard area, an outdoor The fields surrounding the original poorhouse theatre and an arboretum of native trees and were used to raise crops and animals to feed and shrubs, which will also serve as a cross-country clothe tesidents. ski area. TIRE COUNTY Poorhouse is long gone, but as ROBERT GAMBLE, Washtenaw County direc- the city grew and expanded, the original 128-acre tor of Parks and Recreation, said the barnyard parcel has remained an undeveloped island in the area may include animals "so that urban-bound midst of an urban milieu. - children will continue to know what non-domestic The Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation See RECREATION, Page 10 of access, parking, environmen- tal impact, expansion possibili- ties economic impact anr con- venience to the public. From this evaluation, the committee arrived upon a list of eligible sites. "We prefer to stay on the present site, provided the ac- cess problems that are known to exist are documented," Sar- bach said. Heavy traffic and narrow roads in the hospital area have caused major congestion and access difficulties. S A R B A C H indicated that if the present site proves to be unsuitable, the alternative site would be Radrick Farima -- University property located on lixboro Road outside the city limits, The site decision hinges on the Urban Area Transportation Study (FATS), the recognized transit authority in the Ann Ar- bor Area. UATS is engaged in a Huron Valley Corridor Study to de- velop a transit plan to cope with the projected traffic load throughout Ann Arbor and be- ween Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, "HOPEFULLY, THE study will be a definitive reso- lution of the (transit) problem," said Marilyn Thayer, chairwo- men for the Ann Arbor Town- ship Planning Commission and chair for UATS. The results of the study and the subsequent transit plans - expected by the end of the sum- mer - will be a major in de- termining the location of the Uriversity hospital. Meanwhile, the planning com- mission is currently compiling a list of requirements the fu- ture hospital must meet. This includes the number of inbout patients it is expected to han- die, equipment and other spe- cial needs of a teaching hos- pital. ONCE TilE 1.IST is com- pleted, it will be sent to the Michigan Board of _Health for approval. The Board will make its de- cision on the basis of recom- mendations from two planning groupus - the Comprehensive iealth Planning Commission of Southeast Michigan and its sub - organization, the Washte- saw County Comprehensive Health Planning Council. If the Board and the two groups approve the require- ments, the commission be- See 'U', Page 4 Cop chuckle No. -. Apparently, an apology wasn't ample. After an argument Wednesday afternoon which resulted in losing his "only friend in the world", an unidenti- fied 24-year old New York man who is visiting Ann Arbor decided "defying the world" was-the only way to rectify the situation. The man defiantly stripped off his clothes and stationed himself cross- legged in he middle of Liberty St. near State St. Police soon removed him from the street, as he was obstr'cting traffic somewhat. He refused to pu't his clothes on for the ride down to the station, and was charged with indecent exposure. Cop chuckle No.2 It's been a rough week for the city police - when they arrested an 18-year old man early Wednesday morning for attempting to steal a new Cadillac limousine from Muehlig funeral hime, on S. Fourth Ave. owners of the car refused to press charges. TODAY limo had been narked in the garage. This hardly deadened the man's desire for a joyride in the hearse, for he drove it through the garage doors and tore off to Broadway St. where he collided with another car, piting an unidentified woman intor the hospital. One source reported the man said he stole the hearse because he "wanted to see how it would be like to ride in a limousine like the Presi- dent does." Having learned a lesson, Muehlig's pressed charges. Happenings..-. ... first, a reminder that Drug Help is interview- ing people interested in volunteering to answer crisis phones. If interested call 994-HELP ... to- night is also a good night for an organ -. a pipe organ, that is, as student Dudley Brian Cash gives a recital in Hill Auditorium at 8 p.m. . . . mean- while, at the Mwic School recital hall, there is an 8 p.m. chamber music recital . . . tomorrow is your big chance to go Out with the Outing club. The hikers will meet in the north entry of Rackham at 1:30 p.m... . then it's back to the music again Music School recital hall piano at 4 will be Michele Cooker- and twanging the recital hall harpsichord along with the piano at 8 p.m. will be Tong-Soon Chang . . . but if you'd rather see than hear no evil, check out a free Cinema Guild showing of Ruttman's Berlin Symphony in the Old Arch Audi- torium at 8 p.m. . . . Monday, a whole slew of en- gineering workshops commence at 8:30 a.m. in the Chrysler Center. More information is available from the Extension Service, 764-5304 . .. and while you're on the line with the Extension Service, ask about the Higher Education Summer Seminar on "Coping With the Legal Environment", which is at the Campus Inn from Monday until Friday . . . there's a carillon recital by Helen Fan at 7 p.m. in Burton Tower . . . and finally, the A-V Center will show three free films in MLI-3 at 7:30 p.m.: Cuba and Fidel, Just Laather That's All, and Mex- ico: The Frozen Revolution. On the outside You know it's a hot summer when the weather- man itarts describing 80 degrees as "cool". It'll be sunny, pl asnt and cool both today and tomorrow, I