Thursday, May 12, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five 54 killed in Israeli copter crash TEL AVIV (AP) - An Israeli military helicopter crashed and exploded in, the occupied West Bank, killing all 54 servicemen aboard in the nation's worst air force disaster, officials an- nounced yesterday. The tragedy plunged the na- tion into mourning and prompt- ed politicians to suspend cam- paigning for the May 24 elec- tion. The state radio said 10 crew members and 44 passengers were killed in the crash' that occurred during madeuvers Tuesday. LT. GEN. Mordechai Gur, Is- raeli chief of staff, told report ers the aircraft carried para- troopers and their officers. He said that while the cause had not been pinpointed, an inquiry committee had ruled out the possibility of foul play, such as an attack by Palestinian guer- rillas. A paratrooper told the Israeli armed forces radio he saw the Flu serum to be stored helicopter make a half-turn and then disappear from sight. "I heard an explosion fol- lowed by several more smaller explosions," he said. ANNOUNCEMENT - of the crash was delayed for 18 hours to notify the soldiers' families. Entertainment portions of a Jerusalem celebration of the 10th anniversary of the 1967 war were canceled, and the Israeli cabinet met on receiving the news. Funerals for the 54 victims were planned for today. A par- liamentary session scheduled for the same day was canceled. The previous worst air force disaster in Israel's history oc- curred in November 1975 when 20 soldiers were killed in the crash of a Hercules transport plane into mountains in the Si- nai Desert. TUES Y'S ACCIDENT oc- corred five miles west of the Jordan 'iver, Gur said. He said the helicopter plunged to the grond after climbing a few hundred feet. Wreckage was re- portedly spread over a 20-yard radius. The crash occurred two weeks after the military came under fire in a state comptroller's re- port of charges of being care- less with its equipment. Asked about possible negligence In maintenance, Gur said it was too early to determine the exact cause of the crash. Security forces sealed off the area Wednesday morning as res- cue teams picked through the wreckage. Israel announced a few days ago it was planning to manu- facture its own helicopters with- in the next four years to replace the American-made Sikorskys. ATLANTA (AP) -- The na- tion's supply of swine flue vac- cine is a valuable resource and it may be stockpiled for as long as 10 years, the national Cen- ter for Disease Control said yes- terday. .About 88 million doses, worth $40 million, have been collected by the states. Public health offi- ciali are trying to determine bow to store the vaccine, said Dr. J. Donald Millar, director of the CDC's Bureau of State Services. Final recommendations are expected in about a month. "SUCH VACCINE usually is good for 18 months, but with proper refrigeration it can be kept for up to 10 years," Mil- lar said in an interview. The vaccine is part of the $135 EPA admits proposing tests on Mexicans WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agen- cy said yesterday that one of its divisions proposed in 1975 to test a possible cancer-causing fungicide on Mexicans, to bypass its own ban on human testing in the United States. An EPA spokesperson said, however, that the proposal was turned down by Edwin Johnson, who was then associate deputy assistant administrator, heading EPA's pesticide programs. Responding to questions on the subject, the spokesperson said the proposal originated in the pesticide program's Criteria and Evaluation Division, then head- ed by Leonard Axelrod, now de- ceased. It involved a group of fisn- gus-killers called "EBDC" which were known to cause cancer in animals; such findings automati- cally bring the chemicals under suspicion as possible causes on human cancer, until they can be proven safe. TONIGHTLt PitcherNight No Coyer L i MUI HA was-seen0 million program voted by Con- gress during the administration of then-President Gerald Ford and called "the tragedy of the past year" by Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano. Most of the vaccine is being held by the states and the ques- tion, Millar said, is: Who will control it in the end? "WE HAVE SUGGESTED two alternatives," he said. "First, central stockpiling, federally managed. Second, each state would stockpile it under their management. "There are advantages to the central stockpiling plan because it would beeasier to care for. But if the states do it, it will be easier to distribute in the event of an emergency." Millar said plans now are for the vaccine to be used only in case of another swine flue scare, which appears unlikely. Millar said the swine flue vac- cine, if maintained under re- frigeration, would. be effective against a new flu virus as long as it is closely related to A-Vic- toria or A-New Jersey swine flu. BOB BAGERIS Presents AN EVENING WITH JOAN BAEZ 6PECIAL GUEST STAR DANNY O'KEEF Tickets $5.50-6.50-7.50 Reserved Available at the Masonic Temple Box Office, All Hudsons & Wards A BAMBOO PRODUCTION AAAIUCI FHIM CCI-CID Thursday, May 12 MLB 3 EDGAR G. ULMER NIGHT Nobody ever made good films faster or for less money than Edgar Urmer. That Dimer could also communicate a strong visual style and personality with his meager means so often available to him is close to miraculous. Unike most "B-film" directors, imer chose to make low budget films because, apart from economic limits, he was free to do what he wanted. Here are three of his classics, filmed with a passion and intensity you've never seen before and may never see again. DETOUR Edor G. Ulmer, 1948) 7:00ONLY Forget the plot (a musician is hitching to California to marry his girl, only to become entangled in a web of fate), DETOUR is an exercise in sustained perversity, a consistent demonstraton of the absenee of free will. Tom Neal worms his way from night- club to beanery to barren motel room, writhing to free himself, only to ensnare himself still further. Ann Savage gives a per- formance that defies conventional credibility: ugly, unpleasant, a shrill, unmodulated embodiment of Yeat's dictum that only the unexplainable is irresistable. "I adore DETOUR!"-Edgar Ulmer. RUTHLESS (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1948) 8:30 ONLY If ever a film were aptly titled, RUTHLESS.is! The story of a man's savage struggle for success becomes a morality play and a meditation on worldly goals, as seen through the camera of Bert Glennon and the relentless direction of Ulmer. '"RUTHLESS is a Citizen Kane in .minature."-Myron Meisel, The Boston Phoenix. With Zachary Scott and Sidney Greenstreet. THE NAKED DAWN (Edar G. Ulmer, 1955) 10:30 ONLY Francois Truffaut has zdknowledged that THE NAKED DAWN was the-inspiration for his filrming JULES AND JIM. Both films have to do with two friends in love with the same woman but Ulmer's film, a semi-western, is more about fate and ensnare- ment, ego and human nature, than a menage a tros. Along with DETOUR, this is considered Ulmer's best film. With Arthur Kennedy. .0 eastb.j SECOND BIG WEEK MICHIGA NSHOWS TONIGHT AT 7:00 & 9:05 Thrafte Phone 665.6 '' Open 6:45 SISSY SPACEK SH ELLEY DUVALL JANICE RULE ROBERT ALTMAN'S 3 WOMEN (PG) ENDS TONIGHT 231.south state "LET'S DO IT AGAIN" & T E "UPTOWN SATURDAY (PG) ONE COMPLETE SHOW STARTS TOMORROW He doesn't get mad. He gets even. iTHE r.FARMER 214 s. universityENDS TONIGHT "HARLAN COUNTY USA" SHOWS AT 7:00 & 9:00 Theatre P 4OPEN 6:45 STARTS TOMORROW Best Actress Nominee MARIE-CHRISTINE BARRAULT In the Delightful French comedy hit NOMINATED FOR 3 ACADEMY AWARDS!