Vol . XXXV111, No. 2-S ThursdayCMay4,1978 ni..I Twenty Pages Ann Arbor, Michigan Ten Cents Plus Supplement Carter proposes increased funds for solar GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - President Carter, in a "Sun Day" address cut short by rain yesterday, proposed in- creased spending for solar projects and promised to develop a new "national solar strategy." Making his first stop on a planned three-day Western trip, Carter visited the future site of the federally funded Solar Energy Research Institute near Golden, Colo., and spoke to a crowd of about 300 persons. . IN A SURPRISE announcement, Carter said he would order the Energy Department to shift $100 million to solar and other renewable-resource energy projects in next year's proposed budget. "This is an appropriate day to con- centrate government efforts on solar energy," he said. The announcement drew applause and cheers from the audience. The 9-month-old Solar Energy Research Institute now operates in temporary offices in Golden. Carter said ground would be broken for the in- stitute's permanent home next year. REFERRING TO the president's pledge to shift more money to solar energy, press secretary Jody Powell told reporters aboard Air Force One that Carter and Energy Secretary energy James Schlesinger had been "cooking up" the idea for some time but that Car- ter had wanted to save the announ- cement as a surprise. As originally drafted, the president's speech mentioned no precise figures on new spending goals for renewable energy projects. Carter had noted in the prepared text, however, that his proposed spending for fiscal 1979 contains a 64 percent in- crease in money for development of solar power. THE PRESIDENT also had planned to announce a new $14 million loan to the city of Lamar, Colo., for a project to convert livestock excrement into methane gas. But after the original draft of the speech was distributed to reporters, the president discovered that Sen. Floyd Haskell (D-Colo.) had an- nounced the project Tuesday. In his Golden speech, Carter announ- ced he is ordering a new Cabinet-level study to develop a national solar strategy and praised solar energy as a potential counterweight to rising oil prices. "Nobody can embargo sunlight," the president told his audience at the Solar Energy Research Institute, a federally financed project operated for the See CARTER, Page 15 Doily Photo by JOHN KNOX MEMBERS OF THE University's track team generate their own energy as they practice behind the old IM Building. Sun Day sheds light Ql state's power needs Police apprehend eseaped rapist LANSING (UPI) - On a day made to order for the occasion, Michigan's capital rang yesterday with variations on one theme - that we cannot continue to depend so lavishly on fossil fuels. Sun Day devotees began the day by watching the sun rise from the steps of the State Capitol. THE SUN BEAMED down strongly on a variety of alternative energy exhibits on the Capitol lawn marking an observance of the ultimate, but neglected, energy source. Several speeches were made citing a need for closer attention to energy problems. They were broad- cast with electricity provided by volunteers pumping a bicycle-driven. generator. Gov. William Milliken, who opened the Sun Day celebration, told a handful of onlookers on the Capitol grounds that solar energy "is a resource for tomorrow, but it is also a resource for today. "A RECENT REPORT by the President's Council on Environmen- tal Quality stated that solar energy could meet 25 per cent of this nation's energy demand by the year 2000 and 50 per cent by the year 2020," said Milliken. Shortly afterwards, William Ralls, a°Democratic candidate for gover- nor who served on the Michigan Public Service Commission for six . years, said the state's energy needs could best be met if that agency were abolished. See SUN, Page 13 - By TOM O'CONNELL A convicted rapist who had been the object of an intense manhunt since he escaped from jail last Sunday has been taken into custody. Anthony Wooten, 21, was taken into custody by Ann Arbor police at about 7:30 p.m. yesterday at a house at 902 Packard. Wooten broke out of Washtenaw County Jail by scaling a 15- foot wall during a morning exercise period. POLICE AUTHORITIES say they ac- ted on information from an outside source in capturin Wooten. However, two witnesses to the incident say that Wooten turned himself in. Wooten arrived at the house on Packard around 3 p.m. according to resident Dwayne Hight. Hight's lan- dlord, Curlee Edwards, was there at the time doing repair work. Wooten was apparently looking for Edward's son, an acquaintance of his who had moved out the previous day. Edwards said Wooten expressed a desire to turn himself in, but was afraid the bolice would shoot him if they saw him on the street. "WHAT CAN YOU do when somebody comes to you?"Edwards asked. "It leaves you in a spot. So I told him, 'There's a phone in there if you want to call the police. The line's open'." Edwards said Wooten claimed he had not received justice from the law. Wooten wrote a letter explaining his problem and expressing his desire to surrender, which Edwards then mailed to the Poverty Law Center in Mon- tgomery, Alabama. Edwards is a member of the center. Edwards and Hight were outside the house when police arrived. Hight, said 10-12 heavily armed officers surroun- ded the residence. Edwards then asked one of the of- ficers if Wooten had called them. Both Edwards and Hight say the officer's reply was affirmative. Police authorities deny that Wooten made the call. EDWARDS SAID HE then told the of- ficers, "The guy is there. He's unar- med. I'll bring him out." See POLICE, Page 10