Friday, May#}+ 23, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Americans beginb6 pullout 'jjjjj~ aLas prtsscotne: VIENTIANE, Laos (IP)-Eigh- teen Americans and other for- eigners held by student dem- onstrators in a southern Lao- tian town for nine days were flown to Thailand yesterday. Secretary of State Henry Kis- singer said there will be a "substantial reduction" of the 1,000-strong U. S. presence in Laos because of the harassment of Americans by leftist stu- dents. The developments came as three Americans, including two U. S. Marine guards, remained held in a U. S. aid compound in Vientiane and the Communist- dominated government decided to end a 24-year-old American aid program. THE UNITED STATES evac- uated Americans from Cambo- dia before it fell April 17 and from Vietnam before , it sur- rendered to the Communists on April 30. But Kissinger told newsmen in Ankara, Turkey, that the departures from Vien- tiane, starting today, are not considered a complete evacua- tion "at this point." A U. S. Embassy spokesman in Vientiane, who called the de- partures an "accelerated with- drawal," said the Americans wold leave by chartered Royal Air Lao jet and that "hundreds of Americans would be flown out in the near future." THE MICHIGAN DAHY Volume LXXXV, No. 13- Friday. May 23, 1975 is eited oand ,manaed ly stdnts at theUivetrsity af Mchgn Nes ptoe 764-052. Second etss posta paid at Ann Arbor. Michigan 4106. Published d a i t y Ttesday through Sundym or4ing durinthe tUter- sittyneart 420 Moved Street. Ano Arbor. Michigan 48104. Sbscription rates: $16 by carrier (campus areaot: $11oatmlt(Michigan and Ohio)tt- etanon-local mail (other states and oregn) Smersessots vtputsed Ts- Byythrouh SatrayN A osntg SuAscrbptonrats $5.55 tarrere ttnpts anee); $6.es-socsentmtt (Michigansnd Ohi ta 6.50e ton- loatmnaltthetatesgand fyeh Bakeryco - to reduce f By SUSAN ADES Ann Arbor boasts a wide ar- ray of cooperative organiza- ions, including vegetable and fruit, meat, housing and maybe even chicken "co-ops". But somehow the bread and cake- loving population of this town has been neglected - until now. "We think the community really needs a co-op bakery," said Barney Kaminsky, one of the workers involved in setting up the prospective Wildflour Community Bakery Co-opera- tive. A C C 4 R DI N G to Kamin- sky, the bakery co-op void will be filled when Wildflour opens for business at 28 N. Fourth Avenue. Meanwhile, the pre- paratory stages - including the assembly of a sixteen-shelf ro- tary oven - are well under- way. The bakery's principal pur- pose will be to provide the community with whole grain baked goods at reasonable pric- es. The organizers hope to ac- complish this by operating as a non-profit collective in which volunteered services will play an important role. "Anyone can come in and work on a baking crew, That's what this place is going to be run on, a lot of people with a The Americans and foreigners in the southern town of Savan- nakhet were flown to Thailand aboard a U. S. plane. Most of the Americans were officials of the U. S. Agency for Interna- tional Development, which the student demonstrators opposed. Previously, the embassy listed 12 Americans held in the town. ft gave no reason for the change but communications with Savannakhet over the past week have been restricted to brief radio contacts. IN VIENTIANE, American doctors gave vaccination shots to American wives and chil- dren at the gates of the main housing compound prior to their departure. Other Americans with 'their dogs, children with bicycles and women in curlers stood at the chain link fence looking out. About 400 Americans were confined to the main housing compound four miles south of Vientiane. Pathet Lao guards, armed with rocket launchers, searched every car that came out of the Florida-style suburb known as "Levittown on the Mekong." They seized cameras and other valuable items. With a major U. S. aid in- stallation in Vientiane occupied by a sit-in student demonstra- tion and other U. S. AID offices throughout the country wrecked and abandoned, U. S. officials were busy arranging flights to lift out the women and chil- dren. THE EMBASSY s p o k e s- man said mst of the firstkevac- uees would be AID employes and their dependents, although some embassv emploves had been selected to leave the coun- try. The embassy had been try- ing for several days to arrange for charter flights bts report- cdlv had little cooperation from the Laotian government. Most of those scheduled to leave had their passports in See AMERICANS, Page 6 op plans :ood costs lot of energy," Kaminsky ex- plained. A N D REFERRING to the co - op's democratic structure, he added, "Anyone can walk in and have a hand in the deci- sion-making process." In its infancy, the bakery will concentrate primarily on pro- ducing a variety of whole-grain breads as well as granola. In time, the collective work- ers hope to expand into sweet goods. "If someone offers to work who likes baking pastries, then I guess we'll start making them," said Kaminky. T H E MARKUP from whole- sale to retail prices will not be very substantial, according to the bakery co-op workers. They hope to sell each leaf of bread for SO cents. Groups desiring bulk quantities may expect a further discount. Kaminsky claims that the co- op does not wish to compete with other Ann Arbor baker- ies. "We're not in it for the money, so our prices will for- tunately be low," he explained. Any profit made from the bakery venture will initially be used to pay -back the $3,006 in loans which helped get the co- op started. Any additional pro- fits thereafter will go into im- provements and expansion. . Doly Photo bv AULINE LutN s THE WARM, sultry weather of the past few days slows down the pace of everyone- whether man or beast. A Daily photographer ran mio this sly fellow out for a cool, re- freshing ride and a few minutes of restful sun yesterday morning. House passes bill to repeal air trade By CATHERINE REUTTER Prices on some national brand items in Michigan could drop 19 to 38 per cent as the result of action in the House to repeal the state's fair trade law. On T u e s d a y, the House passed a bill 92 to 9 to repeal the law, officially titled the Re- sale Price Act of 1937. The bill was enacted to protect small businessmen from being un- dersold by large chain com- petitors. "THE LAW was never de- signed to protect the consum- er," said a representative of A'torney General Frank Kel- ley. "All it does is protect the manufacturers." Under the fair trade system, all stores are required to sell certain merchandise at a price fixed by the manufacturer. In Michigan, electronic equipment, watches, cosmetics, cameras, and clothing typically carry higher prices because of fair trade regulations. A six-piece Corning Ware set that sells in non-fair trade states for $7.84, for example, re- tails in Michigan at $12.88. A Sony color television set costs $570 in Michigan, but may be purchased out of state for as little as $450. P E R R Y BULLARD, the repeal bill's sponsor, admits that an end to fair trade pricing practices will probably help large retailers; such as Meijer's Thrifty Acres, more than small stores. "So many more of Meijer's products are fair-traded," ex- plained Keey's spokesperson. "145 of their vendors carry fair. trade items." The key to fair-traded items is asmall notice on the label law, lower prices stating that the goods are sold at the lowest possible price un- der Federal regulations. "THERE'S A nationwide re- cognition that these laws are antiquated," says Bullard. According to Library of Con- gress figures, consumers could save $2.1 billion a year nation- wide if fair trade acts were re- pealed. Oregon, Washington, and New York have already re- pealed similar legislation this year. There is also some agitation in Washington to repeal the an- ti-trust laws, under which the fair trade acts were possible. "It's hard to say if national companies will lose money on this. It's possible," says Bul- lard, but he points out that high- er prices usually mean a drop in the number of sales. "The repeal of fair trade will cut down on their profits," Kel- ley's representative claims, "but Corning Ware and similar companies must be making pro- fits in non-fair trade states. "This kind of price-fixing legislation is something this of- fice is philosophically opposed to," he concluded. 'U' needs $5 million for- fall financial By DAVID BLOMQUIST Increased demand for tuition assistance without a correspond- ing raise in state appropriations will leave the University about $5 million short of what it needs to carry out a full-strength fi- nancial program next fall, ad- ministration officials have pro- jected. "It's going to be a tough year," said Thomas Butts, di- rector of the Office of Student Financial Aid. "The problem we have is that we must relate the available dollars to the need of the students." BUTTS COULD not speculate how many students might be affected by the fund shortage. "It's very hard to project that kind of thing until the legisla- ture acts and the University's budget is finalized," he explain- ed. "It's a function of what aid program happens in the next month or two in finalizing student aid budgets." He added, however, that the University's ability to meet its commitment to a 10 per cent minority enrollment would prob- ably not be adversely affected. "I think we'll be able to sup- port these students at least at the undergraduate level," he said. "THE GOVERNOR has rec- ommended an increase in- the state scholarship program (the Michigan Competitive system), and that will help somewhat," he noted, "And there are new federal dollars coming into the system. That program is going to be fully funded with a $1,400 maxi- mum award, with more students eligible to apply."