Thursday, August 14, 1975 THE MIC-HIGAN DAILY Page Three Thursday, August 14, 1975 THE MIC$IGAN DAILY Page Three Jury hears final arguments in Little trial RALEIGH, NC. (A) - Closing argo- noon, shortly after a telephone operator is, "Did Joan Little on the morning of the jail the night Alligood was killed. Y~PftC t JA1 IF 4l~f At fn mfi es sci~i~: 'w4an. ' w .4..:..i 2 _. -f A-0 .- Y menw m .oan Ltme's tria for muraer began yesterday afternoon with an at- torney for the 21-year-old black woman telling jurors she surrendered to face charges that she killed her white jailer because she believed she would get a fair trial. "She believes, she knows, that the truth will set her free, that she can rely on your ability to search out the truth, to find it, and find for her," said attor- ney James Rowan in the first of five closing statements for the defense.- testifyng for the state contradicted Lit- tIe's testimony about a long-distance call allegedly made the night jailer Clar- ence Alligood was killed. It was the first time the jury had heard a witness contradict Little since her trial began. With 7 hours allotted for closing argu- ments, the case now is expected to go to the jury about noon tomorrow. The de- fense waived its right to present more witnesses. Aug. 27 act in self defense in repelling Clarence Alligood?" "What has been submitted to you is that Joan Little, under attack, was forc- ed to commit a sexual act against her will, rebelled and said, 'I will not do this any longer.' To gain her freedom, she struck Clarence Alligood and his death resulted," Rowan said. Little has testified she stabbed the 62- year-old jailer with an-ice pick, without intending to kill him, after he forced her to perform oral sex on him. She is charged with second-degree murder. She surrendered eight days after fleeing from "IF she did not kill in self defense, why would she turn herself back to the police . . . the act of a person who has just perpetrated murder?" Rowan asked the jury. As the trial neared an end, attorneys for both sides forecast difficulty with jurors. John Wilkinson, a special prosecutor hired by the Alligood family, said he does not see how the state can get a convic- tion because, he said, it hasn't proven its case." ROWAN, speaking in soft tones, told ROWAN spoke to the jury in late after- the jurors the main question before them A&P shuts Huron store;can't match local competitors By BILL TURQUE "It was a very friendly store," reflected Leo Sabatini, a young clerk at the Huron St. A&P supermarket, which will close Saturday. "It's kind of a vanishing tradition. Some people have been shopping here for thirty and forty years." A fixture for city grocery shoppers since 1938, the small, red-tiled market with the familiar circular emblem on its front has been unable to compete profitably wth larger, more widely stocked stores in area shjpping centers. Obsolescence, in a word, has caught up with one more neighborhood supermarket. "THIS STORE'S problem has been a very high overhead," explained Sabatini, an articulate college graduate biding his time until he can find a teaching job. "The rent is high, and it's a very old building, so there are a lot of maintenance prob- lems. We have a limited clientele-students and older people, who don't buy much." Sabatini added that A&P carries few non-food items, which, he says is where chains like Kroger's and K-Mart make the bulk of their profits. While the market's employes are all reportedly assured jobs at other A&P stores in the area, its departure from Huron St. will cause serious hardship for some of its elderly customers. HELEN ARNOLD used to take her infant son, now 24, shop- ping with her everyday at the Huron A&P. She is angered by the closing because her older friends who have no cars will have trouble shopping for food cheaply. "It makes me kind of sick," Arnold said. "It's a crazy time for them to be closing a store you can walk to with the price of gas and all. I feel sorry for the elderly people now because they'll either have to rely on somebody else, or go to one of the independent stores, which are really expensive." One woman from Fifth St. who described herself as "pushing damn close to 70," said she planned to make three trips daily AP Photo until Saturday's closing to stock up. There is no way, she said, See A & P, Page 5 A dog and his boy A boy is taking his dog, or a dog is taking his boy for a walk in this photo of five-yea rey Sowers out-enjoying the early morning air with his Great Dane, Thunder in Warm Men fare wellat 'women'sw mr-old Jeff- inster, Pa. ork' By PAULINE LUBENS Contrary to the notion that they are plagued by archaic stereotypes, many men seem to be faring quite well working in fields traditionally dominated by women. THE FEW males who have joined the ranks of secretaries, nurses and telephone operators ap- pear to shatter the- popular image that they are shunned or ridiculed for breaking traditions. Most deny that they've faced much discrimina- tion and attest to being treated with greater respect than women who work in the same fields. Though he claimed he was given the old "we usually hire a woman" routine, University sec- retary John Layman admitted that, once on the job, he was treated as an administrator by most people coming into the office. ROB NUISMER, secretary in the University's personnel office, echoed Layman's impressions saying, "It's the old stereotypical thing that a man is supposedly in charge-it irritates me." Those men employed as nurses confirmed the expectation that many patients mistake them for doctors. Ron Scofield, who works at the Neuropsychia- tric Institute (NPI), says that even after explain- ing he is a nurse, the patient will respond " 'Oh a male nurse.' They think a male nurse is dif- ferent than a registered nurse," Scofield added. OTHER THAN this reaction, these men have encountered few stereotypes. For the most part they've been readily ac- cepted by colleagues, customers and employers. Scofield, who served as a corpsman in the service over ten years ago, said he was one of See MEN, Page 5 Ex-juror admits Kent State bias CLEVELAND, Ohio P) -- A juror in the Kent State shoot- ings trial, who was dismissed yesterday after allegedly call- ing the plaintiffs "commies," conceded later that he already had decided against the plaintiffs in the $46 million civil suit. Douglas Watts of Mogadore, an Akron suburb, was dis- missed after he admitted violating U. S. District Court Judge Don Young's instructions against discussing the case or form- ing opinions before the trial's end. Watts, himself an alternate when the trial began, was replaced by alternate juror Mary Blazina of Lorain. WATTS said after his dismissal that he had discussed the case repeatedly with "a couple of guys" at a Ford Motor Co. plant where he is a foreman. But he said he did not recall using the word "commies" to describe the plaintiffs. Court sources said the plaintiffs' lawyers told Young an anonymous telephone caller said Watts had called their clients "commies." Watts said he thought the report re- sulted from a misunderstanding of his comments about a witness who testified he was a Communist. Watts said a telephone interview from his home that he See EX, Page7 -