The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXV, No. 64-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, August 15, 1975 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Bangladesh leader slain Military takes over in pre-dawn coup NEW DELHI, India (A) - The led to independence. armed forces of Bangladesh staged a predawn coup today, AFTER independence, he was ousting President Mujibur Rah- given lesser cabinet posts fol- man from the leadership of the lowing accusations that, while country he led to independence serving as foreign minister dur- four years ago, Western diplo- ing the civil war, he had par- matic sources reported. ticipated in U.S-initiated diplo- matic attempts to prevent the Indian monitors said Radio of Pakistan, then the Bangladesh reported Sheik Mu- hek Paksate h world's most populous Moslem jib was killed in the coup. The nation report could not be confirmed. Within three hours of the coup THE DIPLOMATIC sources Ahmed went on Radio Bangla- said the military struck at desh. 5:15 a.m.-7:15 p.m. yesterday EDT-by arresting Sheik Mujib He made a brief address in and then installing as the new the Bengali language, urging president one of his former "all the peace-loving country- close associates, Khondar Mush- men to do your duty and co- taque Ahmed. operate with the new govern- ment." Bangladesh is the former East Pakistan. It came into being as HE ALSO urged the armed a result of months of civil con- forces, the police and paramili- flict that led to war in Decem- tary organizations set up by the ber 1971 between India and old government to cooperate Pakistan. with him. Ahmed then asked insur- foreign governments to extend Sheik Mujib, a former diplomatic recognitio to his ance salesman who began the autonomy movement in the late n. 195tls, was idolized as the father Maj. Dalim announced impo- of the nation. sition of a 24-hour curfew and said: "Brothers and sisters, co- DIPLOMATIC reports reach- operate with us, remain calm ing New Delhi said there was and stay at home." sporadic fighting around Dacca, United News of India, a news the capital, in the initial stage agency, reported from the capi- of the coup. The reports said tal of Bangladesh shortly after that two hours later, "by and the coup that everything was large everything is quiet." calm in Dacca and there was no The initial fragmentary re- indications of any opposition to ports indicated the coup might the new rulers. have been arranged by pro- Tanks guarded roads to the Western political and military residence of Sheik Mujib and forces. Ahmed was considered patrolled the main streets of a member of a group critical of Dacca. Sheik Mujib's attempts to steer There was no immediate reac- Bangladesh close to India and tion to the coup from India, the Soviet Union. whose prime minister, Indira Ahmed serve as foreign min- Gandhi, had backed Sheik Mujib ister of the provisional Bangla- first in his independence cam- desh revolutionary government paign and then as leader of during the 171 civil war that Bangladesh Ford to veto extension of oil price controls VAIL, Colo. iI-President Ford made a final decision yesterday to veto a bill extending oil price controls and will announce "at least one measure to soften the eco- nomic impact" of decontrol, White House aides said. One administration official said earlier in the .day that Ford probably will lift the $2 per barrel fee on im- ported oil at the same time oil price controls expire Aug. 31. REMOVAL OF the import fee presumably would ease the financial impact of the oil price control expiration. The two actions together probably would result in "a tiny increase in the price of gasoline-maybe one or two cents per gallon at the most," said Roger Sant, an assistant administrator of the Federal Energy See FORD, Page 6 AP Photo Claws. Cato, a 475 pound North American bear waves his paws and his claws as he steps in for a re- freshing dip at the Warner Brothers Jungle Habitat in West Milfor, New Jersey yesterday. 700 OUT ON STRIKE: Garbage workers hit Detroit w ith walkout DETROIT (UPI) - The 700 sanitation truck drivers in De- troit made good their strike threat last night, walking off the job and leaving city resi- dents to face a pileup of gar- bage. The strike by members of Teamsters Local 214-expected to be honored by the other 500 members of the local, including meter maids, dog catchers and health inspectors-came after a futile attempt by city officials to seek a court injunction. A WAYNE County Circuit Court judge refused yesterday to issue an injunction against the strike, but ordered both sides to be in court Monday, unless a settlement was reach- ed by then. Local President Joseph Va- lenti said the dispute centers on seniority provisions. He said the city's provisions would re- sult in layoffs of veteran sani- tation truck drivers hired from the outside while drivers pro- moted from laborers' jobs would be kept on the trucks. "The city is forcing us into the strike by making impossible demands," Valenti said. IN AN UNUSUAL develop- ment, both sides filed unfair labor practices charges with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Normally, such an action is reserved to unions but Mark Ulciny, city labor relations di- rector, said a 1973 state law gives management the right to take similar action against a union. Ulciny said union officials re- neged on a tentative agreement reached last month because they said they could not live with the seniority rule govern- ing layoffs. The rules states that a city employe promoted to a higher paying job can count all of his city employment time as senior- ity in the new position after passing a 90 day probation per- iod. Valenti said the rule caused veteran truck drivers to be laid off last spring while other men with much less time as drivers but many years as laborers were kept on the job.