Tuesday, August 19, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Downtown stores Army confirms it used LSD to study survive Briarwood (Continued from Page 3) feature helps the downtown compete effectively with Brar- wood. Assistant City Planning Direc- tor Joe Monroe agrees that fears the downtown area was declining were unfounded. "WHEN WE talked to people about the decline of downtown we did so on the premise that there was a decline," Monroe says. "We have never been able to substantiate that fact. There was a lot of exodus after Briar- wood opened, but that exodus seems to be tapering off. In fact, there's a lot more activity downtown now in terms of build- ing interest and reconstruction, and the city hasn't done a thing (to actively promote this in. terest)." Real estate agents confirm that interest in downtown busi- ness snroerties has increased. Morris Dalitz, a realtor in Ann Arbor for ten wears, says in- terest in downtown commercial property has definitely picked up in the last few years. According to the realtor, there is a strong demand for small stores. "about the size of the Adidas store .on State St. or Monntain High Ice Cream on W. Washington." DALITZ BELIEVES the up- surge in real estate interest downtown is due to increased yo'rth activity in the area. "More students are patroniz- ing the stores, and there has been a change in ownership to younger people who understand trends and orient their business more toward the younger mar- ket." Daitz explains. The downtown bars are often owned by former students,fand the entertainment they offer make the odwntown an attrac- tive place for young people, ac- cording to Dalitz. THE INTEREST in the resi- dential area around downtown has also grown tremendously. With transportation costs ris- ing, Dalitz says many married students wish to find a home that is convenient to downtown and campus. Retired faculty members and professionals are also looking for homes near downtown.. Irene Olencki of Caldwell & Reinhart & Co. says there is a "terrific interest" in the Old West Side neighborhood. There S a ' : differencee!! " PREAR(FR:: CA ver 35 years " S MCAT eperece ATand success :OAT LSAT classes LSAT oumors shome" GRE studs materials AsBcsstatlp updated 0sety .ATGSB - CA iape acltiesse teews st class * CPAT l r osupplemetary * FLEX matras ECFMG missed lessos NAT'L MED DOS « (3131 354-0085 : * 21711 W. Ten MitleRd. " " Southfield, Mi. 48015 EDUCAT ONAL CENTER ISTu SINCE '9 L±$~.Iimrmoraacicm, "THERE IS a lot of interest in revitalization. People are. looking for homes that need to be or are already renovated," Olencki says. The city is fortunate to have a residential area around the downtown which has not de- teriorated into slums, as has happened in other cities with the migration to suburbia. Com- mercial and residential property values have remained stable here, and because Ann Arbor's downtown is not considered a high crime area, businesses have not moved en masse to outlying shopping centers. The city government realizes that revitalization of the down- town area is essential to Ann Arbor's development. But, as Kizer says, the city is in a pre- carious position. It cannot afford to insult either Briarwood, be- cause of the tax revenues the mall provides, or the downtown. Tomorrow: How the city government is helping down- town businesses. interrogation By GARY THOMAS WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Army has confirmed that it tested LSD on volunteers on at least one occasion to see if it would weaken the will of pris- oners being questioned about military matters. The test, conducted at Fort Bragg, N.C., in September, 1958, was designed to see how long the subjects could "hold out" under the influence of the drug. THE ARMY said 20 Special Forces volunteers - the elite "Green Berets" of Vietnam fame-participated in the ex- periment, set up as a simulated prisoner of war interrogation. It involved intelligence per- sonnel from the S25th Military Intelligence Group and the 82nd Counterintelligence Detachment under supervision of the Bio- chemical Research Facility at Edgewood Arsenal. Edgewood presided over the Army's drug testing program. The 82nd Counterintelligence Detachment was attached to the endurance of prisoners 82nd Airborne Division, and the 525th Military Intelligence Group was sent to Vietnam in 1967. DR. VAN SIM, who directed the LSD test program at Edge- wood, denied at a news confer- ence July 23 that any Army in- telligence or security units had been involved in the LSD tests. Asked about the Army's state- ment today, Sim said, "I didn't know who those fellows were. The Special Forces brought them in." The tests included a "guard post" exercise and a "cover story" exercise, w it h both groups being given doses of 100- 1S micrograms of LSD. IN THE guard post exercise, eight soldiers on guard duty were given LSD, after which persons with phony identifica- tion tried to slip by them. "A lot of guys got through, said one source familiar with the program. The "cover story" exercise was more complicated. IN SUCH tests, common at military intelligence schools, the budding soldier-agent manu- factures a plausible cover story to hide his true identiy and mission. He then is "captured" by the "enemy" and taken to an interrogator, who tries to pick apart the cover story and find the truth. According to a military intel- ligence source, the technique is used both on future interroga- tors and on prospective agents who might find themselves faced with such a situation. IN TIE Fort Bragg test, however, the 12 volunteers fab- ricated their cover story and then were given LSD. An Army spokesman said they were not told what drug they were receiving, but merely that they would "receive a chemical compound" which might alter their behavior." Gary Thomas is a former editorial page writer for the Daily. What Will YOU Be Doing Between September 3, 1975 and April 28, 1976? If you are like 38,000 other students at the University of Michi- gan you will be studying, sleeping, partying and some of the times just taking it easy. For that time make University Towers your home. We've designed our building and apartments with you in mind. Completely furnished apartments, weekly maid service, a full time maintenance staff, study room, recreation room, laundry facilities, vending machines, color TV lounge, se- curity guard and free, recent-re- lease movies and parties all add to the complete living environ- ment for the student. 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