The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVI, No. 3-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 7, 1976 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Hudreudsferd dea3d n Itain earthquake Tremor reads 6.5 on Richter scale VENICE, Italy (, - A severe earthquake hit north- eastern Italy last night, collapsing entire sections ofsia v small towns along both sides of the Tagliamento river. The government said 95 were known dead and at least w 1,000 were injured, but police feared hundreds more were buried in the wreckage. "The number of dead i rising fast. We have no idea yet what the final toll will be," said a spokesperson for the national police. THE POLICE said mosti rf the damage was in a 30-mile stretch along both sides of the Tagliamento, which is about 50 miles north and east of Venice although that city escaped major damage. The quake meassured ver 6.5 on the Richter scale. The town of Fogaria was lveled and from one-fourth to one- half of the houses in Bria, t)scppo, San Pietro di Ramogna and Collaredo had collapsed, police said. Wide destruction eas also reported in other towns along the river. "WE FEAR THEE arc at least 200 killed under the debris" of collapsed buildings isc the -rea, said an official in Udine, a k town of 90,000 east of the Tagliamento. The quake struck is the early evening, with the first fast series of five jolts in less than half an hour causing the most damage. Three more tremors followed over the next 40 minutes, then a ninth about an hour later. Communications writt a nit-uber of points in the area were still out late last night. "IT IS DARK, electric swer is down, rescue workers have a hard time reaching all the many centers in the struck area," an officer said. An officer in Forg,,iria, a town of 4,000 near the Yugoslavian border, described the situation there as "catastrophic . . . Whole neighborhoods have been flattened to the ground. Many are dead AP Pho 7 and many are missing. We lack equipment for rescue work. We have no power. It i not possible to make an estimate of the num- ber of dead, but it must be high." Jazz trombonist Nathan "Big Jim" Robinson, who played with the best for more than 50 Police in Maiano, a town of 6,000 in the Alpine foothills near years, died Tuesday at the age of 86. He was buried Thursday in New Orleans with a See HUNDREDS, Page 7 traditional sendoff: a jazz funeral. Robinson is shown playing in New Orleans in 1955. 'U' STUDENTS TO RECEIVE $3 MILLION State increases inancialaid By PHILLIP BOKOVOY Approximately 1,60 more University students will be able to borrow an additional $3 million in Michigan Higher Ed- ucation loans this year under a set of emergency rules approv- ed Wednesday by the State Board of Education. The regulations, which are only temporary, will enable stu- dents to receive financial aid for the fall term. THE PROGRAM will provide a total of $12 million dollars for state colleges and universi- ties and is tentatively set to be- gin July 1. It may, however, start later - because, "the state must sell the bonds first and there are a few technical amendments that have to be approved by the legislature," according to University Direc- tor of Financial Aid Thomas Butts. Under the new provisions, the state will give money directly to students, bypassing banks, which have been reluctant to make loans available even though they are guaranteed by the state and federal govern- ments. State Superintendent of Pub- lie Instruction John Porter said the program was needed be- cause, "the banks want their money to turn around faster - they don't want to wait for 1( or 15 years to get their money back." THE UNIVERSITY itself has made direct loans in the past but with the new state program relieving some of the burden, the University will be able to distribute its funds differently. Because the University grants assistance on the basis of need, students of middle income fam- ilies were traditionally exclud- ed from the financial aid pic- ture. Now "the kind of person eligible (to receive a loan from the University) will be more middle income," explained Butts. "This program increases the likelihood of a student getting a loan and students will be made aware of the program as soon as we work out all the de- tails," he added. Out-of-state students may also receive additional aid from the University. And the state too will consider granting loans to out-of-state students "if they are self-supporting and have resided in the state for twelve months," Butts said. WHEN ASKED if he thought the program was a response to tuition and dorm rate hikes at the state's universities, Vice- President for state relationa Richard Kennedy said, "osten- sibly this is one of the pres- sures on students that this pro- gram will help alleviate. Another important change in the state's loan policy is the increase in the amount of mon- ey an undergraduate can bor- row, The ceiling will be in- creased from $1500 to $2500 a year at an interest rate of sev- en per cent. The emergency regulations are only temporary and accord- ing to Butts, "the final regula- tions won't be approved for about S months and there may be a couple of changes."