IRAN See editorial page tic 4F 4F 4atrbt a n 19 1 ~ai CLOUDY See Today for details Aif CIYeai(1rs o f ditol 0ruFIIreedfOUm Vol.,XC, No. 112 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 15, 1980 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Student vote may decide Second By JOHN GOYER A Daily news analysis 0 rimary elections in Ann Arbor are ricious events. Voter turnout is low in city primaries, traditionally under a thousand votes per ward, so a few votes can make or break a candidate. -WHICH WAY the vote goes in the Second Ward Democratic primary Monday depends on how many students decide to go to the polls. LSA junior Stacey Stephanopoulos is challenging incumbent Democratic uncilman Earl Greene in next week's off. The victor earns that party's blessing in the April 7 race agaisnt Republican Toni Burton, an LSA junior. IN SPITE of their approval of Stephanopoulos' candidacy, students Chicago firefighte rs walk out in dispute From AP and UPI CHICAGO - Most of Chicago's 4,350 efighters walked out of station uses in defiance of a court order yesterday and refused to answer fire calls, hitting the city with its third major public employees strike in two months. Mayor Jane Byrne called it "a sad and sick day" for the nation's second- largest city as the first strike ever by Chicago firefighters left fire protection for 3.5 million people up to a few non- strikers, supervisory personnel; Fire cademy cadets and other city workers with help from suburban departments. By late evening no major fires had been reported. THE MAIN issue in the dispute was the city's refusal to grant firefighters a written contract instead of the traditional handshake agreement unless the union agreed to a no-strike clause and binding arbitration. The strike came three days after public school teachers ended a two- tSeek walkout to protest layoffs and elayed paychecks. Last December, employees of the Chicago Transit Authority walked out for several days in a contract dispute. The strikers violated a temporary restraining order issued by a Circuit Court judge when the walkout began. Later, city attorneys went back to court and asked for a preliminary injunction ordering the firefighters back. BUT THE strikers apparently were ot moved. "It doesn't mean anything," said one striker. '"Whether we obey a court order or not depends only on what our union president says." Officials of the Chicago Fire Fighters Union said early in the day that the strike was being observed by 97 per See CHICAGO, Page 5 interviewed this week seemed unawaVe of city issues and few said they would vote. "I don't know if Stacey Stephanopoulos is running for something. I don't know if it's with the city. I've seen a lot of pamphlets," said LSA freshman Tom Mooney, a resident of Mosher-Jordan Hall. Mooney, originally from Illinois, is not registered to vote in Ann Arbor. SHARON SILVER, and LSA freshperson who is "not registered at all," said she was not interested in the primary because "living in a dorm we don't have to deal with city issues. People don't have to deal with the housing situation." And Bob Weinstock, an LSA junior living in a rented house, said he registered to vote last November, before the election which decided the fate of a ballot proposal that raised the drinking age in Michigan to 21. Weinstock said he knew little of city affairs. He supported rent control in large number of students in the hill dorms, Bursley, East Quad, and Oxford Housing. It also includes several apartment complexes, including Island Drive Apartments, Traver Glen and city election '80 Ward primary student turnout will help her defeat run for council, said, "I guessI Greene. be afraid that she'd be involved Students interviewed this week in the be in politics, so to speak, a hill dorms, in apartments and houses in because she was concerned ab the Second Ward almost unanimously community." approved of the idea of a student OF THE nearly 40 students serving on City Council. "I DON'T see why not. Just because he or she is a student doesn't make he For profiles= of Green or she less qualified," said Greg Stephanopoulos,See Page 3. Canton, an LSA sophomore and resident of Alice Lloyd Hall. viewed, only four said they pla Canton knew of the election-like vote - three for Stephanopoul many other students, he remembered one for Republican candidate Bu both candidates' names once they were Engineering sophomore Mike mentioned-but he said, "I'm not pness said he would vol concerned about anything in the city," Stephanopoulos. Champness and he is not registered to vote here. registered last year before the d Kevin Klok, one of the few who said age vote, said I think I'd rathe he questioned whether a student should See COUNCILMEMBERS, Pa I would d just to nd not out the s inter and nned to Jos, and urton. Cham- te for s, who drinking r have a age 5 some form in the city, and he approved of the idea of a student serving on council, but said last week he had no plans to vote. The Second Ward is the by-product of re-districting done in 1972. It is pie- shaped and extends northeast from the central campus. The ward includes a Traver Knoll. BUT THE ward boundaries skirt around the residential areas east on Geddes Rd. Ninety-two per cent of the housing in the ward is rental housing. So the student vote on Monday means a lot to both candidates. Stephanopoulos is hoping that a high Carter silent on Iranian negotiations From AP and UPI Daily Photo by CYRtNA CHANG' MSA MEMBER Marc Breakstone tells the Regents he is disappointedl with the University's record for minority recruitment at the public comments session of yesterday's meeting. REGENTS TO DECIDE DORM RATES: Husing V ote xeted President Carter imposed a news blackout on the diplomatic efforts to free American hostages in Tehran yesterday and his chief spokesman discouraged people from "jumping to conclusions" about a quick breakthrough. White House press secretary Jody Powell avoided answering most of the steady flurry of questions he faced on the issue throughout the day, but cautioned against expecting an im- mediate end to the crisis. "IT WILL all come out" eventually, he told reporters, but added, "I'm afraid not tomorrow." Earlier yesterday, a key negotiator said an agreement had been reached to end the 103-day hostage standoff in Tehran. Ireland's former Foreign Minister Sean MacBride, who has been involved in efforts to free the ap- proximately 50 American hostages held since the U.S. Embassy was seized Nov. 4, said the hostages could be released within 48 hours with the opening of a U.N. inquiry into the shah's alleged crimes. MacBride said the U.N. inquiry would "investigate the extent to which the regime of the shah may have com- mitted offenses under international law." IRANIAN President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr said the hostages could be released only if the United States acknowledges and condemns crimes allegedly committed by the shah,, pledges not to interfere in Iranian af- fairs, and agrees not to block efforts to extradite the shah or have his money returned to Iran. Asked why a blackout was being im- posed, Powell said it was because "You're dealing with a rather tense and delicate situation." Within the past few days, both the United States and Iran have indicated a willingness to make concessions that appear likely to end the drama which began 15 weeks ago and altered the course of international diplomacy. BUT WHILE Carter appeared to be See WHITE, Page 6 By SARA ANSPACH The University Regents will decide this morning whether to approve the housing director's recommended rate in- creases of 11.2 per cent for single student housing in traditional residence halls. University Housing Director Robert Hughes presented his recommendations to the board at the first part of their mon- thly meeting yesterday. If his proposals are approved, the price of a single dormitory room will rise from the present rate of $2,215.52 per year to $2,462.95 per year, a double room from $1,868.21 to $2,077.05 and a triple from $1,648.02 to $1,831.89. THE SINGLE Student Rate Study Committee, composed of five students and two staff members, originally recommen- ded a 13.2 per cent rate increase to Hughes last month. Hughes told the Regents yesterday he was concerned about raising residence hall rates 13.2 per cent and had found that the rate committee recommendation could be trimmed. In accordance with the rate committee proposals, Hughes asked the Regents to approve discontinuation of weekend meal consolidation, installation of cable television in residence hall lounges and installation of energy saving showerheads. Discontinuing weekend meal consolidation will cost $18.00 per student. Hughes said that while he favored weekend con- solidation because of the money saved, "negative student feelings" prompted him to follow the rate committee's proposal to suggest discontinuing the program. "I HATE to see the consolidation go out the window," said Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline). Referring to a survey conducted by the rate committee, he noted that most studen- ts opposed to consolidation lived in the "guest" halls, while more students in "host" halls approved of consolidation. Roach suggested alternating guest and host dorms each weekend. He also suggested that each hall could serve meals in its* own cafeteria on holidays or football Saturdays when more students are in the dorms. In a telephone survey conducted by the rate committee, 56 per cent of the students favored discontinuation of weekend See REGENTS, Page 9 SovIets still fighting rebels outside Kabul heerleaders boycott Illinois game By STAN BRADBURY and MARK MIHANOVIC For the first time since the inception of the Michigan basketball cheerleading team in the mid '70's the male-female squad was absent from their courtside seats at Crisler Arena t ring the Wolverines' 78-76 victory ver Illinois last night. The cheerleaders boycotted the game in protest of a ruling handed down yesterday by Michigan Athletic Direc- tor Don Canham which prohibits them from performing at any of the remaining three away basketball games. THE CHEERLEADERS were disciplined for violation of a Big Ten rule that limits visiting teams to six members. The squad broke the ,rule when they took all 12 members to the regionally-televised game at North- western on Jan. 26. Canham took the action after receiving a formal letter of complaint from Northwestern University. "They violated a Big Ten rule, and we can't stand for that," Canham explained last night during the game. The cheerleaders voted to boycott the game minutes before the 8:05 tipoff. The length of the boycott has not been decided, according to one of the cheerleaders. THE GROUP was informed of Canham's action yesterday in a memorandum from the Athletic Direc- tor. The letter stated, in part: "It is incomprehensible to me that you young people would take advantage of (cheerleader team advisor) Pam Slade being ill to do this. You were fully aware of the rule as to numbers who can travel to an away contest, and I am extremely disappointed in your ac- tions." Slade was ill when the cheerleaders made the request to bring all 12 members of the squad to the Nor- thwestern game. According to two of the cheerleaders, however, the money had been requisitioned by the athletic depar- tment to send all twelve cheerleaders to Northwestern. t "IT WAS A misunderstanding," one cheerleader said. "I've been. on this squad for two years, and people who have been here longer told me that there has always been a lack of com- munication." "I think we're treated unfairly," a male member of the squad complained. "We're doing this (cheerleading) out of generosity." "It's a real bummer not to go on road trips when that's what we work for," the cheerleader continued. "Canham oversees the whole process, and he doesn't have enough time. He throws us away like waste paper." By The Associated Press Soviet troops backed by tanks and at least one fighter bomber fought an in- tense, hour-long battle 12 miles outside Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this week, against soldiers believed to be a rebellious unit of the Soviet-trained Afghan army, a dispatch from Kabul said yesterday. In London, diplomatic sources said Moscow had told key Asian, European, and African nations it would start pulling out some of the 90,000 troops it has in Afghanistan and begin talks with Pakistan as soon as the situation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border stabilized. PAKISTAN SAID talks would be welcome only after the Soviet troops had been removed from Afghanistan. In New Delhi, Indian officials said Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, however, had given them very little hope of an early troop pullout. Gromyko was in India for talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and to attend a banquet in honor of his Indian counterpart. There he warned Pakistan it must end "all intrusions into the territory of Afghanistan" if it wanted peace along the border. INDIAN spokesman J.N. Dixit said the two nations had different inter- pretations of the intervention but that Gromyko had "taken note" of the In- dian position "that there should be non- intervention in the internal affairs of sovereign countries and that frontiers should be inviolable." Shortly after Gromyko left f or 'Moscow, Dixit said the Soviet presence in Afghanistan should be viewed in per- spective of the U.S. Naval presence in the Indian Ocean. He said President Carter's decision to increase the Navy there with .1,800 Marines next month went against India's contention that the Indian Ocean should be a zone of peace. The delayed report from Kabul, said Western diplomats saw Soviets going into action against an army barracks in the village of Cargha, north of Kabul, and that witnesses saw a MiG-23 fighter' bomber drop a bomb they believed to be napalm. There were no official com- ments, and no word on the number of casualties. IT WAS widely assumed that the Soviet action was directed against a rebellious army unit. There have been See FIGHTING, Page 6 ................. . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................,,.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Have a heart On the eve of St. Valentine's Day an Oakland County judge ruled that love and marriage don't necessarily go together. Circuit Judge William Beer denied Joan Lavin's request for an annulment of her 14month marriage to Francis Lavin. Mrs. Lavin claimed her husband did not tell her he did not love her when they recited their vows in December 1978. When Lavin filed for divorce last April, she filed countersuit for annulment. Apparently, some months afa tha-. udinct Mcs T .tvnfmind nu~*t hat hii husnd_ Besides the usual cards, chocolates and flowers Huntites reported receiving joints, half-finished coloring books, kahlua and ice cream concoctions, giant balloons and even a huge pair of chocolate lips. One resident of Kelsey house gave a kiss - a giant Hershey's kiss - that was shared by all of the girls on the corridor. The suspense ended last night when the "curious cupids" got together to exchange final gifts and reveal their true identities. Let me count the ways manufacturing plant for obeying the laws of nature rather than strict new company rules governing visits to the toilet. "We are humans and refuse to go to the loo (toilet) on command," said Marie Peterson, a fired worker. Spokespersons for the company were not available -for comment. On the inside .. . < "a' j.:}' i? K.:ct:. ".v k%: .'hG':"St::}>::.: v$ti div.;. v<:s ::, I i