ABORTIONS See editorial page V' an IE~III INDECISIVE See Today for details Ninley lYears (of' EitIiorialI Freedoin Vol. XC, No. 1 20 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, February 24, 1980 Ten Cents Ten Pages plus Supplement 'Ubudget 11-13% tu panel asks ition . h- leto Al- By JULIE ENGEBRECHT A committee studying the Univer- sity's budget has proposed a tuition in- crease of 11 to 13 per cent for the 1980-81 academic year. However, the tentative range of the recommended increase is still being discussed by high-level administration officials, and planning for next year's tuition and faculty salary hikes are still in very preliminary stages," accor- ding to University Associate= Vice- President Lawrence Fincher. The University Budget Priorities Committee, composed of ad- ministration, faculty, and students, voted Friday to recommend that the Regents consider a tuition hike range of 11 to 13 per cent in anticipation of a state financial aid program deadline. ACCORDING TO Fincher, the University must have a preliminary tuition schedule to meet an April 1 state financial aid deadline. "It's all still being developed," Fin- cher said yesterday. "The figure is set at the minimum to yield maximum financial aid for students," he said, ex- plaingin that the committee was looking for a figure in a reasonable range that would also aid student finan- cial aid prospects. Student committee member Dave Laverty said the proposal to the Regen- ts was "not hard and fast" but that the proposed figure is probably close to what will eventually be-adopted. "THE EXECUTIVE officers will con- tinue to develop figures," Fincher said: "We're a March Regents meeting away." The Regents will meet next on March 20 and 21. Fincher said there have been many references made to inflation and the economy in discussions of the tuition rahge. A generally accepted inflation level is 13 per cent. Student member Ken Buckfire said the three students on the committee (Buckfire, Laverty, and a student from the Flint campus) voted against the tuition figures because they are based on an 8.5 per cent increase in both faculty salaries and non-salary budget. "There is no evidence to support an 8.5 per cent increase in faculty salaries because we don't know the extent to which faculty are discouraged from coming to the University because of low salaries," Buckfire said. HE SAID there is some evidence faculty do not come to the University because of inadequate facilities. Laverty said there are several key groups other than the University Budget Priorities Committee which will have input before a recommendation to the Regents is made final. He also said he believed the commit- tee did not have any real time to look at very many other options about the tuition level, since Friday was the committee's last meeting before the Regents meet again. "We were looking at what we had in front of us," Laverty said. "Tuition was never considered seriously until now." Although there are many variables which go into determining budget allocations, the four most important are the state appropriation level, the tuition hike range, and faculty salary aind non-salary increases. GOV. WILLIAM Mlilliken has recommended an increase in state fun- - ds to the University of 9.5 per cent for the coming academic year. The University had asked for a 12.9 per cent hike over last year's $146 million allocation, including in its request an 11 per cent increase in faculty salaries. Every one per cent increase in tuition (with stable enrollment) will produce approximately $720,000. Each one per cent hike in the direct salary budget See TUITION, Page 7 Daily Photo by JOHN HAGEN Sign of the times Demonstrators listen to anti-draft registration speakers at a rally and march sponsored by three local organizations yesterday. The 80 protestors marched from Community High School to the Federal Building on Liberty Street. See story, Page 10. i U.N. COMMISSION ARRIVES IN TEHRAN: .Hostages stay till April -Khomeini From AP and UPI Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said yesterday Iran would not even consider the release of the 50 American hostages until April and vowed Iran "will not take a single step backwards" in its demand for the shah's return. Crushing hopes that the hostages, en- ding their 16th week of captivity, could come home soon, the Islamic strongman said the price for the hostages' freedom will be set by Iran's yet-to-be-elected parliament. That body will be chosen in March and April. KHOMEINI'S announcement wad coupled with a call for Iranians to' testify on the "U.S.A.'s and the shah's crimes" before the five-man U.N. Inquiry commission on Iran. "As I have said repeatedly, we demand the return of both the shah and Othe nation's riches. The Moslem studen- ts who have occupied the den of espionage (the U.S. EMbassy) have dealt a crushing blow to the world- devouring U.S;A.," Khomeini said. Also yesterday, the five-man, U.N.- sponsored commission arrived in Tehran to begin its investigation of the deposed shah. Militants holding the U.S. Embassy have said they will free the hostages, who spent their 112th day in captivity yesterday, only if so ordered by 'Khomeini. But a spokesperson for the "Iranian task force" at the U.S. State Department said, "The commission is on its way. Let's wait and see." "TODAY'S STATEMENT has proved that Ayatollah Khomeini is a leader wpfb is not ready for bargaining or abandoning any of the rights of the people," the militants said in their statement. Tehran ktadio said the U.N. com- mission would meet today with Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh to discuss the way in which'it would operate. State Department spokesman Hod- ding Carter said yesterday the U.N. commission in Tehran is obligated to seek release of the American hostages being held by Islamic militants. The chief State Department spokesman suspended the ad- ministration's "no comment" policy on the hostage crisis, responding with har- sh words to Khomeini's statement that the hostages' fate will not be decided until Iran's new parliament meets in April. "THE IRANIANS are continuing to violate the basic principles of inter- national law and human rights by See KHOMEINI, Page 10 Bankruptcy was defense tactic to protect By SARA ANSPACH Local developer John Stegeman sai yesterday he filed a bankruptcy petition as a "defense tactic" to protec certain local properties titled in hi name. Detroit Mortgage Realty, a Detroi brokerage firm, was trying to reposses several of his buildings as part of th Campus Inn mortgage foreclosure Stegeman said. The Chapter 1 provision of the Bankruptcy Act protei ts such property by requiring tha creditors go through the bankruptc court. The University Regents recentl granted Stegeman the option to buy< piece of University property vital to th property-- developer development of a 32-story multipurpose pleted by November, 1969, when d building. Some of Stegeman's other agreement with Aetna exp y projects are local apartment com- Stegeman said. He said that at t plexes, including Tower plaza, time he expected Aetna wouldg s Maynard House, Albert Terrace, and him an extension as a routine matte Viscount Apartments. However, said Stegeman, in De it "IT'S NOT bankruptcy," said ber, 1969 the president of DetroitI s Stegeman. "There's no inability to pay tgage & Realty told hini Aetna w e debts." not give him an extension. , Rather, said Stegeman, his filing un- "HE LIED TO me," Stegeman 1 der Chapter 11 was "part of a much He said he has since discovered c- larger battle." Stegeman is currently Aetna had actually extended thec it the plaintiff in an anti-trust suit against mitment until 1971. :y Detroit Mortgage & Realty and Aetna Believing that he no longer h Life Insurance Co. method of financing the pro y Stegeman claims that Detroit Mor- Stegeman said, he then attempte a tgage & Realty and Aetna Life Insuran- find other financial sources. But e ce conspired against him to gain control cording to Stegeman, Detroit Mort of Campus Inn and other properties a & Realty interfered with his atte decade ago. to secure financing by refusini In 1971, the foreclosure proceedings recommend him to lenders. began, Stegeman said. He eventually Stegeman is charging that this' lost not only Campus Inn but other spiracy to boycott" kept him from property worth millions of dollars as ding another financer for the inn. well. "No one really knows how exten n the ired, that grant er. cem- Mor- would said. that com- ad a ject, ed to , ac- gage rmpts g to "con- . fin- msive AP Photo HELPING TO PUT the Hoosiers on top, Indiana's Mike Woodson (42) jumps above Wolverine Paul Heuerman (15). Woodson contributed 24 points towards the Hoosiers' 65-61 victory over Michigan's cagers. Blue drops 65-61 decision to In'diana Afghan soldiers continue fight against Soviet troops From AP and UPI Shooting and sporadic artillery fire 1 rocked Kabul yesterday for the second day and there were reports that some 4,000 Afghan soldiers in the capital rebelled and battled Soviet troops in an uprising that claimed hundreds of casualties. Travelers from Kabul and other sources said the mutiny occurred Friday when about half of the 8,000 Afghan government troops stationed in, Kabul refused orders from their Soviet commanders to turn their guns on thousands of Moslem demonstrators who took to the streets in the first mass uprising against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. WIDESPREAD FIGHTING in the streets claimed hundreds of casualties and forced the Moscow-controlled regime of Babrak Karmal to impose martial law for the first time since the Soviet invasion last December. "We have reports of an estimated 500 civilian casualties, including approximately 150 dead," a U.S. See AFGHAN, Page 10 ACCORDING TO Stegeman, Aetna Life Insurance, working through Detroit Mortgage & Realty, gave him a written promise in 1968 that upon com- pletion of the Campus Inn project, the insurance company would be a 25 per cent shareholder in the hotel. On the security of that promise, Stegeman said, he took out construction loans to finish the inn project. As part of this process, Stegeman pledged other buildings as security for the construc- tion advances. The Campus Inn was not quite com- these abuses are," said Stegeman. He' said he has hired private detectives who have uncovered "strange prac- tices" and illegal transactions between Aetna Real Estate and Detroit Mor- tgage & Realty. Stegeman said he thinks his law suit will have a "reforming effect on the way mortgage business is conducted in this country." An attorney for Detroit Mortgage & ]Realty and Aetna Life Insurance, Eugene Driker, could not be reached for comment yesterday. By STAN BRADBURY Michigan tried, but it couldn't over- come a disastrous start in the first half as the Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Wolverines 65-61 before a sellout crowd of 13,609 at Crisler Arena yesterday. The win for Indiana puts it in the driver's seat in the Big Ten champion- ship race as it currently is tied with Ohio State for first place with an 11-5 conference record. The Hoosiers host Wisconsin and the Buckeyes in their final two games. THE LOSS doesn't make the post- season picture any clearer for Michigan as it fell to 8-8 ,in the con- ference and 15-10 overall. According to assistant coach Bill Frieder, a win over Indiana would have assured a spot in the National Invitational Tournament. Now it will probably take a road win over Iowa or Minnesota to earn such a bid. The Hoosiers got out of the starting blocks fast as they leaped ahead 8-0. Mike McGee scored with 15:20 to go in the first half on a layup. Indiana continued to widen the margin until they led 34-17 with less than five minutes remaining in the half. But the Wolverines were not about to roll over and play dead. MICHIGAN SCORED ten straight points, led by the play of sophomore forward Thad Garner. The streak star- ted as Garner stole a Hoosier pass and went the length of the court for. the dunk. That one play turned the momen- tum of the game around as Michigan charged back to trail by only 34-27 with 18 seconds left before intermission. See WOODSON, Page 9 Fun in Florida In anticipation of the annual spring break exodus of Michiganians to the beaches of sunny Florida, the Daytona Beach Police Departmentsent us a list of do's and don'ts for tourists. The city .of Daytona Beach invites local migrators to "have a good time" in their city, any time-as long as you behave. The speed limit on the Atlantic Ocean Beach is 10 mph at all times, and motorists are asked not to drive in the water or on soft sand areas. For safety's sake, the police also warn sunbathers not to recline or sit in the (a coalition of self-proclaimed radical faculty and students) | were calling for a one-day moratorium on classes to debate University ties with the military. The Assembly and Radical College were also calling for a suspension of on- campus recruiting by corportions considered "imperialist" or "racist." The international situation was pretty hot also, as U.S. B-52s bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos for the seventh straight day. Members of Congress were protesting the bombing, in fear of another Vietnam. On the sports scene, Denny McLain, the Detroit Tiger star pitcher, was 1 . _.. __ ren _- -t -t+- 1 *" ._ _- -nA ,__Fnm hnoo nl hi long distance calls made by customers in parts of Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Iowa. The company can't bill the customers because they don't know who called where. A clerk accidentally erased computer tapes that show the billings for November 9 to 13. None of the customers asked about the missing phone bills which would have totaled $535,677, about one per cent of the company's monthly long-distance revenue. Maybe Ma Bell does have a soft spot in her heart. If only you could be so lucky. 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