WARMER See Today for details E Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom l latig Vol. XC, No. 126 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, March 12, 1980 Ten Cents Eight Pages Carter and Reagan win big in South From AP and UPI President Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan marched through Georgia, Florida, and Alabama last night, burying their White House rivals in a three-state set of Southern presidentidal primary elections. Carter won his home Georgia Democratic primary by a towering margin, polling a dozen votes and more for every ballot cast for Sen. Edward Kennedy. His Alabama margin was almsot' as lopsided, and in Florida he was reaping two-thirds of the vote while Kennedy captued only 16 per cent. CONSERVATIVE REAGAN was the runaway victor over former United Nations Ambassador George Bush in all three states. Florida was the closest thing to a contest; there it was Reagan 56 per cent, Bush 31. Kennedy didn't even campaign and the outcomes were no surprise. But the margins were. Carter's Georgia victory eclipsed Kennedy's home-state triumph in Massachusetts one week ago. The Democratic challenger gained 65 per cent of the vote there. The Southern victories put Carter back in command in the race for Democratic nominating delegates. He was gaining 184, to run his national total to 271. Kennedy led for 22 in yesterday's primaries which would put his overall delegate strength at 137. IT WILL TAKE 1,666 to select a Democratic presidential nominee. In Republican competition, Reagan was gaining 105 delegates yesterday, Bush only nine. That would give the former California governor 167 of the 998 he needs to win the nomination. The Bush total stood at 45. The Southern GOP ballots were dotted with the names of campaign dropouts: Connally, Baker, Dole. Rep. John Anderson, the liberal from Illinois, skipped the South, saying he would try for support there after proving his credentials in more friendly territory. He was gaining only seven per cent of the vote in Florida and Georgia, and wasn't on the ballot in Alabama. KENNEDY ALL but bypassed the South, too, conceding the three contests to Carter in advance, and staging only a low-key effort to win black and Jewish votes in Florida. California Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. See CARTER, Page 2 'U' football players reportedly suspended for drug involvement Daily Photo by MAUREEN O'MALLEY The 18th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival opened last night and will run through this Sunday. Pictured here is the display case at the festival's new location-the venerable Michigan Theater on Liberty. If this display catches your aesthetic fancy it's a sure bet you will like the films, and at two bucks a show it's a bargain. MUST PERFORM 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SER VICE Fraternity cat kiers sentenced By NICK KATSARELAS J ~ . _- Five former members of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, who pleaded no contest to charges of mutilating, burning, and killing a cat, were each ordered yesterday to perfornm 200 hours of community service. The five students were also given one-year deferred sentences and or- dered to pay $360 court costs in the case that received nation-wide at- tention. In a courtroom crowded with members of the Humane Society and the Fund for Animals, Fifteenth District Court Judge S. J. Elden publicly reprimanded the five men for about 15 minutes before leveling sentencing them. "THIS WAS a totally unacceptable act by young, well-educated men,'~' Elden said. He calledutheir actions "cold and calculated," "unex- cusable and unexplainable," and said their act was "unconscionable and heinous." The defendants, Douglas Hamlin, David Froikin, Brian Dunstan, Michael Anderson., and Jeffrey Abrahamson, sat motionless when the sentence was announced. The five were expelled from the frater- nity house, and Abrahamson recen- tly transferred to a Wisconsin college.. They pleaded no contest to the charge of cruelty to animals on Jan. UNDER T HE city's animal cruelty ordinance, the penalty for first-time offenders is usually a $100 fine and 72 hours of community ser- vice. The convictions will be erased from the mens' records if they con- 'This wals (1total I unacceptalble actby x"011119 wfel-edu1catedI men' . . . l' ichnoneC t(IhfptrS ith ('ornltlhunitY calijes, one '? iiist be prepa"redl ft r tence) recommendations from every corner of the United States." Elden added that the recommended penalties "have gone from capital punishment to public whipping." Elden added that he was bothered because "once the act was discovered, it was covered up." HE SCOLDED each of the defen- dants for their behavior, but singled out Hamlin, the fraternity president at the time of the killing. "You had the ability to prevent this from ever happening," he said. Elden 'also commented that An- derson was called by someone who threatened to "shoot his legs." By ALAN FANGER and GARY LEVY Five Michigan football players have been suspended from the team by head coach Bo Schembechler for in- volvement with narcotics, players and officials close to the team said yester- day. According to several players, who asked that their names be withheld, Schembechler took'the disciplinary ac- tion either before or, during a meeting yesterdayof team members who have one remaining year of playing eligibility. Several of those same sour- ces added the suspensions were likely to be permanent. The players who commented were not at the meeting, however. THE DAILY is withholding the names of the suspended players pen- ding confirmation by members of the coaching staff. As of late last night, no coach was either willing or available to comment on the suspensions. Included among the athletes reported suspended are several prominent players. Schembecler and several assistant coaches were unavailable for comment, but Assistant Coach Jerry Hanlon refused to comment on the matter when contacted at his home early last night. Athletic Director Don Canham said he knew nothing about the suspensions, and added, "It's up to the coach to determine the penalty when a rule is violated.". BOTH THE ANN Arbor Police and the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department said they had no official record of a drug-related incident, but sourcesindicated law enforcement officials were aware of the players' involvement with narcotics. Several junior team members, when contacted about the meeting with Schembechler, said the Wolverine coach annually meets with his junior players prior to the start of spring practice. They refused to say whether the suspensions were discussed at the meeting. One of the prominent players named in the incident said without elaborating that he would not be returning to the team next year. A close friend of another player said he had been suspended. ommunlity ctioft like this." -jlti(g() S...Eldenf Winners in dorm lottery breathe easily for '80-'81 X ":: :: ::,*:::: X X xx 17. According to police, the incident occurred Dec. 6, when the five cap- tured their fraternity house cat because it failed to use its litter box. They cut off its paws, hung it from a tree, and then set the animal on fire. The screams from the tortured animal were heard by a passerby, who notified police. tact their probation officer every month, pay the fines, and complete their commurity service - which Elden said "must concern the areas of working with animal and animal husbandry." "Never before in this court has there been such a public response," said Elden. "We've received (sen- "WHEN ONE tampers munity values, one prepared for community this," said Elden. with com- must be action like Before the sentencing, Hamlin said, "We did everything we thought we could do to resolve this thing." "We think that now it's gone a lit- tle too far," he added. See 5, Page 2 4 u 9 economists revise prediction ' By KEVIN TOTTIS A team of University economists revised a forecast of a "mild recession" for 1980 with a prediction of slow economic growth through the middle of next year. University President and Economics Prof. Harold Shapiro, Economics department Chairman Saul Hymans, conomics Prof. E. Phillip Howrey, and researcher Joan Crary predicted a "protracted period of very slow - but on balance positive - growth through about mid-1981," in a periodic update of the forecast released yesterday. IN NOVEMBER 1979, economists predicted the U.S. economy would register two or three quarters of Slow economic growth forecasted for 80-'81 declining real GNP (gross national product). According to Howrey, three obser- vations prompted the research team to alter the initial prediction: " A somewhat stronger pattern of consumer.purchases; " Increases in purchasing power due to substantial income tax refunds that resulted from excess withholding con- nected to the 1979 tax rate revisions; " Several government efforts to of- fset the decline in home building ac- tivity. THESE POSITIVE effects should not be overemphasized, Howrey was quick to point out, because the economy is still expected to be close to a recession condition. "We essentially are talking about a flat economy for the next two years," Howrey said. Unemployment is expec- ted to rise to about seven per cent by the beginning of 1981 and seven and one half per cent by the middle of that year, he added. The expected slump in the economy is due to several factors, Howrey said. These factors include: * Low homebuilding activity - although not as low as originally predicted - due to "tight money policies;" i " The weakening of business fixed investments; and " A decline in consumer purchases of durable goods. By MAURA CARRY Students who want to live in Univer- sity residence halls next year held their breaths yesterday as names were drawn in the annual lottery for the limited number of spaces in each dor- mitory. After the lottery yesterday afternoon, rooms were still available for a limited number of returning students in Markley, Alice Lloyd and Mosher- Jordan halls. Not enough spaces were available for current residents who ap- plied in South Quad, West Quad, Couzens, and Bursley. ABOUT HALF of the spaces in the University's 13 residence halls are reserved for the 4,300 incoming fresh- persons. Students who applied but did not win the lottery in their current dorm may apply for a lease in one of the dorms with extra spaces. "In the last few years, we've been able to move everyone back to the hall of their choice, if they follow the proper procedure," Associate Director of Housing John Finn said. Last night, residents whose names were drawn in the afternoon lottery could automatically sign a lease for the room they presently occupy. Tonight students can sign leases for a different room in their particular dormitory. On Thursday, students may sign leases in another residence hall, if spaces are available. On Friday, lottery Isoers may sign a room lease in any dorm that still has spaces available. If no leases are currently available in the dorm of their choice, applicants may sign a waiting list March 19. When a lease is can- celled, students on the waiting list are transferred into that hall. In the non-traditional halls, including Fletcher, Oxford, Baits, and Cam- bridge House of West Quad, no lotteries are held. Any student who wishes to return to one of these halls is guaran- teed a place, but must follow the same procedure for changing rooms as residents of other halls. Places are not pre-designated to incoming freshper- sons in the non-traditional halls. Markley Building Director Kevin Doria said everyone who reapplied to live in Markley next year will have a space there. "We even have a few spaces left over," he said, estimating that five male and 20 female spaces are still available. TWO MALE and fifteen female spaces are open in Alice Lloyd for returning students. While eight spaces remain for females in Mosher-Jordan, there presently is no room for 30 of the men See DORM, Page 2 I I, campaign has gathered over 125,000 signatures on petitions. At this stage, Dixon said the group's primary goal is to educate the public because "The people have to want it, not just a couple of legislators." The literature distributed by the Fund for Animals group states that mistreatment of this mammal is a dramatic example of human prejudice. "Too many untruths have been said and written about blacks, Indians, women and others." Michigan's Isle Royale National Park is one of the few places in the continental 48 states still inhabited by wolves. Most wolves live in Alaska, where they are being hunted and driven out, according to only after he cut the monster with his knife. A Chinese newspaper has reported other eyewitness accounts of the creature, believed to be China's version of northern California's bigfoot monster and the abominable snowman of the Himalayas. The legendary beast has been seen in China's Hubei Province, and has been described by eyewitnesses as looking like a chimpanzee with human-like eyes.'Two scientific teams have been sent from Peking to Hubei to investigage centuries-old reports that that the creatures dwell in the hill country. The newspaper has also revealed that the provincial government is offering a ..,t>,.ri nr t o nncnr, -nhr m ThP ropnt plans April 12 to devous 51 raw eggs in 60 minutes,'which would set a new mark in the Guinness Book of World Records. Marsh is no stranger to the world of egg-eating, having taken his first crack at the contest last year. But he fell six eggs short of beating San Diego egg-eater Ron Wood's 50-egg record. This year, however, Marsh expects to set a new record by eating smaller eggs. "That'll definitely make a tremendous difference," he said. "Smaller eggs have got to take up less room." Because of his new strategy Marsh expects to pass the 50 egg mark by a wide margin. "I might hit 70," he said. "I'm psyched." Rocky may finally have met his match. 1- 000" 0k y F .- . 1 i