0 4 LSA-SG see editorial page NInet y Years of Editorial Freedom IEIUIIQ CLODHOPPERS See Today for details IVol. XC, No. 88 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 18, 1980 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages a White House may push Por rival Olympics WASHINGTON (AP) - The Carter administration is considering trying to set up rival Olympic Games in some city other than Moscow and hopefully in a Third World country, White House *rces said yesterday. The sources, who asked not to be identified, said it's not clear "who would show up" at a rival site not son- ctioned by the International Olympic Committee. BUT THEY said the proposal is among several options being studied by White House and State Department of- ficials who are considering ways to jnish the Soviets for their military in- vention in Afghanistan. One official acknowledged that U.S. withdrawal from the Moscow game's or a move to establish an opposing inter- national competition could jeopardize the 1984 Games, scheduled to be held in Los Angeles. It has not been decided, another sour- ce said, whether the United States would want a rival Olympics to be held at the same time as those in Moscow or at another date to permit athletes to *rtcipate in both. OFFICIALS SAID the White House has received considerable support from within the United States for a boycott of the Moscow summer Olympics, but State Department officials have said most U.S. allies have been cool toward participating in such a move. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared her overnment's support yesterday for oving the Olympic Games from Moscow in retaliation for the Soviet in- tervention in Afghanistan. A boycott has found sympathy, but little official favor, among other NATO allies. An administration official, asking that he not be identified, said Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher,. who returned Wednesday from con-. sultations with European Allies; found See CARTER, Page 6 Five plead 'no contest' in Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM AMERICAN CIVIL Liberties Union attorney Robert Sedler, Economics Prof. Daniel Fusfeld and Near Eastern Studies Prof. K. Allin Luther discussed the current situation in Iran at a forum held at the Michigan Union last night. HARASSMENT OF IRANIAN STUDENTS DENOUNCED: rande iforum BY TIMOTHY YAGLE Five former Alpha Delta Phi frater- nity members pleaded no contest yesterday to animal cruelty charges in connection with the killing and burning of their house cat last Dec. 6. Douglas Hamlin, David Froikin, Brian Dunstan, Michael Anderson, and Jeffery Abrahamson each face fines of up to $100 each or a deferred sentencing program involving 72 hours of com- munity service, according to 15th District Court Judge S. J. Elden, who presided over the hearing. The five fraternity members are now free on $500 personal bonds, Elden said. THE FIVE LSA students, all juniors except Anderson, who is a sophomore, were charged with the misdemeanor "cruelty to animals" under 'the provisions of a city ordinance. City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw said last night the five students agreed to plead no contest after the city decided to' charge them under the city ordinance rather than a state statute which defines the crime as a felony, and in- volves a harsher penalty. Police, who had conducted a lengthy investigation of the incident, were hampered by a lack of witnesses and evidence, according to Ann Arbor Police Capt. Ken.neth Klinge who headed the probe. The incident occurred last Dec. 6 when five members of the fraternity allegedly captured their house cat, cut off its paws, strung it .from a tree, and then set the animal on fire. According to one house member, the five students. may have treated the cat in such a manner because it had been defecating all over the house instead of in its litter box. The bizarre case triggered a public uproar, and local authorities were swamped with phone calls and BY JOYCE FRIEDAN ' Humanitarianism and attempts to- empathize with fellow human beings are necessary elements in the solution to the recent crises in Iran, Economic Prof. Daniel Fusfeld concluded in a forum yesterday. More than 20 people attended a program on Iran last night at the Michigan Union Assembly Hall and heard Fusfeld, Near Eastern Studies Prof. K. Allin Luther, and Robert Sedler, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) give similar views on Iran and American in- volvement. LUTHER BEGAN the forum, which was sponsored by a group of concerned students and faculty, by explaining the reasons for the immigration of Iranian students to the U.S. Iran, with a population of 35 million, "has made great progress in developing higher education," Luther said. However, Luther added that Iran's 40 colleges are not nearly big enough to educate the 80,000 Iranian students. "Many Iranian students who wanted to get an education in the 'hard' sciences were encouraged to train abroad. They came to the United States because of this country's good reputation in technical schooling," Luther said. Sedler discussed the role of the American government in the 'legal harassment' of the Iranian students. "The American Constitution is replete with limitations on the power of the government. We rely on the courts to 'police' these laws and ensure they are enforced." BUT, ACCORDING to Sedler, often people's feelings get in the way of the dispensing of justice. "Our country is full of situations where in times of 'emergency' the judges and the courts are caught up in their own emotions," he added, citing the detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II as an example. Prof. Fusfeld highlighted the effects of the incident on the feelings of the general public. "One effect of the con- frontation has been a mobilization of public opinion on both the United States and Iranian sides against the other side. Government actions create hostility toward ordinary Americans by ordinary Iranians," Pusfeld said. "And yet, these two groups have many things See SPEAKERS, Page 7 telegrams demanding prosecution. The' local Humane Society chapter offered a $750 reward for information on the case. "The community was just outraged," said Humane Society Director Diane Allevato late yesterday afternoon. LAST MONTH; Alpha Delta Phi spokesmen said five members had been expelled for their part in the cat in- cident, but refused at that time to iden- tify the members. Last night, however, an Alpha Delta Phi spokesman confirmed that Hamlin - who was president of the fraternity when the incident occurred - Froikin, Dunstan, Anderson, and Abrahamson were the members expelled. He declined further comment. The five students were present at the hearingyesterday afternoon, but none of the five could be reached for com-, ment last night. E. DAVID LADD, special counsel for the Humane Society, said, public opinion played a role in the case. "They (the fraternity members) didn't come forward of their free will," he said yesterday. Ladd also said the University and the Regents might have exerted more pressure on the fraternity to release the names of the suspects. Ladd said. University Vice President for Student. Services Henry Johnson "was in con- stant touch with (City Attorney) Laidlaw" about the case and, wanted, the matter settled before yesterday's Regents meeting. See FIVE, Page 7 Student plan labor conference BY JULIE SELBST More than 1,000 nationally renowned labor organizers, local union members, and faculty members are expected to convene this weekend for a labor con- ference at the Michigan Theatre and Angell Hall. The program is sponsored by SEED, Students for Employment and Economic Democracy, and the group hopes the conference will integrate the labor community with the University. THE PROJECT began last April when the three organizers of the 12- member group, which was founded solely for the purpose of planning the conference, tooka. course on political economy. Co-founder Marvin Shapiro explained the organizers "had basically two goals. One was to get students working together with the labor unions. The second was that we wanted a progressive construction for the various elements to join together and make certain compromises in their goals," he said. Co-founder Robert Leighton added, "It came partly as a reaction to the growing anti-union campaign, and the growing far right, in terms of numbers, in terms of organization, in terms of monies. There's a lot of anti-union ac- tivity going on." THE ENTIRE program includes a total of 18 workshops which follow panel See LABOR, Page 7 In Afghanistan: Chemical war? WASHINGTON (AP) - The Soviet army has brought decontaminating equipment into Afghanistan, raising the possibility that the Russians may be prepared to use chemical weapons against rebel tribesmen, U.S. Intelligence Eources said yesterday. American specialists have no way of knowing what this means. The sources said, however, it suggests that chemical warfare may be used against rebels and to clean up affected areas so they can be occupied by Soviet military forces or Afghan government troops. WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jody Powell, asked about the report, said he was "not in a position to comment on that at this time." Last fall, U.S. intelligence officials, who requested anonymity, expressed strong suspicion that the Soviet Union provided chemical weapons reportedly used in Southeast Asia against Laotian tribesmen resisting communist Pathet ao and Vietnamese forces. And in testimony on Capitol Hill last month, a Laotian refugee said his people were subjected to chemical warfare attacks in which villagers suffered "heavy bleeding from the nose, they could not stop their bodies from shaking, and died in several hours." TOU YI VANG, a member of the Hmong mountain tribe that supported the U.S. effort in the Vietnam war, told the House Asian Affairs subcommittee that eight villagers died in one attack in 1977. Some U.S. military specialists say the Russians may Wave brought the chemical decontaminating equipment into Afghanistan because this equipment is normally assigned to many Soviet army units. Intelligence reports said a chemical decontamination truck called a TMS-65 was seen with a Soviet army unit in Kabul, the capital. The reports said various other Russian army support vehicles in Kabul were outfitted with chemical protective gear. GEN. DAVID JONES, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of See SOVIETS, Page 9 U.S. press ousted KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Soviet-backed gover- nment -yesterday ordered American journalists out of Afghanistan, accusing them of biased reporting and "inter- ference in the country's internal affairs." The expulsion order, relayed through the U.S. Embassy here, goes into effect today. It came three days after Iran or- dered American journalists from that country. The Iranian order also is effective today. IN MOSCOW, the Soviet news agency Tass quoted an Afghan Revolutionary Council decree as saying "phoney"# American correspondents were "practicing in fabrications and insinuations, one being more absurd than another. Their aim is to step up tension in our country, disrupt the normal life of the Afghans." "We cannot but qualify the activities of the above- mentioned journalists as flagrant interference in the affairs of the sovereign state of Afghanistan. That is why the Revolutionary Council has taken a decision to expel the American journalists from Afghanistan," Tass quoted the decree as saying. Almost all of the 50 or 60 American journalists now in Kabul, the Afghan capital, arrived in the past three weeks - after the Soviet Union sent up to 100,000 troops into Afghanistan to try to put down a rebellion by Moslem Afghan guerrillas. AFGHAN ARMY officers went to the Intercontinental Hotel on Wednesday night and demanded that the American correspondents return their passports. The Americans refused, and summoned U.S. Embassy officials who then met with the officers at the hotel and said afterward there had been "a misunderstanding" that would be cleared up yester- day. A scuffle began when one of the officers tried to shield his face from television cameras. An overzealous young Afghan tried to help by tossing a blanket over the officer, who had to punch his way free and had his cap knocked off. The Moselms have declared holy war against the suc- See AFGHAN, Page 9 AP Photo AN AFGHAN POLICE officer tries to stop an American tclevision camera crew from filming him yesterday inside the Kabul Intercontinental hotel. American journalists have been restricted to the hotel until they are expelled from the country today. Goldpricebra $800 as buying rem~ainshev NEW YORK (AP) - Gold prices zoomed past $800 an ounce for the first time ever yesterday as buyers surged to the precious metal. The new mark came just two days after the metal first passed $700. The $800 price was hit at New York's Commodity Exchange in trading for gold to be delivered this month. It rose to $803 early in the afternoon before slipping back to $801. THE SURGE came after prices had fallen in early trading as many traders took profits. The New York price drop- ped as low as $715, down from $744 Wednesday. London dealers said the factors that had pushed up the price - tension bet- ween the Soviet Union and the West over Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, continuing turmoil in Iran and other parts of the oil-rich Middle East and distrust of the dollar - helped fuel the latest advance. 'I I I _ _ f I several tests and then were given the opportunity to change answers, using secret pressure-sensitive paper to detect those who cheated. The subjects who valued skill cheated + i more on a test of skill, while people who value chance situations cheated more on a test of chance. It won't kill you to read this ne'JIt seems as if the American public is always dying to know what food or product most recently has been found to cause cancer. No, we don't have another one for you. As a Just S.F., please Of all the minority groups around, you'd think the circle of science fiction aficionados scattered throughout the world would care the least about what image contemporary mortals hold of them. But it turns out that lovers of utopian societies and laser wars have united in demanding that their ranks be referred to as S.F. devotees, SF readers, s.f. followers, or even sf fans - anything but "Sci-Fi" nuts. Ac- cording to organizers of the local "ConFusion 6 and/or 7" convention, the term "Sci-Fi" is equivalent in science fic- tion circles to an "ethnic slur, something to be reserved for coh rin mntij hnnrr c 'The 9 n(=A nPond Mirnb efrom junkyard is kind of difficult, but they did it," said site owner Andrew Manickas. "They picked it clean. I never saw a cleaner place." Mackinas added that although the thieves may have been attracted by the few old cars and trucks left in the debris, most of the trash had little value. Will scrap iron ever reach $735 an ounce? 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