A eechigan's Ufer dies By GREG DEGULIS Veteran Michigan football broad- caster Bob Ufer lost his bout with can- cer yesterday morning. Ufer died at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital at 11:30 a.m. yesterday, three days after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain. He was 61. The broadcaster's death concludes an unparalleled support of the rich Michigan tradition, including 37 consecutive years of broadcasting 'Meechigan' football. Ufer's 362-game streak of announcing Wolverine football was finally broken this fall after ill health forced the broadcaster to cease his play-by-play coverage. For the first four games this fall, Ufer could only participate in the opening and closing segments for WJR's Michigan football coverage. After receiving his doctor's approval,, Ufer returned to do the play-by-play for the intrastate clash between Michigan and Michigan State in East Lansing on October 10. "I'll keep doing it (play-by-play) as long as my body holds together," Ufer said before the MSU contest. "The doc- tors said if I'm still anxious to do Michigan football, then go ahead and do it." THE ENTHUSIASTIC Ufer went ahead and broadcast the play-by-play for the game in East Lansing, and even received some well-deserved recognition in Ann Arbor's rival town. "Even the people at Michigan State respected him," Michigan coach Bo Schembechler said yesterday. '"The tribute they- gave him up there in East Lansing when he returned to the booth really pleased him." Ufer continued play-by-play duties for the Michigan-Iowa game in Ann Ar- bor on-October 17. A halftime tribute to the broadcaster was part of the festivities for that contest, the last game Ufer would announce. The tribute included a revision of the M Club banner, which read "Bob Ufer M, Club Supports You" and a halftime op- portunity for the broadcaster to ad- dress the crowd. "God bless everyone of your cotton pickin' maize and blue hearts", boomed Ufer from the press box amidst the cheers of the crowd. He then asked the fans "What University has the finest football tradition in the country?" An enthusiastic "Michigan" followed, creating an emotional rapport between Wolverine supporters and the voice of Michigan football, Ufer had planned to broadcast Satur- day's Northwestern football game in Ann Arbor, but was admitted to the hospital for tests on Tuesday of last week. On Thursday, the broadcaster underwent surgery for an intracranial blood clot, a complication of the colon cancer from which he had suffered for three years. Ufer's pro-Michigan rhetoric was missed at the Homecoming activities this weekend, and at Friday's pep rally coach Schembechler asked the crowd to keep Ufer in-their prayers. Ufer's illustrious career at Michigan was not limited to broadcasting foot- ball. A 1943 graduate of the University, See MEECHIGAN'S, Page 10 rnoto courtesy or me C A - 'MR. MEECHIGAN' Bob Ufer shows the audience at a 1977 pep rally where his Wolverines rank in his heart. The Michigan football broadcaster died yesterday. I ..t I Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom j 'Al ian ti W ARMER " Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid 60s. Vol. XCIL No. 41 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, October 27, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages I I Former u student Chen report says By JOHN ADAM The mysterious death of, former University student Chen Wen-Chen was a murder, not an accident or a suicide as claimed by the Taiwanese government, ac- cording to a recent Carnegie-Mellon University report. Chen, a former assistant professor of statistics at Carnegie-Mellon, was found dead inTaiwan in early July after intensive interrogation by Taiwan's national ecurity police. THE REPORT details the observations made by two Carnegie-Mellon faculty members during their trip to Taiwan to investigate Chen's death. According to the report, compiled by Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist, and Carnegie-Mellon Statistics Chairperson Morris DeGroot, Chen was either drugged .or hit in the back of the head, and then carried to the fifth floor fire escape of the research library of National Taiwan University where he was dropped to his eventual death. * GEN. CHING-HSU-WANG, the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Garrison General Headquarters, told DeGroot that his officers interrogated Chen for ap- proximately five hours on the day before his death. During the interrogation, the report states, Chen told the offici ls that he had helped raise money for the liberal Formosa Magazine. Chen said that during his visit to Taiwan he had spoken to various people about establishing democratic reforms in his native country, the officers sdid. Taiwanese Military officials contend that Chen left the headquarters "in a pleasant mood," the report states. DeGROOT SAID it is not known who is responsible or Chen's.death, but he recommended that the gover- nment in Taiwan take the following actions: * Make all the records of the case public and establish an independent commission to continue the investigation; See REPORT, Page 7 Polish troops deployed; new strikes erupt WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Thousands of soldiers fanned out over Poland yesterday to supervise preparations for winter and "maintain law and order" as the nation's strike wave surged toward a new crest. "The situation in the country is beginning to slip out of control," the popular Warsaw daily Zycie Warszawy said in a grim, front- page commentary. WITH STRIKES and demon- strations affecting some two- -thirds of Poland's 49 provinces, the mounting protests appeared to be the most serious since the worker upheaval that spawned the independent labor federation Solidarity in August 1980. Leaders of the Communist, Democratic and Peasant parties issued a joint statement saying a one-hour strike planned for tomorrow by Solidarity posed a threat to Poland's "political, economic and defense" foun- dations. "Therefore this must be met with counteraction correspon- ding to the degree of the threat," the statement said. COMMUNIST authorities earlier had sounded warnings of martial law if the labor unrest coitinued. The statement by the com- munist-controlled government parties said, "There is no ground or means to proclaim a one-hour strike on Wednesday and to put forward threats for other great strikes." But it tempered the warning of "counteraction" by saying the country's problems could "only be solved through a rational dialogue and the strengthening of the democratic socialist state." Solidarity also issued a statement saying it would cancel the Wednesday strike if authorities agreed to its demand to create a joint Solidarity- government council to manage the economy and halted the harassment of unionists. Solidarity leaders have said the scheduled nationwide protest could help defuse local anger over food shortages and other issues. THERE WAS some apparent progress in talks aimed at ending long-standing disputes in Zyrar- dow, just west of Warsaw, and in southwestern Zielona Gora, where thousands of workers remained off the job, but no end was in sight to most of the wild- cat walkouts. An army spokesman said most of the three-to-four-man squads of officers and seasoned enlisted men send to the villages and towns were in place yesterday, but it was too early to tell what tasks they faced. Government sources said about 830 squads would cover . about 2,000 villages and small towns beset by shortages of food and fuel as the predictably harsh win- ter approaches. - GEN. TADEUSZ Hupalowski, minister of administration and environment, said the soldiers would "impartially" help with health serviceshousing, transport and the flow of food and fuel sup- plies. The troops also will help "maintain law and order and counteract local conflicts," he said. Street clashes were repor- ted last week during work actions in larger cities. , But the .troops' assignment seems to- be bolstering strong central authority of the new party chief, Gen Wojciech Jaruzelski. He also is premier and defense minister. "NOW SOLDIERS are everywhere," said a commen- tator in the army daily Zolnierz Wolnosci. "In the mines, in the fields, in power plants, baking the bread, collecting timber for win- ter, and talking to people in fac- tories." Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK A campus squirrel comes down from her nest to beg a piece of food from a syhpathetic student. For more on Ann Arbor's favorite mammal, see Page 3. r _. __ ... ........... .........._. .....: .::::: ::::. ::.::" :::::.. -: :.:, :,::::.. ::::, . ::::.::::: :". ... ..e.. r.,x,...,a_ ..< ,..:..... ::a:": ":: n. ..nu._. w. ,u:,!.:...,.x ..::. ".4.. ...1,...xd+u .4w ..:,:f.... :....... .,..re ?11.. '"fAY ...:. ''" ..:.r., >ZR1. ,+ "4'r' .A.7 >... -ffii At b. . p V ) ,. . i '. :', i't !", ."Z FSy, p ty.e5 ': v ,,... . ": ., .. .,. ., r . . .,.,: Ca .. :.... '. ': i1K,' .. / f'. .. ,. ,.: '':. :. , ... .. k. : ( ..,£/ Cf.} , )ir'. .£ ::. I , o: 3. , .. :. : n . Mh \.L: ) .. . , 3n .. R. 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He began to avoid driving because he feared having more panic attacks. Eventually he could not drive at all and sold his car. BOB FOUND help for his problem at the Phobia -Clinic at the University Hospital. Various phobias and generalized -anxieties are treated and researched at the clinic, as a part of an Anxiety Disorders Program. Dr. George Curtis, director of the ten- year-old clinic that originated in Philadelphia, treated Bob through a progressive desensitization process. At first, Bob's treatment involved driving with Curtis in an unpopulated area. Gradually, he worked up to more populated areas and driving for a longer length of time. Bob was impressed with Curtis, who seemed to have a lot of experience treating similar phobias. When Curtis took, him for a driving session, "He seemed to know just where to go to ex- pose me to the right level of fear," Bob said. BOB NOW FEELS much better about himself and has a positive attitude toward his progress. "In retrospect, I see that my phobia was an outlet for other problems. I was under a lot of pressure," he said. "When you have a phobia you are really scared. I think that you need someone there to make sure you make rational judgements. It is helpful to interact with somebody." Simple phobias (a- term applied to phobias such as fear of elevators, heights or snakes) are also treated at the clinic. CURTIS explained a procedure he used in treating a simple phobia, ailurophobia, or the fear of cats. The procedure is called "exposure in vivo," and simply means exposing the patient to the source of fear. In this case, the patient was told to get as close as she comfortably could to a caged cat. She was then told to report the intensity of her fear on a rating scale. This treatment involved the same sort of gradual desensitization as used in the treatment of other phobias. If a patient finds it unbearable to be around the actual cat, another treat- ment, called imagery, is possible. 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I' * I Wrestling credit IM McCLAIN IS tired .of hearing people scoff I at his favorite sport, so next spring he plans pesntestutae nms joo . . . neee s a release ui tension when he can see someone hitting someone else." When the course was announced, M Clain said, a lot of closet wrestling fans emerged to tell him they shared his af- fectionfor the sport. He said school officials were receptive to the idea. "The course was so unique. . . it was never questioned." Ballot box stuffing has been encouraged since the money will go to United Way of King County. Ql Domino downfall It took two weeks for Bob Speca to set up the 111,111 dominoes in the basement of a downtown Denver depar- tment store-and about half an hour for them to fall. And the event wasn't even a record. The record, according to a Stones concert that fewer than 4,000 people were going to be able to attend in Atlanta last night. Police arrested three men over the weekend and charged them under a city or- dinance prohibiting scalping. Sgt. LaSalle Smith of the Atlanta police department's intelligence unit said efforts to stop scalping were handicapped by the high profit margin and the fact that the city ordinance carries a maximum penalty of a $500 fine and 60 days in jail. Authorities said the arrests came after one man sold police four tickets at $200 apiece. El i I I