_ The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 29, 1981-Page 3 .....~ . .,.............. ~ ..V . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .... MI E W1. I sI 'U' disciplines employees over By DAVID SPAK The University has disciplined two employees who allegedly killed several raccoons with a pitchfork and sledgehammer last week, a spokesman for the University's Plant Department said yesterday. In addition, the Humane Society of Huron Valley announced yesterday that it is investigating the' possibility of filing criminal charges against the two employees. UNIVERSITY PLANT Operations Director Russell Reister would not elaborate on the type of disciplinary action taken and said he would not release the names of the two men involved. Reister said one reason disciplinary action was taken was that the employees were not in their proper work areas when they allegedly killed the raccoons in a North Campus garbage dumpster. As to whether there will be criminal charges again- st the two, Delores Gibson, an animal welfare officer with the humane society, said: "The matter is still under investigation." She said if there are grounds for prosecution "the Humane Society would recommend - criminal (prosecution)." THE ANN ARBOR Police Department is still in- vestigating the incident and the employees have yet to be charged with any offense. If charges are brought, they could be on grounds of either cruelty to animals charges (a misdemeanor) or conservation violations of hunting out of season. "The people of Ann Arbor will not tolerate this type of action," Gibson said. "People are upset about this," she said. Reister said he didn't think the University would be involved in any criminal proceedings. He also said that pressing hunting out of season charges would be interesting "because it (raccoon hunting) is in season." He added that he thought cruelty charges. are generally hard to prove. The two employees allegedly used a pitchfork and a sledgehammer to kill several raccoons at the North- 9 wood V housing complex on North Campus. The rac- coons had apparently climbed into a garbage dum- pster and had become trapped when the two Univer-> sity maintenance employees found them. raccoon killings .................... -------------- ... ............................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . } . . . . . . . . . :. -. -. ,...w;w.. . . . ._.w:UV..a~a;u~x~c.xxc xx xzw ~ s~ta :g i\ Reagan arm-twisting was key to AWACS Victory I _ _...1 f _ _ _ AC A UTC. Q I f1. From AP and UPI WASHINGTON- The Reagan administration's come- from-behind drive to salvage the president's $8.5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia mixed high road appeals to sup- port the presidency and world peace with the less lofty pressures of raw political power.' As the critical vote neared, one guest at the White House, Democrat Edward Zorinsky of Nebraska, said he told Reagan he has "never seen a full court press like this before." It was a lobbying effort that participants on both sides agree began in a hole dug by administration ineptness and its total concentration on domestic policy to the point where plentiful warnings of the impending storm were ignored. AS SARESULI, t months since Ronald on taxes or budgetc campaign, but on the should sell more arm ce planes, to Saudi A Once again, the pr frontation with Cong 52 to 48 to reject a mo fight until the final ho Aside from a regul the congressional ar IT WAS APPARE labored relentlessly victory. The officialv e toughest, bitterest fight in the nine ch from "cautiously optimistic" to "optimistic" about the Reagan became president focused not deal's chances. cuts, major issues of his presidential In the end, the push for the deal boiled down to personal question of whether the United States and political loyalties. The question of selling sophisticated Zs, including five AWACS reconnaisan- arms to an Arab state-one that is a sworn enemy of rabia. Israel-was almost secondary. esident emerged victorious from a con- Reagan's pitch to his guests was simple: The sale will ress, this time when the Senate voted bring the Saudis into the peace process. It will not risk the ve to veto the sale. But it was an uphill security of Israel. It will enhance the U.S. standing in the urs before that vote. Middle East and it will show the rest of the world Congress ar meeting with top aides, nothing but has confidence in his foreign policy decisions. m twisting was on Reagan's schedule. The pressure finally shifted the momentum away from ENT the White House officials who opponents. for acceptance of the package sensed DID HE OFFER any deals? "I don't make deals," said word at the White House went up a not- the president, his voice hoarse from a two-day old head cold, speaking to reporters late Tuesday. Senate narrowly OKs Reagan's A WACS deal......ii .. U.S. cuts Indian Ocean carrier force WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has cut its carrier for- ce in the Indian Ocean to a single battle group for the first time in nearly two years, defense officials acknowledged yesterday. Although the- apparent policy change has been in the works for some months, officials were reluc- tant to discuss it because the reduc- tion came at a time the Reagan ad- ministration was fighting for its proposed sale of five AWACS air- borne surveillance and control planes to Saudi Arabia. A MAJOR administration argument in favor of the AWACS sale was that it was essential to strengthen Saudi Arabia's security and demonstrate U.S. resolve to safeguard its friends and its oil sup- plies in the Persian Gulf area. Officials, who declined to be iden- tified, said the reduction from two to one carrier battle groups in the In- dian Ocean area was dictated.to a considerable extent by budgetary problems and the strain place on U.S Navy crewmen who have been kept on long deployments in that region. At the same time, however, the Defense Department said in respon- se to an inquiry that "this current level does not indicate any lessening of U.S. interest, determination or resolve in the area." The Pentagon stressed that U.S. naval forces can be moved quickly from other areas such as the Mediterranean and Pacific into the Indian Ocean in event of a new crisis. "THE U.S. WILL maintain adequate forces in the region to protect our vital interests and those of our friends," the Pentagon said. The only carrier now in the Indian Ocean area is the Coral Sea, which is stationed in position to cover ap- proaches to the Persian Gulf. (Continued from Page 1) ned his way at the 5 p.m. EST showdown. EARLIER, the president told the Senate in a letter that the sale is in- valuable to U.S. security interests "by improving both our strategic posture and the prospects for peace in the Mid- dle East." But opponents called it a threat to Israel, fuel for a Middle East arms race and a risk of losing secret AWACS and missile technology to the Soviets or radical Arab nations if the Saudi gover- nment is overthrown. "It's just about a perfect photo finish, " said Sen. Charles Percy, (R-Ill.), Reagan's floor leader on the issue, as the climactic vote approached. REAGAN CALLED it a test of his command of American Foreign policy. Opponents saw it as a threat to the security of Israel and to the sanctity of America's most advanced military technology. The $8.5-billion package involved not only sale of five Airborne Warning and Control Systems radar planes to Saudi Arabia, but also 1,177 Sidewinder missiles, 101 fuel pods and six flying tankers to stretch the range and firepower of F-15 jets already in possession of the Arab kingdom. The president devoted the day to but- tonholing senators, two summoned for private persuasion in the intimacy of the small study in the White House residence. His lobbying campaign on the first major foreign policy debate of his presidency rivaled the intensity of his successful effort to cut government spending and taxes. "HE MAKES persuasive arguments based on the fact that we only have one president of the United States at a time," said Sen Edward Zorinsky, a conservative Democrat from Nebraska after 40 minutes with Reagan. "He in- dicated that it is difficult for him to conduct foreign policy with a defeat of this nature." Hours before the vote, Reagan declared in a letter to the Senate that the sale of AWACS radar planes and F- 15 jet fighters are no threat to Israel and that Americans will be involved in the Saudi operations "well into the 1990s." .He is showing awesome power," said O'Neill. The senators debated the issue right* until the bells rang out summoning them to the vote. Do a Tree a Favor: Recycle Your Daily F,- a " I Break-in at the Law Quad' A room in the Law Quadrangle, 551S. State, was broken-into Tuesday evening, police reported yesterday. The thief stole a portable TV and clothing after going through the resident's closet and drawers. It is unknown how entry was gained to the room. ANN ARBOR GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE 16 S. Fourth Ave. S96.9059 fl WE UUY WAN G O G cOLD "ny loo'" *rked 0 kt- 4't -1$kt WOOf DENTAL GOL DFOREIGN GOLD GOLD METALS CLASS RINGS WEDDING BANDS EYEGLASS FRAMES GOLD COINS GOLD PINS GOLD CUFF LINKS BROKEN JEWELRY v DIAMONDS GOLD WATCHES SILVER . e purcaseoany cut any shape GOLD CHAINS C Stern *atware w a y color stoneT HeosSets:h . A$ ewelry * ndstsols We pay by weight Hours: Mon. thru Sat. 4:00 AM.- 5:00 PM State certified scales -HAPP.ENI1NGS- HIGHLIGHT "Everybody's Dancin'!" Candescence, a local shoe store, presents an evening with New York's Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens Band during a fashion phenomenon at the Second Chance. The latest fashions, hairstyles and shoes will be presented by Gantos, Rags to Riches, Vahans, Shear Im- pact Outriggers's, Checkmate, Bivouac and Candescence. Tickets are $9.50 in advance, $10.50 at the door and are available at all Hudson's, CTC Outlets, Peaches, Schoolkid's Records and all participating stores. FILMS Cinema Guild-Annie Hall, Lorch Hall, 7,8:40, 10:20 p.m. Public Health-Noontime Film Fest, Green Valley Grandparents, Old Women, & What We Have, SPH II Aud., 12:10 p.m. SPEAKERS Medicinal Chemistry-Sem., Linda Wotring, "Cellular Metabolism & Mechanism of Cytotoxicty of a Tricyclic Analog of Adenosine and its 5'- Phosphate," Rm 3554, CC Little Bldg., 4 p.m. Vision Hearing-William Uttal, "Recent Thoughts on Nuero Reduction or Dots pattern Detection," 2055 MHRI, 12:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Public Policy Studies - Barry Blechman, "Soviet Military Activities in the Third World: Capabilities and Intention," Rackham (3rd floor), 2 p.m. Latin American Solidarity - Julio Quan & Reps. of the Guatemalan Chur- ch in Exile, "Repression in Guatemala and the U.S. role," St. Mary's Lower Chapel (corner Thompson and Williams), 7:30 p.m. SYDA Foundation-Lec., Swami Girijanda, "Kundalini: The Power of Creativity," Henderson Rm., League, 7:30 p.m. Society of Women Engineers-Mtg., Chevron, "Women in the Oil In- dustry," 229 W. Eng., 6:30 p.m. Biological Sciences - (speaker to be announced), "The Differentiated Nucleus as in Polymorphs," 1139 Nat. Sci., noon. Communication - Joey Reagan, "Community Integration, Media Use, & Political Participation," Reading Rm., Frieze Bldg., noon. Computing Center-Chalk Talk, "PL/C & PL/I Debugging," CC Coun- seling Staff, 1011 NUBS, 12:10-1 p.m. Lec., "Introduction to SPIRES IV", Steve Tolkin, 3400 Frieze Bldg., 2:30 p.m. MEETINGS Med. Center Bible Study-Rm. F2230 Mott Children's Hospital. Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship-Union, 7 p.m. Sailing Club-311 W. Eng., 7:45 p.m. Botticelli Game Players-Dominick's, noon. Campus Crusade for Christ-2003 Angell 7 p.m. Transcendental Meditation Program-Intro., Rm. 4313, Union, noon. Economics Society-Lansing Lounge (2nd fl.), Econ. Bldg., 5 p.m. PERFORMANCES Musical Society - Nathan Milstein, Violinist, Hill Aud.,8:30 p.m. Professional Theater-Wings, Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, 8 p.m. UAC-Soundstage/Eclipse jazz jam session, Univ. Club, Union, 8 p.m. Canterbury Loft-"Sundance" a play by Meir Ribalow, 332 S. State, 8 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS t S K 4 'a I