Nine Edit, ety-One Years of lorial Freedom EM~~it !U !~aiI1 GE1T TG BETTER Partly cloudy with a high in the mid-20s. ,^l.XC, No. 115 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 13, 1981 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Ohio State blows out 'U', 1 05-8 7 By MARK FISCHER The hottest act around, "The Can't Miss Kids" - starring Todd Penn, Herb Williams, and the rest of the Ohio State Buckeyes - swept through Crisler Arena last night, and they had little problem stealing the show. The 5-9 Penn hit on 12 of 16 shots from the floor for a career-high 24 points, while Williams added 24 of his own on 11 of 14 as they led the 70 percent field goal- shooting Bucks to a 105-87 conference victory over the Michigan cagers before a sellout crowd of 13,609. The defeat drops Michigan into a second-place tie with Ohio State, Illinois, and Purdue. IT WAS THE first time that a Big Ten team topped the century mark against a Michigan hoop squad sin- ce 1973, when none other than Ohio State won by a score of 102-87. If there was a bright spot for the Wolverines last night, it came in the performance of Mike McGee, who broke the all-time Michigan career scoring mark (formerly held by Cazzie Russell) with a corner jumper at the 11:21 mark of the first half. That was just the beginning for the speedy senior forward, who See OSU,;Page 10 Polish leader calls for '90 days' 0 1 peaceni WARSAW, - Poland (AP)-Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's new premier, appealed to workers yesterday for "90 peaceful days," warning that continued labor unrest could pitch Poland into civil war. He also reshuffled the government's top echelon and announced a 10-point program to tackle the economic emergency. The independent trade union Solidarity said in a communique it would strike only as a last resort and said it was ready to negotiate immediately. The communique was issued after a meeting of union leaders, but a spokesman, Karol Modzelewski, said it was not a response to Jaruzelski. THE NEW PREMIER warned in a speech to Parliament that "forces of evil have been attempting to penetrate Solidarity and lead it toward false positions, anarchy and derailment of socialism." He said members of the new unions, the first in a Soviet bloc country free of Communist Party control, should not let themselves be pressured by such for- ces. 11 Jaruzelski also said the government "has the con- stitutional right" to defend the socialist system and the power to do it. MEANWHILE, IN Washington, Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr., is making it known-guardedly and unofficially-that he considers Soviet military in- tervention to be inevitable. For the record, Haig's position is that Soviet inter- vention is neither imminent nor inevitable. Privately, however, Haig believes a kind of creeping anarchy is taking over in Poland, creating an intolerable situation for Moscow. The analysis that supports Haig's view is this: Faced with a clear threat of losing control over a key East European satellite, Soviet leaders will decide they have no choice but to intervene, despite the disruptive consequences for Soviet relations with the United States and the rest of the world, THIS VIEW IS winning increasing acceptance at the State Department. Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK MICHIGAN'S MIKE McGEE rolls in a shot as Ohio State's Clark Kellogg tries in vain to stop him. McGee connected on 37 points and became the all- time leading scorer in Michigan history. 'U, economists predict GNP growth Profs forecast continued *high inflation for 1981 By PAMELA KRAMER A team of University economists predict a modest growth in real GNP, continuing high inflation, and an in- crease in unemployment for 1981. The forecast was released yesterday Reagan administration says it cannot balance budget by 1983. See story, Page 2. in the winter issue of Economic Outlook USA, a quarterly publication of the In- stitute for Social Research. The results are an update of an initial evaluation presented last November at the University's Annual Conference on the Economic Outlook. The original report predicted that in- terest rates woule not go as high or peak as quickly as they actually did. But "the overall implications of what's going to happen haven't changed since November," University Assistant Research Scientist Joan Crary said yesterday. The anticipated inflation level of 9.7 percent for 1981 is a slight improvement over last year's 10.5 percent increase in consumer prices, the report states. The average unemployment rate is expected to be 7.8 percent for the year as a whole, a slight increase over last October's rate of 7.6 percent. There will, however, be a small in- crease in real disposable income for the year as a whole, the report predicts. The change from 1980's decrease in disposable income to the expected in- crease in 1981 is a result of "modest gains in employment, a small net tax cut, and some slowdown in the rate of inflation," the economists say in their evaluation. The ISR publication also includes reports from University Prof. Paul McCracken and University Prof. Gar- dner Ackley, University of Chicago Prof. Victor Zarnowitz, and University Director of Surveys of Consumer-At- titudes Richard Curtin. McCracken and Ackley severely criticize the Federal Reserve for fluc- tuating interest rates since July 1979. "It is no exaggeration to say that not since the early 1930s has the U.S. economy been put through such wren- ching contortions of monetary policy as in 1980," McCracken states in the report. "The key question is whether we can move out of the year-end 1980 air pocket with little more than a tran- sient lull in business activity, or whether historians will record a recession that began in the second quarter of 1980 and ended by the middle of 1981..." See PROFS, Page 2 Busboy claims Vegas fire started accidently - .: STUDENTS AT WEDNESDAY'S mass meeting discuss possible plans for dealing with University budget cut measures. The meeting was organized by LSA Student Government as a forum for those concerned about budget cuts. Students organize fight against proposed University budget cuts By BETH ALLEN ber Jamie Moeller said Wednesday that telling us what our interests are," saic d LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)-A busboy arrested in the arson fire at the Las Vegas Hilton has confessed he started the fire while engaged in a homosexual act in an eighth-floor elevator lobby, a detective said at a news conference yesterday. Lt. John Conner, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department's homicide division, said Philip Bruce Cline told officers that during the homosexual act with a man identified only as "Joe," a drape near the elevator was lighted accidentally by a marijuana cigarette. THE ENSUING fire in the 30-story hotel killed eight people and injured 198 others. Cline "says it's accidental," Conner said, but he added: "We are pursuing the arson investigation. The Fire Department says it's arson." The lieutenant said he didn't know how the other three fires at the Hilton might have started and had no ad- ditional information about "Joe." "We don't know ;who he is," Conner said, adding that Cline told officers he and Joe had engaged in sex on a bench near the elevators. "We hope someone saw them," Conner said. Deputy Police Chief Eric Cooper said Wednesday night that Cline had no previous history of arson. More than 100 concerned students met Wednesday night in a mass meeting arranged by LSA Student Government to discuss strategies for dealing with University budget cut proposals. After sharing ideas in small group sessions, the students came up with several suggestions for protesting ad- ministrative budget cut proposals. SOME MEMBERSof the group said they will attend budget cut meetings in great numbers as a show of strength. Other students signed up to speak at a public forum should the need arise. The group decided Wednesday to form an ad hoc steering committee which will be meeting for the first time today at 3 p.m. LSA-SG Executive Committee Mem- LSA-SG does not want to control the budget cut group and stressed that all concerned students are welcome to par- ticipate in the group's activities. REPRESENTATIVES from several student organizations presented statements at the meeting. While the statements differed in some areas, all expressed displeasure with the Univer- sity's methods for making budget cuts. Jim Maffie, spokesman for the Graduate Employees Organization, said he felt the administration is in- terested in turning the university into an "institute of higher research" in- stead of an institute of higher learning. Maffie also questioned the use of so- called "experts" in determining what programs should be cut. "They (the administration) have no business Maffie. A REPRESENTATIVE of a faculty group that is opposed to the Univer- sity's smaller but better philosophy also spoke at the meeting. Associate English Prof. Buzz Alexander - a member of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on the Future of the University - said he believes the ac- tions of the administration will severely affect the University, cause a decline in faculty morale, and discourage younger faculty from coming to the University. Alexander stressed that his group was not against budget cuts but was protesting the administration's ap- proach to the problem. Wednesday's meeting was a con- See STUDENTS, Page 3 Cline .. arrested in Vegas fire TODAY No 'U' truancy F YOU'RE A University employee who came to work Tuesday and Wednesday, you will get paid. Even if, you didn't come to work those days you'll still get paid. As a result of the storm that hit Tuesday, the University invoked its inclement weather policy, which took effect at 10 a.m. Tuesday and lasted through the end ofj Wednesday's shift. The policy insures that all staff mem- But for some, today is a "lucky" day. At 8:13 this morning, members of Philadelphia's Friday the 13th Club will walk under a ladder, eat a breakfast of 13 items, break mirrors, spill salt, open umbrellas, joke about black cats and light three cigarettes on one match. The ceremony will wrap up at 10:13 a.m. "There's no such thing as bad luck," said Philip Klein, the 74-year-old club president. The Grateful Dead have plans for a San Francisco music festival today with a group called The Rhythm Devils, despite the day's unlucky notoriety. Looks like all you local Dead-loving triskaidekaphobics are out of luck.k. tried to get her to stand in the middle of the road while he drove his car toward her, saying he was testing the suspen- sion, but he lost his nerve. "I was going to run her over but I didn't have the courage," he told police when he confessed of the seven attempts. Bernadette said it was the first she knew her life had been in danger during their two-year marriage. Q Parasols perish Mississippi College football fans may be all wet next fall. Immoral-and proud of it "Are you tired of religious zealots telling you how to run your body, mind and soul?" ask members of the Immoral Minority, a new group headquartered in Washington D.C. The group has put out a brochure which asks for a $5.00 membership fee to oppose the Moral Majority, a conser- vative religious political group. "We find the Moral Majority insidious," said Sue Ellen Heflin, one of the Im- moral Minority officers. "We want to keep the church-state separation separate." Jim Lazar, the organization's president, said that the group doesn't consider itself im- I