Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom C 11 bt Siti au l43lalig GLOOMY Mostly cloudy, windy and colder with a few flurries. High around 30. _4 Vol. XCI, No. 124 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 5, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages Women's athletics will join NCAA By JOE CHAPELLE and DREW SHARP The University's women's athletic program will pull out of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women and move into the National Collegiate Athletic Association in an effort to save money and boost the women's program, Athletic Director Don Canham said yesterday. The move, which still must be approved by the Board in Control of Intercollegeiate Athletics, may prove to be beneficial to most of the University's eleven varsity sports for women but will spell trouble for the synchronized swim- ming team. "WE WILL DEFINITELY have to do it," said Canham. "The NCAA covers the cost of sending women's teams to national championships and that I believe will save the University $100,000 or more a year. "It will help recruiting which is one of the reasons that most coaches support the move and it will give women's athletics a lot more publicity and television coverage," he said. The NCAA will not sponsor synchronized swimming, and Canham said he had "no idea" what would become of the sport at Michigan. "THIS COULD BE devastating to us," said synchronized swimming coach Joyce Lindemen. "We would have to go hrough the basic process of becoming recognized as a national championship sport again. The AIAW worked very hard to become a strong organization and now they are being usurped by a stronger organization. It was just starting to establish itself." Other coaches and athletes in the women's program had mixed emotions about the proposed move. "I assume Mr. Canham and the Board will do what they feel are in the best interests of Michigan," said Women's Athletic Director Phyllis Ocker. "I do not totally disagree with the arrangement, but I do feel that in terms of com- petitive opportunties, the AIAW was better off than the NCAA." "I DON'T SEE ANY differences occuring," said Track Coach Ken Simmons. "My opinion is that so far there isn't any visible advantage in going into the NCAA or staying out of it." Softball coach Bob DeCarolis predicted that the move will neither hurt nor help his team. Several synchronized swimmers contacted yesterday said they were worried about Canham's proposal. "IT WOULD HURT the sport because of the prestige given to the AIAW national championships," said synchronized swimmer Cathleen O'Brien. "It is definitely a step backwards and the only hope is that we become recognized by the NCAA," said teammate Louann Koval. THE NCAA - traditionally an all-male association - decided to expand its involvement in women's athletics when its executives convened last January. They added the following amendments to their constitution: " The institution of NCAA-sponsored championships for women to begin in 1981 or 1982; " The development of women's athletic committees; and, See WOMEN, Page 9 Weinberger seeks $32.6 billion boost Daily Photo by JACKIE BELL A TOUR OF the Ford nuclear power plant, which holds the University's nuclear reactor (above), was part of a daylong information session spon- sored yesterday by Bechtel Power Corporation of Ann Arbor. Local power corp. sponsors tou r o f f a cility forI From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger asked yesterday for a $32.6 billion surge in the Pentagon's budget as the down payment for a larger Navy, a faster bomber and other new weaponry "because the United States cannot allow the military balance to swing fur- ther" in favor of the Soviet Union. "I think we've fallen dangerously far behind in a num- ber of vital areas, and I think it essential that we . . . do something about this as quickly as we can," Weinberger told the Senate Armed Services Commit- tee. WEINBERGER SOUGHT the highest peacetime defense budget in U.S. history for 1982 to pursue President Reagan's policy of preserving peace through strength. More ships, planes and tanks and $11.5 billion worth of in- creased combat readiness were necessary to project American armed might to the defense of Western interests worldwide, particularly in the Persian Gulf region that Weinberger described as "the umbilical cord of the in- dustrialized free world." At the same time, the defense secretary warned that "this is not a one-year program for summer soldiers," signaling that the Reagan administration plans a long-term and costly buildup of the nation's conventional and strategic military power. TAKING NOTE OF Reagan administration plans for deep cuts in domestic programs, Weinberger told a news con- ference that "some sacrifices are going to be required" to compen- sate for essential increases in U.S. military strength. The administration called for a $6.8 billion addition to the Carter administration's fiscal proposals for this fiscal year, bringing the total to $178 billion for fiscal 1981. At the same time, it recom- mended a leap of $25.8 billion in budget authority for fiscal 1982, starting Oct. 1. That would raise the level next year to $222.2 billion, a total never before mat- ched in peacetime. 6NLY $5.8 BILLION of the ad- ditional budget authority will ac- tually be spent this year and next. Most of the additional authority, which would permit the Pentagon to make contract commitments, would be "spent out" in future years as new ships, planes and other equipment, including a new form of nerve gas, are manufac- tured. The vast bulk of the additional funds asked for in fiscal 1981 and fiscal 1982 will be earmarked for improving the weaponry and readiness of the conventional sea, air and land forces. The only major strategic weapons initiative is a nearly $2.5 billion request to push development next year of an advanced bomber called a "long-range combat air- craft." The Pentagon has not settled on any of several different design possibilities, but the aim is to produce a faster and less vulnerable craft than the aging B-52. WEINBERGER TOLD the Senate Armed Services Commit- tee the Pentagon needed more money now to end the Carter ad- ministration's "years of neglect" of the military. Large in the Reagan plan is a nearly doubling of the Carter administration's austere ship- building program, with an ad- ditional 15 Navy ships to be financed in 1982 as a start toward fleshing out the American fleet from its present 456 ships to a goal of 600. That is in line with the administration's new naval strategy designed to counter the powerful Russian navy in all key waters of the world. A total of $4.2 billion is provided for Navy shipbuilding this year and next, including $658 million as the down payment on a giant new nuclear-powered aircraft entagon By RITA CLARK Anxious to diffuse much of the recent negative attention given to the use of nuclear energy, area power company officials spoke yesterday to the media on the con- troversial subjects of radiation ex- posure, nuclear waste disposal, and the operation of nuclear power plan- ts. The day-long information session, sponsored by Bechtel Power Cor- poration of Ann Arbor, included a tour of the University's Ford Nuclear Reactor. BECHTEL Power Corporation operates 84 nuclear power generators and numerous hydroelectric power plants. The company has projects in more than 100 countries. Roger Sinderman, a corporate health physicist from Consumers See ANN ARBOR, Page 7 Weinberger ... asks for more weapons carrier which ultimately may cost as much as $3.5 billion. THE REAGAN PLAN also proposes $518 million to bring the aircraft carrier Oriskany out of mothballs and send it to sea within three years, plus $242 million to reactivate the bat- tleship New Jersey and to start work on bringing the battleship Iowa out of retirement. The Reagan proposals would give the armed services more than 200 new planes and helicop- ters and would provide the Army with an additional $1.4 billion worth of advanced M-1 Abrams tanks and armored vehicles to carry soldiers into battle, along with sophisticated air defense weapon systems, tactical missiles and other arms. WUOM still strong, despite budget cuts Confusion surrounds MSA election code By LINDA RUECKERT "Now it's not only When University public radio station vice but a leader." WUOM first opened in 1948 it was the At the time WU( only classical music station in southern dial-set up shop Michigan. Communications C Today, WUOM services an area that it was time for n includes not only Ann Arbor, but Grand stations, according Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit, and Lan- of Broadcasting Ha sing. Arbitron, the radio rating service, the FCC mad a ply estimated that WUOM had 105,600 stations on frequen listeners per week last November. In 92. April, 1971, 18,600 people per week In 1961, a satellit listened to the public radio station at Grand Rapids-% least five minutes. I think that's a little carries WUOM's outdated today ." western side of Mic BUT LIKE every "PUBLIC RADIO is often called an so rapidly in the da alternative service. I think that's a lit- plentiful, WUOM a tle outdated today," said WUOM Executive Producer Ed Burrows. See WUON TODAY- Geography hearings ACULTY AND STUDENTS are invited to attend the Geography Review hearings which will be held today from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and tomorrow from noon to 4 p.m. in Room 2553 LSA. Q Fair warning an alternative ser- OM-91.7 on the FM in 1948, the Federal Commission decided more "quiet" radio to WUOM Director zen Schumacher. So ace for public radio ncies between 88 and e station-WVGR in was born. (WVGR programs to the higan.) ything else that grew ays when money was nd WVGR have been W, Page 2 By BETH ALLEN The Michigan Student Assembly's newly written election code is already creating confusion among members because an amendment allegedly has been made without MSA approval. The code, drafted by former CSJ Chief Justice David Schaper, was presented to MSA at its February 17 meeting and was approved after hours of revising and amending. But some MSA members, upon receiving the election code proposal Sthis week, charged that Schaper had changed a hotly debated section after MSA approved the final form of the code. The disputed section stated that only previously elected officials could "use the words 're-elect' or other words im- plying that he/she was an elected in- cumbent." BUT THE FINAL copy of the code in- cludes an extra sentence, stating that "candidates who were once appointed may use the word 'retain.' "d According to several sources, among them MSA President Marc Breakstone, MSA voted to prohibit non-elected in- cumbents from using "retain" because it could lead voters to think a candidate was an elected incumbent. Schaper, who opposed the proposal to prohibit the use of "retain," contended that the proposal was voted down, and that the sentence is a valid part of the passage. BREAKSTONE WAS disturbed about the problems in the rewriting of the See NEW, Page 3 Doily Photo by JACKIE BELL WUOM STUDIO OPERATOR and Producer George Cacioppo sits in the station's control room A. Finicky cat burglar And you thought Morris was finicky. A Lyndhurst, Ohio burglar has ransacked nine homes recently but stolen next to nothing. "He opens a lot of drawers and looks through them," said veteran Detective Lt. Joseph Wegas, "and ap- parently he looks around the house-but he doesn't take anything." The burglar did swipe some silverware from one house. Other than that he's taken a $5 roll of dimes and a pocket watch-both of which were later found discarded, Wegas said. The burglar was spotted once, according to Wegas. A woman encountered him in her house but her instead of whipped cream; vinegar is used in lieu of tap water; salt is added to beer to produce a nice-looking head; and those ice cubes in cold drinks are probably clumps of cellophane. Nutrition Action says that these and other tricks are used because photos of real food generally come out flat-looking and less desirable. According to the Federal Trade Commission, such photo tactics are not considered misleading or deceptive. El Identity crisis The New Jersey police say it simplycan't be-but a Mins~n rot. Ant nianirno ntharu.,ca annRthen uhn10 ,nt ar. the son of the celebrated "Lone Eagle" 49 years ago. Police said in the report they had reached the "inevitable con- clusion" that the body of Charles Lindberg Jr., was found in Hopewell Township May 12, 1932. "Claims to the contrary are unfounded," the report said, issued after a review of 90,000 documents of physical evidence. Nevertheless, Bryan claims state police fingerprint records will substan- tiate his client's claim. The state of New Jersey claims the fingerprint samples, supposedly taken from the child's nur- sery toys and in the possession of the state during the 1934 court case, cannot be found. A March 13 hearing is scheduled on Kerwin's acase to look into the state's i 1: