Committee: Cut Rec. Sports-some See Pa~ge 3 iK Ninety-One Years of Editorial .Freedom E LIE 43&U E ai1 MUNDANE Partly cloudy today with a high in the upper 605., Vl. XCI, No. 146 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, March 31, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages S " I President shot with .22-caliber WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan was wounded in the chest yesterday by a gunman who tried to assassinate him with a burst of .22-caliber bullets that critically injured his press secretary, James Brady. Reagan "sailed through surgery" ac- cording to doctors who said he'd be ready to make White House decisions by today. But Brady was said to be fighting for his life, a bullet through his SECRET SERVICE AGENTS wrestle with suspect John Hinkley Jr. moments after he allegedly fired six shots injuring President Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton Hotel yesterday. This photo was taken from a CBS-TV monitor. " brain. DR. DENNIS O'Leary said /3 "' 7 ,"a really mangled bullet" was z .. removed from Reagan's' left , lung. He said the president's .k t condition was stable, the prognosis excellent. . "Honey, I forgot to duck," Reagan told his wife as he was wheeled into surgery. Then he told the doctors he hoped they were Republicans. Two law officers also were wounded s"° in the mid-afternoon blaze of gunfire z outside a Washington hotel where f Reagan had just addressed a union' ,. "-- . convention. They were reported in serious condition but apparently not in . ~" r danger. " ".. A YOUTHFUL, sandy-haired gun- man from suburban Denver was wrestled into handcuffs and arrested . monents after he leveled his pistol at the president and fired from near point- blank range. The Secret Service iden- tified him as John Hinckley, 25, of Evergreen, Colo. AP Photo There was no known motive, no ex- PRESIDENT REAGAN waves, then looks up in fear before being shoved in- planation for the savage burst of gun- to the Presidential limousine by secret service agents. The President was fire that exploded as the president stood wounded in the left chest by a gunman's bullet moments after addressing a beside his limousine, ready to step in- Union convention at the Washington Hilton Hotel yesterday. side for a rainy, one-mile ride back to the White House. Roger Young of the FBI described the weapon as a "Saturday night special" and said it was purchased at a Dallas gun shop. HINCKLEY WAS booked on charges of attempted assassination of a president, and of assault with intent to kill a police officer. He was in FBI custody Monday night, awaiting arraignment. Young, the FBI spokesman, said there had been "no problem" with Hin- ckley's coherence when questioned by authorities. One eyewitness said the assailant, standing ten feet from the president, "just opened up and continued squeezing the trigger," ANXIOUS HOURS later, Reagan was pronounced in good and stable con- dition after surgery. O'Leary described Reagan as "clear of head" and said last night he "should be able to make decisions by tomorrow, certainly. "We do not believe there is any per- manent injury,"he added. O'LEARY SERVED as spokesman for two surgeons who operated on See ASSASSINATION, Page 10 Hinckley underwent psychiatric treatment From AP;and UPI John Hinckley Jr., arrested yester- day in an attempt on the life of President Reagan, recently had been under psychiatric care and had been arrested while carrying handguns in Nashville, Tenn., on a day former President Carter visited the city. Then candidate Reagan had scheduled to stop in Memphis on that day, but cancelled his visit. A FORMER classmate said Hinckley was "not a flamboyant type" when they attended a suburban Dallas high school together and "certainly not the type" to shoot a president. But little was known about Hinckley's See REAGAN, Page 10 AP Photo SECRET SERVICE AGENT Timothy McCarthy, foreground, and Washington policeman, Thomas Delahanty, center, and Presidential Press Secretary James Brady, background, lie wounded in the street outside a Washington hotel yesterday after shots were fired at President Reagan. PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SECRETARY James Brady, right, lies wounded on the sidewalk outside the Washington Hilton Hotel yesterday. Brady sustained a gunshot wound to the forehead and at last reports was fighting for his life a# George Washington University Hospital. Learning about interference TUDENTS AT BRIGHAM Young University are dangling raw eggs from their wrists to learn how to cope with parenthood, but the lesson is hampering -their romantic activities. "When a couple gets married," said Prof. Alvin Price, "they can plan activities when thev wish. But when that first baby arrives. they must Reverse Monopoly Instead of collecting $200 when you pass "Go," you must pay $200. And instead of trying to get rich, the point of the new board game-created by Gary Tallman and Wayne Shanahan-is to go broke. Then you qualify for welfare. The two contractors from Whitefish; Montana, plan to market their new game, entitled SOB (Save Our Bureaucrats), at $15 per game. Players shake their dice in a "pork barrel," and advance tokens-miniature replicas of Susan B. An- thony dollars-around a Pentagon-shaped board. Each more than they bargained for when they set an abandoned house ablaze to practice firefighting techniques. But the wind caught hold of some sparks and set on fire the vacant College Grove Presbyterian Church across the street. The church burned to the ground, despite the crew's efforts and the help of firefighters from other nearby towns. The firefighters, however, were able to prevent the flames from spreading to the College Grove Elementary School sym- nasium. "They should be well-trained riow," said Alfred Jaqueth, the school's principal.E O 400-500 caged rabbits-more are arriving each day-to heat his southern Oregon greenhouses. He figures the furry animals have cut his heating bill by as much as 25 percent and sees the potential for greater savings with more rabbits and some additional insulation. He has had some hare- raising problems, though. While experimenting, Schultz discovered that the high ammonia content of the animals' urine burns the leaves of the azaleas he was growing in the greenhouse, and house plants require temperatures. of 70 degrees or higher. So, he turned to garden vegetables and other plants that require temperatures of only 48-50 ;i i i'