Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom Cl bt Ait 43U Iaiig REPETITIVE Cloudy today with light snow. Temperatures ranging in low to mid 20's. Vol. XCI, No. 91 Milliken tax cutw *plan gets mixed reviews ALANSING (UPI)-Gov. Williai Milliken's call for prprytax reli and a tuneup for Micia' putterir; 'auto-oriented economy drew mix( reviews yesterday from legislatii leaders. Milliken's record 13th State of tl State address, which lasted about minutes, was interrupted, seven tim+ with polite applause-mostly when tl governor mentioned his property t( reduction plan and mostly "from Al Republican side. ~HE OUTLINED AN "Econom Growth Plan" with an emphasis diversification which includes ''economic summit'' on the state financial future, more spending business and tourism promotion ai agricultural research, funding f technological innovation and creation 'a research facility to attract new dustries in Michigan; The governor reiterated his propos t for a 35 percent property taxc coupled with a one percentage poi sales tax, increase. * Milliken conceded the recessi' wracked state faces a. ".very diffici year," but insisted "out future ~strong." PREDICTABLY, MILLIKEN'S2 dress was warmly praised' by fell( See VIEWS, Page 6 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan, Friday, January 16, 1981 Ten Cents Twelve Pages MMMMMM% agamst halfwa By DEBI DAVIS sworn in The University yesterday joined up the pr community residents and city officials expresse in protesting a halfway house proposed Decembe for up to 70 prisoners near North Cam- female ca pus. bed to d The state Department of Corrections picked u hopes to lease 1700 Broadway-near house at University co-ops, Bursley and Baits Timothy residence halls, anl Northwood Apar- in the mu tments-and oper te it as a "com a Pinckn munity residence home" for prisoners same eve awaiting parole. CITY THE REGENTS passed a resoltuion mayor, a yesterday opposing the proposed criticized facility, despite some questions among The state Board members about a possible con- Dr. Arno flict of interest. In December the controve University made an offer to purchase resident the property and building as part of a teenager "long range land acquisition plan." If, year. as predicted, the zoning for the halfway City Z house project is not 'approved by the man Ed city, the University is one of several of protes bidders hoping to acquire the property. nesday.7 University President Harold Shapiro to approv said the University "should not inter- allow a h fere with an activity (rehabilitating not confo convicts in a residential setting) which "I have would otherwise be beneficial to the on this. I community," but he added that the Hood (D safety of the students and their parents' A RES concerns must also be considered. to regist( Regent Nellie Varner (D-Detroit) city will1 L5 protest proposed yrn to office yesterday, summed rotesters' sentiment when she ed her concern over the er 22 murder of a 19-year-old ab driver, who was found stab- eath several hours after she p an inmate at the halfway 1124 E. Ann St. The inmate, Hughes, 39, has been charged rder and in the knife assault of ney woman that occured the ening. COUNCILMEMBERS, the .nd many area residents have d the proposed halfway house. e would lease the house from ld Kambly, who operated the ersial University Center-,a ial treatment home for s-before it was closed last oning Board of Appeals Chair- Hood, predicts a "full house" ters at a public hearing Wed- The board will decide whether ve the zoning of the property to halfway house, a use that does rm to the city's building plan. e a strong, unalterable position t has to fail," said councilman -Fourth Ward). OLUTION requiring the state er all halfway houses with the be submitted at the City Coun- ruse . ; cil meeting Monday, said Councilman Earl Greene, (D-Second Ward). But, according to state and city of- ficials, the state has the legal authority to overrule the city on issues involving the location of state correctional facilities. J. G. Putnam, assistant deputy direc- tor of the Department of Corrections said the state may deal directly with the landlord, but "prefers to work with the local community." THE PROPOSED facility, and the recent murder attributed to the half- way house resident, brought up many questions about the impact of the state's program to place inmates in residential areas. Mayor Louis Belcher said the state was not adequately policing its halfway houses in the area, calling the concept "a prison system without a prison." "It's like having time bombs all over the city ready to go off and not knowing where they are," Belcher said. THERE ARE currently 17 prisoners living in halfway houses in the city. Shortly after the cab driver was mur- dered three other houses-1122 E. Ann St., 1124 E. Ann St., and 1125 E. Huron St., owned by Louis Rome and super- vised by the state-closed when the employees quit. They left due to See UNIVERSITY, Page 6 Daily Photo by BRIAN MAsCK Over Tim Indiana's Isiah Thomas (left) attempts shot ofer Wolverine Tim McCormick in last night's Michigan 55-52 overtime victory against the Hoosiers. Wolverine Marty Bodnar watches in foreground. See story, page 10. I a U.S. SOURCES CALL NEW TERMS 'VER Y COMPLICATED' Iran sends 'different' From AP and UPI WASHINGTON-The United States received a "very complicated" new proposal yesterday from Iran on terms for freeing the 52 American hostages. Informed sources said it was not clear if the long awaited response would speed their release and end the 14-month-old stalemate. Describing the Iranian message as "very com- plicated," the sources told The Associated Press it of- fered "a different kind of approach" to key issues. TOP-LEVEL WHITE House, State Department, and Treasury officials met late yesterday to weigh the latest Iranian terms. One source said a decision on an American reply would be made by President Carter by this morning. "I don't know if it's more feasible than we got in the past," one source, who asked not to be i'entified, said. Meanwhile, Secretary of State designate Alexander Haig was at the State Department last night and in- dicated he has been briefed on the Iranian response. QUESTIONED BY reporters as he was leaving, Haig said, "I've been following it very closely and leave any comments on it to Mr. Muskie, at least until next Tuesday." Asked about the possibility of a breakthrough, Haig said, "I'm not going to make any comments at all of a substantive character." Earlier, administration officials said the proposal "warrants close and intensive study." In Tehran, Iran's chief hostage negotiator Behzad Nabavi met Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to discuss the terms of a deal to exchange the hostages for an estimated $6.6 billion in Iranian assets frozen in the United States. The hostages would be freed under the U.S. proposal proposal simultaneously with delivery of the first in- stallment to Iran. AFTERWARD, NABAVI TOLD reporters that Iran's "final reply" was handed to Algeria this mor- ning "The U.S.A.," he said, "has until tomorrow (Friday) to reply. "The Iranian government's view is that the U.S. government has only up to the end of business tomorrow, Friday, to carry out a really practical step in connection with the transfer of Iran's agreed deposits to the central bank of a third country," Nabavi said. In Washington, a State Department spokesman said the latest Iranian message "warrants close and intensive study, which is now being undertaken both by the American delegation in Algiers and officials in Washington., By BARRY WITT The University's 3,400 clerical, employees will decide in February electionswhether they wish to be represented by a union, University spokespersons said yesterday. The Michigan. Employment Relations Commission (MERC) recently affirmed that the Organizing Committee for Clericals (OCC) has established the required minimum show of interest in organizing a union. At least 30 per- cent of the work force had to sign a petition to make the election legitimate under state law. THE CLERICALS will have the chance to choose between "no union" and representation by the OCC. University officials have "no problems" with the idea of the elec- tion. In November 1978, University clericals voted down an OCC bid to become the collective bargaining agent for the group. In 1976, the clericals voted to disband their local of the United Auto Workers that had been formed in 1974. Some of the previous attempts to unionize were aided by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. Clerical employees to vote ofln UfllOflZLtlOfl4 . . ' ' Blood shortage at 'U' Hospital delays surgery By JEFF VOIGT Severe blood shortages at the University Hospital have. required postponement of major operations, including open heart surgery and liver transplants, a hospital spokesman said yesterday. According to Joseph Owsley, acting director of relations in hospital administration, the operations have been put off for the past two days and will probably be put off today. "WE WOULD LIKE to operate on schedule but there is no immediate health risk so long as the delay is not indefinite," Owsley said. According to a spokesman for the American Red Cross, which supplies blood to the University Hospital, local collec- tion projections were not met because of a blood drive can- cellation by a large automotive plant. The drive was halted after layoffs had severely depleted the number of donating employees, said Cornelia Fry, direc- tor of the local Red Cross office. SHE ALSO REPORTED that many regular donors cannot give because of the flu or similar illness. "We have had the highest deferral rate in the past three years because of the flu," she said. The Detroit-based Red Cross supplies blood to 75 hospitals over a five-county area including Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, St. Claire, and Washtenaw counties. Fry said that blood type O positive is needed the most right now, but all types are needed. "I don't go to the media unless it is really serious," she added. THE UNIVERSITY is supplementing its supply with blood from a list of special donors, hospital staff, and faculty, Owsley said. He added, however, that, "we don't have the facilities to collect blood from the general public." The local Red Cross will be sponsoring a student blood drive to be held Jan. 26 through Feb. 2. According to Fry, the drive will attempt to raise a total of approximately 1,500 pints of blood. Collection sites will be at Bursley Hall on Monday, Jan. 26, at Markely dormitory on Tuesday, Jan. 27, the Union ballroom Wednesday, Jan. 28 through Friday, Jan. 30, and at Couzens Hall on Monday, Feb. 2. Blood collections will also be made at the Red Cross office between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 2729 Packard. RegentdebutDaily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS l bRegent de bDa Nellie Varner is sworn in as University Regent by Judge Damon Keith (right) in the Administration building yesterday. afternoon. Varner's nephew assisted in the ceremony. TODAY Lugage 0, Gorilla 1 TELEVISION- watching gorilla at the Atlanta Zoo recently went up against a piece of American Tourister luggage in a re- creation of a popular com- mercial and tore the pummeled it. He proceeded to rip the leather-like cover off the hard-sided suitcase, tore it open, and ripped the halves apart at the hinges. As if adding insult to injury, Willie B. then took one of the halves over to his water fountain, held it under the spigot, and drank from the water-filled wreckage. Reporters from an Atlanta television station gave the ape the suitcase as part of a consumer report on luggage that was aired on Wednesday. John Weatherford, the reporter who did the story, said spokespersons for. American Tourister told him they thought the ape in their commercial was a gorilla. But Weatherford said he found out after oheokine that the ae in the nmmercial was a sidewalks, cars, and buildings. People were getting bom- barded also. Police Chief Bob Shaw decided enough was enough, and the City Council agreed. It was time to fight back, they decided. The city doled out $158 worth of shot gun shells and recruited residents for the assault against the birds. So, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. three days last week, the shootout took place. Officials estimated that 1,000 crows were killed during the confrontations, with no injuries to residents. Some downtown store windows were cracked, however, apparently by stray shots. Crows, as migrating birds, are protected under federal law. But the law allows them to be shot if they commit, or are about to commit, a which consists of old papers, coupons, cereal boxes, and other debris of modern life. As they watched, Dave Mikolas, a 19-year-old astrophysics student, pounded out Christmas carols and old standards on the electric' piano-stark naked. Mikolas said he made his buff piano. appearance at the request of the artists involved in the project, but insists there was nothing shocking about it. "There wasn't any particular set of clothing that would' have added to the effect so it really wasn't necessary to have clothing, he said, quipping, "It was warm enough so that I didn't need them." MIVE i