Holmes keeps crown from All Page 12 Ninety-One Years of {Editorial Freedom P Sir t1 IT'S FALL Expect cloudy skies today and tonight with a high only in the mid-50s. To- night's low should dip to near freezing. Vol. XCI, No. 26 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, October 3, 1980 ~ Ten Cents Fourteen Pages House expels first rep since 1861 1 Crisler to beef up security By NANCY BILYEAU Security has been stepped up for the *ruce Springsteen concert tonight, but concert and police officials say they do not expect any major problems with crowd control. "We have added some security people at Crisler Arena," Karen Young, director of the Major Events Office, said yesterday. "They're Ann Arbor police and they're very well trained for this.", SINCE THE Cincinnati tragedy last winter in which 11 people were killed in rush to get seats for a concert 'aturing The Who, security has been tightened at rock shows across the country. "'There have been a number of police officers assigned to Crisler tonight," said Capt. Kenneth Klinge of the Ann Arbor Police Department. "But we don't expect many problems. The con- certs around here are usually pretty quiet. Our troubles have been minor." *Last year's disaster in Cincinnati has "Reenr attributed to long lines, little security, and anxiety caused by attem- pts to get good seats with general ad- mission tickets. LIKE TICKETS for all concerts at Crisler.. aren., Springsteen tickets are for reserved seats only. "We think that general admission tickets do create problems," Young said. For tonight's concert the doors will open at 7 p.m., and Springsteen will be on stage, at 8 pm., she added. 4;Another MEO safety policy, Young continued, is thatl the audience cannot bring bottles or cans to the concert. There are 13,609 seats in Crisler for athletic activities. But for concerts such as tonight's, chairs are placed on the floor, bringing seating capacity to approximately 14,000. "Certain seats were not sold because we thought their sight lines would be blocked," Young said. *TICKETS FOR tonight's concert went on sale Friday, Sept. 12, and sold out within hours. According to Anne Hoag, an employee at the Union Box Of- See CRISLER, Page 2 Member ousted after Abscam conviction Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER WASHINGTON (AP)-Michael "Oz- zie" Myers, convicted, of accepting a bribe in the FBI's Abscam undercover operation, was expelled from the House of Representatives yesterday, the first congressman ousted by his colleagues since the outbreak of the Civil War. The vote to remove Myers was 376-30, easily more than the two-thirds majority required. MYERS', THE FIRST congressman convicted in the Abscam case, protested the action to the end, telling House colleagues their action was tan- tamount to execution. "I know now what it feels like to sit on death row. As you go to the voting machine, keep in mind when you hit that button, that it will have the same effect of hitting the button if I were strapped into an electric chair," Myers told House members prior to the vote. Myers, calling the assembled House members "a lynching mob," also said his expulsion was being considered too soon after his August conviction. HE COMPARED his case to that of former Rep. Charles Diggs, (D-Mich.), who was censured in the House last year after his conviction on charges of mail fraud and misusing congressional funds. "Nine and a half months after the jury's verdict, the House ethics com- mittee recommended censure in the Diggs case," Myers said. "My timetable goes back to Aug. 3 and by Sept. 4 the committee opened its preliminary inquiry and' soon after" called for my expulsion." The 37-year-old Myers is seeking re- election to a third term in Congress. AFTER THE expulsion, Myers filed suit in U.S. District Court here that con- tended the House action 'violated his constitutional rights and House rules. Myers said the vote took away his salary and therefore violated his Fifth Amendment rights under the Con- stitution. Myers also contended that the Ethics Committee's rules incorporate the in- tent of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which require that a person be considered convicted after his sen- tence has been imposed. ANOTHER committee rule, Myers contended, provides that accused congressmen have the right to question witnesses who were previously called to testify by the committee staff. Myers said he was denied such rights in the THE UNION BALLROOM awaits the first spectator. Hundreds of chairs hear Bla rd s lecture Myers ... compares case to execution Ethics Committee's proceeding against him. Myers asked in the suit that he be "entitled to exercise the full rights and privileges of a member of the House of Representatives until the expiration of his term of office on Jan. 5,1981. "They proceeded in violation of their own rules. I feel very strongly that I wasn't given a fair trial. I wasn't affor- ded time to present additional eviden- ce," Myers told reporters in the House press gallery. "ON THESE grounds, we'll be going directly into federal district court here in Washington and the Supreme Court if necessary," Myers said. The House followed its expulsion vote with voice approval enabling the House clerk to take control of Myers' office until a new member is elected. The Philadelphia Democrat, ad-. dressing the entire House for the first time in his two terms, said before the vote that he didn't "have a Chinaman's chance" of avoiding expulsion. "How can any member justify this severe action without any consideration for the due process argument is beyond me," said Myers, whose appeal on his bribery and conspiracy conviction, is -pending. Myers' remarks came after the House voted 332-75 to defeat a resolution that would have delayed ac- tion on expulsion until Congress returns from its election recess in November. By JOYCE FRIEDEN Rows and rows of chairs in an empty Michigan Union Ballroom greeted state Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Ar- bor) last night when he arrived to discuss student issues. The scheduled 8 p.m. program was sponsored by Viewpoint Lectures-the same group that is bringing political pundits Jack Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander to campus October 7. Bullard had planned to include a slide presentation on the Smith-Bullard tax reform proposal. BUT NO ONE was there to see it. At 8:05 p.m., first-year law student Carl Valenstein walked in, but by then Bullard had decided to cancel the lecture. Union programming Director Dawn Tyson said Viewpoint had put up posters and flyers and sent notices to political science teaching assistants notifying them of the event. "Perhaps the publicity isn't relayed well to the in- dividual student," Tyson said. "We give facts-date, time, and place-but not why one should attend." Bullard said there were several possible explanations for the lack of attendance. "Interest in and concern abouf politics is lower now than in times past. And this country's structural scheme of representation is flawed," he said. "It's fragmented, so that whether or not you elect one per- son to the state legislature doesn't seem to have an effect on public policy outcomes." In closing his very brief presentation, Bullard invited everyone present out for a beer. -I U- Whatever happened to Stegeman's grand plan? By BETH PERSKY Last spring, many members of the Univer- sity community were up in arms over it. Last week, the Washtenaw County Democratic Party considered censuring a regent for his apparent approval of it. BUT TODAY, John Stegeman's proposed 32- story, South Univeristy-area high rise appears no closer to construction than it was when he first proposed it almost two years ago. Stegeman, an Ann Arbor developer who has uilt many local student apartment complexes, submitted a plan for his hotel/apartment/con- dominium building to the city planning com- mission in February, 1979. At that time his project was rejected, accor- ding to City Planning Director Martin Overhiser, because Stegeman was proposing He's keepingquiet about his next move too large a building, was not allowing for enough parking space, and did not have control of the land upon which he intended to build his complex. AFTER THE planning commission rejec- tion, Stegeman took steps to acquire the land he needed-located in the area of South Forest, Washtenaw, and Old Forest Avenues. The University owns part of that land, located behind the Church Street parking structure. Last February, Stegeman sought and was sold an option to buy the University land despite opposition from some area business persons and University professors and studen- ts. He is expected to utilize the option and buy the land if his project is approved by the city. Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) introduced the motion to sell Stegeman the option, a move for which he now faces possible censure under a Democrtic Party resolution discussed last week. STEGEMAN ALSO obtained an option to buy the rest of the necessary land from its present co-owner, Jack McIntyre. Although he now has the control of the land deemed necessary by the planning com- mission, Stegeman has not yet brought his plans back to the group for another review. "My guess is that he's trying to find some tenants for his uses and some financing for his building," Overhiser said yesterday. FURTHER, A spokesperson for Stegeman's architects-Fry-Peters Associates in Ann Ar- bor-said Stegeman is still working on the project. The spokesperson, who asked to remain unidentified, said, "Stegeman is trying to get, things resolved so he can proceed with it." If Stegeman decides to seek the city approval for his project that he needs, the planning department will first send a report to the plan- ning commission and public hearings will be held. City Council would then either grantor withhold its approval. Councilwoman Leslie Morris (D-Second Ward), who has been outspoken in her op position to Stegeman's plans, said "From what I've heard, City Council unanimously dislikes this project." Overhiser said the planning department is "in absolute disagreement with his original proposal-he had way too much building proposed for the original site." Stegemafi refused to make any comment, saying only, "We are not going into any discussion at all." TODAY Sir barrels along, runs aground T HE ONLY time Ted McNamara of Gain- sborough, England sailed on the high seas, it was a troop carrier to Burma and he became violently seasick. Nearly 40 years later, he set off to row the Atlantic in a 5-foot fiberglass drum. His voyage lasted two hours. Hundreds of spectators cheered as the 61-year-old veteran launched his bright blue, oar-powered craft from Land's End Wednesday in a bid to when Woodie, a six-year-old mixed collie and shepherd, saved his life. Woodie won the "Dog of the Year" award from Quaker Oats and Ken-L Ration dog food companies and earned her owner, Anne Knitter, a $1,000 savings bond. Thomas, 24, and his fiance, Knitter, 28, were walking along a steep trail with Woodie near Cleveland, Ohio when Thomas climbed to the edge of a precipice to take a picture, slipped on loose shale, and plunged down an 85-foot cliff into a stream. Thomas came to lying face down in the stream with a broken back and arm. Woodie, according to Knitter, Cashing in on sleep In Dallas, job hunters are vying for a chance to sleep on the job-and get paid for it. Of 350 respondents to a small newspaper advertisement placed by the Dallas Health and Science Museum, eight will be chosen to become museum exhibits. According to museum public relations director Robin Sachs, participants must be responsible, show up to bed down on time, not take drugs, and be interested in the process of dreaming. But most important, they must be day, and will pay them $150 a week to snooze in the public exhibit.hb Be prepared If the Soviets decide to launch a nuclear attack against the U.S., officials in Elmore County, Alabama are ready. The coun- ty commission adopted a resolution this week creating a line of succession for county government officials in the event the probate judge-the county's chief executive officer-is killed during a Soviet attack. Probate Judge Ed Enslen told the com- mission that county Civil Defense Director Billy Moore asked I i i i