Ninety-One Years Editorial Freedom L4fIE ht ~E~ai4g WINDY Windy and colder today with rain ending in the af- ternoon. Highs in the low 50's. Vol. XCI, No. 45 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, October 25, 1980 Ten Cents Ten Pages I New dorm.,. windows Inflation at 13%; target f complain~ts By MARK GINDIN Installing windows that don't leak as much heat. It seemed like such a good way to save money without getting anyone mad. But the University Housing Division has learned once again that it's im- possible to please everyone. First, students in Stockwell and Mosher-Jordan complained that the new windows would ruin the architec- tural character of the stately dor- mitories. THEN STUDENTS in Alice Lloyd said they became sick after inhaling fumes from caulking around the new windows. And the housing division only wanted to waste less heat, so room and board increases would not have to be quite so steep. Alice Lloyd residents yesterday described the smell of the caulking as "obnoxious" and some said they had experienced headaches and lightheadedness as a result of the smell. ALICE LLOYD building .director David Schoem sent a letter to dorm residents on Wednesday explaining that the odor, which lasts 24 to 48 hours after the window is caulked, can cause headaches, irritated eyes, and a nauseous feeling in people who are sen- sitive to it. The effects are not lasting, the letter said, adding that residents who do not wish to remain in their rooms will be provided with alternative sleeping arrangements. The letter also warned students not to leave food exposed in the room. Students interviewed at the residence hall last night said that no one had taken advantage of the alternative sleeping arrangements-beds set up in two lounges-but several said they stayed with friends during the nights the odor was strong. SINCE THE middle of the summer, the windows in Betsy Barbour, Helen Newberry, and Couzens Halls have been replaced with double-paned energy-efficient windows, according to the University Housing Coordinator of See NEW, Page 3 ]Reagan attacks A Carter, policies Daily Photo by DEBBIE LEWIS A WORKMAN CAULKS windows in Alice Lloyd. Fumes from the caulking have spurred student complaints., From AP and UPI WASHINGTON-Inflation bounded back into the 13 percent annual range in September, handing Ronald Reagan new ammunition to attack President Carter's management of the economy. Jody Powell, the president's chief spokesman, said the one percent jump in consumer prices cannot be taken as "an indication of failure of the anti-in- flation effort." AND CARTER said the increase in inflation "confirms the wisdom of our policy of holding down government spending and totally opposing the elec- tion-year tax cut proposed by the Republicans." In its last report on inflation before the Nov. 4 election, the Labor Depar- tment said yesterday that two months of moderating consumer prices were reversed by the one percent jump in September. A steep rise in food prices led the way. Prices also showed larger increases across an array of goods and services, from housing to entertainment, but gasoline prices declined for a fifth straight month. REAGAN, WHO was preparing a television address on the economy as the figures were issued, released a statement saying the surge in inflation demonstrates the administration's "ut- ter failure" in dealing with soaring prices. He predicted that "inflation will become a permanent way of life' if Carter wins re-election. But Powell told reporters that "you cannot honestly call this a failure, one month's CPI, an indication of failure of the anti-inflation effort." He said the figures only show Carter was correct in* opposing Republican proposals for an income tax' cut. But he said the president's own tax cut plan would not be inflationary. In his statenent, Carter criticized the Carter Reagan ... defends economic program ... blames Carter administration Republican tax cut plan, saying it would "jeopardize all the progress we have made in dampening inflation. Enacting it would be like pouring gasoline on a smouldering fire." HE SAID THE new inflation figures are a warning that "we must not add to inflationary pressures; we must not overstimulate the economy;.we must not permit massive across-the-board tax reductions, and we must not add to federal deficits." Carter said that on Election Day, voters "must choose between my policies, which will build our country's economic strength and actually work to reduce inflation-that lay the- foun- dation of a true economic renaissance in America-or those which will squan- der our hopes on economic voodoo." When computed at a compounded an- nual rate, the September increase amounted to 12.7 percent. That was significantly above the 8.6 annual rate posted in August, but far less than the nearly 20 percent rate recorded early in the year. IN A SEPARATE report, the gover- nment said workers' real buying power fell in September for the first time in three months because of the higher in- flation rate. Spendable earnings fell 0.4 percent for the month and declined 6.7 percent in the past year, the gover- nment said. September's price rise, if continued for a full year, would produce an in- flation rate of 12.7 percent. Coinciden- tally, that also is the actual inflation rate in the 12 months since September 1979. Since January, prices have in- creased 9 percent. Doily Photo by DAVID HARRIS STOCKWELL STUDENTS are protesting scheduled replacements for these windows. n t ,n ..' G.v4ui a J J :. Yrv.^. tNK) , Zni:'{a , .. :.. fi, ,,,:n , .. } ' , :::. ,.. F$ :", \ - . ....3 k . .._ . s$,. :.. :.:. , n :r' S;#3 t S . o lr : f ,. ylf rk ' w#R! ? ^*., .. 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The customers flock in because Palmisano, who is responsible for part of gam e everything in the store is emblazoned stocking the shelves of the shop, said he 3 By ANNETTE STARON with their favorite word: Michigan. is very selective about what he allows The proprietor of the shop in Yost Ice to be sold in the store. For the moment, passing up in Mi Arena is none other than the Michigan For example, he won't stock igan Stadium seems to be a thing of Athletic Department, which has Michigan toilet seat covers or past. become famous for its college sports caricatures of the players because he The Athletic Department Office h marketing wizardry. thinks they are in poor taste. They received no reports of passing up t The ."M-Go Blue Shop," which probably wouldn't sell well anyway, he season and hopes the trend continu evolved from an athletic department reasons, mentioning that Michigan "The police are keeping an eye o mail ordering service, has been doing buyers are more discriminating than (passing up) and we are keeping a well since it opened Labor Day. fans at other schools. - fingers crossed," said Will Perry, V THE SHOP IS the brainchild of Mile But such guidelines don't prevent him University's assistant athletic directo Palmisano, director of promotion and from stocking a myriad of other mer- a ' Passing up is a practice in wh marketing for the athletic department. chandise, such as Michigan checkbook [ 4 a football spectator-usua He works out of an office that could ser- covers, wrapping paper, stuffed female-is grabbed by 'enthusiast ve as another showroom for the maize wolverines, seat covers, and vacuum fans and passed through the rows ofi tt and blue memorabilia, bottles. to the top of the bleachers. Several Palmisano said all proceeds from the A CLERK IN the store said juries have been reported when victi State Street shop go to the Athletic customers are predominately non- were either dropped or molested by Scholarship Fund. students, but not all the patrons are y crowd. Even with many other local necessarily Michigan fans. "Until now I hadn't seen a game establishments selling Wolverine On the Friday before the California seven years without it," said Ter momentoes, the demand is apparently game, an assistant coach wandered in Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ Calhoun, a founding member of St heavy enough to merit yet another to see if the clerk would mind if the NANCY RYAN (right) buys Michigan paraphernalia at the new M Go Blue Shop on South State Street. Assisting her Passing Up Now. maize and blue outlet. See M, Page 2 is Maryann Foutch. See PRACTICE, Page 2 ch- the has his es. 1 it our the or. ich lly ic' en in- ms he in ry op TODAY Where there s smoke... firefighters Thursday. As firemen rushed to in- ETERMINA TION PAID off for New York City vestigate smoke spilling out of a fourth floor window on a Manhattan apartment building they found their efforts blocked by the apartment residents. "No smoke. No fire!" a woman inside asserted in Spanish and broken English. But the dedicated firefighters were persistent. "We have to check the apartment," Lt. James Curran told her. "No. no. no. no," she pleaded. But, when firemen forced their way into the allegedly burning country has now extended even further east. . . to the Soviet Union. "Colossal" local demand is building up for skateboards being produced in that nation, and skateboar- ding competitions have already begun among enthusiasts, according to a newspaper report from Soviet Estonia. The newspaper, Sovetskaya Estonia, in an issue reaching Moscow Thursday, showed a smiling Communist Party of- ficial from the plant that makes the skateboards holding up two sleek samples. Factory engineer Rudolf Vyrk told the paper he had seen skateboards on a trip to Paris, was told they were "exceptionally good for the soul and body," and proposed they be manufactured at his factory. Production is currently limited to 400 skateboards per month due to a 4- -- allow a man who identified himself as Frank Gazzo to talk to his wife, Mary, an Aetna employee. Gazzo had been calling for a week demanding to speak with his wife, who said she did not wish to speak with him, according to Lovelace. "He told me if I wouldn't let him talk to her he would show me something I had never seen before," said Lovelace. The next day the company received deliveries from three different pizza parlors, and five different florists, according to Lovelace. By the 20th things got really bad. "On that day seven carpet-cleaning companies, one of- fice supply firm, two pest control companies, two caterers, two janitorial outfits and a dry cleaning company came," Lovelace said. The deliveries are so frequent and the Halloween. "At first I wasn't going to sell it in my store, I thought it was in bad taste," said Gene DeTone who owns the Magic Wand in Brick. "But now I can't get any more of them. People get a real chuckle out of it," DeTone said. But sales aren't going too well in Ken's Magic Shop in Fair Lawn, according to shop owner Ken Noble. "Most people laugh at the Khomeini mask but don't want them. They're afraid they will get shot," Noble said. "I don't think it's in good taste, but I rent them," he added. The masks are made by a French firm which manufactures masks of other prominent political figures as well. Dl I I