Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom JACK FROST e~itliga Z~ait Today will be cold-very cold for early December. The high will nary reach 25; tonight's low will dip in- to the teens. Little or no snow is expected. Vol. XCI, No. 74 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, December 3, 1980 Ten Cents Eight Pages; §y'b x e ,., " n a kt# °g4b y' ,'Sxi xbay ,s/wXzx: > -y aX a: xarna 5 } y."X t 1 ai': .. aR f " s: s a N " '. .s ! $ : ~ a , TaAAx 5 t~ 4 g. "'Sail ''s 'fah ys ty "s a ; A " 1 &Me t .. ' h * . 3S k Y ' " w xu ,9 b , as a ~ w rH, x Y nSr "~d t 3Szt g p a .x e r 04M ak xt r^ tr 4 ' +. sa cy a ii bw ': sx s a x A ° , &. at ay "s O tt! ih rSr~ s Sni.4 x%' a> e J r r v v, 'r r ~"'~. pF ~' i p t 3 t > t < <>i w ds t a rr e X w'f +; +bs Sj"'e!t ~y v s" 4 1 Sfi st ffsxn;SV 'f '. x >;.~r2nd>sxax'A'isX'Sf z s a ''K a ', ,w 5!< x ~v R ,n lZSf C n g( x. xs n yY Yx x i r.. sy sr"6 rx J x s a '. Wn Eni...nx"k? 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In Washington, the White House warned that any Soviet military intervention in Poland would have "serious and adverse" Syria and Jordan agreed 'on terms de- signed to ease tensions on their border. See story, Page 8. consequences on both East-West and U.S.- Soviet relations. WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jody Powell said President Carter com- municated "in the past few days" with the leaders of France, Germany, and Britain and "other European allies" about the Soviet threat to Poland. The State Department also summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrinin, and an administration source said U.S. in- telligence had picked up signs of Soviet military measures "which are not easily explained except in terms of a possible in- vasion of Poland." Despite Moscow's denials, military sources in West Berlin and London said the Soviets shut off those parts of Poland's East German border that had remained open to Western military observers and. sealed part of the eastern frontier with Soviet troops on the highest alert status. THERE WERE also signs Warsaw Pact troops were engaged in maneuvers on Poland's borders, the sources said. Similar moves preceded the Soviet in- vasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, but sources cautioned against speculation a march into Poland was "imminent." Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Jerry Curry, said there had been no change in the status of U.S. forces in Europe with "no large-scale U.S. maneuvers, even beyond the unit level" and nothing scheduled for the next two weeks. The reported Soviet moves would effec- tively encircle Poland, which lies san- dwiched between East Germany to the west and the Soviet Union to the east. Czechoslovakia forms its southern border. Some Western analysts saw the reported troop movements as part of a series of Soviet warnings to Poland, which has allowed a labor movement independent of the Communist party to emerge since mass strikes in August. In Moscow, the Soviet Foreign Ministry issued an unusually specific statement denying it mobilized troops on the Polish border. "We have investigated this question and flatly and categorically deny the rumors," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Registration continues By BARRY WITT No matter where they may be going over the winter break, men born in 1962 will be expected to take an additional excursion the week of January 5-to the post office to register for the draft. The week of registration was scheduled months ago when President Carter finalized his registration plan. While President-elect Ronald Reagan has not said what he, will do about the current program, one of his transition spokespersons said yesterday that, Reagan will take-no.of-, ficial position on the plan until the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of an all- male registration. The high court ruling is expected in the High court case fails to affect sign-up Spring. Reagan, who opposed a peacetime draft during the campaign, could rescind the program by executive order after he takes office Jan. 20. WHILE A new batch of American men decide. whether to make the trek to the post,.office, statistics from the Selective Service show that 96 percent of those required to register last July complied with the order. Of those 19- and 20-year-olds who failed to register last July, none have been formally recognized or charged, but a spokesperson for the Selective Service said his organization just "hasn't finished working out the details" of its iden- tification procedure. One problem the Selective Service must now face in its.^ efforts to find registration evaders concerns its inability to require social security numbers on registration for- ms. A FEDERAL district judge ruled last week that the requirement violates the Privacy Act of 1974, which limits the uses of social security numbers as a means of identification. . However, the Selective Ser- vice has entered an appeal to the judge's ruling and expects a stay from the appellate court soon. A stay would enable the government to again require social security numbers from registrants. Meanwhile, as many as 6,000 men per week are still registering efl.beyond their July deadlines. Braten Harris, assistant director of the Selec- tive Service, said their forms are being accepted "without questions." Doily Photo by Q&YJQ HARRIS White Hanukkah Cars creep along a slick Thompson St. during yesterday's blowing snow. Ann Arbor, however, was not hit as hard as other areas of the Midwest. No snow is expected today. f State St. area project winding up By STEVE HOOK way," he said: BUI TSCH AO Fl PC 'The brickwork has been laid, the arespect for the sidewalks refurbished, and planters "people will take constructed. All that remains to be done area. Instead of in the elaborate State Sreet sidewalk over, they'll stop construction project is the addition of Nothing but good street lamps, trees, and benches. explained The $500,000 facelift of the business The ability of the district, which is now slated for com- organize and bring pletion in the spring, has been called an this scale into such unprecedented feat of cooperation by SSAA did, is ano the city, the University, .and the area factor in this sidew merchants. Busch said the The city and the University have before and during cooperated onvarious projects in the pleased him. "Ev past, but never on an urban design to the fullest possib project involving private businesses, "from the mayor t explained University Planner Fred street." Mayer. Storeowners fund "I THINK IT'S been a really good at a cost of $17 per f project," he said. each year for ten The merchants, city and University surface work alm officials involved expressed satisfac- project is "being p tion with the sidewalk renovation, details to be added although many mentioned that the i- ding to designer Di convenience for pedestrians and the MACIAS, A mess caused by the construction may Preservation Urba have hurt business since September. pany contracted to "We've all been horrified at one time the result is "pr or another with the mess outside our original design." stores," said Marty Busch, the owner of That design an marty's clothing store and a vocal sup- received the appro porter of the project. City Council last "We've lost some business but we ex- ministrator Terry pect to make it back-the construction Lou Belcher end will bring dividends. It's worth every worked with Mac anxious moment we've had along the See SIDE TODAY- Pomp and circumstance DECEMBER 21 IS the date of commencement for all the lucky graduating seniors. Hill Auditorium is the place to be on that Sunday at 2 p.m. Each prospective graduate will receive up to four. tickets on a first-come-first-served basis between 8 a.m.. ORSEES more public business district. better care of the throwing debris all and think a minute. can come of it," he merchants' group to g a civic project of fruition such as the ther unprecedented alk project., community support the construction has erybody cooperated ble'extent," he said, o the workers on the ded the construction front foot of property years. And with the nost competed, the ut to bed" with final in the spring, accor- ck Macias. DESIGNER with an Design, the com- do the project, said etty faithful to the d the entire project val of the Ann Arbor t August. City Ad- Sprenkel and Mayor orsed the plan and cias and the State WALK, Page 2 ...::Y{::::.....:: ....,.."* ".{..:":3"......,.},:.:,.Lo c a l s t o r e f r o n t s g e t t t n g, back=to-basic face lifts ded. "And while redwood is expensive at $2 per By JOYCE FRIEDEN board foot, oak, which we were also considering Redwood, smoked glass, chrome, and oak may using, is even more expensive at $8 per board seem an unlikely blend, but all these materials foot." are being used by Ann Arbor merchants in The Salvation Army building on Washington recent storefront renovations. - Street is one structure that will retain its original This mingling of materials and styles was design during renovation, according to Mickey prompted by the Ann Arbor Facade Study,'ac- Hoben of Design Concepts, the firm that planned cording to City Planner Fred Bohl. The study, the rehabilitation. "We are not out to imitate a which appeared in January 1976, showed what style; rather, we want to create a 'new' building every downtown building would look like if the that doesn't fight the structure of the old one," storefronts were restored to their original ap- she said, addin gthat the building's exterior will pearance. be kept the same style and color. "It started with the West Side Bookshop on WHILE MANY merchants have opted for the Liberty Street," Bohl said. "The owners' own traditional look, others have chosen a more taste dictated that they keep the facade the way futuristic design for their storefronts. it was originally when they renovated the store." "Our architects went to New York and When other merchants saw that business was checked out the designs of the most elite salpns helped by this "adaptive restoration," they also there," said Lori Visscher, co-owner of Hair 'N considered renovations, he said. Company on South Main Street, which sports a SEVERAL OTHER merchants also chose a glass-and-polished chrome storefront. "They in- traditional look for their storefronts, but for dif- corporated ideas from those salons in the final ferent reasons. "Our budget was what deemed design," she said. we use redwood," said Jeff Edwards of Butcher "Hair 'N Company is one of the newest and Willits, the firm that planned the renovation storefronts in Ann Arbor; its renovation was of Tice's Grocery on State Street after a fire in finally completed in August, Visscher said. August. Tice's is due to re-open either Friday or Another building which has modern design is Monday, according to Edwards. the new office of the University of Michigan Em- "The wood look is back all over town," he ad- See LOCAL, Page 2 :rE x":>: :::t':+: : ::>::::: ::::r ::::?:;::?:>::%:::'.<;:;: