Ninety- Two Years of hEditorial Freedom E Sit igan 1~IaIjj NOT CLOUDY Today will be clear with a high in the mid-20s. Vol. XCII, No. 122 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, March 7, 1982 Ten Cents Ten Pages review committees Byrd seeks El Salvador veto power selected / By JANET RAE Students and faculty members were selected for three review committees late last week ii the first stages of im- plementing the University's five-year budget reallocation plan, student and University officials confirmed last night. The committees will examine three non-academic Univer- sity programs - the Institute for the Study of Mental Retar- dation and Related Disabilities (ISMRRD), the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), and the Center for the Continuing Education of Women (CEW ). t THE ILIR AND ISMRRD reviews are to determine the potential effects of heavy cuts or complete elimination of the institutes. The CEW review will concentrate on examining the center's educational performance and quality. Student members selected for the subcommittees, are Dorothy Cameron for 10EW, George Miller for ILIR, and Chris Kolb of ISMRRD. A list of faculty_ members on the three subcommittees was not available last night. According to Michigan Student Assembly President Jon Feiger, Cameron's participation -in the CEW review will mark the first time a student has assisted in a non-budgetary program review. - CAMERON, A graduate student in the School of Education, said last night she had not been informed of her appointment to the subcommittee. She said she had been interviewed for the position because of her interests in CEW and the Univer- sity's budget process. "I am a returned, mature student interested in the disposition of women on this campus," she said. She declined to comment further until she received official notification of her appointment. Miller, who is pursuing a master's degree through the University's Institute for Publid Policy Studies, said he had been told of his appointment unofficially by a student mem- ber of the Budget Priorities Committee, the advisory group of faculty, administrators, and students which is conducting the ILIR and ISMRRD reviews. "BECAUSE OF my work with IPPS, I am oriented with this type of thing - the decision-making and budgeting process," he said. "I'm going in as an interested obsetver. I'm not an advocate of any particular view; I'm primarily interested in guaranteeing the fairness of the procedure and making sure that groups who ought to be heard are heard." Kolb, a senior in the School of Natural Resources, could not be reached for comment. Feiger said he was pleased with the student appointments, which were made by a joint decision between MSA members and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Holbrook. From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd said yesterday he will introduce legislation next week to prevent the Reagan administration from sending U.S. troops to El Salvador without congressional approval. Byrd, (D.-W.Va.) said he is concer- ned about what he described as a creeping escalation of rhetoric that could lead to gradual involvement of U.S. troops in the Central AmericanI country. "IT IS MY view that if Americans are to be asked to shed their blood in the jungles of El Salvador, all Americans should first have an opportunity to debate and carefully evaluate that ac- tion," he said. Byrd said he would introduce his proposal tomorrow as an amendment to the War Powers Act, which allows American forces to be committed for up to 60 days without congressional ap- proval. The War Powers Act was passed by Congress Nov. 7, 1973, oVer presidential veto. The measure, he said, will apply only to El Salvador. MEANWHILE, in El Salvador, ruling junta member Jose Antonio Morales Ehrlich said yesterday El Salvador's state of siege would be renewed another 30 days as a precaution against violence by rebels who have called for a boycott of the March 28 elections. The 30-day state of siege decree that allows illegal searches, restricts freedom of movement and outlaws meetings of more than three people was imposed March 6, 1980, and has been renewed every 30 days since. Secretary of State Alexander Haig said he had a "positive" discussion with Mexico's foreign minister on a Mexican plan to bring peace to El Salvador and modifications were suggested to make the proposal acceptable to the United States. See BYRD, Page 5 Ar noto JOSE NAPOLEAN DUARTE, the President of El Salvador, chats with a group of school children in La Libertad. Duarte, who visited the village on a campaign stop for the country's elections later this month, told the children to urge their parents to vote. Worker shuts off alarm; fire kills 10 From AP and UPI HOUSTON- A hotel clerk repeatedly tur- ned off a general alarm system early yesterday while an isolated fourth-floor fire filled a gleaming Hilton hotel with dense smoke, killing 10 people, fire officials said. The clerk had called the fire department, but apparently didn't realize that by cutting off the desk buzzer activated by guests on upper floors he was also deactivating the en- tire alarm system, said Deputy Fire Chief L.H. Mikeska. THE GENERAL alarm system which arouses guests at the 13-story Westchase Hilton Hotel is designed to go off automatically about two minutes after the desk buzzer is activated, unjess it is cut off. Chief V.E. Rogers said his investigators had received conflicting information from guests about whether the alarm and smoke detection system operated properly.. "Some said they did hear the alarm; some. say it did not go off," Rogers said. "I PULLED IT myself and it still only went off for like a half a minute and then it went back off again," said hotel guest John Moorehead, of San Francisco.'"For the en- tire timeof this whole thing the fire alarm only rang about-not more than 15 or 20 seconds." Mikesda said the cutoff caused the alarm to reset and after three minutes it went off again. He said the worker told him he cut off the alarm the second time and possibly even a third time before he realized there was a fire. The hotel employee was not identified. THE FIRE itself was confined to one room on the fourth floor registered to Scott Peterson, a cook at the Hilton Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. The cause was not determined.. Eight of the dead ,were in fourth' floor. rooms and two more bodies were found in a stairwell. All died of smoke inhalation. Among the victims was a family of four, from Louisiana staying in Houston for a wedding, and a family of five, including a 70- year-old grandmother. Two of" the dead were brothers, ages 3 and 5, and two were sisters whose ages were not definite. The other victims-five women and one man-were not immediately identified. Two, were found in the hallway, where they ap- parently collapsed while trying to escape, said Deputy Fire Chief Carl Hooker. The other bodies were in their rooms. Fire department spokesman Bob Key said as many as 30 people received minor cuts and bruises and five people required hospitalization. Two of the hospitalized were in critical condition. Four occupants of the fourth floor, unable to get through the corridor thick with black smoke, had to break windows and crawl dowrrfire department ladders. Other guests managed to escape down stairs. Peterson, 19, said a friend of his was alone in the room where the blaze started. Police and fire officials close local club for code violations By BEN TICHO Ann Arbor police and fire officials Fri- day night broke up a rock concert at a west side club, claiming it violates fire safety standards and zoning laws. Acting Deputy Fire Marshall Lee Larson dispersed a crowd of about 200 students from the University and local high schools, who were gathered at the Statehouse for performances by the Gun Club, a Los Angeles punk band, and two local groups. "IF THERE had been a fire, we would have lost it," Larson said. The Statehouse, zoned as a warehouse, is unfit for general assem- bly and does not have an authorized oc- cupancy permit, according to Assistant Fire Chief Henry Mallory. The club has "no exit or emergency lights, and no exits large enough to accommodate a crowd of this size," he said. "The list (of violations) does on and on." In addition to the permit and zoning violations, police found illegal alcohol consumption and food concession but, according to Mallory, no official action was taken on these violations. Fire officials said they inspected the Statehouse Friday afternoon, and war- nied owner Arthur Tendler that police would issue him a citation if he proceeded with scheduled concerts. LARSON SAID they inspected the chb after frequent complaints from area residents. Larson said he had not been aware See FIRE, Page 5 Cager blitz beats Badgers, 91-84 By JOHN KERR Special to the Daily MADISON - It was a fitting close to the Big Ten season for the Michigan Wolverines - a team that has had to work and scrape for all of its victories. Trailing for most of the second half, Michigan never let the Wisconsin Badgers get out of sight and finally ex- ploded late in the game for twelve straight points to clinch a 91-84 victory. MICHIGAN captain Thad Garner led all scorers with 25 points. Garner also pulled down 11 rebounds which put him at the 600 mark for his career. That makes him only the seventh player in Wolverine history to score 1000 points and grab 600 rebounds in his time at Michigan. The 6-7 senior went over the 1000-point mark last Thursday against Purdue. The Wolverines trailed Wisconsin, 74- 71, with five minutes remaining when freshman guard Eric Turner drove into the lane, laid the ball in, and was fouled. Turner completed the three- point play to make the score 74-74 with, 4:45 left to play. Michigan then took the lead for good when it stole the Badgers' inbound pass and center Ike Person hit a lay-up to give the Wolverines a 76-74 advaptage at the 3:41 mark. Thanks to somo poor shooting from the floor by Wisconsin and some clutch shots by Michigan, (the Wolverines shot 68 percent from the field in thesecond hal), it was able to rattle off seven. more points in a row to put the game out of reach and make the score 83-74 with 1:13 remaining. Michigan coach Bill Frieder wasn't sure what caused the Wolverines to See 'M'1RALLY, Page 10 Doily Photo by KIM HILL Outfor a walk A University student strolls with his television set down State Street in front of the LSA Building. ODAY- Sticky regulations T HE NEW HAMPSHIRE Boxing and Wrestling Commission will seek legal advice on whether' it can regulate gelatin wrestling-and perhaps make a few dollars for the state treasury.. Gelatin wrestling is a variation of mud wrestling involving women who try to pin each other in a wading pool-sized pit filled with gelatin. The events are staged by nightclubs. Sen. Fighting for the birds Saying Abraham Lincoln and George Washington "fought chickens," a retired teacher wants the return of more than 100 roosters seized at alleged cockfighting mat- ches inside the barn of a remote Ozark farm. "They're holding a hundred chickens without bond," Walt Pummill said. "I've been trying to bail them out for days." He was referring to officials of the Humane Society of Missouri, which wastholding the birds at an undisclosed location near St. Louis. Pummill, a retired teacher in Van Buren, Mo., is pleted," said Oregon County prosecutor William Perkins. "It will be up to the courts to decide what will happen to them." Pummill said he was considering taking legal ac-. tion to recover the 102 birds. "In the hills, cockfighting is a right by common law," he said. "Cockfights have been around longer than there's been a United States. George Washington fought chickens. Abraham Lincoln fought chickens."ie The Daily Almanac reference books for 19 cents each and the State Theatre was showing daily films for 44 cents. " 1918-A University YMCA poll showed that three- fourths of the student body regularly attended church. [ On the inside.. The Opinion Page has a capsulized some of the major events of the past week... Arts reviews the film Four Friends ... and Sports has details of the Michigan-Notre I i is