Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom . E LIE igan 1EiaiI YUCKO Partly cloudy; cold, and very windy today, with a good chance of light snow. Vol. XCII, No. 81 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 9, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages Since 1971, inspectors warned of Econ. Bldg. hazards By STEVE HOOK While much doubt remains concerning the 5exact damages to the Economics Building, which was gutted by fire last month, fire officials from both the city and University agree that an interior sprinkler system could have saved the 125-year-old structure. Fire inspectors have recommended such a system in each of the past 11 years, according to insurance reports revealed yesterday, but finan- cial constraints forced University officials to choose other, less expensive measures. WILLIAM RYAN, director of the University's Insurance and Risk Office, confirmed that a sprinkler system for the building had been recommended as far back as 1971. But that proposal was accompanied by many others, regarding additional campus facilities, which were deemed more worthy of scarce University resources. "We have a very strong interest in preserving our buildings and life safety," Ryan said, "but everything in its place and within the budget available." During this 11-year period, neither the city nor ;the state has inspected University buildings. That responsibility rests with campus Fire Mar- shal Russell Downing, and the University's in- surance company, Industrial Risk Insurers. Twice a year, Downing and IRI Agents inspect campus buildings to determine where fire prevention and detection equipment are needed. AT THE conclusion of these biannual inspec- tions, IRI issues an extensive listing of fire safety recommendations, which are then sub- mitted to the University. Beginning in 1971, this 0 listing included a section entitled "Economics Building, No. 164.," calling for the installation of "automatic sprinkler protection throughout areas of the building having wood construction." According to Ryan, these recommendations are reviewed by the Fire Protection Project Committee, of which he is chairman. This com- See INSPECTORS, Page 2 Jobless rate soars to 8.9%, in December Doily Photo by MIKE LUCAS Steam heat Students crossing the pedestrian bridge from central campus to the hill dorms watch the drifting clouds of warm steam from the smokestacks of the University power plant as they hit the chilly air. New technology v111roves 'U' emergency services WASHINGTON (AP)- The gover- nment reported yesterday that unem- ployment last month soared to 8.9 per- cent-a situation that President Reagan called "tragic" while saying it may get worse before it gets better. "There are going to be a few months of low periods, we can't help that," Reagan said. "But I think that as weget down toward the spring and going into- summer we're going to see the economy begin to come back." Joblessness among adult men already is at an all-time high since the government began compiling monthly statistics in 1948, rising to 8 percent in December as blue-collar workers were hit hard by layoffs in manufacturing. The Labor Department said the widening recession cost 460,000 Americans their jobs in December as overall unemployment jumped half a percentage point from the 8.4 percent in November. Unemployment in Michigan in- creased by 2.6 percent to 14.4 percent last month. The Michigan Employment Security Commission blamed the rising number of auto industry layoffs, low construction, and retail employment for the increase, which left 106,000 jobless during December. The Labor Department,in its monthly report, said 'the customary holiday season surge in retail business failed to produce the number of jobs evidenced in earlier years. Altogether, nearly 9.5 million people were out of work last month. The jobless rate among blacks was at a record high 17.4 percent and the num- ber of people forced to accept part-time work to make ends meet climbed to an all-time high of 5.4 million. -Unemployment Seasonally. Adju sted 9.0- 8.5 - Percent of Work Force 8_QI 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0, J FMAMJ JAS OND i M, By JENNIFER MILLER A $300,000 renovation to the University Hospital's Emergency Service has made it one of the more ad- vanced emergency rooms in the country. In addition to improving the efficiency of the present emergency room, the new technology and spatial design will act as a "testing ground" for designing the replacement hospital's emergency ser- vice, said James Mackenzie, chief of Emergency Service.- THE MOST advanced features of the facility are the three power columns in the treatment area. Each free-standing column consolidates equipment, such as oxygen and heart monitors, thus allowing access to the patient from all sides. "I think we're the first in the country to use these (power columns) in an emergency service," Mackenzie said. The column measures about two feet by one foot and reaches to the ceiling. Curtains divide the treatment area into three trauma bays, each with an $8,000 power column and operating room lights. "The concept was to get rid of as many walls as possible," enabling constant obser- vation of patients, Mackenzie said. SPACE IN THE waiting area has also been designed so that a triage nurse can see patients im- mediately and continuously observe them. The triage nurse's job is to make an initial examination to determine the patient's condition and what kind of treatment is needed. The treatment area is designed to efficiently han- dle the 100 patients seen on an average day, and is flexible enough to handle disaster situations, Mackenzie said. "(Thursday) there was a mass influx of minor See RENOVATIONS, Page 2 Soice. 19811 'SourceDept of Labor AP] The number of so-called "discouraged workers" - those who have given up looking for work and are thus not counted as unemployed - reached a record high 1.2 million in the fourth quarter of 1981, the Labor Depar- tment said. "I think it's tragic," Reagan said. "It's been coming on for a long time." But, speaking with reporters before See NATION'S, Page 3 Solidarity will not be crushed, says member By ANDREW CHAPMAN "I think Jaruzelski will try to im- prison part of the Solidarity leaders, and some he will exile. He perhaps will try to set up Solidarity again as a pup- pet organization, under control of the government, to make the Western world happy," Richard Knauff, a Polish Solidarity member in exile, said yesterday. "These are the plans of Jaruzelski (the Polish Martial Law General),but it will not work, becaue one cannot kill the spirit of the Polish people with guns or martial law," Knauff said in an inter- view. THE 36-YEAR-old representative of a Solidarity-controlled film agency was in the United States to promote American interest in Polish films when the Polish government declared mar- tial law two months ago. Knauff, a burly, cigarette-smoking union member, said that even if the government succeeds in crushing the current Solidarity union, similar crises will erupt in the near future. "People will show passive resistance as longras possible," he said, adding, however, that it is difficult to predict what form resistance will take in the future because events in Poland are changing so rapidly. "MARTIAL LAW will not be lifted until all the leaders of Solidarity are imprisoned or exiled," he said. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa will not allow Solidarity to be crushed com- pletely, Knauff said, claiming that the labor leader is too committed to his cause to allow the union to be stifled. Knauff said that if martial law was lifted immediately Solidarity would renew its efforts to obtain fundamental concessions from the Polish gover- nment, but this time they would adopt a dif- ferent perspective. "We have learned that Solidarity's counterpart (the Polish government) is somebody who is not honest. The gover- nment is a counterpart that had one hand behind its back the whole time it was talking (with Solidarity) and then See SOLIDARITY, Page 3 1 t t t l 1 i l Local Democrats appeal new plan for county redistricting By STACY POWELL Republican Chairman Robert Henry, Prosector William Delhey, County Local attorneys took the new Treasurer Michael Stimpson and Coun- Washtenaw County redistricting plan to ty Clerk Robert Harrison. Democratic court yesterday, claiming the proposal Party Chairman Walt Scheider is the was the result of gerrymandering by only Democrat on the commission. the Republican members of the Appor- "Fairness and understanding has not tionment Commission. been demonstrated by the three Two separate suits, filed with the Republican musketeers," said Sallade, Michigan Court of Appeals, call for the refering to Henry, Delhey and Stim- rejection of the nine-district plan ap- pson. "The Commission has tried to proved December 10 by the Washtenaw reduce Democrats to no power at all on County Apportionment Commission. the Board," he added. The new plan, effective from 1982 to "We object," Sallade said, "to what I 1990, determines the voting districts for consider an arrogant display of power" the election of the County Board of by the commission. Commissioners. "IT'S VERY HARD not to cut into THE LAWSUITS represent Yp- townships," County Treasurer Stim- silanti Township residents who object pson responded. "The districts have as to both th eboundaries of the new much of a rectangular shape as districts, and the reduction of the num- possible." ber of districts from fifteen to nine.Prosecutor Delhey said "The plan The plan "will make second class submitted meets federal and state citizens of minority groups in guidelines. I don't think partisanship Washtenaw County by dispersing black g es n't tn ai" - was shown at all." Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS voting strength," said attorney George Sallade. "The plan will make black voters unable to elect a black member to the Board," he continued. THE FIVE-member Apportionment Commission consists of four Republican members: County _ Attorney Victor Adamo has filed a suit representing four citizens who ob- ject to the Commission taking a section of Ann Arbor bounded by I-94, Stone School Road and Ellsworth Road and placing it in District 2, while extending See LOCAL, Page 2 RICHARD KNAUFF, a member of Solidarity, explains the driving force behind Poland's suppressed trade union in an interview yesterday. TDAY- Love beats the clock WO WORLD WARS and one marriage apiece came and went between the time Victor and Zella fell in love and their wedding day. They became Mr.and Mrs. Victor McPartland last month. The groom was 84, the bride, 81. In 1915, they met at boarding school in Fernley, Nev., but her parents said no to marriage because she was just 16. After World War I, McPartland returned from France and married someone else. His old seeathanrt wn married and divorced. Over the vears thev Some numbers don't count There just weren't enough "givens" given for a math question in November's Scholastic Aptitude Test taken by some 400,000 high school students in Providence, R.I. The Providence Evening Bulletin reported Thursday that the question was especially tricky because it simply could not be answered with the amount of material students were given to work with. The question, which involved an algebraic equation with two unknown numerals, will not be counted toward the students' scores. "Overall, it should have had no significant effect on scores," said James pioneer of something he has dubbed "hypno-art"-art produced in a hypnotic trance. Watkins said he was having a modestly successful career as an illustrator when he ac- cidentally discovered his new art form. He was using self- hypnosis to relieve tensions and one day, following a 25- minute trance, he awoke to find a sophisticated charcoal drawing in front of him with his signature on it. The next logical step after sleepwalking? Or the '80s answer to Picasso. C Does politics pay? Stephen Thomas is still waiting for his salary as mayor of Milton, Pa.-all 8 cents of it. And he'll take a check, thank certificate from the Board of Elections and put the check in there with a sign that reads, 'Who says politics pay?" Gumming it up at work The gumshoe who wanted to gum it won his battle- with the help of the local gummint. Sgt. Vic Lyle wears dentures in civilian life, but he grits his gums when he goes to work in Grove, Okla. Police Chief Mike Prather pleaded with Lyle to wear his false teeth while on duty, but Lyle thought he looked toothsome enough without them and refused. The chief bucked him to a lower rank. But Lyle went to the city council on Tuesday, and the council voted unanimously to allow Lyle to work without his dentures. They also restored I 0i :I