f Ninety-Two Years Of C, be Lti U lE3ailQ BREEZY Showers likely with possible thundershowers developing. The high will be in the mid-40s. Editorial Freedom Vol. XCII, No. 133 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday March 20, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages Two Regents object to 'U' policy on S. African investments By BETH ALLEN and JANET RAE University divestment in South Africa, an issue which moved students to massive protests during the mid to late '70s, resurfaced yesterday when two Regents complained that the Board has been too flexible in complying with its 1978 anti-apartheid guidelines. Regents Nellie Varner (D-Detroit) and James Waters (D- Muskegon) said a report submitted yesterday updating the efforts of 42 companies partially owned by the University shows disappointing progress in anti-apartheid action. THE REPORT, filed to conform to a March 1978 Regents' resolution, reviews the efforts of the companies toward desegregating, equalizing pay, and developing black training programs in their South African subsidiaries. According to the resolution, the Regents would sell the University's investment stock if the corporations did not "within a reasonable period of time take reasonable steps" to implement anti-apartheid steps outlined in a set of guidelines-the Sullivan Principles-or an equivalent plan. Yesterday's report shows that the three companies in question have continued to refuse to sign the Principles, and 11 others, have been classified by a University-hired research company as "needing to be more active" in either their guideline compliance or failing to file review infor- mation. THE REPORT outlines defenses for those 11 companies, claiming they were "miscategorized" because they had recently consolidated subsidiaries, or because they had not complied with recent additions to the Sullivan Principles. Also, according to the report, Kimberly-Clark, Baxter Travenol, and Owens-Corning should be exempt from com- pliance with the resolution because they don't have See TWO, Page 2 OPEC to cut production to steady VIENNA, Austria (AP) - OPEC oil ministers agreed yesterday to cut production in an attempt to keep prices from collapsing, Saudi Arabia's minister said. "We have reched an agreement on a ceiling of 18 million barels," Sheik Ah- med Zaki Yamani told reporters after the 41/2-hour emergency meeting ad- journed. THE CEILING may not be low enough to check falling oil prices, since current OPEC production - estimated at 18.5 million to 19 million barrels a day - has left about 2 million barrels a day unsold on the world market. When asked if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would maintain the $34-dollar-a-barrel ben- chmark price, Yamani said, "Yes, we will." Indonesian Oil Minister Subroto said the ministers scheduled another meeting for this morning because one delegation needed to obtain approval from its government before agreeing to the price ceiling. prices OPEC OFFICIALS declined to give details of the agreement, but Subroto and Iraqui Oil Minister Tayeh Abdul Karim both confirmed that it included a daily limit of 18 million barrels. The cartel's secretary-general, 1heik S. Nan Nguema of Gabon, said "minor and secondary details" had to be worked out at today's meeting. Asked about Yamani's report of the production ceiling agreement, Nguema said, "This is his own responsibility," and declined further comment. THE MINISTERS met under heavy security at a Vienna hotel. the problem they faced was satisfying the conflic- ting interests of all 13 OPEC, whose revenues are sagging because of the falling prices, in a production-sharing agreement. "The question is whether they will be able to agree on a certain formula whereby each country cuts, and whether they will be able to enforce it," said an American oil analyst, S. Fred Singer, a professor of environmental s'ciences at See OPEC, Page 3 Holdngcown the fortAhoto Three volunteers rest on a tall pile of sandbags along the Maumee River in Fort Wayne, Ind. Hundreds of workers stacked the sandbags to form a thick dike that prevented flooding in the Pemberton area of the city. Flood waters are expected to recede despite the prediction of more rain. Aft. St. Helens erupts agai'n Nazis change demonstration time By DAVID MEYER A group of neo-Nazis, who had planned to march in front of Ann Arbor's City Hall at noon today, will arrive at an earlier time to avoid counter-demon- strations scheduled for noon, according to the group's leader. Ted Dunn, the leader of the Detroit-based Security Services Action Group, said yesterday he and about 10 other neo-Nazis will show up at City Hall unan- nounced some time before noon. Another member of Dunn's group said earlier yesterday they would arrive at 11 a.m. DUNN SAID the change in schedule was made to avoid counter-demonstrations planned by several local community groups. "We're going to try to get there (City Hall) before noon," Dunn said. "It could be six in the morning, we could drop in at eight: But we're not about to let a mob get gathered. We're going to get there either fir- st or afterward (after the counter-demonstrators disperse)." Dunn said his group does not want a confrontation with the counter-demonstrators because he is afraid police protection will be inadequate. He said, however, that members of his group will be prepared to defend themselves in the event of violence. "WE DON'T want to set up like clay pigeons," he said. "But if somebody makes a move, we'll have to defend ourselves. "It (violence) has always happened before. They're always trying to injure people speaking up for the white race. It wouldn't surprise me if that's what they (the counter-demonstrators) have got planned," Dunn said. He claimed his group will be armed only with picket signs which can be used as clubs. Leaders of the planned counter-demonstrations have repeatedly insisted that they do not seek a violent confrontation, and that they hope a large tur- nout of counter-demonstrators will persuade the neo- Nazis not to march. RABBI ALLAN KENSKY, an organizer of the counter-rally planned at the Federal Building -three blocks away from City Hall - said the change in the time of the neo-Nazi march will not affect their plans. According to Kensky, his group still plans to hold its rally at 1 p.m. A member of the Committee to Stop the Nazis, which is planning to confront the neo-nazis at City Hall, said last night her group was unaware that the neo.Nazis had rescheduled their march. No group leader, however, could be reachad to say whether they would reschedule their counter-demonstration. Dunn said from 10 to 15 members of his group will show up for the rally and that at least two members will deliver speeches at City Hall. One speaker, he said. will present "a different view" of the civil war in El Salvador. Dunn said he has been in contact with Ann Arbor police officials to arrange security measures and that he will meet with them again today before marching. He added, however, that while police officials said they would provide some protection, he is afraid it may not be enough. VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Mount St. Helens erupted last night sending what was believed to be a cloud of ash 45,000 feet into the air, the National Weather Service said. The service spotted the cloud on radar. "It was .an eruption. There is no doubt," said Kim Scattarella of the weather service office in Seattle. "We have an explosive eruption at Mount St. Helens," said Larry Noshall of the Washington state Department of Emergency Services. The weather service warned that mudflows and flash flooding on the Nor- th Fork of the Toutle River were likely to result Dozens of tiny earthquakes rippled beneath the mountain yesterday. State officials shut down the restricted "red zone" around the mountain. THE MUDFLOWS are not expected to be as large as those touched off by the first, May 1980 eruption, but people in the immediate vicinity were warned to take precautionary measures. The eruption was picked up by seismographs at the University of Washington geophysics center at 7:28 p.m. "We lost a , crater seismographic station three minutes later," said Chris Irisler. THE WEATHER service said any ash fallout from the eruption would probably be toward Northewastern Oregon. The ast eruption of the volcano oc- curred in late October and early November. It was a relatively peaceful dome-building eruption - the same that was expected this time. The eruption followed warnings that the mountain was about to blow. An eruption alert was issued at 9 a.m. PST yesterday. It came almost two years after Mount St. Helens began trembling to life with telltale earthquakes March 20, 1980 following decades of inactivity. Residents object to Taco Bell By KATHLYN HOOVER A group of concerned Ann' Arbor residents is planning' to lodge a com- plaint with the City Council against plans for the Taco Bell currently under construction on East University, across from the School of Education Building. "We have nothing against the Taco Bell, just the ugly false 'front on the. building," said Dr. John Farah, an Ann Arbor dentist. The residents object to the stucco walls and the pseudo-adobe look of the building, Farah said. "We're just trying to keep Ann Arbor from becoming another crummy city with fast food signs everywhere." IN AN EFFORT to gain more sup- port, Farah recently wrote letters to local newspapers urging people to con- tact City Council members protesting exterior the Taco Bell, scheduled to open April 2. "We are planning to go to City Council soon, and we want them to be aware of the problem," he said. Farah said he also sent a letter to the Potter's Guild hoping that they would support his cause. Although he hasn't yet received a formal response, a few members said they agree with him. "The city made McDonald's (on Maynard Street) fit in with the campus architecture, and I think they should have upheld the same standards for the Taco Bell and any other fast food place," said Louise Piranian, a mem- ber of the Guild. The Maynard McDonald's was forced to change its structural design when the public pressured the City Council before its construction in 1975. Mc- See DESIGN, Page 2 Pentagon announces record cost increase WASHINGTON (4P)- The Pentagon announced a record $114.5 billion increase yesterday in the estimated cost of 44 major present and future weapons programs. Obviously sensitive to the probable political tremors which will result from the report, defense of- ficials called- a special briefing to explain the figures to reporters. As one of them who declined to be identified put it, the vast boost over estimates made public three mon- ths earlier reflected "a lot of extra capabilities and quantities" of weapons to be produced as far ahead as 1995, as well as what officials called more realistic estimates of future cost inflation. THE NEW FIGURE is not strictly comparable to previous figures because the interval for some weapons purchases covered by the report, 13 years, is far longer than any that have been used in past repor- ts. Typically, those reports would look eight years* ahead. The $114.5 billion increase brings the total cost of the 44 major weapons systems being produced, developed and planned to $454.8 billion as of Dec. 31. Eight programs in particular reflected huge cost increases mostly because of bigger purchases plan- ned by the Reagan administration. They were: " Air Force F-16 fighter planes, more than doubled to a total of $4.9 billion because of addition of 597 planes, engineering changes and more spare parts; . Air Force F-15 fighter planes, also more than doubled to a total of $40.5 billion because of increase of 360 planes, ground support equipment, spare parts and engineering changes and the like; " Navy F-14 fighter planes, nearly tripled in cost to $35.8 billion with addition of 336 planes, planned per- formance improvements and increased support requirements; " Aegis air defense missile cruiser, up to $5.4 billion to a total of $27.6 billion with the addition of three ships, increased outfitting costs and not inflation estimates; " Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack sub- marines, up to $9.7 billion to a total of $24.3 billion with addition of 12 subs, installation of new cruise missile launch system and inflation changes; " Perry-class guided-missile frigates, up by $3.9 billion to a total of $14.2 billion with an increase of nine ships and new inflation estimates, " Tomahawk cruise missile,increased about fourfold to $12.6 billion principally because of increase of 3,350 missiles in the purchase plan, engineering im- provements and changes in the inflation estimates; * Air-launched cruise missile, rose by $2 billion to a total of $8 billion largely because of 930 more missiles planned, revised inflation estimates, increased sup- port equipment development and more flight testing. e fraud Polic p LANNING ON attending the April 7 Police concert? If you called a phone number advertised on flyers around campus and purchased main floor seats (Section C), check your tickets carefullly. If they are stamped "VOID," you can't use them to get in. These tickets were stolen and not valid. The culprits have been apprehended, but some tickets escaped. If you want your money back with no penalty involved, con- tact the Office of Major Events at 763-5110. Q with his largest group to date consisting of 2,000 people at Ohio State University. The mass hypnosis will take place "May 6 at a Nevada theater. Q Dog Days Done The plight of Ohio's Geauga County Dog Catcher has finally drawn the attention of county commissioners. This week they authorized the purchase of a new truck to replace Don Gossett's battered, rusty vehicle. County Ad- ministrator Walter Selden told commissioners that A suit for Warren Two writers have filed a $20 million fraud suit against Warren Beatty charging his celebrated movie "Reds" was based on their work. The Superior Court suit filed Thursday by William Greene and Helen Smith contends their un- published manuscript was used extensively in the film. Greene and Smith claim they submitted an unfinished manuscript about Louise Bryant to Beatty in 1973 while the actor-director was considering a film on the life on John Reed. Beatty allegedly bought the film rights to the manuscripts for $250 and assured the authors they would be * 1968- Eight students filed suit against the Ann Arbor City Clerk for refusing to allow them to register to vote in the April first election, on the grounds that each of them was a University student and therefore not a resident of Ann Arbor. " 1955- tentative plans for an off-street parking system expansion program which would cost an estimated $1,000,000 were announced by Mayor William Brown. At the time, Ann Arbor's five parking lots and two carports had a total capacity of 1,054 cars. * 1952- University officials gave serious consideration to the idea of making East Quad co-ed, due to a shortage of I I I