The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, April 7, 1982-Page 3 Reagan traveling to Caribbean WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Reagan heads for the economically troubled Caribbean today to spotlight his new regional development program and take time out for an Easter vacation in the sun. The president and his wife will stop in Jamaica overnight on the first leg of the five-day trip and then fly to Barbados, where he will stay until Sunday. THE EASTERN Caribbean region that Reagan will visit is relatively calm. But the world is carefully w atching developments in other parts of the hemisphere, particularly the Falkland Islands, which Argentina seized from Great Britain Friday. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said U.S. officials do not expect that the possibility of war over the Falklands, which the British are determined to retake, will overshadow Reagan's Caribbean ven- ture. He stressed there are no plans to involve U.S. for- ces "in any way" in the dispute. OFFICIALS said Reagan's trip "should help un- derscore our commitment to the area and to the Caribbean Basin Initiative," which Reagan has proposed to encourage economic development in the region with freer trade, private investment, aid and technical training. Reagan will be the first U.S. president to visit Jamaica, where he will demonstrate U.S. support for the government of Prime Minister Edward Seaga, the first foreign leader to visit Reagan after his inauguration. The outgrowth of that White House meeting was the formation of the U.S. Business Committee On Jamaica to spur private investment in the island's struggling economy. Reagan and Seaga, who defeated Socialist Michael Manley Oct. 30, 1980, will hold talks and the prime minister will host a "working dinner" in Reagan's honor. Thursday, the Reagans will fly to Barbados where he will meet with the leaders of other East Caribbean island nations, including Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Kitts-Nevis. Reagan has asked Congress for $350 million in sup- plemental appropriations for the Caribbean to promote economic and security projects. Warren Court Justice Ft WASHINGTON (UPI)- Abe Fortas, who played a key role in some of the greatest civil liberties decisions in American history but left the Supreme Court under threat of impeachment, is dead at 71. Fortas-nominated by his friend Lyndon Johnson to be chief justice of the United States but who later became the first person forced off the high court by allegations of scandal-was pronounced dead of a heart attack at 9:40 p.m. EST Monday at Georgetown University Hospital. His secretary, Inga Seckinger, said Fortas collapsed at his home in the fashionable Georgetown section of Washington. HE DIED two weeks after making his first official return to the velvet-draped courtroom of the nation's highest tribunal, from which he resigned in May 1969. He participated in arguments on a case involving Puerto Rico's system for filling mid-term legislative vacancies. The first high court members to comment on his death were Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Mar- shall-the only remaining members of. the court's liberal wing from its activist ear under Chief Justice Earl Warren. "Justice Fortas' sudden death comes as a great shock to both of us," they said in a joint statement. "He is not only our esteemed colleague, but also a close friend. We shall miss him." THE SON of an immigrant Jewish cab- inetmaker who became a trusted ad- viser of Johnson before the Texan reached the White House, Fortas worked his way through Southwestern College in Memphis, Tenn. He graduated from Yale Law School, where he was editor in chief of its prestigious law journal. But it was in the 1960s that Fortas left his mark on the nation's legal annals. As a lawyer, he represented Clarence Gideon before the court in 1963 and won a unanimous decision that declared a person accused of a crime has a right to a lawyer, even if he cannot pay for one himself. In the court's famous Miranda decision limiting police interrogations of criminal suspects, Fortas was part of the slender five-man majority. And in 1968 he led the majority in striking down Arkansas' "Monkey Law" that forbade the teaching of Darwin's Theory of Evolution in public schools. 71 dead Doily Photo by DIANE WILLIAM9 April showers bring .. . The steps on the side of the Intramural Building receive an unseasonable ac-'j cumulation of that white stuff we had so much of a while ago, attesting to the notorious unpredictability of Michigan weather. APPEINGS- HIGHLIGHT The University's English Composition Board (the same people who made sure you passed Freshman Composition class) is sponsoring a lecture on "Taking an Essay Exam." University lecturer Judy Kirscht will give students tips on how best to impress your profs when filling up a blue book during finals, 2203 Angell Hall, 4-5 p.m. FILMS CFT-Death in Venice, 4,7 & 9:15 p.m., Michigan Theater. PERFORMANCES Major Events - Police, 8 p.m., Crisler Arena. School of Music-Clarinet recital, Stan Fisher, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Str&vinsky Celebration,;8 p.m., Stearns. Theater & Drama - Studio Theater, "Passing Shots," 4:10 p.m., Trueblood, Freize Bldg.' Society for the Promotion of Amer. Music-"An Evening of Comedy & Music by Edward Harrigan & David Brahan," 7:30 p.m., Burton Tower. SPEAKERS Chinese Studies-Yue Dai-Yun, "Victims, Rebels & Martyrs: Chinese Women in Literature and Reality," 4 p.m., Rackham West Conference Room. Russian & East European Studies - William Reisinger, "East European Defense Burden: Collective Good or Bargaining Chip?" noon, Commons Room, Lane Hall. Education - Margin Peterson & Larry Berline, "Emerging Issues in Higher & Adult Continuing Education," 4 p.m., 1211 School of Ed. Afroamerican & African Studies - Wade McCree, "The Black Presence in the Federal Court System," noon, 246 Lorch Hall. Hispanic-American Student Services - James Petras, "U. S. Foreign Policy in Latin America & the New Cold War," 4 p.m., Rackham Am- pitheater. Social Work - Panel discussion, Jean Campbell, Phyllis Santos, JoAnne Peterson, Mime Harris, "Women in Human Service Administration," 12:15 - 2 p.m., Rackham East Conference Room. Macromolecular Research Center-David Bassett, "Crystallization of Polyethylene Copolymers," 4 p.m., 3005 Chem. Pharmacology - Robert Levenson, "Role of Cation Transport in Initiation of Friend Cell Differentiation," 4 p.m., M4712 Med Sci I. South & Southeast Asian Studies - Kenneth Hall, "Marketing & Irrigation Networks as Indicators of State Development in Pre-Islamic Java," 4 p.m., 244 lane Hall. Chemistry - Susan Rivkin, "Isotachoresis: Methodology & Application in Bioanalytical Investigations," 4 p.m., 1200 Chem.; Lindsey Brown, "Novel Approaches to Linearly Fused Tricyclopentanoid Natural Products," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. Statistics - Connie Shapiro, "Sequential Allocation and Optimal Stpping Applied to Bayesuan Simultaneous Estimation," 4 p.m., 451 Mason. Genex Corp - David Jackson, "The Biotechnology Industry," 4 p.m., Hale Aud. MEETINGS Commission on Women - noon, 2549 LSA. Gay Undergraduates -9 p.m., call 763-4186 for location and details. Science Fiction Club -8:15 p.m., Union Ground Floor Conference Room. Academic Alcoholics -1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Assoc. of Gerontology Students -7 p.m., International Center. MISCELLANEOUS Tau Beta Pi - Free tutoring in lower-level math and science courses, 7 -11 p.m., at 307 UGLi and Alice Lloyd, or 8- 10 p.m., at 2332 Bursley. WCBN - "Radio Free Lawyer," 6p.m., 88.3 FM. Ark - Open mike night, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill. Public Health - World Health Day, Wilma Donahue, "Adding Life to Years," noon, Francis Aud., School of Public Health. International Center - European Travel Film Series, Austria, noon, Int. Center Rec. Room. Chabad House - Passover Seder Night, 8:30 p.m., 715 Hill. FLOC - Ann Arbor Support Group of Farm Labor Organizing Committee, pot-luck dinner, 6 p.m., 318 E. William. To subnit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of: Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. Sen. Riegle urges students to fight financial aid cuts (Continued from Page 1) student loans) because they need the money to build nuclear weapons," said Riegle, who is running for re-election this year. The gathering, sponsored by the College Democrats, was described by a member of the group as a chance for Riegle to"rub elbows" with students. APPROXIMATELY 250 people joined Riegle at the bar, one of his stops in a statewide tour to explain to voters what he believes are the dangers of federal education cuts and the arms build-up. Most questions from students con- cerned student aid cuts. "I came to ask him about the whole problem of budget cuts," said LSA senior Alan Salmi. _Mike rHolz, a senior engineering student, said he came to find out "when the federal government is going to help bail the construction and automobile industries out of trouble." LSA SOPHOMORE Steve Hilfinger said he wanted to know how "Riegle felt about cuts in the space program." At a press conference earlier yester- day, Riegle told leaders of several student organizations that the transfer of funds from education to the military budget is representative of the great emphasis the Reagan Administration has put on defense. "It's not as if the money coming from student loans is being used to balance the budget," Riegle said. He told leaders of the Michigan Student Assembly, the Gaduate Em- ployees Organization, and other groups that a "permanent, sustained, and organized" lobbying effort would be needed to effectively fight Reagan's budget plans. WE PROCESS YOUR VISIONS f / I"''. ' t 4 ., ...t p Precision Photographics, 830 Phoenix Drive, Ann Arbor, MI Phone (313) 971-9100 inc. 48104 N 4' If you're a senior and have the promise of a $10,000 career-oriented job, do you know what's stopping you from getting the American Express Card? You guessed it. Nothing. BecausegAmerican Express believes in your future. But more than that. We believe in you now. 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