Ninety- Two Years of Editorial Freedom LIE igati :IaiI CHEERS Cloudy, breezy and war- mer today with a high of 30. A chance of snow in the af- ternoon. Vol. XCII, No. 86 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 15, 1982 Ten Cents Ten Pages Arsonists set economics fire i Bo may. beleaving "M' for TelasA&M By MARK MIHANOVIC and DREW SHARP Michigan head football coach Bo Schembechler is seriously considering an offer to become athletic director at Texas A&M University and will announ- ce his decision today, according to published and broadcasted reports. In a copyrighted story, The Houston Post reports today that Schembechler was 75 percent sure he would accept the long-range, multi-million dollar deal. The Post story also reports that Schembechler has met with his assistant coaches and players to discuss the proposal. HOWEVER, several players reached late last night said Schembechler had not informed them of the offer. The chairman of the Board of Regents at Texas A&M, H.R. Bright, last night confirmed that his school was interested in hiring Schembechler. "He was given an offer to come and be A&M's athletic director. That's the job that's offered right now, and he is considering it," Bright said from his Dallas business office. "I can only say that Texas A&M would be pleased and honored to have a man the caliber of Bo Schembechler come to A&M. We are interested in him, but we do not know the level of his interest in us." NEITHER Schembechler nor Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham were available for comment last night. According to Canham's wife Marilyn, the athletic director picked up Schembechler in his car last night and met with him for an undisclosed amount of time. See TEXAS, Page 10 Probe rules out accident AP Photo Aftermath Five cars and one truck lay crushed on the 14th Street Bridge in Washington D.C. after an Air Florida Boeing 737 struck the bridge and crashed into the Potomac shortly after takeoff. 77 people died in the crash.' See story, Page 2. Pipe leaks in 'U' buildingrs cause $600,000 in damagyes By STEVE HOOK One or more arsonists set the Christ- mas Eve fire which virtually destroyed the Economics Building, Ann Arbor Fire Department officials announced yesterday. In a brief, carefully worded statement, the department acknowledged that fire investigators "have ruled out accidental causes. The fire was determined to be incendiary and the investigation will be con- tinued." UNIVERSITY President Harold Shapiro expressed "shock" that ar- sonists had caused the fire. "The lives of many scholars and students have been disrupted by this callous act," Shapiro noted, adding that University officials "are cooperating fully with the civil authorities who are in charge of the investigation." Those authorities include employees of the AAFD's Fire Prevention Bureau, the State Police's Fire Marshal Division, and University Security, along with detectives from the Ann Ar- bor Police Department. With the ex- ception of yesterday's press release, lit- tle is being said about the investigation. Fire Chief Fred Schmid would only acknowledge that the arson verdict was reached by "a process of elimination." There were no signs of accidental cause, such as frayed electrical wiring, Schmid explained. AT THE STATE capital, Lt. Myron Franks of the Fire Marshal Division, who specializes in arson cases, said this "process of elimination'' is often used in such investigations. The lack of anything else indicated that it would be arson," Franks said. "You just keep eliminating and eliminating." He described four com- mon signs of arson: " The fire is "fast-burning, when there is no legitimate reason for it to be fast- burning"; " There is no clear "source of ignition" at the source of the fire, which in this case was the east wing of the Economic Building's basement; " Building security is unusually light, and there are few, if any regular oc- cupants or passers-by in the area;, " There are no signs of accidental causes. Circumstances at the Economics Building met all four of these criteria, according to University and city fire of- ficials. ECONOMICS Department Chairman Frank Stafford said he "wasn't that surprised" when he heard of the arson determination. "I had strong suspicions it was set, given the timing and the way the fire covered the building at such an early stage." Assistant Chairman Richard Porter said the determination doesn't measurable affect his initial reaction to the fire. "What's done is done," Porter said, "Whether it was done by accident or on purpose...it doesn't bring my books back." Referring to his fellow Economics faculty members, Porter explained that "most of us have gotten over the disappointment of losing our material - and we got an amazing amount out of the building. In addition, we have good quarters here (at the department's transplanted headquarters in the old St. Joseph's Hospital). We're pretty up- beat now, and this (the arson deter- mination) won't take us down again." WILLIAM RYAN,. director of the University's Insurance and Risk Office, said the arson determination will affect "in no way" the University's claim with See ARSONISTS, Page 3 By DAN OBERROTMAN Frigid temperatures caused water pipes in five campus buildings to burst this week, with damages possibly exceeding $600,000, University officials said yesterday. A leak occurring in The Michigan Media Center on South Fourth Street caused between $500,000 and $600,000 worth of damage, officials said. Other leaks occurred in the Art and Architecture Building, Kresge Medical Research I, the Radrick Farms Golf Clubhouse, and the Simpson Memorial In- stitute. BILL RYAN, manager of the University Insuran- ce Office, said he was confident that all the damages were covered by insurance. ' Thousands of gallons of water flooded the second floor of the Michigan Media Center, according to Fred Remley, Senior Technical Media Manager of the Media Center. The leak was discovered by security personnel at about 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. The pipe was connec- ted to the sprinkler system and the decrease in pressure caused the fire alarm to be activated. See LEAKS.Page 7 Milliken seeks funding to upgrade state campuses Cellar looks at home on Liberty By PERRY CLARK with UPI reports Gov. William Milliken yesterday said he would ask the state legislature to provide funds for upgrading state higher education buildings and facilities, and reiterated his support for a constitutional amendment providing for appointed governing boards at the University of Myichigan, Wayne State University, and Michigan State Univer- sity. In his fourteenth and final state of the state message, the governor said the funds he proposed should be used for maintaining, renovating, and remodeling university buildings, rather than for new construction. He did not place a dollar amount on the proposed effort. LOCAL legislators and University of- ficials yesterday concurred that higher education facilities have been under- funded, but expressed concern about where money for the proposal would be found. "We've cut back on necessary main- tenance and are at the point where we have to put huge sums of money in," said Regent Gerald Dunn (D-Livonia). State Sen. Ed Pierce (D-Ann Arbor), called the proposal "a good idea," but added, "He (Milliken) didn't say where the money will come from." HARSHER criticism of the gover- nor's proposal came from Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor). Bullard criticized Milliken for his lack of specifics, and for not advocating new taxes to support his proposals. See GOV., Page 2 W illam MillUkenfl ... gives final State of the State speech ,Regents OK Physical Therapy move to Flint By JANET RAE A University Cellar negotiating team is firming up plans for the store to move from the Union into a new building on the corner of East Liberty and Division Streets, U-Cellar officials confirmed yesterday. "We have agreement on all major items," said Richard Barr, chairman of the U-Cellar's finance committee. "We concluded in one hour what we've spent six months on with the University. All we have to work out now is the lawyers, language." ACCORDING TO Barr, a lease for the new site -.presently occupied by the Handicraft Furniture Company - will be presented to the U-Cellar's board of directors before February 1. "We will certainly be in the new location by fall," Barr said. While most U-Cellar officials ex- pressed regret at what they termed the "falling out" between the bookstore and Union director Frank Cianciola, they were particularly pleased with the new site. "IT'S A significantly better situation financially," Barr said. While some board members recognized that the new site would be less convenient for the majority of the University community, they said plan- ning sessions had included discussion of providing free transportation to the new store from central campus and doubling the present discount on tex- tbooks to encourage students to make the trip. "We're going to being immediately to find new use for the space," Cianciola said after the U-Cellar's rejection of the lease. "I realize they can't move im- mediately but that's something I'd like to coordinate with Bob (Carlson, manager of the bookstore)." "I'm disappointed. We have in- dicated all along we would like to keep them in the building," Cianciola said. "But that was a decision that they had to make themselves." CIANCIOLA SAID Union planners are not sure whether they will use the space for several smaller retail operations or for one larger operation. "We have received some calls and some letters of intent," he said. "But we'll have to consider all kinds of op- tions." Bookstore directors say the arrangements being worked out at the new location will be superior to their Union lease because they will have no limitations on the merchandise they sell. According to Mary Anne Caballero, chairperson of the store's board of directors, most student bookstores make the majority of their profit through the sale of insignia See U-CELLAR, Page 3 By JANET RAE The University's physical therapy program, which last June was threatened with elimination, will be moved to the Flint campus next fall. The Regents approved the plan unanimously at their monthly meeting: yesterday. THE FORMAL proposal to relocate the program was approved unanimously by the Faculty Assembly at Flint early this week. "Such unanimity is rare," Kenneth West, chair- man of the assembly said at the meeting. "The close cooperation between the administration and the faculty overcame the initial fears many of us had." The proposal requires the Flint campus to maintain the program at least until 1986. This maintenance in- volves major improvements to the program in- cluding the addition of 11 new courses and two to three new faculty members, Program Chairman Richard Darnell said. THE PRIMARY objective of the relocation is to help maintain the supply of physical therapists in the state, according to Vice President for Academic Af- fairs Billy Frye. As a part of the relocation plans, physical therapy education will become the anchor program in a new unit of health related programs planned for develop- ment at the Flint campus. Flint's Faculty Assembly approved the relocation plan contingent on the development of such a unit. UNDER THE relocation plan, those students in the August, 1983 physical' theraphy class will complete their degrees on the Ann Arbor campus. Classes graduating later than August, 1983 will enter the program in September, 1982 at the Flint campus. The program had been under review since last May when Medical School Dean John Gronvall recom- mended that it be discontinued. Gronvall's recom- mendation was the result of a review of the program last winter and statements from Darnell that the program either be improved or eliminated. Darnell warned that the academic quality of the program had deteriorated to a point at which future graduates would have trouble passing state licensing examinations. Physical therapy officials from around the state ral- lied for the program's continuance and improvement throughout last summer, which encouraged University officials to pursue alternatives to discontinuing the, program. IN OTHER business, the Regents approved a $182,000 See REGENTS, Page 7 TODAY Disru tive dogfight ACHINE GUNS BLAZING, two helicopters seemed to tangle in a dogfight over down- town Los Angeles, and hundreds of worried residents called to ask "who we were after," said police Lt. Dan Cooke. It was only a movie-filming for Columbia Pictures' Blue Thunder. Cook said police were surprised by the many calls. "This is the first time to my knowledge that this has happened," he said. "We got hun- dreds and hundreds of calls from irate citizens. They were Motherly devotion When Sandra Wessels and Joel Flynn say, "I do," their proud mothers will be watching closely-from the other side of the prayer books. Both mothers are ordained ministers. "We believe it will be the first time two mothers have officiated at the wedding of their children," said the Rev. Joyce Flynn, 43, mother of the groom. "In fact, it only has been the last 25 years that women have been ordained into the ministry of the United Methodist Church and allowed to move into traditionally male roles." The Rev. Sue Wessels, 38, and the mother of the bride, said their Hospitals' Milford, Mass., division. They complained of coldness and tingling in their hands, which appeared to have a blue tint. Jan Iacovelli, an emergency room nurse, found an answer. According to the hospital's monthly newsletter, she discovered the women had been cold and had tried to warm their hands by rubbing them on their stylish new jeans. Dye from the jeans came off on their skin. When the women saw their hands turning blue, they became anxious and began to hyperventilate, the newslet- ter said. And that increased their bodies' oxygen level, making their hands feel numb. They rubbed their hands on their jeans some more. That made the blue bluer, the Charles. The snail apparently was the bachelor prince's an- swer to statuettes adorning the hoods of other royal autos. But the snail will have a hard time catching Charles' miniature pony, which he put on his Ford Granada. An avid polo player, Charles also has a horse and jockey at full gallop on a Range Rover, and a hunting dog on a third car. Princess Diana is in on the act, too. Charles' 20-year-old wife has a Kermit the Frog on her Ford Escort. And Prin- cess Anne, Charles' 31-year-old sister, has a Prussian eagle, emblem of the 14th-20th King's Hussars, of which she is colonel-in-chief. Asked about Andrews snail, a Buckingham Palace spokesman professed ignorance. "It is ,; i I