IT'S THURSDAY AT THE BAR See WEEKEND MAGAZINE Ninety-Three Years of Editorial Freedom C I tr L~~it a IEIUIIQ One more time Partly cloudy, with a high in the up- per 20s Vol. XCIII,-No. 109 Copyright 1983, The M nigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, February 11, 1983 Ten Cents Twelve Pages ~Ark may not stay afloat; Church votes to sell site By CARL WEISER For rent: Historic 19th Century house. Needs $200,000 worth of repairs. Heating: $1,000 per month. Cost: $20,000 per year. The house is Hill House, present home of the Ark coffeehouse, which has used the house rent free for 15 years. It was put on the market yesterday after members of the First Presbyterian church - which owns the house - voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to evict the Ark by June. BY A 30 to 6 vote, the church session, the congregation's governing body, decided to lease the property at 1421 Hill Street immediately, according to a church statement. DAVE SIGLIN, who manages the Ark with his wife, Linda, called the decision a dissapointment and terrible mistake. "I've put 15 years of blood into the Ark," he said yesterday. Siglin charged that the church's ultimate plan is to demolish the house and turn the land into a parking lot. "Theybought the land intending to turn it into a parking lot," he said, "and that is still their aim." Siglin also claimed that if the local press had not revealed the church's plans two weeks ago, the house already would be demolished. But the church's minister, William ; Hillegonds, denied Siglin's charges. THE DECISION to lease was the culmination of almost a year of research on what to do with the deteriorating property, Hillegonds said. A church committee that evaluated the situation recommen- ded against the church keeping the Ark, citing the coffeehouse's lack of income and its secular nature. "Why should the church support a place that plays folk music?" said church member Leone Rupke yesterday. Although the Siglins, who live in the house with their teenage daughter, will ask for the first option to rent Linda Siglin said she saw little hope. "The Ark existed because it was rent free. I don't see it hap- pening in another location," she said. ONE SESSION member, who asked not to be iden- tified, said that the tenant under the prospective See ARK, Page 2 Ex- hiefs make history By SHARON SILBAR and GLEN YOUNG History, of sorts, was made at the University yesterday. For the first time since Colonial days two former U.S. presidents talked with college students - at least according The public policy conference continued at the Gerald Ford Library yesterday. See story, page 5. to University President Harold Shapiro. LAST TIME, he said, it was Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS This time it was Gerald-Ford and Jimmy Carter. Former president Jimmy Carter addresses students yesterday at Rackham Auditorium. Carter and former president The two former presidents, in town for a domestic policy Gerald Ford took time out from the domestic policy conference to address student concerns. See EX-PRESIDENTS, Page 5 Sharon voted, out by Israeli cabinet By AP and UPI JERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet yesterday adopted the recommen- dations of the commission that in- vestigated the Beirut massacre and, in effect, fired Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, a senior official said. Sharon cast the sole vote against his dismissal in the 17-member cabinet, a senior official close to Prime Minister Menachem Begin said. Israeli defense Minister Ariel Sharon enters the cabinet meeting "ONE WAY or another he is out," the yesterday. The cabinet voted to accept a report blaming Sharon for the official said of Sharon, who adamantly Beirut massacre. rejected calls for the last three days that he resign or be fired as a judicial inquiry into the massacre of Palestinians in Beirut recommended. It said he bore "personal respon- sibility" for the killings because he or- dered Israeli-backed Christian militiamen into the Sabra and Chatila camps last Sept. 16-18. "Legally, he is still defense minister," the official said. "In ac- tuality, he is not." BEGIN'S SPOKESMAN Uri Porath said "the legal questions surrounding Sharon's removal will be ironed ot in the next couple of days one way or another." The commission report also censured virtually the entire civilian and military command of the Israeli gover- nment, saying in some way civilian of- ficials bore "indirect" responsibility for the killings. Sharon refused to discuss the crisis with reporters. "I don't intend to react to the government decision because it speaks for itself," he said, "and I don't See ISRAELI, Page 9 ... . ..... .... .......... - .... ...... 12 day old strike over, truckers' leader declares WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of independent truckers called a halt yesterday to their violence- marred protest strike after they won assurances from nearly three dozen congressmen that their complaints would be examined. "You have to be realistic," Michael Parkhurst, president of the Independent Truckers Association, said at a news conference interrupted by shouts and heckling from other truckers who said the 11-day strike should continue. ACTING AT Parkhurst's urging, thousands of in- dependent truckers parked their rigs Jan. 31 in protest against increases in truck taxes and road- user fees voted by Congress shortly before Christ- mas. But in recent days the strike appeared to be crumbling as growing numbers of truckers returned to the highways. One trucker was killed on the first day of the strike. "We are officially asking independent truckers . . . to get back to work as soon as possible," Parkhurst declared after a three-hour meeting of about 40 regional representatives of his organization, which claims 30,000 members. Rising from the audience, GeorgeSullivan, head of a rival organization called Independent Truckers Unity Committee, shouted that many truckers See TRUCKERS, Page 6 Detroit men try to abduct 'U' student Student leader convicted of rape By RITA GIRADI The president of the University's Baptist Student Union and the Council was found guilty Wednesday of raping a 20-year- old woman last July, despite his attor- ney 's claims that the woman acted in a consenting manner. Mark Hiselman, a junior engineering student from Birmingham, faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison for the third-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction. DEFENSE Attorney Franklin Koory of Troy said the woman was suffering from Dyslexia, a learning disability, which caused her to act as if she was consenting when she did not intend to. Persons with dyslexia reverse many sense signals to the brain, reading the letter "p" as the leter "q" for example. The incident occurred at about four a.m. last July 5. WASHTENAW County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Cooper told the jury the woman who lives in Montana, was visiting a friend who lived in Hiselman's house. He said Hiselman entered the room where she was sleeping, introduced himself as Mark, and forced her to have sex. Koory said Hiselman came into the room to talk with the woman, who then made advances to Hiselman without realizing what she was doing. "It turns out there are surprising social ramifications for persons that have dyslexia," he said. "People with dyslexia tend to misperceive body language." Northwestern University Psychology Prof. James Bryan, an ex- pert on dyslexia, testified at Koory's request that the disorder can affect a person's social behavior. Cooper said the woman did not cooperate with Hiselman. "SHE SAID she was so frightened she didn't know what to do," he said, ad- ding that she didn't fight or scream because she was so afraid Hiselman would become violent. "There's nothing social or premarital about this damn thing," Cooper said, it was sexual assault." "What's so pressing that at four a.m. in the morning he had to jump in bed with her and start pawing her?" he said. Koory said he plans to appeal the conviction. he said Hiselman had "an exemplary record of achievement behind him at the University," and that a jail sentence would be a "miscarriage of justice." Hiselman is currentlydout on bond. Sentencing is scheduled for April 1 before Circuit Judge Ross Campbell. By HALLE CZECHOWSKI Two Detroit men are suspects in a crime spree which culminated in the-at- tempted abduction of a University woman early yesterday morning., Police said two 19-year-old Univer- sity women, both Oxford Housing residents, were walking down the 1700 block of South University at 1:10 a.m. when a blue Camaro pulled up next to them, and the passenger alledgedly tried to drag one of the women into the car. The woman and her companion screamed and fought with him, police said. When area residents came to the women's aid, the men fled. UNIVERSITY security officials had issued reports asking guards to look for the suspects' car before the women were attacked because of an earlier in- cident. A University housing guard spotted the car and followed it until police were able to stop it on the corner of Church and Hill streets. The passenger, 24-year-old Brian Maier of Detroit, was arraigned yesterday on a charge of attempted ab- duction. The driver, whose name was not released, is wanted on two fugitive warrants, and was released pending further investigation. THE TWO MEN are also suspects in an incident which occurred at 12:25 a.m. on the 500 block of East Liberty. Police said two Ypsilanti women were leaving the Second Chance bar when they heard glass breaking. When they got to the car, a 1979 blue Horizon, they found it had been broken into. When one of the women heard a car start she chased it, trying to stop the driver. The driver ran into the guard rail out- See ABDUCTION, Page 3 TODAY Sailing, sailing... A BRITON WHO washed ashore on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe claimed he crossed the Atlantic in a barrel-the smallest vessel ever to make the voyage-and he did it without a compass. "I knew I had to hit somewhere, some land-I wasn't really bothered which," nmost town of the butterfly-shaped Caribbean Island, and were found by a farmer passing by in his tr tor. Police said he was suffering from dehydration, but o erwise was healthy on his arrival on Guadeloupe; 390 miles east of Puerto Rico. Departing Las Palmas on the Canary Islands last Dec. 24 in the barrel, outfitted with a rudder, keel, and sail, Peter said he survived on a diet of almonds, Spanish olive oil, bran, and a pint of water daily. Toothy promo gets sick decided to discontinue the service in cooperation with the telephone company," Moore said. But why the line about the Tooth Fairy loosing her voice? "The Tooth Fairy is like Santa Claus," he said. "You have to be careful how you handle it." The project, which featured 30-second messages about dental care, was part of the Associations' promotion of February as Dental Health Month. The Daily almanac shooting." * 1946-Moving to end controversy over the use of Michigan's $27 million surplus fund, the House of Represen- tatives voted to give the University more than $3 million to finance building projects. " 1964-University officials announced a proposal to read- just the academic calendar to a full year schedule, adding a third term in the summer. On the inside... I ,I