Ninety- Three Years of Editorial Freedom C I tic Sitr 43IaiI Middling Cloudy today with a high in the mid- 30s. Vol. XCIII, No. 114 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, February 17, 1983 Ten Cents Ten Pages . Budget i error leaves4 U' Hospital in black By GLEN YOUNG While the rest of the University has been forced to cut corners and slice budgets, University Hospital officials have found themselves with an extra $500,000 and nothing to spend it on. The excess is the result of a budget miscalculation by hospital. ad- ministrators, according to a memo from John Forsyth, the hospital's in- terim chief operating officer, the hospital anticipated a salary raise for faculty retroactive to Sept. i. But the University's salary program did not take effect until Jan. 1. THE MEMO says the money must be used "for one-time expen- ditures . .. that will produce See BUDGET, Page '5- Gay rigi By SHARON SILBAR The future .of gay rights on campus could be decided next week, and the decision could be based on a potential loss of military aid. At the next executive officers meeting, Virginia Nordby, head of the University's affirmative action office, will recommend whether or not the administration should approve a proposed Regental by-law forbidding discrimination based on sexual orien- tation., NORDBY REFUSES to discuss the issue or the results of her analysis of the by-law's legal implications. Officials to Downtown Industry surge hints at recovery AP Photo I'd walk a mile for this camel Toronto Zoo keeper Ron Gilmore got a warm, wet welcome yesterday from Libby, an Arabian camel. Libby, who is in training to walk around the zoo and let visitors pet her, showed she's quickly learning her lessons. F By JACKIE YOUNG City officials yesterday began the process of condemning the Downtown Club, which was officially shut down Tuesday when utility companies turned off their services because the bills were not being paid. William Hall, owner of WLW Proper- ties, which owns the building, said the building costs him $7,000 a month to run but rents from the tenants were only . bringing in around $4,000 due to a dwin- dling occupancy and the present high vacancy rate in residential housing. Hall said a city building department official will go through the Club today, and if any remaining tenants are found, Hall will be fined $500 a day because the building no longer meets city building codes. hts hinge "The basic problem is that (gays) have asked me to give them some ad- vice, and it would not be appropriate for me to pre-indicate (the recommen- dation) one way or another," she said. But chances are good Nordby's recommendation will depend on the ef- fects the proposal would have on military recruitment. THE CONNECTION between the non-discrimination clause and military recruiting is as follows: According to the Department of Defense policy, "Homosexuality is in- compatible with military service, and Department of Defense policy requires condemn Club On January 4, tenants of the Down- town Club were given a "notice to quit" requiring them to find another residen- ce in 30 days. Hall said most of the tenants told him they had places to go, so he saw no need to go, through the lengthy legal process that would officially require tenants to leave the building. "Why haul tenants to court when they said they were leaving?" he said. But councilmember Lowell Peterson (D-1st ward) said "none of the tenants' rights have been respected" and that the " 'notice to quit' is not a legal notice." Peterson said "a lot of people are scrambling for some place to stay." "It's not. easy to, find low income See DOWNTOWN, Page 7 G responses rteo-Nazis LAST MARCH 20, the neo-Nazi group demonstrated outside the Federal Building on East Liberty. The group was confronted by a crowd of about 2,000 people and a minor riot erupted. Tom Hayes, a member of the Inter- faith Council for Peace, said his group is "strongly divided between those who think we should do something and those who think this would give (the S.S. Ac- tion group) more credence than they actually have." The council, which last year co- See LOCAL, Page 2 on Pen prompt separation of homosexuals. (Their) presence in the military en- vironment ... seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military mission ..." Colonel John Courte, chairman of the Army Officer Education Program on campus, said that homosexuals aren't the only group of people that the military discriminates against. "WE DISCRIMINATE on the basis of age, physical fitness - it is the same kind of thing. Homosexuality (like these other characteristics) is incom- patible with military service," he said. Nevertheless, if the University adop- /tagon ts the non-discrimination by-law, it would have to answer to the potentially contradictory practice of allowing military recruiters on campus while maintaining a policy which outlaws discrimination based on sexual preference. University General Counsel Roderick Daane said that passage of the by-law "would have implications for educational programs such as ROTC," but was not prepared to make any fur- ther comments on the case. If the administration and Regents See 'U', Page 7 From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Production at the nation's factories and mines grew a hefty 0.9 percent in January, and new housing construction skyrocketed a record 35.9 percent, the government said yesterday. The twin reports were hailed by economists as strong signals the long recession is over. At the same time, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker promised Congress to try to boost the nation's money flow enough to en- courage recovery without rekindling in- flation. The increase in industrial production, only the second since July, was fueled in large part by a boost in the output.of cars and defense and space equipment, the Fed reported. December's output was revised upward to a small 0.1 per- cent increase. IN THE second report, the Commer- ce Department said new home con- struction last month reached its highest level since 1979. Housing starts in January were up 96 percent from the same month one year earlier. The change "is another important signal that recovery is in progress, Tresury Secretary Donald Regan said. "Historically, the upturn in industrial production has marked the end of recessions." Allen Sinai, senior economist at the consulting firm of Data Resources Inc. in Lexington, Mass., said, "We are already in the early stages of a recovery." The recession, he said, en- ded in November. MICHAEL EVANS, chief economist Panel: should r own res BY LISA CRUMRINE University schools and colleges should be responsible for monitoring the non-classified research projects of their own faculty, the Research Policies Committee recommended yesterday. There are currently no guidelines on how non-classified research at the University should be monitored. THE COMMITTEE'S recommenda- tion will be presented to the faculty Senate Assembly at its March meeting. Debate centered on whether the committee should keep an eye on the schools itself or whether a group should be formed to do so, said student com- mittee member Henry Rice, who did not attend yesterday's meeting. Rice said he was disappointed with the committee's decision. "There's a lot of room for discrepancy between schools. It's not a very satisfying solution." TOM MARX, one of three student committee members who voted against the recommendation, said he favored having a central committee to oversee all University research projects. "First of all, there's no guarantee there will be any student representation on the committees within each school," Marx said. Volicker ... will increase money supply in Washington for McMahan, Brafman, Morgan & Co., cautioned against get- ting "too excited" about the prospects for a strong pickup in the economy. "The numbers are not enough for me to say it's going to be more than an anemic recovery." Volcker, appearing before the Senate Banking Committee, said the Fed's Qpen Market Committee expects a much more modest rebound than those that have followed other post-World War II recessions. He promised the Fed would try to ac- See INDUSTRY, Page 2' h 0 0 -s no-nitor earch "Secondly, the administration gets all power of appointment in selecting the committee to assess the adequacy ofi the monitoring procedures, and there's no by-laws or procedures yet defined," he said. BUT SEVERAL faculty committee members backed the decision. The recommendation was a good compromise between committee mem- bers who wanted no regulations at all and those who supported a guidelines committee, said committee member Charles Beck, a biology prof. "I think we made a good move yesterday morning," added Engineering Prof. George Carignan, also a committee member. AT THE MEETING, the committee also decided to add a sentence to the University's research application form reminding applicants of the non- classified research policy. The signatures of the applicant, the project's supervisor, and the vice- president for research would be required to guarantee compliance with the University's procedures. In other business, the committee. rejected two proposals by Marx. The first called for five or six committee members to select certain projects to See PANEL, Page 5 roups pla to rally byi By SCOTT KASHKIN A number of local community organizations are considering counter- actions against a rally by a neo -Nazi group scheduled to be staged in Ann *Arbor on March 20. Philosophical debate over how to respond to the S.S. Action Group demonstration has emerged as it did before the group's rally last year, with some individuals calling for counter- demonstrations and others saying the rally should be ignored. AP Photo A carnival kiss This couple decked out for Mardi Gras pays little attention to surging around them on New Orleans' crowded Canal Street. the crowd I ToDAY Card-time for Ronnie one day after Andy Rooney, in a commentary on the CBS News program "60 Minutes," wondered aloud whether the president carried any cash in his pockets. The stop in the store provided an answer to that question. He paid for the cards with a $10 bill he pulled from a pocket. Q And Kansas beachfront property? TTEY BUDDY, want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? The two pounds each, and some up to about five pounds," said Michael Ricca, Polopia's marketing manager. "We've had an inquiry from one person who wants to buy an entire block., 12 cubic feet." The money will be funneled to city historical and restoration' groups, Ricca said. The sale could amount to an extra bonus for bridge lovers and memorabilia collectors. Late last year, the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission announced that in connec- tion with the 100th birthday of the bridge, it will sell medallions with pieces of bridge cable dating from the turn of the century and souvenirs made with bits of wood from * 1933 - Ann Arbor barbers were forced to cut the price of haircuts by 15 cents back to a base of 35 cents after students protested the increase by threatening to use out-of-town barbers. " 1968 - The Student Government Committee declared Feb. 17 a Day of Draft Deliberation and called on students to boycott their classes. * 1969 - The LSA curriculum committee recommended that the college abolish credit for all ROTC classes. 0' HE PRESIDENT'S surprise visit to a greeting card store on Valentine's day to pick up a card and maybe 60,000 chocolate kisses for Nancy caused id . I