Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom cl ble LIEw IEIII Somnambulant Sunny and mild today with a high reaching into the 70s. Pleasant tonight with a low in the mid-50s. Vol. XCIV - No. 17 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, September 27, 1983 Fifteen Cents Twelve Pages - :1 Reagan pushes for arms talks From AP and UPI UNITED NATIONS - Declaring that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought," President Reagan of- fered yesterday to make new proposals to limit medium-range nuclear weapons in Europe, and challenged the Soviet Union to make comparable con- cessions toward an agreement. In a speech before the U.N. General Assembly, Reagan largely laid aside his sharp rhetoric against the Soviet Union for shooting down a Korean jum- bo jet. The president called upon the Soviets "to reduce the tensions it has heaped on the world in the past few weeks, and to show a firm commitment to peace by coming to the bargaining table with a new understanding ot its obligations. I urge you to match our flexibility.' "IF THE SOVIETS sit down at the bargaining table seeking genuine arms reductions, there will be arms reduc- tions. The time has come for the Soviet Union to show proof that it wants arms control in reality, not just in rhetoric," the president said. Saying he was present "to renew my nation's commitment to peace," Reagan sketched the modified proposal laid out last week by U.S. negotiator Paul Nitze at the Geneva talks on In- termediate Nuclear Forces. Reagan said his new package of initiatives placed on the bargaining Reagan ... seeks compromise Lords and ladies Daily Photo by SCOTT ZOLTON The Harlotry Players enact Niklaus Manuel's The Pardon Peddler in the University's Law Quad yesterday as part of the Martin Luther Quincentennial Conference being held this week. Theologian challenges Christian reverence table in Geneva would bring about equal global reductions and limits of the destructive arsenals held by the superpowers. HE MADE "an unequivocal pledge" to the assembled delegates: "The United States seeks and will accept any equitable, verifiable agreement that stabilizes forces at lower levels than currently exist. We are ready to be flexible in our ap- proach, indeed, willing to com- See REAGAN, Page 6 By JAN RUBENSTEIN Although Hans Kung last night joking- ly referred to the similarities between himself and the 15th century religious reformer Martin Luther, Kung's lec- ture showed an important difference: While Luther's views offended only Catholics, Kung's remarks brought forth occasional hisses from Protestants as well. Speaking last night as the opening lecturer at a four-day conference commemorating the 500th birthday of Martin Luther, the controversial priest and visiting professor of theology from Tubingen, West Ger- many, criticized the Protestant Chur- ch for making Luther's teachings more modern and rational than they actually are. "Protestants agree that the Pope is not infallible, but they act as if Luther might be, still today," he said. KUNG CITED Luther's belief in a medieval system of punishment and anti-semitism as his sources of fallibility. "He, himself, was by no means a bringer of enlightenment," Kung said. The Catholics Church also received criticism for its "medieval" views and practices. "The Catholic Church has assimilated neither Martin Luther nor the Enlightenment," Kung said. While the Roman Catholic Chur- ch verbally guarantees human rights, "it supresses these very rights on the hornefroit," he said, referring to the church's refusal to permit the or- dination of women, and its positions on birth control, divorce, and celibacy. "Let some action follow your words," said Kung. Kung also called for the Catholic Church to reconcile religious dif- ferences in Ireland and in the Near East, saying that peace is more im- portant than religious disparities. On the 500th year of Martin Luther's bir- thday, "the 500 years of division bet- ween Catholics and Protestants is enough," he said. ALTHOUGH LUTHER is "no longer a heretic for Catholics, no longer a saint for Protestants," Kung expressed a need for "a renewed Christianity, serving a renewed humanity." Kung's closing calls for unity received a standing ovation from the more than 15Q0-member audience assembled in both Rackham Auditorium an the Amphitheatre, where Kung's lecture was heard over a loudspeaker. 1 7-year-old tells Con gress Daily Photo by SCOTT ZOLTON Prof. Hans Kung, a controversial theologian and priest, criticizes the Catholic church as medieval and calls for a "renewed Christianity serving a renewed humanity" at the opening lecture of the Martin Luther Quincenten- nial Conference yesterday. computei WASHINGTON (AP) - A 17-year-old computer "hacker" who has broken in- to dozens of computer systems nation- wide, including those at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, told Congress yesterday how easy and dangerous it was - and how simple it would be to stop it. Computer "hacking" - breaking through the defenses of institutional data systems for puzzle-solving amusement - has become a growing problem with the proliferation of home computers that are easily hooked up to long-distance telephone lines. "THERE WAS no damage, but the potential for damage was enormous," Neal Patrick said of his activities. with six computer-literate friends known as the "414s" after the area code of their hometown of Milwaukee, Wis. Jimmy McClary, who is in charge of computer security at Los Alamos, N.M., said the Milwaukee youths gained access through a nationally known information network that is a favorite target of hackers: They penetrated only an unclassified system that is meant for open use, but if they had wanted "could have caused confusion, delay and perhaps incorrect results" for legitimate users. "If someone with a sinister intent had accessed that computer, the damage could have run into the millions, just in dollar value," said Patrick, who became interested in computers during a seventh-grade course on the subject. BUT THE group's electronic ex- ploration was not difficult, he told a House Science subcommittee. It required only basic knowledge of how computers work, a small home com- puter and the use of easy-to-guess passwords like "test or "system" which are part of basic computer programs and which owners frequently neglect to change. Some of the passwords are available through electronic "bulletin boards," information exchanges that can be dialed up by telephone by anyone with a few hundred dollars' worth of basic equipment. "If they had just changed those passwords, we couldn't have gotten in," Patrick told the panel. He said access could be greatly restricted by that simple step. Most truly sensitive computer systems, such as those dealing with national defense or financial data, are safely isolated and require security clearances and classified codes to use them, experts at the hearing said. Several congressional panels are looking at proposed laws that would make computer tampering a federal crime. secretIs Council renews talks for expansion of City's airport TODAY- Saying 'hi' to Hal orry, boys and girls, but your annual chan(, see how the University's head honcho lives. been diluted into a purely social event thist around. Thursday's reception to meet Presii Harold Shapiro and his wife, Vivian, has been movedf its traditional site at the Shapiro's South University AvE By TRACEY MILLER After a summer hiatus in the Ann Arbor Airport expansion controversy, the city council last night con- fined its special session to rehashing old problemswith the proposed additions. Curiously absent from the meeting was any men- tion of Mayor Louis Belcher's alleged mishandling of the expansion. Last year, Belcher was accused of ac- ting without council approval in asking for federal aid and approval to expand the airport. DISCUSSION CENTERED on technical aspects of the city Airport Advisory Committee's master plan to extend the airport's main runway. The plan was originally unveiled at a Jan. 24 coun- cil meeting. Supporters of the expansion, including Belcher, said the increased capacity of the airport would be a boon to local business, but some council members questioned the need for improvements and the ex- pansion's social and environmental implications. COUNCILMEMBERS Lowell Peterson (D-1st Ward) and Raphael Ezekiel (D-3rd Ward) asked why the expansion was necessary since Willow Run air- port is within minutes of Ann Arbor. "We are trying to make the runway able to manage cabin class aircraft," said Bob Thomas of the Michigan Aeronautics Commission. "The question is See AIRPORT, Page 6 Mayoral madness NEW YORK Mayor Edward Koch and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young have added some garrulousness to their governing, trading insults aimed at each other and their respective cities. Koch says his city is "heaven compared to Detroit, and Young counters by saying Koch has "diarrhea of the mouth." The dispute began at a congressional subcommittee hearing in New York Monday on claims by city residents of police brutality. The hearing cused of public lewdness and refusing to tell police the bare facts. "He had no identification on him except maybe a bir- thmark or something like that," said Somers, N.Y. Trop- per William Baker. "But he finally gave us the infor- mation." Police said David Otto, 26, hopped onto his 10- speed bike after a friend in a bar bet him he would not take the ride with his clothes off. Otto was arrested shortly after midnight by officers who spotted him. Otto, a carpenter, was given a blanket and taken to the Somers barracks where police charged him with lewdness and obstructing governmental administration. The second charge was filed Also on this date in history: * 1965 - University President Harlan Hatcher postponed the announcement of a new theatre project after the Daily printed an editorial critical of committing the University to the expense. The $3 million complex was to be named after Regent Eugene Power and constructed in part with a $1 million donation from him. 1974 - The Student Government Council began operations under a newly-approved constitution which increased the number of active representatives from 10 to 30. * 1980 - A 19-year-old Ann Arbor man was left in critical !C the I