psilanti pan urdered, illers sti By GEORGEA KOVANIS An Ypsilanti businessman died early yesterday morning at University Hospital, fifteen hours after being shot ir the neck by two men police say may hiave been hired to kill him. Police say that Jack Brown, an in- surance and real estate broker, was working at about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday when two white gunmen entered his of- fice. ONE OF THE MEN herded office employees into a bathroom while the other shot Brown, Ypsilanti police spokeswoman Rosie Williamson said. , Brown, 47, was taken to Beyer Memorial Hospital in Ypsilanti and later moved by helicopter to University hospital where he died at 2 a.m. yesterday. Police are still puzzling over the motive for the attack. They suspect the two -men may have been hired to kill 3rown by someone who had a grudge against him, Williamson said. She would not comment on whether the police know of someone who may have wanted to kill him. SHE SPECULATED, however, that because Brown is such a common name, the gunmen may have shot the wrong man. The Ypsilanti police department has begun searching for the two gun men. k)ne who witnesses described as about y9, was wearing blue insulated coveralls and a blue knit cap during that attack. The other man, described as Obout 6-3, was wearing a beige jacket. This man is suspected of doing the actual shooting. IHAPPI The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 13, 1984 - Page 3 Israeli expert forsees little. hope for Mideast peace By CLAUDIA GREEN A political scientist from Israel painted a dark picture of peace prospectors in the Mideast yesterday afternoon, before a small group at Rackham Assembly Hall. "I don't see the Israeli and Arab situations coming to any solutions," said Ira Sharkansky, a professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. SHARKANSKY, who emigrated to Israel from the United States nine years ago, said even in this stalemate he thinks the outlook is brighter for Israel than for the Palestinians. "The Palestinians will join the long list of people that remain nations without states," he said. Sharkansky said Palestinians living on the West Bank have a problem that "I cannot solve." Despite the continued homelessness of the Palestinians, Sharkansky said, "I have no problems at all with continued Israeli expansion in the Middle East." SHARKANSKY'S SPEECH came just four days after the Ann Arbor City Council refused to sponsor a resolution calling for the U.S. to withold aid equivalent to what Israel spends on the West Bank territories settled since the 1967 war. The resolution, sponsored by the People for the Reassessment of Aid to Israel (PRAI) can still appear on the April ballot, but not with the council's endorsement. Sharansky, commenting on the proposal, said if the U.S. were to cut off aid to the settlements it would make many Israelis "angry as hell." He also said it would be dif- ficult for the U.S. to determine what percentage of its foreigr - aid goes specifically to the West Bank. ALTHOUGH SHARKANSKY acknowledged the importan- ce of America's aid to Israel, he pointed to the successful in- vasion of Beirut as an example of Israel's independence from the U.S. Despite the fact that Israel has one of the highest in- flation rates in the world, Sharkansky said Israel could sur- vive even a drastic cutback in U.S. aid. "Israel has a viable economy," he said. But Sharkansky said that Israelis, like Americans, are inm volved in a running debate about whether their troops in", Lebanon should pull out or remain. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has said Israel will not leave Lebanon without a simultaneous pullout by Syria; but they are assessing the possibility of new troop positions or withdrawals. Sharkansky said as a result of the reassessment the Lebanon situation "might change in the nt fe days" He said the recent release of U.S. Lt. Robert Goodman by, Syria may indicate a thaw. "What's happening in Syria may be signals for Israel." Sharkansky is spending the academic year at the Univer-" sity of Wisconsin. His Michigan visit was sponsored by the,. Institution of Students and Faculty on Israel, the Union of Students for Israel, and American Professors for Peace in the Middle East. Daily Photo by TOD WOOLFj Professor Ira Sharkansky of Hebrew University in Jerusalem predicts con- tinued U.S. aid to Israel in a speech at Rackham Auditorium yesterday. Shelter proposal to face full city council Superstitious beware:; It 's Friday By ERIC MATTSON A proposal for a homeless shelter passed its last hurdle yesterday before reaching the Ann Arbor City Council as the city's Advisory Committee on Emergency Housing approved a site at 415 N. Fourth Ave. by a 9-2 vote. The committee's chairman, Coun- cilman Richard Deem (R-2nd Ward) cast one of the two no votes, sym- pathizing with the concerns of mem- bers of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox 1- JNNS Church, whose property borders the proposed site. THE CITY council will vote on the shelter at its next meeting Thursday night. Deem said the site chosen was the best that could be found, "but I really am reluctant to force this on the (St. Nicholas) congregation." Church members continue to oppose the shelter because of its potential threat to the safety of parishioners, and meetings this week with Deem and fellow committee member and Coun- cilman Larry Hunter (D-1st Ward) could not allay their fears. If the site is approved, the city would begin leasing the property on Jan. 20 at a cost of $1210 per month. Changes in the structure, which would house 24 people, could cost the city up to $12,000 Hunter said. THE RESOLUTION states that fun- ding for the shelter would come from the General Fund Contingency and Community. Development Funds, and. that the shelter would be run by a non- profit entity. The council's approval of the resolution is not the final obstacle in the long struggle to find an emergency By SHARON SILBAR Don't step on the slippery "M" in the Diag; avoid the underside of ladders and thank heaven there isn't a full moon. It's Friday the 13th, and if you en- counter bad luck as often you step on cracks in the sidewalk, you may be wise to stay in a warm bed with a good book. MAYBE A BIG, fat safe book like Encyclopedia Americana. That's what I thought until I opened the book to the Friday the 13th entry on my first at- tempt. The poltergeists in the UGLI seemed to be getting a head start. Francis Lee Utley writes in the ar- ticle that in the "stress-filled 1960s and 1970s, many old beliefs, such as those in astrology and witchcraft, have gained popularity in the United States and Europe." Although almost all of the UGLI's bopks on superstition and the occult were checked out yesterday, few on the streetsof An Arbor admitted to a fear of the uncanny. "I'M NOT afraid of anything," in- sisted law student Dan Besser. "It's a day just like any other." But even if they wouldn't admit to, thel13th! uneasiness themselves, most had a cer1; tain "friend", who wasn't quite so fearless. A postal worker collecting mail in the Union said her brother is "scared toy death" by the day. Apparently he's had: two auto accidents in his life, both on Friday the 13th. Does he do anything different on the unhappy day when * Friday and the 13th coincide? "HeN doesn't like to drive," she said. MAURA MCCALLEN, a graduate student in the School of Public Health says there's a rational explanation for all this fuss. "It's all psychological," she explained. "If you let it, it will af- fect you. And if you are prone to accidents and calamities anyway, tomorrow provides a convenient excuse. "If things go wrong, you can blame it on the day," said a man in the basement of the Union. But if you like stiff hairs on the back of your neck andgoomepimples oh your skin, not everybne ii town is digintuing the day with a condescending sniff. The Michigan Theater: is capitalizing o, your hunger for shaking nerves with special showings of The Shining and The Exorcist. * Highlight Seattle forester and attorney Ann Burns will speak on "Legal and Policy Issues in Forest Land Management" in the Dana Building, Room 1040, at 3 pxm. The lecture is part of the Laird, Norton Distinguished Visitor Series at the School-of Natural Resources. Lzlrms AAFC - What's Up, Tiger Lily?, 7 & 10 p.m., MLB 4. AAFC - What's New Pussycat, 8:30 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema II -Tales of Ordinary Madness, 7 & 9 p.m., Aud. A. Ann Arbor Public Library - A Different Kind of Winning; It's Me Claudia!, 2:30 p.m., main library room. Cinema Guild - Tootsie, 7 & 9:10 p.m., Lorch Hall. Performances The Ark - David Van Ronk, 8 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Cult Heroes, Destroy All Monsters, Invaders - 9:30 p.m., above the Heidelberg, 215 N. Main. Speakers Christian Medical Society - Jane Krumlauf, "Nature of Man and His Spiritual Needs,"7 p.m., 2901 Taubman LRC. Meetings Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class - 7:30 p.m., University Reformed Church. Korean Christian Fellowship - 9 p.m., Campus Chapel. Chinese Students Christian Fellowship - 7:30 p.m., Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan. Duplicate Bridge Club -7:15 p.m., The Michigan League. Tae Kwon Do Club - 5 p.m., CCRB Martial Arts Room. Ann Arbor New Jewish Agenda - Shabbat potluck followed by a discussion on nuclear concerns. 994-5171. Muslim Students Association - 9 p.m., International Muslim House, 407 N. Ingalls. Michigan Gay Undergraduates -9 p.m., Law Club Lounge. Nuclear Engineering Colloquium - 3:30 p.m. White Auditorium, Cooley -Building. Miscellaneous Museum of Art - Art Break, 12:10 p.m. UM Folk Dance Club - international folk dancing, 8 p.m., corner of State and William streets. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Mal-iious Intent {NO 4- ... favors homeless shelter shelter. The Planning Commission Housing Board of Appeals and the Zoning Board of Appeals still must ap- prove the site. Under terms of the lease' the city would be responsible for all im- provements on the building, while Brauer Investment Co., which owns the property, would be responsible for all landscape and parking costs. 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