4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 30, 1984 Pro s ace off on By JACKIE YOUNG Although creating a nuclear free zone in Ann Arbor may seem like a way of usurping the national government's power to end the arms race, University physics Pirof. Daniel Axelrod, told an audience Sunday that they are justified in pressuring Washington. He said it is morally wrong for a few officials to be able to "knock out all of human life." "DOES ANY entity have the moral right to wipe out all that has been created?" asked Axelrod of the 40 people gathered Sunday night at St. Thomas Parish for a debate on the con- troversial proposal. University philosophy Prof. Carl Cohen, however, asked that citizens not be swayed by such an emotional appeal to end the arms race and stop nuclear war. "Please, for the sake of your com- munity, do not allow your enthusiasm to prevent a nuclear war to encourage you to vote for any half-baked proposal," said Cohen. "When we vote next week, we're not voting on a nuclear war, or a nuclear arms race. We are voting on a charter amendment - a criminal statute." THE NUCLEAR Free Zone Act on the November ballot would prohibit any work in the city a purpose of which is the design, research, development, testing or production of nuclear weapons, including command, control, delivery, and communications systems. The debate grew intense as many members of the audience said they were involved as freeze activists push- ing for the proposal or as employees of private research firms working to defeat it. One woman became so frustrated with the mechanical focus of the questions posed from the audience, such as the real meaning of the words "primary" and "major" in one part of the proposal, that she stood up and an- nounced to the group that she was disgusted because no one was discussing peace. She then left. A UNIVERSITY gradute student who said he conducts computer research expressed concern about the am- biguities in the ballot proposal and wondered if he would be brought to court if it passed. ballot proposal "Am I supposed to stop my resear- just cynical attempts to cut down a ch?" he demanded of the two panelists. good law. "I am not in the position to defend Cohen and Axelrod also disagreed on myself in court," he added, referring to the question of whether the law would the great expense and time commit- apply only to non-classified research ment involved. projects. Axelrod said the U.S. Picking up the graduate student's Supreme Court has ruled that classified concern, Cohen charged that this "law research is not covered by the First is intended to be an instrument for Amendment and thus, the free zone harassment." proposal only applies to classified HE SAID THAT he did not consider research. Cohen said he was still not free zone supporters "mean " or convinced that it wouldn't apply to non- "terrible" people in the vein of the late classified projects and said the act is Sen. Joe McCarthy - initiator of the too broad. "Red Scare" trials of those suspected "Freedom of thought is not designed of being Communist spies. to protect those who kill," Axelrod Cohen said that those who favor the countered. Nuclear Free Zone Act are, however, "Nuclear war forecloses the world adopting the principle of McCarthyism and all future generations. Nuclear war which is to "frighten and chill" in- forecloses the question," Axelrod dividuals with harassment. argued. Axelrod denied that the proposal had Said Cohen: "This act forecloses the too many "greay areas" and would be possibility of certain kinds of research improperly used to stifle intellectual on communications and delivery pursuits. systems to -void the day when they "ALL LAWS have grey areas," said may be used ... Research is inquiry, Axelrod. "Any law can be misused." He and if you ban research, you ban the pointed to the way opponents of the reach of the mind." Equal Rights Amendment use the threat of unisex bathrooms to condemn Daily staffer Georgea Kovanis the law on a technicality. "These are filed a report for this story. INTRODUCING FOUR NEW GOURMET -COFFEES Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Menthe Vanilla Creme - .Columbia Excelso Swiss Water-Process Decaf. French Roast Expresso Mocha Java Amaretto ' R Kenya - * Espresso UNMON Cappuccino - Ground Floor Steamed Hot Chocolate IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports OPEC meets in emergency GENEVA-Twelve of OPEC's 13 oil ministers meeting in emergency session yesterday agreed to curb their oil output to maintain the cartel's 29-a-barrel base price but maverick Nigeria balked at agreeing to production cuts. "We are moving," Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani said after the first formal round of crisis talks at the Organization of: Petroleum Exporting Countries' Summit. "All countries have agreed to reduce production except Nigeria." The ministers met for two hours and 40 minutes yesterday morning, then- broke for lunch and informal talks in small groups before reconvening for an" evening session.. OPEC's crisis erupted when non-members Norway and Britain dropped the price of their light North Sea crude to retain customers. Nigeria, one of the poorest OPEC members, responded by unilaterally slashing its similar quality oil by $2 a barrel. Personal income rises for most despite losses in six farm states WASHINGTON-Americans' average person income rose a healthy 2.1 per- cent from April through June of this year, but residents in six farm states ac- tually lost ground, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The income setbacks were blamed on the ending of the government's payment-in-kind crop subsidy program. Residents of North Dakota were the hardest hit. Their overall income declined by 8.1 percent. By contrast, residents of Georgia and Vermont saw their incomes go up by 3.6 percent during the same period. The strong gains were attributed to manufacturing and construction payroll increases that were double the' national average. Other states with strong income gains were Florida, with a 3.3 percent in- crease, and Connecticut and North Carolina, both with 2.9 percent gains. For the country as a whole, the 2.1 percent increase was considered sub- stantial because inflation remained low during the period. Prices, by one measure, rose only 0.5 percent from April through June, meaning that Americans were able to retain the bulk of the increase in earnings. Another government report issued yesterday showed that average weekly earnings of Americans with full-time jobs rose by an average 5.2 percent between the third quarters of 1983 and 1984, also beating the 4.2 percent in- flation rate over the year. Govt. fears Polish priest dead WARSAW, POLAND-Divers braved strong currents and whirlpools of a river in northern Poland in a futile search for the body of a pro-Solidarity Roman Catholic priest apparently killed by government securing agents. A government statement broadcast on national radio said two of the three. interior ministry security agents being held in the kidnapping of the Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko admitted dumping his body in a waterway in northern Poland. According to the statement, one defendent in the case said Popieluszko's body was dumped in the river and that another defendant said it was drop- ped into a reservoir near the city of Wloclawek. In a nationally televised address Saturday, Kiszczak had said the captain claimed he killed Popieluszko, but that his statement had not been confir-, med because all three officers gave conflicting accounts of the priest's fate and no body had been recovered. Popieluszko's lawyer, Edward Wende, said the communique was "significant" because, "They confirmed he was thrown into the Vistula, so we can be certain he is dead." High court accepts Mitchell case WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday granted a hearing to former Attorney General John Mitchell who claims he has immunity from damages for approving wiretaps because he was acting to protect national security. Mitchell, who was the nation's top law enforcement officer under President Nixon, appealed a ruling that could force him to face trial over the amount of money damages owed for electronic surveillance of an anti-Viet- nam War activist in 1970 without a warrant. The case accepted yesterday arose from Mitchell's approval of wiretap- ping in connection with an FBI investigation of an allged plot to destroy utility tunnels beneath federal buildings in Washington, DC., to protest the Vietnam War. Shortly afterwards, on November 6, 1970, Mitchell approved a tap on the telephone of William Davidon, a Haverford College Professor. Before the wiretap was discontinued on Jan. 6, 1971, three conversations between Davidon and a friend, Keith Forsyth, were recorded. Forsyth, now an electrical engineering student in Philadelphia, sued in 1972, claiming the taps violated his constitutional rights. Angered Palestiians retalate JERUSALEM-Palestinian students, angered by a rocket attack on a bus over the weekend that killed one person and injured 10 others, stoned an. Israeli army jeep yesterday. Soldiers fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse them, military and Palestianian sources said. Border policemen opened fire first in the air and then at the feet of studen- ts from Bethlehem University who surrounded their jeep and pelted it with' stones, said a military spokesman. There were no immediate reports of in- juries. The protest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank came a day after an anti- missile rocket hit a bus carrying about 40 Palestinians near Jerusalem's walled Old City. A group calling itself The Avengers left a note at the scene saying the at-' tack was in retaliation for the murders of a Jewish couple last week. A Palestinian from the Dheishe refugee camp has been charged in the crime. J1w Mt idigan 3arlI Vol. XCV - No.47 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967X) is published Tuesday through Sunday; during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the. Spring and Summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Sub-' scription rates: September through April - $16.50 in Ann Arbor; $29.00, outside the city; May through August - $4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the: city. Second-class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send, address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor,' Michigan 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to: United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate and College Press Service, and United Students Press Service. 0 -StanfordMB- REPRESENTATIVE COMING TO CAMPUS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 A representative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business will be on campus to discuss with interested students the exceptional educational opportunity of the Stanford MBA Program. Appointments may be made through The Career Planning and Placement Office The Stanford MBA Program is a two-year general management course of studies designed for men and women who wish to develop management skills to meet the broad responsibilities required in both the private and public sectors today and in the future. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford, California 94305 Daily Photo by DAVID FRANKEL Strumming The beautiful weather was inspiration enough for David Cisco, a professional musician from Traverse City, to pull out leis guitar and enter- tain the passersby and falling leaves on campus yesterday. Ford okay's contract; GM accepts theirs (Continued from Page 1) to $13.52 immediately from $13.07. The new wage is equivalent to about $10.28 in U.S. dollars at the current exchange, rate. Assuming a 5-percent annual in- flation rate, an assembler's pay would go to $15.59 by the end of the three-year contract. REACTION AT the Oshawa meeting was favorable, but not unanimous. A vice president of the local, Orville Faught, said he would vote to reject the pact, which he called "a worse agreement than 1982," when the UAW gave significant concessions to the auto companies. In an interview later, White said Faught - a constant opponent of the local plant chairman - was "playing simple, unadulturated local union politics." During the General Motors negotiations, talks with Ford Motor Co.'s Canadian subsidiary have been put aside. White said he would begin this week to talk with the UAW's Ford bargaining committee about setting a strike date and resuming negotiations. The GM agreement "will be the Canadian pattern. We'll see how it adapts to Ford," White said. Ford has about 14,000 hourly employees in Canada. q ELECTRICAL ENGIER MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, PHYSICISTS Our recruiter will be visiting your campus on November 5 POLICE NOTES 0 Contact the job placement office for interview times and appointments. Judge the patentability of scientific and engineering discoveries made by R & D engineers, inventors and scientists world-wide as a PATENT EXAMINER in Washington, D.C. The Patent and Trademark Office has unique career opportunities offering " Challenge and responsibility " Career growth " Outstanding career Federal Government service benefits For more information about your career as a Patent Examiner Break-ins reported Several break-ins occurred in the campusarea over the weekend, accor- dng to Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Jan Suomala. An intruder pried a screen off a door to gain entry to a residence on the 1100 block of Nielson Court between noon on Friday and 10:40 p.m. Saturday. The thief left with a tackle box and miscellaneous dental tools valued at approximately $7,100 Suomala said. A checkbook and a stick pin valued at close to $100 were stolen from a residence on the 700 block of Oakland Editor in chief.............. ....... BILL SPINDLE Managing Editors...............CHERYL BAACKE NEIL CHASE Associate News Editors ............ LAURIE DELATER GEORGEA KOVANIS THOMAS MILLER Personnel Editor......................SUE BARTO Opinion Page Editors ................. JAMES BOYD JACKIE YOUNG NEWS STAFF: Louro Bischoff, Dov Cohen, Stephanie DeGroote, Nancy Dolinko, Mary Beth Doyle, Lily Eng, Marcy Fleischer, Bob Gordon, Rachel Gottlieb, Thomas Hrach, Gregory Hutton, Bruce Jackson, Sean Jackson, Carrie Levine, Jerry Morkon, Eric Mattson, Curtis Maxwell, Molly Melby, Tracey Miller, Kery Murakomi, Lisa Powers, Elizabeth Reiskin, Charles Sewell. Stacey Shank, Dan Swanson, Allison Zousmer. Magazine Editor ................. 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