4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 5, 1985 Police suspect arson in South Quad fires IN BRIEF (Continued from Page 1) People could die, many people die if there's some idiot setting off fires." Mary Antieau, South Quad's Building Director, at- tributed students lethargy to students "not wanting to go out in the cold and not believing it's real." "There's no way when it's 10 below that they're going to get out as fast as we want them to." "EDIE QUENBY, an LSA freshwoman living on the fifth floor of Bush House, said "it took too long to get everybody out of there." "We stood in our hall waiting to get down the stair- well because there were too many people on the stairwell," she said. Amy Hyrnik, an LSA freshwoman who lives in Thronson House, agreed: "It always takes us 4-5 minutes to get down." Yesterday was no exception, she said, as "it's kind of scaring everybody that it was real this time." ACCORDING TO South Quad Resident Advisor Karen Vikstrom, "a lot of people tend to cluster at the bottom of the staircase without going on outside, and that makes it hard." Antieau, however, said she was pleased that the "evacuation went off without incident," and the fire officials agreed that the whole incident was handled well by South Quad staff. "I would like to follow up on that complaint about the stairwell," said Antieau. Not surprisingly, South Quad residents who were forced to trek over to the union and neighboring West Quad were upset at the interruption of their sleep. "IT WAS A nightmare," said LSA freshwoman Courtney Mangone. I feel asleep as soon as I got over to West Quad." Beth Weber, another LSA freshman, thought a "shooting at dawn" would be an appropriate punish- ment for any accused arsonist. The penalty for a person convicted of arson is up to 20 years in jail, Harris said, "but the penalty would depend on the person's record and the specifics of the investigation." I'm writing a paper now and it sucks," said LSA freshman David Fisher. "Now I'm going to have to stay up all night." David Kuehn, an RA in Kelsey House, reported that the smoke "pretty much filled the corridors and went into my room. You definitely had to have a towel." "THE RESIDENTS were pretty aggravated, but as soon as they smelled smoke there was no problem getting them out. But there was no panic," he said. "They didn't really want to return to their room with all of the smoke," he added. Yesterday afternoon the speculation continued about the identity of the possible arsonist or ar- sonists. Harris said it "may be an ex-student with a grudge. People do funny things for strange reasons." South Quad is offering a reward of $100 to "anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person or persons who started the fire. Family housing committee recommends renovation (Continued from Page 1) too hot," said Anne Quist, a member of the rate study committee and resident of Northwood I. In the other family housing units, Northwood IV and V and University Terrace, each apartment has a ther- mostat. IN ADDITION to improvements in the heating system, the committee recommended renovation of the apar- tments. The present furnishings are mismatched and institutional, Quist said, because in the past furniture has been bought in large volumes with dif- ferent items purchased in different years. The committee recommended that each apartment be remodeled in- dividually over a 10-year period. Major changes such as a new heating system and apartment renovations are funded through the General Student Residence Reserves, which presently receives $110 of the yearly rent for each apartment. The committee recommen- ded increasing that amount to $120 per year. The recommendations also include a hike in the school service payment - the money given to the city school system in lieu of property tax - from $9 to $10 per month. ANOTHER recommendation ad- dressed the high turnover among the residents. Despite the fact that 98 per- cent of the units are occupied, cleaning and repair costs top $400,000 per year because 60 percent of the units receive new residents each year. It costs up to $1,000 to prepare a unit for new tenants because "the expec- tations of new residents are high," said Eric Luskin, director of family housing. To reduce the amount of turnover, the committee proposed a cancellation fee - one-third of the monthly rent - for tenants who move out within the first four months. Also proposed was a $50 fee for transferring between units. Such transfers account for 20 percent of all moves. The committee also endorsed the new Community Aides - similar to the resident staff in dormitories - wh last year were implemented to develop a sense of community among the residen- ts. The committee was formed by the Family Housing Community Council, a group of residents which meets regularly to discuss family housing issues. The rate study committee con- sisted of council members and housing officials. City Council considers voter registration changes (Continued from Page 1) Northcross also said there was a problem with deputies not turning registration forms in on time and even some cases of the forms being lost. "It was just a very bad system," North- cross said. "So after debating over this for a long time, I decided to do something about it." The resolution called for stricter procedures as to when voter can apply to be a deputy, a firmer stance on the number of voter registration forms a deputy can have at a time, and the assignment of captains to groups of deputies who are in charge of handing in the forms. "This resolution is a very restrictive and an arbitrary program making it harder for students and citizens to register," said Jim Burchell, a can- didate for City Council in the Second Ward. "They're blaming the problems of this system on the deputies when the only problem has been with errors made by the City Clerk," Burchell said. Local American Civil Liberties Union Chairman Jean King equated the resolution with theFayette County in- cident in which negroes faced strict restrictions on their eligibilities to vote. "The resolution before you will place a vast amount of restrictions on Ann Arbor's citizens," said King. "Our focus should be on the m imum number of people we should re ster. This is not to say that there shouldn't be some controls but how many controls," said Councilmember Lowell Peterson (D-First Ward). "We're asking for some controls,' said Mayor Louis Belcher, "in a towr where there have been some closely contested elections. We had serious charges several years ago with people doing door-to-door registration and campaigning at the same time, which is against state law." Democratic councilmembers said they were apprehensive about changing registration laws because the April mayoral and council elections were so close. Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Terrorist kills Israeli soldier RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank - An Israeli soldier was shot to death at close range yesterday while he was on guard duty in this Arab town, an Israeli military spokesman said. It was the latest incident in a two-week wave of violence that has swept the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River. It was believed to be the first assassination-style killing of an on-duty soldier since Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Arab- Israeli war. Most previous deaths have occurred during clashes between soldiers and demonstrators. The spokesman's announcement said the military imposed a curfew on Ramallah, 10 miles north of Jerusalem, and the nearby al-Amari refugee camp while they searched for the attacker. The curfew was lifted six hours later, at 7 p.m., the spokesman said. Troops also blocked the road to the Dheishe refugee camp after a rabbi walked inside and fired shots into the air. Rabbi Moshe Levinger said he did it because Palestinian youths threw stones at him as he waited for some Parliament members who planned to demonstrate at the camp about six miles south of Jerusalem. Meese approval expected today WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thur- mond predicted yesterday that Edwin Meese, President Reagan's choice for attorney general, will be approved by the panel and confirmed by the Senate, and a leading Democratic critic agreed "the political winds" favor the nominee. Reagan is counting on Thurmond, a South Carolina Republican, to pull Meese's troubled nomination through the GOP-dominated committee today when the panel makes its recommendation to the full Senate. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, (D-Ohio) Meese's most vocal opponent, said yesterday: "It continues to be an uphill struggle by reason of the political situation. All of the Republicans are sensitive about denying the president his choice of an attorney general." "I'm afraid that the facts and issues are becoming less important than the political winds." Meese's ethical conduct was questioned at a hearing about his role in ap- proving federal jobs for his financial benefactors; his promotion to colonel in the Army Reserve and his acceptance of a $10,000 payment from a presiden- tial transition organization. Gangster trials begin in Italy NAPLES, Italy - Italy's biggest organized crime trial opened yesterday in a heavily fortified, $1 million bunker beneath a prison soccer field with a priest, a nun, and several entertainers among the 251 defendants. It was the first in a series of three trials for 640 alleged members of thee New Organized Camorra, the Neapolitan version of the Sicilain Mafia. Italian police arrested the suspects in nationwide raids 17 months ago. Lawyers said the key issue before the three-judge tribunal is whether to accept as truthful the testimony of informers who broke the Italian under- world's pledge of "omerta," or silence. Gangsters often murder cohorts who break the pledge. Information provided by informers led to unprecedented roundups of suspected Camorra and Mafia gang members accused of running multimillion-dollar, international drug-trafficking operations. Spain lifts Gibraltar blockade GIBRALTAR - Spain ended a 15-year blockade of Gibraltar at midnight yesterday by opening its border with the tiny British colony to allow the free passage of people, vehicles, and goods. Gibraltarians expressed mixed emotions on the lifting of the blockade, saying it could bring riches to the colony but spell the end of the island's distinctive way of life. At midnight, the iron gate at Gibraltar's border with Spain was to open to tourists, vehicles, and goods for the first time since dictator Francisco Franco closed the frontier in 1969 to press Spain's claim to the Rock. British and Spanish delegations gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to begin talks to day on the future of the 2/4-square-mile bastion at the mouth of the Mediterranean. Both steps could mean dramatic changes for Gibralta's 30,000 residents, whose sedate colonial lifestyle contrasts sharply with the sleek, ultra- modern resorts only an hour's drive away on Spain's Costa del Sol. Acid cloud causes evacuations ELKHARD, Ind. - A railroad tanker carrying about 10,000 gallons of hydrofluoric acid ruptured yesterday, creating a caustic cloud and forcing the evacuation of about 1,500 people, officials said. Four of 14 people treated at Elkhart General Hospital were admitted for observation, hospital spokeswoman Barbara Barrett said. Several people complained of eye and throat irritation. "It could have been worse," Fire Chief Douglas Bowlby said. After air quality tests showed the acid had dissipated, Mayor James Perron allowed residents to return home after 2 p.m. Earlier, police went door-to-door warning about 500 residents to leave a two-square-mile area near the Conrail freight yeards. 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