Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 25, 1985
Pipeline rules
may lower
heating bills


IN BRIEF-1

DETROIT (UPI) - Michigan Con-
tsolidated Gas Co. said yesterday its
typical residential customer could save
!sp to $150 on 1986 heating bills if pen-
ding changes in federal natural gas
pipeline rules are approved.
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission proposed the changes on
-May 30 and is expected to rule on
them before Oct. 1, MichCon Chair-
,man Alfred Glancy III said at a news
conference.
BEGINNING today, MichCori is
'unning full-page ads in Michigan
newspapers urging customers to sup-
'port implementation of the proposed
FERC rules. MichCon customers are
encouraged to write their
congressmen, Glancy said.
Glancy also said he personally will
ibe sending letters to 80 local and
statewide organizations which have
been working with MichCon to secure
-gas-pricing changes, urging them to
write Congress expressing their sup-
port.
Joining Glancy in supporting the
aules were Detroit Mayor Coleman
Young; Joseph Kennedy, president of
Citizens Energy Corporation; and
state Rep. Alma Stallworth, chairman
of the House Public Utilities Com-
mittee. "We're convinced that if our
.,ustomers don't become aware of the

commission's proposed reforms and
demonstrate their support, these ef-
forts could be undermined by groups
in opposition," Glancy said.
GLANCY AND Kennedy said the
opposition includes gas produces and
interstate pipelines who, they said,
have been shielded from the realities
of the marketplace.
"Under the proposed rule changes,
MichConscould experience a $250-
million savings in its cost of gas
during the first year of implemen-
tation. That could mean a savings to a
typical customer of 15 to 20 percent,"
Glancy said.
Without the changes, he said, gas
prices would rise by 4 percent during
the coming heating season.
The FERO's proposal
would:
" Provide distribution companies,
like MichCon, with the opportunity to
purchase cheaper gas supplies from
gas marketing companies, like
Citizens Energy;
" Ensure that the price benefits of
lower cost regulated "old gas" sup-
plies are passed on to consumers; and
* Create competitive pressures on
gas prices and competitive incentives
to produce the least-cost gas available
in the field.

Freedom

Associated Press


Avital Sharansky stands in a mock cage outside the United Nations
yesterday and calls for the freedom of her husband Anatoly, who is
currently in jail in the Soviet Union. She also called on the United States
to increase pressure for Jewish emigration.
Activists urge miitant
resistance to a artheid
PF

SQUASH
is not only
a vegetable!
Teaching pro offers
LESSONS at reasonable rates.
Call Tom at 761-2741 anytime.

COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
State U. of N.Y. divests
ALBANY, N.Y. - Trustees of the State University of New York, the
nation's largest university system, voted yesterday to sell its remaining
$11.5 million worth of investments in companies dealing with South
Africa.
Before passing the resolution, which requires total divestment within a
year, trustees denounced South Africa's system of racial segregation and
said they were concerned about the safety of university investments
there.
About 250 students who had gathered to demonstrate for divestment
staged a noisy victory celebration in the rain outside SUNY headquarters
after the vote.
"Victory is ours," the students screamed and chanted repeatedly,
followed by chants of "The students' united will never be defeated."
The students raised their fists in unison and cheered wildly.
Yesterday's board vote was a reversal of the trustees' decision in April
to continue most SUNY investments in South Africa. Trustees said today
that worsening racial unrest in South Africa indicated that the gover-
nment there was making no progress in improving the conditions of the
nation's black majority.
Soviets condemn 'Star Wars'
UNITED NATIONS - Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze of the
Soviet Union warned yesterday that the Reagan administration's Star
Wars plan threatens "a nuclear catastrophe" and called instead for an in-
ternational program of "Star Peace."
Shevardnadze said the United States has "sinister plans" for the
militarization of outer space that would ignite an "uncontrollable and
irreversible" global arms race.
"In the final analysis, this is a road leading to a nuclear catastrophe,"
he said in an address to the 40th U.N. General Assembly.
It was Shevardnadze's first speech at the United Nations since he suc-
ceeded Andrei Gromyko as foreign minister earlier this year.
A Western ambassador, who did not want to be identified, called the
speech "tough and arrogant."
Reagan study supports tax plan
ATHENS. Tenn.-President Reagan unveiled a new study of his tax.
overhaul plan yesterday, saying it showed each American household
would eventually gain about $600 a year if his proposal is implemented.
As Reagan began a two-stop visit to eastern Tennessee on his weekly
trip out of Washington to campaign for the tax bill, the White House issues
a rosy new assessment of the plan drawn up by the President's Council of
Economic Advisors. It predicted the proposed overhaul of the federal in-
come tax system ultimately could boost the gross national product by as
much as 3.2 percent.
Calling his struggle with a reluctant Congress over the tax bill "a kind
of drama, with good guys and bad guys and even a damsel in distress,"
Reagan asked members of his audience, "Do you find our present (tax)
system utterly disgusting and demoralizing?"
"Yes," the crowd replied.
"Well, I'm with you," said the president.
"The heroes are the citizens across this country who are asking for tax
justice," Reagan said. "The villains are the special interests - the 'I got
mine' gang. And the damsel in distress?"
Retail prices rise, but
inflation rate remains iow
WASHINGTON-Retail prices rose 0.2 percent in August, the gover-
nment said yesterday, meaning inflation for the first two-thirds of 1985 is
running at an annual rate of 3.3 percent-the lowest in nearly two
decades.
The continued good news on inflation-for consumers if not for farmers
and oil companies-prompted some analysts to suggest the Federal
Reserve Board is being too timid in stimulating the economy.
A separate government report showed orders for durable goods jumped
3.4 percent last month in a hint the economy is ready to pick up a little
speed after being stuck in low gear most of the year.
But a big part of the increase stemmed from a surge in automobile
sales spurred by special financing breaks, and analysts cautioned against
reading too much into one month's figure.
Sandra Shaber, senior economist at Chase Econometrics in Bala Cyn-
wyd, Pa., noted that low-interest auto financing applies to leftover 1985
models and said, "The current surge is not sustainable."
August was the fourth straight month in which the Labor Department's
Consumer Prices Index rose at a moderate 0.2 percent pace. Ms. Shaber
and Roger Brinner of Data Resource, Inc., in Lexington, Mass., said the
pattern is likely to continue for at least the rest of the year.
Reagan, Wiesel nominated
for Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway-President Reagan, New Zeland Prime Minister David
LANGE AND Holocaust author Elie Wiesel have been nominated for the
1985 Nobel Peace Prize, the awards committee said yesterday.
Jacob Sverdrup, secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committe, said he
received Reagan's nomination among three letters delivered to him
hours before the Feb. 1 deadline. "We cannot say who nominated Reagan
or for what reason," Sverdrup said. "The secret is kept under our rules."
Sverdrup also acknowledged the nominations of Lange, an opponent of
French nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, and Wiesel, who in April
pleaded with Reagan to call off his visit to a German World War II

military cemetery where 47 Nazi SS officers were buried.
Last year's peace prize went to South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, an
outspoken black opponent of the white-ruled country's apartheid policy of
racial discrimination and segregation.
01 he StchiJan'Wai
Vol XCVI - No. 15
The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through
Friday during the Fall and Winter terms. Subscription rates: September
through April - $18.00 in Ann Arbor; $35.00 outside the city. One term -
$10.00 in town; $20.00 out of town.
The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and Sub-
scribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles
Times Syndicate, and College Press Service.

;I

I

I

(Continued from Page 1)
our obligation here to build the
struggle in South Africa until
revolution can take place. Anything
sort of total expropriation will mean
black South Africans will continue to
be oppressed."
Johnson compared the situation in
South Africa to pre-Civil War
America, stating that "South Africa
needs that Civil War to end the op-
pression."
Johnson also said that the U.S. and

other "imperialistic countries" are
heavily committed to South Africa.
He attributed this interest to the vast
quantities of gold and diamonds in
South African land. According to
Johnson, blacks make up 4/5 of the
population but only have control of 1/8
of the land and therefore, have vir-
tually no right. This, in turn, helps
Whites to pay low wages to Black
workers.

'P


The National Security Agency's
Professional Qualification Test.
NSA's Professional Qualification Test (PQT) could
be the most important test you ever take. Ultimate-
ly, it could qualify you for an exciting, challenging
career with the National Security Agency.
NSA is responsible for analyzing foreign com-
munications, safeguarding our government's vital
communications and securing government computer
systems. This unique three-fold mission keeps NSA
on the cutting edge of technology and makes its
work important enough to be a matter of national
security.
Intrigued? Then take the PQT. It's an aptitude
test for a broad range of career fields at NSA. If you
qualify, you'll be contacted by an NSA represen-
tative to schedule an interview. At that time, we'll
tell you about some of the exciting roles you could
play in data systems, language, information science,
communications and management.
So what are you waiting for? Pick up a PQT
bulletin at your placement office, or write directly to
NSA for a copy: The four hour test is given Saturday,
October 26, 1985. There's no registration fee, but
your registration form must be received no later
than October 11.
If you're a graduate with a Bachelors or Masters
degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science
or a Slavic, Near-Eastern or Asian language, you
don't have to take the test. To schedule an interview
with NSA, just contact your placement office.
Taking the PQT could be the most intelligent thing
you do.

Study f Inds
'Star Wars'
may be
flawed
(Continued from Page 1)
med Services Committee.
The 324-page study of the Star Wars
progam which is known formally as
the Strategic Defense Initiative, was
done at the request of Aspin's panel
and the Senate Foreign Relations
Committe. Release of the report
comes in the midst of a debate over
the place of the high-tech missile-
interception program in the nuclear
balance between the two super-
powers.
THE SDI PROGRAM "carries a
risk" that it could start an entirely
new arms race and could create
"severe instabilities" if it made the
Soviets think the United States was
seeking a first-strike capability, the
study suggested.
If noted there is confusion over the
specific goals of Star Wars. Some
supporters of the program want a so-
called "astrodome" defense that
would defend the entire nation,
while others call for defense of U.S.
missile sites. Critics say the latter
would violate the 1972 treaty limiting
missile defenses.
The study concluded that while anti-
missile weapons could "substantially
increase" the safety margin in a
nuclear attack, "assured survival of
the U.S. population (the 'Astrodome'
defense) appears impossible to
achieve if the Soviets are determined
to deny it to us."
THAT IS BECAUSE any U.S.

U

pm

Register by October 11 to take NSA's
Professional Qualification Test.


Editor in Chief..................NEIL CHASE
Opinion Page Editor ............ JOSEPH KRAUS
Managing Editors..........GEORGEA KOVANIS
JACKIE YOUNG
News Editor ................THOMAS MILLER
Features Editor ............. LAURIE DELATER
City Editor ................. ANDREW ERIKSEN
Personnel Editor .....,........TRACEY MILLER
NEWS STAFF: Jody Becker, Laura Bischoff, Nancy
Driscoll, Carla Folz, Rachel Gottlieb, Sean Jackson,
David Klapman, Vibeke Laroi, Carrie Levine, Jerry
Markon, Eric Mattson, Amy Mindell, Kery Mura-
kami, Christy Reidel, Stacey Shonk, Katie Wilcox.
Magazine Editor ......4 ...... RANDALL STONE
Arts Editor .....................CHRIS LAUER
Associate Arts Editors ............. JOHN LOGIE
Movies ..................... BYRON L. BULL
Records ................. .... BETH FERTIG
Books..................RON SCHECHTER
Theatre ................. NOELLE BROWER

Sports Editor...................TOM KEANEY
Associate Sports Editors ............. JOE EWING
BARB McQUADE, ADAM MARTIN.
PHIL NUSSEL, STEVE WISE
SPORTS STAFF: Dave Aretha, Eda Benjakul, Mark
Borowsky, Emily Bridgham, David Broser, Debbie
deFrances, Joe Devyak, Rachel Goldman, Skip
Goodman, Joh Hartmann, Steve Herz, Rich Kaplan,
Mark Kovinsky, John Laherty, Scott Miller, Brad
Morgan, Jerry Muth, Adam Ochlis. Mike Redstone,
Scott Shaffer, Howard Solomon.
Business Manager...........DAWN WILLACKER
Sales Manager ............ MARY ANNE HOGAN
Assistant Sales Manager .............. YUNA LEE
Marketing Manager ........... CYNTHIA NIXON
Finance Manager...............DAVID JELINEK
DISPLAY SALES: Sheryl Biesman, Diane Bloom,
Gayla Brockman, Debbie Feit, Jennifer Heyman,
Greg Leach, Debra Lederer, Beth Lybik, Sue Me-
Lampy, Kristine Miller, Kathleen O'Brien.
Marketing Staff ............... JAKE GAGNON

SECUJR




r-