The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, August 13, 1980-Page 3 - <:"mommeConvention Reports CONVENTION MEANS HEADACHES FOR SOME Gotham residents grumble By NICK KATSARELAS "They shouldn't have the convention here," grum- the convention," complains Sister Maria Martin, a y pea Ic KA TarELAy bles Willie Eason, a porter for Amtrak. "IT's very in- bespectacled, gray-haired nun 'cloaked, in blue. Specialto TheDaly convenient as far as working." He leans against his "We're surrounded by religious services. There's a NEW YORK - A burly electrician from Macy's metal baggage cart and continues, "It's not open to Catholic church adjacent to Madison Square Garden, leans against a lamppost eating ice cream and chats the public and there are too many policemen who are one across the street, and one on Eighth Ave. There's about how the Democratic National Convention has being overpaid. Besides, it ties up the city for a probably some Episcopalian churches around here, changed his life. "I tell my wife to pick me up, okay? week." too." So with all the blockades she can't get, through. The Overpaid or not, Officer Fredrick Thompson of the Two twenty-year-old men from the South Bronx police tell her to turn here, turn-there, and here I am, New York Police Department is happy with his over- drink Cokes at Arty's Luncheonette in downtown I worked all day and my wife can't pick me up.' time compensation. Hiking up his dark blue trousers, Manhattan. "The cops are out all the time now," says John Marano is in the majority in New York city - he says, "The convention means a lot of money for Eddie Rodriguez. "They are locking up all the pimps, he is one of the millions of New Yorkers who gain the city; which means a lot of money for me." whores, and cocaine dealers. The cops, they just want nothing directly from the convention except maybe a "People forget that there is more to the city than See GOTHAM, Page 11 neauacne. Democrats approve abortion plank on platform NEW YORK (AP) - The Democratic National Convention voted yesterday to add a far-reaching abortion-rights plank to its platform and to penalize party candidates who do not support the Equal Rights Amendment by withholding funds and technical aid. The ERA vote was by acclamation. S But the abortion vote came in a sur- prisingly strong showing on a roll call, passing by 2,005.2 to 956.3. THERE WERE early signs that President Carter might not support the abortion plank. "I guess that he will not support it," said Sarah Weddington, an assistant to Carter. "It's one of the planks of the platform he does not agree with." She said he would consider his stand last night. If Carter does not go along with the party platform, it will doubtlessly anger the women's coalition that lob- bied on behalf of the pro-ERA and abor- tion planks. CARTER CONVENTION sources decided beforehand not to make either the abortion or the ERA vote a test of strength. The ERA plank not only restates the party's endorsement of the amendment but said support for the amendment would be a condition of financial and special aid to anyone running as a Democrat. The abortion plank affirms the par- ty's support for the Supreme Court decision which made abortions legal and identifies reproductive choices as private matters with which gover- nment should not interfere. The plank opposes restrictions on federal funding for abortions and also comes out against involuntary or unin- formed sterilizations. There was a noisy "no" vote against the ERA proposal. But the chairman, ruled that the "ayes" had carried. DEATH (AT LEFT) and Three Mile Island wander outside Madison Square Garden yesterday. The two, along with a blood-smeared Statue of Liberty, were protesting the use of nuclear power and weapons as part of the "No Nukes Die- In." - Ima ginaton delegation brings fantasy to N.Y. By MAUREEN FLEMING specialtoThe Daily NEW YORK - Three Mile Island and Death, followed by the Statue of Liberty with blood smeared on her hands, distributed blood-soaked money. Others walked around with fluorescent paint covering their arms, chests, and faces chanting "Two, four, six, eight -we don't want to radiate." THE IMAGINATION DELEGATION, a group which says it has no formal name but represents discovery, ideas, and fantasy sprinkled the crowd of more than 100 with "star- dust." They implored everyone to join their party - "the party's party" - to use their imaginations, and to make the world safer, prettier, and sillier. They were all at Madison Square Garden yesterday, about 100 of them, participating in the "No Nukes Die-In," sponsored by the Coalition for Direct Action. The Die-In was the second in a series of events during con- vention week sponsored by the Coalition, which is comprised of Rock Against Racism, the Coalition for Direct Action Against Seabrook, the Committee Against Registration and the Draft, and the Yippies. The groups say they are trying to provide an alternative "unconvention" to give people an op- portunity to voice their social concerns. THE CARTER OLYMPIX kicked off the week's events at the Sheep Meadow in. Central Park. Ben Masel, coor-" dinator of the event and a staff member of the underground Overthrow magazine, said the Olympix "seemed a light way to open up the week." Characters wearing Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John Anderson masks participated in the three-legged presidential race. Amid cheers and hurrahs of "Yeah, Ron- nie!"the Reagan impersonator swept the race to win' first prize, termed by Masel "The first bribe of his presidential career." MASEL SAID THERE was no winner in the "Billy Car- ter-Joan Kennedy Drinking Contest" because neither could drink the other under the table. Then there was the "Teddy Kennedy Underwater Driving Race." "Teddy" won, tossing "Mary Jo Kopechne" out of a children's play truck. The Coalition expected a lot of out-of-towners to par- ticipate in the protest and decided to "liberate" the Sheep Meadow for a campsite. Sunday night they marched from Madison Square Garden to the Meadow to occupy the land, renaming it "Freestate." According to a camper, Rich, who said he has been "hanging around".with the Yippies for the past few months, the group wasn't sure whether the police were trying to prevent them from camping. He explained that the Coalition was trying to discuragecampers from drinking as the police would not be attracted.