Page 2-Wednesday, May 27, 1981-The MichigO bally Hunger striker accepts aid 4 From AP and UPI BELFAST-IRA hunger striker Brendan McLaughlin accepted medical treatment for a bleeding ulcer yester- day but did not end his 13-day fast. The announcement by Sinn Fein, the outlawed Irish Republican Army's legal political front, was the first word that any of the eight Irish nationalist prisoners involved in the hunger strike at Maze prison had accepted medical treatment. A SPOKESMAN for the Northern Ireland Office, which administers the province, said McLaughlin's acceptan- ce of treatment was "very limited in extent." Neither the office nor Sinn Fein would say what the treatment would be. Four guerrillas have died since Bob- by Sands began the fasts March 1 in an attempt to pressure the British gover- nment into granting political status to Irish nationalist prisoners. The hunger strikes have sparked a wave of violent street battles across Northern Ireland and provided a rallying point for the mainly Roman Catholic IRA's bloody campaign to end British rule and unite the mostly Protestant province with the predominantly Catholic Irish republic. Meanwhile, a booby-trapped box of gasoline bombs exploded in the face of a policeman yesterday, seriously in- juring him. Three Londonderry policemen were on a predawn patrol in a jeep when they saw a box ina supermarket parking lot, police said. As one officer checked the box and discovered it was filled with gasoline bombs, it exploded. The policeman underwent emergen- cy surgery and a hospital spokesman said he would live. The other two policemen were released after treat- ment of superficial burns. SaudiArabia refuses OPEC oil price hike Today A bar with brains B OSTON'S NEWEST singles club isn't open to just anybody - a mini- mum of a master's degree is required for membership. Called Singles With Advanced Degrees in Professional, Academic, or Research Careers, (or SPARC for short), its members include university professors, doctors, lawyers, and scientists. "Socializing is as important as meaningful conver- sation and our social meetings have prompted a lot of dates," said SPARC founder Marnie, a neurolinguistics Ph.D. affiliated with a Boston hospital. "But as superachievers, they might want to defera date for work." In an in- terview with The Boston Globe, Marnie and other members asked for anonymity because, as she put it, "Many of them are well-known doctors and educators and they'd be awfully embarrassed if their patients and students read about them." Marnie said she launched the group several months ago because she became "depressed with the lack of conversation at the typical singles place. The noises and smoking were awful, too." Marnie said the group has about 250 members, including "the ex-wife of a Nobel Prize winner who ran off with his secretary," with ages ranging from the 20s to the 50s. Most members are divorced, she said, with an estimated average income of $40,000. Marnie said that very few applicants have tried to win membership with phony degrees. Although she does not check credentials claimed by applicants, she said members would determine after a few con- versations if someone were faking. Q Today's weather Rain ending in early morning, becoming partly cloudy by afternoon. Today's high is expected to be around 75. Q Happenings ... FILMS AAFC - The Big Heat, 7 p.m., Public Enemy, 8:45 p.m., Angell Aud., A. C2 - Love Me or Leave Me, 7:30 p.m.; Marked Woman, 9:35 p.m., MLB 3. CFT - Going Places, 4,7 & 9 p.m., Michigan Theater. MISCELLANEOUS Chemistry - lecture, "Soie Recent Advances in the Chemistry of N- Nitropyrazoles," Prof. Clarisse Habraken, 4 p.m., 130o Chem. SYDA - Siddha Meditation Course, 4 wks., 7:30 p.m., 1520 Hill, register at 994-5625. Ark - Hoot Night, 9p.m., 1421 Hill. Folk Dance Club - Adv. teaching, 8 p.m.; Union. Sterling Chamber Players - Concert, Women composers, 8 p.m., League Mussey Rm. Karma Thegsum Choling - Meditation, 7 p.m., 734 Fountain. Commission for Women - Mtg., noon, 2549 LSA. Odessey Four - weekly workshops in Psychosynthesis and jungian con- cepts about "The Self," Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Univer- salist Church, 1917 Washtenaw. Spartacus Youth League - class, "The Russian Revolution," 7 p.m., Union Welker Rm. The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 15-S Wednesday, May 23, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates:$12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Prbss and subscribes to United Press International; Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and Field Newspaper Syndicate. News room: (313) 764-0552, 76-DAILY; Sports desk: 764-0562; Circulation: 764-0558; Classified advertising: 764-0557; Display advertising: 764-0554; Billing: 764-0550; Composing Room: 764-0556. From AP and UPI GENEVA, Switzerland - Saudi Arabia struck a firm blow against higher oil prices yesterday by refusing to hike its price and forcing the OPEC cartel to accept a freeze for at least six months. An official communique said all members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to freeze their current crude oil priceds at "a ceiling of $36 per barrel with a maximum OPEC price of $41 per barrel until the end of the year." "THE MAJORITY of the member countries decided to cut production by a minimum of 10 percent, effective June 1,1981," the communique said. WELCOME TO DASCOLA STYLISTS * 4 Barbers 0 No Waiting Liberty off State.. 668-9529 East U. at So. U... . 662-0354 Arborland.9.. 71-9975 Maple Village. 761-2733 In New York, financial analysts predicted OPEC's action would mean gasoline prices in the United States are likely to remain stable or even decline as excess oil production continues to flood the market. They saw the price freeze as meaningless without a Saudi cutback and said there would be heavy pressure on other OPEC members to drop prices. "You basically will see flat prices, but there may be some declines," said Constantine Fliakos, an analyst with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. The key aspect of the OPEC meeting was seen as the failure to get the Saudis to cut production despite pleas from OPEC members that are unable to sell all the oil they produce at current prices. THE SAUDIS have reduced output somewhat, after peaking at a high of 10.3 million barrels a day late last year, to about 9.85 million a day in March, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly repor- ted yesterday. But that drop was more than made up by increased production in Iran and Iraq, whose war seems to be winding down. Editor-in-Chieft..........DAVID MEYER Managing Editor ....... NANCY BILYEAU Editorial Page Director ...... 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