Page 2-Thursday, July 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily Reagan administration drops antitrust suits 4 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Reagan administration yesterday dropped two antitrust suits filed by its predecessor after acknowledging that it has created "a more favorable atmosphere for mergers" of big business. And while some existing cases will still be prosecuted, the Reagan team at the Justice Department has all but ceased any new trust-busting. TWO SUITS were dismissed before coming to trial by Assistant Attorney General William Baxter, the depar- tment's antitrust chief, who reviewed them at the request of lawyers for the corporations involved. "There's no question that businesses see a more favorable atmosphere for, mergers and acquisitions," said one Washington lawyer who specializes in antitrust law. "I'm having to restrain the en- thusiasm of some of my clients for mergers by reminding them that even if the government isn't likely to sue them, private firms still can," said the lawyer, who asked not to be identified. BAXTER, IN an interview earlier this week, agreed that "in many senses, there is a more favorable atmosphere for mergers." But he said he did not think that the dearth of new suits was particularly significant. "The work here tends to be reactive. It responds to what cor- porations do." Baxter noted that his predecessor, Sanford Litvack, pushed hard to finish investigations and file suits hfore leaving office, leaving few cases in the bureaucratic pipeline. A SPOKESMAN for Baxter, Mark Sheehan, said more cases were under review and subject to possible dismissal. Sheehan said Baxter has also reviewed "about half a dozen" other cases and decided to continue litigating them. Sheehan refused to identify the cases involved. ONE STAFF attorney, however, said a major reason for the lack of proposals is the feeling among rank-and-file department lawyers that Baxter and his boss, Attorney General William French Smith, are amenable to mergers that previous administrations would have opposed. Dismissal of the first case permits the 1979 acquisition of the Glen-Gery Corp. of Reading, Pa., by a subsidiary of Ibstock-Johnsen, Ltd. of Great Britain. Both firms sell facing brick in the northeastern United States with a combined 20 percent of that market. The second case dismissed a civil complaint against Mack Trucks Inc. Students testify at dorm murder hearing Today No Commoners allowed C HARLES HANLON, A 44-year-old punster, who peddled cans of Chicago snow in the 1979 blizzard, is sending out engraved cards to 200 friends thatread: "Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer will unitemin marriage Wednesday, the 29th of July, 1981 at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon. St. Paul's Cathedral London, England. Reception immediately following. Buckingham Palace. Given by Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. You are not invited to attend any of the ceremonies as you are a commoner." "I'm doing it as a lark," Hanlon said yesterday. "I like to think of mysaelf as a comedy writer. I'm just a struggling person who gets fun out of doing things like this." Hanlon said the invitations are 5 inches wide and 7 inches long. "They look just like a wedding invitation and they have embossed roses in the front," he said."They are costing me 50 cents apiece to have printed." Today's weather Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid-80's.- s Happenings .. . Films AAFC - Dbl., Nothing But a Man, 7 p.m., Up Tight, 8:45 p.m., Angell Aud. A. CG - Women Filmmakers Night, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., Lorch Hall. CFT - dbl., An American in Paris, 5 & 8:45 p.m., Top Hat, 7 & 10:45 p.m., Mich. Theatre. Miscellaneous AAASAC - "The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth," 7:30 p.m. Wesley Foundation Lounge, 602 E. Huron. Vision/Hearing - Mark Airhart, "Synaptic specificity of regenerating retinal terminals in the gold fish optic tectum," 12:15 p.m., 2055 MHRI. Botticelli Game Players - noon, Dominick's. Med. Ctr. Bible Study -12:30 p.m., F2230 Mott Library. Campus Weight Watchers - 5:30 p.m., Mich. League Project Room. Scottish Country Dancers -7p.m., Union Ballroom. Sailing Club - Open Membership, 7:45 p.m., 311 W. Eng. AA - 8:30 p.m., N2815 U. Hosp. Ecumenical Campus Ctr. - Philippines Concert Chorus, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw. Mich. League - An American Heritage Night, 5-7:15 p.m., cafeteria. Dreyfuss Gallery - Hot coffee magazine premiere party, 8 p.m., 209 N. Main. The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 36-S Thursday, July 9, 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. 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LISA STONE Special Supplement Editor ...................PAM KRAMER BUSINESS STAFF: Aida Eisenstat, Mary Arts Editor .............. MARK DIGHTON AnneMisiewicz, Nancy Thompson Sports Editor ......... MARK MIHANOVIC SPORTS STAFF: Barb Barker, Mark ExectiveSportsB BorUwEki, Joe Chapelle, Jim Oworman, Editors...... UDDY MOOREHOUSE, John Fitzpatrick, John Kerr, Ron Pollack, DREWSHARP Jim Thompson. NEWS STAFF: John Adam, Ann Marie Fazio, Pam Fickinger, Lou Fintor, Mark PHOTO STAFF: Kim Hill, Paul Engstrom Gindin, Susan McCreight, Greg Meyer, Jen- niferMiller, .Dan Oberrotman, Annette ARTS STAFF: BilBwKFldman Staro. "I' x : Karen Green, Fed Schi, RJlmtt (Continuedfrom Page 1) Peter Doerr, said he saw Kelly standing in the hallway holding a "sawed-off shot gun" across his chest before any shots were fired. He said he asked him about the fire, got no answer, then heard a "hollow bang" and ran back to the room, where he later heard two others. He said, however, that he did not see Kelly fire any shots. Thomas Bajko, who also lived on 6th Douglas at the time, said he too heard two sets of shots. He woke up after hearing the first set, he said, and after seeing the fire and smoke down the hall, went down the hall knocking on doors to wake up sleeping residents. ABOUT TWO to five minutes later, Bajko said he heard two more shots, then saw two bodies on the floor. Testimony was also given by the physician who performed the autopsy on Douglas McGeaham, Dr. Douglas Siders. Siders said that McGreaham had a hole in his back "the size of a fist" as a result of the gunshot wound and that his spinal cord had been severed by the blast. THE BULLET segment that Siders removed from McGreaham's body was identified as one that had been fired from Kelly's rifle by a detective from the state police crime lab, David Balash. Balash, who is a detective lieutenant with the firearms iden- tification division, said, "In my opinion, absolutely it was" (the bullet) from that gun. Two other officers from the state crime lab also testified at the examination. Before the testimonies could begin, however, Waterman filed a "motion for discovery" which would require that the prosecution present him with any reports or testimony that he might want Mackie.. . ... prepares case against Kelly ahead of time, but which they might not otherwise present until the hearing. THE RESPONSIBILITY of the prose- cution, Waterman said, is not only to prosecute, but to "ensure justice." He added that he may need some of the prosecution's reports and evidence to "adequately defend" his client. Later, he said he was getting some of this information "piece by piece," but not to his satisfaction. The status of his request has not yet been decided by the Court. A pre-trial examination is held to determine, first of all, that a crime has, in fact, been committed, and secondly, that there is probably reason to believe the defendant committed that crime. The first session of Kelly's examination was held yesterday and is scheduled to lie completed next Wed- nesday.