The Michigan Daily-Soturday, August 14, 1982-Page 5 Economic indicators optimistic WASHINGTON (AP)- Wholesale prices rose at a reduced rate last month, gas prices dropped, in- dustrial production slowed its decline, and interest rates may drop in the near future, government sour- ces reported yesterday. Wholesale prices rose at an annual rate of 7.1 per- cent in July while the months-long skid in industrial output andfactory use slowed to almost nothing, the government reported. Government spokesmen and private economists said the combination reflected continued progress against inflation and an impending end to the recession. THE INCREASE in wholesale prices was driven by the biggest jump in gasoline costs in eight years, the Labor Department said. The jump, however, was partially offset by the sharpest decline in food prices since 1976. "This seems to confirm that we are making progress against inflation," deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said of the new wholesale price figures. Wholesale gas prices dropped slightly for the second two-week period in a row, major oil com- panies reported yesterday, signaling modest relief from earlier increases that had fueled inflation. MAJOR OIL refiners reported scattered cuts of 0.2 cent to 2 cents a gallon charged in early August to gasoline dealers and distributors. "Gasoline prices have peaked for the summer," said William Randol, an analyst who follows the oil industry for the investment firm of First Boston Corp. Randol predicted further declines in the months ahead, but added: "Don't go out and buy a Cadillac on that. We're talking-pennies, not 10 cents or 20 cen- ts." THE FEDERAL Reserve Board, meanwhile, reported that the nation's industrial output declined in July for the 11th time in 12 months, and manufac- turers' use of their factories dipped to the lowest level in seven years. The decline in overall production was just 0.1 per- cent, the smallest of the 11 such drops in the past 12 months. Factory use decreased just 0.2 percentage points, also well below recent declines. President Reagan, however, cited the several economic indicators to reporters as "evidences that we have bottomed out of the recession, and I think we're entitled to take some credit for that." The Federal Reserve Board voted yesterday to cut its interest rate on loans to member financial in- stitutions to the lowest level in nearly two years, the third easing in the rate in less than a month. A NUMBER OF interest rates charged in private financial markets quickly dropped also. Riots in Poland mark birth of Solidarity GDANSK, Poland (UPI)- Riot with tear gas, flares and water cannons police fired tear gas and flares to when some 10,000 people chanting disperse 10,000 chanting, rock-throwing "Long Live Solidarity," "Free Lech Solidarity supporters yesterday on the Walesa" and "Get a Divorce from eve of the second anniversary of the Moscow" marched toward the city's shipyard strike that gave birth to the Communist Party headquarters. outlawed union. In December 1970, rioters burned In Warsaw, security forces armed down the building during clashes that with water cannons were dispatched in killed dozens of workers. force to prevent demonstrations on the IN THE afternoon - Gdansk's first day which also marked the eighth- eruption of violence since May 3 - month anniversary of martial law. demonstrators ran through the cobbled POLICE looked on as hundreds of streets of Old Town when police bom- people gathered around the 40-foot barded them with tear gas, flares and floral cross laid out in the capital's cen- streams of water about 150 yards from tral Victory Square, flashing the vic- the building. tory sign and singing songs, including Youths wearing ski masks quickly the national anthem with Solidarity erected barricades of benches and words. paving stones, crouching behind them But in the Baltic port of Gdansk, to hurl rocks at police. Solidarity's birthplace, "ZOMO" riot "Gestapo: Gestapo:" they shouted. police in helmets and shields attacked Leo Kelly sentenced to life J I' \ILYU 1:404:407:40-9:415 j 1:0031156:55-9:30 imprsonment (Continued from Page 1) I am truly innocent of all the charges against me," he said. Quoting a 19th century black attorney who said the U.S. Supreme Court e "descended to the lowest depths of human depravity" in its infamous Dred Scott decision, Kelly said, "Is it the opinion of this court that I have no rights? That my parents have no rights? In finding this decision, this court has descended from its high position to the lowest depths of human depravity." Commenting on his client's denial of mental illness and claim of innocence, Waterman said "He (Kelly) is crying out for help-medical help." WATERMAN told Campbell he would motion for a new trial, citing in par- ticular the jury selection method as an inequity in the proceedings. "It is almost impossible for a minority to get a fair trial in a county like this where we use an antiquated jury selection method," Waterman said. Washtenaw County selects prospec- tive jurors from voter registration lists, a method Waterman contends "does not allow a cross-representation of the community." A GROUP LED by Kelly's family and local activists was also present to laun- amid protests ch their campaign to reverse the ver- dict, which they called "racist." Kelly's mother, Virginia Kelly, gave a short press conference after the sen- tencing with "The Committee to Defend Leo Kelly," a group consisting of the Kelly family, Waterman and two other attorneys, and other groups and in- dividuals from southeastern Michigan. Their aim, according to committee organizer Richard Garland, is "to reverse the racist guilty verdict," and get a new trial. "The trial caused a lot of pain," Kelly's mother said. "I think my son deserves better than what he got. He deserves a fair trial." Prosecuting Attorney Lynwood Noah said the chances of an appeal being granted are "quite slim." When asked what he thought about the motion for a new trial and the allegations of racism, he said "not much." Noah said Kelly will be taken to Jackson State Prison, and that a hearing will be scheduled for the new trial motion. He said the average life sentence in Michigan lasts 17 years. "The sentence is non-parolable, but it is commutable," Noah said, explaining that the governor would have to per- sonally commute Kelly's sentence. "It's a rare case where that (com- mutation). doesn'thappen."