The Michigan Daily - Saturday, May 7, 1983 - Page 3 Bill may stall aid link to draft By JACKIE YOUNG A bill which would delay enforcement of a controversial law linking student aid to draft registration will be voted on by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee this month. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Paul Simon (D-Ill), would delay the law from July 1 to Feb. 1, 1984. The law requires all male students to prove they registered with the Selective Service before receiving federal financial aid. SINCE THE law was passed last Sep- tember, many college administrators have said the requirement puts an un- fair burden on financial aid offices, and singles out men who need federal funds to attend college. Although many universities have been asking students to voluntarily comply with the law for several mon- ths, officials at the University of Michigan said they will not ask students to prove they registered until it is cer- tain the law will go into effect. It is likely Simon's bill will pass and be sent to the house floor before the end of June, said Thomas Butts, assistant vice president for academic affairs in Washington. BUT THE delay might be un- necessary pending the outcome of a lawsuit in Minnesota which charges that the law is unconstitutional. Minnesota federal Judge Dona Alsop temporarily blocked the law in March and said it was "likely to be uncon- stitutional." A final decision is expec- ted in June, said a spokesmen for the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group which filed the suit last Novem- ber. It is unclear if Alsop's decision affec- ts students nationwide or just those in Minnesota. The Justice Department in Washington will not say who the ruling affects, but they advised the Education Department in April to send a letter to universities urging them not to deny federal funds to any non-registered student. THE FINANCIAL aid office at the university of Michigan received the let- ter last week, said director Harvey Grotrian. The University has not yet asked any students to prove they registered with the Selective Service, so the letter had little effect on his office, Grotrian said. The letter is a positive sign that the law will be delayed, Grotrian said, ad- ding that Alsop's decision will apply to students nationwide. It is unlikely the law will be enforced July 1, because of both the bill and the Minnesota suit, he said. Grotrian said the requirement would be a burden on his office because of the additional paperwork to check for draft registration. If Alsop rules the law is uncon- stitutional, it is likely the Justice Department will appeal to the Supreme Court. John Spano, spokesman at the Justice Department said the gover- nment "will do everything necessary to secure an ultimate ruling upholding the constituitionality of the law." Workers simulate nuclear debris clean-up LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)-Civilian and military workers in protective clothing and masks prowled the rugged desert of America's nuclear testing grounds yesterday, pretending to sear- ch out radioactive debris from a nuclear weapons accident. The exercise at the Nevada Test Site, the third of its kind, was designed to provide realistic training for those charged with sealing off and cleaning the site of a nuclear weapons accident. "THEIR PERFORMANCE has been superb," Adm. Joseph Frick said of the participants. "Everybody is playing this game to the hilt." Frick, comman- der of the Norfolk, V., Navy base, took over the exercises Thursday. The locale for the 10-day event, dub- bed NUWAX 83, is a desolate expanse of desert HI miles northwest of Las Vegas, where scientists once tested rocket engines. A NUWAX exercise involving the Air Force was held at the Test Site in 1979 and one involving the Army in 1981. FEDERAL OFFICIALS gathered at a cluster of buildings dubbed Port Gaston, Va., which was once the Nuclear Rocket Development Station. They evacuated '815 people from the mythical town Thursday when a mythical Navy helicopter supposedly carrying three nuclear weapons crashed near a city park, spreading radioactive debris. Yesterday, the players searched for radioactive debris and began what will be a six-day mop up operation. NUWAX 83 was kicked off just minutes after a real underground nuclear test was set off 15 miles away. Department of Energy officials say the two events were not related. DOE spokesman Jack Roeder said an accident spewing plutonium from a nuclear weapon could contaminate a city for years. See NAVY, Page 10 uaily Photo by ELIZABI The Michigan Theater on East Liberty, built in 1928, is making more money than expected this year. Michigan Theatre soars into profits for first time in years By MIKE WILKINSON The Michigan Theater made a profit for the first tiie since a community group took over its management in 1979, theater officials say. The theater was almost forced to close last year due to its financial troubles. Lonnie Loy, president of the Michigan Community Theater Foun- dation Board, said the theater posted financial gains for the first quarter of 1983 and has erased all past debts. "WE WILL be able to keep ahead of the game," Loy said, citing city tax support and successful fund raising ac- tivities as factors for the theater's financial upswing. Revenues surpassed the expected figure by $1,645, with the theater ear- ning almost $88,000 in the first quarter of 1983, Managing Director Russel Collins said. The theater's expenditures - in- cluding utilities, wages, and film ren- tals - were almost $13,000 less than an- ticipated. The theater spent $57,411 for the quarter. THE THEATER foundation, a non- profit organization, received its biggest support after city voters approved two separate millage proposals totalling $700,000 in April 1982. The money has been used to pay off the theater's mor- tgage and to repair safety code violations. Collins said the tax dollars were essential for the theater to run efficien- tly, which is one of the theater's primary goals. "The theater must prove (to the city) that it can be run efficiently and move' forward," he said. FUTURE PROGRESS will depend on how much support the theater can find through its fundraising activities, Collins said. Events like last January's Millionaire's Party - which netted $22,000 - have greatly aided the theater. "(The Millionaire's Party) was the catalyst to put us into the black," Loy said. The theater foundation is planning a membership drive for this fall. The foundation presently has 200 members, but Collins said they hope to raise that figure to 600. Members make tax deductable donations to the theater in return for special privileges, including a newslet- ter and the chance for good seats at up- coming programs. The 1,800-seat theater, opened in 1928, is the largest theater in Ann Arbor for full stage productions. Groups using the theater include the Classic Film Theater, The Sunday Funnies, the Ann Arbor Civic Theater, and the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra.