The Michigan Daily - Saturday; May14,1983- Page 3 ERANIAN REQUEST CHALLENGES 'PRIVACYACT' EMUreleases Ianandata By MIKE WILKINSON A recent move by the Algerian government asking universities nationwide to provide information on Iranian students has sparked controversy over whether it is legal to fulfill the request. The University received the formal request two weeks ago, but administrators decided that providing such information violated a federal statute designed to protect student privacy. BUT OFFICIALS at Eastern Michigan University said the request did not violate the so-called Buckley Amendment and released the names and addresses of the university's 94 Iranian students this week. The Algerian government, the diplomatic inter- mediary between the United States and Iran, asked for: "A listing of all the Iranian students in your in- stitution with their major fields of study and their ad- dresses, particularly, those who will be graduating soon." THE INFORMATION "will facilitate the financial Planned Paenthood office to - ove to ea new site By MICHAEL WESTON University students who rely on Planned Parenthood for birth control and health care might have to travel farther for these services next summer. The clinic has proposed a $1.1 million move from its decaying facilities on North Main to a site close to other medical buildings near Washtenaw, in between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. THE MICHIGAN Department of Health insisted on the move because the 48-year old building is in violation of health codes. "The new building would be ,com- Co pletely up to the Michigan Department of Health codes," said JoAnn Peterson, Racin executive director of Planned Paren- be hel thood. aid needed for the students' educational expenditures, their round trip tickets to visit their families and locations of their future careers," the letter said. Most universities denied the request, and the American Council of Education told its 1,500 mem- bers in a letter that the Buckley Amendment "specifically bars the release of the information requested." What the amendment does allow is the release of "directory information," which includes a student's name, address, and telephone number; date and place of birth; field of study; membership in groups and teams; height and weight of athletic team mem- bers; dates of attendance at the university; degrees and awards received; and the most recent school or agency the student attended. UNIVERSITIES that violate the law could lose all federal aid. Since nationality is not on the list of information the university can release, University International Cen- ter Director Jon Heise said he felt he could not give out the names of the 91 Iranian students at the Univer- sity. If the government had given the Univesity a list of names, Heise said he could have released the in- formation requested. But EMU officials have pointed to an exception in the statute to justify releasing the students' names and addresses. A section of the Buckley amendment permits giving out "other" information - such as nationality - if it will be used "in connection with a students application for, or receipt of, financial aid." EMU STUDENTS who want their names deleted from lists of foreign students to protect their privacy, can ask the university to do so. Paul Webb, director of foreign student affairs at EMU, said he felt that among other things, the infor- mation would help students get financial aid from Iran. See IRANIAN, Page 7 Daily rhOTO by UtvSmra H.cWIS ming soon g fans will soon be lining this fence in Detroit to geta glimpse of the action during the Grand Prix. The event will d June 4-6 this year. The old building is "Antiquated," she said, adding that "some parts are beyond repair." The present structure is cramped for space and cannot accomodate the han- dicapped, Peterson said. The new building would provide more space and also expand the clinic's service to areas outside AnnArbor. Presently more than 5,000 Ann Arbor residents use Planned Parenthood each year. Planned Parenthood kicked off a drive this week to raise the $1.1 million needed for the move. The clinic has already collected $520,000 from private donations and Peterson said she hopes to complete the drive by September. Blaze at Saline Ford Plant forces evacuation of factory and town By JAYNE HENDEL Special to the Daily (SALINE) - Black smoke filled the sky yesterday as 100-foot flames spewed from a massive fire at a Ford Motor Co. plastics plant. 1,100 plant workers and about 1501 Saline residents were evacuated from the area one hour after the fire began early Thursday afternoon, said Carol Bowie, a spokeswoman for the Ford plant. THE FIRE ignited 3,500 storage racks behind the plant which were filled with highly flammable plastic waste. Officials evacuated the area fearing that toxic fumes from the burning waste would contaminate the air, said Jim Douglas, chief of the Saline Police Department. There were no reports of smoke inhalation, Douglas said, adding that the wind carried the smoke away from the town and the plant. The cause of the fire has not been determined yet and no damage was done to the plant itself, said Bowie. FIREFIGHTERS and police from more than four neighboring cities, in- cluding Ann Arbor, were called in to put out the blaze. Fire officials decided to let the flaming storage racks burn themselves out since the direction of the wind pushed the flames away from the plant. One firefighter was treated at the site for smoke inhalation and two plant workers were briefly hospitalized Thursday. The plant was back in operation by late Thursday night. American Red Cross volunteers provided food for the evacuated Saline residents at local high school.