o1 E itt1 t ttlt ttti Ninety-four years of editorialfreedom Ann Arbor, Michigan - Sunday, August 5, 1984 Vol. XCIV, No. 33-S Copyright 184 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages Election '04 Primary Preview A complete voters' preview of Tuesday's national, state, and local elections begins on page 2. The Daily's endorsements appear on page 6. Virginia inmates overpower guards BOYNTON, Va. (AP) - Inmates ar- med with handmade knives took eight men and one woman hostage yesterday at the maximum-security Mecklenburg Correntional Center, site of the largest death row breakout in U.S. history in May, a prison spokesman said. Two male guards who had been stab- bed were released by mid-afternoon. The inmates later issued 15 demands that included removal of present prison officials, "halt of unjust treatment ... for certain acts," "more fruit and less pork," and an end "to harassment of death row prisoners." "Right now we have seven people held hostage in Building 5, six correc- tional officers and a food service worker," said Corrections Department spokesman Wayne Farrar. "Two other officers were also taken hostage but were released because of injury. One guy had stab wounds around the head and the other had stab wounds around the head and abdomen and apparently had been beaten. They let them come down in the elevator," Farrar said. "There has been no official threat of any bodily harm," said Jerry Davis, a, spokesman for the prison. The inmates also asked for a reprsen- tative of the American Civil Liberties Union to come to the prison to act as their spokesman, Davis said. M 2||M am ow MilllWF twoiMMRM~lRNEMRRWiiNi DEBORAH LEWIS/Daily. A protester holds the string that made a symbolic barrier around Williams International of Walled Lake in an anti- nuclear demonstration yesterday. Protesters eneirele weapons plant By JOSEPH KRAUS Special to the Daily WALLED LAKE - A group of about 500 demonstrators gathered in Walled Lake at the site of Williams International Corp. yesterday to protest the firm's production of engines for nuclear missiles. The anti-nuclear protesters encircled the perimeters of the grounds manufacturing plant with a chain of people and string. The demonstrators were comprised of several groups and individuals from the southeastern part of the state. No arrests or injuries were reported as a result of the ac- tion. "THE THING is to enable people to come from all over the state and share the same experience," said Monica King, one of the demonstrators. "Basically, it is a way to make people who feel the same way come together." Protesters gave speeches, read poems, and carried ban- ners and balloons in yesterday's action. But the area around Williams International was not limited to the anti-nuclear sentiment. Harry Patterson, a World War II veteran, was also on hand for a different perspective. He and others opposing the demonstration carried signs that said "Moscow loves you" and "Remember Pearl Harbor" in contrast to the actions of the anti-nuclear demonstrators. "IT'S A HOTBED of commies out there," said Patterson. Patterson explained he decided to go to Walled Lake yester- day because "We were hoping to have a peaceful demon- stration for peace - peace through strength." 'Patterson said the demonstration was a ploy for "cheap publicity." "You can'tget a photographer to take a picture" of a patriotic parade," he said. See 500, Page 4 Schools improving, poll says WASHINGTON (UPI) - Americans think public Toward the Public Schools also showed strong schools are better today than they have been in about support for more homework for students, and, to a a decade and are more willing to pay higher taxes to lesser degree, increased pay for teachers. The Gallup ® support them, a Gallup poll showed yesterday. organization surveyed 1,515 adults last May. Forty-two percent of the survey's respondents gave IN LARGE part, the poll reflected the mounting their local schools a grade of "A" or "B" in campaign the past few years to improve public performance, an 11 point increase over last year and schools, which a 1983 report by the National the most favorable rating since 1976. Commission on Excellence in Education found ASKED WHETHER they would vote for increased "engulfed by a rising tide of mediocrity." taxes if schools said they needed the money, 41 Jerome Kopp, president of Phi Delta Kappa, the percent said yes, an 11 point increase over 1981, and professional education fraternity that paid for the the most since 1971. survey, said: Pollster George Gallup, in an accompanying "Dr. Gallup gave us good news indeed. It reflects survey analysis he wrote shortly before his death last the enormous effort of school board members, state month, wrote, "Americans are more favorably legislators and educational leaders and teachers disposed toward the public school today than at any throughout the country, to restore excellence in our time in the past decade." schools." The 16th Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitude See EDUCATION, Page 7 Inside: " Ann Arbor's Medieval Festival nearly died in April but it is alive and well this week. See Page 5. * A Virginia college is preparing for the traumatic transition from all-male to coed. See Colleges, Page 7. " The search for Missing Persons, is over. See Arts, Page 10. * The Summer Games continue. See Sports, Page 16, Outside: Partly sunny and warm with a high near 90.