THE MICnIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, TJJFA MICHIGAN hAhN FR WAX, aiisl Claims in Africa Threatened URBAN RENEWAL PLANNED: Ann Arbor Considering Rehabilitation of 75 Acres By CHARLES STAFFORD Associated Press Writer Spain, scenting for the first time he prospect of profit from its Vest African colonies, suddenly as found its whole foothold there 1 danger. Morocco, flexing the muscles of ew independence, has laid claim o allof Spanish West Africa. This strip of coastline on the :ge of the great Sahara Desert as annexed by Spain in the late 800s. Never profitable, the colon- s were held for reasons of na- tonal prestige. Iron Ore Discovered Recently, however, rich iron ore eposits have been discovered in he French Sahara. Spanish West frica lies between the deposits nd the sea, on the shipping route. But the Moroccan government f King Mohammed V, in the ame of "liberation of greater [orocco," has claimed 600,000 quare miles of new territory. This ncludes not only Spanish West Africa, but also portions of French erritory containing the iron ore. The Spanish and French aren't kely to surrender these territor- e willingly. United States Has Interests And if the stalemate blazes in- o war, it could singe the tail- eathers of a highly interested by- tander-the United States. Under an agreement made with he French when Morocco was still . French coldny, the United States pent millions to carve Strategic kir Command bases out of the ocky Moroccan terrain. For nonths now, it has been negotiat- ng with King Mohammed's gov- rnment for agreements permit- ing it to keep them. These negotiations could break [louse Passes Boating Law WASHINGTON (P)-The House Merchant Marine Committee yes- erday approved a bill providing or the registration of small boats, xcept those powered by motors f 7% horsepower or less. The boats would be registered vith state agencies or with the !oast Guard. The bill, designed as a safety neasure, calls upon states to dopt uniform safety codes for he operation of motorboats. A imilar measure was returned to he merchant marine committee Vednesday bytheHouse because )f technical objections. Je Me t v~~'Tana'er e iTeFtuan::a :- Sidi Unrsik de Mesti " --- At alaten o Former Northern Protectorate -..- -- .. -- fe Zoco el Telata Oujda TuguCfet casabRlanca Rbt Asaka o El Arosi Ug-gu Sidi Innu Sari Ksaresouk Figvrg OMorruech MogadorMOROCO ..... .......... ..........A..i.To. e - o0 U.s. AIRSAsEASE .ern. ProtectorateNAVA o panish Sahara ..... S id i rllI -- I . n AL E R iA ..r. f. . Spaihmara SPANISH sir Nzaran WEST A F R ICA - Rio De Ciro N FRENCH WEST AtFRICA AP Newsfeatures Urban renewal, otherwise known as slum clearance. is, in essence, a carefully worked out - but still incomplete-scheme for the re-; habilitation or redevelopment ofj blighted areas of the city. Applied to Ann Arbor. urban re- newal would involve approximately '75 acres in the north central sec- tion of the city. Where economi- cally feasible, parts of the area would be simply rehabilitated or given a facelifting. Badly rundown sections would be cleared and re- developed. The ultimate goal is not only, the clearing away of the products of years of decay. but also to remedy the conditions which have contributed to the decay, Building Removal The means to this end, though not yet planned in detail, include removal of decrepit buildings and Detroit Fam Reaches Peai replacement with adequate, safe Upon federal approval, the gov- housing; relief of overcrowding, ernment would take over respon- fewer buildings and more open sibility for two-third of the cost space, planted with trees and grass: improvement of roadways; -presently estimated at slightl addition of more and better park- less than $2,200,000-leaving the ing facilities: and provision of ade- city to bear the remaining one- quate recreational space and facil- third and handle actual adminis- ities. tration of the project. The problems involved in such Preliminary steps toward an ur- an ambitious project are many and ban renewal project were taken in complex. Plans must be worked out 1954 and federal agencies first con- in great detail and to the satis- tacted in April, 1955. Since then, faction of the city as a whole, the the local project has slowly, but local government, and the indi- not smoothly, progressed into the viduals most directly affected - second of two lengthy formal plan- residents of the area involved. ning stages. Population of the affected zone, Present plans, to take five years, which includes 507 residential call for: destruction of about 60 units, is estimated between 1,700 buildings in the area; construction and 1,800 persons, many of whom of a number of multiple housing would be displaced and have to be units; zoning modifications de- satisfactorily relocated, signed to protect residential areas from industrial activities on the north side and commercial activi-l ily more adequateIeandconveniently located park site; provision of 2 0 .d.' 1 W - more offstreet parking to serve the commercial zone and act as a buf- fer between it and the adjoining residential areas; and finally, re- working of traffic flow patterns in the area to ease the congestion on local streets now used as thorough- fares. Plan Opposed A preliminary plan for the pro- ject encountered considerable op- position from residents of the area \ ho particularly objected to relo- cation and street closing. A second tentative plans on land use and physical changes is presently near- ing completion and is scheduled to be presented at a special City Council meeting July 15. The city now hopes to have a final project report for federal in- spection by mid-October. The com- pleted report must include all as- pects of urban renewal plans, in- cluding a relocation plan and pro- posed means of fulfilling the city's financial responsibility in the pro- ject. r in 1y571 down if the Moroccans order all foreign troops out of their coun- try. They have already told the Spanish to get out. Spanish Clash with Guerillas Trouble already has flared at Ifni and in Spain's Southern Pro- tpctorate, where the Spanish have clashed with guerillas of the self-, styled "Army of the Liberation of the Moroccan Sahara." Ifni is a 15 by 35 mile bite of Morocco's southwest coastline which the Spanish have held since 1860. It isn't much-an arid land split by gullies where crops will grow only with generous applica- tions of irrigation and persua- sion. But it carries on a brisk trade with the interior and the Spanish have warned they will defend it. The Southern Protectorate is a 12,693-square-mile wedge of desert on Morocco's which was allote King Mohammec the throne, Crov Hassan, has call door on the Sah Attack If Last Novembe attacked the Sp Ifni. The fightin Moroccan border ern Protectorate hara. Early this nounced it had of the area. Little of Moro tion has been p violence were pr dence, grantedI March 1956 One month la over the Northe narrow corridor across the Me Gibralta c. southern border On April 1, foreign ministers d to Spain in 1912. Fernando Maria Castiella of Spain d's son and heir to and Ahmed FalafreJ of Morocco wn Prince Moulay agreed that Mcrocco would as- led this area "our sum