…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 1-S Ann Arbor, Michigan--Wednesday, May 4, 1977 Free Issue 24 pages plus supplement VA defense raps witnesses By KEITH RICHBURG Defense attorneys at the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital murder trial yesterday blasted the prosecution for trying to introduce a list of new wit- nesses. During their oral arguments before Federal Judge Philip Pratt, the lawyers representing VA nurses Leonora Perez and...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol LXXXVII, No. 2-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 5, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Wheeler to-ask DNA/curbs By SUE WARNER Mayor Albert Wheeler will prepare and introduce to City Coun- cil a resolution for an ordinance to control DNA research in the city. He hopes to have the resolution ready for presentation at the council's May 16 meeting. "We don't want to stop the research, but we want to take all the steps we can to ...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 3-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 6, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages VA nurses will take stand in own defense Locals chide, praise and pity Tricky Dick Daily reporter Lani Jordan roamed the streets of Ann Arbor soliciting public reaction to Wednesday night's Frost-Nixon inter- view. Below we present some of the responses. By KEITH RICHBURG The two Veterans Administra- tion (VA) nurses accused of poisonin...…
…The Michigan Daly Vol. LXXXVII, No. 4-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 7, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Carter faces summit today Daily Photo by CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER summer at Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. her excavated artifacts are on exhibit this ANCIENT SELEUCIAN pottery along with of reasUres with ancient roots LONDON 1) -- After being cheered, patted and befriended by thousands in a campaign-style swing through England's north country...…
…7K The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 5-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, May 10, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages arter, Assad confer GENEVA, Switzerland A') - President Carter met yesterday with Syrian President llafee Assad to search for ways to end the decades-old Arah-Israeli conflict. A Syrian source said Assad pre- sented Carter with an Arab concensus plan for creation of a Pales- tinian state. A government source in Damascus, Syria, told r...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 6-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, May 11, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Carter asks tougher NA T LO N DON {P} - President Carter capped his first round of summitry yesterday by telling the North Atlantic alliance to toughen up because the Com- munists are building a offen- sive force in Europe. Carter said the North Atlantic T r e a t y Organization should make "high priority itmprove- ments" on, the Europe...…
…The Michigan Daily Vnl I YYYVII t'No. 7-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, Mdy 12, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Stanford students buck Ford By LANI JORDAN A group of Stanford University students will confront Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford It with questions concerning Ford's investments in white-ruled South Africa at a stockholders' meeting today. The student group--Stanford Committee for a Responsible In- vestment Policy (SCRIP) - ...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 8-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 13, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Carter: Nixon broke the law Nixon husks 0 0I ia personal WASHINGTON (A) - Richard Nixon says he rejected as "sheer madness" a Soviet proposal that he send two American divisions into Israel during the 1973 war to help impose a cease-fire while Russian troops were moved into Egypt and Syria. The former president, ranging over 5% years...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 9-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 14, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages By SUE WARNER I wanted from the food co-op, and it's my father's birthday," said Rosenberg who was seated outside For those superstitious souls, yesterday was the the Union waiting for his mother's bus to arrive. He ew f UStereday to keep fingers crossed, and avoid walking under expressed confidence she would arrive safely in spite ladder...…
…'It I- The Michigan Daily LXXXV I, No. 10-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, May 17, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Council hikes water and sewer rates; proposes pornography ordinance By GREGG KRUPA Ann Arbor City Council last night approved a hike in cit water and sewer rates and began preliminary action on a pornog- raphy ordinance. Effective immediately landowners in the area using Ann Ar- bor's water facilities vWill pay 12 percent more for ...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol LXXXVi I, No. 11-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, May 18, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Rapist's confession called rumor' By EILEEN DALEY Ann Arbor police are denying reports that a man arrested Monday morning has admitted to commit- ting at least three of the rapes which occurred during the rash of attacks last fall. WJBK-TV News reported last night that Gerald Walker confessed to committing three of the rapes after he w...…
…The Michigan Daily Vot LXXXVII, No. 12-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 19, 1977 Ten Cnts Twelve Pages Council ponders porno ordinance By GREGG KRUPA Ann Arbor City Council has begun consideration of an anti- pornography ordinance. The or- dinance, sponsored by Council- man Roger Bertoia (R.-Third Ward), was approved after a first reading last Monday night. As it now stands, the ordi- nance would make promoting pornography and displ...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 13-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 20, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages 'U' ties to -South Africa blasted VICE PRESIDENT of U of M's African Students' Association Denis Ondeje addresses the Boar of Regents yesterday on the topic of University investments in South Africa. Andeje was one four students to voice their disapproval of the University's stock ownings dnring the public di cussion session. Bulard seek...…
…The Michigan Daily .~Ie e t . 11 3P°fT' ^ _ I w,,er' /e u ®C Vol. LXXXVII, No. ]4-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 21, 1977 Ten Cents T welve Pages v. a ... ... Fleming, Regents discuss ways of circumventing new Open Meetings Act by MICHAEL YELLIN The University Regents debated whether to adopt exceptions to the Michigan Open Meetings Law concerning their discussion on issues of promotion, tenure, selection of senior officers and fa...…
…The Michigan Daily. y, . ! Vol LXXXVI,. No. 15-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, May 24, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Y 5.lw . ass i .i . : . .,... .. ... _. , .... Mysterious 'man in green haunts VAmurder trial r By KEITH H. RICHBURG special To The Dairy DETROIT--Defense attorneys in the Veterans Administraroln murder trial were twice victorious yesterday in their effort to implicate other possible suspects in the rash of mysterious bre...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 16-S Ann Arbor By GREGG KRUPA At a seven-and-a-half hour marathon session Monday night, Ann Arbor City Council approved a parking system rate increase, finalized the 1977-78 budget, took further steps to alleviate the city's sewer water treat- ment problem, and held a public hearing on the pro- posed building of a complex that would house elderly citizens and low income families near Nixon Road and the sug...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 17-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, May 26, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Nixon wanted to face trial WASHINGTON (P) - Forner President Richard Nixon says he would have preferred "the agony of a trial" to accepting a presidential pardon thai he know made him look guilty. But, he said, he was persuaded "there was no chance whatever I could get a fair trial." And, Nixon said in a televisi. n interview shown...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXVII, No. 18-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, May 27, 1977 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Carter may nix budget bills WASHINGTON P)-The sim- mering budgetary conflict be- tween President Carter and the Dernocratic-controlled Congress escalated yesterday when the President threatened to veto bills he considers tot> costly. At a nationally broadcast news conference, Carter stressed his concern with inflation and his be...…
…The Michigan Daily Vol LXXXVII, No. 19-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 28, 1977 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Researchers stud DNA mystery By SUE WARNER A year ago this month the Regents gave their approval for recombinant DNA research at the University. Since then, several University researchers have been performing recombinant DNA ex- periments in an attempt to answer some of the biologicalquestions which have continually baffled scientists. B...…
…Poge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 4, 1977 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 4, 1977 IFYOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NUCLEAR NAVY, THE SHIP SAILS ON MAY15. One of the best ways to get into engineering is to get into the nuclear Navy. But you'd better get moving fast. May 15th is the deadline for this year's Navy Nuclear Propul- sion Candidate Program. The Navy can give you the most comprehensive nuclear training possible. Be...…
…Page wo T HE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 5, 1977 Page wo TH MICHGAN DiLYTursda. Ma 5.17 I US won't block Viet UIN. PARIS iP,)- Two years after the fall of Saigon, the United States agreed yesterday to drop its opposition to the entry of n n -f i e d Communist-governed Vietnam into the United Nations. The U.S. also said it will end its embargo on trade with Viet- nam as part of a package deal for establishing diplomatic rela- tions "as s...…
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…age Two T HE MICHIGAN DAILY Soturdovy Moy 7, 1977 Bell to testify on voter registration WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen- elections. ate opponents of President Car- ter's voter registration plan THE JUSTICE Department's urged yesterday that Atty. Gen. warning came in the form of a Griffin Bell be called for ques- telegram sent to all U.S. attor- tioning after the disclosure of neys by Thomas Henderson, a second Justice Department chief of the public ...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 14, 1977 Carter faces NA TO summit I)NJ)ON ' - -President Carter attendis a North Atlantic all1once summit meeting today that will deal with a new topic -cii defense - as well as the sinal concerns of military ,o -ength and coordination. Joseph tans, the Dutch.secre- scirv general of the North At- lintic Treaty Organization, NATO, told a news conference yesterday the Western allies have been "disag...…
…Wednesday, May 11, 1977 Smoking doe hlp m a ..s e t 1SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- Each day Robert Randall smokes at least six joints. His dealer is the United States government. The large quantity of pot doesn't help Randall get high, It helps him see. RANUIALL BECAME THE ONLY' PERSON in the United States legally entitled to use marijuana when a court agreed last November that the weed was a "medical necessity" for treating his glaucoma. "Marijuana has...…
…-ge 'w. THE MICHIGAN DAILY" Thursday, May 12, 1977 Concorde to land in NEW YORK lA - A federal New York with the supersonic lift the temporary ban ordered temporarily banned the fast but judge ruled yesterday that a airliner Concorde on June 20. by the Port Authority of New noisy plane from landing at ban on landings of the super- HOWEVER, FURTHER legal York and New Jersey. Kennedy pending evaluation of sonic Concorde jetliners at Ken- appe...…
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…Saturday, May 14, 1977 Nuclear protesters freed on personal recognizance HAMPTON, N.H. (AP)-Hun- dreds of men and women ar- rested nearly two weeks ago while protesting the construc- tion of a nuclear power plant accepted guilty verdicts for trespassing and were released yesterday on their own recogni- zance. The decision to release the k more than Soo Seabrook demon- strators still in custody came after an agreement with prose- cutors who wa...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 17, 1977 Zambia, Rhodesia at war LUSAKA, Zambia ta'i--Presi- dent Kenneth Kaunda, a major supporter of black Rhodesian guerrillas, declared yesterday that Zambia is in a "state of war" with the white regime of neighboring Rhodesia. In another indication of a worsening racial confrontation in southern Africa, President Samora Machel of Mozambique dismissed talk of a possible peaceful solution in Rhod...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY~ Wednesday, May 18, 1977 State may revise dope laws By RON DeKE T Pat Horton, Lane County Dis- trict Attorney in Oregon, testi- fied before the Michigan House Committee on Civil Rights yes- terday in support of a marijua- na decriminalization measure. Morton, an early advocate of marijuana decriminaliz a t i o n, has testified on behalf of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) across...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 19, 1,977 Israeli Labor Party loses TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Menahem Begin's victorious right-wing Likud bloc extended a peace offering to the defeat- ed Labor party yesterday in an effort to present a unified na- tion to the Arab world. There was no immediate word on whether Labor would accept the offer to form a coalition government, which came as Arabs angrily denounced the Likud election victor...…
…Page wo IHE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, May 24, 19!77 I France, China nix atomic test ban WASHINGTON I - The Carter administration had tried but failed to win Chinese and French backing for a world ban on all nuclear weapon test-- shots. Qualified diplofnats said yes- terday the Peking government has declined the U. S. propos- al and has said it intends to continue test-firing nuclear arms. THE CHINESE have long ar- gued that U. S. - Soviet at-...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, May 21, 1977 Page Two THE MICHiGAN DAILY Saturday, May 21, 1977 U.S., Soviet arms talks end' GENEVA, Switzerland (M - The United States and the So- viet Union yesterday ended three days of high-level nego- tiations aimed at working out a compromise formula on nu- clear weapons limitation. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, the chief U. S. negotia- tor, called the talks "very use- ful," but therp was no i...…
…Poge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, May 24, 1977 Page wo TH MICHGAN AILY uesda. Ma 2.17 Carter signs tax reform bill WASHINCTON (P)-President with congress Carter signed legislation yester- The bill wi day cutting $5 billion from the of $2.13 from tax bill of low- and middle-in- tax withholdi come taxpayers and simplifying ard deduction the tax filing procedure for tax payments nearly everyone. income famili He also signed a bill spee...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 25, 1977 Nixon to talk about Agnew WASHINGTON IP) - Richard Nixon says that when he learn- ed in 1973 about the investiga- tions involving Spiro T. Agnew, "there wasn't any question . . . that he was, frankly, going to get it.' In an interview to be shown on television tonight, Nixon dis- cusses for the first time what happened inside the White House in the weeks preceding the Oct. 10, 1973 resignati...…
…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 26, 1977 Dutch, Mo Luc s ne ursda2 Duth,1olucans negotiate ASSEN, The Netherlands (AP) - As captive children chanted "we want to stay alive," Dutch government officials negotiated with South Moluccan extremists at a besieged school and hijack- ed train yesterday for the lives of more than 160 hostages. "The situation is still touch and go," a Justice Ministry of- ficial said of the telephone ne- g...…
…Doge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, May 27, 1977 Moluccans release first hostage ASSEN, The Netherlands (2') - Asian terrorists holding a village school and a train freed their first hostage yester- day, a sick child at the school, but dis- played a hostage with a rope around his neck a' the train. A band of six terrorists, who held about 105 children and six teachers at the school in nearby Bovensmilde, re- leased a 7- or 8-year-old girl ...…
…Page Two THE MI CHIGAN DAILY Saturday, May 28, 1977 Soviet jet crash kills 66 MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A Soviet jetliner crashed near Havana airport yesterday. The Cuban news agency Prensa Latina reported 66 persons were killed and two others injured.y A dispatch from Havana, monitored here, said 56 of the 58 passengers aboard the aircraft d i e d in the crash. The entire crew of 10 was also killed. Two passen- gers, a West German and a Russian...…
…Wednesday, May 4, 1977 Page Three THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, May 4, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAiLY Page Three I Maor's race goes to court By GREGG KRUPA The State Supreme Court assigned Judge Kelly to determined the extent of the malfunctions, May The fate of Ann Arbor's Republican mayoral aspirant hear Belcher's plea. The hearing will take place in Wheeler would have tost the election." Louis Belcher may well be decided tomorrow in the. , Ju...…
…Thursday, May 5, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Thee .Thurs...., ay-._ .a, 17TEMIHGAAIY.-eThe Council discusses '77-'78 city budget At an important working session last night Ann Arbor City Council members reviewed budget appropriations for the two departments that cost the taxpayers the most money the police and fire departments. Last night's meeting was one of a series the council holds before approving the city's budget, worked out by cit...…
…Page Three Friday, May 6, 1977 rHE MICHIGAN DAILY Carter in G.B. for talks I LONDON (AP)-President Car- ter arrived last night on his first overseas mission since taking office. He said he brought new initiatives for a weekend eco- nomic summit of seven of the world's richest nations. The President was greeted at London's Heathrow airport by Prime Minister James Callag- han, who welcomed Carter on behalf of Europe and said the summit wou...…
…Saturday, May 7, 1977 N.H. Guard contends no pregnant women held CNCOtl, N.H. (Ai - Health officials and the National Guard issued conflicting statements yesterday on reports that 50 pregnant women were among hundreds of jailed anti-nuclear power demonstrators in danger of exposure to German measles. Police arrested 1,414 demon- strators on trespass charges af- ter a 24-hour sit-in at the Sea- brook nuclear plant site last weekend. Some protes...…
…Tuesday, May 10, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Hear t gets 5-year proba tion LOS ANGCELES XI/-Patricia Hearst, who admitted her part in a wild shooting and robbery, was placed on five years probation yesterday by a judge who express- ed compassion for her parents. The prosecution endorsed the light sentence, saying the heiress represented no threat to society and sug- gesting that authorities may have dealt too harshly with herin the pas...…
…Wednesday, May 11, 1977 THE MiCHtGAN DAILY Page Three Irish Protestant Paisley arrested BALLYMENA, Northern Ire- land 07- - The Rev. Ian Pais- ley, firebrand leader of a falter- ing eight-day-old Protestant strike in Northern Ireland, was detained by police yesterday af- ter he refused to order a trac- tor barricade dismantled. The burly preacher - politi- cian, a nettber of the British Parliament, was held for two boors along with another...…
…Thursday, May 12, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Drinking age questioned By SUE WARNER, If several state legislators, parents, groups, and high school administrators have their ways Mich- igan's drinking age could be raised from 18 to 19 or possibly back to it's pre-1972 21-year old level. State Senator Gilbert Bursley (R-Ann Arbor) said yesterday he favors a bill which would raise the age to 19 because, "the public school systems have...…
…Friday, May 13, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Ford Motor to stay in S. Africa By KEITH B. RICHBURG A proposal before the stock- holders of the Ford Motor Com- pany to end the giant automak- ers expansion in White-ruled South Africa went down to an overwhelming defeat yesterday. A statement of support for the proposal issued Wednesday by a group of Stanford University students apparently had little effect on the vote. Stanford owns 93,...…
…Saturday, May 14, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY /age Three Adiinistritor Murray: Behind-the-scenes power By GREGG KRUPA "He's the smartest politician at the table and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense." said Councilman Jamie Kenworthy of the Fourth Ward. "It takes a special person for him to have survived this long with a council closely divided on party lines." 'He' is City Administrator Sylvester Murray. "I AM THE MOST powerful person i...…
…Tuesday, May 17, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page ThreeI S.Joe's gets new site(_______ By LORI CARRUTHERS on River Drive. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital THE NEW 558 bed, $57.6 packed up its 96 patients and million hospital eventually will 240 vanloads of beds, test replace the existing . facility. tubes, chairs and bedpans and Full occupancy in the new hos- moved into its modern new pital will not be attained for home Saturday. several weeks. The h...…
…Wednesday, May 18, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Pollsters predict loss for Israeli Labor Party TEL AVIV, Israel UP) - State television forecast stun- ning setbacks in yesterday's na- tional elections for the Labor, party, which has been the main force in all Israeli governments since independence in 1948. It said' the right-wing Liked opposition was making strong gains against the Labor party, stained by corruption scandals and hurt by...…
…Thursday, May 19, 1977 LsnTHEMICHIGAN DAILY Ladies of the evening shy away from Fourth Avenue businesses Page Three By KEITH B. RICIBURG Fourth Avenue just ain't what she used to be especially on a Friday night. On any other night, let alone a weekend, the ladies of the evening would have congregated at their favorite meeting spot - in front of the ,apitol Market - sometime between sundown and the first stroke of nine-o'clock. And the Fourth...…
