INSIDE

PAPER RADIO- City Editor Ellen Hoffman takes a look at who will be running in this spring election and other local news briefs....Page 5.

HARD TIMES IN YPSILANTI -The rash of auto-worker layoffs is bringing great grief to this Factory/University community. By David Stoll..... Page 7.

INFORMED SOURCES- Our successor to Planet News, national and international events from a people's perspective. By Pun Plamondon..... Page 9.

THE 1974 STORIES WALTER CRONKITE MISSED- A look back at a tumultous year. By Ellen Hoffman..... Page 10.

CRYSTAL BALLING WITH DR. STRANGELOVE-Linda Ross plots the prospects for '75 in national and world affair..... Page 12.

ASTROLOGY FOR THE NEW YEAR- Uranus has just entered Scorpio. Genie Plamondon deciphers the changes for believers and cynics..... Page 14.

1975: A LOCAL FORECAST-..... Page 15.

KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY: EXPLORING THE GALAXIES OF LIFE- Mitchell Botney reports on the revelation of the aura surrounding all living things..... Centerfold.

THE SOLAR ALTERNATIVE- Richard McMath discourses on the potential for solar power vs. the social stranglehold of the nuclear method..... Centerfold.

MUSIC: Meg Christian in A2.... Page 18. 
Records..... Page 19.
An Interview with Chick Corea..... Page 20. 

BOOKS-Mary Wreford reviews Dan Rather's "The Palace Guard"..... Page 22.

MOVIES-Ellen Frank on "The Godfather Part II"..... Page 23.

CLASSIFIEDS- Page24.

HEALTH- The Barefoot Doctor on Stomach Ailments and Pregnancy..... Page 25.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR- A complete listing of films, music, TV, radio and events for Ann Arbor, and Ypsi, plus Detroit highlights..... Page 27.