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THURSDAY, MAY I. 1969
Silver Set, Fine Linens
Begin Russell Tradition
The Red and Black
By CARRY MITCHELL
For Russell Hall,
tion has been bom
tradi-
A sterling silver punch
bowl, ladle, platter and two
matching serving trays were
bought recently, to be used at
Reed Men Question
Comptroller General
James L. Bentley, comp
troller general of Georgia,
reminised about his days at
the University and answered
questions dealing with the
recent raising of tuitions in
the University system, during
a visit at Reed Hall last week
Bentley arrived shortly
after 11:30 pm and after
reminiscing of his University
days, opened the floor for
questions
A number of residents ex
pressed concern over the re
cent raising of tuition by the
Board of Regents of the Un
iversity System Bentley stat
ed that long range programs
were needed in order for
government to absorb the
growing costs of education, so
that the burden would not be
passed on to students in the
future
Insurance was another top
ic of discussion Bentley said
that Georgias automobile
insurance premium rates
were 44th lowest in the nation
and the lowest in the South
When asked why insurance
premiums were so high for
people between 16 and 25
years old, the comptroller
general replied that prem
iums were based on the num
ber of accidents involving a
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Bentley said a 16-year-old
male driver had the highest
rates in the state, and a 30-
year-old female had the low
est
Concerning student unrest,
Bentley said he always sup
ported honest and peaceful
dissent He also said he would
recommend outside interven
tion on a campus as a last
resort in extreme occasions
of violence Bentley ex
pressed a belief that many
times "the very presence of
outside forces'" in tense situa
tions only caused trouble
Other opinions expressed
by the comptroller general
were:
-Lowering the drinking
age to 18
- Recommending closer
relationship between students
and the Board of Regents
—32 per cent of the state
population felt a total disgust
with state government, com
pared with a national average
of 17 per cent, citing a recent
survey
The discussion closed
around 1 am. Bentley
thanked the students for lis
tening and extended an invita
tion for them to stop by his
Atlanta office
The discussion was spon
sored by the Heed Hall Men's
Council
Russell Hall social functions
along with a linen tablecloth
These items, purchased by
residents through the hall's
Men's Council, are expected
to be stored in the hall for fu
ture use by future residents
They will come into use for
the first time at a reception
May 4, Mother's Day.
Mrs Mildred Smith, house
mother ( assistant counselor >
at Russell, said she "sold"
the Men's Council on the idea
because she feels tradiUons
are lacking at the University
"I thought it was time
somebody left something be
hind besides a dirty floor and
a broken door," Mrs Smith
explained
Actually, the cost of the
silver set and linens wa3 less
than $150 Mrs Smith said a
local jewelry "immediately
cut the price in half" when
she explained the reason be
hind the purchase
The money made only a
small dent in the $0000 annual
house fee paid by Russell resi
dents, Mrs Smith said "Hie
individual fee is $2 00 per resi
dent per quarter, and the hall
houses 1000 men students
"Die nice part about it,”
Mrs Smith said, "is that this
(the silver) will be here when
children of the boys who live
here now come here, and
don't you think this won't
happen either "
Engraved on the large sil
ver platter is "Russell Hall,
I960.' making each resident a
purchaser of the set.
'Diey kept giving those
(dance) bands money, and
giving them money," Mrs
Smith said. " ... but we need
to invest something in today
to bring us back in the tomor
rows to come."
New Silver Shown
,>reSKk I‘ , Bob Hurle y shows Students through the Russell Hall Mens Coun-
w rt Sllver Pf™ bowl and accessories to cil, and will be used at hall social functions
M d Judy, councilman, and Walton Cabe, Rus- (Photo by Umar Crawley),
sell vice president. The silver was purchased by
University Union Show Series
Includes “La Dolce Vita’’' 1 Film
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By STEVE STEWART
Three movies of Italian
director Federico Fellini,
famed as an experimenter in
film motifs, will be presented
in a festival next Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday
sponosred by the University
Union film committee
Shown at 8 p m in the south
auditorium of the Journalism-
Psychology complex will be
"8 1/2" on Tuesday, Juliette
of the Spirits" on Wednesday,
and "U Dolce Vita" on
Thursday
Admission will be 50 cents
each night
"To Fellini, people are
important," commented a
critic in the Catholic Film
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Newsletter "they are worth
laughing about and crying
about and caring about
"I’m am very lond of the
characters in my films, he
says; and so are we when he
presents them to us with all
the warmth and enthusiasm
his creative talent can instill
in them . "
VISUALLY STRIKING
"8 1/2" is one of the most
visually striking of all films
and also one of the most diffi
cult to understand The cen
tral character, Marcello Mas-
troianni. is a 43-year-old
movie director who visits a
health resort to cure an un-
dertermined illness.
For 2 hours and 50 minutes,
Fellini depicts on film an
almost autobiographical se
ance on a psychiatrist's
couch Flashbacks showing
his youth and flashforwards
illustrating his inner qualms
and daydreams are inter
spersed with realities of ever
yday life.
Dreams and reality merge
at the end and the director
decides that "life is a feast-
let's live it together "
Academy awards went to
the film for costume design
and as the best foreign-lan
guage film Other stars are
Claudia Cardinale, Anouk
Aimee. Sandra Milo and Ro-
sella Falk.
INNER LANDSCAPES
01 "Juliette of the Spirits
Fellini said, "The cinema is
the unique and perfect tool to
explore with precision the
inner landscapes of the hu
man being. I've always want
ed to do a tale bom entirely of
the imagination.”
In vivid color and awe-in
spiring sets, Fellini explores
the thoughts and fantasies of
a woman who undergoes
sieges of psychic probing be
cause of the infidelity of her
husband.
This experience in the sub
conscious was called by critic
Judith Crist “a masterwork
certainly one of the most
beautiful and stimulating
films ever made .a never-
ending swirl of mood and
imagery, a blend of brilliant
delineation of time and place
in exquisite hues with every
nuance clarified by Nino
Rota's melodic and haunting
score."
"GREATEST WORK"
"La Dolce Vita" "puts a
thermometer to a sick
world," said Fellini. He calls
the film his greatest work
In essence, the movie is an
analysis of one side of con
temporary Roman life told
through the experiences of a
young journalist, again played
by Mastroiami
Awards to this movie in
clude the Cannes Film Fes
tival award and a New York
Film Critics award. It was
included on "Ten Best” lists
of all major reviewers.
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Firearms Dealer
Explains Wares
By LARRY FENLEY
With all the talk of possible riots on the nation's college
campuses, thert one man at the University with the know
how and equipment to start or stop his own little war, if he was
so inclined
William Tashjian. 23, of Westboro, Mass, a senior majoring
in economics, pays his way through school as a part-time po
liceman and licensed firearms dealer
Since he sells police equipment only to police departments,
lus list of wares reads like the arsenal at the National Guard
Armory In a few weeks, he could order enough riot gas, clubs,
helmets and firearms to supply any number of peace-makers
Tashjians equipment list includes such novelties as police
radar, tear gas guns, badges, riot helmets, legirons and a forci
ble entry tool for forcing any door, including glass ones, without
breaking them.
"I sell a device called VASCAR (visual average speed com
puter and recorder i which determines the speed of a car wheth
er the auto is coming head-on. ahead of the squad car or follow
ing behind." he said It was explained as a computer connected
to the odometer, not as radar
POLICE CARRY “CLAW”
His list of what an average patrolman carries includes hand
cuffs. a 38-caliber special revolver, a 24-inch billy stick, or a
lead-weighted leather strap called a sap, and a vice-like weap
on for clamping around a person's wrist, called the Iron Claw
Tashjian demonstrated the effectiveness of the Iron Claw on
a few residents of Tucker Hall. Die residents agreed that it was
impossible to excape its grip
"Die Claw enables an officer to subdue someone with a mini
mum of force." said Tashjian. It can also be used like brass
knuckles.
"Police are beginning to carry Chemical Mace, a type of
tear gas used as the most popular and effective non-lethal
weapon." he said Police carry the Mace in their holsters or
built into their billy sticks, he added Tashjian defined the Mace
as a highly purified form of liquid tear gas.
He cited a case in which a violent mental patient had es
caped a number of times from an insane asylum. Each time the
police brought the patient back. Tashjian said, "they really
bloodied him up. Die last time the patient escaped, the officers:
used Mace to subdue him and hospital officials commented on
how much more humane that method was than beating Diere
are no lasting effects from the gas. since its purpose is to stun
and blind temporarily. Tashjian added
MACE HITS HARD
When 1 was sprayed with a canister of the stuff for a dem
onstration to police," said Tashjian, "I fell to the ground, una
ble to get up, not being able to breathe or see. "
“While working as a full-time policeman. Tashjian made
more than $12,000 last year selling police equipment, sporting
goods and auto parts. "I plan to start leasing my tear gas
launcher to police departments for $15 or $20 a day during
strikes and demonstrations.
"I began my business four years ago when a couple of police
officers who were friends of mine asked me to get them some
ammunition." Tashjian said He than applied for state and fed
eral licenses to sell firearms and was granted one after an in
vestigation of his character and qualifications, he said
Since he became a licensed dealer. Tashjian has become
keenly interested in every aspect of law enforcement, including
weapons, the Secret Service and, by necessity, gun control
laws.
MAIL DEUVERS GUN
"There was a time when you could receive almost any dan
gerous device you wanted through the mails," he said. Once I
ordered a submachine gun directly Irom a company in Chica
go." he said. "The barrel had been welded closed but a new
barrel cost only $20. "
When the new federal law allowed free registration of cer
tain weapons, Tashjian showed up with a 20-shot 45 caliber au
tomatic Thompson submachine gun. a short-barreled shotgun
with a special adapter to launch tear gas grenades and a 30 cali
ber German Luger with an attachable rifle stock.
Ordinarily, these weapons would have costs $200 to register
with the U. S. Treasury Department, but the government knew
that many people had such weapons and wanted to make sure
that they were registered, he continued. Tashjian learned from
the Treasury Department that an estimated 80,000 people failed
to register their weapons out of fear that the government would
confiscate them "Diese people who failed to register are sub
ject to a $10,000 fine and/or 10 years imprisonment,” he said
tashjian observes
"My machine gun is the same type that was used by the Se
cret Service. These are the guns that suddently appeared from
under the back seat of the Secret Service cars when (President
John)Kennedy was shot "
When Vice President Hubert Humphrey came to Atlanta,
Tasjian made it a point to observe the Secret Service men in
action. ‘They have changed over to a M-16 rifle used by the
Marines in Viet Nam," he related.
Tashjian related that it was comforting to know that people
like Lee Harvey Oswald can no longer receive firearms through
the mail, due to gun control laws “Only licensed dealers can
receive firearms from one state to another. You may send
weapons to a police bureau, but not to a private person, not
even a police officer."
Tashjian gave an example of this law in action with an expe
rience concerning two patrolmen in Kentucky who had ordered
pistols from him. “I had to explain to them that I could only
send firearms through the mail to a licensed dealer in Kentuc
ky or to their police department"
Showing his knowledge of Gerogia statutes, he said. " Fire
bombs, molotov cocktains and other incendiaries are not per
mitted. Machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, sawed-off nfels and
silencers are also forbidden unless they are registered and a
license is obtained. "
COMPUTERS CATCH CROOKS
Commenting on the latest advancements in law enforce
ment, he said computers are being used more and more to
catch criminals "Counterfeiting and embezzling are on the
upswing." said Tashjian, "but a Secret Service agent told me
that although there is more counterfeit money being made than
ever before, they are also catching counterfeiters at an all-time
high rate by using computers and have had a high percentage of
convictions
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