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VOLUME 77. NUMBER 9
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
ATHENS. GEORGIA 30601
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24 1970
Carter wins race;
Caldwell has
By ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Assistant news editor
Jimmy Carter breezed to an easy victo
ry over former governor Carl Sanders in
yesterday's Democratic gubernatorial
runoff, and Johnnie Caldwell held a slight
lead over Mac Barber in the party's battle
for comptroller general
With 65 per cent of the state's 2045 pre
cincts reporting Carter had .130.000 votes
to Sanders 205.000. and Caldwell main
tained a 50.000 vote margin over Barber.
273. 000 to 223.000
Carter piled up better than a two-toone
margin as the predominantly rural areas
JIMMY CARTER
Nominee for governor
reported early in the night Most precincts
gave him a larger margin of victory than
in the Sept 9 primal y
Carter, the peanut farmer from Plains,
came within 10.000 votes of a victory with
out a runoff in the nine-man primary con
test. whipping Sanders his nearest rival,
by 80.000 votes
Sanders, considered the front-runner
before the primary by most political pun
dits. chucked his "high road" campaign in
the runoff and launched a scathing attack
against Carter
THE FORMER GOVERNOR, who had
virtually ignored his opponents until his
upset in the runoff, called Carter a land
baron who inherited all his property, lived
"like the millionaire he is" and failed to
look after the tenants on his farm land
Carter denied these and other charges,
and constantly told the voters that he was
the "same man they supported in the pri
mary. and Sanders is the same man who
was soundlv defeated
Sanders also lashed out at Carter for
failing to debate him on statewide televi
sion. but Carter adamantly refused, exud
ing the confidence of a winner in the final
days before the runoff election.
Early results showed that Sanders was
largely unsuccessful in his attempt to
sway middle-class rural voters to his
camp
VOTER TURNOUT was reported light
in most areas, and a final total of less than
a million votes was expected
The comptroller general's race was
close during the entire night. Caldwell
took a lead in South Georgia, but Barber
began to narrow the margin slightly as the
northern votes were tallied
lead
Caldwell, from Thomaston. nipped
Barber in the primary bv 1.000 as the two
former state legislators paced the nine
man Democratic field
Commerce native Barber was very
strong in the Athens area, garnering about
60 per cent of the vote locally
Clarke County was one of 25 counties
that Carter failed to carry in the primary ,
and Sanders apparently took a small mar
gin again yesterday, although his margin
of victory dropped in almost every pre
cinct.
NEITHER CANDIDATE picked up the
endorsement of a major state political
figure during the wild runoff campaign
C.B. King, third in the primary , refused to
endorse either of the hopefuls, criticizing
both for what he termed negative" cam
paign.
Gov. Lester Maddox, winner of the
Democratic nomination for lieutenant
governor without a runoff, came close to
endorsing Sanders when Carter gave a
vague reply concerning a move to strip
the lieutenant governor of his power, but
he later declared himself neutral when
Carter pledged not to tamper with the off
ice
In other races, former Albany news
man Dawson was an easy winner in his
runoff race against Harry Wingate for the
Democratic nomination in the Second
District Congressional election.
In the Fifth District. Wyman Lowe,
unsuccessful in several previous races,
had an early lead over Andrew Young,
former secretary of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference. Young paced
the field in the primary and was expected
to capture the nomination.
Photo by ROB NOVIT
Faculty-course group meets
denounce
rupt any teaching, research, administra
tive. disciplinary or public service activi
ty" on any campus of the University Sys
tem.
BOARD MEMBER James V Carmi
chael of Marietta said reaffirmation was
directed at faculty members as well as
students A lot of faculty people are in
volved at the root of the thing, he said,
i eferring to campus demonstrations
The statement begins with a pledge
from the Regents to support fully free
dom of expression by each member of the
academic community and to preserve and
protect the rights and freeedom of its fac
ulty members and students to engage in
debate, discussicn. peaceful and non-dis-
ruptive protest and dissent'
Faculty and students who attempt to
disrupt or obstruct the workings of a Uni
versity community arc considered by the
Board to have committed an act of gross
irresponsibility and shall be subject to
protest
Regents
By SHARYN KANE
Associate news editor
The Board of Regents, governing body
for the 26 state-operated colleges includ
ing the University, unanimously reaf
firmed its statement of Oct. 9. 1968. on
disruptive and obstructive behavior" at
its regular monthly meeting in Atlanta
Sept. 16
Beard chairman Hiram Stanley of Co
lumbus said the statement has served us
very well since it was made two years
ago."
He said its reaffirmation was for those
who had forgotten' it. He mentioned a
letter he received from one of our fine
U S. senators asking why Georgia did not
have such a statement."
The statement, which applies to stu
dents and faculty members, condemns
action which "disrupts or attempts to dis-
Maureen Mcl-aughlin (foreground),
chairman of student government's
faculty-course evaluation effort, pre
sides over an orientation session for
interested new students Monday
morning We are going to try this
year to evaluate at least every basic
Vourse and instructor at the Universi
ty - which in some cases may include
whole departments.'’ Miss Mc
Laughlin told an interviewer later
She said she needs I2S more students
to work with the program this year,
and interested students may contact
her at the SGA office in Memorial
Hall, telephone 542-19U3
disciplinary procedures possibly result
ing in dismissal or termination of employ
ment." the statement said
ALSO AT THE meeting, the Regents
accepted recommedatkms of the Univer
sity Svstem advisory committee on use
and abuse of drugs
Actions to be taken by the insUtutions
of the University System, as recommend
ed by the committee, are:
• Appointment of a special committee
at each institution of faculty staff and
students who will assess the problem at
the local level, make recommendaUons
for handling it. and assist in implementa
tion of these recommendations
•Distribution to all students of a booklet
prepared by the Student American Phar
maceutical Association of the University
of Tennessee
• Establishment of a resource center at
each institution to contain current infoi-
mation on drug research which would be
available to faculty and students
•Issuance of a statement, through the
office of the president, to the academic
community concerning state and federal
laws on drug abuse
• Inclusion of a clearly stated policy on
drug abuse in rules and regulations for
students
• Inclusion of drug abuse information
and materials in all orientation pro
grams
• Inclusion of drug abuse information
in the existing academic framework,
most likely thriugh health and physical
education courses
• Establishment of a clearly defined
counseling procedure for assisting stu
dents with drug problems
Vice Chancellor H F Robinson, in a
letter to institution presidents, wrote
regarding Regents drug policy. "It is
most important that we take all possible
steps to prevent drug use and abuse by the
student and deal effectively with any
problems which may arise '
In the policy the Regents adopted on
drugs, compliance with state and federal
laws is emphasized
"WHILE THERE IS much controversy
as to whether or not marijuana should be
classitied as a narcotic or dangerous
drug, the fact remains that the possession
or transfer I including gifts i of marijuana
and LSD is illegal under both federal and
state laws and is punishable under ei
ther," the statement reads
Expressing the Regents' sympathy to
those who might find themselves in viola
tion of the law. the statement continues.
“Understanding and sympathy are about
all we can offer, for the courts and Ihe pub
lic no longer regard college students as a
special group whose violations of law are
to be treated as pranks or youthful exu-
berence and experimentation
Dr Kenneth L Waters, dean of the
pharmacy school. Suthem Sims Jr dean
of student affairs, and Dr Lee C.
Schramm, head of the pharmacognosy
department, are members from the Uni
versity of the committee which compiled
recommendations for the Regents drug
programs
Danner
expects
Photo bv MARVIN KATZEN
DEAN TATE LENDS HELPING HAND TO STUDENTS
Long-time dean it a registration tradition
AROUND THE WORLD
Soviets warn U.S.
Fighting slowed in Jordan Wednesday
as Jordanian army authorities announced
that Syrian forces had left the country and
a settlement had been reached with guer
rillas.
Guerrilla leaders denied the truce
Jordan's King Hussein had sent 100
tanks and much of his small air force into
a battle for Irbid. the country's second
largest city.
Amman. Jordan's capital and largest
city, was reported relatively quiet after
more than a week of savage house-to-
house fighting Guerrillas estimated 10.-
000 dead in the civil war
Yasir Arafat, head of the guerrillas'
overall command, cabled a delegation of
Arab leaders and said a settlement with
the Jordanian government was impossible
because 20.000 dead and wounded and a
sea of blood separate us from them ”
Soviet officials sent a message to the
United States warning it not to send troops
into the embattled area, but prospects of a
confrontation looked slim as fighting dis
sipated
GOV. JOHN MeKEITHEN of Louisiana
succeeded Tuesday in getting Southern
governors meeting in Biloxi. Miss to ap
prove a strong antibusing resolution by a
10-2 margin.
The resolution, as passed, read:
"The Southern Governors Conference
opposes the busing of school children from
one neighborhood to another for the
avowed purpose of attempting to achieve
numerical balancing of races."
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox
called the resolution worthless.' but
changed his plans to leave the conference
Tuesday to remain for the outcome of the
voting.
• • •
FULL-SCALE military shipments to
Greece have been resumed by the United
States under direction of President Nixon,
the State Department announced Tues
day
The resumption lifts restrictions im
posed after the military coup in Greece in
April 1%7
The resumption of such shipments
will enhance the ability of the Greek
forces to carry out their responsibilities in
defense of the NATO ana a State De
partment announcement said.
Although the U.S suspended military
shipments to Greece in 1967. small arms
ammunition, spare parts and other main
tenance stocks continued
• • •
A MEMBER of the Federal Communi
cations Commission was verbally dressed
down by Vice President Spiro T Agnew
this week for his super-permissive atti
tude
Agnew did not name Nicholas Johnson,
who was appointed to the FCC in 1966 by
former President Lyndon B Johnson, but
it was generally agreed that Johnson was
the target of the criticis tv
• • •
APPROXIMATELY 30 per cent of mili
tary personnel have used drugs either
before or after entering the service, the
1 f ederal government s top expert on drug
abuse told a House subcommittee this
week
John E Ingersoll. director of the U.S.
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs, said importation of drugs into the
country by returning servicemen has lev
eled off. and possible declined, as a result
of stricter control by the military
Ingersol revealed that the major drug
problem now is in civilian society, where
drug usage is increasing at an alarming
rate at all socioeconomic levels.
According to Ingersoll s report, the
number of narcotic addictions reported
during 1969 was double that reported in
1968
On the subject of marijuana, the nar
cotics director said more realistic pen
alties are required in dealing with young
people who smoke pot on an experimental
basis
By PATRICE WALTERS
Associate news editor
University Registrar Walter N. Danner
anticipated an enrollment of 18.000 as
thousands of students thronged into the
Coliseum Tuesday and Wednesday for
fall-quarter registration
Although no final registration figures
were available Wednesday night, officials
estimated that 12.000 to 13.000 students
registered Tuesday
According to M O Phelps, director of
admissions, the number of students in
each class will remain nearly the same as
last year's while the number of black stu
dents enrolled has increased
PHELPS SAID he expected 3000 fresh
men. 2700 sophomores. 3800 juniors.
seniors. 3600 graduate students and
MOO professional students to matriculate
He estimated that 1600 of these would be
transfer students
About 15 per cent of the incoming fresh
man class will be out-of-state students,
according to Phelps The quality of
freshmen will be about the iaire as last
year since the qualifications remained the
‘aine. iiesaid
Phelps said the number of men and
women students will be about the same in
the freshman and sophomore classes, but
that the number of male upperclassmen
and graduate students will outnumber the
females, bringing the total to approxi
mately 10.000 male and 7.000 female stu
dents.
A recruitment program for black stu
dents has increased the number enrolled,
according to Phelps. Last year 40 were
admitted to the University but only a few
enrolled this year 100 blacks were accept
ed and it is expected that at least 50 will
matriculate.
BEN CXJLBERT, an admissions coun
selor who directs the black recruitment
program, said there has been a substan
tial increase in the number of black trans
fer students as well as a higher number of
high school students applying for admis
sion
"We have been working with high
?chool counselors around the state, relat
ing the University to the black communi
ty. Colbert said
There have been significant efforts by
the University administration to improve
the image of the University--to paint a
picture of a school for all rather than a
white haven. Colbert said.
A GROUP of black students is working
with Colbert, helping to attract other stu
dents to the Univeristy They initiated a
lecruitment brochure and gave talks at
their high schools, and this year they plan
to begin a tutorial program through the
Black Student Union.
"Consolidated school systems will put
us in contact with more students, and in
creased emphasis on quality education
will change the academic level of the
black community and qualify more black
students to enter the University." Colbert
said.
basis. said.
House investigates disorders;
Matthews SOVS 'not witch-hunt'
By NANCY HAIL
News editor
Two recommendations were made re
cently by the House University System
committee concerning campus demon
strations
The committee, chaired by Rep. Chap
pelle Matthews, an Athens attorney, re
commended that the University keep a pro
fessional police officer, well-trained and
experienced in handling crowds, em
ployed to handle students
Also, the committee said Ihe faculty
itself should take on the problem of pro
fessors who participate in demonstrations
or are agitators of unrest Such actions
are just going too far. Matthews told a
reporter
THE; COMMnTEE said the responsi
bility for disciplinary action against these
professors belongs to each department
and its faculty members and is "not a
matter for the administration to handle
The legislative committee has been
studying campus unrest for several
months since the demonstrations on the
University campus last May
Matthews said the committee was not
conducting a "witch hunt but was trying
to get thetruestory of last spring s demon
strations
MATTHEWS STRESSED that the
committee is not concerned with liberal
professors but with the faculty members
who were participating in the activities
and in many cases agitating them
University President Fred ( Davison
appeared before the committee and pre
dicted that another tough year" of cam
pus unrest lies ahead
He said the Univers ty will try to avoid
confrontations whenever possible but will
rrect them where necessary
Davison also praised his staff for stabi
lizing what could have been a very explo
sive situation on the University campus
last year
The only way to cope with st’kSent dis
sent is lo keep the lines of communication
open, the president said
Davison told committee members he
thought every avenue of communication
was opened at the University but any stu
dent or faculty inemoer with suggestions
for betler lines shtuld oiler then 1 ., accord
ing to Matthews
Davison sale [torn rf Student Affairs O.
Suthem Sims ai.d Edwaid T. Kassinger.
• Bus tickets for campus transpor
s tation can be purchased at the Univer
sity Bookstore. Snelling and Bolton din-
ng halls, and all residence halls
(Including married housing i Tickets
are being sold at a rate of 24 rides for
$1. and individual rides are five cents
v each
• Meal tickets for use in University
'■:[ dining halls are available lor purchase
at Bolton and Snelling cafeterias
• Drop-take cards for schedule
changes ran be obtained from the dean s
:¥ office of each school All schedule
•£ changes must be completed by Oct I
• Information on health insurance
for University students and their de
J pendents can be obtained at University
Health Services located in Gilbert
director of public safety, are available lor
these suggestions at all times
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Chancellor
George L Simpson Jr also came before
the committee Simpson praised the pres
ident's h.ndling of the unrest last spring
and gave a copy of Davison's statement
issued to demonstrators when he was un
dercriticism
The chancellor said the statement was
indicative of Davison's ability to remain
cool and properly state the University's
position
Davisons statement said he would not
serve as "the corporate conscience" of
the institution and express an opinion on
political or public policy matters
Memorial Infirmary, or at Messer
Enterprises. 327 Hampton Court. 543-
6521
• Appointments for Pandora pic
tures can be picked up at the students
activities office, 229 Memorial Hall
for $150
• All students operating motor vehi
cles on campus between the hours of 7
a m and 5 p m must register their
vehicles with the Public Safety Divi
sion in Stegeman Hall
• Students begin pickup of football
tickets this morning Seni.irs can pick
up tickets today from 8 30 a m to 12 30
pm, juniors from I 30 p m to 5 30
P tn. Sophomores can get tickets Iron
8 30 a.m. to 12:30 p m tomorrow, and
freshmen tomorrow from 12 30 p m to
5 30 p m
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