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Ill THE RED AND BLACK
The newspaper of University of Georgia students
VOLUME 77, NUMBER 51
ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1971
4,825 STUDENTS VOTE
Swindall, Fowler, Wooten elected
The judgment
University students, some
4.825 of them, went to the
polls yesterday to elect new
student body leaders. Paid
and volunteer poll workers,
right, helped students with
the ballots and guarded
against irregularities. When
the votes were counted and
the results announced, the
three big winners.(below
from left! Pat Swindall.
Pam Wooten and Bubba
Fowler congratulated each
other
Phntn hy Al STEPHENSON
3 gridders bound over
on simple assault charge
By KEN WILLIS
Associate news editor
prosecute in county court, and the case
was in both of the courts
Three University football players have
been bound over to state court on charges
of simple assault bv two black students
The three — William Forehand. Robert
Honeycutt and Mayo Tucker — are slated
for trial in the May term of the court after
Clark County Magistrate Court deter
mined Tuesday that there was enough
evidence for a trial
Late last quarter, the student court is
sued its ruling but the defendants, who
are the only ones under Student Handbook
regulations who can reveal the verdict,
have dec lined to do so
Tucker, a junior, played first string
defensive left tackle last year Honeycutt,
a sophomore, was a starting fullback and
Forehand, a sophomore was redshirted
Action Union clinches
solid hold on Senate
By PATRICE WALTERS
Newt editor
Action Union Party candidates swept
the polls in yesterday's student govern
ment elections, with Pat Swindall. Joe
Fowler and Pam Wooten taking the top
three offices and other party members
winning a majority of Student Senate
seats
Pat Swindall led the field of four candi
dates for the presidential post with 2.198
votes; Terry Sullivan (non-partisan tick-
etl followed with 1,945; Roger Cox (New
Party i recaved 368 votes and Glen Good
man i Apathetic Party) trailed with 304
In the vice presidential race. Joe
i Bubba i Fowler took the office with 2,302
votes. Hugh Ruppersburg (non-partisan
ticket i ran second with 2.034 votes, Nancy
Lark (Apathetic Party) received 444
votes
PAM WOOTEN won the office of secre
tary with 2,750 votes, Pam Avery (non
partisan ticket i came in second with 1.971
votes
Talmadge
will address
June grads
Georgia s senior United States Senator.
Herman Talmadge. will deliver the ad
dress at the June 5 commencement exer
cises for approximately 4.000 University
students
Albert Jones, assistant to President
Fred Davison, announced yesterday that
Talmadge has agreed to deliver the key
address in the Coliseum.
Meanwhile. Uni
versity Registrar
Walter Danner re
ported he expected
some 4.000 persons
to receive degrees in
the Coliseum cere
monies Approxi
mately 4400 have
applied for gradua
tion. he said, and
some 10 per cent of
those are not expected to graduate
I suppose 90 per cent of that 10 per
cent won t graduate because they'll
change their plans. Danner said And
then some of them just won’t make it. ”
Jones said he didn't have any specific
plans for the graudation other than the
Senator Herman Talmadge will speak
Thursday at 7 p m at the Ag Hill Coucil
awards banquet in the Ag Engineering
auditorium Tickets are available for $2
from council members
speaker, but he said it would probably fol
low a format similar to last year's June
ceremonies
Then the ceremonies started at 9 a m
in Sanford Stadium
Jones said he realized that some stu
dents wanted to change the method of
graduation, but he said the University of
ficials had no plans to change this year's
plans
The Student Senate, during winter
quarter, passed motions to divide the
graduations into colleges and make at
tendance optional for everyone There has
been no action by other bodies such as the
University Council
More than 4.825 students turned out to
vote — 140 more students than came to
the polls for last year's election
Almost without exception Action Un
ion Party took every school,' said Joel
Wooten. Student Senate vice president
and chairman of the Elections Commit
tee
Before the returns were announced
there was some speculation that there
would probably be a runoff between Swin
dall and Sullivan, but results showed that
both had the 40 per cent of votes cast that
is required to win without a runoff, so the
candidate with the most votes won Swin
dall captured 46 per cent of the total vote
Action Union Party is a coalition of the
two leading campus political parties of
the past two years. United Party and Stu
dent Representative Assembly (SRA i
Sullivan had been considered a top con
tender for United Party’s presidential
nomination, and Ruppersburg was tagged
for one of the top SRA nominations, but at
the end of winter quarter the two separat
ed from their respective parties and
formed a non-partisan ticket of their own
They added Pam Avery as their secretan
al candidate and accepted Senate candi
dates into their group
After the Sullivan-Ruppersburg coali
tion was formed. United Party and SRA
announced a merger, the new party was
later labeled Action Union
BOTH ACTION UNION and the non
partisan ticket had their shares of cam
paign hardships Sullivans no-party peo
ple found that they could have no office
space in Memorial Hall or have meeting
announcements run off by the Student
Activities office
Action Union Party had to defend itself
in a suit brought by members of the non
partisan ticket who claimed that Action
Union was not an officially recognized
student organization (it was a coalition of
two recognized organizations! and should
not have privileges such as office space in
Memorial Hall Action Union won. but
plaintiff Jim Purcell has said he will ap
peal the decision to the Judicial Council
I
• •
Newly elected Senate member* area*
follow*
ARTS ANO SCIENCES Action Union-
MicR Ander»on dneumbant). Gerald Apple
field, JeneE Barton (incumbent), Helen L
Bird. Andre* Brown. Lucky Chandler Ray
Fowlar Andraa Frahler. David Fro*!. Steve
Hethcock. Carol Hawkm* Janie John*on.
Gloria L Lewi*. Cmdy Mercer. Alan Nauar.
Art Ryder Ricki Shaw, Mika Young New
Party - Steve Patrick, (incumbent) Non
Pertnan- David Alonto (incumbent), Lin
da Chafin (incumbent). Bill Condon. Frank
Heflin (incumbent), Peggy Hollowey, Jim
Purcell (Incumte t). Kathy Shamley inde
pendent - Stu McGarity Jr (incumbent,
Wierd Harold Miller. Steve Willoughby
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION A.t on
Union - Danny Amo* (incumbent), Frank
L Butler (incumbent,. Richard Downing
B<ii Hiiiey Bobby Jordan. Richard Lewi*.
John Longrno. Tommy Lord. Paula Nicker
»on. Scott Owen* (incumbent), Bob Tritf
(incumbent), Joel Wooten (incumbent),
Mike Wright (incumbent,
AGRICULTURE Action Union -
jamet Lae Cook. Chane* Han Rebecca A
Smith
JOURNALISM Action Union- Jim
Wyatt Non-Partitan-Anne Benefield. Jim
Langford. Gary WamngM
FOREST RESOURCES (Action Union -
Danny S Houte IndapenOent JimCIme
EDUCATION: Act.on Union - Janet
Andre. BonnieBurdett.Chariot R Cr«<g
GioGhegan Barbara Maddie Jenny Hawk
m*. Shannon Landing Betty Long Anne
Porterfield Edith Retmutten Pamela Sey
ler New Party-Nancy Cline Non part.tan
- Billy Brandon
'.ANOSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Non
partitar. Lawrie Jordan mdependent-
FrankGuiDano
PHARMACY: Action Union - Ray
Maddoi Lowe (Bunny j Parr.*n
GRADUATE SCHOOL Action Un.or
Bob mar (incumbent) independent D
Marlene Hat left. Rob Thornton
LAW: Non partitan-Chn* Ayer*
Joel Collm*
HOME ECONOMICS Act.onUhion-
JuliO Boyd DianeGorrard
VETERINARY MEOICINE Action
Union - Dave Richard* (incumbent,
Nixon pledges pullout of
Al the hearing, plaintiffs Hick Gilmore
and Regero Sampson charged lhat they
were followed and attacked on the night of
Jan 22-23
If convicted the maximum sentence
for the football players would be 12
months imprisonment and a S1.0U0 line for
each count
The case originally was taken to stu
dent court and investigated by the campus
police
However the plaintiffs later decided to
Correction
la a Mary appearing ia the Tuesday edi
tion o( The Red aad Black the names of
three Hideatt. Roger Clarke. George
Kckard aad Greg Goaliae. were mistaken
ly larluded ia a group arrested ihinog stu
dent demonstrations last Mas
The Red aad Black regrets the error
i.WiflfWimm'::
WASHINGTON lUPIl -Declaring that
our goal is no American fighting and
dying any place in the world, President
Nixon announced last night he will
withdraw an additional 100.000 U S troops
from Vietnam hy Dec 1
While ordering American troop
strength in Southeast Asia reduced to
184.000 men—its lowest point since Nov
ember 1966- Nixor. rejected persistent
demands by Democrats that he set an ear
ly deadline for a total U S pullout
But in response to growing pressure
from Republicans as well as Democrats
the President asserted no less than four
times dunng lus 2D-minute address to the
nation that American involvement in
Vietnam is coming to an end
In a speech broadcast around the world
Irom his White House office Nixon said
the success of the Cambodian and Laotian
operations permitted him to increase the
rate of U S troop withdrawals from 12.500
to about 14.300 men a month starting May
1. the end of the previous withdrawal
phase
The pullout of 100,000 men between May
1 and Dec 1 will reduce the authorized
troop strength by two-thirds from the
peak of 549500 wlien Nixon took office in
January 1969
The President again urged North Viet
nam to enter senous peace negotiations
and appealed in particular for the imme
diate and unconditional release of all pris
oners of war throughout Indochina
He made no direct mention of criticism
against him by Capl Aubrey M Daniel
lit the Army prosecutor of Lt W illiam 1.
Calley Jr who accused Nixon of interven
ing m the case and undermining mihlarv
justice
But the President noted public reaction
to reports of brutalities in Vietnam and
atrocity charges and took the occasion
to defend the 25 million Americans who
have fought in Vietnam with courage
and self-sacnfiee
"We can and should be proud of these
men Nixon said They deserve not our
scum but our admiration and our deepest
appreciation
Nixon dismissed demands by the House
Democratic membership and several of
his potential Democratic opponents for
reelertion in 1972 that he set a deadline of
December. 1972. for a total withdrawal
from Vietnam To do that he said would
serve the enemy s purpose and not our
own
He declared tnat lus course of action is
SULLIVAN NOT UPSET
Losers reflect, plan
The winners last night were promis
ing what everybody expected them to
promise - that they would use the stu
dent mandate to work for a greater
student government and thanking the
people who supported them
And the losers for the most part
were making the same promises, plus
some analysis of the balloting that put
them in the minus columns
"There was something more than
just the power behind the organization,
and this is the power we re going to
use." newly-elected vice president Joe
i Bubba i Fowler said
Roger Cox. New Party candidate for
president, said he thought he lost be
cause of the better party organiza
tion. I guess I don't know I'm not
finished running for student govern
ment."
TERRY SULLIVAN, the People
Not Parties candidate who came in 253
votes behind winner Pat Swindall. was
busy in his campaign headquarters
trying to cheer up everybody He kept
saying, “There's no need to get upset
over tius thing "
Sullivan said he was pleased with the
turnout I think it gave a greater de
gree of credibility to student govern
ment He said he plans to retire to
my river house on the upper Hudson
and live happily to the end ol my days '
T think 1 lost because more people
voted for Pat Swindall than (or me." he
said.
Hugh Ruppersburg. who ran 268
votes behind Fowler in the vice presi
dent's race, said he would keep push
ing the People. Not Parties idea We
ran against a party that had more
money and more resources than any
other party in past elections." he said
We weren't emarrassed by our
defeat. Ruppersburg said. “I think
lhat next year people will be running
like we did and win I think people are
beginning to see that the party system
is obsolete and that it is the individual,
not the party or the label that counts ."
RUPPERSBURG said that he want
ed to continue working with student
government, but "in diiferent ways "
Pam Aveiy, who lost to Action Un
ion's Pam Wooten, by 779 votes, agreed
with Ruppersburg "Our purpose, she
said, was to try and set a precedent 1
think that it s evident that we made
some headway Maybe this campus
wasn't ready but perhaps the effort in
this election will make it easier (or in
dividuals "
Apathetic party candidates Glen
Goodman and Nancy Lark were not
available for comment
Back at Action Union headquarters,
new secretary Pam Woolen was jubi
lant "I'm just really proud of every
body in Action Union who has worked
so hard."
New president Swindall kept on say
ing "I don't believe it I'll do my best 1
hope to keep student government rep
resentative of the students and hope it
will be viable vehicle tor change within
the system".
Commission backs
porno panel
By PATRICE WALTERS
Newt editor
The Ctarke County Board of Commis
sioners Tuesday endorsed the idea of a
city-county censorship hoard which would
review pornographic movies, books and
magazines and serve as a vehicle to get
distributors of objectionable material into
court
Commission Chairman George Bullock
called for a 10-member board comprised
of representatives from several local civ
ic and service organizations and including
a University student and faculty member
This board could bring pressure to
bear on theaters and newsstands they leet
are in violation of morals and could rec
ommend prosecution.' Bullock said
THE PROPOSED panel would need
sanction from both city and county gov
ernments to be effective, according to
Bullock The County Commission plans to
take the proposal lor a censorship board
to City Hall, but Athens Mayor Julius
Bishop declined to comment on the coun
ty’s proposal until the city is formally
approached
Asked by a reporter if the censorship
board idea was developed because of the
new adult theater which is currentlv read-
100,000
working- Vietnarrazation has succeed
ed' —and would ensure that the United
State! can disengage while giving South
Vietnam a reasonable chance to survive
as a free people "
Calling on the public not to lake what I
sa\ OR faith but to "look at the record.
Nixon listed these gains as a result ol the
U S -backed South Vietnamese offensive
in Southern Laos
—‘ The South Vietnamese demonstrat
ed that without American advisers they
could fight effectively against the best
troops North Vietnam could put in the
field
— The South Vietnamese suffered
heavv casualties But bv the most con
servalive estimates the casualties suf
fered by the enemy were tar heavier
ving for business in Athens, as well as es
tablished theaters which consistently
show X-rated films. Bullock replied that it
was not a direct result ot those things
“It's something we (the commissioners!
have talked about before and I have had it
in mind tor several months." he said
"Of course, we would want to stay with
in the bounds ot the law. but I would like
for it i the boardi to be as strong as possi
ble.'' Bullock said
County Attorney Upshaw Bentley,
asked to rule on the powers such a censor
ship board would have, said that cen
sorship of material before it actually goes
on sale or display is forbidden under the
First Amendment to the U S Constitu
lion, so the review buard would have to go
into theaters and newsstands to inspect
materials it feels might be in violation of
state obscenity laws
"THIS GROUP would not have power
to say that a movie can't be shown, but it
would set up standards which it feels
would be in conformity with existing
laws." Bentley said "If these standards
are violated they could recommend pros
ecution of violators
Bentley said Georgia laws on obscenity
are fairly clear on what can and cannot be
shown or sold
Other commissioners seemed to be in
complete agreement with Bullock s idea
taking the attitude that things like this
are being done in other places, why not
here * 1 Commission members may have
been thinking ot recent crackdowns on
pomographv in Atlanta and Fulton Coun
ty. where several theater owners have
been convicted under state obscenity
laws
Bullock s proposed censorship board
would be made up of delegates from the
Athens Ministerial Association. Clarke
County FT A Council. Theater Association
Chamber of Commerce. University facul
ty and student body . Clarke Central High
School iaculty and student council news
stands and District Attorney's office
At Cie Athens City Council meeting
Tuesday rught Mayor Julius Bishop told
alderman of the resolution passed by the
Santa Monica. Calif Citv Council re
questing that the city's residents picket X-
rated movies
Alderman Luther Bond suggested that
Athens consider a similar ordinance, and
City Attorney Joe Gaines was instructed
to look into the matter A proposed pick
et' ordinance may be considered at a he
tureCitv Council meeting
