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VOLUME 78, NUMBER 73
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA \THLNS, GEORGIA 30601
UNIVZROITY OF CEORQIA
FEB 2 a 1972
j^EDNESD^^BJUARY 24 1972
Nixon confers
with Premier
PEKING - President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai
conferred in strict secrecy for three hours and 50 minutes
Tuesday as the government press and Chinese people as
if on cue on Mao Tse-tung - suddenly warmed to their
search for reconciliation.
Crowds gathered at Peking newsstands to snatch up
copies of “People's Daily,” which blossomed with
extensive articles and photographs of the U S President’s
visit. It hit the streets while Nixon and Chou met during
the afternoon over a long, green table in a salon of the
Great Hail of the People.
In the vast auditorium of the same hall that evening,
Nixon and his wife, delighted by her first sightseeing tour
of the ancient capital, received a standing ovation at a
two-hour performance of a revolutionary baUet, “Red
Detachment of Women.”
Among their escorts, making their first public
appearance since the Nixons arrived Monday, were Chou's
ailing wife. Ting Ying-chao, and Chiang Ching, Mao's wife
and a central figure in the cultural revolution that shook
China in the late 1960’s.
Hijackers release Kennedy
Arab commandos who hijacked a Lufthansa Airlines
747 from India to South Yemen released the eldest son
of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 171 other
passengers Tuesday but held the 16 crew members
hostage.
The West German airline said from its Frankfurt
headquarters that the hijackers had released the women
and children passengers and an elderly man but had
continued to hold the 122 other male passengers aboard
the aircraft, including Joseph P. Kennedy III, 19.
The U.S. State Department said in Washington that
young Kennedy had called his uncle. Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D-Mass., from Aden reporting that he and the
other male passengers had been released.
There were 172 passengers and 16 crew members
aboard the plane when a group of Arabs hijacked the
aircraft an hour after takeoff from New Delhi early
Tuesday.
The director of South Yemen's Aden News Agency
told UPI in London by telephone from Aden that young
Kennedy, whose father was assassinated by a Palestine
refugee in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1968, and the other
passengers were driven from the airport to hotels in the
South Yemen capital after their release
Council denounces boycott
COLUMBUS, Ga. The Metro Council refused
Tuesday to support a proposed boycott of Muscogee
County schools Feb. 28 but it did approve a resolution
asking President Nixon to end school busing for racial
balance.
In related developments:
-Til. Stanley, president of the school board, issued a
statement opposing a boycott and urging busing
opponents to write their complaints to federal
government officials.
Mrs Lee Miller, an anti-busing leader, said Dr.
Mitchell Young, head of a national anti-busing group had
promised to call for boycotts in 32 states to coincide
with a planned statewide boycott in Georgia.
Anti-busing bill passes
ATLANTA The Georgia House of Representatives,
following brief debate, passed a resolution Tuesday in
favor of a constitutional amendment against busing to
achieve racial balance.
The vote was 163-14 on the resolution which has
already passed the Senate and now goes to Gov. Jimmy
Carter for his signature.
The resolution urges Congress to convene a national
convention to consider an amendment to the U.S.
Constitution prohibiting the busing of school children for
desegregation purposes.
House approves Carter board
ATLANTA Gov. Jimmy Carter won a big victory
over the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) Tuesday
but lost another battle with Labor Commissioner Sam
Caldwell.
The House gave resounding 130-55 approval of the
i 3-man board Carter sought to run the new Department
of Human Resources.
But the Senate handed Carter forces a stinging defeat
by voting to set up an occupational safety and health
division within the State Labor Department instead of
under the Workmen’s Compensation Board as Carter ha^
wa.ited.
passes
new policy
Audible Bread
The University Union will present the recording
group “Bread” at the Coliseum tonight. Free
student tickets arc available in 229 Memorial Hall
I D. cards required General admission is $2.
So/ons blast grass poll
By JIMMY JOHNSON
A minority report has been filed
by 24 University students to
counter the recent marijuana
resolution passed by the Student
Senate and the referendum In which
nearly 60 per cent of the students
voting favored legalization of pot
All but three of those Mftfllnt the
minority report were members of
the Student Senate
According to Charles Hall
(Agriculture) the report, which was
printed in The Red and Black
yesterday, was written by Bob Izlar
(Graduate), Virginia Miller
(Education), and himself.
The report argues that the Senate
resolution and the referendum are
not representative of the view of
the student body
“Because of the apathy on the
part of the student body, a small
group of dedicated activists are able
to present a distorted view* of the
feelings of the majority of the
student body. We feel that we must
speak out on this issue to let the
citizens of the state of Georgia
know that there are some
responsible campus leaders,” the
report said.
Approximately 4,700 of 19,000
students voted in the marijuana
referendum Feb. 8. Only a quarter
of those voting agreed with present
marijuana laws or felt they should
be made stricter.
The student Senate voted 45-20
to endorse legalization of pot with
24 senators absent or abstaining
The report contends that “since
three-fourths of the student body
did not vote in this poll, we can
only assume that the issue did not
personally concern them one way or
the other ”
But it does not support those
who did not express their opinions.
“The problem of apathy or the
’silent majority* is a nationwide, if
not worldwide, threat to
democracy. However, the apathy of
this magnitude at an institution of
higher learning is utterly
deplorable,” the report said.
Signed by five senators who did
not vote on the marijuana
resolution at the Feb. 9 Senate
meeting the minority report
continued its attack on student
apathy
“Furthermore, this problem can
be definitely highlighted and
demonstrated in the University of
Georgia Student Senate. The
resolution to endorse the committee
report passed by a clear majority of
Athens Station'
on track for fall
By MICHELLE GREEN
Assistant feature editor
Ihc old Southern Railway depot, with a little touching up. will soon
become The Station, a dining and entertainment complex featuring a lush
Victorian atmosphere.
According to Lee Eptig, who originated the idea of renovating the depot,
I he Station will be a completely authentic, tum-of the-century center for
fine during and quality entertainment
It will include a restaurant located in a restored dining car a beer garden
and saloon area, lounges with live entertainment and various specialty shops
and boutiques.
Fptig, who is currently directing the renovation of the depot said that
tin project e> complicated by the fact that everything used m
structure must be authentic. “Everything is old and similar to the original.
s»» obtaining these things is hard.”
THE RESTORATION has been very expensive, he said, “because ot the
way they built the station in 1909.” According to F.ptig. the project will
require “a good bit of money and a lot of work ’
A great deal of detective work has been necessars to locate authentic
Victorian items. Furnishings for The Station have come from sulIi places as
Miami jnd London. Many items, such as moldings stained glass, and gas
chandeliers, were obtained from old homes in the Athens area
Eptig’s biggest problem .iside from that of securing authentic furnishings,
he said, was “all of the red tape which was involved in securing the lease ”
Southern Railway currently owns the depot, but is leasing it to Fptig's
corporation. W.F..B. I liter prises.
As l.*r the il'ius[*hcre which he hopes to create in The Station. I.ptig
said, “The cmpli.isis will lie on quality There is a market tor this kind of
thing in Athens, but the people don’t have this kind of plate here As it is
they have to go to Atlanta for quality entertainment
The Station will include a number of specialty shops such as a flower
*hop. a gourmet shop, and boutiques featunng fine clothing, as well as a
gallery which will sell various art objects.
THE ENTERTAINMENT.” F.ptig said, “will be brought in It won’t
just be some guy sitting on a stool picking a guitar "
The main restaurant will be furnished in the Victorian tradition but some
areas will be less formal than others. “Each part of the main dining room
will be completely different, so tha'. when someone comes tie re twice it
wiU look like a different place,” he said
Private dining rooms will be available for parties dances, etc
According to fcpUg, The Station will open the saloon, b i garden, and
*hop areas in the late spring, with the other areas opening before next fall
45-20, but 24 of the senators did
not see fit to vote on the issue or
were absent from the meeting," the
report said
Those senators who signed the
minority report and did not vote on
the marijuana proposal are: Jim
(line (Forest Resources), William
Ezzard, Jr. (Graduate), Gerald
Applefieid (Arts and .Sciences), Ray
Maddox (Pharmacy) and Randy
Blackwood (Arts and Sciences).
In the closing paragraph the
report said. “Wr fee! that the
Student Senate has issued its
resolution at an inappropriate
time.”
According to Senator Hall that
statement summarizes the main
objective of the report “One of the -
main reasons for the report was to
add some credibility to the student
government in the minds of the
legislature We feel that it was very
untimely when it was released,” he
said
Hall said, “They (the legislature)
are the ones who have hold of the
purse strings and they are the ones
we’ve got to keep on pleasing ”
The minority report has been
strongly backed by Jim Langford
(Journalism) Langford feels that
the marijuana proposal will hurt the
SGA’s credibility in requests for
faculty pay raises, and harm chances
for the bill in the State House of
Representatives to give
eighteen-year-olds full legal rights
Hugh Ruppcrsburg (Arts and
Sciences) has objected to the style
of the minority report, citing it’s
lack of facts and figures on which
to base its opposition of marijuana
legalization
“It’s not a minority report,” h 11
said, “it’s just political rhetoric ”
By HOLLY WEAVER
Assistant news editor
The new procedure for
registration of University student
organizations got its next to last
approval yesterday from the
University Council’s Student Affairs
Committee.
The final step necessary for the
implementation of the procedure is
passage by the University Council,
which usually concurs with the
recommendation of the Student
Affairs Committee.
Under the new procedure any
University organization would be
able to register. Control would
come only in the areas of the use
by the organizations of facilities,
money, and services of the
University.
Bill Bracewell of the Student
Judicial Affairs Office explained
that control over organizations was
formerly over their actual existence,
since the Student Affairs Committee
had to give its approval to each
organization
Under the new procedure,
organizations will register every fall,
but their existence will not have to
be approved.
Most groups will receive
allocations of facilities, money, and
space from the Office of Student
Activities, except for departmental
and athletic groups Any misuse of
these services will be referred to the
Student Judiciary.
Rracewell discussed the
inadequacies of the recognition
procedure, saying that it was not
effective as a control measure. The
syatem is too loose, and neither the
University nor the organizations is
protected, he said. Under the new
procedure definite guidelines arc set
up for the use of services.
A list of organizations and
pertinent information concerning
them will be published if the
procedure is adopted
In other action the committee
recognized 13 new student
organizations pending completion of
all forms
A motion was approved
Meeting
postponed
Ihc Student Senate will not
meet tonight as scheduled, Senate
President Joel Wooten said
yesterday.
Their next meeting will be next
Wednesday instead. The Senate has
had several called meetings this
quarter and decided last week not
to hold this week’s regular session
recommending that Dean of Student
Affairs O Suthem Sims prepare a
report on the history and use of
student athletic fees, and that this
report be presented at the Spring
Quarter meeting of the committee
Demos vote
to back 2
as delegates
By JIM CORBETT
The Clarke County Democratic
Club, which has several student
members, chose the people it will
support as members of the 10th
District Delegation to the National
Democratic Convention Monday
night
The club elected to support Wes
Whitehead and Edward Turner to
delegate posts number two and
four, and Catham McCommons for
alternate post number two, at the
10th District Convention Mar 11 in
Madison where the actual delegation
will be picked.
Four delegates and three
alternates will go to Miami from the
district which includes Clarke
County, but the club accepted
unanimously a motion to support
only two delegates and one
alternate in hopes that they might
trade support for their candidates
for support of candidates from
other areas in Madison
The candidates were chosen in
three separate elections. Mack
Sewell was nominated both for post
number four and the alternate post
but withdrew both times to throw
his support, first to Turner to avoid
splitting the black vote, and second
to Ms. McCommons
Ms. McCommons defeated David
John, a University student, for the
candidacy to the alternate post by a
substantial majority
Whitehead, who won the
candidacy for post number two,
defeated Homer C ooper and Charley
Crowe. Whitehead received 87 votes
while Cooper and Crowe polled 22
and 35 votes, respectively.
The C’larke County Democratic
Club is a newly formed organization
which has gained approximately 175
members in the four weeks since it
was begun, according to Chuck
Searcy, the secretary
Searcy, who is also a coordinator
of the Vietnam Veterans Against
the War at the University, explained
that this organization will support
political candidates The 10th
District Executive Council serves
only an administrative function, he
said
Whitehead said if he is chosen in
Madison he would go to the
convention unpledged. “1*11 promise
you to do my best to caiTy out the
wishes of this club,” he said.
Photo by STFVt WOODFORD
NOW JUST ABANDONED DEPOT
Soon will house restaurant
Panel