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VOLUME 78, NUMBER 100
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
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IRA escalates
jpolitical activity
BELFAST - The Irish Republican Army (IRA) will
intensify its struggle against British rule in Northern Ireland
because of the slaying of one of its officers, an IRA
spokesman said Wednesday.
The statement, issued less than 24 hours after the bunal
of IRA battalion commander Joseph McCann, who was
slain by British troops, stressed escalation of IRA
political" activities. It made no mention of bombings or
attacks b; gunmen, although these normally are considered
to be political acts by the IRA.
Explosions pepper U.S. frigate
SUBIC BAY, Philippines Two “mysterious
explosions that peppered the U.S. guided missile frigate
Worden and left one dead and nine wounded apparently
were missiles fired from American warplanes, the U.S. Navv
said Wednesday. 3
North Vietnamese high-speed patrol craft were earlier
suspected to be responsible for the two air buists which hit
‘ he ,/" gat ' while il was on patrol in the northern Tonkin
Gulf Sunday.
“Although details have not been finally ronfirmed ” a
Navy announcement said, “in the professional judgment of
Navy officials who have examined fragments found in the
Worden, it now seems most likely that two antiradiation
missiles were either inadvertently launched by friendly
am iall ... malfunctioned upon launch and homed on radar
emissions Irom the Worden, exploding close to the ship.”
Censorship topic of discussion
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida Attorney General
Robert Shevin said Wednesday university presidents cannot
exercise prior censorship over student newspapers but can
remove student editors if they publish unlawful material
The opinion was issued in answer to questions asked by
Stephen O’Connel, president of the University of Florida.
Ron Sachs, editor of that university's student
newspaper, The Alligator, recently published abortion
referral information. A law then in effect prohibiting
publication of such information was later ruled
unconstitutional by the state supreme court.
Love letters cause argument
SAN JOSE, Calif Angela Davis’ attorneys Wednesday
began a lengthy argument to bar from evidence her love
letters to "Soledad Brother" George Jackson
“I love you . . . liberation by any means necessary," said
one letter. "1 should be ready to go all the wav 1 am."
The letter, which the prosecution says was intercepted
at Soledad State Prison when Jackson was imprisoned there
in June of 1970, also said that “all my life's efforts have
gone in one direction to free George Jackson."
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Methodists silently protest war
ATLANTA - About 1.000 Methodists staged a "silent
withdrawal" from the church’s General Conference
Wednesday to protest the escalation of the Indochina war
The delegates and visitors walked outside the Atlanta
Civic Center Exhibit Hall where the conference is being
held and stood in silent prayer for five minutes at the close
of the day’s session.
City hall cluttered by garbage
ALBANY, Ga. - City sanitation workers abandoned
their trucks at scattered points in the city Wednesday and
dumped garbage in the streets to protest the city's refusal
to recognize their union.
The contents of one of the trucks was dumped in front
of city hall, an eyewitness reported, and more than a dozen
trucks had to be returned to garages by other city
employees.
Long debate halts
Senate by-law vote
Thai taxi
Photo by RICK DUNN
Major John Goleb. Air Force ROTC professor at the University, was until
recently Athens’ only owner of a Sam-law. "Sam-law” is the English
pronunciation of a Thailand mode of transportation, as common in the
Far Fast as a taxi is here. Goleb bought his Sam-law while in the Far East,
but not without a fight from a local drivers’ union which feared
competition. He was allowed to buy it after convincing the union he
wasn’t going into business. Goleb’s Sam-law has been used for several
parades and activities in Athens. It now belongs to his daughter, who
bought the Sam-law when she heard he’d decided to sell it.
Sixth CRE quits,
was last one left
The last of the University's
coordinators of resident education
has resigned, leaving the housing
department the job of replacing all
six positions for the fall term
Bill Hamer Jr., coordinator of
Russell Hall submitted his letter of
resignation to Housing Director
Richard Armstrong citing a
combination of reasons for his
quitting.
Though he said it was not his sole
reason for quitting, he said the recent
dormitory rule crackdown "did play
a part." He stated, "The whole staff I
work with will be gone ’’
HE SAID THAT staying on
would make it difficult to complete
his doctorate at the University.
The crackdown spurred the
resignations of Associate Director of
Housing Robert Krause as well as
coordinator of Reed Hall, Bob
Farrell, coordinator of Myers Hall.
Ruth Reidy. coordinator of Brumby.
Joyce Taylor; and Coordinator of
Church, Rosemary Goad.
At the time of the resignations in
late February. coordinator of
Creswell Hall. Nicky Nichols, said
that the change in policy would have
forced her resignation if she had not
already planned to leave.
Also, Diana Leggett, associate
director of housing, resigned earlier
in the year, but new policies were
not given as her reason.
HAMER LEAVES his position
July I less than a year after he was
named coordinator in September,
1971
Next year's change will be
"considerable," according to
Armstrong. "It will not be a slight
alteration, but an enforcement of
regulations as opposed to emphasis
on the individual."
By JIMMY JOHNSON
Assistant news/feature editor
Disagreements over the manner in
which vacated positions in the
Student Senate will be filled, and the
procedure for deciding when roll call
or secret ballot votes will be held by
the body, prevented the adoption of
new by-laws by the student
governing body last night
The senators, acting under the
procedures call for in the 1971-72
by-laws, then acted on legislation in
their second meeting of the ’72-’73
session.
Recognition was finally approved,
after an attempt beginning early
winter quarter, for the Committee on
Ruppersburg
resignation
received
Hugh Ruppercburg yesterday
resigned from the Student
Government Self-Study Commission
as a result of his feeling that the
commission cannot make recom
mendations to improve Student
Government until SGA rids itself of
"wheeling and dealing individuals."
The resignation came in the form
of a letter to Student Government
Association President Pat Swindall
who established the commission last
quarter.
Concerning his resignation,
Ruppersburg stated in the letter,
“The main factor contributing to the
decision was the current affair with
Tommy Rymer.”
Rymer, an Athens car dealer, was
accused in a Red and Black article of
attempting to control student
government.
Ruppersburg called on Swindall
to help rid the SGA of "Rymer,
Willie Wooten, and their band of
senate mongrels."
Gay Education. Final recognition for
the (iay Committee will have to
come from the University Council.
APPROVING a motion from the
Academic Affairs committee, the
Senate asked that students be given
the opportunity to challenge any
course for full academic credit, and
that the University Library
Committee have three student
members or one-third of the
membership on the committee,
whichever is greater.
A number of courses are now
closed to students for challenging
and the eight-member Library
committee lias only one student
member.
Arguments given for the library
committee decision held that the
seven faculty members on the
committee made decisions which
gave faculty members library
privileges far above those given to
students.
THE SENATORS also urged the
Student Body president to appoint a
Minister to Women’s Affairs and
established a special committee to
investigate University procedure to
VVA W to rally Friday
Instead of urging students to
participate in a national student
strike to protest the escalation of
the bombing of North Vietnam ,
the local chapter of the Vietnam
Veterans Against the War are urging
them to attend a rally at noon in
Memonal Plaza.
The National Student Associa
tion has called for a boycott of
classes tomorrow, but ('hue.
Searcy, spokesman for the local
chapter of the VVAW, said their
group is not urging students to
participate in the strike They are
urging students to attend the rally,
however.
Also on Friday the VVAW will
picket the office of Representative
Robert Stephens of Athens Searcy
said Stephens has .onsistently voted
against anti-war legislation and that
this is the reason for picketing his
office.
A petition pledging that its
signers not vote for any Presidential
or Vice-presidential candidate who
will not sign a pledge to end the
Vietnam conflict will be passed
around at the rally, Searcy said
RESULT OF ASSAULTS
By JON HAM
Avsociate news editor
Work is now underway to install
additional lighting in six locations
around campus. Vance L. Cecil, Jr..
Physical Plant’s engineering depart
ment manager, said yesterday.
Acting in response to a survey
made Friday by the University’s
Public Safety Department ot areas in
need of additional lighting. Cecil said
the additional lighting should be
installed in “two to three weeks .’’
Public Safety officials made the
survey Friday and named nine areas
on campus which are in need of
additional lighting to discourage sex
motivated assaults. I dward I.
Kassinger, Director of the Public-
Safety Department, said.
OF THE NINE areas designated
in the urvey. one has already been
provided with sufficient lighting, and
two must await the resolution of
technical and jurisdictional problems
before lighting can be provided, Cecil
said.
The area behind Peabody Hall.
which was named in the survey , has
already been provided additional
lighting The service area behind the
new Business Administration
building has not yet been turned over
to the University by the contractor;
and the People's Park area has no
electrical outlets. These problems are
being discussed at the present time,
Cecil said.
The six areas to receive the new
lighting include the Bishop lot off
Jackson Street and the lot behind the
Visual Arts Building Kassinger said
these areas could accomodate some
of the library parking if they were
provided with more lighting
ANOTHER AREA is the wooded
area between Clark Howell and
North Myers Halls between Sanford
and Lumpkin Streets. Lighting in this
area should di«^r*uraae sex motivated
assaults in the Church-1 lill-Boggs Hall
area. Kassinger said.
The bus stop at the Coliseum is to
be provided with a photo electric cell
which wdl turn the light on at dusk
and allow it to remain on until dawn.
Cecil said.
The front, outside light at Terrell
Hall will be repaired. Cecd said, and a
deal with grievances by university
employees.
Art Ryder. Senate President,
announced the recently appointed
committee chairmen. Academic
Affairs Helen Bird. Business and
Finance Steve Harvey, Flections —
Steve Saunders, Hand Book
Revisions Becky Thomas. Housing
Nancy Cline. Public Safety and
Health Sam Magruder, Judiciary —
Charles Hall, Student Affairs Anne
Benefield. Allocations Steve
Patrick.
THE DISAGREEMENTS early in
the meeting over roll call votes and
vacancy appointments came as the
senators heard recommendations for
the new Senate by-laws. The body
makes its own by-laws at the
beginning of each year.
The new proposal, written by the
by-laws committee, was unchanged
from last year’s except for the
section concerning voting procedure
and powers of the executive
committee.
It proposed that only one-fourth
approval be required for a secret or
roll call vote instead of the majority
now required. Vacancy appointments
procedure was proposed as a decision
for each delegation.
Fired worker
gets hearing
New lighting on way
By JIM CORBETT
Assistant news/feature editor
A grievance board has been
convened concerning the dismissal of
Robert Craig Jr., a former night
custodian in Terrell Hall who was
allegedly fired because of union
activity among University physical
plant employees, according to David
Alonso of Coalition ’72.
The board, which will investigate
the charge, held its first meeting
yesterday morning m the Personnel
Services Building to establish the
procedures that will be used when the
three-man board begins its hearings
Thursday, Apr 27, Alonso said.
DR JAMES R BEAIRI) of the
law school, James R Parker of
forestry and Charles Thompson of
the business and finance office are
charged with determining whether
the custodian was fired because of
union activity or because of poor
work.
The University Personnel Office
contends that Craig was fired by his
supervisor when he refused to
perform a duly of his position alter
being warned about a poor job
attcndence and performance record,
according to Carlton James of that
office.
CRAIG IS represented in the
procedures by Al Bragg and Cris
Calhoun, both members of Coalition
’72 which is supporting Craig.
Calhoun said their main
complaint at the meeting concerned
the procedure for choosing those
who could sit on the board.
The University submits a list of
15 persons from which the
University chose one (Thompson in
this case) and the person registering
the grievance chooses one (Parker),
according to Parker The two chosen
by the parties involved then select
the third member
THE BOARD will make its
recommendation to President Fred
Davison who will make the final
decision.
Alonso said that Coalition would
support Craig in any action that he
chose to take
However, Calhoun added, "We
contemplate no action beyond the
University procedures at the
moment. Of course we have no
reason to believe that we would be
treated unfairly."
pole light will be erected between
Peabody and Waddell Halls
The last area to be designated in
the survey, the service area behind
the Dairy Science Building, will
acquire either pole lights or fixtures
on the building itself, Cecil said
COST FOR I m additional
lighting, Cecil said, will be around
$3,000
"We’re always adding one here
and one there," Cecil said "We will
take them (the six areas) one at a
time until we complete them.’’ he
said. The total project should be
complete in two to three weeks, he
said.
"We’ve acted just about as fast as
we can We’re not dragging our feet."
he said.
Another area which will receive
more lighting is the area around
Legion Pool. The four lights around
the pool will also be fitted with
photo electric cells, Cecil said.
Another project which has been
underway for some time, Cecil said,
is the acquisition of 16 new pole
lights for the Home Management
Housing area. This project has been
underway for some time, Cecil said
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