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VOLUME 78. NUMBER 110
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1972
From United Press International wires '
HHH favored in
W. Va. primary
CHARLESTON, W. Va.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey was
favored to defeat CJov.
George Wallace in today’s
West Virginia presidential
primary - the only two
Demcratic candidates entered
in what has become a
popularity contest.
There were no active issues
to generate voter interest and
the two candidates made only
token campaign appearances
in the state.
The outcome of the
head-to-head contest between
Wallace and the former vice
president will have no bearing
on the state’s 35-member
delegation to the Democratic National Convention since
delegates are not bound to a primary winner.
After scoring victories in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee
and North Carolina to maintain his Southern supremacy,
Wallace is virtually even with Humphrey in delegate
strength to the Miami convention in July.
Rescuers' optimism' fades
KELLOGG, Idaho The Sunshine Silver Mine fire
flared up with renewed intensity Monday, further
imperiling 58 miners trapped nearly a mile underground
and badly hampering the main effort at a rescue.
Mine officials said they could not longer be “optimistic”
about the survival of some of the men trapped since last
Tuesday by smoke and carbon monoxide which had already
killed 35 of their fellow miners.
Rescue crews who had been trying to reach the trapped
men for six days pinned their hopes on what appeared to be
the only present chance of getting rescuers quickly to the
4,800-foot level of the trapped men — a metal “capsule” to
be lowered down an adjacent shaft.
Navy tails Soviet freighters
BRUSSELS The U S.
Navy is tailing at close range
at least three Soviet freighters
heading for North Vietnam
with military supplies.
Western military sources said.
They said it could be the
start of an American
blockade of Haiphong
Harbor
The three Soviet freighters
carry such cargo for North
Vietnamese forces as tanks
and trucks, according to the
sources, who are close to the
military command of the West’s North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO).
U.S. denies dike bombings
SAIGON I he U.S. command said American warplanes
attacked a North Vietnamese military training base 15 miles
west of Hanoi Monday, but the Communists said the raids
were directed against river dikes in an attempt to cut off
the country's food supply.
Military sources said the American planes shot down
three North Vietnamese MIGssent up to intercept them.
Radio Hanoi, in a broadcast monitored in Saigon, said
American planes flew north for the fifth straight day and
bombed along the Red River in the heart of the
crop-producing region to try to flood the rice fields. The
first of the country’s biannual rice crops is now being
harvested or is ready for harvest.
The U.S. command denied American jets bombed the
dikes. It said the target was a military training base west of
Hanoi which is producing troops and equipment to power
the 39-day-old Communist offensive in the South.
Record 93.1 % cast ballots
ROME Italy's neo-Fascists showed unexpected
strength but the Christian Democrats maintained their
traditionally dominant political position Monday in initial
returns from the two-day general election.
The prelimnary returns showed Communist Party
strength slipping slightly for the first time since World War
A record 93.1 per cent of Italy's 37 million registered
voters cast ballots in the election, called one year ahead of
schedule in an attempt to solve a continuing crisis in the
government parliamentary coalition.
Roman Catholic monks on trial
BELFAST Two Roman Catholic monks went on trial
Monday accused of aiding two Irish Republican Army
(IRA I internees who escaped from a Belfast lail.
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WORLD NEWS
Nixon orders Hanoi blockade
WASHINGTON UPI - President
Nixon Monday night ordered a naval
blockade of North Vietnamese ports,
including Haiphong, to deny Hanoi
“the weapons and supplies it needs
to continue aggression.”
“These actions are not directed
against any other nation,” Nixon
said. Other countries with ships in
North Vietnam’s harbors “have been
notified their ships will have three
daylight periods to leave” in safety.
“There is only one way to stop
the killing,” a grim Nixon told a
radio and television address to the
nation. “That is to keep the weapons
of war out of the hands of the
international outlaws of North
Vietnam.”
Nixon ordered mining of all ports
of North Vietnam as part of the
naval blockade.
Applications
for election
available
The graduating class of *73 will
choose its president and secretary
Thursday, May 18. Applications for
those interested in being a candidate
are available in 229 Memorial.
Applications must be returned to
the Office by May 11.
To qualify, a student must have at
least a 2.0 over-all average and have
earned between 115 and 140 quarter
hours.
According to elections committee
chairman Steve Saunders any student
who wishes to seek one of the
positions but fails to meet the
qualifications may petition the
elections committee for special
consideration.
When you come in lourth in a four-man bicycle race, about the only
consolation you can find are a few sore muscles. That is, unless your name
is Steve Patrick. Patrick, who trailed in the Residence Hall Associations’s
May Daze Bike Race, Saturday, took first place in the Frisbee throwing
competition over a field of 15 entries. John Anderson placed first in the
/a photo finish
bike race with Gordon Austin and Bob Ncumcister second and third,
respectively. The games, which also included a VW-carry, were part of May
Da/e activity. A cookout m People’s Park concluded the week’s activities,
which included a trunk sale, bands and movies. Over 2,000 hamburgers
were served by the RHA. For more spring activites, sec pages 2-3.
five-week-old offensive.
Noting that many of the arms
ships were Russian, Nixon said: “We
respect the Soviet Union as a great
power.” But the Soviet Union, he
said, must recognize America’s nght
to defend its interests.
“Let us - and let all great powers
- help our allies only for the purpose
of defense,” he said in a passage
directed at the Kremlin leadership.
He said the Soviets should not let
“Hanoi’s intransigence" blot out the
prospect of Soviet-American
cooperation toward peace.
NIXON SAID he would maintain
the military measures he ordered
Monday night until two conditions
are met:
All American prisoners of war are
returned.
An internationally supervised
cease-fire prevails in Vietnam.
The President appealed for the
backing of his countrymen.
“1 ask for your support of this
decision,” he said. “Our purpose is
not to expand the war, not to
escalate the war, but to end the war .
.he said.
Nixon said many Americans are
urging immediate withdrawal of U.S
troops from Vietnam and said “from
a political standpoint this would be
an easy choice.”
Directing his remarks to Hanoi,
Nixon pleaded for an end to the war.
He said the North Vietnamese had
suffered enough.
“Do not compound their agony in
continued arrogance,” he said.
IN ADDITION to the blockade,
Nixon said he was ordering American
ships to take “appropriate measures”
to restrict naval movements inside
North Vietnam’s territorial waters,
rail connections and continuing U.S.
air and naval strikes. Nixon said the
United States would continue to seek
a negotiated settlement of the war
but he said to rely solely on the peace
talks would be to give North
Vietnam time to pursue its
He said another option would be
to negotiate on terms that would
allow the Communists to impose a
government on 17 million South
Vietnamese.
“The North Vietnamese
arrogantly refuse to negotiate
anything but an imposition of a
Communist regime,” Nixon told his
audience.
The President’s actions raised the
possibility of a military
confrontation with the Soviet Union
North Vietnam’s chief supplier of
military equipment - just two weeks
before Nixon is scheduled to arrive in
Moscow for a summit meeting with
Russian leaders.
Students eye suit
in housing dispute
By JIM CORBETT
Assistant news/feature editor
Student leaders, involved in the
housing controversy, have consulted
lawyers with regard to a possible law
suit challenging the University’s
authority over students under the
Age of Majority Bill, according to
Chuck Searcy.
“If the University does not
respond to this (student pressures),
then, there is no question that there
will be a court case," Searcy stated at
a press conference held by the nine
student protest coordinators
Monday.
The suit, as explained at the
conference, will come after the law
takes effect July 1 and will seek to
have Section 9 of the law declared
unconstitutional. This, according to
Searcy, would affect all housing
policy.
Section 9 was described by Searcy
saying that the new II^HnM
majority law would not limit the
authority of the Board of Regents to
make rules governing University
System students.
THE CONFERENCE was called
“to explain exactly what student
leaders have done in the last two or
three years with regard to the
housing controversy.” according to
David Alonso.
As to what the coordinators have
planned before the suit. Searcy said.
“We’ve exhausted every effort on
this level at this time, we will not be
going back to see President (Fred)
Davison. But we will be available to
talk with him.
"We will be contacting members
of the Board of Regents and
informing them of what we perceive
to be the situation on campus." he
stated.
Other coordinators are Steve
Patrick, David Bell. Karen Keefe.
Nancy Hargett. Blanch Dansereau
and Donna Mullen.
SOME 33 persons, protesting the
change in housing policy, were
arrested and charged with criminal
trespass last Wednesday after they
occupied President Davison's office.
Patrick said, “Recently, within
the last two or three months, since
the Carl P. Savage affair, a lot of
disturbing things have been going on
in housing.”
Bell added, “We don’t want to sec
housing policy change . . . from a
direction that it has been going in the
past.”
CALLING FOR disciplinary
action as a last resort only. Bell
stated, “All we’re saving is keep the
emphasis on the individual ”
The nine students met with
President Davison Friday to discuss
the housing situation.
Judicial system
improved— Clark
Important changes in the judicial
system since 1949, the year of his
appointment to the United States
Supreme < ourt. was the topic of a
speech Friday by retired Justice
Thomas C. Clark.
State reapportionment and
integration were areas where the
judicial branch has made great strides
since 1949. Clark said in his speech,
which was part of the Law Day
commemoration activities on
campus.
LAWS PERTAINING to the poor
is another area of improvement, he
said. “In 1949 the indigent were not
even able to get copies of
proceedings against them.” They are
now able to obtain transcripts as well
as free legal counsel, he said.
Many areas, however, are still in
need of reform, Clark said. He
emphasized the need for prison
reform. sta‘ing that only five per
cent of prison budgets arc earmarked
for rehabilitation.
He believes that young offenders
can be discouraged from repeating
their crimes if they are given aid at
the time of their first offense When
he was United States Attorney
(General 25 years ago. he said, he was
responsible for issuing 300 paroles to
young offenders. Of the 300 he
released only "two went wrong.” he
said.
“MY EFFORT WAS iust a drop,
but a drop in the right direction. And
a drop that will wear the stone
away,” said Clark.
More emphasis hould be placed
on ^nrninal law within the University
system, ( lark said He also called for
improved education within the law
school system and advocated a
clinical training period during the
third year of law study.
The changing of the judicial
system, he believes, will result in the
elimination of many of the inequities
in the world today.
Among those attending the speech
were former Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and University President Fred
C. Davison.
AT LEGION FIELD
Tennis court
construction nears
By RICK HEZLEP
Construction of the tennis courts
at People's Park should begin within
a month, according to David Lunde,
assistant director of administration in
Campus Planning.
The contractor will be on the job
within 10 days of the awarding of
the contract, Lunde said. "I can’t
know exactly how long it will take to
complete the courts, but I think they
will certainly be ready by the fall."
THE COURTS were originally to
be completed by the end of fall
quarter. Campus Landscape
Architect John Dunmngton, who was
to plan the courts, said he had
completed a set of plans by October
29, 1971, placing the courts on the
ravine behind Brumby Hall at the
end of the Russell Hall X-zone
parking lot.
However, Dunmngton said, his
plan was rejected by the Traffic
Committee because they felt parking
spaces would be lost if the courts
were built where they are now being
planned, in the gravel parking lot
next to the People’s Park entrance.
Dunmngton said that Physical
Plant, who had drawn up the first set
of plans without charge, felt it
should be paid for another set. At
this point, he said, Lunde's office
took over responsibility for the
plans.
According to Dunnington,
planning costs are usually five to
eight per cent of the cost of the
project, or in this case S2.500 to
$4,000
THE CAMPUS Planning
Department has $50,000 to spend on
the project, $40,000 coming from
the Athletic Association and $10,000
from the Student Senate.
Asked why the advertising for the
bids has been so long in coming,
Lunde explained that the student
body did not have enough money to
hire an architect or outside engineer
to draw up thyplans for the courts.
This forced Campus Planning to
make the plans.
“We are not geared-up for doing
plans and specifications in Campus
Planning, so we have been doing it
when we could,” Lunde said.
Complaints halt concert
By JIMMY JOHNSON
Assistant news/feature editor
The Goose Creek Symphony
concert ended without an encore
after the group had fulfilled its
contracted time Saturday night on
the advice of the campus police who
had received complaints concerning
the noise.
Students who filled Ixgion field
gave the country-rock band a
standing ovation when it left the
stage at approximately 10:40 pm
The applause turned to boos when a
member of the sound company
providing power for the show came
on stage and said that “whoever’s in
charge” had ordered the show to be
ended.
The incident was described as
“unfortunate” by Gerry Chinielewski
of the University Union. “They
contracted for 70 minutes to play,
which they did,” Chmielewski said.
He stated that the group did say
that it wanted to go back on stage.
However it was decided, after Capt.
Ernest Nix of campus police stated
that numerous complaints had been
received concerning the noise, that
the concert could be terminated
ACCORDING TO Chmielewski
and Nix, the complaints were
received from persons who live
behind People’s park towards
Milledgc Ave. None of the
complaints came from on campus.
Chmielewski stated that outdoor
concerts at Legion rarely draw
complaints from on campus unless
they run after 10 p.m. on weeknights
or midnight on weekends
The Union official dispelled any
rumors that concerts would no
longer be held outdoors. "We’re
going to continue to go outside,” he
said, “but we’ll go more with the
headliner.” Chmielewski feels that
having to wait for the main group is a
major complaint among
concert-goers and that ending the
practice of having a long session with
warm-up bands would improve
musical shows.
A BAND playing at the Alpha Chi
Omega continued playing after the
Legion field concert was halted but
Capt. Nix said that no complaints
were received concerning the
sorority’s music. The band had
turned iU volume down when the
university police informed the
sorority that the outdoor concert at
Legion was receiving complaints.
The Union will hold its next
concert at Legion field tv, weeks
from today. May 23, with Muddy
Waters Since it will be on a wv.* day
night and close to finals Union
officials say that the event will be
ended by 10 o’clock.