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VOLUME 78. NUMBER 114
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA J060I
U.S. attempts
supply shut-off
WASHINGTON - The
Pentagon disclosed Monday
that the United States had
mined some of North
Vietnam’s rivers and canals in
addition to its seven harbors
to try to shut off supplies to
the Communist invasion in
South Vietnam.
It was the second time in
the Indochina war that
American mines had been
planted in North Vietnamese
inland waterways.
Defense Department
Spokesman Jerry W.
Friedheim said the inland NATIONAL NEWS
mining was meant to sever as
much as possible of Hanoi’s transportation network
shipping war supplies to the North Vietnamese troops
fighting in South Vietnam.
Friedheim made the disclosure when asked at a Pentagon
news conference whether any North Vietnamese inland
waterways had been mined as part of the attempt to stop
the flow of war supplies to North Vietnamese troops in
South Vietnam.
“Policy does allow for that, and some of that has been
carried out/* h- replied. “This was in areas where
movement of supplies by river has been taking place.
Amish preserve old life'
WASHINGTON The Amish won unanimous Supreme
Court consent Monday to refuse to send their children to
high school so they can preserve the old fashioned way of
life their religion prescribes.
The 7-0 decision written by Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, marked a victory for the sect which has long been
in conflict with state laws requiring children to attend
school until age 16.
The old order Amish, known as “the plain people,” are
willing to let their children finish any eighth grade
education, but no more. Essentially devoted to farming,
they argue that sending their children to high school
exposes them to “competition, ambition, consumerism and
speed" in violation of their less worldly religious beliefs.
Nixon's promise reassures wives
WASHINGTON President Nixon promised the wives of
prisoners of war and servicemen missing in Indochina
Monday that he will maintain the blockade of North
Vietnam until the prisoners go free, one of the women told
newsmen.
Nixon met for about 30 minutes with a three-woman
delegation from the National League of Families of
American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. All three
said they were reassured by the meeting.
“He said the harbors will stay mined until the prisoners
arc released," said Mrs. James B. Stockdalc, the
spokeswoman for the group.
Mrs. Stockdale. of Coronado. Claif., the wife of a Navy
captain who has been imprisoned since September. I ‘>65,
said Nixon told the women they could "be assured that we
will continue on the same course until the prisoners are
released and the missing are accounted for."
Court rejects Go. ruling
WASHINGTON The U. S. Supreme Court refused
Monday to overturn a Georgia Supreme Court ruling that
the state cannot be sued for damages without its consent
The majority verdict left standing the lower court
decision which rejected a suit by Charles Edward Crowder
of Columbus. Ga. who was injured in a fall in Cloudland
Canyon State Park.
The State Supreme Court had held in a 4-3 decision last
November that under a doctrine of sovereign immunity
dating back to English common law. a state cannot be sued
without its consent.
The court said whether that policy should be changed is
“a matter of public policy which addresses itself to the
kplitivc, not the judicial, branch of our state
government."
Paratroopers keep close watch
BELFAST - British
paratroopers dug in on Black
Mountain Monday. high
above the Roman Catholic
Bally murphy and
Protestant Springmartin
sections of Belfast, the scene
this weekend of the worst
sectarian gunbattles in almost
three years in Northern
Ireland violence.
Army spokesmen said the
troops withdrew from the
buffer rone they had set up
to separate the warring sides
to the mountain in order to keep a close watch on the two
districts with less risk.
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Wallace shot in Maryland
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LAUREL, Md. (UPI) George
Corley Wallace, a symbol of racial
protest to millions of Americans, was
shot three times by a young white
man Monday as he campaigned for
votes in Maryland’s presidential
primary.
Doctors performed emergency
surgery on the 52-year-old Alabama
governor. Fear was expressed that he
might have suffered serious spinal
damage. Wallace fell seriously
wounded at a shopping center in the
suburbs of Washington on the eve of
what most experts predicted would
be the high point of his 1972
presidential bid same-day wins in
the Maryland and Michigan
primaries.
Wallace, running as a Democrat
this year, had finished speaking to a
crowd of about 1,200 at Laurel
Plaza, about 35 miles north of
Washington.
He stepped down from behind a
bullet proof podium he uses and
headed toward his car, along ropes
that held back the crowd. But as he
often does, Wallace responded to
more calls from the crowd to shake
hands. He pulled off his coat, with a
yellow vest underneath, and turned
to calls, “George, Governor. Come
over and shake hands with me.”
An NBC’ cameraman, Fred
Montague, who was near the
governor, recalled: “What it looked
like happened. Governor Wallace
walked right into the man’s arms
practically. Had he turned the other
way. I don’t think this would have
happened.”
OTHERS WOUNDED were one of
Wallace's Secret Service agents,
Nicholas Zorvas of theAtlanta field
office who was shot through the
neck; Capt. E. C. Dothard of the
Alabama State
Thompson
woman
Holv Cross Hospital said Dothard
and Ms. Thompson were “not in too
bad shape." Zorvas was described as
being in “stable condition" at Leland
Memorial Hospital in Riverdale, Md.
The agent underwent surgery to
repair the wound the bullet made
when it r^cd through his neck.
Police arrested a man identified as
Arthur Bremer, 21, of Milwaukee at
the scene.
Col. Thomas S. Smith,
superintendent of the Maryland State
Police, as well as Assistant Treasury
Secretary Eugene T. Rossides said
“thery is no evidence at this time
that anyone else was involved."
Bremer, who police said bought
his short-barreled, five-shot revolver
in Milwaukee Jan. 13, was wearing a
red, white and blue shirt with
Wallace buttons on it.
After the shooting, Prince Georges
County, Md., executive William W.
Gullett said “the man was severely
pummeled by the crowd. He was
taken to a doctor but is okay.”
Gullett said the suspect was being
held at an undisclosed location
“because things are still unfolding.”
IMMEDIATELY after word of the
Wallace attack reached him,
President Nixon offered and Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy accepted the
offer of temporary Secret Service
protection. Kennedy, whose two
brothers were assassination victims,
had not been offered such protection
on grounds he had never announced
he was a candidate for the
presidency.
Nixon also extended the same
secunty arrangement to Rep. Shirley
Chisholm, D-N.Y.
President Nixon,
shooting before it
knowledge, sent one of his doctors to
Mp out .it tht hospital jnd
telephoned Mrs Wallace She told
Nixon she was optimistic about her
husband's chances for recovery.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey,
Wallace’s chief opponent in the
Maryland race Tuesday, quit
campaigning m Baltimore and rushed
to the hospital. He spent an hour
with Mrs. Wallace and told reporters:
“What I’ve heard is encouraging. The
governor has a lot of fight in him and
he’s showing it now. Thank God. it’s
not fatal."
SEN. GEORGE S. McGovern, like
Humphrey opposing Wallace in
Michigan, also cancelled the rest of
his campaign plans for the day.
McGovern called the attack on
Wallace “a savage act.” He added, "if
we’ve gotten to the point where a
public figure can’t express his views
on the issues . . . then I tremble for
the future of our nation.”
f Dr. Frank Bruno, a general
practitioner in Laurel, was the first
physician to reach Wallace and
treated him where he lay in the
shopping center.
"The most obvious to me was a
gunshot wound in the abdomen," the
doctor said. “His arm was lying on
the pavement . . .he did not appear
to be in pain, wasn’t moaning or
crying as you would expect.”
Photo by TOM HILL
GOV GEORGE C. WALLACE SPEAKING ON UGA CAMPUS
He addressed the Georgia Press Association In February
Advocates speak for
fired custodian Craig
Allocations Comm,
releases proposals
Advocates for fired University
custodian Robert Craig argued in two
sessions Thursday that the University
did not have sufficient reasons to fire
the former custodian.
Al Bragg and Chris Calhoun
contended that Craig’s alleged
insubordination, poor job
performance and attendance record
were not grounds for his dismissal.
In the morning session a sociology
professor and two professors from
the Institute of Goverment testified
that the buildings they worked in
had received good janitorial
maintenance while Craig had been
assigned to them.
ONE OF THE witnesses, Philip
Pollock, said he had sent a letter to
Physical plant last year commenting
on the excellence of janitorial service
in Terrell Hall He did not know the
identity of the custodian assigned to
the building.
Physical Plant officer Ralph
Graham said Craig had been absent
seven days in the month preceeding
Pollock's letter. Graham testified
that Craig had “apparently” been the
sole night shift custodian in Terrell
Hall the other 22 days of that
month.
Answering the University's
charges, appellant Robert Craig
testified that on days when he had
reported to his bus driving job for
the county school system but not to
his University job, he had had a
medical certificate that he was
unable to perform the heavier
custodial work.
CRAIG SAID he had been an
active labor organizer since the tune
he had begun working for the
University and had observed the
treatment of workers and
the hostility of the supervisors.
The alleged union organizing had
been done on personal time, Craig
said. He said Physical Plant officials
were aware of his union activities.
Craig said he knew his attendance
record was not the worst for men in
his crew.
In the second session University
custodian Sam Brown, co-chairman
with Craig of the University Workers
Association, testified that the U.W.A.
was formed to press for workers’
benefits and deal with conflicts
between workers and supervisors.
In his testimony Brown accused
supervisor Reese Stevens, under
whom both he and Craig had
worked, of drinking on the job.
Asked if he had seen Stevens
drinking, he said he had not, hut had
“smelled it on his breath.”
BROWN SAID he and < i ,
had several meetings with Physical
Plant officials in an attempt to
improve personnel relations and
benefits.
Eddie Willingham was called. His
account of the sick leave policy letter
incident coincided with Craig’s. He
said he had had difficulties working
under Johnson
Anderson Smith, another
custodian,, refused to testify.
At the end of the testimonies,
counselor Bragg summarized his case.
Dr. Charles Beaird, chairman of the
appeal committee, requested written
briefs from both sides and
announced he would release a
decision in two to three weeks.
The Senate allocations committee
released their report Monday
projecting a $470,000 budget from
student activity fees for the 1972-73
year and detailing their
recommended allocations for campus
organizations.
Some $649,928 was requested by
organizations and activities grouped
into five divisions.
The seven-member committee
recommended $323,703.62 for
service groups, $80,570.72 for
campus communications, $19,925.75
under general activity, $19,509
toward performing groups, $13,982
for competitive groups and
$12,308.91 for clubs and
organizations.
The Student Senate begins
hearings on the committee's
proposed budget tonight at 6 30 in
the Law School Auditorium.
Though three special interest
groups made requests, no funds were
recommended for them. The Dairy
Science Club, Zero Population
Growth and Phi Beta Lambda made
requests totalling $2,270.
The largest expenditure,
approximately $324,000 in the area
of service groups, is divided among
13 departments
“LAST YEAR’S committee felt
the Senate set a bad precedent in
funding certain small clubs, so this
year we decided that these small
clubs could apply for funds through
the Clubs and Organizations
Account,” stated the report.
The statement says that an
organization has “to conduct
programs throughout the year which
directly benefited or served a large
segment of the student body" before
it it. considered a service
organization.
Campus media (The Red and
Black. Pandora, Impression, Georgia
Agriculturist and the campus radio
station) were cut from $91,990 last
year to $80,570.72 recommendation.
About $104,100 was requested in
this area.
Performing groups were increased
from $18,667 last year to $19,509
recommended for the coming year.
Organizations receiving an increase
recommendation were. Redcoat
Band, (Georgia Singers, Men’s and
Women’s Glee Clubs. University
Orchestra, University Chorus,
Concert Dance and the Dolphin
Club.
The University Theater and the
theater musical comedy account
requested funds under performing
groups hut were not funded.
(See ALLOCATIONS. Page 2)
Two UGA students
to seek city office
University students Stephen
Patrick and Connie Brown
announced their candidacy for scats
on the Athens City Council m a
Monday-morning press conference.
Patrick and Ms. Brown are hoping
to win the Democratic nominations
for third and fourth ward seats in the
primary elections August 8.
Said Patrick, “I am a student;
however, I am not announcing my
candidacy because I am a student,
but because of my interest in the
entire community.”
Petition turned down;
Burch to keeo office
B> JIMMY JOHNSON
Assistant news/feature editor
The Student Judiciary has ruled
against a petition to remove David
Burch from his position as treasurer
of the Student Senate.
The petition was filed by Steve
Lct/sch. a graduate senator. It
charged that Burch was ineligible to
hold the treasurer’s position because
he had been removed from the
1969-70 senate at the last meeting
for excessive absences.
I ta Student Body < (institution
requires the senate treasurer to have
previously served a full term in the
keep
student legislative body. and
describes a term as the time from one
SGA election to the next.
There was no evidence in Senate
records that Burch had been removed
from he senate, and according to
Lctzsch there was some question
concerning the power of Joel
Wooten, who served as vice-president
of the 1969-70 senate and allegedly
removed Burch at the last meeting
to oust senate members.
Following the judiciary's decision
Let/sch charged that past officers o(
the senate were changing their stories
concerning the removal. “Everyone
knows that David Burch was
removed from the Senate,” Lctzsch
said.
The petitioner further stated. “I
think that the judicial council’s
ruling along with the previous ruling
on the election (the council's
decision to re-elect senate seats from
the schools of Arts and Sciences and
Education and nullify previous Senate
businessJ shows they as well as the
A-U controlled senate and executive
branches of student government are
only concerned with their personal
interests and show utter contempt
for the interests of the student
body.”
BOTH PATRICK and Ms Brown
spoke of the need for equal
representation for youth, working
people, and blacks in the
community.
“We need to expand the areas of
cooperation between the campus and
the community," Ms. Brown said. “I
am announcing my candidacy in view
of the potential of student and youth
nput into city government ”
Both Patrick and Ms. Brown,
who will be seniors next year, said
that they would remain in Athens for
the duration of their two-year term
in office, which would begin in
January, 1973.
Patrick, a member of the
Residence Hall Association and
president of Russell Hall, was
arrested May 3 during the housing
protest in President Davison’s office.
Asked if the arrest might be
detrimental to his campaign, Patrick
said, “I don’t think that it will work
against me. I was representing the
students and was standing up for
them when I was arrested.”
PATRICK SAID that both he and
Ms. Brown have already received
support from campus and
community groups.
Ms. Brown, a sociology major, ran
for secretary of the Student
fiovemment Association on the
Coalition '72 ticket.
Patrick, who has lived in Athens
for three years, is a member of the
Student Senate, lie said that he
would not resign from the Senate if
elected to the post of councilman
Patrick and Ms. Brown said they
will release platforms after discussing
issues with people in their respective
wards.
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CONNIE BROWN (LJ AND STEVE PATRICK AT CONFERENCE
The Iwo UGA (union will mk cily council oflict