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The Red and Black. Tuesday. May 23. 1972
City plans voted on
By HAP SMITH
The proposed Charter for
Consolidation of Athcns-Clarke
County will be brought to a
vote Wednesday, May 24,
ending weeks of heated debate
and ultimately deciding the
scope of student voting power.
The 105 page plan calls for
the establishment of an
eleven-man commission to
govern the city-county area.
Kight commissioners will be
elected from separate districts
and three comissioners-at-large
will be chosen from Post No. 1,
Post No. 2, and Post No. 3.
If the plan is adopted,
University students will be
lumped into one district. This
could guarantee student
representation on the
commission by bloc-vote, but
would eliminate the possibility
of student control in four to
five wards.
Chuck Searcy, regional
VVAW coordinator and a
major opponent of the charter,
said that the consolidation
would dilute the voting
strength of not only students
but blacks as well. He said that
the proposed districts would
almost guarantee the election
of one student and one black
on the commission, but there
would be no chance for these
groups to have more than one
representative.
Connie Brown and Steve
Patrick, two University
students seeking seats on the
Athens City Council, both have
opposed the consolidation as a
possible detriment to potential
student and black voting power.
Ms Brown will run for the
council position in the fourth
ward, which includes Crcswell
Hall. Patrick is running in the
third ward, which includes
Russell and Brumby Halls.
Much of the opposition to
the charter has come from the
Citizens for Preserving Athens
and Clarke County, a group led
by Preston Johnson, eastern
district manager of Walton
EMC. The rural electric
cooperatives (EMCt) are in
danger of strong competition
from Georgia Power Company
if the plan passes, Johnson
said.
The charter originally
contained a provision
protecting the growth of EMCs
in the county's unincorporated
areas, but the clause was later
deleted. According to Johnson,
the charter commission is
"legislating them out of
business."
In a statement prepared for
the Athens newspapers,
Johnson stressed that he was
concerned about not only his
company but also the welfare
of the people.
If the plan passes, he said, it
will lead to "wasteful
duplication of power lines in
rural areas, across the road
from each other, into the same
subdivisions, with additional
right-of-way clearing." All this
would necessitate higher
electric rates for the ultimate
consumer, Johnson said.
Proponents for consolidation
have organized the Citizens for
Better Government to fight for
passage of the charter. They
argue that one organized
government will be better for
the area than two independent
governments, and contend that
the new government will be
more efficient and taxes will go
down.
The plan was drawn up by
the sixteen me mber
Athens-Clarke County Charter
Commission after twelve
months of planning and
deliberation. Commission
chairman Ernest Boland said
that the major job of the
committee was to "tear down
the wall between the city and
the county."
Commissioners under the
proposed government must be
21 years old, a resident of
Clarke County for at least two
years before their election, and
a resident from the district in
which elected for six months
prior to election. The district
commissioners will receive
salaries for S2400, and the
three commissionervat-large
will be salaried at $3000.
The charter provides for one
mayor to preside for a term of
two years, at a salary of
$10,000. The mayor will
appoint a full time professional
administrator subject to
approval by the commissioners.
Clarke County Commissioner
George Bullock has charged
that the proposal is "vague in
structure" and predicted that
its passage would cause taxes
to rise “drastically."
Another commissioner, Jim
De La Pcrriere, has opposed
the charter because it obtains
no provisions for a purchasing
agent or a water and sewage
commission.
Almost all other
commissioners have indicated
that they would vote for the
charter, which was officially
endorsed by the Athens
Chamber of Commerce.
Copies of the proposed
Athens-Clarke County Charter
may be obtained at City Hall,
County Court House, C&S
National Bank, and the Athens
Area Chamber of Commerce.
Chorus will
present show
The University Chorus, under
the direction of Dr. Gene
Simons, will present their
annual Spring Concert on
Thursday, May 25, 8 p.m. in
the University Chapel.
The program includes
Handel's "Jubilate," Poulenc’s
“Tenebrae Factae Sunt," and
Joio’s "Promise of String.”
Wetzler’s "Psalm” is a double
choir work accompanied by a
woodwind quintet.
Bruce Edwards, student
conductor and presidentof the
University Chorus, will
conduct one of the Poulenc
motets.
The public is invited. There is
no admission charge.
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Tourney, races sponsored by Union
The University Union sponsored a Frisbee
Tournament and Bike Race over the
weekend. The University of Georgia Grand
Prix was a 1 V* mile course and cyclers went
10 laps. First place winner was Christopher
Roesel (39.43), second place went to Mark
Zormg (39:45) and Bill Alewinc (40:11)
took third. The Frisbee Tournament had
winners in three categories: distance,
accuracy and guts. Andrew Harris won the
distance contest by hurling for 62 yards.
Mike Davenport claimed the second place
spot with 60 yards and Glen Silverboard
took third. In the accuracy event, which
consisted of throwing a frisbee through a
hoop at various distances, Jim Hanrahan
took first. There were six contestants in the
third event, guts. The top three contestants
from the previous two events were paired off
and the object was to throw the frisbee
where the other person could not catch it.
Glen Silverboard claimed the prize.
Clint Eastwood: star or creep?
By PHIL SANDERLIN
Seeing the recent re-release of
"Coogan’i Bluff in Atlanta
started me thinking about the
Clint Eastwood cult. After “A
Fistfull of Dollars". "A Few
Dollars More”, "Coogan’s
Bluff, “Play Misty For Me"
and "Dirty Harry", the basic
question about Eastwood
remains unanswered. What
does anyone possibly see in
this creep?
Is it his great acting? Hardly,
since Eastwood has dramatic
deficiencies that make John
Wayne seem like a member of
Group meets to review critique
by Surlin on radio stations
By LESLIE THORNTON
Employees of WRIT' radio, a
black community leader,
journalism school faculty
member Stuart Surlin and
members of the Journalism
Association fo' Minorities
(JAM) met last Thursday night
to discuss an article critical of
Athens radio written by Surlin
in the fall issue of the Georgia
Impression.
The discussion of the article
“His Master's Voice," a study
of the effectiveness of Athens
radio in understanding and
melting the needs of its
audience, was coordinated by
Gail Hall and Carol King of
JAM
IN THE article Surlin
stated, "Athens radio generally
exploits the students and
ignores the blacks." Surlin
based his article on reports
which each radio station is
required to file every three
years • as a part of the FCC
license renewal. Reports
reviewed by Surlin were filed
in 197 0 b| WKI(
W DO I KU FM and
WGAU-AM/WNGC-FM.
Surlin said that the three
radio station managers
contacted journalism school
dean. Warren K. Agee, upset
about the article in the
Impression. The stations were
ottered an opportunity to
discuss the article at the
journalism school but only
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"They (WDOL and
WGAU/WNGC) were given a
chance to come here and
discuss it," Surlin said. "They
were also invited to a previous
meeting but have always
declined. I see no reason for
this; they are sticking their
heads in the sand."
Charles Guldens, station
manager for WRFC, was
present to represent his
station’s views. He said, "In
1969, the FCC first required
stations to determine the needs
of a community and how that
station was meeting those
needs. There were no
guidelines on how this should
be done.
"WRFC serves a 14 county
area It is not just concerned
with Clarke County," Guldens
said. "I tried to do the FCC
survey with some rationale and
methodology, contacting
community leaders, political
and education leaders. It was
done to the best of my ability,
and 1 make no apologies."
Walter Allen, assistant
principal of Clarke County
High School, spoke for the
black community contending
that Giddens was not in a
position to know black
community leaders.
"It is psychologically
damaging to blacks for whites
to designate community
leaden on the basis of who
they know," Allen said. "It is
not difficult to find out; you
just have to know where to go.
The leaders are not necessarily
those with status."
GIDDENS argued that Surlin
wrote the article without
consulting any Athens
broadcaster. "Why didn’t you
come to me?” he asked. "A
statistical abstract doesn’t tell
you about people.::
Surlin said that statistics and
research techniques did say a
lot. "In the article I looked at
the methodology of
ascertainment of community
needs," he said, "and I found
them lacking."
the Old Vic by comparison.
IS IT his good looks? Ha!
Eastwood’s tall lanky frame,
slicked back hair, and simple
expression make him look like
any number of young men who
hang around gas stations in
small Alabama towns.
Eastwood is the eternal red
neck, the mean, sub-moronic
greaser.
Eastwood has made a fortune
playing laconic brutes, men
without a spark of human
compassion or a recognizable
emotion. He hurts people with
either outright relish or a cold
mechanical detachment that’s
even more repugnant. As
Pauline Kael pointed out so
correctly, the Eastwood cop in
"Dirty Harry" was a "fascist.”
WHY DOES this type of
character appeal to so many
Americans? Is their idea of a
real man a killing machine?
Why, at the showing of “Dirty
Harry" I attended, did so many
people laugh at the graphic
violence? Not just when
Eastwood beat some hood, but
when Eastwood was beaten,
laughter rang out.
I would appreciate any
Eastwood fan, especially one
of his large female following.
dropping me a note telling
what fascination this hulk has
for them. I am incapable of
uigging cruelty, and perhaps it
would be very educational to
hear from someone who does.
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