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HI THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
NOV 2 8 1972
VOLUME 79, NUMBKR 43
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30601
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1972
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Gov. proposes
record budget
ATLANTA — Gov. Jimmy Carter proposed a record $1.6
billion budget for the state Monday and said it is the "best
budget ever put together
The figure is a $343 million dollar jump over the budget
for fiscal 1973.
Carter said he was able to come up with the budget
figure early because of the state’s zero based budgeting
system.
Carter's budget will leave a surplus of around one per
cent. Normally, budget experts say a pad of five per cent
for a budget is normal, but Carter said he isn't worried.
"I’m not very concerned," he said. "The budget is a
conservative one.”
Jails cited for fire hazards
ATLANTA - The state
Fire Marshal's office said
Monday only two per cent of
Georgia's 370 jails meet
necessary fire safety re
quirements.
A certificate of occupancy
is required by any jail
'operating in the state.
However, Comptroller Gen
eral Johnnie Caldwell, who is
the state fire marshal, said
only seven jails meet the
requirements.
Hazards noted by the
survey included improper
storage of inflammable liq
uids, unenclosed kitchens and
boiler rooms, no supervisions
or restriction on smoking, no plan of action for dealing with
emergency fire conditions and no fire alarm systems.
STATE NEWS
WORLD NEWS
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers Tuesday.
High Tuesday in the upper
50’s. Low Tuesday in the low
30's. Chance of rain Tuesday
20 per cent Clearing and
colder Wednesday with a
high near SO.
Students demand
aid be resumed
De/a vu
SUM photo by STEPHEN JACKSON
IRA chief spirited from Dublin
DUBLIN — The Irish
government cancelled all
police leaves, placed 1,000
troops on standby alert in
Dublin and whisked hunger-
striking IRA chief Sean
MacStiofain to a heavily
defended military camp by
helicopter Monday.
The emergency measures
came as the IRA called for
mass agitation and strikes to <
demand the release of
MacStiofain, sentenced Sa
turday to six months in
prison for membership in an
illegal organization
MacStiofain, 45, has been on a hunger strike since his
arrest nine days ago and was hospitalized Saturday after
collapsing at a court hearing where he was sentenced to six
months imprisonment as a member of an illegal
organization, the IRA.
Students blamed in deaths
BATON ROUGE, La -
Gov. Edwin Edwards told 150
black students meeting on the
Louisiana capitol steps Mon
day that militant student
leaders must bear the re
sponsibility for the deaths of
two Southern University stu
dents.
Edwards, surrounded by
shouting, hissing students
and a number of bodyguards
with weapons under their
coats, said there will be an
immediate end to the occu
pation of school buildings by
protesting students in Louis- NATIONAL NEWS |
iana.
£ur::%T in the day two groups of inquiry, one official and
the other unofficial, opened their investigations into the
recent fatal shootings of two Southern students during the
occupation of Southern's administration building.
Reporter jailed for contempt
LOS ANGELES — Reporter William T. Farr was sent to
jail for an indefinite period Monday after six attorneys
swore they were not the source of a story about the Charles
Manson murder trial.
Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, commenting that
it appeared to him that Farr wanted to become a “martyr
without a cause," ordered the reporter to county jail on a
charge of contempt of court — a term that theoretically
could last for years
Farr, who covered the Sharon Tate murder trial, had told
the court previously that two of the three ^ense and three
prosecution lawyers were tfie source of a- sensational-
account of other planned /celebrity" murders by the
"Manson Family.”
As exams draw closer the number of students spending
their time in one of the campus' libraries is picking up.
With five more days of classes, the Law School library
was less than full Monday. But business will no doubt
get better as classes end and students begin to think
about term papers and tests. Fall quarter, however,
MOUSTACHE SUIT
gives the student one extra day to catch up, Wednesday,
Dec. 6 — a study day. Exams begin Thursday, Dec. 7,
and extend through Tuesday, Dec 12. Then comes
winter quarter, beginning Jan. 3, and it all starts all
over again.
By LESLIE THORNTON
Assistant news editor
Ten students have signed a letter
and sent it to Ken Phillips, director
of financial aid, demanding their
eligibility for financial aid be
reinstated immediately
The letter was the students'
answer to a letter sent to them by
Phillips Oct. 24 which, in effect,
denies them federal financial aid
because they pled guilty to criminal
trespass in University President
Fred C. Davison's office last spring
Phillips based his denial on Section
407 of the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare Appropria
tion Act of 1970. The Act states the
students shall receive fair notice and
an opportunity for a hearing Several
of the students claim that they have
not been given either.
In the event that Phillips continues
to deny the students eligibility for
aid. the letter calls for a hearing and
lists criteria for it
AMONG THE criteria are de
mands for specific charges in writing
to be delivered at least 30 days in
advance of any hearing; an
independent trier of fact to be
selected by a method mutually
agreeable to both the students and
administrators; and the presentation
of evidence at the hearing
The students have also demanded
Drug rumors influenced council
By BOB DART
City affairs editor
Two Athens aldermen testified
yesterday that rumors of drug sales
at Your Mother's Moustache inclined
them to vote against granting the
bar a pouring license.
Councilman Joe Hooten, a Univer
sity math education professor,
testified that he had heard "hearsay
evidence" from students that "mari
juana could be acquired at the
establishment."
Councilman Calvin Bridges told
Superior Court Judge James Barrow
that he had heard a "young lady say
she got her first drugs" at the
Moustache.
Neither alderman would name the
sources of his information.
Moustache owner Paul Scott later
testified that off-duty policemen are
on duty nightly at his bar, and he
Athens Eight'
jury deadlocks
t
By LESLIE THORNTON
Assistant news editor
A mistrial was declared by state
court judge Grady Pittard in the
trial of the eight persons arrested
last spring in University President
Fred C. Davison's office on charges
of criminal trespass.
"Pretty good" was how David
Alonso summed up the defendants'
general feeling toward the jury’s
inability to reach a decision. Alonso,
Chuch Searcy, Steve Letzsch, Tony
Alonso. Scott McLarty, Steve Patrick
and Mike Walker, all University
students, and faculty member Pete
McConunons were the eight defend
ants of 33 who were arrested who
decided to pursue the case by
pleading not guilty to criminal
trespass.
The other students arrested with
them pleaded guilty in October and
received one-year first offender
probation and fines of $75.
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KEN STULA, district attorney who
prosecuted the case for the
University, said that if the case is
pursued it will not be called until the
February term of court.
Stula said he had not consulted
with the University and did not know
if the administration would pursue
the case. Albert Jones, assistant to
President Davison and a key
prosecution witness in the trial, said
the decision to pursue is up to the
prosecutor
Jones said the University would
recommend the case be pursued
because, he said, “It is important
enough to have a resolution." He
also said that a larger issue than just
the criminal trespass was involved
but he declined to discuss it further
Jones testified Monday, Nov. 20,
which was the opening day for the
trial.
THE JURY deliberated approxi
mately six and one-half hours
Tuesday evening and Wednesday
morning before Pittard declared a
mistrial and dismissed them The
foreman of the jury said. "We are
exactly the way we were last night
(Tuesday night). There are three
different feelings and we cannot
resolve them
"We can't reach a vote on one
single defendant much less eight,”
he said
Before going into deliberation on
Tuesday, the jury heard testimony
from state witnesses Edward Kas-
singer, director of public safety at
the University, and William T. Dean,
head of University Police
Kassinger identified Letzsch. Pat
rick and Alonso as having been
specifically asked by Jones to leave
the office. Kassinger said Jones told
them the president would be glad to
meet with them and he offered to
make an appointment
(Set TRIAL, page 7)
knew of no reports of illegal drug
traffic there.
"I’m in the business of selling
alcoholic beverages," Scott testified.
“I certainly wouldn't want anyone
selling drugs in my place."
Scott, in the name of his YMM,
Enterprises Inc., is suing the City
Council for "depriving him of his
Constitutional rights” by refusing to
grant him a license to sell liquor by
the drink.
Scott and all the council members
testified that the only reason given in
the September council meeting for
denying the license was that state
law prohibits the sale of liquor within
600 feet of University property.
The council said the Moutache was
located within the prohibitive dis
tance. Scott charged that the council
had granted pouring licenses to
establishments located closer to the
University than the Moustache
Hooten testified that he voted for
granting Peddler’s Steak House a
license and against the Moutache’s
bid even though Peddler's is located
between the University and the
Moustache The third ward alderman
said the distance ruling wasn't the
only reason he voted down the bid
The narrowness of Wall Street
where the Moustache is located and
“reports that beer and wine were
served to minors there," coupled
with the drug rumors, also affected
his vote. Hooten said.
Oral testimony in the hearing
ended yesterday. However, City
Attorney Joe Gaines, who is
defending the council, requested that
briefs be filed in the case and Judge
Barrow complied Gaines’ brief is
due in about three weeks; Moustache
lawyer Bruce Lowry’s must be filed
five days later
Mayor Julius Bishop and all ten
council members testified yesterday.
None remembered any mention of
the drug allegations during the
September meeting when the Mous
tache bid was turned down.
Scott contended that the drug
charges should have been brought
into the open before the vote so he
could have defended and cleared
himself.
Lowry protested the delays caused
by filing briefs, contending that time
lost before a decision was costing his
client profits Scott said, anticipating
being granted the mixed drink
license, he had booked several
expensive bands He said beer and
wine sales wouldn't pay these higher
entertainment costs
the right to be represented by
individuals of their choosing; the
right to cross-examine witnesses for
the University at the hearing; the
right to record the proceedings of the
hearing and the right to examine all
evidence to be introduced by the
University at the hearing.
The students said their requests
were made under the due process
clause of the fourteenth amendment
David Rigby, spokesman for the
group, said if they were denied the
hearing they would take further
action. He said that he and Shelia
Ramsey presented the letter to
Phillips last week
Phillips declined to comment
yesterday but said he would
comment today.
The students have been denied
eligibility for federal financial aid
for a two-year period beginning Jan
1. 1973. and ending Dec. 31, 1975.
Those who signed the letter are:
David Rigby. Shelia Ramsey, Donna
Mullens. Joelle Lewkowicz, Karen
Phillips, Bill Leon, Hal Belle Isle.
Paul Taylor, Tricia Smith and Ron
Kilgore.
Statutes
presented
to council
By JO HUTTO
Assistant news editor
The revised University statutes
will be presented today to the
University Council by University
President Fred Davison, although no
vote is expected on the proposals
until the end of winter quarter
"The members of the council have
simply not had enough time to read
over all of the proposed revisions
and vote on them today, since most
of them did not get a copy of the
revisions until Monday,” said James
Kenney, assistant to the provost
It is not expected that Davison will
change any of the proposed
revisions, as he has worked
"closely” with the University Sta
tutes Revision Committee, according
to Dr. Albert Saye, committee
chairman
Student Body President Joe Fowler
said he was "very disappointed” that
they would not vote on the proposed
revisions today, but would "try to
get them to do something ”
Included in the statutes as
presented to the council is proposed
student representation on the coun
cil. The provisions concerning the
provost's vote power, academic
freedom and the "up or out” policy
concerning promotion of assistant
professors have been dropped Also,
the director of libraries and dean of
student affairs have been added to
the University Council’s member
ship.
UGA's electron microscopy lab:
it's the little things that count
By MARY ANN KEI.I.Y
Although he found nothing to
indicate the presence of life when he
examined moon dust under the
electron microscope. Dr Walter J.
Humphreys. Director of the Univer
sity's Electron Microscopy labora
tory. said he found the particles did
look like cheese
"It looks like at one time there was
some bubbling inside the molten
material," he explained "Broken up
as we received it, it had a porous,
spongy appearance
Humphreys was asked to help
examine the samples by some
friends at the Institute of Molecular
Evolution at Coral Gables. Fla
When he examined the particles in
1969. he made l«o micrographs
i photographs) of them with the
scanning electron microscope which
produced views up to magnification
of 30,000 times
Humphreys came to the University
in 1968 to design and direct an
electron microscopy laboratory. The
equipment was placed temporarily in
the Biological Sciences Building
while the University renovated
Barrow Hall, where the laboratory
was permanently set up in 1970
With the assistance of a National
Science Foundation award to the
division of biological sciences, one
scanning and two transmission
electron microscopes were pur
chased
(See MICROSCOPE, page Si
W H AT WOULD BUG A TERMITE?
A termite-mite might. Inset shows ‘cootie’ magnified 11$ limes