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THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
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NOV 2 6 W2
VOLUME 79. NUMBER II
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THK UNIVERSITY OR GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30601
AyEDNESDW. NOVEMBER 79, 1972
North Viets
arrange aid
NATIONAL NEWS
HANOI — North Vietnam,
its private peace negotiations
with the United States in
recess, is arranging for
extended military aid from
Moscow and Peking, Com
munist radio broadcasts said
Tuesday.
A Radio Hanoi broadcast
said Chinese Premier Chou
En-Lai has "severely con
demned” the United States
for failure to agree to an
Indochina cease-fire agree
ment and signed a 1973
Hanoi-Peking accord on mili- \A/ORI O MFW*»
tary and economic aid nt¥,J
Communist diplomatic sources in Paris said the Chinese
agreed to supply Hanoi free of charge.
In Moscow, the Soviety news agency Tass said a North
Vietnamese delegation was in the Russian capital to
discuss the "rendering of assistance in the strengthening of
the economy and defensive capacity of the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam.”
Negotiations between U S. Presidential adviser Henry A.
Kissinger and Hanoi’s Le Due Tho were suspended
Saturday until Dec. 4.
Only 10,000 more to be drafted
WASHINGTON - Defense
Secretary Melvin R. Laird,
noting that the draft expires
June 30 after three decades,
said Tuesday no men will be
inducted in January and only
10,000 will be called into the
Army during the first six
months of 1973
Laird expressed no fears
about the Army, Navy and
Air Force attracting enough
volunteers, saying, "We ll be
able to make it as far as our
regular forces are con
cerned.”
However, the outgoing Pen
tagon chief raised the possibility Congress may have to
resort to unprecedented use of the draft to fill vacancies in
the National Guard and reserves unless the House and
Senate approve a bonus bill aimed at attracting more
volunteers.
Anti-skyjacking meeting held
WASHINGTON — Slate Department officials report the
first session of anti-skyjacking talks between Cuba and the
United States has been held but they have not indicated
when a second meeting will take place
The first session was held Saturday in Havana between
Cuban Foreign Ministry officials and the Swiss
ambassador, who represents U S. interests in Cuba, State
Department officials said Monday.
Tl-e State Department, however, did not provide any
details on the Saturday session.
New cabinet members chosen
CAMP DAVID, Md President Nixon, promising "very
exciting times for this nation" in the next four years,
named Elliot L. Richardson as defense secretary Tuesday
and tapped Budget Director Caspar W. Weinberger to
succeed Richardson as HEW secretary.
To succeed Weinberger as chief of an expanded Office of
Management and Budget the President selected Roy L.
Ash. president of Litton Industries, a major,
California-based government contractor
The first round of changes in Nixon's promised
government shakeup was announced by White House Press
Secretary Ronald Ziegler at the President's Camp David
mountain retreat Further Cabinet appointments were to be
announced Wednesday.
Macon to have model prison
MACON, Ga. —Plans were
announced Tuesday for a
model prison to be built here
which will house both state
and county prisoners
Ellis MacDougall. commis
sioner of the State Depart
ment of Offender Rehabilita
tion, said he hoped construc
tion for the medium-security
prison and rehabilitation
center could begin next year.
He said $6 million from
federal revenue sharing
funds has been budgeted for
the facility
STATE NEWS
WEATHER
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Fair and continued cold
Wednesday with a high near
50 Low Wednesday near 30
Fair and slightly warmer
Thursday with a high in the
mid 50’s
Judiciary hears case
of spring protestors
SUff photo by STEPHEN JACKSON
W ITNESSES. DEFENDANTS MINGLE OUTSIDE COURTROOM
Student judiciary last night heard testimony on case of spring protestors
By LESLIE THORNTON
Assistant news editor
The main court of the student
judiciary held an open hearing last
night to hear evidence in the
University's case against 24 students
who participated in a sit-in in
University President Fred Davison's
office last May 3.
The students were charged by the
University with disorderly assembly,
disorderly conduct, joint responsibil
ity and unauthorized use of the
University facilities, all of which are
listed as offenses in the student
handbook.
The panel of five justices heard
testimony from both sides and will
render a decision and written opinion
on the case, ‘hopefully by Thurs
day,” according to Cheif Justice
Lawrence Camp. Camp said the
decisions will be given to the
defendants and will not be made
public unless the defendants choose
to do so.
UNIVERSITY ADVOCATE Fred
Miles called four witnesses for the
University. Connie Penley, Davison's
secretary, described the events of
May 3 in the President’s office and
testified that the atmosphere of the
office prevented her from carrying
on normal duties.
Albert Jones, assistant to the
president, testified that he felt he
had gone over the entire grievance
about University housing policy
(which the students wanted to
discuss with Davison) before he
directed Edward Kassinger. director
of public safety, to arrest them
"In my presence. Dean Sims
(Dean of Student Affairs) offered to
go with them to another area to talk
with them.’’ Jones said.
Jones also said he felt his right to
carry on his normal functions as
assistant to the president were
infringed upon by the presence of the
students
JONES SAII) he believed he
identified himself to the students.
Danny Hughes. Nancy Hargrutt.
and Michele Green, defense wlines
ses. disagreed with Jones testimony
about his identification Hughes said
he happened to be discussing the
housing issue with Jones when the
arrests began and then he learned
who Jones w as
Green, a Red and Black reporter,
testified she thought she was getting
quotes from President Davison when
she was talking to Jones
Hughes also testified he had
attempted to make appointments
with Davison and had been told on
both occasions the president was out
of town He said he expected Davison
back that day
The defense introduced four
motions to dismiss the four charges
because of inconclusive or contradic
tory evidence. The University made
counter motions
Aid hearing set
after 10 protest
FOR PAST PRESIDENTS
SGA title helps career
By PAUL CURTIS
and MARK NICKELSON
Eight former Student Government
Association presidents have found
the student body’s highest office
beneficial to post-collegiate careers.
Only two former presidents,
though, admitted running for the
office with the intention of landing
better jobs because of having the
SGA experience in their lists of
credits.
All the former presidents in the
SGA’s nine year history have gone
into legal practice, government or
administration.
The first president of the SGA.
John Rhodes, decided to run for the
office midway through earning his
master's degree in agricultural
economics.
"Faculty advisers told me being
SGA president would mean as much
to me as a master’s degree it
has,” Rhodes said.
RHODES is now director of the
Department of Public Service at
Georgia State University, an office
roughly equivalent to the Univer
sity's vice-president for services. He
said he had passed up other positions
in business and industry to stay in
higher education.
George "Buddy” Darden was
elected District Attorney in Cobb
County this fall. He said he believes
he owes his current political success
partly to an earlier political success.
Fowler veto OK,
judiciary rules
By CAROLYN STEW ART
Student Judiciary ruled in favor of
Student Body President Joe Fowler
in a suit filed against him late last
month by three student senators
Fowler announced Tuesay.
The judiciary upheld a veto made
by Fowler over a Student Senate
recommendation asking that he and
Senate President Art Ryder resign
from the administration's Committee
on Student Allocations
The suit, filed by senators David
Bell. Leslie Becnel and Jennifer
Chester, claimed Fowler was violat
ing the student body constitution by
not resigning from the committee
The complaint refers to the section
of the constitution which states that
the president of the student body
"shall set* that all statutes and
recommendations duly passed by
Student Government are enforced
and brought to the attention of
University officials with authority to
take the recommended action."
The suit also claimed that Fowler
did not veto the recommendation
within the two-week period after the
motion was passed, as alloted to him
by the constitution.
Fowler will release the body of the
judiciary ruling tomorrow
Since the veto was ruled valid by
the Student Judiciary the Student
Senate will have a chance to
override the veto at its meeting
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he was SGA president in 1965.
Darden called the student office "a
vital experience toward the kind of
work I’m doing now." Darden ran
for office in his second year in law-
school. When he received his LLB
degree, he went to work in Marietta
as an investigator in the district
attorney's office and later as an
assistant district attorney.
HE SAID having the SGA
presidency on his record was "a
very definite advantage: the D A
was anxious to get some leadership
ability, somebody able to meet
people and work with them and
adapt to stiuations," talents the
presidency traditionally teaches its
proprietors.
That the job would have this
benefit for him "never really
occurred to me. But people I met as
SGA president actually were the
ones that caused me to decide to go
to Marietta and to go into this kind of
work.” Darden said.
Bill House. SGA president in 1966.
said the fact he was president didn't
help where he went to work, in a law
firm in Gainesville
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By LESLIE THORNTON
Assistant news editor
A hearing has been set for
Monday. Dec 4. for 10 students
whose eligibility for federal financial
aid was cut off by the University
after they pleaded guilty to criminal
trespass last spring in University
President Fred C Davison's office
Ken Phillips, director of .student
financial aid, sent each of the
students a letter announcing the
hearing after they sent him a joint
letter last week demanding that their
eligibility for financial aid be
reinstated
According to Phillips’ letter the
hearing, which will be closed, will
"make certain that all proper
procedures have been followed" in
Phillips' denial of federal money for
the students because of their
participation in the spring sit-in
David Rigby, one of the students
who signed the letter to Phillips, said
he does not feel that Phillips' letter
is an answer to the students' letter.
"Their letter is insufficient.” Rigby
said
Rigby said the students were going
to ignore the letter since they do not
consider it an answer to theirs He
said that all 24 students who pled
guilty to criminal trespass in
president Davison's office received a
ietter informing them their eligibility
for financial aid had been cut off.
"Some of the others have
expressed an interest in what we are
doing. Rigby said However, he said
that only the ten who had signed the
letter to Phillips were directly
involved
Phillips said in his letter he has
asked Charles Colbert, adviser to
student judicial affairs, to chair a
committee to hear all the evidence
which will be presented Monday.
Colbert's committee will recom
mend appropriate action to Phillips,
the letter said
Cell disease
testing set
A team trom the Medical
College of Georgia will screen
students for sickle cell anemia
today.
The team will set up its lab.
as well as a slide presentation
and genetic counseling for
students whose tests indicate
presence of the blood disorder,
in the small ballroom on the
fourth floor of Memorial
according to a University
Health Services spokesman.
The program will last all day.
Health Services said
The sickle cell screening and
counseling project is being
sponsored by sororities Alpha
Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority members will
be present to recruit volun
teers interested in extending
genetic counseling into the
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Committee to review
statutes revisions
The University Council met
yesterday to assign the proposed
revised University statutes to a
special study committee and refer a
motion to change grading procedures
(or course-challenging to committee
At the recommendation of Univer
sity President Fred Davison a
14-member committee, chaired by
Leon Hargraves of Forestry, is
charged with studying the statutes
The committee's report on the
statutes will be heard at a called
meeting of the council in January
The document must receive
approval from the council before
being forwarded to the Board of
Regents for final approval
Serving on the committee with
Hargraves are H R Smith. Business
Administration; J. J Lancaster.
Extension Service; Gilles Allard.
Geography. Allan Barber vice
president for business and finance;
M S Blum. Entomology; Ralph de
Gorog. Romance Languages; Hardy
Edwards, dean of the graduate
school. Francis J Johnston. Chemis
try; Virginia Macagnoni. Education;
Victor Mamatey. acting dean of Arts
and Sciences George Newsome,
Education; Hubert Owens. Dean of
Environmental Design; and Emily
Quinn, dean of Home Economics.
A motion to change the course
challenge procedure, made by
Student Body President Joe Fowler,
was referred to the Faculty
Executive Committee
Fowler requrested that the system
of awarding grades in challenged
courses he changed to a pass-fail
basis
International shoppers
sun RtwU S. STKPHFV JACKSON
The International Gift Bazaar opened for the 1972
Christmas show in Memorial ballroom yesterday with
handcrafted gifts from the four corners of the earth
available for any student who wants a slightly different
gift to surprise those closest to his or her heart as all
gather around ihe tree The bazaar will be open today
from 9am until It p m and tomorrow from 9 a m to 3
in the afternoon Foreign films, demonstrations
exhibits, lectures and entertainment featuring the
Pamoja choir, the University Chorus and the Men's Glee
Club will highlight the affair But even the highlights
w ill fade behind the brilliance of the arrival of dandy S
Claus i 'laus is promised from four to six o'clock this
afternoon but officials indicated that he may drop by at
other times also