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HI THE RED AND BLACK
VOLUME 7!». NUMBER 46
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
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FRIDAY, DKCH.MBEK 1. 1972
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Apoiio 17 to aft] Playboy fund aid
sought by Cornish
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NATIONAL NEWSl
off Wednesday
CAPE KENNEDY — The
countdown began Thursday
for the launch of Apollo 17
next Wednesday night on the
last and potentially most
rewarding expedition in A-
merica's moon exploration
project.
The 104-hour, 30-minute
series of flight preparations
started at 8:30 a m. EST.
Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald
E. Evans and Harrison H.
“Jack" Schmitt will make
the flight. They wound up
their formal training yester
day by rehearsing for the last
time their launch and push toward the moon.
Launch director Walter J. Kapryan said the work leading
up to the start of the countdown had gone smoother than
with any of the 10 previous manned Apollos during the past
four years.
|Inmate takes four clerks hostage|
STE1LACOOM, Wash. — A convict took four women
clerks hostage at knifepoint in McNeil Island Federal
Prison Thursday, demanding public broadcast of his
grievances as well as a mental and physical examination
by non-prison doctors.
The convict was identified as Paul Duhart, 29. He
described himself as “a poor black man who is being
persecuted."
A prison official said arrangements were made to fly two
doctors from nearby Tacoma, Wash., to the prison by
helicopter
Two Tacoma newsmen talked with the convict and his
complaints were broadcast over a Tacoma radio station at
3:4(1 p m EST and again 20 minutes later, but the women
were not released.
A prison spokesman said they had not been harmed and
the inmate appeared to have calmed down after talking to
the reporters.
Flu cause believed to be found
WASHINGTON — Government scientists believe they
have found the cause of intestinal flu, the ailment that
frequently sweeps through a community or an office
causing 24 to 48 hours of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and
abdominal cramps in its victims.
Doctors have generally called the disease acute
infectious non bacterial gastroenteritis because a specific
cause had not been identifiable. The ailment is not to be
confused with the sometimes deadly influenza which
occasionally causes international epidemics.
|Small nations meet for neutrality!
HELSINKI — Neutral and
small nations attending talks
on outlining the ground rules
for a proposed East-West
security conference sought
safeguards yesterday to pro
ven' domination by the
world’s big powers.
Leading off the arguments
for the neutral and small
nations at the 34-nation
Helsinki meeling were Nor
way, Sweden, Belgium. Yu
goslavia and Denmark Bri
tain was the only major
power planning to speak for WORI D NFW^
the big power bloc Thursday
Diplomatic sources said the smaller states want
safeguards against domination from either East or West
big powers in any security system established in the 1970s
in Europe
Committee asks for new smut law
ATLANTA — A special
committee advising Gov.
Jimmy Carter has recom
mended stiffer penalties for
smut peddiers who sell
pornography to adolescents.
The Governor's Committee
to Strengthen Literature and
Motin Picture Standards also
called for a full-time investi
gator from the state attorney
general s office to aid local
district attorneys and law
enforcement officers in pre
paring obscenity cases
The committee said at least
one new law should be added
to the books y»4jetter define
what is obscene ahdsanew
state literature commission.established to see that it is
enforced. /
The proposed new law wodW/jnake selling pornography
to an adolescent,a felony, punishable 'by 1-3 years
imprisonment. ^<0/
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STATE NEWS
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Partly sunny Friday with a
high near 50, fair and rather
cool Friday night with a low
near 30 Mostly sunny and
warmer Saturday with a high
in the upper 50's.
By MlTCIIELl. SHIELDS
Associate news editor
James Cornish, graduate student
who lost his teaching assistantship
for refusing to sign state security
documents, is looking to the Playboy
Foundation for aid.
Early in November Cornish sent a
letter to the Foundation, a part of
Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine
empire, explaining his situation and
asking for financial help
Around the middle of November he
received a reply The letter asked for
more information and said that his
case would be considered in the
December meeting of the Founda
tion The meeting is supposed to be
held the second week in December.
The Playboy Foundation is a
private organization that aids people
involved in cases that question the
legality of certain laws
"I think I have a good chance of
receiving at least enough support to
cover court costs.” Cornish said.
"They have shown interest. Sandy
(McCormack) was contacted by a
Playboy lawyer who wanted to know
more about my case, so I think my
chances are good.”
MCCORMAC K, a lawyer in private
practice in Athens, confirmed that
she had been contacted by Burton
Joseph, a Chicago based attorney
who works for the Foundation.
"I don’t know much about the
internal workings of it 'the
Foundation), but I suppose they will
Day of mourning
asked by senate
By CAROLYN STEWART
The Student Senate, in Wednesday
night business after the Red and
Black deadline, called for a day of
mourning for the students who were
killed at Southern University recent
ly in Baton Rouge. La.
The motion by Pat Wright called
for a study of the requirement that
University Police carry guns and
asked that the University refrain
from calling in outside police forces
if something similar to what
WUOG off air;
transmitter out
WUOG-FM was temporarily
knocked out yesterday afternoon
when "a power surge, or something"
damaged its transmitter, according
to station manager Ed Dunbar
Dunbar said he couldn't say when
the campus station would return to
the airwaves but that it would
"hopefully” be by this morning.
According to Dunbar a replace
ment part will have to be flown in
before broadcasting can be resumed
Dunbar apologized to WUOG-FM
listeners for the inconvenience.
happened at Southern University
happens here.
A motion by Steve Saunders asking
the University not to retry the
"Athens Eight" and that the
University reinstate faculty member
Pete McCommons who was arrested
in connection with the spring si; ?r. in
University President Fred Davison’s
office received approval from the
legislative body.
DAVID BELL presented a motion
to the senate Wednesday night
calling for students applying for
appointment to the Student Judiciary
to take a test before their names go
to Student Body President Joe
Fowler for appointment.
Bell's motion passed along with a
motion by him asking that members
of the senate's judicial committee be
required to take a similar test to that
asked for judicial appointees.
Saunders' motior recommending
that David Burch, the senate
treasurer, replace Senate President
Art Ryder on the Committee on
Student Allocations was passed.
The senate will be sending letters
to Georgia legislators urging them to
ratify the equal rights amendment to
guarantee equal rights to all citizens
regardless of sex. as recommended
in a motion by Rosemary Shade.
make their decision sometime soon.”
she said
"They are something like the
AULU." said McCormack. "They go
around giving money to people who
need it.”
EVER SINCE the ruling on the
loyalty oath Cornish has indicated
that he would like to take the case
further.
()n that occasion a three judge
federal panel in Atlanta ruled that
the section of the loyalty oath that
Cornish objected to was unconstitu
tional. but upheld questions 16 and 17
of the security questionnaire which
concern membership in subversive
organizations
Allison Kitfield. the defendant in
that case, was pleased with the
result but Cornish said. "I don't
think they went far enough There is
one more step needed, forbidding the
right to ask such questions."
(ORNISH ALSO feels that the
University owes him damages.
Earlier he said that he felt the
University had failed to fulfill his
contract. He said that losing his
assistantship has made it difficult for
him to support himself.
"At this point in time I am totally
without funds.” Cornish said "For a
while I got another job bartending,
but now that is gone "
According to Cornish the only
reason he applied to the Playboy
Foundation was because he couldn't
afford to continue the case with his
own funds He has retained local
lawyer Ed Augustine for a short time
but said he will need the Playboy
funds to continue his case.
Incredi-bull
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A Red and Black photographer was obviously moo-ved enough to take a
photograph of the Animal Science Department’s huge herd bull Known
affectionately as Big Red. this 12-year-old Santa Gcrtrudus bull tilts the
scales at 2700 pounds. Red was not loo happy about his nap being
interrupted by some crazy human flashing bright lights in his eyes, so he
refused for a long time to spread his ears to their maximum But, he
finally acquiesced just to get rid of the camera, and this striking portrait
is the result.
AFTER SAC MEETING
Clayton settlement seen
By MARK NICKELSON
State affairs editor
The Student Advisory Council (SAC)to the Board of
Regents apparently settled grievances between the
Student Government Association (SGA) and administra
tion at Clayton Junior College.
A committee of the SAC, headed by University SAC
representative Jim l^ngford, has met with administra
tors at Clayton Junior twice since the Clayton SGA
appealed to the SAC. winding up their discussions in a
three-hour session Wednesday afternoon
After Wednesday's conference. Clayton SGA president
Roxanne Sheldon said. ”1 think they're willing to
listen." but declined to speculate on what further action
her administration would take
SHELDON'S GRIEVANCES against the Clayton
Junior administration included alleged distrust and
non support for the SGA there and limitations on the
SGA's authority to influence policy decisions of concern
to students
Langford said he thought Clayton Junior's problems
were somewhat common to several of the relatively new
junior colleges in the University System
"Up till now, they’ve been running organizations by
what looks best on paper, but they are growing;
students' needs are a little different now and the role of
the student government is going to have to change,"
Langford said
LANGFORD'S COMMITTEE proposed only a loose
outline of a new student government structure, he said
Clayton Junior's dean of students. Robert G. Bolander,
said people at his college were "counting very much on
the SAC for resource material” on how to organize an
effective student government
Christmas may be
money tree in Go.
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GREENE \ND \SSIST\NT JOHN V TWI.OR IN WHITER \LL FOREST
Taylor hold** measuring pole t» genetically superior tree
By NANCY I NKLES
The Christmas tree* industry could
conceivably be "the bigge»st b ming
business that has ever hit the
South.” according to Dr James T
Greene. University forestry resear
cher
Greene has experimented with
Christmas trees for 12 years in his
Whitehall laboratory, and has proved
that the Georgia farmer could make
$500 to $600 per acre per year
growing his perfected trees.
In actuality attractive Scotch
Fines Douglas Firs. Norway Spruce.
Norwegian and Red Fines can be
grown in Georgia "1 can grow a six
to nine foot Scotch Fine in five or six
years using my selective breeding
methods. " said Greene, "and now
that I have developed the strain, the
Georgia farmer can begin growing
the tree and compete with the
northern competitors "
The Christmas tree business
profited more than 12.5 million last
year Greene said. "II the Georgia
farmer could get hold of seedlings
developed through selective breed
ing he could upgrade the Georgia
product and turn the Christmas tree
industry into a booming business
rather than the little 10 per cent
business it has now ."
WHITEHALL FOREST, where
Greene spends oo per cent of his
time, embodies an array of beautiful
pines, evidence of his hard work Dr
Greene emphasized ihe importance
of a team effort in Christmas tree
research He had high praise for his
assistant and graduate student John
N Taylor
Greene discovered that cross
breeding trees with preferred traits
produces better looking trees which
grow twice as fast as the average
Christmas tree "We select a tree
that has good color and size, is
resistant to blights, and grows
rapidly." he said, "then we cross it
with another tree with other
desirable characteristics like shape
or needle length, and get interesting
offspring that make perfect Christ
mas trees that grow, in some cases,
in just four or five years."
THIS SHORTENED growth period
"means that the grower can make a
lot more money on the yearly
average when he can sell trees every
five years rather than 10 or 12
years." he said "There is a 320 per
cent return for every dollar
investment over the first crop
rotation," Greene said, "the South
can get two rotations for every one
rotation in northern states "
According to Greene, the benefits
are obtained by the small farmer as
easily as they are obtained by the
large farmer Trees can be grown
and sold locally cheaper than it
would be to ship trees from out of
state The demand for home grown
trees is great, but so far the supply
is small
‘See TREES, page 5)