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VOLUME ho. NUMBER II
THE l NIYERSITY OK GEORGIA. \THK\S. GEORGIA 30682
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Ifi. 1*73
Groups plan protest
during Nixon visit
A “teach-in, rally and demonstration"
to protest the Macon appearance of
President Richard Nixon will be held in
Macon Sunday. Nov 18 at noon between
Porter gym and the cafeteria on the
Mercer University campus, according to
Steve Letzsch of the local Committee for
the Impeachment of Nixon
Car caravans will leave at 10 a m
Sunday from Memorial and from Candler
Park in Atlanta. Letzsch said In addition
to the caravans, camping will be availa
ble on the Mercer campus Saturday
night
The event, sponsored by the Mercer
student government, and the caravans,
sponsored by the Committee for the
Impeachment of Nixon, the Indochina
Peace Campaign and the Atlanta
Workshop on Non Violence, will “place
an emphasis on demonstration against
Nixon and his various policies.' Letzsch
said
“Nixon thinks he's coming to a bunch
of people who support him." said
letzsch He added, “all these things take
place in the South or the Midwest
because the people are supposed to be
conservative
“Going to a place that would show a
favorable opinion is a phony way to
convince the country that Watergate is
over." Letzsch said
According to Letzsch. the Athens
groups were contacted Wednesday by the
other groups and asked to organize the
ins “Were hoping to get some
support, but because the notice is so late
we can't tell how many will attend."
Letzsch said
Capsule News
University President Fred Davison is expected to release finalized policies on
energy conservation Monday after consultation with his staff of vice presidents,
said Allen Barber. vice president for business and finance
At next week s meeting Davison will consider recommendations compiled by the
Physical Plant Barber termed these recommendations "common sense things
similar to those recently advocated by President Richard Nixon and Gov Jimmy
Carter
Included are maintenance of lower thermostat settings, lighting reductions, and
lowered speeds and minimal travel for University vehicles. Barber said
The University had contracted for sufficient amounts of energy sources Barber
said, and “thought it was in good shape However, since the federal allocation
program voids all such contracts, the University may be facing a critical
situation. Barber noted
Common Cause has first meeting
11 Common Cause, a peoples lobbying group, is holding its first Athens meeting
Monday Nov 19. at 8 p m in the Southern Bell Building on Milledge The public is
invited to attend
Media football location set
The site for Sunday's flag football struggle between The Red and Black and
WUOG has been changed The game will be held at the upper intramural field at 2
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ROTC interest down
By STEVE FOX
Enrollment in Army and Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps has been
decreasing in the last few years, accord
ing to officers in both branches
The number of cadets in Army ROTC
has dropped from between 600 and 700
four years ago to 100 today, according to
Col. Carl L Peterson Jr Air Force ROTC
has experienced a decrease of 22 students
from last year, according to Col Thomas
L. Hauer
BOTH MEN pointed to the termination
of the draft as a main factor in this drop
Peterson stated several other reasons
for the decrease: it has been four years
since compulsory ROTC was eliminated
at the University, so there are lew hold
overs from that period. ROTC is not
fashionable among college students, and
the great emotional reaction against the
Vietnam War created an anti military
mood in students
Hauer believes the decreasing enroll
ment is a product of the times “Students
are not really anti ROTC. just apathetic
to it.” he said
Peterson said the Army worked harder
this year to get the same numt>er of
cadets as last year
Neither Peterson nor Hauer wanted to
predict when an upward trend would
develop, although they commented that
enrollment on some other campuses has
started rising
Why did the 200 students who are in
ROTC join** Sophomore Mike Ingram,
who is on an Army ROTC scholarship,
said that many are in “for the money
Both the Army and Air Force ROTC
offer scholarships that pay a cadet’s full
tuition, fees and books In addition, all
ROTC students, on scholarship or not,
receive $100 a month during their last
two years. This amounts to a $2,000
grant. Peterson said
C ADETS RECEIVING Army ROTC
scholarships are obligated to serve four
years on active duty, according to
C'aptain Marvin Farmer. Non scholarship
cadets serve a maximum of two years on
active duty.
Obligations in the Air Force are
similar. Hauer said, with two exceptions.
Non-scholarship cadets must serve four
years on active duty pilots and naviga
tors who received ROTC scholarships
must serve five years
If the Army (or Air Force > can meet
its manpower needs with those people
who want to serve on active duty, the
Active Duty for Training Program is
offered as an alternative to graduating
cadets, explained Farmer. It lasts three
months Afterwards, the participants go
into the reserves This option is not
available to scholarship recipients
Of course, money is not the only
motivation for joining ROTC The oppor
tunity for a career, or at least a
temporary job after graduation, is also
an inducement Hauer believes that
ROTC "appeals to forward looking peo
Pie ”
Peterson suggests that patriotism, a
desire for social contact and small group
involvement, an opportunity for an extra
avocation as a reserve officer and family
ties to the military are other motivations
for enrolling in ROTC
\llt FORCE ROTC inaugurated a
program this fall for students who want
to “see what it’s like According to
Hauer, special students, as they are
called, get credit for the ROTC courses
they take, however, they are not required
to meet the appearance standards and
are not issued uniforms
The primary purpose of ROTC. accord
ing to Farmer. Peterson and Hauer, is to
train people for the reserves so that in a
national emergency, officers would be
immediately available. They also hope to
attract some students into military
careers.
The present enrollment of ROTC is
small, but. Hauer pointed out. “every
body presently enrolled in ROTC wants to
lx* in "
Energy plan to be released
A University policeman got more than he bargained for
yesterday when he pulled over an MG that was driving
through the closed section of campus during class hours The
vehicle suddenly became incapacitated and had to rely on
people-power instead of horsepower to leave the area. This
ancient form of energy may come back into common use now
that other forms are in short supply .
DUE TO END OF DRAFT
Gl benefits delayed;
veterans still waiting
By MITCHELL SHIELDS
State editor
The person at the other end of the line,
a veteran and a student enrolled at the
University, was upset He needed money
and he didn t have it
"They told me I should get my check
by the tenth of (Xtober. he said for
perhaps the third time. "This can t go on
I haven't received anything since school
started. I've got a wife and kids who
have to eat. and I need to pay the rent I
need the money ”
The veteran, who asked his name not
be used, is one of 50 to 100 veterans
enrolled at the University who have yet
to receive any payment from the G I
Bill, a payment they were supposed to
have received in early September
The September pay ment plan was part
of an early payment program begun this
year by the Veteran's Administration
The program was intended to aid the
enrolled veterans whose fee payment
schedule doesn’t fit in with their schedule
of pay ments from the G 1 Bill Instead, it
has resulted in a number of veterans not
being paid at all.
THE PROBLEM first became apparent
over a month ago when over 250 students
were without their V.A. checks. Many of
those have already received payment,
but a substantial number, like the
veteran on the phone, have no money and
nowhere to turn
*Tve already gotten some aid from the
University, but they've run out of money.
I really don’t know what to do,” the
veteran said.
According to Robert O’Kelly, director
of veteran’s affairs, the University has
been attempting to do what they can for
the needy veterans but has had little
success.
‘Tve gone through every channel 1
know about.” O'Kelly said. Tve sent a
list of the people on campus who haven't
received payment to the V.A. in Atlanta,
called every day and done everything 1
can think of. At last week's veteran's
meeting I went to the fellow from the
V.A and personally handed him a list of
veterans and asked him to do something
about it. So far I've heard nothing
O'Kelly said the V.A has given “us
every excuse in the book for not paying
They've told us it’s the computer s fault,
that veterans didn't return some cards
they had to. everything This is some sort
of national problem. It s just more than
they can handle.”
Part of the problem may lie with the
people at the V.A office. O’Kelly admit
ted He said they were "concerned” but
not ready to "break their necks They 're
not overlv concerned."
ANOTHER PROBLEM has cropped up
to go along with the lack of early
payments. O'Kelly said Some veterans
who did get their early money are now
not getting their November checks
"Again, the V.A. said some cards were
lost or some such. I think they just lost
them The whole thing is a mess.”
O*Kelly said
The only thing O'Kelly could suggest
for veterans who have not received any
money to do was to get in contact with
the Veterans Affairs office in the Academ
ic Building
"If a veteran calls straight to Atlanta
himself he'll probably lx* listened to and
then get no reply We can put more
pressure on them and trace the problem
Wc re having problems, but a person who
tries on his own is going to have more.
O’Kellv said
PRESENTLY, he added, the Veterans
Affairs office has close to 75 folders on
veterans who are having trouble obtain
ing payment There may be others.
O'Kelly said but until they contact the
Veterans Affairs office nothing can be
done for them
O'Kelly also suggested veterans may
want to go see Senator Talmadge when
he comes to the University today.
"Who knows’’" he said "If we put on
pressure from another direction, some
thing may happen
Officials consider
civil defense plan
By ANTHONY IIEALY
City editor
City and county officials are now
considering a new civil defense plan to
improve local emergency preparedness
in the wake of last spring's disastrous
tornadoes
Both the Athens City Council and the
Clarke County Board of Commissioners
received the bound report on the local
civil defense operation a week ago from
the State Department of Defense
Among the 22 recommendations for
improvements suggested by the depart
ment's civil defense division, the report
urges local Civil Defense Director Lee
Guest be replaced
GUEST HAD "No comment" to the
recommendation threatening his job He
came under considerable fire after the
two tornadoes struck Athens last spring
and caused damage running into the
millions of dollars
The County Commissioners were due to
vote on the extensive plan in a meeting
earlier this week, but put it aside after
Commissioner Homer C Cooper asked
more time to review the document
“I have a number of questions about
the report. " Cooper said and fellow
Commissioner George Bulltxk joined him
in postponing the vote until later this
month
The county board and the City Council
originally were supposed to jointly ap
prove the* plan, but the city council did
not put the report on its agenda Tuesday
night
No MENTION of the state report was
made in the council meeting, though the
commission gave some consideration to
the report after Commissioner J. Smiley
Wolfe noted its importance in preparing
the local area for natural disasters
“I think we think too much in terms of
nuclear attacks.” Wolfe said in his
comments introducing the document to
the commissioners
Bullock wanted time to finish reading
the report which the commissioners had
only been given within the last few days
The report's other 21 recommendations
concentrate on developing better public
communications and educating local rest
dents on emergency preparedness
The state report also suggests revamp
ing the Athens-Clarke County Civil De
fense emergency operations staff, both
with training and testing
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by KATHRYN WARE
Talmadge visits UGA
Herman Talmadge, Georgia's senior U S Senator and member of the Watergate
Committee, is on campus today According to the University Union. Talmadge will
conduct three question and answer sessions beginning at 12 30 p m in the
Activities Center of Memorial The second appearance is slated for 2:15 p m in the
pharmacy school auditorium The final session will be held in the law school
auditorium at 3 30 p ni Receptions for Talmadge will be held in the lobby of the
pliarmacy school and the law school percedmg the question and answer sessions
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