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New SGA officers'
installation tonight
By BETSY NEAL
Assistant news editor
* Newly elected members of the Student
Senate will be sworn in today at 5:30 p.m.
in the Activities Center of Memorial.
Other activities on the agenda include
the election of senate officers, and the
elections of allocations committee mem
bers.
Candidates for senate president and
# treasurer must have at least one year’s
experience within the senate, while the
offices of vice president and recorder
have no tenure pre-requisite.
0 ONWARD, which has a two-thirds
majority within the Senate, has only two
members, Patty I^owe and Bobby Tank-
ersley who have the seniority to qualify
• for either president or treasurer
Informed sources within ONWARD
have indicated that the party will
probably support Bobby Tankersley for
« treasurer and Patty Lowe for the
presidency.
Tankersley is past president of the
Ag-Hill Council and ran for executive
• vice president of SGA with Progressive
Student Alliance last year.
It is rumored that Coalition will
probably run Buck Pennington for the
« presidential post and Charles Morris who
served on last year’s Student Senate
Allocations Committee for treasurer.
The office of treasurer is thought to be
« the most powerful and influential in the
Student Senate, and possibly within
student government as a whole, since the
treasurer is automatically chairperson of
# the senate allocations committee.
THE ALLOCATIONS committee is
responsible for distributing the Student
Activities Fees to various clubs, organi-
c zations and media on campus. Last
year’s requests totaled over $700,000, with
Agents, tips
assist local
drug squad
Uv gaky towkhs
Four narcotics agents working with a
collection of undercover equipment ar.d
an efficient system for checking out tips
t have made the Athens-Clarke Metro
Drug Squad into an agency which
averages one raid arrest a week, accord
ing to a spokesman for the group.
"So far it’s been pretty successful."
* said agent Steve Bowers
The squad has been in operation since
November. 1973, and operates on a
$55,000 budget, funded primarily by the
* federal government
Rowers added that with additional
people the agency could be even more
successful than it is now.
* The four agents were culled from the
local police forces: City, the University
Police and the Sheriffs Department
However, the drug squad is already
* aided in its surveillance by the use of
equipment such as telephoto cameras,
binocular cameras and bugging devices.
Raids are conducted with the assist-
• ance of one or more of the local law
enforcement agencies.
NEARLY Al l. information leading to a
* raid originates with an informant, ac
cording to Bowers
He explained that the agents take two
courses of action in following up drug
• tips.
if the tipster is willing to give his
name, all information he gives is checked
and rechecked prior to making an
• arrest." Bowers said.
If all the questions check out to be true,
the informant is considered reliable,
according to Bowers, and the agents
< consider that they have sufficient
grounds to obtain a search warrant and
make a raid.
The agents follow a course of surveil-
• lance if the informant does not want to
give his name.
“Anonymous tips must be carefully
checked," Bowers said. "The squad has
, to be sure that the suspect is guilty of
drug abuse before trying to make an
arrest.”
Bowers explained that the purpose of
, the metro drug squad was to reduce drug
abuse in the Clarke County Area by both
a law enforcement approach and an
educational approach.
BESIDES MAKING arrests, the
squad's agents speak to civic groups and
schools and deliver literature on the
, subject of drug abuse
All of the agents are peace officers of
Georgia, and can also participate in
surrounding counties. They have recently
t worked with law enforcement agencies in
Oglethorpe and Oconee counties in mak
ing drug arrests.
only $477,000 available. The major re
quests for next year have already been
turned in, totalling $548,558 The final
total is expected to reach $750,000, with
even less funds to allocate this year than
last, because of a projected drop in
student enrollment
The available funds this year are
expected to total between $470,000 and
$475,000, with the University Union re
questing $300,000. over three-fifths of the
available finances.
The allocations committee consists of
four elected senate members, the treas
urer of the Student Senate, the adminis
trative vice president of the SGA (Tomi
Elliott l and one member appointed by
the president of the SGA, J Rivers
Walsh .
INFORMED SOURCES within ON
WARD have indicated that Mike McKee
on ONWARD, treasurer of the Interfra
ternity Council, will definitely be a
member of the committee, either by
senate elections or executive appoint
ment. Another name that has been
mentioned is Carl Duyuck of the Univer
sity Union.
Several ONWARD leaders have stated
that they consider it essential for at least
one Coalition member to be on the
allocations committee because of the
needed experience, and it is rumored that
this will be Charles Morris.
The executive appointment to the com
mittee is expected to come from the still
undecided ministerial posts of business
and finance, organizations or communi
cations.
The vice president of the senate is
automatically chairperson of the elec
tions committee, a post presently held by
Leslie Becnel. ONWARD will apparently
run Jay Blackburn for this post. Coalition
will probably offer Sam Davis.
In other business. Coalition will present
a plan of legislative research for the
senate committees. Under this plan.
Coalition members will be assigned to the
various senate committees, and will
research proposals, talk with administra
tors and find ways to implement senate
decisions.
City to hear
bus proposal
By LAURIE GREGORY
City Editor
The Athens bus system, approved by
voters in a referendum last May, moved
closer to completion as a date for a
public hearing on the system was set for
May 30. according to C. M. Adams,
project manager for Model Cities.
The cost of the system, which has been
in the planning stage since the May 31
referendum, is projected at $1.2 million,
Adams said.
Originally, 50 per cent of the funds
would be provided locally, with a
matching Federal grant covering the
cost. Under a revised plan, the federal
government will provide 80 per cent of
the funding, with the state and local
governments providing 10 per cent each
of the funds for the building stage.
THE SYSTEM would include 15 air-
conditioned, diesel-powered buses, a bus
maintainance garage, shop equipment
and passenger shelters Other areas of
the system such as the routes, the color
of the vehicles, the operating hours of the
system and the cost of the ride to
passengers still remain in the planning
stage.
Adams added that the Federal Urban
Mass Transit Administration and the
state authorities will allow some flexibili
ty in making minor changes in the
Residence
determined
by 'intent'
Students who are residents of Clarke
County can register to vote at the County
Courthouse on Washington and Hancock.
For voting purposes only. legal resi
dence is defined as intent If a student
tells the registrar that he intends to make
Clarke County his permanent residence,
the registrar will take his word for it.
The last day to register to vote in the
August 13 General Primary is June 21.
Last day to register for the General
Election is July 26
A person can register during a 14-day
period after those deadlines if he intends
to vote in the governor's and lieutenant
governor’s races only.
The earliest day one can apply for an
absentee ballot is May 15 for the General
Primary and August 7 for the General
Election A person applying for an
absentee ballot should apply at least a
week earlier than the above deadlines
Anyone who is registered in another
state and intends to make Georgia his
residence is responsible for canceling his
registration in the other state
The Voter Registration Office is open
from 9 a m.-5 p.m., except for an hour for
lunch, usually between noon and 1 p.m.
system after the approval of these
agencies.
The May 30 public hearing was set at
the April meeting of the Mayor and
Council. Scheduled at the council cham
ber of City Hall, the hearing is a require
ment of the Federal agency, Adams said.
The transcript of the hearing will be sent
to the UMTA as an application exhibit
At least Iwo of the application exhibits
are still in negotiation with the state
including the size of the buses and the
bus routes, Adams said.
A 31-PASSENGER bus costing $39,000
or $585,000 for the group and a 45-passen
ger bus costing $45,000 or $675,000 for the
group are the options. Adams said the
authorities favor the larger buses.
"During the peak hour of traffic in
Athens, the 15-bus fleet of larger buses
will carry a minimum of 210 more seat
passengers than the fleet of smaller
buses,” Adams said.
The proposed cost of a ride on the
Athens bus system is 25 cents The
proposed hours of operation are 7 a m. to
6:30 p.m daily.
The system would not necessarily be a
money-making concern. Adams said
Profits would depend on citizen partici
pation. Adams commented adding that
the system would provide a valuable
public service, particularly in view of the
gas shortage
(TOP, l.-R) BUSBEE, COOI.IDGE. EAGAN AND G \MBRKI.I
(Bottom. I.-Rl Jackson. Lankford. Rowan, Smith and Thompson
Photos by JOHN BASSETT
Gubernatorial candidates
vie for student support
By LEN PAGANO
State editor
Approximately 250 persons attended Pi
Sigma Alpha's gubernatorial forum Tues
day night in Memorial Ballroom and
heard nine of the 12 candidates in this
year’s race attempt to garner student
support
Major subjects which students question
ed the Democratic, Republican, and
Socialist Party hopefuls on included
campaign ethics, environmental protec
tion. education, a student regent and the
Equal Rights Amendment
Capsule News
Kennedy here Saturday
Sen Edward M. Kennedy will be the 1974 Law Dav speaker al the University
May 4
Kennedy will speak at 11 a m. in the Law School Auditorium to law alumni,
students and other visitors
Other Law Day weekend events will include student moot court competition on
May 3. a student bar association reception, a meeting of the law school s Board of
Visitors and a speech by Gov Jimmy Carter on May 4
Hilltopper editor named
Gregory Colquitt has been selected editor of the Ag Hilltopper for the 1973-74
school year Susan Smith will serve as managing editor and Bill Bradley w ill serve
as assistant managing editor These selections were made by the Ag Hill Council
The Ag Hilltopper is issued every two weeks and is funded by the College of
Agriculture.
EEO office in Candler
Dr Myrtle Reul. acting Equal Employment Opportunity officer now has an office
in 208 B Candler
The office can be reached by calling the School of Social Work and asking for
Reul A full-time secretary, Barbara DuVall, has been employed to assist Reul
As to the status of the University’s Affirmative Action Plan. Reul said that
reports on the plan are now being prepared by the Department of Health.
Education and Welfare
"We ve been informally told that our plan does not fit in the category of plans to
be rejected,’’ Reul said She added that HEW would send an official letter,
suggesting changes in the plan, to the University in the coming weeks
Democrats appearing were State Sen.
Harry Jackson, former US Senator
David Gambrell. State Sen Bobby Ro
wan. George T Smith. State Rep George
Busbee and Jennings J Thompson
Republicans George Lankford and Bill
Coolidge were also present, along with
Socialist Party candidate Vince Eagen
In opening remarks. Jackson said he
felt it was time for a new student center
to be built on campus. Gambrell. mean
while, told students that "for far too long,
Georgians have been ashamed to talk
about their governor — it’s time to
change that."
Rowan agreed, telling the audience
that if elected, he would replace clown
acting government" with his efforts in
health, education and environmental
protection.
Smith identified his major platform
ideas, telling students that his candidacy
represents "solving people's problems ’
Busbee. majority leader in the Georgia
House, encouraged those present to
become active in politics in spite of
Watergate-type corruption
Thompson, a Christian Reform Demo
cratic candidate, pointed out the need for
the country to reform and return to Clod
"The nation's blessed whose God is
Lord." Thompson said He pointed out
that Tuesday was proclaimed by Con
gress as "National Day of Humiliation."
and urged students to pray for the
country
IN HIS OPENING statements. Lank
ford stressed that a Republican
governor could effectively govern and get
legislation passed Lankford, the youngest
qualified candidate in the race, said he
felt his age was not a strike against him
Lankford's opponent in the August
primary. Coolidge. said he would not run
state government "behind closed doors’’
and added that "a Republican governor
would bring a brand new day and a fair
share" to all Georgians
Socialist Party candidate Eagen indie
ted the major parties' candidates, calling
them tools of big business and not
representatives of the people
Following the initial remarks, students
questioned the candidates On the ques
tion of the merit of a student represonta
tive on the Board of Regents, only Rowan
and Lankford approved the idea without
reservations
Rowan, the originator of the bill, said
"those governed have a right to have a
voice in government " Lankford added
that "I have a lot of confidence in young
people "
Of the nine candidates present, six
voiced support for the ERA. Gambrell.
Thompson and Lankford voiced reserva
tions on the measure
Lankford, who said he was for it until
two year ago. declared that the measure
is no longer needed
"Since the Fourteenth Amendment was
ruled on as meaning that all persons are
equal. 1 feel that this measure is
unnecessary." Lankford said
Gambrell voiced reservations on the
bill because "it does some harm by
removing certain rights ’’ He added,
however, that he would favor a measure
which did not jeopardize certain protec
tions for women
ONE STUDENT asked for a show of
hands on those candidates who would
work for legalization of marijuana Only
Eagen responded The crowd applauded
him
All of the candidates voiced support for
campaign ethics, environmental protec
tion and various forms of tax reform
During onv exchange, Busbee denied
that he had any connection with Georgia
Power Company Busbee had been accu
sed of pushing a measure through the
Georgia House last year which gave the
large utility $14 million in tax refunds
"There were two bills which Georgia
Power desperately wanted defeated this
year, and I was the sponsor of the two
measures." Busbee said.
He added after the forum that the
allegation that he was influenced by big
interests was "unadulterated hogwash by
a desperate candidate."
Gambrell, who made the charge that
the House and Senate leadership passed
the rebate bill which favored large
landowners such as Georgia Power, said
that "either the bill was ignorantly
passed, or it was done in the interests of
big business."
Gambrell added that "I will only tell
the truth — and if someone is smitten by
the facts. I’m sorry."
AT A RECEPTION in Russell following
the forum. Republican Collidge said he
did not think that the party would be hurt
in the fall because of Watergate
"I think the voters will consider the
merit of the candidates running "•
Coolidge said
VOLUME HO. NUMBER 110
THE RED AND BLACK
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WEATHER
The forecast for today
ca Is for variable cloudi
ne»s with a chance of rain
today and tomorrow. Ilighs
shoild he near M0, with
low* in the low 50’s.
THURSDAY . MAY 2. 1974
