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Trial starts today in streaking case Photo by BOB NICHOLS Experience in living here French students share smiles and coffee with University college campuses, the students are members of the students as part of their tour of college campuses in the International Experience in Living Tour. United States. Arriving from a recent tour of New York Campus workers get everything but pension Editor's note: This is the first of a two part series on the local labor situation. This first article examines the education al background, pay and benefits of unskilled workers at the University. Next week's article will examine the same conditions for unskilled workers in local industries. By MICHELE STEVENS Production Manager Today's labor market has a higher proportion of high school drop-outs than any other educational-attainment group, including those who did not complete grade school. A random survey of the files of 23 University workers placed in unskilled positions, excluding current University students, shows that 12 did not finish high school, eight did not complete elementary school and three are high school gradu ates. The unskilled jobs at the University have no minimum requirements for education, training, or experience at the entrance levels Supervisory positions require an eighth grade education or a n equal combination of education and experience. Some of the applications in the files used to determine educational attainment had to be completed by friends or personnel employees; the applicants — who were later hired — were functionally illiterate Unskilled positions include those of News analysis maid, custodian, and food service work ers Workers in this category at the University receive all of the same benefits that other University employees do except a retirement plan. Such a plan must be approved on a higher level than the University Personnel Office and would have to be extended to all employees in the University System in any newly included class. Salary figures for the last four years have been checked, and an increase in base pay was noted each year Before the Board ot Kegents lopped 2.4 per cent off ol the University budget the personnel office showed a minimum wage of $2.24 per hour — with a ten cents night shift differential -for unskilled employees. The figure is closer to $2,60 per working hour after 15 days paid vacation. 12 days of sick leave and 10 paid holidays are allowed for. After five years of continuous employment the number of days of paid vacation increases, to 18; alter ten years it moves up to 21 days. New salaries for this year are not certain yet lor any University employee University employees also receive yearly raises based upon merit and available funds, free uniforms with yearly reissues, paid court duty, free life insurance ithe amount is based upon yearly salary) and health insurance free lor the employee and at a reduced rate if he chooses a laniilv plan During the past year the personnel office has sponsored a number ot supervisory training programs lor employees to provide qualified personnel for "in- ,iou.se promotion, or io allow for current employ ees to he promoted to supervisory positions within their department. Obviously, an unskilled worker is not getting wealth working for the Universi ty The logical questions, though, is this: "Would an unskilled worker — olten without training, experience, or a high school education - do any better if they were working lor local private indus try - ’" By JOHN HABICH News editor Five “Skystreakers" will face tiial today in Clarke County State County on charges of public indecency, for allegedly parachuting onto the University intramu ral athletic field nude on Mar 7, 1974 Three of the defendants. Lee Edward Floyd. Ill, Robert Gregory Kempf. and Marvin David Mewbron. were University students at the time of the incident The other two alleged parachutists are Phillip Gordon McCormick and Craig Cum mings. The "Skystreakers" allegedly landed naked in the intramural field two consecutive nights during last year’s “Streak Week.” There was speculation at the time that the five men might have been pursuing a national streaking record previously held by West Georgia College, that for "highest streaker.” The Mar. 12, 1974, issue of The Red and Black described the Mar. 7 jump as a "5500 feet, 20 second free fall” which “brought the University its first sli cak ing record." A second title was gained that same week when 1543 “spirited participants" joined in a University “streak-in." A man who allegedly streaked through the Coliseum during a Georgia-Georgia Tech basketball game. Mark Ford. Jr , faces a separate charge of public indecency under the same state statute (26-2011), which states that “a person commits public indecency when he performs any of the following acts in a public place and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor." THE STATUTE enumerates sexual intercourse, lewd exposure of sex organs, and lewd or careless or indecent fondling of the body of another person, as acts of public indecency, for which the maxi mum penalty is not more than 12 months confinement and-or a $1000 fine Several incidents during the brief streaking craze prompted over a dozen arrests, although none were made in con nection with the mass streak-in. A man who streaked a speech by visiting U.S. Sen Herman Talmadge was also not apprehended. Methods of identification used by police included taking pictures, recording tag By SUSAN WK1.I.S A recent conlrontation with University police has prompted a faculty member in the College of Education to announce that he will not return next fiscal year "I simply don't want to work where something like this could happen." Assis tant Professor Bryan Lindsey said numbers of cars involved, and facial recognition by police officers of partici pants in the week's streaking events, a University Police official said at the time of the arrests Local attorney Edward Augustine, who is representing the "Skystreakers." filed a petition earlier this year that the case be moved to U S District Court in Macon, because of alleged "prejudicial" By PAT McGEE News editor The Athens Observer has been warned to bring its campus distribution methods in line with University policy. The warning came in a letter from J W Broadhurst. director of business services for the University, to Observer editor Pete McCommons McCommons suggested the warning may have been in retaliation for a story the Observer printed last week, but Broadhurst denied the allegation According to McCommons and Chuck Searcy, another Observer editor, the letter from Broadhurst was the first official notice they have received from the University concerning their distribu tion methods in the 19 months they have been distributing on campus They said that although they have had several conversations with University officials about the matter, the letter, dated Thursday. July 24, was their first official notification of the revised Univer sity solicitation policy. THEY POINTED OUT that on the same day the letter was written the Observer had printed a story concerning an incident involving a University profes sor and a campus policeman following the professor's circulation of a survey among faculty members When questioned about why he wrote his letter on that particular date, al- Dr Bryan Lindsey was approached by University police July 17 because of his connection with an anonymous question naire circulated among University facul ty Although he wasn't arrested. Lindsey was read his constitutional rights and questioned about the use of University material for the questionnaire The questionnaire contains 15 items on University faculty administration matters and evaluations of oolicv Resnonses I remarks made by State Court Judge Grady Pittard before prospective jurors Augustine dismissed the petition, how ever. after the case failed to be called during State Court's week of criminal trials last May Kenneth Stula. solicitor of State Court of Clarke County, said last night that a jury of five women and seven men were selected yesterday to hear the case though the policy had been in effect for some time. Broadhurst replied, "Really, it didn't come to mind until that time " He added that he sent the letter on his own initiative, and that only his office was aware that the letter had been senL When asked whether he had seen the Observer story before sending his letter. Broadhurst replied. “I don't read the paper I don't get it." The revised solicitation policy was approved by the University council at their May 26. 1975 meeting The section of the policy concerning campus distribu tion of newspapershas remained substan- tally unchanged since December of last year and prohibits bulk drops The Observer currently makes its distributions at various locations around town and campus by bulk drop Although Searcy and McCommons expect the paper to go on a subscription basis in the near future, they plan to continue free campus delivery Concerning what would happen in the future. Broadhurst commented,.“At the present time. I imagine the distribution would go on Usually the policing de pends on complaints They would be notified of any action to be taken before it's taken " Searcy and McCommons plan to con tinue to distribute the Observer in the same manner Searcy stated. "I think the policy simply won't stand up under a constitutional test The next step, if there is a next step, is up to the University,” were to be in the form ol a rating from low to high Included in the survey was S request to send the completed question naires to Board of Regents Chairman Charles Harris Harris and University President Fred C Davison denied any "official sanction” for the questionnaire, and on the morning of Lindsey's encounter with University police. President Davison issued a state ment to faculty saying that the question naire was not distributed by Harris or any other member of the Board of Regents Lindsey said he was summoned to Dean Joe Williams' office where he was met by Captain Dave Morris of the University Police Department According to Lindsey. Morris said he thought that Lindsey was in violation of a federal statute, "harrassment by mail." But investigating officers later made an official statement saying. “We investi gated the incident because at the outset it looked like a possible theft-of servicea case, and we investigated it on that basis. We did not determine any criminal elements, and the case was closed." University police refused to comment on whether the investigation had origin ated with the administration. President Davison was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Lindsey said he has not heard from the administration since the episode with campus police Lindsey said, "The items in the questionnaire dealt with problems that have concerned faculty members for a long time They were not designed to be harmful or spiteful "Several faculty members, including myself, have, worked on this question naire. and consider it a legitimate acade mic persuit,” Lindsey added Lindsey called the action of the police, "harassment" and added. "I think send ing University police on a mission like that is reminiscent of 1939 Hitler Ger many/’ Capsule news AAl/P seeking suit money The University's chapter of the American Association of University Professors lAAUP) has requested by mail financial contributions from all members of the University faculty for financing of the AAUP suit against the State Board of Regents to recover pay increases stricken by budget cuts Fund Raising Chairman Rolf Bargmann said the national AAUP organization has been asked to contribute to the legal expenses of the suit which are estimated at $5,000 Handgun control group forms Georgians for Handgun Control. Inc., the first statewide citizens group to work for effective controls on handguns, was formed last week to act as a statewide clearinghouse for public education and action on the need for handgun controls. The organization intends to work closely with groups in Georgia who have already identified handgun control as a high priority issue. Congress overrides health veto A $2-biliion health measure was enacted into law Tuesday after Congress overrode one of President Ford’s vetoes by a 9-1 margin in the House. Earlier the Sente had rejected Ford's veto 67 to 15, only hours after the White House announced the veto on Saturday. The health bill designates $1 42 billion for health services and health revenue-sharing programs that award grants to states for projects such as community mental health centers, migrant health and family planning during 1976-78. Photo by HOKE CAKTEK DR. LINDSEY RESIGNS FOLLOW ING UNIVERSITY POLICE ACTION i.indsev was read his ronstitu'lonai rights and questioned by University Police Observer warned about on-campus distribution Harassed' faculty member announces he will leave VOLUME 81, NUMBER 131 III THE red and black Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602 WEATHER Today's forecast calls for temperatures rang ing from a high in the MO’s to a low in the 70’s. There is a 50 per cent vhance of rain through out the day. THURSDAY, JULY 31. I VIS
