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VOLUME H3, NUMBER 1(H)
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA 30601
FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1977
Senate not unwilling
to work with Douglas
Photo by GEORGE SICAY
LOCAL FIREMEN WORK TO CONTAIN BLAZE
Witness says the cotton warehouse, empty for 15 years, was a "fire trap".
Cause of fire unknown
in local warehouse blaze
Bv SWANN SEILER
and TOM BARTON
Four units from the Athens Fire
Department answered a call late Wed
nesday night to the Cotton Compress
Company warehouse located on Hickory
The warehouse was owned by the
Farmers Mutual Exchange, a division of
the Gold Kist Corporation in Atlanta,
According to Cliff Oliver, a spokesman
for Farmers Mutual, the empty ware
house had once been used to store bales
of cotton, but it had been vacant for a
number of years.
According to reports from the Athens
Fire Department, the dispatcher first
received the call at approximately 11:23
p.m. and initially sent two units. Two
additional units were called in soon after,
and the fire was brought under control at
12:30 Thursday morning.
The fire was reportedly still smoldering
late Thursday afternoon. No injuries
were reported.
A SPOKESMAN for the Athens Fire
Department said the cause of the fire is
unknown.
Tom Wier, owner of the North Georgia
Pecan Company, which occupies a ware
house on Foundry near the Cotton
Compress Company, said that the ware
house was *‘a fire trap,”
“I have been in my building for 35
years, and the Cotton Warehouse has
been empty for the past 15 years,” Wier
said. Years ago the roof had even fallen
in, he added.
Bill Crawford, co-ownet of the Craw
ford Coal and Mattress Works on Foun
dry. said he felt it was a wonder that the
warehouse had not burned down sooner
"I went in there about two years ago
with the police looking for some stolen
saws, wrenches and other equipment,”
Crawford said.
WHEN INSIDE, Crawford said he
noticed a lot of loose cotton lying around.
“It was not in bales, but there was a
pretty good pile of it scattered around,”
he added.
Even though one end of the warehouse
had collapsed, Crawford said he felt the
building was in “pretty good shape.”
Crawford said he knew of winos who
used to go into the empty warehouse to
sleep.
No representative from the Gold Kist
Company in Atlanta could be reached
concerning the actual monetary value of
the Cotton Compress warehouse.
By BRYANT STEELE
Staff writer
The Student Senate is not unwilling to
work with Dean of Student Affairs
Dwight Douglas on the allocations pro
cess, according to Senate Treasurer
Robert Crout (Graduate).
Crout was referring to action taken by
the senate Wednesday night, in which
they refused to review allocations re
quests for small clubs for the remainder
of the academic year unless Douglas
returned to the senate their previous
allocations powers
Douglas earlier this year formed a
committee to handle allocations proced
ures that had been the work of the
senate. The senate was left to review
requests of small clubs while Douglas'
committee handled major allocations
Crout returned the senate’s allocations
requests to Douglas yesterday. Douglas
was not available for comment.
A LETTER written by Crout accom
panied the requests. “The senate will be
anxious to work with you in making a
complete budgetary package. ” the let
ter stated.
According to Crout, the senate hopes to
get a clarification of Douglas' position
Douglas has said the senate is incapable
of handling the allocations process, Crout
said If the senate is incompetent to
handle major requests, how can they
handle small clubs? Crout asked.
Small clubs require a great deal of
work, and the concerns that exist with
major allocations should be present in
the allocations for small clubs, he said
Next year's senate may seek legal
recourse if Douglas does not return its
allocations powers, Crout said.
“The senate has just about removed
itself from the allocations process," Rob
Hancock, president of the Student Go
vernment Association (SGA), said.
"Their only power now is to revise
weekly travel requests.”
HANCOCK ADDED the senate appar
ently wants no part of Area IV (small
clubs) of the allocations requests if they
can't participate in all areas of the
process That is the stand Crout and
other senators have taken
Rebecca West, chairman of Douglas'
allocations committee, has said the
student members of that committee
might be asked to review the small clubs'
requests The students have agreed to do
so if they are asked. West said
Tom Cochran, an accountant with the
Student Affairs Office, also said the
students might be asked to review those
requests.
Student discount
possibility studied
By BRYANT STEELE
Staff writer
The possibility of allowing a discount
for University students at local stores is
being looked into by the Consumer
Affairs ministry of the executive cabinet,
according to a press release issued
yesterday by Ed Grisamore. press secre
tary for the Student Government Associ
ation (SGA).
The plan calls for a "credit card” to be
issued to students for a period of two
years, allowing them discounts in part-
cipating stores The card would replace
the coupon sheets which some merchants
now hand out on campus, Grisamore
said.
Other items being looked into by
agencies of the cabinet are modification
of the physical education iP.E.i require
ment, a student vote on the Athens City
Council, a Lumpkin Street bus route, and
an investigation of the controversial exit
exam
According to the press release. Gret-
LAW DAY ACTIVITIES
Vonce to speak Saturday
Gov. Busbee appoints
three new directors
By GREGG STE1N1.E
Assistant state editor
Gov. George Busbee yesterday announ
ced the appointment of a director to the
Governor's Office of Planning and-
Budget, and directors to head two state
programs, at his weekly press confer
ence.
Busbee also commented upon President
Jimmy Carter's energy program and its
effect upon the state, and government
employes’ right to strike.
Clark T. Stevens was named director of
the planning and budget office. Stevens
will replace James T McIntyre, Jr. who
left the Busbee administration to become
deputy director of the federal Office of
Management and Budget under Bert
Lance, former director of the Georgia
Department of Transportation in the
Carter administration
Stevens helped design and implement
the aero-base budgeting system imple
mented by Carter while governor of
Georgia, according to Busbee Stevens
recently spent a week in Washington
helping design the zero-base budgeting
systme the President wants to employ in
the federal government, he said
BUSBEE ALSO appointed Jasper Dor
sey as Director of the Friendship Force
for Georgia, a non-profit, private organi
zation designed to promote peace an
friendship throughout the world
“It's a privilege to serve in this
capacity in what to me seems to he a fine
and outstanding program of people to
people and person to person contact,"
Dorsey said
The Friendship Force was first created
in Georgia during the then governor
Carter’s administration and First Lady
Rosalyn Carter is now the National
Honorary Chariman of the newly revived
Friendship Force concept
The Friendship Force intends to send a
group of 381 people to Newcastle on Tyne.
England on July 4, 1977 The 747 used to
transport the group will return with 381
English people, and both groups will
spend 10 days in the respective host
countries
“We in Britain think it a great honor to
be invited to take part in the inaugural
flight of this program,” said Frank
Kennedy, a consul from southeastern
office of the ambassador from Great
Britain
THE FRIENDSHIP program is open
ing the opportunity to join in the trip to
people from all professions, said a
spokesman for the organization
Applications will be taken between 3
a m and 5 p m. Saturday and Sunday
and from 6 30 to 8:30 p m Tuesday at the
following locations:
—The downtown branch of the Trust
Company Bank
—The Decatur Federal Savings and
Loan Association Skyroom at 250 E
Ponce de Leon St., Decatur
—The Trust Company Bank Buckhead
branch on Peachtree Road
Those people selected to make the trip
will be required to pay a $250 fee and will
have room and board provided by the
host for four days and nights The
travelers will also be expected to provide
an individual to act as host for one of the
English visitors
The governor also said he supports the
President's energy program but is con
cerned about how it will affect state
highway funds He said he and Kentucky
Governor Julien Carroll sent a ioint letter
to Carter before his energy address to
Congress expressing this concern and
was pleased to note the President
included a refereneq^o the problem in his
sppcch.
BUSBEE also stated he feels govern
ment employes have a right to join labor
organizations, but does not feel they
should have the same right to strike that
is enjoyed by employes in private
industry
By HOPE DLUGOZIMA
Staff writer
U S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance
will speak at the University Saturday as
part of Law Day activities
This will be Vance's first public speech
at a college since he was named to his
cabinet post
Among activities during the two-day
program will be a speech by Gov. George
Busbee at the annual Law Day luncheon
on Saturday.
Also scheduled for Saturday is an
appearance by Sen Herman Talmadge
(D-GA ), who will present at 10 a m a
portrait of Law school graduate John A
Siblen to the school
Other events include the Richard B
Russell Moot Court competition on Fri
day at 1:30 in the Hatton Lovejoy
Courtroom. The intramural moot court
competition will take place at 3:30 p.m.
in the courtroom
WUOG will transmit Vance's speech,
via “Voice of America," to a worldwide
audience, according to program director
Bill Murray.
“Voice of America" is a government
funded network which tiansmits to
short-wire listeners
WUOG had originally planned to broad
cast only the speech but will also air the
question and answer period afterward,
according to Murray. "They will tap into
our line and pass it on to their audience.”
Murray said
"Voice of America" has a network of
113 transmitters, 41 of which are in the
U.S. The other transmitters are located
in Germany, Greece, Morocco, Liberia,
Thailand and several other countries
Their broadcasts "present news and
news-related items of America and world
events, news analysis, commentaries and
editorial roundups to provide overseas
audiences with a balanced and accurate
concept of the many facets of American
life and clear information regarding
U.S policies,” according to their opera
ting laws
CYRUS\ANCE
chen York, minister to Academic Affairs,
attended a coUmittee meeting where the
P E requirement was discussed. SGA
voiced opposition to the requirement
ATHENS MAYOR Upshaw Bentley fa
vors a student voter on city council, the
press release said The office of Com
munity Affairs is working to get approval
of a student vote on the council, Grant
Raeside. administrative vice president of
SGA, said
In addition to the Lumpkin Street bus
route, a survey of apartment residents
regarding the Athens Transit System
(ATS) will be undertaken, the press
release said
ATS bus schedules are not always
compatible with University class sche
dules. Raeside said. "The buses make
their stops in the middle of class
periods," he said.
IN addition, when students begin using
the ATS buses, they might board one at
the Park Hall stop, expecting to be taken
to their residence halls, Grisamore said
THE ATS BUSES, however, don't turn
onto Cloverhurst Ave. as the University
buses do, but continue up Baxter, be said
At this time, the ATS buses don't make a
stop on Baxter, he added.
Even if the ATS buses began stopping
on Baxter, a problem exists for students
crossing the street where the residence
halls are located. Grisamore said
A questionnaire concerning the exit
exam has been sent to some faculty
members and department heads, accord
ing to the press release.
The purpose of the questionnaire is to
find out what the exam is for, to see if
the exam is being used to improve the
educational system as the Board of
Regents claims it is. Raeside said
The Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
ministry is trying to involve Greeks in
the drive for a new student center, the
press release said
"(Georgial Tech's Greek system was
the motivating force behind the develop
ment of their student center." Grisamore
said.
In addition, an alumni telethon may be
held next fall to raise funds for the
center, according to the press release
Other possible programs listed in the
press release are forums between SGA
and the housing department, a represen
tative in the Student Senate from the
Residence Hall Association, and a co-op
bookstore.
Students to aid Plains planners
H> ROBERT YLEXANDER
State editor
Plains, Ga.. is a city under siege,
and students in the University's School
of Environmental Design are heading
south next month to help the city
defend itself against an onslaught of
tourists visiUng President Jimmy
Carter's hometown
Dr Bill Mann, a faculty member of
the school, said in an interview
Thursday that he thought of the idea
•if helping out the city an I giving his
students some practice spenence.
after hearing how Plains nad changed
after Carter's Democratic nomination
last Augus'
Mann said about 60 stud. “•« w ill be
divided into four teams, headed by
professional architects and planners
from major firms in the North
“Each team captain, or boss, will
nave a team of 15 students to work
three days in which to analyze and
interpret the whole range of environ
mental. economic and social condi
tions that's been happening in Plains
since Carter won the nomination," he
said
MANN SAID the purpose of the
project is, "to get our students
directly engaged in a mock profes
sional office type project." Students
will go to the town May 11, 12 and 13,
he said
And Plains could use the help
According to City Clerk W.C Lamm,
“This is something that the (city)
council does not have time to do "
The students will come up with
planning objectives and goals. Mann
said They will develop a land-use
policy, a design for downtown busines
ses and possible zoning ordinances, he
said
A study by the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration (LEAA) in
December. 1976, warned of increasing
security problems in the area, such as
shoplifting, trespassing and thefts
The LEAA also predicted about 10
per cent of the traffic along 1-75 will
be diverted each year to Plains The
residents of Plains, which has a
population of only 710, can expect a
deluge of 1.813.225 annual visitors,
according to the report
ON PEAK DAYS such as weekends
or during holiday and vacation sea
sons, the study projects 11.909 tourists
per day
Mann said their plan will study
"how to preserve and enhance the
historic portion of Plains" and pro
vide, a the same time, plans for the
ci'v to cope with the Secret Service
contingtent and the ubiquitous press
corps which follows the President
Bill Wiley, planning director of the
Middle Flint Area Planning and
Development Commission (APDC)
said he was, "real pleased that they
(the studentsi are going to be doing
some work."
The APDC is helping the town too,
he added The planners are providing
"technical assistance" through a
grant from the U S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Mann said the project was a
school-wide operation Besides the 60
students directly involved, the rest of
the students in the school will be
helping out by taking notes and
photographs and running errands
Mann stressed, however, that the
project will only be recommendations
to city officials
"The ideas that will come from tl.is
will be shown to the mayor an
council, but by no means will it be in
fact a professional contract project.
These ideas will be generated from an
academic setting.” he said