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VOLUME 84. NUMBER 27
RED AND
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602
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I UNIVEr-'TY or 'TORGIA I
I OCT 28 1977 I
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1977
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Biology dept,
responds to
criticism.
See p. 2.
Notes may link Mooney to
By ED GRISAMORE
Assistant city editor
Clarke County Police Chief Tate Brown Thursday revealed the existence of a series
of handwritten notes that may link John H. Mooney, owner of Somebody's Pizza, to
the murder of local saloon owner T.K. Harty.
Mooney was bound over to Superior Court. A trial date has not been set
Brown testified in the chambers of Clarke County Magistrate Pierre Boulogne
that two unsigned pieces of stationery possibly referring to the Harty shooting were
said to be found in Mooney's possession when he was arrested by Cobb County
authorities Oct. 8.
Harty was found shot to death in his secluded Cleveland Road home on Aug. 30 He
had been shot through the left side of his head with a .38 pistol.
A 46-year-old Atlanta electrician, Elmo Liston Florence, and Mooney were indicted
by the Clarke County Grand Jury on Oct 14
Robert Reinhold, manager of the Prime Time Restaurant, testified at Florence’s
commital hearing on Oct 5 that he had talked to Florence Sept 20 Florence allegedly
told him he was a "hit man” and was paid between "J50no to $10,000" by Mooney to
kill Harty
AIRLINE TICKETS and a passport issued Sept. 26 were also allegedly found in
Mooney's possession when he was arrested at the apartment of a college friend, Rick
Newman, Brown said.
Brown did not indicate the destination of the airline tickets but said the passport
had been stamped Oct. 27.
The papers allegedly found in Mooney's possession read: "What would the charge
Harty death
be 9 Would it be better for me to lay low until the DA has revealed his evidence’’”
Brown testified that the notes made reference to Florence’s four previous felony
convictions He also mentioned the possibility that Florence's nephew. Stephen,
overheard conversation between an unidentified man and Florence concerning the
purchase of an unregistered snub-nosed 38-caliber handgun to kill somebody in
Clarke County that he 'the unidentified mam owed money to.”
ACCORDING TO Brown, the note stated. "Should I take the whole rap and say that
robbery was the motive” and "We have an agreement for me to pay his wife and
family $125 per week "
Brown said that Mooney, who sat quietly through the hearing, had declined to
handwriting analysis and that efforts were now being made to locate samples of th^Si
pizza parlor owner’s writing
Panel hears
administration
presentations
By HOPE DLUGOZIMA
Assistant campus editor
The House Legislative Committee on
Higher Education, meeting as a full
committee for the first time since March,
listened to presentations by University
organizations Thursday afternoon.
Reporting on the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, incoming director Tal
Duvall, said that even though state funds
are increasing, federal funds for
programs are decreasing
"We don’t get federal funds anymore
unless they’re earmarked for particular
projects." Duvall said.
The Cooperative Extension Service is
currently operating on a budget of $32.2
million, $14 million of which is from state
funds, according to Dr. S. E. Younts, vice
president for services. "This means that
every dollar we get from the state is
matched by other sources,” Younts said
Other sources include things such as
federal funds and grants, according to
Younts.
Agriculture, which constitutes a major
part of the Cooperative Extension, brings
in $2 5 billion each year to the state,
according to Bill Craven, director of
agriculture for the service. “One half
billion of this goes to the farm people
themselves We have nearly 55,000 farms
in Georgia and are 14th in the nation in
farm income," Craven said.
"Working with farmers is a challenge.
We’ve got farmers with a fourth grade
education working with 2000 acres of
land. They’re dealing with complex
chemicals and machines A lot of
information is needed. With support from
the legislation in Georgia we can have all
the facilities we need," Craven said.
Saying the facilities at the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education are
“grossly overcrowded," Director T. W.
Mahler said that the potential at the
center is "tremendous. We constantly
have to turn away people."
"We are the organizational device
through which every school at this
University can reach the adult public,"
Mahler said With a staff of 250. the
center served nearly 84,000 people in
1976-77, he said.
One of the biggest programs at the
Georgia Center is WGTV, a station
licensed to the Board of Regents for
educational purposes. The station com
pleted 444 television productions last
year, according to Rill Hale, associate
director of communications. “We have
the largest viewing potential of any
television station at any university in the
nation." Hale said. A 30-foot tower is
currently being discussed to replace the
12-foot tower which now services the
station "We would be able to pick up all
Public Broadcasting Service programs."
Hale said.
VP petitions
for payment
Student Government Association (SGA)
Executive Vice President Nancy Neal has
filed a petition to the Student Judiciary
requesting that SGA President Rob
Hancock be required to reimburse her for
travel expenses to monthly Student
Advisory Committee (SAC) meetings,
according to a letter sent to Hancock
from Chief Justice Jeff Lanier.
The letter orders Hancock to explain
Monday why Neal's injunction request
not be issued.
In a related letter sent the same day by
Hancock to Dean of Student Affairs
Dwight Douglas, Hancock explains his
side: "The executive branch has no
treasurer per se, and as its chief officer I
feel that I should have a voice in deciding
who will travel and for whatever
purposes."
Neal does not represent the University
“in its best light," the letter continues,
adding being president and only official
representative of the University to SAC,
Hancock has the power to determine the
delegation to SAC meetings.
In an interview, Hanoi ck added he will
revise his argument for presentation to
the judiciary, citing constitutional laws.
Photo by WINGATE DOWNS
What better way to spend a Thursday night than by "parading right idea when it comes time to get fired up for this
around" campus? And a picnic on Legion Field beats Bolton weekend's Homecoming festivities. How did they fit all those
iny day of the week In any case, these students have the girls on that car, anyway?
A&S dean search
to begin shortly
By BRYANT STEELE
Campus editor
The search committee for a permanent
dean of the Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences is almost complete in its
makeup and will soon begin its work,
according to a letter written by senior
faculty adviser Merle Prunty
The letter, which was read at
Thursday’s meeting of the Arts and
Sciences faculty senate, indicated the
committee would consist of Prunty. the
five division chairmen of Arts and
Sciences, five division representatives
selected by those chairmen, the three
members of the senate’s executive
committee and Arts and Sciences student
Rebecca West
Prunty’s letter further stated the
committee would convene n approxi
mately 10 days to “organize and get
started."
Later in the meeting the senate agreed
to draft a statement approving Prunty’s
letter and the makeup of the committee
A motion to require candidates for the
position to receive two-thirds approval of
the committee, to insure that all
committee members have equal voting
rights and to require the committee to
regularly report to the Arts and Sciences
faculty was tabled
Some members of the senate felt these
provisions were understood without the
action of the senate
Dr Kenneth Whitten, in delivering the^
Admissions Committee report to the
senate, asked questions concerning the
admission standards into the Franklin
College
"How can we go about improving the*
student body of the Franklin College?"
Whitten asked H# said he would like to
know if his committee had any control
over admissions into Arts and Sciences
if the University determined all such
policies.
Several members complained that
students were being adm.tted with
inadequate grade point averages
Dr William Payne, acting dean of Arts
and Sciences, said he would investigate
the admissions policies
In other action, the senate approved
recommendations 8, 9 and 10 of the
so-called Edwards committee report,
establishing a committee on committees
a committee on instruction, a committee
on faculty affairs and three faculty
directors
Rusk Center to be dedicated today
Foreign trade a study topic
By BRYANT STEELE
Campus editor
Second-oldest building will house offices
By SKIP Hl'LETT
Staff writer
both Room (o accomodate various clinics, waiting rooms and
therapy rooms
Increasing dependence on foreign oil means the United States must study all
aspects of its foreign trade, former secretary of state and University law professor
Dean Rusk said in an interview Wednesday
"From a national point of view, the U S. is going to have to look hard at Its
investments in foreign markets We must do our best to export in order to earn
foreign exchange lo pay our oil bills," Rusk, secretary of stale under Presidents
Kennedy and Johnson, said
The Dean Rusk Center for Internationa! and Comparative Law, which will be
dedicated this afternoon at Waddel Hall, will undertake two studies designed to
answer questions related to foreign investments, Rusk said.
One study will look at "the limitations we impose on ourselves which affect our
competitive positions abroad We'll get into tax policy, antitrust policy and other
things that get in the way of competition with industrialized countries looking for
markets to pay their oil bills," Rusk said.
THE CHANGING law of the sea. on which "we do not know whether there will be
a new international agreement,” is the subject of the center’s other study, Rusk
said. If a new agreement is not reached, nations will act unilaterally regarding
matters such as mining the ocean floor and drilling for oil below the ocean, he
added
An important role the law center will play is in studying the impact of these type
changes on the state, according to Rusk "The thinking in Washington is on a
national level, but the impact on states could be very important There are
questions of Jurisdiction, resource management, environmental issues and how
responsibility should be allocated between the federal and state governments. ' he
said.
Rusk added he knows of no other state undertaking this type study
The law center will be aiding local attorneys and business groups. Rusk said.
"We'll put ourselves at their disposal. That’s one of the functions of a University.
“THE SOUTHEAST is going to grow—perhaps disproportionately to the rest of
the country. It’s investments will grow rapidly We believe that places upon our
law school a responsibility to give more help to lawyers and businesses, to assist
them in those parts of the law that deal with international law." he added
Regarding whether the Rusk Center will lend prestige to the University and its
law school, Rusk said. "Prestige has lo be earned If we accomplish what I hope
and expect, respect will be a normal and natural byproduct "
Rusk is two years past state retirement age He has continued teaching and
receiving private funds for the last two years, since he is ineligible for stale funds,
he said. Retirement is a year-to-year matter, and ”1 won't hang on." Rusk said He
added that this is his last job.
After formal retirement, “I would like to remain active in the center.” Rusk
said.
HE ONCE made about 50 (peaking appearances a year, but makes fewer now.
Rusk said T don’t leave campus if it means missing a class, so weekends are
usually crowded. I'm cutting down on my outside schedule "
Rusk said he likes to keep his administrative role on campus to a minimum "I
have great sympathy for anyone who has administrative responsibility around the
University." he said
Waddel. one of the oldest buildings on campus, was renovated to house the
center. Later, the center will be moved to an addition, to be built on the law school
Scheduled guests for dedication ceremonies, which begin at 3 p m , include Gov
George Bus bee Mrs. Lyndon B Johnson, widow of the former president, and
George Ball, former undersecretary of state
Rusk will be chairman of the center’s board of directors, which will include
University President Fred C. Davison, law school Dean J Ralph Beaird. business
school Dean William C Flewellen. agriculture Dean Henry W Garren and law
professor Robert N Leavell.
Frederick W Huszagh, associate professor of law. will be executive director of
the center.
Where the cream of University cows was once kept, the
cream of minds in international affairs will soon gather to
devise new approaches to inlernational law
The newly-renovated Waddel Hall, at one time the State
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, will house the
Dean Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law
after its official dedication today.
Named after Dr Moses Waddel, president of the University
from 1819 until 1829, the building has endured practically the
whole life of ihe University and served many purposes since
its construction in 1821. II is the second oldest building on
campus, surpassed only by Old College (1805)
The post-colonial Federal style building has been
undergoing renovation since late May. roughly the ninth such
facelift the old edifice has experienced in its 156 years of
existence “We've tried to keep as much of the old look as is
possible." Vance Cecil, administrative department manager
for the Physical Plant, said.
"FOR INSTANCE, that front door is the original door to the
building and it's a much better door than any we could have
replaced it with There were probably 20 to 30 coats of paint
on it where, anytime it has needed painting, it has just been
repainted on top of the old coats of paint. So we took it down,
stripped all those coats off and repainted it and it'll probably
be there in another 150 years," he added.
When the two-story building was completed in 1821, each
floor served a different purpose altogether The lower floor,
which will house the offices of Dean Rusk and Dr Frederick
Huszagh. executive director of the Rusk Center, originally
was used as a chapel
The (op floor, where philosophy material and a small
library existed in the beginning, will house six smaller offices
and a work area Maritime law expert Dr Milner Ball and Dr
Gabriel Wilner, noted authority on international and
comparative law. will occupy offices on the second floor along
with second- and third-year law students compiling material
for a journal on international and comparative law
For a few years prior to the establishment of the State
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1872, the
building housed a gymnasium. Exactly what kind of
gymnasium is anybody's guess, considering that the entire
building is aboul as long as a basketball court and not a lot
wider
FROM 1872 until 1906. the agricultural college remained in
Waddel. and at least one interesting event sprung from this
period in the building’s history
It was the custom then to keep the cream from the
University's cows stored on the bottom floor of Waddel, and
sludents found the temptation of swiping fresh cream a little
hard to resist. At least one of these midnight excursions is
reported to have ended with the emergency removal of a
cream can from some intrepid young man's head
In 1906, Thomas W "Uncle Tom" Reed, longtime registrar
of the University and noted historian, moved into Waddel and
remained there until his death in 1952.
After Reed's death, the building was used as a storage area
until remodeling began again, this time to prepare it for the
establishment of a speecn therapy center Workers modified
THE VERSATILITY of Waddel did not cease with
installment of the speech therapy center. The building has—
since been the home of two other University facilities, the
Institute of Law and Government and. most recently. Ihe
University Press.
Extensive renovation has been necessary to prepare Waddel
for the dedication of the Rusk Center, according lo Physical
Plant Director William Jordan "We went in initially lo
repair, not replace, the majority of the structure, but many
things simply could not be repaired and be expected to last "
He added. "For instance, we set out to|patch and partially
repair the bottom floor, but the further along we got wilh it
the more numerous the repairs became It has been fixed so
many times in the past that replacement was required lo
avoid weakening the floor any more " Eventually, the whole
‘We went in originally to repair, not
replace, the majority of the structure,
but many things simply could not be
repaired and be expected to last.’
— William Jordan
wooden floor was replaced by a concrete one
Jordan said as well as eliminating structural problems, the
job has Included “upgrading the electrical service (Ihrough
rewiring and increased light installation I and installing a
dependable mechanical system Roughly, the cost of the
operation is around $75,000 ”
Jordan estimated an average of 15 to 20 workers had been
involved with the job Outside conlractora did a portion of the
renovation, building and installing a new stairwell ithe former
one did not meet fire safety regulations), carpeting,
contructing new downstairs windows and completing a
suspended ceiling Physical Plant workers were responsible
for all other work done on the building
The bulk of the labor involved the first floor. Cecil said The
first floor windows had to be completely replaced and all new
offices were partitioned off "We had to strip the interior walla
down there and put in steel reinforcements to replace the
wooden lentils behind the plaster which had become
termite-infested and rotted out." due to a porous type of
plaster which had allowed water leakage and caused the
decay. Cecil said
Central air and heat are the chief new additions to the
building Cecil said only minor work will remain to be
completed for the dedication, such as the installment of a few
more bookcases, minor plumbing work, end the completion of
a custodian's room