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THE RED AND BLACK
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VOLUME H4. NUMBER 76
6 1978
LIERARIE.’?
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602
Inside
Gun control
seminar.
See p.2.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16. 1978
Henry Kyemba speaks on campus
U.S. MAIN COFFEE BUYER
Ex-Amin aide asks trade end
By JOEL BURKE
Assistant campus editor
The United States should Ijoycott all
economic trade with Uganda, a former
aid for Ugandan leader Idi Amin said.
In a Wednesday afternoon press
conference, former Ugandan Minister of
Health Henry Kyemba said 90 percent of
Uganda's economy depends on coffee
exports to the United States, although
these exports make up only four percent
of American coffee reserves
Kyemba said the United States
business lobby has helped prevent the
total termination of trade with Uganda
U.S. trade with Uganda has risen from
about $250 million in 1966 to $400-$500
million this year, he said.
In addition, previously supplied
American aircraft and helicopters are
used to bomb Ugandan citizens, he
added.
Kyemba fled from Uganda in May of
1977 after serving as Amin’s advisor for
five years. Since Amin's capture of
power in January of 1971, 12 ministers
have defected, Kyemba said. Amin has
attempted to find those who live in
African countries by Kyemba said he
doubts he is in danger staying in Great
Britain or the United States.
AMIN HAS had 150,000 people killed
and the killing has escalated in the last
few years, Kyemba said.
“We (Amin’s ministers) thought we
could constrain Amin, but things went
from bad to worse,” Kyemba added
Amin allowed most of the high
government officials from previous
government to remain, so at the
beginning of his reign many people did
not expect the situation to become as bad
as it has, he said
“Amin has no ideology, no system of
government, he does not represent the
Ugandan people,” Kyemba said. Mer
cenaries from Sudan are used to enforce
Amin’s will. "Amin has denied people
their ultimate right, the right to leave
their country,” he added
The Israeli raid on Entebbe airport,
July 4, 1976, brought the final straw that
made Kyemba decide to leave Uganda
DORA BLOCH, an elderly Israeli and
one of the hostages taken by Palestinian
terrorists, was in dangerous physical
health and required medical attention
Kyemba, the Minister of Health, decided
to have Bloch transferred to Entebbe
Hospital. While Bloch was in the hospital,
the other hostages were rescued by
Israeli commandos
Amin ordered Bloch killed and her
body thrown out on the street. This ended
any desire he had to stay in Uganda.
Kyemba said.
“I thought by remaining in the
government I could make conditions
there better," but decided to leave the
tell his story to the world, he said. In a
sense, Kyemba said, it was good he was
exposed to all these atrocities because he
can now inform the world of them
The Organization of African States is
very embarassed by Amin’s actions, but
does not want to publicize them for fear
of damaging its reputation, he added “At
this time the black states are very
conscious of their image," he said.
KYEMBA JOINED the British colonial
civil service in 1962 After Uganda's
independence in 1962 he became an aide
under Prime Minister Milton Obote.
He rose steadily in the civil service,
and in 1969 at the age of 30, became
President Obote’s principal Private
Secretary
After Amin's coup. Kyemba was
promoted to head of the civil service. In
1972 he was appointed Minister of Culture
and Community Development, attending
numerus United Nations meetings.
In 1974 he was appointed his final
position under Amin. Minister of Health.
He was Chairman of African Ministers
from 1976 to '77, and is still technically
Vice President of the World Health
Organization.
man
Art Rosenbaum brings his fiddle, banjo and old time singing
and picking styles to Memorial tonight at 8 p m The concert is
Sponsored by the Friends of Folk Music, and tickets are $1 for
Students and $2 general admission Rosenbaum provided the
banjo music in Paul Newman’s Cool Hand Luke The recording
artist also toured England and France in 1976, visiting laondon
and Paris with his true American folk music
‘PERSONAL CHARGES’
Police chief may countersue
By TOM BARTON
City editor
Athens Police Chief Everett Price said
Wednesday that he is “waiting to see
what happens" with the lawsuit that was
filed against him Tuesday by 11 city
police officers before he files a
countersuit
“Right now, they have muddied the
water with false accusations,” Price said
in reference to the suit filed in the U.S.
Middle District Court in Macon. “As it
stands, they have a chance to amend that
suit before it comes to court.”
Price said if sworn depositions were
obtained by those filing charges against
him, he may file a countersuit. These
were personal charges," he said
The 11 officers have accused Price of
trying to force resignations from those
Allocations
This is the second in a series of three
articles concerning student allocations
By SKIP HULETT
Assistant campus editor
With the budget hearings under way,
and the May 12, 1976 deadline for
approval of school and college councils
imminent, the allocations process for
student activity fees hit a snag.
A week remained before the deadline
and the Senate Elections Committee
suffered a setback with the Senate’s
rejection of guidelines for the establish
ment of councils. The committee
recommended councils include at least
two senators before they could meet
certification requirements
The Senate Allocations Committee, in
officers who do not agree with his
philosophies of police operations.
“PRICE HAS informed two of the
plaintiffs they should look for other jobs
because they were going to be fired, in
spite of the fact that there were no
blemishes on their personnel records
justifying any disciplinary’ actions,” the
suit stated
The chief is accused of refusing sick
leave and vacation time, and engaging in
quesitonable promotion practices since
his appointment to chief in October of
1975 The suit labels the department’s
testing procedures as “a tool to further
Price’s discriminatory practices "
“I am ready for a hearing on the suit
next week, if I have to,” Price said.
A hearing is set for 9:00 a m., April 11,
when federal court convenes in Athens
The chief said that some of the officers
the meantime, was hearing budget
requests from the University Union In
the first publicized cut, the Union’s
requests for its visual arts program and
special events program were cut by
one-half and two-thirds, respectively. The
committee, at the same time, approved a
policy prohibiting funding of any new
salaried positions from student activity
fees and a motion to consider a decrease
in all student salaries was passed
On May 12, the senate still had not been
presented with a set criteria for
certification of school councils, so the
IfPOnilbOity for allocating money for
stu.lrnt organizations within the various
schools and colleges fell upon the Senate
Allocations Committee As a result,
protest arose from those schools which
had set up councils and elected members
named in the suit “are being used by
other members in and out of the
department,” and Price claimed that
several people were still around who did
not like the changes he made when he
was appointed as the top law
enforcement officer.
“I’d like to go all the way back three
years when I first got here." Price said
earlier this week “I was shocked when I
went to my first city council meeting and
saw the place filled with people
demanding that something be done about
the police department ."
NO UNIFORM SYSTEM of promotions
existed at that time. Price said, and “the
people who got drunk the most got to be
lieutenant. There was outright corruption
in drugs and gambling ”
See Police, p. 2
Then, on the same day, a major point
of contention appeared as the allocations
committee, by cutting The Red and
Black's request by two-thirds (from
$42,000 to $14,500) and rejecting all
salaries for the paper's staff, made
known its intention to cut out all student
salaries
The committee reasoned the money
previously used for salaries could be used
to supplement funds for student
programming Specifically addressing
The Ked and Black cut. the committee
said the paper should pay salaries out of
its “large generated income.” The
paper's printing costs alone were over
$100,000 the previous year and projected
total income for the next year was set at
$110,000.
See Allocations, p. 2
history long, complex
Barbershop quartets provide relaxation, fun
A noteworthy hobby
that many enjoy
By ED GRISAMORE
Featttre editor
“Barbershop quartet singing is four
guys testing the holy essence of four
individual mechanisms coming into
complete agreement ”
When playwriglit Meredith Wilson
echoed these words in the 1930s. barber
(hops were more than a place to go for a
shave and a haircut. They were social
eenters- an outlet for gossip, good times
and jolly songs
In 1938, a Tulsa, Okla attorney
assembled 26 men and the Society for the
Preservation and Encouragement of
Barbershop Quartet Singing in America
was born The name was a take-off on the
alphabet agencies of Franklin
Boosevelt's “New Deal" era
Today, barber shops have changed
their image, or at least part of their
(unction But the art of barbershop
singing is alive and well The society
today boasts over 38,000 members and
750 chapters throughout the nation.
“ITS REALLY just like any other
hobby," Dr Jack Munnell, a director in
the vet school, said “It’s a compatible
group ot people who come from all walks
of life and who have found a common
denominator in the enjoyment of
singing "
Munnell is part of Athens' own
barbershop chorus-the 31-member
Classic Chordsmen-which was founded in
1970 Twelve professors and graduate
students from a cross-section of the
University are represented in the group
The group will present "An Evening
With Irving Berlin" Feb 25 at 8 p.m. at
Clarke County H.S.
"Singing with the barbershoppers
requires no great musical knowledge."
microbiologist Dr Ivan Roth said
"That's what I like about it. You need not
worry as long as you can carry a tune ”
Aecoring to Newell Crumley, manager
in the contracts and grants department
at the University, barbershop quartet
singing is harmony produced by four
unaccompanied voices
“THE CHORD structures are achieved
by blending the tenor, lead, bass and
baritone parts." Crumley said
"Barbershop singing is" for all ages but
we have never had a great deal of
participation from students,” Munnell
said "Our group ranges from people in
their twenties to their fifties But 1 have
heard of some barbershoppers who are
still singing in their seventies "
According to member Dr William
Mendenhall, associate dean of student
affairs, there is no such thing as a
"typical" barbershopper
"It defies all stereotypes, he said.
"People from all walks of life and all
segments of the community are
represented."
Mendenhall said a policeman, a funeral
director, a magazine editor and an
insurance salesman all participate in
barbershop quartet
"IT'S A good group to be associated
with." Dr Tom Purinton. of the vet
school, said "It gives you the
opportunity to meet people you might not
otherwise come in contact with
But why barbershop singing’’ "It
permits me to forget about my worries,"
explained charter member Roth
"It's my psychotherapy session." he
laughed "It gets rid of the tensions and
is a lot cheaper than a psychiatrist."