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Senate race
to be bitter
Miller says
; y \ i art nacy to discontinue billing service
Most pharmaceutical items here sell for less than 14. and we
feel that paying by cash or check shouldn't lie too much of a
burden on students.” Curtis said
"Our prices are considerably lower than those of other retail
pharmacies because we buy drugs on state contract at a
considerably reduced cost Also, instead of stocking three or
four brands of a drug, such as penicillin, we purchase only one
brand, allowing us to buy in bulk, which further reduces our
cost
“By eliminating the billing procedure, we hope to save even
more money, allowing us to keep our cost to the students low,”
Curtis said
The student advisory board to Health Services also agreed the
billing service should stop “The Health Services’ accounts
receivable is in bad shape, and it was our opinion that
something should be done." said Beth Hardin, chairwoman of
the 26-member student group
“If extenuating circumstances exist, of course, something will
be arranged However, this should be the exception, not the
. iifli; 11 com: • nded Health Services stop rule," Hardin said. “We feel this is a change in procedure
!mg at the pharmacy. rather than a change in policy," she said
pharmacy will operate on a cash-only basis
o longer offering to bill students for their
• >r ot University Health Services John Curtis
could be an inconvenience to students, but
■ ill u idet stand and cooperate.” Curtis said
■i a ( >1* flow problem for Health Services and
i the move, he said
H* ■»!ili s '*tvices internal audit revealed more than
1 • it.,1. > purchases are billed to students, most for
But generating each bill cost Health Services
•». Gov. Zell Miller brought his senate
campaign to Athens Wednesday, predict
ing his race for Herman Talmadgc’s senate
scat “is going to be a divisive, bitter" one.
Miller announced Monday he would run
for the Senate in 1980 and “that’s a
decision that I reached after months of
agonizing soul searching consideration."
Miller, who has criticized Talmadge for
actions which led to the senior senator’s
denouncement by the Senate and for his
treatment for alcoholism at the taxpayer’s
expense, said in Rome Wednesday he
would not make Talmadgc’s alcoholism a
campaign issue.
In a quest ion-and-answer session at the
Athens airport. Miller explained a state
ment he had made to reporters of having
"problems" w*th alcohol.
“I was asked if I was going to make Sen.
Talmadge’s bout with alcoholism an issue.
I tried to answer that honestly. I said. ’no.
that’s not an issue. Rather than stopping
there. I volunteered that I had some
problems with John Barley corn myself.
“I said what I mean by that is II years
ago hi 19 and 68 on my way home from
teaching a night class at DcKalb College. I
was stopped in Avondale with a six-pack of
beer in my front seat. I was charged with
DU I and paid a fine. It has caused me a
great deal of mental anguish over the past
II years. Miller said.
In Rome. Miller had told reporters. "No.
I haven't had treatments (t«*r alcoholism)
requiring hospitalization. I’m not a para
gon ot virtue. We all have weaknesses. You
asked me it it was going to be an issue and
I said ’no."’
Miller, a former college history professor
and former Democratic Party executive
director, declined to outline his campaign
platform, saving only he plans to put forth
a "progressive, very positive plat form in
the months ahead " Miller added he
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Zell Miller plans a ‘progressive, positive platform
doesn't plan to begin concentrated cam
paigning until the General Assemble
session closes in March.
Miller repeated Ins belief that Georgia
teachers’ salaries are too low . plugging his
sales tax bill. "We're an island right now
as tar as teachers’ salaries." Miller said.
Miller's plan calls for a I percent
increase in the state sales tax coupled with
a sales tax exemption for food and drugs.
Revenue generated Irom the increase
would he enough to offset the lost tax
revenue from food •"
enabling the state to raise •
“I think I’ve got a bet let
elected United States s
General Assembly parsin'
Miller said.
Asked if he thought Ins
hurt his support among Gcvt
ers. Miller said. "I rcaliv
didn’t put forth tb.t' prop •
whether it would help
Miller likened the pi ■;
and chugs to a poll tdx. u .;u
pay to exercise their right i
you think it’s just as wrong i
to live?" Miller said.
Miller said his c-ampuiio ’
has “a long, long wav to g I
to be a lot of peaks and
confident the people ot (•
going to stand for a doitbh '
one set for a U.S. senatot anh
teach our children." Mil!
ly referring t*< lalmadgt
Poor weather forced Mill
appearances in Gaiiu svith
Tuesday and he drove to \
than living in as he on •
Miller will be m Athens
to address a noon lunchi-u
district attorney conference a
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UGA Today
\tter darkness
Flashes from Fran
According to Fran Rauschenberg, Coordinator of Academic Advising in the
College of Arts and Sciences, two very important events will be happening
Tuesday.
If you would like to learn more about career opportunities in business,
although you are not pursuing a HHA. plan to attend "Business Night for
Non business Majors" at 7 p m. in Room 145 in Brooks Hall A&S may have
a solution to your dilemma
And Cecilia Carter. Emory University School of Nursing Officer, will visit
the University to discuss th“ Nursing School admission requirements, and
financial aid. with any and all students interested in attending Emory. It s
happening at 2 p m in Room 505. Journalism Buiding
>i ng in were out on the prowl for tricks and
• . I ii. traditional Halloween regalia, and Susan
indy Allman and hospital worker Wayne
Athens General Hospital to X-ray candy
tin children At right, more little Athenians
r.eiir.g from door to door, and they found that
. |> irciits were getting into the scary spirit
■ I SPECT, COUNSELOR SAYS
INMATES LACK
World's Greatest Cocktail Party
reform
over prison
Heading for Jacksonville'' II so. you
may want to drop by Memorial Plaza
today between 10 a m and 3 p m and
purchase a t shirt from the Residence
Hall Association The shirt boasts
"Florida Fling Tt) The World's
Greatest Cocki.nl Party." The 5-color
Resign shirt features a red-eyed
Bulldog propped against a table with a
cocktail glass in the paw Shirts sell
for $5
i t l. 'ki- i 'minty Correctional
Ever since the 1790s wln-n
have had different idea* :il>«
Many times, prison cns«-
rehahilitntiun
Rehabilitation is a goal
rehabilitated many pro un
learn to support themselves
At one time, inmates a' in
courses for which there .«
Technical Education Cei t. •
That vocational training :
decided that "very little u.»-
Robert Vongue indust»■.
"As tar as I’m comet
James Hewitt, coorduum •
Take a Trip to the Mount
All interested students are invited to
take a trip to Stone Mountain this
Saturday wiht the International Club.
Buses will leave Memorial Hall at
approximately 9 a m and return to
campus around 5pm The fee for
non-members is $2 and members can
go free In case of rain the group will
still go to Atlanta and see a film For
more information call International
Students Office at 542 1557
tile took auto mechanics
openings i at the Athens
HEWITT SVII) niov
background in auto met
"A lot of our student>
specialized skills in orde
By contrast. Hewitt s.
showed no motivation .n
by federal money und**i
Hewitt said the center
auto mechanics if tin* ;■
The welding course at
teachers found the inma
center to end auto mech;
to continue the vocatiof
center and provide fh*
It Varies
ig in auto mechanics,
program was funded
Attention friends and neighbors'"
There is great news headed your
way— 7th and Mh periods are
cancelled on Friday for the Home
coming Parade Just remember folks
you heard it in Ugga Toadir
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity presents
their annual Variety Show tonight at
7 3o hi North P J
Admission is 75 cents plus a canned
good or $t Proceeds go to helping
needy families in the Athens area to
have a happy Thanksgiv mg
to tw successful and
»♦ the decision by the
a tie "cost effective"
the inmates to the
Photo oy LAURIh KLLINGTOf
The chapel-classroom was funded entirely by community donations
Bogie’s Back
If you like Golden Oldies be sure
and watch < asablanca tonight at 8 on
Channel 17 This tale of wartime
intrigue and romance won the
Academy Award for Best Picture in
Starring Humphrey Bogart and
Ingrid Bergman
Another Oldie is The Boston
Strangler Tony Curtis stars as Albert
deSalvo who was accused of murder
ing II women Also starring is Henry
Fonda and George Kennedy Channel
2 at 9 p m
didn t provide one dollar We had to raise every quarter
Allen believes Clarke County needs an innovative program in which the prisoners ca i
prove they are responsible, contributing members of society He is in favor of allowtn as
certain prisoners to work for wages at least two hours a day
"The inmates don't need to work for the county eight hours a day.' Allen said "Wha *
if an inmate has five kids and a wife** Instead of forcing them to go on welfare, th . ,
inmate ought to be allowed to work for a company and pay back whatever he ha
ripped off In that way he could gain responsibility and help support his family.” 5/
\lli*n is also critical of the parole system and believes the five number parole board
appointed by the governor, should be replaced by members of the community in wtltd , N
the prison is located
An evaluative committee ought not to be made up of prison officials." Allen saidV*1 f
ought to be made up of local, average citizens of all colors—black, green, orange an- V.
red people—who review the performance of the prisoners and the institutional staff.” J
\l I HOI < ii i HI i i
the job training whil tl*«
Georgia (high school K<j..
about 2u inmates ha\ • •
Inmate Richard Turner w
his GED and is now takn g <
In some re*pec t - » la-
well-rounded college and \
program What if at. n
l Diversity neartn Iv.*
All teaching is on a volui,
(he inmates built a chap*
principal of Cedar Sima Is Hu
$55 (NX) needed to build the •
"It took veai* and ve.u
.ink robbery earned
dsville has a
led educational
We have the
Turner said
iM>n Last year
Mien assistant
ng to raise the
11 The county
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