Newspaper Page Text
The Red and Black
Athens, Georgia Wednesday, October 22, 1980 Volume 88, Number Z1
“An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community "
News 543-IHOtt Advertising 543-1791
Iran turns down Carter ’ s proposal
LONDON, (UPI)—Iran’s funda
mentalist leadership Tuesday reject
ed President Carter’s offer to lift the
arms embargo against Tehran if the
52 American hostages are released
Tehran Radio said.
The radio, monitored in London by
the BBC, said Prime Minister
Mohammad Ali Rajai met with
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, after
which it was “stressed that
negotiations would not be considered,
even though there might be offers,
for example, of spare parts.”
The ending of the embargo would
unfreeze $8 billion in Iranian assets
in American and European banks,
and make it possible for Iran to get
spare parts for its U S. made
military machine
Carter’s statement, and another by
Secretary of State Edmund Muskie
Monday that America wanted to see
Iran remain united, spurred rumors
that moves might be afoot to free the
hostages, now in their 353rd day of
captivity.
Former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger said Monday that “judging
form the plethora of statements
being made, and the rapidity, there
are some negotiations going on.”
Tehran Radio, in its own commen
tary on the rumors, said Carter was
trying to strike a deal with Iran only
to boost his re-election chances.
“The government of Iran will not
give Carter the slightest signal, and
will not allow him to show off such a
signal on American television, and
bring the news of an imminent
solution to the hostages issue,” the
radio said
On Oct. 10, the chief Iranian
delegate to the United Nations, Ali
Shams Ardakani, said Iran had been
making “signals” to Washington
about improving relations and was
“amazed" the United States had not
responded
An aide to Rajai told UPI in a
telephone interview that the fate of
the hostages would be determined by
parliament when it had disposed of
all its other business and not before
“As soon as the Islamic Majlis
parliament has nothing more to
discuss, it will take up the issue of
the hostages,” the aide said.
The aide, Who identified himself
only as Mahdaci, said, “The United
States has created more work for o\fr
Majlis by its recent acts, which
why the Majlis has been unable to
take up the issue ”
This appeared to be a reference to
earlier Iranian charges that Wash
ington was supporting Iraq in the
Gulf War.
WUOG committee discusses ‘going public’
By FRANK REISS
Staff writer
The WUOG self-study committee
Tuesday discussed the feasibility of
joining National Public Radio,
reviewed its purpose and talked
about the low response to the student
surveys.
Sandra Neville, a University
librarian and a non-voting committee
member, presented to the committee
ATLANTA. (UPI)-Police officers
launched a “Kids Don’t Go With
Strangers” children’s safety cam
paign Tuesday in the wake of 10
slayings and four disappearances of
black children in Atlanta during the
past 15 months
A reward fund surpassed its goal
of $100,000, climbing to $140,800
Tuesday as civic groups and
businesses pumped in tens of
thousands of dollars in an effort to
shake loose possible leads in the
cases.
Police said Tuesday they are
investigating an eyewitness report of
another child abduction, but authori
ties say no missing persons claim
has been filed.
A psychic from Nutley, N.J., who
claims success in solving murder
mysteries, prepared to give investi
gators a mental picture of a possible
killer
The special task force investigat
ing the crimes was increased to 24
Tuesday with the addition of three
metro-area investigators
Police and firefighters went
door to-door in a city-wide canvass of
residences for the second day,
hoping someone, somewhere has
seen something suspicious in their
neighborhood.
Since July 1979, 14 black children
between the ages of 7 and 15 have
disappeared. All the children came
the options open to WUOG as told to
her by NPR spokeswoman Joann
Jacka
To be an NPR full-member station,
WUOG must meet all standards set
forth by NPR, which it does not do
currently. However, waivers of
criteria are available. One
requirement is that a full-member
station must have five full-time
professional staff members. WUOG,
which has no full-time staff memers,
from low-income neighborhoods.
Ten of the children, nine boys and
one girl, were later found slain.
Police said none were sexually
molested
The Georgia Fraternal Order of
Police, acting independently from
official channels, said its children’s
safety campaign would target 100,80ft
elementary school students through
out the state
“The problem it addresses knows
no city boundaries,” said state FOP
president Bill Peacock, a suburban
Atlanta police sergeant
The drive is patterned after a
similar campaign in Michigan three
years ago that was prompted by
seven cases of slain children.
Although the Michigan killings
remain unsolved, Peacock said the
"Kids Don’t Go With Strangers "
theme proved effective
“Children don’t understand the
meaning behind the headline Mur
der,he said, “but they do
understand a song and a story
book.”
The story-oriented coloring books
emphasize the dangers of getting
into cars with strangers, and a
record accompanying the book has a
catchy, bouncing song named after
the campaign theme
"We would like to see this the No.
1 song in Georgia," Peacock said
Civic groups, businesses and
could probably get one. Neville said.
A full-member station must also
have a satellite dish in order to
receive NPR’s news reports, cover
age of public events, cultural
programs and other special pro
grams. The estimated cost of such a
dish would be $60,000, according to
Neville. Keith Billingsley, commit
tee chairman however, said he
thought the estimate was high
Funding of a satellite dish could
governmental bodies pledged more
than $50,000 Tuesday to the growing
reward fund that Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson hopes “will shake
the tree loose” in the stymied probe.
Jackson last week asked for
private donations to match the
$50,000 already raised at that time,
including $20,000 from the city. The
response has surprised city officials,
who say commitments have now
pushed the fund to $140,000
The special task force Tuesday
was investigating an eyewitness
report from an off-duty military
policeman who said he saw three
black men drag a girl about nine
years old screaming into a car
Monday night
But investigators said no missing-
person reports have been filed with
police.
“We have an eyewitness; we have
to take it seriously,’’ said police
spokeswoman Marian Lee. “We just
don't have a report for anyone
missing.”
The door-to-door canvass, being
conducted for the second day,
appeared to be getting a favorable
support from residents, but authori
ties said it is too early to tell if the
program is a success Residents are
being handed a packet of materials,
including a questionnaire and safety
tips.
come from several grants WCLK
radio at Clark College in Atlanta
received $77,000 grant last year, but
Neville said the chances of receiving
a similar sum for WUOG were not
good Jacka told her only 10 percent
of applicants get such grants
A second alternative for WUOG is
for it to receive an associated station
status. This involves paying dues to
nearby NPR affiliates and taping
their transmissions. Neville warned
that WUOG would “be at the mercy
of the host station.”
Billingsley said he had reserva
tions about an associated status.
Possible stations to be associated
with are WCLK. WABE. and WRFG,
ali in Atlanta. Billingsley said he
felt these stations' proximity to
WUOG would prevent taping while in
WUOG is on the air.
The cheapest alternative open to
WUOG would be to increase the
station’s tape service. WUOG
receives programming on tapes
through the mail from national
organizations. Billingsley said the
committee “should not be too
concerned about money. We ought
to decide how we would like to do
it.”
Billingsley reminded the commit
tee it is a “self-study” group. He
asked Jim Forbes, general manager
of WUOG, to survey employees at
the station. He told Forbes to ask
employees their ideas on program
ming, personnel, supervision and
technical aspects at the station
“Let them raise whatever issues
they feel are important We want
their image of what they want to
project to the outside,” Billingsley
said.
The committee reviewed the
results of a student survey designed
to reflect students’ feelings on
WUOG programming, but fewer than
100 surveys were returned by
students from the 14,000 that
appeared in Thursday's issue of The
Red and Black.
The committee will not analyze the
surveys scientifically, but will
institute a field survey on campus
The Circle K Club has expressed
interest in assisting with the field
survey. Billingsley said
Atlanta police start safety program
after recent child disappearances
Konald Reagan
Reagan,
president
negotiate
for debate
WASHINGTON, (UPI)-With only
two weeks left before election day,
negotiators for President Carter,
Ronald Reagan and the League of
Women Voters attempted Tuesday to
reach a compromise to stage a
debate between the two top
presidential candidates.
The league organizers, the would-
be sponsors, said they knew nothing
about any new breakthroughs since
both sides adjourned their discus
sions Monday afternoon without an
agreement. A league spokesman
said she was awaiting calls from the
two camps
Aboard Air Force One, White
House spokesman Rex Granum said
it was likely that Carter negotiator
Robert Strauss will get together with
the league soon
No one would say for sure that
there would eventually be a debate,
however, and a top Reagan adviser
suggested the Democrats might
actually be “trying to get out of it."
The Reagan campaign said Tues
day they offered to schedule the
encounter any night between Oct. 28
and Nov 3—the eve of the election.
The Carter negotiators balked,
however . , t
No locations were mentioned, but
the Cleveland Press reported Tues
day the debate will be held in
Cleveland either next Monday or
Tuesday night. A panel of three or
four reporters will question the
candidates and a moderator will
oversee the exchanges, the newspap
er said
Sources indicated to UPI that the
event, which will be broadcast by all
three networks, will last 90 minutes
and will allow follow-up questions by
reporters and-or rebuttal statements
by the candidates
James Baker, Reagan's debate
adviser who was in Houston
Tuesday, told aides he expected a
call from Strauss Monday night to
firm up the deal
But the call never came "Frankly,
I think they’re trying to get out of
it,” one aide quoted Baker as saying.
The GOP aide said each side had
additional differences over the length
of the debate, but that it was agreed
to “split the differences down the
line.”
Originally, the league, once it had
disqualified independent candidate
John Anderson, had invited the two
candidates to participate in an Oct.
28 debate in Cleveland Carter’s
negotiators said, however, that
Sunday night, Oct. 26, would be a
better time because more viewers
would have time to see the exchange
There was apparently a consensus
that there will be no vice presidential
debate
Jimmy Carter
By BRYAN A. HINT
Staff writer
So, you think it’s a long walk from the Coliseum to North Campus
and you would rather take the bus?
If that’s the case, then what would you say to a five-month hike from
Georgia to Maine with a 50-pound pack on your back?
Five University students <as well as 1.000 or so others from across
the nation) considered it something worth trying. With a pack on their
backs and a good pair of walking shoes on their feet, they converged on
Mt Springer in North Georgia last spring and began the 2,100 mile trek
northward along the longest continuous footpath in the world—the
Appalachian Trail.
The five left Georgia, not knowing each other, in three separate
K rties. Bruce Wiles started on the trail with his former roommate,
ike Morrison on March 29, Ted Bullard and Baxter Hammack left
March 30; and, Michael Howard, hiking solo, also left on March 30.
“I tried to find someone to hike with," Howard said, “but it’s not
easy to find someone who can or is willing to take five months off. be in
the right physical condition to make the trip and be able to get along
with me all at the same time When you throw those variables into the
picture you narrow the list of people real quick So I decided to do it
alone.”
But, why would anyone want to do it at all? For Hammack and
Howard, it was a chance to get away and think for a while For Wiles,
it was just something to do “I’ve been backpacking since I was
10-years-old, when I climbed the rock of Gibraltar.” Wiles said
“After that I was hooked When I first heard of the trail, back in
1972, I decided it was something I’d like to try And, every year since
1975, I’ve hiked several hundred miles of the trail just for the sake of
being out there It’s become a part of my existence, a renewal sort of
thing,” Wiles said.
The trail was created between 1922 and 1937 and is maintained by
volunteers, various outdoor clubs and other interested organizations It
begins at Mt Springer, Ga.. runs along the Crestline of the Appalachian
Mountains, passes through 14 states and ends at Mt Katahdin, the
see HIKING, p. 3
TRAIL TALES
Students take a hike
Academic freedom a right?
By MICKIE VALENTE
Staff writer
Editor's note: This is the second of a
two-part series examining academic
freedom. Today's story looks at
academicians' opinions of the
concept of academic freedom and
whether it protects them in the
academic community and the
courtroom.
Thd question of academic freedom
has been the topic of much debate
between academicians across the
country for the past few months
Their question—is “academic free
dom" an inherent right or a
professional privilege 0
Three months ago, James A
Dinnan. reading education professor,
was charged by a federal court judge
to a 90-day jail term for contempt of
court when he refused to disclose his
vote on a promotions hearing for
then psychology education professor
Maija Blaubergs
Dinnan, whose vote had been
subpoenaed as part of the discovery
process in Blaubergs’ sex discrim
(nation case against the Univerasity.
claimed his “academic freedom'
was protection against disclosure of
his vote. ,
However, U S District Judge
Wilbur Owens disagreed, and said,
"Nowhere in the Constitution is there
anything about academic freedom
Some professors disagree
“Academic freedom is basically
protected by the First Amendment,
said Law School Dean James R
Beaird
Jordan Kurland, general secretary
of the American Association of
University Professors, said the
professor is entitled to his “constitu
tional protection of the First, not
just the rights granted him
"specifically by academic freedom.”
Walter P Metzger, a Columbia
University history professor, admit
ted he knows of no previous court
cases where academic freedom was
cited as a legal defense, and said, “I
doubt any reference can be made to
academic freedom in the Dinnan
CMS
But Metzger added. "He (Dinnan)
may feel he's on the frontier of a
defense He could raise a
constitutional question and I'd like to
see him do it."
Associate University Philosophy
Professor John Granrose agreed
with Metzger's view of Dinnan's
case, saying academic freedom is
not what is at issue here Outside of
the university the faculty member
has just the same freedom and rights
they normally would have, as a
citizen."
Consequently, it seems the major
point is whether the federal courts
can compel a professor to disclose
information concerning his conduct
in university procedures outside of
the classroom, such as Dinnan's
participation as a member of a
promotions committee
According to the University
statutes. “Information of a personal
or private nature about faculty shall
not be divulged by any office of the
University except upon legal compul
sion. except for official University
purposes or at the request of and
with the consent of the faculty
member concerned "
see ACADEMIC, p. 2