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The Red and Black
na, Ga. Tuesday, January 26, 1982 Vol.SS, No.SI An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community News 543-1809 Advertising 543-1791
Linking evidence given in Williams’ trial
ATLANTA (UPI) — Prosecutors produced
testimony Monday from policemen and medical
examiners in an effort to link Wayne Williams,
charged in the slaying of two of 28 young Atlanta
blacks, to more of the grisly killings.
Superior Court Judge Clarence Cooper ruled
earlier Monday that prosecutors could present
evidence linking Williams to 10 other killings in
addition to the two for which he is standing trial.
But the prosecution team indicated it would not
present testimony on all to.
Williams, a 23-year-old black photographer
and would-be talent scout, is charged in the
slaying of 21-year-old Jimmy Ray Payne, the
26th victim, and 27-year-old Nathaniel Cater,
the 28th to die.
The state claims Williams is linked to the 10
other slayings by fibers and, in three cases, by
witnesses who saw the suspect with the victims.
Prosecutors, in asking Cooper to let them
present the additional evidence, said they
wanted to show "pattern, scheme, plan and bent
of mind."
Testimony Monday centered on the slayings
of three young blacks — Alfred Evans, 14, the
second victim; 12-year-old Charles Stephens,
the 14th to die, and 14-year-old Lubie Geter, 17th
on the list of 28.
Evans’ body was found along a steep em
bankment on July 28, 1979, just 150 yards from
where the first victim, Edward Smith, was
found
Stephens’ body was found near a street curb
on Oct. 10, 1980, and Geter was found near a
road in a wooded area last Feb. 5.
Monday's testimony came from police of
ficers who helped identify the victims and from
two medical examiners — Dr. John Feegel and
Dr. Robert Stivers. Feegel, an assistant Fulton
County medical examiner, performed autopsies
on Evans and Stephens Stivers, who performed
the autopsy on Geter, has testified previously
about an autopsy he conducted on Cater.
Feegel said Evans and Stephens died of
asphyxiation He said Evans was probably
strangled, while Stephens was possibly suf
focated.
Stivers testified Geter died of “asphyxiation
by strangulation.”
Defense attorney Al Binder pressed Stivers on
statements he had made last March, indicating
there was no set pattern of death among the
young blacks who were asphyxiated
The medical examiner explained that because
some of the victims were strangled, while
others appeared to have been suffocated, "there
was no medical pattern.”
Stivers testified he checked records going
back to 1963 and said asphyxial deaths among
young blacks are “very uncommon, probably
less than four a year." Court was recessed for
the day following the medical examiner’s
testimony
Binder had angrily objected to the
prosecution's attempt to introduce the new
evidence and asked for a mistrial when Cooper
ruled in favor of the state. The motion was
immediately denied.
The judge on two occasions warned the jury of
eight blacks and four whites "not to permit this
evidence (concerning the other 10 killings) to
bias you against the defendant," and reminded
them that Williams was charged only in two
slayings.
Ellis Lowery, a member of the special police
task force that investigated the 28 slayings,
testified Stephens' body was "partially clothed
and it was laying out as if it had been laid out —
not thrown from a car" when found near the
street curb
He said the body was clad only in pants and
one shoe.
Evans, who vanished July 25,1979, was found
three days later lying on a steep bank in a
wooded area just off a road. The state’s first
witnesses explained that he was not formally
identified for more than a year — when his
misfiled dental records were found — because
his mother refused to accept that the body was
his.
Saturday attendance low
By LINTON TURNER
Krd and Black Conlribtiting Writer
Saturday was the first time in over a
decade that the University has official
ly held weekend classes, but overall low
attendance, empty classrooms, good
parking places, and empty bus seats —
uncommon occurrences on a typical
By MELISSA JORDAN
Ktd mil Black Bull Writer
Former U S. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and ambassadors from several
Third World nations are on the program
for a symposium on the role of the
private sector in Third World develop
ment.
The symposium, which begins
Wednesday at 11 a m. at the Georgia
Center for Continuing Education, “is a
unique opportunity for students to hear
some very high-level and experienced
people from a number of different fields
speaks on a topic of ever-increasing im
portance,” Global Policy Studies
Center Director William Chittick said
“There is plenty of talk about the
Reagan program at a domestic level —
cutting back on government programs
and hoping private businesses will play
a bigger role. This is essentially what
the Reagan administration is attemp
ting on an international level as well,
and this is the main issue to be discuss
ed in the symposium," Chittick said.
Rusk, now Sibley Professor of inter
national law in the University’s School
of Law, will deliver the keynote address
in the auditorium of the Georgia Center
at 11 a.m.
Responding to Rusk’s remarks will
be Peter Bittner, private sector ad
visor, Bureau for Latin America and
the Carribbean, U S. Agency for Inter
national Development, Morris Bryan,
president of Jefferson Mills in Jeffer
son, Ga., and past president of the
school day — were the rule rather than
the exception.
By Friday, it appeared people had
decided their plan of action Often their
plans did not include attending class,
for reasons varying from the idealistic
to the practical. Students gave excuses
ranging from a simple aversion to
weekend classes to pre-arranged work
American Textile Manufacturers In
stitute; Jose de Cubas of Lehman
Brothers, Kuhn, Leob, Inc., New York
City; Dr. Guy Pfeffermann, The World
Bank's chief economist for Latin
America and the Carribbean; and an
ambassador from a developing coun
try.
Ambassadors scheduled to attend the
symposium are Jorge Lamport-Rodil,
former finance minister of Guatemala
and ambassador to the United States,
now an advisor to the Inter American
Development Bank; Chief A Y. Eke,
ambassador of Nigeria; Prok Amara-
nand, ambassador of Thailand; and
Ernest Corea, ambassador of Sri
Lanka.
Rusk's address will be followed by
three concurrent small group sessions.
Dr. Dari Snyder, director of the Univer
sity's Office of International Develop
ment, will lead a session on the public
sector; Dr. Frederic Huszagh, ex
ecutive director of the University’s
Dean Rusk Center, will lead a section
on the private sector; and developing
countries will be the topic of a session
led by former U S. ambassador to
Nicaragua Lawrence Pezzullo, now a
diplomat-in-residence at the Universi
ty
“Since our effort is to maintain a
dialogue, many different viewpoints
should emerge. All elements of the ses
sions should be of interest," Chittick
said
schedules and out-of-town trips.
Other students said Friday they plan
ned to attend class Saturday. They too
had various reasons for their decisions,
ranging from the desire to keep up with
lectures to thoughts of gaining brown
ie points with professors.
But. the students who did go to class
looked less than enthusiastic.
"People walking to class looked
unhappy and unwilling,” said Susan
Steinway, a senior in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
"I didn’t see anybody smiling," she
said.
Despite the low attendance, there is
not going to be any kind of "special en
forcement” regarding student or facul
ty absences, University Public Rela
tions Director Barry Wood said Friday.
Various departments within the
University released statements to their
faculty members last week instructing
them to make allowances for students
who had prior religious commitments
that would not allow them to attend
Saturday classes. With this kind of
leeway, each professor was able to
decide at his own discretion how to
make up missed class time. Several
department-heads, who did not wish to
be identified, said they did not believe
that even half of their professors show
ed up Saturday.
Faculty members are largely divided
in the way they intend to make up miss
ed days Some plan to double-up classes
on certain days, while others do not
plan to make up any of the missed days.
Some professors abided with the Satur
day policy.
Vice president for Academic Affairs
Virginia Trotter said Monday that the
deans of the University's various
schools have been asked to "monitor
and assess their own faculty."
The University was the only one ot
the state's three largest institutions to
officially hold Saturday classes.
Georgia State and Georgia Tech left the
decision to make up classes to the in
dividual professors. Despite Saturday's
light attendance, Trotter said Saturday
classes would continue.
The next two make-up days are
January 30 and February 13.
Third World leaders
to attend symposium
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University to celebrate birthday
By JIM BARBER
Hfd and Black ( onlrlbutlnR Writer
The University will celebrate its 197th birthday Wednes
day, and to honor the occasion a Founder's Day banquet will
be held tonight at the Athens Country Club.
A reception will be held at 6 p.m and dinner is slated for 7.
Gilbert Fite, the Richard B Russell professor of history at
the University, will be the keynote speaker. The Abraham
Baldwin Award will be presented to J W Fanning, former
vice president for services at the University and William
Hartman Jr., local insurance agent and kicking coach for the
Bulldogs.
The award honors area residents who make notable con
tributions to the University and is named after the Universi
ty's first president.
The program will also include a report on plans for the
University's Bicentennial celebration in 1985, and an update
on the $40 million capital campaign which was launched at
last year's celebration.
J Donald Elam, campaign director, said that roughly $15
million has been collected so far in the campaign
No definite plans have been made concerning the bicenten
nial celebration, but several special events have been propos
ed, including an old fashioned dance for alumni and students,
a road race through historically significant areas of campus
and Athens, musical concerts, and drama productions.
The monies raised from the campaign will be used to ex
pand faculty endowments, further campus construction, stu
dent scholarships, and library holdings.
Former University and NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton
and University President Fred Davison made the campaign
announcement at a press conference last Jan. 27.
The main purpose of the campaign is to upgrade instruc
tional and research programs that will broaden educational
opportunities for students
About $22.5 million will be used to establish endowed
teaching chairs, create fellowships and scholarships, expand
library sources, provide funds to recruit new faculty
members and support alumni services.
The endowed professorships will be established for most of
the University's 13 schools and colleges
Tickets for the banquet are $12 per person and may be ob
tained from the University's Alumni House.
Energy consumption level shows need to conserve
By ROSS BODLE
Rtd tod Black Contributing W rttrr
How would you like to receive a $6,5
million power bill?
No, Georgia Power is not raising its
rates that high, but that is what the
University spent on energy last year
As energy costs continue to rise, the
University has begun conservation
efforts to stem the increase in energy
usage on campus.
This month’s snowstorm and arctic
weather dramatized the enormous
amounts of energy required by the
University,
The University Physical Plant
generated 24,684,000 pounds of steam,
which is used to heat University
buildings, during the unusual winter
weather — an amount that was
"about as high as I remember in the
last 17 years," said Vance Cecil,
assistant director of the Physical
Plant.
The Physical Plant burned 641 tons
of coal and 85,000 gallons of oil. Cecil
said power at the University is almost
never produced from oil, except in
emergency situations.
In a “normal" week, approximately
18 million pounds of steam would be
generated and 500 tons of coal burned
Energy figures probably mean little
to a college community until
classrooms become chilly and
residents in dorms take cold showers
and wake up to find ice on the inside of
their windows, as occurred last week.
These problems made students aware
of the source of comfort: energy
Energy usage is increasing, but
what concerns the University the
most is cost, said Allan Barber, vice
president of business and finance and
the University's "energy officer.”
"People should be aware not only of
the shortage, but the cost, which is
murder,” Barber said.
Barber said the escalation of utility
costs, which a few years ago took 25
cents of very dollar in the Physical
Plant's budget, now consumes 45
cents out of every dollar Last year,
the Physical Plant spent $6 5 million
on utilities out of its approximate $14.5
million budget, said Budget Director
Robert Bugbee In 1973, the energy
bill was$l million.
The energy crisis facing the
University is not one of short supply,
but one of some tall costs. Explained
Barber: “The crisis is we're putting
so much of our resources and funds
into utilities."
"When I first came here, no one
worried about energy,” said
Associate Director of Campus
Planning David Lunde, who has been
with the University for 14 years
Now, however, the first “active
solar” building on campus is on the
drawing board, he said
The Botanical Garden Visitors’
Center conservatory is "just the right
size for an efficient solar system,"
Lunde said He added that he is ex
cited to see the results of the solar
construction, but cautions the use of
solar power systems is now limited bv
its “economic feasibility,”
The University first became
energy-conscious around 1972 and
1973 during the Arab oil embargo
when "for the first time, people
became concerned with energy,”
Cecil said He explained the
University then undertook an energy
conservation program This program
involved taking out light tubes and
checking windows and pipe leaks
These efforts cut the utility budget in
the early 70's.
Another shortage hit in 1975, and the
Physical Plant undertook more ef
forts to cut consumption Storm
windows were put in, as was
"anything possible short of a $3
million control system," Cecil said.
The position of energy officer was
created, and Barber coordinated the
efforts.
During the 1976-1977 academic year,
the Physical Plant had, as Cecil put it,
“done about all we could — things
caught up with us,” and consumption
and rates began increasing and have
not stopped
Barber said the key to energy
conservation lies with the faculty and
students
Brad Smith, a sophomore and
president of the Russell Hall Coor
dinating Council, had a "fluke idea,”
as he described it, about trying to
save the housing department money
on utilities by coordinating a dorm
conservation program through the
Council and having the dorm share
the savings with the department
Daniel Hallenbeck, director of
Housing, said, "I can see awarding a
cash prize for a certain amount of
savings over a certain time."
A chilled water loop, constructed to
connect the air-conditioner chillers of
various science buildings, is being
built on the east side of the physics
and astronomy buildings by the
Physical Plant
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