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-Z 7A Chr niu. n. c Cmwicc 0 Smtr ers VVarmer today ui, , u 123 Number 3 " Ervin Hits Mail Cigarette Warnings WASHINGTON-Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., D-N.C., Wednesday protested to President Johnson and two cabinet members about plans for placing cigarette health warnings on U.S. mail trucks. It is not the function of the Federal government to attempt to brainwash the American people concerning their personal habits in respect to smoking or (anything else," Ervin told the President. "I request you to immediately rescind your order dealing with these scare tactics," Ervin said in his telegram to Secretary John Gardner of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.. Ervin also wired Postmaster General Larry O'Brien urging him to cancel plans for post office vehicles to carry "placards alleging that smoking is a health hazard." Thieu Declares Martial Law SAIGON President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam Wednesday declared1 martial law throughout the nation in the wake of Viet Cong attacks that were "getting more serious" in the provinces. He said the Viet Cong attack on Saigon itself "has been com pletely foiled." Thieu said the series of attacks on more than 40 cities and towns throughout South Vietnam, including Tuesday's raid on the capital itself, had been "long and carefully prepared." He termed the Viet Oong announcement of a seven-day Tet truce as an "act of perfidy." Thieu had earlier announced a 24-hour curfew for all Viet : .namese citizens throughout South Vietnam. VC Occupy Provincial Capital SAIGON Viet Cong invaders battled Allied troops early Thursday at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut alirbase, sniped at U. S. "Pentagon East" headquarters and fought street clashes near the presidential palace and an pockets throughout the South Viet namese capital. In the Northeast, Communist troops were reported occupying the center of the key city of Hue, from the citadel in the old sector Ofthatformerimperialcapdjtal. The provincial capital of Ban Me Thout in the Central Highlands also was reported occupied by a force of about 1,000 Viet Cong. X U. S. spokesmen reported nearly 1,800 Communist soldiers had been killed throughout the country in the first-'two idlays of the war's M U offence. American fosses fa Sa!gon fighting alone were placed at 40 soldiers killed and at least 100 S" wounded. r Griffin Urges Twelve-Mile Limit WASHINGTON Sen. Robert P. Griffin, R-Mich., told Congress Wednesday that North Korea's seizure of the USS Pueblo called for U.S. action to keep Soviet spy vessels farther from American shores. North Korea says the U. S. (intelligence ship was seized within the 12-mile limit of its territorial waters, but the Defense Depart ment said it was hijacked in international waiters more than 15 Griffin, noting that the United States claims jurisdiction only three miles out, said "the Pueblo incident underscores the fact pionage advantaige." He said he would introduce and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said lie would support legislation requiring iforeign vessels to observe the same tectorial limit in U. S. waters as they claim for their own. N. Koreans Seek Tanmunjom' Talks TOKYO A ranking North that any U.S. Korean negotiations on tne seazea u. o. ivy syy ship Pueblo must take place at The statement came from Kim Kwang Kyop, a member of the political committee of the central committee of the Communist Party, speaking at a welcome banquet for a visiting Romanian delegation. Kim did not use the word "Panmunjom" but said the question should be solved "by the method of the previous practice" which meant talks at the Truce village. "We resolutely oppose tthe discussion of the illegal complaint by the U.S. imperialists in the United Nations Security Council and we will never recognize any resolution rigged up for covering up the aggression of the U.S. imperialists but will declare it null and void," Kim said. 'few By GENE WANG of The Daily Tar Heel Stafft On the first of this year, North Carolina became the latest state to require motorcycle helmets. The new law, passed by the general assembly last July, re quires the driver and passenger of a motorcycle to wear a helmet approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles when driving on a public road. Motorcycles must also have a rear-view mirror which would enable the driver to see 200 feet behind him. State and local police departments have given cyclists a month's grace (QIJ 1 iHjr Dailti aar frri World News BRIEFS By United Press International and flying the Viet Cong flag Korean implied Wednesday night Panmunjom. .Helmet Law period; instead of issuing tickets, they have been giving warnings to violators. "We'll start giving out tickets on February 1," said Chapel Hill Police Chief William Blake. "I personally feel that it's a good .law - we've had several accidents here where helmets would have prevented injuries or deaths." (Two years ago, two students died of injuries received in separate accidents involving motorcycles. There were not fatalities last year, although several students were injured in accidents.) The helmets are designed to , ' ' - "" .. , ,!,., 1.11 II .I..II.II.I......U 1II,I..II....U.II,J.,..,U,I ll ' '-' f . . : : - - ---- I""' " Hundreds of freshmen listen to Roy Armstrong, Executive Director of the Morehead Foundation, at Memorial Hall Wednesday night, as the official opening of spring rush draws night. 800 freshmen are ex pected to go through fraternity rush which Student Opinions On Vietnam Unchanged By Saigon Invasion By RICK GRAY k The Daily Tar Heel Staffl How has your opinion of the war in Vietnam changed since Tuesday's invasion of Saigon by the Viet Cong? This question was asked seven students here Wed- nesday and aH of them said the invasion) of the Vietnamese capital had not had any major effect on their opinions. Six oi he sfYen were doves, 2?e - 113 S2?r m' Sen; KsSSSS president and three others ? .... were involved in peace activity in varing degrees. Three were selected at ran dom to provide opinions of the uninvolved observers. Peter Gardner, sociology graduate student, had not read a paper. But he said the attack on the American embassy "would not change my opi nion." Gardner's position on the war calls for "negotiations as soon as possible." Another sociology graa stu- flJy auane, saia were . .we should have had the city defen ded." Miss Vallone added, "ft (highlights every error we have made to date." She included among the errors made by the U.S. the initial involvement in Southeast Asia. Judy Weinberg, who has been more active than the others in anti-war activities, stated. "Mv opinion of our position has not changed one" !hit. I am unalterablv ooDOsed to war an general." Jim McCoy, who is working with Senator McCarthy's cam- paign, feels tnat, wnne nis stand against the war and in favor of eventual unilateral withdrawal of troops, 'Hiltimately there must be negotiations. . . The fact that the Viet Cong attacked the em bassy does not change the fact that we must have neogitations sooner or later. In view of this and the Pueblo crisis, 1 think the public's view of com- prevent injuries to the head. They are made of an outer shell of fiberglass or other "space-age" plastic, with an inner foam padding. When the cyclist's head strikes a hard surface the foam cushions his head from the impact. In ex treme cases the outer shell will crack, diverting the force of impact. Even the chin straps are designed for maximum safety. They have been subjected to test forces of up to 600 pounds to insure that the helmet will not come off the wearer's head. Helmet approval is done by the Accident Records division 75 Years of Editorial Freedom CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROVTHUBSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 OTS Spring Rush Begins begins Sunday, Feb. 11. Students Wednesday night filled out interest cards expressing fraternities in which they are particularly in terested. These cards will be read by the rash chairmen of the separate houses when in vitation lists are drawn up. munism as a monolithic threat will find more support. "The attack, however, does change my stand in favor of negotiations with the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong." FH Hunter, who is for unilateral with drawl answered, "Very little." He thinks !the attack will only "lengthen the time required for any change m policy Tvm Rogers, wh is aeainst the government's policy, stat- B 'attie's Interludes Filled By: SAIGON (UPI) Between the bursts of machinegun fire, I could hear the little girl scream. She crouched in a house where the Viet Cong set up a do-or-die machinegun nest. At the mouth of the alley, GIs maneuvered to kill the guerrillas. I watched the girl through a window. She jammed fingers in her ears to drown out the sound of battle. The guerrilla gun fell silent. T was listening for the girl when a wounded GI stumbled out 0f the alley into plantation road. Another followed. Then the guerrilla gun chat- tornd In the pause that followed another GI ran out. Nine came out in all, with the American troops m shouting the drainage ditcn "Come on, Come on The GI's nad gone into the alley in a truck. That was an hour earliet, when the going looked easier. The guerrillas had charged into Tan Son Nhut Air Base, across the street. Tanks and machineguns drove them back. The Viet Cong scurried into the rm of the Department of Motor Vehicles. C. S.- Waters, director of the division, said that the state does not test the helmets, but follows the recommendations of an independent rating agen cy. "Waters also said that his of fice has prepared lists of those helmets wrhich are approved in distributed them - to ' 'police departments state. throughout the According to Tex MeGill of Travel-On Motorcycle Co., the new law has not precipitated a "great rush" of helmet JBe buying. Staff Photo by 1HH2 VcGOWAX ed, "All I know is what I read ia the Tar Heel, but I dont see how the Invasion could change my opinion." Rebel Good, the only hawk in the group, was as unaffected as the doves. "I am not op posed to the war. I am opposed to certain aspects of the governmental policy, but the present American force in ' Vietnam should be sufficient to contain overt acts such as the ' attack om our emtxassy now " and m the future. - f Screams alley; past shacks made of soft drink cartons and kindling wood. The alley population fled. They left overturned smoked fish and pineapple slice stands. And the girl. The guerrillas nestled into a pah of crumbling plaster houses, villas of a lost French colonization. About 25 GIs don ned flak jackets, fed shells into their automatic weapons and rode a truck into the alley. The Viet Cong guns splat tered the truck. It burst into flame. I looked into the alley and saw bodies sprawled in the dust. A helicopter guns nip swooped in and spat thousands of rounds of bulltets and pumped rockets into the Viet Cong-held buildings. Then the GIs came running out. The gunship struck again, yards from where I bent behind a jeep with bullet-flattened tires. The MPs moved forward. The Viet Cong guns sounded again. A telephone wire snap ped over my head. I fell back to the ditch. I heard a small voice screaming. C3 "We've sold about 75 over the past two months, which is more than usual, but there hasn't been a real rush because people have known .about the law since last July wben it was passed,", he said. MeGill saifi that traction to the law was mixed some peo ple accepted it and o&ers were .definitely displeased.' One JJW student plans to challenge constitutionality of me law. MeGill himself advocates the use of helmets and always wears one but feels that it should not be required by law. lvMiaimiuiM Goes Fair Employment Legislation Forcing Pay Raises For 250 By WAYNE HURDER of The Doily Tar Heel Staff About 250 student employees of the University will get an in crease, in their wages to a minimum" of $1.15 an hour starting today because of the federal Fair Employment Practices Act. The majority of student employees are already receiv ing over $1.15 an hour and will not be effected by the change, according to Director of Personnel Fred HaskelL The wage increase is being made because of the federal Fair Employment Practices Act winch requires a $1.15 minimum wage for full time employees, starting today. Although students who work less than 40 hours a week are not covered by the Act, the University decided to increase their wages at the same time it increased wages, for full tim employees. Students who will be effected by the new minimum wage are those who work the desks in womensV residence halls and temporary employees of the Office of Registration. The increases will cost the University about $25,000 a year, according to Director of v VjctorrPvBowles. u . Student Legislature had passed a resolution on Oct. 5 requesting that the University increase the minimum wage to $1.25 an hour, to go into effect Oct. 16. The University said then it would wait until now to in crease the wages and could up the mininumi to only $1.15. A 25 cent increase was necessary, legislator Larry Ritcher, up from MD HI, ex plained then; because of the general rise in the cost of liv ing, exemplified by the 75 per cent increase in the cost of the student special over the last three years. Bowles said yesterday the "University couldn't umlaterally raise the minimum Couple Found Guilty In Cohabitation Case A Dong Island, N . Y . , sophomore has been convicted in Recorder's Court of bedding and cohabitation with a 19-year-old jOonnecticut coed. The pair, which was arrested Saturday night at 322 ,W. Rosemary St. by police officers looldng ifora 15-year-old runaway girl, ' were both sentenced to pay a $10 fine and court costs. Chapel Hill Police Chief William D? Blake, who called the address "sort of a hippie (Q)FCel "I don't think that people should be told what to wear, but in some states they make motorcyclists wear boots and helmets, so this law isn't so bad," he said. Chapel Hill Solicitor James Harper feels that the helmet law. although it may violate in dividual rights, would be unheid in court if it were challenged. ' "It would probably stand up under the public health, safety and welfare provisions of the law," he said. Harper also said that violators could be fined up to $50 plus court costs, which vary from $10 to $25. rm 1 over $1.15; it would have to be done in consultation with the state Department of the Budget." ' "The great majority of stu dent employees are paid at rates well above the -minimum," according to Bowles. RC Up Chapel Oy erai By KAREN FREEMAN of The Daily Tar Heel Staff Undergraduate women will be able to visit coeds living in apartments this semester if the Dean of Women's office ap proves a resolution passed by the Women's Residence Coun-.-nl-Tuesday. night., . .. ..L ; A verdict from the Dean of Women's of See on the action, which passed by a 33-3 vote, is expected by the weekend. If approved, seniors, women 21, and non-seniors with "blanket" permission to stay anywhere overnight at their own discretion will have no restrictions placed on their visiting coeds' apartments in Chapel Hill. Women without "blanket" permission on the parental permission form would have the oppwtunity to ask their parents to send permission for them to visit apartments. As always when a woman stays overnight in Chapel HU1, the hostess must extend the in vitation to a member of the Residence Administration and hangout," said another couple was also arrested at the same time there and will be tried on similar charges next Tues day. Recorder's Court Judge L. J. Phipps imposed the sentence after finding the pair guilty. They had plead not guilty to the charge. Blake admitted the bedding and cohabitation law is rarely enforced, but said, "when you observe the thing, there's not much you can do but arrest them." jyjr" 7 s v. 1 . - ITS Tichcts Slzder.U staff ticket! to the VirprJa basketball game fcere Tuesday ciht win be aTailabk Friday st 8:5a a.m. ia the ticket office ia Cannichae! Aadlioriara. Founded Februarv 23. 1893 .(DC The next scheduled increase for students is Feb. lt I960, when the rate will go up to $1.30 an hour. On Feb. 1, 1970 wages will go up to $L45 an hour. The University had 862 stu dent employees on its payroll last year. Okays the overnight can only be taken on a weekend. A reapportionment proposal that would eliminate house presidents from the Council and take the vote away from WRC members not .elected as WRC representatives met with little success. r The main opponents of the psioposal were the house presidents, Who said that tak ing presidents off the Council would cause a breakdown in in terdormitory communication. The WRC representatives who are members of WRC by virtue of another office also protested. The . representatives from Kenan, the graduate women's dormitory, told WRC that they could see no reason to be in cluded on the Council since the Council's work does not affect them. A motion to exclude them was subsequently pass ed. It was also decided that the representative from the town students would no longer be a voting WRC member. No vote was taken on any motion concerning ' how many representatives each dormitory should have, or whether this number should be determined geographically or by population. The Signing In and Out Com mittee put its report before WRC, suggesting that sign-out slips no longer be coun tersigned by a member of the Residence Administration, and that the slips themsleves be discarded in favor of a sign-out book to be kept at the desk of each dormitory. Under this system, each girl would be on her honor to sign out under the realm of her parental permission form. The committee also asked WRC to consider what oc casions a coed can sign out for. The report will be discussed and brought to a vote at the next meeting. -vrsffTs-. .--""i !?r? --v -jr j. f - 1 t - . 6T) A .Hill shite - '-. ij.. .... i l : J JaT .. . -.--'-ya.'X -:--. .... ...
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