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f "s f i S - i jMK I J I. I s ! ? i v Oil ITTH la-vq I ! 1 79 Fears o Editorial Freedom Chapel Hill. North Carolina, Tuesday, April 27, 1971 Vol. 79, No. 46 Founded February 23. 1893 r 0 iresiioee'iLS cess '4 " 0 n o T1 C if vr 1 1 ir, i D ' J) - r V' - I ... TTTi dig L 1 Charlotte Johnson and Jeff Megarel pass the time in things, Megarel isn't going to make it in the major league. McCorkle Place by playing a little softball. From the looks of (Staff photo by Leslie Todd) For defendants in firebombings fnisltfice by Doug Hall Staff Writer The newly-formed Legal Defense Fund for Justice will hold a community-wide fund-raising project Saturday as part of a drive to raise $30,000 for legal aid for 16 youths charged with recent firebombings in Chapel Hill. "Dollars for Justice Day!' will include "canvassingthe Chapel Hill 'area "as well as UNC and surrounding universities. Solicitation tables will be set up in Eastgate and Glen Lennox shopping centers and along Franklin Street. The solicitors will be assigned to the area in which they live and will be given identification tags, letters o r TODAY: warm with variable cloudiness; temperatures in the mid 70s; 20 per cent chance of precipitation. WEDNESDAY: temperatures in the 70"s with chance of showers. teimem cancels tal. Writer Gloria Steinem will be unable to speak here tonight as planned because of a back injury. A columnist and ardent supporter of female liberation, Miss Steinem suffered a slipped disc from a fall on Monday. According to Peter Brown, a representative of the Carolina Forum, she had to cancel about seven appointments because of her accident. Miss Steinem and Dorothy Pitman, another female liberation spokesman, who was scheduled to speak here tonight, will be rescheduled to lecture next fall. v Commenting that "both men and women have back problems," Miss Steinem told Brown. "If I could stand up and walk, I would certainly like to be there (Chapel Hill). As it is, I will look forward to being there next fall and I hope any seniors who couldn't hear the speech here and who are in the vicinity of Auburn University will hear Dorothy and myself in mid-May." A Tl Mermairii s by Doug Hall Staff Writer' Four incumbents and three other persons have filed as candidates for the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen elections to be held May 4. Four seats will be decided in the elections, three for three-year terms and the other for a one-year term. The three candidates with the most votes will be elected to the three-year terms and the one with the next most will be elected to the one-year term. Incumbents who have filed are R.D. Smith. Steven A. Bernholz. Mrs. Alice Welsh and Joe Nassif. Other candidates are James R. (Jim) Crisp. James A. LaBrec and James C. Wallace. The two other members' of the six-member board, Ross Scroggs and George Coxhead. will be up for reelection in ll7.. I f I I l 1 1 authorization and patronage sheets for the donors to sign. Fred Patton, of the UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies and chairman of the defense fund's fund-raising committee, said other projects are planned for the near future. Persons wishing to help in Saturday's program will meet at St. . Joseph's Methodist Church, 520 W. Rosemary Street, at 9 a.m. Saturday. The defense fund will meet at 7 p.m. today at the church to discuss plans for the fund-raising drive. Contributions can also be sent to Legal Defense Fund for Justice, P.O. Box 616, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Damaged in the April 1 3 firebombings were the Harmony Natural Foods Stores in Carrboro, the Johnson-Strowd-Ward Furniture Company, 462 W. Franklin St. and a classroom at Chapel Hill High School. Fires on March 26 did $117,000 damage to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools administration building and minor damage to the . Institute of Pharmacy. Investigation of the incidents by the Chapel Hill Police Department indicate firebombs used on March 26 were made 9 Bernholz, who was appointed to an unexpired term on the board in 1969. is a partner in the law firm of Winston, Coleman and Bernholz. He is alos a cooperating attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union. Bernholz is former vice chairman of the Board of Adjustment, former attorney for the Chapel Hill Housing Authority and former solicitor of the Chapel Hill Recorder's Court. In a statement announcing his candidacy for reelection. Bernholtz said he feels ihe current composition of the Board of Aldermen is "diverse and broad-based." "Problems are dealt with rather than ignored. The people are being heard. I believe that these are the hallmarks of good local government and ought to be maintained." r at the Roberson Street Recreation Center, a facility owned and operated by the town. Bond for 13 of the youths has been posted. The remaining three are in Hillsborough Jail. A preliminary hearing for all 16 persons charged will be at 9:30 a.m. today in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough. -J Gooding Former Student Body President Tom Bello falls to the Monday afternoon as ground in front of the Old Well after beirig shot by former (Staff photo by Leslie Daily Tar Heel Editor Tom Gooding. The action took place race Smith, who has been teaching in the Chapel Hill school system since 1942, was appointed assistant principal of Chapel Hill High School last August. He was a member of the Chapel Hill Planning Board for six years before appointment to the Board of Aldermen in 1965. He was elected to a full four-year term in 1967. In announcing his candidacy. Smith said he has worked for the improvement of fire, police and sanitation departments through increased salaries to obtain adequate personnel and to provide adequate equipment to promote greater efficiency and more ervices for Chapel Hill residents. Mrs. Welsh., who came to Chapel Hill more than 17 years ago. served on the Planning Board and the Appearance Commission from 197 to 1970. She was appointed chairman ot the Appearance acic VIS j by Evans Witt ? Staff Writer A dramatic change may be taking place in the nature of American student 1 activism, according to four university presidents now on campus for the semi-annual American Association of i Universities (AAU) meeting. "I would like to believe that after two ; or three years, the students have come to I feel not futile or defeated, but that it j takes a lot more knowledge to change j than they thought," said Nathan Pusey, 1 outgoing president of Harvard University and of the AAU. Joining Pusey for a press conference ! Monday morning were President David Henry of the Univeristy of Illinois, ?- President Malcolm Moos of the University j of Minnesota and President William C. ; Friday of UNC. As a result of the firebombings, fire insurance for the Chapel Hill school system has been canceled by the Maryland Casualty Insurance Company, who underwrites the school's fire insurance policy. An additional factor in the cancellation was a fire, believed to be arson, that caused $1,600 in damages to Lincoln School. i v. . O ram mi ii Commission in 1968 and vice chairman of the Planning Board in 1969. She was appointed to the Board of Aldermen about eight months ago and serves as the board's liaison with the Chapel Hill Recreation Commission and chairman of the Town's Open Space Committee. Mrs. Welsh said it is "necessary to provide a feminine point of view so that a - balanced board is maintained." "On many town matters a woman's reaction is not only proper and essential for total perspective, but it is moreover women's right to be represented on the board." she added. Nassif, who was selected mayor pro-tem by the aldermen in 1969. is an associate with the architectural firm of CogswellHa usler Associates. He is former president, secretary and member of the Board of Directors of Chapel Hill Junior Chamber of . Commerce. He was elected to his firm i $80,000 4 blasts . ! ' ' i . I i : J; f K - rt I ' ' ' f I i I i . i i : i i 11 11 II Friday will be installed as the new AAU president for a two-year term. He will succeed Pusey, who announced his retirement as Harvard president earlier this year. Both Henry and Moos agreed with the implications of Pusey s statement but warned of misinterpreting the new student attitudes. Moos mentioned several latent issues "any one of which could arouse the students." He listed the environmental crisis, the issue of minority rights and equality and the "overlaying issue" of the Vietnam war. "We must not make the mistake of misinterpreting this quiet as the student no longer being concerned about the issues," Henry added. The participation of the students in the various decision-making processes of the University was also discussed by the four presidents. "Student governments are in a state of crumbling decline," according to Moos. He foresees a trend across the nation for the students to work more with the administration and faculty of the universities without the intervening organization of student governments. All four of the presidents cited the increasing trend of student participation in the advisory andor decision-making functions of their universities but strong reservations were expressed by some. "I personally do not believe the principle of participatory democracy has any place in the university community," Pusey commented. "What we are looking for are good ideas no matter where they come from," he added. Students at Harvard are involved to varying degrees in advisory capacities, 1 1 1 ' 4 J - part of the Phi Alpha Delta mock trial, Todd) ffoir mi two-year term on the Board of Aldermen in May of 1969. Nassif said he is running for reelection "because I am committed to a dynamic and effective town government one that continuously seeks new ideas and approaches to government -one that encourages and actively seeks ways for all its citizens to participate meaningfully in selecting the goals which will shape. their environments and guide their futures." LaBrec, regional director for Physicians Planning Service, has 10 years experience in financial counselling and insurance, and is a registered securities representative. He moved to Chapel Hill five years ago. LaBrec said he doesn't feel the present Board of Aldermen is "broad-based" enough. "Fifty per cent of the precincts in Chapel Hill have no representatives on the Board of Aldermen to present and understand the problems of their district." " . Bello with vUcTJLlIili according to Pusey, but they do not serve at all on any of the governing boards of the various colleges of the university nor of the university itself. Moos noted there are certain areas such as promotions, in which the students can serve as advisors, but do not have the knowledge or expertise to serve as decision-makers. At the University of Illinois, according to Henry, "Students are quite generally involved in the advisory process." "This doesn't satisfy the student politicians who want to be involved in the corporate decision-making process," he said. The desire of the student politicians to be involved in decision-making leads to the whole problem of the "lay control of the university" according to Henry. Friday responded to the same question as the other three presidents by mentioning the involvement of the students of the Consolidated University in the selection of the new chancellor for Chapel Hill and other actions. The formation of a forum involving representatives of all members of the University community and the University administration's support for the bill putting UNC student body presidents on the Board of Trustees were also cited as examples. The problem of finances for universities across the country was raised at the sessions. An increase in revenue from all sources was seen as the only possible solution for the financial straits many universities are in today. The AAU is currently holding its meeting on the Chapel Hill campus The meeting, which is being attended by some 46 presidents of the most prestigious universities in the United States and Canada, runs through tomorrow. n Tom Bello, former UNC Student Government president, was shot and kiiled Monday while walking through the University campus. Ex-Daily Tar Heel Editor Tom Gooding was apprehended immediately following the shooting and taken into custody. The crime is a part of Phi Alpha Delta's annual mock trial. According to reliable sources, the shooting took place shortly after 4 p.m. in front of the Old Well. The reports continued that Bello had just crossed Cameron Avenue to the Old Well when Gooding confronted him and said "I want to talk to you Bello." Witnesses said Gooding then pulled a pearl-handle revolver from behind him and fired twice into Bello's chest. Bello was taken immediately to Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Gooding was taken into custody by campus policemen who arrived soon after the shooting. "A new way of selecting the board should be instituted and a student should be elected by the married students at the University as a non-voting member of the board, he said. Crisp, a native of Asheville who graduated from the University here in 1955, is Owner and operator of a Chapel Hill insurance agency. He said he is opposed to the bus system as presently operated and would not vote to use tax money to support it if elected. But the police department should be strengthened by upgrading pay and personnel, he said. Wallace, professor of University studies at N.C. State University, graduated from UNC in 1944 and his taught here and at Duke University. He is presently a member of the Chapel Hill Planning Board and hopes, if elected, "to bring about planning on a regional basis." gun
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