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TJ.tl.C. Library trials 3?t WEATHER LITTLE ROCK Election points to hopeful fu ture. Se page 2. Cloudy and cooler with clunce t rala late today. VOLUME LXVI NO. 44 Complete l) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1958 Office in Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES THIS ISSU2 (CD .filr? U. S. Will Remain Firm In Berlin WASHINGTON .r President Eisenhower put Russia on notice yesterday that the West will stand firm in Berlin and. if any trouble starts, it will be Moscow's fault. Dsenhowcr opened his news, conference with what he called a "sort of summary of the circum stances and events that have brought about a division of Ber lin.M The President went back to 1M4, when the World War n Al lies started planning postwar ad ministration of defeated terri tories At Yalta and Potsdam later, he said, more detailed plans were worked out. Then at the 1935 sum mit conference it was decided to reunite Germany by free elccUons, he said. As a result of all these arrange mnts, the President declared: "Wc stand firm on the rights and the responsibilities that we have Undertaken.' But he also said: "I should like to make clear there is no attempt on the part of the United States in this position to be arbitrary in tho sense of trving to irritate or anger any body else. This commcmnt was interpreted as being aimed at Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The Soviet leader has delivered a virtual ul timatum to the allied big three to clear out of West Berlin after six months of preparatory negotiations. 'Eisenhower told his news con ference he didn't sec anything par ticularly new in Khrushchev's sug gestions on the Berlin crisis, re layed to the President by Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey (D-Minn). But Eisenhower declined to go into details on Humphrey's report j of his eight-hour talk with Khrushchev in the Kremlin last : week. The President did confirm two points already ""published: That I 4 t I- ARREST Sheriff Jim Fasul (left) and Lt. Neil Merrirt of . the Chapel Hill Police Department are shown as they escort Mrs. Marion Fitz-Simons arrested on charges of first degree murder, to a wait ing police car. Mr. Fitz-Simons was arrested in connection with the simulated death of beauteous Diana Johnson during the final act of 'Look Homeward, Angel' Sunday night. Fitz-Simons Face Murder Charge For Sunday s Backstage Death Over UN Students At rid gr ls .aa Op Legislature To Act On Bill Allowing Student Referendum A bill to let the electorate vote on referendum to have one Legisla tive spring election (Norman Smith- WHC Reaches No Decision On Fund Pool (Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity I where she is being held now with each year sponsors a mock trial fea-! out privelege of bond. turing prominent campus person alities as principals. The following story is connected with the trial scheduled for Friday.) An ashen-faced Marion Fitz-Simons was arrested late last night on a warrant for first degree murder in connection with the mysterious backstage slaying of beautiful Diana Johnson during the final act of "Look Homeward, Angel" Sunday night- Mrs. Fitz-Simons was taken into Khrushchev boasted Russia has an custody at her home by Sheriff Jim 8,700-mllc ballistic missile and Fasul and local police. She was im- Ste BERLIN, Page 3 mediately taken to the county jail Di Unanimously Defeats Bill Favoring Abolition Of States By CAROLE COPLAN , A bill favoring the abolition of the siatcs .was unanimously de feated last night by the Dialectic Senate. The affirmative argued that even though the establishment of the states is accepted as tradition, this institution of governing from within the state is a wasteful du plication of powers. Senator Rick Wolfcr said that the .state governments of today operate in much the same way as the central government, but their only accomplishment is to hinder the national government. He also stated that the present day states should be divided into districts that would be directly responsible to the crntral government. Senator Gary Greer, arguing on the negative side based his stand on the clause In the Constitution delegating all powers not other wise delegated to Congress to the states or the people. Greer argued that since the states are a tradi tion, any change would result in a great modification to the present system. Not only would there be a geographical change, but the vari ous laws controlled by the states such as marriage, divorce, and the issuance of driver's licenses would be involved, he said. Sen. Pcblcy Barrow, also argu ing on the negative side, said the bill gave all the evils of the prcs ent system of states, but didn't tell how these evils could be eliminat ed and still maintain the states. He quoted Jefferson as saying, The government that governs closest to the people is best." He commented that the abolition of the states would spell the doom of the type of democracy that the United States has known for al most 200 years. Miss Johnson was killed by a thrown flower pot during a scene in the Playmakers production where the boarders were being chased from the stage by Mrs. Fitz-Simons, who played the role of Eliza Gant. Sheriff Fasul, who had previously stated he had seen a possibility of foul play in the Johnson death, said evidence had been uncovered which backed up his theory and led to Mrs. Fitz-Simon's arrest last night. When asked what this evidence was Sheriff Fasul said, "Boys, my job is finished. Any more questions you want answered better be di rected to Solicitor Luke Corbett. I'll uive you a hint though there ain't much a jealous woman won't do.' When reached last night at his home, Corbett said he and members of his staff had been working close ly with the sheriffs department Corbett said, however, that after careful consideration of the factors involved in the alleged murder he had decided to press for a convic tion of murder in the first degree. Under North Carolina law, murder in the first degree is punishable by death or life imprisonment contin gent upon the jury's recommenda tion, f Shortly after the sheriff and, his deputies arrived at the Fitz-Simons residence, Fitz-Simons called tan Gertzman, the family attorney, who accompanied Mrs. Fitz-Simons to jail. When asked what action he plan ned to take, Gertzman declined to comment but stated that the charge against Jus client was the, "most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life and furthermore I intend to prove it in court." Gertzman would not allow report ers t oask Mrs. Fitz-Simons any Air Force Hosts Cadets while the investigation had been in question saying that he would an progress, but declined to "give ! swer them for her in two words, away the state's case." "No comment." Branch Says Avery Gets Snack Bar will observe the operations of a base as well as special events. Some of them will be treated to Jet ride in a T-33 and all of the cadets will see a static display of 100, F-104, B-47 and B-52 which are stationed at the base. Capt. William Moore of the De partment of Air Science will ac company the cadets. G.'M; SLATE A snack bar soiling coffee, sand wiches and ice cream products will be constructed in the basement ot Avery Dorm and will be operating While at the Air Base the cadets by thc binnlnS of the spring sem- ester, J. A. Branch, university dus iness manager, said yesterday. Branch made the decision at thc .The Seymour Johnson Air Force Base at Goldsboro will be host to 51 AFROTC Cadets from UNC to day and tomorrow. Activities for Graham Memorial today include: Record Concert, 7:S0 p.m., Main Lounge; Student Council, 7:30 10:39 p.m., Grail: University Par ly, 6:30-7: 30 p.m., Grail: Student Party caucus, 1:45-7:30 p.m.. Rolaod Parker I; Christian ScU crxct organization, 7:30-9:30, Rol and Parker II: Women's Honor Council, : p.m., Woodhouse Conference Room j Women's Hon or Council, 6:43-11 p.m.. Council Room;; and Dance Lessons, 7-10 p.m RcnStHvus room. Cosmopolitans Have Menu Of Foreign Food Food from India, Egypt, Korea, la pan, Estonia, France, Puerto Rico and the United States will be tcatured on the menu at the Cos mopolitan Club's International Dinner Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The dinner will be held in the basement of the University Bap tist Church. Entertainment will be lurnished by members of the Mu sic Department. Students, faculty and other in terested people arc invited to at tend. Tickets are on sale in Y for $1. request of the Campus Stores Com mittee. Thc committee, under the chairmanship of Jim Crownover, had polled the students and found a definite need and a desire for the store. The final decision was made after the residents of the first floor of the dorm agreed to accept the store, which could possibly be noisy. Branch told the committee in its last meeting that the store would be a temporary measure, to last only three or four years. In the fu ture a permanent structure will be erected in that vicinity to accomo dates the boys in Avery, Parker and Teague and the four other dorms to he built. Council Warns Three At the meeting of the traffic coun cil Tuesday the following decisions were made: Three people were given warnings, there were three semester proba tions, one probation until June and six cases were dismissed. The names of the eight people who did not appear for trial are being turned over to the dean o student affairs. A plan to create a central ac tivity lund for all women's dorms was brought beiore the Women's Residence Council Tuesday night, but no decision was reached. The plan, presented by a com mittee, calls for the combining of activity fees from each dorm into a fund to be handled by the treas urer of the Women's Honor Coun cil. As the system stands now, a set activity fee is collected from each girl and retained within her dorm, lhe fund is used for such pur poses as the sponsornig of floats and Yack. contestants, but not for socials. As expenses are about equal, the larger dorms usually lave, an excess which allows them to buy extra items and make re pairs on their dorms. The smaller ones may run short. lThe purpose of this plan is to give aid to the smaller dorms by equalizing the fund among all dorms. The same amount will con tinue to be collected, but it will all be turned over to the Women's Residence Council treasurer and then be distributed according to need. ' . - Two suggestions were rmide for the distribution of the excess of the central fund. The first called for equal distribution amcng al dorms, and thc second for division according to the size of the dorm Because of much dissensian, the bill was referred back to the com mittee for further work on details In a meeting held since Tuesday the committee has added another proposal asking that the excess go to purchase reference bocks for each dorm, to be used by the girls after closing hours. Continued discussion and possi bly a vote is planned or nex week's meeting. mm Omnibus Bill To Cover Several Major Issues ind.) will be the main order of bus iness at the Student Legislature meeting tonight. They will meet at 7 p.m., instead of the usual 7:30, in Phi Hall, 4th floor, New E;st, according to Ralph Cummings, speaker of the Student Legislture. Don Furtado, student body presi dent, "heartily endorses" the idea of one campus wide spring election. Furtado said yesterday he believes it would solve a number of problems which exist in the present campus electoral set up. He stated that at present the campus is faced with two elections. one almost upon arrival in the fall and another after the mid-semester vacation period. He feels one elec tion would aUow students to concen trate on one campus election and let students voting for freshman class officers and. women's seats know for whom trey are voting. The single election would also al ow the initiation of a training per iod following the actual election, in which old Legislators or student government officers would continue to function but in which officers elect would receive the necessary training and endocrination which is so obviously lacking now," he continued. Furtado 'suggests the establish ment of one women's district in stead of the present three, or as an alternative, allow girls to transfer freely from one district to another without loss of Legislative seat. At present, , women are obligated to remain in the district from which they are elected. If the single annu al election were established, they would be unable to transfer to sorority , house in the fall. Furtado expressed no doubt that it would be advantageous to require a three . or four months residential period on campus for familiarization purposes before election time, but the problem of transferring to so rority hous?s would be encountered See LEGISLATURE, Page 3 Recorder's Court In a light Recorder's Court ses sion Tuesday devoted to clearing up old cases, only one student was tried. Robert B. Smith. 21. was found guilty of using an expired operator' license. He was fined $10 and costs SEEM Overheard on Franklin Street yes terday: Said one coed walking from a parking meter to a sleek sports car. "Gee, twenty minutes left. What a shame to waste all that time." Over 35 UNC students will move ( into Raleigh today to take part in the North Carolina Student Legisla ture. According to Curtis Gans, UNC House floor leader at the legisla ture, the UNC group will present an omnibus bill covering several points. The major items of the bill concern stands on segregation, "massive resistance," congression al investigating committees and dis crimination in fraternities. .Concerning Congressional investi gating committees the bill will up hold the right of privacy and the use of the fifth Amendment and will attack the use of loyalty oaths. The bill will also attack the dis criminatory clauses in the charters cf fraternities. One point will censure the use of intimidation to ' prevent the in dividuals exercising Constitutional freedom. This point is related to the discharge of a Louisianna State Uni versity professor for taking a st?-d on the segregation issues, Gans said. Included in the bill is a resolution concerning the use of massive re sistance to prevent intergration which, according to the bill, denies youth the right of public education. The bill also includes a statement which reaffirms the right of the &;uaent Legislature to meet and speak freely. This resolution is related to the action taken last year by the legis lature which caused a storm in the capital. Due to last year's bills the Coun cil " of State demanded sponsorship of at least half of the participating colleges. Of the 21 participating col leges this year 12 have letters from school heads sponsoring the delega tions. Schools which have the necessary credentials include Duke, N. C. Col lege at Durham, Shaw, Catawba, Greensboro College, Livingston, Da vidson, Woman's College, East Car olina, Guilford, North Carolina State College and the University of North Carolina. In the 1957 meeting the legislature passed a resolution calling for the abolition of North Carolina's ban of interracial marriages. There had been some discussion earlier this year about surrendering the use of the Capitol for the college group. Tuesday the Council of State gave permission for this year's meetinr in tt Capitol. The Council demand ed letters of sponsorship this year. Governor Luther Hodges will speak briefly at the opening session today at 3 p.m. Withrow Installed As Cardboard Head Playmakers Aid Drama GM PRESENTS VERDI "II Trovatore," by Verdi, with Zinka Milanov, Jussi Bjoerling and Leonard Warren, will be the opera presented at the record con cert tonight at 7:30 in the Gra ham Memorial Lounge. Students have been invited to attend the concert. "The Sign of Jonah," a modern religious drama, will be presented the by the EDiscPal Student Congrega tion in conjunction with the Play makers Theater Dec. 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. Tc play will be staged in the Small Chapel of the Episcopal Church. Writen by a German Lutheran ministry to the people of Nineveh and the Jew's persecution by the Nazi's of World War II. Bob Ketler stars as Jonah, assiste dby a cast of nine. Bill White of the Piaymak er staffwi 11 direct the presentation. Larry Withrow was installed as the new president of the UNC Cardboard at the annual awards banquet Tuesday night in the Le noir Hall banquet room. Out going president aPt Dooley installed Withrow and the other newly elected officers: Ed Riner, vice president; Jerry Berrier, of fice director; Grady Phillips, head usher; and Ray Twiddy, art director. , Withrow, a member in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, in one breath thanked the Cardboard for his election and in another start ed working in announcing "i meeting early in February to plan next year's work." He also stressed the need for a larger staff for next year. Prior to the installations Dooley praised the staff no work during the current yeaV. He also made annual awards to 20 Cardboard members. First-year members re ceived certificates of merit, and second-year members received monogrammed jacket. For third and fourth year work the awards were a monogrammed sweater and a gold key and chain respectively Cotton Hale, past office director, was presented the gold key. Those receiving monogrammed sweaters were Peggy Smith, Pa Sweeney, Grady Phillips, Withrow 4 s- v; . XV. -i- '"-r-. -; -.vv :ii '$:. i ; ' ; : - n I . ! IDC Supports Individual Study Rights By RO.V SHUMATE "The Inter-Dormitory Council feels that the right to study is the para mount right given to individuals," Rudy Edwards, IDC president, said last night. The IDC discussed the problem ol quiet hours in dormitories at length. "As far as the IDC has been able t ascertain quiet hours have beer much better this year than last year. According to Carl Churchill, super intendent of UNC dorms, physica' damage to dorms has been substan tially less than last year," Edwards said. Edwalds stated thit the IDC is "justly proud, but feels that there are still some troubled areas which must be worked on." The Dormitory District Court sys tem, which is expected to go into effect next week, is, according to Edwards, "a measure whereby rulr es can be enforced to the extent to which there is an atmosphere conducive to study." The dorm Visiting Board will in spect all men's dorms next Monday from 2 to 6 p.m. Each dorm must be approved by the Visiting Board before opening its social room. Dorms also must have two faculty couples as sponsors. The campus store, which will be in the basement of Avery dorm, is expected to be open between Jan. 1 and Feb. 1." This "temporary" store will have a fountain, and will serve milkshakes, fountain drinks, do-nuts, sandwiches, and other sim ilar items. Six "Hear here" telephone booths ' have been ordered, according to Edwards, and it is hoped that they will be installed by Christmas. Ed wards emphasized that these booths are on a trial basis, and, if they work satisfactorily, may be installed in other dorms. . i Planetarium Display Features Vanguard A 12-foot cutaway model of the Vanguard satellite launching roc cct went on display Sunday in the So"ith Science exhibit room at the Morehead Planetarium. The scale replica of the rocket, urnished by The Martin Co. of Baltimore, J.ld., will be on public display during presentation of the raditional Christmas program, 'SLar of Bethlehem." Besides outlining the flight path of Vanguard and describing its de sign, the display by the rocket's prime contractor illustrates some highlights of rocket development and the next logical steps in space exploration. The threestage Vanguard roc ket added new "semi-permanent" body to the heavens early this year when it launched a 3Vi pound solar - powered transmitter and a 50-yound rocket casing into an orbit that varies between 400 and 2,500 miles above the earth's surface. .. The orbit of the Van guard satellite is . so stable that scientists predict it will last at 'east two centuries. INSTALLATION Outgoing Cardboard President Pat Dooley (left) is handing over his "file" to the new president, Larry Withrow, who was installed Tuesday night at the annual awards banquet of the Card board organization. Other officers elected were: Ed Riner, vice president; Jerry Berrier, office direc tor; Grady Phillips, head usher; and Ray Twiddy, art director. photo by ( Bill Brinkhouse INFIRMARY and Dooley. Thai , Elliott ;and Ed cates of merit: Norma Walker, Riner were awarded jacket!. Stroud, :Ernest Johnson,. Norris The f ollpwing received ; eertifi- Mfery? Walt Greene, Tony Cavas, Jerry Berrier, Bill Anderson, Dave Porter, Eay Twiddy, .. Louis Weil and BiU SfliHbi Students is the Infirmary yes terday included: . Sandra Rush Roberts, Sally Rich McCrory, Julia Floyd Brott, Char lie Howard Brown, Louis Elton Feinberg, William Parker Hodges Jr., John Larston Reitzel, Ronald Tally Bull, William Chandler Price, . Nicholas Burton Bragg, Margaret Pennington Addison, Michael John Turnbuil, Gloria Lee Olds, Gordon Murray Thelin, Emily Louise Stafford, Charles Robert Lee Jr. .and John Chal mers Ealet
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