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U.U. Library Serials mpt. So: 870 " - gpa J. Hi i , FAIR, POSSIBLY WARMER High 68 Low 40 Possible cloudiness in Hale afternoon. Sudden temperature drop tonite. WHAT'S WRONG WITH STUDENT POLITICS? See Editorials, Page Two. Volume LXIX, No. 126 Complete (UPI) Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1961 Offices in Graham Memorial Four Pages This Issue " 01 Talented Carolina Beauty Chosen Miss Chapel Mill World News In Brief I I 1 'T ' I 1 I ..iWiiiij.i.hiihijiiiUii ii.hi.h i... Leopard-Skinned Tribesmen im.nn mi. in mi w "" ' Gj Alien Heads GMAB 1 j . V " in i gH -I- ( 1 By United Press International Nikita Khrwihchvv COMMITTEE TO QUESTION FLYERS WASHINGTON A special two-man blue ribbon sub committee will question Air Force captains Freraan B. Olm stead and John R. McKone next week about the downing of their RB-47 plane and their subsequent release from a Russian prison, informed sources " disclosed Saturday. The Defense Department has agreed to bring the fliers to Washington for the closed-door hearing, these sources said. Chairman John C. Stennis, D-Miss., of the Senate Preparedness subcommittee, and Sen. Styles Bridges, N.H., the ranking Re publican member, have been assigned to question them. VIETNAMESE BATTLE REBELS VIENTIANE, Laos Government forces opened up with mortars Saturday night to try to wipe out a Communist-led rebel pocket, only 10 miles north of this Laotian capital city. Government forces ringed the area and began hurling mortar shells on the suspected guerrilla hideout after receiv ing reports the Pathet Lao rebels had been harassing traffic on a road in the area in a bold gesture against the pro-Western government of Premier Prince Boun Oum in Vientiane. Rebel radio broadcasts boasted the Reds were "very active" both in the interior and "even around Vientiane." SECRET SESSIONS STOPPED WASHINGTON President Kennedy has decided to halt secret briefings which cabinet officers in the past have been giving the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council (BAC) He has advised Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges to push through several other changes in the hush-hush way the council operates. He and Hodges were reported deeply dis turbed by the council's conduct during the Eisenhower era. PLAN TO AID HERO WASHINGTON Speaker Sam Rayburn Saturday launch ed a national public subscription campaign to get famed World War I hero Sgt. Alvin E. York out of debt. Rayburn -made the first donation a check for $1,000 and asked other Americans to open up their hearts and pocket books to aid the aging Tennessee veteran and holder of the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor. . ......... RUSK WARNS RUSSIA WASHINGTON Secretary of State Dean Rusk was re ported 'to have warned Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Grom yko Saturday at a face-to-face luncheon meeting that Russian meddling in Laos may trigger a major war in Southeast Asia. . Rusk : and Gromyko held their "brass tacks" conference at the State Department to highlight a day of Kennedy ad ministration activity. It was the first meeting between he two U.S. and Soviet foreign policy makers. Juniors Beginning Spring Vote Drive By STEVE LINDELL "Get out and vote" is this year's hue and cry during the spring elections. The vote drive for the upcoming elections; is being sponsored by the junior class. This type of project has never been done before, according to the class spokesman. : Dave Buxton, chairman of the vote drive committee, said today, "Because of the pervasive apathy towards student government elections in Inman Allen was chosen the next president of Graham Me morial Activities Board at the Board of Directors meeting Fri day afternoon. Allen, a sophomore from At lanta, Ga., will also serve as chairman of the Board of Direc tors. The directors decided, before Allen's selection, to consolidate the previously separate posi tions of president and chairman of the Board. Allen, last year's Activities Board Vice-President, will suc ceed R. V. Fulk as President of Graham Memorial Activities Board and Angus Duff as chair man of the Board of Directors. In announcing the selection Fulk said: "The decision was a difficult one for the Board to make, because there were other qualified candidates. "I am confident that Inman will do a superb job in both of these positions next year. He has done a competent job this year as Vice-President of the Activities Board, and I am sure that he has the qualifications to make an excellent president, and his ideas for the program next year show a great deal of imagination." Allen, a Morehead scholar in addition to serving as Vice- President of the Activities Board, is a member of the Legislature, a member of the Dance Committee, representa tive of the Germans Club, and rush chairman of Sigma Alpha i Epsiloh fraternity. ( ' 11 'J Carolina co-ed Mary Ann Henderson, a junior from' Savannah. Ga., was crowned "Miss Chapel Hill of 1361" at the pageant Friday night at the high school by Nancy Lee Wills, last year's winner. Also at the pageant Miss Diana Foote of Chapel Hill was chosen second runner-up, and Susan Kay Woodall, a senior co-ed of Roanoke Rapids was first runner-up. Terrorize Whites In Congo CUSC Trip To Be Viewed The CU Student Council's sponsored trip to Europe will be the topic of films and discus sion at a meeting in GM Lounge March 26, at 7 p.m. Described as a trip "designed for these with limited time and limited money" by campus representative Wade Hargrove, the itinerary includes Scotland, England, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Ger many and Hollands Cost of the tour from New York to New York will.be $950, including transport, accommo dations, meals, entrance fees and tips. " The tour is scheduled from June 12 to July 17, but stu dents may leave the group at any time. The party will include stu dents from Carolina, State and Woman's College. Students wishing more infor mation can contact Wade Har grove at.the.KA House.. . . . the past, it can only be assumed that the majority of the stu dent body simply don't realize the -importance of the spring elections." ; Buxton cited three reasons why the elections are important to the student body. "First," he said, "it is the responsibility of student body officers to repre sent and voice the opinion of the student body anywhere to anyone. These elected officers will be speaking for you. Exer cise your vote and support the candidates who best represent your interests and ideas. "Secondly," Buxton went on, "on the campus level student government will, in the com ing . year, appropriate $150,000 of . student activity money. The student body thus have a finan cial stake in their government. Support those candidates whose projects seem worthy to you, and if they are elected, see that they carry them out. . "Finally, don't forget that our student government also has the responsibility of making our law system the Honor System. These are positions of high re sponsibility," he said, "and I urge the student body to scru tinize the judicial candidates on their district- andw vote for those, who they feel will make wise and just decisions." This Tuesday in election day. During the day students repre senting student government will be going " through all the Uni versity housing units getting out the vote. , "Student government is your government," Buxton said in closing, "Get out arid vote for it for soon it will vote for you." ' -. Mom, 5 Children Die As Fire Races Through Home SANDY RIDGE, N. C. (UPI) -A mother and her five chil dren burned to death Saturday when a flash fire raced through a powder-dry old dwelling built during reconstruction days. The woman's husband made a frantic half-mile dash through the freezing night clad only in his pajamas to summon aid, but it came too late to save the family. Authorities identified the victims of the tragedy as 36- year-old Mrs. Pauline Hawkins and her children Gallion, 13; Larry, 9; Teresa, 6; Danny, 3, and Timmy, 2. Officials said the mother apparently died trying to save . the children. Her husband, Edsel Hawkins, and his aged father, Howard, escaped from the blazing house, one of the oldest still standing in rural Stokes County, and at tempted to put out the fire themselves. When they saw their efforts were failing, the younger Haw kins ran a half mile to the near est neighbor to summon help. The father had returned to the home from his job at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. at Wal nut Cove about two hours be fore the fire occurred. Security Clearance Necessary For Peace Corps Participation Will security clearance be re quired for' students who join the Peace Corps? This was one of the questions brought up at Thursday's meet ing of the campus Peace Corps Group-. " ;' .; j ' - - The answer is yes, but it is one. of the problems with de tails yet to be solved. It was pointed out that should UNC become a training center for corpsmen, FBI agents will possibly appear on campus to check all applicants. Some intensive screening would have to be done to secure the . best possible applicants. Rep. Reuss pointed out in the beginning that the Corps wants "neither misfits nor busybod ies," but young Americans with a willingness to serve their country. Realizing that prospective ap plicants might be hostile to such screening, this subject will be given intensive study at future Group meetings. Other controversial subjects discussed at the meeting includ ed draft exemption or defer ment and the type of training program that would be re quired. Pete Von Christianson, UNC delegate to the National Con ference on Youth Service Abroad was at the meeting. Members of the campus Group are to give their ideas on the Peace Corps to him next Thursday. He will take some of their suggestions with him to the meeting in Washington on March 29-31. On his return' he will report to the campus Group. - Areas of service in the Corps will be a major topic-of discus sion in upcoming, meetings. The following is taken from 'a Pros pective .prepared by Colorado State University and suggests types of work that may be in volved: 1. Community and village planning and development (schools, houses, community centers) 2. Sanitation (wells, malaria control, latrines) 3. Agriculture (crops irriga tion, soil) 4. Literacy and adult educa tion 5. Home economics (clothing, childcare, nutrition) 6. Nursing (practical, midwif ery) 7. Engineering; (irrigation, surveying, .flood control) 8. Tradesand : industry . 9. Social welfare (orphanages, horns for aged, infirm) 10. Medical services (medical technicians, lab technicians, doctors' assistants) 11. Occupational therapy 12. Cultural education (arts, music, literature) These and other questions are to be discussed at the Washing ton Conference and in the local Group. UN Forces Fan Out To Fight FuiiiBiics LEOPOLD VILLE, The Congo (UPI) A strong U.N. patrol Saturday fanned out into the Kivu province jungle to drive away a band of "leopardmen" terrorizing the countryside with threats to kill all whites as enemies of their pagan religious sect. The fanatic tribesmen, wearing leopard skins around their heads, have been operating in the area of Kasongo, where Lumumbist troops earlier I WOMEN MUST RESERVE ROOMS Women students who will need a dormitory room for next fall or for summer school must make their reserva tion between Thursday, March 16 and Thursday, March 23. To reserve a room for the fall a woman student must pay the University cashier a $25 room deposit for the semester. To reserve a room for summer, school the room rent for the session must be given to the cashier ($30 for a double and $55 for a single). Then the student must fill out a room reservation card at her dormitory. A woman student who has been living in town and wants to move into a dorm should go to the Dean of Women's office, 202 South Building, this week to reserve a room. A woman student who does not make her reserva tions during the specified week may not be able to live in the room of her choice. All questions concerning room reservations should be directed to the office of the Dean of Women. beat priests and assaulted Bel gian nuns. More abuse of American mis sionaries was reported Saturday by Elaine Shepard, an Ameri can writer who flew out of Kivu to Leopoldville. Missionaries Beaten ' She said Americans among the 30 missionaries around Kindu in Kivu had been beaten and maltreated in recent weeks by Lumumbist Congolese. But Miss Shepard said, Con golese authorities in Kivu, who have been refusing to let whites leave unless ill, have finally agreed to let them depart if they wish. All the Americans now are at the Relais Hotel in Kindu, she said, but many have chosen to return to their posts. Samuel Vinton of Ebensberg, Pa., was reported to have been beaten by drunken soldiers, but Vinton and his wife, members of the world-wide Grace Testi mony mission, of Chicago, are staying. Their son, Frederick,, of Lyn, Calif., his pregnant wife and baby son are leaving. The younger Mrs. Vinton is suffer ing from complications as a re sult of mistreatment by the Con golese, reports said. A force of 400 U.N. Malayan troops is protecting Kindu now, but Congolese soldiers, loyal to slain ex-Premier Patrice Lu mumba, outnumber them five to one and the Congelese have the town surrounded. Bow and Arrows I Dthpr TTW trnfins were or dered into the Kasongo area in the Kivu interior to prevent the strange "leopardmen" mem bers of the Kitawala sect from carrying out their threat to wipe out the 30 white missionaries in the area. The leopardmen are armed with bows and arrows but. thus far, according to a U.N. com mand spokesman, they have not used them on any whites. In Katanga province, more violence was reported. Armed tribesmen in Kyunzu, North Katanga, attacked U.N. Ethi opian troops Wednesday, the U.N. command reported. The Ethiopians, however, managed to go to the rescue of five Swedes, two Norwegians and one Irishman, all U.N. sol diers, who had landed three helicopters at Nyunzu and were being assaulted by the tribesmen. B Campus Campaigns Hurtle Into Their Final Stages m z i.aiiciictates oner jrmai nea roF ineir siaies Harriss Hard Work, Imagination Sevier Positive, Progressive Student Party's Presidential candidate, Bill Harriss, yesterday called for students to support the entire SP slate in Tuesday's campus-wide election. . , Harriss said that the SP would provide students with "an imaginative, hard-working student administration." His statement follows: Many projects and new ideas have been brought out by the Student Party in this cam paign. One example of these new ideas is the proposed campus, radio station. Many of you have read our platform, which includes six teen articles of importance and concern to the entire campus. The other party has made only meager attempts to discover new projects worthy of . student government support. We in the Student Party, however, are vitally concerned with dynamic, .progress in, student govern ment, and are eager to get these new pro grams underway. . The persons who have earned the Student Party endorsement are ready to work as a team, a weJUcoofdinated team, to put these new ideas to work for you, the students of the University of North Carolina. If you as a student want an imaginative, hard-working, student administration, I would encourage you. to yote for the Student Party candidates. Our Vice-Presidential candidate, Hank Patterson, has worked hard in the past and his ideas and efforts have . yielded a better student government. He is highly qualified and will work energetically and forcefully for progress here at Carolina. Mary Townsend, highly experienced in student government work, is vitally interested in working to secure better participation by women students through her . influence as Secretary. Our candidates for class officers have proven their capabilities and will make class offices what they ought to be. The Student Party carefully scrutinized and selected our legislative candidates. This was, done by the entire party rather than merely by a small committee, which is the practice of the other party. The candidates are enthusiastic in their concern for better student government and they will provide the badly needed improve ments in our student legislature. We are a unified team committed to our ideals and to our platform, because we be lieve that by unified, enthusiastic effort we can do much to improve the student government of . the students of the University of . North Carolina. Bob Sevier, Presidential candidate of the University Party, yesterday summed up the UP's "positive campaign and . . . progressive undertakings." "We have promised nothing that we do not feel can be accomplished," stated candi date Sevier. His full statement follows: During my campaign, I have attempted to talk personally with every dormitory resident, feeling this to be the most efficient method of campaigning and a worthwhile experience for anyone hoping to serve our campus. . The other University Party candidates have conducted similar campaigns, and we hope that those students we were unable to contact have' followed our statements with in terest. The ideas we have presented throughout the past few weeks have grown out of our experience in student government. We have ? tried to conduct a positive campaign, and the -projects we propose are things which we feel , are popular among the entire student body and will benefit all students. They are progressive undertakings and yet ' reasonable and possible within the realm of our service, and we feel they will help assure increased understanding of and participation in student government. Our programs extend into the academic, social, and cultural areas and are concerned with both the campus level and beyond. Former experience has given us a good insight into the duties of the executive branch and an idea of what is necessary in conduct ing an active and efficient student government. We have promised nothing that we do not feel can be accomplished, nor have we begun by outlining more than we can hope to under take effectively. We eagerly- accept the chal lenge of problems and programs that will arise as of now unforeseen. Tony Harrington, Lynda Richert, Pete Thompson, and I have served together before and hope we will again be given the oppor tunity as your student body officers. As you consider us individually in preparing to vote Tuesday, we hope you will consider . as well the fact that our election as a ticket would assure greater efficiency by any of us in the year ahead. We close our campaign with a pledge to represent you always in a fair and dignified manner and to serve you efficiently, dynami cally, and effectively. Two Ethiopians were report ed slightly wounded by arrows. Congolese casualties, if any, were not reported. Whites Butchered In Portugese Angola Saturday LISBON (UPI) Civilian vigilante posses Saturday chased a horde of Mau-Mau style terrorists who fled to a dense forest near the Congo border after butchering whites and blacks with machetes and wiping out at least one white community in Portuguese An gola. Dispatches from Luanda, gleaming white capital of the Portuguese territory on the At lantic coast of Africa, said plane-loads of -wounded and homeless men, women and chil dren were being flown in from the -remote reaches of the Sao Salvador, and Maguela Do Zom bo districts. The number of casualties was hot known in the 36-hour blood letting that began Wednesday at dawn in raids on farms along a 300-mile arc near the Consro frontier. Lisbon press dispatches, report ed zii whites slaughtered on one farm community alone. At least one town, Nambuancongo, was evacuated. The white community of Mbridge, also had been feared wiped out by the raiders wield ing razor-sharp junne ma chetes, home-made swords. knives and clubs. But dispatches from the colo ny, relayed by the Portuguese Lusitania News Agency, said an air transport crew had sighted Mbridge and that whites and blacks were walking around in it, apparently unharmed. The news agency said the raiders, accused of having "for eign" backing by the Portu guese government, had fled into a dense forest near the frontier of . the chaotic Congo where local whites and loyal Africans organized into posses were harassing them. GREELEY STAYS EAST NEW YORK (UPI) Editor Horace Greeley, author of the saying "Go west, young man," won't. The city of Seattle, Wash., about as far west as you can go, requested the presence of New York's 3-ton statute of Greeley for display in next year's Century 21 Exposition. The request was denied Sun day. 4 On The Campus The Carolina Handbook staff will meet today at 2 p.m. in 201 Graham Memorial. The Yack and Handbook picture will be taken. Applications for positions as Men's Orientation counselors are aavilable at the informa tion desk at GM, the rcesrve reading room of the Library, in the main lobby of the Y, and at the Scuttlebutt. Dr. Benjamin D. Paul of Har vard University will speak at the Public Health Student Faculty Seminar tomorrow afternoon at 3 in the Library assembly room. tm0ffm)ifHH(tMikuA' iJi'..fc,w imbt00tfafamMti'- m'4 i I ! 3E
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