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Wm Suicide Edition f7 Today's Weather Chance of rain. CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1964 United Press International Servic mt mm New Student Union In Planning Stages By JEFFREY A. DICK "I am hopeful that next year's Freshman Class will have an op portunity to use a new Student Union before they graduate," Howard D. Henry, Student Union director, stated yesterday. The authorization of the new Union by the 1963 North Carolina State Legislature permits the Uni versity Building Committee to -spend $2,000,000 for the construc tion of the building. Construction presently awaiting approval by a federal lending agency. The new building, when com pleted, will contain five times the floor space occupied by the present Union, Graham Memorial. In addition, the new building will Tom Jones' Gets Kialto Showing "Tom Jones," the most raved about film currently in circula tion, will have its area premiere today at the Rialto Theatre in Durham. The movie has received top reviews from, all leading New York newspapers and is review ed in the Times as "one of the wildest, bawdiest and funniest comedies ever brought to the screen. Asheboro Negro Leaders Threaten Suffocation ASHEBORO (UPD Three in tegration leaders revealed Tues day they would suffocate them selves in caskets unless this cen tral North Carolina community adopted a policy of total and com plete integration by Memorial Day, May 30. It was the latest of recent threats of self destruction by Ne groes. The Rev. B. Elton Cox of High Point suggested last Sunday that -Negroes burn themselves to death to dramatize the need for racial equality. Robert Blow, 20, New York City, said three white coffins with black tops had already been ordered by the Rev. E. Banks of Sit-in Bill On SG Slate 'She Ways and Means Commit tee vt Student Legislature will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow to hold hearings on a bill which would ask the Men's and Women's Hon or Councils to try convicted stu dent civil rights demonstrators. The bill, introduced by Borden Parker, states it has no objection to student participation in "law ful demonstrations," but it "does not condone the willful, premedi tated and persistent violation of the laws established by the com munity." "The consensus of opinion seems to doubt the propriety of Student Legislature's enacting such a bill," said Student Gov ernment Vice - President Bob Spearman. "Many feel it would infringe upon the principle of separation of powers in the gov ernment," he said. Committee Chairman N e al Jackson has asked that all mem bers of the committee attend the meeting tomorrow in Woodhouse Hoom of Graham Memorial. From The Chapel Hill Weekly A mountainous clerical job is adually developing around anti-segregation demonstrators due for trial in Orange Superior Ourt in Hillsboro. District Solicitor Thomas D Cooper said he planned to hold special criminal terms of Su perior Court to try members of the Chapel Hill freedom move ment arrested in sit-ins here dur ing the past five weeks and charged with trespassing and re sisting arrest. Cooper said he would start trying some demonstrators at the regular criminal term of Orange Superior Court, which opens Feb ruary 24. These first demonstrators to do tried are 17 who were involved in the sit-in at the Chapel HiD Merchants Association last July. Four of the Merchants Associa tion demonstrators have already been convicted. One pleaded So, TT contain expanded billiard facili ties, bowling lanes, music listen ing rooms, a snack bar, and a large central room which would serve as a meeting place for mock political conventions, dances and banquets. In addition, the build ing is to contain office facilities for most of the campus student activity groups. "The advantages in bringing tnese groups under one roof. Henry said, "would be that there would be much more contact among campus leaders and give the campus a greater unity of purpose. "Also," he continued, "adequate meeting spaces near the head quarters of the student organiza tions would afford individual groups a more efficient organiza tion." At present, the building is still on the drawing boards of Al Cameron and Associates of Char lotte, N. C. Once started, construe tion should take anywhere from eighteen months to two years The building will stand just off South Road at the edge of Emer son Field. The building will occupy part of a three building complex composed of an undergraduate library, a bookstore, and the new Union. Thomasville, state youth advisor for the NAACP. Blow is Banks' assistant. Blow said he, Banks, and Ty son, first vice president of the Asheboro NAACP chapter, would seal themselves in the caskets May 30 and remain there until the city was completely integral ed. "This is really true," Blow said. "We discussed it last eve ning and had discussed it before.' I hope it's not necessary, but we will go through with it." Other Negroes, he said, had also expressed their, willingness to follow their example. Plans call for the caskets to be display ed in a church or private horned here, Blow said. He said the city had taken the first step toward easing racial differences and "the next thing fo rthem is to get to work on a public accommodations law." Briefs A Gold Medal! INNSBRUCK, Austria (UPD Terry McDermott, a 23-year-old apprentice barber using a pair of skates he borrowed from his coach, ended the Unit ed States' long wait for a gold medal in the Winter Olympics Tuesday when he upset a Rus sian to win the 500-meter speed skating in a record 40.1 seconds. No Cash, No Moon 'WASHINGTON (UPD Na tional space chief James E. Webb told Congress today that if it does not provide the full $5.3 billion space budget asked by President Johnson for 1964 5, it will not be possible to land an American on the moon in this decade. Cases guilty. Cooper said if he finish ed with the remaining 17, and enough time remained in the regular term of court (unlikely), he would start trying the other demonstrators arrested si n c e demonstrations started here Dec ember 13. Those demonstrators came to trial in Chapel Hill Recorder's Court recently and requested jury trial in Hillsboro. The amount of clerical work and expenses in trying these demonstrators is unmatched in the annals of Orange County jus tice. Since demonstrations start ed last month, 152 demonstrators have accumulated 255 arrests as of last week (some were arrested several times, at different dem onstrations.) Only five of those 255 arrests involve one charge, trespassing. All the others re sulted in a dual charge: trespass ing and resisting arrest. Because a grand jury must act on each charge, Cooper must .:-y. . 4 a- '-WJ A ' ? - f f . ' r If 1 Uf - - - - . 1 1 i ..,.JP4?i fvx - f ; . JLlJ&J" 1 - , - " i II 1 '. nil... .ii,,. I ;aMiWaMM ....... .... , , -' Xmi. ' 1 u. BACK TO CLASSES The short semester break is over, and ahead looms another long, hard stretch of work. The combined pile of texts, re quired reading, background material, recom Carter And Elections Board Replacement Of Professor May Benefit Student Voters By GARY BLANCHARD UNC students of voting age with no residence other than Chapel Hill should find it easier to register and vote in Orange County in the near future, The Daily Tar Heel learned yester day. This develpoment is linked to the apparent ouster of UNC Business Professor Clyde Car ter as secretary-treasurer of the Orange County Elections (Board. Carter has come under in creasing fire from local party members in the past : several' years - as being "notably " un sympathetic" to allowing 'UNC " students to vote by requiring them " to meet "unjustifiable qualifications." The results of this has been to "effectively disenfranchise" many students, according to supporters of the ouster move. "We're certainly not inclined to allow all students to regis ter," said one supporter, "but when they have no other resi dence, are usually married and in professional or graduate school, then they just have their vote taken away from them. "Many of these students come from states that don't have ab sentee ballots. Many of them can't go home, and might not be able to qualify to vote if Kortner Makes $100 Tackle A UNC law student was awarded $100 Monday in a suit against a football player for a fight last May. Steven A. Bernholz, of Greensboro, had asked for $5,000 as compensatory damages and $10,000 as punitive damages. He claimed he had been maliciously assaulted by UNC football tackle Cole Kortner, a senior from Greenwich, Conn. Bernholz testified that his date shined a spot light from the car they and other students were occupying on the backs of Kortner and his date near a woman's dormitory. Kortner approached the car and grabbed the arm of another boy, Bernholz said. The two boys got out and were assaulted by the 230-pound tackle, he said. Overload County draw up and present to the Or ange County grand jury 505 sep arate bills of indictment. When Cooper's two, possibly more, special terms of court are held, probably in March or April, there is a strong possibility that defense counsel for the demon strators will demand that each defendant be tried separately for each arrest. If he does, and if all defendants appear and are ready for trial, and none pleads guilty, there will be 225 trials. A jury must be chosen for each trial. These juries are chosen from one venire, if possible. A venire usually numbers about 70, and of these about 35 usually ap pear; the others are either dead or out of the County. It is possible that considerable delay can occur in choosing the juries. The State is allowed four peremptory challenges of jurors; the defense,, six. Both sides are allowed unlimited challenges for cause. Two juries are usually News Analysis they could as they have no per manent residence there." Carter's apparent ouster came at a meeting Monday night of the Orange County Democratic Executive Committee. Members re-nominated Sam J. Latta of Hillsboro, present chairman of .the - elections -. board, -sttiir first choice for .the two Demo-' cratic Party positions on the board, and UNC Political .Science Professor James Pro ithro as their second choice. Car ter was nominated but came out in third place. State party officials, who will take final action on the nomi nations in the near future, rare ly, overrule a local committee's desires, meaning Carter prob ably will not be reappointed to the board. Supporters of the ouster move stressed that they felt Carter has done an "efficient and cred itable" job as secretary-treasurer, but his reputed lack of will ingness even to discuss his rigid operating at once, one out de liberating, the other either being formed or hearing a case. The potential delay in choosing juries is one of Cooper's reasons for holding special terms of court. Another is . that Orange County holds only four criminal terms of Superior Court every year, and normal dockets keep these terms busy. Still another is the inconvenience to defend ants of having to wait for days in the Courthouse to be tried. Cooper said he did not want to have happen in the coming dem onstrators trials what occurred in December, when four demon strators' cases were consolidated for simultaneous trial. Consoli dation gave the defense 24 per emptory challenges, six for each defendant, and when the original venire of jurors was exhausted by challenges, a new venire had to be called by the next day. Contacting the new jurors kept the Sheriff's Department up half ' n ll Innnmi ii n 1 m mended reading, non-recommended reading, etc., spells new and bigger headaches for the "stu dent," not to mention new and bigger fortunes for the book exchange. Photo by Jim Wallace. regluations on student voting has caused them great concern. Carter's opposition to student voting was based on his belief that students have no lasting in terest in the community as they often own no property here, don't buy. state auto licenses or state taxes, are usually here for only a few years and are apt to vote for tax increases even though they probably won't have to pay them in the long run. Carter's opponents on the is . sue, however, have pointed out that the same criticisms hold foes, townspeople end professors who move in and out of the area, but who are not subjected to the same scrutiny when they attempt to vote. Technically, one supporter of the ouster move said, the law leaves it up to each registrar as to who can qualify to regis ter and vote. However, it was felt that registrars were react ing adversely to student at tempts to vote as they knew Carter opposed the idea. ART PANEL DISCUSSION A panel discussion on "Art in the Churches" will be held tomor row at 8:30 p.m. at the Villa Tempesta in Chapel Hill. Kortner testified that he had not intended to hit anyone when he came over to the car. When the two boys got out, one of them made what Kortner interpreted as an "offensive move." Kortner said he shoved one student and hit the other. He heard one of them say they didn't want any trouble and to "move along big boy." Susan Turner, a senior from Raleigh, who was Kortner's date, testified she saw three boys on top of Kortner and started toward the dormitory. Another girl persuaded her to go back and help stop the scuffle. The fight lasted no more than 30 seconds. Character witnesses' appearing for Kortner were Miss Turner, Joseph Mark, a. line coach, and Gene Sigmon, Tar Heel co-captain. the night. It is in these special terms of court that expenses appear. A juror is paid $6 per day in court plus mileage for one day only. Mileage from Chapel Hill to Hills boro is $1.40. In addition to the regular jurors, 18 grand jurors must be called for every term. Grand jurors get the same pay as regular jurors. In addition to this, a court ste nographer must be hired. Court stenographers cost about $120 a week. All told, the cost of a special criminal term of court is about $1,000. There are other less apparent expenses connected with the demonstration trials, some not calculable. For instance, Chapel Hill Police Chief W. D. Blake says that he expects every single one of his 24-man force, includ ing himself and excluding only the parking meter maintenance man, to be called to Hillsboro to be ready to testify at one time College Amendment To Tax Bill Beaten By Narrow Margin Merit Scholars May Get Help From Phi Eta Sigma A permanent cooperation be tween Phi Eta Sigma and the Na tional Merit Scholarship Commit tee will be decided today at a meeting of the freshman honorary fraternity. The meeting will be held in Ro land Parker Lounge of Graham Memorial at 4:30 p.m. Howard Godwin, president of the fraternity, stated that a co operative bond of this sort would provide an ideal opportunity for Phi Eta Sigma to render service to the University. Each winter the National Merit Scholarship Committee brings to the campus Semif inalists from throughout the state. The commit tee organizes a two-day program designed to acquaint the Semi finalists with the academic pos sibilities at Carolina for superior students. Counselors and regis trars for the visitors . have pre viously been volunteers, and the Phi Eta Sigma proposal would provide personnel for these posi tions on an annual basis. The program for the Semif inal ists will be held February 13-15. On the agenda are lectures by professors, tours of the campus and interviews with Chancellor Aycock, the Director of Admis- Jury Tq Try Integration Marchers Pendergraft Also Gets Jury Trial Twenty-two civil rights demon strators were bound over Tues day from Recorder's Court for jury trial in Orange County Su perior Court in Hillsboro. Also bound over for Superior Court trial was Howard M. Pen dergraft, 44, white, accused of assault on a demonstrator in a December protest at the Tar Heel Sandwich Shop. Roy Cole, Chapel Hill solicitor, asked for a jury trial for Pender graft, because he said all cases arising from the Town's racial incidents should be tried in the same court. Each demonstrator is charged with two to five counts of tres passing, blocking the sidewalk, resisting arrest, assault, or dam age to property. Two protesters are charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly kick ing police while being arrested. The cases will come up in the Superior Court session beginning Feb. 24. The case of Austin Watts, motel-restaurant owner charged with forcible entry and assault against several integrationists, was post poned until next Tuesday in Re corder's Court. or another during the demonstra tion trials. Chief Blake said he would con fer with Cooper to try to arrange for trials of demonstrators in such a way that policemen on the morning shift would be called to testify in the afternoon and vice versa. At the same time, Cooper is in the process of arranging special term dates convenient to both himself and to Chapel Hil at torney John Manning, who has been retained as private prosecu tor in some of the demonstration cases. Chief Blake said that in 22 years as a policeman he had never experienced such mass ar rests. He said he remembered one UNC-Duke football game at which 19 arrests were made, for public drunkenness or disorderly conduct, but that even that game was an unusually busy one for the police. Couir sions and the Director of Student Aid. Arson Attempt Brings FBI To Chapel Hill An apparent case of attempted arson against the home of Rose mary Ezra, a prominent member of local anti-segregation demon strators, has been turned over to the FBI for further investigation, according to Orange County Sheriff's Deputy W. E. Clark Jr. Clark said the incident occurred late Sunday night when neighbors of Miss Ezra telephoned authori ties that something was burning in the carport of her deserted home. Clark said the smoking object proved to be a lump carbide, a crystal substance which he said flames up violently when doused with water. It is used in welding, he said. Enough water had been thrown on the carbide to make it sputter and smoke, Clark centinued, in dicating that the attempted arson ist is familiar with the potency of the substance. , , Clark said he and Deputy; Avery Maddry let the material burn it self out on the dirt floor of the carport and notified the FBI. He said FBI notification is stand ard practice in cases of arson which possibly have racial over tones. It was the second incident at Miss Ezra's home since racial demonstrations were stepped-up here last weekend. Late Saturday Austin Watts, owner of a restaurant-motel which has been the scene of several sits-ins, alleged ly forced his way into the house and struck two persons inside. Watts was subsequently charged with forcible entry and assault. WAKE TICKETS The Woollen Gym ticket of fice announced yesterday ... well, the office really didn't announce it, but the people there announced it . . . that "about 200-300 student tickets" to the Wake Forest game were still available. Concert Features Louis Armstrong "Satchmo" is coming to town! The tubby bandleader, some times known as Louis Armstrong, headlines the Winter German's concert, to be held Saturday night at Memorial Hall. Curtain time is 7:45. Armstrong and his band are internationally known, and his many hits and films have made him the favorite of miUions. Appearing with Armstrong will be the Shirelles, whose record ings have consistently - b e e n among the top in the nation. They are known for such hits as "Dedicated to the One I Love," "Thing of the Past," "Baby It's You" and "Soldier Boy." . Watts Carr, president of the German's Club, announced yes terday that tickets held over from the Fall Germans concert cancelled due to the death of President Kennedy, will not be honored at the door. He said that those who are not in the Germans Club and hold tickets should turn them in to the per son from whom they 'bought them and get a refund. The German's Club, composed of 14 UNC fraternities, will hold a dance in Durham after the performance. Armstrong will play at the dance, and admission is limited to the members of the club. Anyone desiring further infor mation should call Carr at 968 9086 or 929-2S53. LB J Forces Lead Fight Vs. Passage WASHINGTON (UPD The Senate Tuesday narrowly defeat ed a plan that would have per mitted parents to subtract from their income tax bill part of the cost of sending their children, through college. The proposal, sponsored by SeS. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) as an amendment to the Senate's $11.6 billion tax reduction bill, originally had the backing of lib eral Democrats and most Repub licans. But the administration was against it, and it failed by a cliffhanging roll call vote of 43 45 that saw two of its co-sponsors. Sens. Robert C. Byrd (D-W. Va.) and Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) emerge from the cloakroom to vote against it at the last mo-, ment. Another co-sponsor, Sen. How ard W. Cannon (D-Nev.) happen ed to be out of town when the vote was called. . Administration forces came from behind to defeat the plan, and the tide of voting bore all the earmarks of Lyndon B. John son' strategy when he was Senate Democratic leader. The Senate also defeated on a 47-47 tie vote an amendment sponsored by Sen. Winston 1. Prouty (R-Vt.) to permit tax de ductions of up . to $1,500 a year for, students -working their way through college. Prouty's plan would have cost the Treasury about $55 million a year in tax revenues. The main argument against the Ribicoff plan was that it would cost too much in tax revenue losses $1.3 billion by 1970. Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.) said $500 million spent under the ad ministration's omnibus education bill, which would provide college .tuition loans, would do three times as much good for education as the Ribicoff plan. There also were objections that the provisions would benefit most ly middle-income parents who can already afford to send children to college. Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) complained that the plan raised the old church -state con troversy by helping parents meet the cost of church related colleges and universities. The AFL-CIO came out against the plan Tuesday as "very ex pensive" and of no benefit to low income families. M V s ' ' -it :Z r u
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