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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1965
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32 14 HIKE: Coeds Lynne Harvel (UUback) and Chris
Pettee (center) herald the coming football season as they
get in a little pigskin practice on the grass ta'f rout 4 of
Graham Memorial. Their only comment: "Whew!" Watch
the Tar Heel next week for a preview of UNC football and
predictions on the4 Atlantic Coast Conference race.
Photo by Ernest Robl.
No New Leads Discovered
In
Slayi
ins Of
No new leads were discov
ered this week in the July 30
slaying of coed Suellen Evans,
Chapel Hill Police Chief Wil
liam Blake said late yester
day. "We're working on some of
the old leads," Blake said,
"checking some of them out
more thoroughly."
Blake said that one of the
three chief suspects had been
eliminated this week, but de
clined to make any identifica
tions. Two knives which were
found in Chapel Hill were also
eliminated from the case ac
cording to Blake. "The knives
were checked by the SBI lab,
and no traces of blood were
found," he said.
Another knife is still being
examined by the lab.
The first two knives were
a carving knife found in Cobb
and a pocket knife found in a
restroom of the Presbyterian
Church, 209 E. Franklin St.
The knife still being exam
ined was found near Vine's
Veterinary Hospital.
Police are continuing their
search for a knife with a
blade of four-and-a-half to six
inches in length which is be
lieved to be. the weapon with
which the 21-year-old coed was
stabbed to death in the Ar
boretum. An inch-by-inch search of
the campus botanical garden
last Thursday failed to reveal
any trace of the murder
weapon.
The search, which was con
ducted by some 200 male stu
dents, was organized by the
Student Government with the
UNC Coed
assistance of Chapel Hill and
campus police.
Police have so far received
two lengthy SBI reports on
the slaying, and say that they
may lead to an arrest.
Findings of the reports have
not been disclosed and police
decline to identify suspects.
Gov. Dan K. Moore drove
Sunday to the home of Miss
Evans parents in Mooresville.
He assured them that the SBI
is making every effort to cap
ture the slayer.
Some 53 contributions have
been received so far for the
Suellen Evans reward fund.
They total $1,265.
All
Coke Gets
By ERNEST ROBL
Tar Heel Asst. Editor
The Durham Coca-Cola Bot
tling Co. will be given an ex
clusive franchise for campus
vending machines under a new
university policy effective this
fall.
Book Exchange director
Tom Shetley, who is respon
sible for all vending opera
tions on campus, announced
the change this week.
According to Shetley, the
exclusive contract was
awarded to Coca-Cola on the
basis of competitive bids.
Under the new plan, vend
ing machines owned or oper
Educator Tells Gag Panel
'Undue Outside Pressure9
Are Harmful To University
By MIKE YOPP
And ERNEST ROBL
The speaker ban study com
mission opened public hear
ings yesterday and heard a
warning that the University
"cannot function effectively"
under "outside interference."
Dr. Emmett Fields, chair
man of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges, told
the nine-member panel that
governing boards such as the
University Board of Trustees
"should not be subjected to
undue pressure from outside
political or religious groups."
Fields referred to the Gen
eral Assembly which passed
the speaker ban law in 1963.
The decision of who can and
cannot speak on campuses
should be left to the "govern
ing boards," he said.
He said the governing board
should be "as sensitive to feel
ings (in the stats) as. -it can
be, but must, by standards of
the Southern Association, be
finally responsible."
Fields was the first speak
er in the morning session
which spilled over into an ad
ditional hour. Gordon Sweet,
acting secretary of the Com
mission on Colleges, also rep
resented the Southern Associ
ation. Fields warned that accredi
tation is definitely threatened
by the law. The decision, he
said, will be made by the 54
member delegate assembly
which will consider the ban
in November.
Fields said he "would not
enter into speculation" about
what the decision might be.
He repeatedly refused to say
what he thought the full as
sembly might decide, and said
that he, as chairman of the
Commission on Colleges,
would not give his personal
opinion about whether ac
creditation would be lost be
cause of the ban.
Fields was questioned by
Machines To Be Replaced
Vending Franchise
ated by concerns other than
Coca-Cola in campus areas
under the jurisdiction of the
Book Exchange will have to
be removed.
"No competitive drinks will
be kicked off," Shetley said,
explaining that where these
are now available, they will
continue to be available. In
stead of being dispensed by a
number of machines however,
all drinks will be dispensed
from one large-capacity ma
chine operated by Coca-Cola.
Shetley gave these reasons
for the change in policy:
1. Large batteries of un
sightly, worn-out machines
cluttering up many campus
each of the nine study com
mission members.
Commission chairman Da
vid Britt, prefacing his ques
tion by saying it was a charge
he had heard repeated in var
ious circles, asked Fields if
the "action of the commission
was precipitated by people in
North Carolina."
"Yes," Fields replied, "by
the General Assembly in
1963."
Britt rephrased his ques
tion: "Did the head of any
institution get in touch with
you or anyone you know about
to take this action?"
"No," Fields replied. "No
one urged that we act in the
way we did."
Commission member W. T.
Joyner, who questioned Fields
longer than any other member
of the panel, asked what
would be the affects of loss of
accreditation.
"With respect to the Assocr'
ation. exDulsion from mem-
bership speaks for itself,"
Fields answered. He said that
independent evaluation would
havs to be conducted oh each '
student from a non-accredited
school who transfers to
an accredited institution. Ac
credited schools have a re
cipdocal understandings that
students they admit have had
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locations.
2. A desire to start oyer
with new equipment.
3. A desire for better service
and maintenance of machines
located on campus.
The vending of cigarettes,
candy, crackers and sandwich
es will also be handled through
the Coca-Cola franchise un
der the contract.
Shetley said that the only
campus areas which would
not be affected by the change
would be machines in Gra
ham Memorial, the medical
complex, and athletic depart
ment property.
Existing Coke machines
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a quality education, he said.
Joyner asked Fields about
his earlier statement concern
ing "pressure from outside po
litical or religious groups."
"You would consider the
sentiments of the great body
of the people of North Caro
lina as pressure from an out
side group?"
"We are speaking about the
final authority for decision -making,"
Fields replied. "The
board should be responsive to
as many people in the state
as it can be: But we are talk
ing about what must be the
final responsibility in making
decisions."
Commission member Ben
C. Fisher asked about the
"lateness" of the Associa
tion's action. It was almost
two years after the passage
of the ban law that the As
sociation notified the Univer
sity that accreditation was
threatened.
"We acted after our inves
tigation and deliberation were
concluded and not before,"
Fields answered.
State Sen. Tom White of Le
noir appeared briefly before
the panel. He said that he
would be out of town for this
week's sessions, but that he
wanted "to be heard (at a
later date) as a proponent of
this so-called speaker ban
law."
In ths afternoon session
Rep. Phil Godwin, co-author
of the speaker ban law, and
Dr. Howard Boozer, acting di
rector of the N. C. Depart
ment of Higher Education,
presented evidence and were
questioned by the panel.
"If I could do it all over
again, it would have been
done differently," Godwin
said, commenting on the con-v
troversy the law had stirred.
"When the bill was presented,
I honestly couldn't see any
thing wrong with it."
Godwin emphasized that he
had "no personal animosity
toward the University," and
said that the bill had not been
introduced for such a reason.
In answers to questions from
members of the commission,
Godwin said that he had not
made any attempt to talk
with University officials about
the possible effects of such a
law before introducing the bill.
When Zollicoffer asked God
win if an amendment allowing
Communists to talk on non
political topics would be ac
ceptable to him, Godwin re
plied: "A Communist is a de
clared enemy of our country
and should not be allowed to
speak."
Godwin said that he did not
want state - supported insti
tutions to lose accreditation,
but said that he did not want
the General Assembly "threat
ened." Boozer testified on how
grants from government and
private agencies would be af
fected by a possible loss of
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