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B 870 Chap91 Hill. w. c SC Residents ; International Studrnt Cen ter residents will meet at 8 ... P-m. tonight in Roland Park er I, second floor GM. Confession Be sore and check page four of today's issue for the prosaic drama of a DTII staff writer's run-in with tfc Highway Patrol, and his tree confession thereunto. The South' s Largest College lSeicspcjer Volume 74, Number 158 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1967 Founded February 23. 1893 Aif X' I -II I,,, OTttU UjT mm ;:. LBJ Says No Decision On More Troops WASHINGTON President Johnson said Wednes day no decision is imminent on whether to send more troops to Vietnam. However, he indicated such pro posals are in the works. Johnson told a surprise news conference he is not even considering at this time any recommendations to boost Vietnam troop strength beyond the. 470,000 men already contemplated for the end of this year. However, he said the Pentagon is evaluating "comments to the Joint Chiefs" from Gen. William C. Westmoreland and others. And he said he has no doubt the Pentagon will be making recommendations to him in the weeks ahead. But he added: "I do not consider anything immed iately imminent in the next few days or even the next few weeks." ' Committee Approves Lo weringf Age RALEIGH The House Constitutional Amend ments Committee Wednesday approved, with some re servations, two bills aimed at lowering the North Car olina fvoting age to 18. : Several committee members said they were vot ing for approval now only in an effort to bring the measures to the House floor for debate. Should the legislation be passed by the General Assembly, the voters of North Carolina would have the final say on whether or not to lower the age requirements from 21 to 18. Bill Would Prevent "Trench Mouth" RALEIGH The North Carolina Senate Wednesday-passed and sent to the House bills to make glue sniffing unlawful and to prohibit, the transportation of beer and wine in a motor vehicle when the seal or cap has been broken. Before approving the bill to regulate the transpor tation of beer and wine, the Senate defeated an amend ment by Sen. Jack White, D-Cleveland. His proposal would have permitted passengers in a car to drink wine or beer, but the driver could not. 'Sen. Jesse Austin, D-Johnston, opposed the amend ment by posing the question, "what is to prevent the driver from sipping from the can and passing it to someone on the back seat?" "I don't know of a better way to spread trench mputh than by swapping beer cans," Sen. John J. &irney told the senators. Court Rules Alabama Statute Unconstitutional MONTRGOMERY, Ala. U. S. District Court rul ied Wednesday that an antiguidelines statute passed ;by the Alabama Legislature is unconstitutional and : invalid. ; - The statute was adopted at the 1966 special session : of the legislature and contended that the federal school : integration guidelines exceeded the authority of the J bivil Rights Act of 1964. In ruling on a suit by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Poeple, the court said it would have ruled that the statute was invalid even if the guidelines had been ruled invalid. sk "not. f p - i r. M sSV- ' y , ' - V 4 i ofjfmi - i . frWi 'Kir- ' ") The campus trees got their spring pruning yesterday as workers climbed about in them supported by safety ropes, alje Daily Ear ?rrl World News BRIEFS By The Associated Press Swinging owensuem Davidson In Crowded Vietnam By DON CAMPBELL DTH Ntm Editor What road the United States should take to bring self de termination to South Vietnam was hotly debated last night before an overflowing crowd in Hill Hall. Al Lowenstein, critic of the war, called for an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and accused the U. S. of not wanting to negotiate. He call ed for withdrawal of Ameri can troops into enclaves. State Department Officer Daniel Davidson defended U.S. policy saying North Viet nam was in South Vietnam be fore we were, and have shown no signs of wanting to negoti ate, anyway. "The only possible road to peace is to stop the bombing and if we have to just sit there," Lowenstein said, "It's a cheaper price than Leg lsiauire -Referendum Draft ; By SANDY LORD DTH Staff Writer The final draft of the Viet nam referendum will be pre sented to the Student Legis lature for approval tonight. The referendum is an at tempt to obtain a comprehen sive survey of student atti tudes on the war in Vietnam. The student body will vote on the referendum on Thurs day, May. 11. It will consist of about eight .concisely word ed policy statements on the war, on which the students will vote. The list of statements will run the gamut from massive escalation to complete and im mediate withdrawal. - The actual wording of each statement was drawn up by referendum in , the Legisla Dave Kiel, a junior major- ture it will probably pass with ing in Political Science. very few changes. Women To Vote On Fee A referendum on doubling coed dormitory social fees so that women's residences may be eligible for full voting pow er in residence colleges was authorized by Women's Resi-. dence Council Tuesday night. The vote will be conducted in house meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday in the dor mitories, and if passed will go into effect immediately without further action by WRC. It will not be part of the WRC referendum oh coed rules May 11, which is a' noninding opinion poll. WRC stated that raising fees from $2.50 to $5.00 would 5 5 in the Trees Students ignored the operation even though a dump truck appeared m McCorkle Place to college the fallen branches. Defends U.S. Policy what we're paying now." "I have come to the conclu sion as others have that the American government doesn't really want to negoti ate now. . . because it knows the North would make de mands we could not meet, and we would make demands they could not meet." Lowenstein said the U. S. is afraid to take the consequen ces of a settlement at this time. . Completely free elections, he said, can be held only under the surveilance of the Inter national Control Commission. Danielson argued against the enclave theory by saying it would conceed 90 to 96 per cent of the land to the Com munists. "The enrlave," he said, "is not a tenable half-way house to negotiations." He said there was no dis- Gets . Other members of the com mittee are Larry Richter, UP Floor Leader, and Terry Fow ler, a third year graduate stu dent in Political Science. The committee advisor is Dr. Wil liam Fleming, a member of the Political Science Depart ment. The final version has gone through six drafts, and has been looked over by more than half a dozen members1 of the Political Science Department. At various times during its de liberations, the committee has consulted many people, from extreme doves to extreme hawks. Kiel said that although he expects a good discussion the Increase make women's dormitories full financial partners in their residence colleges. "Any unused funds will be returned to the individual dor mitories, should the residence college dissolve or should the dormitory decide to withdraw from the residence college." In other business, WRC granted late permissions to freshmen for 1 a.m. Friday May 12 and signout late per missions for 1:30 a.m. Satur day May 13 to coeds attend ing Freshman Weekend events. Final approval of the late clos ing hours is pending from the Dean of Women's Office. I if. : - i 'XL DTH Staff Photo hy STSVE ADAMS Debate tinction between the Vietnam war and the Korean war: "In both conflicts, one - half of the country was and is fighting the?other half." . He said further that there was no path at this time lead ing? to free elctions, and that even if there were elections, they would not be Communist dominated. . Lowenstein was applauded loudly several times during the debate, and if that's how you measure debates he won easily. His closing re marks were followed by a standing ovation. There was considerable dis agreement throughout the de bate about who said what about Vietnam during the past quarter century. And there was disagreement about what other wars were analagous to this one. Lowenstein even Lxade a stab at humor in his opening remarks saying "Hubert Hum- Bob Powell and Al Lowen stein have called a meeting at noon today in uprstairs Le noir Hall. The . purpose of the meeting is to recruit summer volunteers to help promote a nationwide examination of the Vietnam war in the coming year. phrey (whom he once worked for) is not responsible for what I say . . . and neither am I responsible for what he says these days." He warned that the govern . meet- must recognize - that there: is an increasing opposi- ' tion to the war among the American people. More than 850 students and professors crowded the hall. A few questions from the audi ence were received after the hour and a half debate, which was sponsored by the Carolina Forum. Incumbent McQamroch Is Reelected Chapel Hill's incumbent May or Sandy McClamrock retain ed his post by swamping his opponent Raymond Williams in Tuesday's election. The vote was 1,502 to 442. Incumbent Aldermen Roland Giduz and R. D. Smith were reelected, as well as former board member Mrs. James W. Prothro, who resigned last year to accompany her hus band to Chile on a foundation grant. David Ethridge, a former UNC student who has been assisting former Governor Ter ry Sanford for the past two years, was elected to his first term on the Board of Alder men. Defeated were incumbent Alderman F. E. (Gene) Strowd the board's senior member with 12 years service, and candidates John Rogers and Richard Radford. In other races, Neill Rosser and Paul Gutherie Jr. were . elected to the Chapel Hill City Board of Education. De feated in the school board race were incumbent Dr. Richard Peters and challengers Mrs. William J. Koch, Francis De Friess, Werner Hausler and C. A. Houck. t L. J. Phipps was re-elected without opposition as judge of Chapel Hill Recorder's Court. Undergraduate Library Announces New Hours At the beginning of the first summer session, the hours of the Undergraduate Library will be changed for the great er convenience of students and library staff. On Saturday night, tfhe Undergraduate Library will close at 9 p.m. It will reopen Sunday at 10 a.m. At present, the Undergraduate Library is open until 11:45 p.m. on Sat urday night but does not open until 2 p.m. on Sunday. V i - - -. ' f"L J U L The Apail Problem By WAYNE HURDER DTH Staff Writor The Victory Village Board of Aldermen held a widely ad vertised open session Tuesday: night to discuss village prob lems, but only 13 non - board members attended confirming board chairman George Ear ly's opinion that apathy is the area's key problem. However, the 13 persons and the members of the board managed to have a very heat ed discussion of how money should be spent and when elec tions should be held. Circulars had been stuffed in the mailboxes of the 550 fa milies in Victory and Odum Villages advertising an open session of the board of alder man at which everyone would be informed about what th e Board does, who is on it, and where its money is spent. However, when most of the alderman got there they were surprised to find there was an open meeting. No one had au More Village Units To Be Torn Down By JAY FLEISHMAN About 80 more "Victory Vil lage married housing units will be torn down by Septem ber 1 to make way for new hospital and medical center construction. The UNC Housing Office will soon send out letters notifying the occupants. They will be given priority in other univer sity housing. These pre - fabricated hous es, built in 1947, were "not to be permanent and were sup posed to last about seven years," said Director of Hous ing James E. Wadsworth. "In stead they have last 20 years, providing students with the cheapest possible married housing to be found." Rents range from $20 to $40 a month. "We've really been fortun ate to have had them so long," said Wadsworth. "A big bouquet should be given to all at the university who help-, ed us maintain them for the past twenty years." "Most other schools had the same types of housing, but we DTH Staff Photo by STXVK ADAMS hawk and the dove clash ... What should the United States do in Viet Nam? thorized the open meeting and the circulars were not put out by the board. No one said who had put them out. The board decided to h a v e elections next fall to pick al dermen to serve until spring campus elections. ELECTONS ARE generally held in the spring but because of general apathy of the resi dents it was decided before this year's spring elections not to pick new aldermen. In answer to criticism of the board's decision, Chairman George Early explained that "all we can do now with exams coming up is to wrap this year up and prepare for an election next year rather than rushing into this thing this year." The Victory Village constitu tion empowers the board of aldermen to set the date for elections as long as they are held every two years. THE BOARD is made up of 12 members. Right now only three of the members were are one of the few that have been able to maintain them this long. North Carolina State's pre - fab houses were removed about ten years ago." Wadsworth feels these hous es have remained because the university wanted to keep them as long as. possible and they have been cared for pro perly. Wadsworth said the land was allocated to the hospital and medical center long ago. "It's bad news to us," Wads worth said. "It increases our problems. However, I think it is a fair deal, as fair as the university can make it." What are future plans for married students' housing? Wadsworth said the "Uni versity is presently working on plans to build 300 additional units, possibly in the vicinity of the Chapel Hill airport. I can't say for sure, but they may be built in two or three years." Approval of the N. C. Gen eral Assembly is necessary for the university to borrow money to build these houses. Eekq. i elected - all in the 1965 elec tions. The other nine were ap pointed by the chairman to fill vacancies. Most of the board members present lamented the apathy shown by the residents. They said that the board usually starts out well and then gra dually melts down to where most of the elected members are gone and replaced by ap pointees. Conflict was expressed at the meeting over whether money should be spent just for the children in the vaillage or whether.it should be split between that and parties for the adults in the village. JIM ALDERMAN, treasur er, defended spending money for occasional parties, be cause, he said, most villagers don't know each other and many don't get to party much. Money has been spent this year on a Christmas party and Easter Egg hunt for the chil dren, playground equipment, and a party for adults. An other party is scheduled. Victory Village depends on Student Governement for its funds. This year it got only $405 because in the past when the board got more it failed to spend it. Now that the board is trying to get back on its feet, it's trying to get more money money from Student Govern ment. The 1967-68 budget re quests 1015. JIM ALDERMAN, said he considered the request a con servative estimate of the needs of the community but added that he thought the bud get committee would probably cut it down, anyway. Some members of the audi ence also criticized the finan cial records of the board. However, the members ex plained that all spending is done in accordance with Uni versity regulations and the books are audited every year. Presently the board is work ing on setting up more play grounds scattered around the area, instead of the one big one now, that is scheduled to be torn down. The new ones would have sandboxes, swings, and bench es and be fenced in. The Vil lage emptied its till yesterday, according to Alderman, to start a new fenced in play ground with a sandbox. .
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