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U::C Library c x 70 Chl Hill, ??. , Possible Rain Today scatSed l"CcasiGl rain or CO. a shower today znd r 7 nrwnr " ..is .yVj Race Discussion Set Tfce International Ferem will hold an ir. formal discussion ca Race Relations in 1SS STfcurv day from S p.m. to S p.m. in Crater (Carr Dorm). yyu l,7 75 Years of Editorial Freedom CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1963 Founded Februarv 23, 1S93 Com n I ir."""c a. number 87 f;:' -v :; ' "(A Met A-n - In--" -t " X - THIS LITTLE FELLOW was one of the few people on campus not waiting in line. He obviously enjoyed his special status, as he munched away on his ice cream cone and watched the poor peo ple going into South Building to undergo the rigors of drop-add. Korean Defenses Intensify Actions SEOUL The American general commanding Udited na'tSons forces in South Korea said Tuesday ''intensified actions" have been taken to block any new massive invasion attempt by Com munist North Korela. Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel III spoke with nefwtsmen following a reported warning by South Korea to President Johnson that it will go ilt alone unless the United Sffcates moves more firmly to stop Onnmunost feMtr&t!iioiis. " " ' ; - - Eonesteel said allied forces !h!ave been beefed up land would be ready if the North Koreans decdeid ito push across the Demilitarized Zone and tried to itake over South Korea by force. But he added he could see "no unusual indicators'' that the Com munists are preparing for an all-out war. Indirect Talks Open WASHINGTON The White House Indicated Tuesday that it hats succeeded in opening at least indirect communiaation with Pyongyang in its efforts to win the return of the crew of the USS Pueblo. The disclosure by George Chtjisltian, the Presidential press secretary, that Wa$hiington had received word the 83 crew members of the hijacked Bpy ship were being "properly treated" and given medical aid left .the Impression that a channel had been opened with the North Koreans. "The sources of those reports I cannot comment on," Chris tian said, but he said they old not come torn tthie International Committee of the Red Cross. Israel, Egypt Battle Over Canal CAIRO Egypt and Israel fought a two-tour artillery battle (across the Suez Canal Tuesday after Egypt (attempted to free a trapped American ship over Israeli objections. An Egyptian military spokesmen said Israeli, soldiers opened fire on four unarmed survey launches, equipped with electronic and sonar equipment, as (they headed for (the northern end of the canal to chart a safe exDt route for an America ship that had appealed to be fredd. , . A Suez Carnal o5ieial said Tuesday night tot, because of the TifT.; aWack: tiiA EgvOtian government was postponing in- definitelv its operation to free ternational waterway. The Israeli stand has been that Egyptian survey craft ran operate only in the souithern section, where 15 sKps of seven na tions have been trapped since the June war. The American ship captain wished to exit through the northern section, dotted with such dangerous obstacles as sunken ships, in order to reach the Mediteranean. Hopes Dashed For Missing Subs TOULON, France The French Navy Tuesday gave up hope of finding alive the 52 men aboard the missing submarine Minerve. At the other end of the Meditteranean, chances of fin ding the' 69 crewmen aboard the Israeli sub Dakar were equally dim. 4 Underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau went 400feet to the sea floor in a diving bell Tuesday, looking for the Minerve, and probed the area wliere search ships had detected a sonar ping Cousteau found only an old, unidentified hulk of metal. The two submarines mysteriously vanished at opposite ends of the Mediterranean last week - the Dakar on Wednesday and the Minerve on Saturday. Clifford Appointment Confirmed WASHINGTON The Senate Tuesday unanimously confirmed Clark Clifford to succeed Robert S. McNamara as defense secretary. Clifford, . 61-year-old Washington attorney and confidant of "three presidents, was nominated by President Johnson to join his cabinet when McNamara leaves to become president of the World Bank sometime before March 1. The nomination was approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday and confirmation by the full Senate was considered a foregone conclusion since he had support from leaders of both parties. A DTB Staff Photo by STEVZ ADAMS ljr Daily ear i?rrl World News BRIEFS By United Press International With N. Korea ships that were blocked in the in- By United Press International SAIGON Viet Cong in vaders struck into the heart of Saigon early Wednesday, bat tled Allied defenders in the streets and attacked the U.S. Embassy compound in a mortar and ground assault. Ground fighting' was reported underway near the giant Tan Son Nhut airport just outside Saigon. The joint general staff compound near the airport was under rifle and machine gun fire. The Independence Pake, which houses the offices of South Vietnam's president and premier, also was shelled in the bold assault that came after thousands of communist troops smashed into about 49 South Vietnamese cities and towns in the biggest Red of fensive of the Br. U. S. military police and Vietnamese defenders clashed Trustees Amrowe M 0OUM Bv RICK GRAY of The Daily Tar Heel Staff Residence hal rent charges wfill be increased for the fall semester of this year. . The new rent schedule was approved by the University Trustees in their meeting dur ing exams, on Jan. 22. Rent for men's double rooms will jump from $110 per semester to $130 and private rooms will go from $140 to $195. Nine dollars will remain, the standard extra charge, for students with private phones in their rooms. Women students wH have to pay $27.50 more per semester 'ImBFOVed' Coll By TERRY GINGRAS of The Daily Tar Heel Staff Course ppoposials for the "im proved'' Experimental College must be submitted by Feb. 5 according to Bucky Goldstein, program director. "Ytou just need an idea to start a course," said Goldstein. "Students shouldn't ask if a course on a particular topic is being offered, they should start one." Course proposal blanks are available in Y court, Graham Memorial Student Union and Chase and Lenoir dining halls. Blanks must be submitted by Feb. 5 in order to appear in the catalogue. "This is ia g r e a t op portunity," said Goldstein. "Nowhere, else in the cur riculum does a student have a chance to learn in new and dif ferent areas Gcldstedn said the Ex- perimental College courses are of "better aualitv" this semester because there is more faculty involvement. There are 24 courses to date with five or six repeats, sex education and photography among them. Drink Policy Reaffirmed The present University policy prohibiting drinking in dormitories was reaffirmed by tiie Board of Trustees in an informal discussion Jan uary 12. C a n s o lidated University President William C. Friday triggered the discussion with a report containing information ca new Alcoholic Beverage Control laws and on the UNC catalogue's present statement of drinking policy. "The trustees reaffirmed the existing policy without taking a formal vote," said Friday. He pointed out Monday, however, that the University drinking policy as stated in the catalogue says nothing about drinking in dormitories, and that it merely says the University "discourages" drinking- and will take a harsher view of offenses com mitted by an intoxicated stu dent. . with the Viet Cong who struck into the heart of Saigon early Wednesday with mortar, machine gun and rifle fire. Military police reported fighting swirled around the American embassy and Independence Palace. The Viet Cong raiders sent mortar rounds slamming into the embassy and launched a ground attack. They nenetrated the embassy com- pound but did not get inside the building. Fragmentary reports from the combat operations center at 4 ajn. Wednesday Saigon time (3 p.m. EST Tuesday) reported fighting was un derway near Radio Saigon headquarters in the downtown area as well as near the Independence Palace. The reports said three American billets inside Saigon were hit, and an unknown number of mortar shells hit 1L JL 'in double rooms, upping their rent to $160. Private rooms for . women will move from $173.75 to $240. Summer term rents will in crease also. For men in double rooms, the cost will be $40 per term (up from $32.50), and single rooms will be $54 (up from $42.50). Women in summer school will pay $50, a ten dollar in crease, and private summer rooms will . be $67, a seven ;; : doEar increase. .'t-; ; i-,rf : The present fee of five dollars per semester will con tinue to be charged for social and recreational purposes, as One of the new courses is a planning group for a pSychjotogic'al research study which will hopefully be given for credit next fall. Another new course called 'Psychic Experience" will feature seances as part of its curriculum. A marriage counselor from the psychology department will teach a course on marriage with a class of 25 boys and 25 girls. G Starts rogra . Student Government will begin a program this February consisting of senstivity training and workshops on leadership styles. ' An application has been made to the Sears and Roebuck Foundation for funds to start the program open to all students. ; ." "We're very optomistic about getting this 'grant," said Dave Kiel, advisor to the Stu dent body president. "Sears has supported this kind of pro gram in the past and we hope . we won't have any trouble.' The request for funds was filed in December. A response is expected in the next week. The program will consist of a course on sensitivity training, a workshop o n leadership styles and a workshop on committee, board and specialized group work. There is room for 30 students in the sensitivity training course and 45 students in the remaining parts of the pro gram. Applications may be ob tained in room 210 of Graham Memorial student union between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., and must be turned in by Feb. 7. All students are eligible. Student Body Prsident Bob Travis has appointed Noel Dunivant chairman of the Committee o n Leadership Development The committee will work with the Faculty members from the School of Education, and Howard Henry, GM director, to administer the leedershdp program. Remt ge P dependence Palace. ; The Vietnamese Navy head quarters located near the .Saigon river came under rifle, , grenade and mortar fire. Fighting was underway just a half -block from the UPI bureau near the waterfront. : Rifle fire outside the bureau sent newsmen and two GIs who ducked into the building i diving under desks. Jeeps and trucks filled with military police and reaction forces rolled throughout the capital. The Gia Long Palace, which row houses government of fices, was also hit by mortar and rocket fire in Saigon. Snipers firing from rooftops and behind buildings peppered the U.S. townhouse bachelor officers' quarters with rifle fire. The Philippine embassy also was reported under fire. to have come ause well as a room key deposit. The trustees pointed out m approving the increases that the higher cost of operations necessitated the hike. The 1967 General Assembly enacted a six percent salary increase for University employees and removed state support for (the payment of the Resident Advisors in the dormitories. University student housing is required to be self-supporting, and rental income must pay all operational expenses in ad titMor'al increase will up the dition to paying off long term loans used in the construction of new residence halls. Increases in the cost of social security and state retirement plans have also reduced the profits made by rentals, and next year an ad total cost of the two programs to 13.85 per cent of the salar ies paid. Student Body President Bob Travis said the rent hike had been discussed With him and he felt it was justified. r ry SHOP AT TUG X' V f Genr.rJ Wall APO Book Market Takes In $2,000 , Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity has grossed from its hook exchange $2000 in the : first two days of operation. Under the direction of Chip Seymour, the APO brothers are continuing a service for students wftich has been in operation 16 years. Students under this plan, may sell books to other students with the fraternity brothers acting as middlemen and retaining a 10 percent take The Viet Cong appead to be organized into groups of from 15 to 25 and moving against preassigned targets in the capital area. The attack broke out about 1 a.m. U.S. officials had been ex pecting it and ordered strict alerts in all sections of the capital. The Saigon attacks followed a day of savage coordinated .attacks by North Vietnamese troops who struck into eight major cities including several provincial capitals, about 40 smaller communities, and against number of VS. airfields and othr in stallations. Fighting was still reported going on between Communist invaders and U.S. and South Vietnamese defenders in at least six major city areas late Tuesday night, as fires set dur- ing the battles silhouetted the action. At Da Nang, hit by a heavy rocket attack early Tuesday, military installations were reported under heavy attack Wednesday for the second con secutive morning. Military spokesmen also said the II Field Force headquarters at Long Binh, about 18 miles north of Saigon, was hit by mortar fire and a ground at tack. U.S. spokesmen also said Kontum City, a Central Highlands provincial capital 275 miles north of Saigon, was hit for the second day. straight Test Required Of Transfers The Dean of Men's office an nounced Monday tthat between 25 and 30 students who transferred to UNC this semester still have not taken the honor system test. AH Carolina students are re quired to take the test, which covers the campus honor system. Students needling to take the test should contact the Dean of Men'c office, 02 South Building. Those not doing so will be con tacted by the Honor System Commission. The Commission will set up a new time for administering the test, sometime in the near future. f V- - f Line - m Pri'cef, i 7 i i V -1 DTE Staff Photo by STEVE ADAMS for expenses. Seymour feels that this book exchange enables students to receive more money for old books and to pay less for used ones. The APO book exchange will remain in operation 9 a m. to 5 p.m. through Friday. The service fraternity has operated this student service for 15 years. Last year, Stu dent Government ran the e-ehange. The new attack on Da Nang, some 40Q miles north of Saigon, was apparently directed at Marble Mountain, a giant helicopter pad about three miles from the city. Nineteen helicopters there had been damaged in Tuesday's at tack. Other spots in and near the city also were hit. Officials in Saigon reported 1 a PTKiTRip Communist eround attacks throughout South Viet nam since 4 p.m. Tuseday. In Saigon itself, spokesmen said from none to 11 targets in side the capital were hit with eithr mortar, rocket or ground attacks. U. S. military police reported clashes with Viet Cong in vaders nee. Independence Palace and at several other spots on the downtown section of the capital. Machinegun and rifle fire crackled less than a block from the UPI bureau in the heart of town and bands of American Military Police and South Vietnamese police bat tled Viet Cong snipers. Military police headquarters reported scattered fighting throughout Saigon. One MP reported a band of about 25 Viet Cong guerrillas had in . filtrated the center of the Capital. ' Elsewhere in Soueth Viet nam, fighting silhouetted by -flames raged nto the night in at least six of the major city areas avaded by North Viet- namese and Viet Cong troops lunar new year Tet. More than 500 Communist attackers were reported killed and hundreds captured as the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces struck into eight major cities and about 40 smaller communities and bat tled US. and Vietnamese de fenders in house - to - house fighting. , The Communist' troops also attacked a series of American airfields and other, in stallations, destroying and damaging tens of millions of lars worth of VS. aircraft and inflicting casulaties on allied defenders. Most of the attacks were hurled back but fighting was still reported going on in at least five provincial capitals and on the outskirts of Da Nang. Fires set by the in vaders were reported burning through the night. Shortly before the Viet Cong struck inside Saigon, military officials had ordered special APO TiOSt&FniinH nx J ljUOliXl Ulillll Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity has announced the opening of a central Lostand Found for the campus. The new center, located in the basement of Smith 'Building, will be open Monday through Friday from 11 a,rn. -3 p.m. The APO brothers offered their Smith Building study room as a location for the center when university could not find sufficient spare. Guess Who Dept: Prof. Cuts Class By RICK GRAY of the Daily Tar Heel Staff Most students spend the first few days after the begin ning of a new semester talking about how good or bad their professors are. But the 34 students in Math 1 31, Section 1 will spend the next few months talking about hew the math department fouled up. It wasn't anything really serious. They just forgot to assign a prof to the class. No one in the class thought anything was out of order until 10:07 when the professor was yet to arrive. At 10:10 one person got up and left. Everyone else stayed behind reasoning that someone would show in five or ten minutes. At fifteen past, the class was still without a leader, and most of the students prepared to leave. ' - But that's as far as they got. Just as the first person get to the doer, a professor walked in. Not the right professor though. He had just taken it into hand to walk in, find out how many there were in the class, write the name of the text on the board, assign the first chapter for the next class meeting, and give one of the deparmental bosses time to try to round up a professor. The departmental boss couldn't find a professor at least not the right one he wanted to find. He just promised the students "good luck next time," meaning that there would be a professor in class Thursday morning. alerts in the capital. They had warned that "Viet Cong artillery units and suicide squads are infiltrating the capital." Gen. William C. Westmoreland's Headquarters issued a statement in the lato afternoon saying 'the ipvnv, raent is in control agkin of all provincial caputs xnvacea oy trie Communist Uvces. But fighting vas reported &till underway Tuesday night in the provincial capital cities oi PJeiku, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Kontum and Ban Me Thuot. and on the outskirts of Da Nang, headquarters for all allied operations along the northern provinces. The Communis, forces, strik ing just after the beginning of the lunar new year Tet, first launched a devastating rocket attack against the U.S. air battle at Da Nang and the northern provinces. . The G)mmunist forces, strik ing just after the beginning of the lunar new year Tet, first launched a devastating rocket attack againstt he Ui. air base at Da Nr.; -d then in vaded is city itself. They destroyed five multi-million dollar American jets at Da Nang, damaged 18 others, kill ed one American and injured 10 others. Then, striking in a series of coordinated attacks extending over half of South Vietnam, tney Durst into seven pro- vindal capitals. U.S. and Viet- from street to street and building to building, and armored spearheards rumbled in to Help push the invaders out , Other targets of Communist attack were two American airfields in the Central Highlands and an American hospital. The Communists kicked oft their - attacks just ; minutes after the beginning of the Tet festivities. In many com muniites the sound of gunfire was mistaken for the exp'osion cf firecrackers marking the new year. Gen. Westmoreland, ' the American commander in Viet nam, followed developments from his war- room at head quarters at Tan Son Nhut airport outside Saigon. Essay Contest North Carolina writers who have not sold more than three Qrtides the past two years are invited to send submissions to 3ub the open Cfoarfotte Writer's contest by Feb. 14. All submissions must be . 1,000 to 2,000 words in length, typed on standard typing paper (one side of page), with the writer's name an a sealed envelope. Non-club members must enclose $1.00 entrance fee. Entries should be mailed to Mrs. W. C. Brown. 611 Oe- ment Aye Charlotte, by Feb.