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Today's issue of the Daily
Tar Heel will be the last before
the new editor takes over after
Easter. The next issue of the
DTH will appear April 2.
Volume 78, Number 1 3
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By AL THOMAS
DTH Staff Writer
r- "Compulsory student fees
should continue to finance the
Daily Tar Heel according to
recommendations of a special
st u dent-faculty investigation
committee.
The committee, established
in October by Chancellor J.
Carlyle Sitterson to study the
entire question of having a
student activities fee, said the
University may legally collect
the fee and require it to be
paid as a condition of
enrollment.
Sitterson set up the
committee, headed by Dean
John B. Adams of the School
of Journalism, following
pressure from "The Committee
for a Free press" to end
involuntary student fees used
to support the Daily Tar Heel.
Approximately $2 of the $9
yearly activity fee goes for the
Daily Tar Heel.
A student referendum,
calling for an end to
compulsory funding of the
newspaper, was soundly
defeated in a campus-wide vote
March 17.
After he released his
committee's report Tuesday
morning, Sitterson said, "I am
highly pleased at the thorough
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and thoughtful exploration by
the committee.
"I am also pleased for their
positive approach in assuring
freedom, responsibility and
accountability in all campus
publications, he continued, "
and that this be accomplished
without prior censorship and
with protection for student
journalists and the principle of
press freedom."
While the Adams
Committee did call for the Tar
Heel to continue to receive
student funding, it said this
financial support may not
always be necessary if adequate
revenue could be collected
through advertising in the
paper.
The committee continued
that the Tar Heel and other
campus publications should
have a general manager, hired
from the ranks of experienced
newsmen in the state to handle
all business matters. The
manager's role would be
advisory in all non-business
areas and he would have no
censorship powers.
"Censorship should not be a
part of the activities of the
Publication Board (a
student-faculty group which
controls the finances of
student publications)," the
committee said.
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"Neither should the
Administration, student
government or anyone else
exercise prior restraint over
campus publications."
The Adams Committee
pointed to "a clear distinction
between censorship restric
tions imposed prior to
publication which we deplore,
and accountability for content
published, which we endorse."
The committee called for
the establishment of a
sub-committee of the
Publications Board which
would be responsible for the
Daily Tar
Heel. This
according to
sub-committee,
the Adams report, would be
able to "respond to perceived
irresponsibility by being able
to vote for recall" of the editor
after a hearing in which the
editor would be invited to
show causes why he should not
be recalled.
The editor would have the
right of appeal to the entire
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By LOU BONDS
DTH Staff Writer
Formal protests against the
North Carolina National Bank
high-rise extension wrere lodged
Monday by the Ad Hoc Protest
Committee, a group of
concerned citizens.
The Committee presented a
petition with 1240 signatures
along with three formal
requests in a meeting with
Mayor Howard Lee.
Lindsley Williams read the
requests made as a result of
rising student and citizen
protests over the six-story
building proposal for the
downtown area.
According to the statement,
the Ad Hoc Committee is
demanding:
1) an immediate halt to
construction as a show of good
faith.
2) a full and open public
hearing to determine the
response of the community to
the project.
3) a thorough review of the
project by an independent
committee of lay and
professional persons.
Mrs. Wayne Bowers, in
charge of the petition,
emphasized the group's
support by revealing the
large
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LL. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25,
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By HARRY BRYAN
DTH Janaging Editor
Tom Gooding, former
managing editor and associate
editor of the Daily Tar Heel,
Tuesday became DTH editor
with a 264-vote runoff victory
over the co-editor team of
Andy Schorr and Rusty Carter.
Gooding polled 2,448 votes
to 2,184 for Schorr and Carter.
In the referendum
concerning jury trials, the
proposal to allow Student
Legislature to set up a jury
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A new coalition of anti-war
groups Sunday night
announced plans for a two day
"festival" on the UNC campus
April 12, according to anti-war
organizer Bill Barlow.
Among the expected
participants will be Rennie
Davis, a co-defendent in the
Chicago conspiracy trials. Big
name entertainers are also
being sought.
According to Barlow, the
coalition was formed at the
meeting Sunday night by the
various groups in an effort to
develop plans for spring
activities.
Barlow believes that the
state-wide basis of the activities
will give "a cohesion to the
groups now active."
One theme of the new
coalition is the formation of
our
own army the Carolina
SAGA
Theft
By STEVE PLAISANCE
DTH Staff Writer
A sum of $2500, $700 of
which was in checks, was
removed from the office of the
head cashier at Lenoir hall
Friday afternoon, according to
SAGA food service director
Ted Young.
Young said Tuesday, the
office had not been entered by
force, and a fairly complete list
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number of signatures that were
collected.
According to Mrs. Bowers,
617 of the 1240 signatures
wrere by NCNB account holders
while 330 had Bank America
cards and two were
stockholders in the bank.
The petition which was
started Tuesday, collected
signatures at the rate of 61 per
hour.
"These numbers cannot
possibly convey the ' intense
concern and sincerity of the
people we have talked to on
Franklin Street," Mrs. Bowers
stressed.
Mrs. Welsh, speaking as a
private citizen, explained the
city's 1965 Enabling Act which
gave the Appearance
Committee certain powers over
constructions in Chapel Hill.
"We were shown a sketch of
proposed building in a
November meeting," Mrs.
Welsh said in an interview. "At
that time the architects
promised to remain flexible in
their plans."
"The next thing we were
shown was the artist's final
sketch as it appeared in the
bank lobby last week."
'The building is to be buUt
in the core of Chapel Hill,"
Mrs. Welsh protested."! hate to
in student courts
to be on its way to
passing by an
majority.
overwhelming
"All
expressed
improved
Gooding
election. '
students
interested
students have
a desire for an
Daily Tar Heel,"
said following the
T want to invite all
who are truly
in improving the
Tar Heel to come to the paper
and work for it.
"I believe the Daily Tar
Heel working with the student
body president and Student
Liberation Brigade," Barlow
said.
The Brigade will help
organize and participate
around Fort Bragg in May1 to
show support of the Gi
anti-war movement.
The Bragg activities will:
show solidarity with the
GIs at Bragg against the war.
focus on the Special
Forces Training Center at Fort
Bragg.
The GIs at Fort Bragg are
demanding the abolishment of
the Special Forces Training
Center due to "its aid in setting
up and enforcing dictatorships
in South America and
Southeast- Asia," said Barlow.
"As the training center of
the special forces, Fort Bragg is
nationally prominent," Barlow
said. "It is one of the nerve
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of all people in the area
between5 the hours of 1 and 3
p.m. had been compiled.
Both campus and Chapel
Hill police, according to
Young, were notified Friday,
as was his immediate superior
in Houston and the insurance
company.
"I'm concerned with getting
the money back," said Young,
"not with prosecuting
someone."
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see the vitality of the area
disappear."
According to the Ad
Committee's statement,
main objections to
Hoc
the
the
construction are:
1) it is a damaging break
with the traditional character
of East Franklin Street.
2) it presents further
complication of the traffic and
parking problems in downtown
Chapel Hill.
3) it introduces a dangerous
precedent for future expansion
along Franklin Street.
The most vehement
objection out of the three is
that the six-story, 90 foot
building would be out of the
"human scale" of the
otherwise two-story buildings
on the street.
Other announcements
included a NCNB Board of
Directors meeting for Monday
afternoon.
Ad Hoc pledged to get a
response from the directors,
following the meeting.
Also announced was a
scheduled city Board of
Aldermen's meeting! for
Monday night. Lindsley, who
presented the requests, vowed
to raise the issue at the
meeting.
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improvements to
bring many
the students
of this University.
"Next year should not be a
division among the student
body, but one of unity."
The runoff was necessitated
by the lack of a majority in the
almost 6,000 votes cast last
week.
Gooding, a junior
journalism major from
Havelock, polled the most
votes in last week's election
with 1,772, Schorr and Carter
received 1,668, and the
mesum
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centers of the military
establishment."
Barlow expressed optimism
for the activities now in the
planning stage.
"It can be seen from the
November Moratorium
participation that people are
concerned," said Barlow.
"People will act if they feel
their actions will be effective."
"For the first time in North
Carolina we are activating a
truly cohesive effort."
Barlow, a former resident of
California, has lived in Chapel
Hill for one month.
He holds a masters degree in
history from San Francisco
State University and is
co-author of "The "Fleas and
the Dogs A History of the San
Francisco State student
movement in the 60's to be
published next fall.
In a story in Tuesday's
DTH, an unidentified source
indicated compensation for the
stolen money would come
from the workers' vacation
"We've got a contract and
we're going to live up to it,"
Young replied. "We're not
going to cut anyone's vacation
pay, nor are we going to lay
anyone off in order to make up
for the shortage."
Young further said money is
never kept or counted in his
office, and the report of a
previous theft involving $800
was "completely erronious."
"We have a standard policy
of reporting shortages or
overages of $1.50 or more to
the manager or head cashier,"
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votes were spread
over three other candidates.
Schorr and Carter led by
over 100 votes in the early
returns Tuesday night. They
carried the Scuttlebutt by
almost 200 votes at 247 to 48.
Gooding, however, took
Y-Court, 233-216, and received
almost 100 more votes in
Granville than Schorr and
Carter to pull ahead.
He also carried Morrison,
236 to 176, and Hinton-James,
162-111.
Schorr and Carter's only
other major victor)' was in the
Law School where they
received 158 votes to
Gooding's 81. However, they
had planned on winning by an
even wider margin there.
The voting was close in
most other places. Gooding
and Schorr-Carter were within
10 votes of each other at 10
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Verifies
By GERRY COHEN
DTH Staff Writer
The Student Supreme Court
rejected the election
complaints of two graduate
students Monday night, thus
" validating the results of the
March 17 general elections.
Geography graduate
students Dennis Beskow and
Sam Griffin brought suit
against the Elections Board,
asking the elections for all
campus offices be invalidated
because of alleged
disenfranchisement of voters.
The two cited twelve
violations of election laws they
observed in Y-Court.
The court voted 4-0 not to
hear the dispute concerning the
presidential election, and voted
4-0 to hear the case against the
Daily Tar Heel Funding
referendum.
It then adopted a 3-1
decision dismissing the
complaints against the
referendum.
Chief Justice John
McMurray, in announcing the
opinion, said "We recognize
two individuals were
disenfranchised, which is an
injustice. The court, however,
in making its decision, must do
the greatest justice to all
concerned. We dismiss the
complaint.
In delivering the courts
opinion on the DTH
referendum, McMurray added,
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only six votes cast v
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Maniey. another dorm in
Upper Quad the same sure as
Grimes, had 90.
The referendum over jury
trials read: 'The Student
Legislature shall be empowered
to pass legislation creating the
right of trial by jury at the
request of the defendant."
The referendum was
proposed by Student Legislator
Gene Yates, who said at that
time that a randomly selected
jury is a "right to which all
citizens are entitled."
The amendment had been
approved by Student
Legislature several vvevks ago.
Cour
Election
"We realize there are serious
problems in administering any
election, and a fully just
election is hard to maintain.
We. can not find grounds to
invalidate the referendum,
however, as there has been no
showing of fraud or that the
outcome was changed by the
irregularities.
Associate Judge Franklin
Freeman said it would hae to
be shown that 2000 DTH
ballots were cast incorrectly
before the election would be
invalidated. The vote in the
referendum was approximately
5000 to 1000.
The court decided not to
officially consider the
complaint concerning the
presidential election since the
complaints were not
candidates, according to the
opinion read by McMurray.
The Supreme Court Law
passed by Student Legislature
limits election protests to
candidates, while it allows any
student to challenge
referendum or initiative.
The official complaint
Griffin and Beskow cited
numerous alleged violations,
among which were:
1) Poll tenders in Y-court
ran out of DTH a:a
presidential ballots;
2) Voters were not required
to sign an honor court pledge
that they had not voted twice.
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