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Now featured at the pit 0 n n 0 9 I by Marc Shapiro Staff Writer The strange yellow polyethylene tube in the pit Thursday had many people guessing as to exactly what it was. "Looks like Goliath's intestine," someone suggested. "A piece of spaghetti shot with hormones," said another equally imaginative observer. Finally, a brilliant intellect hit upon the answer, 'That's a strange, yellow polyethylene tube." Indeed it was. . After two days of rain the Carolina Union was inspired to begin its promotion of Jubilee. The tube attracted attention, while the music of the different Jubilee groups, Chuck Berry, Tom Rush, Alex Taylor, the Allman Brothers and Spirit was played. Union President Richie Leonard said, "We're trying a lot this spring to do fun things in the pit. "We want to give the people something to be curious about." Leonard succeeded adequately in causing buzzes of interest among students. Several inquisitive hands reached out to touch the tube and followed it around the pit, up lamp posts, and watched as it overlapped in the middle. Other enterprising and tired souls simply decided the tube was a better seat than the Davie poplar and deposited themselves saddle-style on it. See related story, page 3. .: But for other onlookers, the bright color, the abstract design, the innovative thinking and the promotion effort were all in vain. What, then, does it take to please such persons who smirk at all the glamor? One co-ed put it simply. "I like my little red balloon better." 4 J t ? it I I u,V. i lQ.'u)i Nobody knows just what it was but it was there just the same. Strung around the pit like an overgrown worm, it engulfed trees and students alike. Actually, the x big yellow whateveritwas is just a publicity stunt for juuucc. pnoto oy jonn ueuman; i mm NC Rr . Y.'ils n Lib. Cha-el Hill, NC 275U Vol. 79, No. 32 ; 79 Years of Editorial Freedom Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Friday, April 9, 1971 Founded February 23, 1893 " t r r if , - lit - i .1 , 1 1 Ik liff t L . J f (M 4 m fc4 -s 3r- .lawyD nimoene eecB IFiroinni Tl 00(0 4 i. " ( ; !! I: 1 i . . . n lglL . -A Approximately 40 people staged a sit-in Thursday afternoon at the Chapel Hill Police Department to protest the imprisonment of John Fox, candidate for 1 ... . f f r - ;: : . ..-a ' f ' ' " ; 3; mayor of Chapel Hill. Fox was arrested Wednesday night and charged with possession of narcotics. (Staff photo by John Gellman) date by Doug Hall Staff Writer John William Fox Jr., 26-year-old Candidate for mayor of Chapel Hill, was Tarrested and charges with possession of narcotics Wednesday night. H Fox, of 31 Barclay Rd., was in jlillsborough jail late Thursday afternoon while about 40 of his friends and supporters milled around the Chapel Hill Town Hall. 5 Capt. C.E. Durham of the Chapel Hill police Department said a quantity of marijuana was found upstairs and a quantity of hashish and marijuana was found downstairs in Fox's two-story house. After the 8:30 p.m. raid, Durham said fcox was taken to the Chapel Hill jail and blaced under $5,000 bond. He was transferred to Hillsborough Wednesday afternoon. foir dlra A preliminary hearing has been set for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough. The exact amount of marijuana and hashish had not been determined, Durham said, but "there was well over a gram of each, making the charge a felony." A friend of Fox who claimed he was at the house at the time of the raid said about 1 5 persons were holding a meeting at the house when the police arrived. The group was organizing a Craft Co-op, which would operate a community store and sell items at Very little profit," said the friend, who asked that his name be withheld. Police officers searched all males at the meeting and inspected the girls' pocket books, he said. Durham said it is regular procedure to make searches when a search warrant has been issued for a house. Fox's acquaintance said after bond was set at $5,000, some of Fox's friends obtained a lawyer who called a judge, requested that bond be lowered to $1,500. The juige agreed to lower the bond, the friend said, but Chapel Hill authorities had not been notified of the change late Wednesday. "We spent all night raising the $1,500, but when we went down to the police station, they said they had not been notified of the change and bond was still $5,000," he said. "Now, we have to go to Hillsborough to post bond." The 40 supporters of Fox stayed at the Town Hall for a couple of hours but caused no disturbance. They reportedly smoked marijuana openly as they lay on the sidewalk and yard. One said, "We are just a bunch of long-haired hippies, making our presence felt." by Woody Doster Staff Writer ' The appropriations for a Student Government lawyer and the $700 presidential scholarship were cut from the proposed 1971-72 budget by Student Legislature Wednesday night " ,t - Both measures, however, may come up for consideration again before the budget is ratified. ' Legislator Joe Beard, opponent of the $ 1 5,000 proposed expenditure for legal . counsel, called the measure "a waste of money." "Who is the lawyer to be a lawyer for?" he questioned. "Will he represent only Student Government or individuals who get involved in urug arrests and traffic cases?" He also asked whether such a lawyer would be able to represent groups or individuals in court or whether he would be restricted to giving counsel. "It seems possible from reading the proposed appropriation that he might be . required to serve as the lawyer for the entire student body," Beard said. Cam West, special assistant to Student Body President Stallings, said intent of the appropriation was to enable Student . Government to work on long range issues such as student fees. 'The right of a student to privacy in his dorm room is the main question we want to explore," West said. "This would ' require a full time lawyer." He noted the student body at the University of Texas had employed a lawyer for the past three years "with great success." 'The rights of a student in relation to administration were completely redefined WffiOtllWfF and clarified there as a result of their lawyer's work," West said. He stated the lawyer would not take individual cases of students unless there was special authorization by the student body president. . 'This authorization would . only . be given in cases where a student had been- 'caused irreparable harm by administration or the civil ' authorities, and could not pay for legal counsel," West said. Beard is also opposed to the idea of putting a lawyer on salary. "Student Government won't be able to find an adequate lawyer, give him a "It on two cases at a total cost of $ 1 ,900. secretary and office space for $15,000 a would be more reasonable to appropriate $5,000 to retain a firm within the state," Beard suggested. "We could use and pay a lawyer only when we -"-need ohe.". v.." -West said a lawyer had worked on retainer for Student Government last year "We are in the process of writing letters to deans of law schools across the country asking for recommendations," he said. "We want someone who has had several years of experience and interested in the cause of student rights. is B,SM,ECOS upset about budget offer TODAY: sunny and warm with temperatures in the '70V, zero chance of precipitation through tonight; SATURDAY: sunny and warmer with temperatures in upper '70's; chance of showers by late afternoon. by Woody Doster Staff Writer Reactions to the proposed Student Legislature (SL) budget have been varied-but the Black Student movement and ECOS are upset. The Black Student Movement (BSM) originally asked the Finance Committee for $17,800. Their request, like many others, was reduced. The original figure the committee reported out was $6,800. However, according to BSM Chairman Ashley Davis, their proposed appropriation has been further reduced to $6,100. 'The money was cut from a black cultural affairs conference to be attended by all students," Davis said. "We consider the money we have left to be a very conservative figure." He answered charges that the BSM was guilty of misappropriating funds. "The charges came up two years ago when we were last put in the budget," he noted. "At that time we were a first year organization on campus and couldn't use the requisition system or write checks. How could we have been misappropriating funds? "When we see that we can't legitimately participate in Student Government," Davis continued, "I can't ask other black students to come to UNC and be subjected to the same thing." ECOS, UNC's environmental conservation group, lost their $3,500 request because the Finance Committee thought they could raise their funds from off-campus donations. "We do solicit funds ,from off-campus," said ECOS Steering Committeeman Charles Jeffress, "but those funds go to support activities off-campus." He stated the money would have gone to finance a third printing of the sex education booklet, "Elephants and Butterflies." 'The first printing of 8,000 booklets was sold almost immediately at no profit for ourselves," Jeffress said. He stated "ECOS represents UNC students much better than some of the organizations that were funded" in the proposed budget. However, he added the Finance Committee has a "very difficult job" in deciding which organizations to include. "We feel that we can provide a real service to the students," he continued, "but to do things on campus we need money from the campus." "Mew alb ffftaoe bail 11 tottrodnneed M KG Q legMsrtaire by Lana Starnes Staff Writer A new abortion bill was introduced in the N.C. ileneral Assembly Wednesday by Rep. Jack Rhyne D-Gaston) reducing from three to one the number of consenting physicians required to allow an abortion. ' The bill also sets a 30-day residency requirement in order to obtain the operation. Present restrictions are retained in the new bill. These restrictions allow abortions to be performed only when the health anor life of the mother is endangered, when there is a chance of fetal deformity or when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest. The 30-day residency requirement would replace the 4-month requirement recently struck down by the Federal Court. Rhyne was an opponent of the liberalized abortion bill killed in the Senate Tuesday. He said his bill would make the present abortion law "more realistic and less vulnerable to the kinds of attempts at liberalization it was just subjected to." The bill killed Tuesday would have allowed North Carolina women over 18 to obtain an abortion upon written request. The woman would have been required to reside in North Carolina for 30 days, and be no more than 12 weeks pregnant. The bill was defeated 25-21 on a second reading. The Senate also voted 24-22 to table the bill, meaning it would take a two-thirds majority to bring the bill up for reconsideration. Sponsor of the defeated bill, Rep. Robert Jones (D-Rutherford), said he would support Rhyne's bill. Jones said he was disappointed by the defeat of the bill Tuesday and he had expected it to pass by a two-vote margin. 'Three senators who had indicated to me that they would support the measure voted against it," he said. Dr. Takey Crist, an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at N.C. Memorial Hospital, responded to the bill's defeat Tuesday by saying most of the arguments against abortion were based on emotionalism and religious issues. . ' "I don't think it's right for a legislative body to legislate a people's morality and that was exactly what was done Tuesday. "I was surprised at the President of the United States, who came out and voiced his religious beliefs at such a timely moment. I'm sure it had an effect on some of the.votes," Crist said. "We should not be hampered by defeat," Crist continued, "but, those of us who understand the problem of abortion should continue to fight to give women their basic right to determine their own destiny." Art Jones, a consultant to the N.C. Population Center and author of the current law enacted in 1967, vowed he would continue his efforts to change the current abortion statutes. Dr. Jaroslav F. Hulka, an associate professor in maternal and child health at N.C. Memorial Hospital, said he was disappointed in the legislators who voted against the bill Tuesday and he feels their actions do not reflect the wishes of the people of North Carolina. "I am professionally insulted. Most doctors have spent 12 to 15 years learning to make this type of decision. Legislators have not," he said. "None of the abortion bills proposed offer physicians the dignity of practicing. The legislation interferes with the doctor and his patient. "It is another effort by legislators to practice medicine," Hulka continued, "and I am opposed to their determining under what conditions we should make such decisions.
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