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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Monday, October 2, 1972
Founded February 23, 1893
Vol. 81, No. 28
Campaign bill recommitted
.Budget
vetoed
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by William March
Staff Writer
Student Body President Richard Epps
announced he has vetoed a bill passed by
the Student Legislature (SL) Thursday
night calling for supplemental budget
hearings to determine how much of the
Student Government surplus will be
appropriated this year. The passage of the
bill had caused the resignation of Finance
Committee chairman Marilyn Brock
because, she said, "mainly academic
reasons."
Also passed at the Thursday night
meeting was a motion to send back to the
Rules committee a bill which would have
imposed spending limits on all campaigns
for student body offices. The bill was
sent back to committee after former
Elections Board Chairman Larry Eggert
and others, suggested the presence of
loopholes in several of its provisions.
THE BUDGET BILL came in the
form of an amendment, proposed by
Rep. Dick Baker, to a bill appropriating
an extra $1,100 for the Student
Government support of the campus
YM-YWCA, The amendment specified
that all funds in the Student Government
general surplus, amounting to about
$117,000, be frozen until the Finance
Committee had determined exactly how
much of the surplus could safely be
appropriated, and all requests by campus
organizations for funds had been
considered by the committee and SL. The
amendment instructed the committee to
determine how to allocate the surplus by
no later than Nov. 2.
At the close of the meeting, Brock
took the floor to say that considerations
of time and academic work would not
allow her to conduct the budget sessions
as chairman of the committee.
"If this body feels it ethically
necessary that such hearings take place to
insure fiscal responsibility, then , the
hearings should be held," she said. "But I
do not have the time to conduct them."
Brock, a senior biology major who has
chaired the committee through two
sessions of the legislature, said she
intended to retain a seat on the
committee.
In the election to replace Brock,
sophomore Rep. Gary Rendsburg
outdrew Rep. Richard Robertson by 17
to 10.
EPPS HAD TO SIGN the bill by
Sunday or veto it. In a letter Sunday to
SL, he explained why he had vetoed the
bill by allowing the three days to lapse.
"A possible interpretation of this bill,"
states the letter, "is that not only can we
not spend this money, but we cannot use
it at alL" Because of administration
delays in disbursing student fees, SL
normally makes requisitions from its
surplus in the early part of the year,
which are later reimbursed from the. fees.
Fred Davenport, vice president of the
student body, explained that "if the bill
were read in this way, we would have no
working capital at all until the fees were
disbursed by the administration.'
A RECONSIDERATION of the bill
will be the first item on the agenda for
the next meeting of the SL Thursday. A
two-thirds vote by the legislators will
override the veto. In light of the close
vote on the original passage of the bill, 20
to 17, and of statements by several
members who voted for the bill and later
said they would not have supported it if
they had known of Frock's intended
resignation, it is expected that the veto
will stand.
Brock said, after being informed that
the bill was vetoed, that she would seek
to regain her position as chairman if the
newly-elected Rendsburg resigned.
Rendsburg, however, said "I am glad the
bill was vetoed, and I expected all along
that it would be vetoed, after I had talked
with Davenport. But I see no logical
reason why I should resign, at this point."
The campaign spending limit bill which
SL sent back to committee would have
Court denies injunction
Landfill to remain open
A request for an injunction to block
use of the Eubanks Road landfill site was
denied Friday afternoon in Orange
County Superior Court in Hillsborough.
Attorney A.B. Coleman, who
presented the ' New Hope Improvement
Association's request for an injunction,
said an appeal is being considered. The
appeal would be heard by the State Court
of Appeals in Raleigh.
Judge Thomas Cooper, who denied the
injunction, said, "It was approved by the
State Board of Health, by the State
Geology Department and by state
groundwater experts. The Chapel Hill
Town Board studied the report. Every
side has been considered. There is an
immediate need for something to be
done."
Agreeing with attorneys representing
Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the county,
the judge said the plaintiffs had failed to
show when and where pollution would
occur if the Eubanks landfill was used.
However, he granted Coleman a court
order to allow a firm to be hired by the
plaintiffs to test the Eubanks site before
notice of appeal is filed.
Prior to Judge Cooper's ruling, state
health official Sidney Usry defended his
approval of the Eubanks site Friday
morning.
Usry, chief of the solid waste and
vector control section of the State Board
of Health, said that before he approved
the site he consulted with various state
health assocations.
Coleman also questioned Usry on a
State Health Department checklist which
said there would be no springs on the
property, extensive clearing would not be
required, and no area wells would be
affected by the landfill.
Usry replied that the checklist, which
was discovered by B.B. Olive, Durham
attorney opposed to the Eubanks landfill,
was interdepartmental in nature and was
used by the department merely to spot
trouble areas in the site early.
Also testifying Friday morning was C.
Page Fisher, president of Geo-Technical
Engineering.
Fisher stated that from an engineering
' standpoint, "I have satisfied myself that
there is nothing in the groundwater
situation that would interfere with a
sanitary landfill operation."
After examining rocks from the landfill
brought to court by Chapel Hill attorney
Emory Denny, Fisher said that Denny's
rocks were more representative of the
landfill site than those produced by Olive.
Fisher further testified that he had
searched the landfill for fresh-running
springs and had found none. He said Old
Field Creek was the only flowing stream
of any sifnificance.
Saying he was familiar with the types
of refuse that would be deposited in the
landfill, Fisher said pollution would be
the result of phosphates, salts and
calcium rather than bacterial pollution.
imposed spending limits on campus wide
campaigns for student body offices.
Eggert pointed out "major problems in
the language of the bill." Under this bill,
he said, a losing candidate could
conceivably disqualify his opponent by
giving clandestine aid to his opponent's
campaign. "Such examples as the
Epps-( Robert) Grady race last year," he
said, "show that the one who spends the
most money is not always the one who
wins."
Rep. Dave Gephart, one of the bill's
cosponsors, expressed disappointment
that it was not passed. The bill will be
considered next week.
THE LEGISLATURE passed by
consent a resolution requesting University
Chancellor Ferebee Taylor to excuse class
cuts on Nov. 8, the day after elections.
Taylor has already agreed to excuse cuts
on election day.
An amendment to the Student
Legislature by-laws, calling for the
opening of legislative committee meetings
to the public, was passed by a two-thirds
majority.
Rep. Ed Polk, author of the bill, said,
"The only two arguments against this
that I have heard are that outsiders can be
a distraction in the meetings and that it is
hard to face someone who is making a
request of the committee and turn him
down at the same time."
The meetings may be closed by the
chairman on a three-quarter vote of the
committee or if appointments to offices
are being discussed.
ANOTHER RESOLUTION to the
administration, calling for "a complete
investigation of the Physical Plant and
Residence Life Offices by a joint
student-faculty-administrative body," was
passed by consent. The bill was authored
by Reps. Gephart, Bill Hill, Bob Jones,
Chuck Felts, Sam Boone and Ellen Mark.
"The Physical Plant," said Gephart, "is
two years behind in its work."
In other action by the legislature, Joe
Mitchiner was appointed to the
Publications Board, and Jane Moore was
elected chairman of the Ethics
Committee. No action was taken on the
Residence Unit Grant and Loan Fund
Bill.
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Variation on a theme
Chapel Hill's flower ladies are still selling their wares downtown but now they are
offering some new varieties, including this sunflower, one of the few available
Saturday afternoon.
(Staff Photo by Tad Stewart)
UNC ranks 23rd
in
fed
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Weather
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TODAY: Sunny and a little warmer;
high in the upper 60s, low in the mid 40s;
probability of precipitation near zero
through tonight
UNC-Ch received $30,321,000 in
federal a.id in 'fiscal year 1971 to rank
23rd among all colleges and universities,
according to a report released by the
National Science Foundation.
Federal support for this period totaled
$3.48 billion, an increase of eight per
cent over the previous year. Figures for
the 1971-72 academic year have not yet
been compiled, but government officials
feel that support may have dropped from
the record set in 1970-71.
Along with the increase of $253
million in 1970-71 were noticeable signs
of shifting priorities in Washington.
Although cutbacks from some
departments seemed to indicate an overall
decrease in funds, larger commitments by
other departments off-set the reductions.
The National Institute of Health, a
division of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, allocated an
additional $125 million to the health
related fields and to medical school
construction. Support by the Office of
Education, also under HEW, was
increased by $83 million.
Other increases included $32 million
from the Agriculture Department,
designated primarily for land-grant
institutions to carry on cooperative
extension services among poor people in
inner cities.
The Defense Department dipped to its
lowest level of support since 1963,
allocating $242 million to higher
education. A decrease in funds made
available in the physical sciences resulted
from the cutbacks.
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Football scoreboard
If one if not near a radio on Saturday afternoon to hear how their favorite teams
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by David Zucchino
Sports Editor
Nobody bothered to look beforehand, but there he
was on page 22 of Ohio State's football brochure:
Griffin, Archie, 18, 5-10, freshman, 1971 "Ohio High
School Back of the Year," captained his high school
football, track and wrestling teams ...
And it should have been added: on certain
Saturday afternoons, worth as much as an Ike Oglesby, a
Billy Hite, a Tim Kirkpatrick, a Dick Oliver, a Jimmy
Jerome, a Nick Vidnovic and a Ted Leverenz all put '
together.
That's just what Archie Griffin was worth to Ohio
State Saturday when the Buckeyes pounded out a 29-14
decision over Bill Dooley's Tar Heels before 86,000 fans
in Columbus.
Griffin, a freshman who had never before touched a
football in college play, flashed and darted for 239 yards
and an Ohio State record. Carolina's total offense? It
was exactly 239 yards. Griffin's 239 were the most yards
ever gained in a single game by a Buckeye runner,
breaking the old record set by Ollie Cline back in 1945.
Now it wouldn't have come as such a shock to Bill
Dooley if Griffin had done that sort of thing before. But
the thing is, Dooley and very few other people were even
aware that he played football. Dooley, in fact, didn't
even know Griffin was on the the OSU roster.
"Archie Griffin?" Dooley asked after his Tar Heels
had lost for the first time this season. "Where was he?
We didn't even know he existed."
Apparently, only Archie Griffin did. Buckeye coach
Woody Hayes put Griffin in for just three plays in OSU's
opener against Iowa, but he never touched the ball.
Griffin didn't play the first two times the Buckeyes had
the ball Saturday, either, and OSU failed to get a first
down both times.
When he trotted in on Ohio State's third possession,
Griffin heard a smattering of applause from the natives
of Columbus, where he grew up. At least they
remembered that Archie Griffin was "back of the year"
just nine months ago. And Archie was on his way to at
least player of the game, getting lhe"calTdri the first four
plays for 18 yards. .
But before he even got off the bench. Griffin and
everybody else in Columbus was more concerned with
preventing an upset. With the Buckeyes stalled on their
own 24 in the game's opening minutes, Gary Lago went
back to punt.
Before Lago could get the kick away, though, UNC
linebacker Jimmy DeRatt got to him and swatted the
ball away. It bounded into the left corner of the OSU
end zone, where defensive end Gene Brown pounced on
it. Ellis Alexander booted the extra point and just like
that, Carolina was on top 7-0.
When the lead stood up for the rest of the first
quarter, Carolina began to realize that Ohio State was
maybe just another good football team. With Griffin
doing the running, the Buckeyes moved to the Carolina
five-yard line, but the Tar Heels held when quarterback
Greg Hare's pass fell incomplete on a third-and-five play.
The Buckeyes settled for a Blair Conway field goal,
and Carolina found itself sitting on a 7-3 first quarter
lead. Then the illusions were shattered. Ohio got the
ground game in gear, UNC's offense never got started,
and the Buckeyes ran away with the next three quarters.
"I thought the defense did a fine job in the first half,"
Dooley said afterwards. "But we had a lot of missed
tackles in the second half, especially on long runs. Our
offense was very spotty. It was Vidnovic's worst passing
day of the season."
Vidnovic hit on just four of 14 passes for 65 yards
and had two passes intercepted. The Tar Heels rushed
for a meager 174 yards, while the Buckeyes were
rambling for 430.
'They put real good pressure on Vidnovic," said
Dooley. That made it tough for us. They disguised their
coverage real well and made it hard for Nick to read
their defense. Ohio State is just a tough, physical
football team."
And the offense was the toughest part. The offense is
Hayes delight he runs it personally and leaves the
defense to his assistants. Against Carolina, the offense
was all Archie Griffin.
"Why, all you have to do with Archie is throw him a
ball," Hayes chuckled after the game. "I've never been
for or against a freshman rule, but 01' Arch is making me
change my mind."
Actually, Griffin scored only once, late in the final
period, on a nine-yard run up the sideline for OSU's lasl
touchdown of the afternoon.
Sandwiched in between Griffin's rin. .nul the scctMul
existtec
quarter field goal, however, were three touchdowns
produced by OSU's steady ball-control offense.
Meanwhile, Carolina was held scoreless until the game's
final play.
Ohio State's scores came on sustained, disciplined
drives of 47, 87, 84, and 31 yards. Quarterback Greg
Hare (17 yard run), fullback Randy Keith (1 1 yard run)
and reserve Harold Henson (one yard plunge) did the
scoring.
Carolina's final score was a last gasp of desperation
after the game's outcome had long been decided. With
just 15 seconds left, Phil Lamm scampered 47 yards with
an OSU punt before he was stopped from behind on the
Ohio State 42. '
Then, with five seconds showing on the clock, Vidnovic
uncorked a bomb that split end Earl Bethea latched on
to in the deepest corner of the OSU end zone. It gave
the Tar Heels 42 of their 64 passing yards but served
only to make the score a respectable 29-14.
For Carolina statistically, there wasn't much either.
Oglesby finished as the leading ball-carrier with 67 yards
on 14 carries, followed by Billy Hite with 62 on 17 tries.
In addition to Griffin's 239 yards, the Buckeyes also got
116 yards on just ten carries from junior halfback Elmer
Lippert.
So now Carolina picks up the pieces and has two'
weeks to prepare for Kentucky, who lost 35-34 to
Indiana Saturday. -
"We sure need one," said Dooley when he was
reminded that next weekend is an open date for UNC.
'This was a very physical game. We need a chance to
regroup and to let our players rest nad heal for
Kentucky. I think there's a lot we can learn from this."
Most of all, Dooley has learned to inspect opposing
rosters for another Archie Griffin.
UNC Ohio State
First downs 11 24
Rushes-yards 43-174 66-430
Passing yards 65 96
Return yards 76 39
Passes 4-14 2 5 13 1
Punts , 9-39 4-25
Fumbles-Jost 1-0 73
Penalties-yards 5 33 ? 10
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