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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wednesday, Novemoer 1, 1972
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The United States let pass the
Communists' October 31 cease-fire
signing deadline Tuesday and said
President Nixon would not be rushed
because he is seeking "a lasting peace."
Diplomatic sources in Paris said Hanoi
had not yet accepted a U.S. proposal for
a final secret meeting to wrap up an
accord.
There was no firm indication when a
Vietnam cease-fire would be signed but
White House officials said it was
"improbable" there would be any signing
before the November 7 presidential
election.
"The only deadline we're operating
under is the one that will bring about the
right kind of an agreement," Presidential
press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said.
Despite their protests voiced in Paris,
the Vietnamese Communists reacted
mildly and called on Washington to sign
"as soon as possible" the cease-fire
agreement disclosed last Thursday by
both North Vietnam and the United
States.
Informed Paris diplomatic sources said
although Hanoi has not yet accepted a
United States proposal for a final secret
negotiating session there is a great deal of
activity behind the scenes aimed at
arranging such a meeting with President
Nixon's security advisor, Dr. Henry A.
Kissinger.
They said much of this
behind-the-scenes activity also was
connected with United States efforts to
nail down agreement on withdrawal of
the estimated 14 North Vietnamese army
divisions from the South. South Vietnam
was reported asking for assurances that
Hanoi would withdraw its troops from
the South under a peace accord.
The Paris sources said it is not yet
certain whether the final round of talks
will be in Paris. They said the United
States is willing to meet North Vietnam's
top negotiators anywhere convenient to
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by Greg Turosak
Staff Writer
If you think George McGovern is
having problems, you should hear about
Erick Little.
The 39-year-old building contractor
from Wilson, with not a day's experience
in public office in his life, is trying to
prevent lifetime politician L.H. Fountain,
the Democratic incumbent, from election
to an 11th straight term to the U.S.
House from North Carolina's Second
Congressional District.
And all this without a cent of help
from Republican national funds.
Fountain has breezed through the last
two elections virtually unopposed. His
organization has paid scant attention to
Little and does not see him as having a
realistic chance of an upset.
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UNC Personnel Director Jack H.
Gunnells attempted to smooth some
ruffled feathers Tuesday as he explained
the purposes behind a recent memo on
political activities among University staff
employes.
University employes received the
memo Friday with their pay checks.
The memo clarified University policy
regarding the illegal use of work time or
funds in supporting or opposing
candidates, parties and issues. It also
stated that staff employes must maintain
a neutral position on issues and
candidates while at work and that if they
run for political office, they must resign
their University jobs.
According to Gunnells, the memo was
intended only for those University
employes classified as staff. The two
other employe classifications are EPA
(faculty) and student.
Gunnells said the memo was sent
because of the quantity of questions
coming from various departments
concerning political activities of
employes. Gunnells cited the time of the
year as a factor in the increased number
of questions.
Gunnels added that the memo
contained the positive element of
encouraging employes to register and
vote, although on their own time.
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this meeting would be in Hanoi.
The sources added that all information
reaching them about these
behind-the-scenes "activities" confirms
Kissinger's recent statement that peace is
at hand, even if a definite date for a
cease-fire agreement cannot yet be set.
In London, diplomatic dispatches said
both the Soviet Union and China - each
acting on its own were urging Hanoi to
be flexible and continue negotiations
with the United States for an end to the
war. In Paris workmen continued rushing
preparations for a singing ceremony at
the site of the marathon peace talks.
In Saigon the South Vietnamese said
"substantive problems" must be settled
before there can be a cease-fire. A special
envoy of President Nguyen Van Thieu
said in Tokyo South Vietnam wants
assurances that North Vietnamese troops
would be withdrawn from South Vietnam
under a peace agreement.
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by Mary Ellis Gibson
Staff Writer
Candidates for the N.C. State House
and State Senate concurred in a meeting
Monday night that education and
environmental legislation should be the
top priorities for the next legislative
session.
The meeting, sponsored by the Chapel
Hill League of Women Voters and the
Carrboro Civic Club was intended to
allow candidates to express their views on
campaign issues.
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At the same time, Little and his staff
in Orange County are also under no
illusions that a victory may be at hand.
Guy Novak, a UNC student and
Little's campaign manager for Orange
County, recently put Little's chances of
victory like this: "If McGovern loses in
November," and Little wins, it would then
become the biggest upset in the country."
Little himself admits that "to be
elected, I have to be elected by a
coalition of votes." A majority of voters
in the Seeond District are registered
Democrats.
Novak said in order to win in next
week's election, Little is going to have to
stay fairly even with Fountain in the
counties outside of Orange County, and
produce an exceptionally fine showing in
Orange County itself.
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system, child abuse legislation and proper
care for people "suffering from drug
abuse" should be important concerns,
according to A.B. Coleman, Democratic
candidate for State Senate.
The Hillsborough lawyer stressed the
importance of legislation to control
special interests in the legislature and in
elections.
Republican State Senate candidate
David Drexel called "waste in
government" a problem of top priority.
"There are many people who are not
being heard students and wage earners
and they're concerned about waste,"
Little has moved his campaign into a
full-time operation in the last few weeks
before the election, and he has been
forced mainly to rely on personal
appearances for convincing people to vote
for him. Because of lack of funds, he is
spending only one tenth the amount on
televison ads as his opponent.
Novak's strategy in Orange County has
been to try and give everyone a reason for
voting for Little. He said he tells the
Nixon people to vote for Little because
he's a fellow Republican, and the
McGovern people for the reason that
Little is not as conservative as Fountain.
Little and Fountain are similar on
many issues, but they also have their
differences. Both are anti-busing and
more or less support Nixon's handling of
the Vietnam war. Novak claims the
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UNC graduate P.H. Craig emphasized
the importance of the University and
higher education.
William P. Saunders, the Democratic
incumbent in the Senate race, also listed
education as his top priority.
Legislation to penalize drunken
drivers, to protect the environment and
to improve mental and other health care
is also important, the retired textile
executive said.
Education was unanimously named
the most important concern of state
government by the four candidates for
biggest difference between the two is the
environment.
Other issues high on the Little priority
list include increased voice for farmers in
the Second District and increased jobs
and industry in a district which is 68
percent rural.
Little himself claims the biggest
difference is "attitude."
"Fountain has the same attitude he
had 20 years ago," said Little. "The times
have changed, and he hasn't changed with
them." He accused Fountain of "a great
deal of apathy and very little action."
Little is having his problems. Against
such a deeply-embedded incumbent, his
name is less common, and the
Republicans are afraid to risk giving him
any funds. So Little is going it alone, and
like McGovern, he doesn't plan on giving
up until election day.
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the State House.
"The salary of our teachers should be
brought up to the national average as
soon as possible," Republican Elmer
Hughes contended.
Expenditures and waste in other state
programs should be reduced to provide
more funds for education, Hughes added.
Statewide public kindergartens should
be a priority for the next General
Assembly, according to Democrat Ed
Holmes.
The Pittsboro lawyer also stressed the
importance of environmental legislation,
including purchase of ad di tonal parkland
and stricter coastal zoning laws, and
mental health care and prison reforms.
Republican candidate Barry Burns, a
math teacher, also stressed the need for
improved public education.
"Public school .teachers should be
hired on a 12-month, full-time basis," he
said.
Trish Stanford, Democratic candidate,
cited inadequacies in North Carolina
education.
Improvements in education should
include emphasis on vocational education
and public kindergarten, Stanford, a
public school guidance counselor, said.
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WASHINGTON - In what
Republicans called a last-minute attempt
to prevent President Nixon's re-election,
House investigators charged Tuesday GOP
campaign officials may have monitored
Democratic congressmen's bank accounts
and kept tab on the love lives of
Democratic campaign workers.
The report prepared by House Banking
committee staff members was released to
committee members with a covering
memo by Chairman Wright Pat man
(D-Texas) who called it an updated
account of a committee investigation into
the Watergate break-in and alleged
bugging at Democratic national
headquarters.
Quoting an unnamed source "in which
the committee staff has utmost
confidence," the report said that former
GOP campaign treasurer Hugh Sloan
bragged at a late 1971 luncheon meeting
that the GOP could monitor the bank
accounts of Democratic senators and
House members.
The report also included a long
. interview with former FBI agent Alfred
C. Baldwin III, the government's chief
witness in the June 17 break-in at the
Watergate, who said he was hired by
advice on
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by James Cuthbertson
Staff Writer
Suppose you are from Nes York and
you've just received a letter reqmnng you
to appear before our local dull Kurd
for your physical. You are m Chapel Hdl
and you have no a of gettsng to New
York without severe inconvenience. What
do you do?
"You can transfer your physical by
taking the letter to the Selective Service
Board in Hillsborough at 1 1 7 N . C'hurton
St. Your local draft board will send the
medical forms to Hillsborough and jour
physical will then be given at the Armed
Forces Examining Center in Raleigh."
said Bruce Layton, coordinator of the
Chapel Hill Draft Counseling Center.
The center, sponsored by Student
Government, has been in operation for
four years. An average of 75 people are
counseled per week by its doen
counselors.
What do students a.k'? Most of the
inquiries are similar.
The bulk of freshmen seek
information on where to register. " I hey
do not have to go home to register. They
may register in room 101 of Hanes Hall at
the Veterans Advisor's office," layton
said.
"You must register 30 days before or
after you turn 18," he added. "If you
'don't, you are liable for prosecution until
five days past your 31st birthday. I he
penalty, is imprisonment of up to five
years or a SI 0.000 fine or both for not
registering.
"We recommend that when a freshman
registers, he give his home address, if he is
on speaking terms with his parents, or
some other permanent address because all
selective service mail has to be answered
in a few days," Layton said.
When can you be drafted? Anyone
without a deferment can be drafted in the
calendar year in which they turn 20.
Seniors called for induction in the middle
of the semester or at the end of the
semester may finish that semester and the
rest of the year.
Deferment can be obtained for a
variety of reasons. If someone can prove
that a member of his family is financially,
physically or psychologically dependent
upon him, if he has certain medical
problems, if he has had a relative killed in
the armed services since 1959, is a sole
surviving son or preparing for the
ministry, he may avoid the draft,
according to Layton.
Some students who perceive warfare as
morally, philosophically or religiously
indefensible may apply for a
conscientious objector status. There are
two types of conscientious objectors,
according to Layton. One type performs
civilian service while the other serves in
the armed services as a non-combatant,
many as medics.
The office hours of the center are
from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday
and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. For more information or
emergency counseling, call the center at
933-5550.
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Republicans to monitor political
conversations of Democratic campaign
workers at the Watergate, and to also
report on any that dealt with their love
lives.
Nixon's re-election committee, in a
statement, charged that the finance
committee staff "has again been used by
its chairman, Wright Patman, to rescue
the sinking campaign of George
McGovern.'
'Their latest dishonest collection of
innuendo and fourth-hand hearsay is
nothing more than an eleventh-hour
attempt to save Mr. Patman's candidate
for president from what may be one of
the worst defeats in American political
history."
In his memo, Patman said he was
releasing a report that had been requested
by the committee at its last meeting
October 12.
But Rep. Ben Blackburn (R-Ga.), a
committee member, said the release was
"totally unauthroized." He called it "a
last-ditch move of desperate Democrat
doctrinaires on the committee staff.'
Patman twice sought approval for a
full committee investigation of allegations
of financial irregularities in the Nixon
campaign but lost out to a coalition of
Republicans and Southern Democrats on
the panel.