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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wednesday, February 7, 1973
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by William March
Staff Writer
Unofficial final results in the race for
student body president show Pitt Dickey
in first place with Ford Runge a close
second.
No candidate received the required
majority of votes cast, raising the
possibility of a run-off for the top
Student Government position if Runge
chooses to call for the second election.
, In third place was Allen Mask. The
vote totals were Dickey, 1219; Runge,
1013; and Mask, 981. A recount was
being held because of the close vote for
second place-Mask could easily be in
second place instead of Runge.
The total vote in the election was
5422. This was 70 more votes than in last
year's election. Graduate students cast an
unusually large number of votes, 815.
The latest count on the DTH editor
race was Susan Miller with 3164 over
Adrian Scott with 1166. This was with
79.8 per cent of the votes counted.
Only three other races were counted
with certainty. Steve Coggins lost to Bob
Singer in the CGC District I race in
Granville West and South, by 166 to 253.
In the race for the CGC District VI
seat, Johnny Kaleel beat Drew Cobbs by
186 to 171. That district includes Avery,
Parker, Teague, Whitehead and Joyner
dorms.
In fourth place in the presidential race
was Mel Westmoreland with 941 votes.
The percentages in the presidential
race, for the top four places, were:
Dickey, 22.6 per cent; Runge, 18.9 per
cent; Mask, 18.2 per cent; and
Westmoreland, 17.7 per cent.
Voting started heavy in most districts,
according to Leo Gordon, elections board
chairman. Rain beginning early in the
afternoon slowed voting at outside
polling places.
The election ran smoothly except for
ballot shortages in races expected not to
draw many votes. Extra ballots were
mimeographed by the Student
Government staff in Suite C, starting
about 1 p.m. Extra ballots were printed
for the senior class officer contest, the
Men's Residence Council chairman race,
which was uncontested, and the RHA
referendum.
In several places, poll tenders ran out
of ballots waiting for fresh supplies of
newly printed ballots. According to John
Molen, scores of votes in the uncontested
AWS and WAA races were not cast,
because the ballots ran out. Leo
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Waggoner in Everette Dorm reported
running out of ballots for one race and
stopping polling there entirely to await
arrival of new ballots.
"According to the elections board,
we're supposed to close the poll if eligible
students can't vote in any races," said
Waggoner.
In several polls, voting went on when
ballots for some races ran out.
The heavy graduate voting could be
attributed in part to efforts by the GPSF
to encourage voting. The law school
recorded record voting totals, with most
of its presidential ballots going for Pitt
Dickey. Voting was medium to heavy in
Craige Dorm, with early returns showing
158 votes cast.
Voting in on-campus dorms was
normal to very heavy in spots. Cobb
Dorm in CGC district VIII, registered 355
votes from about 380 dorm residents.
The heavy voting was in part a result of
the hotly contested race for the CGC seat
from that district, between Gary
Rendsburg and Amelia Bellows.
Heavy voting was recorded also in
Joyner and Connor dorms. James was
very light, about 385 votes.
Off-campus voting seemed light, with
about 85 votes at the Naval Armory. This
was in part attributable to the lack of
competition between fraternities for
offices. The Union polling place
registered 'about 488 votes, and the
Y-Court about 473, according to early
returns.
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Voting at the Y-Court ballot box was moderate in Tuesday's student elections even
though the polling place was forced indoors by the rains which hit Chapel Hill early
Tuesday afternoon. (Staff photo by George Brown)
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The people at "Medical Center" have been doing a lot of
building recently. Makes you wonder if Doctor Gannon really
is a healer when they look more like graveyard slabs than a
place to be healed. ' (Staff photo by George Brown)
Pledges $22,000
County to study ' utilities
The Board of County Commissioners
agreed on Monday to go along with
Chapel Hill and Carrboro in exploring the
possibility of a joint purchase of the
University utilities and has pledged
$22,000 towards financing the study.
However, the commissioners expressed
reservations about operating the utilities
on a non-profit basis. The county's
$22,000 is to be used to study the water
and sewer utilities, since current laws
prevent the county from operating a
telephone or electric company.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro agreed on
Tuesday, Jan. 30, to form a joint study
committee, along with the county, to
investigate the possibility of the three
governments purchasing the University
utilities and operating them on p.
non-profit basis.
This action was taken upon
recommendation from the Mayor's Task
Force on the utilities, appointed by
Mayor Howard Lee upon the
announcement in August of 1972 that
the University was going to divest itself of
the utilities.
The county delayed in joining in the
study until it could look over the
proposal. Commission Chairman Norman
Walker said the county had not been in
on the original plans and needed more
time.
Their decision on Monday made it
possible to launch a full-scale
investigation, funded by $66,000 from
the three governments.
Representatives from Chapel Hill,
Carrboro and Orange County, the Task
Force, plus technical experts met with
UNC Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor, Vice
Chancellor of Business Joe Eagles, and
Assistant to the Chancellor Claiborne
Jones Monday afternoon.
The representatives stated that though
they are ready to bid on the utilities, they
need 90 days to complete their study.
Chancellor Taylor said he felt it was
possible that the Utilities Study
Commission will extend the March 1
deadline for bids.
"A study would answer a lot of
questions about whether or not we
should join a non-profit corporation,"
said County Chairman Norman Walker.
by David Eskridge
Staff Writer
The administration has been accused
of keeping secret the amount of the
increase in room rent for next semester
until just prior to room sign-up time in
hopes of weakening the chance for a
possible student backlash.
The accusation came from Ralph
Yount, a candidate for student body
president, in a political handout sheet
circulated throughout campus
dormitories Monday night.
Yount also claimed that the scheduled
raise is expected to be more than $50, or
from a yearly average of $340 per room
per person to $400.
When contacted by the DTH, Donald
Boulton, dean of Student Affairs, said
that it was true that room rent will be
increased but denied that anyone knew
exactly what the amount will be.
Boulton added that a committee
appointed by Chancellor Taylor is
studying the problem with several
specialists and a decision will have to be
made by the end of February.
"We haven't even speculated the sum
yet, but it will be. the smallest amount we
can possibly allow," he said.
Three things are causing the rent
increase, according to Boulton. They are
the rise in the cost of utilities such as
water and lights; custodial salary
increases; and the repercussions of the
new Social Security Act.
Steve Saunders, chairman of the
Residence College Federation (RCF), said
that the administration has promised a
meeting between student leaders and
University officials to discuss the
increase.
Saunders also said that no decision in
the amount of rent increase has been
made.
The sign-up date for rooms in
University housing for next semester is
now set for mid-March, according to the
Office of Residence Life.
The coming dorm room rent increase
will be but the latest in the series of
increases to strike UNC-CH dorm
residents over the past four years. Rent
was raised this year 14 per cent over the
1971-72 rate. State law requires that
dorms operate without state funding and
thus must be self-supporting. , .
Weather
TODAY: Partly cloudy through
tonight. High in the low 50s, low
tonight in the low 30s. Ten per cent
chance of rain today, 20 per cent
tonight
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by David K linger
Staff Writer
Although Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird recently .
announced an end to the active induction of men into
the armed forces, operation of the Selective Service
System and the present draft classification process is still
a reality.
According to Bruce Layton, director of the Chapel
Hill Draft Counseling Service, "normal administrative
processing and classification are still going on," and
examinations and active inductions are the only aspects
of the draft system that were terminated by the Defense
Department order.
"This announcement of the end of the draft was
brought to you by the same people who said peace was
at hand. There may be no reason to doubt them, but I
don't think anyone can be too careful in watching out
for his own life," Layton said.
Some people have predicted a drop in college ROTC
programs and in college enrollment in general due to
removal of the pressure of the draft and the Indochina
still a reality
war upon students' lives.
The situation at UNC at this early date does not tend
to follow this assumption.
Commander E. L. Vernon, executive officer of the
Naval ROTC program, and Major David K. Jackson,
assistant professor of Aerospace Studies in the Air Force
ROTC program, revealed that interest and participation
in the two military organizations has remained basically
the same.
"One interesting thing is that the total national
enrollment is up for the Naval ROTC program,"
Commander Vernon said concerning the effect of
termination of the draft .upon students presently
enrolled in the ROTC program.
Major Jackson said that there has not been "any surge
in the number of students wishing to drop out of the
AFROTC program."
He advised that there has been a noticeable increase
in student interest in AFROTC during the past several
months which, he added, may be partially attributable
to the guarantee of a definite job upon graduation from
college.
The inability to analyze just what effect the end of
the draft may have on patterns of college enrollment
stems from the fact that the pressure of military service
has not been as great on college students of the past two
or three years as it was when involvement in the
Indochina war was at its peak.
Concerning the Chapel Hill Draft Counseling Service,
Layton said, "Obviously, we're going through a
transition period.
"We are trying to define just how we may best fill the
needs of the community."
Layton foresees the service as branching out into a
more specialized type of draft counseling.
"Historically, as hostilities decrease, prosecutions
increase. We will work with repatriation cases persons
who have left this country and are legally able to come
back as well as persons who are already under
prosecution."
Layton concludes, "We serve the state as a whole and
not just the students here. I think there is a definite need
for our type of service."
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State's Rick Holdt battles Tar Heels Mitch Kupchak (21) and EdStahl (43) for the
ball in the Wolfpack's 76-73 win oyer UNC Monday night State outrebounded
Carolina, 29-25. See story on page two. (Staff photo by Scott Stewart)
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