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Vol. 83, No. 48
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Chgpel Hill, North CaroHna, Wednesday, October 30, 1974
Founded February 23, 1C03
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by Terrance W. McGarry
United Press International
Former President Richard M. Nixon
lapsed into critical condition Tuesday from
'' shock due to internal bleeding after surgery.
A team of surgeons and nurses,
administering blood transfusions and taking
: other measures to restore Nixon's vital signs,
worked for three hours and brought him out
of shock. '
The 61 -year-old former chief executive,
however, still was listed as critical and a
spokesman at Long Beach Memorial
Hospital said this indicated his life was
threatened.
In the early morning emergency surgery
necessitated by Nixon's phlebitis, a clip was
inserted on a vein in his groin to stop blood
clots from reaching a vital area and
endangering Nixon's life.
Nixon's doctors at first reported he was
"doing well" and "in stable condition." But'
then he went into shock about five hours
after surgery, probably caused, the doctors
said, by the drugs he had been receiving for
several weeks to thin his blood and prevent
, clotting. Shock would mean a drop in blood
pressure and a lowered pulse rate, but
hospital officials refused to give details.
After the evening bulletin reported
Nixon's condition as critical, a hospital
, spokesman was asked if he was still in shock
and he replied: '.
"He was in shock past tense."
The urgent surgery was ordered Monday
night, with Nixon's agreement, by his
personal physician Dr. John Lungren, when
a new test showed another clot in the left leg
-above those found before and closer.!, the.
vena cava which leads directly to the heart.
"The new clot threatened to become a
, pulmonary embolus and thus endanger Mr.
Nixon's life," Lungren said. -
Dr. Eldon B. Hickman, head of the
surgical team, said a plastic clip was placed
across the iliac vein in the left groin above the
thigh which would partially but not
completely cut off blood flow and thus
prevent loose clot fragments from passing.
The clip, about an inch long, resembles a
bobby pin with one edge serrated.
Pat Nixon and Rosemary Woods, the
former President's longtime personal
secretary, were at the hospital during the
operation.
Lungren said the clip would remain in the
groin permanently.
Hickman said Nixon would develop
alternative circulation routes in the left thigh
and groin area and that it was hoped the
phlebitic clots would eventually, dissolve.
The decision to operate was made with
dramatic suddenness Monday night after an
injection of dye through a narrow tube
inserted into Nixon's right leg and through
the groin showed "a fresh and active clot" in
the left leg.
UFW urging
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by Tim Pittman
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Friends of the United
Farm Workers (UFW) are trying to force
Triar's Cellar on West Franklin Street to
honor the UFW-called boycott of Gallo
wines. '
The UFW supporters have been picketing
briar's Cellar for the past four weeks,
primarily on weekends. Friday the picketing
resulted in police action.
The Chapel Hill Friends of UFW said a
Chapel Hill policeman told the five picketing
members they could not stand on the
sidewalk or in the parking lot without the
owner's permission. The policeman also told
the pickcters they could not stand near the
edge of the road and could not walk back
and forth without a parade permit.
David Jackson, Friar's Cellar statewide
owner, said the picketers were yelling at
traffic &nd almost . caused several traffic
accidents. He said they hung a large red
banner over part of the highway in front of
Friar's Cellar.
Jackson said the first policeman on the
scene drove in because his car was involved
in a near collision due to the picketers
actions. Jackson did not see any other police
action but he said he was inside the store and
was not aware of the situation outside.
The UFW maintains the first policeman
backed down after the picketers told the
officer they were not violating a law.
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Jesse Fowler, 26, an inmate on North Carolina's death row the nation's most
populous displays a freedom band' he made while on the row. The Supreme Court
agreed Tuesday to decide whether the death sentence imposed on him is legal.
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by Vernon Loeb
Staff Writer
The campus escort service is being revived by the Women's Residence Council
( WRC) of the Residence Hall Association (RH A) due to demands from a number of
women who feel there is a need for the service, RH A president Betsey Jones said
Monday.
The service ceased operation last spring.
Many women are somewhat apprehensive, Jones said, about walking home alone
-"attght, especially through' 'SputfiCampus."' ;' " T ''"v" ' ' """:" " "
A spokesman for the Campus Police said several attempted rapes were reported
last year but added rape is by no means a nightly problem.
Although the police official said one attempted rape was enough to merit the
department's concern, he hasn't been too worried about the lack of an escort service.
"I think it's a help to the girls, but some of them told me last year that they'd rather
, take their chances walking alone than be escorted home," she said.
"From what we know, it's people other than students who attempt rapes," he said.
44 We recommend that girls always walk in pairs at night."
To insure each escort is of good character, Jones said, each volunteer must sign
up with his resident adviser who will then give his OK.
The escort service has not been in operation this year, Jones said, because "J oyce
Dalgleish, WRC chairman and former RH A president Mike O'Neal disagreed on
how it should be run." The dispute dealt with whether the program's coordinator
should be paid. This issue has not been resolved. '
"O'Neal was trying to work something out with the work study people, and since
he didn't get back in touch with me," Dalgleish said, "I just gave up on the work
study idea. I had mixed feelings about his plan from the beginning, wanting strictly
volunteers."
O'Neal could not be reached for comment.
Last year the escort service maintained stations at the library and Kenan and
- Spencer dorms with over 50 escort volunteers. WRC hopes to establish escort
stations at Kenan, Spencer, Cobb, Morrison and the library in the near future.
Stations would be open from 7-1 1 p.m. in the dormitories and 7 p.m.-l a.m. in the
library
Jones said this year's expansion will require at least 75 volunteers who should be
wiling to work about four hours a week. Any student interested in volunteering
should contact his resident adviser by
Gallo boycott
not be located and on-duty policemen
refused to give any information.
"My complaint is that they are only
picketing my store" Jackson said. "I asked
the pickets why they weren't picketing the
bigger stores and other Gallo wine dealers
but their reply was that they 4did not know."
. A substantial portion of Friar's Cellar's
sales come from Gallo wines, the press
release reported. But Jackson said Gallo!
wines only accounted for 5 per cent of his
store's wine sales and Gallo wines only
received 5 per cent of the display space.
"Perhaps Mr. Jackson is aware of this,
growing support, because the display of
Gallo wines, located on the most prominent
shelf in Friar's Cellar before the picketing
began, . has been moved to the far back
corner,' a UFW press release says.
Jackson acknowledged the move of Gallo
wines to a less obvious display bin.
"In order to avoid trouble, we moved the
Gallo products near the back," he said.
i "I see this strike as a conflict between two
organizations the AFL-CIO and UFW
against the Teamsters," said Jackson.
"Usually a strike, is between employer and
employee or employer and unrecognized,
union," he said.
The UFW press release cites the police
action as "police harassment," and the
Chapel Hill Friends of the UFW have lodged
a protest against this harassment with
Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee.
The picketing UFW supporters could not
be reached for comment.
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Homecoming Queen candidates
This year's homecoming queen candidates posed Tuesday in front of The Pines
Restaurant. They are from left to right (back row) Joan Richardson, Holly Hartzler,
Debbie Comeaux, (front row) Anna Dorsett and Terry Lodge.
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by James A. Kidney
United Press International
WASHINGTON The Supreme
Court Tuesday accepted an appeal from
a man on North Carolina's death row
asking that the dealth penalty in the
United States be banned outright and
forever as cruel and unusual
punishment.
The lives of at least 1 49 men on death
row across the country could ride on the
decision the court will hand down in the
appeal of Jesse Thurman Fowler of
Raleigh, under death sentence for
murdering a man who broke Fowler's
nose.
Oral arguments on the case will be set,
probably early next year, with a written
opinion to follow.
The NAACP, which is handling nine
appeals from North Carolina and
Georgia challenging capital
punishment, says 149 men are on death
rows in 17 states. North Carolina has the
most: 49. Twenty-nine states and the
federal government have death penalty
statutes.
No one has been legally executed in
the United States since Luis Monge died
in Colorado's gas chamber on June 2,
1967, for killing his wife and three of his
10 children.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1972 that
the death penalty is unconstitutional if
applied in an arbitrary or freakish
fashion. Only two of the five-man court
majority wanted to ban capital
punishment outright. The other three
justices said the death penalty is too.
often applied to the poor and black, and
that laws should be . rewritten so that
persons committing the same kinds of
crime all receive the same penalty.
In North Carolina, the state Supreme
Court rewrote the law before it was
passed by the legislature last April. That
fact could be crucial, since the U.S.
Supreme Court could decide to base a
ruling on whether the state court had;
that power.
This would end the threat of death for
Senate hopefuls
debate tonight
The four candidates for state senate
will debate at 8 tonight in the Great Hall.
The debate is sponsored by the Union and
the Young Democrats Club. The
candidates are: Charles Vickery, Russell
Walker, Michael Budd and Ed Tenney.
Tenney will be on campus from 2 to 5
p.m. today to discuss campaign issues
with students. His daughter, Juli Tenney,
said his visit will be low key.
Staff photo by Martha Strvm
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Fowler and other North Carolina death
row inmates without actually declaring
the sentence unconstitutional in other
states.
In other 'actions Tuesday, the court:
Agreed to decide whether bar
associations can set minimum fees for
lawyers. The Justice Department
contends these fee schedules violate
antitrust laws and are a form of price
fixing.
Agreed to decide whether fathers
can choose between accepting
unemployment compensation or
allowing their families to be eligible for
welfare payments, which often are
higher.
Upheld the constitutionality of
Maryland's obscenity law, challenged
by operators of two Baltimore peep
shows.
Let stand, through lack of a
Democrats urge
straight slate vote
by George Bacso
Staff Writer
Extolling the virtues of the
Democratic party and the evils of the
Republican, state and local Democratic
candidates and representatives called on
-students to vote a partisanstraight
Democratic slate during a rally M onday
afternoon in the Pit.
About 150 students responded to an
offer of free Cokes and speeches by 5th
District Congressman L.H. Fountain,
Mayor Howard Lee and five other
Democratic candidates for state and
local offices.
Lee said Republican inefficiency in
government was reason to give full
support to the Democratic slate.
"The people got a good deal (from the
Democratic party), then we got the New
Deal and over the last three years the
Republicans have given us a bad deal,
Lee said.
"Just like the phoenix that rose from
the ashes," Lee said, "let us rise upon
Nov. 5 and go to the polls in droves."
Fountain, U.S. House of
Representatives veteran and unopposed
candidate, said he detects a feeling of
apathy in many places but feels
confident students will take advantage
of their voting power and elect
Democrats.
"Some people say they vote for the
Choices for Queen
prepared
by Laura Toler"
Staff Writer.
The traditional homecoming queen election is here again, and this year's
candidates, in spite of women's liberation, are eager to serve.
"I don't think the homecoming queen is a sex symbol, junior nursing major and
Alpha Phi Omega nominee Holly Hartzler said Tuesday.
There are, of course, those who disagree. "I think it's sad the University is going to
be represented by the old institution of a beauty contest," Association of Women
Students President James Ellis said.
The five nominees Anna Dorsett, Joan Richardson, Terry Lodge, Debbie
Comeaux and Hartzler were presented by UNC football Coach Bill Dooley
during a press conference at the Pines Restaurant.
"The idea of a homecoming queen gets the school involved in the excitement and
ceremony of homecoming, Hartzler said. "The traditions of homecoming are
special because homecoming is a time when the alumni feel they can come back and
when students can see people who've already graduated.
Lodge, a junior physical therapy major, doesn't think women should absolutely
renounce their assets anyway. "There are a lot of girls around who still like to be
feminine," she said. "I think the guys kinda like it, too. To Lodge, the homecoming
queen "epitomizes the spirit of Carolina."
"I don't think running tor homecoming queen makes you a sex symbol,"
Comeaux, a senior nursing major and Pi Lambda Phi nominee, said.
"This is a feminine role, Richardson said. She is a junior chemistry major and the
Wesley Foundation nominee. "Mens beauty pageants are only just coming into
existence now because men and women are equaling out.
Dorsett, who is a junior chemistry major and represents Phi Delta Theta,
declined to.comment.
Students will elect the queen Thursday. Ballots may be cast from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at Y-Court, the undergraduate library and the Naval Armory.
quorum to act, the dismissal of a suit
seeking to void the 1972 re-election of
President Richard M. Nixon on
grounds campaign aides violated civil
rights by tapping telephones and
breaking into national Democratic
headquarters. This came about because
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and
Justices Harry A. Blackmun, William
H. Rehnquist and Lewis F. Powell were
named as defendants and did not
participate.
Ruled 8-1 that Quakers cannot
withhold part of their income tax to
protest American military policy.
Refused to interfere with a lower
court ruling which allows benedictions
at public high school graduations in
Pennsylvania.
Held constitutional government
regulations forcing coal mine operators
to pay retroactive benefits to miners
suffering black lung disease.
man, but the man and the party
basically go together . . . and this is one
time I believe you have the right to vote
a straight Democratic slate," Fountain
said.
Fountain told students they have a
number r.of viable local and state
. candidates, citing U.Sf Senate and state
attorney general candidates Robert
Morgan and Rufus Edmisten in
particular.
"If ever there was a time when we
nveeded new hope, new encouragement
and new inspiration, it is now ... we
must perceive ahead to seek solutions to
today's problems, as we did with the
Manhattan Project, where the atomic
bomb was developed.
Five local Democratic hopefuls
preceded Fountain's speech with brief
remarks of their own.
State senate candidate Charles
Vickery, speaking for "the progressive
type of action that the Democratic party
has stood for," proposed a repeal of the
sales tax on food and reform of penal
and tax systems.
"We have a depression," fellow senate
candidate Russell Walker said,
"although it is not admitted by the
Republicans."
The three candidates for the board of
commissioners, Norman Walker, Norm
Gustaveson and Jan Pinney also spoke
briefly.
to serve