The Carolinian [April 26, 1977]

              The Carolinian
April 26, 1977 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Volume LVI Number 43
NCSL meets
BY BETH HAYES
Staff Writer
On Saturday, April 23, the North
Carolina Student Legislature Interim
Council met here at UNC-G for the
last time until next September.
Colleges throughout North Carolina
were represented and many different
opinions were expressed.
After welcomed by speaker Randy
Sides, the delegations got down to
business. Reports by officers and other
individuals were then given.
Lt. Gov. Bruce Border announced
that a state-wide study committee
would take suggestions and discuss any
problems that NCSL members might
have during the summer.
John Cut, from Duke University,
reported on his comments to the
North Carolina General Assembly on
executive reform and migrant workers.
Ott ended his report by saying that on
pieces of legislation "NCSL is going to
have quite a bit of input this year."
Next on the agenda was the
consideration of resolutions.
Two major resolutions were passed
which resounded across the state. The
Interim Council endorsed the Equal
Rights Amendment and denounced
the North Carolina death penalty as
"cruel and unusual punishment not
worthy of being employed by this
state." These two resolutions got AP
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Puterbaugh approved
BY WANE NORMAN
> Editor
A new lounge chair in front of library
Preyer commends Carter for courage
Congressman Richardson Preyer
BY T. Johnson and R. Sides
"President Carter is asking the
nation to prepare for a crisis that isn't
visible yet," said Congressman
Richardson Preyer Friday night,
speaking to the Young Democrats
Club in Greensboro. He noted the
energy problems and proposals will be
a test for Carter's leadership; a test for
Congress; and a test for the nation.
He explained. "North Carolina
shouldn't be hard to persuade since we
had the natural gas crisis this winter."
But. he said, the problem for North
Carolina will be the price of gas. He
pointed out that many people in the
state drive cars out of necessity: many
people drive from the country to the
city to go to work.
He commended the president on
showing "real courage" in presenting
the energy proposals to Congress.
Preyer is chairman of the
subcommittee of the House Select
Committee on Assassinations which is
investigating the deaths of President
Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The work of the committee has
been embroiled in controversy because
of the large sums of money allocated
for the investigation and because of
public disagreements between the
committee chairman, Rep. Henry
Gonzales of Texas, and Richard
Sprague, the former chief investigator
who recently resigned under fire.
But Preyer said, "The past history
(of the committee) is past." He
intends to start anew. He outlined the
King and Kennedy cases:
James Earl Ray, explained Preyer,
pleaded guilty to killing Martin Luther
King, Jr. However, he was not asked to
tell about the case after he entered his
guilty plea, as is customary, before the
guilty plea was accepted by the Judge.
After remarks made by the
prosecuting attorney implying the
guilt of Ray, Ray said: "Your Honor, I
do not agree with what was said (by
the attorney.)" The Judge did not ask
Ray to take the stand at any time,
according to Preyer.
Several incidences were cited by
the Congressman that he said were
sufficient to produce second thoughts
as to whether Ray acted alone in his
assassination.
Incidences such as escaping from
prison in a bread cart unnoticed; going
to Canada and assuming the name
"Galt",-a real person who happened
to fit Ray's physical description; and
got passports-• plural-to travel abroad
by knowing several persons' past
history; and who told Ray King was
going to be on the balcony at the time
he was?
It seemed to Preyer there was too
much chance and coincidence involved
for Ray to be acting alone, referring to
Ray as "a two-bit hoodlum," (who
wouldn't be able to do this alone).
Representative Preyer wants public
hearings on the Kennedy case. He
realizes the question may never be
answered, he said, but they will try.
The Warren Commission on the
assassination of President John F.
Kennedy, according to Preyer, was
fairly complete as far as it went. There
was considerable pressure at the time
for "quick results",'which he noted
may have made the report incomplete
in its information.
Now deceased Senators Hale Boggs
and Richard Russell, members of the
original commission, were hesitant to
sign the document in its final form
because they believed it to be lacking
in details.
Referring to possible Mafia
connections with the Kennedy killing,
Preyer said that this was ruled out
early in the game and "I don't think
that is really an important matter."
He did mention that no one in the
CIA knew of any plot to kill Kennedy.
It has been discovered since the
shooting that there may have been in
fact more than one plot to assinate the
president. Arnold Schlesinger, the
Director of the CIA, said that he
would have considered such a plot to
be of utmost importance " . . if I had
known."
Preyer was presented an honorary
doctorate degree at Davidson College
on Friday before he spoke in
Greensboro.
UNC-G profs race in Boston Marathon
Dr. Larry Wilder and Di
•Y DAVID MACKENZIE
The mass of runners surged
forward, stopped abruptly, surfed
ahead again, then halted a second
David Mackenzie
tune After more agonizing delay, the
crowd edged slowly ahead at a walking
pace The SIM Boston Marathon had
begun on an uncertain note as doae to
3.000 runners inched past the starting
line in narrow Hayden Lane in
Hopkinton. After the long mileage
weeks, training in rain and in cold,
often braving the taunts of
uncomprehending motorists, this was
the moment so many had anticipated.
(Signing in at Hopkinton was swift
arid easy. I merely presented my race
number (No. 1426). received earlier in
a Reader's Digest Sweepstakes
advertisement, and obtained a brown
envelope containing a single paper
number. I attached this to the front of
my running shirt with safety pins and
stowed street clothes in a small
athletic bag.
Then I headed for the athletic
fields behind the Hopkinton gym
parking lot. Hundreds of runners of
various ages and nationalities were
lounging in warmup suits. Some were
already lossening up with exercises or
jogging around the fields, although it
was it ill over two hours to race time.
A sizeable group of Japanese-some
forty in all-were doing collective
exercises and jogging. A bit later the
Japanese athletes formed a circle with
their hands together, did a sort of
dance and shouted something in the
language (not Banzai!). A group of
about fifteen male Germans had flown
in from Munich to compete. Runners
ware tipping Gatorade or body puch
Students approved the Puterbaugh
Report on Academic Integrity last
week by a vote of 396 to 193. The
policy required a two-thirds margin to
pass and achieved that margin by three
votes.
In reaction to the approval of the
policy. Dr. Walter Puterbaugh.
chairman of the committee that
devised the proposal, said that he was
very much relieved that after two
years of work they (the committee)
had something positive to show for it.
He feels that the operation is feasible
but adds that problems will no doubt
surface. He is eager to see it put into
operation.
"I am especially appreciative not
only of the work my fellow committee
members, but also of the students in
SGA who worked so hard to get it
passed by the student Senate and
student referendum," said Dr.
Puterbaugh in a written statement
released to The Carolinian.
A number of students were asked
to comment on the passage of the
committee report and the following is
a sample of their opinions.
Randy Sides, "I'm encouraged to
see a higher rate of voter turn-out. I'm
looking forward to attempting the new
policy with the sincere hope that it
works better than the interim policv."
Bill Atkinson: "It's unfortunate
that a majority of the students at
UNC-G can find neither the time
and/or the intellectual involvement
required to become involved in the
rules and regulations which will govern
them during their involvement in the
educational process at UNC-G. The
numbers of people who voted on this
referendum not only shows lack of
concern along these lines: but indicates
a total lack of involvement in these
matters, an attitude which can only
mean the death of academic integrity
at this university."
Jeff Vance: "To be frank. I was
hoping that it would fail so that it
would be put in as an interim policy
while we searched for something
better."
Rich lnnes: "I think it's a definite
improvement over the interim policy.
Time will tell whether it was a good
decision on the part of the student
body to pass it."
Renee Littleton: "I approve of the
policy and I'm glad it passed."
Beth Hayes: "I'm glad to see that
better publicity was put out this time
and that more students turned out to
vote. At least students will get a better
deal out of Puterbaugh (Proposal > than
the present system."
Phil Swink: "I think we needed
some sort of honor policy, because
we've been hanging in limbo so long.
At least this gives the students a
chance to be represented on this
board. It's kind of a necessary evil."
Alex Haley speaks in city
In the April 21st iaawi of 7ls«
Cmotlnian we printed by mistake
Linda Benedict's name under a
picture of Connie Wagner
BY N. BEST and E.TAYLOR
"Black people were simply happy
that the story had been told ."-Alex
Haley, noted author of Roots referred
to his "saga of an American family" as
a story that many are glad has been
told. He spoke before an audience in
War Memorial Auditorium Sunday,
April 24. The speaker, co-sponsored
by Guilford College's Brothers and
Sisters in Blackness and UNC-G's Neo
Black Society, also conveyed his
opinion on the South, factors relating
to his writing of Roots his responses to
criticism of the novel, and his future
plans.
In expanding on his statement that
blacks were glad the story had been
told, Haley discussed the distortion of
American history up to the present
time through the observance of the
role of black people. He said, "If one
genuinely, truly wishes to say that he
or she had studied American history or
knows American history. .. then it is
only a fact that one cannot know the
history of this country if one does not
know the extent of the role in which
black people have performed in the
history of this country." Haley further
related that black people did not
become militant or riot in reaction
loRoots but were- as attested to in
much of his mail-glad that a story of
their past had been told. Haley
continued by relaying the general
concensus of responses from whites
concerning Roots. The reoccurring
theme in most letters from whites
concerned "never knowing or realizing
the way things were" and also being
made to think of their own ancestry.
Haley expressed his opinion on the
South and its potential. Haley views
the South as having the potential "to
rise again, but in a different way",
through "blacks and whites getting it
together." Haley views interaction as a
must for progression Ha stated that
the South is one section of the
country that illustrates this interaction
by the familiarity of people with one
another. He stated that In the North
there u no interaction, but that the
North and the rest of the country have
pointed to the South aa "the hotbed
of ream". Ha Illustrated Use irony of
thai statement by mentioning that
"Boaton. America's cradle of liberty."
often erupts with bouts of i
Haley stated thet the real
for the Ilialia PI of Roots
not with himself but from his mother's
family. Although. Roots is the story of
his mother's family, Haley related the
importance of his father in the writing
of the book, a side he wrote very little
of in the book itself. He thin
recounted how his father was able to
leave the sharecroppers' farm in
Savannal, Tenn. and eventually receive
his masters in agriculture from A&T
Haley told how his father at the end of
his summer's work at one point before
finishing A&T, counted his money and
contemplated buying mule and plow
to return to the farm. The elder Haley
decided to return to school for
another semester at the same price
instead. Upon returning to
Greensboro, he found his fall expenses
already paid for by a pleased passenger
he had met on the train.
Thus, Haley states that his father
became a college graduate and married
his mother, a school teacher. As a
result Haley and his brothers were able
Continued to page 2
News Briefs
NEW YORK-President Carter
says he is determined not to "lose
the struggle" in having his entire
energy conservation package adopted
without modifications, in an
interview with Newsweek.
Carter said, if one particular part
of it drops out then, "the careful
balance between inflation and
stimulation, between jobs and
automobile production, between
environmental quality and energy
conservation, between the producers
and the consumers of energy, these
balances would be disturbed."
WASHINGTON-King Hussein of
Jordan arrived at Andrews Air Force
Base Sunday fur his first face-to-face
meeting with President Carter
Hussein is the third Middle East
leader to visit Washington since
Carter took office.
In a recent televised interview on
CBS's "60 Minutes" program.
Hussein said he no longer believes an
Israeli-Arab peace will be achieved
this year and believes it may be a
long way off.
Earlier In the year Hussein
predicted that 1977 MI going to be
the year of peace but in the interview
he said. Tm far la* ortmuetic.
unfortunately."
WASHfNGTOUMn recant
weeks sizeable shipments of
antiaircraft nnaaom and artillery
have been mat by the Soviet Umoa
to Mnremblaui irnrnwg to VS.
sotaBsanara aanfytta.
The
neutralizing Rhodesian air power.
Even though the Russian arms
actually began moving into
Mozambique about three months
ago, the quantity of shipments has
been increased during recent weeks,
sources said. The last shipment was
sighted about two weeks ago.
STAVANGER. NORWAY- An
effort to cap a runaway offshore oil
well that has sprayed more than 1.6
million gallons of oil into the North
Sea in 48 hours was begun Sunday
by a team of American experts.
Official! of the Phillips Petroleum
Co., which operates the well have
said they hope to have the situation
under control by Wednesday. But
should they be unable to seal off the
well, which is gushing a mixture of
mud and oil about I SO feet Into the
air. a new wall will have to be drilled
to relieve the pressure The experts
say that would take at least 30 day*.
The oil stock is already I5 rwies
long and more than 5 miles wide.
TAKAOKA. JAPAN- Prime
Minister Takeo Pakuda told
reporters Sunday he will talk with
Pressdent Carter about nuclear fuel
I at an economic summit
bemg
arms have the poieaiial of
of the
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