gv Mr. Kerry d to trade s of one or Laos vation of LYpOCrisy +h we feel ely, not | the Joint ve civilian to make + the past ne United crisy but ly pocrisy “All et ir agamst Ss given in 1o Senator ‘a total notves of int young vords that used in nerica: t rals. And ho named tions of cisions in says it is, ) doThe on page 4) 4 + this Fall, a eventual Medicine il] show ks second istitutions ings, third dicals and on page 4) help with work oi@f out their at these indled as members eenig on the first thanks to wolled in down to ie student certs the Talley ersity are é Forum he point s all letters 1 name ot his name Her = to t to the lect the Scessarily Carolina Se pee seems mca Students plan for action By BRUCE SAVAGE student action the school year would be Very few peopl n this Statt Writer In the field of voter allowed towards fulfitling the want r Anew political force in registration, a state-wide requirements g th high North Carolina’ An effective organization was tentatively Education reform centered — political halitost organized student: pressure established to co-ordinate the primuanily on the creation of ut McCloskey. w , i group? registration drive in the Advisory Committee of oppose President Nix These were the possibilities different sections of the state. Students to the state planning primaries, told the stud faced by approximately 300 Also, students are planning and co-ordinating agency for that the Nixon ac ion student leaders from across the — court cases to test the validity higher education and. the has perfected tof state who gathered in Chapel of residency requirements for endorsement of Gov. Scott's deceit Hill during the weekend to — voting in the campus areas call for the establishment of a The Californias pressed discuss mutual political and In the area of out-of-state ‘Center for the Continuing disagree i “ c educational problems and plan tuition hikes. different Reform of Higher Education President tand { d action to solve them approaches were debated. On The conference was busing of sch hild and The Student Action July 13, the state legislature highlighted by the appearances asserted that the stand was Conterence 971-72 was increased out-of-ctate titer f former Rep. Allard — politically motivated sponsored by the student to $1,300 for this year and Lowenstein. D-N.Y. and Busi Sar ropriate governments of eleven North $1,800 for the following and presidential hopeful Rep. means to end dual school Carolina colleges and increased residency ‘‘Pete’ McCloskey, R-Calif. systems.” he said “But some universities. requirements for in state Lowenstein, the architect of busing plans I have seer The three day conference focused emphasis on how to motivate and use students’ political power. The student tuition from 6 to 12 months. the 1968 Students from several institutions are planning court action to halt or do away with ‘Dump Johnson Movement,’’ told the conference that young voters have the will and the means to unreasonable. We must use the rule of reason McCloskey Opposing Nixon because leaders determined three issues completely the increase. The elect a new administration that President’s posture in several to be the major areas which court action would focus on would be more ix ponsive to areas’ the Vietnam war. truth they have a vital interest in. the “equal protection clause” the people in government, and the Registration of voters, of the 14th amendment “we are going to have to southern strategy Aa POR ies Bk E Out-of-state tuition hike, and If successful, the out-of-state make readjustments in the Several students reported FORMER REPRESENTATIVE ALL ~, education reform were chosen classification would be United States,” Lowenstein that they feared the conference LOWENSTEIN was the keynote speaker at the atid as having top priority for eliminated or residency during said of the domestic scene (Continued Or REPRESENTATIVE PAUL McCLOSKEY told students in Chapel Hill that the Nixon Administration has Acti Conf i i ction Conference in Chapel Hill “perfected the art of deceit.” last weekend. e Convention Democratic party's new, more ane oe a0 8 Volume II, Number 71 Summer School ountainhead and the truth shall maké vou free’ Greenville, North Carolina Wednesday, August 18, 197] Mitchellrejects Kent State murder probe WASHINGTON (AP)- Attorney General John N. Mitchell has announced the end of a federal investigation of the 1970 slayings of four Kent State University students saying the Justice Department plans no further action slain students in a statement The parents as well as congressional and civil rights spokesmen had urged a federal grand jury investigation of the shootings. So has former Pennsylvania Governor William W Scranton, shootings on the university administration for laxity. No charges were filed against the guardsmen “If murder was committed by anyone else, they would ‘morally abhorred” by the Justice Department decision, but added it was “sort of what I expected.” “I’m not so naive as to believe the Nixon administration would take a ECU artist paints famous Berlin Wall certainly be committed, or ‘ By FRANC WHITE spreads for “Life covered Mitchell said no federal Chairman of the President’s tried or something like that,” a ce vai = ECU News Bureau Pants ceuroon tad yn the grand jury would be convened. commission on Campus Unrest, said Mrs. Martin Sheuer of P 2 Eee West Coast for “Look,” and He said an investigation cuuld not be expected to produce new evidence for possible action in the case In a statement Friday, Mitchell said he agreed with a presidential commission's words, ‘‘Unnecessary, unwarranted and inexcusable.” But he added: “Our review persuades me that there is no credible evidence of a conspiracy between National Guardsmen to shoot students dn the campus and that there is no likelihood of successful prosecutions of individual guardsmen The shock of learning of the decision...is nearly as great as the shock that came when our children were killed,’ responded the parents of the whose conclusion was cited by Mitchell. “We had faith in the action that would ultimately be taken by the Department of Justice, and we had faith in the system of justice for which it is responsible,’’ the parents’ statement said. “Now we know that the Department of Justice will not act,” the statement continued. “It is inconceivable to us that this is so, particularly because its own investigation reports indicate that such action would have been fully appropriate.” A Portage County, Ohio, special grand jury indicted 24 youths and a Kent State professor on riot charges and placed responsibility for the violence that led to the Boardman, Ohio, whose daughter, Sandra, 20, was one of the students killed. “It just isn't right,” she said. “It. should be looked into further.” Kent State President Robert 1. White said the school “-nust and does accer t” the decision. White, wh» is resigning September 15 to return teaching duties, said the Justice Department was “The cnly agency with compl-te wediscovercd thet they long: Nader has iassieltenienety OF Management and Budget, environment will look into example set by the Rev, Martin itdated efficiency time Civil Service executive federal air pollution guide lines they were heavily watered how the new guidelines stack Luther King Jr., | wouldn't be John A. Lang Jr., himself a Industry and government may have outlived his for state as a watered down down, he said up against the 1970 where 1 am now, which is on veteran career official of 35 have long been concerned with — usefullness through lack of product of Nixon “This is the Cambodia of the antipollution law in Federal service, told the concept of depreciation development of his potential; administration infighting. environmental movement,” “Every concerned American nual meeting of the and obsolescence of equipment — or that his talents may not be In a phone interview, Nader Nader said in reference to should be disappointed and yblems of executive investments,” he said. T n ement have become s subject of applying this ! that 1 new system ept t the “executive would — be to handle a suite” is of increasing concern issive restructuring that is he said eded In a fetailed paper La Ww ECt Lang reviewed “the dilemma y of Management that and facilities and other capital commensurate with the position he occupies.” He added that such a jobholder may be unwilling or incapable of accepting new ideas or supporting new policies. “He may feel that his long said Ruckelshaus authored a set of strong regulations which included high standards for auto exhaust emission, state inspections of cars now on the road and strong requirements for pollution control equipment in industry But when the new proposed More flexibity and freedom at Madison CIP) providing MADISON Wis ndations ore flexibility and freedon t students to plan s of study are contained in the report of the student-faculty curriculum review the eal Vern sity ej Wisconsin-Madison committee of College ot Letters and Science The report, while Stressing the importance of retaining the nal high dards of the College suggests important changes in and academic tradit star sclence nathematics requirements The committee recommends such innovations as allowing ts to plan their own ovided they make n ‘coherent and aningtul” and can get them approved; to do more independent study; to try for General S BOSTON (AP). “You could get face right next the “xhaust and not see or smell anything 4 inspector to government said of low-pollution cars being put into use by the Genera Serv Administration Lee's hese cars are about 95 per added emission-fre WASHINGTON (AP)- Despite the shrinking U.S. combat role the army’s desertion rate in the Vietnam conflict has climbed to the peak set in World War I The number off desertion cases in the first 10 months of the 1971 fiscal year, which ended 30. increased to 68.449, the equivalent of four and one half June »mbat divisions Figures tor the final two ynths will push it even higher Desertion - absent without fficial leave for more tham 30 days - has been on the rise since escalation of the Vietnam war was begun in 1965. In 1968 the desertion rate surpassed the Korean war high 1000, but now it had been below that of World War I According to Supplied by the Army of desertions for fiscal 1971 as April per 1000 men, compared with $2.3 for of 22.5 per until figures the rate was 62.6 degree credit’ by examination and to graduate ess than ur years The cha will permit nost students seeking a BA degree to ¢ plete the language a nath requirements in high school. It will also permit ther t the baccalaureate degree less than four years. Students will still need 120 academic credits to graduate, but they can speed the process the credit-by provisic by proposed examination Recommended changes in minimum requirements for the bachelor of arts degree are as follows English competence “Demonstrated either through examination or semester course in composition public speaking at the college one or ervices A Robert W. Kelly, an automotive inspector for the G Eleven of the vehicles, powered by liquid natural gas, were put into service this weck by the GSA and long Tange plans call for the agency to convert all of its 49,500 vehicles across the country all of fiscal 1970. During Worla War Il the Army’s desertion rate hit a peak of 63 for 1000 in 1944 The AWOL and desertion rate for the Navy and Air Force is almost miniscule compared to that of the Army and Marine Corps. The Marines, however, report a decline in their desertior figures from a high of $9.6 per 1000 in fiscal 1971 to 56.1 per 1000 last year A great majority of deserters picked up return to. their of the legal difficulty in proving intent of never returning to duty, most are tried on the lesser charge of being AWOL A Senate Services subcommittee the Pentagon two years ago of a either voluntarily units are or Because Armed accused lack of concern and failure to deal sternly with the thousands of away each the servicemen In running year response level, plus subsequent certification of competence by the major department or major advisor.” Foreign Language units the equivalent in college level work in one foreign language.” Mathematics: “Three units of high school work, or the equivalent in college jevel work, including algebra and geometry.” “Four or Among other provisions is addition of four credits to the 36 now required in the humanities, social studies, and natural sciences, the “breadth” courses The bachelor of science requirements recommended by the committee include the same credit provisions in English, more credits in mathematics and the natural sciences, fewer in foreign languages. The changes would also allow inter-disciplinary majors; allow L&S students to take 20 credits outside the college in any department; and increase the “‘normal’’ credit load maximum from 17 to 18 credits a semester In the report, committee members stated their philosophy: ‘In a world undergoing dramatic and often bewildering change, where knowledge is accumulating at a mind-boggling rate, the College Must constantly reassess its educational objectives and Priorities, discarding the outmoded, innovating new approaches, and refreshing and Strengthening all aspects of its programs.” min. converts cars within the Eighty-nine to be ready months. The fuel system, however still is, at best, some distance from the public market Under the Clean Air Act of 1970, manufacturers are required to produce a virtually next five years. more are expected here within a few rmy’‘s desertion rate equals W.W.// peak Defense Department last September established a uniform policy for all the Services to follow in dealing with deserters. The Army blamed the Vietnam war for the big Increase, citing some soldiers’ fear of being wounded or killed in combat as the most frequent Teason lor running away. Most of those going AWOL did so after receiving the Vietnam orders, the Army said But today the casualties are down and fewer replacements are being sent to the battle zone 15,000 a month compared with 45,000 per month in 1968 Although the desertion rate has reached a high, Army Olficials say they are encouraged by monthly Statistics showing the number of runaways has dropped slightly each month. since January Reep paints famous airports (Continued From Page 1) actors “matted” in to appear as though they Were in the desert In a special “Life” edition Reep commissioned to do an entire the world’s most: famous airports In Look drawings brought to the public ial of Juughter on aviation was watercolor series on his courtroom Lana Chery! the murder Turner's Crane Other position the as Visiting Artist: at credits inchide Southern Hlinows University. a Guggenheim Fellowship. for and proved creative painting mayor throughout some two dozen m COMPeHTOns the haton found the the Reep says he has friendly and Carolinainas climate pleasant University a good place to work. From this attitude has grown his “Greenville Series’ currently in) progress at his downtown studio These striking paintings. five of them already completed, are and as each tive feet portray Reep sees it square Carolina a liquid green Eastern moon glowing over endless flat fields dotted with tobacco barns 1 confederate Standing betore a domed monument courthouse Disneyland sky Nightfall catching a huge Negro worker in towering under a repose before a backdrop of golden tobacco leaves. a sidewalk rising straight and into the ofa narrow neo-colonial portico magnolia-shaded brick cottage Within the vivid colors of his “Greenville Series” can sense a kind of irreverent and jubilant love which the artist has found in his new home Berlin this summer will mark 4 sort of return from a 26-year journey since Reep sketched burning villages and struggling men trom the front seat of a jeep. Barbed wire and concrete ina no-man’s land are as much a part of inheritance as the devastation one the human of a declared war-they differ only in that they exist in separate times The Pentagon has commussioned Ed Reep to put aside his current projects temporarily and to Pictures his impressions of The Wall They choice reduce have made + wise pollution-free auto by 1976 But automakers have said it will be impossible to mass Produce a substitute for the internal combustion engine in that time “Detroit experiment Robert L is watching this closely,” said Kunzig, A Administrator “Perhaps Detroit will come up with something similar, or better.” The government < us have their liquid natural gas stored - at 259 degrees below zero - in an insulated 20 gallon tank in the trunk. The gas costs the government about 16 cents a gallon, the same price it pays - tax free - for regular gasoline, but there is no lead in the fuel and less wear on the engine Cost of the unit and installation, however, is the problem. The price of the tank, tubing and carburetor adapter is about $750. Installation takes two men a day, adding another $100 to $150 “It’s expensive,” said James Mullin, a GSA official. “For the ordinary guy to put one of these in his car, he'd have to be pretty civic-minded.” Kelly doesn’t contend the liquid natural gas cars are the solution to the auto emission problem “Look,” he said, “anything that can get rid of pollution - even a little bit - in cities like this has got to be a good thing.” SS At the Palace of Weddings in Leningrad marriages are pertormed 10 hours a day seven days a week. The charge is $1.65 for the cight minute ecremony Dump Nixon (Continued From Page 1) would Its apolitical character and take ona “Dump Nixon” appearance Of the 143 Student action only six said Republicans identified conservative lose responses to a questionaire, they were and) seven themselves as 102. classified themselves as liberal or radical Eighty-six per cent said Nixon should not be reelected. Of the Democratic hopefuls, Sen George McGovern was the favorite President Nixon’s decision to send American troops into Car bodia in 1970. “Where do we 80 from here” The guidelines are so weak Nader said, they violate the intent of the Clean Air Act of 1970." Nader said attempts by Ruckelshaus include proposals that the states limit highway construction in areas of heavy pollution and a permit system suggesting the states require polluting industries to obtain licenses were eliminated Muskie to said his disturbed, as I am, abou Teports that the White House t has watered down proposals of tts own anti-pollution agency for the implementation of the i Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor released 1970 Clean Air Act.” he said. Sunday the results of a poll 7 7 4 ates he Ruckelshaus was unavailable Which he said indicate e for comment on Nader's Would be favored in the race charges but EPA issued for the Democratic nomination ane or governor of North statement with the guidelines {9 Tun for Bote aor which said they would Carolina in mi 2 a 1 es e poll conducte oO “provide for the achievement ad the p nducted to in a reasonable time of gir determine his strength, said quality levels that are per cent of those interviewed protective of personal comfort Said they would ie for him 2 | ent fo t Gen and well-being. Vegetation, 24 per cent for ty er materials, animals, weather visibility and soil and water Start ‘Quiet Sections’ at University of Maine ORONO, Me. (IP)- “Quiet Sections” will be established this fall as an experimental Program for those wishing a somewhat different life style than now exists for most students at the University of Maine, according to Dwight Rideout, associate dean of student affairs at the Orono campus The quiet areas will be established on the fourth floors of two male dormitories and two sections of a woman's dormitory. Approximately 80 spaces rooms will be involved in these quiet areas, with the residents of these Spaces determining themselves what study rules they wish to maintain. Rideout expects that residents of the quiet areas will not want the full option of freedom in relation to Visiting hours and noise that ordinarily exists in most dormitories “We would expect that students wishing to reside in the designated quiet areas will or be those already predisposed to a life style calling for less noise and shorter visiting hour regulations in order to put more emphasis on concentrated study in_ their rooms,” said Rideout He said the new concept was decided upon as the result of a survey which polled students on their desires regarding quiet areas study. Some 100 Students said they would like such areas, but 60 of them Stipulated that it be in their own dorms Currently, each floor or wing in a dormitory determines its study needs Policies reflecting the feelings of the majority in each area Visiting hours are generally standardized as from to 12 midnight weekdays and 12 a.m. weekends. The “‘Quiet Section” concept will be expanded or altered based this for own and 2 noon during noon to | on year's results with the pregram, Dean Rideout commented ~ ECU ARTIST DONALD SEXAUER, chairman of the Prints Department, ECU School of Art, is in South Vietnam this Photographing activity in commissioned by the Chief of History, US. Department of month observing, drawing and the field. Sexauer was Office of Military Defense, to contribute to the military's archives and art collection. (ECU News Bureau Photo). One-way ticket available for $75 on ECU Bonn Campus from New York Germany, tzaving the 15, September, iaformation, 197 Political Science contact Robert Morgan and 24 per cent for other possible Democratic candidates Twenty per cent of those questioned said they were undecided “P’m very encouraged by the results of the poll,” Taylor said in an interview. The poll was conducted by Oliver Quayle of briefs _ Ellsberg expects jail my way to Jail under indictment for having found a way to actively resist war,” Ellsberg said Ellsburg, 40, a researche, Massachusetts Institute 4 Technology, is to be arraigned on the federal charge in Lor Angeles Monday He had access to the se Pentagon f 4 study of US. involvement in Vietnam, as an employee of the Rand Corp., a Santa Moma, Calif, firm which does research Work for the federal government an eyil Tat cret Taylor favored in poll New pollster Taylor, presiding officer of the state Senate, has traveled throughout North Carolina the last to sample public opinion on his chances if he becomes a Democratic York, a Professional three weeks candidate for governor He April he was strongly considering the race and would make a innouncement the Assembly adjourned He said Sunday he expects to make the announcement in about six or seven weeks ve found strong support and Ouragement in my talks with people about the state.” said Taylor, a former speaker of the House said in formal after Generali Smith receives grant Dr. A. Mason Smith, ECL biologist, has been awarded $3,000 by the Research Corporation of New York to study the manufacture disease-resisting antibodies in the carp His ultimate goal is discover more about the nature of the evolution of antibody diversity in the higher animals, cluding man whose immune response to foreign substances of to is more highly refined than that of the carp, a fish belonging to the lower vertebrates Smith is also researching the connection between cancerous tumors in fish and certain industrial pollutants and pesticide chemicals at Manteo the lower Roanoke River and the Currituck Sound This project is part of an International force Investigation by biologists in the U.S., England, Australia, the Netherlands and Japan of the relation cancer and environmental substances in their respective areas task between Smith, who holds degrees from NC. State University, did doctoral research the National Cancer Institute at Bethesda, Md Raleigh plan approved RALEIGH (AP)- The Raleigh desegregation plan for this year has received final approval from US. District Judge John D. Larkins Jr Larkins signed an order Saturday authorizing the school board to proceed with implementation of the plan it submitted last month under court order The order instructed the board to review the plan's effectiveness before the end of May, 1972, at which time it Workshop's Forty participants were finishing last week a three week workshop on federal government publications. This special workshop conducted by Dr. Gene D. Lanier, chairman of the Library Science Department, began on July 19 and held its final session last week should also consider Suggestions and changes from Parents and groups The order also restores the Raleigh schools’ eligibility for new federal funds The new plan devised by the board “appears to achieve the total desegregation of , each school throughout the’ ¢ school system implemented, should remove trom the system the last vestiges of prior state imposed Segregation,” Larkins said completed and, when forms, distribution, care and utilization of all types of federal government publications Attention has been given to publications of value in school Public, college and university media programs Consultants representing Participants in the different types of libraries have workshop, representing all added to discussions and types of libraries, were answered questions for the involved in the study of the i participants. Kosteckreceives award Gregory Kosteck of t Greenville has been awarded a Scholarship to the Composers’ Conference, Vermont's contemporary workshop music Scholarships were presented wo weeks on the campus of Benington ( ollege Major funding support: for he conference is provided by the National Endowment tor the Arts by the Martha Batd to 19 young composers trom Rocketeller Fund for Muste throughout the United States Ine. the Recording Industites for the annual 26th conference Music Performance Trust Session, convening August 15 Fund. and by the Vermont he conterence will be held for charter flight to Frankfurt, Morning of the 1. For further PROVO, Utah (AP) Boxsmay ot Dr NOU wear wigs to school any Indorf, i) Department d added Wednesday to dore in Provo an The antiwig regulation was ma the school Tess code by the Provo Board eve dig Councibon the Arts. tng Boys can't wear wigs !ducanon The dress cade alse requires or other things. that bows tural hai be cut above the Sand above the cath of ss shirt inves that the } cont casua Th Arme subco it cal low p It of Marin said Washi two office dollars card Ch: D-N subec ce eoul consttt enablir electio: Moore The millio Action several have ni will go the JN schedul They week t campa County on wh By Neil schoo Stumpy the Page pr “Swamy library | in lea techniq The of “Sv those 0 novels it Library mater become manus accordin ECU lib: Mrs after t writing some 3( the mé “proudly that the: to other She Robert | live atM plantat Sound coastal N locales won wi or under hund a nevi} her at te of digned n Lor secret dy of tham, Rand Calif, work t sional er of Weled ia the imple ances cratic was race yrmal the med pects mtn pport talks ate,” eaker 1 an orce sin ralia, n of ncer nces grees . did the e at from s the for , the each vhen nove last osed d and ; of ent n to ool, sity ting lave and the Fountainhead, Wednesday, August 18, 1971, Page 3 Venceremos Brigade recruiting people to go toCuba of the Venceremos By JIM ADAMS Associated Press WASHINGTON House ¥ investigators reported Sunday that faulty generators sold to the Marine Corps “may have contributed to combat casualties” in Vietnam The report by the House # Armed Services investigating ¢ subcommittee dealt with what it called “petty corruption in low places.” It spoke of a “tangled web of contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel” and said one contractor's Washington representative let two Marine procurement officers charge thousands of f dollars on a company credit card Chairman Otis G. Pike, D-N.Y said the subcommittee’s records are CHARLOTTE (AP)- Wet forces hope to be able to buy liquor by the drink to celebrate the new year in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County But the drys are planning a court test of the consttutionality of new state enabling acts for mixed-drinks elections in Mecklenburg and Moore Counties The drys, the statewide 1.7 million-member Christian Action League, composed of several church denominations, have not decided whether they will go to court before or after the Mecklenburg vote, scheduled for November 2 They plan to meet within a week to pick a leader for their campaign in. Mecklenburg County and perhaps to decide on when the test will be A MEMBER OF THE 2nd contingent Brigade Faulty radar equipment may have caused death being turned over to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution The generators that may have contributed to combat deaths, the report said, were supposed to power three radar units for locating enemy mortars near Danang in Vietnam-but one or another unit was out of opere‘ion for up to a month at a tme because of bre! down generators The generators, built by Consolidated Diesel Electric Co. (CONDEC) of Stanford, Conn., were so faulty, the report said, that the first 300 sent to Vietnam were out of commission within five months. One sent to California was found to have two of its three pistons missing, the report said. Christian Action seeks drink test sought. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has notified the Mecklenburg County borad that it has approved the county’s comprehensive plan of rules and enforcement should mixed drinks be voted in Mecklenburg had tried to get a mixed drinks bill through in the 1967 and 1969 biennial sessions. In 1965 after a study of almost a year, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce recommended mixed drinks for Mecklenburg County Raymond King Jr., Charlotte insurance man who will head the campaign for mixed drinks in Mecklenburg, says liquor by the drink is now permitted in 44 states with 90 per cent of the population in the United States. Wechter gives ECU manuscript By WILLIAM A. SHIRES ECU News Bureau Neil Wise Wechter, the schoolteacher-author of Stumpy Point, N.C., has given the original manuscript and page proofs of her latest book, “Swamp Girl,” to the ECU library to assist aspiring writers in learning method and tecliniques. The manuscript and proofs of “Swamp Girl” will join those of Mrs, Wechter’s earlier novels in a repository at Joyner Library, the author's alma mater. Eventually these will become part of ECU's growing manuscript collection, according to Wendell Smiley. ECU librarian. Mrs. Wechter, now retired after teaching school and writing for newspapers for some 30 years, said she gave the manuscripts to ECU “proudly” and with the “hope that they may be of some help to other writers coming along.” She and her husband, Robert William (Bob) Wechter, live at Mrs. Wechter’s old home Plantation on the Pamlico Sound, Her novels, based on coastal North Carolina settings, locales and characters have won wide acclaim. “Swamp Girl” was published in June Mrs. Wechter was born in Stumpy Point, the daughter of Enoch Raymon Wise, a relative of Virginia’s Civil War governor, Henry Wise, and Edith Casey Best, whose ancestral home was County Cork, Ireland. She holds three degrees from ECU and says “I have all praise for the wonderful English training |! received there. I consider Greenville hy home away from home.” Her literary honors are numerous, including the 1950 George Washington Gold Medal presented by the Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pa., for teaching and writing about the American way of life. The original of her play, “All Aboard For Freedom,” is buried ina steel crypt at Valley Forge for posterity, not to be opened until the year 2000 AD : j She has awards from ECU, from the Guilford Fine Arts Festival, the national teachers | medal from the Freedoms Foundation, and the American | Association of University Women’s award for the best young people’s book, “Taffy of Torpedo Junction, published in 1957 The following is a statement from the Venceremos Brigade Committee tor North and South Carolina The Venceremos Brigade is a group of North Americans who go to Cuba to break the blockade imposed on the island by the U.S. governm nt and to learn for themselves about the country that our government sees as communism’s foothold in the “free world” and that Cubans call “the first free territory of the Americas.” In the past two years. four Brigades, composed mainly of young people-students and workers-have gone to Cuba to work and learn. A typical brigade spends six weeks working with Cubans in the fields: cutting sugar cane or planting, fertilizing and harvesting citrus fruits. Then two weeks are spent touring the isiand, iearning about its history, culture, technology, agriculture, schools, health care, ect. Brigade members also meet and talk with members of the Cuban government and young people from Indochina, Africa and Latin America The fifth Venceremos Brigade will leave the U.S. in January, 1972. Recruitment for this Brigade will take place during August and September, 1971. Members of past Brigades are eager to talk with interested persons or groups and to show slides and films about Cuba and the Brigade If you and/or your group would like to find out more about Cuba, contact us and suggest dates on which you would like speakers. The address for North and South Carolina is P.O. Box 5101, Fayetteville, or see Bob Malone at 701 Willow St., contributes to the record 8 1/2 Greenville. million ton sugar harvest of 1970. Venceremos dWe will win) Fall Anti- A series of actions to protest the Vietnam war have been planned for the fall, sponsered by the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice and the National Peace Action Coalition. Additional anti-war activity is expected to be announced at the conclusion of the National Mayday Collectives ‘‘Gathering of the Tribe” now being held in Atlanta. Actions planned so far include October 13--- Nationwide Moratorium on business as usual in ar Offensive November 6 (evening)---A March for Life in Washington, D.C This March will continue throughout the night and into the next day. Participants will carry the names of those who have signed the People’s Peace Treaty to the Congress November 7---Soul Rally originally scheduled for last May 2 but postponed because of the undeclared, but apparent, martial law in Washington BRIGADISTAS REST IN the field during Merienda (snack break). Legalization maybe not far away (Continuea From Page 4) harmless drug They have found that marijuana does not automatically lead to hard drugs. They have found that marijuana does not impair one’s judgment to the extent that alcohol does. They have laughed off the 1937 scions who believed that marijuana was the devil’s plot to bring An_ inspirational protest rally as many communities across the country as possible. The moratorium will include campus strikes, work stoppages, and other actions. October 14-15---Locally organized non-violent direct action directed at Federal Government buildings and corporations involved in perpetuating the war. Octover 25---Vietnam Veteran Solidarity Day November 6---Massive street demonstrations in 20 cities (in the south demonstrations will be held in Atlanta and Tampa). Why \s every do a vOY- » November 8 and continuing---Massive non-violent direct action in Washington designed to move the government to “set the date” for the withdrawal of all American land, sea, and air forces from Indochina 2 People wanting more information can contact the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, 1029 Vermont Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., 20005, the Atlanta Peace Action Coalition P.O. Box 77064, Atlanta, Ga. 30309, or MayDay, Box 6078, Washington, D.C., 20005 7 i a — 1 Ne } \ y j ™, | ‘ 4 Ls | a | f \ | | Ns cccsc pantera ioberalllneintnivaitasitbe ere a r ~ | \ \ ear We i te “] ad ‘i \ E “ Seal 4 W\ | tA 4 \ \ { i i— fi DAMMIT YO LP ALKED’ It INTO G\VING TTSELF UP! about murder, rape. insanity, and degeneration of society In light of these new findings on marijuana the estimated 10-12 million Americans who regularly or occasionally use it are eagerly awaiting its legalization. The federal government and most state governments have lessened the penalties for first offenders with marijuana. Congress is considering proposals that would make possession or use of marijuana a misdemeanor. Surely, the “final step” to legalization is not far away Remember gon 3 Pray and al! the problems of the world will correct themselves. wea 4 to a aire, were ven ; as ified lical ixon if the Sen the ARD tudent ountainhead and the truth shal/ make you free’ Student Action Conference succeeds t D Mas DM 1 { ballot D-S.D their for Sen with 19 Ralph Joh Ja 1 Nader kson d ! legates (32 by most pre Nixor McGovern got 27 (18.87), Sen Edward Kennedy J Edmund I Ww wide efforts by area networks campuses Communications were sel ween and individuals the state to ettorts Mitunions throughout yrdinate campus and ease contact among area student rhiments and campus newspapers foundations were laid for a student and political tewide organization whose tion level of participation in arena will be determined amount of interest and action conference the Participants can late in state’s colleges and schools Success of attempts to the youth blog in) North affairs is and organize vote ective voting s political directly the irives on success of and stration court allow siudents to vote in communities prospect of and erred strong youthful educational the and in its campaign by ) effect reforms nt and both in state dOlicies powerful Student through the take an t stitutions of learning, is a nt tor students become a reality ballot. but vote the only if register to and and their tive interest in the political lucational decisions that affect Ind ynterence Hill large leations hapel were and state are student leaders across t work for change eady and eager their camp and in their They are ready to work the j r d nmunities ther hroughout state to ! vices shows student choices Guiltord en. Hargrave “Skipper” nal : candidates enthusiasm Pat votes (11.9%) Morgan (8.4) and most (14%). Lt with 17 Robert 12 James Leo each Gov trailed Atty. G behind Reput BC three Taylor ldo with votes Holshouser Jenkins as gubernatorial lican President received votes (2%) prospects T that national show results of the survey more students are interested in and that a_ large apathetic snt choices for high office. An trend liberal both in the poll polities percentage of students are tt F luded the mC overwhelming a cun workshop toward and radical evident the ballot conterence views Was students and in The student results workshops the ym area the press indicates only choices of considered (4.2%) had 56 (39.1%) however t rank and will follow their the far to “leaders,” The a undoubtedly stud file more than elected shift to students conservative trends but the usually right the officials sull tt of their parents The faction in will leave the thusiasm ot the 4 foreshadowing of umber and school delegates to nce is alsc and served incipient change Dress codes is have the whose onduct regulatic radicalize many of state’s high students votes will their North systems anger and frustration Carolina’s secondary ege students can be expected than their conflict the will state's liberal Vietnam the educational reform the much more The discrimination, predecessors racial state of Onomy and be key campuses On th issues on level of the students the iterest in from idging and Muskie (13.3%) participation Student) Action are moving ytes Conterence Fuge toward a greater indsay, Sen D-Wash Hubert the and systems that eirect: Of participation in their voters involvement in political affect this educational their The political 2%) le the Sen votes cach increased the 1972 will be 39 lives tior when imong million elegibl under 30 years of age, will be great i the nergy and moral commitment ) Se young. is hanneled into process great) changes n be expected either witl two major political parties for t 1 yr rm of wil t yeu Nixor w party: 19 Editorials and Commentary Ws. con (FF you WANT !1 Student body presidents signs statement The following statement delivered August 14 by Danny Clodfelter, student body president of Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, speaking on behalf of the student body presidents and leaders listed below This the ommitment of students from North Carolina high schools, colleges, and technical institutes issues of statewide tume that we should ies as well Next year North Carolina will have its first presidential preference primary. In that primary the majonty of college and a number of high school students will be voting for the first time can affect the outcome of national and was student conference bears witness to action on But it think about national iss to organize concern is also These new voters, registered and active decisively It is for this reason that we feel to challenge all candidates for ic Office to respond t state elections. it’ important the issues of student i concern raised at this conference and elsewhere tis directed to potential Our statement is not partisan all political and to all candidates What we seek is to force all candidates for parties Bobby Baucom Atlantic Christian College Fred Barden Appalachian State University Ed Boylan UNC-Wilmington Malcolm Carroll Rockingham Community College Danny Clodfelter Davidson College Glenn Groshaw East Carolina University Chappell Green Cape Fear Technical Institute Vandell Davis Barber-Scotia College Gug Guster NC. State University public office to confront squarely the young population and respond specifically to the questions young voters ask. Students are not to be considered as tools in the hands of any campaign staff or candidate, but a definite political force to be reckoned with Though as a group we are not endorsing any candidate, there certain issues, certain criteria and priorities that potential candidates for national and state elections must make commitments on 1). an immediate end to American military involvement in the war in Southeast Asia 2). a concerted diplomatic and economic effort to end all hostilities in Vietnam immediately and rebuild the region 3). in order to make the ideals of racial and sexual equality realities, a definite plan of action to end and tacit forms of discrimination 4). strict enforcement of anti-pollution laws, on a state as well as a federal level 5). a nationwide program of local heroin treatment and rehabilitation centers 6). positive action to control the wage and price spiral and to reduce unemployment, SIGNATORS OF STATEMENT (STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS) are overt Jay Hooper Catawba College Pot laws passed on erroneous information By RICHARD HOWARD Staff Writer Beware! Young and Old- People in All Walks of Life! This (picture of a marijuana cigarette) may be handed you by the “friendly stranger.” It the Killer Drug, “Marijuana” --a powerful narcotic in which lurks Murder! Insanity! Death! Just prior to the passage of the Federal Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 the above advertisement circulated throughout the United States. Such was the propaganda that swept the country in the mid-1930's concerning marijuana contains It was with the help of such alarming and erroneous literature that Congress, in 1937, was influenced to the United State’s initial anti-marijuana law After the respective pass harsh law the their own Marijuana laws, many of which were more ian the federal law. It is hard to believe that sentences of life imprisonment and death were first offenders for simple possession, but it is true the veil of mystery that ‘killer drug,” marijuana, But the veil has not been lifted but much more is known about and its effects than we did 20-30 passage of this states passed rigid meted out t In time, however had surrounded the began to lift ompletely marijuana years ago Seven years after the passage of the 1937 Marijuana Act, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York ordered a special commission to study marijuana in his city. The commission was submitted in 1944, and in the introduction LaGuardia said, “I am glad that the ills attributed to marijuana have been found to be exaggerated as far as the city of New York is concerned.” Simply stated, LaGuardia’s commission found that marijuana use did not report necessarily lead to “hard” drugs and that it was less of a problem than alcohol A study made three years ago by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in the state of Washington found fewer effects on marijuana to have drivers than alcohol The Substantiated by a by Arthur effects of Washington study is further study conducted recently Crancer Jr. on the manjuana and aleohol on simulated that had comparative driving performance. Crancer found eing speedometer errors than under control significant signal subjects experie 1 manjuana “high ynditions, but showed no in accelerator, brake and ibjects. intoxicated with alcohol had more accelerator, brake, signal, and speedometer errors than under control conditions, but displayed no significant differences in steering errors Of his study Crancer says, “Results suggest that impairment in simulated driving performance is not a function of increased The Forum Greetings from God! To Fountainhead As Almighty GOD, I greet you Almost two-thousand years of confinement has elapsed for Me. The dank, dark, musty corridors of Time were not to My liking. Now, My fetters are broken and cast to the ground! 1 Am again here, on earth, in My beloved Son’s flesh to dictate letters to editors and publishers over the world. I Am thrilled to be Alive - Realistically - to accomplish this chore I want to express My gratitude to the newspaper personnel who have written to Us We try to answer every letter. Perfect Love will cast out fear and the shackles of bondage are broken. Love will triumph in the end. The escalation of Love will quell a broken heart and the recipient can conquer lorlornness The wings of Love are free and the enlightenment of chance is pursued hy happiness. My Love is complete in ecstasy upon a humble servant of lust. My Love is clean and not dejected May the chaos of a world aflame be engulfed in My endless Love, so that a brighter tomorrow will ensue and the light of Love will be lit in every blessed heart throughout the world As your One and only Living GOD, I have dictated this Holy Letter to you through My blessed Son who wrote down My Very Sacred Words. May Our Love endure throughout Eternity as I close with these Precious Words. Never, at anytime, will My Holy Name be written on paper. My humble Son will sign this Blessed Letter to keep the flame of Love alive in your heart Prayerfully yours, Eugene Changey Reply to Grimes To Fountainhead In reply to the letter by Vivian Ho Grimes m the last issue of the Fountainhead. | would like especially among blacks and veterans 7). a policy of governmental truthfulness on all major national and state issues We plan to each presidential candidate copies of this statement, as well as to all major political parties, and to North Carolina’s congressmen and senators. We will ask each of them to declare publicly and directly their stands on these issues and we will listen for their response If Richard Nixon, or his Republican challengers, think they can win without the youth vote, they should think again. If the Democratic party believes it can automatically count on the youth vote, then it should also The candidates for state and local office are even closer to economic and social problems and must become innovative, sensitive servants of a public that now includes young voters. [t will not be the cause celebre or the hero we will follow this time, but the issues. The people who have been obstacles in the paths of progress for the last decade will be removed trom office by a new generation of voters We will be part of that generation send to potential . Teasses strategy creative, Terry Howard Winston-Salem University Sam Leonard Greensboro College Greg Lockamy West Carolina University Robie Mcfariand UNC- Greensboro Chan Smith Duke University Joe Stallings UNC-Chapel Hill Robert Strickland Pembroke State University Charlie Sutton UNC-Charlotte J. Allen Winter N.C. Wesleyan College marijuana dosage or inexperience with the tuiti drug.” T The above are only a few examples of studies furt done with marijuana, but they are indicative of rela nearly all research. Most out- scientists agree that marijuana is a relatively U (Continued On Page 3) resi mai Nor to congradulate Miss Grimes on the astuteness of her observations. However, there Tr is one minor that I would tool mention. forv She stated yo “that it is the white man who has been adjon violent; from the destruction of the American was Indian to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther appr King and the Vietnamese people. Whites have adm always and will continue to use any form of striv violence to achieve their own goals years Being a white myself, [ will most heartily “I concur with this overgeneralization...but wait well, Maybe we had better include the Japanese Cour Don’t forget, they wanted the entire Pacific Hous area-including Pearl Harbor. Of course, we j speah shouldn't leave out the Chinese, especially the SPPI Boxers. Then there are the ECU themselves who have been fight among TI themselves for the last S00 years. And I almost BPPES forgot about the Huks of the Philippines. In Os addition, there were the anti-Gandhi factions in Libr India, the West Pakistanis, and others. Also sfand don’t forget the Mosiem Holy Wars. And. of scho course, there were the Greeks under Alexander accep the Germans under Hitler-but | ool, myself-these were whites, weren't they? provi Closer to home. | would suggest that Viviar 4 polar Grimes stop in at the Emergency Room at Pitt me Memorial Hospital and ask whom the majonty of the “street surgeons Then, again, win held the gun to the judge's head an th California courtroom-and later pull t On a later what color are Sudanese-and Biafrans, as well as the MauM The main point is that | classified as violent when TE reall, been current scientific point like t F Vietnamese forget are he trigge seale th resent bet have not ¢ violent. Eo will temper-tantrum every now all Pam sure Vivian Grimes would racially examples throw a chissed as violent from uf . ibove So. lets by ! F \, overgeneralizations maybe ; i = BY di will be made towards ' x vi equality : ; d ind Sincereiy Lee Roger Taylor Jr