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-----~--- ------ - - - OD The Inside Letters to the Editor ••• page 6 Homecoming plans ••• page 4 Vol. IX, No. 16 serving the notre dame - st. mary's community Thursday, September 19, 1974 • Eleven arrested lD Louie·s raid by Terry Keeney and Tom Drape Nine Notre Dame and two St. Mary's students were arrested last night by South Bend police vice­ squad officers at Louie's Restaurant, 744 N. Notre Dame Avenue, on charges of minors frequenting a tavern. Ten of the 11 students were being held on a $50 bond at the South Bend police station, 701 W. sample. The other student, a 17 year-old minor, was charged with a curfew violation and released without bond. Two plain-clothed vice officers and three uniformed officers entered the restaurant about 11:15 p.m. CUstomers in the front bar area were told to produce identification. Underage students were then arrested and placed in custody. Witnesses said tbat identifications of students in the rear, eating area of the restaurant were not checked by the officers. An estimated crowd of 40 people were in the bar at the time of the raid. The 11 underage students in the front part of the restaurant were then taken into custody and placed into a police van. One of the arresting vice-officers, Vinson Smith, said that the owner of Louie's, Louis Rappelli, had been warned four times during the past seven days about serving minors. Smith said tbat fair warning had been given. "There were more kids in there underage but they were in the back in the eating area so we didn't get them," Smith said. "None were charged with consuming but only with minors frequenting a Steakhouse, no different than the Morris Inn," tavern" Rappelli said. Smith said that South Bend Safety Director, Pat The owner of Louie's said that eveyone served a Gallagher, had warned Dean of Students, John beer there last night was 21. But added, "What they Macheca, about a crackdown on underage drinking. do with it isn't my business." According to Smith, special notice was made of the Among the 11 students arrested were: five Dillon seven bars south of the Notre Dame campus. hall residents, two Alumni hall residents, one "We were directed by the mayor (Jerry Miller) Pangborn hall resident, one McCandless hall about ten days ago to talk to all tavern owners on resident and one Regina hall resident. Iden­ the northeast side," Smith said. tification of the students were not released. A number of compalints about students at those The one minor arrested was released to the bars had also been made by the Northeast Neigh­ custody of Brother John Benesh, Alumni Hall borhood Association on Notre Dame Avenue. rector. Bond for the two St. Mary's women was Smith estimated that out of the approximate posted by Stevie Wernig, assistant to the Vice­ crowd of 40, nearly 30 students were underage. The President for Student Affairs, from St. Mary's total seating capacity of the restaurant is between funds. 150 and 200. The other eight students were still in custody at In reaction to the raid, Rappelli said, "It's just an the police station at 3 a.m. this morning. Court ordianry raid." dates for those charged with frequenting a tavern "What are you going to do - this is a restaurant. were tentatively set for Sept. 24. Louie's Restaurant is no different than Eddie's Angela Davis stirs controversy Responding to recent controversey surrounding the Notre Dame students and student organizations are assistance would be requested for tomorrow night's appearance of Angela Davis tomorrow night, student free to examine and to discuss all questions of interest speaker. government and student union officers yesterday to them, and to express opinions publicly and "Mr. Peers (director of security) said that security restated their observance of the university's open privately. They should exercise this freedom by the will be increased," Burke said. He said assistance speaker policy and demonstration rules. use of orderly means which do not disrupt the regular from the South Bend police and Indiana State Patrol and essential operation of the University. would probably be sought. Pat M McLaughlin, student body president, Pat Notre Dame students may invite and hear any Burke, student union director and Andy Bury, s.u. person of their own choosing. The routine procedures academic commissioner all said that their support was required by the University before a guest speaker may Burke and Bury both said that speakers appealing to prompted by numerous calls to student government be invited to appear on campus are designed only to a wide range of people is a definite factor in scheduling and security about demonstrating at Davis's ap­ insure orderly scheduling of facilities, adequate appearances. All three officers agreed that future pearance at 8 p.m., Friday in Stepan Center. preparation for the event, and conduct of the occasion speaker policy would be affected by the present con­ in a manner appropriate to an academic community. troversey. "We have had a number of inquiries about why Sponsorhip of guest speakers does not imply approval Angela Davis is being brought to speak on campus and or endorsement of the views expressed, either by the whether people can demonstrate," Burke said. "And sponsoring group of the University. we wanted to make the clarification." Bury said that the academic commission bas always Under university regulations, "all demonstrations AAUP adherred to the open speaker policy. "As we have done must be registered with the Dean of Students and also always before, we will abide by it completely," be must observe the following rules:" said. a. All demonstrations must be peaceful and orderly. b. Only members of the University community may lollowup In addition, any person or groups wanting to demon­ organize or lead a demonstration on campus. strate at Davis's appearance will bave to go through c. Demonstrators may not impede the freedom of the Dean of Students office, McLaughlin said. the University community. The University open speaker policy states: McLaughlin said that he expected additional security ••• page 3 ----------~--------------------------------------------~------------------ -----~~- 2 the .-1.. Thursday, September 19, 1974 warld Boston unrest continues By United Press International students in the current con­ counties stayed off their jobs in troversy. the weeklong protest briefs They- were taken home by the The new teacher strikes in A fist fight between black and parents and 40 black children Pennsylvania brought to 12 the white children triggered a walked out of school after the number of districts hit and to walkout by 40 blacks Wednes­ incident Officials also reported 61,520 the number of students WASHINGTON <UPI) -Congress is close to approving legislation day in the court-ordered inte­ a "hair-pulling" tussle between affected. Schools remained that would give the consumer his best legal protection yet against gration of Boston schools_ Flag­ a white girl and two black teen­ open in Erie but attendance the furstration and expense of hying a shiny new car in the waving protesters against con­ agers at a high school. was down sharply. Schools showroom that turns out to be a "lemon" that the dealer and troversial textbooks besieged Large numbers of whites were closed in the Bensalem manufacturer refuse to fix at their own expense. the school board offices at continued to boycott classes in district of Bucks County. The bill, known on Capitol Hill as the "Lemon Law," is an Charleston, W.Va. Boston, but school officials said On the western fringe of amendment to a routine extension of the 1966 National Traffic and they believed attendance city­ Chicago, teachers walked out at Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Its sponsors believe it would go a long New teacher strikes hit two wide was up slightly. Addison Trail and Willowbrook way toward satisfying consumer complaints about defective Chicago suburban high schools, Some 250 protesters at high schools. The strike kept automobiles. the Erie, Pa., school system, Charleston listened to Gospel some 5,900 students from and schools in a Bucks County, music over a police loud­ attending classes. Pa., district. Scores of thou­ speaker, waved American flags A judge at Racine, Wis_, MOSCOW <UPI) - Soviet scientist Grigory S. Khozin accused sands of children were affected and carried signs with slogans imposed a news blackout on former U.S. Ambassador Foy. D. Kohler Wednesday of trying to by scattered teacher strikes such as "God is not a myth to negotiations aimed at settling a sabotagee the joint Soviet-American space program. Kohler across the nation. our children." dispute which had shut down rejected the charge. Four white youngsters at School board members stud­ classes for some 30,000 children Boston's Washington Irving ied their demand that new for 10 days. Teachers, who say Junior High School received textbooks be removed from all they were locked out by the minor injuries in a schoolyard Kanawwha County Schools. school board, received letters OAKLAND <UPI) - Black activist Angela Davis filed a $75,000 The protesters charged that the telling tern their request for claim Wednesday against the City of Iakland and Alameda County, skirmich, the first physical textbooks were obscene and clash between black and white unemployment compensation charging she was unlawfully detained while deputies ran a warrant anti-American and give religion has been denied. check. a "fairytale" treatment About 600 teachers in Federal About 20 per cent of the Way, Wash., ended a 20-day county's 45,000 pupils stayed strike. They overwhelmingly Vote drive away from classes and thou­ ratified the first general con­ TEL AVIV <UPI) - Israeli gunners fired mortar shslls Wed­ sands of coal miners in four tract they have ever had.

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