Uconn Teach-In "A Day Against Racism"
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Conttwttritt iatlg (Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXXI NO. 33 STORRS, CONN. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1973 5 CENTS OFF CAMPUS Nixon decides to release tapes WASHINGTON (UPI) - President staff of prosecutors and met with Sen. The Senate committee Tuesday Haig said the President feared that Nixon, facing a growing impeachment Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. Kennedy appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court of the "fire storm of controversy" over last threat and reportedly concerned by a is leading a Senate effort to create a new Appeals Sirica's rejection of its demand weekend's turbulent events was divisive "fire storm of controversy," independent special prosecutor's office. for the tapes. The White House formally polarizing the nation so badly that it abruptly agreed Tuesday to surrender Vhite House chief of staff withdrew its offer to give the courts and threatened to cripple his conduct of the Watergate tapes to U.S. District Alexander M. Haig said Nixon's decision the Senate investigators a written foreign policy. J udge J ohn J . Sirica. to release the tapes to Sirica does not summary of the tapes, to be verified by He said Nixon also was concerned The Vthite House said Nixon will go mean the Senate Watergate Committee Sen. John C. Stennis, I)-Miss., after by reports that Democrats in the House on nationwide television and radio at 9 also will get them. listening to the actual tapes. and Senate might have tried to hold p.m. EDT Wdnesday to defend his Gerald R. Ford's vice presidential firing of special Watergate prosecutor nomination as hostage to exert pressure Archibald Cox last weekend — which on the President to comply with a prompted the protest resignations of Supreme Court order for the tapes. Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson "For these reasons and no others — and his deputy, William S. Ruckelshaus. no others - the President decided he The President, it was reported, would take this action," Haig said. abandoned his three-month battle to keep the tapes secret at noon Tuesday, only two hours before Wiite House legal counsel Charles Alan Wright made the HEW officials stunning announcement before Sirica at a court hearing. conclude probe In the House of Representatives, 68 Democrats signed a resolution providing for a preliminary inquiry as tbe first step on Thursday toward the start of impeachment By MARK FRANKLIN proceedings against the President. The U.S. Department of Health, House Democratic leaders, trying to Education and Welfare (HEW) team avert the possibility of an immedite leader -who has been investigating the floor vote on impeachment, ordered the University of Connecticut this month House J udiciary Committee to begin an said he believes the administration inquiry to determine whether there were should be more concerned with sufficient grounds for the start of formal minority student problems. impeachment hearings. Walter Patterson, leader of the Sirica said he was "very happy" at investigating team, said Tuesday Nixon's decision to comply with two afternoon the administration should court orders that he hand over the tapes "try to raise its consciousness of student for Sirica's private inspection to decide concerns with particular attention to which should go to the federal student affairs." He said the Watergate grand jury. administration must realize that "I know that all citizens will be University President Glenn W. Ferguson cirticized the Commission on Higher problems sometimes exist in areas where happy, as I am, that the President wisely Education's Master Plan proposal for a tuition hike at UConn in an interview on there has been no complaint. chose to respect the rule of law," said WHUS Tuesday evening. He is seen here with Mark Roy, WHUS news director. Patterson said the HEW report, Cox, who bade farewell to his former (Photo by Wesley Thouin) which will probably be released in late November, will make specific recommendations to UConn on how to treat minority students more fairly. He said UConn, "like anything, could be Mideast cease-fire may resume administered better." UConn will not be forced to implement programs it cannot afford, (UPI) — Israel ordered its soldiers on hard-line resolution that threatened the Israel renewed its offensive in Egypt according to Patterson. "If the the Egyptian front early Wednesday to Washington - Moscow teamwork that with breakdown of the cease-fire and University doesn't have the money, we put down their weapons in t he second brought Monday's truce. In the end the sent spearheads to within 37 miles of can't force them to comply with Middle East cease-fire in three days. The Russians agreed to a more moderate Cairo. Israeli Premier Go Ida Mcir warned something they can't do," he said. order came after the United Nations U.S. resolution. the Egyptians that the Israeli force Patterson's observations were based called on both sides to pull back to Secretary of State Henry A. inside Egypt was strong enough for an on a two week investigation conducted positions held Monday when the first Kissinger once more postponed his trip offensive unless Egypt obeyed the truce. by himself, Michael Segal and Marcy truce was declared. to China and plunged into intense Soviet reaction was swift. An official Huff, all HEW investigators. A military communique issued in diplomatic activity to try to get Soviet statement broadcast by Radio Patterson said the investigation will Tel Aviv said a representative of the observance of a Middle East cease-fire Moscow and carried by the Tass news conclude Thursday when he and Segal United Nations contacted Defense and prevent disruption of improved agency warned that "the most grave are scheduled to have a formal interview Minister Moshe Dayan "to inform him relations with Russia. Kissinger had consequences" would follow from what with University President Glenn that four minutes earlier a positive reply flown to Moscow to work out the truce it called the Israeli aggression against Ferguson and "two or three" other had been received from the Egyptians to which lasted barely 12 hours. Egypt and Syria. administrators whom they have not yet his proposal for an immediate interviewed. The meeting with Ferguson cease-fire." will be the investigators' first official Israel said it agreed to go along with session with the president. the new cease-fire, to take effect at 7 The investigation was initiated at the a.m., 1 a.m. EDT Wednesday. Mansfield candidates request of the Puerto Rican Student "Accordingly," the communique Movement, the Organization of said, "the chief of staff has ordered the Afro-American Students and the Kitty armed forces on the Eqyptian front to consider town issues Hawk Group. Patterson said HEW is lay down their arms as of seven o'clock looking into possible violations of Title this morning." By DEAN REDFERN 12 candidates running for the Town Six of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which The new truce agreement came after The 12 candidates running for Council will be elected for a two-year forbids discrimination in federally Egypt and Israel resumed the war in positions on the Town Council of term. Voters may vote for any six funded programs. fury on land and sea Tuesday. Each side Mansfield aired their platforms Tuesday candidates. The Title Six investigation deals blamed the other for the collapse of the night before about 100 people at the The Republicans, by winning the with student services. It is the second cease-fire. Syria, however, announced it Middle School in Mansfield. toss of a coin, spoke first. HE Winvestigation of UConn within a had accepted the truce. In a question and answer session Robert Gordcn, an 18-year-old year. The previous investigation dealt The United States and the Soviet after the speeches, Thomas Quinn, an former McGovern campaign worker with alleged violations of equal Union agreed on a joint resolution at an incumbent town councilman said turned Republican, is "in favor of employment opportunity. emergency session of the U.N. Security "Arteries that lead to the Univeristy," subsidized public transportation for all Patterson said the investigators have Council asking both sides to adhere to like Huntington Lodge Road should be ages." He said Mansfield residents gone to all UConn's branches and the short-lived Monday cease-fire and considered for bike paths. shouldn't have to depend on friends for Center. The Medical Center may be the pull back to lines held at the time. It Harry Johnson, associate dean and transportation. subject of another HEW investigation also called for dispatch of U.N. professor of finance at UConn said there Gordon said he would not support sometime in the future, according to observers to oversee the truce. are technical problems to adding bike money for construction of a new town Patterson. Egypt had called for the Council paths along sides of existing roads. He office building, presently being During the course of the session to protest Israel "aggression" but said,by a zoning law, "an addition of 24 considered, "while the superintendent investigation. Patterson said he had the session originally called for noon feet of right of way" is needed before of schools says.wc may have to close a formally interviewed some 20 EDT was postponed until late afternoon construction. school or two in the next decade." administrators and about an equal when Russia sought to introduce a On Election Day, Nov. 6, nine of the Continued on page 7 number of students. Wednesday, October 24, 1973 IMW BauB *»*» Why then, are you smiling? Editor-in-Chief By ROBERT LUYSTER So ma Alan K. Reisner The Rig-Vedic cowboy "Like wild seeds turned dude. Home on the the winds have raised me up.