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Rates vary throughout city O-C information is available at Administration Building by Jane Neff director of off-campus housing dwelling excluding utilities. Staff Reporter urges. "Don’t lease without the The complex has vacances for approval of off-campus housing.” the ’76-'77 school year, said Horn Just where to begin looking, may Thus even if your landlord ing, said she did not know when the be the biggest problem in shopping furnishes a lease, inspection by the influx of renters would begin as for off-campus housing. Off-CampusAdministration could this is her first full year at Campus The Notre Dame Off-Campus eliminate later problems. View. Leases may be signed for a Administration in 311 of the Ad A check into rates, availability, nine month period, and security ministration Building offers a de lease terms and security measures deadbolt door locks and a roving tailed housing guide and list of of off-campus facilities reveals guard on duty unitl 3 a.m. University-inspected and -ap important comparisons for Notre Dame Apartments, an proved housing. This student students. other solely-student complex, is service rates property as superior Susan Horning, manager of offering a rate reduction because of good or fair and gives the inspec Campus View Apartments gave competition, according to Bill Far tor’s comments on his evaluations. monthly rates as $300 for furn mer, manager. Four students may The University also provides a ished, two bedroom-two bath, four rent a two bedroom-one bath standard lease that students may student units and $230 for one apartment for $260 per month, and ^use. D a r le n e Palma, student bedroom-one bath, two student ________ (Continued on page 11) Theuniversity ofObserver notre dam e- st. many's college Vol. X, No. 80 Friday, February 6, 1976 For Bicentennial Festival Proxmire is keynote speaker by Tim Boyle committee. Staff Reporter While many bicentennial cel ebrations will examine the “outer Democratic Senator William Pr history” of America, the Notre oxmire of Wisconsin will give the Dame - St. M ary’s conference will keynote address at next month’s be directed toward this inner bicentennial festival sponsored by history. Notre Dame, St. Mary’s and the South Bend Community. Address to correlate theme The senior Wisconsin senator, Though the exact nature of known for his close scrutiny of Proxmire's address is unknown, government spending, will speak at Prof. Walter Nicgorski of the the opening of the five-day festival, General Program said the senator on Sunday, Mar.7. The inaugural has been fully informed about the session begins at 3 p.m. in the conference theme and his talk is Athletic and Convocation Center expected to relate to it. Nicgorski Arena. is assisting the steering committee and has spoken with the scheduled Cultural events scheduled speakers. Wisconsin Senator William Prox The festival will include an Dr. Marshall Smelser, professor academic conference and several of history at Notre Dame, will open mire will be the keynote speaker at next month's ND-SMC bicen cultural events. The theme of the the conference on Mar. 8 and Notre academic conference is “ An Al Dame’s President Fr. Theodore M. tennial festival. His speech is most Choosen People:# The Moral Hesburgh, will close it Mar. 11 expected to touch on the festi Aspirations of Americans.” The with a lecture on America’s re vals' theme if: "inner history of spiritual guest and utopian conference is designed to explore lationship with the world com America’s “ inner history of spirit munity. dream '' ual quest and utopian dream ,” The Mock Political Convention sets up campaign central in the according to Dr. Ronald Weber, Six additional speakers of the Senate Banking, Housing Memorial Library Concourse nighty. Students, while coming and director of the Program of Amer In addition, there will be six and Urban Affairs Committee and going, can stop and pick up campaign materials of their favorite ican Studies at Notre Dame and visiting scholars speaking at the vice-chairman of the Joint Com prospects. (Photo by Chris Smith) member of the festival steering conference: Dr. Martin Diamond, mittee on Defense Production. He professor of political science at is a member of the Senate App Northern Illinois University; Dr. ropriations Committee and chair Sirica’s condition critical Sidney Ahlstrom, professor of Am man of its Subcommittee on Hous erican history at Yale University, ing and Urban Development & Dr. Peter Berger, professor of Independent Agencies. Watergate Judge sociology at Rutgers University; Members of the steering comm Dr. Vincent Harding, visiting pro ittee for the bicentennial festival fessor in the University of Penn WASHINGTON-(AP)-U.S. District said: “He was transferred to the since April 1957 when he was are Prof. Ronald Weber, director of sylvania’s Afro-American studies Court Judge John J. Sirica, who hospital's coronary unit and is in appointed by President Eisenhow the American Studies program; Dr. program; Dr. Alfred Kazin, prof gained national recognition for his critical condition.” er. He became chief judge in April Thomas Bergin, Dean of the Center essor of English in the City dogged pursuit of the truth in Later in the evening, the hospital 1971 and when the Watergate for Continuing Education; Richard University of New York’s Hunter Watergate, suffered a heart attack spokeman said Sirica’s basic cond break-in case came into the courts, Conklin, Director of Information College; and Dr. I. Bernard Cohen, Thursday. His condition is critical. ition was unchanged, but “ his vital he assigned it to himself. Services at Notre Dame and Prof. professor of the history of science Sirica, a month away from his signs are stable and his life-support .Jack Detzler, St. Mary’s Director Thus began his long association at Harvard University. 72nd birthday, collapsed while systems continue without artificial of Community Affairs. with Watergate. His tactics often delivering a luncheon speech about support. He is resting comfortably Proxmlre’s activities were criticized but he stuck to his The festival and conference have a lawyer’s obligation to profession at this time." oft-stated assertion that all he These talks, all o f which will take received grants from the Indiana al ethics. His audience was 270 The spokesman said the next wanted was the truth. place in the CCE auditorium, will American Revolution Bicentennial alumni of George Washington U- medical bulletin was planned for be open to the public, as will Commission, the Indiana Arts Co- niversity Law School, including Friday morning. Since his semi-retirem ent in virtually all festival events. mmision and the Indiana Com For two years, beginning with many fellow judges. 1974, the Judge has concerned Currently, Proxmire is chairman mittee on the Humanities. “His face was flushed and he the trial of the Watergate break-in himself solely with Watergate- just keeled over strait into the defendants in January 1973 related matters. He passed down rostrum,” said Judge Bruce men- through the Watergate cover-up rulings on such Watergate-related cher of the District of Columbia trial, Sirica was almost totally cases as the milk price support case ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ > occupied with Watergate. Superior Court. in 1975, and was the judge respon A military doctor was summoned It was he who ordered former sible for the sentencing of former The Bicentennial ★ ★ from another part of the building, President Richard M. Nixon to turn White House aides H R. (Bob) the Army-Navy Club, and he over the covertly recorded White Haldeman and John Erlich man. House tapes, a ruling that even ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ administered mouth-to-mouth re Both are currently free on bail tually was upheld in the Supreme suscitation. At one point, the judge awaiting appeal. said, the doctor could find no pulse. Court and was instrumental in ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sirica had been speaking for 10 Nixon’s resignation. Sirica’s attack came during what SB minutes. It was Sirica who put pressure on has become a commonplace activity “There was no warning at all,” the Watergate burglars to testify for the U.S. District Court judgbe. ★ ★ and Notre Dame said retired Air Force Col. Clifford before a grand jury; it was to Sirica Since the Watergate trials, he has Dougherty, alumni director of the that James W. McCord Jr. ad become a popular speaker at ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ law school. dressed the letter that resulted in academic convocations, dinners, Sirica was taken to the George the Watergate cover-up falling receptions, and conventions, and Washington University Hospital, apart. has received numerous honors for ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ whose spokesman, Phil Debrasbant Sirica had been a federal judge his judicial and ethical stands. the observer Friday, February 6, 1976 -—On Campus Today— St. Mary’s recreation Friday, february 6 9 am 5 pm -peace corps and vista volunteers in library by Maureen O’Brien Staff Reporter noon-10 pm -valley mobile home chapters trailer show.acc. Dream becomes reality for St. tickets 1.50 M ary’s. noon-5 pm -exposition of the blessed sacrament,lady chapel, Half the need funds for the construction of a new sports and sacred heart church recreation facility have been re 4:15 pm lecture, "family labor supply and negative ceived, according to St. Mary’s income tax," Stanley Stevenson, jr., brookings President John M. Duggan. More institute and hew, Washington, d.c., rm. 105, law than $493,000 of an estimated $850,000 needed funds has been building received by the college. 4:30 pm colloguium," on the structure and abstract The SMC Committee on Physical isomorphisms split over quadratic extensions," Requirements called the recre ation facility in February 1974. prof. b. weisfeiler, institute for advanced studies, The facility has been in the princeton univ., rm.