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.~ f FORECAST Regent 'Educated' Incre.. "" clllucUneu W~, with r.In A member of til. Stllte 801rd of R.. 1ft the -Int, .... int ....Iy Sunday Iwt glntl met with a Ir!.up of .tudente continued cloudy. Sunday mostly cloudy Thurlday - and lot an education. s.. and ceoler. Hith W~ a~ 45; low ,. ail night arwnd 32. Little _perature Ilory on Pagl 5. Iowan Serving the University of Iowa and the PeO"ple of Iowa City chMte Sunday. EslabJJsned in 1868 10 centa • copy AIIoclated Prell Leued WIre and Wlrepboto Iowa City. Iowa 52240-Saturday, November IS. 1_ Bishops Permit Thoughtful Use Regent Action Aimed Of Birth Control WASHINGTON IA'I - The nation's bishops opened the way Frloay ror Catholic mar. ried couples to use contraceptives if their At Fair Job Practices consciences permit it. By LINDA ANDERSON In other busiDea eoncerning the Uni· Green Thumb Nuraery, Inc., Cedar Rap. The bishops said couples would not be The stale Board of Regents passed a versity, two administrative appointmenta ids, was awarded a $15.732 contract to cut of from communion or turned away proposal here Friday in an attempt Ul were made and three capital improve­ landscape an area around the DeW Art from the church for breaking Pope Paul comply with state and federal equal ern· ment projects were approved. Building addilloo. Stanley Consultanta, VI's continued ban on all artificial birth ployment statutes in awarding contracta. Hugh E. Kelso, proCessor of political ad­ Muscatine, was awarded two contracts tot. control. The regents had been confronted on ence and asaiatant dean of the College of aling $25,000 lor plannIng utility services. They suggested that certain circum· Thursday by members of the National As­ Liberal Arts, was appointed assodate Approval was given to an agreement with stances, although they named none, could sociation [or the Advancement of Color· dean 01. !be ooIlege. Ge?rge A. Chambers. lowa·llllno~ Gas and Electric Co., Iowa reduce the moral wrong, as their church ed People (NAACP) and of the low. associate profealO1' of edUcatiOll and for· ooy, COl' the purchase of the University', views it, of disobeying the ban. Civil Rights Commitsion with demands ma- director of the swnmer &elISion. waa gas dislribution sysi.em presently serving to end discrimination in hiring practices. The compromise, stitched together after appointed dlreotOl' of Sununer s-ion and the medical campus on the wNt .ide of a week of controversy over birth control Robert W. Wright, president 0( !be Iowa l18Sistaot dean 0( academic affairs. the river. and the Vietnamese war, was passed 180 branch of the NAACP, suggested Thurs­ to 8 by the National Conference of Catho­ day that the regents require statements lic Bishops just before its windup. on hiring policies from all bidden, con· * * * * * * tractors, and subcontractors who wish to The bishops backed conscientious objec. be employed in any construction don e Regents Decide on Atlantic tion to a specific war and called for a with state funds. complete end to the military draft, They He also luggested that .... reten" questioned whether the war in Vietnam establlih • rlvlewinll board to check was worth its cost in human suffering. IndivIdual contraclon each Yllr. Only As Site for New University The bishops said Vietnam had demon· those firms which practice equel oppor­ strated that military force alone was not tunity employment and ectlvely recruit The State Board of Regents, meeting adequately funded before another school enough to solve internal political con· minority group emplov-s would qualify here Friday, approved Atlantic as the was begun. flicts or accomplish peace. for' contractl. site Cor a proposed I tat e university in The planning consultants told the reg· The Catholic leaders stressed their sup­ Friday's proposal, presented by regent western Iowa, but stressed it dld not favor ents that the western Jowa school would immediate construction of the school. $193 port for the Pope's encyclical on birth Melvin Wolf, Waterloo, asked the board co t million on a to-year phased con· Atlantic was chosen over the towns of structlon basis. control. But they recognized that mar· to "further implement its fair employ· The plaMing consultani& recommend· ried couples might be faced with conflicts. ment policies and its policy in regard to Harlan and Carroll. The selected site was ed that the college have a liberal arts The bishops made clear that the choice fair employment by its contractors, sub­ presented In a planning firm's recommen­ program and that the school begin opet'. contractors. and suppliers." dation to the board. of conscience for Catholics must not be a ation by 1973 with an enroIlm nt 01. 1,200 shallow or self·serving decision. The proposal also suggested that the The only dissenting vote was cast by students. "They must weigh this matter as if they board "seek ways to implement the said Ned Perrin of Mapleton. Perrin contended University Pres. Howard Bow and stood before God," said Bishop John J. policies in addition to a compliant basis," that Atlantic was not centrally enough lo­ cated. University of Northern Iowa Pres. WiI · Wright of Pittsburgh, who headed the and that the executive secretary of the liam Mauder, who attended the board , committee that wrote the pastoral letter. board and presidents of state instJitutions The regents approval 01 the site w •• meeting. both favored the concept of the Leaders of 40 priests punished by Pat· "develop additional rules and regulations rather haH·hearted. The last session of fourth atate school, but saId the money rick Cardinal O'Boyle of Washington for to be presented to the board." the legislature, in the closing minutes of for such an institution probably would backing a choice of conscience said tbe Students 'Camp.ln' at Illinois A proposal, which had prevloully b.. " its session, instructed the regents to In· not be available for the comina biennium. bishop's statement had vindicated them. submitted by Wolf, we. oVlrruled by itiate plans for the location. establishment. Also present wu Towa State University Two priests, John Dillon and Charle& Studtntl at the University of IlIinoi. are staging • "camp-in" at the Assembly Hall tile board end termed "too .weeping" construction and operation of a state Pres. Robert Parka, who said that even· Ebbecke, Ulld a' news conference they on campu. In order to bl first in lin, for bask,tball tickets which go on lal, Nov, 24 by Univer.lty of Northern Iowa Pre •. schoof in western Iowa. The regents had tually a fourth school would be nooded. were withdrawing from the ministry im· - more than a week away. The student. repre"nl yarlous sororltl •• and fraternltle. J . W. Meucker, who el.o participated In previously informed the legislature they but ;.t present the regenU and the Ie mediately in protest (){ the church's sys­ .t the unlyerslty and wait In Ihlfts to buy block. of tlckats for their hoults. the discussion, This orlglnll propo ..1 did not believe another .tate school was latUl'l! should work to improve the other tem of jllJt:ice. - AP Wirephoto c.lled for fair employmlllt pollcla. In necessary at thIs time. three schools. Unlvlrsity ..rvice. of In.tructlon, ox· But the regents bad no choice in the By approving the ,Ite, th regents will tension, ......rch, and malntlnance. It matter. They had to designate a aite. sign a one-year option for the purcha also a.ked that the University do busl· Several of the board members comment· of 700 acres of land just south of Atlantic. nell only with firms which maintain ed that the three state schools should be The assessed cost of the land is $506,000. eqUII' opporivnity hirlnll. Johnson Serves Notice Pres. Howard R. Bowen said, "It would - be almost impossible to check every eerY' ice because there are thousands and thou· sands ot University suppllen." He recommended a $50,000 to $100,000 He Will Make Decisions limitation be put on the proposal; so that WASHINGTON fA'! - President Johnson special welcome to Robert D. Murphy, Nixon said then the United States must firms doing work below this amount I' told the nation and the world emphatical· Nixon's liaison man on foreign affairs. speak with one voice in that period and would nol. be Investigated. ~ I Iy Friday t hat he - not President-elect And administration officials said private· he had authorized Secretary oC State After Wolf's revised proposal was pass· Richard M. Nixon - would make all de­ Iy tbere would be extensive consultation Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense ed, a discussion came up concerning a cisions on U.S. foreign policy until with the incoming president though the ar· Clark M. Clifford to tell the NATO allies pending contract between the University Nixon was inaugurated. rangement between him and Johnson was in B r u sse I s this week that they were of lowa and Cresent Electric Company of Johnson appeared to dispute statements apparently vague and imprecise. speaking [or the new administration as Cellar Rapids and Waterloo. A contract by Nixon about "prior consultation and Friday'. nole of dilcord In the so-far well as the present one. approved by the regents in October au· prior agreement" between them. And harmonioUi atmosphere of the post­ In New Yo r k Thursday, when asked thorized the company to install $78,945 Qualified informants said the president· ellctlon period IUggested that Nixon'l whether he had Johnson's assurance that worth of transConners at the University. elect held no veto power over Johnson ac· announcemlnt Thursday of a firm ad· he would be consulted on "a n y foreign lion.

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