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Inside today - CCC special supplement (Eomwrttrtrt iatlu Gkmjmfi Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. I.XX NO. 102 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Thursday, March 22, 1973 Meskill suffers popularity loss, 58% disapprove Public i on I iden 11 in the administration ol Gov. Thomas ). Meskill has declined over the past year to the point where negative reaction to Ins administration outweighs favorable response by almost 2 to I, according to a poll conducted by the Hartford Times. The Poll, conducted by Decision Research lor the Hartford Times was the result ol interviews with 500 resident! of voting age. The poll indicated disapproval ol the was Meskill is handling his job had rise l) to 58 per cent while approval lias sunk to 31 per cent. Last April approval slood at "> I pel cent and disapproval at 'i7 per tent, which means since then public opinion On this question has turned c omplclely around, as lavorahle- reaction lias declined a tull 20 points and critic ism jumped by nearly .in identical amount. Disapproval ot Meskill's performance is I'-' points highei cm the polls than at any previous lime sine e he look ollic c in It was all hot fudge, jimmies and whipped cream at Ye Oldc Ice Cream Parlour at Crawford O last night. All sorts of ice cream I '17 I . The previous high was Id per cent concoctions were whipped up for the CCC charity drive. (Photo by Dennis Capuano) in September, 1971. Mosl ol tho.se who commented on the poll said the radically changed opinion about Meskill could IK- attributed to the bus strike. Many also said Meskill is motivated more b\ political High Court hears tuition case considerations than by interest in accomplishing things lor the state. by Paulette Thibodeau the state and meets all other "How in the world can you justify that ? Meskill's refusal to grant a pay raise WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme requirements for residency, the "he asked Hill. le> slate employee! is also attributed to Court heard arguments Tuesday out-of-state status, once assigned to a Hill said the state was acting in a the dec line ratings in 1 lit- polls. student, cannot be changed for as long reasonable and rational manner. morning on the constitutionality of file poll also showed lh.it Meskill has as the student attends the state "It is not a rationalization I can Connecticut's legal classification of met with disapproval from almost 50 institution of higher education. understand," Marshall later added. out-of-state students. per cent ol Republicans and In Tuesday's hearing by the Supreme- Hill told the Court that the public The classification is part of the state's con sen stives. Court, the stale was appealing a lower statute, which became effective July of subsidized higher education and il federal district decision which ruled the ()i the majoi population groups 1971, requiring differential tuition deserves to be protected for the stale's classification system of Connecticut's polled, approval ol Meskill's policies based on out-of-state residency which residents who have contributed to its law unconstitutional. support through tax payments. exceeded criticism only among the can not be changed regardless of how The Jower federal court had ruled in Justice Byron White asked Hill how elderly ol the state. Disapproval was long the student attends a state college favor of two UConn students Margaret much federal funds financed the cost of particularly widespread in the grcatci or state university. Kline and Patricia Catapano who Hartford area, the poll showed. Kvcn if the student registers to vote in Continued on page 4 contested the statute as being unconstitutional. Both women were originally out-of-state applicants who Bailey admits later became Connecticut residents. Federal judge denies Because of the law, the university refused to give them resident student top nomination status. "Assuming that it is permissible for the state to impose a heavier burden ot Watergate subpeonas tuition and fees on non-resident than on still in doubt "This court cannot blind itsell to I he resident students, that state may not WASHINGTON (I'PI) A federal chilling effect that the, subpoenas will by Robert Kaplan classify as 'out-of-state students' those judge, saying the case "transcends have on public confidence in the press. W1LLIMANTIC - Appearing here at who do not belong in that class," the anything yet encountered in the annals Riehev said. a dinner gathering of Eastern Federa District Court said in its decision. of American judicial history." 'The importance of this ease Connecticut Democrats, Democratic John Hill, assistant attorney general Wednesday squashed subpoenas sought transcends anything yet encountered in State Chairman John Bailey told the in the state, opened the arguments by the Nixon campaign organization the annals ol Vmcrican judicial history .' Daily Campus last night that the contest Tuesday morning in behalf of the state. against 11 newsmen involved in coverage he said. for the Democratic gubernatorial Hill said Connecticut's system of of the Watergate bugging case. "What i> involved is the right "I the nomination is still wide open. classifying out-of-state students for The Committee to Rc-I.kel the public to receive news. 1 his mallei is "It's a long way off yet and we're still tuition purposes is reasonably related to President CRP had subpoenaed nine- nothing less than the problem ol in the process of soliciting opinions the legitimate state object of securing reporters, two Washington Post maintaining an informed public capable from Democrats all over the state," funds and permitting a partial cost executives and notes and source of conducting its own affairs." Bailey said. equalization. materials used in stories about the Riehev said the ease was an exception Bailey said the General Assembly's Hill argued that the statute is not bugging of the Democratic National to e>thcr recent court decisions thai had Democratic leadership will analyze Gov. really "permanent." A student only has Headquarters in Washington. not protected reporters from having lo Thomas J. Meskill's proposed budget to move into the state for a year prior to The information was sough! in a civil icsiilv because n was not a criminal and then offer alternatives. applying for admission to a state college case between the Republicans and mailer and the reporters wen "noi Commenting on yesterday's Hartford or university, he told the Court. panics to the i asc Times poll that revealed a severe drop in He argued that the law actually lVmoe rats. provided for a dur.ition.il recpiirement ol The Republicans were attempting to The Democrats hail argued thai the Meskill's popularity, Bailey said "the subpoenas would force the reporters Democratic party is in part responsible one year. "It should be noted that an prove that former National Democratic reveal confidential sources, l.uh ot the for informing the public about the individual may delay his studies and Chairman Lawrence- O'Brien hlvlcd reporters had written stories that .inked Governor's performance." establish in-state residency for ■ future- former CRP finance chairman Maurice the Watergate bugging to the committee. Bailey said the Democratic party in application. The classification is thus Stans when he told a news conference Connecticut is presently engaged in not truly •permanent', " Hill said in his thai Stalls was part ol the- bugging The reporters involved were Dean mounting a campaign for the November written brief to the Court. c Ollspil.le v . lislni ol rime. John Crewdson ot the mayoralty elections. Justice Thurgppd Marshall asked it a COT attorney, Kenneth Wills New York linns. |>>seph Yob. Patrick "We should do well in Waterbury and person who is eligible to vole, and to Parkinson subpoenaed lom reporters Collins, Jeremiah O'Lean and James New Haven, but Bridgeport might become mayor Of New Haven, could from the Washington Slat News, one Polk <>t the St.u News. .\\\i\ Jim Mann. present a problem," he said. conceivably be classified as an liiini I ime magaaine, one from the Ne>» Rob Woodward and Carl Berstem of the Bailey also remarked that the out-ol-state student and Hill answered York rimes, and two executives \\ ashington Post University ol Connecticut Board of yes. including publishei Kathcrinc Graham, Also subpoenaed were the Post > Trusted should move falter on the Mayor of New Haven and still an iwo reporters and a lot nut le-poilei »t publisher, Mis Graham ami managing srli i tion "I ,i new president out .>l si.lit student ', Marshall said. I he Washington Post cdilot . Ho waul Simons New Yahoos live on Thursday, March 22, 1973 (Emuwrttrut Eathj (Hamptt* Right because I say so Editor-in-Chief Lincoln Millstein by The Raven Hitler and Mussolini. Revolution burglar alrms, guard dogs) just Ashley Montagu is a noted is on its way because Hucy loaded with junk making life Managing Editor Business Manager anthropologist. Transplanted Newton says so. American "convenient, easy, modern" and Alan K. Reisner Donald E. Waggaman from Great Britain he has spent capitalism is in its descendency meaningless. But to ease our a lifetime studying the idiocratic because dissident groups are troubled conscience we dutifully quirks and habits of Americans. rioting. 1984 is not just Orwell's send sailboat decorated checks His observations are revealing as imaginary look into the future. of five whole dollars to the heart it often takes an "outsider's However, the high sounding and cancer associations. The viewpoint" to cut through the rhetoric cannot cover up the unfortunate are not forgotten. delusions we blindly accept. ironic inconsistencies. Through it all nothing We are becoming more like Remember when the Black changes: oppression of poor the "New Yahoos", a Panther newspaper graphically people and minorities continues; characterization Montagu described how to make a bomb? the Pentagon gets bigger and dubbed on supporters of the Only to admonish readers and more uncontrollable; Goldwater syndrome that swept followers in the next issue that government leaders stifle and America in 1964.

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