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, 7 ,of 16 Bla.cks ~einstated on Team 4 Boycotters Didn't Go To the Teo m Meeting By TOM STARR enL Those miSSing were Ray Churchill, reinstated to the team. Seven of the 16 black athletes who Herschel Epps, Coleman Lane and Tom After the boycott, the blacks lubmJtted were dismissed after boycotting spring Wallace. a list of five demands to ease what they practice were reinstated by a majority Nagel said that he did not know why called an "Intolerable situation" on the . vote of the squad members late Wednes­ these four athletes did not show up. University of Iowa campus . day night. It was not known whether or not the The demands were: (lJ To improve the The seven were Ray Cavole, C r a II blacks were asked to apologize. athletes' advisory situation and to have , Clemons, Dennis Green, Jerry Johnson, Those four, plus Louis Age, Wendell speclalist advisers for athletes rather Levi Mitchell, Jerry Nelson and Rich Bell, Frank Holmes, Mike Phillips and than leneral advisers; m Financial aid Solomon. Ken Price were not reinstated. It was to each athlete until graduation ; (3) A The meeting occurred at the UnIon not Immediately made known whether five·year scholarship program for ath· and lasted approximately three hours. the names of the four who were not letes; (4) A 'l~a·month allowance to Head Coach Ray Nagel made a short present to give their cases appeared on athletes; and (5) More autonomy In their announcement after the meeting, which the ballot. private and soclallivcs. ended at 11: 10 p.m. The squad members voted by written All but the demand for a monthly al· Nagel named the seven reinstated ath· ballot. TIle official tabulators for the lowance are now under consideration. letes and also announced that Jon Mes­ votes were Phil Hubbard, associate pro­ Two BIg 10 committees - the faculty and kimen has been named as offensive cap­ vost, and Bob Ray, athletic faculty re­ athletic directors' committees - recent· taln . Tim Sullivan was originally named presentative. ly voted to prohibit aUowances for ath· of[ensive captain, but the veteran full· The coaching staff was pre ent at the letes in Big 10 schools. Ray Nagel, Iowa's head football coach, m•• ts the pre" Wednesday night to an· back is out .for the season due to an meeting, but was not in the same room Nagel said that the situation "punched nounce seven bl.ck athlet.s who boycott.d spring practic. had betn reinstated on ankle injury. of the tabulation . a pretty good hole In our football team ." Nagel Tefts Results the team. To get b.ck an the t.am, the blacks .ppeared before the tum and told The black athletes presented their The 16 blacks failed to show up for "We have a long way to 10. It's hard why they boycotted. The team decided by m.jority vote on the reinst.t.ments. ca es to the rest of the squad individual· the opening of spring practice on April to skip spring pracUce and pIck up where ly. Only twelve of the blacks were pres- 18 and Nagel said that the 16 had "dis­ you left off lut year." missed themselves" from the squad. Press day for the Iowa football team Until Wednesday night, one could only is scheduled for today, with the actual speculate as to whether the 16 would be practlce sessions slated to start Friday. ail Iowan Blue Cross Head Serving the University of Iowa and the People at Iowa City Established in 1868 10 cents a copy Associated Preas Leased Wire and Wirephoto Iowa City, Iowa 5224G-Thursday, AUgust 28, 1969 Hits State Policy DES MOINES 1m - The president of "To make the point doubly clear that Economist Sees Blue Cro ·Blue Shield said Wednesday we were to keep our hands out of the the company kept hands off the policing control business," Guy said, "the depart· of Iowa 's Medicaid program because the ment put three of its own auditors in the -,Jim Sutton Is Elected Defense Spending State Department of Social Services said field to audit some pharmacies." it should. H, Slid Blue Cr... "tven glV. • William A. Guy sald it was understand­ list of tt.nd.rd, for use In departm.nt able that a group of federal inspectors pollcln, .f the program • • • which I As Declining reviewing the Iowa program were "fru· don't think saw • great dell of .ppllcl· WASHINGTON IA'I- The government's strated" and blasted the looseness of the tlon." Vice-President system SA economic oracles say a steady four·year RIchard D. Borchert, director of clsuns By MARK ROHNER "they have shown the interest" in stu· tersbach, dean of the Graduate College, increase in defense purcha es ended ear· "But w. policed til, program just 11[. • ctly IS th. department .f SocI.1 Serv· and ho pita! relations Cor Blue Cro • Student Body Pres. Jim Sutton said dent government. about getting the University into ana· lier this year, and they expect "a more wrote to the Social Services Department late Wednesday that he would resign as significant decline" over the next year. IclS told us to . A~ion Party chairman Phil Dantes, tional course evaluation program and " We wanted to do more, but they made on Jan . 2. student body president to assume a A4, Waterloo, who was defeated by Sut· William H. Chartener, as istant secre· position as executive vice president of would ask Spriestersbach for help in it damn clear to us that we shouldn't," In that letter Borchert said" "We were ton in last spring's campus elections, tary of commerce for economic affairs, glad to learn, at the Dec. 16 meeting, the National Student Association (NSA). making proposals for the program. told a news conference Wednesday hi s Guy said. said Wednesday night he would not rule His company administers the program that what we are doing now in the area Sutton was elected to the post at the himself out as a possible candidate to Sutton said the NSA's natrona I legal department thinks declining defense pur· chases - particularly when measured under contract with the state. of the utilization control and audit review NSA's 22nd annual congress in El Paso, fill the vacancy Sutton will leave. staff would b. "ready to move" to fight Guy's remarks came after a federal er· was what was expected of us under the Texas, Wednesday. I Vot.r Reform Bill scheduled for a against the growing gross national pro· Dantes said he thought a successor duct - indicate "a diminishing impact port came to light which charged that, terms of our agreement with the depart· The 26-year-old graduate student from vote in tha next session of the Iowa since it began two years ago, the Medl· ment . and we understand that any would be picked by one of three meth· General Assembly. The bill would pr.· of defense spending on the total eco­ , Boston won out over four candidates for ods: nomy." caid program in Iowa has had virtually further utilization review or audit report the job. vent most students from voting in the no safeguards against fraud and over· activities will be carried out by the De· • By Sutton's appointing a successor city where they attend school. Military spending has came under crl· Sutton laid it was still "unclear" when subject to Student Senate approval. ticlsm in Congress and Ch.rtener'. reo utilization . partment of Social Services." "I will be able to mobilize the reo Overutllization Is • bureaucratic term he would assume his duties in his new • Through a vote of the Student Sen· port - the first of a ltrit' the Cam· Tht ttam which made the fed.r.1 r.· muning the seiling or ICceptillt of position at Washington, D.C. He said he ate. sources of the NSA to stop David Stan· merce Department plans to make It th' port con,trued thi' letter to mun - IS ley in his attempt to disenfranchise health goads and 5IrviclS which lron't the report It.ted - that the company would first return to Iowa City "to fin· • Through a general student body urging of Sen. William Proxmire, (D· ish the things we've started," including Iowa students," Sutton said. Wis.) - took note of Defense Depart· rtally needed. "summlrily relieves itself of its can · vote. O.ntes said he thought this m.thod Guy said a Blue Cross of(icial and of· providing the Student Senate with marl! was the least likely of the thr.e to be Iowa senate majority leader Stanley ment pledges that its budget will be cut. tractu.1 respon.ibilities" in policing the licials of the Jowa Department of Social program. sources of revenue and completing II used. "1 don't think it'. feasibl.," he (R·Muscatine) has been a strong pro· So far, reduction. of $4.1 billion hay. stud.nt published student directory betn promised. Services met last month to di cuss pol. added. ponent of the Voter Reform Bill. icing of the Medicaid program. Guy said Wedne day that the depart· ("herd book"). Student senator Bert Marian, G, North Chartener, an economist who joIned ment accepted Borchert's statement at Referring to the new president, Dantes the government in the Lyndon B. John· The upshot of that meeting was "that While in Iowa City, Sutton said, he said, "Whether he comes from Action Liberty , who attended the NSA congress, for $40,000 the state would police Medi· the time it was received as the basis of would also put together a plan for coop­ said Sutton was elected by about 280 son administration and who Is leaving at the understanding between the company UI Party or not isn't the question .

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