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Union FREEDOM News ___FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 1968 OF SPEECH UPHELD BY O.G.M. SLAVE GIRL ALTHOUGH Patrick Wall M.P., was referred to as a ‘liar’ and a ‘prototype fascist/ a AUCTION motion trying to prevent him from speaking at the Union was defeated at Tuesday’s O.G.M. BRINGS £12 by 222 votes to 172. 0 N Wednesday, the annual Mark Mitchell, who proposed the motion, reminded Rag Slave-Girl Auction the audience of Mr. Wall’s last visit and the events was conducted in fine which occurred. He claimed: “To say in a letter that he rabelaisian style by House was led by a member of the Union Staff, meaning Manager, Mr. Reg Gravel­ Mike Hollingworth, into a raging mob is untrue. ing. Wielding his cane, Mr. “His wife was kicked on Graveling promised: “Pm complete hypocrite. ’ ’ not going to flog anyone— the leg, even though the Ina Ure, in a similar vein, to death!” Press claimed ‘she was said: “The kind of people The first attractive slave- trampled on in student riots. Patrick Wall calls friends are Mr. Wall made no attempt members of the National girl, Judy Lee, went for a Front Movement. These people moderate 12/6, a price to tell the Press of the have beaten up hecklers while probably he\d down by the inaccuracies.” Wall sat there grinning and did initial hesitancy of the Mark Mitchell admitted nothing. They also give Nazi that the principle of free salutes. Wall is a prototype auction. “Do you want Fascist.” blood?”, inquired Mr. speech was involved but he Martin Verity gave a reason­ Graveling. The next girl continued, “it is sometimes ed speech mentioning and went at 17/-; as some wit better to restrict some free­ praising many of the points doms to facilitate the that Mark Mitchell had raised. said: “At 17/-, she ought to “But,” he said, “it is wholly go!” growth of others. wrong to sacrifice freedom of speech. Let’s first listen to him RECORD UNFIT and see what he has to say The next sales reached only and then criticise him. moderate prices—the apocry­ This Union should carry “I myself despise him. I did phal “Miss” Keith Pepperall the principles it holds over not hear anything he said last going for 2/6. Then, after a time. Let us have the chance.” South Africa and Rhodesia Nigel de Lee countered: “The prolonged battle, a girl des­ into practice remembering cribed solely as Jennie reached motion is vile and pernicious. the staggering price of £2. “We that Wall has a role to play Wall is merely being made a are auctioneering not playing in the Anglo-Rhodesian bogeyman of political violence.” brag,” joked Mr. Graveling. It was also agreed that there Society which the Union will be no T.V. cameras Then came Rag Queen has five times prevented finalist Jane Wilson, described allowed into the meeting on by Mr. Graveling as “Virgo”; being recognised., (For these November 8th. Reporters from “Not for long,” responded reasons, I consider Patrick the Press are to be present some wit from the floor. Her but there will be a ban on all Wall an unfit person to photographers. price rose rapidly, and reached speak in the Union.” the record total for the auction of £2 11s. Miss Susan Finlay, Mike Redwood, Chair­ of Irish origin, closed the sale man of the Conservative at £1. Association, opposed the Including the Dutch auction motion and defending (a kind of inverted lucky dip), the auction raised about £12 Wall he emphasised: “By for Rag. banning Wall we contra­ vene the freedom of speech JIMMY and this is sheer intoler­ ance of the worst sort.” HAT’S the truth about SAVILE students and sex? Just JEERS how far will society tolerate “Mr. Wall’s experience, the excesses that it claims, TO LEAD RAG students go to. Or is it all Top disc jockey Jimmy he continued, “covers a wide range of topics. It was a big myth? We begin the Savile is to lead Rag Process­ first in a three-week series ion on Saturday in his white Leeds recently that he went to E-type Jaguar. Beside him in Africa at the invitation of on page 7. the car will be Rag Queen STRANGE FOOTPRINTS It’s been a busy week for Carol Hartney. the government of Swazi­ Jimmy has agreed to do it Lovelies land.” Rag. A picture feature on how Rag has been stealing with just two conditions. She's called Judy Lea, “It is also untrue that Firstly that his car is insured IN CITY SQUARE our Association is contin­ the headlines on page 10. because of people throw­ and we found her sitting ing pennies and other objects in the audience watching ually inviting Right Wing Carol Croft, joint second gTRANGE footprints have been discovered leading from speakers,” he added. Despite at the procession. Secondly the Rag Queen finals, We in the Rag Queen final, that he has a bodyguard. The found out she's 19, and one of the male statues in City Square, and going three laughter and jeers at some takes a look at how the car will be moving so slowly quarters of the way towards one of the female statues. of the names mentioned that it will be easy for the comes from Solihull, near fashion people will be keep­ pubic to mob it. The bodyguard Birmingham. We thought Bare footprints lead from her to where his bootprints Mike Redwood maintained ing warm this winter, Page will probably be provided by stopped. that he had organised a 6. agrics. that you'd probably like two statues must have been in to see her. She's the third ‘We don’t know anything balanced programme. He Big Punch-up that wasn’t, It is reported that Jimmy, about it,” said a Rag spokes­ extremely close proximity for shouted, “the motion is a who works as a porter at Leeds in the series of Leeds man, “officially.” some time on Tuesday night, Union News sent its own General Infirmary in his spare lovelies— you may be the Both sets of prints are in a when the prints first appeared. slur on the Union and team down to London last time, has been nominated for fourth. delicate shade of Morning No footprints lead from the Society.” Sunday. Their report, Page honoraiy Life membership of Primrose. They lead up to ‘rendezvous’ back to the Bernard Diamont lashed out the University Union. each other and suggest that the statues. at Redwood and called him “a 5. 2 U N IO N NEW S — Friday, 1st November, 1968 Radio Leeds kidnap Rag Queen n AROL HARTNEY, this Queens Hotel. The inter­ Back at Martin’s flat he whereabouts were already year’s Rag Queen, was view was broadcast this found seven members of known and when Bradford kidnapped on Tuesday morning and was a great Newcastle Rag trying to were asked for proof of afternoon by a contingent success. capture the ‘Queen,’ In do­ possession they rang off. from Radio Leeds. She was NEWCASTLE ing so they broke the glass As a result of all this on her way to the Yorkshire After taking her to dinner in the front door of the flat. Radio Leeds have paid Rag Television Studios when a and making her stay as en­ They were eventually dis­ £5 for Carol’s work on the Radio Leeds car pulled in joyable as possible, Radio suaded from taking Carol Tuesday afternoon and their front of hers, hustled her Leeds released her at about since she was scheduled to Personnel Manager has into the back seat and 9 p.m. Rag Chairman John appear in a Radio Leeds been suspended pending carried her off to the Radio Standeriine took her and interview the next morning. investigations. Leeds studios. Martin Cbx of Radio Leeds Bradford Rag tried to STOP PRESS. — New­ to Martin’s flat and then claim the glory for Carof's INTERVIEW returned to the Union. He capture and rang Leeds as castle’s Rag Queen has been While she was in capti­ was met in Rag office by soon as they heard of the reported missing. Leeds Rag vity they used her to inter­ shouts of “Newcastle are kidnap to say that they had insist they haven’t been near view Eartha Kitt at the trying to kidnap Carol!” her. Unfortunately Carol’s her! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIiHilil with his views. But let’s hear Dear Sir, them.” It simply doesn’t add up. Your ‘exposure’ of Merit I hope that all concerned will Incorporated, the encyclopaedia have the good sense to think firm, was inaccurate in some again about where the line respects. All Merit are doing is should be drawn between selling a set of encyclopaedias lively heckling and a deliberate kept up to date for ten years attempt to deny a guest speaker with some other books thrown on university premises the right in. Most educational books are of free speech. If such sold this way. behaviour became a habit the majority would suffer at the To do this they use the ‘soft hands of a small minority sell’ method—a sale in relaxed because no one with views not and friendly circumstances. The shared by the barbarians (what British public are not fools— are their views by the way?) they realise they have been sold would find the journey worth the set. while. You say Merit are infringing Rag Queen winner Carol Hartney and runner-up Sandra Wit, satire and informed the Hire Purchase Act, 1965, by Bows kill at the Rag Queen finals last week.

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