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sss: -ass from the associa ted press kskshs&ks e: i I News Roundup: P Sun Confronted From the State, With Grievances By ALLAN YODER close; repair roof to prevent rain from seeping Nation & World Collegian Staff Writer into apartment below. —Hot water, should be of ample quantity to A coordinated effort between Town In- suffice bathing of individuals and washing of dii dependent Men and the tenants of Shiou-Chuan shes. The World Sun has produced a list of demands which the —Pest control. Exterminators should be Nine-Point Peace Plan tenants insist must be fulfilled before the called in to deal with control and eradication of Israel Proposes thought o£ a rent strike can be completely roaches and other insects and rats, mice and UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. — Israel advanced yesterday dismissed. other vermin. a nine-point plan for peace with the Arabs that stressed Vincent Franklin (lOth-liberal arts- —Bathrooms. Repair of bathroom to pre- readiness to negotiate immediately the issue of permanent Philadelphia), spokesman for the Committee of vent leakage of water to tenant's apartment as boundaries, but made clear its intention to retain the Old Grievances, said the last thing the tenants and well as apartment below. Repair of fixtures City of Jerusalem. TIM Council want is a rent strike , but that if and general condition of the bathroom for In a policy speech to the 125-nation General Assembly, their list of demands is not fulfilled, the strike sanitary purposes. Abba Eban, the Israeli foreign minister, proposed also an will be used to help "persuade Dr. Sun." —More insulation on windows to prevent international conference of Middle East countries to set tip "We're not definite about a rent strike ," loss of heat> from apartments. Heavier storm a five-year plan for solution of the Palestine refugee prob- Franklin said , "because Dr. Sun has been doing windows for winter insulation and screens for everything possible to placate the tenants. He's summer ventilation. lem. ! and called in advance of giving them beds^ furniture other furni- —Repair of hallways in building and He said the conference could be general clean-up peace negotiations. shings where they had none before. If repair of materials in them, i.e. he building materials, broken glass etc. with support of the Sov iet Union, work needs to be done, has the tenant take The Arab nations, care of it and then he let's the tenant deduct it —Clean-up of apartments before tenants have been demanding that Israel giye up Arab territory about the move in so that apartment is in a state of as the first priority in from his rent. And what he said won in the war of June 5-10, 1967, cockroaches is true. We call an exteminator general repair instead of general disepair. It is arranging a permanent peace settlement. and Dr. Sun pays for it." the responsibility of the previous tenants and-or The United States has been putting its hopes for a But, Franklin stressed, Sun has so far done the management to see that this is done, and settlement on the private negotiations being conducted by this for just a few of the tenants. "If he doesn't not the responsibility of the incoming tenant. Gunnar Jarring of Sweden, the peace envoy of Secretary- do this extensively, we told him we'd take fur- The new tenants responsibility is the main- General U Thant. ther action," Franklin said. tenance of the apartment to keep it in the same condition that • * * s The demands which the committee and TIM he found it. Suppl ies are placing upon Sun are: "What we want to do is convince Dr. Sun that Allied Sweeps Capture V.C. —Collesian Photo by Pierre eellleini "--lowering of the rent : $20 per single ; S25 the last thing we want is a rent strike. That SAIGON — Massive allied ground sweeps northwest SMALL TURNOUT: Voter turnout could Gerson, elections commissioner. Vol per double ; S30 per three or four man apart- might put him out of business," Franklin said. of Saigon and in the southern half of the demilitarized zone be much better for the Fall Term student ing began yesterday and will continue ment. "We have a meeting with Sun today. We're more than 150 —Repair of furniture in shoddy condition going to demand far to the north recently have uncovered government elections, according to Steven that he satisfy our grievances. tons of enemv munitions and supplies , the U.S. Command through tomorrow. and replacement of such when repair is not If he doesn't, we 'll go to the tenants," he add- announced yesterday. possible or too costly. (Applies to furnished ed. Although there has been relatively little ground fight- apartments only.) "We want to publicize the fact that Dr. Sun is ing, considering the massive scope of these operations, one —Repair of rooms with holes in walls and taking care of some of the grievances the U.S. source speculated that the loss of so many supplies floors ; repair of exposed wires and faulty elec- tenants have. If he placates a majority of the "has hurt the enemy beyond physical punishment.'* Gerson Stresses Need trical connections including sockets and swit- tenants, we feel there will not be a rent strike ches; outside doors and closet doors should be because then the tenants will be content with Without the stockpiles of food, munitions and medical repaired or replaced to fit securely and to the ways things are." . supplies, the enemy may have to postpone or abort future offensives that were expected in the November monsoon season, said the source. For Larger USG Vote A 40-minute firefight at' noon yesterday ended two By DAVID NESTOR preted in the wrong way by be logical, but they can easily days of sporadic fighting near the district capital of Trang many people. He said that a be drawn by people who wish Collegian Staff Writer small percentage of downtown- SDS Supports Rent Strike Bang, 28 miles northwest of Saigon. About 300 troops of to interpret the figures in this , the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, reinforced by 500 para- On the second day of the Fall men voting could be taken to manner." Gerson added. troopers of the 101st Airborne, routed an old adversary, the Term elections for the Un- mean that the majority of stu- For USG to be effective, it North Vietnamese 101st Regiment. dergraduate Student Govern- dents living in town do not care must convince landlords and ment, Elections Commissioner about improving off-campus the administration of the Forms Issue Study Groups * * * Steve Gerson is looking for living conditions. ¦ University that it represents more people at the polls. Don't Care about Visits? the entire student body," and By MARC KLEIN education, the University s ties with the "The voter turnout so far In the same way^ The Nati on a small the only way to convince these Collegian Writer military, free press, freedom for women in has been comparable to other turnout in the living areas people is for a large majority Staff residence halls and student legal rights. Student Disruption May Stir Back lash Fall Term USG elections," could be interpreted as. an in- of the students to vote in these Students for a Democratic Society came Group membership will be voluntary. DENVER, Colo. — A leading American educator yes- Gerson said , "and that means dication that these students do elections, Gerson said. out in support of the proposed rent strike of A SDS member will visit each group and terday forecast the possibility of a campus reaction across that it could be much better." no care about visitation and In many of the areas in downtown apartments owned by University make a progress report at the general meet- the country against student activists who disrupt college Gerson said that a small other matters, Gerson said which there was thought to be professor Shiou-Chuan Sun. ing. , voter turnout, could be inter- and university functions. ' "These conclusions may not no race, there have been jbast week a group of Sun's residents Bill of Rights Incomplete reports of strong write-in cam- At Sunday's Free Speech forum, Jeff Otis A. Singletary, executive vice chancellor for aca- paigns formed a grievance committee to protest the demic affairs at the University of Texas, said in an inter- , Gerson said. alleged high rent and poor living conditions. Berger announced that the incomplete job view that heretofore silent students in the moderate center Write-ins May Win Mike Dutko, a non-member attending last of writing a Student Bill of Rights had been who feel their rights to an education are being denied in "There are write-in cam- night's SDS meeting, proposed that the poli- turned over to a group unconnected with Faculty Forms Group paigns in every .living area " SDS. the confrontation between activists and administrators may , tical organization endorse the grievance com- • insist on being heard. an3 in Pollock B_wh.ereilhere.is -mitteets pians., "We ha.ve one version ofc it that never "no announced candidate, a The final approved motion reads, "Due got approved," Berger said. To Work for Students writerin is" bound to win. But to the inability of the administration to in- SDS originally began its work on the Indian Clan Hunts For Dy ing Fugitive Members of the faculty have write-ins may defeat announc- tervene in downtown affairs, specifically in bill of rights at the suggestion of their ad- the addition of more black stu- ' visor, Wells Keddie. Keddie TISHOMINGO.