Dru,tlap moves to end chairmanship issue• By Gary Langer only trustee to vote against the move, " said Rock. He said end the controversy surrounding . University Board Chairman :budget. :Dunlap is trying to institute his removal. Philip Dunlap appointed himself Dunlap said Rock was chair­ iBoaM policy by preventing Battles said last week the chairman pro tern of the Board's man of that committee "under ~egislators from holding commit­ decision to remove committee Property and Plant Development the last arrangement. I appointed tee chairmanships. "Board chairman from their positions Committee (PPDC) in a move to people under a new policy is tp be determined by all ·should be made by the Board as a end the . c~ntroversy surrounding ;Qrganization," he said. Dunlap the trustees,'' he said. whole. that position. · ·appointed Rock chairman of the Trustee Nathan Battles Dunlap said the Board places Dunlap, who announced his ap- PPDC in the fall of 1974. recommended that Dunlap rein­ "certain responsibilities" in its pointment in a letter to the Dunlap also questioned the :state Rock in a letter to Dunlap elected chairman, one of which is trustee on Dec. 3, removed _propriety of legislators holding published in the Dec. 2 issue ,of the obligation to appoint and Trustee and State Senator D. chairmanships of Board commit­ the Manchester Union Leader. replace chairmen. Alan Rock from his position as tees. "Board members who are Battles letter was written in · Trustee William Dunfey wrote, chairman of the PPDC on Nov. 4. legislators could do a better job in response to Dunlap's offer of "Rock somehow equates those Rock's removal sparked a con- the legislature if removed from chairmanship of the PPDC to dollar needs (of the Universi,ty troversy within the Board that 'the burden of .responsibility in a him. Battles turned down the of­ budget> with his opposition ' to has been ragirig for the past month.· ·chairman's position," he said. fer "because of other previous broad-based taxes" in '! ~ Rock claimed- he was •'dum- '"There is a conflict of time and t.ime commitments.'' published in the D~&·~ ~JsS\k o'· ped" from his position because he another constituency that might "Rock· has been a g~ chair- . The New Hamps.krr:e3. ~ ~ Dunfey wrote.-i.4iat: ifocj) "did ' is opposed to the Board's budget overwhelm the. constituency man and has devoted freely of his / ··. "~ ..- . request of $181 million for the closestto the University." time," wrote Battles. He wrote next two years. Rock was the "I think it represents a political that Rock should be reinstated to TRUSTEES, p~ie : t2 / ·, . ' ' ~ ea ther Fri_day: Sunny 3.'>'s ,f.riday night: clear 20's the .new hampshir.e ·Saturday: cold 20's Volume 67 Number 24 Fr_iday Dece_~ber 10, 1976 Durham, NH Jury undecided Poulton in murder case submits budget By Brent Macey employee of City Cab Company The guilt or innocence of Joseph in Portsmouth. F. Katz, a 22 year old sailor ac­ Testimony from Katz and wit­ By Diane Breda cused of murdering a Portsmouth nesses revealed Katz hired a cab CONCORD --University Sys­ cab driver April 1 on Mast Rd. in driven by Hovey in Portsmouth tem Chancellor Bruce. Poulton Durham, remained undecided to drive to Durham to pick up two presented the System's $181 mil­ late yesterday afternoon by a Naval uniforms held as collateral lion biennial budget request for jury in Strafford County Superior by a former landlord in lieu .. of fiscal years 1978 and 1979 at the Court. rent payment. Governor's budget hearing at the The jury of 10 men and two According to Katz's testimony . State House Tuesday afternoon. women were sequestered at the ·Hovey repeatedly put his arm on Sen. Robert Monier <R - Ramada Inn in Dover after no Katz's leg during the trip to . Goffstown) and Sen. William verdict was reached following · Durham, and Katz repeatedly Sanborn <R - Deerfield) were eight hours of deliberation. pushed the hand away. Katz then critical of the budget's proposed Katz is accused of fir8t degree salary increases. murder of Wolsford J . llovoy, an The University Board of Trus­ tees approved the budget request earlier this fall. Funds requested from the state amount to 34.8 per Mills, faculty agree: cent, or $64 million said Poulton to the committee chaired by State Comptroller Arthur Fowler. Gov . Senate must change Meldrim Thomson was not pres­ ent. By Katie McClare "There. is more than · majority University System Chancellor Bruce Poulton presented the "This is the smallest amount of Faculty Council member support for a · restructuring of -Governor's budget committee with the S).:stem 's $181 million revenue, percentage-wise, that Bennett Foster said yesterday University governance. There is . budget Tuesday afternoon at the State House as UNH any state university asks of its that at a meeting of the council a fairly widespread feeling that President· Eugene Mills <left) looked on. <Steven Morrison with UNH President Eugene some form of the unicameral Sen­ photo) RUDGET, page 4 Mills last week he "heard no dis­ ate should be maintained, tem­ agreement" with Mills' views on a pered by a feeling that in termr possible restructuring of the Sen­ of academic policy the facult) ate. needs a more direct role." Mills has said he feels "the uni­ He said, "Ninety per cent of the Three women's groups cameral Senate can't work." He work of the Senate falls into two favors placing academic issues camps--issues of primarily stu- under the jurisdiction of faculty . dent concern and faculty con­ and "student life issues" under cern." He said that many of the student jurisdiction. faculty issues were wasting stu­ seek new headquarters "In fact," continued Foster, dents' time if they had no inter­ "the joke was almost made that est. By Elizabeth Grimm women-oriented services and or­ "I'd talked earlier. with the 'we're glad to have the cbanc;e to Professor Mills said, "I don't Three womens groups on cam­ ganizations. Faculty Council about the con­ talk to you so we won't have to go 'see the Council at this point as an pus are interested in occupying Vice Provost of Student Affairs cept and went to the Faculty Cau­ on record. "' action body. There was no dis­ the present Alumni House on Richard Stevens has recom­ cus to ask for their :help in exam­ Most of the council members cussion of action. The general Main Street when the Alumni mended to UNH President ining the situation." were either unavailable or dec­ feeling was that the action I had staff move to their new head­ Eugene Mills that consideration Faculty Caucus Chairman lined comment on Mills' remarks. 'taken was appropriate." quarters on Edgewood Drive next be given to the issue of creating James Morrison has appointed a Acting Chairman of the Council He said that although he felt spring. a central Women's House in the committee to study the concept Robert Kertzer said, "The nature most of the Council members felt The Women's Center, the UNH Alumni House. of a Faculty House. of his remarks have been re­ his action was "appropriate and Commission on the Status of Mills said, "I've had in mind Mills said that he does not have printed in The New Hampshire iconstructive," he would not want Women, and Disadvantaged for a long time some means to a specific time in mind when a and the "Campus Journal". to ''put them on the record.'' Women for Higher Education consider a Faculty House. Now final decision on the Alumni WSBE Assistant Professor Foster said he favors the re- <DWHE) would like to move into that the Alumni House will be House will be made. Richard Mills said in speaking the Alumni House to create a cen­ vacated it is under consideration for his constituents in the college, FACULTY, page 12 tral home for the University's as a Faculty House. ALUMNI, page S r--------INSIDE Schedules Displays ScQops The UNH men·s Shirley Passman The Woodman In· basketball team won likes running around stitute in Dover has a their first game of the with her head cut off lot of interesting season last night. See trying to schedule all displays and a pretty page 20 for the scoop the various groues interesting character on last night's and organizations m as curator. See page basketball and the available MUB 13. hocke~· games. rooms. For story see page six. PAGE TWO THE NE~ HAMPSHIR~ FRIDAY DECEMBER 10, 1976 ..__--~~-----~------~~~~~~~~~~ -----News Briefs-------.. Scholarship search starts The start of a national academic search for the first Truman Scholarship candidates has been announced by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. - Fifty-three students who will be in their junior year of coll~ge next fall will be selected during this year through the Foundation as the first Truman Scholars. - The Foundation awards scholarships to students followiQg ei career in government. They offer a maximum stipend of $5,000 a year for up to four years of college. Students must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 and be nominated by the college's president. Nominations must be sub­ mitted by Dec. 15, 1976. President Ford Andy the potter man accepts some of the spirit of Christmas from a gift-shopping Wildcat. (Ed Acker photo) Outgoing President Gerald Ford will not .be hurting for l~~k of work when he leaves office Jan. 20. According to Fords m1htary aide, Maj. Robert Barrett, who is handling Ford's persona.I, ~f­ fairs, the President has received "a large number of offers, m­ cluding one from the University of Michigan, Ford's alma mater.