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IKJ.C. Library Serials Dqpt, Box 870 Chapel Hill li.C. Jail Edition Today9 Weather Generally fair and very cold. Offices in Graham Memorial CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAV DECEMBER 17, 1963 United Press International Service Arrests M. aciie ere JU.

ti-, Mm TO 36 TO SO, TT ouir Days Of it ir Tr -jAr 1 niii mtm, tvtmmmmm UlTiH8 f( hi Student Charges Solicitor Acted Alone In Race Cases IT By MICKEY BLACK WELL A UNC graduate student yesterday charged that Chapel Hill solicitor Roy Cole acted independently in prosecuting 21 persons arrested in a July 19 sit-in at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchant's Association. James W. Gardner, a 33-year old graduate student in English from Chapel Hill made the charge in an open letter to the University Community. He said Cole pressed the charges despite, a request from Joe Augustine, executive secretary of the Merchant's Association, that the tresspassing charges be dropped. Gardner also charged Cole with Nine More 'Picked Up9 Yesterday By JOEL BULKLEY No apparent easing of racial tensions in Chapel Hill was in sight Monday following the arrest of 36 persons in anti-segregation protests here in the past four days.

Nine persons, including two Negro UNC students, were jailed here last night after staging a sit-in at the Pines, a segregated restaurant on the Raleigh Road. This was the second sit-in conducted there in four days. Police identified those arrested as John Salter, 29; Virginia Er-ickson, 19; Joseph Tieger, 21; Quinton Baker, 21, Negro: Mary Reckfcrd, 29; Father Clarence Parker, 80: Ben Spaulding, 19. Negro, and Walter Mitchell, 13, Negro. The two University students involved were Snaulding, a sophomore from Wilmington and Mitchell, a sophomore from Chapel Hill.

One Negro juvenile, arrested for the third time in the wave of racial demonstrations, was released in the custody of her parents. Police Chief William Blake indicated that those people in jail at court time today would be tried today, while those posting bond are scheduled to appear January 7 in Chapel Hill Recorder's Court. The cases resulting from civil -5-: lyj 1 i in mi -3w 1 Frosh Net $140; Committees Named mv' Sin i In his letter written to the Daily Tar Heel, Gardner charged that Cole "independently insisted on prosecuting all charges." Gardner said the 21 persons were tried and subsequently convicted in Chapel Hill Recorder's court "because Mr. Cole refused to honor the requests of the plaintiffs that the charges be dropped or nol prossed with leave." Joe Augustine, executive secretary of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Association, who signed the warrants against the 21 demonstrators, said he later talked with Solicitor Cole about dropping the charges. "Mr.

Cole said he would not drop the charges," Augustine declared. "He told me he would not let the judical system become a whipping post for those who wanted to break the law. "He said he would not let a mockery be made of the courts." Augustine said Cole told him his mind was made up on the tresspassing cases and it was no use to try to change it. "There was no sense talking to him," Augustine declared. "His mind was made up." "Mr.

Cole told me he had already decided that if a sit-in case came up, he would try it on the evidence presented. He said he would not do anything less than that." Asked if he thought Co'e was conducting a personal vendetta in refusing to dron the charges, Augustine replied, "No; I don't believe that he was. "People in law have a definite conviction on how the judicial system should be run," Augustine said, "most of the time they are quite immovable." But in this case, Augustine said, "his position did come as a surprise to me. "He told me to please not send anyone else around to discuss the matter. He also told me within minutes after I walked into his office there was no use discussing the matter further.

"He decided this was what he wanted to do, so he did it," Augustine said. Chapel Hill police chief W. D. Blake said there was an agreement between himself, the Committee for Open Business and Rev. Loren Mead, then chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Human Relations, that they would ask the trespassing charges against the 21 persons be nol prossed with leave.

"But that request had to be approved by Mr. Cole," Blake said. "We didn't suggest the charges be dropped completely. What we suggested was that they be nol prossed with leave." Chapel Hill Mayor Sandy McClamroch said Blake and Augustine "thought it might be in order to ask that the charges be dropped or nol prossed with leave. "That was just a suggestion," McClamroch said.

'The final decision on the matter rested with Mr. Cole." No More Waiting Godot Is Here Having met astonishing success in over 20 countries, Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy "Waiting for Godot" is being presented here. The Theatre workshop of the Carolina Playmakers will present the play Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 3 p.m. in the round on stage at Memorial Hall. Admission is free, but tickets must be picked up at the Gra-h a Memorial information desk.

Iri leading roles are George Gray III, as Vladimar, and Arnold Wengrow, as Estragon. Also in the cast are Ben Jones as Pozzo, Jack Allison as Lucky, and Valerie Myers as a boy. The production is under the direc- tion of Edward Kenes trick. ignoring a request from Chapel Hill police chief W. D.

Blake that the tresspassing charge be nol prossed with leave. "Nol prossed with leave" means tabling a charge with the provision that it can be re-opened at anytime on the motion of the solicitor. It also means that any nol prossed charge could be reopened if a person is tried in court on a new charge. Cole declined any comment on Gardner's charge, saying "The matter is out of my hands now. Mr.

Thomas D. Cooper, solicitor of Orange County Superior Court is in charge of the situation now." "I'm not going to comment on the matter at all," he said. John Moss. Sub-committee for DTH: Susie Warren, chairman; Dennis Sanders; Denise DeLa Houssaye; Pat Smith. Sub-committee for Talent Show publicity: Holman Wilson, chair-, man; Christine Oliver; Marianne Wall; Robert Brooks; Andy Jackson; Kahdy.

Sub-committee for Freshman Weekend: Don. Bumgardner, chairman; Jack Leader; Gray Baldwin; Bryant Williams; John Pope; John Wall; Tom McAuley. Talent Show Committee: Teddy O'Toole, chairman; Don Wil-kins; Connie Lovett; Bob Wilson; Roy Tyndall; Winborne Shaffer; Mary Elcer; Eddie Lewis; Bill Vincent; Lee Carlin; Dan Stoddard; Bill Walls; Marlynn Reams. Sub-committe for Audition and Rehearsal: Mike Tonry, chairman; Bob Batson; Mark Lindsay; Bob Blue. Sub-committee for Script: Joe McGirt, chairman; Jeff Barker; Ed Good; Judy Fleming; Sandra Burden.

Sub-committee for Program: Brooks Houghton; chairman; David Kaplan; Manton Grier; Thorton Gholson; Annette Randall. Sub committee for Tickets: 1 1 Robertson, chairman; Page Winchester; Bob Poitras; Gwen Brannon; Gordon Brady; Alan Stephenson. Sub-committee for Lights and Sound: Jimmy Fletcher, chairman; Mickey Gamble; Maxey Sanderson; and Edward Natt. Sub-committee for Make up and Costumes: Winborne Shaffer, chairman; Judy Hobson; Nancy Jacobs; Anne Clemmons. Stage Manager: Dick Forbis.

Finance Committee: George Venters and Jim Ogburn, co-chairmen; John Mann; Bob McLean; Chuck Crawford; John Shephard; Alan Frankel; Bayard Clark; Dick Yarborough; Trip MacPherson; Buddy Summer; Phillip Kirstein; John Munday; John Parker; Courtney Stephens. Social Committee: David Williams, chairman; Don Leslie; John Welbourne; Tom Hunter; Jim Robb; Winston Lyerly; Jerry Pearce; Lee Ball. Sub-committee for Freshman, Weekend: Joe Yates, chairman; Scott CastJeberry; Steve Rosen-blum; Bill Woodall; Nelson Schwab; Edward Milks; Jane Early; Nancy Rarrett; Penny Cromarti. Secretariats: D. A.

Humphreys and Mary Susan Kirk. Assistant to the president: John Wilson. All cabinet chairmen and co-chairmen and secretariats will be included in the cabinet and will meet tonight in Roland Parker I at 8 p.m. SSL COMPULSORY MEET A compulsory organizational meeting of all delegates and unofficial alternates to this year's State Student Legislature will be held today at 4 p.m. in Roland Parker 3 in Graham Memorial.

Suggestions for bills and resolutions to be presented by the UNC delegation will be discussed from The Pines Restaurant. Following last night's demonstration, Quinton Baker (lower right), president of the North Carolina Youth NAACP, is booked at the Chapel Hill Police Station. Photos by Jim Wallace SIT-IX Jo Ann Johnson (top) a UNC student is pulled from Brady's Restaurant Sunday night during a sit-in demonstration which saw 20 persons arrested. In racial action last night, Father Clarence Parker, (lower left) a retired Episcopal minister, is carried Washington Intern Applicants Asked The Freshman Class Kickoff netted approximately $140 for the class treasury, Freshman President Jim Brame announced Wednesday. The money will be used to finance the Freshman Weekend, a talent show, a dance, a bake sale, and other lass activities, Brame said.

Reporting results of the latest Freshman Class executive meeting, Brame announced the members of the Class committees: Publicity Committee: Steve Hockfield, chairman; Sam Sel-den; Judy Russell; Judy Bassett; Bob Peterson; Steve Bell; Don Lyman; Charles Evans; Bill St. George; Mike Nolan; Eva Lee Blaine; Maggie Hunt; Tim Over man; Bill Spivey; Pete Williams; Borden Hooks; Barry Smith; REFUND RUSH Bob Quincy, UNC Sports Publicity Director, said yesterday that "at least 600" persons took advantage of Athletic Director Charles Erickson's offer to refund money on Gator Bowl tickets. Erickson's offer followed last week's announcement that a majority of student tickets would be in the end zone. 1 SP MEET RESCHEDULED The Student Party meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed until Wednesday at 7 p.m., chairman Neal Jackson announced yesterday. The reason for the change was the conflict with the debate sponsored by the YDC between N.

C. Senators R. L. Humber and Richard Long over the "Little Federal Plan." The rescheduled meeting will take place in Roland Parker 1 and 2. DEBATE The "Little Federal Plan" for redisricting the State Senate will be debated tonight by two State Senators at 7:30 p.m.

in Gerrard Hall. The discussion is sponsored by the UNC Young Democratic Club (YDC), and will feature Sen. Robert L. Humber of Pitt County, speaking for the plan and Senator Richard G. Long, of Person County, speaking against the plan.

The "Little Federal Plan" was one of the hottest issues of the 1963 session and will be presented to the voters for endorsement at the polls. DON'T MISS THIS! Prof. David E. Dunn, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Geology here, will speak at the Geology Colloquium today at 4 p.m. in Room 112, New East Building.

His subject is 'Tectonic Significance of the Blanco Basin Formation of Enocene Age, San Juan Mountains, Colorado." rishts demonstrations are to be continued, Congress of Racial Equality spokesman said. Bond was set at $175 $100 for I re.cist;rg arrest and $75 for tres- Some 10 persons remained in jail Monday on charges stemming from sit-ins conducted over the weekend by the local chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. After Sunday's sit-in CORE officials issued a statement urging the passage of a Public Accommodations Law before Christmas and urging the immediate formation of a committee to investigate inequalities in employment opportunities in Chapel Hill. Campus Security Chief Arthur Beaumont said yesterday 10 of the 20 arrested Sunday were students at local schools. He identified the seven UNC students as Charles Miller, Louis Calhoun, Arthur Simons, Van Cornelius, Jo Ann Johnson, Timothy Perkins and Ronald Ross.

He added that two students from North Carolina College in Durham and one from Chapel Hill's Lincoln High were among those arrested. Some 13 Negroes and seven whites, including seven UNC students, were arrested Sunday night after a sit-in at Brady's, a segregated restaurant on the Durham Road. Police arrested four others Friday night at the Pines and three more Saturday at Leo's, bringing the four-day total to 36 as racial demonstrations resumed after a three-month lull. Earlier Sunday afternoon about 40 Negroes and 30 whites marched silently down Franklin Street carrying signs saying "Give Freedom for Christmas." the demonstrators stopped in front of the Town Hall and sang several songs in support of the two persons arrested Saturday who refused bond and remained in jail. No incidents or arrests were reported.

Sunday's arrests were made at Brady's when the group of demonstrators were denied service and then refused to leave. They were charged with trespassing and with resisting arrest for going limp when police tried to remove them. STUDENT SELECTED UNC Graduate Student William Lucas of Fayettcville is among ten students selected by the U. S. National Student Association and the Institute of International Education IIE) for a four-week tour in Southeast Asia.

The American students will leave San Francisco on December 15 to visit Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong. A State Department grant will finance the student tour so students can observe cultural, social and pc-Iitical features of the Asian countries. By PETE WALES Budding politicians have a chance to advance their careers this afternoon. A meeting will be held for all students interested in the Wash- ington summer internship offered annually by UNC's Political Studies Program at 5:30 p.m. in 207 Caldwell.

Five UNC students are sent each summer to work for ten weeks in the office of a senator Christmas Express RIDE WANTED Kansas City or vicinity. Andreas Wolf, 614 Ehringhaus, 968 9039 or 968-9213. Harrisburg, Pa. or mid-state area. F.

Peterson, 260 Craige. Knoxville, Chattanooga or Nashville. Eric Van Loon, 422 Craige, 968-9052. Biloxi, Miss or New Orleans (one) Don Morgan, 968-9090, 968-9117. California (two) Mel Stephens, 239 Ehringhaus, 968-9034.

New York City, Mike Greene, 968-9159. Washington, D. C. Rick Fahrer, 209 Graham, 968-9159. Orlando or Winter Park, Fla.

Don Engvall, 968-9197. Columbus, Ga. Vee Hanna, 106 Everett, 968-9056. Norfolk, Va. Rebecca Berger, 942-1495.

RIDERS WANTED Boston, Dr. Thomas Noonan before Dec. 14, 933-2078, 963-8192 between 6-9 p.m. Southern Illinois. 942-3991.

New York City. Jay Cudrin, 942-4223. Pittsburgh or vicinity. Richard Benzio after 4:30 p.m. 967-1733.

Boston. Dr. Thomas Noonan be-Baltimore. Louis Hyman, 302 Avery, 968-9029. Program To Meet UNC's five interns last summer were Bob Spearman, Gary Blanchard, Vance Barron, John Ulfelder and Stu Eizenstadt.

"The internship program provides an outstanding opportunity to gain a better understanding of the legislative process than can possibly be obtained through course work," said Spearman, vice-president of the student body. "The most interesting part is the individual contact you have with your Congressman. You get an inside look as to the roles he plays with respect to his constituents, his party and his colleagues in Congress." Gary Blanchard, editor of the DTH, was the only intern working for a North Carolina representative. He stayed on for a month after the internship ended working for a salary. "It presents an unparalleled to see how the nation's business is handled," Blanchard said, "combined with an opportunity for interviews with leaders all over town.

Last year's group interviewed such men as Theodore Sorensen, Justice "Whizzer" White, Bobby Baker, Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Barry Gold-water. Applications for the internship are available at today's meeting or from Dr. Donald Matthews in the Political Science offices.

NOTICE: Register To Vote At Home or representative. They receive a $500 stipend from the Political Studies Program for travel and living expenses. While there, they have the opportunity to visit and interview many personalities in Washington and attend seminars with various political leaders. Applicants must be sophomores, juniors or graduate students. A average is recommended as well as sufficient course work in political science.

"It is necessary for such students to apply in writing to the chairmen of their local elections boards for absentee ballots," he said. "In the past, a member of the student's family could secure the absentee ballot for him," Carter said. "This is the first time that students have had to apply personally." The same procedure should be followed in registering for the spring primary elections. i i i I i UNC students eligible to vote in the state-wide constitutional referendum Jan. 14 must register to vote and apply for absentee ballots in their home counties during the Christmas vacation.

Registration dates for students are Dec. 21 and 28, and Jan. 4. Judge C. C.

Carter, Orange County Elections Board Chair-Wan, said yesterday that students 'hose permanent residence is Elsewhere in N. C. cannot vote in Chapel Hill. i.

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