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The North Texas Daily
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1973
Nixon Lawyers Allege
Tapes Never Existed
Pumpkin Power
Halloween cast its magic spell on young and old Wednesday Dr William
Demougeot definitely appears to be under a spell of some sort, perhaps
transfixed by the beauty of his pumpkin floral arrangement Meanwhile,
Dallas graduate student Patty Edwards helps herself to some treats
Fee Group Sets Budget Deadline
By TIM JONES
Daily Reporter
Tile Student Service Fee Allocations
Committee set Jan. 28 as the deadline lor
budget proposals for the 1974-1975 fiscal
year in Wednesday’s meeting. The com-
mittee decided that any organization that
is not presently funded by student service-
fees may submit a budget for consideration
by the committee.
A form will be sent to financial units
presently funded by the student service fee
that will be used for submitting their
budget. After the proposals are considered
by the committee, open hearings will be
held to further consider the budgets.
“The purpose of the committee is to pre-
pare a recommended budget from student
service fees which would provide the great-
est benefit for the students,” Scott Polston,
Student Government Association (SGA)
budget officer, said. “The committee will
then give the recommendation to the proper
university administrators," he said.
Members of the committee are Dr. Miles
Anderson, executive associate to the vice-
president for academic affairs; Dr. James
WASHINGTON (AP) Two of the
Watergate tapes never existed, President
Nixon’s lawyers said Wednesday.
U.S. District Court Judge John J Sirica
was told that there is no recording of what
former Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell told
Nixon in their first reported conversation
following the Watergate break-in, nor of
a meeting in which Nixon allegedly admit-
ted to John W Dean III that he discussed
an offer of clemency as part of the Water-
gate cover-up.
WHITE HOUSE lawyer J Fred Buz-
hardt said Mitchell's four-minute talk with
Nixon on June 20, I972 had been made on a
telephone extension w ithout a recording de-
vice attached.
And he said Nixon’s meeting with then-
White House counsel Dean on Arpil 15.
1973, “was not recorded due to a malfunc-
tioning of the system or the inadequacy
of the system.”
Buzhardt told Sirica of the missing tapes
in a private session Tuesday, and Sirica
broached the matter in open court Wednes-
day afternoon
IT WAS the first time the White House
had said any of the controversial tape re-
cordings don’t exist.
The two missing recordings are among
nine tapes which had been sought by fed-
eral prosecutors and which Nixon had
agreed to turn over to Sirica in accordance
with an order from the federal appeals court
in Washington.
Baird, representative from the faculty
senate; George Hardin, director of systems
and procedures; Dr. Ell Sorenson, Dean of
Students; Mike Simpson, SGA president;
Quincy Ollison, SGA vice-president for
internal affairs; and Polston.
At-large students on the committee are
Joe McAnally, Denton graduate student;
Dannette Thomas, Houston sophomore;
and Dick Wells, Carrollton graduate stu-
dent.
A subcommittee of the SGA Internal
Affairs Committee is taking a survey to
get attitudes and interest toward the stu-
dent service fees, according to Rick Car-
denas, chairman of the committee. “We
need to find out what the student wants,"
Cardenas said. “The information will be
given to the Student Service Fee Committee
for their consideration,” he said.
Post Office
Plans New
Rates Hike
Increased postage rates will become
effective Jan. 5 marking the fourth rate-
increase in the last I0 years, according
to John Truitt, university mail service di-
rector.
Truitt said the increases would come
in first class and airmail postage with the
price of first-class stamps jumping Iroin
eight to I0 cents and airmail from I I to I3
cents. Truitt pointed out that this is a 25
per cent increase in cost for first class
stamps and an 18 per cent increase for air-
mail stamps.
According to Truitt the cause is that the
U.S. Postal Service is no longer an official
branch of the federal government and there-
fore no longer officially receives federal
subsidization which would allow it to run
at a deficit.
Truitt said this nongovernmental status
was bestowed on the Postal Service in 1971
in an effort to make it self-sufficient. Ac-
cording to Truitt, the old U.S. Postal Ser-
vice had operated on a deficit since its con-
ception and it was hoped that this change
would reverse this trend. So lar it hasn t
worked, Truitt said, because it still operates
at a loss.
While a two-ccnt increase is not going to
have any drastic effect on the average
American household budget, it will produce
a marked effect on postage costs for the
university, according to Truitt
The mail service director said that last
year the university spent $85,0(X)on postage
and the majority of that was spent on first-
class postage He said when the new rates
go into effect it will increase the university's
costs by an estimated $I4,(X)() a year 1 ruitt
said he did not know where the additional
money would come from
Wednesday was Truitt’s last day as uni-
versity mail service director He will begin
his new job as director of fire, health, and
safety today. He is being replaced by Mrs
Winnie Stem, a former mail service em-
ploye
Sirica heard open-court testimony
Wednesday from a Secret Service techni-
cian who said the White House records
had been checked daily on weekdays, and
that the April 15 malfunction was the only
recorder failure he knew of.
HE SAID hidden microphones in presi-
dential offices had been extremely sensitive,
capable of picking up all but whispered
conversations.
The technician, Raymond C. Zumwall,
said he knew of no other instance in which
the automatic machines had failed to re-
cord. He said he hadn’t remembered the
By DEBORAH SOSOEIK
Daily Reporter
The names of students appointed to uni-
versity committees were announced Tues-
day by Mike Simpson, Student Govern-
ment Association (SGA) president.
Mike Workman, Denton graduate stu-
dent, has been working since last spring
to bring about a restructuring of the com-
mittee system.
THERE ARE about 45 committees list-
ed in the university catalogue. Many of
these have never met and many are over-
lapping, according to Workman.
These committees consist of administra-
tive personnel, faculty members and stu-
dent representatives.
THE SGA Committee on Committees
wrote a report this summer and submitted
it to President C. C. Nolen. It is now being
reviewed by the Faculty Senate’s Commit-
tee on Committees.
"The main idea of the report is to get
rid of the deadwood committees,” Work-
man said.
The committees and the students who will
serve on them are;
Academics Cheryl Appling, Mary
Browning and Linda McKee; Academic
Appeals" Robert Boss, Barbara Mayfield
and George Munchus; Curriculum Genia
Morrow, John FI. Taylor and Scott Thomp-
son; Faculty Analysis and Course Evalua-
tion Franklin Brooks, Rudi Garnett and
Richard Wetzel; and Honors Program
Catherine Flenson, Lisa Jones and Karen
Pasekoff.
LIBRARY— Steve Cottrell and Mike
Jones; Financial Aid Denise Dion, Maria
Frias and Harold Williams; Flomecom-
ing B W. Martin and Eddie Utay; Hos-
pital and Health Services Carmen Brown,
Bryson Read and Joseph Smith
Also, Housing Policies Eddie Drum,
Bill Franklin, De Cline Hawks and J. .1
Johnston, Facilities Usage Cecil Clift
and Nydia Ann Gonzles; Athletics Jan
Vanroosenbeek, Barry Gillespie, Sam Gol-
den and Susie Square; Campus Clubs Ce-
cilia Coffey, David Sims and Joe Yalenty.
April 15 malfunction until Buzhardt re-
minded him of it
Federal prosecutors said Zumwalt told
them earlier Wednesday that he couldn t
recall any malfunctions at all.
ARCHIBALD COX, whom Nixon
fired as special Watergate prosecutor alter
Cox spurned an out-of-court settlement
on the tapes, said Wednesday that the
White House never told him any of the
tapes might not exist.
Cox had sought a total of nine recordings
and associated documents.
“My recollection is Buzhardt assured
Ethnic Affairs Center Charles Cor-
prew, Marsha Dee Crear, Deborah Forest,
Leroy Haynes, Jerry Holmes, Alfonso
Lopez, Quincy Ollison, Burnice Smith.
Ruben Tenorio and Edward Villanueva;
Fine Arts Jeanettee Cowsar, Dean Crock-
er, Rene Muhl, Felicia Smith. Paula Wil-
liams, Jean Protin and an ex-officio mem-
ber, Libby Craft.
ALSO, LEGAL Services William
Cole, James Lott and Raymond Rome;
Parking and Security - Georgianne Bur-
lage, Mike Mints, Larry Morgan and .lay
Trimble; Student Code of Conduct Neil
Blend, Bill Derryberry, Joyce Moore, Steve
In response to the war debt Israel has
built up, concerned students have set up
a table on campus to collect money and
distribute literature listing reasons why
Israel has the right to exist.
Dallas sophomore Debbie Biderman
said Wednesday the money is going to-
wards social welfare involving hospitals,
food, and education. “The money we col-
lect goes directly to the Jewish Welfare
Federation in Dallas and from there is goes
straight to Israel,” she said.
SHE SAID that since the start of the
recent conflict in early October, Israel
has spent more than $2.2 billion and the
United States has sent more than $812
million in of military equipment.
"The U.S. has a law that requires any
foreign country receiving aid to repay the
debt within 120 days but this would be im-
possible to meet because of the excessive
amount," she said. President Nixon has
recognized this and extended a loan of ap-
proximately $2 million, she added.
According to statistics, Israel spends
$10 million in one hour of fighting, she
me they were in a safe place and properly
guarded,” Cox said at hearings before
the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Cox said he heard of possible technical
problems in the April 15 tape only a day or
so before he was fired.
During senate Watergate commit-
tee hearings Wednesday, Sen. Edmund
S. Muskie’s campaign manager testified
that political sabotage directed by Presi-
dent’s Nixon's re-election committee took
a toll on Muskie’s unsuccessful battle to
win the 1972 Democratic presidential nomi-
nation.
Said and John Trojacek, Student Life
Council Eddie Drum, Tom Hockaday,
Kathleen Laury, Steve Lee and Nicholas
Ricco; Student Publications Mike Simp-
son, Quincy Ollison and Jim Simmons.
Also, University Store Advisory Rick
Lautenslager; Freshman Orientation
Debbie Best. Melinda Biles, Denise Mitch-
ell. Walter Simmons and Cindy Simpson;
Registration Keith Chapman, Steve
Duyka and John Nunnally; Student re-
cruitment Ruthie Hejl, Bruce Halibur-
ton, William Hutchison, Vincent Brewster,
Dave Owen. Carolyn Vogel and Daniel
Wylie. 1
said. “Israel is also accepting Soviet Jews,
and since the beginning of the war 450 have
come. Money is needed," she continued,
"to house, feed, and teach them Hebrew
so they can find a job."
MISS BIDERMAN said booklets are
available on the situation of the Soviet
Jews along with postcards to send to Pres-
ident Nixon and the Krelin asking for the
release of 45 Soviet Jews imprisoned in
labor camps.
Since the table was set up last week, do-
nations have totaled over $100, she said.
The table w ill be located between the Union
Building and the Information Sciences
Building from 9:30 a m. to 4 p.m. “We also
set up in front of the Wooten Building, but
we like to move around to get as much ex-
posure as possible,” she said.
Miss Biderman said the students are very
pleased with the response they have been
receiving and people's interest in what
is going on in the Middle Last. She added
that the group is trying to make people-
aware that Jews have always been in Pales-
tine and not immigrants into the country.
Compiled from Daily Reports
Internal Affairs Committee Plans SGA Newspaper
The Internal Affairs Committee of the Student Government Association
(SGA) is making plans to publish an SGA newspaper, according to Quincy
Ollison, SGA vice-president for internal affairs.
A subcommittee of the Internal Affairs Committee met Wednesday to
discuss the formulation of the paper. "The purpose of the publication is to
publish the programs and activities which are not covered fully by the Daily,"
Ollison said. “Students will be able to see more visibly what SGA is doing,’
he said
Ollison added that the committee wants journalism students to aid in the
publication of the paper. Interested students who are either taking sophomore
reporting courses or who have had them may contact the Internal Affairs
Office in Room 128, Temporary Union Building (TUB).
Ollison said the print-out will be similar to the President’s Monthly Report
and the Faculty Senate Feedback.
Women Organize To Raise Consciousness Level
An organizational meeting for women interested in starting a conscious-
ness raising group will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Room 120 of the Tempo-
rary Union Building (TUB), according to Carla Crisford, Denton senior.
“The idea of the meeting is for women to form a meeting of the minds,"
Ms. Crisford said. "Interested women should bring ideas and problems that
can be discussed by the group.”
All student, faculty and staff women are invited, she said.
Defensive Driving Course Reduces Insurance Cost
Completion of the defensive driving course being offered next week by the
School of Community Service will result in a 10 per cent discount on car in-
surance, according to Mrs. Robert Hughes, coordinator of continuing educa-
tion.
The eight-hour course will meet Monday and Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m.
and on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room I 32 of the Men’s Building. The cost
of the course is $10.
Mrs. Hughes said students should preregister for the course using the blanks
available in the dorm cafeterias or by calling the School of Community Ser-
vices at 788-2307 or 788-2246.
Students are eligible for the course if they have not had drivers education
or if they are over 25 years old, she said.
Ken Bahnsen of the physical education faculty w ill teach the course
Noncredit Speed Reading Class Starts Today
I wo noncredit speed reading classes offered by the Counseling and Jesting
Center will begin soon, Janet Good, reading instructor, said Wednesday.
One class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m
beginning today and continuing through Dec. 6, she said. The other class will
be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p in beginning Monday and
continuing through Dec. 10
Created by Educational Developmental I aboratories, the program utilizes
a control reader machine and textbook material, she said The students first
preview a reading selection in their textbook and study college level vocab-
ulary words. Miss Good explained
I he control reader machine then “shows a film of the selection, flashing a
line at a lime at a set rale,” she explained Following the film a comprehen-
sion test is given.
Students should register at the Counseling and Testing C enter and pay a
$30 lee belore the first class period, she added
Photo by Judy Tame'
Ob jet d’Art
With a keen eye and a steady hand, Wes Ovitt of the
university's Paint Shop paints a new sign for the
Speech, Communication and Drama Building (formerly
the Speech and Drama Building) Dr Reginald Holland,
chairman of the speech, communication and drama
department, said the change is in name only He said
the name change which was decided upon last sum
mer is pending approval by the coordinating board
Committees Face Change
Simpson Announces Student Appointments
Student Drive Makes
Collections for Israel
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