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Wounded Knee, S.D.
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kent Firzzell yesterday announced upon returning from
negotiations at Wounded Knee, S.D., that an agreement has been reached with militant leaders of
the American Indian Movement who have occupied the hamlet since last month.
Indians
agreement
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) A
six-point agreement was signed
yesterday between the government and
militant Indians to end the 37-day
takeover of Wounded Knee, federal
officials said.
According to the agreement:
Russell Means, leader of the oc
cupying Indians, will go to Washington
Saturday to meet with White House
representatives.
Once that meeting starts, the In
dians will leave Wounded Knee, submit
to arrest and be taken to Rapid City for
arraignment.
—There will be a federal investigation
of Indian affairs throughout the Pine
Ridge reservation and an audit of tribal
funds.
The Department of Justice will
consider and, where appropriate, bring
civil suits to protect the legal rights of all
individual Oglala Sioux Indians against
unlawful 'uses or abuses by tribal
Farm products up 4.6%
Wholesale prices reach record
WASHINGTON (AP)
Wholesale prices again surged at
record levels last month, forecasting
even higher retail prices for consumers
and threatening to undermine President
Nixon’s Phase 3 economic controls.
The Labor Department reported
yesterday that the Wholesale Price
Index, a major indicator of the rate of
inflation, jumped 2.2 per cent in March,
the steepest monthly hike since January
1951.
Farm products and processed foods
led the way, posting the fourth straight
large monthly increase. The wholesale
price of consumer finished foods those
ready to go on supermarket shelves
rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.6
per cent, sharpest since the government
began keeping records in 1947.
Lumber prices also shot up at a record
rate, and industrial commodities rose at
the fastest rate in 22 years.
The report drew an angry reaction
from AFL-CIO President George
Meany, who again warned of big wage
increase demands this year “if the
administration and the Congress won’t
provide equity” by claiming controls on
prices, rents and interest rates.
Herbert Stein, chairman of the
President’s Council of Economic Ad
visers, indicated the White House may
be forced to move away from its largely
voluntary Phase 3 plan with additional
mandatory controls. *
“The control system will be adapted
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Moderating temperatures with high
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government or federal authority.
A presidential treaty commission
will be set up to re-examine the 1868
government treaty with the Sioux
Nation.
Indian leaders and White House
representatives will meet next month in
Washington to consider Indian affairs.
The agreement serves as the basis for
the Indians laying down their arms and
the evacuation of all bunkers and
roadblocks in and around Wounded
Knee. It provides that the disarming will
be implemented by government law
enforcement officers with the
cooperation of the AIM leadership.
Means called the occupation “a minor
preliminary victory. The real victory
will be when the traditional chief and
head men of the Sioux tribes meet with
representatives of the White House.”
sign
He called the agreement “a small
victory in the Indian warwith the United
States over our treaty rights."
Asst. U.S. Atty Gen. Kent Frizzell, who
signed the agreement for the govern
ment, said, “I don’t think any great
victory has been won by anyone at
Wounded Knee. I think we have ali
learned something here and now hope
we will go on and improve conditions
between whites and Indians. I think what
we have learned is that all of us have
failed in the past to live up to our
agreements. We’re going to do a better
job in the future to see that these
agreements are kept.”
Frizzell said the truce does not provide
as necessary to play its most useful role
in restraining inflation,” Stein said in a
statement.
Nixon clamped a ceiling on meat
prices last week but organized labor and
congressional Democrats are pressing
for further controls. The House Banking
Committee has approved a bill to roll
back prices, interest rates and rents to
the levels of Jan. 10.
A nationwide consumer meat boycott
of meat continued into its fifth day and
indications were that it could have some
effect on driving down meat prices.
However, effects of the boycott and the
President’s meat ceiling were not
Taxes may hit campus
Some campus residents may be
paying local taxes in the future, ac
cording to a directive handed down by
Centre County commissioners within the
last two weeks. County Tax Assessor
David S. Barr, has been ordered by the
commissioners to send tax census takers
on campus to compile tax rolls.
But University officials could block
the plan.
Barr said he would not canvass on
campus without permission from the
administration. He said he contacted
John Fishburn, director of housing
services, but was told permission would
have to come from a higher level.
Raymond 0. Murphy, vice president
Collegian
By CARL DI ORIO
Collegian Staff Writer
News analysis
amnesty for anyone connected with the
takeover. “All persons for whom
warrants are outstanding will be
arrested,” he said.
The agreement was signed by
American Indian Movement leaders,
Means, Clyde Bellecourt and Carter
Camp; by Pedro Bisonnette, vice
president of the Oglala Sioux Civil
Rights Organization and by Chief Tom
Bad Cobb, a traditional Oglala Sioux
chief.
The pact was signed in the tepee on a
hill overlooking the village. A Sioux
religious ceremony and smoking of a
peace pipe preceded the signing, with all
AIM leaders, including. flanks, par
ticipating, along with Frizzeli.
The agreement came after six straight
days of talks to end the takeover of the
historic site.
More than 250 Indians, led by AIM,
moved into the village the night of Feb.
27, ransacked the Wounded Knee
Trading Post and told the 11 residents
they were political prisoners.
Means has said Oglala Sioux villagers
in Wounded Knee irjvited the occupation
force and that the hamlet was chosen
because of its symbolism to the
American Indian.
Wounded Knee was the site where, in
1890,146 Sioux men, women and children
were killed by soldiers of the U.S. 7th
Cavalry in the last mdjor incident of the
U.S.-Indian wars.
reflected in the Labor Department’s
wholesale price report, since it was
compiled before these actions were
taken. Prices of industrial commodities,
Because wholesale price hikes usually including raw materials and finished
move swiftly into retail prices, con- manufactured goods, rose 1.2 per cent in
sumers will be paying more for virtually March, the sharpest rise since the early
everything in the coming months, in- Korean war year of 1951.
eluding food, fuel, clothing, lumber and Finished manufactured goods, ready
most manufactured go*ods. for retail sale to consumers, climbed 2.1
In the monthly wholesale index report, per cent at the wholesale level, also the
prices for farm products and processed steepest rise since 1951.
foods moved up 4.6 per cent unadjusted The administration’s goal is to bring
and 4.7 per cent seasonally adjusted, the rate of inflation down to an annual
both the highest rate since December, level of 2.5 per cent by the end of the
1972. year.
for student affairs, who could give the
go-ahead for the census, is out of town
until Monday. Barr said he is not sure
whom he will approach for permission.
“It’s easy to make a directive, but not
as easy to carry it out,” Barr said. He
said canvassing must be completed by
June 1.
School District Business Manager
Ralph Moyer, who determines eligibility
guidelines, said persons earning $l,BOO
or more and having a country residence
could be taxed. There is confusion,
however, about what constitutes county
residency.
Eligibility to vote in the county con
stitutes residency for tax purposes. But
Barr said the only question census
takers will ask, besides name and ad
dress, is, “Are you a resident of Centre
County?”
Even if permission for the census is
obtained there is a possibility its results
FBI head withdraws
Gray nomination dies
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)
President Nixon announced yesterday
he was withdrawing the nomination of L.
Patrick Gray 111 to be director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. He said
he acted at Gray’s request.
In a statement, Nixon said; “In
fairness to Mr. Gray, and out of my
overriding concern for the effective
conduct of the vitally important business
of the FBI, I have regretfully agreed to
withdraw Mr. Gray’s nomination.”
Nixon, who did not say whom he would
name to succeed Gray as head of the
FBI, did declare that he has asked Gray
to remain as acting director until a
nominee is confirmed.
The President said, after talking to
Gray by telephone for five minutes, “it is
obvious that Mr. Gray’s nomination will
not be confirmed by the Senate.”
To bolster this contention, Nixon cited,
without elaborating, action yesterday by
the Senate Judiciary Committee which
had been handling the matter.
The committee earlier yesterday
agreed to a show-down vote next week on
the nomination after Democrats moved
to postpone action indefinitely.
In his statement, Nixon described
Student advocates revival
Book exchange sought
BySUE ELLIS
Collegian Staff Writer
A University student is trying to
revive the Student Book Exchange
eliminated by the new McAllister
bookstore.
Alan Dieringer (Bth political
science) said he felt the exchange was a
worthwhile endeavor. “If effeciently
organized it would be a great benefit to
students, better than the University
bookstore,” he said.
Dieringer said he has gone to the
Undergraduate Student Government
with his idea and is trying to gain the
backing of one of the presidential can
didates.
Bookstore Coordinator Dayton Henson
said, “Years ago the book exchange was
a big establishment. The use of the
service has been deteriorating each
term to the point where it’s not worth the
trouble."
Henson noted that realized sales had
decreased from $26,000 eight to 10 terms
ago to $3,200 last term.
“Interest fluctuated from term to
term depending upon the efficiency of
those managing the service,” Henson
added.
Under the old exchange students
brought used books to be sold at prices
established by the student. For a
minimal fee per book to cover handling
and labeling costs the service displayed
the books in the exchange.
Jn the past three months, their
seasonally adjusted annual rate of in
crease was 53. i per cent.
will do little to clarify campus students’
residency status. Students could simply
state they are not residents and their
reply would be recorded by the census
takers.
It is not clear if the census results
would finalize residency classifications.
County Commissioner J. Doyle Cor
man is out of town and Commissioner
George C. Smith was unavailable for
comment.
About 2 per cent of all University
students earn more than $l,BOO annually.
Those found eligible will pay a total of
$21.96 in local taxes $5 to the county,
$lO to the school district, $5 to the
borough and a $1.96 occupational tax.
Students earning more than $l,OOO
from State College jobs will pay an
additional $lO occupational privilege
tax. This would include those who are
officially non-residents and who do not
pay other taxes here.
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Gray as “an able, honest and dedicated
American” who had been exposed to
“totally unfair innuendo and suspicion”
because he had cooperated with White
House counsel John Dean 111 in making
available FBI reports on the Watergate
conspiracy.
Nixon said Gray’s “compliance with
this completely proper and necessary
request” caused the innuendo and
suspicion “and thereby seriously tar
nished his fine record as acting director
and promising future at .the bureau.”
In Washington, Gray had announced
he had asked that his nomination be
withdrawn shortly before Nixon made
his formal announcement.
Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst said
through a spokesman that he was deeply
disappointed by what he called the turn
of events.
“He is one of the most loyal Americans
I know,” Kleindienst said. “He was an
excellent choice to be permanent
director and should have been con
firmed.”
The spokesman said Gray telephoned
Kleindienst and told him of his decision
about an hour before he issued his
statement.
According to Dieringer students could
sell books for 75 per cent of list price
instead of getting 30 to 50 per cent at
downtown bookstore buy-backs.
Dieringer proposes an experimental
exchange be set up for Fall Term to test
the idea on a small scale.
“If we could use the HUB Ballroom
rent-free there would be no overhead as
there is with the other bookstores. We
could pay workers with the small charge
received for each book as in the old
exchange,” Dieringer said.
“If the exchange proved successful,
Winter Term would be no problem,” he
added.
Henson explained the elimination of
the exchange was due to lack of interest
generated by constricted space and the
increase of books of little or no value.
“We only sold 10 per cent of the books
brought in because of the worthless
nature of the other books,” Henson said.
"There was no profit from the service.
It was a labor of love,” he said.
Henson added, “We figured that by
offering substantial prices for currently
used secondhand books through the new
bookstore, the old exchange would be
killed.
“For all intents and purposes we have
Committee
lower drink
By THOMAS KING
Collegian Staff Writer
A bill to lower the drinking age in
Pennsylvania from 21 to 18 is under
consideration by the Pennsylvania
Senate Law and Order Committee.
At a public hearing last month, the 10
member committee heard testimony by
20 representatives from various state
business, labor, religious and youth
groups, according to Sen. Thomas P.
McCreesh, D-Bth, chairman of the
committee and chief sponsor of the bill.
Delegates from three universities also
were present, including Undergraduate
Student Government President Mark
Jinks.
“We are optimistic that the bill will
pass the committee stage,” McCreesh
said. He said it probably will come up for
a vote in the Senate before this summer.
State Liquor Control Board Chairman,
Gene F. Roscioli, testified in favor of the
bill. It was the first time the LCB has
advocated publicly lowering the
drinking age.
“While it is still a controversial sub
ject,” a board spokesman said, “the
chances of the bill passing now are
better than ever, especially since 18-
year-olds have been made adults in
every other legal sense.”
According to McCreesh, the state
could expect an additional annual tax
revenue of $l3 million if the bill is
enacted. However, he explained no
additional liquor licenses would be
issued because the quota for licenses is
based on the total population of a
community.
10 people spoke opposing the bill, in
cluding three members of the
Harrisburg Area Women’s Christian
Temperance Union. The women said
drinking is evil for everyone, not only
those between the ages of 18 and 21.
Supporting the bill with Roscioli and
Jinks were representatives of the
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and
Teachers, a leader of the Pennsylvania
Police Chiefs Association, the president
of the University of Scranton, the dean of
“I have asked the President to with
draw my nomination for the position of
director of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation," Gray said in a brief
statement.
“The basis for this decision is my deep
conviction that the FBI. a great and
unique American institution of vital
service to the President and the
American people, is entitled to
permanent leadership at the earliest
possible time."
Gray's statement was released by a
FBI spokesman.
Gray, who has headed the giant law
enforcement bureau since the death of J.
Edgar Hoover last May, has become
entangled in the controversy over the
bugging of . Democratic national
headquarters' in the Watergate office
apartment complex.
Senators have criticized Gray for
turning over FBI reports on the probe of
the incident to Dean.
Others have accused Gray of making
speeches of a political nature during last
fall’s election campaign. Gray denied
this, saying the speeches were in line
with his job as temporarv head of the
FBI.
done just that, although not
maliciously,” Henson said.
He added, "We would not deliberately
attempt to stop anything that was
operating satisfactorily for the
students."
Henson said, “If there were a sincere
interest and desire expressed by enough
students about the re-establishment of
the book exchange, we would consider
it.”
Henson suggested the decentralization
of a similar operation carried out by
each dorm complex.
A program confined to each unit could
be controlled more effectively with
proper supervision and handling.
Henson said.
He added, “The success of such a
program depends on the continuity of
operation over a period of time.”
Undergraduate Student
Government presidential
candidate Preston Smith
dropped out of the race
yesterday, for personal
reasons and because of his
failure to find a running mate,
he said.
studies
ing age
students at Franklin and Marshall
College, the Malt Beverage Distributors
spokesman, and student representatives
from Franklin and Marshall College and
the University of Scranton.
“You would not actually be lowering
the drinking age, just legalizing it,”
Jinks told the committee. He said young
people always will drink, and the
penalties now are only creating
disrespect for the law.
Opponents of the bill besides the
WCTU included the State Police, the
state American Automobile Association
Federation, the state School Boards
Association, the state Council on
Alchoholic Problems, the state Council
of Churches and the Church of the
Brethren.
The opponents’ major concern was a
possible increase in crime and auto
accidents .if the drinking age were
lowered.
“The committee is taking a careful
look at traffic accident studies made in
Michigan and New Jersey,” McCreesh
said. These states recently lowered their
legal drinking age.
The Michigan study, according to
James F. O’Neill, vice president of the
Michigan State Board of Education,
found that since lowering the state’s
drinking age, accident records of 18 to 20
year old drinking drivers rose 119 per
cent. There were 54 per cent more fatal
accidents and 135 per cent more
property damage for drivers in this age
group. O’Neill also said drinking teenage
drivers in Michigan caused 35 more
traffic fatalities in 1972 than in 1971.
Additional committee meetings will be
held in the near future “to give people a
chance to explain their feelings,” Mc-
Creesh said.
If the bill does not pass the committee
as it stands, he said, “we will look for a
compromise position.” Ohio has allowed
drinking beer with 3.2 per cent alcohol
for some years, and if necessary, Mc-
Creesh said, “we will definitely consider
a similar move.”