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THE VOL. LXV NO. 29 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1974 Meet the press Head basketball Coach Frank McGuire chats with newsmen following his appearance before the USC Board of Trustees Wednesday af ternoon. McGuire told reporters he was interested in the athletic directorship should the position become vacant. Staff photo by Russell Jeffcoat. Housing official cites UT communication BY BILL PRATT in reference to Lawrence Of The Gamecock staff Beauford's answer to the lead paint problem. Beauford's idea A University housing official was to scrape and repaint all the blamed a lack of communication walls in the University Terrace. for a recent charge dealing with "Right now," Stewart said, "we unhealthy living conditions in are trying to evaluate putting some University Terrace apartments. kind of covering on the walls." "The most disappointing thing The cost of paneling a wall would about an article, (like Dec. 9), is be from $65 to $75, Stewart said. that it tells me we are doing a very Because of the high cost, he said poor job of communicating," "we are not going to do it quickly. Robert Stewart, director ofW have gt to talk a that in housing, said,.oncinwthterts" h Due to high costs and a means of add solving some problems, it takes Seatwnst idtebs some time for action to be taken, slto,s eiet ae o' Stewart said.beshi. Charges made Monday by Asewhteprenrsins Student Sen. Russell Putnam andshud py fr nma residents of the University Terracederiato,hsi,"W rewl concerning flaking lead paint is temnycm rm one area where cost is considered, "Teeinotxsbdyo Stewart said.Auiir Sevc,o whh "The cost of Mr. Beauford's planhusgIsapr,heai.Ter was not even computed because it woud aveben s hgh,h sad "oninht n, PStewo ad w Board Mungo BY BILLY BAKER Of The Gamecock staff After five hours of closed-door hearings Wednesday the USC Board of Trustees came to no decisions on who will be Carolina's next football coach according to its chairman. T. Eston Marchant said after the board meeting "We reached no definite conclusion nor do we know when one will be reached." He did say the Board has been placed on "instant call" and they could return at any "moment. Speculation before the meeting began seemed to suggest that a new head coach would be selected. Newsmen from around the state waited for a decision throughout the afternoon before being disappointed about 7 p.m. when Marchant held his press con ference to say no decision had been reached. The day began with the Board's Intercollegiate Athletic Committee (IAC) interviewing both Mooney Player and Jim Carlen at separate intervals. Player was the first candidate interviewed at around 9 a.m. "If either one of us is acceptable then I think a decision will be made today," said Player as he left the Osborne Administration Building. He would return later. Jim Carlen was escorted to the meeting by Bo Hagan, ad ministi-ative assistant to Athletic Director Paul F. Dietzel, shortly before Player's departure. Carlen spoke to the IAC for about 45 minutes. He left saying "no comment." Moments after Carlen's departure from the meeting, Donnie Walsh, associate head basketball coach, unexpectedly showed up for talks with officials. "I wanted to let them know that if any changes were going to be 1made in the athletic directorship that Coach McGuire wanted to be considered," Walsh said when questioned about his appearance. At 2:15 p.m. the full board met and at 4 p.m. the USC Director of Information Services Sig Huitt told the press Jim Carlen and "others" were being recalled to meet the full board. Continued on Page SIx Final! This is the final edition of 'The Gamecock for the Fall semester. The staff would like to wish you good luck on your exams and a happy holiday season. We will resume publication the week of .Jan. 13. delays loses jp MOONEY PLAYER T. ESTON MARCHANT SGA char on closin BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff The USC Student Govern ment Association (SGA) has changed its stand on the Green Street closing and has asked the Columbia City Council to close the street from Sumter to Bull instead of from Sumter to Pickens Street. In a letter to the Council, SGA President Leigh Leventis said, students with dor mitories in that area could reach their dorms easier if Green Street was closed all the way to Pickens. Council is expected to decide on the Green Street closing early in the spring semester. Leventis said, Green Street has a good chance of becoming permanently closed sometime next semester as a 0 action; Oosition Michael J. Mungo, a con troversial member of USC's Board of Trustees, is threatening to sue the Board for removing him from its committee on Intercollegiae Athletics. Mungo was officially voted off the committee Wednesday, ap parently for him. criticism of the football coach search committee's work in several publications. When questioned by the press after Wednesdays lengthy Board meeting, Mungo said he was removed for "exercising my First Amendment right of free speech." Mungo said he was discussing with his attorneys the possibility of filing a lawsuit appealing the Board's right to vote him off the committee. 13oard chairman '1'. Eston Marchant, meanwhile, refused to comment about the decision, which took place while the Board was in executive session. Mungo was quoted in The Gamecock's Nov. 21 issue as saying, "There are coaches in tOe top ten who are willing to negotiate today so there is no excuse for not having a coach by Dec .1. We're only hiring a football coach, not electing a governor. The whole USC procedure is too damn slow." Mungo also said, "When you have a committee to do that and who have to work with him (the head coach) and you appoint another committee for the same Continued on Page Six tges mind g proposal result of the 45 day-closing trial period this semester. Student Government Association (SGA) President Leigh Leventis said Green Street closing period was "very successful." As a result of the closing, Leventis said Green Street was determined by SGA not to be a necessity to traffic. A traffic study con ducted by a Rock Hill firm is expected to be submitted by Jan. 31, 1975. Leventis said he expects the traffic study to be favorable. Only one problem exists, he said--a cultural center is expected to be built at Senate Street. If this happens, a part of Senate Street would be closed, andtherefore Green Street should not be closed. SGA feels, according to Continued on Pagea Two