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THE VOL. LXVI NO. 16 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1975 Law studeni fly AI.LtC MIXSON and D'NCAN MANSFIELD Gamecnk Staff Writers No legal action against the University by the 14 students who were dismissed from the USC Law School is an ticipated presidential assistant Barry Rosen said Friday. Rosen said the office of USC President William 11. Pat terson had not received any notice of legal action and did not expect any such action. 'Rosen said .all fees would be refunded to the students who were dismissed. State Sen. Edward E. Saleeby, D-Darlington,whose son was one of the 14 students forced to withdraw, said he planned no legal action. "Suing the University would be tr W Presentation takes Crtical look at JFK killing By ALItIC NIIXSON s Gamecock Staff Writer re Who killed John F. Kennedy? Was it a con- or spiracy or did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? These were the questions that were argued in a m presentation by the Assassination Information ai Bureau (AIB) before a standing room only crowd at the Nursing Auditorium Thursday im night. Approximately 200 students were turned ri away. ar Bob Katz, an AIB lecturer, presented a w; program of slides and films showing that Oswald th probably did not act alone and there was a conspiracy to kill Kennedy. so TIlE FOILLOWING is a synopsis of Katz's wi presentation: Kennedy's limousine moved slowly down the he street. shots rang out. Kennedy was hit in the or] back, neck and shoulder. Gov. John Connally of CC Texas who was riding with Kennedy was bu wounded three times also. lie had a broken rib, a shattered right wrist and a leg wound. ml The limousine sped toward the hospital. The 1l surgeons who attended Kennedy said he was sh dead on arrival. sh AFTE 'l TIlE shooting. Kennedy's body was th sent to Bethesda (NId.) Naval Hospital for an autopsy. The autopsy was performed by army ai and navy surgeons who had little or no ex - is perience in performing autopsies. ne A bullet entered Kennedy's neck from the haI front. The surgeons did not inspect the wound because they were told not to do so by their sh superiors. Minutes after the sholting a description went to out on Dallas Police radio that could have fit Kc thousands of males in the Dallas area. WC A PATiOI,MAN was crusing through a neigh b)orhood and decided to stop a suspect. The w suspect pulled a pistol and killed the patrolman. w The suspect, L,ee liarvey Oswald, was arrested in a theater because he had not bought a ticket. ho Oswald was not informed he was being s charged with the murder of Kennedy. All during da the lengthy interrogations there was not a tape us recorder or a stenographer in the room. D)allas Police said they could not find a tape a recorder and there was not enough room for a c stenographer to be in the room. ha Oswald insisted he shot no one. lie kept v saying, "I am a patsy." Oswald was to be ha transferred from the city jail to the county jail. Tlhis wa well publici-,ed nen an uing te ts plan no le like suing my mother." he said. SAI,EERY SAID the law school had gone back on its word by not allowing the students to remain. "It is not that 14 students were dismissed from law school that upsets me, but the fact is the integrity of the Law School and law profession is at stake. "I am glad the whole thing is over because it has released a lot of pressure from me." Saleeby added. Saleeby said he thought it was unfair that the students were dismissed in the middle of the semester. "The law school's accreditation would not be affected by allowing the students to remain in school until the end of the semester." he said. FORCING TIE students to withdraw was in accordance ansfer Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald. AN INVESTIGATION was conducted by the arren Commission to determine if Oswald ted alone or if there was a conspiracy to kill .nnedy. A member of the commission was a ngressman from Michigan named Gerald )rd. The Warren Commission concluded there was thing strange about the murder and that ;wald acted alone. However, there is some rong (- idence to the contrary. e The eommission said there were three shots Rge -ed. The first shot hit a spectator on the tick Jewalk. Connally and Kennedy were wounded tospi total of six times. This would mean that the bes maining two bullets would have to travel from been e man to the other. sanr The rifle that was used could be fired a aximum of three times in six seconds without ming. The shooting took place in six seconds. OSWALD WAS not a good shot. He had served the Marines and had barely qualified with a le. The shot would have been from an extreme gle at a moving vehicle. When the first shot is fired a tree limb was blocking the view from e window. The commission's star witness said he saw meone who looked like Oswald hanging from a ndow with something that looked like a rifle. Connally testified before the commission that was hit by a separate bullet. He was hit about e second after Kennedy. The commission said innally was giving a delayed reaction to the illet that hit Kennedy and then hit him. A Dallas Police officer who was riding in the itorcycle escort said he was spattered with )od and brain tissue from Kennedy. Pictures ow he was behind the car. This suggests the ots must have come from the front instead of L, rear as the commission reports. PEItIHAPS TIlE best evidence supporting the -gument that Iennedy was shot from the front the famed Zapruder film, which shows Ken dy being hit by the bullet and being thrown ckward. If Kennedy had been hit from the back he g ould have been thrown forward. Witnesses to the shooting said they looked ward a grassy knoll that was ahead of the B. JO( nnedy car and not at the rear where the shots Gamecocl re supposed to have come. 'wo witnesses close to the knoll, one of whom Reactio s a combat veteran, said he heard bullets nesdaty th. izzing overhead, number of )ne man who was looking toward the rear was If appro iding an umbrella. This was open during the DeCpartm( oting but was closed soon after. It was a clear 196 acco y in Dallas and many people think this was "NT ad as a signal to the killers. - would be 1 WlTEli TIlE shooting three men were but not dr< rested in a railroad yard close to the knoll and years will Isrged with vagrancy. D)allas police records "The' id4 ve no record of anyone being charged with b)een here grancy that day. Tlhese phony arrests may 'At the si ye been used to get the killers out. present sy enforce wi Please See JFK, Pae Seven 'al action with the Board of Trustees'Sept. 13 resolution that stated if the law school's accreditation was threatened the students would be dismissed. Law School Dean Robert W. Foster said the violation of the American Bar Association (ABA) rules occurred when the students were put in school by the board. "If the students had been admitted by the law school faculty there would not have been a violation," Foster said, "or if the faculty had voted to retain the students this would not have been a violation." Foster said the faculty did not want the students in the first place and did not vote to keep them. Please See SCHOOL, Page Nine r K. Booco of the athletic t office said "the idea Is ovide as good a seat as ble to people who have here the longest. At the time, we don't want to duce complications." SGA Vice President Trey Lott said the proposed system would base the quality of tickets for athletic events on the number of attempted hours, rather than on class 1 01 status. eket resolution iores class rank E WATSON c Staff Writer is vary to the resolution passed by the Student Senate Wed it will allow student tickets to be distributed according to,the at tempted hours, rather t han by class rank. v'ed by USC President William HI. Patterson and the Athletic nt. this system could go into ef fect by spring or fall semester rding to Trey Lott, vice president. AD) OF basing the quality of tickets on class status, thev ased on the number of attempted hours, including NC hours. )pped hours," [ott said. "Someone who's been here for three get better tickets than someone who just transferred here.'' sa is to provide as good a seat as possible to people who have the longest," said Roger K. Booco of the athletic ticket office. ime time, we don't want to introduce complications The stem has enough complications. We also certainly want to iat's in effect." Ilooco added. Please See TICKETS. Pae s.onur