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UNCt By William M. W?lch AP Writer CHAPEL HILL. N.C. (AP) ? Thn TTniimiwtK. M/v-ll. /"? _1: j.iic umvciaiijr vi iiwui v^uuiuw, UNC, failed to reach a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, HEW, in its long-standing desegregation dispute, and the university Board of Governors on Friday put further negotiations in the hands of its lawyers. The board authorized its attorneys to prepare to file a law-suit against HEW if necessary, but university sources said privately they had not given up hope that an ' agreement could still be reached. The issue of eliminating programs duplicated on mostly white and historically black campuses, regarded as a question of control of the university system by UNC officials, was the stum- j bling block to a settlement, Gov. Jim Hunt said. Hunt had offered to ask the state legislature for a $40 million appropriation for improvements on tfre UNC system's five predominantly black campus as part of the settlement. UNC President William Friday said that money, with $30 million already appropriated for the campuses, amounted to a $70 million package of new programs and buildings. In Washington, an HEW official who asked not to be identified! expressed dismay over the UNC i board's actions. But he said HEW had extended for 30 days the Monday deadline for UNC to respond to the department's enforcement proceedings aimed at cutting off part of the university's $89 million in annual federal aid. HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr. said Friday night, "I am disappointed that despite the efforts of Gov. Hunt, President Friday and this department, we were not successful in reaching an agreement on an acceptable plan to desegregate the university system. Consequently, in order to meet our obligations under the court order in the litigation begun in 1970, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Constitution of the United States, we must continue the administrative proceedings. In the absence of an agreement, the target date deferral of federal funds will commence on May 2. "I still consider a negotiated settlement to be far more desirable than litigation, for, during the course of litigation ? which can last for years ? those who suffer most will be the students, not Gov. Hunt, President Friday or the board of governors," he said. Meeting in closed session for four hours Friday, the Board of Governors adopted a resolution GAMECOCK Is the student newspaper at the University of South Cerolma and Is published three time* a WNh on Monday, Wednesday and Frklnv I during the fall and spring ssmsstsrs and one* weekly during the fail and spring semesters and one* weekly on Thursday!, during both summer sessions with tne exception of university holidays and xamlnat'nn periods. Opinions expressed In ths GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. Chang* of address forma, subscription requests and other correspondence should bo sont to the OAMBCOCK, Box 5131 Russell House, Unlvorstty of S.C., Columbia, S.C. MM. Subscription rates aro $5 per somostar and $2 for the summer sessions. I Third class postape paid at Columbia, 11. authorizing its attorneys to continue "good faith negotiations." The resolution also instructed the lawyers to file a suit against HEW on Monday or thereafter if no settlement could be reached and if board chairman William A. Johnson gives final authorization. The action left the university's next move up to Washington attorney Charles Morgan and his firm. Morgan refused to comment iu reporiera un uie suii iu reporters on the suit or where it would be filed. In Raleigh, Gov. Jim Hunt, the t intermediary in day-long t negotiations with HEW officials in c TF A9 a YOt I r? r oecause 11 y shown below at a! well let you in for price. That means j Screams and Drea j you don't have to 1 know that's a prett You get a gc money, too. Like S MindBender. thee J the United States.' j only parachute dro Great American S rI i 1 ( i < i ! S I I H This coupon may be r i Main Gate admission Georgia. Redeemable 1! Main Gate onlv. Not \ m J j with any other discoui Good only on March 1 I I Addit I L-. tuit if HE' m Washington, said he supported the university's position. "T Hppnlv rpffrof thic hns not yet been resolved by negotiation rather than litigation," he said , in a news conference. "But as governor, I support the decision of the Board of Governors. "The University refuses to give up its right to make educational decisions,"Hunt said. "Duplication appears to be an infringement on that right." UNC officials have einsisted hroughout months of negotiations hat they will not give in to iemands by HEW to end the asm rsix J CAN =ORA ou present the coupon Six Flags ticket window, HI 7<\ Sf A. / j uii uic icguiai you get into the Land of ms for only $7.50! And >e a Math major to y good deal. kxI deal of fun for your i7i >! i*i 1 ia nags liicreuiDie inly triple-loop coaster in The Great Gasp, the p in the Southeast. The cream Machine, the SAVE ---?~~__with this edeemed with $7.50 for a ticket to Six Flags Over rSES 24,25. ggH The Land of Screa 1 d> ?r " " ' tonal ft /.3U tickets available at Park opens at 1C HMiaiwaiaiHMnnia W doesn't duplication of programs on the predominantly white and black campuses located near each other. There are 16 campuses in the system, five of them traditionally black. "The board and the university must maintain its freedom, must maintain its autonomy, must maintain its integrity," Johnson said, reading from the resolution. Hopes for a settlement of the < long-standing dispute were high 1 earlier in the week, when it was i learned that Hunt had offered the i $40 million package and was 1 |I1C(M1 CU IU lUlC^U Ill? |I1U|MCU fW EEKEIS FLAG! I JLAKt RIDE. Souths fastest rollercoaste for 79 Highland Swing. P style productions at the Cr n /r r r music tlall. And a variety of mu ment that can include any! grass to hard rock. All for By the way, addition $7.50, good only on the da available at the campus tic! So don't be surprised if a k friends come along for the Fllno TWr. T ??1 C X A lie JL^lllU U1 OdCaiJL 75 31, and April 1,7-15,21,22,2 One COlinnn HPT npronn J. I'VA \A./I 1. 1\V.^U T nrTn $9-25-Chi h/i\l t/d 31x1 y?un? ^XirT^.lvL^JLfi Park ticket 9BS ? of purchas ms and Dreams the Russell House Travel Cente | o r?1 rvi/"*V> /In.. i*.* i?. colii v.iay. IHHiMIHiaBnaiMHiHiMN agree million state income tax cut if necessary to provide it. Beattie met with Hunt at his rural Rock Ridge farm on Monday. Beattie and David Tatel, head of HEW's office of civil rights, met again with Hunt and UNC officials on Wednesday. Hunt was in contact with Beattie by telephone as late as Friday afternoon. Friday told the Board of Governors it was Tatel that found UNC's offer "unacceptable/' and said Tatel was still "basically inoioftnrr iinAti a A uioiouiig upun t igiu auiiui ClltC LU [lis view of program transfer and termination. id ! i I v I ? A I. JTUKA U1C IICW | j 'las Broadway- [I ystal Pistol sical entertaindiing from blue ' one price. r?1 of tu UUVCD at 11 tes shown, are j ket outlet below. >t of your ride, too. At Six is and Dreams. i mm mm mm mm mm wma I I > I I I I I I a i 8 and 29,1979. ! lar ticket price: i-l ildren two years old > 1 er admitted free. J must be used date ; e only. i! B r. ! i 90214 HMMMHiM J