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Daily (m Trojan
no. 24
University of Southern California
los angeles, California
tuesday, october 24, 1972
Alums linked to alleged GOP espionage
By Andrew Erskine
associate editor
The name of USC figures strongly in recent disclosures of alleged Republican campaign espionage against Democratic candidates.
Donald Segretti, the 31-year-old lawyer accused of recruiting political spies to disrupt the campaigns of Democratic candidates, is a graduate of USC, as are several other important figures in the case.
Both Segretti and Dwight Chapin, a 1963 graduate who is now a close Nixon aide, were involved in the Trojans for Representative Government, a semiopen political party that dominated student politics during the early and mid-60s.
Last week Time magazine reported that Chapin hired Segretti, in September, 1971, though the exact nature of his duties was not known.
The magazine also said that
another USC graduate now working as a White House aide, Gordon Strachan. was involved in the hiring of Segretti.
Segretti was also linked to telephone calls to Chapin and to both the home and office of E. Howard Hunt, Jr. Hunt, a former White House staff member, has been indicted for supposedly attempting to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington.
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Cars, dirt lots remain despite talk
Students in Men’s Residence West and the Apartment Towers are still confronted with an expanse of dirt lot in front of their living quarters, despite promises to the contrary.
Over a month ago and again
Friday, residents of the buildings were advised by letters left in their mailboxes that they should not park their cars in dirt areas because paving and grading operations were to be completed.
In addition, they were
advised that vehicles remaining in the unpaved areas would be towed away.
As of Monday the cars, and the dirt remained.
Daily Trojan photo by Michael Sedano.
USC, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Joint educational program set
By Christi Henningfeld
Leeriness. fright, enthusiasm, dread and fulfillment are some of the feelings shared by 11 history students and 2 professors who are preparing presentations for local schools through the Joint Educational Project.
Along with about 600 students from 25 other departments, they will be traveling to community schools in an attempt to develop a cooperative educational exchange program.
The program, for which each participating student receives
Historian to talk on death penalty
Leonard Levy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, will discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the death penalty at 7:30 p.m. in Edison Auditorium of Hoffman Hall.
Levy, a professor at the Claremont Graduate School, will place the emphasis of his talk on the views of the 4 Nixon appointees to the court.
class credit, is coordinated by the Center for Urban Affairs, located in Bruce Hall.
The purpose of the program is to provide practical educational experiences while meeting some of the needs of the inner-city schools. The group is particularity concerned with offering the participating schools enriching activities for their history classes.
A 2-day module class about slaves in the United States during the 1850s will be conducted at Manual Arts High School by Franklin Mitchell, associate professor of history, and 3 students. He offered this project to his students as an alternative for a term paper in his History 483 class.
History in the raw'
He believes this will be a
•	practical experience in relating history to others." He plans to present "history in the raw” to the high school students by showing them some of the original sources historians work with.
David Weber, instructor in history. will be coordinating 8 of his
students in projects at Foshay Junior High School. His students are participating as an alternative project in History 480. “The Rise of the American City”. Through a series of fieldtrips for the junior high school students, different aspects of the history of Los Angeles will be shown. Weber hopes to emphasize that “history is an ongoing process.’ Both professors agree that 1 of the main problems they will encounter will be culture shock.
Sal Sicata. who has already taught junior high school in Los Angeles and is working on his Ph.D.. explained that junior high school students have “a whole new life style.”
Feelings of uncertainty It has been really difficult to understand what it's going to be like.” Weber said. Most of his students admitted similar feelings of uncertainty and worry.
Mv first fear is that undoubtedly there will be tension and hostility." said John Pach. senior history major, who plans to work with Mitchell's class. Weber mentioned a concern
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The New York Times, the publication that broke the story, said that it was not known who actually placed the calls. Some ofthe calls were made from Segretti’s phone and some were charged to his telephone credit card.
It said that the calls to Hunt stopped shortly before June 17, the date that 5 men were arrested for supposedly attempting to bug the Democratic offices in the Watergate complex.
Yesterday Newsweek magazine reported that Segretti recruited and paid a young former Republican leader to act as a political saboteur earlier in the election.
Charles Szihlik, 24, a former Indiana GOP state chairman, was paid $2,000 by a man who identified himself as Don Simmons. Szihlik later identified Simmons as Segretti.
‘.. .to destroy.. .Muskie.’ Segretti is reported to have told Szihlik that the purpose of the mission was “to swing the convention to McGovern .. .to literally destroy strong candidates like Muskie.”
Newsweek reported that Szihlik and others delivered fake Muskie posters, saying, “A vote for Muskie is a vote for busing,” in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin duringthe primary elections.
Szihlik later ceased his political espionage activities because he felt that he was ‘‘messing with the very political party structure of this country.”
Segretti has been implicated in other shady activities. He reportedly volunteered several times to work for McGovern's campaign.
Barbara Bennett, manager of the Democratic candidate’s headquarters in Santa Monica, near Segretti’s Marina del Rey residence, said that although he signed volunteer lists several times, there was no evidence that he had actually worked for McGovern.
While a junior at USC, Segretti ran a successful campaign for a seat in the Student Senate as a representative of the School of Business. He ran as a member of Trojans for Representative Government, of which Chapin was the chairman. The president of the group at that time, Mike Guhin, is currently employed by the National Security Council, and has offices in the Executive Office building across the street from the White House.
Both Segretti and Chapin were also members of the Knights, an honorary service organization, to which the 2 and Guhin all belonged at the same time.
Segretti’s uncle, Sisti Segretti, a Salinas lawyer, said, ‘I kind of thought that Don would get into politics.
Involved with USC
“When he was at USC he was part of a group (apparently Trojans for Representative Government) that went out and nominated somebody they wanted for president, and then they put it over. They really thought they had accomplished a lot.”
During Segretti and Chapin’s senior year. 1962, the latter was hired to work on the unsuccessful gubernatiorial campaign of Richard Nixon. Jerry Staub, a
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Health center trying to stop four diseases
The Student Health Center is currently involved in preventing the spread of 4 diseases that may be particularly infectious on campus.
Recent reports have indicated a growing incidence of valley fever among students participating in field trips. The organism that causes this lung disease is contained in the soil in areas throughout California, neighboring states, and Mexico.
Many persons native to these areas probably have acquired immunity to the disease. However, all nonnatives of California are particularly susceptible to active infection upon exposure.
The health center is attempting to prevent possible serious illness by providing a skin-testing program. The program will enable individuals to have baseline data before they begin their field work activities and a follow-up screening after the course work is completed.
Skin tests provided
Free skin tests are being provided to students at the health center. Faculty and staff are provided the skin test service for a small fee.
A recent rumor falsely
reported the beginning of a hepatitis epidemic in Men's Residence West. Dr. Addie Klotz, director of the Student Health Center, said only 2 cases of the disease have been reported this year.
To prevent the possible spread of the disease, however, gamma globulin shots have been given to those who came in immediate contact with the infected students.
A new Hong Kong flu epidemic, which is expected to hit sometime in December, also is of concern.
Flue symptoms listed
If symptoms such as fever, sore throat, aching joints, chest pains and an overall sick feeling occur, individuals can get preventive shots at the health center.
An active program is now under way at the center to locate persons with progressing undetected tuberculosis.
Students can get free tuberculosis skin tests at the center. Faculty and staff may have the test for a minimal charge.
No appointment is necessary for the service. Tests may be taken Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon.