Accident victim mugged, robbed
Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. Take, for example, the unidentified motorist who was involved in an auto accident Sunday night.
The motorist, who appeared intoxicated, was driving west on 29th Street when he smashed into a Camaro. He hit his brakes, skidding 102 feet, only to bang into a second car. which was parked. Both cars went crashing into a nearby telephone pole.
The motorist groggily stumbled out of his car and was approached by two men in their early twenties.
“They were really giving him a bad time,” said Will Hertzberg, a Daily Trojan photographer who was standing nearby. “It looked like they were trying to pick a fight.”
The fight ended up in the motorist being mugged and relieved of his wallet, $40 and his knife.
A crowd of about twenty onlookers witnessed the incident. “I just stood around,” said Hertzberg.
Official police reports of the accident, including the driver’s name, were unavailable.
DT photos by Will Hertzberg.
Students to run
University of Southern California
DAILY W TROJAN
VOL. LXIV NO. 88 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1972
Russia trip easier to plan than China visit, aide to Nixon says
Two USC students announced their candidacy for state wide offices yesterday. Brian Cox and Marshal Oldman will seek the Republican nominations for the 53rd State Assembly District and the 29th State Senatorial District, respectively.
They will be running separate campaigns and it was only coincidental that they declared on the same day.
Brian Cox. a senior in Geology and chairman of the Trojan Young Republicans, is running unopposed for the Republican nomination. The 53rd Assembly District is now represented by Democrat William Green.
"Because ofthe high Democratic registration within the district, Green has not had to answer to the voters.” Cox said. “I believe with my entry into the race that it will help to create a dialogue on the issues.
“I also hope to more than double the Republican vote and with a student running, increase the interest in the Assembly race. I will talk to as many of the voters as possible to see what they consider the key issues.”
The district is approximately 90°i( Democratic and 10°7c Republican. It encompasses central Los Angeles with USC on the northern boundary.
Cox is an active member ofthe Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and is presently a member of the 53rd District Central Committee. He is also campaign chairman for Jim Straw, UCLA Young Republican president, who is running for the state chairmanship of the California College Republicans.
Marshal Oldman, a junior in international relations, sees as his goal the rebuilding of the Republican Party within the 29th Senatorial District. He is opposed by a retired public school teacher.
If he should win the nomination then he will have to face Democrat Mervin Dymally who has represented the district since its creation in 1965 Republican registration in the district is about 15%. The district comprises much of central Los Angeles and runs as far north as Wilshire Boulevard.
Oldman said he recently received the endorsement of the Cosmopolitan Republican Voters Club, the leading volunteer group in the district.
“I wish to prove to the voters that Dymally is not representing their interest in Sacramento. In
1970	he had an opportunity to vote for the Property Tax Reform bill which would have returned to the people much needed funds. He voted against it and the measure failed by one vote,” Oldman said.
Oldman is L.A. County Young Republican Area Director for central Los Angeles and is an alternate member of the 53rd Assembly District Central Committee. His campaign manager is Elliot Dixon, an administrator at East Los Angeles City College.
Case filed against rep
By CATHY MEYER Executive Editor
A suit against ASSC independent representative Craig Clemence will be heard tonight at 8 p.m. by the Student Court, Chief Justice Steve Knowles said yesterday.
In a 2-0-2 vote the court decided to hear a case of malfeasance filed against the independent representative by Kit Spalding, a junior independent student.
Spalding accused Clemence of representing independent students on the council while pledging a fraternity. Clemence was appointed to his post in October by his brother, ASSC president Kent Clemence.
In February he pledged Sigma Alpha Epsilon, his brother’s fraternity. Clemence has maintained that because he is not yet an active member of the house and has not been initiated, he is still eligible to serve as independent representative and still has independent student status.
In herbrieftothecourt,Spalding said that because Clemence wears a pledge pin. pays fraternity dues and is a nonresiding member of the house that his (Continued on page 3)
By PETER WONG News Editor
The planning for President Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union later this spring will be much easier than that for mainland China, a presidential aide said Monday.
Dwight Chapin, appointments secretary and a planner of both trips, said that because there are no diplomatic relations between the United States and Communist China, the arrangements were made more difficult.
Chapin went to China twice before President Nixon’s actual visit in late February—once in October with Henry Kissinger, special assistant for national security affairs, to discuss a possible travel schedule with the Chinese, and once in January with Ron Ziegler, press secretary, to set a final schedule.
“At least we have an embassy in the Soviet Union; we can also call up Soviet Ambassador (Anatoly) Dobrynin in Washington and communicate what we want to Moscow,” Chapin said.
“There hasn't been the 20-year gap between us and the Soviet Union that there has been with the Chinese.”
The planning for the trip to the Soviet Union should be completed in three weeks, Chapin said, and an advance team will then leave for Moscow.
Chapin said no visit to the United States is planned by either Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party chairman, or Chou En-lai, the premier. “We would have to change our position regarding Taiwan (the island held by the Nationalist Chinese) and that we won’t do.”
The appointments secretary, a 1963 graduate of USC, stopped here before some advance work
on the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
In China, Chapin was in charge of physical arrangements for the official party. He had time for sightseeing, although he was accompanied all the time.
“China is a very closed society. Even the most spontaneous events on the trip were carefully planned,” Chapin said. “It wasn’t a matter of being ordered around, but of doing what our hosts suggested.”
Chapin said that the press corps, which wasn't allowed to discover what was going on in the negotiations, found it frustrating when the Chinese would not change prearranged schedules: “The press would ask for a car to visit a factory outside Peking, and its Chinese hosts would say, ‘We’ll check,' and then not show up again.”
In a sense, the initial austere welcome at Peking reflected the closed society of China. “We wondered on Air Force One what the reception would be like, but when we got the message ‘Expect only pedestrians,’ we knew what that meant,” he said.
The courteous manner in which the Chinese treated the presidential party was indicative of Chinese diplomacy, Chapin said.
“Politically we are diametrically opposed, but the Chinese are a sensational people in their hospitality. We were treated with the best style in the world.” Chapin said.
“But this was old-fashioned diplomacy—what happened at the banquet table did not necessarily reflect what happened at the conference table onlv a few hours earlier.”
Two other qualities of the Chinese shown in planning for
the visit, Chapin said, are flexibility and centralization, “which really seem contradictory but
aren’t.”
Before he left for China in January, Chapin took a White House schedule book reviewed by top U.S. officials.
“The Chinese told me. ‘Don’t do this—everybody will think that is what you’re really going to do.’ Finally, it was agreed each day was to be numbered, but that each sightseeing trip would be carefully planned.” Chapin said.
“It came down to this: Our hosts would say, We visit the Great Wall on day five,’ and we’d get out our books and look up ‘Great Wall tour,' and follow the schedule.”
The same thing happened in regard to President Nixon’s visit with Mao. he said.
As for centralization, Chapin said the Chinese would ask higher authority before doing anything, “and it was impolite to ask again and give them the idea they wouldn’t answer you.”
Knights blood drive will start
A blood drive sponsored by the Knights will start today and continue through Friday in the University Church at 817 W. 34th St.
Last year only 5% of the stu-dent body donated blood, organizers said, adding that many students said they were anemic, had syphillis or used drugs as excuses not to donate.
Because of this, the Red Cross is supplying fewer beds and nurses. A survey will also be conducted to determine student interest in the project.
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