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60-Year-Old Rules Change
For Miss America Pageant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - In a stun
ning departure from tradition, the Miss
America Pageant has decided to let
women who have been married or had
abortions compete, The Associated
Press has learned.
The board of the Miss America
Organization voted last month to drop
the 60-year-old requirement that con
testants be women who have never
been married and never been pregnant.
The change takes effect next year.
Fear of violating New Jersey’s dis
crimination laws spurred the change,
according to court documents obtained
Monday.
Since 1950, contestants have had to
swear they had never bhen married and
never? been pregnant in order to vie for
FLOYD
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in Charlotte. “We probably sold 40 or
more through this morning.”
Orfacoke Island and Bald Head
Island residents were urged to evacuate
Tuesday because the islands are reach
able only by ferry. About 700 people
live on Ocracoke, which is just south of
Hatteras Island, and Bald Head has
abotit 80 residents and is a traditional
gateway for North Carolina hurricanes.
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celed school Wednesday and said barri
er island residents would be urged to
evacuate voluntarily starting at noon
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The new rules would require simply
that they sign a document saying “I am
unmarried” and “I am not pregnant and
I am not the natural or adoptive parent
of any child.”
That would open the door to
divorced women, women who had had
abortions and women who had children
who later died.
Pageant Chief Executive Robert L.
Beck sent new contracts to state pageant
directors in August notifying them of the
change. Beck declined requests for com
ment. Beck told the state pageants to
have contestants in this year’s pageant
sign the new contracts as a condition of
competing for the Miss America title.
Wednesday, county emergency man
agement officials said.
Floyd was expected to come ashore
near the Georgia-South Carolina border
Wednesday afternoon or evening and
then to head for North Carolina.
“Late Wednesday night and
Thursday will be prime time for North
Carolina," said Scott Sharp, a forecast
er for the National Weather Service in
Raleigh. “At least the eastern half of the
state will be impacted, if not the entire
state.”
Sharp predicted 4 to 8 inches of rain
and possible hurricane-force winds, with
the worst northeast of Floyd’s center.
Gale-force winds - between 39 mph
and 58 mph - were expected across a
broader area.
PREPARATION
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Local businesses stopped normal
operations to prepare for the predicted
wind and rain damage.
Frank Klober, the store manager of
Harris Teeter, said the rush Tuesday
night for food necessities such as bread
and milk was worse than when Fran hit,
with registers ringing since 6 a.m.
Today, the Red Cross will open two
shelters, one at C.W. Stanford Middle
School in Hillsborough and another at
Chapel Hill High School. Waters said
residents should arrive at the shelter
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Freeman said.
The first rejected design looked
exactly like a Wachovia ATM card, he
said. Flowever, it is important that the
card be recognized as a student card,
Freeman said. The bank had been very
accommodating with regards to shrink
ing the Wachovia logo on the card, he
said.
The design should be finalized in the
next two to diree weeks. It has taken six
weeks longer than planned due to sev
eral bank and state regulations that had
to be ironed out.
Officials first considered a partner
ship with a bank a few years ago when
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before 11 p.m. today because of the
threat of fallen trees and dangerous
weather conditions.
Waters emphasized the need for res
idents to be prepared for a possible dis
aster. He said self-sufficiency should lie
planned for each person for at least
three days. He stressed the importance
of packing a supply kit containing non
perishable food, a first-aid kit, a fire
extinguisher, bottled water, radios, flash
lights and batteries. “I think that
Orange County is prepared,” he said.
“You’re either prepared or you’re
stuck.”
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their campus debit cards off campus,
Freeman said. Wachovia was chosen
based on its bid but also due to the fact
that it was the only bank that could
incorporate the Visa check option into
the ONE Card, Freeman said.
Jane Mitchell, area sales manager of
Wachovia, said she had seen a lot of stu
dent interested in the new feature.
“Traffic has been more brisk this
year,” she said.
“A large number of students have
been coming in.”
Some students have opened up
accounts in branches in their home
cities, she said.
Accounts can be transferred by
phone, through the Internet or at the
bank.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
SAFETY
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An advisory was sent across the
University via e-mail Tuesday night and
latest updates are accessible on UNC’s
Web site.
Poarch said the site was being updat
ed regularly and students could access
links to other weather sites on the World
Wide Web.
Some students said they were sur
prised by the strength of the storm.
Jessica Moore, a senior from Raleigh,
said she and her second-floor hallmates
in Carmichael Residence Hall had
already stocked up on batteries and
water.
“People are freaking out because it’s
such a big storm right now,” she said.
Officials said they had already taken
extra measures to ensure that living con
ditions in residence halls and buildings
on campus would be secure.
Bruce Runberg, associate vice chan
cellor for facility services, said facility
services was preparing for a possible
power loss.
“We’ve been double-checking emer
gency generators, making sure they’re
topped off with fuel,” he said.
Runberg said hotel reservations had
been made for staff living considerable
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distances from campus, so technicians
are available in the case of a power out
age.
John Oberlin, executive director of
Academic Technology & Networks, also
expressed concern for the incoming
storm, although a power outage is not
the only issue he is worried about
Oberlin said he was concerned with
the campus chilled-water system, which
serves as a coolant for the environmen
tal conditioning of the computer net
work.
If the system is left running without
the coolant, networks could face per
manent damage, Oberlin said.
“The Information Technology mis
sion is critical for the University,” he
said.
“We will do our best to restore (the
network system) as quickly as possible.”
Other branches of the University are
also putting forth similar efforts to min
imize the damage, and speed the return
to life as normal after Hurricane Floyd
cuts its path through the Carolinas.
Poarch said officials had discussed
plans for ensuring that students have
continual access to Lenoir Dining Hall,
the Student Union and Student Health
Service once the hurricane hits.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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