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Some members of the physical plant spend most of their day tearing up brick
sidewalks and putting them down again.
Would be eliminated by bill before Congress
by Laura Seism
Staff Writer
Thirty to 40 per cent of all Chapel Hill
food stamp applicants are students, but
legislation currently before Congress could
eliminate college students from the food
stamp program altogether, Dick Joyner,
food stamp worker at the Chapel Hill
Department of Social Services, said recently.
Students are usually eligible for the
program because they are living on a fixed
income, Joyner said. But students who are
claimed as tax dependents are ineligible
because they are a legal member of their
parents households, not households in
Chapel Hill.
A bill introduced by Conservative Sen.
James Buckley (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Robert H.
Michel (R 111.) would restrict eligibility to
below the official poverty level, income of
$5050 for a family of four), eliminate most
deductions and eliminate college students
and strikers completely from eligibility.
Proponents say the bill would reduce food
stamp rolls by one-third.
"I view this legislation with mixed
emotions," Joyner said. "I know the plight
Some local grocers
open 24 hours a day
by Vernon Mays
Staff Writer
Sev eral grocery store owners in the Chapel
Hill area have extended their store operating
hours to accommodate late-night shoppers,
whether it be for the shoppers' convenience
or the store-owners' pocketbooks.
Assistant manager Dick Boyd of Kroger's
supermarket said keeping his store open 24
hours a day has been profitable. "We're real
pleased with it," he said.
He said Kroger's adopted the 24-hour
policy to provide a service for people who
can only shop at night.
"This policy has proven itself," Boyd said.
"It has been particularly successful for a long
time in the North and in large cities."
Eastgate A&P store manager Bill
Alexander said his store is open 24-hours a
day for the customers' convenience, too. He
said opening an A&P store all night has
become quite common in the larger cities
and university towns.
Fowler's Food Store manager Roger
Cooke said Fowler's had extended its hours
until midnight to provide "just a little better
service to our customers and because of
competition."
University students, especially those from
Granville Towers, are a large portion of
Fowler's late business, he said.
Boyd cited students as A&P's most
frequent late-night customers also. "The
later it gets, the more college people we get,"
he said.
Alexander estimated that more than 100
customers come into the store between
midnight and 7 a.m.
Kroger manager Ed Mullins said it is hard
to determine exactly how many persons shop '
at night, but that the store stays busy until 2'
or 3 a.m.
He said the main security measure taken at
night is to remove the money from the store.
"There:s just no cash on hand," Mullins said.
"It just wouldn't be worth taking."
A&P's Alexander said for a security
measure he, too, puts most of the store's
money into the bank, leaving little cash on
hand in the store.
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Staff photo by Howard Slwptom
students are in. A husband and wife, both m
school or one working and one in school,
face a tough situation. They have to study;
they can't find a 20- or 40-hour-a-week job;
their income is limited. .
"Then 1 also have to view food stamps as a
federal and state program that is a drain on
the budget. We have got to make it less of a
drain. But 1 hate to see a complete
disqualification of students."
Joyner said he might favor eligibility for
married students only.
- .Students are not abusing the food stamp
program, State Director of the Food Stamp
Program John Kerr said recently. Since
students who are tax dependents are not
eligible to receive food stamps, it is difficult
for most students to take advantage of the
program, he said.
"But I don't believe there should be a
categorical ineligibility of a student simply
because he is a student, voluntarily
unemployed. They're citizens like everyone
else; their needs should not be ignored."
To receive food stamps, students must
meet the same eligibility requirements other
applicants meet. In addition, the food stamp
office writes the parents of most students
Boyd said staying open all night did not
increase Kroger's operating costs. The store
was usually occupied at night with overnight
stock crews anyway, so the stock crew can
just wait on customers, he said.
"As far as we see it, staying open 24 hours
should be profitable," Alexander said,
although he estimated that only about two
per cent of his business is done from 2 to 5
a.m.
Ephesus Church Road Seven-Eleven store
manager Jasper Benson said because of the
competition with other stores staying open
night, he has considered opening his store on
a 24-hour basis, too. But he said, "Finding
help has been the main deterrent in doing so.
The store has extended its hours to 2 a.m.
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by Nancy Mattox
Staff Writer
The Student Government General
Surplus is currently $178,000, according to
figures released by Student Body President
Bill Bates Monday.
However, only a maximum amount of
$15,000 may be used by the Campus
Governing Council for redistribution into
the unappropriated balance (funds used for
unexpected expenses by CGC-funded
student organizations), Bates said.
He said the figures were released to show
that "Student Government has a certain
amount of money (in the surplus) but that
money has certain restraints on it."
The Daily Tar Heel reported Monday that
the amount in the General Surplus may have
totaled approximately $250,000. Student
Government officials had previously said it
was less than $35,000.
The General Surplus is comprised by
unexpended student fees from past years. It
is used at the beginning of each fall semester
by CGC for expenses until the current year's
student fees are gathered. Money not used by
student organizations throughout the year
under 25 to determine whether the student is
claimed as a tax dependent.
The applicant must also be interviewed by
a food stamp worker and complete a food
stamp application.
Food stamps are awarded to households,
not individuals. A group of students living
together in an apartment or a dorm is
considered a household if its members share
the same cooking facilities, buy food
together and live together as an economic
unit. But a household may have only one
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According to Joyner, most Chapel Hill
students receiving food stamps live in
apartments or houses, but possibly five out
of approximately 170 live in dorms.
Approximately half the students receiving
food stamps are married, he said.
Household income after deductions
partially determines eligibility.
Scholarships, loans, fellowships and any
money from parents is considered income
for students.
Deductions can be made for medical bills
over $10 a month, educational expenses,
payments for child care if necessary for a
household member to work and rent and
Who's running
for alderman
in Chapel Hill
The second installment of a series of
interviews with Chapel Hill Board of
Alderman m"Hidates can be found on
page 2 today. Voters will fill 5 seats on'
the town board (from a field of 14
candidates) in the upcoming Nov. 4
election.
Today, interviews with William
Bayliss, Douglas Holmes, Jonathan
Howes, C. William Rettie, Marvin Silver
and R.D. Smith are presented. The DTH
printed interviews with Chuck Beemer,
J ane Sharp and Bill Thorpe M onday, and
will run stories on Leigh Beadle, Mac
Campbell, Robert Epting, Tom Ricketts
and Ed Vickery Wednesday.
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some last minute midterm cramming as he walks to
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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 23, 1975
reports $178,000
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reverts to the General Surplus.
Because some members of the council said
they believed public knowledge of the large
surplus would encourage organizations to
present inflated budgets to the council, the
figure was not released by CGC members.
H o wever, by state law, such information is
public knowledge and failure to supply such
information to the public upon request is
considered a misdemeanor.
Meanwhile, Student Government's
unappropriated balance has fallen to slightly
more than $5,000, forcing CGC to turn down
an increasing number of group requests.
Under Student Government law, the
unappropriated balance may be replenished
by placing funds from the surplus into the
balance.
Bates told the DTH Sunday the exact
amount of the surplus was known only to
Student Activities Fund Office (SAFO), the
central student fees dispersal agency.
However, in order to obtain the figures, a
request has to be made through the Student
Audit Board, SAFO's supervisory
organization.
The audit board is a three-member
utility payment over a certain amount.
A household of two is eligible to receive
stamps if the adjusted monthly income is
$280 or less. A household of 10 persons
making $1032 a month or less is also eligible.
The cost of food stamps varies with
household size and adjusted household
income. A household of two making $250 a
month would pay $62 for $82 worth of food
stamps, while a household of two making
$50 a month would receive $82 worth of
stamps for $10.
. . , Food. stamps can be used to buy any food
but not alcoholic beverages, tobacco or pet
foods.
Although Joyner said it is easy to falsify
information, food stamp fraud is the
exception and not the rule. "It's easy for us to
find out about fraud."
Applicants must show receipts, canceled
checks or furnish statements to prove their
expenses, he said.
The social services department sometimes
sends investigators to applicants' homes to
verify information on applications.
But the social services department is
hindered by the lack of time and manpower
to investigate possible misinformation,
Joyner said.
Ballard becomes SG
by Merton Vance
Staff Writer
Graham Bullard was approved 11-1-2 as
the new Student Body Treasurer at a special
meeting of the Campus Governing Council
(CGC) Sunday night.
The meeting was called to reconsider
Bullard's approval after a confirmation vote
last week was voided by a constitutional
amendment approved by student voters
Wednesday.
Parliamentary procedure was temporarily
suspended at Sunday's meeting in order to
take another vote on Bullard's nomination.
Two votes had already been taken on the
issue, and a third vote on the same bill would
have been a technical violation of
parliamentary rules.
Last Tuesday, the first vote on Bullard's
nomination was 8-3-2, one vote short of the
required two-thirds majority. Following that
UNC
by Nancy Gooch
Staff Writer
U NC women students are not expected to miss classes
Wednesday to participate in "Alice Doesn't . . .," a one
day nationwide women's strike called by the National
Organization for Women (NOW) to demonstrate how
much the country depends on women. Association of
Women Students Chairperson Crickett Ussery said
Sunday.
Also, Chapel Hill women have not been asked to stay
out of work for the strike, Miriam Slifkin, former
president of the Chapel Hill NOW chapter said. Instead,
women are being encouraged not to shop or volunteer
for anything during the day, the women's leaders said.
"We're not pushing the strike because it could hurt
women personally," Slifkin said. "Many women would
be more hurt than their employers unless about 90 per
cent of the women participate. The problem is that
Chapel Hill has a surplus of workers and if some people
stay out of work, they could be asked to stay out
permanently."
Women students are encouraged to attend classes but
"not do anything for anybody else," Ussery said.
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committee whose sole purpose is to oversee
the SAFO's activities. But, since the
beginning of this semester, there has only
been one member on the board. The other
two positions, which were supposed to have
been appointed by the student body
president at the beginning of the semester,
have remained vacant.
Tom Cochran, the lone member of the
board, said Monday he could not act as the
entire board to release the information.
There must be at least two members on the
board for it to function, he said.
Bates said he had not filled the positions
because he had hoped to find appointees
with some financial background. He also
said he hopes to have the appointments
approved by CGC next Tuesday.
CGC Speaker Dan Besse obtained the
figures through SAFO late Monday
afternoon and Bates approved their release
shortly afterward.
Of the $178,000 in the surplus, $78,500 is
set aside for specific purposes: $10,000 for
the DTH loan fund, $42,500 for the WC'AR
radio station construction, S20.000 for the
Student Government legal counsel, $2,000
Fall semester
exam schedule
Quizzes are not to be given this semester
on or after Monday Dec. I.
All 12:00 noon classes on MWF
All 11:00 a.m. classes on TTH
All 8:00 a.m. classes on TTH
All 5:00 p.m. classes on MWF,
Econ 61 & Phil 21
All 9:00 a.m. classes on MWF
All 1:00 p.m. classes on MWF
All 9:30 a.m. classes on TTH
All 3:30 p.m. classes on TTH,
Bust 71,73, 150 & 170
All 8:C0 a.m. classes on MWF
All Fren, Germ, Span & Port
1, 2, 3, & 4 and Educ 41
All 10:00 a.m. classes on MWF
All 2:00 p.m. classes on TTH
All 11:00 a.m. classes on MWF
All 12:30 p.m. classes on TTH
All 2:00 p.m. classes on MWF
All 4:00 p.m. classes on MWF
All 3:00 p.m. classes on MWF
All 5:00 p.m. classes on MWF and
ail others not otherwise indicated
vote, CGC member Dick Pope asked to
change his negative vote. Pope then moved
for reconsideration, changed his vote, and
Bullard was apparently approved by a vote
of 9-2-2.
CGC Speaker Dan Besse did not vote last
week on the confirmation, following his
policy of not voting unless his vote will affect
the outcome.
But Besse's vote made the tally technically
9-2-3 which was not a two-thirds majority
required by a recently approved
constitutional amendment, forcing Sunday's
vote.
The amendment states, "The Treasurer of
the Student Body shall be appointed by the
President of the Student Body with the
approval of two-thirds of the council
membership present at a regular meeting of
the CGC."
Besse said he favors Bullard's nomination
and would have voted Tuesday if he had
women not asked to miss class
Weather: cloudy
for instant student loans and approximately
S4.000 for miscellaneous purposes.
Bates said approximately S75.000 of the
remaining S99.500 is needed for next year's
transition period -from May to September
1976 when student fees are next collected.'
Bates said S 15.000 of the remaining S25.QOO
could be released to the unappropriated'
bal l 'ice.
There are no plans yet for the council to
reconsider redistributing funds to student
organizations. Bates said.
CGC Rep. Dick Pope said he plans to
introduce a bill at the next CGC meeting to
create a three-member study committee to
look into the General Surplus status.
If approved, the committee
will recommend a professional person or
group to make recommendations to the
council on what minimum balance should be
maintained and how the funds in the surplus
should be invested when not in use.
Bates said of the surplus question. "I
thought it was a shame there's so much
confusion about it. I hope people realize that
the money was not from this year's students
and we (CGC) have certain restraints on
spending."
Tues. Dec. 9 - 8:30 a.m.
Tues. Dec. 9 - 2:00 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 10
Wed. Dec. 10
8:30 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
Thur. Dec. 11
Thur. Dec. 11
8:30 a.m.
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Fri Dec. 12 - 8:30 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 12 - 2:00 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 13
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treasurer
realized the problems the new amendment
would cause. He voted to approve Bullard
Sunday.
Student Body President Bill Bates said he
was pleased that Bullard was finally
confirmed but said he foresees some
problems for Bullard after the recent
controversies which led to the firing of
former treasurer Mike O'Neal.
Bates said there is some apprehension
about the treasurer's office. However, he
said he thinks Bullard can overcome
problems that might arise.
Bullard had few comments after his
confirmation other than to say he is happy to
begin work as treasurer.
At the Sunday meeting, the CGC also
voted to table a bill which would establish
the office of student body comptroller.
The vote to table the bill was 7-6. with
Besse casting the tie-breaking vote.
Both Slifkin and Ussery said they think the overall
objectives of the strike can be achieved by boycotting
businesses for a day instead of striking. "The idea is to
let merchants and women realize that women have
important power," Slifkin said. "A shopping boycott
would be a dramatic demonstration of power."
Slifkin said the boycott would not affect merchants'
overall sales appreciably since most of the women who
do not shop Wednesday will shop Thursday.
She said she began receiving favorable responses to
"Alice Doesn't Day" from area women two months ago:
w hen it was announced as an individual project of the;
San Diego, Calif. NOW chapter. But the strike was not
called nationwide until two weeks ago. i.
Slifkin said the short notice did not give many NOW;
chapters, including Chapel Hill's, enough time to fully;
organize a strike. "The strike will probably be a:
tremendous success in San Diego and in California, but
I doubt if it w ill be nationwide," she said.
In honor of "Alice Doesn't . , . Day," a bag lunch andf
discussion will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday:
at A Woman's Place in the Presbyterian Student Center;
on Henderson Street. :