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There's good news and bad
news today. The
temperature will reach a
spring-like 60, but there's
also a 90 percent chance of
rain. The high tomorrow will
be in the mid-50s.
New staffers
A list of those persons
selected as new staff writers
for the DTH is posted in our
office in the Carolina Union.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 85, Issue No. 76
Wednesday, January 25, 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Near epidemic
as flu bug bites
area residents
Drink beer for cure,
more fun says doctor
By AMY McRARY
Staff Writer
Do you feel achy all over? Got a fever,
headaches, a sore throat and that nagging
cough? Do you sneeze often? Then rest
assured you are not alone.
Influenza, commonly called the flu bug,
has bitten Chapel Hill hard, according to
local doctors and pharmacists. While some
of the experts classify the flu's upswing as an
epidemic, others say the disease's prevalence
is just a great increase.
But whether they classify it as an epidemic
or an increase, doctors and pharmacists
agree "there's a lot of sick people around
here."
Physicians at the UNC Student Health
Service alone have been seeing
approximately SO students with flu-like
symptoms daily, Dr. James McCutchan
clinical associate professor of medicine, said
Monday. But McCutchan hesitated to call
the increase an epidemic, citing the
definition of an epidemic by the Center for
Disease Control in Atlanta.
According to CDC, an influenza epidemic
occurs when the number of reported deaths
from 121 sample U.S. cities are higher than
the cities' expected number of deaths. While
influenza itself is not a fatal disease, it can
cause pneumonia or bronchitis that are, Bob
Alden, public information officer for CDC,
saidTuesday.
Last week the number of expected deaths
was 500 in the 121 cities, but the actual
reported number was 855, Alden said. "This
number is above what we call the 'epidemic
threshold'," he said. If the number of
reported deaths is higher than the expected
number next week, there could be an
epidemic nationwide, Alden said. '
See FLU on page 3.
Calls it Wght thing to do' -
Hunt defends decision
By STEPHEN HARRIS
Staff Writer
RALEIGH It was probably Jim Hunt's
toughest decision.
He spent a year studying the Wilmington
10 case, the governor said Tuesday. He
reviewed court procedure, went over
testimonies, talked with people, sent his legal
counsel to talk to the Ten, listened and
thought.
Gov. Hunt made a decision to shorten the
jail' sentences of the Wilmington 10 Monday
night. At a press conference Tuesday
morning, he expressed a wish that the
Wilmington 10 case be closed, at least within
North Carolina.
"You do your best," Gov. Hunt said. "I
know the decision is not satisfactory to all.
But I did what I think was the right thing to
do.
"The decision was my decision alone. I
know there are people hurt and
disappointed. This is understandable. But I
think most people will respect (the decision),
though they may disagree.
"I will not have any further decisions (on
the case). The courts of our state are finished
(with the case, and the Monday night
announcement) is my final decision."
But the Wilmington 10 case apparently is
Diploma request
deadlines extend
through Feb. 23
Deadlines for applying for
diplomas range from Feb. 1 to
Feb. 23, depending on the
particular branch of the
University involved.
Deadline for. the schools of
journalism, business, education
and pharmacy is Feb. 10. Nursing
school has the latest deadline, Feb.
23-
An official at the College of Arts
and Sciences said officials would
like their students to have
applications in by Feb. 1 because
so many students are enrolled
there.
All students must pass the
swimming test to receive their
diplomas. The swimming test will
be given at the indoor pool from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 21.
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not finished, for the jailed defendants'
supporters have pledged to pursue the
matter in federal courts and to continue
public agitation until the Ten are released
from jail and vindicated from convictions of
wrongdoing.
And the case still was being debated
Tuesday morning in the governor's press
conference room, where reporters queried
Gov. Hunt about how he reached his
decision, and why so many are still angry
. over it.
"I believe I had more information than
anyone (else) in this case," H unt said. "I went
into the matter carefully. I considered all the
possibilities and was careful to not make any
presuppositions.
"I believe the jury made the right
decision."
Hunt declined to talk further about his
personal opinions of the case, nor did he talk
about the influences which helped him make
his decision, though he did say his legal
counsel spoke personally with the Ten. The
U.S. attorney general mentioned the case
during a telephone conversation, Hunt said.
The most controversial point of the case is
the recantation of the prosecution witnesses'
testimonies, though the recantations were
later withdrawn.
See HUNT on page 4.
Forgers pass fake prescriptions
By SUSAN JURGELSKI
Staff Writer
Another working day. Joe heads toward
his car, carefully tucking into his pocket a
small notepad with printing at the top. The
ordinary-looking pad is the key to Joe's
income. Each small square sheet is worth
between $50 and $ 100 for those like Joe who
are in the business of forging prescriptions.
Forgers use the stolen prescription blanks
to write fraudulent orders for controlled
drugs which they sell to drug users for as
much as 200 times the original price.
During the past few years, prescription
forgery has become increasingly prevalent
throughout the country, and according to an
SBI official, one of the centers of drug
forgeries in the state is the Durham
Research Triangle area.
Local pharmacists feel that prescription
forgery has been at a fairly high level over the
past several years. However, they report that
the problem has lessened in Chapel Hill over
the past two or three months, perhaps due to
increased law enforcement and more
precaution taken by doctors to contain
prescription blanks.
"A group will come into the area, work it
until they're caught or suspected and then
the remaining members will move on,"
pharmacist Fred Chamb'.ee of Senter Drug
in Carrboro says. "Most often the drugs the
prescriptions are for are Schedule II drugs
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dumpsters runneth over; just look behind your own residence. Staff photo by Scott
Johnston.
large number of the blanks are stolen from
Memorial or Duke where there is easier
access to them than at a private office."
After obtaining stolen prescription
blanks, the forger will hire a "passer" off the
street to take the fake prescription to a
druggist for filling, in exchange for a $3 to $5
fee and the amount of the prescription. After
the purchase is made, the drug is given to the
forger, who proceeds to another store to
repeat the process.
The Charlotte News reported recently that
two highly sought drugs are dilaudid, an
opiate used to alleviate pain, and preludin, a
stimulant prescribed to promote weight loss.
Dilaudid is preferred over heroin by drug
addicts because one tablet is cleaner, safer
and two or three times stronger than a heroin
fix.
Dilaudid or preludin tablets can be bought
from a drugstore for less than $10. But when
the drugs are sold on the street, prices
become inflated. A preludin prescription is
worth $300 minus the drugstore price and
passer's fee. A dilaudid prescription is valued
at $750 minus extraneous costs.
There are a few incidences of fake call-in
prescriptions for Schedule III or IV drugs
those with small amounts of narcotics in
them. But these are not a major problem and
are usually easier to spot, Chamblee says.
Pharmacist John Carswell of Colonial
Drugs says a particularly high number of
prescriptions were stolen from Duke a year
CGC rei ec
urges
By HOWARD TROXLER
Staff Writer
The Campus Governing Council
approved eight amendments to the
Instrument of Student Judicial
Governance Monday night, including a
provision that would make failure to
report violations of the Honor Code a
non-chargeable offense.
The Instrument regulates
enforcement of the Honor Code, which
now states that failure to report known
violations of the code is itself a
violation.
The council also passed a resolution
strongly requesting the Faculty Council
to reconsider the amendment, which it
rejected Friday.
The approval of the Faculty Council,
the CGC and the chancellor are required
to amend the Instrument.
"When we.talk about this god, honor,
we've got to remember that we're talking
about human beings, fallible human
beings," council member Emily
Seelbinder said. "I'm not in favor of
retaining the 'rat clause" because it is
ineffective, and it is not humane."
But proponents of the clause in the
Honor Code that requires students to
report violations of the code argued that
elimination of that clause would imply
that students no longer were required to
report violations.
"It's not going to make any differene,
really," Alex Gambal, assistant student
attorney general, said after the CGC
decision. "I'm . just disappointed,
because not enforcing the honor clause
is saying in essence that the University
community doesn't want to believe in
it."
ago. Later, a lot of preludin prescriptions
forged on Duke slips turned up.
"When we detect forgery we usually call
the doctor in question and that will often
scare them (prescription holders) off," he
says.
Howard Yandle of Village Pharmacy feels
that prescription forgery has "slacked off"
since about two months ago, when the local
Pharmaceutical Association asked doctors
and hospitals to be more careful about
leaving prescription blanks lying around.
Dr. James McCutchan of the Student
Health Service does not consider
prescription forgery a serious student
problem. "We don't fill prescriptions, but
some stealing of prescriptions does go on.
Every now and then we'll get a call about one
that is questionable."
According to McCutchan, the current
ruling that requires the physicians to carry
prescription pads in their pockets or out of
easy reach has reduced stealing.
Because of state law changes on Jan. 1,
doctors' names, addresses, phone numbers
and Drug Enforcement Administration
numbers now are to be printed on every
prescription blank. This law is aimed mainly
at major medical centers where blanks
previously had only the institutions' names
printed at the top. The hew pre-printed
blanks are easier for pharmacists to read and
prevent forgers from writing in fake names
and numheis.
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The CGC approved eight other
amendments to the Instrument of
Student Judicial Governance as
recommended by the Committee on
Student Conduct, an independent joint
student-faculty committee.
The major amendments included:
A stipulation that suspension from
school is the normal punishment for
first violations of the Honor Code.
A provision setting the minimum
length for indefinite probations for
Honor Code offenses at one full
semester from the date of conviction.
A statement of faculty
responsibilities in enforcing the Honor
Code. Under the amendment, faculty
members are required to take steps to
prevent Honor Code violations, such as
proctoring when the instructor sees fit.
AWS festival
Perceptions ot Active Women. Slides and
discussion. 2 p.m., 100 Hamilton.
Family Law. Speech. 4 p.m., Rooms 202-204,
Carolina Union.
The Violent Family. Speech. 7 p.m., Rooms
213-215, Carolina Union.
Discrimination. Speech. 8 p.m., 100
Hamilton.
Look, Jane, Look. Sex bias in literature. 7:30
p.m., Rooms 202-204, Carolina Union.
Duet tor Cannibals. Free flick. 8 p.m.,
Carroll Hall.
Emy Reeves and Barry Gabel, Toulouse L'
Trek, Robyn Dobyns. The Mud Hatter.
One-half cover for women.
Eighteen tons of trash, junk
mount in campus area daily
By BETSY FLAGLER
Stuff Writer
Eighteen tons a day.
That's how much garbage is collected
from the University by McFai land's
Garbage Service, a private contractor in
Durham. And that 18 tons docs not even
include garbage from fraternities and
sororities which is handled by the Chapel
Hill Sanitation Department.
Getting rid of waste is not a new problem,
but the trouble is that Americans are
throwing away more than ever before. In
1920, about two to three pounds of trash
were collected per person per each day. The
government says that by 1980, public and
private agencies will be responsible for
managing eight pounds of garbage per
person each day.
The use-once, throw-away habit that
mounts to 18 tons a day costs the University
$4,643 a month, according to James
McFarland, the contractor. The trash
collected from UNC drops by about one
third to one-half during summer school.
Garbage collection and disposal, a
national expense exceeded only by money
for education and highway construction, will
cost the town of Chapel Hill $451,900 this
year, says Harold Harris, director of Public
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maintaining the security of examination
material and taking "all steps consistent
with existing physical classroom
conditions such as requiring students
to sit in alternate seats to reduce the
possibility of cheating on graded work."
All the amendments except the or.e
concerning the "rat clause" were
approved unanimously by the CGC.
The Faculty Council will vote on the
amendments at its next meeting Feb. 17.
If the Faculty Council approves the
amendments, they will be forwarded to
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor for his
consideration.
The CGC will distribute foi Faculty
Council reconsideration copies of its
request that failure to report violations
of the code be made a non-chargeable
offense.
Harris says the sanitation department
collected and disposed of over 1 million
pounds of garbage and 140,000 pounds of
trash in Chapel Hill in December.
Garbage includes daily household refuse
such as food scraps, and trash includes
branches and clippings.
The University owns and maintains the
trash containers on campus, and the
Department of Housing is responsible for
getting the garbage in the containers.
McFarland's service takes care of the rest.
McFarland and the Chapel Hill
Sanitation Department both dispose of
garbage at the Orange Regional Sanitary
Landfill near Eubanks Road in Orange
County. The landfill is a self-supporting
enterprise' owned by Chapel Hill, Orange
County and Carrboro.
Harvey Underwood, estimating and
engineering supervisor at the UNC Physical
Plant, is responsible for supervising
McFarland's service and says it is reliable.
Anyone who has a complaint about the
garbage collection on campus should call
him or Roy Olive, supervisor of the Physical
Plant, he says.
Underwood and Lee Burgess, solid waste
superintendent for Chapel HilL agree that
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