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Volume 85, issue No. 3f
Wednesday, April 26, 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Please call us: 933-0245
Voter challenges
lead to hearings
at polling places
By HOWARD TROXLER
Staff Writer
Undergraduate students whose right to
vote in Orange County has been challenged
must go through a semi-judicial hearing
process at the polls before casting ballots
locally in the Democratic primary next
week, elections officials said Tuesday.
Under state law, a challenged voter must
convince a three-member precinct elections
commission that he was legally entitled to
vote when he originally registered to vote in
Orange County.
The elections panel at each precinct voting
place will consist of a registrar and two
precinct judges, one each from the
Democratic and Republican parties. A
representative from the Orange Committee
is to be at each polling place in Chapel Hill
and Carrboro to present evidence
supporting the conservative group's
challenge of undergraduate student voters.
Many undergraduate students have been
challenged by the Orange Committee, a
group of conservative Orange County
Democrats contending that UNC student
voters are not permanent residents of
Orange County and therefore should not be
permitted to vote in local elections.
The Orange Committee has filed more
than 6,500 challenges, many against student
voters. The group has also appealed a court
suit against the Orange County Board of
Elections to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Undergraduate students will be asked
questions concerning their residency in
Orange County and will be required to
affirm that they are legally domiciled as
required by state elections laws.
Even if many student voters are
disenfranchised, there would be little
difference in the results of the election,
according td Alex Prock, txecutive director
of the N.C. Board of Elections.
"I can't conceive of any circumstance
when anything could happen that would
affect the validity of the statewide elections,"
Brock said. "But this is not to say that there
will not be an appeal of the election. After
every election, somebody is always
dissatisfied."
The Orange Committee challenges have
raised the ire of some Democratic party
officials, including county chairperson H ugh
See HEARINGS on page 2.
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Student Health drag misuse
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UNC Student Health Services may be in violation ol lederal
and state drug laws, according to reports in a copyrighted
story in the Fayetteville Times.
A nine-month investigation by the Times says drug abuse
has exised in North Carolina collegiate athletics for years,
often undetected or ignored by law enforcement and college
officials. The paper is publishing a six-part copyrighted series
this week on its investigation.
In question are the health service's record-keeping practices
for the dri'g Valium, a mild tranquilizer. The Times reports in
its editions this morning that although the health service has
records saying how many Valium tablets it has dispensed to
the UNC Sports Medicine department, it has no records of
the individual teams or athletes that receive the tablets.
Wayne Pittman. head pharmacist for the health services,
told the Times "There are individual records kept only on
selected drugs. Valium is not one ol them."
Henry A. Nocella, a staff assistant for the compliance
section ol the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency in
Washington, D.C., told the Times Valium is a controlled
substance which requires detailed record-keeping.
North Carolina law as amended by the legislature in 1977
that went into effect on July I, 1977, lists Diaepham. the
chemical name for Valium, as a controlled substance.
"There is a federal requirement in hospitals, clinics or health
service centers that any time a dosage unit of a controlled
substance is administered to a patient, that organization is
required to keep a record of what was dispensed, to whom it
was dispensed and who authorized it." Nocella told the Times.
"I can assure you if any hospital or other organization is not
keeping records of all controlled substances received and
used, and I mean specifics, they are in violation of federal law
and I'm sure they're in violation of state law as well."
The Times reported that Nocella sn.id there must be a record
kept of where the individual pills go, not just the bottle.
Pittman told the Times that when a team physician requests
supplies of Valium, the only information logged is the doctor's
name, the date and the fact that it will be used for the athletic
department.
Chapter 90 ol the General Statutes of North Carolina states
that "each registrant or practitioner manufacturing,
distributing or dispensing controlled substances under this
article shall keep records and maintain inventory in
conformance with the record-keeping and the inventory
requirements of the law."
f ederal requirements stated in title 21-827 of the United
State-; code say that "every registrant under this sub-chapter
manufacturing, distributing or dispensing a controlled
substance or substances shall maintain, on a current basis, a
complete and accurate record of each substance
manufactured, received, sold, delivered or otherw ise disposed
of by him."
Both state and federal laws provide penalties for violations.
State law provides for imprisonment of not more than two
years and or a fine of not more than $2,000 unless tVie
quantity of tablets exceeds 100. Thenlhe penalty is up to five
years imprisonment and a fine up to $5,000.
Federal law provides for a fine of not mote than $25,000 or,
if the person knowingly omits information from his records,
imprisonment up to one year.
"Based on the information you've told me," Nocella told the
Times, "what we're talking about is u violation of some federal
regulations, at the very least - record-keeping."
The Times reported that UNC Health Services Director
James A. Taylor said he is not aware of any irregularities
involving his department. The Times also checked practices of
Duke University, Fast Carolina, North Carolina State and
Wake Forest University. Team physicians from those schools
told the Times that detailed records are kept on all controlled
substances.
The officials also told the Times Valium is not used in their
programs.
The Times interviewed 19 players, about half of them
members of the 1977 team, who said when they received
Valium from team physicians the amount was usually eight, 5
milligram tablets. Sometimes, they said, instead of Valium
they received two tablets called Darvasetfes.
See VALIUM on page 7.
Fringe lots are alternative
Town denies parking deck permit
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Power plant workers start extension construction
: Billy Newmai
Sound of the 70s?
Rock swing band to appear at UNC
By RAMONA JONES
Staff Writer
Can a swing band that plays rock music
really make it as the sound of the 70s?
Bo Thorpe thinks so, and he's out to prove
it. New York City agreed with him. Now
comes the big test will students at UNC go
for it?
Chapel Hill can decide how it will receive
Bo and Generation II Thursday when
Thorpe brings his 17-piece band and four
vocalists to Chapel Hill. The appearance is
co-sponsored by the I nterfraternity Council,
WUNC-TV and Jimmy Pointer of the North
Carolina Symphony. The band will perform
at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Big Fraternity
Court.
Thorpe, a UNC alumnus, is bringing his
band back to Chapel Hill, where the idea to
give a big band sound to top 40 hits
originated.
The former Carolina head cheerleader and
initiator of the Yea-Boo cheer, said he came
up with the idea of combining big band
music with a rock-rhythm section at a UNC
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Wagner quits
as BA dean
Harvey M. Wagner, dean of the
School of Business
Administration, resigned Tuesday
effective June 30, 1978.
Wagner, who was named dean
of the Business School in July
1976, will continue to serve on the
faculty as a professor.
Wagner's resignation was
announced by Chancellor N.
Ferebee Taylor. Taylor said that a
search committee to recommend
possible successors will be named
in the near future.
Wagner could not be reached
for comment as to the reasons lor
his resignation. High officials in
the Business School refined to
comment on the circumstances
V a c n e r s
football game last September.
"The cheerleaders were jitterbugging,"
Thorpe said, "and the kids in the stands who
normally applaud politely were on their feet
ttoing wild. 1 decided then and there 'hat 1
i.ad to do it."
' With the help of his old friend and CBS
reporter Dan Rather, Thorpe got together
with Sid Cooper, who has arranged music
for Tommy Dorsey, Skitch Henderson and
Doc Severson. Together they designed and
recorded a new sound they say will become a
big sensation in the music world.
Bo and Generation 11 took the new music
to New York for its world debut. The group
was enthusieMically received at Regine's,
Cafe Rouge and the Statler Hilton, bringing
touch dancing back to New York, the home
of big band leaders like Benny Goodman,
Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Xavier
Cugat.
Thorpe said he wanted to bring his band to
North Carolina to let the people who helped
him raise the estimated $250,000 he needed
to start the jand hear the new sound he had
created.
After a swingthrough North Carolina, the
itinerary sends Thorpe back to New York
where Bo and Generation 11 will play for "An
Evening with Danny Thomas and His
Friendi ," a benefit for St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, which will be televised
live May 29 from the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, Liza Minelli and
Leslie Uggams also will appear on the show.
1FC president Tom Terrell said Thorpe
and his band usually get $6,000 for each
appearance.
"1 told Bo there was no way the fraternities
around here could raise that kind of money,"
he, said. "He really wanted to play here, so
WUNC-IV and Jim Pointe have raised
$4,000 to pay his costs, and the frats are
chipping in to pa' part of the difference.
"You watch, til s band's going to become
one of the most popular groups in the
country. I hope a lot of people will come and
listen, because this is really a big thing. It's
going to be great."
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The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
voted down for the second time the
University's request for a special-use
permit for an addition to the Health
Sciences parking deck at its meeting
Monday night.
By a 5-4 margin, the board again
rejected the permit request, leaving the
proposed deck in limbo until further
action is taken by the University.
"1 really don't know what we are
going to do now," John L. Temple, vice
chancellor for business and finance, said
Tuesday. "I don't think, however, that
we will put together another proposal
for the board. 1 wouldn't say it is the end
(of the deck propoj 1) forever."
Mrnday night marked the third time
the aldermen have discussed the special-use-permit
request. In both of the
previous hearings, the board referred
the request to the transportation and
planning boards for further study.
1 he aid. rmen most recently faced the
issue at their April 10 meeting, when
they voted to delay a final decision on
the deck until more studies could be
completed, and until the proposal could'
be reviewed again by the planning and
transportation boards.
In earlier meetings the two boards
had recommended the aldermen pass
the special-use permit adding several
stipulations dealing with area traffic
problems and use of the deck.
Prior to the Monday night meeting,
the planning board conducted a
telephone poll, and the transportation
board held a special meeting to discuss
the matter. Both advisory boards
reaffirmed their positive stance on the
deck proposal.
Disagreement over the proposed deck
has centered on the traffic problems
involved, the deck's financing and its
objectives in light of the town's
transportation goals.
Residents in the Mason Farm and
Otey's roads neighborhoods, the area
just south of the Health Sciences
parking deck, in an earlier board
meeting expressed their opposition to
the deck and requested action on the
part of the board to clear up present and
future traffic problems in the area.
The board questioned the deck's
financing when Paul Arne, then student
representative to the transportation
board, and Student Government
officials expressed concern over the
proposed deck's funding.
The board also addressed the
question of whether the deck niet with
the town's Comprehensive Plan for
transportation goals. Several members
of the board expressed concern that the
deck is opposed to the park ride system
advocated by the Comprehensive Plan.
"1 backed the fringe lot on Manning
(Drive) as an alternative to the deck,"
Alderman Gerry Cohen said. "But I
don'tthink it is reasonable to ask people
to drive 10.8 miles and then be bussed
the last 500 feet. There is no energy
sa.ing here save for the energy to build
the deck."
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Carter to withdraw arms deal if jet sale vetoed
By RACHEL BROWN
Staff Writer
If Congress vetoes the administration's plan to sell
military jets to Saudi Arabia, "resident Carter said
Tuesday he would withdraw his entire proposal for a
Middle East arms deal, including the salt of planes to
Israel and Egypt.
During a news conference, Carter said the F-15s he
wants to sell the Saudis are defensive weapons. "W
would not sell planes to the Saudis if their desire was to
use them against Israel," he said.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Mosne
Dayan said his country would be willing to give up its
pack ge of fighters to stop the deal with the Arabs. The
United States has proposed the sale of 15 F-15s and 75
F-16s to Israel.
Dayan flew to Washington Tuesday for conferences
with administration officials, lie said Israel is strictly
against the U.S. sale of fit) I-1 5s to Saudi Arabia and
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this week, Jody Powell, White House press secretary
said Monday. Congress has 30 days to act on the
proposals .fter they have been submitted.
"If one house accepts the package, it goes through,"
Herberi Bodman, a UNC associate piof-ssor of
history, said Tuesday. Bodman teaches a course on the
history of the N .iddle East. "Both houses have to veto
to stop it," he said.
The U.S. has u sell arms in the Middle East to
maintain its tnflue ce there aw to aid the American
economy, Bodman said. "We have a huge industrial
complex which m"sf be kept in bm iness. Weapons are
a large part of our exports."
Podman said Israel's military capabilities are far
superior to the of all her Arab sighbors combined.
"There is no qu stion th..t if a war should occur. Israel
would win in a matter of hours or days."
The r. mber of F-15s proposed loi sale to the Sai dis
is small, he said. "Bt c :n so the Saud.s haven't y
the trxieJ personn to se the jets lor o!!cn-.e. i don't
see t '-at l .rael ! ; u'l .p to uoii abo'it."
who teaches a course on international relations, agrees
with Bodnnn. The Saudis are spendir a lot of money
for things they cannot really use, he .aid. "They want
just as much as Iran and their other rivals."
The arms proposal represents a shift in American
olicy, according to Rupen. "Israel is now losing a bit
and the Arabs are gaining some. There is a lot of
opposition in Congress to this shift," he said.
If the U.S. does not sell planes to the Saudis.
Bodman said, then the Arab nation will p bably buy
Mirage fighters from France. "According to the Air
Force, the latest Mirage is comparable to the F-15. If
we sell, we stand a better chance of influencing Saudi
Arabia." the associate professor said.
At his news conference. Carter also said the offer by
Soviet President Leonid Brehnev not to build a
neutron bomb if the U.S. dcLss production has little
sigiiificrnce.
"0 . the years, the Soviets have built up
.v resources than N.VIO ui 1 urope 1 he
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