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Oklahoma populist, spoke at
UNC Tuesday night. See
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TEL AVIV (AP) The Peace Now movement
was born with hopes of nurturing the flickering
flame of peace brought to this war-weary land by
the leader of its equally tired Egyptian foe. In six
months it has become a potential political force,
despite government claims it is hampering
negotiations with Egypt.
As Menachem Begin packed to leave for the
Mideast summit at Camp David, Md., almost
100,000 Peace Now supporters packed a Tel Aviv
square appealing to the prime minister to be more
flexible in his negotiations with Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat.
The hundred Israeli war veterans moved by
fears that peace hopes in the first-ever talks
between the once implacable enemies were
fading sent a letter to Begin asking him to be
more flexible in dealing with Egypt.
"When Sadat came to Jerusalem, it was like a
dream come "true never before did we believe
peace was possible," said David Felder, a 27-year-
to vote on
four bonds
By TERRI HUNT
Staff Writer
On Nov. 7, Carrboro citizens will vote
on the sale of bonds totaling more than $2
million for construction including bike
paths and a swimming pool.
In a public hearing Tuesday night, the
Carrboro. Board of Aldermen
unanimously voted to place the bond
issue on the election ballot Nov. 7.
The town's master plan includes four
separate bond issues. They are a
recreation-facilities bond, fire station
building bond, public-building bond and
land-acquisition bond.
The most important of these bond
issues to students may be the recreational
facilities bond. This part of the bond
package, which accounts for $ 1.5 million
of the project's total costs, proposes the
development of 40 acres of land off
Hillsborough Street, extending
northward toward Bolin Creek.
According w to ; Cafrbof o ; Alderman
Doug Sharer, one of the attention getters
of the bond issue is the bicycle path. "We
are preparing a comprehensive plan," he
says. "A major means of transportation
around here is bikes, and we want to
provide a safer route of travel for bike
riders."
The proposed route for the bicycle path
would be along N.C. Highway 54 bypass,
Jones Ferry Road, Carr Street and the
railroad tracks to Chapel Hill along
Cameron Avenue. Sharer stressed,
however, the bike-path location is
flexible.
These paths would be similar to
sidewalks. They would have a concrete
surface, and be 5- to 10-feet wide and
located as far from the highway and street
as possible.
Carrboro is eligible for a federal grant
which would fund as much as 80 percent
of the total construction costs of the
system if the 1978 Highway Act is
approved by Congress this fall.
Construction of such recreational
facilities could begin in the fall of 1979
and be open to the public by the summer
of 1980.
If approved, .the recreation bonds
would finance construction of a
swimming pool, picnic and playground
areas, one lighted softball baseball field,
open fields, parking, access paths and
roads and a 2. 1-mile bicycle path.
The 25-meter z-shaped pool could be
used for competitive swimming as well as
free play and diving. A wading pool and
bathhouses would be included.
With the fire bond, the town hopes to
enlarge and remodel the existing fire
station on West Main Street.
The deadline to register to vote in the
bond issue is Oct. 9.
Steering by the stars
old combat veteran who is Peace, Now's
spokesperson. After Sadat's Nov, 19 visit, "we
expected the peace to be signed within weeks or
"months, but nothing happened, something
collapsed."
Peace Now says it believes Begin's government
annoyed Sadat by continuing to build Jewish
settlements on captured Arab land and refusing to
talk about withdrawal from the occupied West
Bank of the Jordan River.
How much the movement can sway Begin as he
sits with Sadat and President Carter in the
sheltered tranquility of Camp David remains to be
seen. But heated reaction to the movement from
Begin's office is itself a barometer of Peace Now's
strength. " '
" Since the veterans' appeal, the prime minister's
supporters have accused Peace Now of
undermining government policy at a critical
juncture, of being a noisy minority, of being an
arm of the opposition Labor Party, and of being
personally, hostile to Begin.
- A public controversy boiled, drawing followers
into Peace Now's ranks. .
The movement kept up its pressure for
compromise, choosing as its methods anything
that would grab public attention
demonstrations, roadside petition booths,
newspaper ads, and in oneinstance, a human chain
along the side of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway,
passing a letter with 60,000 signatures to the door
of Begin's Jerusalem office.
Peace Now advocates no longer expect peace
tomorrow. "We want our government to come out
with a declaration of intent that fbr peace we'll give
back territroy," said Shula Koenig, a 48-year-old
engineer and Peace Now supporter. She is typical
of the movement's backers an educated Israeli
who cares passionately about her country.
Koenig wants to be sure "we'll consider Israel's
security needs in their purest sense, and not in any
mythical or historic perspective." She - was
referring to the proponents of a "greater Israel"
Begin among them who believe the occupied
West Bank and the Gaza Strip are parts of Jewish
homeland of biblical times.
Harry Hurwitz, a South African-born journalist
who Begin hired to improve his image abroad,
believes Peace Now's actions were unfortunately
timed.
He said they weaken Israel at Camp David
because "the overwhelming majority of Israelis
support Begin's very serious peace efforts."
As proof he points out that 92 of Israel's 120
members of Parliament, including the Labor Party
opposition, endorsed the : major elements. - of
Begin's peace policy before he flew to Camp David
last week;, a' ; '-'- ' " : r
"There's "always been an element that opposes
the government," Hurwitz said. "Now this element
has become more vocal, that's all. It's always the
same people."
A Perhaps the same people have taken to the
streets because they have no clout in Parliament.
The Labor opposition would seem eligible to
represent them, but while it was in power .it was
responsible for forming many of the policies, such
as Jewish settlements, that Peace Now opposes.
' The reform-minded Democratic Movement for
Change, which drew dramatic support in the May
1977 election that toppled the Labor government,
has been shattered by internal rifts. That leaves
only Begin or the communists, and Peace Now
avoids any association with the far left.
Movement leaders say they are helping Israelis
overcome the psychological obstacles to making
peace. : v .. y y'AA aa V- ', . ';:
-", Koenig said ; Israelis are tired ' of
"understand that peace can never
dangerous than war.
, "What the peace movement has done is helped
all of us identify one another, those who feel we
can rt trusting the other side ." she said.
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Teacher tests get mixed grades
By JIM HUMMEL
Staff Writer
The proposed teacher-competency
exam, on the drawing board at the N.C.
Department of Public Instruction and a
committee of the UNC Board of
Governors, would have a momentous .
effect on admissions guidelines and
curriculum development at the UNC
school of Education, University officials
said Wednesday.
"I feel the program will most certainly
affect a number of areas," said education
Professor Phillip Schleckty, referring to
speculation that the measure would
eliminate from the running large numbers
of college graduates who want to enter
the classroom teaching profession at the .
primary and secondary school levels.
A three-stage program to tighten the
standards used to certify new teachers
and recertify more experienced
educators, the proposal would toughen
certification requirements, evaluate
currently employed teachers and require
all the profession to pass a newly designed
teacher-competency test -
"There are people teaching now who
are not competent," said Associate Vice
Chancellor William Strickland, a former
principal of Chapel Hill High School and
a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Board of Education.
"The National Teachers Exam, which
is now required, does not really weed out
the unqualified people," Strickland said.
"I favor the program. 1 think there are
ways that a program like this could help
teachers who have lost a certain amount
of knowledge."
The North Carolina Coalition for
Quality Education is adamantly opposed
to the proposed screening program.
spokespersons for the group say. "We
want quality education for all students.
But stiffer teacher-competency tests will
not provide it," said Nelson Johnson of
Greensboro, a member of the coalition.
He said the program would reduce the
number of available teachers from poor
and minority backgrounds, and would
benefit only the privileged.
i Lloyd Isaacs, executive secretary of the1
North Carolina Association of
Educators said he is opposed to
Johnson's views.
"1 don't think these tests are biased
against minorities. I think they're biased
against ignorant people," Isaacs said. "I
feel these tests should be used as an
instrument to find qualified candidates."
Schleckty said one problem in
education is not just finding competent
teachers, but retaining them once they
have entered the profession.
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Campus , blood drive
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A two-day blood drive, jointly sponsored by the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Zeta
BetaTau fraternity, collected 500 pints of blood this week. Another blood drive is
planned for Oct. 3-4.
By EDDIE MARKS
Staff Writer
-Because of an oversight by the Traffic
Office, many students who applied for N
4 parking permits last spring weren't
informed- they - would ber restricted 'ito
parking in the N-4-B Park Place lot:
behind Forest Theater, a member of the
Traffic Office said Monday.
"Students have a complaint because
they didn't know about it," said W.D.
Locke, administrative director. "But we
didn't think that it was a big enough
change to make a big fuss over. Now that
it (complaints) has happened, we're sorry,
but we just didn't think about it."
The Traffic Office assigned N-4-B
permits to 130 commuting students who
applied for N-4 permits. A regular N -4
sticker allows students to park in the lot
adjoining Cobb dormitory. -
A LockeAsaid kihe trhmge'shduidrhaVe
been publicized in literature distributed
last spring, but the Traffic Office failed to
include it.
The. decision to give the permits to
commuting students was made to relieve
congestion in the dormitory lot, Locke
said. .
"We assigned the N-4-B permits to the
commuting students to force utilization
of the Park Place lot, clear up congestion
and give the dorm spaces to the dorm
students."
The N-4 and . N-4-B permits were
assigned on the basis of addresses given
on permit applications. Locke said.
; 'Wc; .I.'$mair'pefcentd$e of spacesr
in the dorm lot zone that weren't taken by
dorm residents and they were assigned to
commuting students under the priority
system with graduate students having the
highest priority. It didn't matter in what
order the students applied."
. Spaces in the N -4-B. lot also were
assigned under the priority system, Locke
said.
See N-4-B on page 4
More county Macks cross over to GOP
By KATHY CURRY
Staff Writer
The Orange County Republican Party, after years of
difficulty in drawing both candidates and voters into its
ranks, appearsto be stealing black supporters from the
( dominant Orange Democratic political organization.
"1 don't think it's a wholesale trend yet. But I've heard
more than one conversation lately about black voters
changing parties," said Carrboro Mayor Bob
Drakeford, a black whose mayorship gives him .a
prominent position in the Orange County Democratic
Party.
Republicans seem to have found the key to black
support in UNC law student Richard Batts, the black
GOP candidate for Orange County clerk of court.
Batts is running against Democratic incumbent Frank
Frederick of Hillsborough, a supporter of the
conservative Orange Committee.
Democratic Party leaders downplay the possible
consequences of running Frederick, who has been
unpopular among black voters, against a black
Republican.
"With a black face, you are going to get some of the
black vote," county Democratic Party chairperson
Hugh WiUon said. "But I hope it doesn't get that
organized. Black voters have been an important part of
the (Democratic) Party." '
; Democratic leaders have scheduled a slate of party
unit meetings to begin organizing a "get-out-the-vote"
effort for the November election. The first such meeting
was Aug. 30, and another is set for tonight.
Frederick conceded that Batts could attract some
previously loyal black Democrats. But the Democratic
candidate for re-election said he believes the. color of
Batt's skin will have little to do with the outcome of the
race.
But in an unusual show of party support, Frederick
last month made a $50 contribution to the county
Democratic Party's fund-raising rally at the American
Legion Hut in Chapel Hill Saturday.
"Frank just realized he ran close in the primary,"
Wilson said of the $50 donation. "Now he's read to
settle down and be a good Democrat."
Carrboro attorney Steven Rose, who was defeated by
Frederick by fewer than 300 votes in the May primary,
said he believes Batts has a chance of raking in a large
portion of the black vote.
"1 have heard noises from certain black political
leaders, not traditionally Republican, who say they may
support Batts," Rose said. "There are a Ui !
conservative black voters around that people don't
realize." ,
Ray Montgomery, county Republican chairperson
said Batts should be a powerful shot in the arm for the
GOP, which is outnumbered by registered Democrats in
Orange by a 6-to-l margin.
Black leader Jefferson Snipes of Efland. second vice
chairperson of the county Democratic Party, said he
expects Batts to capture a heavy percentage of the black
vote in Efland precinct.
"Because Batts' is the better-qualified candidate, there
will be a pretty fair number (of blacks) who will vote for
him in Efland," Snipes said.
Frederick has been clerk of court since the mid-1960s.
He was first elected to the post after serving as a deputy
clerk at the courthouse in Hillsborough.
While a deputy in the clerk's office, Frederick worked
alongside Lucius Cheshire, now chairperson of the
Orange Committee. '
Black leaders have said they oppose the conservative
philosophies of the Orange Committee, which has ties to
the old statewide organization of I. Beverly Lake Sr.
Lake was a Democratic candidate for governor in
1 960 and 1 964 who unsuccessf ully campaigned for office
on a segregationist platform.
Wacky auction
set for Friday
If you're in the market for a date
with a Duke basketball player, a
giant three-dimensional Orca
poster or a Stetson haU you're in
luck.
Such items will be among those
sold at a Wacky Auction being held
as part of the Durham Chamber of
Commerce's First Fest celebration
from 12-3 p.m. Friday.
Booths of give-away and sale
items will be set up in three
locations in downtown Durham
Five Points, the corner of Main
and Mangum streets, and the
Carolina Theatre.
The Wacky Auction will begin at
12:30 p.m. at the Carolina Theatre.
At 1:30 the movie The Fortune.
starring Jack Nicholson and
Warren Beatty, will be shown free
to area university students
presenting a, valid school ID.
Some of the auction items are a
Dr. Pepper dispensing machine,
two Duke football season tickets,
seats from the original Carolina
Theatre building
Navigation coiirse taught at MoreMeadl
By SARAH WEST
StafT Writer
If you think plotting a ship's course by the stars
went out with Moby Dick, you may be surprised.
For sailors, steering by the stars is still a
common practice. In fact, celestial navigation is
the primary method for navigating a ship, whether
it's a sailboat or a Navy destroyer, CPO Edmund
Giles says.
Giles, now assigned to the UNC Department of
Naval Science, teaches a course in basic piloting
and celestial navigation techniques at the
Morehead Planetarium this fall.
"On naval ships, we check out position with the
electronic equipment, but if there is a discrepancy,
we rely on the celestial data," Giles says. He says
the stars have proved more reliable than electronic
equipment.
"Electronic equipment and the sea are not very
compatible," Giles says. "The equipment gets
bumped and jarred a lot, and damp salty air is bad
for it." Equipment failure also may necessitate
celestial navigation.
The planetarium course offers basically the
same navigation instruction that a naval
midshipman would receive in service. But Giles
said he will direct the course more toward small
boat owners.
"M ost of the people taking the course have small
boats with little or no electrical equipment," he
says. "For this reason. 1've revised the course and
cut out the highly technical parts." ,
Giles says he plans to cover four areas of
'navigation in the, course. These are dead, or
deduced reckoning, which is the simplest form of
navigation; piloting by using landmarks, such as
lighthouses, to fix position; celestial, which uses
the planets and stars; and electrical, which includes
radar. He said emphasis will be on the first three.
"There is a good cross-section of people taking
the course," Giles says. "Although it is just a hobby
for all of them, some are quite serious. One is
building his own boat and wants to sail around the
world in it.
"After taking this course, they should be able to
take the naval part of the Coast Guard
examination."
Giles brings a long sailing background to the
course. Having grown up on the New Jersey coast,
he has been sailing for years and has extensive
small boat experience.
Navy in 1966 at the age of 18. Since then, he has
navigated in the Atlantic. Caribbean.
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern waters.
A navigator puts in a full day of work, according
to Giles. Beginning at sunrise, he checks his
position with the stars. This process, referred to by
navigators as shooting the stars, is done with a
sextant. . ,
"With the sextant, you measure the angle
between the star and the horizon. You must also
know the exact time with these figures you
compute you position," Giles says.
"Shooting the stars can only be done at twilight,
because you have to be able to see the horizon as
well as the stars." Giles, continues. "For this
reason, it's not really necessary to know the
constellations. At twilight, you can't even see
them." : '
In addition to shooting the stars in the morning
and evening, a navigator also must shoot the sun at
mid-morning, when it is directly overhead, and in
the afternoon. '
But, the exact position of a ship can't be found
with the sun. Since only the stars help determine
location, a navigator only can compute his ship's
position twice a d;iv.
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