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Spring continues
Sunny and windy today with
a high in the mid 60s. Low
tonight in upper 30s. Chance
of rain 10 percent. High
Thursday in mid 60s.
Digging
Students (and others) can
rent land on which to plant a
garden. For story, see page
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Volume 87, Issue No. 121"
Wednesday, March 25, 1C30, Chcpel Hill, North Carolina
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Kennedy, Bush
poll victories
in Northeast
The Associated Press
Sen. Edward Kennedy scored a double
upset victory over President Carter on
Tuesday, winning primary elections in
both New York and Connecticut, while
Republican George Bush defeated
Ronald Reagan in Connecticut.
Both Bush and Kennedy confounded
pre-election polls in Connecticut and
pulled off upset victories that could revive
what had been seen as lagging campaigns
by Kennedy against President Jimmy
Carter and Bush against Republican
front-runner Ronald Reagan.
In Connecticut, with 99 percent of the
707 Democratic precincts counted,
Kennedy defeated Carter by a margin of
47 percent to 41 percent.
Bush defeated Reagan by a margin of
39 percent to 34 percent, with 99 percent
of the precincts counted. Rep. John
Anderson of Illinois received 27 percent
of the vote.
In New York, with 69 percent of the
precincts counted, Kennedy had 57
percent of the vote to Carter's 43 percent.
Kennedy's campaign manager Tom
Southwick credited the victory to
changing attitudes by voters toward
Carter's economic and foreign policy.
"I think the bubble's burst for Jimmy
Carter," he said. "I think that the people
have woken up and realized they cannot
nominate a president with 20 percent
inflation and a foreign policy that is a
disaster."
Bush, the former Texas congressman
whose father, Prescott Bush, represented
Connecticut in the U.S. Senate, staked
his prestige on six consecutive days of
campaigning in the state where he grew
up. A loss in Connecticut would have
dealt his campaign a grave if not fatal
blow.
Anderson had spent much of his recent
time campaigning for the April 1 primary
in Wisconsin.
Reagan and Carter consistently had
been seen as winners in Connecticut polls
taken in the last days of the campaign.
However, a University of Connecticut
public opinion survey had reported that
more than 40 percent of the voters in both
parties were undecided as of last week.
Carter's national campaign chairman
Robert Strauss conceded victory to
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Chl Psi and Omega Psi Phi fraternities joined together Tuesday evening
to sponsor a chicken dinner for some of Chapel Hill's senior citizens. A
student musical group, the Clef hangers, performed for the brothers and
their guests after the meal.
By NORA WILKINSON
Staff Writer
Eight University programs will be terminated Monday and
approximately 150 University employees may lose their jobs
because funds to finance the programs have run out.
The funds had been provided by the N.C. Department of
Human Resources. University officials were informed of the
budget cutoffs of almost $1 .5 million late Monday in letters from
the department. They stated that all Title 20 contracts would be
terminated, UNC Acting Vice President of Research and Service
Programs Donald Stedman said Tuesday.
"We are hoping that we will get an extension on this date. The
action on the part of the state agency is based on Congress' failure
to act on Title 20 legislation," Stedman said.
Title 20 is a component of the Social Securities Act which
provides federal funds for direct social services to disabled,
handicapped, and elderly Americans.
A portion of Title 20 is set aside for training people to work
with these special populations. This training is usually done by
universities and colleges that have Title 20 funding.
Six of the eight UNC programs affected by the blanket budget
cutoffs are in the School of Social Work.
They are a master's degree program preparing students for
work with the aged, a program dealing with the skills needed for
county public welfare direction and special training programs in
the fields of foster care, aid to the blind and personal counseling.
Also involved is a part-time off-campus development program
in which students employed in social work do two years of part
time study and then come to UNC for their final year.
Morton Teicher, dean of the school, said that almost $1.2
million was removed from the department's budget. As a result,
38 faculty members, research assistants and secretaries and nine
students may lose their jobs.
The state insists that the terms of their contracts do enable
them to take these actions because their contracts are based on
receiving federal funds," he said. "It's simply horrendous to take
such action with such short notice. That seems to me to be
absolutely inhumane."
Also affected by the cuts are 1 1 employees in the Frank Porter
Graham Child Development Center's program dealing w ith day
csre training and mental health.
James Gallagher, director of the center, said he hoped to shift
some of those people to other programs. "There is no alternative
funding; the program is definitely ended," he said. "We're going
to try and find something to give them a decent interval to find
something else."
The Developmental DisabilitiesTraining Institute, directed by
George Baroff. also lost funding.
"Our program is involved in the provision of in-service
training to people who work with mentally retarded people and
adults in programs around the state," Baroff said.
While some states terminated programs funded by Title 20 in
late fall in anticipation of a funds cutoff this spring. North
Carolina officials did not "in hopes that funding would be
renewed," said Brent Hackney, deputy press secretary to Gov.
James Hunt.
Hackney said that funding probably would not be picked up
again until 1981, if at all.
Stedman said the typical obligation to employees is to provide
at least 30 days notice of job termination. "We have to find some
way to deal with this," he said.
In addition to the approximately 150 people who may lose
their jobs abruptly, the discontinuance of Title 20 programs will
bring about a great loss in in-service training, Stedman said.
"It's too early to tell whether the university will be able to
replace these services without funding," Stedman said.
Gov eminent-education relations studie
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By JONATHAN RICH
Staff Writer
Although colleges and universities should be held
accountable for use' of state and federal funds,
government agencies must stop interfering with the
administrative affairs of these institutions, UNC
President William Friday and other members of a
special education commission said in a recent report.
After a two-year, $2 million study, the, Sloan
Commission on Government and Higher Education
recently announced recommendations to ease the
serious conflicts that have developed between the
government and the nation's colleges and universities.
"Our (Sloan Commission's) main purpose was to
ensure some standard of quality of performance among
higher education institutions," Friday said this week.
"The public is going to expect the academic community
to take a hard look at the performance and quality of the
student program, especially with declining enrollment."
As a first step toward higher educational standards,
Friday called for a change in the techniques of
government regulation. "Our perception was that
government is making more and more demands on
universities across the country, and it was this problem
that the commission attempted to address," he said.
"We formulated a declaration of reasonable
accountability," Friday said. "It is one thing for
universities to be responsible for millions in state and
jfederaLfunds it is another thing for the government to
assume jurisdiction over an institution and prescribe
their standards." ,
Friday said UNC's desegregation dispute with the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare was
discussed at length, and the commission's
recommendations reflect the position he and the UNC
Board of Governors have taken.
"We recommended that universities be given a greater
role in running themselves," Friday said. "Our conflict
(with HEW) is a case when the government has gone far
beyond its legitimate rights to instruct us on personnel
and their location."
Friday said the Sloan Commission encouraged
mediation rather than litigation as a means of resolving
government-university disputes. "We feel litigation is no
way of solving higher education's problems," Friday
said. "The present procedures are causing pessimism and
bitterness on both sides, while ignoring the educational
needs of the country."
In an effort to improve the relationship between
government regulatory agencies and universities, the
commission proposed the creation of a single federal
agency to enforce equal opportunity laws among
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Council withdraws
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By CINDY BOVVERS
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted
Monday to withdraw its controversial
request to the state Department of
Transportation for the construction of a
southern by-pass around Chapel Hill..
In a reversal of the position taken by
the council last year, the Town Council
voted 6-3 to strike the by-pass proposal
from the town's list of recommended road
improvements. When the council
endorsed the concept of a southern by
pass or loop that would divert traffic
from Chapel Hill last year, residents of
Chatham County and southern Orange
County strongly criticized the action. If a
by-pass were built, it probably would
pass through southern Orange and
Chatham counties.
University Vice Chancellor for
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Business and Finance John Temple said
the Town Council's decision to withdraw
the by-pass request will complicate the
University's planning. The University
had supported construction of a by-pass.
"It does complicate things somewhat,"
Temple said. "A by-pass would improve
access to the University and facilitate
travel around town for those who don't
need to come through."
With the exception of the southern by
pass the council approved the same
requests to DOT recommended in 1979.
These requested improvements include
widening the U.S. 15-501 by-pass,
Manning Drive from Ehringhaus Dorm
to 15-501, and South Columbia Street
from Manning Drive to the 15-501 by
pass to four lanes. Chapel Hill, Orange
County and Carrboro will present their
road improvement recommendations to
the state DOT in a public hearing today in
Voter registration inUnion today
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James Wallace
Carrboro.
In the Mondav meeting, council
member R.D. Smith opened the
discussion of the by-pass and said he
thought the proposal should be removed
from the town recommendations. Smith
voted against the proposal last year.
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By PAT FLANNERY
Staff Writer
University students and other residents of Orange County will
be able to register to vote in the May 6 primary in the Carolina
Union today.
Six registrars for the Orange County Board of Elections will
register people to vote from 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Union. The
U nion registration is part of a countywide registration drive for
the upcoming primary. Special registration also will be held in
the Union April 2. The registration deadline is April 8.
In the past, the county election board has denied requests to
hold registration in the Union and at other special registration
sites. The board refused to grant permission for special
registration in the Union and area apartment complexes this fall
for the November local elections. Registration was limited to
polling sites, including Woollen Gym, which is the polling place
for the Country Club precinct.
, But the board recently approved the request for numerous
special registration events, including the two in the Union. The
Union was chosen as a special registration site at the request of
the UNC Student Government and the local Democratic and
Republican parties, Pat Carpenter, chairman of the Orange
County Board of Elections, said.
"It (the Union regis: Ji i i -quest) came to us as part of a
comprehensive package that the two parties put together for
registration sites," Carpenter said. "We have also had many
individual requests for it."
"It's going to be a great improvement, because studentscan go
register between classes or right after classes," said Mark Bardtll.
president of the UNC Young Democrats. "We're hoping turnout
will be at least moderate."
Bardill said students traditionally have had some political
power in Orange County. 1 he Young Democrats currently arc
sponsoring a non-partisan drive to publicize student registration,
he said. The Black Student Movement, the College Republicans
and several other organizations are helping in the registration
efforts.
Former Chapel Hill Town Council member and Democratic
party activist Gerry Cohen said the county registration drive has
increased significantly the numlx-r of registrations in the county.
"It has been running about 40 registrations per day, which I
think is pretty good," Cohen said. "Considering that there was a
big drive last fall, it very good. I he key to registration is how
many people know about it."
But Don Willhoit. w ho is running for re-election to the Orange
County Board of Commissioners, said he doubted student voter
would have a large effect on the county race.
"I guess it all depends on how good a job uc do in informing
the voters of what the issue's are," Willhoit said. " I here arc very
few sexy issues in county government. I'm not sure I could single
out any issue which would bring student voters out."
In the May primary. Orange County voters will be voting in
the presidential, state and county races.
Carpenter said the Democratic registration in the county has
been much larger than the Republican registration.
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By CHARLES IIERNUON
Staff Writer
Military enlistment is on the rise across the
nation this year, reinforcing a trend which
already has taken place in North Carolina, state
recruiters said Tuesday.
After a year of declining national military
enlistments, the number of recruits is
increasing, according to a Pentagon report
released this week. In 1980. the armed services
are rebounding from the worst recruiting year
since 1973, when the draft ended. Last year, all
branches of the military were unable to meet
their enlistment goals for the first time.
However, North Carolina recruiters
consistently have reported a high enlistment
rate which they said is not unusual for the state.
They also said the state never has had problems
finding volunteers, and the Army, Navy and Air
Force all have met recruiting goals this year.
"The Navy is now approaching six straight
years in making or exceeding our recruiting
goals in North Carolina," said Jim McDuIlough
of the Navy's advertising and public affairs
office in Raleigh. McCullough said the state has
met 1 06 percent of its recruiting goals, above t he
Navy's national average of 100 percent.
Of the 43 recruiting districts in the country,
North Carolina's district ranked third last year
in the "quality and quantity" of enlistees, behind
the Washington D.C. and Jacksonville, Fla.
districts, he said.
The Army and Air Force reported similar
success with their recruiting programs this year.
"Traditionally, the Army has always been above
the national average in recruiting-in North
Carolina," said Bob Liebforth of the Army's
eastern North Carolina recruiting center.
There also has been an increase in the
enlistment of women in the services, and North
Carolina recruiters are stepping up their efforts
to attract women enlistees.
"I think women have become more aware of
the Army," Liebforth said. Captain Steve
Arlington, an officer in the district recruiting
offices at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C.,
said the Air Force recruited more women this
year than in 1979.
"The Air Force w ould prefer that all positions
be open to women, including positions like
fighter aircraft pilots," said Arrington, who
helped select the first woman crew commander
in the Strategic Air Command. "There is a trend
towards more actively recruiting women," he
said.
McCullough said the state's Navy recruiters
have enlisted 83 women in 1980, slightly higher
than the set goal for this year.
Arrington said the state's high rate of
enlistments could be attributed to promotions
and advertisements for the armed services.
Most recruiters said increased promotion and
publicity for the military made people more
aware of the incentives offered by the services.
They range from medical benefits and
retirement plans to programs offering as much
as $14,000 in educational opportunities.
"The Army has the best school system in the
country and the finest training schools in the
world," Liebforth said. He said incentives and
benefits offered by th military were the main
reason for enlistment increase.
Arrington said Air Force enlistment in the
state is going well, as it is throughout the 3537th
Squadron recruiting district, which includes
both Carolinas and parts of Georgia. "The
Southeast is the strongest group in the nation in
recruiting," he said.
Air Force enlistment in the state currently is
running at about 105 percent. "We have had
about a 15 percent increase in enlistments over
last year," he said.
Liebforth said the animosity that persisted
after the Vietnam War has diminished, perhaps
causing a renewed interest in the military. None
of the recruiters said the proposed draft
registration or the crises in Iran and
Afghanistan had affected enlistments.
"As far as our experts in Washington can
determine, there has been no discernible change
(in enlistments because of registration, Iran or
Afghanistan)," Arrington said.
The state's recruiting officers said the
patriotism of North Carolina's citizens
probably was the main cause for a high
enlistment rate. "There has always been a strong
tradition of patriotism in the state," Arrington
said.
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Flower lady Lillie Pratt sits bundled up
Tuesday outside an alley on Franklin
Street. She talks with Kristie Farlow, a
friend and potential customer. As the
spring weather comes to stay, Pratt will
shed her winter clothing and will have an
ever-increasing supply of flowers for
inoiiua anu tvcis tu yivw to each other.