2 The Daily Tar Heel Friday. April 4, 1980
Fifteen lawsuits pending against Chapel Mill
By CINDY BOWERS
Staff Writer
Two lawsuits recently filed against the town of Chapel
Hill and the Chapel Hill Town Council bring the number
of pending lawsuits involving the town up to 15. One of
the two most recent suits was filed by communication
consultant Stephen Putnam who charges the town with
breach of contract for failing to cooperate with his
efforts to improve the town's troubled Public Safety
Officer program.
The other suit, filed by Graham Court Associates of
Charlotte, challenges the Town Council's decision to
deny a special use permit for the conversion of Graham
Court Apartments to condominiums.-
Putnam was hired to investigate problems in the
town's PSO program, which combines the duties of fire
and police personnel with emergency medical training.
Putnam had been conducting seminars to improve
communication between town officials; and PSOs,
firemen and police officers. After abruptly resigning.
Feb.-1 1, Putnam issued a statement saying that a lack of
cooperation from Town Manager Gene Shipman
sabotaged his efforts to improve the PSO program.
Without Shipman's help, he was unable to solve morale
problems in the PSO program, Putnam said.
Both lawsuits were filed in Orange County Superior
Court March 12. Hearing dates have not been set in
either case.
"Putnam is asking for $2,400 the balance of his
contract price," Town Attorney Emery Denny said this
week.
The suit filed against the town by Graham Court
Associates asks the court to overrule the Town Council's
Feb. 13 decision to reject the condominium conversion
request. The council members refused to grant a special
use permit because they felt a conversion would
endanger the already limited rental housing supply in
Chapel Hill. The suit challenges the town's legal
authority to deny a special use permit on that basis.
Four other suits filed against the town this year stem
from developer Roger Messer's Laurel Hill
condominium development on Parker Road.
Since late 1978. Messer tried to gain the council's
approval of his project, which had prompted strong
protest from area residents. The council approved the
much-delayed project in November 1979. But in
December, Messer requested an expansion of the
development, and the council decided he must go
through the special use process again. The expanded
project has been approved.
Of Messer's four suits against the town, one suit that
was filed in U. S. District Court challenges the
constitutionality of the town's special use process. The
other three suits have been filed in Orange County
Superior Court. The suits challenge specific
requirements of Messer's special use permit, object to
having to go through the special use process twice and
challenges the town's refusal to grant two special use
permit for the same property one for the
condominiums development and one for an alternate
subdivision plan.
Another case involving Chapel H ill and the University
will be heard by the N. C. Supreme Court this month.
The case is a lawsuit brought by Chapel Hill. Carrboro
and Orange County against the University and concerns
taxation of University property, including the Carolina
Inn, by the local governments.
"The town assessed (the properties) for taxes and the
University objected to the assessment," Denny said.
"The properties are not being used for education.
They're being used by private commercial
establishment."
Chapel Hill is also invloved in a legal dispute with a
former employee who charges the town with sex
discrimination. Diane Becton who was fired by the town,
has taken her case to the state Equal Opportunity
Employment Commission.
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Barnhill, counsel for the defense, then asked
Lamb if there were any differences in the two
elections.
The defense contends that Lamb's statistics
comparing the two elections were not
appropriate since there were more issues and
persons concerned with the Feb. 13 election
than the Feb. 5 election.
Lamb also testified that campaign literature
he posted was destroyed or removed and that
he saw a campaign poster favoring the
referendum w ithin 50 feet of the polling site the
day of the election.
Bamhill asked Lamb why he did not report
the violation to the poll tender or to elections
board chairman Simpson.
Lamb said he reported the violation to the
student Attorney General Gary Jones on the
day of the election but that Jones failed to take
any action. According to the Student
Government constitution, the attorney general
does not have any jurisdiction over such a
violation.
Furthermore, Jones testified Wednesday
that his conversation with Lamb on the day of
the election was very informal and run-of-the
mill. "I never got the impression maybe that's
faulty judgment on my part that he was
making a formal charge," Jones said. "The sole
purpose of that conversation was to see how
Brad was getting along."
Jones said Lamb told him about the poster
and other election violations at which point
Jones said he made the comment that it
sounded like another Student Supreme Court
case in the making. Jones said Lamb then
replied that it all depended on who won the
election.
J im Woolford, a political science graduate
student and the poll tender at the med school
cafeteria Feb. 5, said he did not see the poster
that was within 50 feet of the ballot box.
According to the elections bylaws it is the
responsibility of the poll tender to remove all
election material within 50 feet of the ballot
box on the day of the election.
Simpson explained that the ballots cast at
the medical school cafeteria exceeded the
number of students registered to vote by 55
ballots because the elections board had lost a
registration sheet after the elections. He said
the board has since voided 55 of the affirmative
votes.
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Poclmo 2:1 and Acta 425
Luke 23:
33 And when they were come to the place, which Is
called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefac
tors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 1Then tald Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and
cast lots.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also
with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him
save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
33 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him,
and offering him vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save
thyself.
33 And a superscription also was written over him in let
ters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
39 1And one of the malefactors which were hanged
railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and
us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemna
tion? , .. . T
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward
of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when
thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To
day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple
was rent In the midst.
48 1And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he
said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and hav
ing said thus, he gave up the ghost.
50 1And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a
counselor; and he was a good man, and a just:
52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. ,
53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid
it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never
man before was laid.
Luke 24:
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the
morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the
spices which they had prepared, and certain others with
them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the
sepulchre. .
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining
garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces
to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living
among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake
unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day
rise again.
8 And they remembered his words, -
9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these
things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
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headache. She resumes her reading. Milcwicz
runs to the next room to coax Bollei into doing
"just a few quick hairstyles this early, dear."
Twenty minutes later. I am still watching
Sylvie read. The potential makeover, Suze
Esval. a senior from Hendersonville, has
curled up on the bed and is nearly asleep.
Forty-five minutes later, Sylvie at least is
standing. Tm just not a morning person," she
offers. By now they are an hour and a half
behind on an already tight schedule. Milcwicz
looks harried. "Sylvie and Gerard, they are the
best around," she coos. "Show us what you can
do with makeup. Sylvie."
"It is not glamorous," Milewicz whispers
tiredly as she collapses on the bed. The
photographers don't like the setting or the
lighting, so it's another wait. "People think,
Oh, you are in New York City working for a
fashion magazine, working with beautiful
people all the time, it must be very exciting.'
This is the hardest work 1 have ever done. It is
always rush, rush, rush. There is always
pressure. So much can go wrong. Last
weekend we flew down to the Carribean. We
shot pictures from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. We flew
back to New York, and found the film was
ruined -all of it. We had nothing." Two
minutes later, Milewicz is smiling and coaxing
again.
"To get one photograph for the magazine, we
take an average of 5,000 pictures," O'Connor
said. "We photograph nine models, each
hundreds of times for one cover shot. We may
get a couple of usable pictures out of this trip.
"I really get satisfaction out of showing a girl
how to be more beautiful," O'Connor said. "I
really believe girls like that. Sure, it's a
temporary thing, but so what, you know. It's
my job."
For the record
Officials investigating train crash
LAKEVIEW (AP) Railroad officials said Thursday they have virtually
ruled out a malfunction in the signal system as the cause of a head-on collision
between Amtrak's Silver Star passenger train and a freight train.
Ray Bullard, assistant vice president of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in
Jacksonville, Fla., said, "The initial field check of the signal system governing
the movement of the passenger train and the freight train indicated that the
signal system was functioning properly."
The northbound passenger train, carrying about 300 persons, collided with
the freight train shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday near Lakeview, about 60
miles south of Raleigh. Authorities said 123 persons were treated at Moore
Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst.
Guerillas free two more hostages
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Guerrillas occupying the Dominican Republic
Embassy freed a Colombian protocol officer and a Dominican citizen
Thursday, leaving -25; hostages still inside. The two freed hostages left the
embassy shortly after noon accompanied by Rabbi David Sharbani, who had
entered about an hour earlier.
Authorities identified , the two as Mario Guzman Cabrales, a Dominican
inside the embassy when' it was seized Feb. 27, and Edgar Antonio Hernandez
Ryas, a minor protocol officer from the Colombian Foreign Ministry. The
guerrillas had promised to release non-diplomatic hostages this week because of
the Easter holiday. Last Sunday they freed two Colombian nationals.
Accident releases lethal gas
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) A locomotive crashed into a chemical tanker
car at a railyard three miles from downtown Boston Thursday, releasing lethal
gas that sent at least 74 persons to hospitals and forced the evacuation of about
2,000 others.
Clouds of toxic gas wafted over Boston, but officials said the gas posed no
immediate threat to the city or to nearby Cambridge.
About 2,000 people fled houses, business and schools surrounding the
Interbelt Industrial Park section of Somerville, a largely industrial
neighborhood on the outskirts of Boston, after the accident.
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The DTH incorrectly reported
Thursday that the managers of
Kingswood and Kings Arms apartments
were ; discouraging students ' from
applying for apartments for next year.
John Fowler of Triangle Communities,
Inc. said that although many spaces in
Kingswood are filled for August,
Triangle Communities never has
discouraged students from applying.
Applications only are accepted with
application fees and deposits, he said.
Also, Triangle Communities, Inc. is
not connected with Kings Arms
Apartments, Fowler said.
The DTH regrets the errors.
the grief it would save would make it worth
the time."
Choosing the place to get your car repaired
should not be left to chance, SCAU advises.
Quentin Anderson of the Carolina Auto Club
said if you have no experience in getting your
car repaired, ask friends for recommendations
or check with the Better Business Bureau.
Max Scroggs. auto mechanics teacher at
Chapel Hill High School, said among local
garages he would recommend only David
Coggin Ford and Colonial Motors, Inc. for
repair work.-
"I know too much about too many places to
send someone to them," Scroggs said. "Some
of the stuff that goes on is just wrong.
"Sometimes it's not done intentionally, the
mechanic just doesn't have enough training.
They're not willing to admit they're wrong.
They want to cover it up. I consider it wrong
and it goes on too much in this area."
A survey conducted by The Daily Tar Heel
showed that shopping around for auto repairs
can save some money.
"Prices for a standard tune-up-varied widely
at rhose garages' contacted. The'1 lotted prices
was $13, not including parts for a four cylinder
engine at Ragan's Amoco. The highest tune-up
estimate was $70 at Uvle Cadillac-Oldsmobile
for a tune-up of a V-8 engine with parts
included.
Prices for installing shock absorbers ranged
from $3.50 at F&F Automotive to $6.90 at
Coggin Pontiac. A spokesman for Foreign Car
Service advised students to watch for a sale at
Sears to buy their shocks.
Replacing "MacPherson Struts," one type
of shock absorber used by many new cars,
costs much more than standard shocks.
Old Hickory Motors gave the lowest price
for getting a car greased or a lube job at $1.80.
East Franklin Union 76 gave the highest price
at $5.50.
Many mechanics quoting prices said the
amount they charged depended heavily on the
individual job. For example, the amount and
difficulty of work done will affect the price.
At $2 Colonial Motors and Edmon's Tar
Heel 66 are the least expensive places to have a
battery charged, while Coggin Pontiac is
highest at $6.90.
The lowest labor charge, $12 an hour, is at
F&F Automotive. The highest was Coggin
Pontiac at $23.
Towing charges range from $12 to $25. and
charges for jump starts range from $5 to $10.
Charges for towing and jump starting depend
on the distance traveled by the service truck.
Some establishments offering towing service
are: Blue Hill Garage, Brinklcy's Eastgate
Gulf, Butlers Garage, East Franklin Union 76.
Eastgate Amoco. Edmons Tar Heel "66",
McFarling's Exxon and Floyd Williams
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Some that give jump starts are: Brinkley's
Eastgate Gulf. Butler's Garage. Colonial
Motors. East Franklin Union 76. Eastgate
Amoco. Edmons Tar Heel "66", l.oy'sSunoco.
McFarling's Exxon, Ragan's American
Service and Village Service Station.
If students or other consumers do not want
to go to the local station, they can have their
cars repaired by the Chapel Hill High School
auto mechanics class.
Scroggs said he usually is booked up five or
six days in advance, and it is necessary to call
and make an appointment for repairs.
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