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( yf" wlM Blue and Groy Partly cloudy today with a high near 50 and a 50 per cent chance of rain later on. Low in mid 30s. Election wrap-up For a recap of election news before voting tomorrow, see the 'DTH's update on page 4. U SI Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume Issue iM) Monday, February 6, 1982 Chapel Hill, North Carolina. NwsSportsArts 962-0245 BusbwssAdvertising 962-1163 i . ? v VT J State committee upproves plan for redhtrictin By PETER JUDGE and VIRGINIA TRULL DTI1 Staff Writers ' RALEIGH A new congressional reapportionment plan was approved by a joint legislative committee despite opposition voiced at a public hearing late last week. The plan, which must be approved by the full General Assem bly Tuesday, replaces a previous redistricting plan rejected by the U.S. Justice Department last fall. The rejected plan featured a fishhook-shaped 2nd District which, they ruled, diluted black voting strength. Orange County is part of the 2nd District. Donna Burton, executive director of Common Cause, said the group "(sees) no problem with the committee plan." Burton said Common Cause's criteria were very close to those adopted by the committee on Thursday. "First and most important is population," she said. "Com mon Cause proposes a 2 percent deviation rate for population equity." She said that rate, if strictly adhered to, should satisfy any court test. "The second criteria is that we felt political subdivisions should not by divided unless necessary to bring them within the 2 percent deviation range," Burton said. Equal standards should take priority over maintaining county lines, she said. "We feel the Voting Rights Act does take prece dent in this area as it should." J.T. Smith, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Johnston County, said crossing county lines for redistricting purposes would cause political damage. I am totally opposed to the splitting of any counties in North Carolina," Smith said. "It goes against the will of our people." Smith said the new plan would lead to confusion, voter dis gust and alienation. "Which political convention would these people attend?" Lavonia Allison, head of the N.C Black Leadership Caucus, said there were still some problems with the new plan. Allison presented her own map for consideration, which was rejected by the committee. She said her plan, based on the principle of one manone vote, would provide "equity, parity and fair representation." Allison's plan would have put Orange, as well as Durham Coun ty, into the 2nd District. "Lines must be drawn that will not dilute the yoting strength of minorities," she said. "If we are going to move towards equi ty and fair representation, we are going to have to have a dele gation in Washington that represents minorities." . - Larry McAdams,. of , the. Democratic Executive Committee of Nash County, said he was opposed to the plan of TncTuaing Durham County in the 2nd District. "The 2nd Congressional District is a rural and agricultural district," McAdams said, "and the addition of Durham would overshadow the other counties." He said the lines should be redrawn to form a "more agricul tural and homogeneous district." Don Stanford, president of the Young Democrats of Orange County, said the committee should consider the "commonalities of interest" such as the educational, rural and urban features of the areas involved. "It does not make sense to run districts east-west, north-south that have nothing in common," Stanford said. "If it means splitting counties, than it has to be done." The committee rejected a proposal by Guilford County Democrats that would have diluted Republican voting strength in the 6th District. Tom Ross, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Guilford County, proposed joining Rockingham, Guilford and Alamance with parts of Davidson County. Ross said the committee's redrawing of the 6th District to in corporate Davidson, Guilford and Alamance Counties caused "an unnecessary shift of 200,000 people from one district to another." He said Rockingham County should not be moved from the 6th District to the 5th because the "people in Rockingham are tied to Guilford." There was opposition from within the state's congressional delegation in addition to that voiced at the public hearing. In a terse letter to the General Assembly, U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones said that North Carolina's congressional delegation pre ferred the congressional reapportionment plan approved last year over more recent proposals. Jones said he had polled the seven Democrats and four Re publicans of the delegation and found all supported the plan ap proved a year ago. Jones said he polled the delegation after the committee re commended its new plan, which would make major shifts in the 2nd, 4th and 6th congressional districts. But Jones said the letter should not be taken as a direct rebuff of the latest plan. "Of course as new plans come up they might change, but as of yesterday, with the knowledge we had at hand, we issued this," he said. r 7 "J - - ', ,V , , v r m v U'v J New Orleans jass DTHScottSrwp Kid Thomas Valentine, band leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, blasts out a tune on his trumpet. The band, from New Orleans, appeared in Memorial Hall Thursday night. Valen tine, the oldest member of the group, celebrated his 86th birthday the day before the UNC appearance. - y (G(D)iiigFe .biidg 4 smimvaii Th Associated Press WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan's congressional allies, who de livered victory after victory in last year's Capitol Hill budget fights, are doubtful that his 1983 spending plan with its massive deficits and additional cuts in do mestic programs will survive an election-year session of Congress. Democratic opponents, meanwhile, simply are dismissing the $757.6 billion budget and its projected deficit of $91.5 billion as unworkable. But top administration officials argued Sunday that there is little room for change in the president's proposals without damaging the economy. Presidential counselor Edwin Meese III also tried to play, down Republican dis comfort over the budget - which for mally will be submitted to Congress today and indicated Reagan would appeal to the nation for congressional support for the program. "The president still has strong support in the country," Meese said. "People still like his programs.... I would never un derestimate the ability of this president to mobilize the American people behind his policies." For the moment, however, there is little outright support for the budget on Capitol Hill. "I don't believe anybody realistically believes that we're going to accomplish everything , the president suggests," said Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. But Budget Director David A. Stock- man predicted that "Congress will under-, stand that unless measures of the mag nitude we proposed are taken, there could be a severe threat to economic re covery a severe threat to the financial markets.4' Dole also told reporters that support may be waning for the president's request for additional increases in defense spending. But Stockman said "it would be dan gerous to tamper in any substantive way with the defense buildup we have under way." Several congressional sources now are predicting that Republicans would spend the next several weeks debating whether to simply abandon Reagan's recommen dations and develop an alternative of their own. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the deputy Republican leader, expressed the feelings of a number of his colleagues. "I was just sort of in a state of shock as I listened" to a briefing on the president's budget on Friday, he said. Although he said his tax-writing com mittee would hot "present a package in opposition to the president's package," Dole noted. "We may have some ideas of our own when it. comes to revenue in creases and may have ideas of our own when it comes to spending reductions." A solitary Republican voice in support of the president's budget was Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., who applauded Reagan for "not trying to fight the deficit battle by raising taxes, which I'm very en couraged about." . "What I'm telling my conservative friends is don't be spooked by the deficit," Kemp said, adding that he would support some reductions in busi ness subsidies. Democrats, meanwhile, condemned many of the president's proposals as un realistic. "I think the budget is unworkable, unwise and unfair," said the assistant Democratic leader in the Senate, Alan Cranston of Calif ornia.' Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., a mem ber of the House Budget Committee, said more than half of the president's recom mendations might be unacceptable to Congress. " He said the administration was again punishing the needy and the elderly with out reducing deficits. :(BFi Phoenix Organization visits, helps prisoners By JIM WR1NN DTH Staff Writer. The Phoenix Organization; it was created in 1979 by the governor, but you've probably never heard of it unless you've been behind bars or you're a volunteer like Betsy Brown of Winston Salem. Brown goes to the Forsyth County Jail at least once a week where she visits with women prisioners. "We take them books and talk with them if they want to about whatever they want to talk about," she said. "It's a time of need." There are more than 5,000 N.C. volunteers in criminal justice like Betsy Brown, according to Department of Cor rections figures; they and countless other volunteers not directly associated with the Corrections Department provide a service the department estimates otherwise would cost between $2.5 million and $3 million. The Phoenix Organization of Raleigh coordinates volunteers in the state as one of several efforts in criminal justice. The origins of the Phoenix Organiza tion go back to the mid-1970s and the state Legislative Commission on Correc tional Programs. Based on a recommen dation from the commission, Gov. Jim Hunt established a committee in July 1977 to study criminal justice volunteerism. Mary Ann Howard, assistant director of the Phoenix Organization, said, "There was lots of volunteer activity, but nobody knew how much or where." Howard said the committee-composed mainly of volunteers-met once a month to discuss ways to get more people involved in volunteerism. A private organization was seen as the best way to promote volunteerism, so the Phoenix Organiza tion was born. "We're not a direct service," Howard said. "Our primary duty is information and referral. If someone in Greenville, for instance, wants to start a volunteer program, we can send him information and put him in contact with others who , know something about the program he's interested in." Howard said the organization also assisted in drawing up guidelines for volunteers on a national basis. Future goals include coordinating the training of volunteers and lobbying for better laws in the criminal justice system. , "One special project we're working on is" in conjunction with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. It's an advocacy program for children of women of fenders," Howard said. "It's impossible to do everything, but our main goal is to get more volunteers," she said. "People need to know what the problems are and need to know how they can get involved." Rae McNamara, state director of prisons and recently named to the board of directors of the Phoenix Organization, said the Corrections Department cannot provide many services that volunteers and the Phoenix Organization do. Mae McLendon, volunteer coordinator for the Corrections Department, said, "The potential there is great. It's a relatively new organization only two years old. And there's commitment there." Howard said the Phoenix Organization had started chapters in Buncombe, For syth, Pitt and Wake counties in an effort to increase membership and public awareness of volunteerism. , . Peggy Bowman, a volunteer from the Forsyth County chapter and a member of the Phoenix Board of Directors, said the county's Inmate' Family Ministry Com mittee was sponsored by the Phoenix .Organization, the Forsyth Prison Chaplaincy and Prison Fellowship a volunteer group founded by ex Watergate conspirator Charles Colson. "The families of prisoners haven't committed a crime, but they suffer too," she said"When an inmate asks that his family be ministered to, we take care of them. We have about 20 families under our care now. "The kinds of needs they have are obvious-jobs, housing, food, clothing. Most of these people don't know how to put their lives together. We try to give them support," Bowman said. "We had one man who asked us to check in on his family," she said. "Now he has a job, and is doing fine. And he's become a volunteer as well. "The bottom line is to let these people know somebody cares," she said. . Dr jM mW""' '; irr-r-nr niiniiiiiiiKninniiinim iiwiiniwini mrimuiiuuiiiniiiini in minii. ujimi " m - - - : , ; . v .. , , - " ' bmmue,ws&As'ikt w iM,ma Mt'ni ,. "if fifrfr itUm,,, Hi hiihit n -niiTinwiO Black's dunk highlights tournament weekend tzm Pcrkln3 trbs revcrsa byup .... had 40 points in two games By JOHN ROYSTER Assistant Sports Editor CHARLOTTE Jimmy Black did the best he could to conceal one of those big Jimmy Black srins as he talked about The Dunk. , It, was definitely the. highlight 'of the week end's North-South doubleheader, in "which . Carolinia's Tar Heels scored an unexciting 96-69 , victory oyer Furman and a ho-hum 67-46 win over The Citadel. The 6-foot-3 point guard's first career dunk came in the first half of the Citadel game Satur day night. "We were in the scramble defense (which utilizes traps to get steals) and I got the steal and said I might as well," Black said. "I never did it before." The dunk accounted for two of 14 points Black scored against The Citadel on 6-of-7 from the field and 2-of-2 from the foul line. Other players said they knew Black could dunk the ball, and Black admitted he had been looking for a chance to do it in a game. The dunk caused an inspired celebration on the Carolina bench, with even coaches laughing. The Tar Heels tried to run against both oppo nents, with better results against Furman Friday . night. - . l lie Ciiadcl flayed outside on offense and tried to control the ball. But they were handi capped by 35 percent shooting and were never really in the game. "UNC kept the pressure on us," Citadel coach Les Robinson said. "That showed up most in our shooting. We worked hard to get through their traps and double teams. They wore us down physically and that showed up in our shooting." Carolina wore both of their weekend oppo nents down with something that had been a trademark for years but had been noticeably ab- -sent this season free substitution. "It was nice to see the guys who haven't been playing get a chance to play," first team center Sam Perkins said. "We really get a kick out of it and it's an experience to them. It's good to see what they can do." . Freshman center Warren Martin got his first significant playing time in the two games and ' moved confidently by the second half Saturday night. He scored six points in as many minutes , against The Citadel. "It feels real good," said Martin, who had to fight off an early-season injury to earn more playing time. "It's better than just sitting there (on the bench)." - ; The Furman game was even less in doubt, than the Citadel contest. The Tar Heels ran at will on offense and forced 20 Furman turnovers on defense, and the last five minutes were nothing more than a contest to see if Carolina substitutes could reach the 100-point mark. The Heels committed 15 turnovers of their . own against Furman and 17 the next night against the Citadel. Nine of those 17 were by James Worthy, who scored only seven points he entered the Citadel game averaging 15.5. Furman got fine play from guard Mel Daniel, who scored 24 points Friday, most of them from outside. "Mel Daniel is a fine player," UNC cpach Dean Smith said. "He's very talented and Eddie (Holbrook) has used him well at Furman. We held him down this year. He got 32 against us last season." Carolina got a career-high 16 points from re serve guard Jim Braddock against Furman. Braddock's 7-of-9 field goal shooting came almost entirely from the outside. Carolina's next game will be Thursday night against Maryland in Carmichael Auditorium. "Maryland is playing much better now," Smith said. "They have a newfound confidence with their wins over Wake Forest and Duke. When we played the first time, Maryland was still searching for the right combination. "And the first time was also the first occasion Maryland used its ball control. Now they have practice with it." Town inducts new manfager By ANNA tATE DTHSUtTUKUf - It : W ' Although he is a Wolfpack fan at heart, David R. Taylor took his oath of office as Chapel Hill Town Manager under "Carolina Blue" skies Feb. l.: Taylor, 44, served as administrative head of Tarboro town government for 1 6 !i years. He was selected from a field of about 130 applicants for the office of Chapel Hill Town Manager. "I see my role here as being a head coach head of team management," Taylor said in an interview last week. "I am a generalist," he said. "I will coordinate. The heads of each department are the specialists." Making the jump from a small industrial town like Tarboro to a university town three times Tarboro's size does not faze Taylor. "Of course there are differences, but the management role for both towns is based on the organizational ability to provide ser vices that people want and are able and willing to pay for,'.' he said. . As an undergraduate majoring in civil engineering at N.C. State University, Taylor said he had not planned to become in volved in city government. But like many graduating seniors, he took one of the first jobs offered a job as staff engineer for Raleigh. After two years as staff engineer, Taylor became ad ministrative assistant to the Raleigh city manager. In 1965 he moved to Tarboro, N.C. to serve as town manager for more than 16 years. "So many of a city's problems are engineering problems," he said. "My engineering background has helped me a great deal in that respect." ' Learning to work with budgets and human services are some of the areas Taylor has had to deal with through experience, he said. "I came to Tarboro knowing very little about electric power and now, I believe, I am considered one of the leading authori ties on public power in N.C," he said. While working in Tarboro, Taylor also gained expert know . ledge in community development. Taylor has one son who is a freshman at N.C. State. But Taylor said he was not totally biased towards State because his oldest daughter, Donna, is a business administration major at UNC. ' , "My loyalties have mellowed a great deal," he said. "I look forward to a good harmonious relationship with the University here and want to stress very much that I want to have an 'open door' policy in my office." , Taylor said he plans to hold frequent wprk sessions with the town council. "The council will tell mewhat thingsjhejwqiild like to do with the budget and I will tell them what is possible," he'said.