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AThA fhiilv Tar HjaAlMnnrlav Marrh OQ 1Q&a Plans lag for proposed airport Dy LYNDA THOMPSON Staff Writer Plans for the proposed Midway Air port have been halted once again as the Buck Mountain Development Corp. and Orange County Commissioners debate over three of the nine requirements issued by the commissioners for approval of the project. Midway Airport was proposed by developers in the fall of 1980. The pro ject has been struggling to get off the ground since then, meeting strong head winds from the County Commissioners and some local residents. The proposed airport would be located on 232 acres west of Carrboro off N.C. 54 in Bingham Township. Julie Andresen, chairman of Citizens for Airport Planning, said there were many problems with the three require ments that the developers wanted to change. The biggest problem, she said, was the developers request to reduce the 5,000-foot runway to 1,000 - 1,500 feet. The Federal Aviation Administration re quires a 5,000-foot runway for utility air ports. s "The proposed airport is not a utility airport, but a private airport," Andresen said. "The commissioners are comparing utility to private ideal versus realistic." Andresen said that because of the 5,000 feet required by the commissioners for the, approach-departure zone, developers would have to obtain permis sion from nearby farmers in Bingham Township to use their airspace. A refusal from any one of the farmers to grant developers use, of the airspace would kill the project, Andresen said. In response to the developers' second request, Andresen 'said if the developers did not want a fire department access road, then they should not be required to have it. She said the developers would be the ones to suffer without easier and faster access to the airport. Andresen said she was optimistic for , the developers in tonight's meeting in which the Orange County Commis sioners and the Orange County Planning Board will meet to discuss the re finements. Andresen said she was afraid that the developers may litigate if they failed to gain permission from the commissioners to build the airport. Lee Mehler, project architect repre senting Buck Mountain Developers, said, . "It's hard to read the commissioners. I don't know what the outcome will be Monday night, but I am hoping for rea sonable requirements in the outcome." Some UNC'Officials have said that there was a possibility that the Midway Airport, when completed, would replace the Horace Williams Airport, operated by the University. Gordon Rutherford, director of the UNC Planning Offices, said the condi tions outlined by Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III in a letter to Chapel Hill Mayor Joe Nassif in April 1981 were still in effect. The University's position in cluded statements that the University was willing to phase out all non-University use of Horace. Williams by 1989 or close the airport entirely by 1989 if an alter native airport was built. Andresen, who is in favor of the new airport, said that the Horace Williams Airport presented safety problems because of its proximity to the local schools. "I am afraid with the controversy over the three requirements, Orange County may never have a new airport," she said. County Commissioner Richard Whit ted said, "The commissioners' purpose is to ensure the safety of the citizens of Orange County. That is our goal through the requirements. I'm not saying that that is not the goal of the developers, but they do have a profit motive." Whitted said no formal action would be taken by the commissioners until after tonight's public hearing. The Planning Board and County Commissioners want to hear the views of the citizens about the requirements, he said. Commission set for public hearings By TRACY ADAMS Staff Writer A discussion of the proposed ban on wild animals in Orange County and four public hearings fill tonight's agenda of the Orange County Board of Commissioners meeting. The public hearings will include discussion of the proposed Midway Airport, an agricultural task force, revenue sharing and implementation of a community, development project. The controversy over wild animals started last summer when two bears escaped from a Chapel Hill farm. Recently, a pro posal has been introduced in the state legislature to regulate wild animals. "The proposal in the legislature will not supercede action taken by individual counties," said Commissioner Don Wilhoit. During the public hearing of the proposed Midway Airport, the commissioners will address the requests of the Buck Moun tain Development Corporation, which is constructing the air port, to change the building permit. The developers want three of the original nine requirements for approval of the project reduced: shorten the distance re quired for an approach-departure zone from 5,000 to 1,000 - 1,500 feet; delete a requirement for an access road; and delete a requirement to limit training flights to half of airport operations. The proposed airport would be located in Bingham Township, nine miles west of Carrboro. , The public hearing on the implementation of an agricultural task force comes after 15 months of study by Commissioner Shirley Marshall. Marshall said she had been working on a program to preserve Orange County farms and to pass local legislation which could help farmers. "The outcome of this (task force) will have a great effect on the future life of the county," Marshall said. The commissioners' meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Orange County Superior Courtroom of the county courthouse tonight in Hillsborough. In South American nations Andrade calls for Indian action By RITA KOSTECKE Staff Writer Indians in America today have a responsibility to the Indians of Guatemala and El Salvador to get the United States off their backs, said the keynote speaker of American Indian Cultural Week Thursday night. Ron Andrade, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, told the mostly Indian audience that they should get involved. "Since this country first started, Indians (in America) have always gone to other nations and asked them to help us out," An drade said. "Now they (South American Indians) have come to us and said, You've got to help us out,'" Andrade continued. "But we don't have the people to do it. "The Indians in South America have a right to exist," he said. There are 80,000 Indians in Mexico who have fled South America because they are being massacred in the highlands there, Andrade said. In addition, there are 3,000 Guatemalan Indians in this country to whom the United States is refusing to grant asylum, Andrade said. . - : - : ' '. - '" ll: ': Those Indians and the Indians in the American Southwest are the same people, Andrade said. The Navaho language is spoken as far south as El Salvador, he added. Although he stressed the need for involvement, Andrade en couraged the Indian students to stay in school. "It's more important for our people to get through school, get some training," he said. "The jobs will still be there and the pro blems will still be there (when you get out). "We need trained people," he said. There are only 300 lawyers in this country who can claim Indian descent, and the total number of dentists can probably be counted on two hands, Andrade said. "We need people to go out and bring back new beliefs and ideas (to the tribes)," he said. Arts and Sciences receives grant for University's research inhumanities By EUGENE MARX Staff Writer The College of Arts and Sciences recent ly received a $750,000 challenge grant aimed at improving UNC's General Col lege and the University's research in the humanities. The National Endowment for the Hu manities granted 84 awards throughout the country, and UNC received the fourth largest sum, said William H. Graves, an associate dean of the General College and professor of mathematics. ' Before the University can spend the grant money, it must raise $3 for every one from NEH, Graves said. .. Money will be allocated from the grant fund at die end of each year over the next three years as long as the University has raised three times the amount removed, he said. House passes bill for charge on bank cards By TRACY PROCTOR Staff Writer People having bank-issued credit cards may have to start paying yearlyfees,for tiiejseryice, r. J f, . A bill that would allow banks to charge up to $20 for credit cards easily passed Friday in the state House of Representatives. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill early this week. N.C. banks currently lose an estimated $1.3 million per year from credit cards, "We definitely lose money on the cards," said Jim Singleton of First Union National Bank in Charlotte. He said that because of the 30-day grace period customers were given to pay their credit card bills, the credit card was in effect a free loan. Most people do pay on time, before the bank can start charging interest. Singleton said that First Union probably would imple ment the fee if the proposed bill was passed but "until the legislature votes; we're not going to make any decision." ! Representatives from : Wachovia Bank and Trust and North Carolina National Bank said they would not make a statement until the Senate's decision. Rep. Al Adams, D-Wake, the bill's sponsor, said he ex pected about 20 percent to 30 percent of the card holders to give up their cards if the fee was imposed. Bart Meroney, a sophomore from Columbus, said he would keep his NCNB Visa regardless of a $20 fee. "I Heels don't usually use it in the automatic teller machines," he said. "I mainly have it for emergencies, like if my car breaks down." Freshman Susan Farmer said she wouldn't give her card Up either. "It's" such a Convenience," she said: "When' you go out of town it's hard to find places that will take a check. You can't use your automatic teller cards everywhere, either." The bill was introduced in the Legislature after a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled that the banks could legally charge fees for credit cards under existing laws. If passed, the bill would help the banks while limiting the amount they could charge. From page 1 "Right at the second half, they came out and got an early lead," said the Tar Heels' lone senior, Braddock, who had 10 points and seven assists. "We got a little impatient, there was a flurry of bad plays on our part, we used bad judgment on our passes and shots. "I don't think we played the way we should have." In the first half, the Tar Heels did everything they should have done to start the second 20 minutes ahead and they still came up short. North Carolina shot a blistering 59.2 per cent from the floor in the first half, compared to a 51.5 Georgia percentage, and jogged off the floor behind 37-35. This despite a 16-point spun by Jordan, in cluding a skywalking, one-handed slam dunk on an alley-oop pass from Doherty. But Sam Perkins could only muster two points in the' opening 20 minutes, as the Georgia front line collapsed all over him and denied him the ball. "They were throwing a lot of defenses at us; things didn't go right at the tune," Perkins said. "They tried to stop the inside game: I 1 1 NY (C (0 Vi I Vi nr tc& &rj) It .; -1 H'l wasn't able to move." "i At times it seemed as if the entire UNC team was wearing handcuffs as the Bulldogs jscampered around the court. Only Jordan's scoring kept the Tar Heels afloat. "They were hitting everything," Jordan said. "Overall, I think they just outplayed us. VThey were much more aggressive on defense than last year." S Last year, the Tar Heels slapped Georgia y, with a 66-57 loss in Greensboro, even though the Bulldogs boasted one Ail-American in Dominique Wilkinsi This year Georgia rocked the Tar Heels, with their best player Fair, 1 1 points on the bench and one foul away from dis qualification. As a result, Georgia now flies to Albuquer que, and the Tar Heels can only watch Them play N.C. State on Saturday. "I feel really terrible that we lost," Jordan said. "We feel bad, but we know we got next year to go," GEORGIA: Banks 20, Crosby 17, Fleming 17, Fair 1 1 , Heard 8, Corhen 7, Hartry 2, Floyd 0. NORTH CAROLINA: Jordan 26, Daugherty 15, Perkins 14, Braddock 10, Doherty 10, Hunter 2, Martin 0, Hale O. ¬ GEORGIA: NORTH CAROLINA: 37 45 82 35 42 77 STATE preixere A provocative new film from the director of "Return of the Secaucus 7" "X p CHAPEL r. MIDNIGHT Fri. & Sat. "TAXIZUM KLO" No on under 18 v3f m, w w vsrL ) CV Q IP A ft. Urn Linda Griffiths in a film by John Scyles "UANNA" LOOKS AND SOUNDS AUTHENTIC. It's neither slick, like 'Making Love' nor does It pretend to be about something else, like 'Personal Best.' Linda Griffiths is splendid. Her Uanna Is. . .heroic." Vincent Cvby, New York Timet I sw w flpwnW Sj Daily &S3 &SS TrtO MS 3 -A SMORGASBORD OF COKHC SURPRISES . . .Paid Bariar aptey d mm and muntar la a taate traat aacond to none . . . fcawy anough to become tt ataaper eomady el the yaar." Oolft1 Chshirt, THE SPECTATOR "ONE OF THE FUNNIEST OFF-EEAT COMEDIES IN MANY A SEASON!" Judith Chat DsHy 333 533 733 833 1 Sizzlin Sirloin with baked potato or french trios and texas toast 1 ALL DAY V MONDAY 1 PiUfT U'1J)iI)I1)aW Jr$ 2.00 ofp2caa Expires April 26, !983C333$ 2.00 ,offE0 3 II tl il f mm m .ijmuhi. -in. .i I Wi i mwmw mmm m.w i, i -mn- .p -""J iittJMWiijWiiw M '")' mmi ' m MUili ' mwiiij ' f" in . Li&gjte i ' .tg o o o ci n si j n o mm n n n n (OM) (O)lf lr V-V M.r -:; it- tl V !!MI ,j 2.00 off tacsssasa with coupon boboo$ 2.00 offtsssi Ci.liJ'iiii J n. C JL jirOOfi-r j MD ITS BO IT ' JUSTFQR YOU! 324 W. Rosemary St. Graves said that the College of Arts and Sciences made the formal request for the grant based on the University's new cur riculum for freshmen and sophomores. He said the request was made in order to develop new courses and to provide workshops and internships on the UNC campus for North Carolina high school teachers. The grant money will help finance the new curriculum, which was implemented last fall, Graves said. ' Under that cur riculum, the General College no longer of fers a mathforeign language option, in stead requiring courses from both sub jects. , General College requirements also are more specific now, Graves said. Each stu dent is now required to have credit hours in aesthetics, social science, history, natural science and philosophy. An in dividual who enters Arts and Sciences following the General College must com plete additional higher level courses in these five different concentrations, Graves said. In order for students to be prepared for college, they must have a strong high school background, Graves said. Part of the grant money will provide workshops and internships to English and foreign language high school teachers, he said. Much of the money from the challenge grant will be held in an endowment which is similar to a savings account, Graves said. Only the interest income of the en dowment money will be subject to the school's use, so the $750,000 is not a lump sum of money to be spent immediately, Graves said. "In such economic bad times, this kind of federal support helps," he said. CAlMnPUS CALENDAR Compiled by Janet Oboa Public service unouncements Must be timed into the box outside the DTH offices ia the CaroUaa UnkM by 1 p.m. if they are to be run the aext day. Only announcements from University recognized and campus organizations will be printed. AB announcements itpwt he-limited to- 25 words and -rmm only rvn for two days, - - -; , TODAY'S ACTIVITIES Dr. Oran Young, director of the Center for Northern Studies, will speak on "Arctic Resource Conflicts" at noon in 207 Hamilton Hall. The Christian Science Organization will meet at 2 p.m. in the Carolina Union. Everyone is invited to attend. Check at the Union Desk for the room number. , The Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 204 Howell Hall for those interested in attending the Regional Conference at Virginia Beach. There will be a mandatory professional meeting of all Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity members at 4 p.m. in 200 Old Carroll Hall. NCAF Action for Farmworkers will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Carolina Union. We will discuss boycott and a summer pro ject. Everyone is welcome. UNC-CH Circle K will hold a very important meeting in the Carolina Union. We will hold elections for next year. Act like you care by attending. The UNC Dungeons and Dragons dub will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Carolina Union. This is a very important meeting because of convention plans. Students for Hart: There will be an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. in 218 Carolina Union. Anyone interested in sup porting Hart for president please attend. STAND'S (Students Taking Action for Nuclear Disarm- ment) first newsletter will be available to interested people in the Pit. The Order of the BeB Tower will meet in 221 Greenlaw HalL Elections will be held for new officers. What do yon think about separation of chnrch and state? Dr. Leigh KeDey, professor of philosopHy, Will speSk at 8 p.m. in the Carolina Union. Sponsored by American Atheists. Come dance with . The UNC Ballroom Dance Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in 07 Fetzer Gymnasium. Instruction is free. New comers are welcome. Aa Interpersonal Relationships Bible Study will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Baptist Campus Ministry (BSU). Resume Design and Job-Seeking Tactics Workshop will be offered by the Office of Career Planning and Placement Ser ' vices at 1 p.m. in 209 Hanes Hall. Gov. Jim Hunt will deliver the Frank Porter Graham Lec ture on Excellence at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Everyone is in vited. Admission is free. COMING EVENTS If you are interested in geography graduate school, come to a meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Saunders Large to talk with Dr. John Florin about graduate school possibilities. The Prc-profearional Health Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Carolina Union. Dr. Robert Thorpe will speak on " Radiologic Science." Alpha Epstton Ddta will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in 103 Bcr ryhill Hall. Dr. Joseph DeWalt will speak on Sports Medicine. Everyone is welcome. The UNC Sating Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Carolina Union. Pay your dues in the Pit during Sportsman. Aloha. Harvard Medical School will recruit from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday in 20 ID Steele Building, the pre-dentpre-med ad vising office. There will be a Manchester Snooker Tourney at 6 p.m. Tues day in the pool hall. Bring your best cue. Prizes will be awarded. The Spongetones will be in concert at 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Carolina Union. Tickets are SI at the Union Desk with a UNC ID. ITEMS OF INTEREST AMCAS (American Medical College Application Service) applications for many medical schools have arrived. Pick them up in 201 D Steele Building or in 101 Nash Hall. Feeling stressed? A four week group is beginning soon to help you handle stress more efficiently. Call Student Mental Health at 966-2281, ext. 254 before Friday. Retamed, anused manuscripts for the spring Cellar Door are available outside the Cellar Door office in the publications suite of the Carolina Union. . The UNC Student Government is now accepting applica tions for Executive Branch Committee members. Applications are due Friday and interviews begin Thursday in Suite C. Call 962-5201. GPSF Senators: Tickets for the Spring Picnic are ready. Stop by the GPSF office to get yours and start selling. Call us at 962-5675 with questions. Appfeattom for FraakHa Street Gourmet Editor are due April 5. Applications are available at the SCAU office in Suite B of the Carolina Union. The 1983 Fine Arts Festival, April 5 through 7, is looking for volunteers to welcome and host the many speakers and per formers. Come by Suite A any afternoon this week. only )2sqS)9 I I . - i i i ... .; UBWWIII1 W " .-- V , ,..!,. r:i r r,r ""eu.ot road jr nwnjWTnBaMntirnm,n mamWiBftimWflM BARGAIN MATINEE ADULTS 82.00 TIL 6:00 PM EVERYDAY! 3:00 5:10 7:20 9:30 Dennis Quaid C t 9 Dm Ptuwnii It tMMMMl. aJS paam nnff M wa rab b)t"APM 0 SaliJ CAa1a?'pVM W0 anpn?an1 ll ? . its tercet mzn In America. I an MS TWCKTICTH CNTUav-Ot w iirninlSf 3:00 5:05 7:10 9:15 DOLBY STEREO mirrmajo tech n icoLOR 7QETROPE STUDIOS PrMUA 16 (O MCMLXXXItl Vmuii Artmt Con. All Rwtrn fUtmtd. imM KZS coupon i IT'S TIME TO FEEL GOOD AGAIN. Written by Neil Simon Stcrrinn Marsha Macon l?A 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:20 H
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