2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, April 7, 1986 717 Dy MATTHEW FURY Staff Writer Democratic Senate hopeful Thomas L. "Fountain" Odom visited Chapel Hill Friday, advocating environmental protection and an end to deficit spending. 11 Odom, a Mecklenburg County com missioner, is one of 10 Democrats vying for the party's nomination for the seat held by Republican Sen. John ( East, who is retiring. ( In an interview, he said environmen tal protection was a major issue in his campaign. He said he opposed burying low-level nuclear waste anywhere except on the sites where it is produced. He also said technology is not yet ready to handle large burial sites. The Department of Energy is evaluat ing two North Carolina sites for the deposit of nuclear waste. Odom also condemned deficit spend ing. As Mecklenburg county commis sioner, he said he has adhered to a pay-as-you-go budget, in which loans were not made to cover government pro grams. The government should only E : :-::::;::- .' ;-';:Sv::::":S: .t I r- Thcrn3 L 'Fountsin? Odom take out loans for long-term capital improvement projects when a repay ment plan can be structured into the budget, he said. Although Odom said he believed all federal programs should be cut slightly, he disliked the Gramm-Rudman approach to budget-balancing. It is unconstitutional, and the legislators are shirking the responsibility of making difficult decisions, he said. Budget cuts should be made in defense spending, although defense should be kept strong, he said. The Pentagon should be more efficient in its contracting and procurement proce dures, he said. President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, popularly known as "Star Wars," receives far too much funding, he said. Odom strongly supported federal student loans. "If someone can do enough work to pass, he should have the loan he needs," he said. At a rally in the Pit sponsored by the UNC Anti-Apartheid Support Group, Odom proposed his plan of "constructive tightening engagement" to deal with apartheid. The plan would give the government of South Africa a limited amount of time to confer political power to the black majority. "How can any American who believes in one man, one vote support a system of government where a 20 percent minority rules 80 percent of the pop ulation?" he asked. Odom said it was inevitable that the blacks gain political power in South Africa. The United States must see to it that this transferal of power does not result in bloodshed, he said. Odom is generally considered a long shot in the Democratic primary. The Carolina Poll, conducted by the UNC School of Journalism, found Odom had 2 percent of the Democratic vote in a J telephone survey from Feb. 23-28. Odom said his own surveys show him to have stronger support after a four week advertising campaign. Odom has been a Mecklenburg County Commissioner since 1980. He was vice chairman of the commission from 1980 to 1982 and chairman for the following two years. He graduated from UNC and the UNC School of Law. Amistell makes bid for congress out ax reform platform By KATHY NANUEY Staff Writer A former social worker and teacher has challenged incumbent U.S. Rep. William W. Cobey Jr. for the Repub lican nomination for the 4th District congressional seat. Jo Ann Austell said she was a "single issue candidate" concentrating on tax reform. Corporations are taking advan tage of tax breaks and special privileges, placing too much tax burden on private businesses and households, she said. "They get tax breaks denied to the domestic economy," she said. "We're seeing the continual erosion of the household as an economic force." Austell said she would like to see tax reforms applying to "lack of legislation relating to corporate gains." On tax reform, Austell said she would like to see a rearrangement of federal budget priorities. She is opposed to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget balancing legislation, she said. "I haven't seen it yet, but from what IVe heard and read, specific industries, demographic -groups, have been tar geted for cuts," she said. Austell said the differences between she and Cobey were more positional than personal. "Mr. Cobey has gone a little bit heavy on the side of financing special inter ests," she said. "But I do believe there is enough difference to warrant com petition in a primary. "I would imagine my views in terms of foreign policy would be more TAR HEEL SPECIAL LEAOMGEDGE Model D Computer $ II 495 Nota Bene $390 DAT AWAY CarrMill Mall Carrboro, NC 967-7499 rift , . nu j mh 23-uiMiq yn u .su rm jjmy'h ,.is.. mk..- ;k y SGHOOIiFOR FIEBDrSTUDIES Environmental Field Research Programs Around The World! 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TV-obsessed man lets hostage go CHICAGO- An armed man who held a woman hostage for more than 35 hours led a life filled with television fantasy, and it was tele vision that helped police persuade him to surrender. . Negotiations with John Pasch Jr., 57, had been punctuated by his demands to be left alone during his favorite television shows, especially "Miami Vice.' said Sgt. James re at complex; losion besins i Biebel, the negotiator who finally talked Pasch into releasing his hostage unharmed and surrendering early Saturday. Police said the standoff began early Thursday after Pasch shot and killed his landlord, who had gone to Pasch's apartment to discuss unpaid rent, and a police officer who had responded to calls of shots being fired. Vote-buyers busted in N.C. county MURPHY A two-year inves tigation of vote-buying in North Carolina's western counties resulted in 50 indictments and 37 convictions, but area officals are still debating whether the probe will have a long term impact on elections. In Cherokee County, where vote buying charges forced Democratic Sheriff Blain Stalcup to step down, 16 people have filed for the office this year, more than anyone can remember filing for the post. Woman, remains suspect ATHENS, Greece AP) Police said Sunday they questioned Arabs and other foreigners at the Athens airport about the Trans World Airlines jetliner bombing that killed four Americans, but a Lebanese woman remained their only suspect. . Athanassios Zafeiris, security police chief for the Athens area, said the airport interrogations were part of a general inquiry and stressed: We're not searching for any specific people or investigating any specific actions. No one has been arrested or is being held." Police said they still suspected that a Lebanese woman named May Elias Mansur planted the bomb on the TWA Boeing 727 when she was on the flight Wednesday from Cairo to Athens. The plane went on to Rome. The bomb exploded as the plane was flying back to Athens and Cairo and was 15,000 feet over southern Greece. A woman identifying herself as the suspect spoke with The Associated Press on Saturday in Tripoli, Lebanon. She said she flew on the plane from Cairo to Athens but denied planting the bomb. A Greek senior police officer, speak ing on the condition of anonymity, said Sunday, uWe still suspect this woman." For f ho Eceord In a story that ran Friday entitled "Anti-apartheid group pushes board hard on divestment," The Daily Tar Heel reported that the Anti-Apartheid Support Group shanties were allowed to remain in front of South Building for an undetermined amount of time. They are supposed to be removed by Monday, April 7 at 7 a.m. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. 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