The Tar Heel Thursday, June 5, 19863
AT&T supervisors
By RANDALL PATTERSON
Staff Writer
The supervisor of American Tel
ephone & Telegraph's North Carol
ina operators said Tuesday that
management is becoming accus
tomed to the jobs of striking
employees, while a Raleigh union
leader said strikers were prepared to
wait indefinitely for a resolution.
The Communications Workers of
America ordered its 155,000
members across the country to walk
away from their jobs at 12:01 Sunday
morning when negotiations on a new
three-year contract for AT&T
employees settled nothing. Federal
mediators entered the discussionns
inkins ' students set degrees
By NANCY HARRINGTON
Staff Writer
Students who fail the University
swim test but have made a reasonable
effort in trying to learn how to swim,
can be granted a waiver and graduate
without fulfilling the requirement,
according to the physical education
department.
"We encourage students to take the
beginning swimming courses,"said
Linda Eggebeen, aquatics director.
ulf students give it a reasonable try,
and this doesn't mean enrolling in the
class and showing up for only two
days, then they will be given a
waiver."
A students can also waive the swim
test requirement by presenting a
written statement from his physician
or the Student Health Service indi
cating that there is a medical reason
why he can't take the swim test,
Female police chief quits city force
From Associated Press reports
PORTLAND, Ore. Penny
Harrington said Monday she has
resigned after serving 16 months as
the first woman to lead a U.S. big
city police department.
Harrington, 44, told KGW-TV
today the she submitted her written
resignation to Mayor Bud Clark
Sunday afternoon.
She said Clark would announce
her resignation at a 3 p.m. news
conference.
Harrington said she resigned
because of the findings of a commis
sion that has investigated her reor
ganization of the police bureau, as
well as the relationship she and her
husband, police officer Gary Harring
ton, had with a suspect in a drug
trafficking case.
Harrington told KGW that the
commission's report concludes she
lacks leadership and management
ability.
She said she was "disappointed in
the whole mess from beginning to
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Bill Lloyd, AT&T's traffic man
ager of operator services in North
Carolina, said about 75 percent of
the state's union members were on
strike, but for the most part, long
distance service had been
unhindered.
"If we are talking about direct
dialing, the strike has no effect,'' he
said, "but for the 10 percent of the
traffic that has to be attached to
operators there have been slight
delays."
Lloyd said AT&T's managers were
getting used to their, jobs as
operators.
"We are just about operating as
Eggebeen said.
The swimming test is required of
all UNC students, according to
Eggebeen. It consists of jumping into
the pool, swimming 50 yards using
any stroke and continuing to stay in
the pool for a total of five minutes.
No student has been denied gra
duation because of failure to com
plete the swim test, Eggebeen said.
About a dozen students fail the test
each year.
"IVe had people call me the week
before graduation saying they haven't
passed the swim test," Eggebeen said.
"We let them go through the (gra
duation) ceremony and then come in
in the summer to take the course."
The test is given three times a year
on a group basis, according to
Eggebeen.
The swim test was developed at
UNC during World War I when the
end. I always realized I'd have to pay
the consequences for doing what's
right."
Harrington, who has denied any
wrongdoing by herself or her hus
band, called the resignation a victory
for the Portland Police Association,
the police union that has opposed her
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become operators, strikers sit
normal," he said.
The strike does not affect local
telephone service, which is provided
by local phone companies that are
not affiliated with AT&T after
federal courts fragmented the Bell
system in 1984.
AT&T provides long-distance
service to about 80 percent of the
state.
Sunday night attempts to reach an
operator were met with a recording
asking that the caller wait if their call
was urgent. Tuesday night, repeated
rings brought no response.
The president of CWA local 3611
in Raleigh said the strikers would
wait it out.
Navy decided that everyone in the
Navy should learn how to swim,
Eggebeen said. Because UNC was a
strong supporter of Navy ROTC, it
adopted the measure.
The physical education depart
ment reaffirmed support for the swim
test requirement in 1981, according to
Eggebeen.
Because of the increase in recrea
tional activities centered around the
water, and because a majority of
drownings occur within 50 yards of
safety or when help was available
within 5 minutes, the department has
continued to support the swim test
Eggebeen said.
Drowning is the second leading
cause of accidental death in the
United States, and an estimated 60
percent of the population can not
swim well enough to save their own
lives.
management of the bureau.
She said she plans to take 30 days
off and would not return to the police
bureau where she has served for 22
years.
Harrington had filed more than 40
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"We're going to get our feet in the
dirt and get ready for a long one,"
said Wallace A. Weaver.
Weaver said not all of the members
in Raleigh were striking.
"There are 150 operators, but
about 20 are scabbing," he said.
CWA disagrees with AT&T on
three main issues. The fundamental
stopping point is AT&T's demand to
Bill to restructure debt
of farmers awaits vote
By ROBERT N. CARVER
Staff Writer
Help for Tar Heel farmers may
be on the horizon with a bill that
is pending a Senate vote.
The bill, which would urge the
Farm Credit System to allow the
restructuring of farm debts by
farm-credit institutions, was
passed by the House of Repre
sentatives unanimously May 14.
The bill, co-sponsored by N.C.
4th District Rep. Bill Cobey and
more than 100 other legislators,
proposes farm-debt restructuring
on a two-tier plan. The first tier
would contain the principal and
the amount of interest a farmer
could afford to pay. The
remainder of the debt would be
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