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2 The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, pee teedgetmg By NICKI VEISENSEE Staff Writer An open state budget process will make no real difference in allocating money, state officials said Tuesday. The proposal, developed by Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan and Liston Ram sey, speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives, will be presented before the legislature some time after it convenes on Feb. 9. If approved, the eight-member Budget Committee, or "supersub" as it is commonly called, will expand its membership by a large number and allow the public to view its meetings. Previously, the supersub drafted the budget privately and then pres ented it to the House and Senate for a vote. Jordan, who presides over the 50 member Senate, first considered an open budget process when he was campaigning for lieutenant governor in 1984, said Brenda Summers, press City wary By PAUL CORY and LEE ANN NECESSARY ..Staff Writers ; The R J R N abisco Board of Direc tors on Thursday will consider a Diggs speakers are good," he said, "but they dont attract enough of the student body." Diggs said a consistent student ticket policy is necessary. "I'm not going to offer any drastic changes," he said, "but if there's enough student opposition it needs to be looked into." More effort needs to be put into areas like non-revenue sports and attendance at games, Diggs said. "CAA is not just homecoming and - ticket policies. I don't think any of Cooper : student access to unused spaces, ;more parking decks and a study of additional bus routes. He also 'supports more financial aid for students, a goodwill program lend ing student support to campus and community groups and getting individual UNC schools and depart- ments to help students receive career counseling and placement. Cooper said he would open two Iway channels ' of communications t f s j ' v v " 1 - . : ! , - ' r ' - ' . January 14, 1987 secretary for Jordan. She said there were no political motives behind the proposal. Ramsey, who presides over the 120-member House, said he heiped draft the proposal because "it looked better in the eyes of the public.'" He said the results of public budget hearings would be the same as those done privately. Gov. Jim Martin favors the change, said Tim Pittman, Martin's press secretary. "In fact, he has supported a much more open budget process since early 1985," Pittman said. Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, said he had not seen the specifics of the proposal. "I certainly applaud the lieutenant governor and speaker for trying that," he said. "It's a step in the right direction." Sens. Aaron Plyler, D-Union, and Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, said they also agreed with the proposal. The other members of the supersub off K JM N Aeo MoeMoii proposal to move its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, Ga., government officials said. RJR Nabisco, one of the biggest corporations in North Carolina, from page 1 the candidates should focus on those two issues because they're not the CAA. We're there for other issues." The Carolina Fever Cdmmittee also needs to be expanded, Diggs said. This year it concentrated mostly on homecoming, but it needs to become more of a "spirit com mittee," he said. Diggs is nqw working on the CAA Publicity Committee, which is trying to set an attendance record at the women's basketball game against Maryland on Feb. 21. from page 1 with student government to remain aware of students' needs. Also, Cooper would establish special task forces to gauge student opinion oh specific issues, hold meetings with leaders of student organizations to hear their needs, use campus media effectively and hold regularly scheduled "presidential Pit conferences" to state his views and answer students' questions about student government; he said. ' " HUzi: il'-ziS:ir-Ai-: ii ic-:ilit'll s. Ills ""iww r- 1 II sr ii ; n ; it! j Lfl A I jf i ik jj i i i i t 1 I 1 rJ iSL "i i -s i i i - 11 f-i 1 I i f I rl fi i I 1 I ill k I MlpffQposed. were not available for comment. . Jordan and Ramsey both feel that the budget process will not be lengthened by opening it to the, public. "Some people would say it would be more difficult this way because of people interfering," Summers said, "but (Jordan) thinks it needs to be in the open because people should know how their, money is being spent." Ramsey said if it did take longer, it didn't bother him. "I'm willing to take as much time as it takes," he said. . Ramsey and Jordan have also proposed changes in financing pork barret appropriations. They will present these to the legislature. Ramsey and Jordan, in the prop osal, suggested three separate spend ing bills: one for regular state government costs, one for prison and capital improvements and one for" expenses other than state- employs about 14,000 people. Winston-Salem officials have been meeting since Saturday in an attempt to determine why RJR Nabisco wants to move and to find ways of convincing the firm to stay in Winston-Salem, said Charles Webb, executive director of the Winstoh Salem Chamber of Commerce. If the move were to take place, RJR Nabisco would continue to have its tobacco headquarters in' Winston-Salem, Webb said; The headquarters would be expanded and renamed the World Tpbacco Headquarters, he added. Roy Cooper, vice president of economic development at the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, said that Atlanta had not actively recru ited RJR Nabisco. ' "If they decide to relocate here, they will be welcomed with open arms.": Cooper said. "We'd be delighted to have them here," he added, stressing that RJR Nabisco would get the same cooperation from the Chamber of Commerce that other companies that move to Atlanta receive. The proposed move would put about 200 to 250 people Out of work, Webb said. However, he said he was optimistic about attracting Other businesses to the city, "I suspect this would be a rallying point for us," he said. "I-think we will be able to compete effectively yii Lil ft uj s s government items. The intention is not to do away with pork-barrel spending, Ramsey said, but to separate it from regular state government spending. "In Governor Martin's 1985 budget, he received $24 million for programs which have nothing to do with state government," he said. "I support some of these projects, like the Raleigh symphony, but I feel it should be lumped with other pork barrel spending." There has been some question about whether TV cameras will be allowed to film the sessions. Accord ing to Summers, Jordan doesn't care. Ramsey feels it will promote "showmanship" by members of the legislature, but if the meeting room is big enough, he said he had no objection to their presence. "If they can keep the TV cameras out of the way, that's fine," he said, "but I don't want them disrupting the meeting." with other communities for businesses." Ben Craig, president of the First Union Corp., agreed. "I don't think (the loss of RJR Nabisco) will be a detriment to recruiting (busi nesses)," he said. "In fact, RJR Nabisco has made a substantial commitment to Winston-Salem by leaving the tobacco operation in Winston-Salem." Others said the move may dim inish. Winston-Salem and North Carolina's attractiveness to major businesses. , If the company decides to move its corporate headquarters, the loss of prominent community leaders will hurt . Winston-Salem and the state the most, said Stanley Black, chair man of the economics department at UNC. "Anytime you take this many leaders out of a state, it's going to affect your economics, politics, and eventually even the universities," Black said. Craig also warned of the loss of leadership. . - "The major loss will be the lead ership that the senior executives have given the county and city and civic efforts," he said. Ed Bergman, professor of city and regional planning at UNC, agreed. "Anytime you lose these key people you will lose out in the community institutions," he said. Hotel worker setting fire in From Associated Press reports SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Federal officials arrested on Tuesday a maintenance worker at the. Dupont Plaza Hotel and charged him with setting the New Year's Eve fire that killed 96 people at the hotel. Court documents filed at U.S. District Court in Old Sah Juan identified the arrested man as Hector Escudero Aponte. Escudero Aponte, a hotel employee and Teamsters union member, used a Sterno-like fuel to torch new furniture stacked in the hotel's ground-floor bal lroom, according to a complaint filed by the FBI in U.S. District Court. French reporter kidnapped BEIRUT, Lebanon Gun men on Tuesday kidnapped a French reporter covering Terry Waite's mission to free American and other foreign hostages held in Lebanon. They pistol-whipped and shot at another French newsman who escaped. Police said eight men in two cars grabbed Roger Auqtie, 31, Candidate still By SHARON KEBSCHULL Staff Writer In a held-over U.S. House of Representatives race, 6th District candidate Robin Britt is still pursu ing a full recount of votes cast in his loss to Rep. Howard Coble, R N.C. Britt, who lost by 81 votes, will make his request in court Jan. 19. The Wake County Superior Court will review the State Board of Election's polling procedures. "There Were massive election irregularities," Britt said. State Board of Elections Chair man Alex Brock said Tuesday that Coble had been sworn in "for all practical purposes," although Brat's attorney had applied for a full trial. "We expect to get a ruling by the end of the week," Britt said. Coble is in Washington "just going about doing his duties because he himself is not all that heavily involved," Coble's Press Secretary Ed McDonald said. Coble has hired Raleigh lawyer Arch T. Allen III to represent him in court, McDonald said. Britt originally appealed to the Superior Court, the Court of Appeals, and the State Superior Court. These appeals for a review were all denied, leaving him the option of a full court trial. Britt said the irregularities included the following: a poll that closed for a few hours and turned voters away; a local board chairman who counted votes that he said he voided election night; and bags of ballots that were found in a desk drawer the day after the election. Judge Donald Stevens has been designated by N.C. Chief Justice James Exum to hear the case. The elections board has submitted all its materials from its internal reviews. Brock said. (ffY'YACll YACKETY YACK YACKETY YACO? 4(L WvYyr O0V. A i m. m Call the Vack office todaq 962-1259 for qour portrait appointment Portrait dates: Seniors Jan. 19-23, 26-33 Underclassmen Feb. 2-6 arrested for Puerto Rico News in Drief soon after he photographed Anglican Church envoy Waite taking a morning stroll along the seafront in Moslem West Beirut. Auque is a free-lance reporter photographer for French, Cana dian and Belgian radio stations and photo-feature agencies. Missile hits Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq A missile hit Baghdad on Tuesday, and Iraqi warplanes raided Iranian cities and missile batteries in reply. Iranian reports monitored in Cyprus said the missile hit a trade center, but an Iraqi military spokesman said it had exploded in a heavily populated district, killing or wounding many Iraqis. Journalists were kept away, but "witnesses said the missile nar rowly missed the residential district. Iraq said its air force raided Isfahan, Dezful and the holy city of Qom in retaliation. wants recount The elections board attorneys will support the board's certification of Coble as the winner, Brock said. "They've argued all they can, and have done a good job of it," he said. The elections board held a partial recount that gave Britt seven more votes and Coble one. If the court rules in favor of Britt, no one is sure what will happen, Brock said. When Coble was seated, he was not seated conditionally, he said. Carl Sandstrom, the deputy chief counsel for the Committee on House Administration, said there was no real difference in the way members are seated. He said members were all seated conditionally, although that term was not used, because the House retained the right to unseat a member if another candidate was proven to have won the election. "It will be a curiosity subject to the Guiness Book of World Records to see how they go about (seating Britt if the court rules in his favor)," Brock said. Britt said the certification to office could be removed and a new one issued. If the court rules for Britt, Coble will appeal it, McDonald said. Britt said he would have appre ciated Coble's being seated condi tionally, or not being certified. "That wouldVe been in our favor," he said. "It would've been a positive step." If his appeal in Superior Court fails, Britt said he would look into other options, such as continuing through the state appeals process or asking the U.S. Congress to call for a recount. Appeals could continue for quite a while. Brock said. "( Britt 's request for a recount has) been around for so long, well be lonely Without it," Brock said. Beca use Memories Fade f - L I f i V y i. f.
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