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p,V''r'ii''yl 2The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, April 8, 1987 N.C. lawmakers can't decide on 65 mph By hclL WATSON Staff Writer The U.S. Congress on Thursday overrode President Reagan's veto of the highway bill, clearing the way for states to raise the speed limit on rural interstates, but North Carolina officials disagreed on whether the 65 mph limit should become a reality in this state. A bill filed last week in the state Senate Transportation Committee would give the N.C. Department of Transportation the authority to examine North Carolina interstates and to set 65 mph limits where appropriate, said Sen. Jim McDuf fie, R-Meck. McDuffie said a majority of Few state employees objecting to King holiday By RUTH DAVIS Staff Writer A survey about the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday sent to state employees last week by Gov. Jim Martin elicited few comments from UNC employees, said Jack Gunnells, UNC personnel director. The survey asked state employees if they would prefer the Martin Luther King holiday to be optional. It also asked which existing holiday should be replaced with the new holiday, Gunnells said. "WeVe heard very little about it one way or another," Gunnells said. "But that doesn't mean that concern about it doesn't exist. I imagine that once things have firmed up in terms of policy, well get feedback." The governor's memo, mailed to state employees last Friday, came two weeks after the N.C. General Assembly enacted a bill making the third Monday in January a paid state holiday to honor the civil rights leader. The law requires the N.C. personnel commission to decide which holiday the King holiday will replace. There is a state limit of 1 1 paid holidays per year. Gunnells said that although he hasn't had the chance to consider an optional King holiday, he thinks commemorating King is a good idea. 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The higher limit would have a negligible impact on highway safety, he said. "On the interstates, 85 percent of the people are already driving 65.8 mph," he said. Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Robeson, favors the increase. I think there's a mood that (the speed limit) should be increased on four-lane highways, and possibly on other rural highways as well. "The 55 mph limit was not put in for safety but to save fuel," Soles said. "It's probably not as safe to go 55 (mph) as 65 (mph) on rural else to decide," he said. Robert Lee, state personnel department director, said the governor sent the memo to get input from state employees. "The survey is very essential to making the decision (about which holiday should be replaced) because several employees are angry about the new law," Lee said. "1 haven't heard anything positive concerning the new law from state employees. Some expressed they wouldn't mind an optional, floating holiday." He said the department probably wouldn't choose the holiday being replaced until after April 20, about a week after the surveys are collected. Ecstasy ically to reduce depression in patients because it puts users "powerfully in touch with good feelings." Also, he said, ecstasy may help users recover early memories. Because of the rising cost of psychiatric treatment, Grinspoon said, soon very few people will be able to afford expensive counseling. Using ecstasy may help some people cope with their problems. Other effects of the drug include feelings of anxiety and insight, he said. While LSD will often give people bad and uncontrollable "trips," Grinspoon said, ecstasy trips are usually calm and controllable. 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"But if we don't get a pretty clear picture, I guess well still have the problem of trying to decide." Butch Gunnells, executive director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, said he doesn't expect the survey to influence the legislature to change the law to make the holiday optional. The Association does not plan to coordinate any lobbying efforts to change the , holiday to an optional one, Gunnells said. "The General Assembly has gone on to other things," he said. "I think the legislature has made its decision The average ecstasy trip lasts from two to three hours, while the average LSD trip lasts 12 to 13 hours. "Ecstasy trips usually make people feel really good about themselves," Grinspoon said. "They are very different from LSD trips." 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He said he expressed his support for a floating holiday while the bill was going through the legislative process, but efforts must now be concentrated on issues still being discussed in the legislature. Paul Shumaker, press secretary for the N.C. Republican Party headquarters, said he thinks the governor's survey gives the state employees a chance to voice their opinions. "The state legislature didn't com plete the process in choosing the holiday," Shumaker said. "We are 100 percent behind our governor." from page 1 as many people use the drugs now. "The media isn't as interested in psychedelic drugs as it used to be," he said. "(And) people using them are not experiencing as many freakouts." American Heart Association Term! Term II May 18 June 29 May 19 June 30 May 20 July 1 May 25 July 3 June 19 July 31 June 22-23 Aug. 3-4 in HANES HALL and deans. 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