2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 18, 1988
World audi Nation
D y kako batO e to resai on grou od
From Associated Press reports
George Bush, signaling he won't sit
on his lead in the campaign's final
weeks, returned to the attack Monday
and said Michael Dukakis should
"stop running down our defenses."
Dukakis charged Bush with ignoring
the nation's loss of industrial jobs.
Battling the notion that he is
slipping hopelessly behind, the .
Democratic presidential nominee
began a campaign swing through
industrial states crucial to his chances.
He said his Republican rival has "sat
on his hands while America's indus
trial heartland has been fighting for
its life."
Dukakis' running mate, Lloyd
Bentsen, launched an attack on Bush
in the South as "the only one of the
four candidates who has voted for
national pun control." He referred to
a 1968 vote while Bush was in
Congress.
With three weeks left in the pre
sidential race, aides to Dukakis said
he would seek to sharpen the differ
ences between himself and the vice
president, particularly on economic
issues.
But as he arrived in Ohio, a big
state crucial to his chances, a new
statewide poll by the Akron Beacon
Journal showed Bush holding a
double-digit lead.
Bush, buoyant but cautioning
against overconfidence, toured a
Denver-area defense plant where
"Star Wars" research is conducted.
He used the setting to say Dukakis
has a "total lack of understanding of
our military" and is "trying desper
ately to jump into the mainstream"
by acknowledging a need to moder
nize land-based nuclear missiles.
"But there is strong reason to doubt
that he would do it," Bush said. "He
still opposes the MX, and he thinks
the Midgetman costs too much. So
he says he's going to work with
Congress to find another way.
"Wake up, governor," Bush said,
"WeVe done all that." He defended
the Reagan administration's record
on conventional forces against Duka
kis' past charges that such forces have
been slighted in the push for new, big
ticket strategic weapons systems.
Bush dismissed that as
"misinformation."
"Governor, it's time to stop run
ning down our defenses," he said. He
also ridiculed Dukakis for supporting
some research into Star Wars while
dismissing the proposed space-based
missile-defense system as a fantasy.
Dukakis and his campaign staff
were embracing the idea of running
as the underdog. To underscore his
resolve, Dukakis said, "My spirits are
good" and took trumpet in hand to
play "Happy Days are Here Again,"
a democratic standard.
Dukakis declared he was fighting
for the values he believes in, and, in
a touch of populism, told workers at
a copper and brass plant, "I want to
be the president who stands up and
fights for you."
He pointed to recent trade figures
showing imports to the United States
were at an all-time high in August
and said Bush "has not given the
American people a clue as to what
he would do" to reverse the trade
deficit.
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rofesteirs attempt to blockade Pentagon
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON About 1,000
demonstrators created a commuter
nightmare Monday but failed to
achieve their goal of blockading the
Pentagon during a boisterous protest
of American policies toward El
Salvador.
Authorities said about 240 men
and women were arrested. There were
scattered episodes of fisticuffs
between police and demonstrators.
The demonstration, sponsored by
a coalition of a half-dozen peace
groups, began at 5 a.m. EDT and
extended into early afternoon. The
protesters succeeded in forcing
Defense Department workers to
abandon the huge parking lot south
of the Pentagon which normally
accommodates 3,700 cars and to
run a human gauntlet through selected
entrances to get to their offices.
"But they didn't shut down the
building; they just created a lot of
inconvenience and long walks," said
Glenn Flood, a Pentagon spokesman.
Police, including one officer who
was attacked by protesters, arrested
several people early when they sat in
a road to block a military bus from
entering the parking lot.
One demonstrator sprayed red
paint across the front of a bus.
Protesters then pushed one Defense
Protective Service officer to the
ground when he tried to arrest the
demonstrator and beat the officer
before other officers rescued him.
Other protesters went to a grassy
area used as a helicopter field outside
the Pentagon, where they planted
crosses bearing the names of people
who have died in El Salvador.
The demonstrators oppose U.S.
aid to the Salvadoran government,
which has been engaged in a war
against leftist guerrillas since 1980.
An estimated 60,000 people have died
in that conflict, which has produced
continuing allegations of "death
squad" killings by policemen and
soldiers.
The United States considers El
Salvador one of its closest allies in
Central America. During the fiscal
year that ended Sept. 30, the Salvad
oran government received $185
million in economic aid. Some 55
U.S. military advisers, the limit set
by Congress, are normally assigned
to El Salvador to help train the
Salvadoran army.
"U.S. policy promotes consolida
tion of constitutional democracy in
El Salvador by assisting the govern
ment to defend itself against a
determined Marxist insurgency sup
ported by Nicaragua, Cuba and the
Soviet bloc," administration officials
told Congress earlier this year in a
military aid request.
The protesters maintain the leftist
guerrillas are willing to negotiate an
end to the fighting, but the Salvad
oran government backed by the
United States refuses to comprom
ise in any way.
On Monday, they offered loud
chants of opposition to U.S. policies,
yelling: "No violence, no war, U.S.
out of El Salvador" and "Hey hey,
ho ho, the Pentagon has got to go."
Through most of the morning, the
protesters sat four and five deep in
front of several building entrances.
Whenever an employee approached,
the protesters would lock arms to
form a human barricade. Police
would then wade in and temporarily
break open a path for those wishing
to enter the building.
Group tfidhts ADDS In developDog o'atiomis
By SANDY WALL
Staff Writer
Combating the spread of AIDS in
developing countries with the help of
a $28 million grant is the focus of
A1DSTECH, a non-profit group
located in Research Triangle Park.
A1DSTECH and its parent organ
ization. Family Health International,
received a five-year, $28 million grant
from the Agency for International
Development in Washington to help
fight the spread of AIDS.
The group helps developing coun
tries educate their citizens on AIDS
and provides technical help in pre
venting the spread of the fatal virus.
In one year, AIDSTECH has estab
lished more than 50 programs in 15
countries.
The spread of AIDS is a major
problem for developing countries,
said Dr. Wilson Carswell, an overseas
adviser for AIDSTECH.
For example, in Zambia, a survey
of intensive care patients found that
20 percent were infected with the
AIDS virus, Carswell said. In Kenya,
he added, a group of prostitutes
surveyed revealed , a 90 percent
infection rate, compared with '4"
percent in 1980. Most of these
prostitutes contact four or five
partners daily.
AIDSTECH focuses its efforts on
high-risk groups in developing Afri
can and Asian countries, said Lynda
Cole, administrative officer of AIDS
TECH. AIDSTECH works with the World
Health Organization, which coordi
nates the worldwide fight against
AIDS, to prevent duplication of
AIDS programs, Cole said.
Four major areas of work prevent
the spread of AIDS, she said.
Preventing the spread of it through
sexual contact is primary, she said.
AIDSTECH agents visit sexually
transmitted disease (STD) treatment
clinics to educate patients about the
dangers and methods of contracting
the virus. These agents urge patients
to use condoms and limit potentially
dangerous sexual behavior.
The second area of concentration
is the prevention of transmission
through blood. AIDSTECH staffers
share testing methods with commun
ity and private blood banks in
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developing countries. "Most of our
energies are put into technical assist
ance," Cole said.
AIDSTECH also concentrates on
surveillance. Many governments
want to know how bad the problem
is in their countries, Cole said.
AIDSTECH recommends testing of
certain groups, including STD clinic,
patients and national armies, to
survey the severity of, a particular ,
nation's problem." M
Making the programs self
supporting is another focus of AIDS
TECH. The organization pays the
start-up costs for AIDS programs but
relies on the countries' governments
to maintain them, mainly by putting
them into the national budgets, Cole
said.
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Supreme Court to review law
against burning American flag
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON The
Supreme Court, agreeing to decide
how far states may go to limit
some form of protest, said Mon
day it will review a Texas law that
makes it a crime to burn the
American flag.
The justices, setting the stage for
a politically and emotionally
charged ruling, will consider
reinstating a conviction against a
man who burned a flag at a
demonstration during the 1984
Republican National Convention
in Dallas.
The court will review a ruling
by the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals that the law improperly,
abridged symbolic expression
protected by the Constitution.
The Texas branch of the Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union urged
the justices not to review the ruling
permitting the flag burning. The
ACLU said state officials were
trying to "create a sense of legal
uncertainty" where none exists.
Judge delays PTL motions
COLUMBIA, S.C. U.S.
Bankruptcy Court Judge Rufus
Reynolds said Monday he wants
to see how the proposed sale of
the PTL ministry shapes up before
considering whether to liquidate
the troubled television ministry
and its Heritage USA theme park.
Reynolds postponed until Nov.
16 consideration of several
motions to move the ministry from
Chapter 1 1 bankruptcy to Chapter
7, meaning Heritage USA and
other ministry assets would have
been sold by an immediate auction
rather than by an arranged sale.
The judge said at a September
hearing he would hear the motions
to convert to Chapter 7 if no buyer
had been found for Heritage USA.
Canadian businessman Stephen
Mernick has since signed a con
tract with PTL Trustee M.C.
"Red" Benton to buy Heritage
USAfor$115rnillion.
Later Monday, the court was to
begin the second half of the trial
in PTL's $52 million lawsuit
against Jim and Tammy Bakker
and former aide David Taggart.
PTL claims the Bakkers misman
aged the ministry and dipped into
ministry, funds. nv-' v! ;
News in Brief
Utah brownout cause unknown
SALT LAKE CITY A power
outage darkened buildings in
scattered pockets of downtown
when a high-voltage transformer
failed Monday, but all electricity
was restored within an hour,,
officials said.
Lights flickered across the Salt
Lake Valley when the transformer
failed at 10:23 a.m. MDT, but only
the downtown area lost power,
said Utah Power & Light Co.
spokesman Dave Mead.
The failure of the transformer i
in a substation blew fuses there,
knocking out power to a second
substation and triggering a "cas
cade effect" in the area, he said.
It was not known what caused
the failure of the transformer, he
said. Power to 90 percent of the
area was restored by 10:45, with
the remainder by 1 1:20 a.m., Mead
said.
Plane crash kills 30
ROME The pilot of a
Uganda Airlines jetliner tried at
least twice to land before it crashed
into houses and trees early Mon
day, killing 30 of the 52 people
aboard, officials and passengers
said.
Authorities said the fog and a
possible misunderstanding
between the pilot and the control
tower at Leonardo da Vinci Air
port may have caused the crash,
which also injured 22 others
aboard the Boeing 707.
Many of the injured were in
critical condition with burns,
fractures and shock. Wreckage
was strewn for half a mile. Only
one of the seven crew members,
the steward, survived.
Stocks slowly rise
NEW YORK Stock prices
eked out a modest gain in quiet
trading Monday, aided by new
evidence of a slowing economy.
The Dow Jones average of 30
industrials rose 7.29 to 2,140.47.
Advancing issues slightly outnum
bered declines in nationwide
trading of New York Stock
Exchangerlisted stocks, with 749
up, 669 down and 552 unchanged..
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plus contacts at all schools in the
UNC system, Armstrong said.
"On the whole, the average college
student is not politically active," he
said. "But there are pockets of
extremely active students who work,
especially hard for a campaign."
Students arent likely to turn out
in impressive numbers in this election,
said Thad Beyle, UNC professor of
political science.
"There is no candidate running that
is especially galvanizing or exciting
enough to make voters want to get
out and vote," Beyle said.
To increase young voter and
overall turnout would probably
require a disastrous presidency, a
dismal economy, or some political
figure "on a white horse," Beyle said.
Beyle also said the trend of negative
campaigning keeps campaigns distant
from volatile college campuses and
students. Presidential candidates
avoid universities for fear that a
raucous student body could cause a
political mistake that would be used
for negative adds for the rest of the
campaign.
"Dan Quayle would be eaten alive
on a college campus," Beyle said.
would raise revenues by $6.3 million
in 1989-90 and by $ 13 million in 1990
91. O'Connor said the proposed
increase in faculty salaries would be
divided between merit pay and cost
of living allowances, and in the past,
General Assembly legislators have
mandated that increases be split
equally.
"It (a salary increase) would
certainly be a boon to the faculty,"
O'Connor said.
Michael Stegman, chairman of the
Department of City and Regional
Planning, said Monday that if a
significant percentage of the pro
posed salary increases could be spent
on merit pay, UNC would be better
able to retain outstanding faculty that
other schools recruit.
"There are certainly some smiles on
the faces of faculty this morning,"
Stegman said. "I hope they arent
short-lived."
The proposed increase in faculty
salaries is the largest since a 10 percent
increase in 1985-86. The increases,
proposed as 12 percent in 1989-90 and
8 percent in 1990-91, are needed to
bring'UNC's faculty salaries to levels
competitive with other comparable
universities, Stegman said.
Increased merit pay funds are
crucial in retaining outstanding
faculty, Stegman said, and he believes
Chancellor Hardin will work hard
toward achieving better faculty
compensation.
For the Record
In Monday's story, "Renowned
author to relate theology, science in
lecture," the incorrect site was given
fpr Tuesday's John Calvin McNair
lecture. The lecture will be at 8 p.m.
in Hamilton Hall, Room 100.
Monday's story, "Groups to pro
mote alcohol awareness," omitted
one of the sponsors of an alcohol
free bar party Wednesday night at the
Cabaret in the Student Union. The
event, part of Alcohol Awareness
Week, is also sponsored by Marriott
Corp., who will provide food and
drinks.
In Monday's article "Societies
originate, maintain traditions for
University," The Daily Tar Heel
incorrectly reported that the Dialectic
and Philanthropic Societies Founda
tion owned the only portrait of James
K. Polk. The foundation owns the
only portrait, of Polk painted during
his presidency.
The society also did not endow
books for the University's library;
they endowed the library.
The story also inproperly identified
Douglass Hunt. Hunt is an alumnus
of the Dialectic society and now
serves as special assistant to the
chancellor.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the
errors.
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