4fThe Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 5, 1989
State, and National
East Germany closes-doors to- end
By CHUCK WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
East Germany blocked further emi
gration to West Germany on Tuesday
by putting an end to visa-free travel to
Czechoslavakia after agreeing to let
10,000 more people flee to West Ger
many from Prague.
This wave was the second mass
movement in the last four days. About
5,000 East Germans were allowed to
travel to West Germany from Prague
last weekend.
Since May, nearly 40,000 people
have fled to West Germany, first
through Hungary and, more recently,
by seeking asylum at the West German
embassy in Prague.
As has been the case since East
Germany was formed in 1949, the
Easley becomes 1 st official candidate in 1
By KIMBERLEY MAXWELL
Staff Writer
Mike Easley, district attorney for
Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick
counties, announced his candidacy
Monday for the Democratic nomina
tion in the 1 990 U.S. Senate race against
Republican incumbent Jesse Helms.
Easley said he was running because
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Newuy enaciceo law
moped ridel's to wear helmets
By KYLE YORK SPENCER
Staff Writer
A law requiring moped riders and
their passengers to wear safety helmets
was passed by the General Assembly
earlier this year, and went into effect
Sunday.
Helmets must meet the standards of
the U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT), announced Commissioner
William Hiatt of the Division of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) last Thursday. They
must be labeled on the outer surface in
a contrasting color, and the letters
"DOT' must appear on the helmet with
the manufacturer's certification indi
cating that the helmet conforms to the
federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Riders without helmets will be fined
$25.
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Soviet Union and United States have a
vested interest in the relations between
the two countries. For perhaps the first
time, however, the Soviet Union has
been encouraging freedom and civil
liberties for East Germans.
As Mikhail Gorbachev prepares to
visit East Germany for its 40th anniver
sary tomorrow and Saturday, East
German officials are hoping for a
trouble-free visit. As a result, the Sovi
ets have been encouraging East Ger
man concessions in allowing the emi
grations. Experts agree Gorbachev must be
careful not to step on any toes, since he
this was an important time in our coun
try, said Mike McCorkle, acting cam
paign adviser for Easley. The nation is
about to enter the 21st century, and we
must make crucial decisions now that
will affect our future, he said.
Easley is the only candidate who has
officially entered the race. Former N.C.
Sen. R.P. Thomas is expected to an
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number of mopeds on N.C. roads and
highways, according to Vernon Mor
ton, special assistant to the commis
sioner of motor vehicles. This increase
has led to more accidents in the past
few years.
Last year nine moped riders were
killed in accidents in North Carolina
and 84 were seriously injured, accord
ing to DMV traffic statistics. In 1988
there were 401 moped accidents in the
state.
The General Assembly passed the
bill when it found supporting data that
a moped helmet law could save lives,
Morton said.
Helmets can make the difference be
tween a severe and minor accident,
Morton said. Unlike motorcycle riders,
who are often injured even when they
wear helmets, moped riders, who aren't
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needs to protect the strong Soviet ties
with East German government while at
the same time preaching his popular
message of new freedoms for eastern
Soviet bloc nations.
"Most of the emigrants are young
families and young children," said a
spokesman for the West German em
bassy. "Most are also highly skilled
workers and professionals."
Although East Germany allowed the
initial wave of migration, the govern
ment is not pleased with the ensuing
flood of would-be emigrants.
"It was our decision to let these people
go from Czechoslovakia," said a
spokesman for the East German em
bassy. "These people are leaving be
cause we allowed them to."
East Germany has criticized West
nounce his candidacy soon.
Lawrence Davis, chairman of the
N.C. Democratic Party, said he expects
more people to join the race.
"We have had about 20 people ex
pressing interest in running," he said.
William Friday, former UNC sys
tem president, announced last Friday
that he would seek the nomination.
requires
able to go as fast, can prevent severe
head injuries by wearing a helmet.
The Chapel Hill Police Department
has not yet fined any moped riders
without helmets, said Capt. Ralph
Pendergraph.
"Usually we go for a couple of weeks
of warning." .
For many UNC moped riders like
sophomore Nori Sie, the helmet law is
an inconvenience.
"It's kind of a pain, and I'd rather not
wear a helmet. But now I have to go out
and buy one."
Other students, such as junior Hanno
Ekdahl, oppose the new law because
moped riders generally go short dis
tances at speeds no greater than 35
mph. A bicycle going downhill can
easily reach 25 mph, but bicyclists do
not have to wear helmets, Ekdahl said.
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Germany for offering a passport to any
East German who travels west and
requests a passport.
"A West German passport is avail
able to any East German who wants
one," said the East German embassy
spokesman. "I believe many will find
that West German life won't be so
great."
West Germany says it makes no
distinction between East and West
Germans.
"We only acknowledge one German
citizenship," said the embassy spokes
man. "There is no special West Ger
man citizenship. The minute anyone
from East Germany comes to the em
bassy and claims a passport we give
them one."
. Media coverage and recent conces
Easley is concerned with the
country's illegal drug problem and has
addressed the problem as district attor
ney, McCorkle said. But drugs would
not be Easley 's only issue as senator, he
added.
Easley plans to use his perspective
as a working parent in the U.S. Senate,
McCorkle said. Easley said the con
Supreme Court opens
By ALAN MARTIN
Staff Writer
With the nation still trying to de
termine where it stands on pressing
moral problems dealt with in the last
Supreme Court session, the high court
reconvened Monday and plans to
reconsider some of the issues that
caused controversy in the last ses
sion. The court will hear cases regard
ing abortion and the right to privacy,
according to Donna Lefebvre, a po
litical science lecturer at UNC.
However, the court is planning to
back away from civil rights contro
versies in order to see how recent
decisions will be handled by subor
dinate courts, said Clint Bolick of the
Free Congress Foundation in Wash
ington. The abortion cases come from
Ohio, Minnesota and Illinois, said
Dan Pollitt, professor at the UNC
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mass emigration
sions in other Eastern bloc countries
have been named as causes of the re
cent flood of people.
"The major reason was publicity,"
said the West German spokesman.
"Hungary had removed the Iron Cur
tain between there and West Germany.
"The people saw this as a loophole
and this activated a desire to get out.
East Germany is now an isle of stagna
tion in a sea of movement. Many people
see this as a one-time chance to start a
new life.
"People see this on television and it
causes a chain reaction. They fear a
crackdown that the loophole will be
closed later. Hungary was a one time
thing."
The East German embassy agrees
that media coverage has a lot to do with
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cerns of the middle and working classes
have been forgotten in the nation's
politics. He also wants to add a practi
cal point of view to politics.
Easley has not made public the main
issues of his campaign, McCorkle said.
Voters in North Carolina have ex
pressed concern on many issues through
polls, Davis said. Voters are most con
School of Law. The first two cases
regard state laws which require paren
tal notification of minors who pursue
abortions. The third involves a state
law requiring abortion clinics to up
grade their facilities to an extent that
will make their services prohibitively
expensive, he said.
Pollitt said he expected the court to
uphold these cases that undermine Roe
vs. Wade because four of the nine jus
tices openly oppose that landmark
decision and welcome the opportunity
to counter it.
The climate of renewed debate on
abortion is affecting the political arena
across the country, Pollitt said. Repub
lican candidates in New York City,
New Jersey and Virginia have reversed
their positions to pro-choice to recon
cile themselves with young, female,
Republican voters, he said.
The National Abortion Rights Ac
tion League also fears these laws will
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the increased number of emigrants.
"Ninety-five percent of our people
can watch West German television,"
said the spokesman. "If we see it all the
time it encourages leaving."
The future of the wave of emigrants
is uncertain. Numbers are expected to
decline now that restrictions on travel
have been imposed. i
The number of people applying! and
leaving legally is greater than 'the
number trying to leave illegally. Offi
cials believe the large numbers of people
arriving in West Germany have ceased
for the time being.
"We don't anticipate a mass exo
dus," the spokesman said. "The people
cannot leave East Germany without a
passport." '.
cerned with education, the economy,
jobs, illegal drugs, crime, industry' and
the environment.
Easley has said campaigning will in
no way affect his job as district attor
ney, McCorkle said.
"He is committed to do whatever is
necessary," and will be dedicated to
both activities, he said.
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be upheld, according to spokes
woman Holly Marrow. She does not
expect the current court to uphold a
woman's right to reproductive
choice.
The effects will be devastating in
terms of women's health, she said.
She predicts that teenage girls will
resort to self-induced abortions and
visit "back alley butchers" if the state
laws are affirmed. The position of
her organization is that required
parental notification is wrong be
cause "you can't legislate good family
communication," she said. '.
The cases regarding the right to
privacy and its derivatives, the right
to abort and right to die, come from
the Missouri courts, which deter
mined in a split decision that the
state' interest in life supersedes the
wishes of the parents of a 32-year-old
woman on life support, Pollitt
said.
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