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Volume 98, Issue 116
Friday, December 7, 1990
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Saddam approves
release of all hostages
BAGHDAD, Iraq Saddam
Hussein told his parliament Thursday
to free all foreign hostages in response
to "positive changes" in the Persian
Gulf crisis, and he said Iraq should
apologize to the thousands who were
held.
Saddam said the reason for holding
foreigners to deter an attack had
diminished. He also said Iraqi troops
had been given the time to become
battle-ready.
The Iraqi leader also noted the
growing U.S. movement opposing
President Bush's efforts to form a con
sensus on using military action to dis
lodge Iraq from Kuwait.
The 250-seat National Assembly,
which routinely supports the ruling
Baath party leader, scheduled a meeting
for 1 1 a.m., Friday.
If the Assembly approves Saddam's
proposal as expected, it would be the
first time Iraq has agreed to abide by a
U.N. Security Council resolution on the
crisis sparked by Iraq s Aug. 2 invasion
of Kuwait.
Iraq holds thousands of foreigners.
whom it refers to as guests, borne ouu
of them have been moved to strategic
sites to serve as human shields to ward
off military action.
Ershad resigns,
swears in new leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh President
Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned
Thursday after ruling the country for
eight years, handing power to an interim
leader chosen by the opposition.
Ershad, a former army general who
took power in a 1982 coup, had faced
seven weeks of often violent, nationwide
protests against his government. On
Tuesday, he promised to step down as
soon as a replacement was named.
Earlier Thursday, Lrshad lifted the
state of emergency in effect since Nov.
27.
Later, he administered the oath of
office to Shahabuddin Ahmed, a po
litical independent nominated by the
country 's opposition parties as caretaker
vice president. He then signed a letter of
resignation, making Ahmed acting
president.
"Allah bless you," Ershad told Ahmed
after the 15-minute ceremonye. "You
have our blessings. I want peace to
return to society.'
Aide's testimony aids
Noriega prosecution
MIAMI Manuel Noriega's former
aide eave prosecutors a big boost
Thursday, pleading guilty to charges he
delivered hundreds of thousands of
dollars in drug money to the deposed
Panamanian leader.
The plea bargain by Luis del Cid
shores up a government case that m
recent months had bogged down in
disputes over frozen bank accounts,
lawyers' fees and leaked tapes of
Noriega's prison phone calls.
"The admission is significant," U.S.
attorney's office spokeswoman Diane
Cossin said. "The defense attorney has
asserted that his client is very knowl
edgeable."
However, Noriega defense attorney
Jon Mav said del Cid was simply one
more in a growing list of witnesses
whose testimony was bought with
Dromises of reduced sentences.
From Associated Press reports
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Opinion 10
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By LEE WEEKS
Staff Writer
The State Personnel Commission
made short work of UNC's controver
sial grievance procedure Thursday by
unanimously approving a revised policy
at a state hearing in Raleigh.
After the vote, UNC administrators
and personnel expressed both pleasure
MvestigatioJi begins into
cause of
Initial $500,000
By MATTHEW MIELKE
Staff Writer
The fire at University Press
Wednesday night in Brooks Hall left
extensive property damage and many
unanswered questions tor investigators
at the scene Thursday morning.
Caot. Rodney Murray of the Chapel
Hill fire department said Thursday that
80 percent of the building was burned.
The upper level was destroyed by fire.
but the basement was not as severely
damaged, he said.
'Some stuff downstairs could be
salvaged," he said.
Matthew Hodgson, University Press
director, said the blaze also destroyed a
collection housing every book the
company had published since its opening
in 1922.
Alarm systems
By PETER F. WALLSTEN
City Editor
As University Press employees stood
by and watched a three-alarm fire engulf
their workplace, some expressed dismay
that most of the building had already
burned before the fire department was
notified.
Several town officials also expressed
concern about the alarm system in
Brooks Hall, the home of the University
Press. The building, which was built in
1980 and was UNC-system property,
was equipped with a manual alarm
system.
The fire department was notified ot
the blaze at 6: 15 p.m. Wednesday, and
the blaze was extinguished by 7: 1 5 p.m.
The cause of the fire remains unknown,
Edwards:
By ELIZABETH BYRD
Senior Writer
The "jury" will be out for at least a
week on the University's appeal of Keith
Edwards grievance claiming that she
was a victim of racial and sexual dis
crimination. The State Personnel Commission
(SPC) heard arguments Thursday from
Alan McSurely, who represented
Edwards, and State Associate Attorney
General Lars Nance, who represented
UNC.
The SPC also heard the University
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Companies, and Bill Bayliss, a local attorney, ring bells on Franklin Street Thursday afternoon.
and discontent.
Chancellor Paul Hardin said he was
sure the revised policy would work for
employees." "It's a superb procedure
and the other one was not," he said.
The new procedure gives the Uni
versity more time to respond to a Step 2
grievance. The University now has 30
days to respond instead of five.
Brooks Hall ISre
damage estimate may increase
Representatives of the State Bureau
of Investigation, the Chapel Hill Fire
Department and the University Police
are conducting an investigation into the
fire, but they have not determined the
cause.
"It is going to take a couple of days,"
Murray said.
Fire Chief Daniel Jones said the ini
tial damage estimate was $500,000, but
that figure probably would increase.
A nearby family first alerted the fire
department about the fire, Jones said.
When the call was dispatched, the fire
already had burned through the roof.
"The basement is fairly intact," he
said. "We have got a lot of materials
covered with salvage covers."
The main cause of damage in the
basement was fallen debris, Jones said.
worry town, University officials
and representatives of the State Bureau
of Investigation are assisting town and
campus officials in the investigation.
Brooks Hall, located on the corner of
Boundary Street and Hooper Lane, was
built before the adoption of state codes
requiring the installation of sprinklers
and smoke detectors, said Chapel Hill
Mayor Jonathan Howes. The town ad
ministers the codes, he said.
Certain buildings, like Brooks Hall,
which were built before the code was
adopted should be changed to meet its
requirements, Howes said.
"Clearly the code needs to include
things like automatic fire alarms, smoke
detectors and sprinklers," he said. "(B ut)
it doesn't go as far as it should. (Brooks
Hall) is a building where they would be
Associate attorney general plays 'raiffairly
appeal of the discrimination grievance
of Helen Iverson, a UNC Physicians
and Associates employee.
McSurely said he thought the fact
that the two cases came at the same time
made an impact on the committee. "I
think the Personnel Commission was
struck by the fact of the Edwards case
and the Iverson case back to back," he
said. "On the whole, the hearing went
very well."
Edwards said she thought Nance
played unfairly. He presented the facts
in a misleading manner and waged a
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The new policy also requires em
ployees to file complaints seven days
after the incident about which they are
filing occurs. Under the old policy,
employees had 15 days to file.
The new procedure will allow em
ployees to have a lawyer in Step 3.
University employees have asked that
lawyers be allowed at all steps of the
Four firefighters received minor in
juries while combating the fire, he said.
Two firefighters stepped on nails in the
building, and the other two suffered
muscle injuries.
Officials examined the central section
of the building Thursday afternoon.
Jones said investigators allowed
University Press employees to salvage
items from the basement.
Hodgson said he was able to salvage
computers and layout materials.
He also said University Press would
look for a location to rebuild.
UNC-system President CD.
Spangler said he thought the University
system should help the University Press
find a temporary location. "I would
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quite appropriate.
University officials are concerned
about the swiftness of the spread of
Wednesday's fire, and the dangers it
implies for other campus buildings
without sprinklers.
"That's concerned all of us," said
Gene Swecker, associate vice chancel
lor for facilities management. "It's
highly unusual for a building (fire) to
get out of control that quickly."
UNC-system President CD.
Spangler said the alarm system in Brooks
Hall had not performed adequately and
that the fire department should have had
earlier warning. Richard Hendel, asso
ciate director of the UNC Press, was in
See ALARMS, page 6
personal attack on administrative law
Judge Delores Nesnow, she said.
Nesnow decided in favor of Edwards in
a July 19 hearing.
In her decision Nesnow awarded
Edwards reasonable attorney's fees and
ordered the University to promote her
to lieutenant in the campus police de
partment for four months.
"Lars Nance twisted around a lot of
the facts to benefit the University's side,"
Edwards said. "He questioned
(Nesnow's) integrity, qualifications and
her ability as a judge. He said she was
process.
Many University employees said they
disagreed with the approved policy
because they felt some of the stipulations
would hinder employees with griev
ances. Keith Edwards, aUNC police officer
who has filed four grievances against
the University for sexual and racial
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and Scott Burrell (24) Thursday night at the Smith Center. See story, page 7.
more or less incompetent. The whole he said. "Lawyers don't do that often.?
time (during his argument) he just talked Edwards said she hoped Nance's
about her decision." rhetoric would not confuse the panel or
McSurely said he was surprised at prevent it from examining the real issue
Nance'stactics."Ithoughtitwasunusual i-inrno c
to be so personally critical of a judge," See EDWARDS, page 5
Foundation to give UNC
$3.5 million campaign gift
By SHANNON 0'GRADY
Stan Writer
The Educational Foundation (Rams
Club) will make a $3.5 million gift to
the University for the 1993 Bicentennial
Campaign, Chancellor Paul Hardin said
Wednesday.
About $2.3 million of the gift will be
used to build a new complex for the
Graduate School of Business. The re
maining $1.2 million will be used to
fulfill other University needs at Hardin's
discretion.
Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi
ness and finance, said the Educational
Foundation made the decision to apply
part of the gift toward the new business
school complex.
"It is unusual that some of it (the gift)
Police release
composite of
kidnap suspect
From staff reports
A composite drawing of the abductor
in a kidnapping incident that occurred
Monday afternoon was made available
by Chapel Hill police Thursday.
Around 4:15 p.m., a woman in the
parking lot of University Mall was ap
proached by a man with a gun. The man
forced the woman into her car and made
her drive to an unknown residence off
Manns Chapel Road in Chatham
County.
The woman was forced into the
residence and ordered to stay in a front
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discrimination, said the University was
asking fortrouble by adopting the policy.
"I really feel the University is going
to see more lawsuits as a result, because
right now tension in some departments'
is at the point where people are at each"'
other's throats," she said. "We may.
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is left for the chancellor's discretion,"
he said. "Between 80 and 90 percent of
the gifts to the University, depending
on the year, are designated for a certain
area or institution."
Robert Sweeney, Bicentennial
Campaign director, said the gift was
one of the largest donations to an aca
demic fund-raising drive the University
had ever received from a campus athletic
association.
The Educational Foundation usually
raises funds for student-athlete schol
arships. Hardin said the gift was an important
symbol of the University 's commitment
to education. "The Foundation has a
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