Rape suspect arrested
in campus break-in
By Penny Kramb
WITCMINC YOU HAPPY HOWLING!
Staff photo by Phil Ross
By Penny Kramp
Asheville police ar
rested a 24-year~old Mar
shall man on firsWegree Babb, describes 8a
burglary charges in con- being about 5' 10",
nection with a break-in of
a UNCA dorm room on Oct.
24.
The man is also a sus
pect in the Feb. 13 rape
of a 21-year-old UNCA stu
dent in her dorm room.
Police charged Johnny
David Ray on Friday with
the breaking and entering T??'
of a Swain dormitory rooS f Appalactuan Hall.
early the morning of Oct. ^
2A-
Detective Don Babb of
the Asheville Police De
partment said the circum
stances of the two inci
dents are "very similar
Ray matches the descrip
tion of the rapist."
Babb describes Ray as
170
lbs., with dark curly hair
and a beard- almost the
exact description given to
us by the rape victim. ’*
Ray appeared at a pre
liminary hearing Monday
morning, where the court
gave him the choice of
paying $20,000 bond or be
ing released to the custo-
of the break-in, she awoke
at 2:50 a.m. last Wednes
day morning and saw a man
standing at the foot of
her bed.
*1 was so frightened I
could not scream," she
said.
She got the attention of
her boyfriend, who was
visiting. He tackled the
man, but after a brief
scuffle the man escaped.
Her boyfriend pursued
the man, who left via the
front entrance of Swain
was put xn custody of Ap- dorm and escaped in a sil-
palachian Hall, a private ^er Camaro, parked in the
psychiatric hospital, at
2:30 p.m. Monday, ac
cording to the Clerk of
Court’s office.
According to the victim
lot adjacent to the dorm.
A witness noted the li
cense number of the car
before it drove awa'
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Vi.larKe/Hendon campaign on campus
Jamie Clarke: My record speaks for itself^
Al/ PAMniy
By Penny Kramp
fiileventh District Con
gressman James McClure
Clarke (D-Fairview) is a
grandfatherly figure-the
type of man one could con
fide in about wrecking the
car, or ask for five dol
lars when mam and dad said
no.
His face is heavily
1?^ ' -K''
Staff photo by Penny Kramp
INOMBeNT JAMIE CLARKE
etched with the deep lines
experience brings. Clarke
speaks slowly and careful
ly . He smiles shyly more
often than he laughs.
Clarke does not attempt
to sell anything. He does
not attempt to win the
crowd with dynamic speech
es or rousing put-downs of
his opponent.
He simply states his
acc(HDplishnients in office
and what he hopes to a-
chieve if re-elected. To
Clarke that should be all
that is necessary.
Clarke spoke to UNCA
students about his a-
chievements and goals Fri
day . UNCA College Demo
crats and the Political
Science Association spon
sored the speech which
took place in the Private
Dining Room of the High-
smith Center.
Clarke, 67, makes his
speeches like he takes his
politics - slowly, stead
ily, one step at a time.
The issue in the fore
front of Clarkes*s mind is
world peace.
We naist reach an agree
ment on a nuclear freeze
with verifiable confirma
tion to keep ourselves and
the Russians from destroy
ing civilization," said
Clarke.
Clarke pointed out Amer
ica already has "the capa
city to blow up the world
several times over."
"We must start with
small steps and work up to
bigger xies, but we must
reduce the build up of
arms. Two ways to begin
are with a hot-line and a
con^rehensive nuclear arms
ban treaty," said Clarke.
However, Clarke denies
his opponent Bill Hendon's
accusation that he is an
anti-derense congressman.
"I have voted for de
fense every year. I did
vote against the MX mis
sile because it is not
needed. It would cost in
excess of $400 per every
man, woman, and child in
America," said Clarke.
Clarke warned the defi
cit created during the
Republican administration
may become insurmountable
if measures are not taken
soon. «
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Bill Hendon: 'America is back'
By Penny Kramp
Former congressman Wil
liam M. "Bill" Hendon (R-
Asheville) barrels into a
room, reminding one of a
traveling salesman wtiose
time is runnii^ out to
sell his product. The pro
duct Hendon is selling is
the Reagan team.
"Reagan team" are words
Hendon uses frequently,
linking himself with the
president as often as pos
sible.
Hendon is a ball of op
timistic energy as he
bounds around shaking
hands and introducing
himself.
Hendon guffaws when he
laughs, which is often,
and speaks boomingly,
which is also often.
We're gonna win this
thing friends. We*re gonna
win it," Hendon told UNCA
College Republicans at a
reception in his honor
last Wednesday in the Owen
Conference Center.
The club welcomed the
11th District Congression
al hopeful with a standing
ovation.
Hendon, 40, likes to
Staff photo by Penny Kramp
QiALL£HCBR BILL HENDON
tell stories. He began his
speech with the tale of
how he decided to run for
Congress in 1980.
"I was a local business
man. I had a successful'
career and a beautiful
family. Bufi^when I watched
the Iranian students jerk
down the American flag,
fill it full of garbage,
and dump it in the yard of
the U.S. Embassy on Nov.
8, 1979, I said, something
is wrong. I saw a need for
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