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100th Year of Editorial Freedom
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Volume 100, Issue 127
WEDNESDAY
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from state, nation and world
Cflnton efforts to stop
Haitian exodus prevail
PORT-DU-PRINCE, Haiti Bill
Clinton appears to have succeeded,
for now, in averting an exodus of
Haitian boat people, based on
interviews with refugee and Coast
Guard officials, ordinary Haitians,
and an aerial survey of the coast.
But without the return of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, it remains
unclear how long Haitians, desperate
for a better life, can be dissuaded
from attempting the dangerous
voyage toward American shores.
Clinton’s decision last week to
continue the quick return of boat
people, coupled with a U.S. naval
deployment off Haiti and a U.N.-
brokered agreement among rival
Haitian groups, appears to be
discouraging Haitians from taking to
the seas.
Since Saturday, after the Coast
Guard sent 22 ships to surround Haiti
in Operation Able Manner, just one
small boatload of 49 refugees has
been picked up.
New admHslratioii
may charge pro-lifers
WASHINGTON The Supreme
Court on Tuesday gave the Clinton
administration an early opportunity to
confront Operation Rescue and other
groups that stage protests to block
women’s access to abortion clinics.
The court said it wanted to know
whether Justice Department lawyers
think a federal racketeering law can
be used to sue protesters who try to
close abortion clinics or stop women
from using them.
The response is sure to be filed by
a Clinton administration generally
regarded as favoring abortion rights.
A federal appellate court in
Chicago said the law, the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
(RICO) Act, did not apply to tactics
used by Operation Rescue and other
anti-abortion groups.
But federal courts in New York
and Philadelphia have levied huge
fines against the groups for violations.
Mnton nominee admits
she hired legal alens
WASHINGTON Attomey
general-designate Zoe Baird apolo
gized Tuesday for hiring illegal
immigrants and said she had acted as
a mother instead of a lawyer when she
broke federal law to obtain care for
her young son.
“It was a violation of the law,”
Baird told the Senate Judiciary
Committee, which still appeared
inclined to approve her nomination.
“Our decision to hire the couple was
wrong, and I deeply regret it.”
Baird repeatedly asserted she was
offering explanations and not excuses
and would not do it again.
Since being named by president
elect Clinton to head the Justice
Department, Baird has paid back
Social Security taxes and $2,900 in
civil fines for hiring the couple, who
worked for her for two years.
Hunt's ex-law partner
testifies m hearing
RALEIGH A former law partner
of Gov. Jim Hunt testified Tuesday
before a federal grand jury that is
investigating whether phone conver-
sations of Hunt’s
opponent, Jim
Gardner, were
illegally moni
tored during last
year’s election.
Attorney
Samuel W.
Johnson of
Rocky Mount, a
partner in the
Poyner & Spruill
law firm, had no
limHunt
comment as he left the courthouse.
The grand jury in November began
investigating allegations by Raymond
Livesay that his former girlfriend,
Beverly Smith, eavesdropped on
cellular phone conversation between
Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner and
his son.
The King tours U.S.A.,
'returns to sender 1
' WASHINGTON —Fans of El vis
Presley have found yet another way to
memorialize their hero and one of his
most popular songs.
Some are using the new Elvis
stamps to mail letters to non-existent
addresses, postal officials said.
Such letters come back to them, of
course, marked “Return to Sender.”
—'The Associated Press
No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. Thomas Jefferson
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Saddam offers
cease-fire to end
allied bombings
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq— Iraq sought to
cool its confrontation with the West
by promising Tuesday to stop firing at
allied aircraft in “no-fly” zones if
bombing attacks halted. It also ap
pealed to President-elect Clinton for
talks.
Attacked for a third straight day,
Saddam Hussein’s government also
received a promise of help from the
Vatican in putting its case before the
United Nations.
Iraq said it wanted to give Clinton a
calmer atmosphere after his inaugura
tion today to study the confrontation,
which Iraq blamed on what it called
President Bush’s personal animosity
for Saddam.
At the United Nations, Iraqi Am
bassador Nizar Hamdoun said
Baghdad also would inform the United
Nations that its weapons inspectors
would be allowed to fly into Iraq from
Bahrain. Iraq’s blocking of the flights
was one factor that prompted the re
cent allied air attacks.
Earlier in the day, an “open letter”
to Clinton from Saddam’s spokesman
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Tonya "Air" Sampson lunges to the hoop for two of her game-high 23 points Tuesday
UNC survives Duke’s
gritty 2nd half surge
By Mary Lafferty
Staff Writer
It was ugly. Just plain ugly. Just as it
should have been.
It was UNC versus Duke in women’s
basketball this matchup should al
ways be ugly. It’s written, somewhere.
Thus, when the Blue Devils (8-6 ove
rall, 0-5 ACC) traveled the legendary
eight miles to Carmichael Auditorium
to visit the No. 20 Tar Heels (12-2,3-2),
throw away the records. It was a scrappy,
rough, ugly game.
Clinton may restore counseling options
Editor's note: The following is the
last in a series examining the effects of
the so-called "gag rule" on local and
national family planning clinics.
By Joyce Clark
Staff Writer
The life of the so-called abortion gag
rule imposed on federally funded fam
ily-planning clinics might be expiring
along with the Bush administration.
President-elect Bill Clinton takes
office today, and pro-choice advocates
believe the. change in the presidency
will mean an end to the gag rule.
The rale, enacted under the Reagan
administration in 1988, originally pro-
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
urged the incoming president to stop
allied bombing raids and to adopt a
more conciliatory approach to Iraq.
Clinton has supported Bush’s han
dling of the dispute.
Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams
welcomed the cease-fire offer but said
Iraq had to remove weapons that threat
ened American, British and French
planes in the air exclusion zones in
northern and southern Iraq. The Iraqis
also must stop hindering U.N. weapon
inspections agreed to in the Persian
Gulf War cease-fire, he said.
Even before Iraq’s announcement,
the U.N. Security Council had sched
uled a private meeting for late in the
day Tuesday to discuss the situation.
The airraids, led by the United States,
have drawn criticism from Arab states
and some Western nations, such as
Russia and the Netherlands.
Saddam’sgovemmentsaidin atele
vision broadcast that its unilateral
cease-fire was to take effect at mid
night Tuesday. It called the step “a
gesture of good will toward tire new
See IRAQ, page 7
The Tar Heels won, as expected, 66-
54. But it wasn’t easy.
“We were lucky we won,” UNC
coach Sylvia Hatchell said.
At first it didn’t seem to be a difficult
time for the Tar Heels. They started out
on a 10-0 run, beginning with two 3-
pointers by junior Tonya Sampson
See DUKE, page 7
hibited federally
funded, or Title X,
medical personnel
from providing
abortion counsel
ing in family-plan
ning clinics. The
rale was amended
in 1991 to exempt
doctors from the
provisions.
The current status of the gag rale is
uncertain.
Clinton vowed to revoke the gag rale
during his first day s in office, and health
care professionals and pro-choice ad
vocates continue to wait in anxious an-
Fewer crimes cited
on campus in 1992
By Holly Stepp
Staff Writer
The campus was a safer place in
1992, at least according to 1992 crime
figures recently released by the Univer
sity Police Department.
Crime statistics released by the Uni
versity Police show a slight decrease in
the number of reported on-campus
crimes in 1992 from the number re
ported in 1991. The statistics reflect
only crimes reported to University Po
lice, and the Chapel Hill police have yet
to release 1992 totals.
The compilation of reported offenses
listed a total of 872 offenses for the
year, slightly less than the 898 reported
in 1991.
Arrests for drug, alcohol and weapon
violations increased to 135, as com
pared to 41 in 1991 and 62 in 1990.
University Police Chief Alana Ennis
said she believed there was no single
reason for the decrease in the amount of
crime reported on campus.
“No one can really answer that ques
tion; there are many variables to con
sider,” Ennis said. “It is dangerous to
make assumptions from just looking at
the figures.”
However, Ennis said she thought the
campus generally was safe to students
who acted with a little common sense.
“We have expanded our crime pre
vention and education programs, and
we would like to think that has helped,
but that is just one variable,” she said.
“No place is completely crime-free.”
Melinda Manning, co-chairwoman
of the Rape Action Project, said she
believed that although campus might be
Districts
may change
once again
By Marty Minchin
Assistant Grover.ity Editor
The districts for the upcoming Stu
dent Congress elections might change
again if congress members pass a
new bill calling for more districts and
more candidates.
Reps. Bret Batdorff, Dist 20, and
Philip Charles-Pieire, Dist 17, intro
duced a bill to die Rules and Judi
ciary Committee Tuesday that pro
poses several changes to the recently
adopted districts.
The committee voted unanimously
to recommend the bill favorably to
congress at its Thursday meeting.
Campus elections are slated for
Feb. 9.
“I think this is a good step towards
fairness and having more proportional
districts,” Batdorff said. “My sense
after talking to many members of
congress is that they all wanted some
sort of middle ground, and I hope that
they judge this as that.”
Hie present districts, which were
passed at last Wednesday’s congress
meeting after more than 1 1/2 hours
of debate, divide off-campus under
graduates into four square districts
with boundaries at the intersection of
Franklin and Columbia streets.
The proposed change in the dis
tricts divides the northeast district at
Estes Drive, creating two districts.
The bill also would increase the num
ber of elected congress members from
33 to the original 39.
Tfce large number of apartments
and sorority and fraternity houses in
this district called for more represen
tation than the original three seats
assigned to the district provided,
Charles-Pierre said.
“They’re not perfect, but they’re
fair,” he said.
ticipation.
Patsy Upton, a family-planning so
cial worker for the N.C. Department of
Social Services, said she believed all
options should be readily accessible to
women. She said this could be accom
plished by overturning the gag rule.
But currently, nurse practitioners in
these clinics are confused about whether
they may provide abortion counseling.
The complex history behind the rul-
See CLINICS, page 7
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CRIME STATISTICS u
OFFENSES
REPORTED 1990 1991 1992^^
Murder 1 _1 0
Rape 0 2
Robbery _ 10 3
Assault _ 22 44 27 J '
Burglary/ 200 253 216
Breaking &c Entering
Larceny 506 546 473
Motor Vehicle Theft 18 11 17
ARRESTS I
Alcohol Violation 47 38 104 MBE
Drug Violation 8 1 24
Weapon Violation 7 2 1 BHraQgil
TOTALS 810 898 8721
Source: UNC-CH Police Department Records DTH Graphic/Justin Scheef
safe in some aspects, it had not become
any less of a breeding ground for rape
and sexual assault.
“I come into contact with a lot of rape
victims, victims of rapes that occur here
on campus,” Manning said.
“It is not fair to say that the campus is
safe in such general terms.”
One rape was reported to the Univer
sity Police this year, but a rape and
several sexual assaults on campus were
reported to the Chapel Hill Police De
partment.
The Aug. 28 rape of a Granville Tow
Committee seeks
apartment safety
By Leah A. Campbell
Staff Writer
Members of a committee on apart
ment security said Tuesday that although
some Chapel Hill apartment complexes
failed to provide adequate safety mea
sures, it would be impossible to force
them to comply with minimum stan
dards.
Members of the Law Enforcement
and Support Committee, a subcommit
tee of the Violent Crime and Drug Abuse
Task Force, decided not to recommend
that the Chapel Hill Town Council force
compliance by those complexes that do
not meet minimum standards.
Committee member Diana Robinson
said students should be aware that some
apartment managers allow renters to
install their own additional safety de
vices when landlords do not provide
them.
Committee member Jim Huegerich
said he thought legislation for mini
mum standards would not be an effec
tive way to ensure compliance.
“I think that if we use positive rein
forcement for those complexes which
are doing a good job and ask others for
voluntary compliance, we will see
changes,” he said.
Huegerich added that minimum se
curity standards for apartment com
plexes would be difficult to enforce.
Committee chairwoman Rosemary
MIX Celebration Schedule nl Events
Wednesday, Jan. 20
8 a.m.-12 noon-Housekeepers Appreciation Day. Students will be paired with
housekeepers.
12 noon-“A Show of Hands,” Polk Place, UNC Campus (Quad area in front of
South Building)
1 p.m.-MLK Discussion/Forum: “Rap, Race and Religion,” The Sonja Haynes
Stone Black Culture Center
2 p.m.-Video and discussion: “The Rumors and Facts of Poverty and Civil
Responsibility” Union 206
3 p.m.-Forum and panel discussion: “It’s Not Just Black and White” Union 224
4 p.m.-Discussion and forum: “The Universality of Civil Rights” Union 208-209
6:30 p.m.-Residence Hall Programs: Further information at your area office
6:30 p.m.-Lecture/Discussion: Dr. Yvan das d6res Silva, “Martin Luther King and
Mahatma Gandhi; Carmichael Ballroom
Thursday, Jan. 21 " ~
12 noon- MLK Discussion/Forum: “Dr. King and Education;” Sonja Haynes Stone
Black Cultural Center
4 p.m.-Video and Discussion: “Muslims in America” Union 208
7:30 p.m.-“l, Too, Sing America" Union 208
Friday, Jan. 22 ~ ~~
6:30 p.m.-Candlelight Vigil; The Pit
7 p.m.-Lecture: Lerone Bennett, Jr., “Martin Luther King: The Man, The Message,
and Our Times,” Presentation of Scholarship; Memorial Hall
Saterjay, Jan. 23 _____________
12 noon-Lecture/Demonstration: James Chapman, “The Principles of Empower
ment;” Great Hall
8 p.m.-Play: “Our Young Black Men Are Dying and No One Seems to Care;”
Memorial Hall
_ Sunday, Jan. 24
3 p.m.-“Martin Luther King Memorial Celebration” Sonja Haynes Stone Black
Cultural Center
sportsline
NAMED: Dallas defensive coordinator
Dave Wannstedt as coach of the Chicago
Bears. He replaces Mike Ditka, whose
fortunes fell as Wannstedfs rose with the
Super Bowl-bound Cowboys. The surprise
announcement came two weeks aftef Ditka
was fired following 11 seasons with the
Bears.
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ers resident, in which an escaped con
vict has been charged, was not included
in the report because Granville Towers
is not included in the jurisdiction of the
University Police.
Ennis said the department would con
tinue to encourage students to find safe
escorts at night.
“We try to encourage students and
faculty and staff to take advantage of
the escort services such as SAFE Escort
and Point-2-Point,” she said.
“In some cases, we simply tell people
that these places are not safe after dark.”
Waldorf said about 90 percent of the
apartment complexes in town took part
in a recent survey on apartment safety.
The survey, given to managers from
35 different apartment complexes, found
that several important safety measures
were lacking.
Some of the areas that need attention
include changing or rekeying deadbolts
when tenants move out, providing ad
equate lighting and installing peepholes
and deadbolt locks.
Chapel Hill Police Chief Ralph
Pendergraph said he was pleased with
the overall outcome of the survey.
“I am really surprised at the amount
of safety features that some apartment
complexes have, and I am really pleased
to see it,” he said.
Despite some exceptions, most apart
ment complexes had adequate security
measures, Pendergraph said. He added
that he was glad to see that apartment
complexes that had had problems with
crime had beefed up their security.
“Things have improved significantly
in Chapel Hill,” he said. “Many of the
places which saw some trouble in the
past have now put security people on
the premises.”
Pendergraph said the rise in drug use
had caused the increase in apartment
burglaries.
“Apartments have become more of a
See APARTMENTS, page 7