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(Oip My ®ar 1M £ Volume 101, Issue 68 A century of editorialfreedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world South Africa Begins Talks To End All-White Control CAPE TOWN, South Africa—A spe cial session of Parliament began consider ing legislation Monday to end white rule, and black leader Nelson Mandela prom ised to endorse lifting sanctions once the laws were passed. The 11-day session is expected to pass bills giving blacks a role in running the country for the first time in South African history. A vote on the key measure setting up a transitional multiracial coun cil that wouldhelpgovemthecountryuntil elections next year is expected next week. Approval appears certain because Presi dent F.W. de Klerk’s governing National Party, which supports the plan, controls the all-white Parliament. Ex-Husband Says Lesbian Should Keep Two-Year-Old RICHMOND, Va. —Aman whose ex wife lost custody of their 2-year-old son to her mother because she was a lesbian said he believed she should raise the child. Dermis Doustou separated from Sharon Bottoms when she was two months preg nant. Although he was present for Tyler Doustou’s birth, his involvement in his son’s life virtually ended there. However, Doustou said he wanted to get involved again now that Bottoms’ mother, Pamela Kay Bottoms, had won custody. Parsons refused to let Doustou give his opinion about who should raise the child. Kay Bottoms’ lawyer, Richard Ryder, ar gued that Doustou gave up custody when the divorce was final in June 1992 and had contributed only $65 in child support. Judges Argue Specifics Of Military Policy on Gays WASHINGTON Judges on a fed eral appeals court sparred with lawyers Monday over whether an admitted homo sexual who also was celibate would be discharged from the military under pre- Clinton administration rules. The issue was raised when Justice De partment lawyer Anthony Steinmeyerwas explaining the difference in military policy toward homosexuals before the Clinton administration adopted the “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule that would go into effect next month. Steinmeyer said the military defined a homosexual as a person whose conduct, activities, desire and intent showed that he was gay. Such a person would not have the desire for sex and therefore would not fall under the military’s definition of a homo sexual, according to Steinmeyer HUD Aide Arranged Deals, Federal Prosecutor Says W ASHINGTON—Former HUD aide Deborah Gore Dean arranged lucrative deals for developers that enriched her fam ily and friends, providing $250,000 to former Attorney General John Mitchell, prosecutors said Monday at the start of Dean’s influence-peddling trial. Dean’s lawyer defending his client on 12 felony charges said the former executive assistant to HUD Secretary Sam Pierce during the Reagan administration was innocent and all her actions were taken at the behest of her boss. Dean took steps that funneled $66 mil lion worth of HUD work to various devel opers and she was an illustration of “power and how it can corrupt,” prosecutor Rob ert O’Neal said. Clinton Prepares to Lobby For Needed NAFTA Votes WASHINGTON— The 'Clinton ad ministration was preparing a high-profile start Monday to its fall lobbying campaign on behalf of a free trade agreement linking the United States, Mexico and Canada. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen confi dently predicted the administration would be able to overcome formidable congres sional opposition. One day after presiding at the signing of a Middle East peace agreement, President Clinton was to sign environmental and labor side pacts to the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement on Tues day with former presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford looking on. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Mostly sunny; high 87. WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny, 20- percent chance of showers; high 87. Israel, PLO Sign Historic Peace Treaty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON ln a breathtaking moment ofhope and history, Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin exchanged a handshake of peace before a cheering White House audience Monday after the signing of a Palestine Liberation Organization-Israeli treaty that once seemed unimaginable. “Enough of blood and tears. Enough,” the gravelly voiced Rabin said with emo tion. “We wish to open anew chapter in the sad book of our lives together, a chapter of mutual recognition, of good neighborli ness, ofmutual respect, ofunderstanding.” Arafat, wearing his trademark kaffiyeh draped in the shape of a map of Palestine, said the agreement should mark “the end of a chapter of pain and suffering which has lasted throughout this century.” The two men, mortal enemies for a generation, watched from several feet apart as aides signed historic agreements that would bring Palestinian rule to the Israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Then, drawn toward Rabin by Presi dent Clinton, a grinning Arafat extended his hand. After a second’s hesitation, the prime minister reached out for a businesslike handshake. Rabin, who as an Israeli gen eral captured the West Bank and Gaza, was stony-faced. Cheers of delight roared from the crowd of 3,000 people assembled on the sun soaked South Lawn. The audience included former Presi dents Carter and Bush, both instrumental in moving peace talks ahead. There were eight former secretaries of state, the Cabi net, the Supreme Court and most members of Congress present as well as diplomats and Arab and Jewish leaders in the United States. Jihan Sadat, the widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was assassi nated for making peace with Israel, also was present. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse ofthe Soviet Union, a peace agree ment between Israel and the PLO is an other dizzying event that had seemed im possible. Town Council Implements Stricter Smoking Policy BY ROCHELLE KLASKIN STAFF WRITER The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to implement new restrictions on smoking in town build ings and vehicles, despite state regulations that limited its local authority to do so. In July, the state enacted new smoking regulations prohibiting local municipali ties from amending existing ordinances after July 17 or enacting any new regula tions after Oct. 15. Although Chapel Hill already has an ordinance regulating smoking, the ordi nance does not include town buildings or vehicles. Smoking in town buildings and vehicles previously had been limited to town policy, so the council legally was able to adopt new restrictions Monday night. “We are taking town policy and fash ioning them into an ordinance. We are legislating anew ordinance,” said Mayor Ken Broun. While local municipalities are not able to enact stricter amendments, they are al lowed to enact new legislation if none existed previously. Although many coun cil members expressed an interest in creat ing a stricter smoking ordinance, the possi bility of it being overturned in court was a risk that members did not want to take. The only option to enact a stricter ordi nance would be to repeal the existing ordi nance and create anew one by Oct. 15. But the town manager, attorney and mayor all said they thought the council Grand Jury to Decide Today Whether to Indict Student BY JUDITH SIVIGLIA STAFF WRITER A grand jury is expected to decide today whether to indict a UNC pharmacy stu dent for shooting a Carrboro resident. Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox brought the case before the grand jury Monday, but the jury did not release its decision because of a heavy case load. Charles Herring Jr., 24, was arrested Aug. 11 and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflict ing serious injury. According to police re ports, Herring was awakened by a noise outside his West Franklin Street apart ment Aug. 11. When he went outside, he told police he saw Earl Lewis Holeman Jr. Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. Oscar Wilde Chapol Hill, North Caroliaa TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1993 I I . * l DTH/JUSTIN WILLIAMS Rabbi Frank Fischer and Rabbi Andy Koren (upper right) watch the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace pact on television Monday morning with students at N.C. Hillel, home of the UNC Jewish student organization, on Cameron Avenue. Y et, after months of secret negotiations, the PLO last week recognized the right of Israel to live in peace and renounced vio lence; Israel in turn recognized the PLO as the representative of Palestinians. The fast-moving chain of events is ex pected to continue Tuesday with announce ment by Jordan and Israel at the State Department of agreement on a negotiating would be challenged in court for trying to conceal an amendment that would be stricter than the existing ordinance. “The state says attempting to amend the ordinance would be invalid,” Broun said. Broun added that if the council went to court, it could be in danger of being left with no smoking regulations at all. Chapel Hill resident Don Stanford, a local attorney, spoke before the council to encourage members to try to circumvent state law to pass a stricter ordinance. “There is a course of action that does involve a calculated risk to repeal the existing ordinance,” he said. But the council plans to wait to see what regulations the Orange County Board of Health will enact with its impending countywide smoking-control rules. If stricter rules are implemented by the board ofhealth, the rules will supersede the Chapel Hill ordinance in Orange County. The council passed five restrictions: ■ Smoking will be prohibited in any town building owned, managed or con trolled by the town of Chapel Hill; ■ Smoking will be prohibited in all Chapel Hill Transit vehicles; ■ Smoking will be allowed in othertown vehicles if all occupants agree, excluding those cars shared by different departments; ■ Smoking will be prohibited within Chapel Hill bus shelters that are enclosed on more than two sides; and ■ Smoking will be permitted outside of town buildings on land owned by the town of Chapel Hill. trying to steal his bicycle. Police reports state that Herring shot Holeman in the chest with a .22- caliber gun. On Friday, Aug. 27, Holeman was ar rested and charged with one count of in jury to personal property and damaging and injuring Herring’sbicycle, reports state. District Judge Patricia Love dismissed the case at a preliminary hearing Aug. 27, when Holeman, the state’s primary wit ness, did not appear in court. “He didn’t know he was supposed to be there,” said Barry Winston, Holeman’s civil attorney. Fox was in court Monday and could not be reached for comment. After the preliminary hearing, Winston and Holeman approached Fox about bring ing the case to a grand jury. agenda that could lead to a peace treaty and diplomatic relations. The success of the Israeli-PLO agree ment depends on the international com munity providing billions of dollars to de velop the economy of the West Bank and Gaza. Clinton made it clear that he ex pected other nations to provide the lion’s share. I nmillllWH 18HH •' sV-'Vp.N.'V, , University of NorthCarolinaßicentennial U .S. POSTAL SERVICE The U.S. Postal Service s postal card, which will help the University celebrate its Bicentennial, features a watercolor of Playmakers Theatre by alumnus Bob Timberlake. The card is part of the National Historic Preservation Series. Postal Card a Tribute to Theater’s History BY JON GOLDBERG STAFF WRITER It’s been a dance hall, a bathing facility, a museum, a theatre, a library, a law build ing and, as legend has it, stables for Gen eral Sherman’s horses during the Civil War. Now, in addition to all this, Playmakers Theatre is featured on a postal card com memorating UNC’s Bicentennial. The postcard displays a watercolor of Playmakers Theatre by UNC alumnus Bob Timberlake. Timberlake will be present to autograph cards at a ceremony in Polk Place at 10 a.m. today. C.D. Spangler, president of the UNC system, and Chancellor Paul Hardin also will attend. Louise Fletcher, an Academy Award-winning actress and UNC gradu ate, originally had been scheduled to speak but canceled. The cards will be sold in Chapel Hill starting today, and 15 million will be avail able nationwide Wednesday. The postcard is part of the U.S. Postal Service's National Historic Preservation The president pledged the United States would try to nurture Monday’s agreement into a broader peace throughout the Middle East. “We know a difficult road lies ahead,” Clintonsaid. “Every peace has its enemies, those who still prefer the easy habits of Please See AGREEMENT, Page 7 Bicentennial Kickoff Hamulift jM suture gJt pa Thomas Wolfe Author of'Look Homeward Angel' 1920 ■ Paul Green Author of lost Colony' 1921 Frances Gray Patton Author of'Good Morning Miss Dove" 1926 I Kay Keyset Big band leader 1927 Walter Spearman Journalism professor 1929 Jack Palarwe Push-up guy 1941, AjJJSHJjs- Richard Adler Author of Damn Yankees' 1943 Andy Griffith Sheriff of Mayberry, Matlock 1949 Betty Smith Author of'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' 1950 Louise Retcher Academy Award winner in 'Cuckoo's Nest' 1957 Series. Some consider Playmakers Theatre to be one of many beautifiil sights on campus. Eventually, the U.S. Postal Service nar rowed their choice down to two buildings. “They considered Old East and Playmakers,” said Scott Dupree, commu nications director for the Bicentennial Observance. “Playmakers has particularly unique architecture. It’s an attractive build ing.” Marion Fitz-Simons, who appeared in News/Features/Am/Sporo 9624)245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 C 1993 DTH Publishing Coip. All rights reserved. Reaction To Pact Positive At UNC BY STEPHANIE GREER STAFF WRITER Reaction to Monday’s signing of the Israeli-Palestine Liberation Organization peace accord was overwhelmingly posi tive on the UNC campus although many expressed concerns about how easy the agreement would be to implement. “The biggest question is whether Rabin and Arafat will be able to sell the plan to their own constituents, ” said Derek Shadid, co-president of UNC’s Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. “It won’t be the leaders so much as the people who will be agreeing to this,” he said. Curtis Ryan, a UNC political science graduate student who spent a year in Jor dan as a Fulbright scholar, said he had similar leanings. “It’s a marketing tool. They really do need to sell it,” he said. Rabbi Andy Koren of N.C. Hillel, the UNC Jewish student organization, said his elation at the proceedings largely out weighed any skepticism. “What we witnessed today was the be ginning of anew era,” he said. “The sign ing brought tears of joy to my eyes. “After so many wars breaking out, it’s nice to finally see peace breaking out.” Koren said that a group of approxi mately 15 students had gathered at Hillel to watch the signing on television. “Most of them were just shaking their heads in disbelief.” But Koren, who studied in Israel and Please See REACTION, Page 7 hundreds of Carolina Playmakers produc tions and was a member of the class of 1932, added, “It has a longer and more colorful history than any other building.” Playmakers Theatre, known as the Smith Building until 1925, was built in 1851 and served several different purposes. It acted as a dance hall until 1884 when President Kemp Battle acquiesced to reli gious groups that thought dancing on cam- Please See PLAYMAKERS, Page 2
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