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Surgeon General Endorses
New Smoking Restrictions
WASHINGTON - The U.S. surgeon
general and five of her predecessors en
dorsed legislation Monday to protect non
smokers through severe smoking restric
tions in virtually everynonresidential build
ing in the country.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chair
man of the subcommittee, responded to
concerns from current Surgeon General
Joycelyn Elders about the dangers of sec
ondhand smoke with proposed legislation.
The new bill would require owners of
nonresidential buildings, regularly entered
by lOormore persons, eithertoban smok
ing inside the building or to restrict it to
separately ventilated rooms. (
U.S. Official Says Vietnam
No Longer Holds Remains
HANOI, Vietnam—Villagers mightbe
holding the remains of Americans lost in
the Vietnam War or at least know about
them, but Hanoi no longer is keeping them
for political leverage, a U.S. official said
Monday.
Army Lt. Col. John Cray said the 12
sets of remains believed to be those of
Americans that Hanoi gave to the U.S. on
Monday were turned in by villagers.
The latest repatriation ceremony at
Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport came four days
after President Clinton lifted a 19-yeartrade
embargo against Vietnam. Cray, head of
the MIA office in Hanoi, said the cer
emony had been planned three months
ago to coincide with the end of two search
operations in December and January.
NATO Ministers Wrangle
Over Air Strikes in Bosnia
BRUSSELS, Belgium France failed
to win support from its allies Monday on
giving Bosnian Serbs an ultimatum: Re
move your artillery from the hills around
Sarajevo or face Western military strikes.
Instead, European Union foreign min
isters urged NATO to use all means to lift
the siege of Sarajevo, including the use of
“air power.”
President Clinton is playing down the
prospect of such retaliation.
The EU foreign ministers’ statement
made no mention of Bosnian Serbs, who
keep a stranglehold on Sarajevo and are
widely seen as the main aggressors in a 22-
month-old war that has left more than
200,000 people dead.
Israelis, Palestinians Work
To Jump-Start Peace Plan
CAIRO, Egypt PLO leader Yasser
Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres began discussions Monday on the
start of the long-delayed withdrawal of
Israel’s troops from the Gaza Strip and
Jericho.
The decision to renew the stalled nego
tiations came after more than a week of
bickering and strenuous mediation by
Egypt that apparently included a series of
phone calls Monday morning.
At midmoming, officials at Palestine
Liberation Organization headquarters in
Tunis said Arafat would not be meeting
Peres, but they later said the PLO leader
reversed his decision.
Peres said before departing from Tel
Aviv that Israel wanted to move forward in
the talks but has not changed its position.
UPS Workers Stage Strike
After Weight-Limit Change
ATLANTA A politically divided
Teamsters union defied a court order Mon
day and began a widely scattered strike
against United Parcel Service as the deliv
ery company increased its package weight
limit from 70 to 150 pounds.
Although thousands of the Atlanta
basedcompany’s 165,OOOunionized work
ers walked off the job and set up picket lines
at UPS offices across the country, many
local unions ignored the call from Team
ster headquarters in Washington.
UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg
put strike participation at 20 percent of
Teamster-represented employees. Team
sters spokesman Matt Witt said 50 percent
to 60 percent of employees represented by
the union were striking.
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SBP Candidates Meet in First Televised Debate
BY HOLLY STEPP
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Three of the four student body president
candidates participated in a televised de
bate the first of its kind on the eve of
campus elections.
Student Television held a live presiden
tial debate Monday night in its studios in
the basement of the Student Union. The
debate was STV’s first live telecast. Tommy
Koon c e ,
Rebecah Moore
and Wayne
Rash partici-
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Campus Elections
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pated in the forum. George Battle was
scheduled to appear but did not show up.
UNC junior Jon Rich moderated the
debate, and the candidates answered pre
pared questions from Rich and campus
student groups as well as from students in
the studio audience.
Rich asked Moore about the feasibility
of a referendum on today’s ballot to end
student government appointments to The
Daily Tar Heel Board of Directors.
The referendum was placed on the bal
lot as the result of a petition drive started by
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Kilt-clad freshman Penn Whiteside wears a placard Monday to campaign in the Pit for his friend Brooks Dorin as a
write-in candidate for student body president. See page 2 for a comprehensive guide to today's elections.
Bames Makes First
Appearance in Court
BY KATHRYN HASS
STAFF WRITER
Appalachian State University student
William Scott Bames made his first ap
pearance in court Monday morning, fac
ing charges of involuntary manslaughter
in the Jan. 27 shooting death at the Chi Psi
fraternity lodge of his roommate.
Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl
Fox said Bames received a copy of the
charges against him during his first appear
ance. Bames purchased the .40-caliber,
Glock semiautomatic weapon in Boone
the day before a single bullet killed Chris
topher Todd Stewart. Police believe Bames
and Stewart did not know the gun was
loaded as they passed it back and forth in a
third-floor room.
“Usually they look at the charge and
make sure it’s sufficient,” Fox said. “The
judge advises him of his rights regarding
the proceeding.”
Bames, 21, of Rockingham waived his
right to a court-appointed attorney to hire
his own. Bames’ probable cause hearing
was set for Feb. 25.
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane
Cousins defined involuntary manslaugh
ter as engaging in actions “in such a reck
less and careless manner as to show a
thoughtless disregard for consequences or
a heedless indifference to the rights and
safety of others.”
Police have not said who pulled the
trigger the night of the shooting.
Fox said local law-enforcement offi
cials charged Bames with involuntary
manslaughter because evidence showed
that the shooting was not a deliberate or
malicious act.
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the DTH staff. If passed, the referendum
would end the practice of appointments by
the Student Congress speaker, the con
gress finance committee and the student
body president to the DTH board.
Moore, a former member of the DTH
staff, said she thought the referendum just
made sense. “I’ll say this quite frankly
government should
stay out of the
press,” she said.
“The people who
object to die refer
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“A newspaper has to start somewhere
to thrive, and the DTH is now thriving.”
Rich asked Rash, chairman of the Stu
dent Congress finance committee, about
congress’ decision to allot $ 100 to the James
Bond Fan Club. “Congress looks at the
size of a group and its educational purpose
when determining funding. The James
Anything for a Vote
“All I’m saying
is that the gun was
being handled in a
waythatwas grossly
reckless,” Fox said.
“It’s certain at this
point that alcohol
was involved, and it
was probably a fac
tor in the decision
to charge, I would
say.”
Toxicologist
Caroline Oldenburg
said Stewart’s blood
alcohol level was
0.20, almost three
times the state’s le-
WILLIAM SCOn
BARNES was charged
with involuntary
manslaughter for the
shooting death of his
roommate.
gal limit of 0.08. N.C. Chief Medical Ex
aminer Thomas Clark said it was routine
to conduct a blood alcohol test during an
autopsy.
Chapel Hill police Chief Ralph
Pendergraph said the involuntary man
slaughter charge was fitting because evi
dence suggested that Bames had not been
responsible with the gun.
“There are certain responsibilities that
individuals assume when they do certain
things,” Pendergraph said. “I think we
conducted a fairly routine investigation,
and the charges are a result of the evidence
we got.”
Pendergraph said the probable cause
hearing later this month would determine
whether Bames would be brought to trial
for Stewart’s death.
“At a probable cause hearing, they hear
enough of the evidence of the case to make
a decision if there’s enough probable cause
to bring the case to trial.”
Bond Fan Club has more than 100 mem
bers, and they have some deep discussion
after watching the movies.”
The recent shooting in the Chi Psi fra
ternity house and the role of the University
administration in the activities of Greek
organizations was the topic of Rich’s ques
tion for Koonce. An Appalachian State
University student died of a gunshot wound
Jan. 27 while visiting friends in the Chi Psi
fraternity lodge. Koonce is a member of
Chi Psi.
“I don’t think that there was anything
anyone could do to prevent what hap
pened, and I do not think that fraternities
and sororities should be under the direct
control of the University,” Koonce said.
“I think the risk-management policies
should not be ironclad but serve as a safety
net in case something does go wrong.”
The candidates also fielded questions
from the audience, including responding
to suggestions from sophomore Monty
Hendrix, a write-in candidate for student
body president.
“There’s not much chance in hell I’ll
win, so I’d like to make some suggestions
to you,” Hendrix said.
Students May Pay Heavy
For Gambling Habits
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this article
have been changed to protect their anonymity.
BYKARL SHULTZ
STAFF WRITER
When “Scott” got to college and was
introduced to a bookie by a fraternity
brother, he thought an occasional bet on a
football game was pretty harmless.
What he didn’t realize was that his gam
bling eventually would cause the breakup
ofhis marriage and leave him with a $ 1,500
minimum monthly credit card payment.
Like Scott, many UNC students think of
gambling as harmless fun.
“Everyone I know gambles,” said Matt
Bunch, a junior from Kings Mountain.
Many students know what Bunch is
talking about, whether it be dollar poker
games, NCAA basketball tournament
pools or other forms of gambling.
“We’re gambling all the time,” said
Adam Dorsett, a freshman from Advance.
“We bet on every Monday Night Football
game, Sunday games, and we play poker
for money all the time.”
Statistics suggest that gambling is a prob
lem for some young people. More than 750
men and 24 women younger than the age
of 18 were arrested for gambling in 1991.
Bunch said it was pretty clear why stu
dents gambled. “It’s an exhilarating expe
rience, yet stressful.”
Dorsett, who mainly places small bets
on sports and poker games, agreed with
Bunch that gambling could be exciting.
“It’s an adrenaline rush,” he said. “It’s
like you’re playing the game yourself.
You’ve got something staked on the game. ’’
Neither of these students think they
have a problem with gambling. “The most
Hopefuls Spend Election Eve
Shaking Hands, Making Plans
BYLESUE DUNAWAY
STAFF WRITER
The speeches have been made. The
issues have been debated. Now all that
the four student body president candi
dates can do is wait for the results.
The candidates George Battle,
Tommy Koonce, Rebecah Moore and
Wayne Rash—and their campaign staff
members all spent the day before election
day finishing up last-minute details.
Koonce, Moore and Rashparticipated
in a 9 p.m. televised presidential debate
Monday night sponsored by Student
Television. Battle was scheduled to ap
pear but did not show up for the live
telecast.
Battle said Monday that he would
spend the evening “making a few last-
Residents Push Town
For Cable Upgrades
BY JOHN REID BLACKWELL
STAFF WRITER
Local residents on Tuesday night urged
the Chapel Hill Town Council to require
improvements in local cable services be
fore approving a 20-year contract with
Cablevision of Chapel Hill this May.
Residents at a public hearing at Chapel
Hill Town Hall said that Cablevision used
out-of-date equipment, charged too much
to install cable services and did not provide
adequate equipment for cable access shows.
About 50 residents attended the hear
ing, which the town council held to hear
suggestions concerning the contract pro
posal. The council plans to hold at least
one other hearing on the town’s cable ser
vices.
Cablevision has provided service to the
area for the past two years, and the town
cable committee currently is deciding
whether to recommend that the company
be offered a contract renewal.
About 15 residents spoke on the issue,
most of whom opposed a 20-year franchise
agreement.
“A 20-year proposal is beyond that
which is justified,” said Robert Joesting,
chairman of the town cable advisory com
mittee, which the town council appointed
in May 1992 to study cable.problems and
make recommendations.
I ever lost was probably no more than $5,
and I think the most I ever won on one bet
was SSO at a horse race,” Dorsett said. “I
always try to guarantee myself that I will at
least break even.”
But Dorsett and Bunch said they knew
people who had a problem with gambling.
“One guy I know gambled too much,
and they came calling,” Bunch said.
Dorsett added that he knew two stu
dents who had gotten into trouble gam
bling. “One guy was in $1,500; the other
was in $2,000. And their moms had to pay
it off because they were threatening to
come and break the kids’ legs.”
This may sound quite serious to some,
but to members of the Chapel Hill chapter
of Gamblers Anonymous, $1,500 might
have been a bet on a single poker hand.
Bob Klein, who started the GA chapter
three years ago, said he had seen a few
students come to meetings during that time.
“But they never seem to stay,” he said.
According to GA statistics, gambling is
on the rise: 5 percent of high school kids
gamble compulsively, and 6 percent of
college students do.
“'llieproblemisthere,”Kleinsaid. “Age
seems to impede recovery; a prerequisite to
being a compulsive gambler is to cause
suffering or to suffer."
Most students are not old enough to
have had the chance to suffer through
gambling yet, he said.
Klein has soldhisblood,been in jail and
slept in a phone booth, all thanks to what
he called a miserable lifestyle.
“Financially, going downhill is not the
worst of it. A common denominator among
problem gamblers is desperation.”
“Danny,” another GA member who
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minute phone calls, making sure (he and
his staff) have covered every detail, and
then get a good night sleep.”
“I has been too busy to be nervous,
but I’m sure I will be when it comes time
for the polls to open,” he said.
Moore said her staff members went
“door to door with vengeance.”
“The staff will be up late doubling up
on things, and I don’t think I or 60 others
of my staff will sleep until Wednesday
morning,” Moore said.
“We have a few little things up our
sleeve but basically we are letting the
platform speak for itself,” she said.
Tommy Koonce said that his staff
was planning to make his presence known
at all the poll sites today. “We will be
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Joesting said a 20-year contract would
not allow the town council to ensure that
cable services would keep up with commu
nications technology. “We need to decide
what specific things will be provided at
what time,” he said.
Included in Cablevision’s proposal is a
plan to upgrade the current cable system at
a cost of $15.3 million. The new system
would use fiber optics to deliver a high
technology, lull-service network that would
provide programs such as pay-per-view
home shopping and on-line banldng.
Joesting said the committee supported
the installation of a full-service network,
but Cablevision’s proposal was not spe
cific about when the changes would be
made. “Unfortunately, there are no specif
ics about what they intend to offer and
when,” he said.
Chapel Hill resident Clarence Whitefield
said a 20-year contract was too long. “I
think that five years would be a great plenty.
We might decide in about five years that
we want to reconsider who has the con
tract.”
The use of cable converter boxes also
was a major concern for residents at the
hearing. Most residents said the boxes,
which must be installed for televisions that
are not cable-ready, were an unnecessary
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last gambled in 1991, also knows the suf
fering compulsive gambling can cause. He
was forced to take out a second mortgage
on his home and declare Chapter 13 bank
ruptcy. He was ready to end his life.
“On my last trip, had I lost, I had de
cided that I was going to kill myself,” he
said. “I didn’t want to face anybody.”
Danny lost money on the trip to the
casino, and had prepared a packet of bills
and financial statements for his wife to deal
with. “I was ready to blow my brains out."
Fortunately for Danny, he got help. “I
was very scared of what I was going to do.”
As he glanced at the newspaper the
morning that he was going to take his own
life, he saw an ad for GA.
“If I hadn’t found this place, I don’t
know where I’d be today,” said Danny,
who still is paying off his debts. “If I live to
be 90 years old, I might actually pay the
principal off.”
In spite of the debt and his marital life
that he describes as “basically shot,” he
said he was happy.
“I don’t have to think like that any
more,” he said, remembering the lies he
had to tell to cover his problem.
Scott is approaching the two-year anni
versary since he last gambled.
“I was calling the bookie every night,
and it became a real downward spiral,” he
said. “By the time I was married and had
my son, I made a conscious effort to quit."
But Scott said he couldn’t control him
self. He forged his wife’s signature on a
credit card application to get more credit to
gamble with. When his wife discovered
this, he had to come clean.
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