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<she Satlu ®ar HM J? Volume 102, Issue 95 101 yean of editorialfreedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Israeli Officials Capture 2 Suspects in Bus Bombing JERUSALEM lsrael has rounded up dozens of Islamic militants, including two believed to be accomplices in the deadly Tel Aviv bus bombing, amid fears of terror attacks during President Clinton’s visit. Clinton is to join 5,000 guests at Wednesday’s gala signing of the Israel- Jordan peace treaty at a desert border cross ing just north of the Red Sea. He plans to tour Jerusalem the next day. Fearing that militant fundamentalists might try to disrupt the visit, Israel is mount ing a massive security effort. Hamas, the militant group that stunned Israel with the bus bombing and two other terrorist attacks in the past two weeks, warned Monday that it would strike again if its leaders were harmed. Texas Channel Opens for Ships After Pipeline Break HOUSTON The Houston Ship Channel reopened Monday after salvage crews removed a sunken tugboat and used scanning equipment to ensure there were no cars, mobile homes or other flood de bris blocking one of the nation’s busiest ports. The channel was closed a week ago because of flooding caused by torrential rains. On Friday, the floodwaters subsided somewhat to reveal a tugboat near the mouth of the San Jacinto River, a water way east of Houston that leads into the Houston Ship Channel and empties into Galveston Bay. Coast Guard officials said they were ahead of schedule in cleaning up the 200,000 gallons of petroleum in the river. U.S. Forces in Haiti Seek Anti-Government Gunmen PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti U.S. Special Forces teams are tracking two small bands of anti-go vemment gunmen through southwestern Haiti, but weeks of search ing turned up only 64 weapons and one man. The hunt by the Green Berets attests to continued instability in the countryside morethanamonthafterU.S. troops landed in Haiti to oversee a transition from mili tary dictatorship to democratic rule under President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide, who was returned to power Oct. 15, was expected to announce shortly his selection of businessman and longtime supporter Smarck Michel as prime minis ter. The choice was a gesture to Haiti’s business community, which remains ner vous about populist policies. Bosnian Soldiers Bombard U.N. Peacekeeping Troops SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian government soldiers attacked U.N. peacekeepers with machine guns, grenades and remote-controlled mines Monday, pro voking a furious response from the U.N. commander. No casualties were reported, but the attacks on Mount Igman, overlooking Sarajevo, worsened the U.N. forces’ al ready strained relations with the Muslim led government. After a harsh protest from Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose, the peacekeeping com manderfor Bosnia, Bosnian President Aliji Izetbegovic said he would order his troops to “desist from this sort of firing,” a U.N. spokesman said. Rose called the attacks "exceptionally dangerous and potentially catastrophic," said the spokesman, Lt. Gen. Tim Spicer. O.J. Simpson Prosecutor Asks for Jury Dismissal LOS ANGELES O.J. Simpson’s prosecutor asked Monday that scores of prospective jurors be dismissed because they might have heard her remark that they are liars, but the judge pressed on with jury selection. Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark requested that Superior Court Judge Lance Ito dismiss all 77 people remaining from the first group of prospective jurors, and possibly the entire group of roughly 300 people. Clark said the jury candidates’ objectiv ity might have been compromised by her saying during a closed hearing that many ofthem were Simpson fens who were lying to get on the jury so they could acquit him of murder. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Partly cloudy; high 74. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny; high Officials Investigating Morrison Blaze BYHEATHERN. ROBINSON STAFF WRITER Ron Keane, the special agent in charge of the inquiry into the Morrison fire that occurred Saturday, said Monday that the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and University Police were still investigating the fire, which caused SIOO in damage. “We are investigating this as a suspi cious fire,” said Keane, who is from the SBI. “We don’t want to make this more of an issue than it really is, but people’s lives were at stake.” Some residents of Morrison Residence Hall thought the fire, which started at 3:58 p.m. from a stack of newspapers on a third floor lounge couch, was suspicious, but others believed it to be unintentional. Investigators Probe Finance Allegations BYKARI COHEN AND MELISSA MILIOS STAFF WRITERS Questioning continued Monday in an ongoing investigation of the Student Congress Finance Committee’s alleged ethical con flicts and a violation of branch relations. Finance committee Chairman Tom Lyon and congress Speaker Pro Tem Meredith Armstrong testified last night about the committee’s actions involving the Black Student Movement (BSM) and Bisexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity (B- GLAD). Student Body President George Battle chose Student Attorney General Shannon Kete to head a committee to investigate allegations that the BSM and B-GLAD were discriminated against by the finance committee as the groups tried to obtain funding last spring and this fall. Lyon allegedly refused to hear BSM and B-GLAD bills because they were not handed to him 24 hours before they were scheduled to be heard. He said none of the bills that were to be voted on were in his box when he checked for them as late as noon on the day of the meeting. He also said that he had written a letter to Monica Cloud saying he needed to see the bills before the meeting. Lyon said he had no prior knowledge of the BSM bill whatsoever. “I was in the meeting and someone said something to me about BSM requesting some $34,000, and I just laughed about it and said ‘Yeah, right,” Lyon said. “But then I flipped open to the BSM bill, and I went, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve never seen this before.’” Armstrong said that she had been aware that the BSM bill was going to come before the committee and that whether or not Lyon had been aware of the bill was irrelevant. “As long as the bill is there on the table, then his job has been done by someone else, and if he never saw the bill before coming to the committee, it wouldn’t change anything," Armstrong said. But Tara Servatius, former finance committee member, said the 24-hour rule was a necessary one because the chairman had to have time to post the bill so other members of the committee could look over it and check on the organization’s status within the University. Servatius, who acted as finance committee chairwoman dur ing the second summer session, said that Lyon’s actions were not unethical but that they were typical in dealings with groups asking for funding. See KETE, Page 4 Gun-Toting Couple Robs McDonald’s; Suspects Escape on Foot, Police Say BY CHRIS NICHOLS CITY EDITOR It looks like trouble has found Chapel Hill’s McDonald’s on the east end of Franklin Street. After avoiding the past year’s three gun related incidents at its West Franklin Street counterpart, McDonald's at 1748 N. Fordham Blvd. caught the crime bug after an armed couple robbed the restaurant Sunday night. Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said the robbery occurred about 10:25 p.m. when no customers were in the restaurant. A man and a woman armed with hand guns went into the store and ordered all of the employees except for the manager into a walk-in freezer, Cousins said. The couple demanded that the manager open the safe and then took an undisclosed amount of money, she said. The man and woman left the restaurant on foot and headed in the direction of Europa Drive, Cousins said. Police have no suspects in the robbery. “It's a pretty unusual crime," Cousins said. “These sorts of crimes are pretty un- My motto is the same as my blood type! H posit ire, Cynthia Nelms Cfcapsl MW, Nsrtt Cihlw TUESDAY,OCTOBER 25,1994 “I think the fire was intentional,” said Steven Hill, a freshman from Monroe. “There were so many other fires that have occurred.” Kim Engel, a freshman from Charlotte, also said the fire was suspicious. “There was a fire in all three South Campus dorms. That is too much of a coincidence that three fires all start in the same area.” The Morrison fire was one of three this past weekend, all of which occurred in South Campus dorms. One fire started in a study lounge in Ehringhaus on Saturday and caused $25,000 in damage. The other fire started in a resident’s room in Hinton James on Sunday. It was reported to have caused minimal damage. Andrew Johns, a freshman from Henderson, said he was not sure the fire JKmr 9&H DTH/LAURA THOMAS Officer V.L. Edwards takes down the flag at Polk Place Monday evening. He removes the flag every day at 5 o'clock. Student Attorney General SHANNON KETE and her team of investigators began last week to question the people involved in the alleged finance committee misconduct usual anywhere in an open business.” Seven employees were in the restaurant at the time of the robbery, according to reports. Cousins said no one reported any inju ries. The man is described as a black man, about 5 feet, 5 inches and in bis early 30s. Cousins said that no description for the woman was available, except that she is black. Chapel Hill police Capt. Barry Thomp son, who is in charge of investigations, sard he did not know how long the couple was in the restaurant. He said neither the man nor the woman was wearing any kind of mask or disguise was intentional. “I haven’t heard anything about arson, and I haven’t been down to see where the fire took place,” Johns said. “I really don’t think it was arson. I would feel very unsafe if the fire was found as arson.” Some residents are worried about the outcome of the investigation, which in volves the SBI, University Police and Chapel Hill Fire Department officials. “To think that someone is deliberately setting fires where I live it’s scary,” said Shauna Collier, a freshman from Char lotte. “It makes me feel kind of weird.” The fire has caused some students to fear for their safety. “I would not feel very safe,” said Anna Ortiz, a freshman from Castalia. “If someone would commit ar son once, it is possible that they will do it Going Down? McDonald’s, which closed immediately after the hold-up, opened for business Monday. The police conducted a search of the premises and surrounding areas but turned up empty handed, Thompson said, adding that he wasn’t certain about the specifics of the search. “Normally when we have a situation like that, if it’s shortly after the offense, they usually call in a K-9, and I would imagine that’s what they did,” he said. Employees of the restaurant had no comment on the incident, and the corpo rate headquarters referred all matters to the Chapel Hill police. McDonald's on Fordham Boulevard was broken into in January 1993, 'Chomp son sard, but has not encountered the nolo riety of the West FrankJm (street restau rant. In the last year, three incident* look police officers to (he establishrnenl In the most recent episode, James Copeland, a regular at tin store, was si nH and killed as be drank a cup of coffee on Ifie morning of hi* 61 st birthday David Alton Lewi* confessed to the killing and is currently awaiting trial again, and it may be worse the second time.” Kristen King, a seniorfrom Wilmington, said she thought the fire would lead to financial repercussions for all students. “I assume we will be punished for the fire financially through student fees, ” King said. “I don’t think the fire is fair to any of us.” Because of the investigation, the Morrison elevator will not stop on the third floor, where the fire took place. All of the lounges and kitchens have also been closed off to residents, which some Morrison resi dents said was inconvenient. “I think that the fire is already being handled as arson,” Oliver said. “I can’t study in the lounge or use the elevator to get off on the third floor.” 100 Applications Reviewed For Boulton’s Replacement BY CHRISTINA MASSEY STAFF WRITER The committee in charge of the search for anew vice chancellor for and dean of students affairs ij beginning to review ap plications for the position. Stephen BirdsaJJ, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the search committee, said the search was progressing without any problems “We’ve adver tised and received applications, and now we are m the processof reviewing them,” lie said The position lie came available when Donald Boulton, funnel vice ibeineUni Ini and dean of student affair*, resigned July 41 In work wHii hurra* vm limudMu baanddasnid ttudsot abaes annwirMd his lasrgrwiiun m July gradual*- sludeni* In (be fehnol of I'-dw a Bon and In develop pnnpame m as Umi lute bn A* ad* on* and rnihtuiongf lead NCTw/Fanua/Am/Sporo Busmen/Advertising C 1994 DTH Publishing Corp All rights reserved Testimony In Murder Trial Ends BY JOE REYNOLDS AND JULIE CORBIN STAFF WRITERS HILLSBOROUGH Testimony ended Monday in the second murder trial ofDavid Allen Sokolowski, who is charged in the death and dismemberment of his live-in girlfriend, Pamela Owens EUwood. Superior Court Judge Cy Grant denied a motion by the defense Monday to dis miss first-degree murder charges against Sokolowski. Defense attorney William Sheffield pre sented Judge Grant with four case prece dents and moved that the charge of first degree murder be dropped because of in sufficient evidence. Sheffield said the state bad shown nei ther malice nor specific intent or premedi tation on the part of Sokolowski. He also said the state’s evidence was purely cir cumstantial and pointed to the four case precedents as support for his motion. Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox responded by listing part of the state’s evidence. He said that Sokolowski had pawned EUwood’s guitar and pieces of her car, that he had lied to a friend ofEIl wood’s about her whereabouts, that he had de scribed Ellwood as having been “taken care of’ to a co-worker and that two ears had been found on the porch of Sokolowski’s house. Sheffield responded, saying that the evidence for the case had been mixed with the evidence of the Rubel Hill murder case held in March. Grant sided with Fox and denied Sheffield’smotion, saying that there was enough evidence and that the prece dents didn’t apply to this case Sheffield had requested earlier that Judge Grant bar any mention of Sokolowski’s previous trial, which ended in a conviction for first-degree murder. Grant accepted the motion. Sokolowski was convicted in March of having killed his friend and neighbor, Rubel Hill in February 1992. Hill’s dismembered body was found, with several bullet holes in it, on Sokolowski’s Hillsborough farm David Spittle, an N.C. forensics serolo gist from the State Bureau of Investigation, testified Monday that tests done on blood samples taken from a shin and bra had been inconclusive and could not prove that the samples matched EUwood's blood. The shirt and bra, along with a pair of socks, were found tied up in a bag in Sokolowski's kitchen. The shirt and bra were soaked in blood he described as "rot ten,” while the socks were free of blood, Spittle said. Curtis Bauer testified for the state that he and his friend Kevin Fulmar stayed with Sokolowski for four days in March 1992. He said he never saw Ellwood or Hill the whole time they were there David Owens, EUwood's father, testi fied that be and his wife last saw their daughter when she visited them in Win ston-Salem in January or February 1992. Owens said he and his wife went to see EUwood on March 8. When they couldn't get in the front door, they walked around the house to see if anyone was home and found Sokolowski behind the house When Owens asked where Ellwood was, Sokolowski said that she had gone to See SOKOLOWSKI, Page 2 ership. Boulton has worked at the University for 22 years and has taught part-time in the education school since 1974 He announced his resignation in Febru ary, and a committee to find his replace ment was formed shortly thereafter Birdsall said the committee, which con sists of six faculty and staff members and three students, met several times dunng the summer and was now sifting through a pool of more than 100 applicants He said he was pleased with the quality of the applicants so far “We have a lot of fine candidates" he said, The committee is looking (or a wide variety of qualities in the apply anti BtrdsaJl said “We are looking lor someone with full lime student aflain eaprnencr who is *Mr to work with a diverse student body, has effemve management skills has strong oral and unntmmv alum abilities, and < an demonstrate creative leadership “ be said After reviewing the apply stun* i be tommitiee wdl make it, niinia iidaiyms to Oiervshor Paul Hardin who uknnefeiy tarWJUI H* fty* 962-0245 962-1163
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