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Slip Daily ®ar Uppl J? Volume 102, Issue 102 101 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1593 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Former Minister Convicted In Florida Clinic Shooting PENSACOLA, Fla. A jury deliber ated just 20 minutes Wednesday before convicting a former minister of murder in the shotgun slayings of an abortion doctor and his bodyguard. Paul Hill, 40, could receive either life in prison or death in the electric chair. The jury will return Thursday to decide. Hill, acting as his own lawyer, offered no defense during his three-day trial, refus ing to make any statement or question any witnesses. Circuit Judge Frank Bell had barred him from arguing that the slayings were justifiable homicide to save fetuses. Hill, wielding a 12-gauge shotgun, am bushed Dr. John Britton, 69; his unarmed bodyguard, James Barrett, 74; and Barrett’s wife, June, 68, as the three arrived at the Ladies Center abortion clinic July 29. White House Gunman to Go to Trial in Federal Court WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Colorado man was ordered to stand trikl on charges he fired 27 semiautomatic rifle bullets at the White House on Saturday. A federal magistrate rejected a defense plea for the charges to be lessened since no one had been injured. Privately, a federal prosecutor held open the possibility that Francisco Martin Duran might yet be charged with attempting to assassinate President Clinton, who was inside the White House when the shots were fired. But no new charges were lodged Wednesday. Duran, 26, is charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, destroying government property, assaulting a uni formed Secret Service agent and using a firearm while committing a crime. Possible Tip Fiules Out in S.C. Carjacking Mystery UNION, S.C. What at first seemed like a break in the case of two boys missing after a reported carjacking eight days ago evaporated Wednesday, leaving the tear ful parents again pleading for their sons’ safe return and leaving police without leads. SheriflFHoward Wells said investigators would search door-to-door near the crime scene to find anyone who might have seen something helpful. Susan Smith told authorities Oct. 25 that her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14- month-old Alex, had been taken by a man who commandeered her car, forced her to drive about five miles, then ordered her out. The case began its eighth day with a call from Seattle authorities saying a boy at a motel there resembled the description of Alex Smith. It turned out not to be him 13 People Die in Standoff With Police in Algeria ALGIERS, Algeria—Atleast 13people died in a downtown shootout Wednesday that ended a 24-hour standoff between police and Muslim militants trying to over throw Algeria’sgovemment, a witness said. It was the bloodiest single gun battle in the capital during the 33-month-old con flict pitting armed Islamic extremists against this North African country’s military-in stalled regime. The government, meanwhile, returned to jail two top Muslim fundamentalist lead ers after they urged militants to continue their rebellion, which has left more than 11,000 people dead, informed sources said. A shootout Tuesday between security forces and gunmen in the crowded Telemly neighborhood killed four people. Bosnian Troops Advance On SerlhControlled Town SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Muslim-led government forces and their Bosnian Croat allies advanced on a Serb held town Wednesday in a rare coordi nated assault that could signal anew phase in the war. Bosnia radio reported that Bosnian Serb lines near Kupres were in disarray and that thousands of Serb civilians had fled the town in anticipation of a pincer attack. Government troops made “significant gains” in heavy ground fighting overnight on the road between Kupres and Muslim held Bugojno to the east, said Paul Risley, a U.N. spokesman in Zagreb, Croatia. Bosnian Croat forces, meanwhile, cap tured several villages in their advance to ward Kupres. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Sunny; high mid-70s. FRIDAY: Fair; high in low to mid-70s. The Dean E. Smith Center k “'' a ' M DTH/KATIECANNON ■i,—, | —i mKF Concert events, like ODPTC r ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ the Center Vy vXI- Xvy vy.L Ijo • BY JEFF GARIGLIANQ STAFF WRITER It’s worth more than $33 million. It has been home to some of the greatest names in Atlan tic Coast Conference history. The Dean E. Smith Center is a monument to the University’s basketball tradition. Games are packed, and students camp out for tickets. But financially speaking, the Smith Center is in the hole. Although Chancellor Paul Hardin recently lifted a ban on the Grateful Dead—a band that produced tremendous revenue for the center during a spring tour and several headaches for the town the University has failed to capitalize on its state-of-the art Smith Center. And for the most part, it doesn’t really have a plan to get the center back into the profit mode, or Walnut Creek Taking Chunk Out of Smith Center Profits Associate Med. School Dean, Health Care Reformer Dies STAFF REPORT Dr. Eugene Mayer, associate dean of the UNC School of Medicine and director of the N.C. Area Health Education Cen ters program (AHEC), died Wednesday at UNCHospitalsafterabrief illness. He was 56. Mayer had served on the UNC faculty since 1971 and as AHEC director since 1978. He was a professor of medicine and a research associate with the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. “Gene Mayer was one of the really great people in the movement in North Carolina of delivering health care to the rural areas and less fortunate,” UNC-Sys tem President Emeritus William Friday said. “He was an exceptional doctor with a sense of commitment and purpose. Per sonally, he was a friendly and affable man to everyone who knew him. He was the Try everything once except incest and folk dancing. Sir Thomas Beecham Cfca|Ml Mil, North Cofoßoo THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1994 at least breaking even. With more than 21,000 seats, the Smith Center was and still is one of the largest indoor collegiate arenas in the country. Only the Carrier Dome at Syracuse University inNew York; Brigham Young University’s Marriott Center in Salt Lake City; and the Thomas Bolling Arena at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville are larger. But despite its size and reputation, the Smith Center generally sits idle when blue-clad teams finish their season. In 1987 (its first full year of operation), there were 16 concerts held at the Smith Center, with total ticket sales just over 226,000. Those numbers have never been equaled, orevenapproached, since. The Gradual Decline The problems for the Smith Center didn’t hap pen overnight, but they became obvious with two Since its opening in 1991, Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh has attracted many bands that might have played in the Smith Center. kind of devoted doctor that everyone will miss.” Founded at the University in 1972, AHEC is a partnership among community hospitals, die state’s four academic medi cal centers and health professionals. Nine regional sites provide services such as com munity-based clinical training for student physicians, dentists, nurses and others. Chancellor Paul Hardin said that Mayer had been a remarkable health care leader. “Through his efforts, AHEC became a unique and widely admired national model for decentralized health sciences educa tion,” Hardin said. “Gene helped the program grow to ex emplify Carolina’s mission of public ser vice and our campuswide goal of improv ing the quality of life in North Carolina. See MAYER, Page 4 debacles in the past year that garnered a great deal of media attention. At this time last year, the Smith Center was managed by Pace Entertainment, a Houston com pany that books shows for several venues in the area, including Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh and Blockbuster Pavilion outside of Char lotte. In December 1993, Pace had scheduled several shows at the Smith Center for spring 1994, includ ing the Grateful Dead and Janet Jackson. The shows were booked in conjunction with Cellar Door Productions, a regional promoter. The Dead had played two shows at the center in spring 1993 and had sold out both. The only per formers in the history of the Smith Center to sell more tickets than the Grateful Dead are Brace See DOME, Page 2 600,000 • 600.648 Smith Center 292.768 % 500 Walnut Creek „ I 400 S ™4 0 Developer Presents Revised Plan Chapel Hill 1 , —■ Ephesus Mini §1 1 fsoi] ■> / // fmf FRIDAY ) CENTER , DTH/CHRIS ANDERSON Meadowmont Backers and Town Council Will Meet Again to Consider Proposal BY DEAN HAIR ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR The developers of Meadowmont, East West Partners, told the Chapel Hill Town Council Wednesday that they wanted the proposed community to be focused on a “village center” that would be easily acces sible to residents. The Town Council held a public hear ing and work session to discuss questions and ideas regarding the proposed develop ment of the 425-acre Dubose property. The property lies in eastern Chapel Hill straddling N.C. 54. The master land-use plan proposes a maximum of about 2,000 dwelling units, 1.5 million square feet of News/Features/Aits/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 C 1994 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. School Board May Fill Empty Seat Tonight BY CHRIS NICHOLS OTY EDITOR Although the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education could appoint some one tonight to fill the seat vacated by LaVonda Burnette, one candidate for the position, Bea Hughes-Wemer, doesn’t think the board will choose her. “I think they’re getting a lot of pressure, so I think they won’t,” she said Wednes day. “I think that’s the right thing for them to do, but I don’t think they will. “There are still a lot ofpeople who think I’m against the multicultural plan, which I’m not." She added that her detractors believed she favored intelligent and privi leged students. The process for appointing Burnette’s replacement will be decided upon tonight, school board Chairman Ken Touw said. By law, the board must appoint someone to serve out the remainder of Burnette’s term. The board has three options for filling the seat: ■ Appoint Hughes-Wemer, the next highest vote-getter in last year’s elec tion, ■ Examine the candidates who ap plied to fill the va cancy created this summer by Ruth Royster’s resigna tion from the board, or ■ Start the pro cess over by setting the criteria and ad vertising for the po sition. The board will only name the re- School board Chairman KEN TOUW said the board had three options for picking Burnette's replacement placement tonight if the first option is cho sen, Touw said. Burnette resigned last month after a controversy-marred 11 months on the school board. The controversy began after reports that she was not a UNC student although she had billed herself as one dur ing the campaign. She would have faced a recall election Nov. 8 had she not resigned, citing stress on her friends and family. The first replacement option would be a practical solution because the appointment is only for one year, Touw said. Another reason for the urgency is that the State School Board Association will be training board members in December, and Touw said that he would like to see the appoint ment made by then. “(Hughes-Wemer) has a great deal of experience in the school system, and most important, she received the votes of a large number of citizens in Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the last election,” he said. Hughes-Wemer said she probably would ran for a seat on the board next year regardless of whether she was appointed to fill Burnette’s vacated seat. Touw said the public and the board should be allowed to give input at tonight’s meeting, he said. “People need to keep in mind anyone who is appointed to this position must represent all students.” Touw said the board could now focus on issues that had been neglected. “I don’t think anything LaVonda was doing on the board was disruptive,” he said. “I like her. I think she’s a valuable member of the community.” The school board has only met once since Burnette’s resignation. Hughes- Wemer said she would not attend tonight’s meeting. She said she hoped the board would choose its first option, thereby giv ing her the seat she ran for last year, when she lost to Burnette by just over 100 votes. “I don’t have an agenda,” Hughes- Wemer said. “I just want to get back to making decisions about things." commercial space and about 500,000 square feet of office space. The property is currently zoned as Resi dential-1, and the plan calls for a Mixed Use/Residential-1, which would allow commercial, office and residential uses. Brad Davis, who represented East West Partners, presented a synopsis of the mas ter plan for developing the land. “At the basis of the design is livability,” Davis said. “Most land is developed or spoken for around the site.” The proposal calls for pedestrian and bike lanes, conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the site, and creating neighborhoods. Many citizens found as pects of the proposal unsatisfactory, but others were pleased with some of the plan’s changes. Alice Ingram, a Design and Review Board member, said aspects of the layout See COUNCIL, Page 10
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