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Volume 102, Issue 104
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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Ronald Reagan Announces
Alzheimer's Diagnosis
LOS ANGELES Former President
Reagan, in a handwritten letter to “fellow
Americans,” disclosed Saturday that he
has Alzheimer's disease and has now be
gun “the journey that will lead me into the
sunset of my life.”
Reagan, 83, wrote that he was feeling
fine now but that he and wife, Nancy, had
chosen to reveal
the diagnosis in
hopes of promot
ing greater
awareness of the
incurable, mind
crippling dis
ease.
Former President's
Announcement
Leaves Political
Colleagues
Shocked
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“Unfortunately, as Alzheimer’s disease
progresses, the family often bears a heavy
burden,"Reagan wrote. “I only wish there
was some way I could spare Nancy from
this painful experience. When the time
comes, I am confident that with your help
she will face it with faith and courage.”
The letter, released to The Associated
Press by Reagan spokeswoman Catherine
Busch, was accompanied by a statement
from five of Reagan's doctors.
High School Cross Country
Runner Dies at State Meet
LUMBERTON—A cross country run
ner from New Hanover High School died
Saturday in a state regional competition,
possibly from heart failure, officials said.
Gerald Norris, 16, collapsed on the
course during the men’s race of the Mid-
East 4-A Regional cross country meet.
Norris was taken to Southeastern General
Hospital in Lumberton, where he was pro
nounced dead. An autopsy to determine
the cause of death will be performed, said
Lumberton police Lt. Leon Oxendine.
Rafael Perez, aseniorfromFayetteville’s
Terry Sanford High School, said he found
Norris lying on his face. Perez sent a team
mate to get help, then began administering
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
NATO Jets Circle Sarajevo
After Continued Fighting
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO warplanes buzzed Sarajevo early
Sunday in a show of force after both sides
fired heavy weapons around Bosnia’s capi
tal to breech the cease-fire.
Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose, U.N. com
mander in Bosnia, asked both the Muslim
led government and Bosnian Serb leaders
to join in urgent talks on the deteriorating
situation.
Fighting around the capital reignited
Saturday when government forces fired
four mortar shells from the southern sub
urb of Hrasnica at Bosnian Serb positions
southwest of the capital.
Fifteen artillery shells were fired, in vio
lation of a U.N. ban.
S. African Murder Incites
Fears of Racial Violence
PRETORIA, South Africa The kill
ing of a white church leader branded a
traitor to his race because he condemned
apartheid raised fears Sunday that political
violence would again flare in South Africa.
Police refused to speculate on why Johan
Heyns, former head ofthe Dutch Reformed
Church, was killed Saturday night by a
single shot to the head.
But others were convinced Heyns was
killed by extremists who opposed the di
rection in which he had taken his church.
The 66-year-old Heyns, head of the
church from 1986 to 1990, had been a
controversial figure for his anti-apartheid
stances.
54 Die Following Flooding
in Southern Europe, Africa
MILAN, Italy—The worst flooding in
memory turned northern Italy into a disas
ter area Sunday and killed at least 54 people
across southern Europe and North Africa.
With hundreds of people reported miss
ing, the number of dead was expected to
rise as rescuers reached isolated villages
and searched through the rubble of de
stroyed homes.
The flooding, the worst in Italy since
1913, swept away bridges and whole sec
tions of highway and cut off hundreds of
villages.
Hardest hit was Italy’s northern Pied
mont region.
At least 27 people were dead or missing.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Weather
TODAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-60s.
TUESDAY: Fair; high in 70s.
Winning today, I think, has extended me an opportunity to coach at least another year.
Anson Dorrance
Former Parking Director Charged With Embezzlement
BY CHRIS NICHOLS
CITY EDITOR
The town’s former parking services su
perintendent, Eric Luther, was arrested
Friday by the Chapel Hill police and
charged with seven felony counts of em
bezzlement.
But his attorney, Steven Bemholz,
doesn’t think the state has a case against his
client.
“There’s nothing about what I under
stand the evidence might be that would
suggest, or that would be sufficient to show
anything, let alone Mr. Luther’s involve
ment in any wrongdoing,” Bemholz said.
“When the state charges someone with a
UNC Bests Duke for ACC Soccer Title
Women’s Soccer Avenges Its
Only Loss in Four Years
Against Top-Seeded Devils
BYTODD GRAFF
STAFF WRITER
From the outset of its game against
UNC Sunday, Duke was in way over its
head.
Fora team that might have lacked inspi
ration at times this season, the Blue Devils’
win three weeks ago gave UNC an extra
incentive that no opponent can afford to
give an already dominant team like the Tar
Heels.
So the ecstasy the Blue Devils (164-1)
enjoyed following their historic win came
crashing down with a 4-2 loss at the hands
of the Tar Heels (21-1-1) in the ACC
Women’s Soc
cer Tourna
ment final in
front of 5,206
atFetzerField.
“What I
thought would
Women's Soccer
UNC 4
Duke 2
UNC 5
Maryland 0
happen happened as far as the onslaught,”
said Duke head coach Bill Hempen. “When
they come out with that kind of fury against
a team that’s knocked them off, anything
can happen."
In fact, the last time the Tar Heels play ed
a team after losing to them, they destroyed
Connecticut 7-0. Of the seven teams UNC
has played again after a loss, they have
defeated them by a combined 264.
Duke’s win three weeks ago prompted
speculation that UNC was only a shade of
its former self, so the Tar Heels felt they
needed to prove something to themselves
and their critics.
“We were seeded No. 2 coming into the
tournament, the underdogs, and this is our
home field and our tournament, ’’said tour
namentMVPTishaVenturini. “Wewanted
to come out here today and show people
how we can play.”
The Tar Heel players played with fire
and vigor throughout the match in disman
tling the Blue Devils.
The close score was certainly not in
dicative ofUNC’scompleteandutterdomi
nation on both the offensive and defensive
ends. Duke managed only five shots, and
both its goals were the results of miscom
munication between UNC defenders.
“The defensive fury that they had today
was like I haven’t seen out of them this
year,” Hempen said. “They were just beat-
See WOMEN’S SOCCER, Page 7
Commission Overturns Judge’s Ruling
To Reinstate Former UNC Housekeeper
BYAMYPINIAK
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The State Personnel Commission has
overturned a judge’s decision to reinstate a
UNC employee who was fired after threat
ening to kill his supervisor in April 1993.
Eric Browning, a former UNC house
keeper, received the SPC’s decision Satur
day in the mail, according to his attorney,
Alan McSurely ofChapel Hill. Browning’s
case was argued before the SPC on Aug.
11.
“I can only say that I disagree with the
decision, ” Browning said Sunday. “What
ever they decide, we can only go forward.
“It’s been very strenuous, but this is just
another stumbling block.”
Administrative Law Judge Fred
Morrison ruled in May that Browning,
who was fired May 7, 1993, should be
reinstated with a final written warning.
Tom Lawton, an assistant attorney gen-
J eral who represented UNCbefore the com
mission, said Sunday that he was not aware
ofthe SPC’s decision and declined further
comment on Browning’s case.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1994
crime without evidence, no defense is nec
essary.
“Mr. Luther was an extremely fine,
loyal, honest employee for a number of
years,” Bemholz continued. “Why they
charged him with any counts is a better
question.”
The police met with Orange-Chatham
District Attorney Carl Fox on Thursday
night and obtained warrants charging
Luther with seven felony counts of em
bezzlement.
Luther, 36, 0f6730 Lake View Road in
Mebane turned himself in to Chapel Hill
police shortly after 8 p.m. Friday and was
placed under a $3,500 secured bond, ac
cording to Chapel Hill police reports.
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Senior midfielder Angela Kelly (6) battles a Duke defender (17) for a loose ball in Sunday afternoon's ACC championship game. North Carolina beat I the V Blue RD
Devils 4-2 to take the ACC women's soccer title.
Lawton did say that Browning could
appeal the SPC’s decision to the N.C. Su
perior Court.
McSurely said he and Browning would
take action regarding the SPC decision but
declined to comment further.
"Basically, the SPC ruled that the Uni
versity had just cause to dismiss Eric, which
went entirely against Judge Morrison's
opinion,” McSurely said. “A trained law
judge had heard the evidence and ruled
that there was no just cause.”
The SPC’s decision “reflects (that) the
State Personnel Commission cannot and
does not condone workplace violence or
threat of violence as an authoritative or
appropriate means of effecting change or
redressing employment-related concerns, ”
the review states.
The incident that precipitated
Browning’s dismissal occurred April 28,
1993. That day, he went to Counseling
Services to pick up forms he needed to file
a second grievance against the University
for denying him a training course request.
See BROWNING, Page 2
He was taken to Orange County Jail,
where he was held until Saturday, when he
made bond.
His arrest comes after an internal park
ing audit and an investigation by the to wn ’ s
finance department and the Chapel Hill
police revealed discrepancies in the town’s
parking receipts.
Consequently, Luther was suspended
from his position on Sept. 26, the day the
audit uncovered the discrepancies.
The audit, which was ordered by Town
Manager Cal Horton’s office, was the first
one done in a concentrated manner, but
the town plans to continue the process,
Chapel Hill Assistant Town Manager
Sonna Loewenthal said in October.
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Former housekeeper ERIC
BROWNING received the SPCs
ruling Saturday.
Parking services was the first depart
ment audited because it is a major source
ofthe town’s cash transactions, Loewenthal
said.
Last month, the investigation discov
ered that approximately $35,000 was miss
ing or unaccounted for from the town’s off
street parking decks, such as the Rosemary
Street deck and Municipal Lot No. 5 at the
intersection of Church and Rosemary
streets.
The audit revealed that of 410 days of
records and receipts that were checked
during the audit, 307 days had incomplete
reports for one or more lots, town Finance
Director Jim Baker said in October.
Then, on Oct. 21, Luther, who had been
Rape Awareness Week to Focus
On Prevention, Providing Help
To Survivors of Sexual Assault
BYJULIE CORBIN
STAFF WRITER
Through marches, movies and pro
grams, organizers of Rape Awareness
Week, which begins today, hope to pre
vent rape and provide a service to survivors
of sexual assault.
“People don’t talk about rape aware
ness on campus, but women continue to
get raped,” said Joan Petit, co-chairwoman
of the Women’s Issues Committee of the
executive branch of student government.
“When acquaintance rape happens, a
lot of people say it was just miscommuni
cation —rape is not something that should
be a result of miscommunication,” Petit
said.
The Take Back the Night March, the
central event of the week’s many activities,
will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Pit with local speakers on women’s issues.
After the march, refreshments will be served
in Gerrard Hall and local musician Tracy
Drach will provide entertainment.
Sibby Anderson-Thompkins, assistant
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a town employee since Sept. 1,1981, was
fired. The Sept. 26 suspension had changed
Luther’s payroll status from s36,24lannu
ally to SO.
Luther is scheduled to appear in district
court in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, reports
state.
Police department spokeswoman Jane
Cousins said Friday that the seven counts
were a result of seven separate incidents.
Luther was the only parking services em
ployee being sought in the case, Cousins
said.
Cousins said she couldn’t specify what
evidence pointed to Luther, adding that
the facts of the investigation could not be
released until the case went to court.
dean of the office of the vice chancellor for
student affairs, will speak about the impor
tance of an ethnically inclusive women’s
movement. Anderson-Thompkins is con
cerned with black women’s issues and has
worked to create a women’s center at UNC,
said Susan Covington, co-chairwoman of
the Women’s Issues Network (WIN).
Rhonda Mann, director of the N.C.
State University Women’s Center, will
speak about the importance of women’s
centers as supportive and safe places for
women, Covington said.
Gloria Faley of Carrboro, who was a
candidate in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Board ofEducation’s selection process this
summer to fill Ruth Royster’s vacated seat
on the school board and who plans to run
for the board, will speak.
Ruby Feinrich, a UNC graduate who
was active in the campaign for the Sonja H.
Stone Black Cultural Center, will also
speak. Feinrich is currently working with
the Orange County Women’s Center, Petit
See RAPE AWARENESS, Page 4