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Volume 102, Issue 106
101 years of editorial freedom
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
State Department Refuses
To Ease Sanctions on Iraq
WASHINGTON, D.C. The United
■States is ruling out easing U.N. sanctions
against Iraq even if the Iraqis recognize
Kuwait’s border.
; t With its veto, the United States has the
power to enforce its view. The State De
partment took the stand Tuesday before
getting a readout on talks between Russian
Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev andlraqi
Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz.
. - The Russian Foreign Ministry an
nounced following those talks that Iraq
was ready to bow to a key U.N. demand
and recognize Kuwait’s border, formaliz
ing an earlier pledge to Kozyrev.
; The ITAR-Tass news agency said Aziz
had delivered a letter from Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein to Russian President Boris
Yeltsin concemingrecognitionofKuwait’s
borders and sovereignty.
Israeli Leader to Expand
Palestinian Autonomy
EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip
Yitzhak Rabin, attemptingto bolster Yasser
Arafat against a widening circle of Pales
tinian critics, pledged Tuesday to ease the
closure of the Gaza Strip and to work faster
to expand Palestinian autonomy.
The promises came at a time when
Arafat was losing ground to Islamic mili
tants opposed to reconciliation with Israel.
Arafat passed two groups of protesters
disgruntled truckers hurt by the sealing
of Gaza and mothers of prisoners held by
Israel—as the PLO leader drove from his
Gaza City headquarters to meet Rabin at
the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza.
Hundreds of policemen armed with
Kalashnikov assault rifles lined the eight
mile route to protect him.
DJL Will Not Charge A1
Cowlings for Aiding O.J.
LOS ANGELES—AI Cowlings won’t
be charged with helping O. J. Simpson flee
in a Ford Bronco during a slow-speed high
way chase because of insufficient evidence,
the district attorney said Tuesday.
District Attorney Gil Garcetti declined
to say why the evidence was lacking and
would not respond to questions about his
threat on the day of Simpson’s flight that
anybody who helped the football Hall of
Famer would face felony charges.
Cowlings is “obviously very happy
they’re not going to be filing charges,” said
his lawyer, Donald Re. “He’s happy that
the investigation is behind him.”
Children Among Victims
Of Violence in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sniping and shrapnel killed four people
and wounded seven in Sarajevo on Tues
day as increasing violence on the country’s
battlefields spread to the besieged capital.
The dead included three children, hos
pital officials said. Five children were
wounded in the fighting, the heaviest in
central Sarajevo in nearly six weeks.
It was too early to say who was to
blame, but Bosnian Serbs have threatened
to avenge battlefield losses by tightening
their grip on Muslim-held Sarajevo. The
Bosnian government army said it would
retaliate for Tuesday’s attacks.
Pools of blood stained the pavement in
front of Sarajevo’s main Kosevo hospital
as staff rushed to attend the wounded.
New Cabinet Takes Office
In Haiti's National Palace
' PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Haiti’s
new Cabinet ministers took office at the
national palace Tuesday, and President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide extended an olive
branch to the military.
At die inauguration ceremony, in a white
Columned hall lined with the busts of na
tional heroes, Aristide hugged and shook
bands with Prime Minister SmarckMichel
and his 17 Cabinet ministers.
Their task will be to turn the country
around after three years of repression. The
military is blamed for condoning 3,000
political murders after Aristide was ousted
in a September 1991 coup.
Hundreds of Haitians gawked from
outside the green iron gates surrounding
die gleaming white palace, watching guests
come and go. American soldiers and pri
vate security guards in civilian dress stood
guard.
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Local Stories Pg. 3
Democrats Retain Every
County Commissioner Seat
BY CHRIS NICHOLS
CITY EDITOR
The Democrats continued their domi
nance of the Orange County Board of
Commissioners, as Republican contender
Richard Hammer fell short in his bid for
one of three open seats.
Two incumbent candidates, Stephen
Halkiotis and Alice Gordon, the top vote
getter with 17,531 votes, retained their
seats, and political newcomer Bill Crowther
gained a position.
“It seems pretty close to what happened
two years ago and four years ago,” Ham
mer said. “I, the Republican, have gotten
about the same percentage of votes Repub
Chapel Hill, North Caroliaa
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,1994
New York Governor
Pataki (R) defeats
Cuomo (D)
Incumbent Ousted in N.C. State Senate Race
BYRYAN THORNBURG
ASSISTANT STATE AND NATIONAL EDITOR
In a late-night result, Republican Teena
Little and Democrat Fred Hobbs defeated
incumbent Democrat Howard Lee in the
contest for the 16th District of the N.C.
Senate Tuesday night.
With 99 percent of the precincts report
ing, the returns indicated that Hobbs and
Little were the victors in the close race.
Although Hobbs was victorious, he
said he was frustrated by the overwhelm
ing victories by the Republican party all
over.
“It’s a tough night,” he said.
Many voters, including Hobbs, had
not expected Lee to lose..
“I don’t think anyone anticipated the
night we’ve had tonight, ” Hobbs said from
his home in Southern Pines. “We had
reason to believe that Lee and I would be
the top vote-getters.”
Little could not be reached for com-
licans got in the past, and I wanted to do
better. So I’m disappointed.”
Hammer, who got 9,867 votes, said he
would probably take another stab at a seat
on the board of commissioners, but that for
now, he was glad the campaign trail had
ended.
“It’s been occupying my attention, and
now I can plan,” he said. “Not knowing
whether I would have the extra job, now I
can start forming more definite plans.”
Halkiotis, the principal of Orange High
School, will be serving his third term as a
county commissioner. He received 17,074
votes. Halkiotis said the victory showed
See COMMISSIONERS, Page 4
Texas Governor
Bush (R) defeats
Richards (D)
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New state Senators TEENA LITTLE and FRED HOBBS
ment Tuesday night.
Lee spent the evening at his home in
Chapel Hill watching election returns with
supporters. By 10 p.m., Lee and about 10
supporters were watching a very close
race and beginning to worry about the
results.
“It’s not looking too good for me right
Finance Committee Continues Investigation
Recruitment Bill, Course
Review, Delays in Group
Funding Topics of Inquiry
BYPETER ROYBAL
STAFF WRITER
Having doled out all the money it had
for this semester, Student Congress has
begun investigating itself and the executive
branch in finance committee meetings that
will continue tonight.
Today’s 7 p.m. meeting will focus on
the Minority Recruitment Bill, delays in
funding student groups and the Carolina
Course Review, finance committee mem
ber Rep. Stephen Oljeski, Dist. 4, said.
The finance committee first met to out
line the investigation Monday, after voting
California Governor
Wilson (D) defeats
Brown (R)
Former Raleigh Police Chief Defeats
Incumbent Dadd Price in Congress Race
BY JENNY HEINZEN
STATE AND NATIONAL EDITOR
RALEIGH—In the biggest state upset
ofthe evening, Republican Fred Heineman
defeated incumbent Democrat David Price
intheracefortheU.S. Congress seat in the
4th District.
“You’ve heard about David beating
Goliath," said Heineman, former chief of
police in Raleigh. “Now the Bad News
Bears have beaten David.”
The final tabulations showed the two
contenders tied at 50 percent of the elec
torate, but with Heineman ahead by more
than 1,000 votes.
“I want to commend Fred Heineman
on a strongly run race,” Price said. “It
appears that he is in the lead, but we will
want to see the final numbers before we
make any final conclusions.”
The campaign trail for the two con-
tenders was highlighted by negative advertising
with both sides making allegations as to the
other’s record and campaign strategies.
“Naturally, I’ve been disappointed to have
my own record and my own positions distorted
time and again,” said Price, who was running for
his fifth term in Congress. “He distorted my
views on the death penalty, social security, health
care and the Balanced Budget Amendment. But
I’ve tried to stay on track with my own positive
message.”
But Heineman said he was not bothered by the
negativity of the campaign.
“There was no real problem with that,” he
Results
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[vf Fred Heineman (R) 77,770 50.4%
□ David Price (D) 76,457 49.6%
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now,” he said. “It’s going to
take a lot for me to catch
up.”
Lee said he had not done
as well as he usually did in
Moore County, home
county to both Little and
Hobbs. With 36 precincts re
porting in Chapel Hill, Lee
said he would have needed
to have a larger margin of
support in Chatham and
Orange counties to have
guaranteed a victory.
Lee, who lost as an in
cumbent for the first time in
his life, said he thought there was an anti
incumbent mood in the country.
“I can’t tell if the backlash is focused at
me,” he said.
Hobbs said there seemed to be a great
outlash against incumbents but that many
incumbents like Lee had been making a lot
of progress in the legislature.
Finance Committee
Meeting
in favor of the
probe last week.
The three issues
the committee will
consider are:
N Whether it
was proper for Student Body President
George Battle to sign the Minority Recruit
ment Bill, which allocated $7,280 to bring
black and Native-American students to
UNC. This issue hangs on whether con
gress officially voted to reconsider the bill
in the wee hours of its Sept. 14 meeting. If
congress voted in favor of reconsideration,
the bill should have been brought up at
congress’ next meeting, and Battle could
not have signed it when he did, Oljeski
said.
Following the Sept. 14 episode, Parlia
mentarian Lee Conner and former Speaker
Pro Tempore Jonathan Jordan disagreed
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Fred Heineman receives support Tuesday
evening during the Republican gala.
said. “There have been potholes on both of our
campaigns, making them difficult and complex. ”
Price said the entire campaign had been more
difficult than past congressional races he was
involved in.
“It’s been in some ways a tougher race,” he
said. “I was facing a well-known opponent in a
negative national climate.
“A lot of politicians are trying to take advan
tage of that,” he said. “People are and should be
frustrated with the political climate. It’s there
across the country, and has definitely been a
factor in this election.
Tom Hendrickson, chairman of the N.C.
Democratic Party, said he was surprised that the
election turned out as it did.
“This race is a reflection of the tide you see
sweepingthecountry,” Hendrickson said. “This
tide that’s sweeping is stronger than I’d ex
pected.”
He said the negative campaigning on the part
of Heineman had hurt Price in the polls.
The most controversial aspect of the cam
paign was an ad in which Price said Heineman
See CONGRESS, Page 6
Results
State Senate - Dist ffi
Fted Hobbs (D) 36,152 33.9%
Teena Uttle.(R) 36,036 33.8%
□ Howard Lae (D) 34.333 32.2%
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Hobbs, noting the many Republican up
sets across the state, said he was concerned
about the strong GOP showing.
“I don’t know what to make of it,” he
said. “The Republican landslide is in senti
ment more than vote totals.”
Lee and Hobbs, who campaigned to
gether, both said they thought that perhaps
See SENATE, Page 6
on what happened at the meeting. Conner,
who also serves as a member of the execu
tive branch, ruled that the bill had not been
approved for reconsideration, but Jordan
contended it had been.
Rep. Julie Gasperini, Dist. 14, stressed
that the investigation focused on proce
dure and not the bill itself.
“I think it’s important to realize what
happened. I know that a lot of members of
congress have not been satisfied by the
explanation given by the branches as to
what happened,” she said.
■ The committee will also investigate
why the groups congress approved for fund
ing Oct. 5 still had not received their money
two weeks later.
It is not clear why the committee would
investigate this because under the proce-
See FINANCE, Page 2
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