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by David Ennis
Staff Writer
Mayor Robert J. Wells broke a two to
two deadlock to approve the proposed
bus referendum at the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen meeting Tuesday night.
Wells had postponed the vote in
anticipation of the late arrival of
Aldermen Boyd Ellington and Braxton
Foushee. However, both arrived after the
voting was completed.
The details of the referendum will be
decided later by the Law and Finance
Committee and the town attorney.
Court to
by William March
Staff Writer
The Student Supreme Court will hear
Allen Mask's challenge to the results of
the Feb. 6 presidential election at 7
tonight in room 1 00 Hamilton Hall.
The defendant, Elections Board
Chairman Leo Gordon, will be
represented by Richard Letchworth,
Gerry Cohen and William Skeels, all UNC
law students.
Mask's counsel is Roger Bernholz, a
law student, and Carol Chamberlain. ' "
David Crump, Supreme Court chief
justice, allowed a delay in the hearing of
the case to let attorneys from both sides
work on shortening the hearing and to
give Gordon time to prepare a defense.
Mask's representatives said that they
hoped that only one witness would be
called to testify on the facts Will
Bynum, a poll-tender at the Everett poll.
Other facts could be presented by
affadavits from those involved.
The brief of Mask's complaint alleges
that the Everett poll was closed for
between 30 and 60 minutes during the
Mask's
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The annual Chi Psi Valentine's Day parade finally got started Wednesday afternoon,
after the showers which had plagued the town most of the day held off long enough
for those of all ages in the parade to march down Franklin Street These are some of
Small valentines' steal
by Amy O'Neal
Staff Writer
Silent Sam, having stood speechless for the 100 years
since the end of the Yankee aggression, was heard to
speak Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m., at Chapel Hill's
Second Annual Valentine's Day Parade.
"Any man who hates dogs and children can't be all
bad." He quoted W.C. Fields.
There were half-pint kids decked out in red and white
striped Dr. Dentons and crepe and construction paper
Valentines.
Seven kazoos led the big parade, 1 1 snare drums close
behind, followed, by rows and rows of the finest
virtuosos singing "When the Saints Go Marching In."
The Grand Dragon, dressed in a purple and yellow
cape, was followed by Mickey Mouse wearing knickers.
A court jester attired in red, white and blue patches
holding bells, a matching hat and argyle socks danced
Aldermen Fred Chamblee and Don
Peninger voted in favor of the motion.
Aldermen John Boone and Mary Rigsbee
voted in opposition. Wells broke the tie,
voting in favor of holding the
referendum.
The Carrboro Planning Board,
represented by Grey Moody, earlier
approved the motion to hold a
referendum by a vote of five to two.
Gary Wood, one of about 30 people in
attendance at the aldermen's meeting,
requested that the individual aldermen
make their feelings known in regard to
the referendum.
While none of the aldermen vocally
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protest
election day, and that voters were
disenfranchised as a result. The poll also
closed early, the brief states. Since Mask
came within 30 votes of winning a berth
in the runoff, the brief alleges this closing
could have materially affected the
outcome of the election.
Gordon's counsel will attempt to show
that no proof can be offered that Mask
actually lost votes because of the closing.
Second place candidate Ford Runge,
scheduled for a berth in the presidential
runoff if Mask's challenge is unsuccessful,
has challenged representatives of the Blue
Sky Party to a strip steak eating contest
at a local restaurant. This is a counter to
Blue Sky candidate Pitt Dickey's pinball
challenge for determining the election.
The contest would be between the
Blue Sky party and the Student
Consumer Action Union (SCAU), which
Runge heads.
"Whoever can consume the most
enzyme-treated, dyed, grease-embalmed
strip steaks without mishap is the
winner," states the challenge. "The loser
pays Chapel Hill's inflated price for
indigestion."
through the crowd. A band of aluminum-winged angels
came down for the occasion.
There were kids on roller skates, Kids on wooden
horses. Kids on bicycles. Kids playing kazoos. Kids
beating drums. Kids beating each other, and all in the
name of some saint who lived long and made funny
cards to send to people talking about love and stuff.
Speedy McGreedy dropped his Hardee Huskies as the
progression turned off Franklin onto Mallette Street
toward the Chi Psi lodge for munchies and prizes.
Imagine the aroma of hot chocolate, sugar cookies
and wet dog combined withe the music of a rhythmic
drum player, second-grader shouts and roller skates
coasting over the hard wood floors of the lodge.
"Wanna cookie? Thoughtcha would."
"Know how to play that kazoo?"
"Man, I was playing this thing before you were
born," third grader answers.
"Bribes for the judging will be accepted right here!"
How do you look at 20 soaking wet little kids with
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
men
supported the proposed bus system,
Chamblee and Peninger expressed their
approval of allowing the voters to decide
the issue.
Boone said, "I'm opposed to tax
subsidy of private business of any kind."
Rigsbee also opposed the bus system
because of the burden on property
owners and the town.
Last night's vote marked the
conclusion of the fight to pass the bus
referendum. Prior to last night's meeting,
the proposal to hold a referendum had
been defeated by the aldermen three
separate times.
The issue had been up in the air for
quite a while. However, the climax came
in November of last year when the
Carrboro board vetoed the inclusion of
Carrboro on a bus referendum that was to
be held by the town of Chapel Hill. The
Chapel Hill referendum scheduled for
Jan. 23, was postponed to Feb. 20.
A proposal recommending that
recreational funding be included on the
bus referendum was also referred to the
Law and Finance Committee.
Other actions of the board included
passage of recommendations to deny
rezoning of several areas to multi-family
housing and approval of
recommendations by the public works
committee to continue support of public
utilities and to make several street
improvements.
Abortion
N.C. remains unaffected
by Jody M each am
Staff Writer
North Carolina's abortion laws ,have
not been affected by recent U.S. Supreme
Court rulings that changed similar laws in
Georgia and Texas.
According to a source in N.C.
Attorney General Robert Morgan's office,
the Supreme Court decision applies only
to the two states specifically mentioned
in the written opinion handed down by
the costumed marchers
parade's police escort.
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Bobby Jones hauls in the ball for another rebound in Wednesday night's 95-85 win
over Maryland's Terrapins. Carolina led all the way in the game. The DTH will run the
story on the game in Friday's issue. (Staff photo by Cliff Kolovson)
laws
Justice Harry Blackmun.
The source said the opinion of the
court was not so clearly worded as to
apply to any state other than Texas and
Georgia.
Until the North Carolina abortion
statutes are specifically amended by the
General Assembly or are declared
unconstitutional by the courts, they will
stand as they are at present.
The law now says that abortions may
be legally performed in North Carolina
for any of three reasons.
(Staff photo by Cliff Kolovson)
behind one of the parade banners as they waited on the
parad
enormous, excited eyes and choose two best girls'
costumes, two best boys' costumes and a best decorated
bicycle?
Well, those girls decked in red on roller skates should
get a combined prize. What about the 3-feet tall kid with
pigtails leading the white terrier on a red leash?
Right-two stuffed, red animals coming right up.
The shy cowboy in the funny red hat and costume?
The little girl on a bicycle with her front wheel
decorated with white paper and red hearts? Good-two
fli-backs.
One fli-back left? A best drummer contest! The
second-best drummer wins by default-by de fault of the
best drummer who is now too shy to play, having
serenaded us all through munchie time. ,
Pack up the kids and . send them home to their
mothers. Clean up the crumbs and scour the percolator
for dinner coffee. Pull out the bourbon. It's time for
celebration! All of 365 days until next February 14.
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First, the pregnancy must endanger
the life of the mother or greatly impair
her health.
Second, the child would be physically
or mentally defective.
Or, third, the pregnancy is the result
of rape or an incestuous act. Such a rape
or incestuous act must have been
reported to authorities within seven days
after it occurred.
If a woman's pregnancy is found to
comply with one of the three above
categories, she must comply with
formalities of certification and written
permission and be a North Carolina
resident.
The attorney general's office has not
yet been able to give an official opinion
on the North Carolina law. The attorney
general could conceivably be involved in a
future court case in which he would have
to represent the opposite point of view.
" Now pending before the U.S. Supreme
Court is an appeal case which could
determine the future status of the North
Carolina law.
A panel of three federal judges ruled
previously in the case and declared the
North Carolina law constitutional except
for the residency requirement. Since that
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Although most of the participants in the Valentine's Day parade simply walked,
these two of the younger marchers chose to use a much less fatiguing method of
transportation-ol'-fashioned roller skates. (Staff photo by Clrff Kolovson)
Founded February 23, 1893
Run-off
elections
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Results of two runoff elections, a
court-ordered re-election and a
court-ordered recount of ballots, all
stemming from the Feb. 6 Campus
Governing Council elections, were
certified Wednesday night by Elections
Board Chairman Leo Gordon, after the
polls closed in the balloting at 7 p.m.
Johnny Kaleel had successfully
petitioned the Student Supreme Court
for a recount of the ballots in the election
in on-campus district VI, which had
showed him two votes short of a victory.
Kaleel is now the certified winner in that
district, with 1 86 votes over Drew Cobbs'
171.
James Srebro's challenge to the
election results in on-campus district II
was sustained Tuesday night in a hearing
before the court. In the resulting
re-election held Wednesday, Srebro
replaced Christina Ewendt in the run-off
election with Kyle Terrell.
This runoff will be held Monday, with
polls in Granville East, Spencer and the
Y-Court open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
The new election showed Ewendt with
29 votes, Terrell with 74 and Srebro with
61. Srebro had challenged on the basis of
the presence of an illegal name on the
ballot.
The runoff in Morrison dorm between
Lester Diggs and Carl Fox showed Fox a
winner by 180 to 128.
In Graduate District IV, write-in votes
on Feb. 6 placed Mary Ann Maher and
Gary McLain in a runoff. McLain won
1 14 to 48 in the runoff.
Court ruling
ruling the General Assembly has reduced
the residency requirement from four
months to 30 days.
There are three possible ways in which
the present state law can be struck down:
The U.S. Supreme Court could rule
on the appeal from the three-judge panel
and declare the law unconstitutional
A suit could be brought before the
State Supreme Court asking that it nullify
the law.
The N.C. General Assembly could
act to change the law.
There has been no indication that any
such action would be taken by the
legislature although this would be the
most likely event, according to the source
in Morgan's office. At present there is no
action pending before the State Supreme
Court.
Weather
TODAY: Partly cloudy through
tonight. High in the upper 40s, low
tonight in the mid 20s. Ten per cent
chance of rain.
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