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Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Wednesday, April 25, 1973
Vol. 81, No. 145
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by Jody Meacham
Staff Writer
rroponents 01 no-iault auto insurance
won a hollow victory in the N.C. Senate
Monday night. The bill passed the senate
on a voice-vote after an amendment
introduced by Sen. Phil Godwin, D-Gates
County, was tacked on to the bill by a 25
to 20 vote.
The amendment lowered the threshold .
for bringing a court suit for hospital and
medical expenses from $1,000 to $500.
As originally written, the no-fault bill
would have prohibited court suits in auto
accidents, no matter who was at fault,
unless either hospital and medical
expenses exceeded $1,000, or personal
income loss exceeded $5,000.
Spring Fling fun
and flying frisbees
Frisbees, music, beer and cokes will be
featured at the second annual Spring
Fling for seniors on Thursday, the last
day of classes. The event will be from
4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the American
Legion Clubhouse grounds on Legion
Road.
"The Fling is planned as a final
get-together for the class," said Senior
Class President Morey Lampley. "We see
it strictly as an afternoon of fun and
games."
Sherlocke, a jazz-rock band will
provide the music for the Fling. The
eight-member group is "led by UNC
sophomore John Harris and includes
several other UNC students. Sherlocke
plays a wide variety of music, ranging
from F.dear Winter to Blood, Sweat and
Congressman L.H. Fountain
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Willie Mebane, BSM head, at
(Staff photo by George Brown)
If neither of these conditions" existed, a
person's own insurance company would
pay instead of the insurance company of
the driver at fault.
The original bill was actively opposed
by the N.C. Bar Association and most
lawyers because the number of court
cases under such a law would be reduced,
thereby reducing the heed for lawyers.
Proponents of the measure claimed
that by reducing court suits, and thus
legal fees, insurance rates would be cut.
Under the amendment introduced by
Godwin, a person could sue in court if
medical expenses totaled $500 instead of
the $ 1 ,000 originally proposed.
The bill was most strongly supported
by Sen. Gordon Allen, D-Person County,
and Sen. Donald Kincaid, R-Caldwell
Tears, and Seals and Crofts and The
Guess Who. :
Seniors attending Spring Fling will also
have an opportunity to meet Alumni
Association officers and staff members
and to join the General Alumni
Association if they wish to do so.
Class officers are issuing to all members
of the clas of '73 a special alumni
membership invitation that offers a
one-time-only, half-price rate for joining
UNC's official alumni body.
"We're urging all seniors to take
advantage of this opportunity to keep in
. touch with Carolina," Lampley said.
Regular annual membership dues are
$10 a year for an individual and $12 for a
Carolina couple. Seniors may join for
$5.00 the first year, or $6.00 for a
couple.
Fountain: Ervin
by Greg Turosak
Staff Writer
"I think that any public official,
whether appointed or elected, unless in
the judgment of the President that public
official's testimony would endanger the
national security or seriously impair
domestic operations, should not be able
to invoke executive privilege."
That was one of the many comments,
most of them open to wide
interpretation, which N.C. Congressman
L.H. Fountain of the second
congressional district made Tuesday
during a quick stop to the UNC campus.
Fountain is currently traveling in
North Carolina, taking advantage of the
Easter recess in the U.S. Congress.
by Nancy Kochuk
Staff Writer
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor was
confronted on the steps of South
Building Tuesday afternoon by about 500
blacks with a list of grievances from the
Black Student Movement (BSM) Central
Committee.
This confrontation was the result of a
rally and march from the Pit to South
Building headed by BSM Chairman Willie
Mebane.
The rally was- a protest against Nixon's
proposed higher education financial
assistance budget, the cutback in the
number of blacks admitted to UNC and
the total elimination of the
Afro-American Studies curriculum here
next fall.
Abeola, a representative from the
Youth Organization for Black Unity
(YOBU), who spoke in the Pit, said there
are two factors of education that the
black student must consider. He must
realize the true purpose of getting a
college degree and he must ascertain his
role as a black student on white or black
campuses.
"Our education always reflects the
needs of the American society, not the
needs of the black people," he said.-
Abeola stressed that the role of the
black student is not simply to get a
degree, but rather, "to come to school to
see what we can do to perpetuate and
uplift the black masses."
Blacks will become valuable to their
brothers and sisters, he said, only when
County, both in the insurance business.
Allen and Kincaid successfully held off
three earlier amendments introduced by
lawyers, including one by Sen.1 A.B.
Coleman of Orange County, which would
allow a person to sue for damages
resulting from "suffering" regardless of
the dollar amount. They led the
opposition to Godwin's amendment.
Lobbyists for automobile insurance
companies have been working hard for a
no-fault proposal which1 would allow
them to avoid their claim settlements
being challenged in court.
Sen. Thomas Strickland, D-Wayne
County, spoke against the bill saying that
certain provisions of it were
unconstitutional. He said that having a
threshold provision in the bill would
discriminate against the poor who would
most likely be treated at public health
clinics and thus have more difficulty in
having high enough medical costs to sue.
He said that the threshold would
encourage fraud by making people inflate
medical expenses to a level at which they
could take the case to court.
Strickland is the sponsor of a no-fault
bill now in committee endorsed by the
N.C. Bar Association which would give
the motorist an option of having a
no-fault policy with no threshold or
keeping his present liability insurance.
Sen. Fred Folger, D-Surry County,
attacked the $5,000 income loss
threshold, saying that the aged and poor
would have a harder time meeting that
figure than a lower one.
Today's weather
Considerable cloudiness with
thundershowers likely. The high is
expected in the mid 70's and the low
. tonight is expected in the upper 40's.
Sixty percent chance of precipitation.
Outlook: more thundershowers.
"I think the President has gone far
beyond all reasonable bounds with
respect to executive privilege," said
Fountain. "It seems to me that he should
have anyone who knows anything about
the Watergate case testify in court.
"I believe in the complete freedom of
the press," he said, "and I believe in the
courageous disclosures the Washington
Post has made.
"If it hadn't been for this type of
reporting, the Watergate affair would be
over by now; it would have passed away
without notice," he said.
Fountain added, however, that
newsmen should have to divulge sources
and information when serious crimes have
been committed.
Fountain indicated he was strongly
they develop a correct political ideology,
learn something that will be useful to the
black masses, and dedicate themselves to
the black movement to help themselves.
Former BSM Chairman Warren Carson
also spoke at the rally, protesting the
"gradual phasing out of the black studies
curriculum for next fall." He said blacks
were promised in 1968 that an
Afro-American Studies Department
would be established by this year.
Mebane protested the decrease in the
number of black freshmen accepted for
the fall. He said the number has decreased
by 50 each year since 1970 and that this
year only 150 blacks have been accepted.
He said the $10 application fee, which is
no longer waived, allowed fewer blacks
the opportunity of even applying for
admission here.
Dr. Lillian Lehman, UNC registrar,
confirmed this, saying that black
acceptances were down from last year.
She attributed this to a lower number of
applications. "Also," she said, "white
male applications are lower this year, and
our acceptance for them is running 14 to
15 percent behind last year's."
The rally ended with the . march to
South Building. The black students
waited on the steps while Mebane spoke
with the Chancellor and Donald Boulton,
dean of student affairs.
Taylor responded to the demands of
the black students by setting up an
appointment with Mebane for 10 a.m.
Thursday to discuss their list of
grievances. He said he welcomed the
dialogue between himself and the black
students because he has "some awareness
of the special problems and concerns of
the black students on campus."'
He said the University has been striving
to meet these special needs. Taylor hinted
at the appointment of some adviser to the
black students, but said the decision
would have to be approved by the UNC
Board of Governors before it could be
made public.
The following is the list of grievances
presented to the Chancellor Tuesday
afternoon.
Insight
today
Check SCAU guide
Apartment . Broblems?
by Bonnie Weyher
Staff Writer
Looking for an apartment in Chapel
Hill or Carrboro? Tired of wandering
from one realtor to another? Save
yourself steps by picking up a Student
Consumer Action Union (SCAU) guide to
off-campus housing.
The pamphlets, entitled "Southern
Part of Heaven?" will be distributed at no
charge next Tuesday and Wednesday
from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 4 to 5 p.m.
in front of the Undergraduate Library.
They will also be available anytime at the
Student Union desk and the SCAU office.
Included in the pamphlet is a list of
major apartment complexes in Chapel
Hill and Carrboro, along with the
location, prices and features of each. Also
presented are the results of tenant surveys
behind N.C. Senator Sam Ervin's efforts
in the Watergate hearings. He said, "I
don't think there is any question that
Ervin is right."
Fountain was somewhat unclear
otherwise about his opinions on
increasing executive power. He said that
he thought the founding fathers were
wise in setting up three separate and
supposedly equal branches of
government.
However, Fountain said, "Today we
don't really have co-equal branches of
government. '
"The President has vetoed many
excessive appropriations; his aim and his
goal in eliminating excessive expenditures
is good, but his prerogative exceeds his
authority," Fountain said.
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"On behalf of the black (sic) students
attending the University of North
Carolina, we demand:
that, as promised, an Afro-American
Studies Department be established.
that more black courses be offered
in each department (i.e., black history,
black economics, black media, etc.)
that at least one (or one more in
some cases) black faculty be hired in each
department on campus.
that the University make an honest
effort in recruiting prospective black
No funding stops
UNC counsel team
by Ken Allen
Staff Writer
The UNC Counseling Team, a group of
graduate students in the help-professions
that counsel dormitory residents, will
cease to exist after this semester due to
lack of funding.
Donald Boulton, dean of student
affairs, informed team member Ken
Kasselman Monday afternoon that money
to continue the program next year was
not available.
The counseling team needs $13,000 for
operating expenses, according to
Kasselman.
The counseling team began two years
ago in Morrison and James dormitories
with a budget of $10,000. Graduate
students in the help-professions
including psychology and nursing were
available to provide' counseling and act as
a referral service for students
experiencing difficulties in dormitory"
life.
The program was expanded for
1972-73 to include a North Campus team
and a roving team in addition to the
South Campus team. The $13,000
In an effort to examine the myths of lesbianism, die
DTH contacted Chapel Hill's gay community, talked
with its people about themselves and surveyed
students on their feelings and impressions of
homosexuality. The report does not attempt to draw
any general conclusions, but merely presents the facts
as they were able to be found.
conducted in each complex.
Under the direction of sophomore
Steve Lytch, several students researched
the rights and responsibilities of both the
landlord and the tenant. A section of the
pamphlet explains these rights. In this
way SCAU hopes to clear up some
common misconceptions about the terms
of a lease. Also included is an article on
how to take a landlord to court.
Nancy Has lam, head of the local
research team, hopes that the guide will
help alleviate confusion for the apartment
seeker. "Once students have found a
place to live, we hope the pamphlet will
help them understand their rights as
tenants," she said.
With a group of UNC students, Haslam,
a senior from Charlotte, spent four weeks
interviewing landlords and tenants, all of
whom, she noted, were very cooperative.
on Watergate
Concerning the emergency funds
appropriated recently by the House and
the Senate in response to President
Nixon's impoundment of college aid
funds, Fountain said, "We are doing a
futile, asinine thing in passing legislation
which the President says he will veto
anyway.".
Fountain was not sure if he would vote
to override a veto, saying, "It depends on
what the actual override bill is."
However, he said, "I would be inclined
to support whatever the Appropriations
Committee passes out."
Concerning his vote against gasoline
tax monies being used for mass transit
systems, Fountain said that when the
highway bill was passed in 1958, it was
freshmen through reinstating Project
Uplift, allowing financially disadvantaged
blacks to waive the $10 application fee,
and that National Achievement finalists
be allowed to visit UNC at the expense of
the University.
Mebane said if no gains are made from
Thursday's meeting with the Chancellor,
he will be in Taylor's office Friday
morning and the students would be back
on the steps of South Building and would
remain there until something definite is
accomplished.
needed was provided by the Residence
College Federation (RCF) which has since
been changed to the Residence Hall
Association.
Both Boulton and Kasselman agreed
that the 1972-73 funding from RCF.
would be for one year only. Kasselman
hoped that funding to continue the
project could be found from other,
sources.
During the current academic year, the
team had 236 initial contacts about
five percent of dormitory residents. They
made follow-up contacts 'with 240
people.
Of the total budget, $3,000 goes to Dr.
Paul Fiddleman for his work as faculty
supervisor, and the remaining money is
allotted as stipends to eight of the 16
counselors.
Kasselman said Tuesday he started,
making requests for money to Boulton at
the end of January. At the end of March,
Kasselman wrote Boulton a letter saying
that funding would have to be found by
April 4 if the team were to continue.
Boulton said that he could not find the
money in the time specified by
Kasselman's letter. "I think the team has
done a good job, and I plan to have a
permanent team of this type in the
future," Boulton said. "It's a shame they
have no money."
Boulton said funding would have to
come from Residence Life, with the final
decision left to the director. The current
director, Robert Kepner, is resigning and
a replacement has not yet been chosen.
She added that her group encountered
everything from "complaints about rats
to total satisfaction with the living
accomodations."
Noting that the housing pamphlet is
the first of many publications SCAU
plans to offer the student body, SCAU
Chairman Ted Claghorn said, "Our hope
is that information of this sort will enable
students to actively participate with
existing consumer organizations."
DeWitt McCarley, chairman of the
Tenant and Landlord Committee of
SCAU, said, "I'm hoping that this
pamphlet will alert students to the kind
of problems that SCAU can help them
solve."
Other groups within SCAU include the
Pricing Committee, the Food Quality
Committee and Action Line, a consumer
complaint service.
presumed that the funds would be used
only for highways.
Of Office of Economic Opportunity
legal branch services, Fountain said, "I
happen to believe that people who are in
need of legal services should have
adequate advice and counseling.
Fountain added, however, that he is
not in favor of an independent agency for
this legal advice, saying that it should be
responsive to jurisdiction of authority
from a higher leveL
On shield laws, Fountain said simply
that his mind was "completely open.
As for his plans in November 1974,
Fountain said "I have no plans now to
run for Senate, and I do plan to run for
re-election. But I don't want to die in
Washington," he added.