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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 1. 1974
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Utilities employee Mark Walker checks circuits at Rosemary Street exchange
C on temp t c it sit i on
- by Frank Griffin
: W Staff Writer
A suit was filed Sunday on behalf of
Granville Residence College GRC)
charging the Student Supreme Court with
illegally and unconstitutionally citing
Granville for contempt.
Thursday's supreme court contempt
citation suspended Granville from the
Residence Hall Association (RHA) for 20
days and stated that Granville residents
could not participate in any "campus-wide
elections which involve the election of RHA
officers.r Granville's 1 ,400 residents would
not be able to vote for RHA president in
Wednesday's elections.
The petition to vacate the court order
states that the'Granville Elections Board, not
the G RC, is the proper defendant in the case.
The supreme court cited Granville for
contempt because a gubernatorial election
was not held before Sept. 1 2. The court ruled
on Aug. 26 that run-off elections be held by
Sept. 12 to clear up election disputes which
arose last February. Granville ignored the
court ruling however, because its own
constitution required the election be held
later than Sept. 12.
In a statement Sunday, Mike O'Neal and
Lars Nance,; candidates for the , co
presidency of RHA, said, "If the decision of
the court should go unchallenged, a
horrendous precedent would be established
for the future in which the court at any time
could sweep away the right to vote and the
right to representation of any student
constituency."
Betsey Jones, the other candidate for
RHA president, said Monday, "I question
whether they (Granville) were in contempt or
not t if they were obeying their own
constitution." Jones said voter turnout
would probably be so low that Granville's
absence would not make much difference..
Student Supreme Court Chief Justice
Darrell Hancock could not be reached for
comment..
The suit Filed Sunday by Bill Strickland, a
resident of Granville West and CGC
member, cites four reasons the supreme
court contempt citation should be dismissed.
( 1 ) "The court has improperly changed the
defendant in this case from the Granville
Elections Board to Granville Residence
j College" because residents of Granville were
not previously a party in the suit.
(2) The Student Constitution guarantees
the rights and privileges of membership in a
Residence Hall Association "to handle all
matters concerning student life in
U niversity -owned or approved
undergraduate residence halls," a right
which the court decision suspends.
(3) The RHA "constitution guarantees
representation to each residential area in
University-owned or approved
undergraduate housing, and the court's'
contempt order., denies Granville, that
; representation and asks RHA to violate its
own constitution. v '
(4) The court order violates students'
:) rights to vote in all elections guaranteed in
the Campus Election Laws and the RHA
... constitution.
' "It's the job of the supreme court to
interpret laws and not to takethem into their
own hands and. change them at will, which
they so obviously have done," Strickland
said. "The supreme court found the elections
board guilty and should have held them in
contempt, but rather, they found the whole
residence college guilty and punished them.
Certainly the residents of; North Carolina
would not be denied the right to vote if their
representatives in Congress were to be found
guilty of a similar action."
by Rick Reed
Staff Writer
Unless negotiations to sell three
University utilities are completed soon, at
least 25 telephone workers are thinking
about getting sick. Together, they have 250
days of accumulated sick-leave.
This was one reaction expressed by. a
utilities employee committee to the state
Utilities Study Commission's
recommendation on Friday to sell the UNC
telephone system to Southern Bell and the
electric and water systems to Duke Power
Company.
Eleven utilities employees representing
340 workers from administrative engineers
to telephone installers and linemen met
Monday morning to discuss employee
reaction to the decision and decide what
negotiations the employees want to present
to the five-man negotiations board
appointed by the. Church Commission.
Utilities Director Grey Culbreth has
estimated that the negotiations and approval
by the UNC Board of Trustees will take at
least six months. If anti-trust litigation is
started against Southern Bell as it most
likely will be final sa'e could be postponed
18 months.
Lee Taylor, engineering technician at the
water plant and chairman of the employees
committee, said his department would not
exist if the sale to Duke Power is made final.
"The people have lost the incentive for
making improvements," Lee said. "We still
have good people, but they're just going
through the motion." One-third of the
employees, Lee said, will refuse to work for
Southern Bell or Duke Power.
High
way rou te ' pro teste
Soldi: Alternate I-A 'poorly planned'
by Henry Farber
and Helen Ross
Staff Writers
"If a highway does not answer real needs
and has not been shown to produce tangible
benefits that, far outweigh its adverse impact,
then that highway should not be
built . . . ."
This is part of a statement presented to the
Board of Aldermen Aug. 22 by the New
Hope Improvement Association in
opposition to plans for the extension of
Interstate 40.
Four weeks later, the Aldermen resolved
that the town, become a co-plantiff in a
possible lawsuit to block construction of the
extension should the State Highway .
Commission not satisfactorily justify the
interstate in terms of environmental impact.
The New Hope statement was also used
for reference at a table in University Mall
Saturday for passers-by to learn about rising
opposition to the five-year-old construction
plan.
Mrs. Jerry Soldi, chairman of the New
Hope Association's 1-40 committee, manned
the table all day, collecting signatures for a
petition against extension routes favored by
the state until an acceptable environmental
impact statement is made.
The New Hope Improvement
Association, a community improvement
group which serves an area between Chapel
Hill, Durham and Hillsborough, is
considering becoming a co-plaintff in the
suit orginated by ECOS Inc., a statewide
environmental group. The two other co
plaintiffs are the Aldermen and the
Associated Students of Duke University.
The highway commission formulated the
1-40 extension idea in 1968 with a federally
approved plan to link Raleigh with the
interstate system by building a highway
from Research Triangle Park to a junction
with 1-85 in Hillsborough.
To overcome operational problems, the
commission engineered six alternate routes.
According tc the New Hope statement, the
state favors Alternate I-A. a modified
version of Alternate I , one of the original six.
Alternate I leaving Raleigh by-passes the
Research Triangle Park and Durham, then
crosses the Durham-Orange County line at
Chapel Hill-Durham Boulevard on the way
to 1-85.
Drew Diehl, executive director of ECOS,
said Alternate I-A slightly modifies the
southern part of Alternate 1 to avoid a
housing project. But it passes within several
hundred feet of Duke Forest, which is used
for environmental research by UNC and
Duke, he said.
Alternate I-A "is going to be a concrete
barricade between Chapel Hill and
Durham," Soldi said Saturday. She said
studies have shown the highway would
adversely affect farms, residential areas,
water, air, wildlife and environmental
research along the route.
"They (the Highway Commission) seem to
have picked a route that they have a certain
amount of money for," Soldi said. "We're
not against highways just against highways
that seem to be poorly planned."
Part of the state's planning procedure is an
environmental impact statement made last
year to comply with the 1969 National
Environmental Protection Act. Opposition
to the extension has concentrated on the
statement's alleged flaws.
Soldi said the statement does an
inadequate job of explaining adverse effects
to the communities around the alternate
routes.
Diehl said the lawsuit being prepared by
ECOS "just shot holes in the impact
statement." He said ECOS is asking the state
for a new study, which, if judged
unacceptable, will be taken to court by the
Please see 'Interstate,' page 2
Members of the employees committee,
formed Aug. 8. 1972, said most employees
were glad that a decision was finally reached,
but were not too happy about the way they
say it was made.
"It was a cut-and-dried bid to start with
with." said Carroll Weaver, water plant
maintenance mechanic.
"It was all sewed up as to who was going to
get it," another committee member said.
"They just didn't know how long it would
take to make it go their way."
Other members said they suspected some
deals had been made before the Church
Commission meeting on Friday and
lamented that Consumers Utility
Corporation (CUC) failed in its bid.
"We all saw how CUC got shot down."
said Wade Davis, distribution engineer at
the electric and heating plant. Davis said he
understood how a commission member
would have had a hard time voting for CUC.
"especially after all the adverse publicity they
had. But I can't understand the telephone
vote at all."
The utilities employees had favored
Central Telephone and Utilities Corporation
for the telephone system, and Southern Bell,
the successful bidder, was their last choice.
All of the committee members agreed the
telephone workers stand to lose the most
under the present proposal. A telephone
operator on the employees committee
pointed out that Southern Bell has said UNC
operators would not continue working for
the new company.
Gerry Whittington, clerk of University
Enterprises, believes employees are "even
more apprehensive now. People stand to lose
their jobs," he said and added that two-thirds
of the people he has talked with want to
transfer jobs rather than work for Southern
Bell. .
The committee has decided to discuss
negotiation points with Cy. Matheson.
assistant director of the UNC Personnel
Department. That meeting is scheduled to be
held later this week.
Old Well taxes irapaML.
by Sandra Millers
Staff Writer
Roberts Associates, owners of the
majority of area apartment complexes, have
failed to pay 1973 taxes for the Old Well
Apartments in Carrboro and could face
foreclosure proceedings.
Roberts also owes 1974 taxes, which were
due Sept. I.
Carrboro Tax Collector Vergie Arrington
said taxes on the Old Well Apartments
remain unpaid for both years, although 1973
tax bills were mailed last December. Tax
billings for 1974 have been delayed and will
not be out until mid-October. She said a
decision by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen
will be necessary to determine whether the
town will take legal action against Roberts.
Carrboro Alderman Fred Chamblee said
May
calls
decision
or Lee
on utilities 'just . d-fotjndlity:
by Rick Reed
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee called the
state Utilities Study Commission's (Church
Commission) Friday decision "just a
formality" during a special Board of
Aldermen meeting Monday.
"I think Consumers Utility Corporation
was treated unfairly from the day it entered
its bid," Lee said, referring to the Consumer
Utility Corporation's failure to receive any
of the three utilities recommended for sale.
Lee said there would almost certainly be
an anti-trust suit filed against Southern Bell
by Central Telephone & Utilities Corp. Both
companies wanted to buy the UNC
telephone system. It was awarded to
Southern Bell. .
Alderman Alice Welsh suggested that
Lee a member of a five-man negotiating
team set up by the Church Commission
look into relieving Duke Power Co. of the
water system. Welsh does not think Duke is
interested in starting a water business. She
thinks Duke might sell the water system to
the town of Chapel Hill.
Lee said he has evidence that some Church
Commission members held secret meetings
between last Friday's meeting and the
commission's last regular meeting on June
10.
Lee said he would wait until he had more
proof before he would say any more, but
promised that if he got that proof he would
reveal "where they met, who was at the
meetings and, if possible, what was said." He
added that he thought it sinful for those
members to carry on in secret what was
supposed to be public.
Lee also said Chapel Hill and the
University should start sharing the sewer
system equally. Any work done on the
system, Lee said, should have the cost split
down the middle. Lee said he supports the
research UNC is doing at the Water
Treatment plant, and his position on sharing
sewage costs does not alter this support. "If
the University wants to be in the sewer
business," Lee said, "we'll let them be in the
sewer business."
an executive session of the Board of
Aldermen is planned for next week to discuss
the subject of uncollected taxes with
Arrington and her legal assistant.
Chamblee said foreclosure is the most
drastic measure in collecting delinquent
taxes.
"We try everything we can first," he said.
Arrington agreed, but said several
foreclosure cases are currently underway in
Carrboro and that proceedings could begin
immediately against anyone with delinquent
taxes.
Foreclosure cases are sent to court in
Hillsborough. If the property owner does
not halt the proceedings by paying overdue
taxes, the property is put up for public
auction.
Arrington said that in all Carrboro
foreclosure cases to date the property owners
have paid the taxes before the proceedings
could be completed.
The recently-completed Old Well
Apartments have already become embroiled
in controversy. Tenants are threatening legal
action against Roberts for failing to install
kitchen appliances in the apartments.
Cool
Today will be clear, cool and windy.
Highs will be in the upper 60s to low 70s,
and lows tonight will be in the mid to
upper 40s.
Chance of rain is near zero today and
tonight Winds are north at 10-20 miles
per hour.
"Fonty-one FesumMig m Wednesday electnoims
by Art Eisenstadt
Staff Writer
A trtal nf A rnnH iHatps will hf runnina fnr 10
Student Government (SG) positions in
Wednesday's campus-wide elections, the
Elections Board announced Monday.
The distribution of the candidates is such that
there will be true races for only eight positions,
and 30 offices were not filed for.
According to the fall 1974 elections bill passed
earlier this semester oy tne campus uoverning
Council (CGC), voters were to have filled seven
vacant CGC seats, 24 positions on the new
Residence Court, and 28 seats on the new
Undergraduate court.
In addition, voters were given the mandate of
deciding whether to approve a constitutional
amendment permitting SG-funded
organizations to retain any budgetary surpluses
they might build up. The organizations would
have to get CGC approval before they could keep
their funds.
Voters will also choose a new Residence
Housing Association (RHA) president. A
vacancy was created in that office when former
president Mike O'Neal resigned Sept. 13.
' Seven vacancies were created on the CGC
legislative board this fall when two
representatives graduated, four resigned, and
another could not be located. Candidates have
filed for Five of the positions:
Richard Pope, Graduate District II, which
includes the graduate Departments of Business,
Computer Science, Operations Research,
Statistics, Graduate . Medicine, Bbtany.i
Chemistry, Geology, Ecology, Marine Science,
Mathematics, Physics and Zoology.
Martha (Marty) Elks, Graduate District IV,
which includes the Schools of Medicine and
Education.
Jim Snow, Graduate- District V, which
includes the graduate Departments of
Economics, Geography, Speech, Physical
Education, Recreation, The Law School and the
School of Journalism.
Rad Kivette, Graduate District VI, which
includes the graduate Departments of English,
History, Anthropology, Political Science,
Sociology, and the School of Library Science.
Bob Heymann, Don Hunley, and John
Whittingtpn, Undergraduate Off-Campus
District IV, which includes those parts of
Carrboro southwest of the intersection of Main
and Greensboro streets, and most of western
Orange County.
No candidates have filed in Graduate District
I, which includes all graduate departments not
mentioned above except the Departments of
Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public
Health; and. Undergraduate Off-Campus
District V, which includes all parts of Chapel Hill
southwest of the boundary formed by Franklin
St., Estes Drive, and 15-501 By-Pass, in addition
to southern Orange County and Chatham
County.
Any resident of a district with a vacant seat
may be elected as a write-in candidate.
The Undergraduate Court replaces the Men's
and Women's Honor Courts under the new
Judicial Reform Document. There are 14
districts, which coincide with CGC districts, and
each district must elect one man and one
woman. Candidates who have filed are:
Gloria Anderson and Peter Gardner, On
Campus I, Granville West and South.
Susan Mc Adams, On-Campus II, Granville
East, Carr, Spencer, Old West and Old East.
John Cox, Donald J. Woodyard. and Susan
Adams, On-Campus III, Woman's Triad,
Ehringhaus, and undergraduates in Craige.
Mary Virginia Curry and Bruce M.Tindall,
On-Campus IV, James.
H. Morris Caddell Jr., On-Campus V,
Morrison.
Ken Ledford, and Betsy Brown, On
Campus VU Scott College, Whitehead, and
Joyner.
Jon Shoebothan, Rick Mazo, Jon Mundorf
and Kathy McArthur, On-Campus VII,
Henderson College and Upper Quad.
Sam Cooper, and James Jernigan (men)
and E. Ashley Moore (woman), On-Campus
VIII, Morehead Confederation.
Alice Martin, and Casey Stamper (women)
Off-Campus 1, northwest Chapel Hill and
Orange County."
Alec Allen, BUI Saunders, and Percy
Hodge, Off-Campus III, northwestern Chapel
Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County.
Charles Agee Atkins and John Stivarius,
Off-Campus VI, southwestern Chapel Hill, and
immediately adjoining parts of Carrboro.
, Nobody filed for the remaining seats, and they
will be appointed by the student body president.
Interviews will be conducted by the Attorney
General's office in Suite C all this week.
Four North Campus Districts and four South
Campus Districts can each elect three jurors for
the Residence Court. Candidates are:
Durwood Franklin Wiggins and Robin
Pipkin, North Campus I, Granville West and
South.
Eleanor McCorkle, North Campus II,
Morehead Confederation and Joyner.
Mike McGinniss, Chuck Cloninger, and
Mark Isaacson, North Campus III, Henderson
College, Upper Quad, Old East, and Old West.