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by Leonard Curry
- United Press International
WASHINGTON Americans will
cut their Christmas shopping lists this
year or dig deeper into savings because a
12.2 per cent inflation rate is eroding
consumer buying power, government
figures showed Thursday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported the Consumer Price Index rose .
0.9 per cent in October and 12.2 per cent
over the past 12 months.
The price index stood at . 153.2 in
October, meaning goods and services
costing $100 in 1967 costs $153.20 last
month.
In pocketbook terms, a Christmas
present purchased for $ 10 last year now
costs $12.20.
' Prices in the past year rose three times
faster than the 1970-71 inflation that led
to wage-price controls. It was also the
highest inflation rate since 1947 when
the end of World War II price controls
sent consumer prices up 9 per" cent.
The only items cheaper to buy this
year than in October, 1 973 were meat,
poultry and fish, down 4.1 per cent.
Every other consumer item has jumped
4.8 per cent for transportation services
to 59.9 per cent for fuel oil and coal.
The bureau said the effect of inflation
and higher taxes eroded real spendable
income. Despite pay increases averaging
8.8 per cent over the past year, an
average worker's actual buying power
dipped 10.8 per cent from October,
1973.
Average weekly earnings of $158.84
last month could buy $103.68 worth of
goods after adjustment fbrinflation and ;
since 1967 mesr1rrQctobeTri973 -average
weekly earnings of $147.63
could buy $ 108.07 worth of goods.
Accounting for most of the 0.9 per
cent rise; in the price index from
September to October were higher
prices for new and used cars, mortgage
interest, clothing, sugar, cereal and
bakery products.
Duke parade
really today
Nyle Frank would have been proud of the
D1H yesterday for staging the first Invisible
"Beat Dook" parade. And from witnessing
the reaction of the crowd which lined
Franklin Street in anticipation of ornate
floats and rousing music, they must have
been proud that their campus newspaper was
so clever as to announce tne reai iseai
Dook" Darade on the wrong day. :
Yes. That box in yesterday's DTH was a
little misleading, and to all of you who
patiently awaited the sight of that first
maiorette. we apologize for the error.
- All we can do is implore you to believe
what you read this time, and go to Pi Kappa
Aloha's "Beat Dook" parade at 3 p.m. today,
Friday, Nov. 22, starting in front of
Carmichael Auditorium and proceeding
down Franklin Street.
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Farewell ceremonies
President Ford and Emperor Hirohito listen attentively to national anthems being
played at Akaska Palace In Tokyo prior to Ford's departure Thursday, The president
spent the last day of his three-day visit on un unofficial tour of Kyoto, Japan's ancient
imperial capital. Meanwhile, in Seoul, South Korea, police arrested 20
demonstrators on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy who were advocating the release
of political prisoners. Ford arrives in Seoul today.
by Art Eisenstadt
Staff Writer
The Campus Governing Council (CGC)
decided Tuesday night that the homecoming
quwaTvvTU 'not be kribW
person" in the future, prior to approving a
bill standardizing the queen's election
procedure.
An amendment introduced by
representative Laura Dickerson would have
changed the 12 references to "homecoming
queen" in the three-page bill to read
"homecoming person."
The amendment was defeated, 7-5, with
two abstentions. , :
"If you're going to have anybody eligible
to run, you ought to call it something
. different," Dickerson said at the meeting.
Dickerson did not offer a specific wording
change but accepted "homecoming person"
after the council rejected such ideas as
"homecoming monarch," "homecoming
emperor or empress," and adding the
election of a homecoming king.
The bill states any registered UNC student
is eligible to run for the position, which will
now be filled in a formal election process
similar to those for Student Government
posts. .
However, the election will be supervised
by the Carolina Athletic Association (CAA),
and ratified upon presentation of the results
to the Department of Athletics.
CGC also changed a provision in the bill in
order to require that all organizations
sponsoring candidates for queen must pay
an entrance fee not exceeding $25.
After meeting election costs, the money
will be donated to the Campus Chest charity.
Previously, the fee was optional at the
discretion of the CAA.
In other action, the council:
Appropriated $6,400 to the Student
Consumer Action Union (SCAU) in order to
publish 'booklet entitled "A "Merchant's
Guide for Chapel Hill." "
SCAU chairman Janie Clark said the
booklet would inform students about which
stores sell what, warranties, and cost
estimates.
"A lot of students here think you can't
shop anywhere but Franklin Street," Clark
said.
The booklet would be published by spring
semester registration and 10,000 copies
would go on sale for 50 cents each at the
Union and area bookstores. Clark said
proceeds would, be returned to the Student
Government General Revenues.
Pushed back the due date of a report
from a special committee to investigate CGC
reforms from Dec. 6 to the date of the first
CGC meeting of the 1975 spring semester.
Added a provision to the Campus
General Elections Law that would make
unauthorized removal of a campaign poster
a violation of the Campus Code.
Reenacted four provisions of old bills
which had inadvertently been repealed along
with other obsolete clauses. The provisions
dealt with impeachment and installation of
student officers, filling vacancies in senior
class offices, and the functions of the
Legislative Services Commission..
Allqtted $1,065 to five sports clubs and
$2,5 14 to the National Achievement
Weekend and Project Uplift, two programs
designed to bring outstanding minority and
disadvantaged high school students to
campus for a weekend.
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DETROIT General Motors Corp.
said Thursday it will idle 30,000 workers
at nine assembly plants in December,
increasing auto industry joblessness in
the weeks before Christmas to more
than 150,000 workers.
' GM's announcement of temporary
one and two-week shutdowns at 9 of its
22 U.S. assembly plants came as
Chrysler Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
confirmed plans to cut white collar
workers from their payrolls because of
production cutbacks. .
Chrysler would not detail its plans for
white collar layoffs, but Ford said 3,000
will be idled throughout the company at
the end of November. Reports continue
of more massive white collar layoffs in
the beleaguered industry.
The trade publication Automotive
News said November car output would
be down 31 per cent from a year ago
with December production looking
even bleaker. New car sales are off to
their worst new model start in a decade
and the industry has a record 80-day
supply of unsold cars.
A Chrysler spokesman said the exact
number of clerical and other white
collar workers who will be laid off has
not been determined. United Auto
Workers Vice President Douglas A.
Fraser said a figure of about 15,000
might not be too far off.
The new GM layoffs are on top of
40,000 GM workers already on
indefinite layoffs. The 30,000 idled in
December will be back on the job after
the normal Christmas to New YearV
holiday which they will be paid for, a
GM spokesman said.
Fraser predicted substantial layoffs in
the industry after Jan. 1 as GM. Ford
and American Motors begin alternating
one-week-on and one-weet-off plant
closings to cut into a record backlog of
unsold cars.
Chrysler has confirmed 64,200
workers will be idled before Christmas
with GM now counting 54,000 workers
off on short and longterm layoffs, Ford
18,675, and AM C 10,000 for one week
beginning Monday.
Fraser, who said the slump was
unparalleled since the 1958 recession,
charged the Ford administration was
handling the economy incorrectly. He
said it would be over a year before the
economy bounces back.
"1 don't see any turnaround in the
auto industry until the national
economy gets healthy again," Fraser
said, adding the administration was
treating the recession as though there
still were excessive demand for
products.
"There's certainly not excessive
demand now," he said. "Maybe at one
point a few months ago we had that
situation, but things are snowballing
downhill very quickly."
Granville won't get
parking attendants
Plans for gate-attendant parking for
the shopping center parking lot at
University Square have been tabled
indefinitely, Harold Smith, manager of
the Square, said Thursday.
The proposed parking system
received a setback last week when the
town rejected merchants' requests for a
driveway from Granville to Cameron
Avenue.
The driveway would have enabled
merchants to block Granville from the
commercial, area to alleviate traffic
congestion for shoppers. ; - -
-Merchants also discussed dosing off
access from Granville to Franklin
Street, now the only access to the dorm
complex.
An alternate plan mentioned by
Smith implied that cars without
Granville parking stickers could not
enter the Granville lot. But Smith said
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such a situation. He said the idea was the
result of a misunderstanding.
The Cameron Avenue access was
denied by the Board of Aldermen under
pressure from area residents who
contended that additional traffic would
weaken the section's residential
character. .. . ... ; .
Granville officials did not participate
in the public hearing or any of the town
meetings on the issue.
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Gaieiioe Mills irefecte mMoeii
defeat sittritoiited to -ecopomy
United Press International
K. ANNAPOLIS A labor spokesman Thursday blamed
the shaky economy for the defeat suffered by the Textile
Workers of America (TWA) in the largest collective
bargaining referendum ever held within the U.S. textile
industry.
Employees of Cannon Mills Inc., a major manufacturer of
bath towels, rejected union ties Wednesday by a vote of 8,473
to 6,801. ,
For Cannon, the vote was a reaffirmation of the
company's relationship with its workers.
But Robert A. Freeman, a former Cannon employee and
director of the year-long unionization effort, said the union's
defeat resulted from the fact the textile industry has fallen
upon hard times.
"Prior to the recession hitting the textile industry in the
last six weeks, 80 per cent wanted the union. It was hard to
find one who was against it," he said.
"There is a degree of uncertainty among all of us now
because of the economy and they felt if they rocked the boat
now it would be detrimental to them," said Freeman.
Cannon thus far has been able to avoidlaying off workers
by cutting work schedules, but layoffs and furloughs have
affected between 15,000 and 30,000 workers at other textile
plants in the state.
Freeman pledged that "we'll continue organizing at other
plants, but it was definitely a setback to textile workers in the
South."
Board chairman Don S. Holt called it "an expression of
confidence by Cannon people and of the desire to continue
working together to maintain a productive and successful
manufacturing company."
The TWA had no immediate plans to tue a protest oi me
results, Freeman said, but was checking reports some
employees had been questioned by their supervisors on how
they would vote.
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Fuel costs blamed
by Vernon Loeb
; Staff Writer
Rising salaries, increasing coal and paper costs and the upcoming sale of UNC utilities to
Duke Power and Southern Bell will necessitate a 23 per cent increase in next year s total
dormitory rent, Director of Housing Finances Doug Mallory said Thursday at a meeting
with the Residence HaU Association's (RH A) Budget Advisory Committee.
If next year's increases are the same for men's and women's dorms (across the board),
student dorm rents will increase approximately 12 per cent, Mallory said. ' ; .
However, Director of Housing Dr. James Condie is proposing a differential room rate
increase based on the size of individual dorm rooms. As it stands now, his proposal does not
take into consideration other aspects of dormitory quality, such as facilities and locaUon,
which RHA president Betsey Jones thinks are more important than actual room size.
"It is your job," Mallory said to the RHA committee, "to decide which means of increase
you are in favor of, differential or across the board." Mallory added that even if next year's
increase is across the board, the men's rate will increase more than women's due to Title JX
improvements. . Ut.
"I'm in favor of an across the board increase," J ones said. "J ust because a room is slightly
larger than another does not mean the student can do any more with it." She added that
basing a differential increase on dorm facilities as well as room size would make more sense,
but a fair appraisal of each dorm could never be completed by February when the 1975
Housing budget is due. . ' .
Several RA's who attended the meeting also thought the differential rate increase proposal
has its drawbacks, citing the scramble that would take place for the cheaper small rooms.
Mallory also discussed several possible housing budget cutbacks that might reduce next
year's room rate increase. ; , r . ,
The possible reduction of R A staffs received the majority of the discussion, with the RA s
in attendance thinking any such reductions were not possible if they were to continue as
student counselors as well as administrators. Mallory mentioned the possible establishment
of an administrative bureau which could help with the RA's' paperwork. Although such a
bureau would not substantially decrease the RA's salaries, he said, it would at least prevent a
future increase in RA staffs. . '
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State help requested
by Jim ftcberts
Staff Writer --.
A proposal to request the General Assembly to share the expense of dormitory rooms in
state-supported universities was advanced Wednesday night by Residence Hall Association
(RHA) President Betsey Jones.
Betsey Jones, Sandy Ward, assistant director of University Housing, Student Attorney
General Nita Mitchell and Kathy Moore, housing division chairman of the Student
Consumer Action Union, all participated in a panel discussion on "Individual Rights and
University Housing." : ' " . . . ,
Dormitories are considered by the General Assembly to be auxiliary services and therefore
do not receive state funds. Dorms are Supported solely by $3.5 million received in yearly rent.
Ward said the legislature will not say specifically why funds are withheld from University
housing, but if pressed hard for a reason the assembly would probably say the dorms do not
provide an educational service. , , , . , . ' ,
Jones however, said the University considers the dormitories part of the educational
process "The University requires freshmen to live in dorms because it says dormitories
benefit the students' education. But when the budget comes around, the University says
housing is not an educational facility." . ' -. . ,
If the state shared in the cost of supporting residence housing, room rents could
conceivably decrease. RHA is studying the possibility of making such a request to the
General Assembly, Jones said. , u k -
"1 have gone all the way up to the chancellor and most everyone I have talked with agrees
that the dormitories provide an educational service." She said Chancellor Taylor is the only
' one who would argue against the point. . . .
"University attorneys say we're proceeding on the right track," she said.
Wayne Jones assistant vice-chancellor for business, said Thursday that a good argument
could be made for the educational benefits of dormitory life. "1 think it is likely that the
- legislature would accept that premise," he said.
But the longstanding policy that student housing should be self supporting would Pro!JaDy
keep the legislature from appropriating funds, he said. The economic situation would be
another factor in deterring an appropriation.
Final Exsnrifii Sclheduile
Quizzes are not to be given this semester, on or after Monday. Dec. 2.
All 9 a.m. Classes on MWF Tue. Dec. 10 830 ajn.
AH 330 p.m. Classes on TTH, Phil 21 Tues. Dec. 10 2 p.m.
All 11a.m. Classes on TTH Wed. jjfm-
AH 1p.m. Classes on MWF Wed. Dec. 11 2 p.m.
AH 10 a.m. Classes on MWF Thur. Dec. 12 830 ajn.
All 3 p.m. Classes on MWF Thur. Dec. 12 2 p.m.
AH 11 am Classes on MWF FrU Dec. 13 830 a.m.
All 5 p.m. Classes on MWF, BusI 71 4 73,
Phys 24, Econ 61 Frl. Dec. 13 .2 pjn.
AU 930 a.m. Classes on TTH fat. .14 830a.m.
All 2 p.m. Classes on MWF Sat. Dec. 14 2 pjn.
AU 8 ajn. Classes on MWF Mon. Dec. 18 830 ajn.
All 1230 p.m. aassesonTTH. Won. Dec. 16 2pjn.
All 12 Noon Classes on MWF Tues. Dec. 17 830 ajn.
All 2pjn. aassesonTTH Tues. Dec. 17 2 pjn.
Fren, Germ, Span, Russ & n
Port 1,2, 3, 4, Bus1 170 Wed. Dec. 18 830 ajn.
AH 8a.m. aassesonTTH Wed. Dec. 18 2 pjn.
AH 4 pjn. aassesonMWF Thur. Dec 19 830 ajn.
AH 5 p.m. aasses cn TTH and all classes
not otherwise provided lor
In this schedule Thur. Dec. 19 2 pjn.