Chance of rain
Skies will be cloudy
today and tomorrow
with a 50 per cent
chance of rain both
days. . The high
temperature today will
be in the low- to mid
70s. The low last night
was. in the mid 60s.
Volume No. 84
Water use
Total water consumption Wednesday
4.0 million gallons
From University Lake
3.4 million gallons
From Durham
0.6 million gallons
Average daily consumption
4.0 million gallons
Usable water In University Lake
46.7 per cent
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
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Student Health Service Nursing Director Avis Hernwell administers one of the first
doses of swine flu vaccine to Cherryville senior Blake Beam.
by Charlene Havnaer
Staff Writer .
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor
rejected Thursday a petition request to
reopen Bowman Gray Pool in Woollen
Gym.
In a letter to the Daily Tar Heel,
Taylor explained that reopening the
pool would violate the town water-use
ordinance.
After a meeting with Alan Toll, senior
class vice president and swimteam
captain, and Bruce Tanous, a senior
from Bethesda, Md., Taylor decided to
deny the request to reopen the pool.
"I recognize the difficulty that this
poses for those who have classes or
other needs requiring use of the pool,
and I hope as much as they do that
we will soon have enough rain to
warrant the town's repeal of the current
water ordinance," Taylor said in the
letter.
Toll said Thursday the petition,
which had 3,000 student signatures, was
only the first step in trying to reopen the
pool.
"Chancellor Taylor has been doing
and will be doing all he can to meet
students' needs with the law.
"We are going to join Chancellor
Taylor and work with him on changing
the framework of the ordinance and
pray for rain. Anything else is against
the law," Toll said.
He said Taylor expressed concern
over the possible consequences of trying
to change the ordinance. Taylor could
not be reached for comment about
action to change the requirements of the
town water-use ordinance.
Toll admitted that the petition was
invalid because the students who wrote
and sighed it were Unaware that
reopening the pool would be in violation
of a town ordinance.
"I told the Chancellor when we took it
to him that the petition was invalid. We
couldn't ask the chancellor to go against
the ordinance.
"It is invalid because we weren't sure
what the town ordinance said when we
wrote the petition and the students who
signed it weren't sure either," Toll said.
The town water-use ordinance states
that it is unlawful "to use any swimming,
wading or bathing pool or to introduce
water into any swimming, wading, or
bathing pool."
Toll said the writers of the petition
were unaware that the ordinance
prohibits not only introducing water
into swimming pools, but also using
pools already filled with water from the
town water supply.
Dave Drake, assistant town attorney,
said last week that reopening the indoor
pool would be in violation of the
ordinance. He said the town ordinance
includes pools which are recycling.
Reservoir drops one foot daily
Durham assesses water supply,
may cut Chapel Hill allotment
Flu vaccine: is it necessary?
by Chuck Alston
Staff Writer
- - Soreness in the arm,- a headache, or a
transient fever are possible side effects
that could affect j&o more than two per
cent of the student population taking
the swine flu inoculation, according to
Student Health Service (SHS) Director
Dr. James A. Taylor.
Citing the low reaction rate and the
wisdom of preventative medicine,
Taylor recommended that everyone
take the vaccination shot as it becomes
available.
Dr. Louis Sabin, developer of the oral
polio vaccine, has criticized the $135
million federally funded vaccination
program. Sabin has called for the
vaccine to be stockpiled until an
outbreak occurs saying that only "high
risk" cases involving old and chronically
ill people need protection this fall.
In response to Sabin's criticism of the
swine flu vaccination program, Taylor
said, "I'm not going to argue with Dr.
Sabin. There are other experts who will
do that. But no one has a crystal ball to
predict whether . there will be an
outbreak. It's better to be safe than
sorry.
"I'm sure as blazes going to take it
myself," he said.
The first sign of swine flu (so called
because the virus is common in pigs)
appeared last February when an
outbreak developed at Fort Dix, N.J.
resulting in the death of a 19-year-old
recruit.
"No one knows the answer to the
question of whether it will recur or not,"
Dr. J.N. MacCormack, state Health
Service director said.
"Dr. Sabin says that the vaccine
should be held back, but it is impossible
to get ahead of the swine flu if you don't
start before it arrives," MacCormack
said.
Two vaccines are being administered
to combat the possible outbreak of
swine flu. The bivalent vaccine, which
the SHS began dispensing yesterday, is
for people with chronic diseases for
whom swine flu might cause severe
complications. The monovalent
vaccine, available Monday, is for
reasonably healthy people.
The SHS has received only a fraction
of its swine flu vaccine allotment.
Students will be inoculated on a first-come-first-serve
basis from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, until the
first delivery runs out.
The Daily Tar Heel will publish
distribution ' schedules as vaccine
deliveries arrive.
The vaccines were supposed to arrive
in July or August, according to Taylor.
The delay was caused when the drug
companies manufacturing the vaccine
refused to take responsibility for any
adverse reactions which might develop,
resulting in suits against them.
Taylor said much of the concern
focused on swine flu because this
particular strain of influenza is related
tathetrainwhichcaused the pandemic
of 1919 resulting in approximately 20
million deaths world wide.
"The swine flu might be called
somewhat worse than other strains of
influenza," Taylor said. "It, like other
strains, can result in sore muscles, a sore
throat, coughing, nausea, and a high
fever. It can last four to six days."
The deaths were the result of
complications arising from the flu and
not the flu itself, according to Taylor.
"Now we have developed antibiotics to
combat the types of complications, such
as pneumonia, which arose," Taylor
said.
by Tom Watkins
Staff Writer
The City of Durham may have to cut back on the amount of
water it can continue to supply to drought-stricken Chapel
Hill, the assistant director of Durham's Division of Water
Resources said yesterday.
Terry Rolan said Thursday afternoon that the level of
Durham's water reservoir has fallen approximately one foot
per week for the past three to four weeks.
"We are now in the process of reevaluating our water
situation as compared to Chapel Hill's" Rolan said. "If the
drought continues, we may have to cut back on the amount of
water we're supplying to Chapel Hill."
Rolan said that recent rains seem to have benefitted Chapel
Hill more than Durham.
..;"Chapel Hill's lake (University Lake) has been holdingits,
own, but ours has continued to drop. The last couple of rains
have not added much to our watershed."
Chapel Hill drew 3.4 million gallons of water from
University Lake on Wednesday, the most water taken from
the reservoir on a single day since Aug. 17. Only .6 million
gallons were supplied by Durham, but Rolan said the low
figure was due to a pump breakdown at the Durham water
plant.
"We have two pumps, one with 500 hp and the other with
1,250 hp. It's the 1,250 hp one that has been giving us
problems."
Rolan explained that the bearings on the larger pump;
heated up, forcing the pump to be shut down Tuesday
morning. He said that it was running again Thursday
afternoon. "We are still hesitant to run it at night unattended.
If it runs all day Friday with no problems, then we will return
it to regular operation."
According to Rolan, the 500 hp pump will transport about
19 million gallons daily, but Durham treats 20-21 million
gallons daily.
"Because of this, we are losing in our raw water reservoir,"
he said. "It's about a foot low now, and we don't like for it to
get too low, or we will be unable to keep up with demand."
"If our raw water supply gets too low and this, drought
continues, I guess we (Durham and Chapel Hill) will run out
of water together."
UNC Director of Utilities Grey Culbreth said Thursday he
had "no particular concern" about the water situation.
"Durham had pumping troubles Wednesday, and their supply
is going down too. We just hope it (the combination of the two
factors) won't happen again."
" 'Culbreth added thai 'several recent decisions' do nbtTreflect
an easing of the town's water situation.
"The showers in the gyms were turned back on because it
was decided that cutting them off wasn't saving water;
students were still taking showers and in less supervised
situations."
He said that the recent installation of an automatic
sprinkler system in Boshamer Stadium would not be used
until Chapel Hill has an adequate supply of water. Also,
Culbreth said that steam heating the UNC campus will require
very little water.
"We have such a closed heating system that we will use the
same water used last year. The water recycles through the
system in much the same way that an automobile radiator
works," he said.
Committee to examine space allocation in Chase
Poll indicates Carter
scored debate victory
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Jimmy Carter said Thursday . President Ford
"showed a confusion" about foreign affairs in their second debate and accused Ford
of making a "ridiculous" statement in saying eastern Europe is not under Soviet
domination.
"If you tore down the Berlin Wall, which way would people move?" Carter asked.
"They'd move to freedom, and this sense of what freedom is and the defect in our
present governmental administration is very clear to me."
An Elmo Roper poll of 300 viewers nationwide showed 40 per cent thought
Carter won, 30 per cent favored Ford and 30 per cent called it even.
After the first campaign debate on domestic issues, Roper called Ford the winner
by 39 to 31 per cent.
"I think Mr. Ford showed a confusion about our people and about the
aspirations of human beings, about human rights, about liberty and about simple
justice that was very damaging to the leadership of our country," said Carter.
During their debate Ford defended the Helsinki agreement he signed and
challenged Carter's contentions that Eastern European nations are controlled by
the Kremlin.
"For anyone to state that the people in Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania
and East Germany are free of Soviet domination is ridiculous," Carter told the labor
leaders.
Ford, who rated his own debate performance "all right," made no comment on
the Soviet flap early Thursday and instead attacked Carter on another debate issue,
national defense.
Climbing into the cockpit of a 13 1 bomber mocnup ai a piani in Los Angeies, iie
said Carter's defense policy "is to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter."
by Laura Seism
Staff Writer
A special committee to suggest
programs and the use of space in the
proposed South Campus student union
in Chase Cafeteria will hold its first
meeting within 10 days, Dean of
Student Affairs Donald Boulton said
Thursday.
The 5,400 square feet on the second
floor of Chase became available for a
South Campus union when the
University Space Committee allocated
the entire first floor of Chase, including
2,000 square feet now used by the Black
Student Movement (BSM) for the
Upendo Lounge, to Servomation, Inc.
Servomation now prepares and serves
food on the second floor.
Selection of the 15 committee
members is not complete yet, but
Boulton, who will determine
representation on the committee, said
membership would include
representatives of the BSM, the
Carolina Union Board and the
governors of the four South Campus
high-rise dormitories.
Administrators representing the
Union and the Office of Student Affairs
will also serve on the committee, but
students will comprise the majority,
Boulton said.
The advisory committee will have
four weeks to present its
recommendations to Boulton.
Carolina Union President Doris
Hudson, whom Boulton said would
probably be named chairperson of the
committee, said she could not predict
how the committee will allocate space or
whether the BSM will receive assigned
space.
"We want the best utilization of time
and space for the needs of the students
on South Campus," she said.
South Campus governors met
informally with Union officials in the
spring to discuss possible Union
programs to be conducted on South
Campus.
Among the needs cited at that time
were meeting rooms, a coffeehouse,
dance space, special programs and
showings of free flicks. A reserve
reading room and a photography
laboratory have also been suggested.
Hudson said many Union activities
could be held on South Campus,
although events such as major concerts
and speakers would continue in North
Campus facilities.
Meanwhile; BSM members, who say
they want to try to retain the Upendo
Lounge on the first floor of Chase
before considering space on the second
floor, will meet with the Space
Committee Tuesday to discuss reversal
of the decision to turn Upendo Lounge
over to Servomation.
BSM Chairperson Jackie Lucas said
Thursday she was confident the decision
would be overturned.
Boulton said he cannot guarantee the
BSM space on the second floor of
Chase, but he said the group would be
the first in line for newly assigned space
because of its activities in Upendo in the
past four years.
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Fire fighting form
Chapel Hill Fire Department members demonstrated fire fighting techniques in
a fire prevention seminar Thursday outside North Carolina Memorial Hospital.