No rain
Today will be clear,
with no chance of rain.
The low last night
reached about 45, and
the high today will be
near 75.
War games
UNO's Naval ROTC
program offered its
members the chance to
spend the weekend at
war. See story on page
4.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Thursday, October 14, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Volume No. 84
Issue No. 35
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SHS to administer
flu inoculations
despite death reports
by Chuck Alston
Staff Writer
The Student Health Service (SHS)
continued to administer swine flu
inoculations Wednesday while
elsewhere across North Carolina six
counties suspended immunization
programs.
Health clinics in Pitt, Rutherford,
McDowell, Polk, Forsyth and Wilson
Counties halted the immunizations as a
precautionary measure following
reports of deaths throughout the nation
of elderly persons from heart attacks
after receiving the flu shot.
The clinic serving McDowell,
Rutherford and Polk Counties joined
Wilson County in ceasing operations
Wednesday. Pitt and Forsyth Counties
stopped the inoculations Tuesday.
Dr. James A. Taylor, SHS director,
said there is little reason for students to
be concerned. "It is beyond my medical
understanding how the flu vaccine can
cause a heart attack. The national
deaths don't mean in any way, shape, or
form that something is wrong with the
vaccine."
Carolyn Kiesau, nursing supervisor
for the district health department office,
said Wednesday, "We haven't given as
many inoculations today as we have the
past two days. I don't know how the
national deaths are affecting local
people."
By Wednesday afternoon SHS had
administered almost 700 vaccinations.
SHS began its inoculation program last
Thursday. The district health clinic at
Eastgate has given more than 1,000
shots.
J. N. MacCormack, chief of the
communicable disease branch of the
State Health Service, said the counties
that have suspended inoculations are in
a holding pattern until more
information is Known.
According to MacCormack, the Pitt
County program should reopen by the
end of the week. The other five counties
are expected to resume operations at the
first of next week.
At least 12 deaths have been reported
nationwide, and the Center for Disease
Control (CDC) in Atlanta is
investigating some of them.
Deaths have occurred in
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oklahoma,
Florida, North Carolina, Colorado,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ohio and
Massachusetts.
MacCormack said a 96-year-old
woman in western North Carolina died
the evening after she received the
vaccination shot. According to the local
health officials, she had a long history of
hardening of the arteries.
State health officials suspended
inoculations in Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont,. Illinois, Wisconsin,
Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas and
Alaska after three deaths occurred
Monday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Health
officials in Virginia ordered
immunizations to resume Wednesday
after a one-day suspension.
The three victims in Pittsburgh all
received the inoculation from the same
clinic which used the same lot of
vaccines manufactured by Parke-Davis,
and Co. of Dietroit, Mich.
"There does not appear to be any
correlation between this Parke-Davis
lot and the reported adverse reaction," a
special CDC statement said.
But the CDC will continue its inquiry.
"The number of deaths reported
nationally at this time is within the range
that would normally be expected among
high risk individuals," the "CDC
statement said. "For example, within
any 24-hour period, 11.6 deaths are
expected per 100,000 individuals
between the ages of 70 and 74."
Of the 12 deaths, 10 of the victims
were more than 70 years of age. The
other two were in their 60s. All of the
victims took the bivalent vaccine.
The vaccines being used in North
Carolina were manufactured by Parke
Daviscjbut they are not from the-lot
involved in the Pittsburgh deaths,
MacCormack said.
' The White House announced that
President Ford would receive his swine
flu shot Thursday in an apparent effort
to prove the safety of the $135 million
government program.
King Tut's grandmummy
unwinds for all to see
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) After
almost 80 years of detective work,
archeologists have finally found the
grandmummy of crusty old King Tut.
University of Michigan scientists
announced Wednesday that they have
identified the remains of Queen Tiy,
originally uncovered in Egypt's Valley of the
Kings in 1898.
, The queen, who played a major role in
shaping ancient Egypt's societ, lived about
1300 B.C. She was the grandmother of King
Tutankhamen, whose mummified remains
were discovered in 1922 in the same area.
Dr. James E. Harris, who headed the team
that identified the mummy in Cairo, said
Queen Tiy is considered the missing link in
the royal Egyptian lineage.
Her identifications was determined after
years of classic investigation. Her body was
found in a tomb with other Egyptian royalty
in 1898, but grave robbers had stripped all
identification. Scientists of the time quickly
decided they didn't know who she was.
The queen and several other unidentified
mummies, listed as "Jane Does," were placed
in a sealed chamber in Cairo, but the location
of the chamber was later lost. An Egyptian
museum curator accidentally found the
mummies two years ago, and he asked Harris
to seek an identification.
Harris said the big break in the case came
when scientists started using a 3,000-year-old
strand of hair encased in a small gold casket
that was found in King Tut's tomb in 1922.
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As in years past, a sure sign of autumn is the arrival of the North Carolina State Fair.
The fair will be in Raleigh from Friday, Oct. 15, to Saturday, Oct. 23.
Fair opens Friday in Raleigh
by Charlene Havnaer
Staff Writer
Bowman Gray Pool in Woollen Gym
will be reopened late today or Friday,
according to Patrick Earey, UNC
Director of Pools.
Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance Claiborne Jones gave the
Department of Physical Education an
official okay to reopen the pool after
the Chapel Hill Board of Alderman
amended the town water-use ordinance
Monday to allow the use of swimming
pools that do not require additional
town water for operation, Earey said.
"Vice Chancellor Claiborne Jones
gave us the go-ahead to reopen the pool
provided no water is used from the town
water system," he said.
Physical, education department
officials Wednesday conducted a study
of the pool system to assure that no
town water would be needed to operate
the pool, Earey said.
He said that additional town water
will be needed to operate the pool but
that it will not be taken from the town
water supply. Water will be purchased
from Hillsborough and trucked in, he
said.
Music and mayhem on midway
by Julie Knight
Staff Writer
"This year there are more reasons
than ever to love a fair" say North
Carolina State Fair promoters.
The 109th State Fair opens Friday at
the fairgrounds in Raleigh offering
nearly 50 rides, some 80 games,
numerous exhibits, entertainment and
fireworks.
-More than half a million persons are
"expected during its nine-day run.
A traditionally popular attraction,
"Village of Yesteryear," will highlight
live demonstrations of such crafts as
woodcarving, pottery, weaving,
blacksmithing and rug-brariding,
Publicity Director Bob Wills said.
Special exhibits include "The Spirit of
Agriculture" and "First the Seed" and
an exclusive showing of a Viking Lander
with the latest photographs received
from Viking 1 and II on Mars, Wills
said.
"First the Seed" will show how such
products as popcorn, castor oil,
wallpaper paste and oil base paint are
derived from seeds. "The Spirit of
Agriculture" will depict the evolution of
the agricultural industry in North
Carolina over the past 200 years, Wills
said.
A permanent forestry exhibit area is
being added to the fairgrounds.
Construction of the exhibit area will be
completed in phases over a five-year
period and is sponsored by the North
Carolina Forestry Association. The
exhibit is being built in the wooded area
next to the Big Lake.
"World's Largest Bee Hive" exhibit
includes demonstration hives and other
.wares of beekeepers and honey
products. The honey bee is the state
insect.
In the Education Building, eight
booths containing displays of honey and
honey products will be the showroom
for those competing for prizes in more
than 40 categories, including comb
honey, nectar-producing plants,
beeswax and beeswax products.
... jDutdoor. shows will . feature Lipko
Comedy Chimps and other animal acts,
horse shows and singing groups
including Up With People and the
Regenerations.
Nightly entertainment in Dorton
Arena will include performances by Ray
Charles, Jim Stafford, Jerry Clower,
Ronnie Milsap, Marty Robbins and
Judy Lynn.
Competition at the fair will bring
almost 4,000 exhibiters with 12,000
exhibits to Raleigh for the annual event,
Wills said. Art, cooking, crafts,
livestock and talent are just some of the
areas of competition.
The gates open at 9 a.m. daily except
Sunday when they open at 1 p.m.
Admission is $2.
The self-circulating pool filters itself,
but water will be needed to replace what
the pool uses during filter backwashing,
Earey explained.
. He said that Physical education
department officials and Chapel Hill
Water Plant engineers calculated that
approximately 12,000 gallons per week
of additional water would be needed to
compensate for the loss.
Earey said that the water will be
hauled from Hillsborough to refill the
pool immediately after each
backwashing.
Earey estimated the cost of this
process at approximately $500.00 per
month.
"I think this is a small cost for opening
as widely a used function as the pool,"
he said.
A study completed by the physical
education department earlier this
month found that water from the
outdoor pool could be used to replace
water lost during filter backwashing.
Earey said that the water in the
outdoor pool would last only a short
time so it will be saved as a back-up
supply.
Reopening of the pool came in
response to a petition presented to
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor last week
requesting that he reopen the pool.
The Board of Alderman's
amendment to the ordinance deleted
the first part of that restriction (to use
any swimming, wading or bathing pool)
making it legal to use a pool but illegal
to introduce water into one.
The petition to Taylor asked that he
reopen the pool because approximately
600 seniors need to pass the required
swimming test to graduate . The pool is
self-contained and would hot require
the use of town water to be reopened.
The pool will operate on the following
s chedule-.Recreation hours Monday
through Friday, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
(closed on football Saturdays) Faculty
"swim Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, 12: 15 p.m. to 1: 15 p.m. Tuesday
and Thursday, 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Meeting set in malpractice suit
by Patti Tush
Staff Writer
An initial pretrial conference for a
malpractice suit involving five UNC
doctors is scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday
in Durham.
The suit charges that Janet Neill, a
student who died Jan. 25, 1976, became
fatally ill as a result of reactions to birth
control pills prescribed by the doctors.
The suit also maintains that the
doctors did not adequately warn the 25-year-old
student of the possible side
effects of the drug. It seeks $5 million in
damages from doctors,Parke-Davis and
Eckerd Drugs, Inc.
Named as defendants in the suit are
doctors Caroline Dixon, Frances
Marshall, Donald K. Mclntyre, Charles
K. Rath and L.B. Scott. Dixon has
moved to Maine, but the others remain
with the Student Health Service.
The doctors replied to charges last
July by denying any fault in Neill's
death. Parke-Davis, manufacturer of
Norlestrin, and Eckerd Drugs, Inc.,
retailer of the oral contraceptive, replied
in August.
Dixon said Neill first came to the
Student Health Service on Apr. 24,
1972. He said she was counseled on the
use of the contraceptive in accordance
with the clinic policy and notified of the
possible complications of the pill.
Mclntyre said he prescribed
Norlestrin to Neill on Oct. 17, 1972,
after first examining and counseling her.
He said he warned her of the common
problems involved with use of the pill.
Scott said Neill returned to the clinic
Sept. 5, 1973, and requested a renewal of
the prescription. He said he questioned
her, and she denied any adverse side
effects of complications from the pill.
He renewed the prescription.
Rath said he saw Neill on Feb. 4,
1974, when she first apparently began
feeling ill. He said he studied her
symptoms, complaints and history and
gave her advice and preliminary
treatments.
Five days later Neill returned to the
clinic, and Marshall saw her. He said he
diagnosed her trouble as constipation
and prescribed a laxative.
According to the suit, Neill had
stomach pains and some bleeding. It
contends that she died of thrombosis of
the arteries in the liver, caused by the
pills.
The suit was filed June 30, 1976, by
Bruce Nelson Angier on behalf of Neill's
parents who live in New York.
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Former CBS News correspondent Bob Evans discussed the
legal aspects of journalism at a law school seminar
Wednesday. He spoke to an audience of about 115 Wednesday
night in Memorial Kail about the effect of the press on
elections.
by Merton Vance
Staff Writer . .
The news media can help make or break a Presidential
campaign, but they aren't as powerful as some people think,
said Bob Evans, former CBS News correspondent, who
spoke in Memorial Hall Wednesday night.
"We're in the midst of the merry media mania in a
campaign that is the electoral orgy that we impose on those
poor unfortunates we call candidates," hvans told a crowd of
approximately 1 15 persons.
He said the second presidential campaign debate between
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford marked a turn around in the
campaign and helped bring Carter out of a slump.
Following advisers' recommendations, Carter ignored the
first question put to him by a reporter in that debate, Evans
said, and instead set the theme of the debate by saying that
President Ford is an inadequate leader.
"In his second sentence, he went on the attack and straight
away had Ford on the defensive," Evans said.
. Before the debate, Evans said Ford had the advantage.
The President had been called the expert on foreign policy
and Carter's . campaign had foundered after the
controversial Playboy interview and organizational
problems.
He said Carter's staff had instructed him to seize on the
theme of criticizing Ford's leadership. That idea had been
formulated after polls taken by Carter's staff indicated that
many people were not certain of Ford's ability to lead.
Evans also said that Carter benefited from Ford's
mistakes on Eastern Europe and his promise to release the
names of American businesses cooperating with the Arab
boycott of Israel.
Evans said that Carter had been successful in the primaries
by calling himself an outsider to Washington politics, but as
the Democratic nominee,began to court Washington party
officials.
He said that the media played a role in the recent
resignation of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz.
The primary concern of the Republican Party was not
Butz's racial slur, but that media coverage of the comment
would present a negative view of the campaign, Evans said.
"Once Butz had resigned it was impossible to resurrect the
problems of Jimmy Carter."
He cited the Democratic Convention of 1972 as an
example of news distortion by television. Television news
coverage concentrated on militants and activists at the
convention, Evans said, although most of the delegates were
middle-aged white men;
George McGovern blamed his dat partially on this
media distortion, Evans said. But he said television should
not accept all the blame.
"Don't make the mistake of blaming the media for the
information h transmits," he said.
"We have all become agnostics of the media. We are
television agnostics, and we choose not to believe what we
see."