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Sunny and mild today
with a high in the low
60s. The overnight low
was in the mid 30s.
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Junius Irving Scales
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thirteenth time this
year for charges of be
ing a Communist. See
page 4.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Tuesday, November 16, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Volume No. 84, Issue No. 60
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Chilling rain
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by Tom Watkins
Staff Writer
University Lake may rise almost four
inches as a result of the .95 inches of rain
Sunday and early Monday, but UNC
Utilities Director Grey Culbreth cautioned
that the reservoir would still be 24 inches
below what he considers the "safe point."
Between 8 a.m. Sunday and l p.m.
Monday, the .95 inches of rain and
accompanying one-inch rise in the level of
the lake were recorded. The reservoir was 56
inches below capacity Monday afternoon,
and Culbreth anticipated an additional two
to three-inch increase by Tuesday morning.
"We're in just about as good a shape as we
were two months ago," Culbreth said. "But I
don't think we'll really be safe until we reach
30 inches below capacity that's the place
we'd like to get to."
Culbreth explained that even a level of 30
inches below lake capacity could not be
regarded as safe during the summer months.
He added, however, "It should be a safe level
at this time of the year. We'll probably have
pretty regular precipitation from here on,
particularly in December, January and
February."
Culbreth said that the decision by
Carrboro Mayor Ruth West to lift all water
restrictions in that town has not greatly
affected Chapel Hill's water problems.
"Carrboro only accounts for about 15 per
cent of the community's water use," he said.
But Culbreth said the action by West
constituted a breach of trust between the two
towns.
He said that the level of University Lake
had been dropping steadily one-half inch per
day before the weekend rains.
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This shivering mutt had some friends who draped a blanket around him to protect
him from the raw weather which has been chilling us all.
by Chuck Alston
Staff Writer
More than 100 employees of the Chapel
Hill Telephone Co. requested that the
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) delay approval of the sale of the
University-owned telephone company to
Southern Bell Telephone Co.
The delay request results from employee's
displeasure with the terms of the sale. Upon
approval of the sale accrued retirement
benefits of some employees earned under the
State of North Carolina Retirement System
will be lost.
Early this month Chapel Hill attorney F.
Gordon Battle sent a letter to the FCC signed
by 105 Chapel Hill Telephone employees
expressing concern over the loss of
retirement benefits. A copy of the retirement
plan was included in the letter with Southern
Bell's purchase bid.
Battle said in the letter, "A group of
employees of the Chapel Hill Telephone Co.
are extremely concerned about loss of
retirement benefits that will result if the
proposed sale is approved."
The employees' letter stated that "many
concerned employees would like to ask the
FCC to please postpone the date of the
proposed sale until the retirement issue , is
completely solved."
FCC approval is the final step needed for
Southern Bell to assume operations in
Chapel Hill. The sale has already been
approved by the UNC Board of Trustees, the
consolidated University Board of
Governors, the State Advisory Budget
Commission and the State Utilities
Commission.
Shoplifting down at Student Stores
Security awareness reduces campus thievery
by Tom Watkins
Staff Writer''""'""" : " "
Theft on the UNC campus appears to be on the
decline, and one of the reasons may be tighter security
measures.
"I would estimate that dorm thefts may be down by
as much as one-half from last year," Campus Police
officer Fred G. Giles said last week. "Our reports of
overall incidents are down from last year. But we don't
have a six-month report yet, so it's hard to say."
Giles is coordinator of the Campus Awareness
Program (CAP), a crime prevention program under
taken by the Campus Police this year. The program
uses a number of posters, radio announcements,
classified ads and other media to inform students of
crime prevention measures.
"Our main goals have been to try to encourage the
reporting of incidents and to reduce the number of
incidents themselves," Giles said. "Thus, it's hard to
look at black and white figures on incidents reported
and evaluate how successful our program has been."
He said that in the past approximately 1 5 per cent of
all campus incidehts have been reported to an authori
ty, a low figure, according to Giles. "We can't function
unless we have the input," he said.
"More students are beginning to recognize that
we're here to help them, not hassle them." He added
that the University police "can't take all the credit for
the drop in dorm thefts. There is definitely better
security on campus, particularly" in the highrise
dorms."
"The problem is definitely not as bad as it has been
in the past," Linda Wodds, third-floor residence
adviser in Hinton James said. "Things have settled
down quite a bit," said the four-year James resident.
"There's not as much outside traffic as in the past, and
a tighter lock-up system has helped, too." She said that
she didn't know of any thefts on her floor this year, but
she said that more thefts tend to take place on the lower
floors.
Fred Kiger, a residence adviser who has lived seven
years in Teague, said, "Over the years, things have
gotten a little better in overall thefts. Usually, the first
of every semester is our trouble spot." He said that
there were problems with thefts by gangs in the past,
but that the problem now stems more from in
dividuals. "We've had far fewer problems than in previous
years, Charlie Miller, Old Campus residence director,
said. He attributed the theft decrease to better lock-up
policies. "We've only had about two thefts thus far this
school year that I'm aware of," he said.
The decrease in thefts in dormitories appears to be
carrying over to the Student Stores.
"I really believe that the situation here is getting
better," Thomas Shetley, general manager of the
Student Stores, said. "If the situation was as bad as in
the past, it would really be worse because of the
security measures we've taken."
Shetley cited the new systems installed in campus
snack bars as a major factor in decreasing shoplifting.
"We've had lower inventory shrinkage recently. The
management of the snack bars feels the situation has
improved. I think it's natural to feel better about it
when we don't have merchandise stuck off in a dark
corner as we once did."
"The shoplifting problem is a little better this year
than last," Hattie Burnett, manager of the Scuttlebutt,
said. "The most theft 1 have is when high schoolers
come in."
"Up here we don't have much," B. T. Black, manager
of the Blue Ram Canteen snack bar, said. "I guess it's
because of our location right above the University
Police."
Phil Evans, Circus Room manager, said that ap
proximately 75 per cent of his business is from girls
living in the surrounding dorms! "I hope we're not hit
as hard as some of the others. Anytime you can control
it (merchandise), you're bound to stop shoplifting."
Shetley provided a philosophic angle to the decline
of shoplifting.
"People seem to be different I get different vibes
from people now than during the '60s, with the
Vietnam war demonstrations and all."
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omen's safety
The darker side of Chapel Hill assaults increase
by Karen Millers
Staff Writer
Editor's note:This is the first of a two part
series examining the problem of women's
safety at UNC and attempts to improve
campus security.
Chapel Hill has the reputation of being a
snug, quiet town full of friendly people.
Few residents dare suggest that the
"village" has urban problems.
Unfortunately, such assumptions are not
completely valid.
Five rapes have been reported in Chapel
Hill since August 1976, the same number
reported in the preceding year and one-half.
In Carrboro, one rape has been reported
since August, while only three were reported
there from January 1975 until August 1976.
Detective Ben Callahan of the Chapel Hill
Police Department said all but one of the
rape victims in Chapel Hill were students,
although the rapes did not occur on campus. "
He said three occurred in apartments, one
in the hospital and one in a house.
Capt. Kenneth Horn of the Carrboro
Police Department said the one rape in
Carrboro also occurred in an apartment, but
the break-in occurred under slightly different
conditions.
"A girl accepted a ride home and was then
raped in her apartment," Horn said. He said
the woman was a student.
Callahan estimated that the five reported
rapes in Chapel Hill represent only about
half the number ot rapes that have occurred.
Jeannie Peace, a registered nurse at N.C.
Memorial Hospital, (NCMH) said that more
than half of the rapes in the area are probably
never reported.
Peace works with rape follow-up
treatment at NCMH. Women who receive
rape follow-up are not required to prosecute,
and their identity and medical records are
kept confidential.
Peace said that more than five women had
been treated this fall.
"There's been an increase in the last
month," she said. "We've seen four in the last
three to four weeks."
Peace noted that this figure doesn't
necessarily mean that the number of rapes is
increasing because incidents of rape often
occur sporadically.
"We had the same kind of thing happen
last fall." She said that last spring no women
came to the NCMH emergency room for
rape followup for several weeks.
Peace said the usual increase in the fall
could be due to the influx of new people into
the area and to the increase in the population
at this time of year.
Det. Callahan agreed but said that in the
past the rise in rapes occurred sooner,
usually as the semester began.
Callahan added that there has not been an
increase in the number of reported assaults
on females. From February 1975 to August
1976, 15 assaults were reported as well as 10
incidents of attempted rape. -
Horn said two rape attempts were
reported in Carrboro during that period, and
two were reported in August. He said
assaults of all types are increasing, not only
male assaults on females.
"Assaults are going up very high," Horn
said.
The Chapel Hill-Carrbbro Rape Crisis
Center receives approximately three calls per
month involving actual rapes, according to
Sharon Broom, former counselor and
publicity coordinator for the center. She said
that on the basis of hospital reports, police
reports and calls made to area crisis
switchboards, the center estimates that two
rapes occur in the area per week.
Although none of the rapes reported .
recently occurred on the UNC campus,
efforts are still being made to increase
women's safety on campus.
A survey taken by Student Government
last month reported that security was a
major concern to a majority of the survey
respondents. Yet, only 20 to 30 per cent of
the respondents said they personally would
use the suggested security services.
This discrepancy supports the view of
safety-conscious organizations that
community awareness of security problems
is the key to increasing women's safety.
"The main problem is that there is a
general, prevailing attitude of trust in Chapel
Hill," Broom said. "Girls have the idea that
Chapel H ill is a neat, cool place to be. They
do things here they wouldn't do back home
in Podunk."
She said the general attitude of
friendliness allows women to feel free to
hitch-hike or to leave bars with men whom
they have just met. She said women feel there
is little danger in such practices.
"Unfortunately, that's just not true,"
Broom said.
Marianne Hitchcock, assistant dean of
student affairs, also said women tend to
assume that Chapel Hill is a safe place.
"Even though it's a small town, it's a large
campus," she said.
She said that student affairs began an
effort to increase community awareness of
security problems in 1972 by distributing
posters and suggesting practical safety
measures.
"At that time, there were several reported
attempted assaults, always when women
were alone or in a poorly lighted area,"
Hitchcock said.
Lt. C.E. Mauer of the Campus Police
pointed out that it is easier now for women to
walk in groups than it was a few years ago
when there were fewer women on campus.
But, he said all women then lived on north
campus, where there was generally more
light and shorter distances to travel.
Tomorrow: improving safety conditions on
campus
Southern Bell, in compliance with federal
law, filed an application Oct. 13 with the
FCC requesting permission to acquire the
Chapel Hill Telephone Co.
A 30-day period for response to the
application is required before "the FCC
makes its decision.
According to an FCC spokesperson in
Washington, the staff is now compiling a
report to present to the commission. The
spokesperson said the commission should
make its decision soon.
"Under the present State of North
Carolina Retirement System, any employee
with 30 years of service is eligible to retire
with full benefits," the employees' letter
stated. "When the sale of the company is
completed, our long-term employees have
the option to leave their contributions in the
state retirement fund, but they have to wait
until age 65 to make any use of it."
The letter included an example of an
employee who began working for the Chapel
H ill Telephone Co. at age 1 8. U nder the state
plan, the employee would be eligible to retire
with full benefits at age 48. But under the
terms of the agreement with Southern Bell he
would have to wait until age 65 to retire.
According to the letter, individuals with
less than five years of State service are asked
to remove their contributions from the state
retirement fund. These employees will be
given retirement credit for their service by
Southern Bell.
"Unfortunately, Southern Bell will give no
credit for anything over five years of service,"
the letter stated. "Consequently, the present
sale provisions penalize all individuals with
more than five years of service.
"Some employees have as many as 20 to 28
years of service and will not be able to benefit
from the 30-years retirement. We feel that
some provisions should be made to allow
long-term employees to benefit from the
early retirement which the state offers," the
letter said.
"Many employees who wish to remain
with the state retirement system would be
willing to contribute their six per cent to the
retirement fund, and hopefully the state
could be allowed to set funds aside for
contribution of its share in order that they
may retire at the end of 30 years of service,"
the letter stated.
A spokesperson for Southern Bell in
Charlotte said that the company's attorney
was aware of the letter, but they would have
no comment until later in the week.
Phone rates could rise $1
Transfer of the Chapel Hill Telephone Co. to Southern Bell will result in a $ 1-per-month
rate increase, UNC Utilities Director Grey Culbreth said Monday.
Southern Bell's present base rate for a system the size of Chapel Hill's is $7.50 per
month. The Chapel Hill utility now serves an area of approximately 250 square
miles and as of Sept. 1 had 23,339 residential stations and 13,875 business stations.
The state Utilities Commission has approved extension of Southern Bell's rate
structure to this area. r , . 4
Culbreth said the continued 'practice of free local calls at phone located in the
Carolina Union, undergraduate library and other campus locations must be decided
by Southern Bell. ;
"I think their general policy, is not ta have free public phones," he said.
An extension of the area which can be reached without toll charges has also been
considered, Culbreth said.
, Extended area service (E AS) would jcause an increase in monthly rates because it
would extend the number of stations reached through local service. Monthly rates
are computed on the basis of the number of homes reached, Culbreth said.
"We're sort of reluctant to recommend EAS because the issue has not been
presented for a vote of the people," he said.
Russell Gardner
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Tow trucks cause parking tumult
Traffic Office initiates new policy
Tow trucks created a minor traffic jam in the Union parking lot Monday as
enforcement of the Traffic Office's newest policy toward parking violators
began. Five cars were towed, but more people might have been forced to pay
the $15 to $25 fines had the rain not continued all day.
"There's no question that the rain slowed up the towing," said Ted Marvin,
director of security services. He said the towing would continue until the
problem of repeated parking violations is solved.
Under new policy announced Friday, any car without a parking permit and
three or more citations will be towed. One car towed Monday had received
19 tickets.