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Parade Tis already the season to be jolly. So, if you're tired of thinking about classes and impending exams, take tonight off, and go to the annual Chapel Hill-Carrboro Christmas parade, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Morehead Planetarium. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Tuesday, November 30, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Volume No. 84, Issue No. 67 Carrboro to vote today on road improvements ute pos e en Cold The weather today will be cloudy, windy and cold. There is no chance of rain. The high temperature will reach 55, and the low last night hit 25. TfD 4 JJ(J L fi ll I V II II sibly to b Tom Watkins Staff Writer Student voter turnout will be a major factor in deciding the $l -million street bond referendum today in Carrboro. "We've got to get people out to vote, Carrboro Alderman Ernie Patterson said Monday. "If we can get the blacks, students and others who are concerned about improving Carrboro to vote together, the referendum has a chance to pass. But if any of these groups are apathetic, it could be in trouble. If passed, the referendum would authorize the town to sell up to $l million in bonds for street improvements, including paving, resurfacing, curbing and. guttering. . Carrboro residents would then be free to decide if they want improvements made on the streets on which they live. Improvements would be made to a street if 51 per cent of the property owners with frontage on the street agree. Approximately 70 per cent of the cost of the improvements would be paid by the property owners through the levy of $5 to $1 1 per foot of frontage property. "We're proposing the referendum so that we won't have to raise taxes to pave streets," Patterson explained. "About 70 per cent of the funds will be provided by the assessment of property owners, with the rest coming from supplementary town funds." Patterson noted that this way street improvements could be paid for without an increase in taxes and thus without an increase in apartment rents. Seventy per cent of . Carrboro's population is students, most of whom Carrboro Precinct Place Dogwood Acres North Carrboro pi Grey Culbreth School Carrboro School South Carrboro University Lake Plantation Acres Carrboro Water Plant, Jones Ferry Rd. Burch's Cabinet Shop, Hillsborough Rd. New Tri-Delt house okayed by Laura Seism Staff Writer Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) sorority received the town's permission last week to establish a new home on Franklin Street, but a group of their new back-door neighbors threatened a court battle to delay the sorority's move. The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen voted 5 to 3 Nov. 22 to grant a special-use permit requested by the sorority for property at 407 E. Franklin St. Aldermen Gerry Cohen, Transit head John Pappas resigns post John Pappas, citing professional differences with Town Manager Kurt Jenne, resigned as Chapel Hill Transportation Director last week. Pappas said the differences involved the handling of personnel problems within the transit system. Jenne accepted Pappas' resignation at the meeting Nov. 22 of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen. Pappas submitted his resignation to Jenne Nov. 17. Pappas has served as director of the town's transit system since it began, in 1974. He will continue to serve as a technical adviser to the system until April 1977. John Bartosiewicz, assistant director of the transportation department, will serve as director until a permanent replacement for Pappas is hired. reside in apartments. According to Patterson, eight to nine miles of Carrboro's 16 miles of street need improvement. The big thing is that street improvements are needed in order for Carrboro to move forward. If people want to see Carrboro improve, this is one way of doing it. "Carrboro will need an alternative means for transporting the public, but we need decent roads and other services we can't provide one without the other. A lot has to be done and this is the first step of many." Patterson said some groups are opposing the bond. "A lot oppose it because of the assessment," he said. The opposition includes former town board member Don Peninger. "I know a lot of municipal governments use the assessment, but there are elderly people on fixed incomes in Carrboro who might be adversely affected if this particular method is used," he said. The petition calling for the referendum was submitted to the town by the Allied Citizens For Progressive Carrboro. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously endorsed the bond, along with all of the town's other boards, Alderman Robert Drakeford said. ' "Another issue is that this bond would provide for streets to be paved without any politics involved," Drakeford said. "Paving used to be a very political issue in Carrboro," Patterson said. "With the bond, no particular part of town would be excluded from paving for any reason. We want to put street improvements in the realm of fairness." polling Residences included The Villages Estes Park, Sue Ann Court, Cedar Court, Pine Knoll, Lebet Chateau, Park West, Berkshire Manor, Fidelity Court, Northampton West Carolina, Old Well, Yum-Yum, Royal Park, Rocky Brook Plantation Acres Subdivision Town Hall Tommy Gardner and R.D. Smith voted against approval of the permit. Carolista Baum of 515 E. Rosemary St., who has directed efforts of Rosemary Street residents opposed to the sorority's presence in the neighborhood, said after the board's vote that the residents planned to file suit against the town. Residents oppose the sorority's move to Franklin Street because they fear an increase in traffic and a change in the character of the neighborhood. Tri-Delt plans to convert the three structures on the Franklin Street property, which also has frontage on Hillsborough and Rosemary streets, into a sorority residence for 45 members. The sorority is now located at 210 Pittsboro St. Approximately 20 members live at the house there. Plans include construction of a 3,000-square-foot dining room and kitchen facility. The special-use permit also allows a 25-car parking lot on the corner of Hillsborough and Rosemary streets. SHS urges by Leslie Seism " . Staff Writer Officials at the Student Health Service (SHS) are recommending that students in the 18-to-24 age group get a second inoculation to receive adequate protection from swine flu. SHS Director James A. Taylor said Monday that field trials by the national Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta show that only 50 per cent of the 18-to-24 year-olds inoculated now have sufficient levels of immunity. The second inoculation is being encouraged nationally, Taylor said. He encouraged students to get their second inoculation at least four weeks after the first dose. Because inoculations began Oct. 7, many persons are now eligible for the second shot, he said. "This is not to say that the first inoculation did no good. Fifty per cenl have a chance of having sufficient antibodies, but there is no fe&l , ' ass? I w' "PO uf 1 f V 0fw i . ii p. I fx my. esWK.i.: .yr'- MOM! l f T f x y& I I 4l si:. ' l 4 V . J mh It yyiftitKn I iff j - irV " - 1 fi M v . if! ' feae&m , mmmute I c: l i 'i If 'W4iW- V , ...J I'J - fe J Ail H f;4 r - 0 ' i! ! Pfe- ,1 I I 'M il l ' " i fPl4ir 4;; ifefrM' The end of this tired phone's hang-ups Southern Bell model that might not offer STBell to remWfrneutraiin FCC negotiations by Chuck Alston Staff Writer Southern Bell Telephone Co. decided last week not to become involved in action being taken by 105 employees of the Chapel Hill Telephone Co. to delay Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval of Southern Bell's acquisition of the University-owned telephone company. In a letter to the FCC earlier this month, the employees requested that the FCC delay approval until matters involving accrued retirement benefits for long-term employees can be resolved. but neighbors Weezie Oldenburg, president of the sorority's house corporation, a group of area Tri-Delt alumnae who manage the sorority, said Tuesday, "We are very pleased, and we just hope things will go smoothly for us. "Nothing has happened at this point, and we're just proceeding with what we have right now." Oldenburg said she hopes construction on the property can begin in the spring, so that sorority members may move into their new home for the fall semester. Similar legal action was taken against Kappa Alpha Theta sorority in 1966 when the Board of Aldermen approved that sorority's special-use permit. The attempt failed to halt the sorority's move but did delay construction of the sorority's new house at 227 E. Rosemary St. The house was not dedicated until 1970. Tri-Delt's future home is located in the town's historic conservation district adjacent to the old Phillips Law Office on the corner of Franklin and Hillsborough streets. Thef three structures now serve as second swine flu shot Staff photo by David Dalton is in sight it will soon be replaced by a free local telephone calls as it does. If the FCC approval is delayed, employees would have time to present a request to the N.C. General Assembly that long-term employees be allowed to remain in the state retirement system. Under the current terms of the sale, employees will be required to leave the state retirement system, which allows employees to retire with 30 years service regardless of age. The long-term employees then would have to wait until age 65 to collect the state benefits. Robert Jackson, a public relations officer with Southern Bell in Charlotte, said, "We feel that this is a matter to be settled between the employees and the threaten suit boarding and apartment houses. Mrs. Frederic E. Coenen owns the property. When Tri-Delt applied for a special-use permit in September, the Chapel Hill Preservation Society opposed granting the permit until the adoption of the Chapel Hill historic district ordinance. That ordinance, approved by the State Division of Archives and History Nov. 9, will come before the aldermen for final approval Dec. 13. The ordinance would establish an Historic District Commission that would review all structural changes to property in the district. The commission would also have a 45-day option to purchase or secure a buyer for any property for sale in the district. Alderman Gerry Cohen said he voted against Tri-Delt's special-use permit because he felt the neighborhood "was becoming a stable single-family neighborhood." Towji Manager Kurt Jenne recommended approval of the permit. The Planning Board had voted 3-1 with two abstentions to recommend approval. way to tell which 50 per cent it is," Taylor said. The other 50 per cent have some immunity, but not enough to combat the disease, he said. "One shot is better than nothing, but the whole purpose of the program is to completely immunize these people," Taylor said. The 1 8-to-24 age group is the only age group asked to get a second shot. The CDC test trials show that 95 per cent of the older groups receive sufficient immunity from one shot. Approximately 3,000 persons have been inoculated at the SHS. Taylor estimates that 2,000 of these are in the 18-to-24 age group. Taylor said the SHS could obtain enough vaccine to inoculate students twice. He said that because the nationwide inoculation program had not met widespread support, supplies were ahead of demand. The vaccine is administered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the SHS. , by late January , by Jeff Cohen ; Staff Writer The S busroute, which serves South Campus, may, be eliminated as early as Jan. 28, according to former town Transportation Director John Pappas. Pappas, who resigned as director effective Nov. 24, said that he favored the elimination of the S route because of low ridership in the past three months. Pappas said the elimination of the S route would not leave students stranded. He said the U (campus) route would continue to serve South Campus students. Pappas proposed several route adjustments at a meeting of the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) Nov. 23. The proposals, designed to increase service in busy areas and decrease other routes either partially or totally, must be approved by both the University and the town manager, according to Vice-Chancellor for Business and Finance Claiborne Jones. The University has contracts with the town of Chapel Hill with regard to bus routes that serve on-campus students, Jones said. Because the University guarantees the sale of a specified number of bus passes to the Transportation Department, it is allowed to help decide on bus routes in return, according to TAB chairperson Terry Lathrop. r;. Jones said that he has yet to be approached by the TAB. Pappas said he favored the elimination of the A bus route (to Airport Road), the addition of a second bus during peak hours on the D (Durham) route and the return of the G bus (to Colonial Heights). He also proposed returning the N bus (Rosemary Street) and decreasing the frequency of service of the K bus (Kroger Plaza). Pappas said that the Saturday schedules should remain as they are, with most buses concentrating on service to University Mall. He proposed either discontinuing Sunday service or running a schedule similar to Saturday. , "We ought to run a good service or no service at all on Sunday Pappas said. The proposed changes equal the reduction of approximately one man day, which could save the transit system almost $15,000, Pappas said. The exact savings will be determined prior to the next TAB meeting in two weeks. state." According to Jackson, Southern Bell decided not to become involved after a discussion last week by company officials. I. Beverly Lake Jr., a Raleigh attorney formerly employed in the Utilities Division of the Attorney General's Office, is representing the University and the state in the transaction. "It is my understanding that it would take an amendment in the State Retirement Act to allow the employees to remain in the state retirement system," Lake said. Steve Melnikoff, an attorney in the FCC's Hearings Division, said the FCC acknowledged the letter from the 105 employees forwarded to the FCC by Chapel Hill attorney F. Gordon Battle. According to Melnikoff, the FCC's response to Battle said that the employees' concerns would be included Fall exam schedule AH 1C:C3 A.M. Classes on LttVF, All C:C3 AX!. Closes cn TTh All 113 Clzzzzz cn MVF AM 5:C3 P.f.l. CI-:::3 cn f.!7F, Econ 61, f!3th 3VCh:m 17CL&171L All 2:C3P.'l. C:':::scriTTh All 11-3 A.:.:. C::;;:a cn TTh All C:C3 A.M. Cl2St3 cn MVF Ail 1 :C3 P.M. CS::: ;3 cn MVF Ail C:C3 A.M. CXzzzzs cn MVF All Z:Z1 P.M. Cb:::s cn TTh, TuSl 71 & t is- AH 12:C3 P.f !. C!::ss on TTh 'AU C3 ?. Cn2-T3 cn TTh ' AH Frcn, C , rm, Cp,n, f . rwlt I fcfW U. H v.. . h.w -h -'. A!I-'2!C3 Pi. C"3 cn .!" ,. , ..-. -All 12C3 f'cen Crr3 cn iir AH 4:C3 P.M. C-z. : 3 cn '.VF All' 33 P.M. C;::?3 cn MVF AU 5:C3 P.M. Clizzri cn TTh, Chcm 13 end! r!l clr:;;s net oth:nv!s3 in a report being compiled by the Hearings Division for the commission. Melnikoff said that the staff report would be completed in January and that the FCC would reach its final decision only after a report and recommendation are made by the staff. Melnikoff said that the FCC received a statement and a motion of support for the transaction from Lake on behalf of Gov. James Holshouser and Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten. The FCC also received two complaints from Chapel Hill residents concerning the $1 rate increase that will go into effect when Southern Bell takes over. "These complaints are hot in the jurisdiction of the FCC, and the people were referred to the State Utilities Commission," Melnikoff said. Battle said that the employees are not taking any action at this moment. "I do expect to meet with some of them in the next two or three days," Battle said. Fhil 21 Thur. Dec. 9 8:23 A.M. Thur. Dec. 9 2:C3 P.M. Frl. Dec. 10. 8:23 A.M. 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