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4 The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, April 26, Coalition claims Carter abandoned solar pledges By CAM JOHNSON Staff Writer Ralph Nader and consumer and environmental leaders Monday claimed President Carter abandoned campaign pledges to give top priority to solar energy and conservation. A coalition of 1 2 groups the heart of the environmental movement that helped Carter win election said many administration actions have been the opposite of what candidate Carter promised in 1976. "We have waited patiently and silently for most of this past year... for this administration to fulfill or begin to fulfill their oft repeated promises," the groups said in a joint statement. "Instead, we have watched in surprise and with growing discouragement as the president abandoned one campaign commitment after another." Anthony Roisman of the Natural Resources Defense Council said getting "people enthusiastic about Carter," would be "an impossible task if he were running for office today on these issues." David Orr, a member of the steering committee of the Southeast Environmental Coalition and a UNC assistant professor of political science, disagreed saying Carter's record on environmental issues is good. The 12-group coalition also was sharply critical of administration proposals to speed up atomic plant construction, spend federal funds for synthetic fuel subsidies and cut federal spending on solar energy. Coalition members also disputed statements by White House aide Robert Strauss that environmental standards add to inflation and should be relaxed. FOR THE SPACE V - s- 7 n"S A LOTEK RiaiVt fi WHAT tb H0U) ABOUT xathene Anne V 81 V 8 f) !V"allri6mtT rt marcie...ujhat BOOK SHOULD I I REAP 7 OR JOYCE CAROL 0ATE5 OR PAMELA JOHNSON? tmi.TOBE&N turn, Ht'S TW BUfiESrUNEJW 10 COME OUT or THB PACJFIC IN W5NV YEARS ! SO TELL MB MORB ABOUT THIS 'LAVA- Wyfe S7 RESPECTFUL OF HIS TALENTS IN DETROIT THAT HE HAS HIS 0m HANDLERl THIS KID HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED! LAVA" LENNY, DUKE.. I v , 6'. - i 1978 Orr, who teaches a political science course Environment - Population and Politics, said more money should be spent on solar energy. "Carter has his priorities flip flopped (on the nuclear-solar priorities)," Orr said. Orr said the real energy crisis in the United States is not in electricity generation but in the shortage of liquid fuels. Nuclear plants only can generate electricity. Liquid fuels, Orr said, are needed to power industrial machines. Orr said Strauss' contention that environmental standards increase inflation doesn't stand to reason. Orr said environmental cleanup contributes one quarter of I percent to the rate of inflation. Joseph Straley, chairperson of the Energy Committee of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences and UNC professor of physics, said a cut in spending on solar energy would be yielding to the pressures of expediency. Straley said development of solar energy is a long-term project that would yield no benefits during Carter's adm' aistration. "No matter how much he spends on solar energy, he won't have anything to show for it," Straley said. Straley said, however, the United States must develop nuclear energy and that the likelihood of a major nuclear accident is extremely small. Acc :rding to the Rasmussen Report, written by a professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the chance of a major mishap is about one in two million, Straley said. Louise Dunlap of the Environmental Policy Center said Energy Secretary James Schlesinger's plan to speed atomic plant construction would reduce citizen B6LOWYDUR FT " i . j Ok A.! TN : : VK .f Your Own Handcarved Masterpiece Packaged in a Palmleaf Handbag! Step into KLONKS handcarved balsawood sandals. You'll love their lightweight comfort and unique new look. 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The coalition included the National Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, the Environmental Policy Center, the Environmental Action Foundation, Environmentalists for Full Employment, the Wilderness Society, Consumer Action Now, the Sierra Club, Nader and his Critical Mass Energy Project, the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Parks and Conservation Association and the National Consumers League. trat amr AGurRt6Kr, W THE TIM' I K WE f?EALLV WElRP FiNlSHFP r?EADiN6 THE AUTHOR'5 NAME I'D 6E TOO SIR TiREP TO (?EAC 1 THE 600! OH? WHAT'S HE PLAY ON? FRESH PINEAPf . THEY FEED HIM AFTER EVERY TACKLE. i a m r.' J . .r . 7 ti ' ' . akv'; 1 I. T Supreme Court to rule on similar law Breathalyzer test not required here By KATHA TREANOR Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the constitutionality of a Massachusetts drunk-driver law that North Carolina officials say is similar to the Tar Heel statute governing use of the state breathalyzer test. The high tribunal will rule next term on the Bay State's appeal of a three-judge U.S. District Court decision to strike down the Massachusetts law because it does not provide a hearing before suspension of a drunken driver's operator's license. When the federal appeal was filed last year, Massachusetts officials said 12 other states enforce similar statutes, which require implied consent for chemical breath analysis by citizens arrested for drunken driving. N.C. Assistrat Attorney General Bill Ray said North Carolina law differs from the Individual Events Team makes semifinals Two members of the individual events speech team made the semifinals in two separate national speech tournaments held this month. Team spokesperson Rosalind Fuse said that she hopes the team will place in the top 20 in the nation when the national rankings are released in a few weeks. Ralph Thompson placed in he top 12 in the prose interpretation category last weekend at the National Forensic Association tournament in Monmouth, N.J. UNCs individual events team sent 15 members to the tournament. Fuse said. Placing i.'i the top 12 in the American Forensic Association tournament held earlier in April was Ralph Weeks, who was entered in the dramatic interpretation category. Three team members attended the tournament at Normal, 111. Fuse said team members qualified for the NFA tournament by making the finals of Open 7 days a week 11 a.m. til 1 a.m. SADLACK'S HEROES AND DELI Try Our New Meatball Sandwich Now With Apple Juice and Lemonade Texas Instruments TI55 Advanced slide rule calculator with programmability. 6918-023-0. Sug. retail $59.95. PC100A The versatile PC-1 00A gives you a printer, program verifier and security control all in one unit. 69'Q-940-5. Sug. r -tail $199.95. Sale A 7- y VISA- fn V I Lull C?II Massachusetts version in that Tar Heel statutes specifically provide for a hearing before the driver's license is revoked. If a suspected drunken driver in North Carolina refuses the breathalyzer test, his operator's license is not automatically suspended pending a hearing. The Massachusetts law mandates a 90-day suspension for persons who are arrested for drunken driving and refuse to take the test. Police officers must fill out a report setting down the grounds for their beliefs that the suspect was intoxicated. No hearing is required prior to the suspension in Massachusetts, but the driver may have one after surrendering his license to a registrar. If a driver on a North Carolina highway chooses to ask for a hearing within three days of official notification of the charges against him, revocation of his license will be suspended until the hearing ruling is announced. If the suspect tails to ask tor a any previous tournament, and qualified for the AFA by capturing one of the top three places in a district tournament. In the annual North Carolina Forensic Association tournament held in Chapel Hill April 1, five UNC team members took first place positions. They were Jan Huffman for No ticket letup Parking monitors will be on duty and will be handing out parking tickets during the entire exam period, said Abbott Mason, coordinator of the parking monitor program. "Many students are under the improper impression that we don't enforce parking regulations during exams," Mason said. "It's always a madhouse the first few days and we usually slack off after that as fewer people are in town, but this year with the 9:30 TI58 Scientific programmable cal culator. 691 8-942-1 . Sug. retail $1 29.95 TIS040 s3b Printing calculator with dis play. 6918-012-3. Sug. retail $129.95. prices in Effect thru Saturday. April 29th. 4411 Chapel Hiil Blvd., Durham, N.C. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Men., Fri. 10 r..m.-G p.m. Tuzz., Wed., Thurc, Cr,i. hearing, his license could be revoked for up to six months. Ray said the hearing provided for under North Carolina law is to determine if the suspected drunken driver willfully refused to take the breathalyzer test or not. The hearing officer inNorthCarolinaalso determines if the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe the driver was operating his car while under the influence of intoxicating substances, if the breathalyzer operator informed the suspect of his rights under the law and if the driver understood his rights. If the driver agrees to take the breathalyzer lest, he must do so within 30 minutes of the time he is informed of his rights. In North Carolina, the suspect is allowed to request an administrative hearing and can appeal to the N.C. Supreme Court if he is dissatisfied with the hearing decision, Ray said. after-dinner speaking, Larry Carpenter for persuasive speaking, Ralph Kennedy for informative speaking and Ralph Thompson and Maureen Maney for duo-interpretation of drama. - BEN ESTES during exam period Tuesday-Thursday exam on the last day, the town should remain crowded and the parking situation busy right until the end of exams. And we will be out there ticketing cars until the end." "Faculty and staff still have to come to work and have some place to park and students with parking stickers will becoming on campus to use the library. We just want to warn people that parking regulations will be enforced." Just down from the Post Office on Franklin Street TIS9 Card programmable calcula tor. 6918-941-3. Sug. retail $299.95. Note: Although every precaution is taken, errors in prices andor specifications do occur in print ing. We reserve the right to cor rect any such errors. 'vJ
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