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Vietnamese troops defending the Red
River Valley corridor to Hanoi held their
ground Monday against a three-pronged
Chinese armored and infantry attack,
Hanoi radio said.
Vietnam claimed in official broadcasts
that Peking's soldiers were being killed at
a rate of 800 a day all along the border
front lines.
China's Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping
said Monday the 10-day-old conflict
might end in another 10 days, but
analysts in Bangkok and elsewhere say
they expect the Chinese invasion force to
first mount an all-out assault against
Hanoi's troops.
The official Soviet news media charged
that China also was massing troops near
its border with Laos for an invasion of
that Vietnamese-dominated country. The
report could not be confirmed.
In a speech in the western Russian city
of Minsk, Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko reiterated the
Kremlin's warning to China to pull out of
Soviet-allied Vietnam "before it is too
late." He said the invasion was "doomed
to failure."
A Soviet airlift of military supplies to
Hanoi appeared to be continuing
Monday. Airport sources in Calcutta,
India, said three cargo planes one
Bulgarian and two Soviet refueled there
Sunday and Monday on their way to the
Vietnamese capital.
Soviet reconnaissance planes were
again spotted flying ' toward Vietnam,
where they are believed to be surveying
the China-Vietnam front. A Soviet
destroyer was spotted headed south past
Japan, possibly toward waters off
Vietnam where several Soviet warships
have been cruising. .
A Voice of Vietnam radio broadcast
monitored here claimed Hanoi's troops
had killed more than 2,300 Chinese in
three days of fighting beginning Friday at
scattered battlefields along the front.
The broadcast said tank-led Chinese
infantrymen attacked Vietnamese forces
from three directions in the Cam Duong
area, south of the provincial capital of
Lao Cai and about 1 50 miles northwest of
Hanoi.
Cam Duong and Lao Cai, which was
reported captured by the Chinese last
week, lie in the Red River Valley, a
strategic water, rail and highway corridor
leading to Hanoi. Chinese officials have
been quoted as saying, however, they
have no plans to try to seize the
Vietnamese capital.
China, whose troops are reported to
have penetrated as far as 20 miles inside
Vietnam, has issued few reports about the
progress of the war. But Japan's Kyodo
news service Monday said Peking radio
reported that a Chinese battalion had
overrun five Vietnamese hilltop positions
near Dong Dang, north of the town of
Lang Son.
Hanoi claims its troops have killed
more than 16,000 Chinese thus far.
Intelligence sources here consider the
figure inflated. The Vietnamese have not
reported their own casualties, and the
Chinese have published no casualty
figures.
Bangkok analysts believe the Chinese
are planning or may have already
begun a major push in the frontier area,
possibly around the town of Lang Son, 80
miles north of Hanoi.
Japan's Kyodo news service quoted
Chinese sources as saying Peking wants
to "punish" Vietnam by destroying at
least one Vietnamese army division and
military bases and artillery emplacements
near the border.
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Water over the dam
Since Thursday, the skies have dumped 4.01
inches of rain, the second heaviest rain this year,
on Chapel Hill and sent 10 inches of water flowing
over the dam at University Lake. Each inch equals
almost 8.3 million gallons of water, more than a
full day's water supply.
The Ghapel Hill Fire Department received about
a dozen calls from persons whose basements had
flooded from the rain. Harold Harris, Chapel Hill
Public Works director,, said his department
stopped up a few pipes and catch basins Monday
morning, but the rain caused no big problems.
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By BEN ESTES
Staff Writer
A Student Supreme Court hearing to
determine whether the results of the Feb.
21 runoff election for Daily Tar Heel
editor should be certified has been
postponed until the week after spring
break. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy
Cooper said Monday.
Cooper said he has issued a temporary
injuction to prevent a new runoff which
was scheduled for March 14. If the court,
decides not to overturn the Elections
Board's decision, a new runoff will be
held on March 21, he said.
The hearing originally was scheduled
for this Wednesday but was delayed
because the student attorney general's
office did not have time to prepare its case
adequately. Cooper said.
"I feel that for this case to be handled in
a judicial manner and for a fair decision
to be rendered, a delay was necessary," he
said.
Student Attorney General Suzie
Mitchell said she would not comment on
the case. Mitchell will represent the
Elections Board at the hearing next
month.
The hearing was scheduled when DTH
candidate David Stacks filed an appeal to
the Supreme Court to overturn Friday's
Elections Board decision not to certify
the runoff results. The board made its
decision after hearing complaints from
candidate Allen Jernigan about
irregularities at the runoff polls. Stacks
won the runoff by about 200 votes.
The attorney general's office asked for
the hearing delay because it was swamped
with other cases and no one on the staff
was familiar with Supreme Court cases.
Cooper said.
Stacks said he disapproved of the
delay. It will wreak havoc at the Tar
Heel for the rest of the semester," he said.
It will make it nearly impossible to get
anything constructive done this semester.
All the new editor will be able to
accomplish will be the transition.
"1 assume the court knows that the Tar
Heel will be in dire straits," Stacks said.
But Jernigan said the delay might be
beneficial. I think it will give the defense
better time to prepare the case," Jernigan
said.
Jernigan also said the delay will give
DTH staff members more time to learn
new jobs. The extra time was also needed
because the court has not heard a case
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But Stacks said the delay will hurt
voter turnout if the runoff is not held until
March 21. "I predict the turnout will be
less than 800," he said.
Jernigan Monday filed a formal
protest with Elections Board
Chairperson Jil Linker. In the protest,
Jernigan said violations of the election's
laws materially affected the outcome of
the Feb. 21 runoff.
"Students were turned away from the
polls because of Jate openings of the
ballot boxes at the Union, Y Court and
the Scuttlebutt," he said. "Late opening
of the polls, some opening as late as noon
or after, disenfranchised sufficiently
many voters to' materially alter the
outcome of the election."
Craig Brown, who will represent
Stacks at the hearing, Monday resigned
his post as Student Government
executive assistant. Student Body
President-elect J.B. Kelly said Brown's
resignation will hurt lobbying efforts for
a drop period extension. Brown has been
instrumental in lobbying for the
extension before the Faculty Council.
Because of the delay, Brown will not be
able to return to his post until after
March 15, the tentative date for the
hearing.
Mousing scarce, off -campus doors open 'hut beware
By PAT CAU DILL
Staff Writer
If you haven't found a place to live for next year,
start thinking realistically because off-campus
housing is scarce in Chapel Hill.
Almost 200 homeless students attended an
apartment forum Sunday in Great Hall.
Representatives from local apartment complexes
offered advice on finding places to live.
Peggy Gibbs, UNC assistant director of housing
contracts, told the students only 150 to 200 more
University housing spaces should open up by July for
the 875 students who were closed out of dorms.
A waiting list of names will be drawn Tuesday. "If
you are within the first 25 drawn, don't worry,"
. Gibbs said. "If you are not, go out and find an
apartment."
Lydia Lewis, another University housing
representative, gave students the following tips for
finding places to stay off-campus:
Check information in The Southern Part of
Heaven guide to local apartments published by the
Student Consumer Action Union. It contains
comments from tenants surveyed by SCAU.
Visit or call the U niversity housing office in Carr
Building between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.
The office operates a listing service and posts notices
of available rooms, apartments and houses as well as
roommate-wanted notices.
The office will be open during spring break and
every Saturday after the break from 9 a.m. until 3
p.m.
Notify friends to find who will be leaving and
make arrangements early to rent.
The Village Advocate also lists apartments and
places to rent. Go by the Advocate office on Weaver
Street in Carrboro around 10 a.m. on Wednesdays to
get first chance at new ad listings.
Mark Sternlicht, Student Legal Services attorney,
advised students to take the following steps to avoid
legal problems after moving in:
Obtain .a lease. A written lease has many
advantages for students. He said one advantage is it
prevents the landlord from raising the rent.
Read the lease carefully before signing it.
Landlords of smaller apartment complexes may
provide an opportunity to negotiate the terms of the
lease. SLS can provide students with a model lease or
provide ideas students can use in negotiations.
Draw up a written agreement with roommates
specifying responsibilities such as how long each will
live there and how much rent each will pay.
Make a check list of the condition of the
apartment when you. move in and when you move
out to protect yourself from being billed unfairly for
damages or losing a security deposit.
"According tr N.C. General Statutes," Sternlicht
said, "landlords must provide fit and habitable
premises for their tenants, which means that he must
comply with the town housing code." ,
In Chapel Hill the landlord has the responsibility
to make all repairs and to keep the house and
appliances which he provided in safe condition.
Students can receive free legal advice from an
attorney about renting and other legal concerns at
SLS in Suite A of the Carolina Union.
The forum Sunday was sponsored by the
Residence Hall Association, the Carolina Union and
the Association of Apartment Dwellers.
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Alderman- to appeal
EDurham j oh ruling
By PAM KELLEY
Staff Writer
Carrboro Alderman Doug Sharer is
appealing a decision by the city of
Durham administration which would, by
reclassifying his job with the city, force
him to choose between his job and his
position as alderman.
Sharer works in the traffic engineering
department for the city of Durham on a
federal grant. He said Monday because
he is on a federal grant, he is classified as a
temporary employee. The city
administration has reclassified him as a
permanent employee, and in Durham,
city employees are prohibited from
holding public office.
"I've done some things the
administration doesn't like, and since I'm
on a federal grant they can't fire me, so
this is their way of getting rid of me,
Sharer said.
Sharer's appeal will be heard March 6
by Durham's city manager, Dean Hunter.
"I've suggested an independent arbitrator
preside, because I don't want to make my
appeal to the same people who want to
get rid of me, Sharer said.
City Manager Hunter said he has been
trying to stay away from the case so he
can be neutral when he presides at the
hearing. "We have been trying to set some
limit on how long you can be a temporary
employee, he said. "Sharer's been with
us several years."
Durham Personnel Director Robert
Slade refused to comment on Sharer's
case,
s "I've requested the hearing be made
open to the public," Sharer said. "The
administration is still claiming it has to be
private.
Sharer said when he was offered a job
on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen
several years ago because of a vacancy on
the board, he received permission from
Durham's previous city manager to take
it. When elections came up and 1 was
actually elected to the board, the city
manager reaffirmed his permission. That
permission is well documented. The city
made a commitment to me," he said.
"Applying this policy to me is a
misapplication and misinterpretation of
it, Sharer said. The policy that city
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An open hearing on the public consumption of beer and wine
in Carrboro will be held at 7:45 tonight at the Board of Aldermen
meeting in the Carrboro Town Hall.
Currently, beer and wine can be consumed in public places in
Carrboro. The . Board of Aldermen voted last month not to
include a clause prohibiting public consumption in the town
code. In Chapel Hill, public consumption is illegal.
"Public consumption affects those who don't drink," anti
drink activist the Rev. Jack Mansfield of Carrboro First Baptist
Church said last month. "They have their rights violated subtly."
"1 think significant statutes are now operating to deal with
alcohol abuse," Alderman Nancy White said.
"To have no ordinance in a town to control the public
consumption of beer and wine is foolish," Carrboro resident
John Thomas said recently.
He said he and a group of Carrboro citizens opposed to public
consumption will be at the public hearing tonight to air
complaints.
"If they don't do anything, we're going to start passing out
beers on buses and in the town hall as a protest," Thomas said.
Governors concerned by plan
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WASHINGTON (AP) The nation's
governors, unable to agree on whether to
endorse a budget-balancing amendment
to the Constitution, voiced concern
Monday about congressional threats to
slash revenue sharing as a big step toward
eliminating the federal deficit.
Pressure for a balanced federal budget
was the dominant issue at the winter
meeting of the National Governors
Conference under way a few blocks from
the Capitol.
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.,
chief executive of the nation's most
populous state and a leading advocate of
a budget-balancing amendment, ran into
strong opposition from other governors
as well as from members of Congress.
Gov. James Thompson ol Illinois
called the idea of a budget amendment
"somewhat simplistic" and said he was
more concerned about threats to cut
revenue sharing.
"Why are some in the administration
and Congress singling out general
revenue sharing as a target for cuts in
spending?" Thompson asked.
Echoing similar concern, Gov. Thomas
Judge of Montana said, "A lot of people
on the Hill feel they're going to retaliate
against the governors."
Judge and Thompson obviously were
upset by statements from members of
Congress including the chairman of the
Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Edmund
S. Muskie, D-Maine. House Speaker
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