Still warm
Partly cloudy and warm
weather will continue
through Thursday with the
high in the low 70s and low in
the 40s. Chance of rain is 20
percent through tonight.
Speaker tonight
Michelle Wallace will speak
tonight in Memorial Hall as
part of the "Race to Race
Face to Face" series. See
page 4 for details.
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World celebrates Einstein's birthday; famous scientist born 100 years ago today
The Associated Press
Across the world, people are pausing to remember a man
whose name many have known since childhood but whose
work most never could understand in a lifetime.
His name was Albert Einstein and he was born 100 years
ago today.
H is fame is almost as baffling as the theory that catapulted
him into history. For he captured the imagination of our
times in a way few men ever do and no other scientist has ever
done.
He was a quiet, withdrawn child, whose parents feared that
he might be backward. When they anxiously consulted
Einstein's headmaster about a career for their son, they were
told, "It doesn't matter, he'll never make a success of
anything.
Einstein seemed destined for the failure that hobbled his
father. But unknown to those around him, the shy, retiring
child who lagged behind his classmates was beginning to
show a remarkable curiosity.
A relative once showed him a compass. Einstein, like any
5-year-old, was intrigued. But he also silently wondered what
unseen forces could be making the needle flicker and move
and he later wrote that that was the moment he began
wondering about the universe.
Several years later, rumors of a remarkable series of
discoveries began to trickle through classrooms and
laboratories. A clerk nobody had heard of was publishing
articles which were demolishing concepts of time, space and
matter on which science had rested for centuries.
With a handful of equations and formulas, Einstein -stated
that time was relative, that it existed only in relation to
physical matter. If everything in the universe were to
disappear, so would time itself. The implications were
shattering.
Just when many scientists believed they had reached the
boundaries of knowledge--as others had believed in other
ages relativity swept them into a vast universe of almost
unthinkable complexity.
Einstein also demonstrated that gravity was a field in space
and not a force exerted by the earth, that light was composed
of quanta or particles, and a dozen other equally astounding
revelations.
Even the greatest minds had to struggle to understand
relativity. But there were few scientists who did not realize
that an age had ended.
By 1921, Einstein's work had been recognized with a Nobel
Prize.
The excitement and controversy of relativity was to go far
beyond the rarified realm of science. When in 1919
astronomers confirmed some of Einstein's basic premises,
newspaper headlines trumpeted that the world would never
be the same again.
For centuries men had stared out into the eternal,
forboding darkness of the universe. And now a scruffy
almost comical little man was quietly uncovering its secrets
with a flourish of his pencil.
Einstein became an almost mythical figure whose every
moment was followed by a rapt world. In the 1920s,
thousands of lectures on relativity were packed with curious,
excited throngs.
The leading London music hall told Einstein he could
name his price if he would top its bill for three weeks. He
never replied. On his first visit to America, in 1921, a
bewildered Einstein was chased through city after city by
wild, admiring crowds.
To the world Einstein was the ultimate absent-minded
professor. People took delight when he once forgot where he
lived and had to telephone a friend to get his own address.
Yet Albert Einstein was far more than a scientist. An
ardent idealist, he used his fame to plead for peace and
brotherhood. But even his friends often found the great man
of science embarrassingly naive amid the grubby realities of
politics. He was, as one friend said, "exceedingly
straightforward, honest and childlike.
His hope that the problems of men could be solved as
rationally as those of science was tossed aside by the horror
that began in the 1930s. In 1933 he fled his native Germany
after the Nazis, who burnt his works and villified relativity as
a Jewish plot, swept to power.
From America. Einstein broodingly watched Hitler build
an empire of despotism, fear, racism and ignorance.
Confronted by a greater evil than war, Einstein warned
Franklin Roosevelt that Germany was experimenting with a
deadly new weapon. At his urgiag, the United States began
the experiments that culminated in 1945 with the first atomic
bomb. . -.
For the rest of his life he blamed himself for having helped
give humanity the means to utterly destroy itself. After
decades of working for peace, he began to retreat into a
loneliness that had always set him apart from others and now
deepened.
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The most important values in today's
society should be love and unity among
all people, and a willingness to stand up
for what is right, Martin Luther King Sr.
told an audience of 700 in Memorial Hall
Monday night.
King delivered the second annual
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Lecture, entitled "Misplaced Values.
The lecture was established in September
1977 to commemorate the lives of those
who have worked for human rights.
"We've raised so much Cain that whites
are beginning to say their civil rights are
being abridged," King said. "There's no
place for that. We are all one people. The
scriptures say we are all of one father.
That makes us one brother, one sister.
"Don't misplace your values and get
hung up on color. White supremacy is
dangerous and black supremacy is
dangerous. You are looking at a man who
never stoops low enough to hate
anybody."
King, the recipient of 10 honorary
degrees and pastor emeritus of Ebenezer
Baptist Church in Atlanta, has lectured
throughout the United States and abroad
since his son, civil rights leader Martin
Luther King Jr., was assassinated in 1968.
When asked how he views UNCs
dispute with HEW in the context of civil
rights, King said he has some doubt about
the validity of the HEW grievances.
"1 guess it's true, but it's difficult for me
to believe," King said.
"1 fail to see how the University could
differentiate between a white Ph.D. and a
black Ph.D. If it's there, it will have to
move. And we're going to work to move
it.
"Are you trying to tell me that this
chancellor (N. Ferebee Taylor), who
knows the law, does not sponsor
equality?" King asked. "Or have you been
up there to talk to him? If you haven't
been up there, go to his door and wait till
you can talk to him. If it's true, you need
to be petitioning."
King said he is optimistic about the
progress of civil rights. "We're coming
on," he said. "I know how you feel. We've
been behind so long. But you've got to
say, I'm not going to hush my mouth. I'm
glad to see you waking up.
"Lose if you must, but never lose the
faith. Never let it get so dark that you
can't promote a song."
King drew a parallel between Christ on
the cross and his son in Montgomery,
Ala., when he was confronted with the
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CAIRO, Egypt ( A P) President Carter concluded his
Mideast odyssey Tuesday with Egypt embracing peace terms and
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin vowing to resign unless
his parliament accepts them.
Both nations said a treaty could be signed within the month.
Begin agreed to the U.S. compromise proposals and said he
would work to persuade his Cabinet and parliament to approve
them. The prime minister allied a special meeting of the Cabinet
for today amid signs that approval was likely.
After a final shuttle from Jerusalem to Cairo, Carter flew
home. The mood aboard Air Force One was upbeat.
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance flashed a thumbs-up sign.
Kit Dobelle. chief of protocol, raised her glass of beer in a toast.
And the president shucked his coat and grinned.
In Jerusalem, Begin said a treaty with Egypt could be signed
within the month if the Cabinet and parliament approve.
"It would be the duty of the government to resign," he said, if
parliament, the Knesset, rejected the compromise.
. Begin has been able to swing his 1 6 fellow ministers behind him
on other crucial issues during Carter's visit, and observers believe
his prestige would carry the Cabinet again.
Moshe Shamir, a leading hawk in Begin's own Herut Party,
called the draft treaty and its appended letters "a disaster for the
future and security of Israel."
But he said there was little he could do to stop the "steamroller
of events" that could carry the treaty to Knesset ratification.
In Cairo, Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs, Butros
Ghali, was asked if he agreed with Begin about the possibility of a
signing within a month. "I can answer positively," he told the
Associated Press. "I hope the peace treaty will be concluded in
this month."
Framldio'-a little le rosy
By PAT CAUDILL
Staff Writer
"1 sure hate to see it go," sighed an elderly customer as she
looked around at the store's bare walls and clearance tables
bearing the last remnants of merchandise. On March 31, Roses
on East Franklin Street will close. After 42 years of service to
Chapel Hill residents and students, it's not surprising many
people have grown sentimental over the store.
Roses will move out by March 31 when their lease expires.
Store manager F.B. Thompson said Monday he expects to close
the store on March 24. All employees will be transferred to the
University Mall branch, he said.
But for Eva Turner, a Roses cashier who has worked on
Franklin Street for 1 1 years, that will be too faT. "Just doesn't
seem like it's going to be Chapel Hill at all," she said. "We'll lose
touch with our kids."
Roses has been operating on Franklin Street since August
1936. The building which has housed Roses over the years is part
of the estate of the late Ollie S. Durham, mother of Elizabeth D.
Banner of Williamsburg. Va.. who is now in charge of the estate.
Tom Banks, the Roses official responsible for negotiating the
terms of the lease, said Roses never had the opportunity to
negotiate for the Tease. "Someone offered her (Banner) a better
deal than we did," said Banks. The new tenants .will be Rite-Aid,
the third-largest drug chain in the country with 730 stores spread
over 16 states on the East Coast.
Because of the age of the building. Banks said, many repairs
and renovations are needed. He said it was possible Rite-Aid
offered to renovate the building, an offer Roses could not afford
to make.
Even though he said he regrets losing the store location. Banks
expressed no bitterness for Banner's decision. "She's a nice lady
and I think she's sorry to see us go. We have enjoyed doing
business with her all these years." Banks said.
Banks said he was a student at I INC as were most of the
employees at Roses headquarters in Henderson. .
Wayne Stainback. also an official at Roses' Henderson
headquarters, said: "We hate to close. We have been there for so
many years... I'd just like to say Roses appreciates the many years
of patronage students have given us."
- After doing business in the adjacent building for 38 years,
persons at the Huggin's Hardware Store say they feel they are
losing a friend. "We hate to see them go. They've been a good
neighbor." said Manager Bryant Davis.
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The Middle East News Agency said Prime Minister Mustafa
Khalil will convene a Cabinet. meeting Thursday in Cairo and
Sadat will brief top officials of his National Democratic Party on
Saturday.
Carter, en route home from Israel, stopped in Cairo to meet
with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
After a three-hour conference at the airport, the president
announced Egypt had accepted U.S. proposals for .resolving
remaining obstacles to a treaty.
ThenCj iter boarded Air Force One for his 1 4-hour journey to
Washington, briefing Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D
W.Va., on the developments by telephone.
Begin said the three leaders would sign the accord in
Washington. Then Begin and Sadat would sign the Hebrew
version in Jerusalem and the Arabic text in Cairo.
"I am convinced that now we have defined all of the main
ingredients of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel which will
be the cornerstone of a comprehensive peace settlement for the
Middle East," the president declared before leaving Cairo.
Sadat's reply was positive. He agreed to U.S. formulas for
resolving differences on three issues: Israel access to assured
supplies of oil, the timing of moves toward autonomy for the
Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and a timetable for an exchange of
ambassadors between Egypt and Israel.
Carter said he informed Begin by telephone of Sadat's
approval.
"I will have difficult days ahead with those who oppose the
peace treaty," Begin said in an interview with N BC. "I will have to
do a lot of convincing"
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Nantucket joins
Jimmy Buffett
for Springfest
Nantucket, a lop 40 band based in
North Carolina, will be the second act to
Jimmy Buffett at the Springiest concert
in Kenan Stadium April 21. Student
Body President-elect J.B. Kelly said
Tuesday.
"Nantucket hasn't signed a contract yet
but Jay Tervo (Springfest committee
chairperson) has a telegram saying
they're committed to come." Kelly said.
Promoter Wilson Howard also had
contacted singer Evelyn "Champagne"
King to appear at the concert but Kelly
said King will not be coming.
"We're still looking for a third band,"
Kelly said. "We should know by the end
of this week or the first of next week who
will be coming,"
Tickets for the concert will go on sale
March 21, Kelly said. Tickets will be $4
for UNC students and $8 for non-students.
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Cashier at Roses
.preparing to close shop
Measles vaccine advised
but outbreak unlikely
By MELANIE SILL
Staff Writer
Despite news reports of a recent
increase in the number of cases of
German measles in Charlotte and other
parts of the state. Dr. James McCutchan
of Student Health Services Tuesday said
UNC students have no cause for alarm.
"What happened is that we had four
cases of German measles between the first
of January and the first day of spring
break," McCutchan said. "Then WTVD
came over to do a news special on our
'epidemic' and happened to show up
when there was not a single student in our
waiting lobby."
McCutchan said students should check
vaccination records not only because of
disease outbreaks but because
vaccinations in general have been great
inventions.
"It is good sense to be vaccinated just to
protect yourself from disease,"
McCutchan said.
Although anyone who has not been
vaccinated can contract German measles,
McCutchan said the disease is dangerous
only to pregnant women in the first
trimester of their pregnancy. J
"Most of the time the primary danger is
that the unborn child will be born with
congenital abnormalities. The woman
herself usually is not harmed."
McCutchan said. "What you then have is
the unlikely danger that a student will get
German measles from somewhere and
carry it home to his pregnant mother."
Vaccinations are available at Student
Health Services, McCutchan said.
"Every time the student body goes
home there is a possibility that it will
catch something and bring it back to
Chapel Hill," he said. "What I think is
that a vaccination is just one of those
things that ought to be done because it's
the smart thing to do."
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New law may improve
chances to receive more funds
By JIM IIL MM EL
Staff Writer
Legislation that Would set the UNC
TV network apart from the I6-campus
university system is expected to be
introduced in the N.C. General
Assembly this week.
The bill, eagerly awaited by network
officials, calls for a separate board of
trustees, thus allowing the network to
apply for funding on its own.
"We're not sure how this type of thing
gets introduced." said George Bair.
director of the UNC educational
television network. "Hopefully once it is
presented, though, it will pass and we'll
be able to appoint the trustees by July
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Eight members of the trustee board
would be selected by the UNC Board of
Governors and four by Gov. Jim Hunt.
Four ex-ojficio members also would
serve on the board.
The UNC-TV network has had
problems gaining funding in the past
because the requests came under the
budgets of the individual campuses,
Bair said. .
"The University system must
establish priorities for the General
Assembly," Bair said. "The legislature
generally does not look at every line of
the system's budget request; it merely
appropriates money down the list until
the money runs out.
"After the budget recommendation
leaves the Board of Governors, the fate
of our request will be pretty much
determined."
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