-- y
t I
M II,..
Clear and cold
It will be clear and cold
tonight with the" low in the
mid to upper 20s. Friday will
be clear with the high in the
50s. Saturday promises
higher temperatures.
O'-O - a
i i
B-ball
Final AP national rankings
for basketball teams and the
final statistics for the Heels
are out. See page 7.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
VcSume C6, Issue No. "UT
Thursday, March 15, 1979, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Please call us: 933-0245
TgFfil
TJ O T TJ o
Jill (LsilbMiet accept
i
5
V
V
N. '
Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat as Carter prepared to leave Egypt Tuesday
...the fruits of their efforts may be signed within a week
edDinmpF
JERUSALEM (AP) The Israeli Cabinet
Wednesday approved two crucial compromises
proposed by President Carter, possibly paving
the way for the long-sought peace treaty
between Israel and Egypt as early as next week.
The last two outstanding issues were
resolved today," said Prime Minister
Menachem Begin as he emerged from the six
hour Cabinet meeting. He refused to outline the
substance of the compromises.
Begin, who appeared worn and said he had
caught a cold, told reporters he telephoned
Carter immediately after the session and that
"the president was very glad."
The Cabinet will meet Sunday to act on the
treaty as a whole. The pact must also be
approved by Israel's Parliament, the Knesset,
before it can be signed by Carter, Begin and
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
Political analysts said the Cabinet and
Parliament were certain to approve the treaty,
the first ever between Israel and an Arab
country.
Israel's state radio reported that the Cabinet
ordered Defense Minister Ezer Weizman to fly
to Washington today to discuss U.S. financial
aid and political commitments to Israel.
The Cabinet was to meet when Weizman
returned, to review and act on the treaty, the
radio said.
In Washington, Carter congra'tulated Begin
and Sadat, saying in a statement that "the peace
which their peoples so clearly need and. want is
close to reality."
Egypt's Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil
o
expressed delight when an Associated Press
reporter called him in Cairo to tell him of the
Cabinet decision. He termed the move "really a
success for peace."
Khalil, Egypt's main treaty negotiator,
laughed heartily during the telephone interview
and said, "I think they were reasonable to have
accepted."
In a separate interview, Egypt's second
ranking diplomat Butros Ghali said the Israeli
Cabinet decision was a "very positive step and
this will help us to sign the peace treaty in the
next few days."
Another Egyptian official said the treaty was
"all wrapped up."
A senior Egyptian official said "one
important new element" of the peace agreement
was American participation in negotiations on.
the Palestinian settlement, which will follow a
treaty signing.
Original plans had called for Jordanian and
Palestinian participation in the talks, but the
official indicated negotiations would proceed
without them "if necessary."
The official said Egypt had pressed the
United States to join in the negotiations,
apparently to help guarantee Israeli "good
faith."
Informed sources here said one important
compromise was reached when Israel dropped
its demand to buy oil directly from Egyptian oil
wells and settled for an American guarantee of
supplies for 15 years.
Israel Radio said Egypt would in fact sell oil
to Israel, but this would not be written into the
7
Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin
(right) has threatened
to resign if his
parliament doesnot
accept the
compromise peace
proposals.
treaty.
The nature of the other compromise was less
clear, but it was believed to involve a more
precise timetable for Israel's withdrawal from
the Sinai Peninsula, and an Israeli concession
on Egypt's demand to station "liaison officers"
in the Israeli-held Gaza Strip to oversee moves
toward autonomy in the area.
The Cabinet planned to discuss the treaty
package before presenting it to Parliament in
order to examine the links between peace
arrangements with Egypt, such as exchanges of
ambassadors, and the autonomy Palestinians in
the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip will
receive as part of the accord.
The Cabinet has voted on each clause
separately since a treaty was first drafted in
November, so the Saturday debate was seen
almost as a formality. The Knesset is expected
to discuss the treaty next week.
Begin won an overwhelming 15-0 vote in
favor of the compromises Carter suggested to
him over the weekend in Jerusalem. One
minister abstained and one was absent.
7T7T 7771 71777" 77 -
uLinjW tieiLS
h IS deadline
without action on desegregation
go
WASHINGTON (AP) The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare let a deadline for action pass Wednesday
on the desegregation plan for the 16-campus University of North
Carolina system without taking any action.
"There will be no announcement of any kind on the North
Carolina case today," David S. Tatel, director of HEW's Office
for Civil Rights, said through a spokesman after a meeting with
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr.
Earlier, HEW officials refused to comment on whether they
would accept North Carolina's revised plan for eliminating
vestiges of segregation in its 16 public universities.
Wednesday was the deadline under a court order for HEW to
accept or reject the plan North Carolina submitted 90 days ago.
North Carolina is the last of six southern states still negotiating
with HEW over an acceptable plan.
However, government sources said the decision to delay action
on the plan was made to give university officials at least 24 hours
to give some signal that they were prepared to move toward a
negotiated settlement.
The university system could lose about $89 million a year in
federal funds if an agreement is not reached on the desegregation
issue.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press learned that Tatel and
William C. Friday, president of the UNC system, met at an
undisclosed location in North Carolina on Tuesday to try to
reach a last-minut,e agreement. Aides to Tatel and Friday refused
to discuss the meeting or indicate whether any progress toward a
settlement was made.
Sources said HEW's latest suggestions would involve a large
expenditure to improve conditions at the university's five black
campuses. Estimates of the amount that would be needed to
make the improvements proposed by the government ranged
among various sources from $50 million to $100 million. One
source said the money would be used almost entirely to enhance
existing programs and create new ones in an effort to make the
black schools more attractive to students of both races.
Friday said in Chapel Hill Wednesday that he expects the
UNC Board of Governors to decide at a meeting on Friday
whether there is any point in continuing negotiations.
Georgia, another state that was involved in long-running
negotiations with HEW, came to terms with the federal agency
on Feb. 9, several days after its 90-day deadline had elapsed.
Colleen O'Connor, spokeswoman for HEW, noted that when
Georgia's deadline passed, talks continued and "nothing
happened."
HEW told North Carolina Feb. 2, 1978, that an earlier
desegregation plan was unacceptable and it later said it would
begin a limited cutoff of federal higher education funds.
But before any funds actually were delayed, the state and.
HEW came to a tentative agreement last May 12.
f
I - !' ' , ' '" , ' II
f , "' ''
Board rules
"I"
.V.-?ss.-,:-.'ss. s.-
V y
,v.v. '.-.v.Vi-.w.yy
'A Z
'' ,,s,-r' ''y'fs.
s A..
DTHBilly Newman
HEVTs David Tatel
..'no announcement'
Study advocates downtown parking deck
Change and growth are two very popular ideas in
Chapel Hill these days, and if everything goes as
smoothly as town officials hope, the downtown area will
soon experience yet another drastic change a three-,
level parking deck.
A study, completed by a Columbia, S.C., consulting
firm, which evaluated current downtown Chapel Hill
parking problems and estimated future parking needs,
has recommended that a 341 -space deck be built on the
southwest corner of Rosemary and Henderson streets
behind the Chapel Hill Post Office.
The study also recommends that two surface lots be
built in the central business district, with the option left
open to deck one of the lots if the need arises.
According to the $25,200 study, if no new parking
facilities are constructed, the Chapel Hill central
business district will be faced with a parking space
deficiency of about 900 spaces 10 years from now. The
three-level parking deck, plus the two surface lots, will
cover 531 of the needed spaces, the study reported.
Town officials have reviewed the study and have
developed their own recommendation which they plan
to bring before the Board of Aldermen for approval
March 26.
In a meeting Wednesday between members of the
town's Transportation Board and the mayor's
downtown parking committee and several area
merchants, the details of the town's recommendation
were aired. The idea seemed to meet with general
approval, especially among merchants who said they
were in favor of any type of proposal which would
increase available parking space.
A member of the Transportation Board, expressing
one of the few negative comments aimed at the project,
said the deck might affect the area's attractiveness and
congeniality. He noted that several Franklin Street
merchants have expressed an interest in constructing a
promenade along their back entrances. He said that if
the deck is built, a dark alleyway will be created and the
merchants may decide against building the promenade.
The total cost of the project, which also entails
installing 96 two-hour meters along I '; , Graham
and Rosemary streets will by $1.8 million.
Hooper says the town staff plans to recommend that
the project be financed by selling general obligation
bonds, which have a lower interest rate than revenue
bonds. If this means of financing is used. Hooper said, a
voter referendum will be needed and would probably
occur in early September.
If the project is approved by the Board of Aldermen
and the bond referendum passes, construction on the
deck should begin in January or February, and the deck
should be completed nine to 12 months later.
Celigeiam "hits nsi
By CAROL MANNER
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
voted 8-1 Tuesday night for a zoning
amendment that will require UNC to
request a special-use permit for its
proposed athletic complex and 18,000
seat basketball coliseum on the Baity
property, south of Hinton James
Dormitory.
The board also turned down a Historic
District Commission rezoning request
that would have prohibited construction
of the proposed UNC Press Building on
Boudary Street and Hooper Lane.
In other action, the aldermen approved
several 'zoning transition devices for the
University A zone and voted to submit a
new, less controversial package of
legislative bills to the N.C. General
Assembly.
UNC's proposed basketball arena on
the 36.6-acre Baity property has aroused
concern from area residents who fear that
traffic generated by the facility would
disrupt the neighborhood.
Despite reisents' objections, the
aldermen rezoned the property from
residential to university use Jan. 15.
Tuesday's zoning change requires
auditoriums and coliseums seating more
than 2,000 persons go through special-use
permit procedures, which means the town
now has control over whether to allow a
complex on the Baity property.
UNC Planning Director Gordon
Rutherford has said UNC will not be
ready to come to the town with an athletic
facility proposal until 198 1. The project is
included in UNCs five-year growth plan
but has not been approved by the N.C.
General Assembly.
John L. Temple, UNC vice chancellor
for business and finance, said the new
gets h
sit
special-use requirement will mean
significant interaction with the town, but
he said he does not anticipate any major
problems.
In. another UNC construction project,
the proposed UNC Press Building
overcame a possible hurdle when the
aldermen denied a Historic District
Commission request to rezone the press
site from University to residential. The
board granted the commission's request
to rezone Spencer House, Hickerson
House and UNC President William
Friday's house on East Franklin Street
from University A zone to residential.
Planning Director Mike Jennings said
rezoning the 1.3-acre press site to prevent
a planned development would be an
unwise policy move.
"The purpose of zoning is to allow the
landowner a certain level of certainty as
to what he can do with his land," Jennings
said.
The University is still waiting for a
Certificate of Appropriateness for the
press building before it proceeds with
construction.
The Historic District Commission
voted 7-2 in October to deny the
certificate because of the building's size.
The commission voted 5-4 to deny the
certificate again Feb. 22 after the
University submitted a revised building
plan.
The commission will reconsider
granting the certificate March 22 because
commission member Diane Lea has
changed her mind and will vote in favor
of the revised plans.
Temple said UNC will make no further
revisions of the building until the March
22 commission meeting.
"The changes we have proposed will
See PRESS on page 2
MED McCormiiick views work
a lifestyle., not lust a iob
By SUDIE TAYLOR
Staff Writer
Steve McCormick isn't a shepherd leading a flock.
As a full-time residence director, he says he prefers to
think of himself as just another one of the sheep.
McCormick is one of nine full-time residence
directors employed by the University. He serves
Scott Residence College.
"It's not an eight-to-five job; it's a lifestyle,"
explains the 1 '2-year veteran.
The lifestyle includes living and interacting with
fellow residents. Steve and his wife Molly make their
home in the basement of Parker Dorm, where 1:30
a.m. telephone calls from students are common.
McCormick, 24, attends dorm meetings and mixers
and eats out with residents all in the name of
involvement.
The residence director's job is not easily defined.
"My own in-laws don't understand what I do,"
McCormick moans.
His basic duties range from working with the 12
member maintenance crew to handling numerous
administrative tasks, such as room contracts and
paint requests. He is also responsible for
programming activities, training the staff of
residence assistants and enhancing students
personal development.
Administrative concerns take up a good deal of
McCormick's time. "Questions like 'Is there hot
water or enough toilet paperT may seem trivial but
they're important concerns," he says.
A Parker resident jogs into the office, scoops up
some quarters and dimes, and comments on the
significance of McCormick's job. "He's important
because he gives us change for dollar bills so we can
wash clothes," she says seriously, dashing out the
door.
See DORMS on page 2
P S I
I. ' I I
r -f;n " "
OTHAndy James
RD Steve McCormick (second from left) with Scott co-workers
. . .wasn't going to be 'Daddy Steve'
ZBT Mile of Pennies
hopes to make cents
By MARLA CARPENTER
Slafr Writer
Zeta BetaTau fraternity will kickoff its ninth annual Mile
of Pennies at 9 a.m. Saturday on Franklin Street. All
proceeds will go to Campus Chest, an Alpha Phi Omega fund
which benefits campus and community organizations.
Pennies will be place three across in a line stretching from
Silent Sam to University Square, via Franklin Street, said
Bobby Wainer, chairman for the event. ZBT brothers will
put down only the first mile of pennies.
"It's more of a symbolic thing than anything else," he said.
One mile of pennies is estimated to equal $844.80.
ZBT brothers, pledges and little sisters will be collecting
donations until 5 p.m. Saturday, Wainer said. "Our biggest
goal is to raise Qver $2,000 on Saturday, and we hope to get a
big amount of participation from the students and the school
as well as the townspeople," he said. The brothers also plan to
ransom composite photographs of several sororities, he said.
Mike Cross, country and bluegrass musician, will be
See PENNIES on page 4