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WASHINGTON (AP) President
Carter chose Shirley M. Hufstedler, a
federal appeals court judge, to be the
nation's first secretary of education, but
held out the possibility. Tuesday that she
may be named to the Supreme Court if a
vacancy occurs there.
The president described Hufstedler, 54,
as one of the best minds in the country,
and as someone "who could take a new
fresh look at the way we educate our
children."
UNC President William Friday said
although Hufstedler did not have
extensive experience with education, he
approved of her nomination.
Friday also said because UNCs
desegregation dispute with the current
Department of Health, Education and
Welfare is tied up in administrative
proceedings, Hufstedler's appointment
should not have any direct bearing on the
outcome of the dispute.
"Any future matter will be under the
Office of Education," Friday said. MBut
right now, it is not in their hands."
Carter's decision was reached Monday
after he met the California jurist for the
first time. Deputy White House press
secretary Rex Granum" said it was
understood in that meeting that
Hufstedler will not be precluded from
consideration for a high court post.
There is no vacancy on the bench, but
Justice William J. Brennan Jr., 73,
confirmed last week that he may retire in
June or July at the end of the court's
current term.
By choosing Hufstedler, who has been
a vocal supporter of the proposed Equal
Rights Amendment, Carter may boost
his political standing among women. His
aides have criticized Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, Carter's rival for the
Democratic presidential nomination, as
failing to place women in positions of
responsibility on his staff.
But the nomination could also give the
president political difficulties because he
was under pressure to name a member of
a minority group to the post.
:-" Carter, in a statement read to reporters '
by Gr anum, said that Hufstedler, a
member of the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals and one of the best-known
women on the federal bench, "is deeply
committed to the quality of education
and enjoys my full confidence and
support."
In a companion statement issued at the
White House, Hufstedler, the third
woman named to a Cabinet post by the
president, said: "The Carter
administration has long had a
commitment to focusing attention on the
real educational needs of our children.
This is a commitment I intend to carry
out.
"I expect to spend a great deal of time
as secretary of education listening to
parents, teachers, students and other
people who care about education in this
nation. The first concern of this country
DTHAAatt Cooper
Chapel Hill Town Council candidates at the UNC Young Democrats Forum Monday night
...park-ride lots, better bus service suggested to ease town, University parking crunch.
Housing, parking
Candidal e dicii issues
By PAM KELLEY
v Staff Writer
Student problems with housing and parking in Chapel Hill
were addressed at a forum. of Town Council and mayoral
candidates Monday. . .
The 10 candidates spoke to a group of about 25 people at
the on-campus forum, sponsored by the UNC Young
Democrats. '
Most of the candidates agreed "that if the student housing
shortage is to be alleviated, the University will have to build
additional housing.
"The University must get back in the housing business,"
Town Council candidate Jonathan Howes said. It should be
the University's responsibility."
Town Council candidate Joseph Straley, a UNC
professor, said UNC got out of the housing business several
years ago when it saw that students weren't interested in
living in University housing, but now it must get back into it.
"And the University should offer something to the students
besides a bunch of rooms," he said.
Chapel Hill Mayor James Wallace, who is now running for
Town Council, suggested that tax laws be changed to provide
incentives to developers who build student housing by
giving them a tax break. :
The Comprehensive Plan (a plan of growth for Chapel
Hill) has proposals for decreasing housing costs by allowing
more compact development," Town Council candidate
Bruce Tindall said. "Perhaps it doesn't allow for as much
multi-family housing as we need."
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WASHINGTON (AP) The
presidential commission on Three Mile
Island called Tuesday for fundamental
changes in the way nuclear plants are
built, operated and regulated, but said
adoption of its recommendations still
would not assure the safety of nuclear
power.
The commission told President Carter
that a broad range of deficiencies from
licensing and regulating atomic plants to
the training of operators made an
atomic accident such as the one at Three
Mile Island "eventually inevitable."
The panel called last March's accident
the worst to occur at a U.S. commercial
nuclear reactor, but said health effects
probably were limited to severe mental
stress to area residents.
Radiation released was so minor that it
may never be possible to detect whether
the March 28 accident near Harrisburg.
Pa., will cause additional cases of cancer
among those who live near the facility,
the commission said.
, The 12-member panel's findings are
advisory and many of its
recommendations, including a proposal
that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
be abolished, would take congressional
approval.
In accepting the report, Carter said the
recommendations will be studied very
carefully and that, after an analysis, he
will make a report to Congress and the
' nation.
However, members of the commission
voiced fears of another serious accident
unless there is fast action.
"I have this terrible feeling that
somewhere out there is another accident
waiting to happen," said Carolyn Lewis,
one of the panel's strongest critics of the
nuclear industry.
Theodore Taylor, a nuclear engineer,
said, the country would be going through
a period of risks until the
recommendations are implemented.
Commission Chairman John G.
Kemeny and Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt
expressed the panel's concerns about the
NRC. "No one is running that particular
agency," Kemeny declared. "We even
have some doubt they are very clear what
their mission is."
NRC spokesman Joe Fouchard said
the agency would not comment on the
criticism until members have a chance to
study the panel's report.
Among the recommendations the
panel presented to Carter were that: The
five-member Nuclear Regulatory
Commission be abolished and the job of
regulating the industry be placed in a new
agency under the executive branch and
headed by a single administrator.
Future plants be build in remote areas
and that current plants near populated
areas be required to adopt stricter safety
requirements.
No new construction permits or
operating licenses be. issued by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission unless
the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has approved state and local
plans for dealing with a possible nuclear
emergency. There are now plants
operating in 14 states where the NRC has
not approved the plants' emergency
plans.
Sorry, just one customer per .Chancellor's. Awwrd
- By CAROLYN WORSLEY
Staff Writer
Chancellor Award recipients have been limited to
one person per award, the chairman of the
Chancellor's Award Committee said this week.
Organization and departments planning to present
awards at the spring semester Chancellor's Award
Ceremony will be required to limit the recipients to
ensure inclusion in the ceremony.
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The limitation went into effect after a
disagreement last spring between the Chancellor's
Award Committee and two organizations over the
multiple-recipient issue.
Limiting an award to one recipient emphasizes
the superiority in achievements and performance of
the recipient, said Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs James O. Cansler, chairman of the awards
committee. "If excellence is important, then you
can't dilute it, although singling out one person
doesn't mean that others haven't done well," he said.
The committee is asking that criteria for choosing
recipients be stated by the sponsoring organization in
advance. And the selection process should make it
possible and probable to choose a single recipient,
Cansler said.
The only exception could occur if more than one
person had identical credentials according to
previously established selection criteria, Cansler
said. This instance occurred last year with the Alpha
Chi Sigma (professional chemistry fraternity)
Venable Medal, he said.
Departments and organizations unable to comply
with the single-recipient stipulation will be asked to
present their awards in their own ceremonies since
the value of the sponsors' awards criteria would not
be consistent with the value the committee assigns to
awards included in the Chancellor's Awards
Ceremony, Cansler said.
A solution to the dilemma of choosing between
two or more excellent and deserving candidates
would be the creation oP new awards by the
sponsoring organization, Cansler said.
"It is inevitable that there will be a lot of people
involved in a lot of activities," he said. "We would
like to see them all recognized, but not by diluting
one award, but by creating other awards with criteria
of more specialized interests. We would do anything
we could to help a sponsor establish new awards."
Cansler said the committee had urged the
Residence Hall Association to create new awards
during a dispute over the number of recipients the
organization named for its Roger A. Davis
Memorial Award last spring. More awards are
needed in the area of campus housing since it
involves so many students, he said.
The committee has not considered the possibility
of limiting the number of awards an organization
could give, but probably would ask that the sponsor
set a number of awards "within reason," Cansler
said.
A copy of the ruling was sent to all awards
sponsors, Cansler said. Two have responded to the
committee.
The Chemistry Department expressed agreement
and intention to abide with the request but the
second respondent, RHA, was not as receptive, he
said.
RHA President William Portcrfield could not be
reached for comment.
The Chancellor's Awards Committee was set up
five years ago by Chancellor N. Fercbce Taylor. It is
composed of six faculty members, most of whom
have served on the committee since its formation,
and three students appointed by the student body
president.
This spring's ceremony is set for April 17 in the
Morehead Building Ballroom. It is open to the
student body.
Local heads talk
energy to Carter
By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff Writer
When President Carter invited local leaders to the White
House Monday to discuss his beleaguered energy program,
among his guests were Chapel Hill Town Council member
Jonathan Howes, Orange County Commissioner Don Willhoit
and Gloria Williams, a representative of the Joint Orange and
Chatham Community Action program.
"It is clear his (Carter's) political strategy in inviting people to
the White House is to broaden his base of support for the
windfall profit tax," Howes said.
After returning from Washington, Howes talked on Tuesday
to town officials and citizens. Howes said the briefing by
Secretary of the Treasury William Miller, Stuart Eisenstadt, the
president's domestic adviser and Carter focused on the need for
the windfall tax to prevent excessive oil company profits.
"There was a considerable sense of urgency conveyed in this
meeting," Howes said.
The House has passed a strong windfall-profits tax, which is
considered a crucial aspect of Carter's energy policy. The Senate
is expected to approve a much smaller tax, Howes said.
The administration spokesmen said money from the windfall
profits tax would generate funds to subsidize the energy cost for
low-income groups. The tax would also channel more dollars
into mass transit, alternative energy sources and conservation
measures.
"It appeared to me the president had convinced everyone there
he was serious about this and that it is a matter that ought to
receive universal support," Howes said.
The president also criticized Congress handling of the energy
program, Howes said.
"They're dealing with it in bits and pieces and the president is
obviously frustrated by Congress' failure to come to grips with
it," he said.
Howes said he questioned Eisenstadt about the powers of the
proposed energy-mobilization board. Howes said he voiced his
fears that the board could override the zoning and environmental
regulations of local communities in implementing energy policy.
But Eisenstadt said the administration is willing to accept a bill
sponsored by U.S. Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona which would
limit the poweis of the board to setting time tables for local
decisions. ,
"I suppose we can consider that a victory for local
governments," Howes said.
Howes was invited to the White House as a ember of the
National League of Cities Natural Resources C amittee.
Still used locally
Radar reliability doubled
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By DAVID SNYDER
Staff Writer
Despite state and local law enforcement officers
continued reliance ' on radar, an Orange County
traffic judge says there is more or less to the
device than meets the eye.
If radar-trapped motorists have an eye for
technicalities, they may be able to get the speeding
ticket dismissed, Chief District Court Judge Stanley
Peek said.
Radar has come under fire recently following a
Dade County, Florida decision to rule out radar as
evidence in traffic court. Although the ruling is
effective only in that county, courts across the
country have begun to question the reliability of
radar.
For example, Pecle said, it makes a difference if
the policeman or state trooper was stationary when
he clocked you.
"Stationary radar is much more convincing,"
Peele said. "Most officers have a much more difficult
time when riding toward the vehicle."
The problem with moving radar is that while it
may indicate a car is speeding, it does not necessarily
indicate which car is speeding, he said. It is possible
for a patrolman to speed-trap a car and pull the
wrong driver if two cars are traveling close together.
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By BILL FIELDS -Assistant
Sports Editor
If a spot check of several Chapel Hill stores is any
indication, trick-or-treat candies aren't the only thing being
raked in this Halloween.
Money's rolling in, too, to merchants peddling costumes
and candies for the holiday.
Halloween pops, pumpkin corn, candy corn, bubble gum,
Whoppers, Bit O'Honey bars, Milky Way bars, M&M's,
Sweetarts, B-B Bats, Peanut Clusters, Fudgy Chocolates
there'll be a lot of sweet tooths and maybe a few
tummyaches after kids have made their rounds.
Ten percent of our candy sales go for Halloween," said
F.M. Thompson of Roses in University Mall. "The
Halloween business doesn't rank with Christmas or back-to-school,
but it's a little added activity."
In addition to candies, Halloween paraphernalia includes
all kinds of odds and ends for decorating and, of course,
traditional costumes for the little ones to wear.
This year's tots will come as Darth Vadcrs, Fred
Flintstones, Road Runners, Wiley Coyote, motorcycle cops.
gorillas, Daffy Ducks, Popeyes and Morks, of Stork and
Mindy. Also expect to see a few young rockers dressed in
KISS outfits.
"One item's not more popular than the other," said Ezra
Eisenberg of The Card and Gift Shop downtown. Eisenbcrg's
selection of Halloween items includes plastic pumpkins,
pumpkin candles, napkins, paper plates, masks, "Spooky
Eyes," "Scare 'em" glasses, hanging skeleton decorations
even a Halloween cookie cutter.
"We put the Halloween items out in early September, the
same time as the Christmas things," Eisenberg said.
While Thompson said he thinks people are buying less
Halloween candy than in past years, J.C. Arp, assistant
manager at Kerr Drug in University Mall, said business is
booming.
"People really go for these Hal'oweeen things," Arp said.,
"We sell a heckuva' lot of candy. We hope to have most of it
gone by today."
If goblin get-ups and store-bought candy aren't your style.
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