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By BILL FIELDS
Assistant Sports Editor
DURHAM After swatting home runs in near anonymity
for seasons, one flick of the wrists and crack of the bat for
Hank Aaron five years ago earned him baseball immortality.
When he connected for home run No. 7 15 in April of 1974,
eclipsing Babe Ruth's mystical mark of 714, Aaron ended
almost two seasons of being in the spotlight as he approached
the magic number.
But Aaron, 45, said that holding perhaps the sport's most
cherished record had caused problems. '
"The only thing (the record) has done so far is deprive me
of a lot of privacy," Aaron said Tuesday at a press conference
of the Durham Bulls, the Atlanta Braves' new entry in the
Class A Carolina League. -
Aaron, now vice president for player development for the
Braves, said the period in which he chased the record held
various problems for him, including innumerable requests of
all kinds and inaccurate reports in the news media.
It should have been the most enjoyable time of my life,
but it was probably the saddest time of my life," Aaron said.
Thert are so many scars around '73-74 that I'd like to
forget about them.' I don't ever think about the home run
until someone brings it up," he said.
Aaron is also troubled because he said many people
wanted to believe Ruth still held the record.
"Generally speaking, they (the public) want Babe Ruth to
stay on top," he said. "That's the reaction I get wherever I
go.
Aaron, who now directs Atlanta's minor league program,
said he was content as an administrator and would not ever
consider a managerial position.
"I'm satisfied with my position. I don't ever want to get
back on the field. I've gotten more acclimated to my new
surroundings. I don't miss the playing field at all."
Aaron, who ended his career in 1975 with 755 home runs,
said he disagreed with Major League Commissioner Bowie
Kuhn's recent decision banning old rival Willie Mays from
baseball after Mays signed a contract with a New Jersey
casino firm.
"I thought what Bowie Kuhn did was out of line," Aaron
said. "Even though Bowie Kuhn says what he does is always
good for baseball, I believe it could have been handled better.
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What he (Mays) was doing was in no way detrimental to
baseball.
"If he (Kuhn) was interested in the good of baseball, he
should have put the umpires back to work at the beginning of
last year."
Although Aaron played 23 seasons with the Milwaukee
Braves, the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers, he said
the United States, especially its youth, had become too
sports-conscious.
"We don't give the American people a chance to breathe,"
he said. "I think that all the (sports) seasons could be cut
back." -
Aaron advocated that young people especially black
youth turn to disciplines other than athletics for a future.
"For every ball player that plays major league baseball,
there are 10 that fall by the wayside. George Washington
Carver did more for peanuts than Jimmy Carter ever could
do. Black youngsters need to know these things."
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Officials said Tuesday they had established telephone contact
with the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but refused to say whether
there had been any significant negotiations with the Iranians who
are holding some 60 American hostages there.
State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said
communication with the Iranian students who control the
embassy was established several days ago and that the Iranians
had been taking messages for the hostages.
The students "have taken verbal messages, taken them down
very carefully, and . said . they would transmit them to the
hostages," the State Department spokesman said. "It's been
going on for a while."
But the spokesman declined to reveal whether any substantive
discussions had been held with the students.
. Meanwhile, the Carter administration was studying
conflicting reports from Iran about possible compromise
proposals that could lead to the release of the hostages.
The Iranians, who overran the embassy Nov. 4, have
demanded that the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi be
returned to their country to stand trial as a war criminal. The
shah is undergoing treatment for cancer in a New York hospital,
and the United States has refused to surrender him.
But according to a Tehran radio broadcast monitored in
Washington, the acting' head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry,
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, now is proposing that the United States
support an international investigation into the "crimes" of the
, shah and turn over the shah's fortune to Iran. Sources close to the
shah have estimated his wealth at $60 million to $90 million.
Bani-Sadr was not quoted as repeating the demand that the
shah be returned to Iran.
But Tehran radio also carried a statement from the Iranians
holding the embassy in which they rejected any conciliatory
proposal to the United States.
Spokesman Carter said the State Department had received no
official statement about the proposals attributed to Bani-Sadr.
"We don't have a complete, private proposal. There is not
enough to respond to," Carter said. "I'm incapable of dealing
with something we don't have before us."
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But department spokesman Jack Tuchey said of the radio
reports: "We're giving them a hard look. Any movement upward
is welcome."
Later, after a briefing for Senate
members by Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance and Vice President' Walter
Mondale, Sen. Howard Baker said the
i administration had decided to make no
reply to Bani-Sadr. Bani-Sadr's
proposals were contained in a letter to
U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
"The administration, and properly, is
saying the issue is the release and safe
conduct of those American nationals and
until that is done we will not consider
The Shah discussing this matter," said Baker, R-
Tenn.
Speaking privately, officials said the conflicting statements
from the students and Bani-Sadr raised questions as to who, if
anyone, was in charge of the situation in Iran and indicated the
nation was sliding toward anarchy.
These officials said they thought the Bani-Sadr statement
might be a trial balloon by a faction within the ruling
revolutionary council, which may want to end the crisis.
The Iranian radio reports came a day after President Carter, in
a nationally broadcast statement, ordered an end to the purchase
of Iranian oil. The president said the United States would not
bow to terrorism or economic pressure in its efforts to free the
hostages.
A short time after Carter's address was aired, Iranian officials
said they already had decided to cut off the flow of oil to the
United States.
Carter had been scheduled to make a trip to Pennsylvania on
Tuesday which was to have included a town meeting in
Philadelphia. But the trip was called off and a spokesman said
the president wanted to stay in Washington so he could continue
to closely monitor the situation in Iran.
In announcing he was cutting off U.S. purchases of 700,000
barrels a day in Iranian oil and oil products, Carter indicated
Monday he would welcome parallel moves by U.S. allies.
Vacant apartments increase
By JOHN ROYSTER
. r Staff Writer
Chapel Hill area apartment complexes, filled
throughout the housing shortage of recent years,
have experienced some vacancies this fall.
Most complex owners and managers questioned
were unsure why the vacancies had occured but said
they felt that the vacancies would disappear with the
coming of a new. semester in January.
A recent survey conducted by the management of
one complex indicates that about 4.5 percent of the
apartments in major complexes in Chapel Hill and
Carrboro were vacant.
Dan Vogel, owner of Foxcroft Apartments in
Chapel Hill, said he had filled some of the vacancies
he had earlier in the fall, though not completely, j
"We never should have had them (vacancies),"
Vogel said. "Our problem was a lack of advertising, a
lack of communication.
"I think a lot of people assumed we were filled up
and never considered us," he said.
As for citywide vacancies, Vogel said, "I saw the
same indications before, in 74, before the 'housing
crunch.' Now, there are three or four people in two
bedroom apartments, instead of just two; and in one
bedroom apartments, there are two people quite
often.
''"I see a general tightening of money," Vogel said.
"That's your answer it's dollars and cents and
nothing more."
Lydia Lewis, University director of off-campus
housing, agreed that more apartment dwellers are
doubling up. She said she had noted a substantial
increase in roommate notices in her office.
"Motivation has become a big factor," she said.
Students have become conditioned to the housing
shortage and are getting an earlier start in seeking
off-campus housing, Lewis said.
Some of them are finding alternatives to
apartments. "A lot of people are renting a room in a
private home, and they're finding that very
comfortable," she said.
Lewis said this was a new alternative because home
owners were more willing to rent to students than
they once were. "Landlords are trusting students
more," she said.
Betsy Bobbit, manager of Carolina and Old Well
Apartments in Carrboro, agreed. "There are more
houses available now, and I don't know where they're
coming from."
Bobbitt said another explanation for vacancies in
local apartments was that students were moving to
less expensive apartments, due to rent increases.
"Students may have gone to Durham or Pittsboro -
due to the housing scare," Bobbin said. "And of .
course, there's the presence of Tar Heel Manor (an ;
apartment complex which opened in January in i
Carrboro)." '
Chapel Hill Planning Director Mike Jennings i
said, "It's very hard in any housing market to sustain '
a 95 percent occupancy rate." Even with the present
vacancies, occupancy in Chapel Hill-Carrboro
remains above 95 percent.
Meanwhile, apartment rent continues to climb, by
as little as 5 percent and as much as 53 percent over i
the last three years.
Only one complex, Northampton Plaza and
Terrace, did not raise rent from 1978 to 1979,
according to a survey conducted last month by the
Department of University Housing. Elsewhere, rent
went up as .much as 38 percent over same period.
But many landlords said that vacancies were not
due to rent increases. Bobbitt of Carolina and Old
Well said both of those complexes were filled by July
15 this year, despite a June rent increase.
For whatever reason, Old Well still had vacancies
this fall. "We carried two vacancies for a little over a
month," Bobbitt said. We were carrying a lot less
than other, people.
' "If the housing market does become more open, 1
imagine rent increases will slow down," Bobbitt said.
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tiy ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council
Monday granted the ' town's cable
television franchise to the locally owned
Village Cable Co. despite last-minute
efforts by Cox Cable to delay the council
decision.
In other action, the council
unanimously approved the University's
request for a special use permit to build
student apartments on the Couch
property off East Franklin Street.
The council's cable vote ended months
of tight competition among the top three
firms Vying for the franchise Village,
Cox and Vision Cable. The council must
vote approval of Village again on Nov. 19
to awad the franchise officially.
Coxj representative Gerry Hancock
presented a petition asking the council to
suspend further deliberations. The
petition charged that the recent
disclosure of 10 Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission suits against
the national Cox Broadcasting Co. was a
deliberate effort to undermine Cox's local
bid. j
A letter from the president of the
Chapel Hill Cox company, Alice Welsh,
stated, TObviously, they (the charges) are
the stuff of a well-organized smear
campaign calculated to disqualify one of
the principal applicants from fair
consideration on the merits."
After reading the letter, Hancock
requested that the council delay its vote
until there could be "a thorough
examination leading to the truth."
But the council denied the Cox request,
with Town Council members Gerry.
Cohen and R.D. Smith dissenting.
"They're mighty powerful charges "
Town Council member Jonathan Howes
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said. "They suggest people's votes may
have been affected."
But Howes added, "I just didn't find
this to be a factor in anyone's decision."
After a I5-minute discussion, the
council voted to grant the franchise to
Village, which received the five votes
necessary. Mayor James Wallace and
Town Council members Howes, Robert
Epting, Bill Thorpe and Marilyn Boulton
voted for Village.
Cox received votes from Town Council
members Smith and Ed Vickcry. Vision
Cable received votes from council
members Cohen and Bev Kawalec.
Village Cable is owned by the Village
Broadcasting Co., which 3150" owns
WCH L radio. The Village proposal states
that the system will be in operation within
one year.
Cox, although mainly owned by the
Atlanta-based Cox Cable
Communications, has strong local
connections. Several influential Ch3pel
Hill residents, including former Mayor
Howard Lee and businessman Watts Hill
Jr., own 20 percent of the company.
Vision, represented by a lawyer and
Rep, Trish H unt, has no local ownership.
In other business, the council voted to
grant a special permit for student
apartments. The University plans to build
192 apartments on the I4-acre Couch
property off fast Franklin Street.
But University Vice Chancellor for
Business and Finance John Temple said
Tuesday that even though the University
had the town's approval for the project,
there would be some delays in
construction because of the economic
situation.
The council also referred a petition
requesting funds for revcral women's
organizations to Town Manager Gene
Shipman.
Academic InCo
UNC pumps money, life into town economy
By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Stiff W riter
Third in a five-part series.
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The University pumps awesome sums of money
throughout its own system, but its economic
power is not confined to the campus. The
University's financial reach extends to and
heavily influences the economic life of Chapel
Hill.
The University is Chapel Hill's largest
employer. It has vast land holdings throughout
Orange County. And its need for expansion and
growth makes the University one of the town's
biggest developers.
"The University is the base for this town,"
Town Council member Bill Thorpe said. "If it
weren't for the University there would be no town.
The University is the lifeblood of Chapel Hill."
"I think the town in very definitely dependent
on the University for its economic stability," said
Mel Rashkis, president of the Chapel Hill
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.
Because of its dominant economic role in
Chapel Hill, the University has been labeled the
company in a company town. Outgoing Mayor
James Wallace, who has been elected to the Town
Council, said, "The University is a company in the
best sense. It's the best kind we can have.
"People who denigrate the University by calling
Chapel Hill a company town usually have
animosity toward the University," Wallace said.
"Yes, it is a company town, but what a company."
Richard Whitted, chairman of the Orange
County Board of
Commissioners, said he
recognizes the University's
unrivaled economic role in
the county, but he hesitated
to equate its position with a
company in a company
town.
"I would characterize it
as a university town and a
university county, and not
in the traditional sense of a
Thorpe company town when the
company owns and controls everything," Whitted
said. "That has a negative connotation."
But however the relationship between Chapel
Hill and the University is classified, an economic
study of the town reveals that the University is far
and away the dominant economic factor.
The University is an economic force in this
town," said Mayor-elect Joe Nassif, who takes
office in December. "It is the largest employer.. .t
is a big part of the community."
The University employs 6,269 people. 'The
second-largest employer in the area is the IBM
Corporation at the Research Triangle Park with
4,400 employees. But IBM's role as a major
employer is dwarfed when the University's
employment totals are combined with those of the
area's third-largest employer the University
affiliated N.C. Memorial Hospital, which
employs 3.466 people. In total. 9,735 people are
employed on the University campus.
No other agency or business even approaches
this figure. For example, the local headquarters of
Blue Cross-Blue Shield, which is often regarded
as a major employer for the Chapel Hill area, has
only 888 employees. The town of Chapel Hill has
only 366 employees including police, fire and
administrative personnel. ' The University's
employment rolls represent a majority of the
working population of the town's 35.230
residents.
, Chapel Hill's Population and Economic
Analysis, part of the town's Comprehensive
Plan, reported in 1977. "The University and N.C.
Memorial Hospital represent the major
employers in Chapel Hill. The University has
indicated that its enrollment has stabilized at
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approximately 20,000 students; however, the
faculty and staff employments are expected to
undergo some increases,: reassignment! and
adjustments reflecting changes in programs. N.C.
Memorial Hospital is still expanding."
The hospital already has exceeded its projected
full-time employment for 1985. The hospital had
expected to have 3,300 full-time employees in
1985.
The University's
economic impact as the
area's primary employer is
also reflected in the
breakdown of the type of
employment that
predominates in both the
town and the county.
The concentration of the
work force in Orange
County, 55 percent, is
employed in government
work. This fact, the
population and economic analysis states,
"underlines the importance of the University ar.d
N.C. Memorial Hospital."
The number of employees in non-University
related industries is very small. In 1974 only 9.5
percent of the county's workers were employed in
manufacturing jobs.
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The 1970 census reported that 76.3 percent of
Chapel Hill workers were employed in white
collar professions. There were 15.2 percent in
service employment and only 8.5 percent in blue
collar work.
The uniqueness the University lends to Chapel
II ill's employment profile is revealed when it is
compared with statewide employment figures. In
1970 only 38.5 percent of North Carolina workers
were classified as white-collar workers, 50 4
percent were blue -collar workers, and 1 I.I
percent were in service profession.
There have been recent moves to diversify the
employment in Orange County. Efforts to attract
industry to the area have been spearheaded by the
town of Carrboro. Carrboro docs boast one
significant industry that is not University
affiliated and does not cater to the University
community the Amattk-Lamb Divblon-Trkm
Plant whkh manufactures electrical motors ar.J
cm ploys 23S people.
ut most Chapel Hill officials arc skeptical
about attracting an industry that could offer an
effective alternative to University employment.
"Can you imagine what kind of industry it
wodd take to b so Urp to rival the UnivrayT
Town Manser Gene Shipman asked, "ii'i a
possibility but it's unlikely."
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