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Serving the students mul the University community since 1 893
Volume 87, Issue No. 7pt
Wednesday, December 5, 1979, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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on show delay
The Associated Pre
Security was stepped up Tuesday night for a concert by The
Who, a performance the band's lead singer said was dedicated to
the 1 1 fans who were trampled to death in Cincinnati the night
before.
Cincinnati officials Tuesday said promoters of The Who
concert delayed up to one hour in opening doors to Riverfront
Coliseum despite a police warning of a potential danger posed by
thousands of waiting fans.
City Councilman Jerry Springer said the alleged delay was
definitely a problem Monday night when 1 1 people were killed
and 22 were injured by a stampede of 8,000 fans. Eight people
remained hospitalized on Tuesday. .
The youngest to die were two 15-year-old. girls: the oldest, a
man of 22. All but two Kentucky residents were from Ohio. And
one was the mother of two small children.
"I think this is the worst incident I can ever remember in over
21 years in the rock business," said Keith Altham, the British
group's European press agent. The Who are absolutely
devastated by the sheer horrific proportions of the tragedy."
"Peter Townshend feels it very, very deeply because he has
always had a very strong relationship with the fans," Altham said
of The Who's leader. "Wherever the blame is laid, he feels that he
has lost 1 1 friends and that hurts. He is very, very distressed. He
was up all night, and if I know Peter, he probably feels that he
never wants to pick up a guitar again."
City Safety Director Richard Castellini said police recognized
the potential danger at 6:30 p.m., which he said was about the
time doors for such an event would normally open.
"Police asked the promoter to open up but he said the group
was late and that he couldn't open," Castellini said. "He was told
there were not enough ticket takers to open more than just the
north bank of doors."
The surging fans trampled and suffocated others in the rush,
for seats. Doctors said victims suffered "foot-print" injuries, but
the exact cause of death will not be known until autopsies are
completed.
The promoters, Electric Factory Concerts Inc. of Philadephia,
said they would have no immediate comment on the specific
allegation concerning the doors. Earlier, the promoters said in a
statement that they would have no immediate comment due to
the gravity of the incident.
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The U.N. Security Council, by unanimous vote,
urged Iran Tuesday to release immediately the 50
American hostages held in the U.S. Embassy in
Tehran.
Meanwhile, the month-old U.S. Embassy crisis
suddenly turned grimmer as Iran's foreign minister
declared the American hostages would be put on trial
and their Moslem militant captors were reported to
have threatened to shoot them if they did not
cooperate.
With a show-of-hands vote, the 15 council
members passed a resolution that also appeals to
Iran and the United States "to exercise the utmost
restraint" in the crisis.
U.S. Ambassador Donald F. McHenry, speaking
with reporters after the vote, said, "We hope that this
call of the Security Council will be heeded and
carried out by the government of Iran in a matter of
hours." .
Iran, which refused to send an ambassador to the
emergency council sessions, announced last week it
would ignore any council action on the hostage issue.
Pentagon officials meanwhile, said that a six-ship
Navy force led by the aircraft carrie Kitty Hawk had
reached the Arabian Sea area, joining another U.S.
carrier force. This put the ships, carrying more than
135 planes, within reach of the entrance of the
Persian Gulf.
President Carter has warned Iran of extremely
grave consequences if the hostages are harmed, and
U.S. officials say a trial of the diplomats would bean
even more grievous violation of international law
than the hostage seizure itself.
The report of threats to shoot hostages came from
a White House official in Washington.
The official, who asked not to be named, said the
hostages "have been threatened with execution if
they failed to cooperate with their captors." He said it
could be assumed "I don't mean cooperation just. ..in
routine matters."
The warning of an upcoming trial of the hostages
as spies came from Iran's acting foreign minister,
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh.
Iranian television said he told a French interviewer
that the American captives would be tried for sure.
Whether the hostages will be punished according
to the verdict they could be sentenced to death
would depend on Iran's leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, who could overrule the sentence if the
United States extradites the shah, Ghotbzadeh
reportedly said.
The Iranian account of the interview with the
French newspaper Le Figaro differed slightly from
the version published by Le Figaro. In that,
Ghotbzadeh says such halfway measures as an
international investigation of ousted Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime would not settle
the crisis.
It was evident from the minister's remarks as
reported by Iranian television, which closely follows
the official line, that Ghotbzadeh meant the hostages
would be tried in any event.
Previously, Iran threatened to try the hostages on
espionage charges only if Carter stuck to his refusal
to send back the shah. It appeared Tuesday from
Ghotbzadeh's remarks that the ruling Revolutionary
Council was stepping up pressure by offering a
Khomeini pardon instead of no trial in exchange for
the shah's return.
Khomeini's ruling Revolutionary Council
announced plans to strip him of his powerful post as
head of the state radio and television service,
replacing him with a council of which he would be a
member.
Council takes office; Herzenberg to fill vacant seat
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By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff Writer
The new Chapel Hill T.own Council took office
Monday night and in its first action unanimously voted
to appoint Joe Herzenberg to the vacancy on the council
created by the resignation of Gerry Cohen.
Herzenberg, chairman of the Chapel Hill Historic
District Commission ran fifth in the Nov. 6 race for four
council seats. Cohen came" in third in the balloting for'
mayor. In September he said he would resign from the
council if his mayoral bid failed. Herzenberg will finish
the two years remaining in Cohen's term.
The new council also selected Jonathan Howes as
mayor pro tem. Howes was elected to a second four-year
term in November.
The appointments came after new Mayor Joe Nassif
and the council members elected in November were
sworn in. Nassif officially became the top elected town
official after taking the oath of office from James
Wallace, who has switched from the mayor's post to a
seat on the council. Nassif swore in Council members
Joe Straley, the only new member of the council,
Wallace, Howes and R.D. Smith.
Before the new council took over, the outgoing
council members finished some remaining business,
including approval of a 25 percent fare increase for the ,
Carolina Cab Co. The increase was prompted by a
complaint from David Hinds, the owner of the cab
company, that rising fuel costs made higher rates
necesSary. Fare increases require a change in town
ordinances.
The departing members of the council Cohen,
Robert Epting and Ed Vickery also made parting
comments.
Cohen, who has served on the council since 1973, said
he planned to remain active in town government and
expressed interest in a future opening on the town
transportation board. Cohen, who has been a longtime
advocate of the town's bus service, urged the new council
to raise bus fares if necessary rather than cut back bus
service in the upcoming budget process. Later in the
meeting, during the new council's work session on the
town's quarterly report, Town Manager Gene Shipman
said a bus fare increase was likely next spring. The rising
costs of fuel will make an increase necessary, he said.
Epting, who ran second to Nassif in the November
mayoral election, said, "The town will continue to be in
at least as good hands as it has been in the past four
years."
Vickery said he had grown to respect the, democratic
process during his one term on the council, despite
numerous disagreements among council members.
Vickery did not seek re-election.
Each member of the outgoing council was presented
with a key to the town by Wallace. Wallace, in turn, was
given his gavel by the newly installed mayor.
But Nassif, referring to Wallace's move from the
center seat at the council table, joked "When he's sitting
over there, he's not supposed to use that (the gavel)."
After the ceremonies ended, the new council began
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Mayor Pro Tern Jonathan Hawes and mayor-elect Joe Nassif
.at meeting of Incoming and outgoing town councils Monday
Judge refuses to rule on student case
By THOMAS JESSIMAN
Staff Writer
A Chatham County district judge
decided Friday not to proffer judgment
in the case of a University student
charged with a misdemeanor in
connection with his initiation into a secret
fraternal society on campus.
William D. Smith Jr., a UNC junior
from Marietta, Ga., was charged by
Chatham County authorities with
unauthorized use of a vehicle and tried in
criminal District Court in Siler City.
Smith was arrested by two police officers
at 2:30 a.m. Oct. 26 and charged with
driving a Chatham County school bus
without authorization on U.S. 1 5-50 1 just
north of Pittsboro, Pittsboro Police
Chief Larry Hipp said.
The incide.it was the result of an
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initiation rite into a secret organization
on campus called the Gorgon's Head
Lodge, Hipp said. As part of the ritual,
Smith was driven by a number of the
society 's members to a church just north
of Pittsboro and told to find his way back
to campus, Hipp said.
Pittsboro's school buses are rarely
locked at night, Hipp said. A witness
called police when a neighbor saw
someone driving the bus away, he said.
Initially, Smith was charged with
felonious larceny, but the charge was
reduced to a misdemeanor because there
was no intent to deprive the owner of the
bus permanently, an assistant district
attorney said.
When arrested, Smith told police
about the two members of the Gorgon's
Head Lodge who had taken him to
Pitts! oro, Hipp said. Police subsequently
arrested Bradley Feiman, a senior from
Atlanta, and John Woodard Jr. and
charged them with misdemeanor hazing,
Hipp said. Feiman and Woodard are
scheduled to be tried Dec. 19 in Chatham
County District Court.
Because Smith will be a witness at the
Dec. 19 trial, his defense lawyer,
Benjamin Atwater of Siler City, advised
him not to discuss his case.
"It was not as serious an event as it has
been blown up to be, and until all this has
been resolved I can't let him (Smith) say
anything," Atwater said.
Smith's case was the result of an
unfortunate chain of circumstances but
did not involve any criminal intent,
Atwater said. "He (Smith) found himself
in an unusual situation and thought it
(theft of the bus) was all part of it. I think
the court and even the DA understood
that," Atwater said.
If the bus driver had not left the keys in
the ignition the whole situation never
would have occurred and Smith would
have just hitchhiked back to Chapel Hill,
Atwater said.
District Judge Donald Paschal decided
Friday to keep Smith's case on the court
calendar, but did not issue a final verdict.
Thomas A. Fulton, the assistant
district attorney who prosecuted the case,
said the judge's decision meant that
Smith was found guilty of the
misdemeanor but was not technically
convicted. Smith will not have a
conviction entered on his record, Fulton
said.
According to sources who asked not to
be identified, the Gorgon's Head Lodge is
primarily a social organization
comprised of selected male students.
By MOLLY MANNING
Staff Writer
They've closed the gates on Kenan
Stadium for another year.
For any avid Tar Heel fan who has
basked in the beauty of a Saturday
afternoon ball game, this time of year is
always touched by a sad nostalgia, still
warm from fresh memories of football
Saturdays past.
But if you're avid enough a fan to spend
$22, football in Kenan Stadium can be
yours 365 days a year, says Barry Clark of
Washington, D.C., the inventor of a new
game featuring a large serial photograph
of Kenan as its playing board.
A writer and film producer who has
invented 77 toys, games and other
products, Clark was on campus this week
to promote his game which, he says, "is
not a kid's game." , ' .
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according to its creator.
"I tried to create a game that would
make a real football fan say 'That's
realistic'," Clark explained "I wanted it
to be fun, but not deadly serious, a
combination of chance and skill."
Rather than using dice or computers,
Gridiron Action comes with three
boards, called playmakers, displaying
seven different spinners that determine
the action for each play.
There are running and passing spinners
for both offense and defense. The
offensive player spins to put the ball in
motion and the defense spins to
determine how the play is handled.
"Computer games are mostly offense,"
Clark said. "You are always playing
against a programmed defense. With this
game, every time the offense spins a gain,
there is a defensive play. If there is no
gain, the defense does not spin." Dials
also dictate fumble recovery yardage and
all the other tabletop football games, Se0 GRIDIRON on page 2
Mental patients
New laws change criteria for involuntary commitment
By DINITA JAMES
Weekender Editor
Wendy was severely depressed. She was having
problems at work; her mother was ill. She was
overweight, and her marriage life was, at best, less than
exiciting.
One day last spring, she decided to do something
about it. Her husband was out and in the medicine
cabinet was a bottle of sleeping pills. She took all of
them.
Her husband came in and found her and called an
ambulance. After three days in N.C. Memorial
Hospital, Wendy was escorted to Dorothea Dix
Mental Hospital.
Before she could be committed to the hospital
against her will, Wendy had to have a hearing. She
appeared before a judge with her counsel, and the
judge decided that according to law, Wendy was not an
"imminent danger to herself or others" and released
her from the hospital.
Wendy (not her real name) made some frantic phone
calls after she was released from the hospital,
complaining about the way she was treated and that
she was kept in an institution against her will.
"I don't know why they would want to put me
away," she said. "I wasn't going to hurt anybody, and
there's no hope for me anyway. Nobody can do
anything to help me."
Two weeks after her release, Wendy tried suicide
again. She succeeded.
Since Wendy's death, the General Statutes of the
State of North Carolina have been changed in an effort
to prevent such incidents from happening again.
State senate Bill 324, which went into effect Oct. I,
further defined the reasons for which a person could be
committed, struck the word "imminent" from the
statute, and inserted that if there is a "reasonable
probability" of "serious physical debilitation" to him
within the "near future" unless he receives "adequate
treatment," a patient may be committed.
Rud Turnbull, professor of public law and
government with the Institute of Government, said he
believed the revisions to the law would help prevent the
recurrence of cases like Wendy's .
"The problem we've had recently in this state is that
not enough people who needed to be committed were,"
Turnbullsaid. "The law was not serving its purpose, so
the General Assembly enacted" another statue which
changed the standard by which someone could be
committed."
Turnbull said he was not sure the new law would
bring all the desired changes, but he said he believed it
would be generally more effective.
"The old law was designed to prevent people from
being committed, but the real problem with it was that
it asked psychologists and psychiatrists to predict what
people will do based on past history," he said.
"The new law was drafted by a physician who
believed the standard for commitment should be set at
the standard physicians are accustomed to working
with and shouldn't ask them to make judgments they
are unaccustomed to making."
Although the director of mental health services at
NCMII said that the new law has caused few changes
because of the hospital's small number of mental
patients, officials at the state-owned Dorothea Dix
Mental Hospital, uherc 52 percent of the patients are
committed against their will, said 'he new Uw woukl
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