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Scouting
Ever wondered what the life
of a pro scout is like? Gary
Fitzsimmons of the Kansas
City Kings knows. See story
on page 5.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volutne 87, Issue No. C
Monday, February 4, 19S0, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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members of Congress have been
implicated in the largest FBI
investigation of political corruption ever
undertaken, it was learned Sunday.
Code-named Operation Abscam, the
investigation used undercover FBI men
posing as representatives of an Arab
sheik offering bribes to win a casino
gambling license and other favors.
At least 20 public officials and 10
lawyers and businessmen were implicated
over 1 4 months, a source familiar with the
investigation said.
The source, who asked not to be
named, said that FBI agents paid out
almost $500,000 in cash to the officials,
although fewer than 10 of them took
money. "Some arranged meetings or did
other favors the source said.
In addition to state and local officials
in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the
source said those who became subjects of
the probe were: U.S. Sen. Harrison A.
Williams Jr., D-N.J., and U.S. Reps.
John M. Murphy, D-N.Y.; Frank
Thompson Jr., D-N.J.; Michael O.
Myers, D-Pa.; Raymond F. Lederer, D
Pa.; John W. Jenrette, D-S.C; John P.
Murtha, D-Pa., and Richard Kelly, R
Fla. "My feelings are, having read the
newspapers, that 1 would be very wise to
engage counsel, which I've done,"
Williams said Sunday. All those
contacted denied any wrongdoing.
Some sources questioned
procedures used by the FBI in
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By JONATHAN RICH
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO
policemen in riot
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gear lined the streets as thousands of 1 j
demonstrators, many of them long-haired
on Greensboro for an anti-Ku Klux Klan
They traveled by bus or by thumb from as far as New York and
Texas, representing more than 400 organizations. Revolutionary tjL
communists marched beside gay-rights activists and school
teachers from Cincinnati in the largest civil-rights march since t
the Vietnam era. i
Estimates for the number of participants vary from the police ' $.
report ot S,UUO to the almost 8,000 claimed by the movement s
backers.
After organizing at the War Memorial Stadium, the marchers
trekked almost four miles through downtown Greensboro in
sub-freezing weather before assembling at the Colisuem for a
three hour rally.
Waving colorful banners and chanting slogans denouncing the
Klan and Nazi racism, the demonstrators marched surrounded
by lines of their own marshals and 150 Greensboro city
policemen. Highway patrolmen and 300 National' Guard
troopers were held in reserve along the march route.
The demonstration originally was designed to protest the
slaying of five members of the Communist Workers Party during
a Nov. 3 anti-Klan rally in Greensboro and the resurgence of
violent racist activities by the KKK and the Nazi Party.
But the march also heralded the 20th anniversary of the first
sit-in in Greensboro by A&T students who requested service at a
segregated Woolworth's lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960. Feb. 2
Mobilization Committee members referred to the march as
symbolic of a new decade of unified civil rights activity and
progress.
"We're not marching to holler at the Klan, we're here to holler
at the nation that controls and protects the Klan," said the Rev.
C.T. Vivian, co-chairman of the committee, a coalition of civil
rights organizations which planned the march and rally.
See MARCH on page 2
Goofy puppet
clowns on air
By SUSAN PRUETT
Staff W riter
As the elevator in Raleigh's
Cameron Brown building sped me to
the eighth floor 1 tingled with
excitement. In two minutes I would
meet WRAL's wizard of wit, king of
cool and sultan of the school lunch
menu Zoot.
1 walked into the station and a
short, pleasant-looking man came out
of one of the offices, extended his
hand and said, "Hi, I'm Rowell."
Assuming he would lead me to the
illustrious Zoot, 1 followed him into
one of the production rooms.
We sat down and began to chat.
Where was Zoot? 1 queried. N o sooner
had the words left my lips than a little
bald man with purple skin and bright
orange mustache landed on the desk in
front of me. The sunglasses propped
on his bulbous nose were held together
by a rubber band, and he was wearing
neither pants nor shoes, due to his
distinct lack of legs. But Zoot (a
puppet) seemed comfortable as he and
his right-hand man, Rowell Gormon,
creative director at WRAL, began to
relate to me the story of his success.
Zoot made his debut on Channel 5,
WRAL-TV's "Time for Uncle Paul"
about two-and-a-half years ago when
a skit called for a "swinging, beatnik
type."
As so many one-shot things seem to
do, Zoot caught on. Gormon was also
working for Uncle Paul at the time,
and the two became regulars on the
show. They have since been
inseparable.
WRAL's Bob Inskeep also
recognized Zoot's talent and asked
him to do the school.lunch menu each
morning on his show. Soon both
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children and adults were tuning in to
hear the swinging puppet jazz up the
daily victuals.
When the public demanded to see as
well as hear him, however, Gormon
had to create an alter ego since the real
Zoot's height is only 10 inches. A
costume, usually worn by Gormon,
not only makes Zoot more than six
feet tall, but it also provides him with
jean-clad legs to stand on. And that
makes it a lot easier for him to appear
in parades and at discos.
Does Gormon mind playing
straight man to a grape-headed
puppet? "That means I've done my
job," Gormon said, pleased that the
Key to Zoot is his believability. He
laughed. "I know it's only one step
away from playing with dolls."
A 28-year-old Indiana native,
Gormon has worked at WRAL-TV
and WRAL FM 101 since 1977. He
turned to a career in radio, he said,
when he "found out you could get paid
for playing records." Besides
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stretching his 40 basic voices to 106 to
make commercials and promotion
spots, he handles contests and "run-of-the-mill"
production. He describes
his role at Channel 5 as that of a
"creative fifth wheel."
Zoot's fans range from those who
want to hear him sing "Happy
Birthday," to Dennis Rogers,
columnist for the Raleigh News and
Observer who often mentions Zoot's
one-upmanship of Inskeep. Zoot gets
aways with making fun of people and
situations, Gormon said, because the
"fantasy element softens the blow."
As 1 left the small room in which
Zoot had worked his way to stardom,
1 caught a glimpse of his script for the
next day and could almost hear him
jivin':
" Today it 's cheese over spaghetti that's
hollow. ..with ham biscuit, applesauce
and green peas to follow. Gelatin with
toppin set to top off the tray... To
relieve the pain of having school
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Tuesday vote decides
By LYNN CASEY
Staff Writer
- - " spring and 33 received funding.
Although Tuesday's campus referendum to amend the Student "I don't think the G PSF is any more constant or stable than the
Government Constitution will have more impact on graduate other organizations which asked for funding," Wright said,
and professional students, all students should make the effort to The federation is composed of one representative from each of
vote, said Scott Simpson, Student Elections Board chairman, the 65 UNC graduate departments and professional schools.
The amendment would guarantee the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation 15 percent approximately
$18,000 of graduate student fees. The federation currently
petitions the Campus Governing Council for funds yearly as do
several other student organizations.
Simpson said he did not expect a large voter turnout because
only the G PSF referendum will be on the ballot and student body
general elections are just a week away.
Polls will be open 1 1 a.m. -4 p.m. Feb. 5. Votes will be counted
in room 205 of the Carolina U nion.
The federation petitioned for the amendment because it did
not believe the present budget procedures
of the organization, said Roy Rocklin,
member of the CGC. "The present system is not working," he added. "The
A petitioned amendment must be passed by a two-thirds vote allocation system has been on a roller coaster ride and that's not
of the student body, according to the student elections bylaws, fair for the departments."
David Wright, CGC finance committee chairman, said he
opposes the amendment because he believes that student
organizations should have to petition for funding, thus forcing
them to account for their spending.
"If you give a guaranteed block of money to an organization,
you have no say or control on how students spend that money,"
Carolina by 11
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By REID TUVIM
Sports Editor
CHARLOTTE Ask any student at Duke University whom
the Blue Dev ils would like to beat more than anyone else, and he
would undoubtedly say, "Carolina."
Travel to Raleigh and ask the same thing at N.C. State and
you'd probably get the same answer. Ditto for Wake Forest.
Now journey down to Greenville, S.C., and Furman
University. If the rest of the students are anything like the couple
of hundred at the North-South Doubleheadcr in Charlotte over
the weekend, add Carolina-Furman to the list of rivalries.
The Furman Paladins were by far the noisiest and most
vehement of the four schools Carolina, Furman, State and The
Citadel. After a relatively quiet evening Friday as the Wolf pack
manhandled the Paladins, the Furman fans more than made up
for it Saturday against the Tar Heels.
Carolina and Furman played nip-and-tuck for about the first
27 minutes with the Furman students doing their part to keep it
close. One corner of Charlotte Coliseum rocked with cheers of
"F.U., F.U." led at one point by Furman President John E.
Johns standing on a chair and waving his arms.
The Paladins had beaten the Tar Heels the past two years in the
North-South, and they were in good shape again with the score
tied at 42 at the 13:19 mark.
That's when the Heels decided they had seen enough. Rich
Yonakor banged home a I Mooter. Al Wood tossed one in from
the corner while being fouled, the first of four straight UNC
three-point plays. When Jimmy Black stole the ball and drove in
for a layup with 8:38 remaining, Carolina had run off an 18-4
spree to put the game out of reach at 60-46.
Reserves for both teams played out the last few minutes with
the score ending 75-63 as Mike Pepper hit a layup and drew a foul
as the buzzer sounded. Carolina is now 15-4 for the year.
"It takes a lot out ot a team when you get three (points)," said
Tar Heel John Virgil, who had two of the three-pointers on his
way to 12 points. "And we got four in a row."
The big difference for Furman between the first and second
halves was the play of Paladin center Jonathan Moore. Moore
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By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
SUfT Writer
A 24-year-old UNC senior was shot
and killed early Sunday morning as he
and two friends walked down Franklin
Street toward Hector's Restaurant.
Jerry Keith Hodge of Route 4, Box
106, Pittsboro was fatally shot at
approximately 2 a.m. in front of the Post
Office at Franklin and Henderson streets.
The shot was fired from a parked silver
and red Chevrolet pick-up truck. Chapel
Hill Police Chief Herman Stone said.
Robert Harry Grove Jr., 24, of
Roxboro was arrested and charged with
the shooting, the first murder in Chapel
Hill since May 1978, when UNC research
associate Thomas Dormelly, 53, was
fatally shot at his home. In that case,
Mark Gabriel Wyatt, 16, has entered a
guilty plea in Orange County Superior
Court.
Grove is an employee of Carolina
Power Co. in Roxboro and is not a
University student. Stone said.
District Attorney Wade Barber Jr.,
said Sunday that Grove had been charged
with .first degree murder and was being
held without bond in the Orange County
Jail in Hillsborough.
Grove was arrested by Chapel Hill
Public Safety Officer Ron Downey, who
was across the street at the time of the
shooting, police said. After hearing the
shot, Downey pursued the pick-up truck,
which had sped away from the corner.
Grove was arrested immediately.
Dr. John Butts of the state medical
examiner's office said Hodge had been
shot in the back. The bullet exited
Wright said.
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through Hodge's chest. Hodge was taken
to N.C. Memorial Hospital, but surgery
was unsuccessful. He died approximately
an hour after the shooting. Butts said.
Stone said police detectives are still
investigating the murder. No motive has
been determined, he said. Police have not
established a connection between Hodge
and Grove.
Hodge was from Waynesville and
attended Tuscola High School there. A
friend of the Hodge family, who asked
not to be identified, said Hodge was an
education major who was student
teaching in American history at a Moore
County school. Hodge apparently was
returning home from a basketball game
at the school with his cousin, his
roommate and his fiance, whom he
planned to marry in May. After dropping
his fiance off at Winston Dorm, the three
men decided to walk downtown to cat.
They were on their way to Hector's at the
time of the shooting, the friend said.
One of Hodge's friends, a UNC senior
said, "I think (Keith) was a great person.
He was in education and he wanted to be
a teacher. He was studying American
history. He was one of the best, I'd say.
He had a lot of friends and we were all
real close, kind of like a clan. It's just
really personal to talk about."
Hodge's family was notified of the
shooting at approximately 3:30 a.m.
Sunday. His parents and pastor came to
Chapel Hill to make arrangements to
return the body to Waynesville.
Barber said Grove will have his first
appearance before a judge this morning
in Hillsborough.
grad funds
organizations asked the CGC for funding last
Most of the organization's funding goes directly to the
departments.
Because of an incomplete budget last spring, the CGC reduced
the federation's budget to $780 from $18,000 the year before.
After prolonged attempts to get more funding, the CGC awarded
the federation $13,049 in November.
The CGC does not understand the year-to-year needs of
graduate and professional students, however, Rocklin said.
Jim Elliot, a journalism graduate student and supporter of the
referendum, said he believed that campus politics was based on
personality.
made not based on fairness but whether you
seeking the money," Elliot said
A meeting has been planned at noon today in Howell Hall for
journalism graduate students to discuss the referendum, Elliott
said.
Federation senators have been asked to go around and remind
graduate and professional students about the referendum, said
Charles Pappas, vice president of the federation.
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