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Thursday, June 11, 1C31 Chspcl Hill, North Carolina t. f Cy STirilANIE GRAHAM I Al Wood was awakened at 9.30 Tuesday morning by a phone call frixn hsi future NBA team. l.t tmtcad of tatking to a Seattle Supersonics official, the team most c; rts had pred cted uosj'd pick him fifth in this year's NBA d aft. Wood foend himself speaking to an Atlanta Hawks frjHTenlatrvo Three wm later, the Hawks produced the first major surprise of l he uav by choosin,; Wood fourth in the first round of the draft at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New Yotk. Atlanta as able to draft Wood by virtue of a Monday night trade With the Chicago C-uUs, the team originally slated to draft fourth in the f.rst round "Both Dallas and Atlanta wanted Al very much," said UNC coach Dean Smiuh. who sent his eighth straight first round choice to the NBA. "Last night. I thought Dallas was going to be able to trade for the pick but the GUIs made a wise choice end took Atlanta's offer." c oura The Gray, Georgia, All-American was not the only Taf Heel drafted Tuesday. Pete Budko was picked by Dallas in the fifth round while. Mike Pepper was chosen by the San Diego Clippers in the sixth round. Wood was just "as surprised as everyone else on Tuesday. "I was thinking Seattle all along," he said. "Atlanta made the swap with Chicago, and I just found out this morning. The Hawks called me and told me to pack my bags, that I was going with them. "I'm really excited. Atlanta is a great city, and I always wanted to go back home and play in front of .the hometown folks." Wood's home in Gray is only an hour and 20 minutes frormthe Omni, the home of the Hawks. Wood said he expected Atlanta to use him as both big guard and small forward and Smith agreed with him. "They need perimeter shooting, and with a coach like Kevin Loughery, they will be an unselfish team," Smith said. "Also, they will have two good penetrating guards in Eddie Johnson and Clyde Bradshaw, which will help a lot." Sco WOOD on page 9 ,4 At V.'zod " 1 J Jo;, i i i 4 ,i - " : , . ' ,4 - ' J! ' I Drug paraphernaHa Dy LUCY HOOD and LOU ANN JONES One Chapel Hill merchant said he did not believe the new model paraphernalia law passed last week would have an adverse ef fect on his business, and one state senator said it was the most ridiculous law he has seen in seven years. The new law penalizes anyone convicted of manufacturing or selling drug parapher nalia with a maximum fine of $1,000 and two years in jail. However, possession of drug paraphernalia is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of up to one year in jail and a $500 line, as opposed to the possession of marijuana which carries a $100 fine. George Hoffman, owner and manager of George's Cheep Joint on Franklin Street said some stores would be put out of business, but added that he was not worried about such consequences. "I have nothing to worry about," he said. "It's the people using them (drug parapher nalia) for illegitimate purposes who are in trouble." The new paraphernalia law, which had been passed in the House of Represen tatives, was passed by the Senate last week and becomes effective Oct 1. It prohibits the manufacture, delivery, sale, possession, advertisement and use of drug-related paraphernalia in North Carolina. . Sen. Charles Vickery, D-Orange County, cast one of the two dissenting votes in the Senate. "I voted against it (the paraphernalia bill) because it is a silly bill designed to help only one group of people," Vickery said. That one group consisted of legislators who hoped to run again for a seat in the state legislature, ha said. "How can you ban a common, everyday interest?" he said. "Who's going to admit to it if they do intend to sell (the paraphernalia) for controlled substances?" Hoffman said the new law had left a lot of unanswered questions. "It's vague, arbitrary, and unconstitu tional," he said. "The legislators are going after a real problem in the wrong way. Hoffman said instead cf law, a council of people was needed to decide educational programs for the public Sea LAW on pcoo 3 n I. 0 7 n n n s Li nu IMS. 4: r n Cy JOHN HSNTON One of the four people injured in a singles engine plane crash ast Friday at Horace , Williams Airport died Sunday at North Caro- , lina Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokesman said. ,' . .. Dr. Alan Kolber, 42, of Carrboro, owned the plane and was a part-time UNC professor of pathology. He suffered head and other in juries and died at1 p.m., hospital spokesman ; Richard Broom said. - Ruth Helsley, a 26-year-old resident of Chapel Hill, suffered multiple head and neck injuries and is now listed in fair condition. Dr. Stephen Bondy, 43, a part-time UNC pro fessor of pharmacology who suffered head injuries is in good condition, and his wife Lisa, who also suffered head injuries, is in fair condition. The plane, a four-seat Piper Tri-Pacer, crashed near the airport's only runw ay about 7:25 p.m., officer Marvin Clark of the Chapel Hill Police Department said. The plane took off, flew to about 200 feet bore off to the left ahd crashed about 1 25 feet to the left of the runway, he said Police officials said the four people were trapped in the plane for more than 30 minutes. "The plane was so small and twisted because of the crash that the wreckage had to be cut away so that medical personnel could get inside and help the people," police Capt Arnold Gold said. Police said that they did not know which one of the four was the pilot and that no fire resulted from the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident. "The plane taxied out on the runway and took off from the east end of the runway, heading west" Charles Bass of the UNC Electrical Distribution Department said. Bass was the only eyewitness to the crash, and was standing at the east end of the field when jhe crash occurred, police said. "When the plane reached about 200 feet it started to head to the left" Bass said "It .looked like the pilot was climbing too steep. The wings started wobbling to the left and right while it was over the runway." When the plane dipped to the left the third time, it began to lose altitude, Bass said. "Once it hit it began bouncing along the ground. When it finally stopped, it was facing east" he said Last February, a twin-engine plane crashed more than a mile northwest of the airport and killed all seven passengers. "It has been 40 years since there has been an injury or a fatality (due to a plane crash) at the airport" Fixed Base Operator Charles Williams said.
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