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Michael Jordan on the move against Dereck Whittenburg
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Heels like it at the top
By CLIFTON BARNES
Sports Editor
RALEIGH No. 1-ranked North
Carolina broke open a close game in
the second half, outscoring No. 12
N.C. State 18-2 during a seven-minute
barrage to win 61-41 here Wednesday
night.
"During that stretch in the second
half, we did very well on the break,"
UNC coach Dean Smith said. "We
were very concerned about the game,
but we rose to the occasion and played
with immense poise."
Just before the stretch that opened
up the game the. Wolfpack pulled
from 10 points down to a mere 33-32
deficit.
"They went to a man-to-man,"
Smith said. "We got the shots we
wanted but they didn't fall. We missed
some shots inside that allowed them to
come back."
But then James Worthy, who had
only eight points, started the break
away with two free throws. Sam
Perkins came right back with a three
point play on a jump hookand a foul
on State's Cozell McQueen".
' UNC allowed only one shot each
time down the floor, and the Wolfpack
repeatedly missed from outside. Matt
Doherty scored his only basket of the
game on a driving layup off a nice
move to up the score to 40-32.
Tim Smith
announces
candidacy
By KEN MINGIS
DTH Staff Writer
Tim Smith, a senior political science
and history major from High Point, an
nounced Wednesday his candidacy for
student body president.
"I'm running because 1 feel that Stu
dent Government is currently in a state of
stagnation," Smith said. "I think we
need more creative processes to lead Stu
dent Government back to helping
students."
Smith said he felt Student Government
needed to take a more coordinated ap
proach to governing. "Student Govern
ment should not be just a day-to-day
thing," he said. "There should be at least
some sort of regular dialogue between the
various branches of government."
He said there were several areas of Stu
dent Government services that he wanted
to see improved, including the creation of
a student affairs office in Student govern
ment, an expansion of the tutorial and
Rape and Assault Prevention Escort Ser
vices and investigating ways of better
ticket distribution in all sports.
A Student Affairs Fund Commission
should be set up to study and make public
student fee expenditures, he said.
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Michael Jordan, who had a game
high 20 points, showed his passing
skills on a throw to Jimmy Black, who
scored andlvas fouled. He hit the free
throw and a rout became obvious with
just under seven minutes to go.
The Tar Heels went to the four cor
ners and State started fouling. UNC
hit 19-of-24 free throws for the game.
"We were very happy with our free
throw shooting," Smith said. "You
have to hit your free throws anytime
you're in the delay game. We must hit
them."
And the Tar Heels did eight of
the free throws came in the stall game.
"We lost our cool, you can't do
that," State coach Jim Valvano said.
"We had a couple of guys who de
cided to stand around while Whit
(Dereck Whittenburg) did his thing."
Whittenburg shot more than any
other player on either team, hitting
7-of-15 shots and ending with a team
high 18 points. He was the only Wolf
packer on double figures.
"We didn't get to 12-1 playing like
that," Valvano said. "We had a poor
shot selection." The Wolfpack hit
33.3 percent of its shots while the Tar
Heels hit on 52.5 percent. For the
. second half, State went 7-of-27 for
25.9 percent.
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Smith
Smith, who is blind, said he did not .
think his handicap would be an hindrance
in performing the role of student body
president. He said, if elected, he would
have two special assistants to read bills to
him and prepare documents for his
signature.
"There's always going to be some peo
ple who say a blind person cannot do it,"
he said, "but I've found that if I can go
to college and major in two areas, I can
do anything other people can do."
Smith has worked under the past two
Student Government administrations,
serving as a member of the State Affairs
Committee, and as an executive liaison.
In addition to his work in Student
Government, Smith is also the founder of
a campus political organization,
"Carolina Concern", which he said was
designed to help determine student opi
nions and needs.
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Thursday, January 14 1982
70 believed killed
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON A Florida-bound
jetliner roared from a snowy takeoff and
crashed into a Potomac River bridge
Wednesday, smashing cars and plunging
into the icy water. About 65 people were
reported killed, but the casualty count
was unconfirmed.
The Boeing 737 was an Air Florida
flight, with a booking of 68 passengers
and a crew of five, bound from Washing
ton National Airport to Tampa and Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. The actual number of
people on board could not be verified.
Lt. Hiram Brewton, a District' of
Columbia police spokesman, said there
were believed to be only five survivors
from the plane. A' spokesman for the
Federal Aviation Administration, Ted
Marr, said an unofficial estimate would
be 65 dead.
Police Capt. Michael L. Canfield said
at least six motorists were killed as the
plane sheared the tops of cars and hit a
truck.
At least 17 survivors were taken to
Washington hospitals, some suffering,
crash injuries, some the effects of the
Snow leet ice
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rip Chapel Mill
By JOHN CONWAY
DTH Starr Writer
Snow, sleet and freezing rain made
conditions hazardous Wednesday in
Chapel Hill as the first major winter
storm of the season struck North
Carolina. But weather-related accidents
have been minimal, said Chapel Hill
Police, Department Administrative Assis
tant Ben Callahan.
"It hasn't caused as many problems as
we had expected," Callahan said. Police
reported five minor accidents yesterday,
but no injuries.
People are staying off the street. This
storm -didn't catch them by surprise,"
Callahan said.
The precipitation, beginning as snow
late Tuesday night, changed to sleet and
freezing rain by noon Wednesday,
creating a sheet of ice over roads and
sidewalks. Weather conditions were not
predicted to improve until Friday.
Chapel Hill Transit curtailed bus ser
vice Wednesday at 7 a.m. Both the S and
U bus services were suspended, and the
remaining bus lines experienced partial
cutbacks. Night bus service was also
suspended.
Two buses were involved in separate
accidents early Wednesday, but no one"
was injured, Transportation Director
Bob Godding said. One bus slid off the
road and caused minor property damage,
and the other bus slid off the highway.
"We will continue to provide service as
long as it is safe to do so," Godding said.
"It's a seat of the pants operation.
We just have to play it by ear."
Both Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany and Duke Power Company
reported service was normal, and no
power lines were damaged by the ice.
Vandenbergh
declares for
presidency
By KEN MINGIS
DTH Staff Writer
Mike Vandenbergh, a junior zoology
and history major from Raleigh, an
. nounced Tuesday his candidacy for stu
dent body government.
Vandenbergh said he wanted Student
Government to become more active in
its recruitment of minority and freshmen
student. If he were elected he said he
woujld appoint an executive assistant to
be in charge of encouraging student in
terest. "The executive assistant would address
minority participation in Student Govern
ment," he said. "It's not that the minori
ty students are excluded, it's just that
none are recruited.
"I also feel that Student Government
needs to turn more toward academics."
he said. "The Student Academic Advis
ing Service needs to be expanded and us
ed to supplement faculty advising."
Vandenbergh said he would coor
dinate the campus cabinet in an effort to
reduce program duplications and help
save money.
"Many times around campus different
organizations pay different prices for the
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frigid river water.
About three hours after the crash, res
cue workers loaded the bodies of victims
onto a fire boat on the Virginia side of the
river to be taken to Harbor Police head
quarters in Washington. '
Stewardess Kelly Dunan survived the
crash. "The plane started to shake and
the next thing I knew, I was in the
water," she told the doctor who treated
her for hypothermia, a severe loss of
body heat.
Even as ambulances and rescue crews
struggled through the snow and the
massive traffic jam it produced to the
bridge, three people were killed when a
Washington subway car hurtled from its
track near the Smithsonian Institution
station. -
As darkness and temperatures fell,
divers worked by floodlight in the ice
crusted river, searching for the victims.
Within minutes after the crash, heli
copters pulled several survivors from the
river. Most of the others aboard the plane
were presumed to have perished under
the ice.
It was not known how many of the 17
hospitalized survivors were from the
s
But Ted Wilkenson, superintendent of
engineering and constructions operations
for Duke Power, said he was preparing
for the worst. "If the temperature starts
dropping, we could potentially have some
problems," Wilkenson said.
Local towing companies were kept
busy all Wednesday. McFarling's Exxon
and Glen Lennox Gulf stations each
answered about , 20 weather-related calls.
An attendant for McFarling's Exxon said .
one car slid off 15-501 North and plunged
into New Hope Creek near Darryl's
restaurant. The driver was not injured.
Despite the inclement weather, the
University remained open Wednesday.
UNC Chancellor Christopher C. For
dham II said the University's policy was
to remain open despite adverse weather
conditions.
"The University doesn't close with an
incident of inclement weather. It is the
responsibility of the professors and
students about whether to go to class,"
he said. "1 think it's part of the tradition
of the University."
But Fordham said he was concerned
with conditions that might threaten safe
ty. Department supervisors retain the
right to close or send their staff home ear
ly in times of emergency, he said.
Fordham said he contacted Chairman
of the Faculty Dan Pollitt who said facul
ty members generally understood if
students were unable to attend class
because of weather conditions.
"If we really had a big snowstorm we
could shut down, and I'm not ruling out
that possibility," he said.
When asked whether the predicted se
cond snowstorm might merit a decision to
close the University, Fordham said,
"Right now it's up to the good Lord and
the weather."
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same services. With a better exchange of
financial information, groups could get
the most for their money."
. He said he wanted to strengthen the executive-liaison
program to help increase
the two-way communication between
students arid Student Government.
Vandenbergh said he felt his experience
would be an asset in the campaign. He
has served in the Executive Branch of
Student Government as a member of the
University Services Committee, and in
the legislation branch as chairperson of
the Campus Governing Council Finance
Committee.
In addition, he has served two terms on
the vice chancellor's Food Service Com
mittee and worked with the Carolina
Course Review. He is art academic ad
visor with the North Carolina Fellows
Program and a member of Chi Psi
fraternity.
plane or vehicles struck on the bridge, a
multilane artery with three spans con-
necting the city with suburban Virginia.
The 4:04 p.m. crash, about a mile and
a half from the White House, came as the
14th Street bridge was clogged with com-.
muters heading home after government
offices were closed early because of the
show.
The snow stopped shortly .after the
crash, but the foul weather impeded res
cue efforts. The temperature hovered in
the 20s and wind whipped the river.
The airport had been closed for runway
clearing until shortly before the plane
took off, in visibility of about a half mile,
close to the minimum. Three inches of
snow had fallen, and it was snowing
heavily at the time of the crash.
After striking the bridge, the short
range, twin-engine jet plunged into the
water between that span and two others
carrying traffic toward the suburbs. The
bridge is less than a mile from the airport.
Some of the victims could be seen at
dusk, strapped into airliner seats beneath
the surface of the Potomac.
Jerome Lancaster, an Air Force
sergeant who was in the traffic jam on the
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Winter storm dumps
now across southeast
From staff and wire reports
Winter came south with a vengeance
Wednesday and dumped snow and icy
sleet on not only the Carolinas but on
states in the normally mild Deep South,
causing schools and government offices
to close and killing at least 11 people in
weather-related deaths in North Carolina.
Georgia Gov. George Busbee declared
a state of emergency in Atlanta which was
immobilized by half a foot of snow and
ordered out 230 National Guardsmen to
aid stranded motorists and help clear out
thousands of abandoned cars.
The storm had charged out of Texas
and swung up the Eastern Seaboard,
closing schools in Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and the suburbs of New
York City. Up to 10 inches of snow was
forecast in some areas around New York
City, .
Florida farmers in the meantime were
totaling up losses from Tuesday's record
freeze that caused extensive damage to
the state's billion dollar citrus crop. They
said the price of orange juice was sure to
go up.
Meanwhile, a new storm in the South
west that produced a foot of snow in parts
of New Mexico and Arizona was spread
ing more ice over Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
At least 750,000 people in Alabama
were without electricity from Birming
ham to the South as tree limbs cracked
and lines snapped under a heavy glaze of
ice. Widespread power outages also were
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bridge at the time of the crash said, "It
looked like he lost his direction. The
plane's wheel hit a truck." .
"1 counted about six or seven who
were alive, but they were messed up," he
said. "We threw a rope out to one pas
senger." "One of our people who saw the
accident said he saw the plane nick the
south side of the bridge, skip over it and
go into the Potomac River .on the north
side of the bridge," said David Hess of
theFAA.
Another witness, Terence Bell, said the
nose of the plane broke away from the
fuselage, plunged off the bridge and sank
into the Potomac about 25 yards off the
Virginia shore.
The tail section broke away, Bell said,
arid floated for about 20 minutes. He said
he saw five or six people emerge and
escape across the ice before the fuselage
sank.
Coast Guard, Park Police and military
helicopters hovered over the scene.
People clung to pieces of the airplane in
the water, grabbed for lifelines lowered
See CRASH on page 4
reported earlier in Mississippi, Louisiana
and Georgia.
A spokesman for Alabama Power Co.
said it probably would be several days
before all service was restored.
"We were scared to be too alarming,
but apparently our worst fears were even
conservative," said meteorologist Max
Blood at the National Weather Service
office in the Birmingham suburb of
Homewood.
The winter storm moved across North
Carolina Wednesday, causing auto acci
dents, cancellations and spontaneous
skiing trips.
The storm, which dumped up to 6
inches of snow in the western part of the
state, followed three days of bitter cold.
Quentin Anderson of the Carolina
Motor Club said Wednesday his organi
zation received 298 emergency calls Mon
day when near-zero temperatures pre
vented automobiles from starting.
"We had the single busiest day in the
60-year history of the organization Mon
day," Anderson said.
He said the number of calls Wednesday
had, been about normal, but an increase
was expected over the night and on
Thursday morning.
Delta and Eastern airline officials in
Raleigh both reported flights in the state
delayed between one and three hours;
Delta said it had cancelled some flights.
Raleigh-Durham Airport remained open
all day Wednesday.
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