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For Chapel Hill housing
Aldermen approve town funds
By DEAN LOWMAN
DTH Staff Writer
After a two-hour public hearing, the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen voted 4-3 Tuesday night to loan the Chapel Hill
Housing Authority $10,000 to secure land for a 30-unit public
housing project at 612 N. Greensboro St.
Aldermen Ernie Patterson, Hilliard Caldwell, Steve Rose and
Mayor Bob Drakeford voted for the loan. Aldermen Joyce Gar
rett, John Boone and Jim White vetoed the proposal.
Carrboro requested funds from Housing and Urban Develop
ment for the project in 1978. The proposed project would pro
vide public housing for 30 low-income families.
Charles Riggsbee, of 108 Lilac Dr., presented to the board
petition signed by 241 people. The petition stated that the town
had already overextended itself financially, and assuming addi
tional expenses and social responsibility would be irresponsible.
The petition also stated that Carrboro was ignoring the needs of
its senior citizens and objected to the concentration of low-income
families in the North Greensboro Street area.
Riggsbee warned the board to heed the desires of the peti
tioners because "a block vote might prevent your reelection."
Caldwell angrily responded that he had been bothered by
phone calls all day.
"I will not" be intimidated by citizens who tell me they voted
for me and can get rid of me in four years. I will not be intimi
dated over social needs. I simply will not tolerate it," he said.
Other Carrboro citizens expressed concern that the crime rate
would increase if the project were completed.
One woman said she had talked with policemen who told her
crime and drugs were a big problem in low-income housing
areas because "they tend.to congregate people who are apt to be
violent."
Alvin Stevenson, executive director of the Chapel Hill Hous
, ing Authority, said he had no statistics showing that crime rates
increased when low-income families moved into an area.
Fbrrner alderman Doug Sharer, one of seven who spoke in
favor of the loan, said it was important that Carrboro try to
develop all types of housing in all areas of the city. "Nobody
wants it next to him," he said, "but we have to put it some
where." '
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CC endorses election candidates
Hilliard Caldwell
The Sports Club Council endorsed Mike
Vandenburg for student body president,
Jonathan Rich for Daily Tar Heel editor and
Perry Morrison for Carolina Athletic Associa
tion president after its forum Wednesday
night.
Of the 20 teams represented by the council,
six attended the forum and voted on en
dorsements. A scheduling conflict with the
UNC-Clemson basketball game and confusion
about the time of the forum hampered atten
dance, said SCC President Alison Pentz.
Vandenburg was endorsed, Pentz said,
"because we found him to be a medium bet
ween Mark Canady, who was extremely well
spoken and would make a good president, and
at the other end of the spectrum, with Summey
Orr, who would pay a lot of attention to small
detail ".'
Rich was selected because he "was willing to
make commitments, almost promises" to
covering club sports, as opposed to John
Drescher, who said no, I am sorry, I can't
make you any promises, you'll get published
every two weeks and we'll lump you with
IMRec sports.' . .
Morrison is running unopposed for the
CAA position.
"The decision was made on what a can
didate could do for our organization," Pentz
said. . ,
The next forum will be today at 7 p.m. in
the basement of Teague Residence Hall. It is
sponsored by Residence Hall Association.
BILL PESCHEL
OWASA directors award New York firm a contract
for engineering study of local water distribution
By DAVID DEESE
DTH Staff Writer
The Board of Directors of Orange Water
and Sewer Authority awarded a contract for
an engineering study of the local water
distribution system to a New York firm last
week.
Pitomcter Associates, Inc., a Manhattan
water engineering firm, was chosen to conduct
the $34,000 study, which will focus on the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro water system.
Everett Billingsley, OWASA executive
director, said the four-month study would help
determine local water system needs over the
next 15 years.
"By considering such things as pipe sizes
and distribution mains, the study will deter
mine strong and weak points in water flows
and pressures," Billingsley said. "The infor
mation gathered will aid the planning agencies
of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County
in respect to future development."
Moses Fiedler, district manager for
Pitometer Associates, Inc., said his firm had
conducted previous surveys in North Carolina.
"In the past year, we have conducted studies
in Winston-Salem, Burlington, Durham,
Raleigh, Greenville,. Gardner, Halifax County
and at Wake Forest," he said. "In 1960 and
1971, we did engineering studies at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."
Although Pitometer Associates relies on
computers in its surveys, the firm also con
ducts extensive field research, Fiedler said.
"We send out engineers tofind the strengths
and weaknesses of the water system,;' he said.
"We even check secondary systems for clogs
. and other problems which may alter readings.
We don't make as many assumptions as some
firms do."
Fiedler said the information gathered from
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro study would be
helpful to the community.
"The results of the study will be important
to future development, including fire protection."
Less financial aid available for next year
due to federal government budget cuts
With the budget cuts from the federal government for finan
cial aid expected to increase, students at UNC might be beginn
ing to panic and to wonder if they can expect to return to school
next year. .
During the next week, financial aid forums will be held to
help students fill out the mandatory Financial Aid Forms in a
complete and easy manner, but acquiring the necessary funds to
be distributed for next year may be more difficult than most
students realize, Tom Langston, associate director of financial
aid, said this week. '
One financial aid employee said if the office told the media
the actual amount they expect the federal government to cut,
there would be a panic for money all across the campus.
Even if students have the forms turned in on time, the finan
cial aid office will not know for some time exactly how much
money will be available for next year, leaving studciits to
wonder, possibly into the summer, about their educational
futures, Langston said.
Along with stiffer rules for receiving a Guaranteed Student
Loan already in effect and the phasing out and elimination of
Social Security benefits to children of a deceased or disabled
parent, there is the possibility of the elimination of the Pell
Grant (formerly the BEOG), causing more students to rely on
the financial aid office for funds, he said.
The financial aid forums are scheduled for noon-l:30 p.m.
today, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday and 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday. At
these forums, to be held in Room 205 of the Carolina Union,
financial aid advisers will help students fill out financial aid
forms.
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