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tr Cold duck Cloudy skies have a 30 per cent chance of producing mixed rain and snow this af ternoon. High in the mid-30s. J Sigh... Valentine's personals, swarms of them, are on pages 5 and 6. n w w V Ls A Si 40 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IT" r-t volume C9, Issue 134 Friday, February 12, 1982 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 n Town police ticket moils for speeding .Resident groMp faces setback 4 v X 3 By WENDELL WOOD DTH Staff Writer The citation of 13 drivers for exceeding the 25 mph speed limit on Hillsborough Street last week was part of a "stepping up" of radar traffic enforcement, Chapel Hill Police Chief Herman Stone said Thursday. The drivers were charged with speeding both up and down Hillsborough Street's steep grade, because radar is set up to clock in either direction. Complaints about traffic violations on Hillsborough led to the radar's use, he said. "A complaint basis is used in locating radar enforcement," Stone said. "But there will be radar used in other parts of Chapel Hill where we haven't received complaints." Stone said traffic enforcement would be increased for Sharon, Clayton, Air port and Merritt Mill roads as well as The Oaks area, which are residential and school areas. Most of the traffic com plaints come from there, he added. Although Stone said the increased en forcement was not crackdown on speeding, the unusually large number of citations are indicative of future traffic citations. "We hope to bring attention to the problem to slow the traffic down," he said. "We've been on the look-out for violations of speed laws more so than we have been (in the past)." Stone said speeding had increased as a traffic problem in the past several years because of higher availability of gasoline, more compact cars and a lowering of the speed limit. "Just go out on the highway and see how many more cars are speeding past you than there's been in the past," he said. But Stone said Chapel Hill's traffic problems were not caused solely by students. Both students and residents were among those charged on Hillsborough Street, he said. "We have our share of younger drivers violating traffic laws, but it's hard to single out anyone, since Chapel Hill's population is dominated by students." ! .-. t 1 mar I J 3' ''A OTHAI Steele Roses are red Jack Jenkins buys flowers at University Florists' on East Franklin Street Thursday. Local florists are expected to sell thousands of roses this weekend as lovers of all kinds celebrate Valen tine's Day on Sunday. Card shops and stores that offer boxed candy also traditionally do a brisk business this time of year. By ANNA TATE DTH Staff Writer After almost six months of controver sy, a superior court judge has denied the Piney Mountain Resident Association a temporary restraining order in a law suit against Chapel Hill. The association filed the suit last fall after the Chapel Hill Town Council had . granted a special-use permit for a 16-duplex public housing project. "Naturally, we are very disappointed with the outcome," said James Haar, president of the resident association. "We think there may be some flaw in the judge's ruling," Haar said. "We may; appeal the decision." The association has opposed the building of the low-income housing pro ject off Airport Road because . the development would decrease homeowners property values, he said. The Town Council granted the special use permit for the project in November following heated debate among council members. "I still don't think the project belongs there," said council member Marilyn Boulton, who voted against the project; "However, I'm sure they (the developers) will do a fine job with it." Boulton said multifamily units (duplexes) did not belong in a single family development. . In the suit filed against the town, the Piney Mountain Resident Association stated the project would not "maintain or promote public health, safety and general welfare and would not enhance or main tain the value of contiguous property." The petitioners also claimed the project was not "a necessity" and that the pro posed development was not in com pliance with Chapel Hill's Comprehen sive Plan. The petition, drawn up by attorney William Potter in conjunction with the- See SUIT on page 2 Financial burden seen for state Noo officials call 6mew federaihm9 disaster By ALAN CHAPPLE DTH Staff Writer Most North Carolina lawmakers and political observers have agreed that President Ronald Reagan's "new federalism" spells disaster for the state's economy. New fejjsna, which would transfer to state and -local governments $47 billion worth of welfare, food stamp and other programs as well as the tax resources to pay them, would be a financial, burden to North Carolina, said Gov. Jim Hunt's deputy press secretary, Brent Hackney. "The governor doesn't want the federal govern ment to dump the budget deficit on the states," Hackney said. "He is convinced that it might hinder our economy and the ability to do our job." Transferring social service programs from the federal government might make the financial burden for state and local governments so great that pro grams would be modified or eliminated, officials said. "Many services that people are accustomed to will no longer be available," said Janice Faulkner, ex-, ecutive director of the North Carolina Democrats. " "New federalism is , the pits, a calamity. The cost to the public is going to .be enormous." Faulkner said that to keep the social service pro grams intact under the president's proposals, the state would have to search for other sources of funding. "We will need input from the private sector, volunteerism, or we will be forced to reduce pro grams," Faulkner said. "Hopefully we are creative and ingenious enough to find ways to keep the social services alive." Another option to provide additional revenue be ing considered is raising taxes. "We're talking possibly losses of hundreds of millions of dollars," Hackney said. "And one way of offsetting that would be to raise taxes." He cited increases in property taxes and increased alcohol, tobacco and gasoline excise taxes as future funding options. Thad Beyle, a UNC political science professor, agreed that taxes would have to be raised to support new federalism. But he also warned of a public furor over tax increases. "They're going to have to raise taxes like crazy," he said. But just try raising taxes in the face of the federal government cutting taxes. It's like someone ... . said, 'It's not only a shift, it's a shaft.' " : The state's growing economy would enable it to handle social service takeovers better than other states, he said. "But still, area by area, we're going to be hit everywhere." . . In an attempt to find an alternative to the Reagan proposal, Hunt said he would ask governors atten ding a coming National Governors Association meeting to reaffirm their long-standing position that the federal government not the. states should be responsible for such income security programs as Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps. "I think we'll come up with some grand swap idea, but it will not be the president's plan," Hunt said. The governor has supported more state control and responsibility for social programs, but fears the new federalism will leave almost every state wholly responsible. A-'wirail Worthy proves Lefty wrong By NORMAN CANNADA Assistant Sports Editor James Worthy destroyed a Lefty Driesell myth Thursday night. With North Carolina leading Maryland by only one point in the last 1 Vi minutes of play, the Terrapin coach began yelling for his players to foul the UNC junior forward. Worthy responded with four straight free throws as the Tar Heels held on for a 59-56 vic tory over the Terrapins in Carmichael Audito rium. "We fouled Worthy on purpose 'cause he's ' their worst free-throw shooter, and dad gone if he didn't make all of them," Driesell said after the game. "He was win kin' at me over there.' Worthy, who has averaged 63.5 percent at the line this year, knew that the Terps wanted to put him on the foul line. "Lefty kept yelling 'Foul Worthy, foul Wor thy,' " he said. "He didn't think I could make them." . The last two free throws gave Worthy 1,000 career points, in addition to giving the Tar Heels a three-point lead in the final 13 seconds of play. "We don't pay a lot of attention to that kind of thing," UNC coach Dean Smith said. "I would have thought that James Worth would have' had 1,000 points a long time ago." Six of Worthy's 1 2 points came from the free throw stripe as the Terrapin defense shut down Worthy and Sam Perkins (four points) inside. "That's the first time I've ever seen a triangle and two defense guarding the two big men,' Smith said. "Their defense was designed to stop Perkins and Worthy." "It was just a defense we cooked up for, them," Driesell said. "I'd rather not say what it is. Carolina it's just called the Carolina defense." With the inside closed, the Tar Heels relied on outside shooting, and Matt Doherty answered the call with a team-high 18 points. "I've come to expect a great overall game from Matt," Smith said. "He always plays well, but when he hits a few more shots, the writers ask about him more." ' The Tar Heels began the game acting as if they were planning to put it out of reach quick ly, jumping to a 6-0 lead in the first two minutes of play. The Tar Heels ran the lead to as much as eight, the last time at 14-6. v i -mm I I- i n I A ,'' ' 'II i " I s. i I f ' ' ' If 1 ' 1 'V ' "t l I ' , 1 ft ' t A - -; t: ; i-i-m-:'y- .f,.'r- .f- . ; U s ' ,; Jr i ' S - rj ' " I ! 1 1 ' ""' ' I ft, y f k "' ' Student Spotlight M ary IBeth Searle recalls year OTHScott Sharp Terps' Herman Veal is called for interfering with dunk ... Worthy scored his 1000th career point Thursday Then the Terps decided they had seen enough. Led by Herman Veal and Adrian Branch, Maryland came back with 10 un answered points to go ahead at 16-14. Both teams had problems getting on track from there, as the Heels managed to make it into in termission with a slim 22-20 edge. UNC got a break early in the second period when Branch was called for holding on the rim on a dunk (a technical foul in college basket ball). Jimmy Black hit the free throw,, and Doherty followed with a basket to help the Heels overcome a 24-22 deficit. "That's the first time that's been called against us," Driesell said of the technical foul. "Those breakaway rims ought to be illegal. We ain't got none of them Mickey Mouse things in College Park." Branch responded with four straight points to give the Terps the lead at 27-24. The Maryland freshman had nine of his game-high 20 points in the first four minutes of the second half. The game remained close with the Terps holding control until Black stole the ball and hit a layup to put UNC ahead for good, 49-48. The See GAME on page 9 By HM WOOD DTH Staff Writer - Being editor of a college yearbook is a lot tougher than many people think. For Mary Beth Searle, editor of the award-winning 1980 Yackety Yack, it domi nated her sophomore year. Searle, a Morehead Scholar from Asheville and an honors art history major, came to the University planning to work on the Yack. During her freshman year, she decided to apply for editor. Although she . had experience on her high school yearbook, "It was a whole new ball game working on the Yack" she said. Searle's Yack vzs recently named by Printing In dustries of America as one of the top 10 yearbooks in the nation. The book was judged on design, photo graphic and reproductive quality and editorial con tent. Now a senior, she recalls her time working on the Yack as a many-faceted and time-consuming ex perience. . . "It was almost like being at the top of a big busi ness," she said. With a staff of more than 100 people and a budget of more than $100,000, her chores in cluded lobbying in the Campus Governing Council and conducting large-scale advertising campaigns, she said. The diversity of demands in the job, she said, ex plains why she was not very involved in other campus activities. "I got my dose of just about everything working with the Yack" she said. i Of course, working on the actual book was what interested her most. "The part of the Yack I liked the most was the visual end of it," she said. With all the various demands, Searle said the time needed to fulfill them seemed immeasurable. Being editor of the Yackt she said, "takes all the hours you've got." . Although her grades suffered mildly during her stint as editor, she said she wasn't sorry for spending so much time on the Yack. "I just decided during the year that I did the Yack, that it was the most important thing to me, and I ad- justed my classes accordingly," she said. "I don't regret it." Most potential Yack editors wait until their junior year to tackle such a big job, but Searle said she was glad she took the job during her sophomore year. Since that year as editor, however, Searle has not worked with the Yack. "I really enjoyed working with the Yackt but now it's nice to be able to spend some time on my own interests," she said. Those other interests still include designing lay outs. Searle is now in charge of doing all the page layouts for the Cellar Door, the campus literary magazine. "Publications are still in my blood," she said. Her goals, however, go much further than design ing layouts for magazines. "I'm spending most of my ! f i , , m mnwiim i i i m in t t OTHJayHyman r.tsry Beth Sccrfe examines work ' ... called her editorship worthwhile time thinking in three dimensions now," she said. , After she graduates next December, she plans to travel to Finland to study the architecture of Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect who specialized in the use of natural materials. When she returns, she will look for a job. "What I hope to do is work with an architectural firm as a draftsman," she said. Noting the economic situation, she added, "I plan to persevere and try to get in." Searle has already had considerable experience in that field. Last summer she worked for an architec tural firm in Denver, Colo., and last semester she spent half of her time attending graduate-level classes in N.C. State's School of Design1.
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