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2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, April 1, 1983 Carrboro bids for project grant By MICHAEL TOOLE Staff Writer Carrboro will be facing stiff competition in its bid for $374,375 in the first round of community development grants scheduled to be awarded in late April. According to Penny Craver, special assistant in the state's Division of Com munity Assistance, 17 communities have requested funding for 23 economic development projects totaling $9.6 mil lion. However, the bulk of the state's $42.9 million allocation for community develop ment will be awarded in a second round of grants for revitalization and planning, Craver said. "Our regulations state that no more than 20 percent of our total funds can be awarded for economic development pro jects," Craver added. That means some communities will miss out in the first round, but Carrboro Town Planner Don Meserve said the twr' -" ject applications have a good chance for approval. Last year Carrboro was awarded $125,000. This year, Carrboro has requested funds for four economic development projects, involving three private businesses and one service organization, Meserve said. The service organization, Orange In dustries, applied for the largest grant, Meserve said. Orange Industries, a division of the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health" Center, which provides services to the handicapped, is requesting $136,550 to be used in moving and expanding its Hillsborough-based operation to Chapel Hill, Meserve said. Craver said that to be eligible for grants, communities are judged on a number of criteria. These include community need, project design, benefit to workers with lower and moderate incomes, availability of other funds and consistency with state policies and programs. "Communities are scored in each of from which we determine their eligibility," Craver said. -J Meserve said 75 percent or more of the jobs that would be created by the grants would go to people with low to moderate incomes. Carrboro also has a Community of Ex cellence program and conforms with the state's Balanced Growth Act, Meserve added. No applications for revitalization pro jects, due May 2, have been proposed, but a public hearing on any plans will be held April 12, Meserve said. Last year the state awarded $45 million in community assistance, but due to dif ferences in federal grant allocations, that amount has been cut by more than $2 mil lion, Craver said, Craver said Chapel Hill did not apply for any economic development grants in the first round. No requests for second round funds have been received at all, she added. ' Gans calls TV no threat to democracy By CHERYL ANDERSON Staff Writer Contrary to popular belief, television news is not a threat to American democracy, said Herbert Gans, professor of sociology at Columbia University. Instead, said Gans, who spoke to an audience of about 100 people Wednesday night in Manning Hall, an increasing cen tralization of the national and world economies along with an in- crease in unemployment are the biggest threats to this country's democratic stability. Gans said that although nationwide television news has dif ferent effects on different people, it is not a danger to American democracy. The lecture was sponsored by the sociology and RTVMP de partments in memory of Doris Selo. Selo, an Iowa native, received a master's in sociology at UNC and was working on a doctorate at the University when she died in 1975. Gans discussed the distinction of television news from other news, what television has and has not done for American politics, how television news is changing American politics and what televi sion news is doing to American democracy. Outside of television news ( being the only national mass medium in the United States and offering immediacy, television news also serves as a watchdog for the political arena, said Gans, who has written several books on city planning and the mass media. There has been a partial decline in some areas of politics so that "political hanky-panky" is more difficult to hide from the camera, he said. Among its other functions, television news also has contributed to a wider diffusion of political "know-how" among the American people, Gans said. In addition, it has increased political costs, making it difficult for those who do not already have money and power to enter the arena through television, he said. Television news is not a major agenda-setter, however, Gans said. It does not tell the public what to think about. Gans said he disagreed with agenda-setters who assume that television news is powerful. At its best, the news could possibly set the agenda on unimportant issues that have no political significance, he said. In politics, television news normally is not an actor. "It remains mostly a messenger ... it does not make speeches," Gans said, "Television news normally cannot tell people what to think," he said. There are only a small number of people whose opinions are actually shaped by television. News stories have "homogeneous effects" on people, he said. Some have said that television news has increased the public's interest in politics, Gans said. But despite the emphasis television has placed on elections, there has been no increase in voter turn out and no increase in the public's interest in politics, he said. . It is even arguable that television has decreased the public's in terest in political participation, he added. "I don't think the media are very good in getting people politically involved." v Generally, television news is just "one more player in the political game," said Gans, whose latest book, Deciding What's News, received two awards from the National Association of the Education of Broadcasters. "To argue that television news can change politics seems to me to trivialize politics itself," he added. Gans admitted that television news is mostly condensed, super ficial and dramatic. "But most news is," he said, adding that print media are not very different from television. All media can act as a watchdog in politics. And providing information is essential to democracy, he admitted. . "There would be less democracy if television news were not there," he said. Gans proposed near the end of the 50-minute talk that news programs should be more specialized to try to cater to the dif ferent people in society. - ' "American democracy would be enhanced a little," he said, emphasizing "little," if television news offered more variety. Bbiefjli" . The Associated Press WASHINGTON The federal excise tax on gasoline rises by a nickel a gallon today, but many motorists are facing even higher prices at the gas pump this year as several states prepare to impose new gas taxes of their own. . Industry experts predict the higher, prices will meet with muted protests from drivers because they have been enjoying recent, sharp declines that have seen the price of regular leaded gasoline drop to below $1 a gallon in some areas. "The timing couldn't have been better," said Francis Fran cois, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. State road interests long have pressed for higher gasoline taxes at national and state levels. Many industry analysts believe most service stations will pass the full gasoline tax along to their customers. But one petroleum industry economist predicted that competition among retail dealers will drive prices back down this summer for several months. LOS ANGELES -- President Reagan charged Thursday that proposals to freeze nuclear arsenals in the United States and Europe are a dangerous concept that "would do more harm than good" and "pull the rug out from under our negotiators" at the U.S.-Soviet arms talks in Geneva. In a determined defense of his administration's arms control efforts, Reagan said in a speech that "impatience can be a real handicap" at the negotiating table and that pressure on the United States and its European allies to freeze nuclear arsenals at present levels "may destroy all hope for an agreement." "Patience strengthens your bargaining position," Reagan said in remarks prepared for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. The speech was a broad justification of U.S. ini tiatives to gain Soviet agreement to reducing their intermediate- and long-range nuclear arsenals while in the in terim pursuing a major modernization and buildup of American military strength. North Carolina banking officials say they probably won't charge the full $29 approved by the Legislature for annual bank credit card fees. "I would imagine that some banks are going to start charg ing a fee fairly soon, but some are hot' going to charge it at all," said Edmund D. Aycock, general counsel for the North Carolina Bankers Association. Banks must give customers a 30-day notice under the measure approved Wednesday for VISA, MasterCard and other bank credit cards. North Carolina National Bank, the state's largest, probably will introduce the fee in the next month or two, said spokesman Winton R. Poole. He said NCNB had not decided how much to charge but said it probably would be around $18 a year. POPAYAN, Colombia A major earthquake struck southern Colombia on Thursday, devastating the city of Popayan where hundreds of tourists had gathered for Holy Week. Estimates of the casualties ranged up to 200 dead and 500 injured. A witness said the shuddering earth "sent the roofs of many houses flying into the air as a cloud of dust covered the city." Another said "whole walls were collapsing" and the noise was deafening. The quake hit at 8:15 a.m., knocked down buildings around the city as some residents slept, and brought the Roman Catholic cathedral down on as many as 100 early-morning worshipers. Police said 25 bodies had been recovered from the rubble of the Spanish colonial-style cathedral, one of several historic buildings destroyed. Police said 35 bodies were recovered from houses and some hotels. Other officials reported fires in some parts of the city damaged by the temblor. Group helps sexually assaulted Support groups for women who have been raped or sexually assaulted are being organized by the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Ginny Long of Carrboro and Celisa McKnight of Chapel Hill will lead the groups. The two women are trained volun teers and are experienced in counseling rape victims. Mary Ann Chap, a center worker, said that the groups are definitely not therapy. The worrien who participate will get a chance to share their feelings and satisfy any need they might have to talk about their experience. "The women who come to these groups have all been through the same experience and can help each other learn how to deal with their emotions," Chap said. "It's a kindred spirit sort of thing." Chap said that the center offers the sup port groups two or three times every year. The program is a routine part of the cen ter's activities and had nothing to do with the number of rapes that are reported. The groups consist mostly of women who were assaulted in the past, she said. During the informational session, the women will separate into groups which will then meet for one evening a week for six to eight weeks. Informational sessions will be held from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. on April 19 and April 20 at the Women's Center, 406 W. Rosemary St. There is no fee for participation. For more' information call the center at 968646. SUZANNE EVANS Women and money management is topic The Daily Tar Heel Board of Directors is announced 1 (. 'V -'.-: Ve'-c-:i . The DaUf Tar Heel Board of Directors serves as the publisher of the DTH. All meetings, announced regularly in the DTH, are open to all students. The following is a list of the 1982-83 board: Janet Hart, chairman Dodd Haynes, Student Body Presi- dent's-appointee ' Tom Bowers, assoc. dean of the School of Journalism Ellen Peirce, assist, professor, school of business aclministration Don Page, business member at large Joe Cannady, media board appointee The following have been appointed to the 1983-84 board." Charlie Madison, Student Body Presi dent's appointee Jonathan Reckford, editor's appointee Karen Van De Castle, student at large on Bowers, Peirce and Page will also serve the 1983-84 board. A spring symposium, "Women and Personal Finances," spon sored by the Orange County Women's Center, will be presented on April 9. The symposium will open with a speech by District Court Judge Patricia Hunt, followed by five workshops on personal money management. Toni Zirker, executive director of the Women's Center, said, "The workshops wilMocus on areas that women need help in;' sucn as taxes, mvesung .ana ouier areas in wmcn women nave been traditionally ignorant." Zirker said she is optimistic about the symposium, saying that 60 people have already registered. She said that one of the workshops, "Planning for Retirement," may attract older women, but she is expecting women of all ages to attend. Zirker said the symposium will help married, divorced, and single women with a workshop, "Yours, Mine and Ours: Proper- . Ml -VI U D ) u I7e Cordially Invito You To Enjoy Dinner in our Renovated 18lh Century Train Station Adjacent to Historic Carr Mill Mail. Enjoy Late Nights in Spagg's Quiet, Candle Lit Atmosphere. Open Nightly yntil 1 am. a bampie from uur umner Menu Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (Ragu) Our Specialty with Onions, Sauteed Mush rooms, Peppers. Served with House Vegetables and Homemade Yeast Rolls. . . . ....... $2.95 Clam Sauce Clams in a Lightly Seasoned Sauce. Served on Spinach Fettucini or Vermicelli. $3.45 Steak Full Flavored Sirloin. Served with Potato, House Vegetables and Homemade Yeast Rolls. . $2.95 Pasta Alfredo Spinach Fettucini Blended with Parmesan Cheese, Butter, Heavy Cream, and Spices. Serv ed with House Vegetables and Homemade Yeast Rolls $2.65 942-4008 Wine, Beer, Assorted Spirits 201 E. Main Carrboro wars ty in Marriage." This workshop will discuss North Carolina pro perty and tax regulations concerning marriage, divorce and child care. For women interested in investing money, Zirker said, there will be a workshop, "What To Do With Your Money." Other workshops include "Starting a Business of .Your Own" and "Getting It Together: The Basics of Managing Your Personal Finances."' 1 ,; '.' . . . .I. .... , - ;we nope tne symposium win oe me nrsi ,pf1(many,; j TKer said. "Our eventual aim is to have one in the spring and one in the fall. Currently, we are waiting for the funding." The symposium will be held April 9 at Phillips Junior High School. Registration forms can be obtained at the Chapel Hill Public Library and the Orange County Women's Center. LYNDA THOMPSON From page 1 Burger King has used an innovative "media ' . coupon" idea as part of its burger battle. The first media coupon was used in the last week end of October. Anyone who went into Burger King during this weekend and said, "The Whopper Beat the Big Mac," would receive two Whoppers for the price of one. A similar strategy was also used recently with the phrase "Broiling beat Frying." IFUFNJIFILOFJEnSS1' 'Just For Fun!" Our nice freoh casual bunches of. Funflouers arc specially priced from $5.00 every Friday! 124 E. Franldin St. 929-1119 o r?o (SileiSSffii All ads must be prepaid. Deadline: Ad must be received by 12 (noon) one business day before publication. Classified ad may be placed at the DTH office or mailed to the DTH Carolina Union 065A, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Classified Info Return ad and check or money order to the DTH office by noon the business day before your ad is to run. Ads must be prepaid. Rates: 25 words or less Students $2.00 Non-students $3.00 5 for each additional word $1.00 more for boxed ad or boldface type Please notify the DTH office Immediately if there are mistakes in your ad. We will be responsible for only the first ad run. announcements UNC STUDENT GOVERNMENT IS now accepting applica tion for Executive Branch committee members. Application and Interview in Suite C of the Carolina Union. For more in formation call 962-5201. Application due Friday, April 1. Interview begin March 30. THIS AFTERNOON START YOUR weekend at Purdys Happy Hour times 6, 3-9 today get 2 drafts for 25C, 75 wine plus 21 and over specials. Friday night admission is free when you come to happy hour today at Purdy's. lost &' found LOST SUNGLASSES ON MONDAY. There is a Porsche emblem on left lens. Reward I offered. Please caB 942-0234. LOST! I HAVE LOST my light blue London Fog coat with dark blue lining. Call or leave message for Amy at 929-4174 reward. Help! services RECALL WORD PROCESSING. Dissertations, theses, term papers, form letters, resumes, etc. AH work is done on modern word processing equipment. Our staff is experienced in legal and medical terminology. Reasonable rates and East turnaround service. For information call Pat King at 493-3536, or come by at 1905 Chapel Hill Road, Durham. EURAIL PASSES-IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY Circle Travel next to Granville Towers in University Square or call 942-2177. - for sale ONE NON-SMOKER. PREF. MALE, needed for 2-bed-room, Estes Park apartment. Bus line, kitchen, laundromat, pool. $65mo. Vi utilities. References required. 929-7727, before 11:00 pm. FEMALE NON-SMOKER NEEDED TO share Mannsfield Condo. Beginning April first Transportation needed. Six miles from campus. Own room. $115mo Vi utilities. Call Terry 933-3148. rides RIDERS NEEDED TO JACKSONVILLE Kinston area Fri day. If interested, call Tom at 933-6353. ALIZA BLACHMAN FINALLY (SORRY It's late) HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to my friendly neighborhood offer. Thanks for keeping me supplied. Here's to your green Harvey Wallbanger down shoes, box ball. Jet, Mrs. Posey, Mrs. Butler, crying In the gym bathroom, rotten eggs, swerv ing and jamming down the road to Charleston, my letting you kiss Greg, the sex room, the puke room, skinny dipping at 2 a.m., thocolate cake. Paradise Casino, grasstoppers, the Lisbon deck, 1 sell you something honey?". Scuzzy, Go for id. Marine and Helen, a nd aO our other wild memories. Hey you. look at the lampa! I smell feesh. Tm so glad you came to UNC my one and only friend here from home. Wish you could be there this summer. Love, Liz. HDLLEL WILL BE HOLDING Its Spring retreat on April 8-10. Attending will be students from aO over Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Topic for the weekend is "Jewish Sexuality on a Southern Cam pus." Cost for the entire weekend is $15 affiliates, $18 non-affiliates OR $4 for Friday evening only, 17 all day Saturday only. $4 Sunday only. Reservations no later than Wednesday. Aprl 6. 942-4057. BABY SUE . . . GUESS WHAT? There's no more hours 'til your birthday. Aren't you glad? We sure are! Hope it's great. Love Mommy Di and Lori. help wanted BLACK MALES AND FEMALES Earn $5hr-get a free physical, and help the environment The EPA needs healthy non-smokers, age 18-35 for a breathing study on the UNC campus. For more information call 966-1253, Monday-Friday. 8-5. PARTY BOAT. 22 FOOT Wahrum Catamaran sailboat Three sails with bags, factory mast boom, rigging. Already moored at Kerr Lake UNC recreation area. Moving west must sell. $800.00. . $1.0 OFF LPs, TAPES 2nd Spring 'Sale Back Door Record. Taesw March 29th thra Sot April 9th. 136 E. Boss ry. Lower Laval, NCNB Plaza. Moau-Sat, 12-6 pjL, 933-Q019. wanted WANTED: SOMEONE TO MoteSMCiM. WIS probably can 933-8782 after 50 p.s. WORK ost say parts. Picas TRAVEL IN SPAIN: STUDY at University of Salamanca. June 27-August 8, 1983. Call collect: A. Armando del Greco. Professor Emeritus (804) 293-3755. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND EASTER. LAA! Ready to party hardy? You better be. Our bets are now tied. Whaf s next? First one to be employed?! JB. S.G. OF C, n, Happy 19th and Happy Easter. Ifs been a great year, but the best is yet to come! (Just wait 'til X-mas!) Happy B-day to the best roomie ever! Love ya! S.G. of C 1. FIND BEST STUDENT rates for summer travel with no ser vice charge. Circle Travel next to Granville Towers in University Square or call 942-2177. LORI H. I MET you at Spanks last week. Remember me? WeO, I remembered your birthday. Happy Birthday to one of the cutest girls at Carolina. The guy in the striped sweater. ACE YOUR GRUESOME TWO weeks arc over and you deserve SOME relaxation. Maybe w can go for a walk (or equivalent) this weekend if you're around. The moon isn't quite full, but if still pretty. Whether you stay or not, have a nice weekend you deserve K, Blue Eyes. Love, the man of many flowers. APPLICATIONS FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE Hoaor Covrt and the Stadaat Attorney GeaaraTs Stall ara available at the Union Desk. Deadline for app&catloa ara daa by April 6 ha 232 Uatoau THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE Employees' Association College Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for Fall 1983 awards. Association members may contact Ellen Dlggs at 966-4360 for application forms. April 1 is the deadline. A.B.S. ANNUAL PIGFEST WILL be held April 8 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Ehringhaus Field. Food served at 5:30 p.m. Facultystudent volleyball. Check in front of Carroll 106 or at A.B.S. office for tickets. ATTENTION RUNNERS! CAMPUS CHEST and CaroUaa Coacmt Publicity wlii spoasoe a lOKnusoa April If. laforaaatioa aad registration forms availabU at area athletic stores, APO. ASTHMA SUFFERERS EARN $50 In an EPA breathing study on the UNC campus. To qualify you must be male, 18-35. with currently active asthma. For more information please call 966-1253. Monday-Friday. 8-5. 18-30 YEAR OLD MALES with colds and flu needed for paid EPA research. Call Dr. Robert Chapman at 541-3804 or 942-3912. DO YOU HAVE EXTRA space fa yoar koeaa? Male 'student wishes to rent mo (s) or hoaafatg space for .meat naiitet. H interested call 933-4263. for rent THERE WILL BE NO Daily Tar Heel on Monday (44). Deadline for deseified for Tuesday's paper ie 1 1:45 an oa Friday (4 1L RAPIDLY EXPANDING COMPUTER SOFTWARE company is seeking full-time office worker. Office and computer experience preferred. Unlimited advancement for out-going, hard-working, self-starter. Call 967-0861, 3 5 pm ask for Chris Stewart. SUBLET MAY-AUGUST. POSSIBLE renewal. Two bedroom, furnished, twenty minute walk to campus, on bus tine. Rent negotiable. Call 968-1538. APARTMENT ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET available for either 1st session summer school or for whole summer. Easy walk to campus. CaB 942-0610. personals W.K. "HERE COMES THE Easter Penguin!" Know this isn't your day. . .but rabbits do have soft fur! Have you hug ged your typewriter today? Love, Sana. roommates BABY SITTER WANTED FOR two boys, ages Vh and 5. Prefer someone who will be around at least part of the sum mer and available Saturday nights plus occasional other times. 967-5722. LOOKING FOR A ROOMMATE? Use SCAU's computeriz ed Roommate Referral Service. Forms available in the SCAU. Suite B. Carolina Union and at Carr Bldg. Free to Students. SENIORS. MASTERS. DOCTORS. 25 graduation in vitations andor announcements with 25 name cards $22.50. CaB Irene at 967-7194 between 10 and 6. Deadline April 15. DEAR MON AMANT A LOUP-Your day has finally arriv ed! I hope you're "hungry like the wolf tonight because where we're going, youll need to be. Love ya wildly, cat woman. P.S. Tonight there's only the two of us. There's no school, no work, no pressure. Let's enjoy each other. FERGUS. LEO: IF I gave you a pound for the moments you missed, and you got dancing lessons for aO the Hps you shouldn't have kissed: You'd be millionaires, you'd be Fred Astaires. Love, kisses. Colin. JOHN: 1 have BRICE STREET new album! What I need I you beside me when I listen to it Lef s see BRICE STREET April 9th. Marsha. DAVE HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY to my favorite byot Thanks for everything, especially lately how about an earth quake to celebrate (after Easter). Love ya, July. HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL! DO yoa feel aad dif ferent bow that yoar 197 tm ejiad I aas srrth yoa today, and I hope rO he aroand for any or! Remember. 1 wUl always love yoa! Love, Bear. 005 BETSY OF SWENSON'S-rm one of five from Tuesday (I picked up your pen). We've got your tip swap for phone ? Intrigued. LIONEL, MY MANNN! Finally. Get out the steaks, turn on the music and cut off the lights. Can't wait to smut around with you a weekend of pawing, ravaging and throwing! Love, your loyal but sore semi Ace. TO MY DEAR EASTER Bunky. Hope your break goes great Looking forward to breaking with you (crayons i.e.) Don't forget to put "The Great Crayola Break (2:00 am 3-31-83) In the book. You color my world -DJO. TO MY BELOVED MICHAEL, Happy happy blrthdayft! 1 cherish you honeybear In my heart of hearts xxxooo In Him I love you, Nancy P.S. I am so grateful to share this day with you!!!
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