hftifr Weather Partly cloudy today with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the 50s. A 60 percent chance of rain tonight. High Thursday in the mid 60s. Copyrigni 1983 The Daily Tar Heel. All righls reserved. Winners and Losers For a complete listing of Tuesday's election returns, see the results box on page 3. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 91, Issue 89 Wednesday, November 9, 1983 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 E 'fc0,oi S ' f i ' , wnm?rr. XSSiiSit -WSSmKW XVSSWSK Wv AwW - 1 ' ' L L. f 1 ' -f ' ' v I ! -1 f 3 rrf:--r-,irin---:l ::y bx . t ' ; . -r - M - J i . i ... a - 151- '"- - Y - S-'h - ?, A t - S?s fa "i '-I -( r Aft I flP I JS4-' ' C'-'Yy. DTHzane A. Saunders s x rpxfx iV - vv 1 tta. - - 1 1 1, - - - .",- -. - - " 77z victors celebrate DTHJeff Neovtlie photo by Susie Post Zona Norwood (left), Carrboro Alderman-elect, being congratulated ing that she had won a seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council. Jim by her two children and friends as she is informed of her win. Nan- Porto, Carrboro mayor-elect, showing his excitement as he is told cy Preston (top), being interviewed by Village Cable prior to learn- of his narrow win. Bush vote breaks tie as Senate approves nerve gas funds The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate ap proved 47-46 on Tuesday the production of a new generation of nerve gas wea pons, as Vice President George Bush cast the deciding vote on the issue for the se cond time in four months. The Senate went on to vote 86-6 for a record $253 billion military spending bill, which includes every major weapons pro gram requested by President Reagan, in cluding nerve gas, the MX nuclear missile and long-range B-l bombers. As approved by the Senate, the appro priations measure is $9 billion below the president's most recent spending request. The legislation now goes to a congres sional conference committee for negotia tions with House members who earlier re jected the $114 million nerve gas pro gram. Opponents of producing "binary" nerve gas artillery shells and bombs assail the weapons as gruesome, immoral, and a threat more to civilians than soldiers. "There is no fiscal reason, no nego tiating reason and no military reason, there is no reason of any kind to produce this weapon," said Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore. But 46 senators plus Bush accepted ar guments by Reagan and others that the "binary" bombs and artillery shells should be produced to prod the Soviet Union into a negotiated reduction of chemical stockpiles. In a rare and dramatic repeat of his constitutional role as president of the Senate, Bush made the difference, just as he did July 13 in a 50-49 vote on a defense authorization bill. Each vote was watched carefully by ad ministration supporters and when conser vative Jesse Helms, R-N.C, voted with nerve gas opponents, he was chased by a number of Republicans as he left the floor. Helms returned and changed his vote. Similarly, Republican Alfonse D'Amato of New York, had voted against nerve gas production on a procedural tal ly minutes earlier, but then switched on the proposal to restore funding. The Republican-controlled Senate Ap propriations Committee had sided with the House and recommended blocking nerve gas funding and continuing the 14-year freeze by the United States on the production of chemical weapons. But John Tower, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, successfully moved to restore money for the nerve gas weapons to a $252.5 billion defense bill. A congressional conference committee will now have to negotiate the difference between the House and Senate on the chemical warfare question. The defense appropriations bill in cludes $766.9 million in other funds for defensive measures against chemical war fare, storage of older types of nerve gas and for continued research into binary weapons. The debate on some of the deadliest weapons in the Pentagon's arsenal took place against the backdrop of workmen in rooms behind the Senate chamber noisily shoveled and sweeping debris caused by a bomb explosion Monday night. In urging the opening of production lines for binary weapons, Tower said, "It is the right thing to do for our national security." Assistant Republican leader Ted Stevens of Alaska said, "The Soviets are not going to stay at the bargaining table . . . unless we are willing to show our determination to use these weapons." Stevens said the Soviet Union was go ing full-speed ahead with the production of its own chemical arsenal. And Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., cited evidence indicating the Soviets used chemical weapons in Laos, Afghanistan and Kam puchea (formerly known as Cambodia). To attract support for resuming pro duction, Boschwitz added a requirement that the United States unilaterally destroy double the amount of older types of nerve gas whenever a new binary weapon was added to the arsenal. Inside binary nerve gas shells and bombs are chemicals which are harmless when by themselves, but lethal even in tiny doses when combined. After the ar tillery shells or bombs are en route to their targets, the chemicals are joined and explode into the air upon impact. Oppo nents say the weapons could kill thousands of innocent people downwind from the battlefield. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said the United States already has 200,000 tons of conventional, unitary chemical weapons stockpiled, much of it inside 155-millimeter artillery shells. "The commitment we need is not to launching a new round of the nerve gas race, but to eliminating these gruesome weapons from the face of the earth." Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark., said the type of binary weapons to be dropped from planes, called Big Eye bombs, were not ready to be produced. "This has been a repeated embarrass ment," Pryor said. See DEFENSE on page 2 From staff reports Nancy Preston, Jonathan Howes, R.D. Smith and Bill Thorpe had cause to celebrate Tuesday night, topping a field of six candidates vying for four spots on the Chapel Hill Town Council. Preston, one of two newcomers, led all candidates with 3,500 votes. She was followed by incumbent Jonathan Howes, 3,049, incumbent R.D. Smith, 2,665 and former council member Bill Thorpe, 2,336. Light voter turnout in Chapel Hill, 27.8 percent, may have been a factor in Preston's strong showing. Incumbent Joe Straley was edged out of the race, receiving 2,263 votes, just 73 votes less than Thorpe. Newcomer Katherine Wright finished only 25 votes shy of Thorpe. "So overwhelming," Preston said after seeing the final results. "It's really exciting." Growth and development were the key issues in this year's municipal elections. President of the Chapel Hill Preservation Society and a member of the Historic District Commission, Preston said that Chapel Hill needs to find a middle ground regarding growth. Jonathan Howes, serving his second term on the council, said this year's campaign was not as difficult as past races. "It was a very easy campaign," Howes, director of the UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies said. "I had a record to stand on and didn't need to conduct an aggressive campaign. I didn't feel I had to do the cocktail set." Many local political observers were surprised that two blacks were elected to the council in the same election year, the first time that has happened in the history of Chapel Hill municipal elections. Smith, an 18-year member of the council, and Bill Thorpe, a council member from 1977-1981, were the third and fourth voter getters. "I think it (two blacks being elected) was based not on the fact that people want more blacks," Smith said. "But their decision was respective of each individual candidate." Like Howes, Smith said this campaign was easier than past council elections. "The first time 1 ran was the most exciting, when I led the ticket. That was in 1967," he said. Thorpe, contacted at Elliot's Nest just after his victory was officially announced, said, "I'm very pleased with the students understanding what I was trying to do for them in terms of the proposal that I plan to make to the council to create a position for a student to serve in." Early in his campaign, Thorpe said he wanted to create a student position on the council to be filled by a nominee from the UNC Student Government. He said that support from students was a major factor in his victory Tuesday night. "I'm very pleased," he said. "It was a good field of candidates. "I want the students to know that anytime they have a concern that has to do with town government, they can call me," Thorpe said. Unseated council member Straley said of his cam paign, "I expended more adrenalin four years ago. I didn't have to spend much time deciding what to do this year because I knew what worked last time. The votes show I should have used more adrenalin." Straley, considered by many to be the most liberal candidate this election year, stressed student needs. The town has ignored a possible future housing shortage off campus, as well as other student issues, he said. Wright, finishing just behind Thorpe, attributed her low voter turnout to a lack of controversial issues. "I thought people were interested, but I guess they weren't," said Wright, a practicing Chapel Hill attorney for 25 years. See COUNCIL on page 2 Written by John Conway, with reports from Sarah Raper, Katherine Schultz, Deborah Simpkins and Rebekah Wright. For to wins race over White. ABC or mayor From Staff Reports Independent candidate Jim Porto won the Carrboro mayoral race with 53 per cent of the vote Tuesday night beating Alderman Jim White. Porto, the current chairman of the town Appearance Cornmission, captured three of the five Carrboro precincts by wide margins and tied another to beat White 733 to 660. The vote count came quickly and by 9 p.m. both of the candidates knew the decision. At that time White left the headquarters (across from Carrboro Town Hall) of the Association for a Bet ter Carrboro, the conservative group which endorsed him in the race, and went to Porto's house to congratulate him. Porto said he was pleasantly surprised by the margin. "We've kept everything honest and aboveboard and because of that I can sleep easy tonight," he said. He said he thought much of the margin could be attributed to some last-minute, old-fashioned politicking in the polling precincts Monday. "We swung a lot of votes today," Por to said. "Anyone who wants to win in Carrboro has to go door to door." Porto said he used the tactic extensively in his home precinct of North Carrboro where he received 56 percent of the votes cast. White and his supporters said the out come in that precinct was the key to the whole race. "I am disappointed in North Carr boro," White said. "If that had gone dif ferently, it would have been a different story." -Porto also captured the University Lake precinct. He said the precinct had worried him earlier in the week because of The Daily Tar Heel's endorsement of White. University Lake precinct has a heavy student population. Last minute efforts eased his concern, Porto said. "I worked especially hard for the student vote, and with the endorse ment I had to work especially extra hard over there (University Lake)," he said. The strong effort and campaign organization came all in one month, Por to said. Porto entered the race only, four weeks before the election and spent $600 for his successful bid. Most of the money came from personal funds with a small amount of individual donations limited to $5 each, Porto said. The ABC suffered its only setback in the elections with White's loss. Although the three ABC-sponsored candidates for alderman won, White said he was obviously unable to capitalize on the trend toward conservative voting. "All I can think is that some ABC voters did not think I would be a good mayor, and that's fine," White said. "I presented my candidacy to the voters. I believe in democracv." While losing the mayor's race, White will retain his seat on the Board of Aldermen. The election of the three ABC endorsed alderman candidates means the new board will be made up entirely of conservative members, but Porto said he didn't see any problem with that. "I am disappointed that the board isn't diversified," Porto said. "But I hope to work with the board. I am still committed to getting more citizen input." Alderman John Boone, who was re elected Tuesday night, said he did not an ticipate any problems either. "Jim is a man we can work with," he said. "We have dealt with him before on good terms in matters of the Appearance Commission." The major issue addressed by both can didates was continued growth for Carr boro. Porto said he favored long-range planning of growth with an emphasis on maintaing the atmosphere of Carrboro. White also said he supported continued growth and focused on ways to finance the development. A controversy surrounding White's projection of the town's expected revenue Jrem sales taxes on cars developed late in the campaign, but White said he did not know if that hurt him at the polls. Boone said he was sure the controversy did hurt White. "I think people had made up their minds before then," he said. In the uncontested mayoral race in Chapel Hill, incumbent Mayor Joe Nassif was re-elected. As in Carrboro, more development was the big issue, Nassif said. "We deal with growth 80 to 90 percent of the time with petitions for develop ment," Nassif said. "But more pressing points are a water source and fiscal management. Story by Michael Toole with reports from Tracy Adams and Doug Tate. ABC candidates sweep all three aldermen seats Chapel Hill Town Council race gets light turnout From staff reports Candidates sponsored by the conser vative Association for a Better Carrboro took the three Board of Aldermen seats up for grabs Tuesday. The election was marked by a low voter turnout. Incumbent John Boone led the ticket with 811 votes. Doug Anderson was se cond with 712 votes and Zona Norwood third with 667 votes. The three independent candidates, B. Willis Wilson II, Bill Koole and Doris Foushee, finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Although the ABC's mayoral can didate, Jim White, lost the election to in dependent Jim Porto, ABC supporters were extremely pleased with the faction's success in the elections. Boone said he did not think the Board would have trouble working with Porto. "I know there will be disagreements, but we can work them out," Boone said. Anderson said, "I feel this new board will be a group that will work together and should not be looked at as ABC members but as concerned citizens." The ABC election headquarters, located in Carrboro across from the Town Hall, was quiet after the news of White's defeat. However, the 75 sup porters burst into cheers with the an nouncement that Boone, Anderson and Norwood had been declared unofficial winners. Anderson expressed surprise that all of the ABC candidates were elected. The ABC supporters had felt that Boone and Anderson would be elected, but they were concerned about Norwood's changes, Anderson said. Norwood said she was confident about the election until the first returns came in. "All during the election I thought I would get in until those first returns, but I knew that one of my strongest precincts was Plantation Acres, and it was one of the last two to come in," Norwood said. Boone was the first ABC candidate to be declared a winner, while the hopes of Anderson and Norwood went down to the last precinct to report, University Lake. Anderson, an administrator at N.C. Memorial Hospital, said he was not wor ried that he would get the needed votes from University Lake, because when he was down at the polling site everyone was smiling at him. He said he had no reservations about entering the race even though he had lived in the area only for a short time. "I felt that no citizen should be denied the op portunity to serve if he wants to devote his time," Anderson said. Norwood, an administrative assistant to UNC President William C. Friday, said she was excited but really at a loss for words. "The people from the ABC contacted me about running and I thought I might enjoy it and could contribute something," Norwood said. Boone said he felt his four endorse ments the ABC, The Daily Tar Heel, The Chapel Hill Newspaper and the Southern Orange Black Caucus helped his campaign. A 12-year member of the board and an employee of the UNC purchasing de partment, Boone said it was the first en dorsement he had received from the Daily Tar Heel. He said he felt the endorsement was based on his experience and involve ment with the Carrboro Art School. See ALDERMEN on page 2 Story by Tracy Adams with reports from Kathie Collins, Sarah Raper, Sharon Sheridan, Doug Tate and Mike Toole.

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