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Iter mtti Weather Mostly sunny this morning, becoming increasingly cloudy this afternoon. High of 55. Forty percent chance of rain tonight. Bazaar Crafts The 20th annual Campus Y Handicrafts Bazaar opens today at 2 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Carolina Union. Hours are Friday until 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday 1-5 p.m. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Copyright 1983 The Daily Tar Heel. All rights reserved. Volume 91, Issue 102 Friday, December 2, 1983 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 (JJJto? Helms group reports radio station to FCC The Associated Press RALEIGH The re-election committee for Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., complained Thursday to a federal agency that a Charlotte radio station is broadcasting inaccurate ads about Helms. Mark Stephens, Helms for Senate Committee treasurer, made the complaint about WBT Radio in a letter to the Federal Com munications Commission. He said the committee twice asked the station to stop broadcasting three commercials produced by the state Democratic Party. "In our opinion WBT Radio is not fairly serving the public interest by broadcasting commercials containing misstatements and inaccuracies about Sen. Jesse Helms," Stephens wrote, "We accepted the North Carolina Democratic Party ads as issue-oriented ads," said William Jennings, WBT general manager and vice president. "We have documentation from the Democrats that indicates the charges and claims are factual." Jennings said the station has been running two of the ads since Tuesday. He said it was important to raise the issues in the campaign to increase community awareness. Claude Allen, Helms committee spokesman, said, "We regret having to take this step (filing the FCC complaint), but feel we have no other choice to stop this unfair and untruthful attack by Gov. Hunt on Sen. Helms." Milton Gross, chief of the FCC's Fairness in Political Pro gramming Section in Washington, said such commercials fall under the Fairness Doctrine. They are issue advertising rather than political advertising because there is no declared candidate, Gross said. The Fairness Doctrine requires stations that broadcast pro grams on one side of a controversial issue of public importance to give a reasonable opportunity for opposing viewpoints to be heard. "The commission does not look into the truth or accuracy of material broadcast under the Fairness Doctrine," Gross said in a telephone interview. He said both sides must be aired so the public can decide which is accurate. In a letter earlier this week to more than 80 radio stations, Helms' re-election committee promised to file complaints with the FCC if the stations did not withhold the ads. Allen said he hoped Thursday's action would demonstrate that the committee takes the matter seriously. State Democratic Party Chairman David Price said he con sulted with several radio stations Thursday and dismissed the complaint against WBT as a clear attempt at intimidation. "I assume Sen. Helms wants the ads off the air and will go to great lengths to get them off the air," Price said. "The fact that he's uncomfortable -with the facts we've uncovered doesn't justify this kind of intimidation." After the Helms committee sent its letter to radio stations, Democrats sent the stations telegrams saying the commercials were legal and the threats without legal basis. The party also sent a package of information to document the ads' claims. Helms' objections met at least temporary success, however, as the 78-station N.C. News Network, WPTF in Raleigh and WNCT in Greenville suspended the commercials while ex amining documentation. Price said that stations in every media market were running the ads Thursday. In Chapel Hill, Tom Gorham, a spokesman for WCHL, said the station had received no requests for advertising space from the Democratic Party. If requests for ads were received, General Manager Henry Hinton would make the decision to run them or not, Gorham said. WCHL has not yet received any Helms ads for the 1984 campaign. See ADS on page 6 0 pjs c7' . it 11 ' cos .!- a wzX,:.: ' i wM)' -. I"-" " h. y??k " '"'' U " " $k r-4 JtA I 1 ! J& AMTtyi W '" h n ihi p - 5 jb if vf y II llrW iij-' i -a -- , wHwWml'n Am I 'y&d mmmMl f In I --n 7 M4l U5J i If I ' '"--V'r aC' ' ," " '-! TV7tig-t '" "J" 'mil 'i ii ii i-ii 1 1 nTi i i nr rrt iifi it n'r r Tfra ' K 4 V1, , ,'' ,'- '- ' ? " .IT'S, ' iPT" ' '-"'fy Look! No hands DTHAngeia Cmies Former UNC student Matthew Wright practices clowning around Thursday in front of Joyner dorm. The Chapel Hill resident is currently waiting to hear from Ringimg bros Union approves space for BSM By CHARLES L. WALLINGTON Staff Writer Members of the Carolina Union Board of Directors voted Thursday to allocate approximately 2,000 square feet of space in the newly renovated Chase Hall to the Black Student Movement. The 9-4-1 decision came after more than an hour of deliberation between Board Members and BSM officials. "I'm pleased with the overall outcome of the vote, but I do have mixed feelings about it," BSM President Sherrod Banks said. Banks said he was tired because of the time and energy that he and all of the other officials had put into the issue. In addition, Banks said he was sad because even after all of the evidence was pre sented there were still people who felt the BSM should not have been allocated the space. . "Upendo Lounge and black culture are inseparable," Banks said. "It isn't just four walls, but much more than that." Despite the vote, Union Director Howard Henry reaffirmed his belief that the Carolina Union should have control of all the space in the Chase Union. Henry said the Board's decision was not final because it had not decided on the conditions for allocating the space to the BSM. The Board still could vote to over turn the decision, Henry said. "I don't consider it conclusive in any sense of the word," Henry said. "The Union should not have to ask the BSM how that space should be used." The Board will meet in January to dis cuss the details of allocating the space to the BSM, Union President Lucia Halpern said. The vote affirmed the Board's belief that the BSM should have a place to operate, she said. The Board voted after hearing a deci sion by the Chase Union Advisory Com mittee, which was formed to make re commendations for the re-establishment Of the BSM's role with Upendo Lounge and its place within Chase Hall. The committee, composed of three Campus Governing Council members and three BSM members, discussed the issues surrounding the renovation of Chase Hall and voted Tuesday to recom mend to, the Board that the BSM be allocated the space. Hayden B. Renwick, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he felt the issue never should have been debated from the beginning. "The University makes special conces sions for foreign students and I haven't understood why there's space exclusively for them," he said. "But since this is the case, I see no reason why other minority students shouldn't be offered the same opportunity." Renwick went on to say that he felt the University was designed for white students only. "Until this problem is resolved, then any other minority group will need space for them to enhance their cultural differences," he said. Student Body President Kevin Monroe, who also attended the meeting, called the decision a good step. "Unfor tunately, it's a long time in coming," he said. William Bland, a member of the Union Board of Directors, said he was pleased with the outcome not only as a member of the Board, but as a member appointed through the BSM. "I'm pleased that the whole board was sensitive to the needs of the BSM," he said. "People seem to realize the unique ness of the BSM and the necessity for them to be allocated space." Details to be considered by the Board when it meets in January include: A provision for the BSM and its sub groups, the United Christian Fellowship and the Black Greek Council, to reserve the Upendo Lounge for its scheduled meetings, programs and parties during the semester. After these reservations are made, then the area would be open for other organizations to use. A provision for the BSM president to appoint a supervisor to the Chase Union board of supervisors, if there will be more than one. If only one supervisor is assign ed to the Union, then the BSM president would appoint half of the staff. In. each case, the Union would have final say in accepting or rejecting the employees. A provision that the Chase Union including Upendo Lounge should be operated by the Carolina Union and policy should be formulated by the direc tor and Board of - Directors of ' the Carolina Union. The staff of Chase Union should be employees of the Carolina Union. Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he had hoped that the Board would make a decision that would allow the activities which have taken place in Upendo to continue. "Union space is for the use of all stu dents," Boulton said. "We hope all the good activities will continue." Staff writer Mark Stinneford con tributed to this article. State arrests for DW1 increase; Orange County arrests down By TOM CONLON Staff Writers Although drunken-driving arrests have decreased in Orange County since the new Driving-While-Impaired law went into effect Oct. 1, statewide figures show the DWI arrests are on the rise again. Arrest for drunken driving were dropping off a few weeks before the law went into effect," said Dexter Watts, an assistant director of the In stitute of Government at UNC. "This may have been because of the publici ty on stricter enforcement in the future." According to the N.C. State Highway Patrol, 26.9 percent fewer arrests for driving while impaired were reported in October 1983 than in Oc tober 1982, Watts said. Although November arrests have not yet, been tallied, Watts said the number pro bably will be higher than the October rate. There were 2,833 DWI arrests in October 1983, compared to 3,728 drunken-driving arrests in September. Major E.D. Young, director of en forcement for Western North Carolina at the N.C. State Highway Patrol, said DWIs dropped off in ear ly October but began to rise again in the latter part of the month. Holiday periods tend to have the highest number of drunken-driving ar rests, although April 1983 had 4,705 arrests the highest monthly figure between October 1982 and October 1983. The average monthly figure is between 3,000 and 4,000, Young said. Other moving violations, such as speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign, have not been affected by the new laws, although such violations could be reduced if drivers are more aware of alcohol laws, he said. "Enforcement of other moving violations continue as before," Young said. "DWIs do not take precedence over other violations. It all depends on what the officer sees and decides to do." One concern court officials have ex pressed is the amount of time it takes to process DWI arrests. Clerks have. additional paperwork and respon sibilities and must collect fees from some DWI defendants. Recently, clerks in 15 counties said they would not collect the fees because of the ex tra work required. Young said it was too early to tell if the courts were jammed with DWI cases. "DWIs usually take longer to settle than do routine moving viola tions, so we probably won't know for sure about a backlog problem for a few months," he said. Carnetta Swann, assistant clerk of court for the Chapel Hill division of Orange County, said roughly the same number of DWI cases have been pro cessed since Oct. 1 as drunken-driving arrests during the same period a year ago. But clerks here are burdened with additional requirements of the new law. "Each case now requires more paperwork after the case taking the offender's license or permit, for exam ple and getting proper ad ministrative functions done," she said. "It may take an extra five or ten minutes to handle each case." Major Don Trulove of the Orange County Sheriffs department said that Orange County DWI arrests have decreased since the new laws went into effect but that the new laws have add ed additional burdens on everybody. "For law enforcement personnel, the new law has affected us adversely," he said. "It has caused a strain on our jail and our jail budget. This means that the sheriff and tax payers of the county have to bear the burden of the sentence. " Chapel Hill Police reported 32 DWI arrests in October, compared to 41 drunken driving arrests in October 1982. The downward trend in the number of arrests in Orange County can't be predicted, Trulove said. "I think peo ple are more aware of the severity of the punishments," he said. "But we hope that the effect doesn't wear off. We want people to keep in mind not to drink and drive and hope this' philosophy will become a habit rather than a newly found trend." Plan to withdraw troops U.S. pushes Gemayel on Israeli pullback The Associated Press WASHINGTON The United States pressed upon President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon on Thursday a plan for a phased pull back of Israeli troops with the Lebanese army taking over the relinquished positions, administration sources said. But while Israel has agreed, in principle, to give ground, provided hostile forces do not move into the areas, the government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who visited Washington earlier in the week, ap parently has not formally approved the proposal. However, Defense Minister Moshe Arens has already offered to have the Israelis withdraw halfway to its border if it did not raise security problems for Israel. A U.S. official, briefing reporters after Gemayel met with President Reagan, said "a series of steps" was re quired so that the Lebanese leader could show he was ex panding his control over the country. The official, who declines to be identified, would not discuss the specific measures anticipated. But it was learned from other U.S. sources that a partial Israeli withdrawal was actively discussed during Gemayel's three-day visit. It would be left to Lebanon and Israel to work out the terms. On Capitol Hill, Gemayel told members of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Commit tees he was optimistic the Syrians would be willing to negotiate a withdrawal from his country. Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill., told reporters after the meeting of nearly two hours that Gemayel gave the members no specifics about why he believed the Syrians might be brought into such talks. Percy, chairman of the Senate committee, said Gemayel had told the group that "he was more op timistic than one or two months ago. He said ... there could be withdrawal of all foreign forces, but we couldn't pin him down to any dates." When asked whether he shared Gemayel's optimism, Percy said he was "extraordinarily guarded" about hoping the Syrians would enter withdrawal talks. In early September, the Israelis withdrew to the Awali river, but irritated U.S. officials by retreating before the Lebanese army could take over. Violence erupted in the vacuum that was left. The administration is trying to guide Gemayel. into closer cooperation with Israel and a more aggressive pur suit of negotiations with Syria in order to free his coun try of foreign troops. At the same time, to bolster Gemayel's chances for establishing a stable government, the administration is privately urging Israel to exert its influence with friendly Lebanese groups not to undermine Gemayel's position. This picture of U.S. diplomatic efforts emerged Thursday as Gemayel held a round of meetings with President Reagan, Vice President George Bush and Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Reagan vowed to keep U.S. Marines in Lebanon, say ing their presence was "making it possible for reason to triumph over the forces of violence, hatred and intimida tion." Gemayel, meanwhile, said, "We found ourselves in full agreement on the necessity of withdrawal of all ex ternal forces from Lebanon and the full restoration of the Lebanese sovereignty ..." With 40,000 Syrian troops holding about half the country, more than 15,000 Israelis in effective control of one-third of it and Palestinian fighters engaged in a civil war in Tripoli, the Lebanese leader rules mostly over his capital, Beirut. There, fighting between rival factions this week again interrupted a shaky cease-fire. The airport was closed to traffic. In Beirut Thursday, a man pretending to seek legal ad vice walked into the apartment of Lebanon's top Druse religious judge and assassinated him with a silencer-, equipped pistol. The army, fearing revenge killings, clamped a curfew on Beirut and warned that citizens car rying arms would be shot. Druse gunners hammered Lebanese army positions south of Beirut after the assassination and snipers killed See GEMAYEL on page 2 Local town governments hire many UNC grads By MELANIE WELLS Staff Writer Who gets the jobs available in Chapel Hill and Carrboro town government? Edith Hubbard, personnel director at the Carrboro Town Hall, said a large number of town hall staff members are graduates of UNC. Both Chapel Hill and Carrboro work with various departments at UNC for job recruitment and internship purposes. Hubbard, a graduate of UNC herself, said that the towns hire part time a high percentage of Carolina graduates, and of those, many try to stay on. "There is a good relationship between the town government and the Univer sity," Hubbard said. "Although we ad vertise nationally for most department heads and locally for all job openings, it is remarkable that, while it is so competi tive, many UNC graduates get the posi tions. "People like to come to this area for the job, plus the benefits of the Univer sity, but why pay relocation fees when the cream of the crop is right here?" Bunny Spadaro of the Chapel Hill town government said a degree from UNC is considered prestigious. "Being a local or a graduate here, may be helpful in getting a job in town government be cause it is assumed that you will stay in the area longer," she said. According to Spadaro, salaries general ly range from $8,600 to $32,000 a year. UNC graduate Betsy Harris, recruit ment selector for the Town of Chapel Hill, said the town actively seeks candi dates from the political science and MBA graduate programs, as well as under graduates majoring in criminal justice or accounting. She said a degree from UNC is helpful, but they seek the best qualified people who meet the particular demands of a certain job. Experience counts too, Harris said. "I wish I had known the value of an in ternship or independent study program," she said. "One of the biggest advantages is having had some sort of experience." An internship gets exposure as well as an opportunity to explore an area of interest and the chance to measure expectations against reality, she said. Harris said an internship is valuable to the town because the number of staff po sitions available is not large enough to be able to train people once they are hired to work. The Carrboro town government, with a staff of 78 people, has no positions open, Hubbard said. Carrboro Mayor Robert Drakeford has a degree from UNC, as do three of the town department heads and three of seven professional staff members. Hubbard said most of the interns were recruited from UNC but this had been a lean year so there were only four interns, two from UNC. Student Body President Kevin Monroe said that although his immediate plans were to pursue a career in state or na tional government, he may return to Chapel Hill or Carrboro to seek a posi tion in the local government. "Chapel Hill and Carrboro town governments are stable, functioning and well-organized," he said. Marcia Harris, director of the Uni versity Career Planning and Placement Service, said that when there are openings in local government, the placement ser vice is contacted. She said grades, work See JOBS on page 7