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Weather Sunny today, high near 70. Low tonight in the low 40s. Light winds. Say thanks!. Today is Government Ap preciation Day, sponsored by the Society of Janus and the Housing Department, so stop in and thank your residence hall leaders. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ' Volume 91, Issue 148 Thursday, March 15, 1984 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 HIT Cs s?- v Andrews, Lee compare accessibility chin ays n Jl. By WAYNE THOMPSON and TOM CONLON Staff Writers As the May 8 Democratic primary draws nearer, two candidates for the 4th District congressional seat are stepping up their efforts to be accessible to voters. Incumbent Rep. Ike Andrews of Cary says he's made every effort to talk to con stituents during his 11 years in Congress and would continue to do so if re-elected. Challenger Howard Lee, former mayor of Chapel Hill, says he would devote more time to 4th District residents than Andrews has. "I certainly think I could arrange to be in the (4th District) office once every two weeks," Lee said. And he said he would announce in news releases the specific times he would be in his district office. In a telephone interview from his Washington office this week, Andrews said he had not failed to come home to Cary every weekend in the last 1 1 years. "I haven't played golf or tennis. I've met with anyone who wanted to see me," Andrews said. "AH members of Congress face this issue in every race. It's a double-edged sword. If you spend a lot of time in the district, your opponent says why aren't you in Washington. If you spend a lot of time in Washington, they want to know why you're not in the district. Whichever way you do it, you get criticized." The question of whether Andrews spends enough time in the 4th District has become a central issue in Lee's campaign. On Feb. 6, Lee mailed a letter to Andrews and his other primary opponent, John Winters Jr. of Raleigh, asking them to discuss the issues at forums in each of the district's five counties. Winters accepted, but Andrews refused. Lee said that was more evidence that Andrews was neglec ting the district. "Congressman Andrews' unwillingness to come out and discuss the issues and meet me before the public, I think, is un fortunate for himself, and in my opinion, is certainly a disservice to the constituen cies we're trying to serve," Lee said. In an interview published Feb. 17 in The Daily Tar Heel, Lee said, "Accessibility is an issue." Lee also said Andrews had only one office in the distrct, located in Cary. But two weeks earlier, Andrews had opened an office at 1777 Durham Blvd. in Chapel Hill, in addition to an existing of fice in Asheboro. . ,,,.-: CSb - A V ,-', 4i " , g' ' 4 ' . , , n w, ' " - - - A ? , s " , , v'VP lsJf uiii " 1 f 4. . , (, ' ' - - UNC's B.J. Surhoff may have been out on this play, but the Tar Heels had the last ': laughrsweeping a home doubleheader Wednesday. See story, page 9. . DTHChartes Ledtonj no more aoo eals The Associated Press RALEIGH Convicted murderer James W. Hutchins has asked his attorneys not to proceed with appeals aimed at delaying his execution set for 2 a.m. Friday, defense attorney Joseph B. Cheshire said Wednesday. Cheshire said Hutchins realized a new appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court would be "frivolous on his behalf." "He wants to be in control of his destiny. He wants to be at peace. He wants to have dignity at the end. He doesn't want them to have the opportunity to say no to him again," Cheshire said after meeting for about 15 minutes with Gov. Jim Hunt. Cheshire said he discussed with Hunt the possibility of commuting Hutchins' sentence, but Hunt gave no indication of what he would do. Cheshire said he believed the governor will have a decision fairly quickly today. Cheshire said he gave Hunt a 25- to 30-page peti ' tion for clemency signed by more than a dozen peo ple, including members of Hutchins' family. Cheshire said Hutchins knew he was going to see the governor. "Mr. Hutchins asked we not beg the governor, and we have not begged the governor," Cheshire said. Cheshire said he probably would say goodbye to Hutchins today if the governor does not commute the sentence, but would not stay to witness the ex ecution. Cheshire said Hutchins first asked him to drop the appeals Tuesday and repeated his request Wednesday, despite hours of discussions with his at torneys about legal options still available. . Another defense attorney, Thomas Manning, spent about an hour and a half with Hutchins Tues day night to discuss legal remedies still available. Cheshire said Hutchins repeated his hope that at torneys would not pursue the appeals. "All his friends pleaded with him, but they respect his decision," Cheshire said. Although Cheshire strongly opposes the death penalty, he said he felt comfortable with Hutchins' decision because, "I don't think there's a chance in the world the Supreme Court will stay his case." "I will think about this matter tonight and an-. nounce a decision tomorrow," Hunt said,. "You seek help from every source you can get it, including help by prayer." JT-K But, Hunt said, a governor should not lightly go against what the law says and what the courts have decided. He said the only legal issue remaining for him to consider, is the fairness of selecting only jurors who support the death penalty. He said a number of religious issues had been raised by ministers in meetings this week. "I feel very strongly that you ought to have the greatest respect for the courts.'. . I don't think you'd lightly go against what those have done." Hutchins Wednesday drank coffee, read a newspaper, watched television and slept in his stark Central Prison cell a few paces from the chamber where he is scheduled to die by lethal injection. He read through the nine letters delivered to him and was visited by the prison chaplain, psychologist and warden. He also met with his attorneys and several death penalty opponents. "Hutchins is in a very good mood," said Patty McQuillan, a Department of Correction spokeswoman. "He is very talkative." . A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., Tuesday dimmed Hutchuis' prospects of escaping execution by unanimously rejecting the latest appeal. Appeals already have been rejected by U.S. District- Judge Woodrow Jones and the state Supreme Court. Hutchins had been scheduled to die Jan. 13, but his attorneys won a stay just 40 minutes before the execution deadline. Three days later, the new execu tion date was set. Hunt met this week with clergymen on both sides of the issue and a group of lawmen led by Ruther ford County Sheriff Damon Huskey, whose brother Roy was among Hutchins' victims. Meanwhile, a leader of the United Church of Christ Commission on Racial Justice criticized Hunt for supporting the death penalty and said blacks will remember that when they vote in November. Hunt is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Jesse Helms. The Rev. Leon White of Raleigh, field director for the commission, said the death penalty "has been and will be used principally against black and powerless people and that it will undermine the foundation of human rights and black liberation." White said blacks would be turning their backs on the death penalty- issue by supporting - Hunt's can didacy but he said he holds little hope that Hunt will save Hutchins from execution. "I don't know why Howard Lee said we had only one office in the district," Joan Ewing, Andrews' administrative assistant in Washington, said recently. "I'm sure he knows we have offices in Asheboro and now also in Chapel Hill." . The 4th District includes Orange, Wake, Chatham, Franklin and Randolph counties. Lee said his statement about Andrews' district offices was a mistake. "I knew it (that Andrews had more than one office) at the time, but I was just thinking of the one he had in Cary," he said. , Since Andrews' re-election in 1982, Lee said he had urged the congressman to open See 4th DISTRICT on page 4 Vigil, march planned in Raleigh ; death penalty opponents to attend Student groups get funds CGC dips below limit in finance laws By BEN PERKOWSKI Staff Writer The Campus Governing Council Wednesday might approved a proposal by the Finance Committee that Student Government receive $1,619 to cover anticipated expenses for the rest of the semester. Although Student Government treasury laws state the combin ed funds of Student Government in cash at the Student Activities Fund Office and in investment should never fall below $40,000, the funds are below that amount. According to CGC Speaker Reggie Holley, there will be very limited funds available until the end of the semester. He cited last year's Spring Concert and its monetary loss as a reason for the lack of funding. Student Body President Paul Parker said the CGC last term tentatively decided the funding could go below the $40,000 limit. An official ruling has not been made on the issue. Parker said Student Government was still "safe" and would not go bankrupt. On May 15, he said, money left over from the organizations will be returned to the fund because groups cannot keep last year's money after they have been appropriated money for next year. Parker said the money appropriated to Student Government would be used to pay for basic operating costs and to start work on various projects promised during the campaign. Parker said some projects expected to begin -this semester in clude: a National Savings Card, which would give students re duced prices on food, entertainment, etc.; a voter registration drive April 2-6; work on restructuring the hours at the new Davis Library; and a project co-sponsored with ARA Food Services to increase student employment and wages with the food service. The CGC also voted 18-2 to give $1 ,800 to the Phoenix to con tinue the productions of the publication through the fiscal year 1983-84. Greg Smith, Phoenix editor, said his new administration had inherited a bad financial situation from the last administration and needed the funding now or there would be no Phoenix next week. Smith said the money would allow him to continue work on improving the quality and depth of the publication.. "We want to make the Phoenix into something that will last," he said. "We feel we have shown that we deserve the funding and are worth a shot in the future." CGC representative Tim Newman (District 11) said, "The Phoenix has, in the last few publications, shown itself to be a quality publication deserving of this bare subsistence to continue to publish." The CGC also agreed td give the Carolina Course Review $2,800 for the printing costs of the pre-registratiori issue to come out this April; The UNC administration recently decided to pay for all expenses for the Course Review other than printing costs. Reid Turner, business manager for the Carolina Course Review, said without the money the course review would not have published this semester. Several CGC members pointed out that graduate students, which comprise one-third of the student population, are not ade quately covered by the publication. CGC representative John Reed (District 6) said the problem could be corrected as far as the medical school was concerned. "The problem is that no one has asked the faculty," he said. ' "The information is there; students have already filled out course surveys." Turner said the graduate school programs would not be includ ed in the issue to come out this April, but there is a good chance it will be done in the future. "Given the compatibility between the . undergraduate and graduate programs there is a good possibility the graduate schools will be included in the future," he said. ' The CGC voted 23-1 to amend an article of the Student Judicial Governance which would make it an offense of the See CGC on page 2 By TOM CONLON Staff Writer A vigil, followed by a silent march in Raleigh, has been planned for tonight in response to convicted killer James W. Hutchins' scheduled, execution Friday morning. The vigil will begin at 8 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh, to be followed by the march from the church to Central Prison. Melani McAlister, a UNC campus organizer of Students Against the Death Penalty and a volunteer for Amnesty International, said another vigil is scheduled outside Central Prison until the execution is over at 2 a.m. Death penalty opponents have taken the opportunity to gain support for their views. "- "The death penalty is not an issue restricted to a single state, but as a national precedent - it's something we're con cerned about when it happens in any state," McAlister said Wednesday. "Whether Hutchins dies or not, we will stay involved on the issue by educating the public and lobbying on the death penalty issue." McAlister, a UNC senior from New London, N.C., said there was more sup port against the death penalty among col lege students than among the general public. Andrew Balgarnie, a sophomore from Great Britain and a member of Students Against the Death Penalty, said the United States is the only Western nation still allowing capital punishment. "Capital punishment is an ethical issue and a question of sanctity of human life," Balgarnie said Wednesday. "If you look at it from a practical point of view, deter rence by death doesn't work. Statistics show 75 percent of all murders are crimes of passion and not premeditated. Keeping that in mind, one must ask how useful the death penalty is as a deterrent." Balgarnie said Hutchins' only hope for life would be for Gov. Jim Hunt to grant a reprieve, but he was doubtful Hutchins would receive one. "Gov. Hunt is too in terested in getting elected to the U.S. Senate than to jeopardize his chances of making a decision unpopular to public opinion polls." '.. Recent public opinion polls have shown that as much as 80 percent, of North Carolinians favor the death penalty. Hutchins, convicted in 1979 of killing three law enforcement officers in Ruther ford. County, was granted a last-minute stay of execution by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 13. Three days later, a new execution date was set for March 16 in compliance with a state law that requires new executions be scheduled between 60 and 90 days after a stay is lifted. Robert L. Farb, an associate professor at the UNC Institute of Government, said a new bill may be introduced in the June session of the N.C. General Assembly that would remove the 60 to 90 day period. "Before 1981, a new execution date automatically was scheduled for the third Friday of the month if a stay was lifted," Farb said. "General Statute 15-194, in troduced by (Rep.) Dan Blue (D-Wake), now states a court hearing must follow the lifting of a stay and that a new date of ex ecution must be set no earlier than 60 days and no later than 90 days." Farb said the new bill to be introduced probably would allow for a new execution date as soon as practical, providing there was no further stay in a given case. Would-be policemen might find it rough in town 's new training program set up to get rookies in shape w -i? it - - - By BETH OWNLEY Stafr Writer Chapel Hill police officers are getting physical! For the first time, rookies in the Chapel Hill Police Department training program must pass a physical training course in addition to their regular 17-week training course. Ten men and three women are in volved in the program, which began Jan. 16 and will end in late June. Maj. Arnold Gold, the instructor for the physical training course, said the pro gram was started because police depart ment officials realized that public safety, which includes fighting fires and ad ministering cardiopulmonary resuscita tion, required officers to be physically fit. Often, however, officers get in poor physical condition from bad eating habits and sitting in a squad car all day, Gold said. "The basic program deals with jogging, calisthenics and weight training," Gold said. He said the program was designed to increase heart and lung capacity because a stronger cardiovascular system would help officers cope with' the stresses of police duties. The physical training program is held five days a week after the recruits have finished their day's training in classroom, field, driver and self-defense courses. Gold said that the recruits have had favorable reactions to the fitness program. "They feel they've made progress," he said. Lt. Tom Snipes of the . Chapel Hill Police Department said Chapel Hill police trainees must complete all aspects of the training program in order to be certified. Several area police departments require their recruits to pass the regular program within one year after being hired, but only recruits in the Chapel Hill Police Depart ment are required to go through the fitness program, Snipes said. Vv 1 L DTHJelt Neuviito They may look like any other aerobics class, but they're really police rookies in training. The Chapel Hill Police decided that some of its officers may be getting out of shape.
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