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Get out your shades That's right. The sun will shine today so shield your eyes from the glare. The high will only be a brisk 52, and tonight you'll find increasing cloudiness with a low of 28. Copyright 1984 Tho Daily Tar Heef Volume 92, Issue 96 luggish Howard plays Heels tough, but UNC still prevails, 77-63 By FRANK KENNEDY Sports Editor The Mideastern Athletic Conference rarely gets much attention from the college basketball media circus. A league of predominantly black schools centered primarily in the Carolinas and Virginia, the MEAC plays to a familiar story every year: its conference champion gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, plays 40 minutes and goes home for the year. Howard University is the prima donna of that league, so to speak. And its basketball team, the Bison, sent a Shockwave through Carmichael Audit orium for 30 minutes last night, playing sluggish North Carolina a game it won't soon forget before finally succumbing to the 16th-ranked Tar Heels, 77-63. Unable to penetrate a tough 3-2 Howard" zone for most of the first half, but quite able to miss defensive calls and rebounds despite a much larger frontline, UNC dragged its feet for 20 minutes behind a quicker Howard team and trailed 37-35 at the half. It wasn't until with 10 minutes remaining and the Tar Heels leading 54 51 that the UNC defense rattled the Bison's backcourt with a trapping defense, forcing turnovers on four consecutive Howard possessions, while battling more fiercely on the boards to rip off 12 unanswered points and secure a third straight victory against no losses. Howard fell to 0-2. UNC coach Dean Smith was partic ularly disgusted with his team's first-half play, in which the Tar Heels trailed by as many as seven points on several occasions. "I thought Howard was ready and made us look very bad," Smith said. "We missed a lot of easy shots and didn't take good care of the basketball. "I think there is a tendency for a young team to come home and want to show what they can do. We didn't show anything." UNC was baffled by the quicker Bison early on, as Howard built a 14- Union painters deny misplacing CGC records By DAVID SCHMIDT Staff Writer Student Union painters yesterday said they had nothing to do with the loss of voting records from the Campus Governing Council office during the summer. Joseph Dunn and Randy Williams of the Union's housekeeping staff painted the office before classes began, and CGC Speaker Reggie Holley said they removed last semester's voting records along with the mess they made. "When painting the office, they threw stuff around," Holley said last week. "The CGC office was essentially trashed." "Everything was in disarray to start Profs say Chilean military supports Pinochet's gov't By JIM TOWNSEND Staff Writer Eleven years after the military coup that brought him to power in Chile, Gen. Augusto Pinochet is tightening his grip in response to protests that have rocked that country for more than a year. Last month, Pinochet imposed a state of seige, shut down all opposition newspapers and banned political activ ity. More recently, the military con ducted massive "sweeps" aimed at rooting out dissention in two Santiago ghettos, including a roundup of 5,000 men and boys in a sports stadium. Despite signs, which indicate civilian support for Pinochet has all but evaporated, "there is very little chance of a revolution as long as the military continues to support Pinochet," said Arturo Valenzuela, a professor of political science at Duke University. Valenzuela, who returned last wee kend from a visit to Chile after meeting with researchers and citizens there, said the military's willingness to stand behind Pinochet was the result of two factors: the military's tendency to obey its own law, and a strong fear of reprisals from any new government for its harsh tactics in dealing with political unrest. "Military leaders are very legalistic by nature, and now it appears that they're in somewhat of a bind," he said. "In 1973 when the military seized power from a democratically elected Salvadore Allende, they believed it was their constitutional right to do so. In 1980 during an economic boom, Chile approverd a new constitution which said Pinochet would rule until 1989. It would be difficult for the military to violate its own constitution and support another coup. "In addition, many in the military look at Argentina, where the govern ment is putting military leaders on trial, 7 lead by pulling down second and third rebounds over the starting UNC fron tline of 6-1 1 Brad Daugherty, 6-10 Joe Wolf and 6-5 Buzz Peterson. For the third straight game, UNC has played teams with a frontcourt no taller than 6-8. Smith called a timeout with only 5:47 gone and the Tar Heels down by seven. "I told them I couldn't believe what I was seeing out there," Smith said. "We were hurrying around, doing everything wrong. I was disappointed in every part of our play in the first half." Howard coach A.B. Williamson was proud of his team's performance, especially in light of the fact that the Bison were, on paper, overmatched. "Our guys played a legitimate, big-time game," Williamson said. "It's the best game we've had since I've been here." Daugherty said the problems the Tar Heels experienced were mental, stem ming mainly from overconfidence. "This team was too complacent after yesterday's win," said Daugherty, who pulled down 13 rebounds, including eight in the second half rally. "We took Howard kind of lightly." UNC defeated Boston University Sunday, 79-62. Peterson said he could tell the Tar Heels were lackadaisical about the game. "You can sense those things in warmups," Peterson said. "We were real sluggish, but I thought we would come back quicker than we did." Peterson's eight points in the second half complemented strong defensive play as the Tar Heels mixed up a man-to-man defense with a 2-1-2 zone. Coach Smith called the second-half turnabout "decent" basketball, but was careful to limit his praise of a team that many expected to win in a romp. "We played decently in the second half and Kenny Smith played sensationally," Smith said. "But the party's over for us. We've had three games we thought we should have won. Now it's Oral Roberts and Wake Forest." The game was undecided until the with," Dunn said. "It looked like they had a windstorm in there. We just moved the desk back." When they finished the job, he said, all they took were the brushes, rollers and paint they brought with them. "He (Holley) says he wasn't sure who the painters were. I'm quite sure he knows who the painters are," Dunn said. "I just feel he owes us an apology." Melinda Snow, executive secretary for Student Government,, said she saw the office before the painters arrived and agreed it was messy. "It was a workable wreck," she said, "but it was still a wreck." CGC members hadn't stored mate rials consistently during the summer, and fear what would happen if they lost control of the government." The first serious challenge to Pinochet's rule came in the summer of 1983. Economic depression, which has gripped the country, since late 1981, brought 20 percent unemployment and sparked a series of uprisings which were dealt with severely by the Pinochet government. As a result, Pinochet's approval rating in a secret poll reported by the New York Times dropped from highs around 70 percent in 1980 to 18 percent in 1983. Unemployment is now 25 percent and inflation is 30 percent, Valenzuela said. "The state of siege is an indication of the failure of the government. Why would a regime that has been in power for 11 years all of a sudden impose a state of seige unless it had failed?" he said. The latest governmental crackdown is similar to the repression that accom panied the 1973 coup, when thousands were killed or sent to concentration camps, said Frederico Gil, UNC pro fessor emeritus of political science. "It's the same pattern of things, rounding up the men in the cities and taking them out to a stadium," he said. "The military likes to cut off dissent before it goes too far." Valenzuela said the military's efforts to clamp down on dissent had been successful. "They masterfully controlled the movement. There were tanks all around the city intimidating people and making sure nothing really got started. People are scared, uninformed, and bored with it." Officials of the Roman Catholic Church have denounced the govern ment's tactics against protesters as a return to the repression of the mid-seventies. Profitability is the Serving the students and the Tuesday, December 4, 1984 Dave Popson, Warren Martin and UNC defense made things easy for the offense, which hit 50.5 percent from the field for the game. Wolf, Daugherty and Kenny Smith came back in with 10 minutes remain ing, and Daugherty started the run with a short jumper. Switching to a man-to-man defense, the Tar Heels collapsed on the shorter Bison players. Wolf blocked an otherwise sure two points, leading to a fast-break Smith layup; the feel very strongly about this. I can't think of any other way those records were destroyed. CGC Speaker Reggie Holley she said, which created confusion over where they should be kept or could be found. The painters simply took materials from the shelves and placed them in order on desk tops, Snow said. "It was just in a different place messy." Textiles face Second in a three-part series on North Carolinas largest industries: tobacco, textiles and furniture. By CINDY DUNLEVY Staff Writer Lucille Callahan has worked for Firestone Textiles in Gastonia for 25 years. She spent 23 of those years in shafer weaving. She is now a cleaning lady. Approaching retirement did not induce the move; imports pushed her out and phased out her entire textile department. ss N"S : . -a - fr sXf- 1 ft .- y w Z x -sat- ix '-ss! W 4 i Px ac x 6v -xy jot Ix'-T . iiiiiiUC5!: -1 WW Jill l"' 9 HWjlomW x5" Firestone Textiles in sovreign criterion TZjfifZ-i VFlf 'i "" 1IU" """"JIU u"iL '"" " ""j - - - 1,1 -- -- - ? i 1 t l ) - 1 SU 1 V r n - - tst 4 1 yc h - - - 4 civ) ij ,tcJ - ' v -rr .1 'XV I ! J f . A . illilfi --- -.-lY.. "-nmrniiriiiift Tlilnr'ni . 4 " . iiilli University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina DTHLarry Childress Curtis Hunter put on the squeeze trap forced consecutive Howard turnov ers before it could take a shot; then Hale, one of the team's best defensive players, forced a five-second call and another turnover. "(The trap) rattled them," Kenny Smith said. "We had seen a lot of them coming up over midcourt expecting something from us, and there wasn't anything there. But it kept them off guard, and the trap surprised them." Holley said files were left out of cabinets and on desks but added his story remained the same. "I feel very strongly about this," he said. "I can't think of any other way these records were destroyed." Holley also stressed that he appre ciated the paint job and was not critical of maintenance. "Perhaps we were as guilty as they were in that we didn't have our records on permanent trans cripts (such as recording tape)," he said. The lost records contained the results of roll call votes, when each CGC representative must vote orally and individually. At other times, bills pass the council when there is no dissent or by a favorable show of hands. C!fi)fifi) import competition; 518 plants close from 77-82 "They (Firestone) phased out my department in shafer weaving two years ago because of lack of sale s. . .imports made them phase it out," Callahan said. The textile and apparel industries generated $15 billion in revenue in the state in 1983. North Carolina's textile industry is defending against unemployment and plant closings evoked by an acceler ating flood of foreign imports. Nationally, the 1984 textile deficit 1 - - w s ?T! t s 1 1 , 4 'tiff ? 5 1 i ,4 iCcx-v Jr xtv, i - '!aili (, -; Gastonia is one of the largest textile .x. s i v-yvw,w.v.Mw:':)(www.(: of the enterprise. Peter Drucker TJ1 PIP H eavner By MIKE ALLEN Staff Writer James A. Heavner, president of the Village Companies, is advocating a move to change or restrict the laws governing sales in the UNC Student Stores. In a column published in the Oct. 7 Village Advocate, Heavner requested UNC take a "hard look at the Student Stores." The column was based on a lawsuit filed by Pascal and Associates which charged unfair business practices by the University because of low prices on Apple and IBM computers and computer software in the Student Stores. The computer controversy is a renewal of a longtime issue involving what should and should not be sold in the Student Stores, Heavner said. He outlined the growth of the Student Stores, which has been in operation for over 50 years, from a small textbook and school supplies outlet to Orange County's largest retail store, with annual income of more than $10 million. Heavner said the Umstead Act, written by late State Representative John Umstead, Jr. of Chapel Hill and passed in 1939, specifies that only students, faculty, staff and members of their immediate families and "persons who are on campus other than for the purpose of purchasing merchandise from campus stores," may actually buy merchandise from the Student Stores. In 1974, the act was amended to exempt from sales restrictions "educa tional materials, gift items and miscel laneous personal-use items," and stip ulated the campus stores should not be operated for the purpose of competing with stores in the communities sur rounding the University. Heavner said although the operators of the Student Stores were making profits for the University's scholarship endowment, the administration had been "insensitive to the rights and role of the retail entities in this community taxpaying, risk-taking operations which derive their livelihood principally from the campus-oriented marketplace many of whom are small shopkeepers unable to or fearful of mounting a defense." "I believe the University administra tion consists of honorable people who deal in good faith, but the policy making for the Student Stores may need to be reexamined," Heavner said. Student Body President Paul Parker is concerned with the stance Heavner is taking toward the Student Stores. Parker said because 10,096 UNC students were on some type of financial aid, if restrictions were put on what the Student Stores could sell and to whom it could sell, the amount of money flowing from the Student Stores into the scholarship endowment might be seriously cut back. "For 50 percent of the enrollment, is 40 percent higher than in 1983 approaching a record deficit of $7.4 billion the American Textile and Manufacturers Institute reported. According to U.S. Census data, 518 textile plants closed and 155,000 jobs were lost between 1977 and 1982. North Carolina's jobless rate rose from 6.3 percent in September of this year to 6.8 percent in October, the state's Employment Security Commis sion reported. The loss of 4,100 textile mill product jobs accounted for much "' """'jar WW 7 'St 7 srs, y , 4' '4 S AC , -.-. Wj r t S 5 ' 4" 'i , -' Jif-'-V, -r-K'V. jBJ2MdWJjLjijjj.-.- ...,JJ.. A Photo by Kermit Hull Helicopter pilotu' plants in the country. dent Got Classified Information? The deadline for this semester in placing a 'DTH classified ad is Wednesday at 5 p.m. Everybody's reading them, so write one if you care enough to send the very best. News Sports Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 cn ores financial aid is the difference between a high school diploma and a college diploma. It would be a major problem if restrictions were put on the Student Stores," Parker said. Of about $11 million Student Stores takes in yearly, $500,000 goes to financial aid programs and need-based scholarships. Parker said the reason for Heavner's involvement in the issue is not clear, but the fact that Heavner's company owns Village Advocate, WCHL radio station and several other media-based businesses in Chapel Hill and Durham makes Village Company one of the largest advertisers in the area. Parker said due to this lofty but shaky position, Heavner was trying to be a "knight in shining armor for the businesses of Chapel Hill." In a letter of response to Heavner, Parker wrote, "It alarms me, then, when the University is accused of being 'insensitive' to the greater community of Chapel Hill.. ..it should be noticed that most of us (students and faculty) are residents of Chapel Hill and have an interest in the town which extends beyond the borders of the campus." Parker went on to write," Again, you may have a valid claim that our stores mean competition for area businesses; I'm not sure that's bad. In any case, just as the University is a part of Chapel Hill and has certain responsibilities to Chapel Hill, the reverse is also true. By understanding and recognizing the needs of the whole community, the citizens and businesses of Chapel Hill provide a needed service to youths of this state and nation." James Cansler, vice chancellor for student affairs, is also concerned with the Heavner's position. Cansler said in the past several businesses had com plained to the University about various things, including the "Free Flick" film program sponsored by the Union and the sale of frozen yogurt in campus stores, but problems had always been worked out. He said the first respon sibility of the Student Stores had always been to serve students and faculty of the University and would remain that way. Student Stores manager Tom Shetley said he believed Heavner got involved in the issue due to the computer controversy, but he thought the Student Stores acted fairly and responsibly in dealings with students as well as businesses in the community. "We're looked at often by SCAU (Student Consumer Action Union) and we rarely get complaints. The good, sharp mer chants have no problem competing with us," Shetley said. "The relationship between the bus iness community and the University is important and delicate. The overriding question, however, is whether the University should, by principle, operate the largest retail store in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County," Heavner said. of the rise in the unemployment rate. Some textile plants have decided to cut hours and temporarily shutdown rather than fire or lay off workers. While some plants struggle to sustain their employment level, other plants struggle just to keep running. "We are going to stand two weeks and work two weeks," said Clara Parker, an employee at Ty-Caro's Mutual Plant in Gastonia. "We have to stand; (we) simply don't have orders. Imports are so much cheaper." There have been 35 textile related closings during the first 10 months of this year, according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The pace is quickening. In October alone, four North Carolina textile and apparel plants eliminated 839 jobs. A spinner at Carolina Mill's Plant No. 8 in Maiden, Sandy Wise, said she blamed the Reagan administration and Congress for doing little to restrain imports. "It makes you mad," she said. "We put these people into office to help our jobs'. It doesn't seem like they're doing anything." Some plants are not surviving the influx of imports, as a rash of plant closings suggests. In Balfour, a nonwoven-materials plant laid off 100 workers this summer, and a Yadkin ville polyester yarn company reduced employment by 100. In Mount Plea sant, the Hansen Trust Ltd. plans to close its Cabarrus County sportswear plant, thereby, laying off 200 employees. "We just can't compete with the Orient or the islands (in the Carribean basin) vhere they pay $3 or $4 a day," plant manager Jim Gunsallus said. A spokesman for the Firestone plant where Callahan works said the plant had yet to experience even mild See Textiles on page 2 ticizes A