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2The Daily Tar Heel Thursday. January 31. 1985
Advice available for firms entering computer age
By I.AIWA VAN SAN T
Staff Writer
In an effort to take advantage of the computer
boom, many companies that aren't in the computer
retail business have begun selling computer advice.
r-urman Herring and James Murchison recently
opened Info Manage, a Chapel Hill firm that helps
professionals and small businesses develop computer
and software systems.
Herring said virtually any type of company
considering computers could benefit from the services
of a firm such as Info Manage.
"Businesses normally buy hardware and then see
what software goes with it," he said. We would first
identify the potential application of their system and
then see what hardware and software they would
need."
Since it opened. Info Manage has worked primarily
with realtors, but Herring said consultants could help
any business appropriate for automation."
Info Manage and similar companies in the Triangle
area were created to offer services that some believe
retail computer stores cannot provide. But Denise
Cosper. director of training for Entre Computer
Center in Durham, said the services weren't designed
for everyone.
In addition to an introductory course showing
buyers how their computer "gets turned on and how
it works," Cosper said, many stores offer courses on
software, as well as occasional seminars on specific
business applications such as real estate or accounting.
"For many small companies, a computer store can
show them everything they need," she said.
Jack Lafoon, sales manager for Analytical Systems,
a Raleigh consulting company serving both small
professionals and national corporations, said growing
companies needed the continual contact not provided
by retail stores.
"If I show someone a profit-making tool, then he
stands a chance of outgrowing what he's got," Lafoon
said. At that point, he said, the client would move
past the small computers sold by retailers but would
still need consulting services.
There are also specialty consultants, such as
Intimate Services Systems in Chapel Hill, which does
most of its work with book stores.
"We also own the Intimate Bookshops, so we can
show book store owners data processing techniques
and how different computer packages work," said
Intimate President Wallace Kuralt.
"People who know nothing whatsoever about
computers can use our consulting," he said. "Choosing
computer packages is very time-consuming, and if you
make mistakes in the process, it's very costly."
Many businesses, however, don't seek advice from
either a store or a consultant. Glen Lehman, a partner
with Chapel Hill architects Peloquin Associates, said
his firm looked for computer packages on their own.
Despite Lehman's admission that "we didn't know
what we were doing," he said he wouldn't want to
pay for consulting.
"Places like Computerland are trying to sell their
brands," he said, adding that it was hard for computer
experts to know what an architectural firm would
need.
"They didn't know architecture and we didn't know
computers," he said.
F EC charges Helms groups violated election laws
Walters may replace Kirkpatrick
From United Press International reports
WASHINGTON White House
sources say President Reagan will
nominate Vernon Walters to replace
U.N. Ambassador Jeanne
Kirkpatrick.
A retired general and ex-deputy
director of the CIA, Walters has
served as a roving ambassador at
large for the State Department since
I98I.
Kirkpatrick met with Reagan
earlier yesterday and told him she
was leaving government to return to
teaching, writing and lecturing.
Security slip invesigated
WASHINGTON The Secret
Service is investigating an embar
rassing security lapse that allowed a
tourist to wander through the White
House 90 minutes before President
Reagan took the oath of office.
Details came to the attention of
the president on Tuesday after
Robert Latta. 45. of Denver, told
News in Brief
home-town newspapers of his
escapade.
OPEC drops base rate
GENEVA, Switzerland OPEC
abandoned its once-firm S29-per-barrel
official base price yesterday,
lowering its rate an average of SI.
Four of the 13 members dissented
in a possibly disastrous split in the
weakened cartel.
Trade deficit tops record
WASHINGTON The U.S.
merchandise trade deficit with the
rest of the world reached a record
$123.3 billion in 1984 and could go
higher this year, the Commerce
Department reported yesterday.
The figure was more than VA
times this country's 1983 trade deficit
of $69.4 billion.
From staff reports
The Federal Elections Commission
revealed its intention Tuesday to file a
civil suit against the Congressional Club
and Jefferson Marketing Inc. for alleged
election law violations in their support
for Sen. Jesse Helms last year.
The commission's plans were
revealed after it was sued Tuesday by
the two organizations for alleged
harassment during the ' commission's
two-year investigation and for alleged
infringement of the organizations' rights
to free speech and due process.
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The FEC suit, which ordinarily
would not be revealed to the public, was
made known because of the suit filed
by the Helms groups against the
commission.
"If the commission is in a conciliatory
period . . .. lawyers are going to know
the suit is being filed all of that is
under confidential wrap. Correspond
ents can waive confidentiality whenever
they want," said Sharon Snyder,
assistant press officer for the FEC.
The suit by the Helms groups
revealed that the FEC found the alleged
election law violations one week before
the Nov. 6 election, while Gov. Jim
Hunt, Helms' opponent in the Senate
race, was accusing Helms of attempting
to cover up the FEC investigation. The
investigation was initiated by a com
plaint from Democratic Congressman
Charles Rose III of Fayetteville regard
ing two of his campaign opponents who
were supported by the Helms groups.
The complaint alleged that the
Congressional Club, a political action
committee, and Jefferson Marketing
actually are a single organization, which
could place the groups in violation of
federal campaign contribution
regulations.
The suit by the Helms groups also
revealed the FEC had acted on a
complaint from the N.C. Democratic
Party charging the club and Jefferson
Marketing with illegally channeling
funds into the Helms re-election cam
paign. The FEC found "reason to
believe" the groups may have broken
election laws during the Helms sena
torial campaign.
R.E. Carter Wrenn, executive direc
tor of the Congressional Club and,
member of the board of directors of
the foundation that owns Jefferson
Marketing, denied any wrongdoing by
the two groups and said the FEC was
biased and was attempting to expand
its activities beyond authorized limits.
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For the record posser
Reggie Holley, CGC speaker and
another SBP candidate, also said he
would surround himself with people
who hadnH worked in Student Govern
ment before.
"There's an arrogance in Suite C that
I dont like, Holley said. "The bottom
line on this issue is the people that the
president surrounds himself with."
Despite the candidates arguments,
current President Paul Parker said no
candidate truly knew what experience
would be to his advantage until taking
office.
"Nobody knows ' what the job of
student body president is like until he
actually sits in the chair behind the
desk, Parker said. "Experience is not
enough; youVe got to look at what kind
of experience it is.
"If you come up here for any reason
other than that you care or that you
want to get something done, then your
experience doesn't mean anything. So
maybe someone who cares but doesn't
have any experience can be a good
president."
SBP candidates Patricia Wallace and
Brad Ives were unavailable for com
ment last night.
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The story "CBS calls Helms letter an
attempt to control press," (DTH, Jan.
28) should have stated that the Helms
letter to conservatives was leaked about
two weeks ago. The DTH regrets the
error.
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appreciation for our years at
Carolina, but for Seniors a great
way is to make a pledge to the
Senior Class Gift Campaign,
February 3-13."
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Other vacation spots may be okay for
those freshmen and Sophomoric types
that don't know any better, but by the time
you've made it to the higher classes, we
hope you've learned something.
By now, you should know that Bermuda
College Weeks are as much fun and as
carefree, but with a difference. There's a little So this year make use of your education
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lunches at our top hotels, our smashing
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calls to two UNC area directors.
Last night Winstead said several
students had offered to buy the posters
from him for $1 apiece.
Besides a picture of George Wallace,
the poster includes the three-time
Alabama governor's infamous quote, "1
. . . say segregation today, segregation
tomorrow, segregation forever!" Below
that, the poster reads: "P. Wallace Votes
NO on BSM Constitutional Funding,
1984-85. The Wallace Record Speaks
For Itself."
In response to Winstead's complaint
that he resents "people taking down my
personal property," Parker said: "We
didn't know who the owner was, but
weVe done everything we possibly could
to find out."
Parker was referring to the Tuesday
morning sleuthing of Elections Board
Chairman Edwin Fountain and former
Student Body President Kevin Monroe.
They showed the poster to area printing
company workers, one of whom rec
ognized the poster.
That company's manager signed a
statement affirming that Winstead had
purchased 100 copies of the poster for
$28 plus tax.
Because Winstead's poster might
violate the Honor Code, Parker said he
had turned over the printer's statement
as evidence to Student Attorney
General Keith Johnson.
It is Johnson's responsibility now to
determine whether the case warrants a
formal charge in other words,
whether it will come before the Honor
Court. Such decisions usually take 7
10 days to make, Johnson said.
Winstead said he was scheduled to
meet with Johnson tomorrow.
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