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Volume 93, Issue 12
Wednesday, March 13, 1985
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
World leaders meet
to honor Chernenko
From wire reports
MOSCOW Vice President
George Bush and other world leaders
traveled to Moscow Tuesday to
attend the funeral of Soviet President
Konstantin Chernenko on Wednes
day and to meet newly-appointed
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Soviet newspapers heralded a new
era of leadership by displaying
pictures of Gorbachev on the front
pages while downplaying Chernen
ko's obituary.
Around Moscow many of the
usual preparations were made for the
funeral, but they were less elaborate
and included fewer flags and pho
tographs than were prompted by the
deaths of Yuri Andropov and Leonid
Brezhnev.
Other world leaders traveling to
Moscow to attend the Red Square
funeral included British Prime Min
ister Margaret Thatcher, West Ger
man Chancellor Helmut Kohl,
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
and delegations from other commu
nist countries.
The visiting leaders are planning
to hold short meetings with the new
leader, who at age 54 may have oyer
two decades to establish Soviet
policies.
The unusually quick selection of
Gorbachev, only four hours after
Chernenko's death had been
announced, promises a transition in
Soviet leadership from the leaders
who came to power during the era
of Stalin and World War II to a new
tip
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George Bush
generation of postwar leaders.
Gorbachev, known for his reforms
in the sluggish Soviet agricultural
system, pledged to maintain the
policies of Chernenko and
Andropov and joined Politburo
members in paying their last respects
to Chernenko's family.
The Central Committee pro
claimed three days of official mourn
ing for the deceased leader, who
Gorbachev called "an outstanding
figure of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union."
Chernenko is to lie in state in the
prestigious Hall of Columns until the
funeral Wednesday afternoon.
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By LORRY WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
It has been almost two months since a junior varsity
cheerleader fell while dismounting from the top of
a pyramid stunt and fractured her skull.
Since then University officials have been working
together to draw up guidelines on safety standards
they hope will go into effect next year.
At a press conference March 1, Donald A. Boulton,
vice chancellor and dean of student affairs, released
an official report of Robin Davidson's accident and
an overview of cheerleader safety practices used at
the University.
Recommendations and guidelines for cheerleading
safety used by the Universal Cheerleaders Association
also were released at the conference.
The pyramid stunt in which Davidson, 20, of Rocky
Mount, was injured is called a 2-1 -chair. The squad
had practiced the stunt three times in its warm-ups
before the fall occurred.
In the 2-1-chair pyramid, two male cheerleaders
act as the base, and a third male stands on their
shoulders. A fourth cheerleader assisted Davidson into
the high-chair position on the third cheerleader. The
fourth cheerleader then faced the pyramid to act as
a spotter. Davidson was supposed to dismount to
this spotter.
As Davidson was placed into the high-chair
position, however, the pyramid became off-balance
and moved backward. Spotters jumped forward to
break Davidson's fall from the top of the pyramid,
but her body turned sideways, and her upper body
hit the floor, the report said.
Boulton said one reason for the conference was
to get out an official report of the accident because
none had been released.
Boulton has been working with the cheerleaders,
their adviser and other University officials to put
together some tentative safety guidelines.
A final draft has not been prepared, but Boulton
said they were still working on the regulations.
"We've been working on our own safety standards
for a year and a half now," he said.
Mary Sullivan, UNC cheerleading adviser, said
guidelines used by the Universal Cheerleaders
Association were pretty much what the UNC
cheerleaders had been using.
"We will use those guidelines and operate from
those because we think they're very sound," she said.
Because the UNC cheerleaders already follow many
of the UCA recommendations, Sullivan said, many
changes are not anticipated in any new guidelines.
One change that will be made, however, is the use
of tumbling mats for pyramids, she said. Cheerleaders
will begin using the mats next year in the new Student
Activities Center.
In addition, Sullivan said there were two relatively
major yet tentative changes.
The first suggestion calls for several couples for
the junior varsity squad to be selected during the spring
varsity try-outs. Those people would then be able to
attend Universal Cheerleaders' summer training camp,
Sullivan said.
Choosing four people for the junior varsity squad
to participate in summer camp would assure seniority
and training on the jayvee squad, she said.
Varsity cheerleaders are trained each summer under
the direction of the UCA. They receive training in
crowd participation, gymnastics, spotting, partner
stunts, pyramid-building and dance.
Jayvee cheerleaders are selected and trained under
the direction of the varsity squad. There are two UCA
instructors on the UNC varsity squad. Only one will
leave next year. The other still has a year of eligibility
and will stay, Sullivan said.
The second suggestion involves implementing a
mikeman for the whole year. The mikeman would
.. be used to motivate the crowd during football games
but would act as a spotter during basketball games,
Sullivan said.
"He will be a spirit leader and a spotter," she said.
"He will be an extra member of the squad."
Sullivan said that while the two suggestions were
tentative, she did not foresee any problems.
Some of the changes the cheerleaders have
suggested are little things that might not even be
noticed, Sullivan said, including changing who calls
signals in stunts and not wearing jewelry while
performing.
"They are small things but will improve safety
standards," she said.
University officials said they would have something
in writing by July 1 .
Cheerleading is becoming more of an athletic event,
Sullivan said, and cheerleaders are picked on the basis
of their athletic ability, not just for "being a pretty
face." That's one reason safety regulations are being
stressed.
A cheerleader's first focus is on crowd participation,
she said.
"During a tight game they are going to be out there
screaming and yelling trying to get the crowd going,"
she said. "They're not going to be out there building
a pyramid during a tight game."
Davidson still is listed in fair condition, but she
continues to improve and make progress, said Dave
Kalbacker, a spokesman for N.C. Memorial Hospital.
"She's doing very well," Kalbacker said Monday.
"She seems to be pretty clear about what's going on
around her."
Doctors have upgraded her condition from critical
to fair since the accident happened.
Doctors have been amazed at the progress Davidson
has made. On Feb. 11, doctors said there was an
80 percent mortality rate in most cases involving head
injuries similiar to Davidson's, Kalbacker said.
Davidson is now walking with some assistance from
her parents, and she is talking.
"She's physically stronger," Kalbacker said, but
added that she tires easily.
Davidson also is receiving physical therapy,
occupational therapy and speech therapy. In
occupational therapy, she works on refining motor
skills and practices things like making her hands go
where she wants them to.
"Some people who have been incapacitated for a
while go through occupational therapy," Kalbacker
said. "It's sort of like a next step."
He said that progress might be slow but that doctors
had been pleased so far.
RHA governor's
election dnspuited
By GRANT PARSONS
Staff Writer
Certification of the Morehead Confederation governor's
election must be delayed so charges against the winner, David
Venable, can be decided, according to a Student Supreme
Court ruling handed down Tuesday night.
Venable won the election last month,, but candidate Leslie
Nesbit filed charges calling for his disqualification.
The Supreme Court upheld an earlier lower court decision
to delay the elections. Nesbit had brought allegations against
Venable of soliciting at the polls and defacing her posters,
but the decision to delay the elections was not based on
these charges.
"The election chairpersons failed to inform each candidate
equally and consistently of all the regulations regarding
elections," said Mark Stafford, former Residence Hall
Association president. "The election chairpersons were not
approved by the Morehead Confederation, so the election
was invalid."
Since Nesbit's allegations were not addressed by the
tribunal, she appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme
Court handles matters that affect the entire student body,
as opposed to the Honor Court, which handles disputes
between individuals.
"We found that, according to precedent, the Supreme
Court does not have the power to remove a person from
office (once the election returns are validated," Supreme
Court Chief Justice Scott Norburg said, "so we decided to
delay the (certification) so that if (Venable) is found guilty,
he will not have to be removed from office."
The delay will allow Nesbit to present her case again,
and she said she planned to charge that Venable made obscene
phone calls to her, that Tony Kearney, the previous governor,
was biased while working at the polls; and that individual
ballots were numbered, which jeopardized voter anonymity.
All are elections violations.
Nesbit said she would also charge that 83 ballots were
missing and unaccounted for, that ballots and registration
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Tuesday, a host of golden daffodils still
crowded around the Arboretum.
JFedefdi aid
cuts threaten
all students
By TIM WEBB
Staff Writer
If the proposed Reagan administra
tion budget cuts in education spending
are passed, approximately 2,500 UNC
students would be affected and 1,400
of those students could lose all federal
funds.
"If these cuts are put into place, the
importance of students applying now
cannot be overemphasized," said Elea
nor Morris, director of student aid.
The deadline to apply for federal
funds is March 22, and financial aid
applications are processed on a "first
come, first served basis," Morris said.
If the proposed aid program is
implemented, aid would be based soley
on income, not on need. The present
system also considers factors such as
family size, number of family members
in college and exceptional medical
expenses. There would be a $4,000 cap
on federal aid per student under the
proposed program. Morris said this
especially would affect married gradu
ate students with families as well as out
of state students.
There would be a $25,000 income cap
for Pell Grants, Supplemental Grants,
National Direct Loans and work study
jobs. This would affect about 650 UNC
students. A $32,000 income cap would
be implemented for Guaranteed Stu
dent Loans.
Morris said "The state was proposing
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Area on road to becoming commuter heaven Mfeiim llyesiFoM.
By LISA BRANTLEY
Staff Writer
As traffic-weary commuters await the
opening of the Interstate 40 extension
in Orange and Wake counties, area
transportation and labor analysts say
the greater mobility it will provide could
make Chapel Hill increasingly popular
as a residential community for
commuters.
"1-40 is going to mean that Chapel
Hill will become more of a bedroom
community serving the (Research
Triangle) Park and Raleigh," predicted
Leonard P. Van Ness, executive vice
president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce.
Van Ness said he expected the
number of commuters from Chapel Hill
to continue increasing with the opening
of Interstate 40, the improvement of
other area roads and the growth of job
opportunities in the Research Triangle
Park.
The most recent study conducted by
the Office of State Budget and Man
agement in 1980 showed that, of 36,990
Orange County residents surveyed,
23,406 worked in Orange County,
1 1,373 worked in surrounding counties
or out of state, and 2,212 did not report
their workplace.
By comparison, approximately 9,707
residents of other counties entered
Orange County to work, leaving a net
loss of 1 ,666 people commuting to other
areas.
Of those who worked outside the
county, the most common counties of
employment were Durham, Wake,
Alamance and Chatham.
"We're creating jobs in this area, but
the opportunities are still rather low,"
Van Ness said. "Everybody acknowl
edges we have an underemployment
problem. People need to go where the
higher paying jobs are in the Park
and Durham."
Van Ness said that, according to N.C.
Employment Security Commission
estimates, Wake County was the grea
test drain on the labor force within the
Triangle area. Wake County had a net
gain of 18,570 commuters, and Van
Ness said he expected continued growth
there because the undeveloped sou
thernmost portion of the Research
Triangle Park lies largely in Wake
County rather than Durham County.
The Research Triangle Park employs
25,000 people, and this number has
steadily increased by nearly 2,000 per
year, said Laura Dino, a Research
Triangle Institute spokeswoman.
Roughly 10 percent of employees at
the 6,300-acre park come from Orange
County, Dino said.
Transportation planner Pearson H.
Stewart, also of the Research Triangle
Institute, said he expected . that the
opening of the Interstate 40 extension
and the widening of N.C. 54 between
Chapel Hill and Raleigh would signif
icantly speed traltic llow and allow
continued growth. Plans call for the
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four in 1990 or 1991.
Although Stewart conceded that a
traffic flow problem existed near the
Park during peak morning and evening
hours, he added that people's reactions
to the sometimes lengthy waits at major
interchanges varied.
"Some people who come from New
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By LORETTA GRANTHAM
Staff Writer
Sol Plante, an 11 -year-old Durham
boy reported missing Feb. 18, was
found nine days later in Benson, Ariz.,
said detective l.M. Vick of the Durham
Police Department.
Police said that Plante was staying
with Terry Jackson Spivey of Chapel
Hill and that they located the pair
through a post office box address.
Spivey is being held in Durham County
Jail. He was served with a warrant for
kidnaping, but those charges may be
changed, said Allen Mason of the
Durham County District Attorney's
Office.
"Spivey had applied for a job at IBM
in Tucson just two hours before I
contacted them (IBM)," Vick said.
Several sources had told Vick that
Spivey was trying to obtain an IBM
job.
Because of Spivey's application, Vick
discovered the boy's location, went to
Arizona and brought Plante back, Vick
said.
Vick would not elaborate on the
motive behind the youth's
disappearance.
Helen King, principal at E.K. Powc
School, where Plante is enrolled, said
Plante was doing "real, real well" but
added: "Sol told me today that the jailer
had called him because Spivey wanted
to see him. It shook him (Plante) up."
Plante told King he had wanted to
go with Spivey but soon had realized
what a mistake it was, King said. The
youngster also told the principal that
he had learned a lot from his experience,
she said.
Mason said he had also heard that
Plante had gone willingly with Spivey.
"To comment on that further
wouldn't be appropriate because we're
still investigating," he said.
Plante's schoolmates greeted him
with a sign saying: "Welcome Home
Sol. We Love You" along with a party,
King said.
"He likes his teacher a lot, and she's
made herself available to talk," King
said.
Plante has had good experiences
since returning home. King said, adding
that his parents were providing protec
tion for him.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it. Calvin Coolidge