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2The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, September 17, 1986 MFvey gives Soet least low raMao By LEE ANN NECESSARY Staff Writer The Southeast was ranked as the least favorable region in America for workers and their families, according to a recent survey by the Southern l abor Institute. But according to Dr. John D. Kasarda, chairman of the UNC Sociology Department, the statistics do not show the great amount of progress the South has made in the past few years. The institute, a branch of the non profit Southern Regional Council, based its conclusions on 33 eco nomic, educational, health and job safety statistics between the years 1975 and 1984. The survey indicated that the southeastern region ranked below other areas in personal income, manufacturing wages, state compen sation for worker disability and unemployment, and infant mortality. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Min nesota, California and New York ranked highest. North Carolina was ranked 43rd, with South Carolina ranked 49th. Kasarda stressed that while the statistics in the survey are valid, the survey does not take into account the lower cost of living in the southern states. For example, North Carolina ranked 50th for manufacturing workers' wages ($7.01 per hour), but Kasarda explained that the cost of living factor should be adjusted into the scale. This would be important because a person in New York may make $10 per hour, but still have a real income that is substantially less than someone's real income in North Carolina. Although the overall picture does not favor the Southeast in terms of employment, Kasarda pointed out that in the survey North Carolina ranked 10th for a 1985 unemploy ment rate of 5.4 percent, indicating that there is a good opportunity for graduating seniors to find jobs in the future. "North Carolina is a highly favor able state for employment opportun ity," said Kasarda. "This is not to say that some of our graduates will not find better opportunities outside the state in their respective fields, but on the other hand other out-of-state graduates will be coming into North Carolina looking for jobs to even things out." He added that North Carolina provides graduates with "... espe cially good opportunities in profes sional, financial, and business research skills, because the state economy is rapidly transforming to become a national leader in infor mation processing and financial activities." Another aspect the survey did not cover was the migration of people into the Southeast. As Kasarda indicated in one of his articles: "the net migration to the South between 1980 and 1985 was nearly three times that to the western regions of the United States." The migration factor and the . amount of people staying in the South would enable many to view the statistics somewhat differently. "Whenever metropolitan areas are ranked as the most desirable in terms of quality of life and employment opportunity, at least one of North Carolina's metropolitan areas is typically ranked among the nation's top five," said Kasarda. The survey also ranked North Carolina: B 40th with an average increase in personal income of $462 for 1984 85. D 44th with average annual pay of $14,678. B 38th for wage growth of $1.64. B 21st for job-related death rates. B 44th for statutory protection of workers. B 47th for income distribution. B 41st for the number of blacks in poverty, 30.4 percent. B 39th for youth' unemployment, 20.2 percent. B 28th for disability maximum benefits. B 43rd for an 13.1 percent infant mortality rate, B 20th for state revenue contribu tions to public schools. Fifty states were ranked. The District of Columbia ranked highest overall in the 33 statistical categories in the Southeast at 29th. Campaigning interfering with N.C. state business By FRED PATTERSON Staff Writer Politicking on state time has been an issue in government as long as it has existed. Office-holders running for re-election have spent the last months of their terms out of the office more often than in, either getting an early start on their own bids or helping drum up support for members of their parties. In North Carolina, both Repub lican Gov . Jim Martin and Attorney General Lacy Thornburg have denounced such practices. When he was campaigning in 1984, Martin promised to reduce the misuse of state time. The issue has surfaced again with the state Supreme Court chief justice race. Republican Rhoda Billings, who was recently sworn in as the interim Supreme Court justice, is running against former senior associate justice James Exum, a Democrat. Martin appointed Billings to the position although she was an asso ciate justice, and traditionally, the appointee has been a senior associate justice. Last week, Martin asked his legal counsel, Sam Wilson, not to raise campaign issues such as the death penalty while conducting state bus iness. The Associated Press quoted Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, a Democrat, V 2 GRE t?7 rSSLT Sbmlsy lU&p&n Tha rJ3AE3T MOVE! PREPARATION FOR: GMAT o LSAT 2634 Chapel Hill Blvd. Suite 1 12 Durham, NC 27707 (9 1 9) 489-2348 (9 1 9) 489-8720 Mon.-Thurs. 9:30-9:00 Fri. 9:30-5:00 Sat. & Sun. 1 0-6 EDUCATIONAL CENTER LTD. Enroll Now! On-campus Bridge Lessons When: Sept. 22 7:00 pm Where: Carolina Union Fee: $1 2 for 8 lessons Sign up in Room 200 Prizes: Fun: Challenge: Social Committee & American Contract Bridge League as saying that Wilson had been making phone calls "trying to pro mote a campaign (for state Supreme Court justice) which would really center on the death penalty." Wilson said that his conversations with district attorneys all over the state are not unusual. Communica tion with district attorneys is the main function of a state legal counsel, he said. The conversations were initiated on state business, he said, and the subject of the race between Billings and Exum came up unintentionally. He said he could not remember the tone or content of the conversations, nor could he recall who had turned them toward the election. Brenda Summers, a spokesman in Jordan's office, said the lieutenant governor was upset that Exum was not chosen to serve in the interim until Nov. 4. She said Jordan feels that although Billings is "certainly a qualified individual," Exum should have been chosen. "Exum has more experience, and they (governors) have always chosen the one with the most experience,'' she said. When asked specifically about Jordan's complaint against Wilson, Summers said that Jordan feels that "state employees are not supposed to politicize on state time.'1 Tim Pittman, Martin's press secretary, said the governor was not aware of Wilson's talks with district attorneys. He said Wilson speaks with district attorneys routinely and "made some comments which could be and were inferred as political." Pittman said that when Martin heard Jordan's complaint, he "ver bally reprimanded" Wilson. Since the politicking was of an accidental nature, it was not a "heinous crime," Pittman said. The incident was "a by-product of state business instead of a point-blank abuse of political position," he said. Martin has made an effort to reduce this form of misuse gi taxpayers' dollars. He has reduced by one-half the number of political appointments in the state govern ment. These appointees would be protected under the State Personnel Act, and Martin feels that state employees should be accountable to the voters they are there to serve. Daniloff's release important to Soviet-American summit From Associated Press reports - MOSCOW - A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that Mos cow wants the case of American journalist Nicholas Daniloff resolved soon, and that it should not be allowed to harm superpower relations. Boris Pyadyshev, first deputy head of the Foreign Ministry's, informa tion board, was asked at a news conference if there was any move ment toward solving Daniloff s case before Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and George Shultz, secretary of state, meet in Washing ton on Friday. The two are supposed to discuss a summit, and White House officials have warned a summit is in jeopardy unless Daniloff returns home first. I am not sure whether it is correct to relate this case to the encounter between Shultz and Shevardnadze, Pyadyshev said. i "No one has placed any time limit on this case. As regards the Soviet side, we would be happy to have this case solved as soon as possible, and would be happy not to have this case at all," he said. "This case should not hamper Soviet-American relations which are at a rather low level, even without this case, and our opinion is that this case should be dealt with in a quiet manner, without dramatizing the situation," Pyadyshev said. Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, was arrested in Moscow Aug. 30, by eight KGB agents after meeting a Soviet acquaintance and being given a package that was later found to contain military maps and photographs. How five minutes can change the way you move ough college. '. ' 2 i y .. ..... ; Mmr 'i in iw ff mi llilfi k I In five minutes you could change the course of History. 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Broyhill is negotiating with the State Cx National North Carolina Association of Broadcasters on a format for the Oct. 12 debate in Charlotte, the campaign said. The one-hour debate is scheduled for 5 p.m. The campaign said the appear ance is the only debate Broyhill will accept. Gas tax increase considered WASHINGTON The House Ways and Means Com mittee is considering a 10-cent-a-gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax as part of a package to reduce the fiscal 1987 deficit. By more than doubling the tax from its current nine cents, the government would be able to raise $6.3 billion over a full year. If the gas tax increase were not implemented until January, as proposed, less would be gained in fiscal 1987, which begins Oct. 1. CP&L request rebuffed By RACHEL STIFFLER Staff Writer , Lacy Thornburg, N.C. attorney general, has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission not to grant the Carolina Power & Light Co.'s request for an exemption from a full scale evacuation drill at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant this fall. John Simmons, deputy attorney general, said the attorney general's office did not see any reason for an exemption from the NRC rule, which requires a plant to conduct a full-scale drill within one year prior to its opening. "Nuclear power has an enviable record in North Carolina, but due to the concern of the public in the area around Shearon Harris, we want to make sure CP&L does everything it can to ensure public safety," Simmons said. He likened the situation to the boasts made about the Titanic. "Everyone was so convinced the Titanic wouldn't sink that they didn't even put enough lifeboats on it," he said. "And we all know what hap pened to the Titanic. We don't expect anything to go wrong at Shearon Harris, but if it does our only 'lifeboats' are the evacuation plans." i Clare Miles; public affairs officer for; the; NRC, said, the commission is considering the issue, but has not yet made a decision. Dan Coleman, spokesman for the Coalition for Alternatives to Shea ron Harris, praised Thornburg's request. "To see the attorney general come around on the side of the common citizen is a hallmark in this cam paign," he said. "We hope other officials will also come around and make sure that CP&L does things right." Mac Harris, manager of news services at CP&L, said the company did not request that the evacuation drill be eliminated, but only that it be scaled down. "Instead of all parties being involved fire departments, rescue squads, etc. it would just involve plant personnel," he said. "It would involve communication with the other parties, but they wouldn't actually do what they do in a full scale evacuation." Harris said CP&L officials did not think another full-scale evacuation was needed this fall because a successful drill was done in May 1985 and another such drill is planned for February 1987. "The NRC requires that we do a drill within one year prior to the loading of the fuel," Harris said. "We had one. It just happened to be a little more than a year ago." Number of women D Wis shows 43 percent increase By PHYLLIS A. FAIR Staff Writer Although researchers say drinking might appear to be more exciting and sensual for women, it isn't always safer. The number of women arrested for driving while impaired jumped 43 percent between 1976 and 1984 in North Carolina, while the number of men arrested on the same charge has declined, said Carol Popkin, research associate at the UNC Highway Safety Research Center. During that time, the crash rate for men declined, but the crash rate for women showed almost no reduc tion, she said. Although the percentage of women arrested for drunk driving has increased, the percentage of men arrested is still larger, Popkin said. But people need to be aware that more women who have been drink ing are taking to the highways, Popkin said. These results are from a UNC study conducted by Popkin, Linda Rudisill, Shirley Geissinger and Patricia Waller, all with the Research Center. The results suggest a growing national problem of drinking and driving by women. One reason for the increased percentage of women DWIs is more women work nowadays, so more of them are driving, she said. Between 1970 and 1980, women's participation in the labor force rose 44 percent to 45 million, Popkin said. And from 1969 to 1983, the number of women drivers increased 58 percent, from 45 million to 71 million. Certain liquor magazine ads sug gest that women can improve their social lives by drinking, and adver tisers have realized women are a good target market, she said. "The ads are selling a promise of enhanced sexuality that appears to be having an impact, just as the increased cigarette advertising of a few years (ago did)," Popkin said. "There are also some suggestions in the scientific literature that women have more accidents than men with the same blood alcohol content (percent of alcohol in a person's blood), possibly because they are affected differently by alcohol when oral contraceptives or natural cycles change their hormonal levels," she said. flj ATT ENTION GREEKS We've Got It I t Clothing: TShirts .Sweats Boxer Shorts Shorts Jerseys Tanks Have your letters sewn on in 2 days or less Gift Items: Can Huggers Sorority Stickers Note Pads Memo Boards Lavalieres Window Decals All in Stock Now Carolina Pride is Your One Stop Greek Shop! Open 7 days a week Mon.-Fri. 9:30-8:00 Saturday 9:30-7:00 Sunday 10:00-5:00 Downtown Chapel Hill 942-0127 We are now members of the Pollack Greek Fair Organization v (r
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