2The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, February 18, 1988
TX T TT TT" T! O
JNew Mampsraire seowniii
boosts Geptafdlfs campaige
Editor's note: Ttiis is the first of
a w eekly series of presidential can
didate profiles.
By STACI COX
Staff Writer
After a slow start. Rep. Richard
Gephardt's presidential campaign
gained enough momentum to win the
Democratic caucuses in Iowa and
come in second in New Hampshire,
bringing him national recognition
and rallying support for his bid for
the presidency.
"I love New Hampshire," the
Missouri congressman said after his
finish Tuesday, which put him five
delegates behind Mass. Gov. Michael
Dukakis.
Gephardt is best known for his
stance on trade issues, but he also
has a wide range of foreign policy
stands. He supports the INF treaty,
limited nuclear disarmament, the
Arias peace plan, strengthening
NATO, making foreign countries
assume their own defense budget,
negotiating talks with Israel and the
Middle East, supporting small
farmers in east Africa and strong
sanctions against South Africa, said
Caroline Fredrickson, Gephardt's
campaign assistant.
Campaign '88
Nuclear arms reductions are a
Gephardt priority, but he finds
complete disarmament unrealistic
and dangerous, Fredrickson said.
"He (Gephardt) would work for a
strategic triad, meaning we would be
protected from Soviet attack, there
would be no increased chance of a
war and there would be a nuclear
balance," she said.
Gephardt proposes that conferen
ces between the leaders of the Soviet
Union and the United States become
an annual event, Fredrickson said.
Gephardt supports the Arias peace
plan for Central America and thinks
the role of the U.S. government is
to verify the treaty's progress, not to
aid the contras, she said.
"He would like to help the people
(of Central America) at the root of
their problem with programs to end
hunger and prevent widespread
disease, Fredrickson said.
In domestic policy, Gephardt
favors an oil import fee, individual
education accounts to support
college-bound students, improve
ments in primary and secondary
education, welfare reform and budget
cuts, Fredrickson said.
He opposes prayer in schools,
abortion on demand, most SDI
funding, mandatory drug testing and
capital punishment of minors and the
mentally incompetent, she said.
Gephardt supports funding
research for the Strategic Defense
Initiative, but the program does not
have high priority in the face of huge
national debts, Fredrickson said.
"It must be understood that the
deficit is our greatest enemy right
now, which makes President Rea
gan's request for $5.8 billion in
funding (for SDI) ridiculous, Fred
Tickson said.
Gephardt wants to cut the deficit
by $30 to $40 billion. He proposes
cuts annually through cuts in the
defense budget revenues from closing
tax loopholes, an oil import fee and
an end to farm subsidies, she said.
Oil import fees, introduced in
Congress by Gephardt, would control
competition from OPEC nations,
Fredrickson said.
For education, Gephardt would
create individual education accounts
much like IRA's that parents would
set up for college-bound students with
Aw
Richard Gephardt
the government providing matching
funds.
"Education is a top priority, and
we believe that increasing the salaries
of teachers is a major step toward
improvement," Fredrickson said.
Gephardt has been accused of "flip
flopping" on several issues, including
abortion, which he used to condemn
but now says there can be no law
against it.
"Some people have mistaken
growth for flip-flopping," said Fred
rickson. "A rigid thinker cannot be
an effective leader, and through his
experience, Gephardt's views have
developed."
Task force to look into intercity rail system
By LAURA SUMMER
Staff Writer
N.C. Governor Jim Martin pro
posed an intercity rail service Mon
day to help ease North Carolina
transportation growth problems,
although a similar Amtrak system
was discontinued.
A Rail Passenger Service Task
Force was formed to study the
feasibility of a passenger rail system
linking major Piedmont cities, Mar
tin said. But members of the rail
industry said the rail service will not
be profitable and should not be state
iunded. "We say that for a train to be
successful, it must cover out-of-pocket
expenses in the first year," said
John Jacobsen. Amtrak's director of
public affairs.
Amtrak allows a train to operate
for one year before its success is
determined. The Amtrak line between
Raleigh and Charlotte, the Caroli
nian, ran for 10 months before it was
shutdown.
While the Carolinian carried more
interstate passengers than antici
pated, it did not carry enough high
revenue interstate passengers, state
officials said, and the General As
sembly discontinued the state sub
sidy. Under the Amtrak agreement,
the state pays for 40 percent of the
first year cost, and about 66 percent
of the cost thereafter.
"In North Carolina, the state
couldn't let it go a second year,"
Jacobsen said. "It was a political
decision based on the Department of
Transportation selling the project to
the legislature . . . (it's) a tough
political call."
According to state officials, poli
ticians were averse to spending large
state subsidies at a time when federal
subsidies for the program were being
reduced. The legislature didn't know
where it was going to get the money,
said Larry Sams, director of the DOT
planning department.
"There's a strong sentiment that
funds should come from trust funds
that is, funds set up to receive a
dedicated stream of revenue from a
dedicated source, not from taxpay
ers," Sams said. "Highway taxes
should not be used for anything other
than highways."
Minority students end protest
after agreeing on reforms
From Associated Press reports
AMHERST, Mass. A six
day occupation of a University of
Massachusetts building by minor
ity students ended Wednesday
after protesters and the school's
chancellor agreed on reforms to
correct alleged racial harassment
on campus. ,
The five-page agreement
worked out between Chancellor
Joseph Duffey and nine of the
protesters included a promise to
change the school's student con
duct code to allow suspension of
students found to commit acts of
racial violence or harassment.
Duffey agreed to increased
funding for the recuitment of
minority students and teachers,
but he rejected a demand for
student involvement in hiring
faculty members. He also con
sented to the formation of a
student committee to monitor
progress of the pact.
Marine kidnapped in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon Gunmen
on Wednesday kidnapped a U.S.
Marine officer serving with the
U.N. peacekeeping force in south
Lebanon as he drove along a
highway. It brought to nine the
number of Americans held hos
tage in Lebanon.
U.N. and Pentagon officials
identified the victim as Lt. Col.
William Higgins, 43, a native of
Danville, Ky., and chief of an
observer group attached to the
U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
There was no immediate claim
of responsibility for the abduction,
which occurred about 4: 15 p.m. on
the coastal highway between
Lebanon's southernmost port of
Tyre and the border town of
News in Brief
Naqoura, the location of UNI
FIL's headquarters.
Gunman surrenders to police
SUNNYVALE, Calif. A
four-year obsession with a co
worker's smile ended with a Sil
icon Valley technician blasting
into a top-secret defense plant,
killing seven people with a shotgun
and wounding four, including the
woman who spurned him, police
said Wednesday.
"I'm not crazy I know I will
die as a result of this," Robert
Wade Farley, 39, told hostage
negtotiator Ruben Grijalva before
surrendering Tuesday night, more
than five hours after a fusillade
announced his arrival at the ESL
Inc. plant.
Little was known of Farley's
past, police Capt. Al Scott said.
He was never married and had no
children. Farley had relatives in
California, Texas and Germany
and had served 11 years in the
Navy, mostly shore duty, Scott
said.
Schultz, Sakharov to meet
WASHINGTON Secretary
of State George Shultz will meet
with noted Soviet dissident Andrei
Sakharov on his trip to Moscow
next weekend to underline U.S.
support for the human rights
movement.
Other key items are the slowed
down negotiations in Geneva to
produce a treaty cutting U.S. and
Soviet strategic nuclear weapons
in half and a prospective withdra
wal of 120,000 Soviet troops from
Afghanistan.
Candidates gear up for 'Super Tuesday' primary
J
MAKE SOME WAVES THIS SPRINGBREAK
ZlMSE
MCUS
HAIR
71
929-1151
215 N. Columbia (free parking in rear)
By AMY VINSLOW
Staff Writer
After heading south in the wake
of the New Hampshire primaries,
presidential candidates are generally
sticking to their original campaigns
and changing few strategies for the
upcoming Southern primaries, said
representatives from the candidates'
N.C. headquarters.
Vice President George Bush, who
placed third in the Republican
caucuses in Iowa and first in New
Hampshire, will target all Southern
"Super Tuesday" states and continue
to stress the same issues, said Rob
Schuler, campaign director for the
N.C. Bush campaign.
The Democratic winner in New
Hampshire, Mass. Gov. Michael
Dukakis, will pay special attention to
Florida, Texas, Georgia and North
Carolina but will not stray from the
issues he has previously stressed, said
Deirdre Koppel, press secretary for
the N.C. Dukakis headquarters.
"He is running a national cam
paign, but our staff has been working
to address regional issues such as
development, tobacco issues and
The College
Magazine
That
Sizzles
Look for the spring
issue this week at your
campus. Take advantage
now of the PANACHE free
album giveaway, involving
the most fantastic new
album of 1988, Sinead
O'Connor's The Lion And
The Cobra.
rn
s
9 Pl-2 AM et any Chapel IHIICarrboro location
AIO COIIFOAJ MECESSM2VH
SQDIBS
THIS VJEEIFS SPECIAL
Buy any foot-Ions sub or larse
salad & get another of equal or
less value for 99i! Not good with
any other offers. Limit one per
person. Good only after 9 pm.
Downtown- next to Johnny T-Shirt 967-5409
Glcmvood- next to the new Harris-Teeter 960-4233
Eastgste Shopping Center- 967-7827
Cerrboro-VHiew Creels near Food Lion 929-2233
coastal issues," Koppel said.
The Southern campaign for Tenn.
Sen. Albert Gore Jr. will take an
aggressive approach but will also
maintain previous campaign strate
gies, said Tom Hendrickson, N.C.
campaign director for Gore.
"North Carolina is not a new state
on his political map," Hendrickson
said. "We've been going strong
throughout (the South)."
North Carolina remains a very
important target area for Sen. Robert
Dole of Kansas, said Carolyn Bechtel,
'state, vice chair for Dole's' N.C.V
campaign. Dole, who, is Jb.attling.Bush
for front-runner status in the Repub
lican race, is very strong in Western
North Carolina but needs a good
showing throughout the South,
Bechtel said.
It is crucial for all three Republican
candidates to do well in the Southern
polls on March 8, said Merle Black,
associate professor of political
science. He said Dukakis is the only
Democrat who could survive a poor
showing.
With the Southern primaries in
about three weeks, UNC student
affiliations are also busy drumming
up support for their presidential
candidates.
"Well be doing phone banking to
call frequent democratic voters,
holding out signs for name recogni
tion, purposes and helping with a
fund-raiser in Orange County," said
Tina Bessias, coordinator for the
Carolina Campaign for Dukakis and
co-chair for the Orange County
campaign.
n Dnesitt ns an.
This summer may be your last chance to
graduate from college with a degree and an
officers commission. Sign up for ROTCs
six-week Basic Camp now. See your
Professor of Military Science for details.
But hurry. The time is short.
The space is limited. The heat is on.
ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
Call Major Doug Earle, 1-800-222-9184
MILTON'S WINTER
FROGSTRANGLER!
This Is When Milton's Prices Hit Rock Bottom
And The Deals Are Unbeatable.
The Price of Wool And Labor Are
Rising World-Wide, Making This
The Most Important Sale To Dress
Better For Less!
Group Wool Blend Suits, Reg. $295
Frogstrangledto $99.90
Wool Shetland Sport Coats, Reg. $175,
Frogstrangled To $69.90
Worsted Wool Suits By Sussex and College Hall, Reg.
$425, Strangled To $179.90
Group Wool Tropical Suits, Reg. $295, Cut To $149.90
Group Sport Coats, Reg. $1354175 NOW $39.90
Group Wool Sweaters To $50, NOW $19.90
Group Sweaters To $70,
At Unreal $29.90
Entire Stock Rugby And Fleece Shirts,
Reg. $45, At Give-A-Way Of $14.90
Lots Of Other Great Buys To Make This
Frogstangler A Must For Saving Lots On
Wanted Clothes!
iffliltonfc Clotfnng Cupboarb
' v
163 E. Franklin St., Downtown dispel Hill
Hours: on.-Sat.1O-6:30; Sun. 1-5 968-4408
s N W ' I I X I i I
"vV. jifiS .Si5: :..:.:., !
A YE AIR. '
Get a 1988 Yackety Yack.
A
1
n iWiiiWii