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2The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, October 27, 1988 World and Nation n n im Keeos-oeac From Associated Press reports Republican George Bush sounded like a man counting down the hours to victory in the race for the White .House on Wednesday as he renewed his pledge not to raise taxes. Demo crat Michael Dukakis vowed "to work, to campaign and to win" despite the odds against him. The latest news from the pollsters was anything but good for the Democrats. A Washington Post survey in Maryland, one of the nation's most Democratic states, showed Bush with a nine-point lead. Also, two national polls Tuesday showed a double-digit Democratic deficit. Bush's lead was back down to a single digit in an ABC News Washington Post poll released late Tuesday in which he was ahead by 52-44. The survey of 1,242 likely Martio-supporters confident of victory From Associated Press reports Gov. Jim Martin embarked on the last leg of his three-day whistlestop journey across North Carolina Wed nesday, with confident supporters saying that nothing short of "massive complacency" could cost him re election. The Republican governor's train tour, which began Monday in Ashe ville, was scheduled to conclude at Morehead City after stops in Wilson, Greenville, Washington, New Bern and Havelock. The train got under way at dawn Wednesday at the Amtrak depot in Raleigh, where about 150 supporters gathered to see Martin off. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, whose political base is in the conservative East, spent the day with Martin. "We're charging to the finish line with all the power that a locomotive can give us," Martin said, speaking South Africans vote From Associated Press reports JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Security forces ringed polling booths Wednesday as South Africans of all races, voting simultaneously for the first time, elected segregated municipal councils nationwide. President P.W. Botha's National Party faced a fierce challenge from tfie 'extreme-right Conservative Party in white communities. Turnout was low in many black townships, where anti-apartheid activists urged an election boycott in defiance of state-of-emergency regulations. The most important white battle ground was Pretoria, the capital. The Desktop Publishing, Inc. the experts in laser printing & computer typesetting Why trust your resume to a quick copy shop?? Don't take chances! Your resume is too important to trust to amateurs. Let the experts at Desktop Publishing typeset your r6sume. We will save you time, money & hassles. 304-B East Main St., Carrboro 967-1880 ( next to the new ArtsCenter) It's the 'End of October FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY ONLY All Regularly Priced Items Take Tj HALLOWEEN BONUS IF IT'S mft TAKE AN zf!n?nfWAt qcw nor i 143 E. Franklin St. oo voters was conducted during seven days, a longer sampling period than in the other surveys, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. The vice president began his cam paign day in Detroit, where he said Dukakis sounds like a man "just itching to repeal" the income tax cuts of the Reagan era. The vice president also defended his call for a capital gains tax cut from Dukakis' criticism. "It's not a tax break for the rich. It is a break for those who want to have a job in this country," he said. Dukakis was in Colorado, meeting privately with Hispanic leaders who later said high voter turnout among their constituents could deliver a Democratic upset on Election Day. He laid claim to strong Hispanic support and said that was due in part to his stand against drugs. from a lectern inside a doorway of one of the train's three passenger cars. The spectators, who enjoyed coffee and doughnuts in the morning chill, chanted "Four more years!" as the train lurched down the track. Republican insiders said that with just under two weeks remaining before the Nov. 8 election, they saw no reason to curb their optimism. "Everybody's seeing the same numbers," said Frank Rouse, an Emerald Isle developer and former chairman of the state Republican Party. "This may be a bellwether year. It seems like the courthouse Demo crats are collapsing." Another former GOP chairman, Human Resources Secretary David Flaherty, said he had detected signif icant support for Martin in the East. He said a Democratic county com missioner in Craven County told him South African Press Association said an independent computer analysis indicated the Conservatives would outpoll the National Party for control of Pretoria's city council. Police reported scattered arson and stone-throwing attacks but no fatal ities or major clashes. In Soweto, a township near Johan nesburg where more than 2 million blacks live, only 4,000 people had voted by midafternoon, the state radio reported. The radio said 20,000 of Soweto's 347,000 registered voters had cast ballots in advance. Of South Africa's 26 million blacks, 1,464,198 were eligible to vote $100 I J per page quick service free parking no hassles ft 5 I 968-3235 presidential polls "They want a president who doesn't talk about the subject but who has done something about it," he said. In Pueblo, Dukakis defended his record on gun control in a region where he has been under heavy advertising attack from the National Rifle Association. Dukakis said he does not oppose gun ownership by hunters and sportsmen and for protection. "I hope youH take that word back to your friends and neighbors," he said. "These charges are a lot of baloney and I hope youH tell them that." Advisers insisted the campaign's own polling reflects a closer race than the Bush lead in national polls. Said the candidate, "The pollsters are not going to call this election. It's the people who are going to be voting." He added he would go "on across Tuesday that he supported Martin. "His next question was whether (Jim) Gardner can win" in his race for lieutenant governor, Flaherty said. "And some even think Carring ton will win," a reference to GOP secretary of state nominee John Carrington. "It's really amazing that people are talking that way down East," Fla herty said. He said he saw no way that Democratic Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan could overtake Martin unless the governor's supporters are afflicted with "massive complacency and don't turn out." He recalled 1982, when polls showed Republicans leading several races two weeks before the election. "Then along came the reports that unemployment was 10 percent and the bottom just fell out." Tommy Rhodes, secretary of Nat ural Resources and Community in council in contested elections Wednesday. Nationwide, 7,229 council seats were at stake in 1,071 communities. The state radio said only 905 of the 1,839 black council seats were being contested. Anti-apartheid clergymen such as Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, opposed ' the elections ' and urged South Africans to fast and pray during the day. The United Nations General Assembly voted 146-0 on Wednesday to condemn the elections. The United States and Britain abstained. The government spent millions of dollars on advertising to promote a 1989 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SCHOLARSHIP Nominations for the 1989 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship are now being accepted through November 11, 1988. This scholar ship is awarded annually to recognize stu- aenis wnose civic acuviues ana acaaemic accomplishments best exemplify the ideals and aspirations of the slain civil rights leader. Nominees must be Juniors who have dem onstrated a commitment to civil rights and equality, and must have made an effort to improve the quality of lite in the university community. Nominees must also have dem onstrated leadership abi I ities, and show prom ise of becoming a leader in his or her chosen field of endeavor. Nomination forms are available at the Black Cultural Center and at 03 South Building. Nominations may also be made by writing or calling: Ms. Carolyn Briggs Office of University Affairs 03 South Building 962-6962 Milton's 2-fer Sale! Choose A suit or Sport Coat Select Another cet Both at Hilton's Special "2-FER" Prices. Don't Need Two? ering A Friend And Share The Savings. Athletic Cut Suits 2 FER $378 Reg. S395 each Milton's- wool-Blend suits 2FER$198 Reg. S295 each Augustus Tropical wool Suits 2 FER $438 Reg. 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Development, said he was concerned about overconfldence. "The worst thing to do is sit back and think everything's all right," he said. Appeals Court Judge Donald Smith, who is seeking election to the office to which Martin appointed him, said it was hard to tell whether the top of the ticket would have long enough coattails to help him. "I can tell you that the printed media has shown a lot more interest in the judicial races than IVe seen before," Smith said. Gardner, during a campaign appearance in Hillsborough, again blasted his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Tony Rand, for represent ing people charged in drug cases. In Albemarle, 76 of the state's 100 sheriffs Wednesday endorsed Rand in the lieutenant governor's race, Rand's campaign announced. elections high turnout, contending that it was broadening democracy even though blacks cannot vote in national elections. Critics say turnout percentages will have little meaning because millions of blacks were ineligible to vote. Many leading black opposition groups are banned. ' One black who did vote, Siza Zwane, said national issues didn't prompt him to vote for the Sofasonke Party, whose candidates in Soweto have been criticized for making sweeping promises. "We are going to pay less rent, and they will make the roads much better," Zwane said. The state-run South African Broadcasting Corp. said the overall black turnout exceeded the 21 percent registered in the previous black local elections five years ago, but it gave no figures. Many schools in black, mixed-race and Asian townships near Johannes burg and Cape Town were virtually deserted as students stayed away to protest the elections. In the white elections, the pro apartheid Conservatives hoped to sweep to power in most northern towns. Formed only eight years ago, and never before a factor in local elec tions, the Conservative Party won 26 percent of the vote in May 1987 national elections. Its leaders believe they could seriously challenge the National Party in parliamentary elections expected by 1990. Hilton's - worsted wool Blazers 2 FER $218 Reg. $195 each -Bret Lawrence i Wool Tropical suits 2 FER $298 Reg. $295 each Milton's- Shetland wool Sport Coats 2 FER $178 Reg. $175 each Sussex wool Tropical Suits 2 FER $358 Reg. $395 each -Duck Head i r Jordache Shorts 2 FER $28 Reg. to $24.90 worsted wool Slacks 2 FER $82 Reg. $80 each Birthday letter to hostage printed in Lebanese papers From Associated Press reports BEIRUT, Lebanon Seven Lebanese newspapers published a letter to U.S. hostage Terry And erson Wednesday on the eve of his 41st birthday, his fourth in cap tivity, from a committee of jour nalists working for his release. Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press j is the longest-held of the 14 foreign hostages held in Lebanon. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985, by a pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem faction calling itself Islamic Jihad, or Holy War. "Your colleagues in the U.S. and throughout the world salute you today on your birthday," said the letter published Wednesday in the newspapers. Anderson's birth day actually is Thursday. The Christian Voice of Lebanon and the Moslem Voice of the Nation radio stations broadcast the statement in Arabic against a background of somber music. The stations also announced that they will broadcast the state ment in English on Thursday in the hope that Anderson, who does not speak Arabic, would be able to hear it. The papers also published a photograph of American country music star Hank Williams Jr. receiving a bracelet from Ander son's sister, Peggy Say. In addition to Anderson, the 13 foreigners missing in Lebanon are eight Americans, three Britons, an Italian and an Irishman. The group has demanded the release of 17 comrades jailed in Kuwait for the 1983 bombing of the U.S. and French embassies. Military helicopters crash GILA BEND, Ariz. Two Marine Corps helicopters crashed in the desert during, a night training exercise, killing all 10 people aboard, the military said Wednesday. Lt. Mary Baldwin, a Marine spokeswoman, said she had no details on the cause of the crash Tuesday evening or whether the two airships had collided. The search and recovery were hampered because of fear of unexploded ammunition at the site on an Air Force range and Parking more parking off campus, improving bus service through student fees, charging fees for on-campus parking at night, and charging the Educa tional Foundation (Rams Club) for special events parking, he said. Also included are proposals requir ing the University to create and finance new parking when new buildings are built on existing lots and preventing transportation fees from going toward non-transportation uses, he said. For the In Monday's article, "Court may try case without student," the DTH quoted Student Congress representa tive Brock Dickinson as saying he represented the "voice of student government" at a rally Friday spon sored by the Chapel Hill Coalition for Freedom to Dissent. Dickinson was not formally representing student government, and the views he expressed were his personal beliefs. I featuring r lts ' ;i JOHNNY HAMfERHEAD cf Saturday, Oct. 29th ; zvith a Halloween Costume Contest! 50$ Draft Every 2 Pool Tables! Dartboards (house darts) & Foosball 11 am-2 am Mon-Fri 506 W. Franklin St. 1 nm-2 am Saturday 929-0818 News in Brief because of its remoteness, officials said. The copters went down about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday approximately 125 miles southeast of the Marine Corps Air Station at Yumat officials said. . Drug-related deaths increase WASHINGTON Increas.j ingly violent turf battles involving drug dealers have pushed th nation's capital to the brink of homicide record this vear. ttibl' city's police chief said Wednesday; With less than three month! remaining in 1988, 285 people! have been killed in the District 6fl Columbia, two deaths short of th; record for one year set in 1969, There were 227 homicides m-' Washington last year. Police estimate that 60 percent of this year's killings have been drug-related, compared with 1986 , when 33 percent of the homicides involved drugs. The demand for crack, a highly addictive cocaine derivative, has . fueled the accelerating homicide rate, Turner said. Murder suspect denied bond MARION A Superior Court . judge Wednesday refused to set bond for a Fayetteville man charged with pushing his wife and another woman off a Blue Ridge1 Parkway overlook. Judge Zoro Guice ordered. James Clifton Gibbs held without bond in the McDowell County Jail pending a Nov. 9 probable cause ; heanng. Gibbs, 37, is charged with' first-degree murder in the deaths, of his wife, Helen Burnette Gibbs,' 30, and Susan White Haire, 32- of Ladson, S.C. Mrs. Gibbs and Ms. Haire died Oct. 17 when they fell from the' Chestoa View overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Gibbs has insisted he is innocent and said he fell while climbing down the rugged slope to help the women. Autopsies indicated the two' women died instantly, authorities' said last week. from page 1 Hardin was unavailable for com ment Wednesday. .-- .; Other sources of research, and; information, in addition to the Transportation and Parking Advi sory Committee, include the Office of Facilities Planning and Design and Chapel Hill town officials, Hershey said. The report will include the results of meetings held last year by the planning office concerning the park-: ing issues, he said. . ; Record Wednesday's article, "Course review improvements suggested at ' forum," misrepresented the views of ' Michael Salemi, economics proes- i sor, on the Carolina Course Revfev ' evaluations. Salemi does not believe; '. that the large number of "satisfac-j! tory" ratings in the course review s ! a problem, and he did not say that ! the evaluations need to be changed:!' ! The DTH regrets the errors, v ! Friday & Saturday 4 I Iff iWrf&cc;
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