4The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, November 3, 1988
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By STACI COX
Assistant State and National Editor
' Civil war, droughts, flooding,
grasshoppers, refugees and locusts
have caused a two-front famine in
Sudan, forcing the Sudanese govern
ment to request foreign aid.
"On the border of southern Sudan
there are 40,000 to 50,000 people in
a single village but there are no
children there," said Pam DeLargy,
an assistant for U.S. aid in Sudan.
"All the children are dead," she
said.
There are two separate famines in
Sudan, one in southern Sudan where
civil war and grasshoppers have
destroyed much of the land, and
another in northern Sudan, which has
suffered severe flooding, a swarm of
locusts, and an influx of refugees
from the South, said Mohamed
Elfakie, a secretary at the Sudan
Embassy in Washington.
The government cannot get supp
lies through the rebel lines by bus or
car, and the rebels have threatened
to shoot down any airplanes crossing
their territory, Elfakie said in a
telephone interview.
Despite government claims, the
rebels are not completely to blame,
said DeLargy, who just returned from
a visit to Sudan. The government
refuses to give supplies to anyone but
its supporters, while the Sudanese
Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA)
Carrboro to improve,
widen 3 town streets
By LD. CURLE
Staff Writer
The Town of Carrboro is plan
ning to widen and improve sec
tions of three major roads begin
ning next year by providing a curb
and gutter border for the roads,
widening traffic lanes and adding
bike lanes.
Hillsborough Road, Greens
boro Street and Main Street are
now an average of about 20 feet
wide, but after the planned
changes they will be 36 feet wide,
Carrboro transportation director
James Dunlop said Wednesday.
The changes will be made on
most of Main Street, on all of
Greensboro Street that has not
already been widened and on
Hillsborough Road between the
intersections of Main and Lor
raine streets, Dunlop said.
Some intersections also will be
altered , for improvement along
with these changes, he said.
Dunlop said he was involved in
coordinating the interests of the
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only allows its people to be fed.
"The insurgence is almost like a
secession movement," DeLargy said.
Southern Sudan felt neglected by
the North and was demanding a
greater share of state funds when the
government imposed Islamic law on
the country in 1983, she said. The
majority of the southern area is not
Islamic, and the people revolted.
"It's basically a fight for greater
regional autonomy," DeLargy said.
When the war began, thousands of
people fled to the North in hopes of
finding food, shelter and
employment.
"People who left the South, they
took nothing with them," Elfakie
said. "Their only intention was to get
out of there."
The government has been forced
to provide everything for the refugees,
making it all the more difficult to
supply the South, Elfakie said. The
government ordered the rebels to
negotiate the situation, but so far they
have refused, he said.
"The government has not made any
clear steps toward resolving the
situation," DeLargy said.
The prime minister promised to
end Islamic law when he took power
in 1986, but instead he strengthened
it, she said.
When a Red Cross plane tried to
airlift supplies to southern Sudan, the
SPLA shot it down, and international
town with the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
(DOT). The department is respon
sible for most of the project, he
said.
John Taylor, who is in charge
of planning and engineering the
project for DOT, said the esti
mated cost for the project is $2.5
million. The major sources of
funding for the project will be state
and federal funds, with city funds
contributing less, Taylor said.
The DOT is concerned with
improving sight distance for stop
ping on city roads, Taylor said.
The DOT will also have to con
form to state and federal guide
lines, he said.
Dunlop said most of the project
falls within the current right of way
that the DOT possesses. But
before construction can start, right
of way, construction easements
and drainage easements must be
obtained from some property
owners in the areas where the
project goes outside of the DOT
right of way. ' '
efforts ceased, DeLargy said. But in
the last few weeks, the situation has
worsened enough for the Sudanese
government to request new airlift
attempts on the part of the interna
tional community.
The United States is trying to airlift
supplies to southern Sudan but has
been unable to get across the rebel
lines, DeLargy said. The United
Nations is attempting to get supplies
in from across the Uganda border,
she said.
But while the U.S. Agency for
International Development is trying
to assist the southern Sudanese, the
U.S. government is funding the
Sudanese government in the civil war,
and Ethiopia is aiding the SPLA,
DeLargy said.
Meanwhile, there are equally
complicated problems causing famine
in the North.
"During the summer there was
drastic flooding which made even
urban areas difficult places of refuge,"
said Ann Dunbar, UNC associate
professor of African and Afro
American studies.
The Sudanese government is
directing efforts to build houses and
provide food for the thousands of
people left homeless after heavy rains
destroyed much of the existing
homes, Elfakie said.
"These people are the wandering
homeless," he said.
Church to
By AMY WEISNER
Staff Writer
They disagreed with the conserva
tive fundamentalist movement of the
1930s and '40s. They marched
through Southern streets during the
civil rights fight for desegregation.
And this weekend, members of the
Community Church of Chapel Hill
are celebrating their 35th year of
social activism.
"The church has been in the
forefront of race relations issues and
almost all social concerns of the
town," said Beverly Kawalec, assist
ant to Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan
Howes. "They have always been a
positive force."
The anniversary will recognize the
Rev. William Sloan Coffin, national
president of the activist peace group
SANE Freeze. Cofffin will deliver
two speeches during the weekend
celebration.
Retired UNC professor Joe Straley
said, "He is one of the most out
spoken and most listened-to advo
cates of peace and nuclear
disarmament."
Coffin, a former chaplain at Yale
University and senior minister at
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In addition to the thousands left
homeless by flooding in the capital
city of Khartoum, there are thou
sands more refugees from the South
who came in search of assistance,
DeLargy said.
"Not only are they having to deal
with refugees from the South, but
they already had a problem with
refugees who came from the West
during a 1985 famine."
Keeping crops growing is more
difficult for the North now because
the remaining crops are being
attacked by a swarm of locusts.
Even with such devastating prob
lems, innumerable numbers of people
move to Khartoum and the surround
ing area daily, Elfakie said.
"They come in grave numbers and
there is nothing the government can
do," he said. "The government tries,
but what we have is not enough
because it is beyond the ability of the
government."
"Unsettled civil and political con
ditions and warfare tend to worsen
any famine. It was true of Ethiopia,"
Dunbar said.
DeLargy said efforts to alleviate
the famine will be successful tempor
arily, but the extensive complications
will eventually catch up to the ailing
nation.
"It's not going to do much in the
long run," he said.
celebrate
Riverside Church in New York City,
marched with Martin Luther King
against segregation and discrimina
tion. He also joined Benjamin
Spock's protests of U.S. military
involvement in Southeast Asia.
Coffin received national attention
when he led the SANE Freeze 's
massive demonstration on the steps
of the United Nations in 1982.
Coffin will deliver a two-part
speech titled "The Twin Crises Facing
the United States" during the anni
versary celebration.
The UNC Curriculum in Peace,
War and Defense will sponsor the
first part of the address, "The Military
Crisis." It will be held at 8 p.m.
Saturday in Gerrard Hall.
The second part of the address will
be delivered as the anniversary
sermon at the church. "The Moral
Crisis" will be given during the 11
a.m. service at the Community
Church on Sunday.
Members of the interdenomina
tional, interracial church also will
honor their first4 minister" the Rev.
Charles Jones, and his wife Dorcas.
Straley said Jones served at Uni
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d Halloween night was rela
tively quiet, but there were a few
incidents of vandalism.
Mailbox terrorism ran rampant
in the Lake Shore Drive area, as
three mailboxes were damaged. At
one location, the mailbox was
knocked over, and the damage was
estimated at $20.
At a second address, the mail
box was torn down and the stand
was bent in half. According to the
report, the job was apparently
done by hand. The mailbox was
valued at $30.
At a third residence, the mail
box was vandalized, and the
estimated damage was $30.
In the Sedgefield Road area,
police received reports of a car
riding through the area with eggs
being thrown from the car. Police
could not find anyone in the area.
a A man was seen shoplifting
a watch at Ivey's in University
Mall on Monday. A security guard
approached the man, and the man
ran. After a brief chase on foot,
the shoplifter got into his car and
left the area by the time police
arrived.
B A resident of Granville East
reported property stolen from his
room Tuesday. Several individuals
had access to the room during the
time the property was taken. The
tradition of activism
versity Presbyterian Church from
1941 until his dismissal in 1953 for
improperly reading the Bible.
Jones became the center of con
troversy in the town during the civil
rights struggles of the '60s, when he
Marriott
students an alternative when the
dining halls are crowded during peak
hours, he said.
But Shetley, auxiliary services
director, said he wants the Pit Stop
closed because it will compete too
heavily with the Student Union snack
bar.
About $70,000 has gone into the
renovations and new equipment for
the Union snack bar, which will serve
deli food, Shetley said.
He said he did not want to convert
the Pit Stop into a Marriott operation
because that would put two different
sets of management in the same
building, Shetley said.
Competitive prices and quality
services can be maintained with only .
one food service because Shetley can
check on quality by the nature of his
position as director of auxiliary
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property was valued at $150.
B A car parked at the NCNB
parking deck on Rosemary Street
was vandalized and robbed Tues
day. A window was broken out,
and $415 worth of property was
taken from the car. The damage
to the car was estimated at $200.
B Two Duke students were
arrested Wednesday morning after
police determined the car they
were driving was stolen.
Peter John Perrone, 21, and
Grant Reynolds Essex III, 21,
both of 2220 Elmwood St. in
Durham, each face larceny
charges. Perrone has also been
charged with driving while
impaired.
According to arrest reports, an
officer noticed a 1977 Chevrolet
going down South Columbia '
Street without its headlights on.
The officer stopped the car at Top
of the Hill.
The driver of the car did poorly J
on the held sobriety test, the report
said, and he was placed under
arrest.
A follow-up showed the car had
just been stolen, so the passenger
was placed under arrest as well.
Each man was later released under
unsecured bond.
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became involved in race riots and:
picketing, Straley said.
After the sermon by Coffin on
Sunday, friends of the church and of,
Jones and his wife will join in a peace;
luncheon at the Carolina Inn. :'
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Student Stores managers report to'
Shetley.
James Cansler, associate vice
chancellor of student affairs ancj
member of UNC's food services
advisory committee, said Tuesday
that the University has to "get!
cracking" to improve the facilities
available to Marriott and show thaj
UNC recognizes good food service as
an integral part of the University. '
"Eating together is one of the
strongest community-building activ!
ities any of us know," Cansler said.
The University cannot assume that
any food service will remain at UNC
if it continually loses money, he said
Because the process of .getting new
buildings, has to go through so many
channels, UNC officials need to begin
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