2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, September 21 , 1989
World and Nation-
Bomb caye plane crash; 1
From Associated Press reports
PARIS A French DC-10 that
crashed into a remote desert in southern
Niger was probably blown out of the
sky by a bomb, French authorities and
airline officials said Wednesday.
The army said all 171 aboard died.
In separate telephone calls to the
airline and to a Western news agency, a
caller claiming to represent the Mos
lem extremist group Islamic Jihad as
serted responsibility for downing the
plane.
Seven Americans were aboard, in
cluding Bonnie Pugh, wife of the U.S.
ambassador to Chad, Robert Pugh.
The UTA airline jetliner was on a
flight from Brazzaville, Congo, to Paris
when it crashed Tuesday shortly after
making a stop in N'Djamena, Chad.
Debris was scattered over the desert
about 400 miles northwest of
N'Djamena.
The French army, whose troops sta
tioned in neighboring Chad were the
first to reach the scene, said the 1 5 crew
members and 156 passengers died,
including eight children.
Authorities said the early indications
are that the aircraft was felled by a
bomb.
New Sooth African
From Associated Press reports
PRETORIA, South Africa F.W.
de Klerk was sworn in as president
Wednesday and promised a new
constitution that would bring blacks
into South Africa's government by the
end of his five-year term.
He appealed to South Africans of all
races to help build a nation "free of
domination and oppression."
"We accept that time is of the es
sence and we are committed to visible,
evolutionary progress,''' de Klerk said
in his inaugural speech.
He has vowed to eliminate discrimi
nation and allow blacks, who cannot
vote, participation in government un
der a five-year plan.
But he did not specify any apartheid
laws he would repeal. Nor did he say
how he would implement his goal of
providing limited political rights to the
28 million black majority while main
taining the political domination of the
country's 5 million whites.
De Klerk, 53, took the oath of office
as reports spread that his government
Subcommittee to order former HUD secretary to
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON A congressional
panel voted unanimously Wednesday
to subpoena former Housing and Ur
ban Development (HUD) Secretary
Samuel Pierce Jr., to testify about al
leged influence-peddling and misman
agement at the department he once
headed.
His attorney accused the panel of
"vindictive and punitive actions."
Pierce was ordered to appear on three
separate occasions the first coming
next Tuesday before the subcom
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
presents
Dean Stuart Bondurant (Medidne)
Dean Paul Rizzo (Business)
Dean Judith Wegner (Law)
"The Future of the University:
A Long, A Short, and a
New Perspective"
Monday, Sept 25, 1989, 4:00pm
Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
The public is invited
THE PRICE OF GREAT CLOTHES IS V
NOT OUTRAGEOUS WHEN YOU SHOP AT
MILTON'S
4 season navy blazers, Hopsack,
55 poly45 wool, by Winthrop & Wales,
Reg. $165- NOW $89.90
Group slacks to $75 at $ 19.90
All wool tropical suits,
Reg. $395- NOW$199.90
All cotton pinpoint oxford shirts,
Reg. $60-NOW $34.90
Shetland wool herringbone sport coats
Reg. $235-NOW $129.90
All ties, socks and belts always half price.
SO MANY REASONS TO SHOP
jHtftrm's (DMnrtg Gluphnarfc
163 E. Franklin St., Downtown Chapel Hill
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 106;30;
"It exploded at high altitude leaving
every reason to believe it was a bomb,"
said UTA spokesman Michel Friesse.
He said it was possible, but less likely,
that the explosion was due to technical
failure aboard UTA Flight 772.
A Foreign Ministry official, speak
ing on condition of anonymity, echoed
that sentiment. "The pieces are widely
scattered, so it didn't crash on impact."
UTA said it had received an anony
mous phone call from a man claiming
responsibility on behalf of Islamic Jihad,
but said it had no way to authenticate
the call.
In London, an anonymous caller also
telephoned a Western news agency and
said: "In the name of Allah and Imam
Khomeini, the Islamic Jihad issued this
statement: 'We are proud of this action
which was very successful. We would
like to say the French are warned not to
exchange information regarding Sheik
Obeid with the Israelis no more. We
demand the freedom of Sheik Obeid
and otherwise we will refresh the
memories of the bombings in Paris of
'85 and '86. Long live the Islamic
Republic of Iran.' "
Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid, a Shiite
Moslem religious leader in southern
will free jailed black nationalist leader
Nelson Mandela early next year. News
papers quoted official sources as say
ing the release will be part of a package
of reforms to draw blacks into constitu
tional talks.
"The negotiation process will, from
the start, receive incisive attention," de
Klerk said in the speech following his
swearing-in ceremony.
His conciliatory words, affable style,
and new policy of allowing peaceful
protests against the government have
generated optimism among foreign
observers and many South Africans.
But de Klerk rejects the basic demand
of most black leaders: majority rule.
The Rev. Allan Boesak, a leading
anti-apartheid activist and president of
the World Alliance of Reformed
Churches, said he would give de Klerk
six months to prove that blacks' skep
ticism is unfounded.
A tear rolled down de Klerk's cheek
at a Dutch Reformed Church when the
Rev. P.W. B ingle, a family friend
preaching at the swearing-in, urged the
mittee that is investigating scandals at
HUD.
The vote had been expected since
Pierce provoked anger among the panel
members when he demanded a third
delay on the eve of his scheduled vol
untary testimony last Friday.
"I think the subcommittee had no
option," said Rep. Tom Lantos, D
Calif., chairman of the employment
and housing subcommittee of the
Government Operations Committee.
"The subcommittee had an agreement
with Mr. Pierce ... That agreement was
MILTON'S FIRST. S I
Sunday 1-5 9684408 f
Lebanon, was kidnapped by the Israelis
July 28.
The Ministry of Transport sent four
investigators from the Civil Aviation
Authority to the scene of the crash. The
authority said military helicopters had
reached the site and found debris scat
tered over a 16-mile area.
The U.S. National Transportation
Safety Board said it was sending a team
of investigators to assist in the probe.
At the White House, presidential
press secretary Marl in Fitzwater said
President Bush had been briefed on the
matter.
'The obvious widespread nature of
the debris suggested it blew up in the
sky and not on the ground," Fitzwater
said. "It's far too early to make any
assumptions on motivation or cause at
this point."
The DC-10, which went into service
in May 1973, took off from N'Djamena
on the 5-hour flight to Paris. The plane
made a last contact with the N'Djamena
airport control tower about 40 to 50
minutes after it took off, UTA said. The
crew did not indicate any trouble.
The wreckage of the plane was found
at daylight Wednesday by a French
military aircraft.
president
new president to press forward without
fear.
Chief Justice Michael Corbett handed
de Klerk a paper from which he read the
oath of office in Afrikaans and English
before about 1,500 people. No foreign
heads of state were present, an indica
tion of South Africa's international
isolation.
Black and white choirs sang hymns
and African songs, three Impala air
force jets flew over trailing smoke in
the blue, white and orange colors of the
South African flag, and several people
among the crowd of 3,500 screamed
when a 21 -gun salute began announc
ing de Klerk's arrival.
In his 20-minute inaugural speech,
de Klerk said his goal was "a South
Africa free of domination or oppres
sion in whatever form."
In Windhoek, Namibia, Anglican
Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, "We
hope that he will ... demonstrate that he
is serious about his vision for a new
South Africa, because that is the vision
we want." Tutu won the 1984 Nobel
broken unilaterally by Mr. Pierce."
Pierce's attorney, Paul Perito, said
the former secretary - who appeared
voluntarily before the panel in May
was willing to testify but needed an
other two weeks for preparation.
In a letter to the panel, which was
received before the vote, Pierce's attor
ney said, "We believe the
subcommittee's vindictive and puni
tive actions in denying Mr. Pierce ade
quate time to obtain and review perti
nent documents and in insisting on use
of subpoenas are taken in retaliation
against Mr. Pierce's exercise of his
constitutional right."
Ramp
to the handicapped," Hathaway said.
"There are many needs to be addressed
by the University. It is also very hard to
prioritize what should come first, but I
think the timing is right to build a ramp
in the Pit."
Donald Boulton, vice chancellor and
dean of student affairs, said he agreed
FALL BIKE TUNE -
I
I
reg. $29.95 NOW $19.95
. -xa r I . t A . r
Moving Parts Check Tires
I True wheels Adjust Brakes
with coupon -'expires 93089
r
i
i
i
i
'IT SECURITY LOCKS
"THE ONE THIEVES HATE"
reg. $29.95 NOW $19.95
with coupon - expires 93089
HELMETS J
J starting at ljgJE!) j
1 Lightweight Foam L
university GROUPSrFALL '89
counseling f Call Nash Hall 962-2175
center TZ For Info & Sign-Up
TALKING ABOUT SELECTING A MAJOR - Soph.: Oct. 16-Nov. 3;
Jr. Trans.: Oct. 30-Nov. 3; Fresh: Nov. 6-21.
BLACK GRADUATE WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP - Starts Oct.
ASSERT YOURSELF - 5 wks. beginning Tues., Oct. 3, 3:00-4:30.
ALL-BUT-DISSERTATION (ABD) SUPPORT - Time TBA.
STOP SMOKING - Thurs. 4-5, Nov. 2, 9, 1 6, 30.
CAREER DECISION MAKING - Thurs., Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26. 3:30-5:00
MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS - 4 weekly meetings, start Oct. 26.,
Thurs. 4-5 pm.
LEARNING STRATEGIES TRAINING & SUPPORT GROUP - 6
sessions. Start Oct.
EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS - Starting Oct. 2, Mon. 5-6:15.
BROTHERS - Thurs. 6-7:30, Chase Hall, Upendo Lounge,
starting Sept. 21.
71 dead
Chadian authorities said 11 passen
gers boarded the plane in Brazzaville
and 79 in N'Djamena.
On March 10, 1984, a bomb ex
ploded aboard a UTA DC-8 flying the
same route just before the plane was to
take off from N'Djamena.
Twenty-five people were injured.
A group calling itself "Group Idriss
Miskini" claimed responsibility, but the
Chadian government blamed Libya,
with whom it had been fighting a war in
the north, for the bombing.
On Dec. 2 1 , a New York-bound Pan
Am jumbo jet exploded over Locker
bie, Scotland, killing all 259 people
aboard and 1 1 on the ground. Investi
gators said a bomb disguised in a radio
cassette player was put aboard Flight
103.
Investigators also have said the main
suspect in the Lockerbie bombing is an
Arab terrorist group, the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine-General
Command.
Islamic Jihad is among several radi
cal fundamentalist groups in Lebanon
presumed to be part of Hezbollah, the
umbrella for groups believed to hold 1 6
Westerners hostage in Lebanon, includ
ing eight Americans.
sworn in
Peace Prize.
De Klerk said his government would
move to eliminate discriminatory laws,
give "urgent attention" to adopting a
bill of rights, "gradually move away"
from the 3 -year-old state of emergency
and release security prisoners.
De Klerk did not mention Mandela
by name, but said political prisoners
would be freed if public order were not
threatened and if their release would
enhance peace prospects.
Many South Africans consider
Mandela their top leader and his free
dom has been demanded as a condition
for negotiations. Mandela was sen
tenced to life imprisonment in 1962 for
allegedly plotting to overthrow the
white government.
As Wednesday's ceremony began, a
group of human rights lawyers in Pre
toria announced de Klerk had com
muted the death sentences of seven
convicted murderers.
De Klerk became acting president
Aug. 15, a day after the Cabinet forced
Botha to resign after 1 1 years in power.
But Republicans and Democrats on
the panel rejected that claim, saying
Pierce was trying to delay unduly and
had months for preparation even
though Pierce said he only hired a lawyer
this month.
"Rather than coming forth and clear
ing the record ... he is toying with the
subcommittee in order to evade or avoid
his responsibility," said Rep. Ted Weiss,
D-N.Y. The subpoenas compel Pierce
to appear or face the possibility of
contempt of Congress proceedings.
But Pierce's attorney, in holding open
all legal options, raised the possibility
from page 1
with the need for a ramp in the Pit. "The
Pit will now be accessible to handi
capped students and all students."
Shumate said, "As long as student
activities take place in the Pit, then all
the students should be able to assemble
there."
UP
! THE CLEAN MACHINE
I
n :
I
I
I
104 W. MAIN STREET,
CARRBORO
967-5104
(Across from Wendy's on C busline)
I
I
i
IEKIKI
Miserly NYG
increasing in
From Associated Press reports
NEW YORK First came the
ads featuring Leona Helmsley as the
perfectionist queen of her hotel
empire. Then came her trial and
conviction for tax evasion. Now
Leona is coming to bookstores, pi
ano bars and TV screens near you.
At least three books, several songs
and two television movies in the
works pay tribute to the arrogant
penny-pincher whom Mayor Ed Koch
once dubbed "the Wicked Witch of
the West."
Mrs. Helmsley may also be a big
hit on Halloween. Said Paul Blum,
owner of the Greenwich Village
novelty shop Abracadabra, "We do
have a Leona Helmsley wig, and then
we put you in a prisoner outfit with a
crown."
In August, Mrs. Helmsley was
convicted of evading $1.2 million in
taxes by billing $3 million in per
sonal expenses to her business.
Her husband, Harry, 80, was de
clared incompetent to stand trial.
According to testimony from dis
gruntled former employees, Mrs.
Helmsley insisted that bottles be re
turned for the nickel deposit, billed
$8 worth of underwear to her busi
ness, and once said, "Only the little
people pay taxes."
She will be sentenced Nov. 14.
"She epitomizes the 1980s to an ex
treme," said Newsday reporter Mi
chael Moss, whose book "Palace
Coup" was published by Doubleday
in April.
Contact lens dangers reported
BOSTON About 12,000 con
tact lens users in the United States
suffer painful and potentially blind
ing eye ulcers each year, largely
because they wear their lenses while
they sleep, research concluded re
cently. The studies also showed, however,
that even ordinary daytime use of
contacts while far safer than over
night wear seems to slightly raise
the odds of the ulcers, which are the
most serious complication of con
tacts. The research is most critical of
extended-wear lenses, which were
approved in 1980 for continuous use
up to 30 days at a time. It found that
Pierce could appear as demanded but
refuse to answer questions by invoking
his Fifth Amendment constitutional
rights not to incriminate himself.
Congressional staff attorneys said,
such refusal by a former Cabinet offi-
TDI
ents were really peeved at that second
bill.' Slowly, but surely, people are
getting the message."
Now that students are aware of the
proposal and support it, the next step is
"to focus on doing legwork," Lewis
said.
"The ASG will put its shoulder to the
grindstone. We'll write letters, set up
meetings and talk to people in the
For the
In Wednesday's story, "Petition calls
for different SRC site," the quotation
from Wayne Going, intramural sports
coordinator, should have read: "I think
that (the Fetzer courtyard) is the best
T
JORDAN'S
RESTAURANT
157 E. Rosemary St.
Open for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
I BREAKFAST BAR
I
I
1
I
$1.00 off
Reg. Price M-F $3.90
S-S $4.90
rVDIDCC CCDT 9 f 4DOQ
hotel queen
popularity
News in Brief
people who wore the lenses day and
night were 10 to 15 times more likely
than strictly daytime users to have
eye ulcers.
Sometimes people fitted with or
dinary soft lenses also sleep with
them. The study found that doing this
just twice a month resulted in nine
times the usual risk of the disease.
"Our paper shows that overnight
wear is the major risk factor," said
Dr. Oliver Schein. "It begins with
even the first night of overnight wear.
To some extent there is a risk with
any kind of contact lens wear, whether
they are hard or soft, worn daily or
extended."
The new work also found that the
level of lens care among users was
"alarmingly low." While it suggested
that proper cleaning helped reduce
the hazards of extended-wear con
tacts, it did not eliminate the risk
entirely.
Mercedes fails to show for test
WASHINGTON Call it the
mystery of the missing Mercedes
15 of them, in fact. The luxury cars,
most of them gas guzzlers, all failed
to show in the Environmental Protec
tion Agency's (EPA) auto mileage
survey this week.
Was it an innocent lapse or by
design? Among the 981 cars, whose
expected gasoline efficiency was
detailed in the EPA list and then
widely distributed by the news me
dia, were cars ranging from the 58
mpg Geo Metro to the 6-mpg Lam
borghini Countach, not to mention a
half dozen versions of the Rolls
Royce. But no Mercedes-Benz.
Don Larson, branch manager of
the EPA's auto testing laboratory in
Ann Arbor, Mich., said that every
year some cars perhaps 80 or 90
do not make the list because manu
facturers do not provide the testing
data for certification early enough to
make the deadline for sending the list
to the printer.
Nevertheless, he said, "It would be
unusual for a manufacturer to have
his entire product line not listed."
testify
cial could appear to invite efforts to;
appoint a special prosecutor to investi-;
gate Pierce under the law providing for ;
a court-appointed independent counsel ;
to handle investigations of current or;
former top executive branch officials. ;
from page 1 :
General Assembly. It's going to be a
long process, but we've got until 1991
(the next budget session)."
Lewis said he didn't know if all of
the TDI proposals would be adopted,
but hoped everyone would greet them
with an open mind. "I hope the legisla
ture will realize that we're trying to be
constructive, not adversarial. We just
want to be a part of the process."
Record
possible place for the function of that
center, which is for informal activities,
I think that is the best site on this
campus." The DTH regrets the error,
MOUNTAIN BIEC
HEADQUARTERS
Back-To-Schod
Mountain BikeSpecia!!
REG. $299
! Guaranteed Lowest !
Prices In The Traingleri
not valid with other specials
withcoupon-expires93089 !
"J b uy"one "j
I GET ONE FREE I
I
I
I
8 oz. Ribeye J
Reg. Price $10.95
I
I
rVDIDre Ctnr on rnr
X
1
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
i