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Israel, Soviet Union
to begin dialogue
UNITED NATIONS Israel and
the Soviet Union announced Sunday
that they are opening consulates in each
other's countries after a 23-year break
in ties.
The decision, announced after a
meeting between Israeli Foreign Min
ister David Levy and his Soviet coun
terpart, Eduard Shevardnadze, repre
sented a major step towards thawing
relations that have been frozen since the
1967 Middle East War.
The two ministers also told reporters
at the United Nations that they intend to
start meeting regularly and that their
foreign ministries will be in regular
contact.
The Kremlin broke relations with
Israel after the 1967 war, during which
Israel seized territory from Moscow's
Arab allies.
Law forbids flushing
of aborted fetuses
MINNEAPOLIS Flushing aborted
fetuses into the sewer system becomes
illegal Monday under a Minnesota law
requiring hospitals and clinics to arrange
burial or cremation of the remains.
The measure, considered the nation's
strictest, was strongly opposed by
medical groups, which contended that it
added costs and risks to the disposal
process. Abortion rights advocates
fought it for the chilling effect it might
have on women considering an abortion.
"I think it says that in Minnesota we
regard the remains of unborn babies
with dignity and not something to be
thrown down the sewer system," said
Brian Gibson, director of Pro-Life Ac
tion Ministries of the Twin Cities.
NASA to attempt
shuttle launch again
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. After
months of embarrassing failures, NASA
will try again this week to launch a
shuttle, this time with a nuclear-powered
satellite that will study the sun's
uncharted poles.
Optimism abounds, and with some
reason: The shuttle scheduled to lift off
Saturday morning Discovery is
the most recent spaceship to have flown
and the only one in which fuel leaks
have not been found.
"Right now, I don't even feel weather
can hold us up because we've been just
doing everything right on time," said
astronaut Bruce Melnick, one of five
men assigned to the upcoming mission.
. Space shuttle Columbia has been
grounded by dangerous hydrogen leaks
since May, Atlantis since June. NASA
tried four times to send Columbia on an
astronomy mission before stopping two
weeks ago to make way for Discovery 's
high-priority flight.
' NASA has until Oct. 23 to launch
Discovery with the European sun probe,
named for the legendary Greek adven
turer Ulysses. Otherwise, the $750
million mission will have to be put on
hold for 13 months.
New fuel lines have been installed
between the orbiter and external tank,
the area where hydrogen leaked in the
other two shuttles, NASA officials said.
But little work was done on Discovery's
engine compartment following the last
flight, lessening the likelihood that re
pair work has caused any damage.
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By THOMAS HEALY
Senior Writer
A 1 percent cut in the University's
cash allotments announced last
Wednesday is merely the first install
ment in the anticipated 3 to 3.5 percent
cut for the remainder of the year, Uni
versity officials said Sunday.
"The 1 percent was just the first step
in something we've been expecting,"
'Secret' protest goes public
100 assemble
Saturday during
officials' lunch
By SOYIA ELLISON
and APRIL DRAUGHN
Staff Writers
Protesters carrying signs and
wearing black arm bands stood outside
the Student Union doors Saturday
morning shouting pro-education
chants while well-dressed guests filed
into the Chancellor's Luncheon.
About 100 UNC students, faculty
and staff turned out to protest during
the luncheon in Great Hall, which is
held before the UNC vs. N.C. State
football game whenever it's played at
UNC.
The group marched through the
Union and stopped in front of Great
Hall chanting " 1 -2-3-4 ignorance costs
more, 5-6-7-8 it takes bucks to edu
cate," while about 300 officials from
the Board of Governors, Board of
Trustees, General Alumni Association,
General Administration and N.C.
General Assembly dined inside on hot
dogs and hamburgers.
The protest turnout was lower than
organizers anticipated, but Student
Body President Bill Hildebolt said he
was pleased with the attendance. He
originally predicted hundreds of pro
testers would demonstrate.
Organizers wanted to surprise lun
cheon guests and tried to keep the
protest quiet so its location would not
be moved, he said. Surprising luncheon
guests made up for the lower number
of demonstrators, Hildebolt said.
"I think this may have had the
biggest effect on the legislature of
anything we've done so far," he said.
Protesters carried signs such as
"Vote For Legislators Who Vote For
Education" and "N.C. Don't Drive
Away With Our Education." They
also passed out fact sheets about the
budget cuts and sold "Save UNC"
buttons to the luncheon guests, in
cluding Chancellor Paul Hardin and
some state legislators.
Peter Filene, a UNC history pro
fessor, said he thought the University
was in serious trouble. "The reason
we're here is because when the next
cuts come there will be no history
See PROTEST, page 3
Increasing number of babies born
suffering from mothers' drug use
By GLENN O'NEAL
Assistant State and National Editor
The casualty 1 i st of the "war on drugs"
grows as more and more infants are
born with complications from drug use
by their mothers during pregnancy.
Drug use among pregnant women
affects about 375,000 infants each year,
according to figures released by the
Alabama Department of Public Health.
From the same figures, more than 5
million women of childbearing age use
an illicit drug.
Drug use during pregnancy is dev
astating, especially during the first tri
mester when the majority of develop
ment occurs, said Judy Bauman, a social
worker at the neonatal intensive care
unit of UNC Hospitals. One-time drug
use during pregnancy can also be
harmful, she added.
The problem is not restricted to low
income families, according to experts.
Kate Veness-Meehan, assistant profes
sor of pediatrics at UNC Hospitals, said
thi problem of drug babies affected all
populations.
She cited a recent study done at
Northwestern University that found drug
use to be as prevalent among women
who went to private doctors as among
women who went to county publ ic health
departments.
Bauman said she was rot sure how
many drug babies were seen at UNC
Hospitals because the hospital does not
screen for drugs in every child.
It's easier to
Chancellor Paul Hardin said.
The Office of State Budget and
Management told University adminis
trators several weeks ago that the total
cut in cash allotments for the year would
be 3 to 3.5 percent, Hardin said. The
announcement by state budget director
C.C. Cameron last Wednesday that the
University was facing a 1 percent cut
was just the first installment in the total
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Professor Joseph Anderle protests
When asked if the number of drug
babies at UNC Hospitals had increased,
Bauman said, "I guess one would have
to say we have more, but compared to
other hospitals we seem to have fewer."
Veness-Meehan, said, "People's
impression is that it is growing, but we
don't have a good handle on the number
because we don't screen the babies."
The hospital screens babies for drugs
when there is strong suspicion, she said.
Bauman said the hospital staff was
non-judgmental and non-punitive when
assessing pregnant women for drug use.
"We will not be punitive, we will be
the mother's and baby's advocate," she
said.
Bryce Christensen, director of the
Rockford Center on Family in America,
linked the problem of drug babies to a
"retreat" from family life.
He cited a study that concluded that
a daughter from a single-parent family
is more likely to bear a child out of
wedlock than a daughter from a two
parent family. He cited another study
that found drug use more common
among children in divorced families
be gigantic than
cut, Hardin said.
"The 1 percent is the first part of that,
that's had public announcement," he
said. "And maybe they're trying hard
not to give us the whole 3 or 3-and-a-half
percent, so we'll just have to play it
by ear."
The University has not yet received
its second-quarter cash allotments, but
should receive them early this week,
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"We will be the
mother's and baby's
advocate."
Judy Bauman of
UNC Hospitals
than among children in intact families.
No government program will protect
children as well as the family,
Christensen said. "It's a mistake not to
stress to young people that childbearing,
sexual expression, should be reserved
for marriage."
Bauman mentioned drug education
and rehabilitation programs as possible
solutions to the problem of drug babies.
"We wish the counties had the monies
to put into programs to help mothers
before pregnancy occurs to know not to
use cocaine," she said.
Programs to help children of women
who use drugs would also be helpful,
she said. "One thing that is not helpful
is putting the mother in prison for this."
Veness-Meehan said the government
should spend money on treating drug
users instead of spending money in
prosecuting them.
"The only way to change the problem
is to identify women with a (drug)
problem before pregnancy and dur
ing pregnancy and get them into drug
rehab programs."
to be beautiful.
Hardin said. "I assume the second
quarter allotments will reflect that 1
percent cut, but I don't know for sure,"
he said.
Hardin will meet with vice chancel
lors this week to decide if the cuts in
cash allotments will necessitate laying
off personnel. The vice chancellors are
in the process of receiving recommen
dations from department chairmen and
Locker room slhrnit
to interviewiii'
toHowing games
By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
Assistant University Editor
Under a new policy implemented
Saturday, the UNC football locker room
will be closed to all reporters until
players are dressed, said Rick Brewer,
sports information director.
Sports information personnel will ask
reporters during the fourth quarter for a
list of players they want to interview.
The players will be brought to the weight
room for interviews after they are
dressed, Brewer said.
The former policy made no provisions
for female reporters. The Daily Tar Heel
sports writer A.J. Brown brought the
former policy into question when she
was denied access to the locker room
for post-game player interviews.
Brown and DTH Sports Editor Jamie
Rosenberg filed a complaint with sports
information.
The Sports Information Department
changed the policy Thursday, giving
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From staff reports
People attending the annual Beat State
party held by Delta Upsilon fraternity
were forced to abandon the festivities
when someone set off a tear-gas grenade
about 2 a.m. Saturday.
Police have a suspect in the incident,
but have made no arrests.
Craig Pippert, Delta Upsilon presi
dent, said at least 1 ,000 people were at
the party when the gas went off.
The grenade apparently went off in
the Delta Delta Delta sorority house
parking lot, which is across from the
Delta Upsilon house on Rosemary
Street.
Police found the tear-gas grenade in
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chairwomen about whether layoffs will
be necessary.
"It doesn't look like there are a lot of
recommendations, but I think there are
some," Hardin said.
The final recommendations will be
in Tuesday or Wednesday, and then
Hardin will decide if the University can
See BUDGET, page 2
women equal opportunity in covering
football games.
"I'm glad they realized the way the
policy was being enforced before was
unfair," Brown said. "At the beginning,
it may be an inconvenience, but hope
fully as time passes, it won't be."
Brewer said he hoped the delay in
interviews would not have a negative
impact on media coverage.
"It's important for the media to have
a chance to hear Coach Brown and the
players," he said.
Patrick O'Neill, a Chapel Hill
Newspaper reporter who covered the
game Saturday, said he thought the new
policy was a drastic measure.
"It would be more practical to tell the
players a woman is coming into the
locker room, so be discreet," he said.
Sports writers who covered the
football game Saturday said the new
See REPORTERS, page 2
renade
party
the sorority's parking lot, Pippert said.
The suspect that police questioned
was wearing a long, black leather trench
coat at the party, Pippert said. He is
connected with the military, he said.
After police questioned the man, he
returned to the fraternity house about 4
a.m. and told someone outside the fra
ternity house that the police had released
the tear gas, Pippert said.
Chapel Hill police said they were not
involved with setting off the grenade.
Freshman Sean Carey was at the party
when the grenade went off.
The effects of the gas were gradual at
See GRENADE, page 2
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