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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 98, Issue 125
Thursday, January 17, 1991
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Inflation in 1990 was
highest since 1981
WASHINGTON Soaring gasoline
and fuel oil prices helped push inflation
to 6.1 percent in 1990, the highest rate
since 1981, and the purchasing power
of the average American paycheck took
its worst tumble in that nine-year period,
the government said Wednesday.
The Labor Department's Consumer
Price Index finished 1990 with moder
ate, seasonally adjusted increases of 0.3
percent in both December and Novem
ber. But the earlier shock to oil prices in
the wake of Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of
Kuwait helped make 1990 the worst
inflation year since 1981, when the rate
was 8.9 percent. Prices climbed 4.6
percent in 1989.
. Gasoline prices were up nearly 37
percent and fuel oil prices nearly 30
percent. The cost of meat, medical care,
airline travel, tuition and tobacco also
rose steeply during the year, the de
partment said.
'. Meanwhile, output at factories, mines
and utilities fell in December for the
third consecutive month, signaling the
recession has not yet bottomed, ac
cording to analysts.
'. The Federal Reserve's gauge of in
dustrial production fell 0.6 percent last
month after declines of 1.8 percent in
November and 0.7 in October.
War with Iraq could
cost up to $86 billion
WASHINGTON War with Iraq
could cost the United States from $28
billion to $86 billion, depending on the
turns of military uncertainties, a con
gressional report said Wednesday.
The projection by the Congressional
Budget Office said that a conflict in the
Persian Gulf would cost from $17 bil
lion to $35 billion this fiscal year, de
pending on how long it lasts and the
severity of U.S. losses. Fiscal 1 99 1 runs
through Sept. 30.
The costs for future years would range
between $11 billion and $51 billion,
depending on the extent to which spent
ammunition and lost equipment is re
placed, the agency said.
The CBO cautioned that its estimate
should be taken as only a "rough guide"
to Operation Desert Shield's actual cost.
"The duration and intensity of a war
would influence costs significantly, but
no one can be certain about how long or
how intense a Persian Gulf war would
be," the agency wrote.
Israel prepares for
possible Iraqi attack
JERUSALEM Fearing a possible
Iraqi attack, Israel closed schools on
Wednesday and clamped a military
curfew on more than 1 million Pales
tinians in the occupied territories.
The army broadcast warnings to
Palestinians that any action in support
of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
would be dealt with harshly. Most Pal
estinians support Saddam, and their
leaders have vowed to try to destabilize
Israel if it becomes involved in the war.
"We are making a very clear an
nouncement to the residents of the ter
ritories: don't do anything that might be
seen as supportive of Iraq," Army
spokesman Brig. Gen. Nachman Shai
said on Israel television's Arabic
broadcast.
"If you undertake such exceptional
actions now, Israel's reaction will be
harsh."
From Associated Press reports
Case closed, records open
Students f or the Ethical Treatment of
Animals wins appeal .3
In memoriam
Scholarship fund to honor memory
of UNC freshman 3
Gams postponed
Basketball game against NCSU post
poned due to declaration of war ...4
Campus and City 3
Sports 4
Classifieds 6
Comics 7
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U.N. forces begin 'the liberation of Kuwait' with night air attack
From Associated Press reports
CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA The
United States and its allies mounted a
massive attack on Iraq early Thursday,
hurling a mighty air armada against an
Arab power that for five months has
held Kuwait in defiance of the rest of
the world.
4The liberation of Kuwait has begun,"
President B ush declared in Washington.
In Baghdad, reporters said bomb
explosions shook the ground of the Iraqi
capital. An oil refinery 10 miles away
was in flames, and flashes of light
brightened the night sky, apparent anti
aircraft fire, they said.
"Operation Desert Shield" became
"Operation Desert Storm" around 1 2:50
a.m. (4:50 p.m. EST) as F-15E fighter
bombers took off from the largest U.S.
air base in central Saudi Arabia and
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Letter questions motives for Mamiioig Drive plan
By PETER F. WALLSTEN
City Editor
A resident of UNC's student family
housing has sent a letter to Chancellor
Paul Hardin accusing his administration
of "insensitivity and irresponsibility"
and of having a "hidden agenda" with
respect to the plan to realign Manning
Drive.
In the letter, which was also addressed
to Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes
Mayor: Manning Drive debate delayed
by resignation of DOT board member
By PETER F. WALLSTEN
City Editor
The recent resignation of a state
Department of Transportation board
member may explain the University's
request to delay discussion on the pro
posed realignment of Manning Drive,
Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes
said Wednesday.
Former transportation board mem
ber Bill Buchanan, who town council
member Joe Herzenberg has described
as a friend of UNC, resigned in Decem
ber. Buchanan is an automobile dealer
in Burlington.
The council decided Monday night
to reschedule a work session on the
thoroughfare plan for a later date. The
session was originally scheduled to take
place today.
Town officials have accused UNC of
trying to speed the process of approving
the plan in hopes of using Buchanan's
These are the
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streaked north. "This is history in the
making," said Col. Ray Davies, the
base's chief maintenance officer.
The offensive included U.S.-allied
forces and was aimed at Iraqi troops in
both Iraq and Kuwait, U.S. officials
said. British Tornado fighter-bombers
and 150 Saudi Arabian F-15s and Tor
nados joined the air assault, a Saudi
spokesman said.
Bush, on U.S. national television,
said the U.S. military command assured
him the air operations were proceeding
according to plan. He said no ground
assault was launched immediately
against the dug-in Iraqi army in Kuwait.
There was no immediate word on
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lonely Smith Center after the game
the onset of war. See story, page 4.
and delivered to members of the Chapel
Hill Town Council, Odum Village
resident Steve Wallace asks the Uni
versity to withdraw its request to the
council for the plan's addition to the
state-funded Thoroughfare Plan.
Wallace's letter points to a 1986
Educational Foundation study that
looked into changing traffic patterns
around the Smith Center.
Wallace claims Hardin's adminis
influence to gain approval on the state
level. As part of the University's Land
Use Plan, UNC administrators want the
town to include the construction of the
proposed South Loop Road in the state
funded Thoroughfare Plan.
Howes said Buchanan had helped
the University make other road changes
in the past.
"They were concerned with that as
far as (widening) South Columbia is
concerned," Howes said. "He was also
involved in naming Fordham Boule
vard." Herzenberg said in December that
UNC Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance Ben Tuchi had told him the
University wanted the proposal ap
proved before Buchanan's resignation.
But Tuchi denied Wednesday that
Buchanan's resignation was a factor in
the decision to delay the work session.
The University simply wants to use
times that try men's souls. Thomas Paine
damage and casualties in Iraq and Ku
wait, or on any U.S. aircraft losses. Nor
was there any immediate sign of an
Iraqi attack on Israel, as Baghdad had
threatened.
"We will not fail," Bush told the
American people in his 9 p.m. EST
address.
He said "all reasonable efforts" to
resolve the Persian Gulf crisis by di
plomacy and economic sanctions had
failed and that Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein "met every overture of peace
with contempt."
"The world could wait no longer,"
Bush said.
The furious early-morning assault
was the climax to a crisis that built up
over more than five months, as Saddam,
See WAR, page 5
Brolomged war could force
urifitary draft t djosfatement
Discussion widespread in Congress, but no proposal yet
By WENDY BOUNDS
Assistant State and National Editor
Two hours before war became a re
ality, Congress had made no indication
that a draft would be reinstated, Selec
tive Service System officials said
Wednesday.
"We have not had contact from
Congress, the White House or the De
partment of Defense regarding a draft,"
said Marian Kiely, Atlanta Selective
Service System programs manager.
"Very recently, President Bush has said
a draft is not necessary."
However, the first draft inductee
could be ready within two weeks and
couia oe reaay wunin two weeics ana women win not oearaneaunaertne
100,000 men prepared within 30 days if present law, Kiely said. Se8 DRAFT, page 2
Prospect of new draft prompts students to voice opinions
By JO ANN R0DAK long time. Colin McLean, a sophomore from
Staff Writer Meredith Davis, a junior from Can- Plantation, Fla., and NROTC midship-
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Hours before war broke out in the
Middle East, some students at UNC
said they were anxious about the pos
sibility of the draft being reinstated.
Many students have protested U.S.
involvement in the Persian Gulf crisis.
"The degree of opposition toward
the policy is unprecedented," said Dan
Higginbotham, professor of history and
chairman of the peace, war and defense
curriculum. "This anti-war movement
is unlike Vietnam. President Bush is
scared to death of home front disrup
tions." Some students believe that reinstat
ing the draft is unlikely in the near
future unless the war continues for a
tration "is catering to the Rams Club
and their wallets by attempting to pro
vide quick-access, reserved private
parking to alumni that don't give a
damn about student families. It's ques
tionable if they really even care about
academics, with the exception of 'eli
gibility. I believe that it is time to
address the ethics of the proponents of
this project."
The Educational Foundation's study
more time to study its land use plan, he
said.
Gene Swecker, associate vice chan
cellor for facilities management, said a
town council vote on the Thoroughfare
Plan would be delayed anyway because
Chapel Hill officials are awaiting a
Durham City Council vote on the Lau
rel Hill Parkway proposal.
Howes said he put "two and two
together" to conclude that Buchanan's
resignation had an effect on the manner
in which the University approached the
South Loop proposal. Howes added that
he and Tuchi had not discussed the
Buchanan issue.
Howes said the South Loop debate
made him believe UNC was using
Buchanan's influence to push for state
funding of the project. He added that he
did not know about UNC's relationship
See MANNING, page 7
Allied forces operation timetable
(All times are Eastern Stsndsrd)
4:50 p,m.:Rrst F-1 5E fighter-bombers took off in pairs from the largest U.S.
air base in central Saudi Arabia.
6:40 p.m.:ABC and CNN television news report "flashes in the sky" over
Baghdad and what appeared to be tracers were coming up from the ground.
6:56 p.m. :An Associated Press bulletin quotes the U.S. military announcing
that war with Iraq began as a squadron of U.S; fighter-bombers took off from
the U.S, air base in Saudi Arabia.
7:06 p.m.:White House issues statement by President Bush confirming that
"forces were engaging targets in Iraq and Kuwait"
9 p.m:President Bush addresses the nationannouncing the decision to attack
Iraq and Kuwait and says, "We will not fail ' .
9:30 p.m.Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen; Colin Powell tell Penta
gon reporters hundreds of U.S. and allied warplanes lauched predawn strikes
in Iraq and Kuwait and met "no air resistance" from Iraq.
the Selective Service System were or
dered to perform its mission, Kiely said.
Congressional legislation and presi
dential approval would be required to
reinstate a draft. The last draft ended in
1973.
Congress is scheduled to reconvene
on Jan. 23, and although there has been
a lot of talk about reinstating the draft,
no official proposal is on the table, said
Raphael Perry, press secretary for Rep.
David Price, D-N.C.
"There are no efforts on Capitol Hill
to change the all-volunteer army, and I
don't anticipate any," Perry said.
Women will not be drafted under the
dor, said she didn't think a war would
last long enough to require a draft.
Dan McCormick, a senior and Naval
ROTC midshipman from Emerald Isle,
said he thought there was little chance
of President George Bush reinstating a
draft immediately. "No one (new) will
be reporting to Saudi Arabia right away.
I'm pretty sure (a war) would be quick
and fast."
Bush would not be responsible for
the implementation of the draft because
it would take an order of the U.S.
Congress to reinstate it.
Only military reservists now have
been called to serve with the standing
volunteer army.
recommended that a four-lane street be
provided connecting Bowles Drive and
the F Parking Lot westward to Mason
Farm Road and Columbia Street. In
addition, the study recommended
building additional parking facilities and
exit driveways and revising the exit
routes of Manning Drive onto the 15
501 Bypass.
Wallace has said he opposed the
South Loop proposal because it would
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Token of gratitude
teas item- , it
Renee Harris of the March of Dimes presents an award to Scott Gibson and
Scott Jagow of Delta Sigma for their Jail and Bail fund raiser.
Men turning 20 during the calendar
year ift which the draft is reinstated
would be the first called to duty; there
fore, if there is a call for a draft in 199 1 ,
any man who will have his 20th birth
day this year would be drafted first.
If there were a need for more men,
the next groups drafted would be those
already of the ages 2 1 , 22, 23, 24 and 25
in that order. The last men drafted
would be those turning 19 during the
calendar year in which the draft is re
instated, and the youngest men would
be 18 and one-half.
Students are not exempt from the
Plantation, Fla., and NROTC midship
man, said students in the ROTC program
had no chance of being called to serve in
the Persian Gulf.
"(ROTC students) have to graduate
first we're officers in training," he
said. "I signed a contract for the Navy to
pay for my education as long as I serve
later."
McCormick said although he would
be graduating in May, he would not
have to report to the Persian Gulf for
duty.
"I still have to complete additional
training in Quantico, Va.," he said. "It
could be a good year before I'd see any
See STUDENTS, page 2
destroy a portion of Odum Village,
rendering the area useless for housing
purposes. University administrators
have said the road is necessary to reroute
traffic away from UNC Hospitals.
"Chancellor Hardin, I believe that
your administration has violated its
charge as a trustee of public property,
advocated a project that reeks of fiscal
See ETHICS, page 7
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