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Volume 93, Issue 135
Friday, February 1,1991
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U.S. missile launch
in Canada successful
COLD LAKE, Alterta The U.S.
military successfully completed a test
firing of a cruise missile over northern
Alberta on Thursday after a two-day
delay caused by bad weather.
The missile, launched in the morning
from a B-52 bomber over the Beaufort
Sea in the Canadian Arctic, landed nearly
four hours later, said Maj. Luigi Rossetto
of Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake.
The missile completed its planned
course, winding 1,500 miles down the
Mackenzie Valley and over Alberta to
the Primrose Weapons Range at Cold
Lake, Rossetto said.
The first firing in 1991 of a U.S.
cruise missile was routine and planned
long before war broke out in the Persian
Gulf, Rossetto said.
The tests, permitted under a Canada
U.S. agreement signed in 1983 and re
newed in 1988, have drawn protests
from peace groups and the Northwest
Territories government.
Military officials say the Canadian
North is ideal for the tests because the
terrain is similar to the Soviet Union.
The missile had been scheduled to be
fired Tuesday, but the launch was can
celed because of high winds and snow
over most of northern Alberta.
Boy jailed for tossing
Chihuahua at mother
FILLMORE, Calif. A 13-year-old
boy has been arrested for allegedly
assaulting his mother by throwing
the family's tiny Chihuahua at her.
The boy, whose name was not re
leased, was held at the Ventura County
Jail. The mother's identity also was
withheld, police said.
The youth was accused of picking up
the family pet and throwing it at his
mother during a fight Wednesday at the
family's home in unincorporated Piru,
50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, said
sheriff's Lt. Gary Markley.
"Nobody was hurt, not even the dog,"
Markley said.
"I have never seen a Chihuahua as
sault in my 26 years of law enforce
ment," Markley added. "I only have
four more years left and I'll probably
not see it again."
The youth was arrested for investiga
tion of battery, cruelty to animals and
violating probation, Markley said.
Repeal of apartheid
laws anticipated
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
President F.W. de Klerk is expected to
urge repeal of most remaining apartheid
laws Friday, but he will announce it
before a Parliament still without black
members.
De Klerk's address to the opening
session of Parliament is almost certain
to include calls for scrapping the Group
Areas Act, which segregates neighbor
hoods by race, and the Land Acts, which
restrict the black majority to 13 percent
of the country's territory.
But after 18 months in power, de
Klerk has yet to spell out the details of
the black-white, power-sharing politi
cal system he hopes to establish.
To remind him of this, anti-apartheid
groups have called for nationwide
demonstrations Friday, including a rally
outside Parliament that is expected to
draw up to 20,000 activists.
From Associated Press reports
Travel unraveled?
War jeopardizes overseas plans for
Morehead Scholars 3
Merry at Marriott
Jobs with dining service offer sur
prising advantages ................ 4
Orange you glad?
Tar Keels overcome early deficit to
defeat Clemson 5
Campus and City .......3
Sports Friday , ,5
Classifieds , 6
Comics .......... 7
Opinion 8
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QMEB
System tuition
By MICHAEL WILKINS
Staff Writer
A debate is shaping up in the N.C.
General Assembly over a proposal to
allow UNC-system schools to increase
tuition and then control the generated
funds.
Gov. Jim Martin proposed in his State
of the State Address Thursday that the
UNC system raise up to $28 million by
increasing tuition at each of the 16
system schools. The amount of the in
crease would be decided by each
school's Board of Trustees. No institu
tion would be required to raise tuition,
but the schools would have control of
any funds raised.
All tuition is controlled by the Board
of Governors and the General Assem
bly now.
Martin also requested that 25 percent
Artistic touch
Wearing the evidence of a true artist
on her shirt Amy Tackett, a junior
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By S0YIA ELLISON
Staff Writer
An Alamance County woman has
filed a lawsuit accusing 1 1 UNC Hos
pitals employees of negligence for al
legedly leaving a sponge in her abdomen
after surgery in 1988, which caused
More cultural diversity
goal of relations week
By J0 ANN RODAK
Stan Writer
Representing and emphasizing the
racial and cultural diversity on campus
is the ultimate goal of Race Relations
Week, members of Students for the
Advancement of Race Relations said at
a planning meeting Thursday night.
"We want to make it not so much of
a black-white issue," said Lori Marks,
tri-chairwoman of SARR.
S ARR members were concerned that
if all of the different racial groups on
campus were not encouraged to par
ticipate in Race Relations Week, the
emphasis of the week would be on black
and white relations and other campus
minorities might be ignored.
"It's going to be more of a diverse
thing," Marks said. "We're going to
make sure that all races and cultures are
represented during Race Relations
Week.
"We're still missing a lot of minority
groups. We're trying to get other groups
and speakers involved," she said.
Jayashri Ghate, a member of SARR,
said it was important to promote other
cultures throughout Race Relations
Week, Feb. 11-16.
"We hope the week will not only
make people aware, but better-educated
about different races and cultures,"
Marks said.
Birshari Greene, tri-chairwoman of
SARR, said she hoped all students would
attend the week's events.
"It should be a really good week that
all students across campus would feel
compelled to participate in, not just
black, not just Native American, but all
students."
SARR members said they wanted to
The other day a
hike proposed
of the money raised through tuition
increases be set aside for student grants-in-aid
based on need.
StudentBody PresidentBill Hildebolt
said he supported the idea of individual
universities controlling funds raised
through tuition increases. "It could give
students a much larger say in any in
creases," he said.
Hildebolt said he planned to propose
forming a tuition committee, whose
membership would be at least half stu
dents. "We've got to expect that cuts
will be at least as bad as last year."
The University's base budget was
cut by 3 percent in July. Each of the first
two quarterly allotments also were cut
by 1.5 percent.
Jay Robinson, vice president for
See BUDGET, page 2
paint splattered
art major from
subsequent medical problems.
Janet Garton filed the lawsuit re
questing a minimum of $ 1 0,000 on Jan.
11, 1991, exactly three years after the
surgery.
The suit alleges that the employees'
negligence caused Garton to suffer
make a more powerful statement about
race relations this year than they had
made in the past two years.
"Racism is not something to be sugar
coated. The past two years have been
sugar coated," Marks said. "The cam
pus is sugar coated because we don't
want to offend anyone."
Events already planned for Race
Relations Week include a cross-cultural
entertainment night in the Cabaret, a
"Racism 101" workshop, a panel of
professors who will discuss what race
is, and a party at Club Zen.
Marks said SARR was still trying to
secure more diverse speakers than in
previous years for programs and
workshops during the week.
SARR is also designing aT-shirt, but
they have not yet decided on the exact
design or wording for the shirt.
"Race Relations Week is about dif
ferent cultures," said SARR member
Sondra Mattox. "A T-shirt is very vis
ible. It's supposed to be provocative."
The group is looking for a design that
will show diversity and unity on cam
pus while also addressing racism.
However, SARR wants to include a
message,, possibly on the back of the
shirt, to show the positive direction in
which the campus can go.
Members also are concerned that the
T-shirt would not represent all racial
and cultural groups on campus.
"There are a lot of groups," Mattox
said. "You're always going to leave
someone out. You can't include every
one on a T-shirt."
Marks said, "Even though (some
groups) may not have a list (of examples
of racism), it doesn't mean we can ex
clude them."
dog peed on me. A bad sign.
Higher taxes not needed to balance budget
By KAREN DIETRICH
Staff Writer
In his State of the State Address
Thursday, Gov. James Martin an-j
nounced a proposal to balance North
Carolina's 1991-92 budget for all ex
isting programs without tax increases
or forced layoffs, but said he will need
additional revenue for proposed im
provements. In order to pay for existing programs,
"we vc.cut spending levels this current
year by $700 million below the appro
priation levels which were deemed
necessary for this year in 1989," Martin
said.
All departments will be forced to
operate next year at that same reduced
level, which is 9 percent lower than the
amount budgeted for this year, Martin
added.
DTHJim Holm
Durham, concentrates as she adds the finishing touches
to her painting in Hanes Art Center.
Hospitals employees
"post-surgical complications that have
left her damaged, physically and psy
chologically, in that she has sustained
great pain and discomfort, life-long
complications from the scar tissue from
the numerous operations and other
damage done to her abdominal organs
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Leigh Waddell (right) passes to Dawn Bradley in UNC's 78-55 victory over
Rider. With the win it ended an 8-game losing streak. See story page 5.
Reactions to the governor's propos
als were mixed.
"(Martin) has thrown out a lot of
different words, and I need time to di
gest that," State Rep. Anne Barnes, D
Orange, said. "I have to make some
decisions.... I'll probably agree with
him on some issues."
"I thought he spoke with a lot of
candor," Rep. Jonathan Rhyne, R
Gaston, said. "I think he's right, and it's
refreshing to see an elected official to
speak the plain truth for a change."
The additional improvements pro
posed by Martin, as well as the "resto
ration of the" Rainy Day' reserve,"
should be covered by eliminating the
$242 million reimbursement funding to
local governments and by authorizing a
half-cent sales tax at the local level to
offset this decrease in funds.
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Persian Gulf town
From Associated Press reports
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia Saudi
troops backed by U.S. Marines today
took back the coastal town that saw the
Persian Gulf War's first sustained
ground fighting, the Saudi military said.
But front-line commanders said they
suspected the Iraqis were planning an
even larger attack.
U.S. military officials said two U.S.
soldiers a man and a woman were
missing. The two were not directly in
volved in the fighting at the northern
Saudi port of Khafji, the military said.
In Washington, a Pentagon source
- said a U.S. plane had been shot down.
The U.S. military spokesman in Riyadh
said officials were checking an uncon
firmed report that the plane was an EC
1 30, an Air Force plane that can be used
for battlefield command and control,
jamming enemy communications or
broadcasting propaganda.
by the pervasive infection in her ab
dominal cavity."
The suit states that because of the
employees' carelessness, Garton has
required and will continue to require
See LAWSUIT, page 2
DTHKathy Michel
H.L. Mencken
"This approach...wilI give (local
governments) a more reliable source of
the same revenue, and it will free up
$242 million for other state expenses,"
Martin said.
Improvements suggested by Martin
emphasized a "focal theme ... of the
educated, trainable, globally competi
tive worker."
"We know that too many of our work
force are undereducated and our com
munity colleges underfunded," Martin
said. He added that previous investments
in these areas were inadequate, "not so
much in terms of the financial magnitude
of that investment as in the effectiveness
of the programs in which we have in
vested." Martin asked the General Assembly
See STATE, page 2
Israel, meanwhile, said an Iraqi
SCUD-type missile struck the occupied
West Bank, but there were no immediate
reports of injury or damage. It was the
eighth Iraqi missile attack aimed at Is
rael since the war began.
By midmorning in Khafji, the rem
nants of an Iraqi armored column were
cornered and under siege by U.S. artil
lery. By evening, Saudi forces had
completed the recapture of the town,
allied officials said. However, Iraqis
continued to shell Saudi, Qatari and
American forces, according to Western
reporters in Khafji.
Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly told reporters
in Washington that 161 Iraqi soldiers
were captured in the battle. Saudi offi
cials said a large portion of Iraqi tanks
and equipment were destroyed.
Iraq's official news agency today
quoted the newspaper of Iraq's ruling
Baath party as saying the ground fighting
was the prelude to a far bigger battle.
The paper, Al-Thawra, called it "the
beginning of a thunderous storm
blowing on the Arab desert."
Marines on the outskirts of Khafji
said they had been told five or six Iraqi
divisions at least 60,000 troops
were massing near the Kuwaiti town of
Wafra, about 25 miles to the west, and
believed preparing for an attack.
The four-pronged Iraqi attack that
began Tuesday evening and appeared
to end today involved only about 1 ,500
ground troops and 50 tanks and was
considered a probe to test al 1 ied strength.
The fighting resulted in the first
American ground casualties. . .
The U.S. military command said to-
See WAR, page 7
Troop Support
The Daily Tar Heel wants to know
about students, faculty, staff or their
family members who are serving in
the Middle East and want more mail.
Please drop of f the person's name,
address in the Middle East and, if
possible, a front-facing or profile
picture to the DTH office in the
Union. Please write the persons
name on the back of the photograph.
The DTH will print the informa
tion for students interested in writing
letters to service personnel in the
PersiaaGulf Pictures may be picked
up at the DTH office after they run:
Election Update
; SBP RHA, DTH, CAA and se
nior class presidentvice president'
teams should turn in two copies of
their platforms to the DTH letter
j box by 5 p.m. on Feb. 1 .They should
be no longer than 500 words.
V The DTH will print two letters of
endorsement for each SBP, RHA,
DTH and CAA candidate, and one
' for each senior class team. The let
ters should be 300 words or less.
They are due in the DTH letter box
by noon Feb, 4. Each letter can only
be signed by two people; placing
names in the text to try to get around
f this will disqualify the letter.
; ,The editorial board will hold in
terviews with SBP, RHA, DTH and
CAA candidates on Feb. 9 before
making endorsements, ,
For more information about let
ters and to set up an endorsement
interview, call Kelly Thompson at
962-0245.