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S.D. legislature bans
most abortions
PIERRE, S.D. Legislation to ban
most abortions in South Dakota was
approved by a House committee Tues
day, and panel members said it was the
most difficult issue they've ever faced.
Gov. George Mickelson has said if
the Legislature approves the measure,
he would sign it into law.
The bill, similar to one that was signed
into law in Utah last month, would
allow abortions in cases involving rape,
incest or a threat to the physical health
of a pregnant woman. It also would
permit abortions of fetuses that have
severe handicaps.
No criminal penalties could be im
posed, but doctors who perform illegal
abortions could face stiff civil fines.
The bill includes no penalties for women
who have illegal abortions.
Gorbachev vetoes
independence poll
MOSCOW Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev stepped up his war
of words with Lithuanian leaders on
Tuesday by rejecting their independence
poll set for Saturday and ordering instead
a Kremlin-controlled referendum.
Lithuanian President Vytautas
Landsbergis insisted the non-binding
ballot would be held as planned.
"Lithuania is in observance of law ...
and views the president's decree as
impermissible political interference in
the matters of the sovereign Lithuanian
state," he said in a statement read by
spokeswoman Rita Dapkus.
The decree followed Gorbachev's
order for new talks with the Baltics and
seemed a clear attempt to force
Lithuanians to seek independence only
on the Kremlin's terms. The decree did
not threaten any action if the poll was
held, indicating only that the Kremlin
would not accept its results.
Charges in Mandela
case not dismissed
SOUTH AFRICA A judge refused
Tuesday to dismiss kidnapping charges
against Winnie Mandela, overruling
defense claims that prosecutors failed
to provide enough evidence to proceed
with the trial.
Justice M.S. Stegmann ruled against
defense motions that the state failed to
provide enough information to enable
Mrs. Mandela and three co-defendants
to prepare their defense.
The judge, however, ruled Mrs.
Mandela should be given more details
about the state's charges on her alleged
role in the kidnapping of four people in
December 1 988. The trial was adjourned
until Monday.
Helms questions King
holiday involvement
DUNN, N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms,
R-N.C, has asked the postmaster gen
eral to explain why employees in North
Carolina had to sign a statement saying
they had heard a eulogy to Martin Luther
King Jr.
In a letter to Postmaster General
Anthony Frank, Helms wrote: " ... ei
ther the Postal Service, or officials
thereof, have gone too far and the
question becomes relevant as to whether
this is done to honor Thomas Jefferson,
George Washington, Abraham Lin
coln..." The Daily Record of Dunn reported
that postal workers heard a poem dedi
cated to the slain civil rights leader.
From Associated Press reports
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Officials: proposal would hurt
By ASHLEY FOGLE
Staff Writer
Chancellor Paul Hardin endorsed a
proposal by Gov. Jim Martin to allow
individual institutions in the UNC sys
tem to control their own tuition in
creases, but chancellors at other system
schools criticized the proposal.
The proposal, introduced in Martin's
State of the State Address Thursday,
called for raising up to $28 million
through tuition increases. Each univer
sity would control the revenue brought
in by the increase, with 25 percent of the
money being set aside for need-based
financial aid.
Hardin said in a press release that he
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1st alumnus reported
missing in Middle East
By SOYIA ELLISON
Staff Writer
Lt. Junior Grade Pat Connor, a 1 987
UNC graduate from upstate New York,
is the first University student or
alumnus reported missing in action in
the Persian Gulf War.
Connor was reported lost at sea
Saturday when his plane was shot
down off the coast of Kuwait, ac
cording to a notice posted in the UNC
Naval Armory.
A Navy spokeswoman said she
could not confirm Connor's status.
Connor served as a bombardier
navigator in charge of navigation and
all weapons systems on an A-6E In
truder attack plane stationed on the
USS Roosevelt, said Ensign Michael
Dodick, a 1990 UNC graduate and a
friend of Connor.
During his senior year, Connor
served as the regimental commander
of his Naval ROTC unit, the highest
NROTC position at that time. Connor
outranked all other NROTC members
at UNC and North Carolina State
University.
Dodick said he was a freshman
when Connor was regimental com
Congress not
By MICHAEL WILKINS
Staff Writer
Student Congress has more funds
available to allocate to student organi
zations than last year, but because more
groups are requesting funding, large
increases may not be possible.
Jiirgen Buchenau, Student Congress
finance committee chairman, said
available money increased because The
Daily Tar Heel, which is phasing out its
support by student fees, returned 4
percent of Congress allotment.
"We'll be able to give out a little
more money, but I'm not sure (student
groups) will be able to get increases
because there are more groups than last
year who are requesting funds."
Buchenau said the total amount the
congress could allocate is $214,556,
not including potential student fee in
creases that will be considered in ref-
welcomed Martin's initiatives. "Wisely
administered tuition increases, with
substantial sums set aside for financial
aid, can help us enhance service to the
people of North Carolina and achieve
levels of quality that can not be attained
by tax revenues alone."
Critics of the proposal said it could
hurt the state's less fortunate students
and make public education less acces
sible. John Thomas, chancellor of Appala
chian State University, said he strongly
opposed Martin's proposal. Students
and parents would suffer if the proposal
were put into effect, he said.
'Tuition raises not enough money to
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Grade Pat Ccnnor
mander, and remembered him as
someone he looked up to and who
influenced him.
"He was rather quiet but was always
a great guy and would always try to
help you whenever he could," he said.
During his time as regimental
commander, Connor wrote a message
to his fellow NROTC members, ad
vising them to get good grades, pre
pare to be good leaders and become a
"thinking" man or woman.
He also told his fellow members to
take on as much responsibility as
possible while in school. "You will
do some things very well, while other
things you will totally mess up," he
wrote.
"Good you get to see your
mistakes and weak areas and work on
correcting them now ... the fleet is not
the place to make the mistakes that
should have been hammered out as
midshipman."
Connor said that the Navy was not
just a job or an adventure. "For me,
it's a commitment to the values and
principles of freedom that I feel I owe
a personal responsibility to upkeep
and maintain."
likely to increase funding to student groups
erendumsFeb. 12. One referendum calls
for a 5-percent annual increase to offset
inflation, and one would increase fees
by $2 to fund the Student Activities
Fund Office.
"We're not including any of the ref
erenda in there," Buchenau said. "We
can't count on it."
All student organizations requesting
funds from the congress submitted their
financial requests Tuesday.
Tom Elliott, elections board treasurer,
said funding for student groups was
based on each organization's goals,
expenses and proposed programs.
"Some groups may be worthy of an
increase," Elliott said. "We'll make a
new decision on each one of these
groups, and not base it completely on
what they received last year."
Student Legal Services requested
$28,178 for 1991-92. The group re
small schools
solve a university's problems, but sim
ply narrows the tax base," he said. "That
hurts students and their parents or who
ever else is footing the bill. The General
Assembly should appropriate funds to
support higher public education, and
should not use tuition to try to solve the
problems of the state."
UNC-Asheville Chancellor Roy
Carroll said he disagreed with the pro
posal. "I do not support any proposal
that makes one institution less accessible
than another."
Joseph Oxendine, chancellor of
Pembroke State University, said allow-
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Honor Cowt m oceedinss
begin for
From staff reports
Honor Court proceedings have begun
against the UNC College Republicans
who participated in a water balloon
attack Saturday night, but no legal ac
tion will be taken against the members
at this time.
Members of the Committee for Peace
in the Middle East voted by a wide
majority Tuesday night not to pursue
legal action against members of College
Republicans who attacked them while
they were camping in the Peace Village
MIA, DTH candidates answer
questions at Morrison forum
By MARGIE BAILEY
and ERIC LUSK
Staff Writers
Candidates for the offices of Resi
dence Hall president, Daily Tar Heel
editor and Carolina Athletic Association
president discussed their platforms and
answered questions Tuesday night at a
forum sponsored by the Residence Hall
Association.
Residence Hall Association
President
Residence Hall Association presi
dential candidate Charles Streeter and
co-presidential candidates Scott Peeler
and Christy Pons said most importantly
they wanted to help residents.
Streeter said that he was very com
mitted to representing campus residents
and wanted to address their concerns.
"I'd like to continue things already
Bush aides
From Associated Press reports
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia As
allied warplanes battered Iraq for a 20th
day Tuesday, President Bush said he
was sending his defense secretary and a
top military man to assess the war effort.
The USS Missouri's 16-inch guns
boomed again, silencing a troublesome
Iraqi artillery battery in Kuwait with six
2,000-pound shells, the U.S. military
said.
In other developments, Syrian and
Iraqi forces exchanged fire near the
Saudi border in the first reported com
bat by Syria in the Persian Gulf War,
and the U.S. military said 10 more Iraqi
warplanes reportedly sought refuge in
Iran bringing the total to about 110.
Baghdad was rocked early Tuesday
by another allied bombardment, Asso
ciated Press correspondent Salah
ceived $12,040 in 1990-91.
Dotty Bernholz, director of the legal
services, said the organization needed
the large increase to pay for attorneys'
salary increases.
Bernholz said her group's request
was necessary if students want the same
level of service as in the past. "I think
our program over the years has justified
itself." Many attorneys at the legal
services have extensive experience but
receive low salaries, she said.
Buchenau said every year Student
Legal Services asked for both a cost-of-living
and merit salary increase for at
torneys. He said he believed the congress had
granted both of the requested increases
except during 1988, when no increases
were given, and in 1989, when only a
cost of living increase was granted.
. Buchenau said he would recommend
UNC faculty support governor
By BRIAN GOLSON
Staff Writer
UNC-CH faculty members are
showing strong support for Gov. Jim
Martin ' s proposal to allow UNC-sy stem
schools to increase tuition and control
the generated funds.
The change in state budgeting pro
cedure was among several Martin pro
posed to the N.C. General Assembly in
his State of the State Address on
Thursday.
Harry Gooder, chairman of the fac
ulty, said he bel ieved the faculty supports
Martin's proposal for increased au
tonomy and spending flexibility.
"I believe it (would be) a very good
Pit balloon attack
in the Pit. They voted to let Honor Court
proceedings continue and to cooperate
with the court. The person who initiated
proceedings is not a member of the
committee, members said.
The group also voted to condemn the
College Republicans for the attack on
members of the committee. All com
mittee members voted on what action
should be taken. The committee has
between 60 and 70 members.
Charlton Allen, College Republicans
chairman and one of the participants in
started and expand on wherever the
present president and board leave off,"
he said.
Peeler and Pons said their co-leadership
would be an asset to RHA because
they work well together and are inter
ested in addressing students concerns
about housing, minority issues and re
cycling. "As a team we can better represent
the campus and get a better idea of what
residents want and need," Pons said.
Peeler is Granville Towers governor
and Pons is governor of Morrison
Residence Hall.
Streeter said he would like to try and
get freshmen interested in running for
empty governor positions.
By meeting with students and hear
ing their concerns he could better rep
resent students, he said.
Peeler and Pons said that their love of
to assess gulf war e
Nasrawi reported from the Iraqi capital.
Nasrawi said smoke and fire reached
into the sky, and residents fled to bomb
shelters. He quoted travelers as saying
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's
hometown, Tikrit, also was attacked.
In Washington, Bush told reporters
he thought the war was "going very well
indeed," and again said the conflict
would "not be long and drawn out."
The president said he was sending
Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney
and Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Saudi Arabia to
get "a firsthand status report."
Bush said Cheney and Powell will go
to the war zone late this week for a brief
trip, returning to Washington with their
report. He said the trip did not signal
that a decision was close on whether to
begin a ground offensive.
increasing the student legal fee from
$2.50 to $3 per student if this year's
referendums do not pass. "I think it's
going to be necessary," he said.
The Black Student Movement re
quested $67,910 for 1991-92, the larg
est increase in fund requests from any
group. The BSM requested $ 1 8,000 last
year and received $16,092.
Buchenau said he was shocked by
the size of the request increase.
"I don't think I have ever seen a
request as large as the BSM's," he said.
"It lacks any fiscal restraint."
The request reveals a lack of under
standing of congress' funding capa
bilities, he said. "We will discuss that in
committee."
Such a large request might backfire,
he said.
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first step for the legislature to give the
University this flexibility," Gooder said.
Martin proposed allowing each of
the 16 UNC-system colleges and uni
versities to raise tuition within limits set
by the state and at the discretion of each
school's board of trustees.
Some members of the UNC-system
Board of Governors (BOG) oppose the
proposal on the grounds that tuition
should be kept as low as possible, in
keeping with the original UNC charter.
The N.C. General Assembly and the
BOG now control tuition at the schools.
Gooder said he saw some potential
See FACULTY, page 7
the water balloon attack Saturday, said
he had not been notified that Honor
Court proceedings had begun.
One of the College Republicans who
was involved in Saturday night's inci
dent may bring legal action against
committee members. He alleges a
committee member assaulted him and
tore a gas mask off his face.
Allen said the man, whose name he
would not release, and the College Re
publicans are taking a "wait-and-see"
approach to pressing charges.
RHA, accessibility as a team and expe
rience would make them effective lead
ers of an organization committed to
students' needs.
Daily Tar Heel Editor
Jennifer Wing and Alisa DeMao,
candidates for editor of The Daily Tar
Heel, fielded questions on the paper's
editor selection process and diversify
ing the staff.
Wing, a junior from Greenville, N.C,
said she would like to see a change in
the present system of electing the DTH
editor by student body vote.
Editor candidates who have to run a
campaign may compromise the paper's
best interests in order to win the race,
she said.
"I think they (DTH editors) should
See FORUM, page 2
The president said answers to ques
tions about the likelihood of a ground
offensive depended upon whether air
power alone would force the Iraqis from
Kuwait. "I'm somewhat skeptical that it
would," he said.
The allies maintain they are target i ng
military and strategic targets, but Iraq
has repeatedly insisted the attacks are
killing civilians. In a letter to newspa
pers Tuesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister
Tariq Aziz said civilian casualties have
risen to 428 killed and more than 650
wounded.
The official radio reported 373 more
air raids Monday and said residential
areas were among those hit.
Baghdad radio declared that the al
lies must pay for the destruction they
have rained on Iraq.
The radio broadcast a series of cryp
tic messages that sounded like coded
instructions for terrorist attacks by
agents abroad. It was impossible to tell
if they were genuine.
Tehran television said four more Iraqi
planes landed in Iran on Monday and
Tuesday.
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 off 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 person's
name on the back of the photograph.
The DTH will print the informa
tion for students interested in writ
ing letters to service personnel in the
Persian Gulf. Pictures may be picked
up at the DTH office after they have
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