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Volume S3, Issue 144
Friday, February 15,1991
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German economic
troubles cause strike
BERLIN More than 15,000
teachers and school workers staged a
warning strike in eastern Germany on
Thursday in the latest sign of the region's
growing economic troubles.
, In Bonn, the economics ministry said
eastern German industrial output
plunged 10.5 percent in December.
Across the former communist nation
of 1 6 million residents, local leaders are
clamoring for more money from the
federal government, unemployment is
increasing and rents are rising beyond
the reach of many people.
For many, the euphoria over
October's unification of the two
Germanys has been replaced by worry
and feelings of insecurity about the fu
ture. Teachers walked off their jobs in the
cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz,
forcing three-fourths of the local schools
and kindergartens to close for the day.
In all, about 15,500 striking teachers
and school personnel took to the streets
in demonstrations during the one-day
job action, according to the GEW
teachers' union.
The strikers were demanding higher
wages and job protection, despite efforts
to trim down the bloated communist
era work forces.
Soviet government
proposes retail hike
MOSCOW Government propos
als to hike retail prices by up to 200
percent brought sighs of resignation
from Soviet shoppers who said Thurs
day it would do nothing to put more
food and goods on empty store shelves.
The plan, which must be approved
by the Soviet legislature, would elimi
nate government subsidies to producers.
Wages, pensions, children's welfare
payments and other income would be
increased to compensate for at least
some of the higher prices, according to
the government newspaper Izvestia and
state television.
The plan is an attempt to close the
large gap in the Soviet Union between
the cost of producing goods and
wholesale prices. It would not end
central government control overprices,
a cumbersome system that must be
dismantled before a free market
economy can ever exist in the vast na
tion. No date has been set for the increases
to take effect. Many details have not
been released. The hikes were originally
announced last month by Anatoly
Komin, deputy chairman of the State
Price Committee.
Mandela trial delayed
for witness search
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
The kidnap and assault trial of Winnie
Mandela was postponed Thursday until
March 6 so prosecutors could search for
a witness whose disappearance put their
case in jeopardy.
Prosecutor Jan Swanepoel received
the postponement by arguing that it
would be "impossible" to proceed after
one key witness vanished and two others
subsequently were too scared to testify.
Mandela, wife of African National
Congress leader Nelson Mandela, and
three co-defendants are being tried on
charges they kidnapped and assaulted
four young men in Soweto in December
1988.
From Associated Press reports
Book bonus
Seniors being asked to pledge $200
to a library endowment fund ...3
Real-life laughs
Mindy Friedman uses her humor on
stage and in the classroom. ...5
Glorious grapplers
UNC wrestlers coasted to a 21-13
victory over rival N.C. State 10
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Comics 7
Opinion 8
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By CATHY 0BERLE
Staff Writer
A UNC freshman killed Saturday in
a hit-and-run accident in Winston-Salem
was attending a social function with
members of Theta Chi fraternity, a Wake
Forest University official said.
Ryan Guilliams, who was invited to
join UNC's chapter of the fraternity last
fall, attended a planned mixer with the
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Light workload
Archie Gunter, a University electrician, cleans and replaces light bulbs outside
Old West Residence Hall Thursday afternoon.
Missing UNC Study Abroad
participant found in Europe
From staff reports
Scott Lamb, a UNC junior who has
been missing in Denmark, was found
unharmed Thursday.
Lamb was studying in Denmark as
part of the UNC Study Abroad Program.
He had been missing since Jan. 28.
The University of Copenhagen noti
fied UNC's Office of International
Programs Thursday afternoon that Lamb
had been found.
Craig Calhoun, director of UNC's
International Programs Office, said,
"Scott has been found in Europe, and he
is all right. We don't know anything
new about what he was doing."
Iraqi army desertions rise
in wake of heavy bombing
From Associated Press reports
NEAR THE KUWAITI BORDER
Desertions from Iraq's army rose
Thursday following a night of what
allied officers described as the heaviest
bombing yet of troop positions in
southern Kuwait.
Some deserters said front-line troops
were getting only a few mouthfuls of
food every other day, and they claimed
that half of Saddam Hussein's front
line troops already have deserted. ,
Twenty-two Iraqi soldiers walked
across the desert front and surrendered
to Egyptian forces early Thursday
morning, the largest number to show up
at an allied outpost since war began,
Egyptian and U.S. Army sources said.
Saudi, Egyptian and American mili
tary officers described Wednesday
night's bombings as perhaps the heaviest
allied attacks yet on Iraqi positions in
southern Kuwait.
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Phoenix Society, a WFU women's so
cial organization, said Brian Eckert,
director of media relations for WFU.
"I can confirm that he was here, and
he officially attended a party with the
Chapel Hill chapter of Theta Chi,"
Eckert said. Guilliams 18, signed in at
the party, Eckert said.
Evan Eile, Theta Chi president, said
the fraternity was working with the
DTHBrian Jones
Calhoun said he did not want to
speculate on the circumstances sur
rounding Lamb's disappearance.
Lamb's family has asked him not to
release much information, he said.
Lamb was reported missing when he
did not return as expected for dinner
with his host family in Copenhagen.
Police in Copenhagen had tentatively
concluded that his disappearance was
voluntary.
Lamb had been in Copenhagen for
five days before his disappearance. He
was one of nine UNC students enrolled
in Denmark's International Study Pro
gram. "It was about as heavy as you can get
and still be conventional," said a U.S.
Army Special forces officer who did
not want to be identified.
Shortly after he spoke, a series of
thunderous blasts sounded in the dis
tance, and three B-52 bombers and their
vapor trails were seen high in the sky.
Twelve of the Iraqi deserters huddled
in a circle in the sand at the Egyptian
headquarters camp at the front, then
responded to questions translated by an
Egyptian officer.
Ten others still were being escorted
across allied lines in northern Saudi
Arabia after field observers spotted them
moving through the desert no-man's
zone between the warring fronts.
The Iraqis reiterated claims by other
Iraqi deserters that 50 percent to 70
percent of the front-line troops had ei-
See WAR, page 4
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police to determine how the accident
happened.
"We really have no idea what hap
pened," Eile said. "He went (to the
mixer) and we lost track of him. We
have no idea what the circumstances
were. It's a mystery to us."
Stacy Simonton, Phoenix Society
president, declined to comment on the
incident.
State rales against
to Step 4
By SHANNON 0'GRADY
Staff Writer
The State Personnel Office has ruled
in favor of the University in the second
stage of a UNC employee's Step 4 ra
cial discrimination grievance.
In the first part of the Step 4 process,
the administrative law judge ruled in
favor of Helen Iverson, a University
administrative assistant in the Physicians
and Associates Plant.
But the state panel ruled that Iverson
had not proven she was discriminated
against and overturned the earlier de
cision. Iverson filed a racial discrimination
Purchasing
plans to retire at end of Fehrua
By SHANNON 0'GRADY
Staff Writer
University Purchasing Director Frank
Fearrington, who has been named in
two grievances filed against the Uni
versity, said Thursday that he would
retire at the end of the month.
Fearrington has worked at the Uni
versity for 43 years.
Some purchasing employees said
Thursday that Fearrington was retiring
because of the grievances.
But Fearrington said that his retire
ment was not a result of the grievances.
He said he was just ready for retirement.
"The old man is tired, and it is time to
retire," Fearrington said. "It's time to
BCC busy with Black History
By BURKE K00NCE
Staff Writer
February is a busy month for the
Black Cultural Center.
The BCC is now midway through its
Black History Roundtable Discussion
series and its black literature book drive,
said BCC Director Margo Crawford.
Both projects are part of the center's
observation of National Black History
Month.
The purpose of the discussion groups
is to provide an educational experience
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Roses, roses everywhere
Selenah Huffman, manager of University Florist, ar
ranges displays of freshly cut roses for the hordes of
Sgt. Steve Newsome of the Winston
Salem Police Department said police
do not know now why Guilliams was on
Reynolda Road, the scene of the acci
dent. Reynolda Road is about a mile
from WFU.
"We have not been able to determine
why he was in the area (of the accident),"
Newsome said.
An autopsy showed Guilliams con
of grievance case
grievance against the University about
two years ago.
She said she was disqualified from a
supervisor's position when the job de
scription was changed to match the
credentials of a white woman.
The woman who received the pro
motion had less experience and less
education, Iverson said.
The state's decision did not surprise
her, she said. "The way they did Keith
Edwards, they showed a pattern, and
they did me the same way. I don't agree
(with the ruling) because I proved the
facts, and they chose not to consider
them."
Director Feamngton
retire, play golf and paint and work in
my yard."
Curtis Rogers, an administrative as
sistant in the purchasing department,
and Jane Tornow, a purchasing agent,
have filed grievances against the Uni
versity alleging that they were discrimi
nated against in their jobs.
Rogers filed a grievance against the
University last fall.
He alleges that he was promoted to
administrative assistant but did not re
ceive full power of the position because
he is a minority.
His grievance is at Step 2, Rogers
said.
for all who want to review key issues in
black history, she said.
Crawford is usually the facilitator of
the discussions, the topics of which
include African-American education,
African-American family life and the
role of African-American males in
today's society, she said.
The BCC encourages all students to
attend, she said.
The discussion groups meet daily at
noon and last until 1 :30 p.m.
The BCC conducts two sessions on
sumed alcohol before the accident, but
results of a blood alcohol level test are
pending, Newsome said. Guilliams was
carrying identification stating that he
was 21 years old, he said.
Eile said he was not aware of any
alcohol provided at the mixer. "There
was no alcohol accessible to the common
See GUILLIAMS, page 7
Iversom
Edwards, a University police officer,
has filed several grievances against the
University alleging she was racially and
sexually discriminated against.
The State Personnel Commission
heard Iverson's and one of Edwards
grievances in December.
They ruled against Edwards and
postponed making a decision on
Iverson's case until their next meeting.
Charles Foskey, executive director
of UNC Physicians and Associates,
declined to comment on the state's de
cision. Terry Harn, Iverson's lawyer, could
not be reached for comment.
Jane Tornow, a purchasing agent,
filed a federal civil suit against the Uni
versity last fall, alleging sexual dis
crimination. Her grievance alleges that she re
ceives $5,000 less in pay than two white
male counterparts.
Rogers said Fearrington's retirement
was long overdue.
"He should have done been gone
from the way he treats people a long
time ago," he said.
Tornow declined to comment on
Fearrington's retirement.
Al McSurely, Tornow's lawyer,
could not be reached for comment.
Tuesdays to make the sessions more
accessible to faculty, she said.
"(The Tuesday sessions) are an op
portunity for students to meet their
faculty in a different kind of setting,"
she said.
The two remaining faculty-oriented
sessions will be held Feb. 19 and Feb.
26.
Rodney Harris, a senior on the BCC
advisory board, said he was pleased
See BCC, page 3
Month
Valentine's Day shoppers expected to flood the store
Thursday afternoon.
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