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'4The Daily Tar HeelThursday, June 6, 1991 r JL Algeria placed under State of emergency ? ALGIHRS, Algeria Cracking iown on a growing challenge from Muslim fundamentalists. President Chadli Bendjedid declared a state of Emergency today and postponed the Country's first multiparty parliamen tary elections. '. Armored vehicles were sent into the Capital in the crackdown, which fol lowed nearly two weeks of violent dem onstrations by supporters of the Islamic Salvation Front. ; The front had called a general strike tfiat widened this week and suggested Voters boycott the elections, which had been set for June 27. Tight clamp on dissent shows focus on stability ' BEIJING The thoroughness of (he government clampdown on the two year anniversary of the army killings of pro-democracy demonstrators drama tizes the priorities China's leaders have emphasized ever since "Stability Over All." 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Chapl Hill VjjP Eas'ga'e ShoppinC enter WORLD BRIEFS policy making has slowed to a crawl as officials weigh the possible impact of every move on social stability. This kind of thinking lay behind the late announcement of the May 14 sui cide of the hated widow of Mao Tse tung, Jiang Qing, who presided over the purges of thousands of people during ,the radical leftist Cultural Revolution. Students sentenced to 13 months in drug raid CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. One of 1 1 University of Virginia students arrested in drug raids on three fraternity houses was sentenced to 1 3 months in prison with no parole. The fraternity houses were seized in the March raids, a first for the govern ment. U.S. District Judge James Harry Michael Jr. sentenced Ernest Brown Pryor Jr. to a federal prison in Morgantown, W. Va., after the 1 9-year-oid pleadedguilty Monday to twocounts of drug distribution near a school. He was accused of selling less than 20 grams of marijuana and about 10 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms at the Phi Epsilon house to an undercover agent. The Associated Press June 5 through Saturday. June 9 This complete SONY car stereo system has EVERYTHING-incuding l-Ktfc INSTALLATION! NEC Service Sxi ) vQi) I ATJ 1 Highway funding drives controversy Opposition to Highway Trust Fund results from misperceptions, DOT contends By Jennifer Williamson Staff Writer Officials of the N.C. Department of Transportation said although they were aware of opposition to the Highway Trust Fund, a $9.2 billion road con struction account, transportation was vital to state needs. Richard Roberson, director of client services in the Department of Economic and Community Development (Com merce Department), said he was not aware of specific UNC student groups opposing the fund, but that he was not surprised there was opposition. "I suppose there are few programs that please everyone," Rjberson said. Sharon Hodges, a DOT spokes woman, said the N.C. Highway Trust Fund, which would fund Gov. Jim Martin's Intrastate Highway System plan, was designed to build 3,600miles of four-lane highways across the state. When the Intrastate System is com pleted, 96 percent of the state's resi dents would have afour-laneroad within 10 miles of their homes. Balance between education and highway funds discussed By Jennifer Williamson Staff Writer A television panel on N.C. Public whether too much priority was be ing placed on highway funding. Stateline's opening report focused specifically on the N.C. Highway Trust Fund. The panel was asked whether the trust fund could be used for non-highway needs such as education. The $9.2 billion trust was created to fund the Intrastate (highway) System for a 1 0-year period, but because of low fuel and vehicle tax collections the project could stretch over 20 years. However, the ink was barely dry on Growth in state AIDS cases By Lauren Chesnut Staff Writer State and local officials say the pro liferation of AIDS in North Carolina should be taken seriously by state resi dents. Acquired immune deficiency syn drome is spreading "at a record rate" in STANLEY H. KAPLAN A Take Kaplan Or Take Your Chances Call About Our BIG 4 Summer Sale! 493-5000 'llMir CGI k E, Grand Opening The Triangle's Adult Entertainment Complex Every Sunday Niteclub, Pool & Recreation, Sports Bar and Grill lis Also Featuring Regulation Volleyball & Horseshoes and Putting Greens Closed Circuit Fights June 3 Hearns vs. Hill and Wltherspoon vs. Tucker Other goals of the program are pav ing secondary roads and building loops around major cities. The trust fund will also provide fund ing for a program designed to build city streets to state specifications. The fund receives money from the 5 cent-per-gallon fuel tax and 3 percent of the highway use tax levied when ve hicle owners transfer registration. UNC's Committee for Peace and Justice is one campus group that dis agrees with the amount of money allot ted to the trust fund. Matthew Stewart, committee mem ber, said, "We think that there is an imbalance of priorities between trans portation and higher education." The trust fund is an example of where state money would be better spent on education, he said. "The (education) system is dropping in excellence; it's a downward spiral." Bruce Barry, committee member, said state officials should be aware of opposition to the fund. He cited an April 10 student rally in Raleigh against cuts in the state education budget as an ex the plan before lawmakers began di verting trust fund money to the General Fund, said Bob Garner, the panel mod erator. During the past two years, $396 million has been transferred from the trust fund to pay for teachers' salaries, and $22 million for driver education. Sen. Bill Goldston, D-Eden, said us ing trust fund money for non-highway projects was a betrayal of public trust. "The bill has to adhere to those high ways that we promised those people," he said. "The roads have to be built no matter how far we stretch them out." Rep. Mickey Michaux, D-Durham, said money should be transferred to provide for the needs of education. "Let's use that money for the better North Carolina, The Associated Press reported last week. The statistics it cited were from "HIVAIDS Surveillance," a monthly publication of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The Chapel Hill Herald subsequently published a news article featuring state critics of the AP story, who said its figures were meaningless and suggested the AP story could create a climate of homophobia and increased fear of AIDS. "I didn't exactly mean that mean ingless," said Wayne Bobbitt, branch head of North Carolina's human immu nodeficiency virussexually transmit ted disease control program. Bobbitt was quoted in The Herald as saying the figures "don't mean a whole lot." "AIDS is still a very serious, high priority disease in this state," Bobbitt said. "Our data show it's up at least 25 percent over last year, and even with NC CRAFTS GALLERY, TRADITIONAL & CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS WOOD JEWELRY QUILTS 2 1 2 W. Main St. Mon.- Sat. 1 0-6 Carrboro, NC 27510 942-4048 Featuring Ms. & Mr. Hawaiian Tropic Poolside! Every Sunday Starting in June Top Regional Winners will Compete at Carnival's Crystal Palace Resort and Casino, Nassau Bahamas, Aug. 18-25, 1991. Thousands of $$$ in Ca$h and Prizes! ample. The rally exemplified opposition to the trust fund specifically, he said. David Biggs, UNC Student Environ mental Action Coalition (SEAC) co chairman, said he believed that trans portation budget cuts were not propor tional to education budget cuts. Not enough money has been taken out of transportation and too much has been cut from education, he said. Hodges said that during the past two years, $396 million was taken out of the trust fund and put into the General Fund for teachers' salaries. Rep. Sam Hunt, D-Burlington, said that in the past year, $22 million was also transferred to the General Fund and spent on driver education programs. TheGeneral Assembly must approve transfers from the Highway Trust Fund to the General Fund, she said. Graduate students in a UNC public management and leadershipclass mailed a survey about highway programs to 634 city and county managers and offi cials of economic development organi zations and chambers of commerce. ment of the peopled. We've got a long time to build a whole lot of roads." Goldston argued that it was uncon stitutional for the state to promise fund ing for one thing, in this case transpor tation, and take it away for the purpose of another, education. Rep. Sam Hunt, D-Burlington, said state funding should provide for all the needs of the public. The northeastern part of the state, the poorer region, was left out of the federal interstate highway system, he said. By using the trust fund for Gov. Jim Martin's Intrastate System, all portions of the state could be reached, and the northeast could prosper, he said. Every dollar spent on highways re that, we do not have complete data even from reporting ... I don't want to mini mize anything that would say to anyone that AIDS is not a serious, important disease in this state, because it is, and we consider it epidemic." According to the most recent issue of "HIVAIDS Surveillance," the number of people reported with AIDS in North . Carolina increased 36 percent between May 1990 and April 1991, growing from 1,342 cases to 1,825. In New York, by comparison, while the number of people reported with AIDS increased 26 percent over the same period, the total number of cases was much higher, growing from 29,296 to 37,079, the CDC report stated. As a percentage of the total populations of each state, new AIDS cases occurred in New York at a rate almost six times that of North Carolina. But N.C. experts said the state's com paratively low numbers were no reason for complacency or rationalization. "It's a serious problem, and it's a growing problem in many different as TANNING, INC. i " m HNEWM Mix & Match Swimsuits by Sunset Display That Fantastic Tan With a Fantastic Fit Open 7 Days a Week 139 Rams Plaza 968-3377 9 am-9 pm Spicy, mild or J roasted chicken CCAJUN PREMIUM AFREE 4 with 4 FREE pieces of chicken (1 breast, 1 thigh, 1 leg, 1 wing) with the purchase of any 4 pieces or larger box offer expires 7191 Eastgate Shopping Ctr. Chapel Hill942-3646 Hours: 11 am-11 pm 7 days a week CALL FOR PARTY PLATTERS More than 97 percent of the 61 per cent who responded said tney supported the trust fund, with 95 percent ranking their support as strong. N.C. Transportation Secretary.Tho mas Harrelson said there were miscon ceptions concerning the trust fund. Many people believe there is $9.2 billion in the fund presently, he said. However, the fund is a "pay as you go" program, or when funding is available, it immediately is used, he said. Hodges said there was a $10.4 mil lion deficit in the fund now. She said N.C. Policy and Fund Ad ministration officials projected the nega tive balance would be corrected this month with the anticipated revenues from the remainder of the fiscal year. Harrelson said highways, like educa tion, had not escaped budget cuts. Hodges said it was useless for state services to compete for funding. "We need to work on education, but not by putting state service against state service," she said. "Education already receives about four times the amount of highways." on NCPT's Stateline sults in $20 in private investment in the area, he said. Rep. Larry Justus, R-Hendersonville, proposedHouseBill 1 158, which would allow the General Assembly to borrow from the Highway Trust Fund to bal ance the General Fund. Justus said this bill would be better than raising the state sales tax by 1 cent per dollar, which would take $500 mil lion out of an economy in recession. Rep. Paul Luebke, D-Durham, said he favored using trust fund money for education. An educated labor force should be a high priority, he said. "If we have to establish priorities, then doing more for education would be a better way to go," he said. recorded pects," Brinkley Sugg, HIV counselor at the Orange County Health Depart ment, said of AIDS in the state. "It's serious in terms of its spread, it's serious in terms of the increased burden on the health care system," Sugg said. "It's particularly serious in the Triangle because we have some of the . best medical facilities in North Caro lina, and peoptovfrom all over the southeast(ern) 0rHed States come to Duke and to UNC Hospitals for treat ment. "Anyone who is sexually active and is not using protection or anyone who is sharing needles is at risk." Regarding the AP story, Sugg said, "I think that there needs to be more public education, and if this is a way to encourage and motivate public educa tion, then ... that's a good outcome from what I'm not sure is necessarily responsible journalism. "I don't know if scare tactics are always the best thing to use ... but I do think it is a growing problem, and maybe this will heighten people's awareness." "Show Off Tmp" m r w We fry in cholesterol-free oil! CHICKEN Pieces! coupon Willowcreek Shopping Ctr. Carrboro968-4844 C7 ! L,
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