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... . , . . I. V . The Daily Tar HeelThursday, March 12, 19923 to look for UCPPS Ex-wife testifies Kelly was obsessed with sex FARMVILLE The ex-wife of - Robert F. Kelly Jr. was allowed to tes ' tify Wednesday about the sexual pro clivities of Kelly, who is accused of - sexually abusing children at his Edenton day care center. Kelly faces 97 charges of sexually abusing 1 2 children at the Little Rascals Day Care Center. Kelly owned and op erated the day care with his wife, Eliza beth. She and five others await trial on sexual abuse charges. Kelli de Same testified out of the jury's presence Tuesday that Kelly had received child pornography, that he had once raped her while they were sepa rated and that he had threatened to kill her and their two children. De Sante, of Newport Beach, Calif., portrayed Kelly as a man who became increasingly preoccupied with sex from the time they were married in 1 969 until their divorce in 1978. ; Prosecutor Bill Hart argued Wednes ; day that de Sante's testimony was ad ; missible because it rebuts statements by ' psychologist Henry Adams that Kelly . had no sexual attraction to children, . Adams also said Kelly had no perver ' sions or fetishes. Defense attorney Jeffrey Miller ar- . gued that de Sante's statement that she found child pornography in Kelly's ' mailbox does not prove Kelly looked at child pornography and should not be admitted. Miller also argued that de Sante's . testimony about the alleged rape and comments that Kelly once asked her to : send him her duty underwear did not address the issue of whether Kelly is ' attracted to children. - Poll indicates Faircloth leading GOP race RALEIGH A recent poll indicates that former Democrat D.M. "Lauch" Faircloth has taken an early lead in the three-way race for the Republican U.S. t Senate nomination. According to The News & Observer of Raleigh, which conducted the poll ' with WRAL-TV, Faircloth controlled the support of about 30' percent of N.C. Republicans. Faircloth 's biggest challenge came ; from former Charlotte Mayor Sue ; Myrick, who had support from 20 per ; cent of the GOP, while former U.S. ; Rep. Gene Johnston trailed with 7 per- cent, the paper reported Wednesday. j The three candidates are competing ' for art Opportunity to challenge Demo- t cratic incumbent terry Sanford in the f November general election. A large number of the 416 people ; polled said they had not decided which of the candidates would be their choice. ; According to the N&O, 42 percent of ; those polled were uncommitted. Faircloth switched his affiliation last year but has quickly emerged as a party : favorite. The owner of Faircloth Farms and Coharie Farms, Faircloth has strong '; support within the National Congres- sional Gub, the political organization , of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms. R-N.C. ; Faircloth also has the endorsements of ; Robert Bradshaw, the former chairman ; of Gov. Jim Martin's election cam- ; paigns, and Tom Ellis, the former chair ; man of Helms' re-election effort. The poll also indicated that Myrick, who gained almost half her support in Charlotte, scored higher among younger ' Republicans, the N&O reported. 14-year-old succumbs to rare aging disease DURHAM Shomari "Peedie" ; Snipes, a Burlington boy who gained national attention when a rare disease aged his body to that of an old man, died of heart failure last Sunday at 14. The boy died at 1 1 :32 p.m. Sunday night at Duke University Medical Cen ; ter after his family decided to discon nect life support, said his brother, Sean ; Snipes. Peedie, a victim of progeria, had un dergone triple bypass heart surgery Fri : day. His health had deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks. He spent a week at Duke Medical Center last month after experi encing severe chest pains. His family had begun to realize Peedie did not have much longer to live, said his mother, Susan Snipes. Peedie had told his mother he did not want special efforts made to save his life. She signed papers sealing that wish. Peedie had been unconsc ious and on a life-support machine since the sur gery was performed, Susan Snipes said. After leaving the hospital last month, Peedie was the subject of benefits and honors from various groups. He also had his wish to meet Chicago Bulls basketball star Michael Jordan fulfilled when he flew with family mem bers to Atlanta for a game against the Hawks. Peedie got a closed-door meeting with Jordan, a former star at UNC, and then a courtside seat for the game. While much of his life was normal, Peedie was constantly reminded of the progeria that attacked his body. His stature was slight and his appear ance that of an old man. His movement was restricted by the disease, and he suffered chest pains most youngsters never have to deal with. The Associated Press MM Tnr y III1! i irrrgTTi 752 OTv L I; j -"-ZT" DTHDebbie Stengel A Chapel Hill Transit bus stops to pick up riders on Franklin Street Carrboro to ask state to provide bus system funds By Jennifer Brett Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen Tuesday night authorized town offi cials to seek state aid to offset a $600,000 revenue shortfall plaguing the Chapel Hill Transit System. Members of the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) submitted a proposal urging the board to seek state support in response to the Federal Tran sit Administration's (FTA) decision to decrease funding allocations. "We are asking Carrboro to ask the state representatives to help our area," TAB Director Alex Zaffron said. (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro) is the only urban area with two entirely different transit systems. We ask that the state recognize this as a unique situation and allocate funds to make up for the loss." The funding reduction is an indirect result of the growth of the Durham Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. Because ByJonWhlsenant Staff Writer The 1992 Carolina Summer School Catalog and Directory of Classes book lets are now available to students, but in a different format from the usual fall and spring directories and at a much higher production cost. The Summer School spent $26,000 to produce 22,000 booklets, a cost of $1.18 each. The Spring 1992 directo ries cost $8,102.25 for 30,000 copies, working out to 27 cents per copy. Bulls belong By Carol Davis Staff Writer Chapel Hill Town Council members Wednesday night voted 8 to 1 to en dorse Durham's efforts to keep the Durham Bulls playing in the city s downtown stadium. Raleigh has offered to build a $14 million, 85-acre regional sports facility off Page Road in Wake County where the Bullscould play, according to Clyde Holt, vice chairman of the Raleigh Sports Authority. The city does not want the team to move, Durham City Manager Orville Powell said Wednesday. The Bulls have played in the Durham Athletic Park since 1980. Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Herzenberg cast the only dissenting vote, motioning that the matter be put off until March 23. "This is not a matter of regional to getherness," Herzenberg said. "I am concerned that our intervention might do more harm than good." Chapel Hill Town Council member Art Werner, who proposed the resolu tion along with member Joyce Brown, said he felt the council was unified in its feeling that the team should continue playing on its home turf. I think that it s inappropriate for one area of the Triangle to take another area's attraction," he said. But Ann Franklin, a Raleigh City Council member, challenged the idea that Raleigh approached the Durham Bulls with a proposition to move. Franklin said in telephone interview Wednesday that Raleigh had the oppor tunity toconstructTriangleCentral Park, a sports complex that would house the Bulls as well as future local sports teams. The area would benefit from con struction of the center, she said, adding that the Triangle needed a complex ca pable of housing a variety of athletic programs. 'We are constructing it as part of overall improvements in our area," she Production the population of the area has grown to more than 200,000, the FTA as sumes that the revenue generated by fares will be large enough to offset a greater portion of the expenses. Carrboro must raise $85,000 of the $600,000 shortfall through increases in bus fares or property taxes. Alter natively, the board could opt to re duce bus routes, operating hours or transit personnel. Alderman Jacquelyn Gist urged the board to carefully examine all alter natives before presenting a proposal requesting financial aid from the state. "Are we seeking other sources of money or are we saying 'your way of (allocating funds) is cockeyed go back and do it fair'?" Gist asked. Alderman Tom Gurganus warned against the negative results of fare or tax increases and called for more in formation about the transit system, including revenue generated by fares See BUSES, page 5 expense Student Body President Matt Heyd said he thought the amount of money spent on the booklets was excessive. Heyd said Summer School was not funded by the state and relied on money received from students' tuition and fees. "If you're receipt-driven, you should do things as cheaply as possible," he said. Cheryl Mitchell, director of adminis tration for the Summer School, said the school used to print a separate course directory and catalog. "This is the first year we decided to combine the catalog and the directory in one booklet." in Durham, The Durham Athletic Park has been said. "We have very successful soccer teams, and the demand by spectators is increasing. It could also be convenient for all since it (would be) located be- immvm: r I' in t 'IwWiwiwiiiii mtmrn ir.iiiiiniirmniiMi homosexual policies Possible discrimination worries CGLA By Marty Minchin Staff Writer The University Career Planning and Placement Service will begin asking companies that recruit students if they have a policy against discrimination of gays and lesbians in the workplace. The department will amend its ques tionnaire to find out if businesses inter ested in recruiting students have a non discrimination policy for homosexuals, said Marcia Harris, career planning and placement services director. "We are adding a question on our recruiting form about whether or not they have a written policy regarding discrimination based on sexual orienta tion," she said. Department officials will revise the forms this summer to have them ready Men's soccer coach thwarts fake recruit's scam attempt By Eric David Assistant Sports Editor A tip from UNC men's soccer coach Elmar Bolowich helped University Po lice foil an attempted scam last week. Police arrested Armindo Jorge Santos, 32, Monday for obtaining funds under false pretenses, possession of a stolen vehicle and delaying and ob structing. He is being held in Orange County Jail. Bolowich said Santos, a Brazil na tive, arrived at the men's soccer office Thursday posing as a recruit on an unof ficial visit. "He had a letter from a friend of his father's who was associated with the USSF (United States Soccer Fed eration)," he said. "It recommended the young man, saying he had already been at other schools and didn't like them." The letter mentioned South Carolina University as a school that Santos had attended, Bolowich said. The letter also asked Bolowich to cash a $694 money order made out to Initial costs will be higher this year to pay for the reformatting but should de cline next year, she said. The directories contain a detailed description of classes, admission infor mation, housing and transportation in formation and a description of study abroad opportunities. Because the catalog is included with the directory this year, the books were designed to last longer. 'They might look fancy if you are looking at other directories, but if you compare them to the catalogs, they don't council says DTHErin Randall home for the Durham Bulls since 1980 tween a lot of communities." But Franklin said she sympathized See BULLS, page 9 ... ...,..:,- . , ot directorycatai for distribution in the fall, she said. The question is being added at the request of the Carolina Gay and Les bian Association, Harris said. Svati Shah, CGLA co-chairwoman, said she and Bob Garris, CGLA office coordinator, requested the question be added to the form because CGLA mem bers were concerned about the treat ment of homosexuals in the workplace. "Gays and lesbians have special con cerns when they go into the work world," she said. "Those concerns are impor tant." Harris said very few companies have a written policy. Companies that don't have a policy could discriminate against gays and lesbians because this type of discrimination is not illegal, she said. 'There are definitely companies that are discriminating," she said. "They the coach and give $300 to Santos to pay for his visit. "The letter said he was here for an unofficial visit and wanted topayforeverythinghimself,"Bolowich said. Bolowich said such a scenario was not uncommon. "Parents sometimes want the kid not to spend all their money , so they ask the coach to hold some back." But the letter from the USSF aroused Bolowich's suspicion. "Usually the USSF would call if they had enclosed a money order," Bolowich said. "Since the USSF had not contacted me in ad vance, that made me follow up." Bolowich called the USSF, which told him that the alleged friend of the family was not a member of the group. "I called the USSF, and they didn't know the guy," he said. Bolowich then contacted Mark Berson, the men's soccer coach at South Carolina, who said Santos had attempted the same scam there. , Santos returned to Bolowich's office seem so fancy," Mitchell said. Although the new directories have a $2 price tag, they are available free of charge at either the University Registrar'sOfficeor the Summer School office. The directories cost $2 only if you buy them at Student Stores. "We understand that the other cata logs are available at the Student Stores, so we just wanted to make ours avail able there as well," Mitchell said. Students who will visit UNC during the summer still will receive their book lets for free through the mail, she said. Educational Foundation may create student club j By Jenny Mclnnls Staff Writer Students aren't alumni until they graduate, but they would be one step closer to participating in alumni ac tivities if a proposed Student Educa tional Foundation is created. Mover Smith, executive vice presi dent of the Educational Foundation, also known as the Rams Club, said the foundation would help create a stu dent group if students were interested. "We don't know if there's an inter est (from students)," Smith said. "No group of students have come forward." Members of the proposed Student Educational Foundation would receive the same mailings distributed to Edu cational Foundation members. "We send football and basketball brochures to donors and members,"he said. A minimum donation of $50 to the Rams Club is required by members. Smith said. The Student Educational Foundation only would ask for $10 to $20 a year. "This is something for students," Smith said. "We hate to initiate any thing that would ask students for money." The idea was proposed by Ken Willard, a three-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference football player for UNC and a member of the alumni group. Matt Heyd, student body president, said he would encourage student in volvement, although he was not sure whether the foundation would be student-run. "The Educational Foundation is very open to including students," he said. Doug Dibbert, director of Alumni Affairs, agreed that student' involve ment in the proposed Student Educa tional Foundation would be beneficial can legally do that because homosexu als are not protected by law." Shah said the additional question would inform gay and lesbian students of which companies supported homo sexuals and also would inform compa nies of the University's support of ho mosexuals. . 1 "By providing that information! to students, it lets students know which companies have pro-gay policies dnd which don't," she said. "It lets the com panies know the institution that the stu dents are coming from supports gays and lesbians." The results of the question would! be published in Lambda, CGLA's news letter. Shah added. j She said she was glad the quest jon was being added. "I feel good that ive have accomplished having it changed." 1 Sunday for the remaining $394, put Bolowich was able to withhold the money until Monday so that NationsBank could verify the order. The order was confirmed as a forgery Monday, and Bolowich contacted the University Police. When Santos arrived to pick up the money, he was taken into custody. j Detective Angela Carmon of Uni versity Police said Santos had beeii in possession of a stolen car and had gifen University police three false names. Officers finally took Santos' finder prints andconfirmed his identity through the State Bureau of Investigation, j "He had been arrested in Miami and South Carolina forthe same type scams," Carmon said. "He also had an outstand ing warrant in New Hampshire for a stolen vehicle." j Carmon said that printing tools, pijob ably used to forge the money order, had been found in Santos' room at the C4ro- Una Inn. , J 1 og rises Abeer Elkhouly, a sophomore from Gastonia who plans to attend Summer School, said the books did not include information about on-campus housing costs for the summer. "(But) as far as other booklets from the spring or fall go, these are nicer looking," she said. Christina Vocalan, a freshman biol ogy major from Goldsboro, said She liked the detailed course descriptions in the new directories. "I think it's better because sometimes you don't kriow what the classes offer." Matt Heyd to students. ', "It is certainly positive and produc tive," he said. "The experience stu dents have as students determines how they are likely to behave later as alumni." '. Christina Blackmon, a junior from Cary, said she did not like the idea.! "Everything seems to be for atfi letes, and there are others here," she said. I Christine Schwardt, a senior frorn Charlotte, had a different view of !a Student Educational Foundation, i i "If it is run by students, students would better understand the problems students would have," she said. i The Rams Club's main function is to fund athletic scholarship program. Smith said. j The foundation also sponsors mi jor projects within the athletics depart - ment. t !
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