The Daily Tar HeelMonday, December 7, 19923
Lee works to make bill acceptable
PlayMakers sponsors
gift and toy drive
PlayMakers Repertory Company is
sponsoring its sixth annual toy and gift
drive, collecting and distributing toys
to children throughout the area.
The drive, which began Wednesday
and runs through Dec. 20 in conjunc
tion with the PlayMakers production of
The Nutcracker: A Play, also is spon
sored by WUNC-FM and The Siena
Hotel.
Residents should bring toys and gifts
to the Paul Green Theatre lobby through
Dec. 20 during box office hours, which
are 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, and
during additional box office hours be
fore performances of "The Nutcracker,"
which are until 8 p.m. Tuesdays through
Fridays, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Gifts also may be taken to The Siena
Hotel, located at 1505 E. Franklin St.
Gifts should be new, not used, and
should be giftwrapped. Donors should
label gifts with a description of the gift,
including size of clothing, and the age
and sex for which the gift is intended.
Donors also may indicate whether
they would like the gift to be delivered
to a children' s home, hospital or Christ
mas House.
The gifts and toys will be delivered to
the Central Children's Home of North
Carolina and Oxford Orphanage, both
of which are located in Oxford. They
also will be distributed at UNC Hospi
tals and through the Chapel Hill Service
League's Christmas House program.
For more information about the gift
and toy drive, call Gay Gambrell,
PlayMakers development officer, at
962-2485.
Council to discuss North
Forest Hills Park plan
The Chapel Hill Town Council will
continue the public hearing and con
sider alternate resolutions for the re
quest for a special-use permit for North
Forest Hills Park.
Residents surrounding the proposed
9.5 acre Dark debated the construction
plans of the park at a public hearing
Nov. 16. They said they were worried
that a large public park would increase
traffic, cause security problems and
decrease the value of properties sur
rounding the park.
The council is scheduled to vote to
night on whether to grant the special
use permit to build the park, which
would be located immediately south of
Orange Water and Sewer Authority's
Nunn Mountain water tower property.
Women's center offers
breast cancer clinic
The Orange County Women's Cen
ter will sponsor a workshop Thursday
titled "Learn the Signs of Breast Can
cer." The workshop, which will be led by
Marcia Friedman of the American Can
cer Society, will use synthetic models
and video presentations to teach women
how to conduct a breast self-exam.
The workshop will be held from 7:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the center, located
at 210 Henderson St. in Chapel Hill.
The workshop is free, but preregis
tration is required because of space con
straints. For more information or to preregis
ter for the workshop, call Dawn Will
iams at 968-4610.
Local resident elected
to state autism board
A Chapel Hill resident was elected to
the board of directors for the Autism
Society of North Carolina last month.
Alice Wertheimer, who is the parent
of an autistic child, will serve a two
year term as a parent representative on
the board.
Wertheimer also serves as president
of the Chapel Hill local unit of the
Autism Society of North Carolina and
is a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Schools Advisory Board for After
School Services for Special Needs Chil
dren. The board of directors election was
held during the Autism Society's 15th
Annual Conference on Autism.
The Autism Society of North Caro
lina is a United Way agency and re
ceives funding from local United Way
offices, the state legislature, foundation
grants, private contributions and mem
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By Julie Nations
Staff Writer
Although North Carolina would not
feel its effects until the year 2000, N.C.
Sen. Howard Lee, D-Orange, said he
was working to make his omnibus con
stitutional amendment more palatable
to state lawmakers in preparation for
presentation to the General Assembly
in mid-January.
One of Lee's key proposals would
combine the powers of lieutenant gov
ernor and secretary of state, thereby
eliminating the position of lieutenant
governor.
"The one piece that seems to be caus
ing the most uncomfortableness right
now has to be what I've finally pro
posed with regards to the lieutenant
governor's position," Lee said. "There
are a number of people who have a lot of
questions about whether or not it would
be wise to eliminate the position as
opposed to redefining the position."
Lee said he was open to other sugges
tions, such as transferring the position
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Vandalism
By Holly Stepp
Staff Writer
An outbreak of car vandalism cases
in the Craige Parking Deck on Nov. 23
has prompted concern from car owners
and University police officials about
security in the two-year-old parking
garage.
Five cars were vandalized on the
second level of the Craige Parking Deck
Nov. 23. Windows were damaged in all
of the cars, and two flashlights were
stolen from one vehicle.
Karen Conrad, a residence assistant
in Craige Residence Hall, said her 1992
Council to hear appeal of cab driver
By Matthew Henry
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council will
hear the appeal tonight of a cab driver
whose permit to drive a taxi was re
voked after a drunk-driving conviction.
The council will hear the case of
Lacy Eugene Reaves, a driver for Air
port and Intown Taxi who has requested
that the town give him back his permit,
at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. today at
Chapel Hill Town Hall.
For Reaves to get his permit back, the
council would have to amend the town
code, which stipulates that a cab driver
must have his permit revoked for three
years following a drunk-driving con
viction. Reaves, who lives at 2511 Neville
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completely out of
the Senate and into
the executive
branch.
Lee said that if
a revamped ver
sion of his bill
passed instead of
his initial plan, it
would go into ef
fect in 1996.
"These are the
bill's options that
Howard Lee
are very much alive," he said.
N.C. Sen. W.D. Goldston, D
Rockingham, said he thought the
chances of the bill passing were "very
slim." Goldston said he did not agree
with Lee's plan regarding the succes
sion of the governor. "That would make
the secretary of state the second most
powerful person in the state," he said.
Lee's proposed bill also would give
the governor veto power. "My bill right
now calls for a majority to override the
veto, not a conservative majority but a
simple majority," Lee said. "It is pos
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worries Craige par kers
Mazda Protege was damaged in the
Craige Parking Deck early that morn
ing. The left back vent was broken, the
glove compartment was opened and the
contents were searched, she said.
Conrad said her car was scratched.
Police estimated the damage at about
$100.
When Conrad took her car to Rice's
Glass Co. in Carrboro to be repaired,
she learned that several vandalism cases
had occurred in the Craige deck.
"When I took my car to be repaired,
one of the employees told me that they
have had several people come by to
have their cars repaired, which had been
Road in Chapel Hill, was arrested and
charged with driving while impaired
Aug. 2.
Reaves, who was off-duty at the time
of his arrest, had a .19 blood alcohol
level, almost twice the legal limit.
Reaves was convicted of driving
while impaired Aug. 26 and given lim
ited driving privileges. Judge Patricia
Love determined Reaves could drive
only for work, household maintenance,
community service, and substance
abuse treatment.
Reaves said he knew he had made a
mistake but maintained he had never
driven under the influence while driv
ing his cab.
"I made a mistake. I gotta pay for it,"
Reaves said. "I've never had any prob
lems with drinking before in 30 years of
Carolina students are invited to attend the WORLD'S
LARGEST TAILGATE PARTY in Atlanta prior to the Tar
Heel's Peach Bowl appearance akinst Mississippi State on
January 2nd. The party will be held from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm in
Exhibit Hall D of the Georgia World Congress Center, adjacent
to the Georgia Dome. The Peach Bowl Pep Rally, featuring the
Carolina band and cheerleaders, will be held at the same location
from 5-6 pm, and students are encouraged to come and show
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sible (that the bill could change); how
ever, once that we start debating in the
legislature the bill could be amended to
provide line-item (veto)."
Lee said his proposal would limit
state senators and representatives to
three consecutive terms. His bill also
would extend the present two-year term
to four years. Lee's bill allows for ap
pointed legislators to finish out a term
and then run for three more terms.
A similar proposal placed on a refer
endum about 10 years ago failed, he
said. "What I'm hoping will make my
proposal attractive is that I'm propos
ing a limitation on the number of con
secutive terms a person can serve."
N.C. Rep. Joanne Bowie, R-Guilford,
said she thought Lee would encounter
opposition concerning the veto item of
his bill. "This General Assembly at this
point and time is the strongest in the
country," she said. "We are the only
state without the governor's veto
power."
Bowie said she did not agree with the
part of the bill that calls for Limiting
Lack of national obscenity
law may lead to problems
ByKatyWurth
Staff Writer
Due to the lack of a national standard
governing obscenity laws, Phil Harvey,
the owner of PHE Inc., could be in
dicted in several states for violating
local obscenity laws.
Obscenity law became an issue when
PHE Inc., which operates Adam & Eve,
a local erotic mail-order business, was
raided last Tuesday by federal postal
inspectors.
Alabama postal officials ordered the
raid last Tuesday on the grounds that
PHE Inc., located west of Carrboro on
N.C. 54, violated the federal law under
Chapter 71, Section 1461, which pro
hibits obscenities in the mail.
Local attorney Alan McSurley said
obscenity never had been defined clearly
by the Supreme Court
"The Supreme Court refused to set a
national standard regarding obscenity,"
McSurley said.
McSurley said a judge trying an ob
scenity case would ask the jury to use
what they thought were the values or
standards of their community to decide
whether something was obscene. ',
University journalism Professor
Chuck Stone said Sunday that the cur
rent laws regarding obscenity were es
tablished in the Supreme Court case
Roth v. United States in 1957. In this
case, the court defined obscenity as
anything that offended the moral stan
dards of a community.
"The way obscenity operates now is
damaged in the Craige Parking Deck,"
she said.
Chuck Solomon, a student in the
School of Social Work and a Craige
resident, said his Suzuki Samurai had
been broken into and two flashlights
had been stolen.
Conrad said she believed the two
flashlights were used to break into the
other cars. All of the cars were broken
into through the left back vent window,
she said.
Martin Cox, the security guard who
was patrolling the deck when the van
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convicted of DWI
taxi driving. I've never drunk on duty
it's against policy."
Reaves said he would fight as long as
it took to get his permit back. "I have a
lot of responsibilities. I need to work,"
he said.
Prior to his court date, Reaves volun
tarily completed a substance-abuse out
patient treatment program at Chemical
Abuse Recovery Enterprises, accord
ing to a letter to the council from Reaves'
attorney, James Stanford. Reaves also
has attended Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings voluntarily, Stanford's letter
stated.
"If the town manager's revocation
and order is allowed to stand or is not
modified, Lacy Reaves will be deprived
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legislators' terms. "I think I'm up for
term limits every two years," she said.
"If my constituency doesn't like me,
I'm out."
Bowie added that she was in favor of
extending legislators' terms to four
years. "Some people are continually
campaigning, which costs the state a
tremendous amount of money," she said.
The bill also contains a proposal for
the governor and lieutenant governor to
run as a partisan team. Lee said there
had been several instances when the
governor was a Republican and the lieu
tenant governor was a Democrat.
"It's created a strained relationship
with basically no communication," he
said. "It makes for a better potential
relationship between the two people
who are the chief representatives of the
executive branch of government."
Although his bill has received an
onslaught of publicity , Lee said he was
not trying yet to garner support for the
proposals. "What I'm planning to do
once that I get it into the shape I feel
comfortable with is get in touch with a
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that it is determined by local commu
nity standards," Stone said. "If enough
people from a community claim to be
offended by something, then the district
attorney can prosecute."
Stone said the only national stan
dards regarding obscenity were estab
lished in 1973 by the Supreme Court
case Miller v. California. In this case,
the court ruled that if certain materials
had literary, artistic, political or scien
tific appeal, they could not be pros
ecuted as obscene.
Carrboro mayor Eleanor Kinnaird
said Harvey would be much less likely
to be prosecuted in Chapel Hill or
Carrboro than in Alabama.
Margaret Blanchard, also a professor
of journalism, said the problem with the
obscenity law was that communities
had different standards depending on
the values of each community.
"Phil Harvey could be brought to
trial in so many areas that he could go
UNC senior wishes she
was the Maid of Cotton
By Ivan Arrington
Staff WritCT
Don't tell UNC senior Mollie Butler
she's all fluff.
If everything goes smoothly this
month for Butler, she will be crowned
the 1993 Maid of Cotton in Dallas Jan.
1.
Butler, a resident of Elizabethtown,
was selected as one of 20 finalists ear
lier this fall from a pool of applicants
from the 10-state Cotton Belt.
Butler, president of Alpha Chi Omega
sorority, said she was looking forward
to the competition and was thankful for
the chance to represent her state.
"It's very exciting," she said. "It's an
honor to be selected to represent North
Carolina."
To become a finalist, Butler had to go
through an application process that con
sisted of submitting pictures and es
says. The contest regulations mandate
that four of the 20 finalists come from
Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona, so But
ler had to vie for one of 16 remaining
slots.
In late December, Butler will partici
pate in a series of interviews, luncheons
and community events where five judges
will evaluate her on poise, personality,
appearance and communication skills.
"They're looking for someone who
can communicate with textile workers,
textile managers or even the president,"
Butler said.
Butler said the preparation for the
contest, while intimidating, has been
eased by a $200 donation from the N.C.
Cotton Council.
"It's very overwhelming," she said.
"Right now I'm trying to find my ward
robe, and finding cotton winter clothes
and a cotton formal is a challenge in
itself. I'm very thankful for the (Cotton
Council's) help."
Butler said she first became inter
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number of scholars and learned people
in politics and the law," he said. "I want
them to tell me some of the flaws or the
pros and cons of the bill."
Lee also said that the Senate Caucus
was meeting this weekend and that he
planned to talk to his colleagues to find
out which parts of the bill concerned
them most. "As of right now, all of these
proposals are in the same bill, but by the
time I get around to presenting the bill,
I may have spun out some of these
items," he said.
N.C. Sen. Henson Barnes, D-Wayne,
president pro tempore of the N.C. Sen
ate, said Lee's bill would require a
change in the state constitution. "They
would have to get 60 percent of each
body to pass it, then submit it to the
people to pass by popular vote."
Barnes said he did not think the leg
islature would pass a proposal calling
for a change in the state constitution. "I
think you're pumping a dry well when
you talk about transferring power be
cause there is no power there to transfer."
broke defending himself," Blanchard
said.
Harvey's company has already been
raided by state officials from Utah,
Kentucky and North Carolina.
"It' s definitely unfair to have so many
standards," Blanchard said. "I think that
eventually this multiple prosecution
thing could go to the Supreme Court."
Stone also predicted that Harvey's
case would eventually get to the Su
preme Court. But McSurley and
Kinnaird said they did not think the
Supreme Court would hear the case.
McSurley said, "The Supreme Court
doesn't want to get involved in this.
That's why the obscenity laws are so
ambiguous now.
"People who are worried about ob
scenity should not look to the state to
control it," McSurley added. "Censor-
ship is a violation of first amendment
rights."
Stone, Blanchard and Kinnaird
agreed that Harvey was being pros
ecuted unfairly and that the federal of
ficials were conspiring to run him out of
business. -
ested in the con
test three years ago
when her father,
who works in the
textile industry,
met the 1990 Maid
of Cotton and told
his daughter about
the contest.
"I went to Dal
las last year, and it
was a wonderful
experience," she
Mollie Butler
said. "It wasn't like (the contestants)
were competing against each other it
wasn't a back-stabbing kind of thing."
If selected, Butler will receive a
$ 1 0,000 scholarship and become a good
will ambassador for the U.S. cotton
industry. After being crowned at the
New Year's Day Cotton Bowl in Dallas
and participating in the Cotton Bowl
parade, the winner will begin training
and fitting for a six-month tour of the
United States and East Asia.
"It' s very intense traveling," she said.
"A manager accompanies you, and you
don't know where you're going until
they tell you."
The winner will represent the cotton
industry while meeting with workers
and textile personnel in Asia and
throughout the United States, promot
ing cotton products and goods manu
factured in the United States. Butler has
worked in the cotton industry for two
years.
"You're gone for several weeks at a
time, and you go back to Memphis (the
home of the National Cotton Council of
America)," she said.
Butler, who will graduate early from
UNC, said she would have the neces
sary time for touring before starting
medical school in the fall.
"It would be perfect," she said. "The
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