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ECU Reportedly Narrows Its Choices BlTHE DAILY REFLECTOR

Greenville. N.C.Friday Afternoon, December 2,1988

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Atlantis Soars Into Space

By Howard Benedict

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Atlantis and its crew of five military astronauts rocketed into orbit today on a secret mission that reportedly will deploy a powerful radar satellite to spy on the Soviet Union and guide the new stealth bomber.

The shuttle blasted away from its seaside launch pad at 9:30:34 a.m. EST witti less than 90 seconds to go in the launch window after a blacked-out countdown that was delayed by the same weather wor

ries that had forced a postponement on Thursday.

The spaceship etched a fiery path in the sky as it headed straight up on a northward path a course that will allow the $500 million satellite it releases to fly over 80 percent of the Soviet Union on its intelligence-gathering mission.

A very clean ascent for Atlantis; there were no problems encountered on the way to orbit, said Brian Welch, the commentator at Mission Control in Houston.

An hour later, Welch reported the vehicle is in very clean shape. There are no systems problems whatever to report.

With those words, the Defense Department clamped a security lid on the flight, cutting off the normal NASA commentary on the mission and the broadcast of crew-to-ground conversations.

Air Force Secretary Edward C. Aldridge, who observed the liftoff from the control center, thanked the launch team, saying the payload was extremely important and you did a great job all around.

Added NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher: You gave us some heart failure there toward the end, but we got it off... my thanks * for another great job.

Atlantis' iftoff on the 27th shuttle

flight and the third all-military mission was witnessed by a smaller-than-usual crowd of a few thousand space enthusiasts along nearby rivers and roadsides.

The launch had been delayed 24 hours by strong winds along the shuttles flight path. Strong, shifting winds five miles up also threatened todays liftoff, but weather balloon data read late in the countdown showed they were acceptable.

New doubts cropped up even at the 31-second mark, when NASA again stopped the clock briefly because of concern about weather at a trans-

(See SHUTTLE, A-18)

Hijackers Swap Kids For Plane

Pirates Flee Moscow For Israel

The Associated Press

Atlantis rockets past American flag en route to orbit

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEL AVIV, Israel - Five armed people who commandeered a busload of 30 children in the Soviet Union and traded them for a plane out of the country landed in Israel today, Israel radio said.

An army spokeswoman said earlier there were eight crew members aboard the plane held by five hijackers, one of them ap-parently a woman. The spokeswoman did not say where the army got the information.

Federal Judge Approves State Rule Over Cleanups

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CINCINNATI - A federal judge today approved a precedent-setting order requiring the U.S. Department of Energy to be subject to Ohio environmental regulations in a $1 billion cleanup of the agencys Fer-nald uranium processing plant.

Ohio Attorney General Anthony Celebrezze Jr. and Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, said the decree is historic because it gives the state a court-enforceable order to pressure the Energy Department to clean up the plant. Celenrezze and Glenn said it is the first such agreement they know of.

Celebrezze and Richard Shank, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency director, said Ohio will use the order to force' the Energy Department to pay for the cleanup, estimated at $1 billion.

U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel signed the ag|reement this morning in Cincinnati, Celebrezze said.

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The accord covers the Feed Materials Production Center in Femald, which state officials blame for contamination of air and water at the 1,050-acre site 18 miles north of Cincinnati. The plant enriches uranium for nuclear power plants and for the governments nuclear research efforts.

The announcement of the agreement Thursday came as the plants operator announced plans to lay off 350 workers because of decreased demand for its product.

Glenn said Fernalds problems date through 35 years of Washington administrations and predecessors to the Energy Department, as well as todays administration.

Tieres plenty of blame to go around, said Glenn, who conducted a 1984 congressional hearing to help bring to public attention Fernalds environmental problems of stor^ radioactive wastes and atmospheric releases of radioactive uranium oxide dust.

Production at the 37-year-old Feed Materials Production Center has been halted since the start of a strike by union workers Oct. 7.

Glenn said the Energy Department estimates it will cost $175 billion to clean up 17 federal nuclear sites during the next 35 years. He

U.N. Ready For Geneva

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UNITED NATIONS - A senior Arab diplomat said today that member states will pass a resolution to move the General Assembly to Geneva so PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, barred from entering the United States, can address the body.

On Thursday night, the United States refused the assemblys request to grant Arafat a visa. Arafat planned to speak about the Palestinian situation.

Arab and U.N. sources" said the Geneva session would be held sometime Dec. 12-16. Revised estimates put the cost of the session at $500,000, said the Arabdiplomat.

Arafat has said he wants to explain the new position taken by the PLOs Palestine National Council in its recent meeting in Algiers.

said only $300 million is budgeted for the job in the coming year.

Todays agreement resulted from negotiations prompted by two Ohio lawsuits, filed in J986 and 1987, against the Energy Department. The agreement, in the form of court decree, requires the Energy Department to pay more than $1 million as a result of the lawsuits.

Tel Avivs Ben-Gurion Airport, where the plane landed, was placed on alert, with military vehicles, fire engines, first aid teams and rescue units lined up on the tarmac.

State-run Israel radio announced the landing in a brief report. No further details were immediately available.

Earlier, radio monitors said that Tjrf^vivs controltower had con-tacteo^the hijacked plane. Can I talk with the hijackerr a controller asked. No, the pilot responded.

Israel Army radio said the plane at first headed toward Pakistan and Iraq, but then changed course and flew toward Israel.

In Moscow, an official said the incident tegan Thursday in the city of Ordzhodmidze in southern Russia.

A group of armed bandits hijacked a bus with 30 school-children and a teacher and demanded a plane to deliver .them abroad, Albert Vlasov, head of the Soviet news agency Novosti, told a news con-fercnce.

In onler to save the children and the teacher a decision was made to give a plane, Vlasov said. He said the hostages were released unharmed.

Vlasov said the hijackers wanted to go to Israel, South Africa or

(See HIJACKERS. A-18)

ECU News Bureau/Tony Rumple

Holiday Art Sale

Todd Camnitz, 11-month-old son of Marc and Susan Camnitz of Greenville, waits patiently while his mother shops at the East Carolina University School of Art show and sale of student art at the Jenkins Fine Arts Center on campus. The sale, which features decorative and functional works, will end Saturday at noon.

PCMH Expansion Wins States OK

Pitt County Memorial Hospital received official notification this morning of conditional approval of its Certificate of Need for a $58 million expansion project to include 143 new beds.

The notification came in a phone call to Dave McRae, hospital senior vice president, from the project analyst of the CON section of the state Department of Human Resources.

The condition on the approval is that the expanded area be for teaching and research only, McRae said.

The Certificate of Need people want it very clear that the approval is not being given just because we are busy and have a waiting list for patients to enter the hospital. The basis for the approval is to allow the hos-ital to do a better job of training medical stuclents and residents and to

ve more space and facilities* available as an academic institution, McRae said.

He said the condition fits in with the hospitals original intention concerning the expansion. We applied under the academic provision of the CON statu s, so this directive only reinforces our intent, he said.

McRae said the approval gives the go-ahead for selecting architects and arranging for financing of the project. The first phase of the project is expected to be c >mpleted in 1992, witii lat^ leases to become rea(fy to use in 1993 and 1994.

PCC Enrollment Up By 5 Percent

By Cherie Evans

THE DAILY REFLECTTOR

The 1988 winter enrollment at Pitt Community College has increased about 5 percent over 1987 figures, Edgar Boyd, dean of students, told the PCC Board of Trustees during its meeting Thursday.

There is growth in all areas of the college, including vocational education programs, Boyd said.

Last year, about 2,600 students had enrolled for the winter quarter, while this year about 2,751 already had enrolled before registration closed. Boyd estimated that a figure from 2,850 to 2,875 would represent this years total winter quarter enrollment.

Increased enrollment was credited to several efforts.

A new advertising scheme used to

attract students in the welding program resulted in the welding department chairman receiving 36 calls in three days, said Susan Nobles, Erector of public relations and marketing. The technique also will be used for other vocational programs, she said.

In addition, more evening classes are being held this quarter, and short courses for general maintenance and construction trades are being developed to meet the needs of county citizens, Ms. Nobles said.

High school counselors were also hired during the summer to follow up on high school graduates that had not expressed job or education plans after graduation, said Charles Russell, president. The college gained several students through that effort.

(See PCC, A-18)

Undercover Youth Used In ALE Sting

By John Bare

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

Eight Martin County businesses have been cited for selling beer to a 16-year-old in a sting operation conducted by Alcohol Law Enforcement agents and the Martin County Sheriffs Department.

A 16-year-old person was sent into 24 businesses Nov. 18 and Nov. 19 in the Martin County area and was able to buy malt beverages in eight of the spots, said Donnie Davis, supervisor of the regional ALE office inTarboro.

Authorities issued criminal summonses Thursday to each store clerk and store owner cited for selling alcohol to the minor, Davis said. All are set to appear'Jan. 9 in Martin County District Court.

If convicted, the store clerks could face up to two years in prison or a $2,000 fine, or both. But Davis said first offenders usually receive a smaller fine and no active jail term.

The ALE office will also issue violation reports on each place of business to the state Board, of Alcohol Beverage Control, andHhe

board is to nold a hearing on eacn charge. The board may fine the businesses or suspend their alcohol permits.

The following stores and clerks were cited: Dicks Mini Mart, N.C. 13 in Everetts, and store owner Fred R. Wagner of Everetts; Lil Joes Store, No. 2 Prison Camp Road in Williamston, and clerk Annie May Mackey of Williamston; Fast Fare No. 501, 610 N. Haughton St. in Williamston, and clerk Brenda Kaye Peele of Robersonville, and Handy Mart No. 18, Route 1, U.S. 64 in Robersonville, and clerk Cindy Ann Reed of Robersonville.

Also, Winn-Dixie Store No. 922, Martin Plaza on U.S. 64 in Williamston, and clerk Donna Gay Rogerson of Williamston; People Service Drug Store, Martin Plaza on U.S. 64 in Williamston, and clerk Charles Craven Gurganus of Williamston; Stanleys Quick Mart, Route 5, U.S. 64 in Williamston, owner Naomi Gail Roberson and clerk Stoney Edward Roberson of Williamston, and Reveo Discount Drug Store No. 2506, 908 Washington St. in Williamston, and clerk Paula Lynn Barbers of Jamesville.

In The Area

Four Thefts Reported

Investigators said four thefts were reported to Greenville police Thursday.

Officer S.D. Hilliard said a 1977 model Jeep Renegade later recovered on the Belvoir Highway was taken from a parking lot at the intersection of Fourth and Cotanche Streets in an incident reported at 1:16, a.m. Officer Alexander Batts said a tire and rim were taken from ,a truck parked at The Plaza mall in an incident reported at 11:53 a.m.

Officer W.S. Heath said $20 was taken from 207 Manhattan Ave. in a break-in reported at 3:22 p.m., while Officer J.A. Felton said a television, telephone, mixer and coffee maker, a fan and $900 in change was taken from 1205 Farmville Blvd. in a break-in reported at 5:08 p.m.

Televisions Taken

Greenville police said television sets were taken in two incidents reported to the department Wednesday night.

Officer J.G. Jenkins said a television was taken from 108 Martha Lane in Colonial Trailer Park in a break-in reported at 9:18 p.m., while Officer R.G. Mendenhall said a television and stereo were taken from 1908 S. Pitt St. in a break-in reported at 10:06 p.m.

Children *s Book Week

Stokes Elementary School recently placed a renewed interest on reading during Childrens Book Week. Students were involved in a daily read-in for one week. Guest speakers were Charles Ross, Nimette Soli and Roscoe Locke, who read stories to the students. The students also dressed as their favorite storybook characters. An assembly ended the week with students explaining why they were thankful.

Seniors Have Sale

The Southside Senior Citizens Club will hold a fish, chicken and baked goods sale at 11 a.m. Saturday at South Greenville Recreation Center, Howell and Skinner streets.

The donation per plate is $3.

Red Cross Is Seeking New Donors

The Pitt County Red Cross has announced it is seeking additional blood donors during the next three months The awareness campaign, Give Blood. It'll Warm Your Heart, will continue through February.

'Out of 23 bloodmobiles held in Pitt County from July through November, only five have met the desired goal, said Raquel Zimmerman, executive director of the local chapter

We need to collect a total of 6,140 pints of blood in Pitt County this year in order to meet our goal. Pitt County is the fastest growing area in eastern North Carolina, and we are appealing to local citizens to help ensure that our county gives its share of blood for area hospital pa^ tients.

There are opportunities to give blood in Pitt County during December, said. The bloodmobile will visit TRW Inc. on Monday, Empire Brushes on Wednesday, and Procter & Gamble on Dec. 14.

The public Holiday Miracle bloodmobile will be held at Wahl-Coates School Dec. 29.

In addition to the bloodmobiles, the donor room in the outpatient center of the East Carolina University School of Medicine is open to individuis or groups by appointment on'Motidays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p m. to G p.m. Appointments can 1)6 made by calling 758-4948.

We can handle up to 20 donors per day at the Brody Building site, Ms. Zimmerman said. So we encourage small employee groups who are not large enough to host a l)l(R)dmol)ile on site to contact us about reserving a day for employees to give.

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Vlotorist Is Killed In Car-Train Crash

FARMVILLE - Marion Lefaun Washington, 34, of Route 2, Snow Hill, was killed Thursday night when the car he was driving was struck by a Norfolk & Southern Corp. freight train at a crossing on Chinquapin Road about 1.8 mil^ northeast of Farmville.

Highway Patrol Trooper R.A. Backus, who investigated, said the car Washington was driving was headed north on S.R.1218 and was struck by the east-bound train when it failed to yield the right of way at the crossing.

Washington died of head injuries he received in the collision, which caused an estimated $3,000 damage to the car and $800 damage to the lead engine of the train. Backus said.

Backus quoted John Carl Grabarek of Asheboro, the engineer, as saying he was blowing the trains whistle for the crossing, but Washingtons car failed to stop.

Panel Has Meeting

The Pitt County Tobacco Advisory Committee held itsjinal meeting for 1988 on Tuesday. Participating members were updated on new varieties for 1989 and results of a survey of county producers. Mike Doherty, area farm management agent, introduced the committee to a new farm business records keeping program from North Carolina State University.

IRS Makes Mistake

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced it has mistakenly disallowed refund claims by farmers who paid at least $1,000 in excise taxes on diesel fuel for nonhighway use during the quarters ending June 30 and September 30.

Farmers whose claims for $1,000 or more were rejected may refile the claims by returning the disallowance letter and explaining

the IRS disallowed the claim in error.

The IRS has set up special post office boxes for these claims. Farmers in North Carolina should submit their resubmitted claims to 3131 Democrat Road, Stop 48, Memphis, Term., 37501.

Society To Meet

The Eastern North Carolina chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will meet Wed-n^day at the Ramada Inn in Greenville. The meeting will start with a social at 6:30 p.m. followed by a dinner at 7 p.m.

Barry McCabe, accounts supervisor with Lewis Advertising of Rocky Mount, will discuss the problems and opportunities of operating an advertising business in rural Eastern North Carolina.

For more information call Tom Morrow at 823-9396.

The Daily Reflector/Shannon Wolfe

A Ceremony Of Remembrance

The Lights of Love ceremony was held Thursday in front of Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Lights could be purchased and placed on the tree in nieniory of frietids and loved ones, with funds collected going toward the Hospital Foundation and community health education projects.

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TORNADO RELIEF I would like the address of a reliable organization to which 1 could send a donation to help people in Raleigh who lost their homes and other possessions to the tornadoes last Monday morning. C.T.

You may send a donation to Raleigh Tornado Relief, American Red Cross, P.O. Box 14405, Raleigh, N.C. 27610. The Red Cross designation of this disaster is DR723. It will be helpful for you to write this on the memo line of your check.

Book Fair Begins

The sixth annual J.H. Rose High School book fair will be held today through Saturday at Walden Books in Carolina East Mall.

Media coordinators will be available to discuss book selection. Harriet Weise of Walden Books is the book supplier and book fair sponsor.

Twenty percent of the sales on the books will benefit Rose through updating the book collection and support technology.

Not March Of Dimes

Solicitors going door-to-door re

questing canned food donations are not representatives of the March of Dimes, Sybil Huggins, division director, said.

The March of Dimes does not have such a program, she said.

Board Meets Monday

The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday at 10 a.m. at the county office building at 1717 W. Fifth St. after newly elected members of the board take the oath of office during a 9 a.m. ceremony at

the courthouse in downtown Greenville.

Those to take the oath include incumbent commissioners Charles Gaskins and Eugene James, who won re-election in November, and new members D.D. Garrett and Farney Moore, who will become the first blacks to sit on the board.

On the board's 10 a.m. agenda will be the annual re-organization, including the election of a chairman and vice chairman, and consideration of a cash management policy and rules of procedure.

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A Little Parade Fun

The Daily Reflector/Shannon Wolfe

Frosty the Snowman joined the fun Thursday at the Farmville Christmas Parade. The parade, held on Main Street, was filled with floats, bands, units from the Sudan Temple and beauty queens.Parade Wave

The Daily Reflector/Shannon Wolfe

Phyllis Edwards of Washington, N.C., waves at her grandchildren as they pass by in the Farmville Christmas Parade, which took place Thursday on Main Street in Farmville.

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Private Club Hit Twice, Will Seek Alcohol Permit

By John Bare

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

After being cited twice this year for selling spirits illegally, the Brotherhood Club of Greenville has agreed to apply for a permit to sell alcohol.

Ten members of the private social club were arrested after Alcohol Law Enforcement agents searched the club the evening of July 13. The agents confiscated bottles and cans of beer and bottles of scotch, vodka, brandy, rum, gin and whiskey, according to court files.

Nine men and one woman were charged with selling alcoholic beverages without a permit and pleaded innocent Tuesday in Pitt County District Court.

Judge Charles Guy of Fayetteville found each one guilty, but he entered a prayer for judgment continued Ufwn payment of court costs and ordered the club to obtain a permit to sell alcohol.

A confidential source informed ALE agents that alcohol was being sold inside the club, located at 202 Pennsylvania Ave., and agents obtained a seargh warrant for the July 13 arrests, said Donnie Davis, supervisor of the regional ALE office in Tarboro.

According to the 1988 Greenville city directory, the telephone at 202 Pennsylvania Ave. is registereid to Alonzo Bud Hall, one of the people arrested in the July 13 raid.

A member of the club was also arrested in February for selling alcohol without a permit, Davis said, when

an undercover agent entered the club and purchased alcohol.

-ALE agents are the enforcement arm of the state Alcohol Beverage Control Board, and Davis said the agents make such arrests to force anyone selling alcohol to obtain a permit.

We went to the location back in February and made a case, Davis said. Then we went back in July.

Any type location that is operating in the Greenville area that is selling (beer, wine) or liquor, they need to get permits, he said.

Mayor Ed Carter was in court Tuesday as a character witness for the club members. Carter said he is not a member of the club.

The Brotherhood Club was founded as a social organization, but it is also involved in several community projects and fund-raising efforts, Carter said. Efforts to reach club members were unsuccessful.

Prior to the July 13 arrests, the club was open several nights a week as the group held various meetings and activities, Davis said, and alcohol was sold regularly.

The club may obtain a permit Simitar to that of a tavern that will allow people to buy and consume beer and wine on the club premises, Davis said. The permit and license fee costs about $300. ,

Permits and licenses that would allow the club to also sell liquor are more expensive, Davis said, and would cost about $1,000.

There is an annual renewal fee for each license.

Bioteeh Official To Visit ECU

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Dr. Molly Stone, manager of new product planning for a biotechnology firm in California, will visit the biology, biochemistry, microbiology-immunology and marketing departments Monday and Tuesday at East Carolina University.

The visit is part of a series of conferences sponsored by the N.C. Biotechnology Center in efforts to assist with university and industry^ cooperation related to biotechnology.

Dr. Stone is an official of Hybritech Inc., San Diego, which concentrates on achieving rapid commercialization of medical and research products incorporating

monoclonal antibodies. Hybritech was one of the first firms to successfully commercialize this form of biotechnology.

Diagnostic assay products developed thus far, include those for cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases and hormone disorders.

Dr. Stone will present a seminar on Monoclonal Antibody Based Diagnostics - The Development and Marketing of a Technology at noon Monday at the ECU School of Medicine. She will present Industry-Academic Collaboration: What We Can Do F^ Each Other, to a group of comirlunity, business and industry leaders at a Tuesday luncheon.

More than 50 ECU faculty members are associated with

biotechnology research and training. A biotechnology research program is being develoi^ the medical school in association with undergraduate and graduate masters level research and training degree programs in molecular biology-bi-otechnology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

A new biotechnology building at the medical school will house the research program and facilities for research and training in recombi-nant DNA and hybridoma technology are being installed in the biology department.

A new degree, the master of science in molecular biology-bi-otechnology has been proposed to be offered by the biology department at ECU.0M

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Friday. December 2.1988Opinion

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

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David Juhan Whichard, Chairmtn <rf iht Boud David J. Whichard II. Editor A Co-PubUer John S. Whichard, Co-PMthtr

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A Mistake

Denying Arafats Visa Wrong Move

A lame duck and a dog that wont hunt.

Those two phrases accurately describe the actions of President Ronald Reagan, Secretary of State George Shultz and the questionable decision to deny Yasser Arafat a visa to speak before the United Nations in New York. Shultz erred when he said no to the PLO leader. He improperly let personal feelings cloud his judgment on the matter. Reagan mistakenly let Shultz make an important policy decision without input, then refused to correct him.

And both Shultz and Reagan left the incoming administration of president-elect George Bush with a difficult, perhaps unworkable, policy one it may not support.

Terrorism is despicable and Arafat has strong connections with it. By no means should the United States come close to sanctioning or condoning the violence, death and destruction terrorism implies. And while Shultzs denial of Arafats visa symbolically expresses disgust at such acts, it represents improper interference by the United States in United Nations business. It is inappropriate for the United States to throw its weight around in this manner.

Technically, the nation can deny a visa if it feels a leaders visit poses a clear threat to national security. While Arafats presence here might prompt some worry, there is no reason to think he will attempt to violently overthrow the government on his visit. Shultz simply cannot legitimize his action with that argument.

No, the denial appeared to be a personal reaction to Arafat by Shultz, and that deepens the inappropriate nature of his decision. When the United States agreed to host the United Nations in New York, the nation assumed certain obligations. The United Nations isnt just for the good guys. Its an effort to get the good guys and the bad guys together in the interest of peaceful resolution of global conflict.

That means some scoundrels might have to set foot in the United States from time to time. Arafat may or may not be the worst of these reprobates. While it should handle him with the highest level of caution and security, the United States should not say no to his presence not without a carefuUly cn-sidered consensus backed by concrete reasons. ;

The result of this faulty approach is loss of control. Shultzs mistake didnt prevent the United Nations from hearing Arafats cause, it likely just sent the meeting to Geneva. The United States, has removed itself from a very important arena.

In addition, the nation has irritated its allies, who vocally opposed the denial. Only Israel backed the move. But the United States traditional European allies either openly criticized the decision or kept their opinions conspicuously quiet. None of them defended the move by voting down a resolution deploring the denial.

The implications of this act will plague the Bush administration as it sets its foreign policy goals a debilitating gift, from a lame duck. Such grandstanding may prove to be a snake wrapped around Bushs neck.

Roadblock

No Other Way Around A River

The value of bridges is usually taken for granted.

Neighbors at either end of the bridge across the Tar River just east of Grimesland, however, can tell you just how important a bridge can be.

Their bridge, which connects N.C. 33 at Grimesland to U.S. 264 east of Pactolusy will be closed for about 10 days.

There is a detour, but it is about 20 miles long. The detour follows N.C. 33 west to Greenville, U.S. 264-A and U.S. 264 east to take traffic around the closed bridge. The only other route would be U.S. 264 to Washington, U.S. 17 across the river to Chocowinity and N.C. 33 west to Grimesland.

All that is necessary because there is no other bridge across the Tar from Greenvilles Eastern bypass to Washingtons U.S. 17 bridge across the Pamlico. While Greenville and Washington traffic can follow U.S. 264 or N.C. 33 without being inconvenienced, the local traffic in the vicinity of the bridge is seriously affected.

Bridges must be repaired from time to time and often they have to be closed for repairs. There is no getting around that. It all serves to remind, though, how waterways affected the growing of early American settlements and how completely contemporary communities accept the convenience of crossing those waterways in modern vehicles.

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice,

And some say it'll go in the flash Of a big explosive device.

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The Iron On The Battlefield

WASHINGTON - From Hamburg have come rumblings of something always rare and rarely welcome in Washington; realism. The perpetrator of this faux pas is Gen.

John Galvin, supreme allied commander in Europe. In a speech to parliamentarians from NATO nations, and in an essay in The Washington Quarterly, Galvin laments the lack of political leadership concemihg the continuing Soviet threai Galvin acknowledges that Mikhail

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I he gives particulars, achev has initiated domestic changes of great if uncertain cons^qMpces, accompanied by pleasant rhetoric. But Galvin asks: Is exteniid policy really changing? He notes that regardless of Soviet rhetoric abmit a shift from an offensive to a defensive configuration of conventional forces in flie middle of Europe - after 40 years of denying the offensive configuration - the Soviet military has not changed at all.

Galvins focus is on the iron that can be brought to bear on the battlefield. He says Soviet armaments-production is essentially unchanged since March, 1985, when Gorbachev took power. Since then, the Soviets have produced more tanks and artillery pieces than exist in the British, French and German armies combined. The Soviets are producing 700 combat aircraft per year and launching a nuclear submarine every 37 days.

Consider tanks, the core of a forward deployed force capable of moving west in large units over long distances rapidly and with good sustainment. The Warsaw Pact has 30,000 more tanks than NATO. Thirty thousand is more tanks than the entire Wehrmacht production in World War II. The production rate of the Soviet T-80 is approximately 3,400 per year, 280 month, the equivalent of a tank division a month. If all Soviet and other Warsaw Pact tank factories were closed today, and the tank production of all NATO nations were tripled, it would take NATO 10 years to catch up.

Noting that the T-80 is the worlds newest tank, Galvin stresses that the acceleration of the rate of technological change coincides with an increase in the importance of even marginal technological advantages. The British won at Waterloo with the Brown Bess, a musket the British army had then been using for 130 years. But by the time of World War II, if you built a fighter aircraft that was slightly better than your opponent, you could sweep the skies in a short period of time. That is now true not only of fighter aircraft but of everything elsp. If you build tanks that can fire accurately one second faster than other tanks, it will sweep the battlefield.

The Warsaw Pact has more attack capacity than NATO on the first day of

battle, or 10 or 30 days after. Furthermore, proximity magnifies its advantages. A thousand ship sailings would be required for the initial reinforcement of NATO. A necessary component of a real Soviet change to a defensive deployment would be the movement far back from the front of the enormous stocks of ammunition now in East Germany and Czechoslovakia. So far none has been moved.

(Angelo Codevilla of the Hoover Institution, writing in Commentary, says there are more Soviet divisions in East Germany than in the entire U.S. Army, more in Czechoslovakia than there are U.S. divisions in Europe, and that all the Soviet divisions have mobile bridging equipment useful only for offense. Under Gorbachev, none of these divisions has been eliminated or ever diminished. All have been improved.)

Galvin worries that the willingness of Western publics to pay for preparedness rises only in response to events: the Berlin crisis, the Cuban missile crisis, the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the deployment of SS-20s, the invasion of Afghanistan. What is ^cking is sober and sobering political leadership.

Peace is breaking out all over. chirruped candidate Bush. His opposition to new taxes, in the context of Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction re-

'He says Soviet armaments-production is essentially unchanged since March, 1985, when Gorbachev took power. Since then, the Soviets have produced more tanks and artillery pieces than exist in the British, French and German armies combined.

quirements, guarantees continuation of the four-year decline of the defense budget. When Bush meets Gorbachev next week, he might ask when glasnost will extend to publication of the Soviet defense, budget, and when that budget will reflect Soviet rhetoric about changed intentions.

It is an old axiom: Some politicians seek office to do something, others 'just to be something. A President of the former tvpe is leaving. Which type is Bush? Those for whom office is an end in 'itself will tell the nation whatever it wants to hear (for example, that new taxes are unnecessary and that peace is breaking out all over) and will not tell the nation what it needs to hear.

It needs to hear from the White House what Gen. Galvin says about the iron that can be brought to bear on the battlefield.

(c> liiHH, Washington Post Writers Group

Protecting The Rights Of Insiders

^ Theres Nothing To Lose But Influence Peddling & Sleaze

Art

Buchwald

There was a great sigh of relief in Washington, D.C., last week when a vindictive ethics bill was vetoed by a benign ^ident Reagan. The veto preserves the op^^nity for retired administration appointiee and former members of Congress to make a buck the same way they have done in the past.

A White House insider, now on his way out, told me, If signed, this bill would have destroyed the democratic American way of life. What good does it do for a man fb serve his country when he cant sell his connctionk to the highest bidder once his term is over? Does that mean you are against ethics in Washington? I asked him.

I am /or ethics. Everyone in Washington* supports ethics, but at the same time, too much can choke you. One of the reasons many people join the government is for the golden parachute they get at the end of the rainbow. Some former congressmen and executive appointees have few skills other than the sale of their influence to the highest bidder. An ethics 'ill would destroy the profit incentive er many who are now leaving the Rea^ administration.

You see no conflict of interest in Mining your connections to the private sector?^

Of course not. It is essential that lobbyists i^intain access to the right people in (feov-erhment. And it is also important that^nts deal with legitimate influence peddleralfiither

than phonies who pretend they know somebody but dont.

Now that the bill has been vetoed, is it your intention to solicit new accounts from the business world?

I wouldnt say that. But if I can give people an informative and worthwhile tour of the Pentagon for a small fee, I feel that I am doing my share for the defense of my country. With an ethics bill, its every man for himself. Without such a law, those who know the ropes will be the most rewarded.

1 have heard it said that you shouldnt

'It is important that everyone knows who the influence peddlers are. Ethics regulations will only drive them underground and then we will never know who is being paid off and who isn 1

grease the wheels for the same officials who knocked on your door when you were in the 'government. What do you have to say to that?

No bill in Congress can stop anyone from doing wrong. Look at the members of the Reagan administration who have been convicted. Do you really believe an ethics bill would have prevented any of their misdeeds? The congressional law that Reagan vetoed was no more th^n a dagger aimed at the heart

of every insider. If you start passing laws restricting lobbying techniques you will deter good men from joining the government. There are many people out there who will not sign up if they cant sell out when they leave.

Doesnt that add to the sleaze factor?

"Why are you introducing the sleaze factor, when all were talking about is honest influence peddling? Washington has always operated by the old school tie. When youre on the inside your actions are affected by those ^ on the outside, and vice versa. It is important that everyone knows who the influence peddlers are. Ethics regulations will only drive them underground and then we will never know who is being paid off and who isnt.

You make a convincing argument for the Reagan veto.

I have to. Im joining 0. Jov, Malloy and Nufsinger (CQ), as soon as I leave government.

What will you do for them

I have been hired to get a photo opportunity with the President and Ferdinand and Im-elda Marcos in the Oval Office.

Can you do that?

Just because Im leaving the White House, doesnt mean they are going to shut the revolving door in my face.

Bidders Likely To Abound When KKR Sells Parts Of NabiscoJonathan Peterson

Now that a group led by a New York investment company has prevailed in the most costly buyout ever, the new owner of RJR Nabisco will set about a different sort of task* carving its $24.5 billion prize into pieces and selling them off.

Such is the odd logic of the deal, which winner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is likely to finance in part by selling assets of the food and tobacco conglomerate. Not that there will be a shortage of takers: RJRs line-up of food products is highly coveted by Procter & Gamble, Ralston Purina and other giant consumer companies.

Just about every food company in the world that you could mention would be interested in parts of RJR Nabisco, said John Maxwell, an analyst at Wheat First Securities in Richmond, Va.

The food parts include nuts, can

dy, cookies, crackers, cereals, fruits and vegetables marketed under such famous brand names as Planters, Life Savers, Oreos, Chips Ahoy!, Premium, Ritz, Del Monte and dozens of others.

They are worth between $11 billion and $15 billion overall, according to one source close to the transaction.

Although many brand names are likely to go on the block, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts appears likely to sell off less of RJR Nabisco than might

Analysis

investment company planned to sell just $5 billion to $6 billion of food assets.

The source claimed that RJR Nabiscos management would have been more likely to unload most or all of the food assets.

'Such is the odd logic of the deal, which winner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is likely to finance in part by selling assets of the food and tobacco conglomerate.'

have been the case with a victory by RJR management, a competing bidder.

One source close to the negotiations said that the Kohlberg Kravis

No matter who had won, the tobacco business was likely to be retained. RJR Nabiscos cigarette brands include Camel, Salem, Winston, Vantage and others, and

Shultzs U.N. WaterlooJohn N. Goshko & David B. Ottaway

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State George P. Shultzs controversial decision to bar Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat from the United States brings to a frustrating end the Reagan administrations arduous search for ways to break the deadUock in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Since Shultz first launched his marathon diplomatic campaign last February to convince Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians to come to the negotiating table, events have overrun his carefully constructed peace plan and totally undermined the basic assumptions it was built upon.

Shultzs overall foreign policy record is pretty im-iressive, and I think it will be judged in a very kindly ight, said Geoffrey Kemp, who directed Middle East affairs at the National Security Council during the early years of the Reagan administration.

But the Arab-Israeli problem has been his Waterloo, he added.

Shultzs denial of a visa for Arafat, which State Department officials say was a very personal decision resulting from his abhorrence of terrorism, probably will not have a binding impact on the incoming Bush administration.

But the decision highlights how difficult it has become for the United States to seek to mediate between increasingly polarized and radical Arab and Israeli views about the future of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Were in a process of transition to a different approach to the whole Palestinian problem, reflected one U.S. Middle East analyst, noting how events on the ground have dramatically altered perceptions and demands since unrest broke out in the occupied territories last December.

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the business remains highly luCiative despite growing social disapproval of smoking.

In the third quarter of this year, for example, the companys food sales exceeded those of cigarettes, yet the $497 million in tobacco earnings greatly surpassed the $276 million in income from food.

Tobacco is where all the money is coming from, said Maxwell, noting the importance of cash to the debt-laden victors of the biddihg war. Its your jewel.

Potential buyers of the grocery brands amount to a Whos Who of the food industry. In addition to Procter & Gamble and Ralston Purina, such giants as Nestle, Pepsico, General Mills and Quaker Oats are believed to be interested in parts of RJR Nabisco.

Procter & Gamble, which has suf

fered disappointments in the cookie business, is believed to covet RJR Nabiscos cookies and crackers.

Officials of the Cincinnati-based consumer giant have acknowledged their interest in RJR Nabiscos food products, but have not identified specific items.

Ralston Purina, the big pet food manufacturer, may be interested in RJR Nabiscos pet snacks and cereal lines. Castle & Cooke, which owns fruit producer Dole, may find Del Monte fruits and vegetables particularly attractive, analysts said.

Ralston Purina, Procter & Gamble and Castle & Cooke belonged to a group that considered buying the en-' tire RJR Nabisco company but recently bowed out.

Youre going to see big chunks going, but I dont think anybody wants to buy the whole thing, said Neal Kaplan, an analyst with the investment company of Interstate-Johnson Lane in Charlotte, N.C.

The extraordinary breadth of RJR Nabiscos product line - jj^sells

more than 33 different kinds of crackers alone - makes for a great number of potential buyers.

Hershey, the candy maker, which already owns Life Savers in Canada, may wish to gain control of Life Savers in this country, for example, analyst Maxwell speculated.

In addition to financial considerations, the new owners have another reason to sell a number of food divisions while keeping tobacco: Production of the various cigarettes is concentrated at two facilities in North Carolina.

By contrast, the food properties are scattered throughout the United States, and thus different food brands can be spun off much more easily.

Kaplan suggested that the new owners, fresh from one bidding war, are hoping they can start another bidding war for the parts.

(cl I9K8,1.OS Angeles Times

The Shultz plan was the main U.S. attempt to cope with the unrest. It called for King Hussein of Jordan to lead the Arab side as head of a joint Jordanian-Palesti-nian delegation.

The goal was to get around Israeli objections to dealing directly with the Palestine Liberation Organization and to avoid the creation of an independent Palestinian state by transferring the occupied lands to Jordanian control.

However, despite three grueling missions to the region by Shultz, his plan never gathered momentum and finally foundered last July 31 when a dubious Hussein bowed out as lead actor and recognized the PLO as chief negotiator for the Palestinian cause.

That led such other U.S. allies as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to join Jordan in pressing the PLO to take measures that would permit the United States to end its long refusal to deal with the organization that includes most Palestinian factions under its broad umbrella.

The results were mixed. 'The PLO unilaterally declared an independent Palestinian state at its recent meeting in Algiers - a move totally unacceptable to the United States.

The PLO also adopted language that it and its Arab allies contend is an implicit recognition of Israel and a pledge not to use terrorism. But even those U.S. officials who saw encouraging elements in ^ Algiers declaration acknowledged that it fell sh( of U.S. specifications.

Meanwhile, after its recent elections, Israe; ppears headed for a new coalition government more d< *rmin-ed than ever not to surrender the occupied tc ories. But even those Israelis who favor a land-f( eace solution have always made clear that a tern rial compromise must be in association with Jordan and must exclude an independent Palestinian state under PLO leadership.

(cl 1988, The Washington Post

Greed Stifles FreedomJack Valenti

If there is any one belief in which most sensible folks would concur, it is this: Greed and lack of reasonable limits are going to undo this fortunate, free and loving land unless our national leaders reasonably conclude that this is a fact. In the name of deregulating markets, we are eating our young.

Witness the wild, unruly ferocity on Wall Street that is uprooting the fiscal sanity of the country. 'There is no known common-sense rebuttal to the piling on of leveraged debt wherein otherwise sensible and intelligent businessmen are gobbling up enter-I irises, stuffing them like engorged geese readied l or luxurious palates with bloated paper and fortifying their lack of long-range foresight with shortterm gains of millions of dollars. The pity of it is that pension funds, the life-root of so many American working people, are the forage on which much of this debt feeds.

Moreover, the buyouts, or recapitalizations, add not one penny to the gross national product; indeed, they infect the body of business, dislocate and disemploy working men and women, savage local communities and relentlessly draw sustaining blood from a squeezed public enterprise. Who cares about the human element when there are fees of hundreds of millions of dollars to share and rising equity profits to reap? Who cares how many hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost when these debt overlays occur? Who cares about families who give their entire working life to an organization and suddenly a faceless thing called debt tells them that they are no longer needed, while a tiny little band of enterprisers grow mega-rich?

Doesnt anyone remember John Law and his Mississippi scheme or Sir John Blunt and his South

Sea Bubble? Millions of innocents were ruined and governments tottered when, as always happens, these Ponzi schemes finally burst. There is nothing in canon law or civil statute that certifies the onward and ever upward rise in todays economy.

One day, and it will surely come to pass, the mountain of debt, living so close to the edge of ruin, will confront a stutter in the economy and all the debris will fall upon us, much as the savings and loan institutional mess is about to collide with our future, costing us up to $100 billion.

The solution to the leveraged buyout, unlike a lot of problems that we have, is astonishingly simple. All that the president and Congress need do is refuse to allow tax deductibility of debt after it leaps beyond a fixed debt-equity ratio. Boom, boom, a home run, ball games over and the feeding time is done. Delay, hes-itatev and the geese grow fatter and more susceptible to demise.

But isnt this inviting government intervention, and isnt that unsuitable in a free society? Yes, it is. Except: Whenever the public has no alternative choice, whenever monopoly or semi-monopoly, or enormous wealth fevered by greed, tilts the market, the market is no longer free and the government our government is the only source of redemption for those who are put upon by overvaulting power before which they are utterly defenseless. Alexander Hamilton, no democrat he, saw this clearly. Said Hamilton, in the Federalist No. 11: Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. Bingo.

Jack Valenti, former special assistant to President Lyndon B. Jdmson, is the president of the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Experts Say Tobaccos Short-Term Outlook GoOd

Z THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

federal agriculture official predicts that tol^cco quotas will be eaised for next year and that farmers will continue to command a high price for their leaf, but theres no escaping troubled times in the long mn, experts say.

^ Ganges Congress made in the tobacco program two years ago have brought the supply of tobacco down to a level much closer to the ^mand, Verner Grise, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said during a conference in Washington Wednesday.

' At the same time, more tobacco is Ijeing turned into cigarettes for ex

porting, particularly to China, he said.

Grise predicted that the USDA will raise the production quotas for tobacco farmers in the next few months. He also predicted that prices will stay near the higher 1988 levels because of shortages in some grades of tobacco.

On Wednesday, an economist with the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Washington said farmers could see as much as a 25 percent increase iin the amount of totocco they are allowed to grow next year to help meet rising sales overseas and dwindling reserves at home.

An increase like this is larger than most people expected, said

Bob Tarczy of the ASC. Weve been producing less than weve been using for a long time.

Federal officials estimate that the 1989 tobacco quota will be about 917.1 million pounds, Tarczy said. That is an increase of almost 25 percent compared with this years quota.

The quota remains an unofficial estimate and may increase or decrease by as much as 3 percent at .the discretion of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng. He must announce the official tobacco quota by Dec. 15.

Still, Gris said smdcing continues to wane in many industrialized nations. A growing number of businesses and public places have

banned smoking, and a stiff increase in cigarette taxes is a real possibility in the next two or three years, he said during the conference in Washington.

T. Carlton Blalock, the executive vice president of the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, said I share the enthusiasm that Verner has for the next two or three years. But he said in an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal that he, too, sees problems on the horizon.

In the Piedmont section of North Carolina, Blalock said, rising land values are causing more acres of farmland to be developed. With less land available, farmers in Forsyth and Guilford counties are having

trouble producing as much tobacco as they are allotted, particularly if they are forced to rotate their crops, he said.

The risk is that the Piedmont could have its quotas cut, he said. And a cut in quotas could prevent a farmer from planting tobacco again on land that had been idle.

Blalock and Grise spoke Wednesday at the tobacco session of USDAs annual agricultural outlook conference.

Grise said that the^second half of the 1980s is a transition period for tobacco. To eliminate the large stocks of surplus tobacco, farmers are being forced to limit their production telow the amount they could sell to cigarette companies, he said.

Production dipped sharply in 198? as a result, but rebounded 12 percent in 1988, he said. With more acres being farmed, higher yields obtained per acre and slightly higher prices, farmers earned about 16 percent more on their flue-cured tobacco crops in 1988 than the year before he said. Earnings from burley crops in 1988 also may be up 10 percent to 15 nercent, he said.

Cigarette production increased, too, to its third-highest level ever! The primary reason for the increase, Grise said, is Chinas growing demand for cigarettes.

In the United States, on the other hand, cigarette smoking is expected to fall to its lowest level since 1944

Tarboro Police Explore The Occult

TARBORO, N.C. (AP) - A :series of tips and a number of in-;cidents previously thought to be unrelated have Tarboro police investigating reports of satanic worship.

I dont mind telling you Ive spent a couple of nights laying on the ground in the rain watching for things to happen, said detective Andy Holliman of the Tarboro police department. The one night I ignore (a tip) something bad would hapi^n.

Holliman said several factors point to the occult, including

symbols spray-painted across town. He recognized them from information he learned while attending a seminar in Asheville sponsored by the North Carolina Crime Information Exchange.

Most of the symbols appear in woods south of Tarboro.

Clues that could point to Satanic worship include several church fires, the most recent about three years ago. There were about three (church fires) in the same general time frame, Holliman said.

The theft of sacrament vessels.

once considered larceny of silver, is another sign of possible Satan worship, Holliman said. Any stolen church item that can w desecrated holds a lot of power for satanists, Holliman said.

There have been local cases where high school students carve satanic symbols on their bodies with razor blades, Holliman said.

He said some local residents who describe themselves as former cult members have come to police with stories of heavy narcotics use and human sacri

fice during a ceremony, but he added that he doubted the tales of sacrifice.

It is my belief they may fully believe in what theyre telling me; however, I think its a figment of a hyperexposed imagination, Holliman said.

The police department receives several phone calls a week involving information about Satan worship in thearea, he said.

You cant believe everything you hear, but you cant ignore it either, he said.

Warnings Slowed By Radar Loss

Sluggish Economy, Costly Programs Raise Possibility Of Budget Crunch

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH - state budget leaders, grappling with a slowing state economy and a host of costly education and prison programs, have started slasning agency requests for new spending and say a pay raise for state teachers and employees is in jeopardy.

As they sifted through proposals for the 1989-91 budget Thursday, leading lawmakers and Gov. Jim Martins staffers were considering a plan to hold down costs in the state employees health plan by feducing ^me benefits, potentially an explosive political issue.

And Martins budget director, C.C. Cameron, has ordered state agencies not to fill any vacancies that exist among about 43,000 state positions not directly related to safety and health.

It is prudent at this time, pending a clearer picture of our fiscal situation in the spring, to exercise restraint in making commitments to employees that would expand the state budget, Cameron wrote in a memo distributed Wednesday to department heads.

The sudden budget woes dont rep-

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resent a deficit, and the state apparently will have no trouble continuing the $10.4 billion in spending it approved in the 1988-89 budget last summer. But growth in state revenues has start^ to dip, signaling a likely end to a six-year wine-and-roses period in which the state has added huge long-term expenditures, such as the Basic Education Program, while it was cutting taxes.

Its tough if you have money, said Sen. Aaron Plyler, D-Union, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "Its terrible if y dont.

Its terribly tight, said Rep. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe, a key House budget player. What youve got is about a $400 million problem. Its a bi^er problem than Ive seen for a while.

On Thursday morning, Cameron hadnt yet fully briefed the governor on the grim fiscal landscape.

Hes going to be shocked. Im afraid, Cameron said. I dont know where we are going to get the money for salary increases.

Details of the possible budget, which likely will change constantly until its approved sometime next summer, emerged from a morning

isory Budget of legislators

Panel Proposes Tax Tied To U.S. Levels

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RALEIGH A legislative panel has recommended far-reaching changes in the states tax structure to ease income taxes paid by low-income residents.

The Tax Fairness Stu^ Committee approved legislation Tliursday to piggyback the state personal income tax code with the federal code. The state individual income tax would be 5 or 8 percent of federal taxable income, depending on income.

That proposal would simplify the state personal income tax process tor all residents, supporters said, and would eliminate at least 500,000 low-income residents from the state tax rolls.

Under the proposal, which would take effect Jan. 1, 1990, a family of tour with an annual income of less than S13,000 no longer would have to pay slate income tax.

Other proposed bills approved, with differing effective dates, include an amnesty period for delinquent taxpayers to pay outstanding slate taxes without facing criminal 'harges; stiffer penalties for not paying state income taxes after a grace period; an additional income lax credit lor sales tax paid on food hy poor residents not receiving food stamps; expanded child care credit; and removing the $300 maximum stale sales tax tor automobiles and

luxury boats and airplanes.

The recommendations also call for elimination of the remaining intangibles tax on stocks and bonds a measure that some supporters said in interviews faced trouble. The loss in revenues to local governments from repeal of the intangibles tax, which would amount to about $80 million a year, would be offset by a surtax on the corporate income tax and by increasing taxes on higher-income tax brackets.

State government generally would not gain or lose revenues under the package. But there would be an additional $28 million a year generated by eliminating the sales tax cap on vehicles.

What we would have is a fairer, simpler, more progressive tax struc-ture, committee member Christopher Scott said after the meeting.

session of the Advisoi Commission, a group and private citizens charged with helping Martin produce a two-year spending plan to present to the General Assembly in January.

Legislative and executive budget analysts have agreed on tentative estimates for revenue, which are used to project the amount of money the state will have to spend up to two years in advance. They think lawmakers will have only about $231 million to spend during the 1989-90 budget year on new or expanded programs that will be built into the annual budget.

And the forecast that produced those numbers, says deputy state budget director Marvin Dorman Jr., is on the optimistic side.

Still, almost all of the assumed extra operating money is quickly swallowed by four items: $113 million for the next installment of the Basic Education Program, considered sacred by lawmakers; $10 million for the first installment of new spending for prison staffing, likely to be forced by an ongoing federal lawsuit; $26.3 million to continue 16 pilot Career Ladder programs, a form of merit pay for teachers; and $44 million to pump up the state employees health plan, which is be-ing hit by higher premiums.

The unfinished plan would provide no money to expand the Career Ladder program statewide until the 1990-91 budget year, delaying a pet proj^t of Martins.

It IS likely to also slow another of the governors goals: repealing the state intangibles tax. In a speech Thursday to about 300 of the states business and industry leaders, Martin did not bring up the repeal of the tax as one of his legislative priorities.

Later, Martin told reporters that the economy wasnt strong enough to go for outright repeal but that he might push to get a commitment to phase out the tax, an $78-million-a-year levy on stocks, bonds and accounts receivable.

I dont see the kind of opportunity that I had hoped for that we would be able to flat eliminate it, but you make progress, he said. I dont want to give up on it, but I dont think there is a lot of room to do much with it this year unless you want to raise taxes somewhere else. That is not a gain.

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That reduction leaves about $38 million for a smattering of new and expanded programs, far from the nearly $l billion thats been requested.

But it also leaves lawmakers and the governors staff scratching their heads when it comes to finding money for a pay raise. Each 1 percent raise for teachers and state employc-'s costs $47 million; a 5 percent across-the-board raise would cost $235 million.

Howard Haworth, chairman of the State Board of Education, has asked for a 7 percent raise for teachers.

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RALEIGH - A federal survey team says weather forecasters at Raleigh-Durham International Airport probably would have had some warning that a tornado was about to stnke Sleigh early Monday if their weather radar had been working.

Meanwhile in Washington, Elbert Friday Jr., the director of the National Weather Service, said (he wasnt proud of his'agencys inability to issue quick-wamings about the North Carolina tornadoes.

I say this not being proud of the National Weather Service in this particular example, Friday said at a weather forecasting conference Thursday sponsored by the Washington Journalism Center.

Friday said the/radar could have allowed forecasters to issue warnings sooner.

The tornado formed almost directly overhead, he told a group of journalists and scientists. There is some speculation that the radar would not have been able to detect this tornado because it was so close. But the radar probably would have made a difference as far as giving some more forewarning.

The assessment by the survey team and Friday contradicted National Weather Service officials at RDU. Those officials said earlier this week that even with working radar, they would not have been able to determine that a tornado was forming because the twister first touched down in an area that does not show up on RDU radar because it is too close to the radar itself.

However, the federal survey team suggested that the radar would have shown forecasters the weather formations that preceded the tornado even before it reached the radars blind spot.

Had the forecasters been able to

gauge the strength of the storm formation that spawned the twister,* they might have been able to issue a weather alert, the officials said. The tornado killed two people in Raleigh.

A member of the National Weather Service survey team, I. Randy Racer, said working RDU radar would have allowed the weather service to watch more precisely where the thunderstorms were heading.

Lack of radar certainly was a factor, because if we had had it no doubt we could have been much more effective, Racer said. Our response would have been earlier and more accurate.

The RDU weather officials have said they would not have had time to issue any alerts before the tornado struck. The weather service issued its first warnings nearly an hour after the first twister twiched down in North Raleigh.

The radar at RDU had been broken since Nov. 20.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition to review the 1986 obscenity conviction of a Catawba County adult-bookstore clerk, the first person charged under North Carolinas strict three-year-old obscenity law.

Attorneys for the former clerk, Sharon 0 Anderson, said Thursday they will ask North Carolina Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis, who fined Anderson $10,000 and sentenced her to six months in prison and 5*2 years probation, to consider eliminating her jail sentence.

Supreme Court justices denied the defense attorneys petition for review on Monday, with a notation that Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall would have agreed to hear the case and reverse the judgment of conviction.

Ms. Anderson, who worked at the' defunct Imperial Popular Newsstand in Hickory, was charged with four counts of disseminating obscenity in October 1985, after undercover officers bought four magazines from her, including one called Super Sex Stars.

She was convicted on two counts in March 1986.

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DURHAM (AP) Healthline Inc., an Iowa company, plans to move to North Carolina, bringing its reduced calorie and low-cholesterol pork.

The products tested so far have not exceeded 3.5 percent fat or 35 milligrams of cholesterol per 3/i-ounce serving, the company said. Standard pork is considered to be 28 percent fat, with sausage products as high as 40 percent.

The results were achieved through a special all-natural diet developed over the past seven years by experts in swine production. The new products were available for sampling this week at the North Carolina Biotechnolgoy Center.

The 250 elementary students set the balloons free on Nov. 11.

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TARBORO, N.C. (AP) - Triangle East will host an education conference next to [Momote cooperation between community schools and in-dust^ within the four-county area it services.

The conference is scheduled for March 3-11, said Jim Long, chairman of Triangle Easts Education and Skills Training Committee.

Long announced the conference during a semiannual meeting of the board of directors of Triangle East at the Albemarle Retirement Center. '

Providing the groundwork for secondary schools, junior and senior colleges and for industry to work together to enhance the education of the next generation of workers is the primary goal of the conference. Long said.

Duke Grants

DURHAM (AP) The brain tumor group at Duke University Medical Center recently received about $3.2 million in two long-term ^ants for its research into diagnosis and treatment of malignant brain tumors.

The group, headed by Dr. Darell Bigner, received a 10-year, $2,246 million grant from the National Cancer Institute and a five-year, $1 million grant from Bristol-Myers Co.

The NCI grant will support research into malignhant gliomas (brain tumors), which are diagno^ in about 12,000 new patients each year, and medulloblastomas, a type of childhood brain tumor that is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in children.

By John Flesher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RALEIGH Supporting a proposal that would sharply increase the power of North Carolina governors, Gov. Jim Martin says governors should have line-item veto power the authority to approve some portions of bills and reject other parts.

In a speech Thursday during the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry legislative conference, Martin upped the ante in his quest for veto power. He also said a two-thirds vote by the House and Senate should be r^uired to override gubernatorial vetoes.

Martins plan is the polar opposite of a proposal by House Speaker Liston Ramsey, a longtime veto opponent, who now suggests letting the governor veto bills but permitting

the Legislature to override him with simple majority votes of both chambers.

Martin, who Nov. 8 became the only Republican governor of North Carolina this century to win consecutive terms, told reporters a line-item veto with a two-thirds override was the position hed take to the bargaining table. He acknowledged he might have to accept a compromise.

Id start with a line-item veto, period, he said. I dont dictate that as a solution, but I think its the best approach. Any proposal ought to be on the table.

Martjn, who first endorsed veto power in his 1985 State of the State speech and has championed it unsuccessfully ever since, said in his speech the Democratic majority in the General Assembly appeared more receptive to the concept.

I believe it is coming to a point

where there is a readiness to consider it, he said.

But he spoke against Ramseys proposal to link the veto to repeal of the 1977 constitutional amendment that allows the governor to serve consecutive terms.

Martin said he would favor letting the voters reconsider succession, but that it and the veto should be separate issues in a statewide referendum. He said he believes most North Carolinians support succession and the veto.

The ultimate test ought to be, let the public decide, he said.

Some legislators have suggested putting both issues before a committee for a comprehensive study of the balance of power, considering such matters as the length of legislators terms and whether additional gubernatorial appointees should be subject to legislative confirmation.

That approach was endorsed by

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) - A helium balloon with an anti-drug pledge from a second-grader in Kentucky was found Thursday in a North Carolina quarry after traveling more than 400 miles, officials said.

The balloon was fdund in a Vulcan Materials quarry in Rockingham.

The balloon was released as a part of our Drug Awareness Resistance Education program, said Zeb Ricketts, principal of Glasgows Happy Valley Elementary School in Kentucky. Our student body'is amazed the balloon traveled as far as it did.

The company, the nations leader producer of crushed stone, sent' Bambi Nicole Button, the girl who set the balloon free, a letter supporting her pledge to stay drug free, Ricketts said.

Bear Parts

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Two men were acquitted Wednesday on charges of illegally selling bear gallbladders.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Hull also declared a mistrial on other similar charges against Hugh Lamb, 43, of Greeneville and Eddie Franklin, 23, of Marshall, N.C.

They were among several dozen people arrested this summer after an undercover sting operation in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and surrounding public lands. The undercover operation said bears were being kiUed iUegaUy for their gall bladders, which are sold in the Orient as purported aphrodisiacs.

The federal court jurys not guilty verdict came after the two men claimed they obtained the gall bladders legally.

Hull declared the mistrial on a charge alleging the sale and purchase of wildlife.

RALEIGH Lt. Gov.-elect Jim Gardner says fighting drugs will be his first priority in the state Senate next year, and a leading Senate Democrat says Gardner will have bipartisan support for a drug crackdown in the next legislative session.

I think this is my agenda, the No. 1 thing Im concerned about, Gardner said Thursday. I want us to so tough that ... anybody who pushes drugs in North Carolina will pay and pay dearly.'

Sen. Henson Barnes, D-Wayne, is expected to be elected Senate president pro tern in January. On the drug thing, he (Gardner) will find fertile ground to work in the Legislature, he said.

But Barnes expressed doubt about Gardners proposal to establish a state law-enforcement agency with 200 officers devoted entirely to the battle against drugs, which Gardner says would cost $20 million to launch.

I dont know whether we need a whole new bureau, Barnes said.

Gardner said local police and sheriffs departments are understaffed and ill-equipped to deal with the dnig phenomenon.

Gardner, a Republican whose legislative powers apparently have been curtailed, said he hoped to lead a blue-ribbon commission that would develop a long-term

In t le meantime, he said, fie will propose closing loopholes in criminal laws on peddling drugs, including imposing the death penalty for murders linked to drug transactions.

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If I had my way, wed take em outside, string em up and hang em, Gardner said in a luncheon speech to the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry legislative conference.

He also proposed disallowing plea bargaining in drug cases and parole for convicted drug smugglers. We have such a lax parole system that all were doing is slapping these dealers on the hand... and theyre doing the same thing again and again.

. Acknowledging that prison crowding has led to early release of some drug dealers, Gardner said he would favor a tax increase if necessary to fund construction of more prison space.

He also called for a mandatory 28-year prison sentence without parole for those convicted of selling drugs on school property and drug education programs in every grade, beginning with kindergarten.

Senate Democrats, who outnumber Republicans 37-13, voted informally last week to deny Gardner the authority to appoint committee chairmen and refer bills -powers granted to Democratic Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan and his predecessors. Democrats Jimmy Green and Jim Hunt, since 1973.

The state Constitution permits the lieutenant governor, a member of the'executive branch, to preside over the Senate and vote in case of a tie. His other duties and powers are set in laws and Senate rules.

'The proposed changes in the lieutenant governors role would not take effect until the Senate adopts its rules after the session convenes Jan. 11, and Gardner said he will continue pushing the Democrats to change their plans.

the business group, wnicn released its legislative agenda during the conference.

On other issues, Martin said he had not decided whether to include further cuts in the intangibles tax in his propc^ed 1988-89 budget. Surplus * revenue is expected to be tight and thi governor is pushing several programs that would require additional spending, such as statewide implementation of the career ladder for teachers. .

I dont see the kind of opportunity Id hoped for to reduce or abolish the intangibles tax, which the Legislature cut in 1985 at his urging, Martin said. I dont want to give up on it but I dont think theres enough money to do much with it this year.

But he said the Legislature was not likely to reduce the tax unless he proposed it and said he was prepared to make a modest proposal to keep the momentum going / ...as money is available.

The governor reiterated his opposition to a state lottery but declined to say whether hed veto a lottery bill if he had the authority.

Martins speech to the business group broke little new ground. He said he detected a willingness on all sides to form bipartisan coalitions fOT expansion of the career ladder and development of a highway funding package. But he again offered no specific proposals for raising more highway money, saying he would await the recommendation of a legislative study committee.

PTL Jury Takes Early Break

Panel Urges Equal Services For Poor

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CHARLOTTE - Former PTL builder Roe Messner has testified for more than six hours over two days before a federal grand jury investigating PTL founder Jim Bak-ker, but hes remaining mum on what he has said behind closed doors.

The grand jury went home early Thursday after hearing from Messner, a builder from Wichita, Kan., who is one of several, targets of the 16-month probe.

It was not clear whether the jurors would return again Friday morning.

or not until the w.eek of Dec. 12.

The special panel reconvened on Monday amid speculation that indictments may be returned before the end of the week.

One of Bakkers attorneys, Jim Toms, has said he expected the indictments to come during the week of Dec. 12, which is less than two weeks away.

Messner, PTLs chief builder under Bakker, also appeared for about four hours on Wednesday before the grand jury, which is investigating Bakker and several of his former associates for possible tax, wire and mail fraud.

M^sner has done more than $60 million in construction at Heritage USA since 1984. He also sent $265,000 to an attorney in Los Angeles to pay Jessica Hahn in exchange for her silence about her 1980 sexual encounter with Bakker in a Florida motel room.

The grand jury is investigating whether Bakker and his former associates raised money on television and through the mail for one purpose and spent it on another. They also are looking into whether any of the money was used for personal use.

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RALEIGH - Although it is far less expensive, a new plan to improve services for the poor in North Carolina is based on the concept underlying the Basic Education Program, an $800 million blueprint for improving public schools.

In both cases, said Sen. Russell Walker, D-Randolph, the state is trying to assure that people in less affluent rural areas can get the same services as those in wealthy, urban counties.

It doesnt have the size or scope of the BEP, Walker said. But we want to have more equity and un-formity across the state in social services. ... We do have some differences now.

On Thursday, a legislative panel recommended spending $20.5 million over the next two years to improve services for the poor and hsUre equal access to benefits for people in all areas of the state.

The plan, which the Social Services Study Commission will forward to the General Assembly for the 1989 session, calls for spending $11.7 million to fund 203 new positions for child protection services, or preventing child abuse.

Another $4 million was requested

for a 10 percent increase in benefits for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or welfare.

The study commission developed the spending plan from a cost and need analysis provided by the state Department of Human Resources.

Walker, co-chairman of the commission, said the panel wanted to help counties that are hard pressed to meet state requirements for helping low-income citizens.

The committee wants a statewide policy that eases the burden on counties, said Sen. Ollie Harris, D-Cleveland.

Weve really mandated too much without coming forward with the funding to help them do what we want, Harris said.

The $11.7 million for child protection is a top-priority item, he said, bwause the problem appears more widespread than many experts had believed.

Weve just had a problem in my county where the (Social Services) department was notified of a child abuse case and didnt react quickly enough and the child was severely injured, he said. It woke them up to the fact that weve got to check all these reports as soon as possible, and ... for that they need more staff, more help.

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By Rick Gladstone

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NEW YORK - RJR Nabisco Inc.s prospective new owner says there are no plans to radically dissect the food-and-cigarette giant to help pay a debt load that will quadruple to more than $20 billion, but securities analysts disagree.

. Id be totally amazed if there ^wasnt some stuff sold off, Neal Kaplan, who follows RJR for In-terstate-Johnson Lane Securities in Charlotte, N.C. said Thursday in assessing the aftermath of the biggest takeover deal in history.

, I cant conceive of them it intact.

After an exhaustive auction over-.^n by a special RJR directors committee, buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. triumphed late Wednesday over an ; RJR management group led by chief

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Analysts Contend Food Products Divisions Will Be Auctioned

executive F. Ross Johnson.

The directors accepted Kohlbergs package of cash and securities valued at $109 a share for each of RJRs 225 million shares for a total of $24.53 billion, and rejected an offer from Johnsons group valued at $112 a share or $25.2 billion.

They said both offers were nearly the same but Kohlbergs offer would give shareholders a 25 percent stake in the acquired company, compared with a 15 percent stake offered by Johnson.

Both offers would rely heavily on borrowed money to be repaid through RJRs earnings, assets or both, a transaction commonly called a leveraged buyout. It was widely expected that Kohlberg would sell many if not all of RJRs food businesses and leave its highly profitable tobacco business intact.

But Kohlberg principal Henry Kravis told a few selected financial journalists in New York he foresaw no urgent reason to sell any of RJRs operations, people familiar with his remarks said.

There will be no wholesale dismemberment of the company, no immediate fire sale, and that is still the case, although obviously some businesses will have to be sold, the sources paraphrased Kravis as saying.

No decisions have been made yet on what to shed, Kravis was quoted as saying. He also was said to have described the leveraged buyout as one of the most conservative his firm had ever done despite the enormous price.

Kohlberg is the undisputed leader in leveraged buyouts, which often leave acquired companies with

staggering debt levels.

For example, Kohlbergs 1986 leveraged buyout of supermarket {iant Safeway Stores Inc. for $4.2 )illion left the acquired company with a debt-to-equity ratio of 10-to-l.

The RJR acquisition will more than quadruple the companys existing debt of $5 billion to $22.3 billion. But the amount of equity in the acquired company is estimated at about $7.4 billion, for a debt-to-equity ratio of 3-to-l. In leveraged buyouts, that is considered low.

Although Kravis said he considered the fight for RJR over, Johnson and his chief financial backer, Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., hinted Thursday that they were not finished.

J(dinson said in a statement he had spoken with Kravis and assured him that if the boards action

results in Kohlberg Kravis Roberts owning the company, I will work with him toward a professional and smooth transition.

But the statement also said Johnswi and his investment-banking allies are evaluating their options.

Some analysts speculated that Johnson, considered a daring corporate boss, might take the unprecedented step of sidestepping the board of the company he still heads and making an offer directly to stockholders.

RJRs stock price rose about 66 percent during the 5-wedc takeover saga, partly on the prospect that ever-higher offers would emerge. But the stock fell $1.25 Thursday to $91.75 in heavy trading, evidently reflecting the view that Kohlbergs package of $81 in cash and $28 in

securities was worth less than its face amount.

The RJR takeover battle focused nationwide attention on the growing leveraged buyout trend and the . enormous debt burdens many companies are acquiring in such transactions. Some economists fear these heavily indebted companies could face unprecedented pressure in a downturn.

Underscoring that concern, Moodys Investors Service lowered the credit rating on RJRs corporate bonds Thursday, saying it was worried about the ability of the company to generate enough money to service its increased debt.

At the same time. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., a large RJR bondholder that sued the company last month when the value of its bonds sank amid the takeover fight, said Kohlbergs name might be added as a defendant.

Biggest Corporate Acquisitions

The five largest acquisitions, in billions of dollars;

RJR Nabisco Inc., by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., 1988

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Gulf Corp., by Chevron Corp., 1984

Kraft Inc., by Philip Morris Cos. Inc., 1988 \(parKling

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Kravis Is Acknowledged Master Of Buyout Game

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NEW YORK When the managers of RJR Nabisco Inc. align^ themselves with a competing investment house and put the company in play, it didnt take long to flush out Henry Kravis, the master of Wall Streets buyout game.

Six weeks after jumping into the fray to protect his franchise on leveraged buyouts. King Henry is still on top.

At 44, Kravis is the highest profile member of the partnership of Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts Co., which is credited with making the leveraged buyout technique a powerful factor in the biggest ^takeover binge in American history.

The partnerships apparent victo-ty in the unprecedented auction for RJR Nabisco with a bid exceeding $24.5 billion joins other crown jewels in Kohlberg Kraviss expanding showcase of corporate acquisitions.

.Before the food and tobacco gem came Beatrice Cos., for 6.1 billion in 1^; Safeway Stores Inc., for $4.2 billion the same year; Storer Communications Inc. for $2.5 billion in J&85; and Stop & Shop Cos., for $1.2 billion in 1988, among others.

Kohlberg Kravis is the undisputed leader in LBOs, in which it and other investors put up a small amount of money and borrows the rest, repaying the debt with the acquired companys earnings, the sale of assets or Ifoth.

; In the past 10 years, Kravis has

rt more than $38 billion acquiring 135 companies. Investors in the firms growing LBO investment fund have earned about 40 percent iieturns in the process, and Kohlberg toavis has become manager of a huge conglomerate.

The man at the top of the heap of all that debt and power is Kravis, an Oklahoma boy who has found a home on Wall Street and the

social circles of Manhattan.

Married to a glamorous fashion designer, Carolyne Roehm, Kravis lives a life straight out of Tom Wolfes novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. While he works incessantly, he finds time to dash out to key dates on the party circuit and entertain guests at his Connecticut estate, where rumor has it the smell of fresh-baked croissants is piped into the guestrooms every morning.

Its a high-voltage existence, his wife said in an interview with Newsweek magazine earlier this year.

By F. Alan Boyce

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -Dreams of big stock profits and the possible return of RJR Nabisco Inc.s corporate headquarters are being tempered by the specter of layoffs in this tobacco community, following the companys record buyout agreement.

I think the general feeling is one of uncertainty, said Fred Nordenholz, president of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce. There are lots of mixed feelings pbout whats happening.

RJR Nabiscos $24.53 billion buyout agreement with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. means potentially big windfalls for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. workers and others among the 9,000 area residents and groui that own an estimated $2 billion in RJR Nabisco stock.

Some local businessmen also see the possibility that RJR will move its cbrate headquarters, which left Winston-Salem for Atlanta less than two years ago, back home again, bringing jobs and prestige.

But at the same time, the company is being bought with unprecedented amounts of borrowed money.

and locals expect subsequent belt-tightening in a number of RJR operations - including the tobacco business that could include layoffs or other cutbacks affecting them.

Some people are going to have greater personal wealth than ever before, and thats balanced by a certain amount of anxiety about where the companys headed ahd whats going to happen to their careers, Nordenholz said.

John Davis, chairman of the Cumber of (Commerce, said stories

miflionaires as stock prices neai^ doubled in the past 50 days are a bit overstated.

There are some people who are suddenly quarter-millionaires, on paper anyway, he said.

But not many are packing up their bags for the Bahamas. Many local shareholders will see their gains as

a sudden windfall, but others are .....

looking to reinvest their profits, said, skills.

stock held before the bidding war began Oct. 20.

I just wanted to be on the safe side, he said. I didnt want everything I had in speculation.

Much of the impact on the community has been psychological.

While many analysts have portrayed R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, the nations No. 2 cigarette maker, as the corporations money-making machine, few expect the Winston-Salem-based company to go unscathed.

But Rick Weddle, director of Winston-Salem Business Inc., said the impact of the buyout even with layoffs would be positive in his firms attempts to lure other industry to the area.

I am probably one of the few people alive who sees opportunity in employment reductions, he said. We have a fairly tight labor market for certain types of industrial

Davis, a managing partner of the investment firm Alex. Brown and Sons.

Wade Spache, a maintenance technician at Reynolds Tobacco quoted by the Winston-Salem Journal, said he had sold some stock earlier at $84 a share, far below the expected $109 value of the buyout but way above tbe $56 range the

With local unemployment in the 3 percent range recently, it has been difficult to benefit from expansion in the export and manufacturing sectors, Weddle said.

For us to share in that we must have all the available ingredients, he said.

When the financial smoke has cleared, Winston-Salem could be in

better shape than it was a year ago, Davis said.

Tobacco is fairly recession resistant, as is most of the food business, he said. Things may be tight for a year, 18 months. But profits have been in the 20 to 25 percent range. ...What are you going to do, lay people off because youre making more money? It doesnt work that way.

Some employees could have lingering bitterness against F. Ross Johnson, RJRs chief executive, Davis said. It was Johnson who moved RJR corporate headquarters to Atlanta and who kicked off the buyout war with his own offer to buy the company.

If Ross Johnson hadnt moved headquarters to Atlanta, hed have had everybody rooting for management, Davis said.

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NEW YORK A recently sluggish Wall Street received a burst of energy from the record bidding contest for RJR Nabisco Inc., and its bracing for even more takeover activity before Congress reconvenes next year.

The takeover activity has lent a real spark of life to a market which otherwise would be in the doldrums, said A.C. Moore, director of equity research at Argus Research.

Theres been a lot of things going on here, but theres nothing nearly as big," said Eldon Grimm, a senior vice president at Birr, Wilson & Co., who has been trading stock for nearly 60 years. Its livened up the place.

Still reeling from the October 1987 stock market crash and worried

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Big Buys

KKR & Co. is the nations leading investment firm in corporate leveraged buyouts. Its ten biggest deals in billions of dollars:

RJR Nabisco Inc., 1988, pending

Beatrice Cos., 1986

$4.2 I; Safeway Stores Inc., 1986

$3.7 lOwens-lllinois Inc., 1987

$2.S| Storer Communications Inc., 1905

$2.4j Jim Walter Corp., 1967

$1.8l^0uracetl, 1988

$1.7|:50 percent of Union Texas Petroleum, 1985

$1.3 |:Rheem. World Color, Uarco, with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. 1984 $1.2 Stop & Shop Cos. 1988

about higher interest rates, a sluggish economy and the dollar, many investors had shied away from stocks in recent weeks.

But their interest was revived when the RJR bidding war erupted in late October, amid a wave of other multibillion-dollar takeover attempts of big companies.

Late Wednesday, buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. emerged the apparent victor in the bidding^ war, when the companys board of directors accepted its $24.53 billion offer over a slightly larger proposal by RJR management.

Some of the biggest winners so far are RJR stockholders, who have seen their shares more than double in value from a year ago, from $43 to $91.75 by Thursdays close. They stand to reap tens of billions of dollars in profits once the $l09-a-share merger is consummated.

Then there are the investment bankers, such as Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc., whose business had slowed since last years stock market crash. They will receive substantial fees for helping the RJR bidders put their proposals together.

And there are lucrative fees for the commercial banks lending money to finance the deal and for

the battery of lawyers providing contractual advice. *nie new owners and their investors also are likely to reap big profits once the consumer products giant is restructured.

Among the losers have been holders of RJRs $5 billion in corporate bonds, which slipped 20 percent in market value during recent weeks. What troubles bondholders is that the buyout will be financed primarily by borrowed money, mainly through new issues of high-yield, high-risk junk bonds, that will give the company higher levels of debt than traditionaly have been considered prudent.

Many other outstanding corporate issues have been hurt by the takeover frenzy, but more money has gone into less volatile Treasury bonds, particularly short-term issues.

Other recent big takeover offers include the $12.6 llion merger of Kraft Inc. with Phillip Morris Cos., and British conglomerate Grand Metropolitan PLCs $5 billion-plus takeover attempt of Pillsbury Co. The stock of those target companies also has risen in value.

Michale Metz, a technical analyst with Oppenheimer & Co., and other analysts predict more giant takeovers offers may surface before

Congress reconvenes next year and considers how to limit buyouts, as many lawmakers have threatened to do.

1 think that there is mounting pressure from various circles to curtail activity of this sort. All this money is changing hands ... but in the end were not becoming any more productive or creative, said Moore. Until Washington takes action, though, I imagine any company is up for grabs.

Under this scenario, share prices of these future targets and others could be driven up even further.

And as more and more companies are bought and taken private that will mean less stock available to the public, which also could boost prices.

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Church NewsGospel Sing Sunday

A gospel singing featuring the Cornerstone Singers will be held at the Bethel Church of God at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.Choirs Present Musical

The Cherub and Carol Choirs (childrens choirs) of the Farmville United Methodist Church will present the childrens Christnias musical, The Little Bell That , Wouldnt Stop Ringing, in ^e churchs sanctuary at 11 a.m. Sunday.

On Dec. 11, the church will have its annual Love Feast and Candlelight Worship Service at 7 p.m. The music service will feature the Cherub, Carol and Chancellor choirs, a service of scripture ridings, a service of congregational singing and the service of the lights.Group Sings Sunday

The Rock Island group of Fountain will be in concert at Progressive Free Will Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Simday. Proceeds from the concert will go to the churchs building fund.Fish-Chicken Dinner

The Pastors Aide group of Progresivo Free Will Baptist Church will sponsor a fish and chicken dinner beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. The menue will include fried chicken, fried fish, chicken pastry, string beans, cabbage, buttered

potatoes and cake. To order, call 757-3585.Nobles To Preach

Sweet Hope Free Will Baptist Church will have the Rev James Nobles preach at 11 a.m. Sunday. Music will be rendered by the Youth Choir.Church Gives Schedule

Philippi Church of Christ, Farmville Blvd., announces its service schedule. Mens service will be Sunday at 11 a.m. with food served after the program and a fellowship service with Bishop Slade in Ayden will be held at 3 p.m.

A special service, with the Rev. Randy Royal as guest speaker, will be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.Board Has Anniversary

The senior usher board of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church will observe its anniversary on Sunday at 6 p.m.

The Rev. Walter Hines, pastor of Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church, will be the guest speaker.Quarterly Meeting

Selvia Chapel Original Free Will Baptist Church of Greenville will hold its quarterly meeting this weekend.

The schdule is as follows: Friday, 7:30 p.m., quarterly con

ference; Saturday, 7:30 p.m.. Holy communion, special music and mother Eva Harris, guest speaker; Sunday, 11 a.m., morning services with the Bishop A.H. Hartsfield, 2 p.m., dinner.

The Bishop R.E. Worrell and Holy Hill F.W.B. Church of Rplvoir will close the quarterly services.Helping Hand Club

The Union Helping Hand Club will sponsor services at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with offerings for the needy at Christmas.

A business meeting will be held at Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist Church at Hudson and Ward street Monday. A Tuesday service will be held at Philippi Church of Christ on Farmville Boulevard; a Wednesday service at Warren Chapel Free Will Baptist Church on Route 1, Winter-ville, a Thursday service at Anderson Chapel Baptist Church, Falkland.George Speaks Saturday

Allen George will speak at a service Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle of Prayer for All People, 1606 Dickinson Ave. He is pastor of the Tabernacle of Prayer for All People in Richmond, Va.Anniversary Service

Moyes Chapel Free Will Baptist Church will conduct an anniversary service at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the Rev. Eugene Joyner. The Rev.

Richard Mercer and members of the Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church of Saratoga will be guests for the service.Christmas In Songs

The Gospelaires of Greenville, under the direction of organist Rbdger Ingram, will present Christmas In Songs at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist Church on the corner of Hudson and Ward streets.

The group will be celebrating its 16th anniversary.

The Echoes of Calvary, from Mount Calvary church, will lead the candlelight ceremony.

Donations received during the program will be used to provide Christmas gifts for residents of DDA homes and fa|nily care homes in the area. Some money will be given to the Social Services foster childrens Christmas gift fund. Christmas floral arrangements will be given for the lobby of the Greenville Villa Nursing Home and the Triad Home Care Nursing Center.

Members of the Gospelaires will sing carols at family care and nursing homes between Monday and Dec. 11. Those interested in joining the carollers should call any member of the Gospelaires.Joint Meeting

A joint quarterly meeting will be held at St. Paul Free Will Baptist Church this weekend.

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begins at 7:30 tonight. At 6 p.m. Saturday the Rev. W.H. Joyner and the congregation of Patrick Chapel will lead a service. The Sunday 11 a.m. service will be led by Bishop W.L. Phillips and the choir of Waterside Church. A 3 p.m. Sunday service will be held by El^ess Millie Williams and members of First Timothy Church of Greenville. A prayer meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday.'First Timothy Services

Elder Timothy Ward and the Arthur Junior Choir will lead services at First Timothy Free Will Baptist Church, 1104 Douglas Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.jumping Runn Meeting

Quarterly meeting will be held at Jumping Runn Free Will Baptist Church on Route 1, Grifton, this weekend. i

A board meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. today. Holy Communion will be observed at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Rodger Hooks will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday. Dinner will be served at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Douglas Cogdell will lead a 3 p.m. Sunday service.All-Night Prayer

Holy Mission United Holy Church, 1811 S. Pitt St., will hold an all-night prayer meeting beginning at 10 p.m. today and ending at 5 a.m. Saturday. At 6 p.m. Saturday, Dr. Shirley

Atkinson will conduct a marriage seminar.Weekend Services

Mount Calvary Free Will Baptist Church will have Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by worship at 11 a.m. with the sermon by the pastor. Elder Elmer Jackson Jr.Little Creek Church

Services have been announced for Little Creek Free Will Baptist Church this weekend.

A recognition service for the associated minister members of the church will be held today at 7:30 p.m.

At 3 p.m. Sunday, Elder Tyron Turnage, the senior choir and ushers, and congregation of Little Creek will conduct services at St. Peters FWB Church in Snow Hill. At 7:30 p.m. the Mother Board will observe its anniversary at the church. Elder Matthew WArd of Mount Calvary FWB Church will preach.Reids Chapel Services

The Rev. Johnny Johnson, accompanied by the Gospel Choir, will give the 11 a.m. Sunday worship at Reids Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Fountain.

At 6 p.m. Peggy Hart will preach her initial sermon. She will oe accompanied by the combined chapel gospel chorus and senior choir.

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School Board To Meet

The Pitt County Board of Education will have its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the third floor conference room of the Pitt County office building. Items on the agenda include the boards mission statement, a proposal for the use of Third Street School, construction priorities and a policy admendment to the Student Code of Conduct.

Fund-Raiser Planned

Several local business and civic leaders will be kidnapped Tuesday and held in the brig of Blackboard the Pirate for a fund-raising effort for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Project director W.M. Scales III said participants have been asked to raise $300 to $500 each to be released from their prison, the Greenville Ramada Inn.

For more information call 355-6393.

Dawson Has New Job

Carl R. Dawson Jr., transportation manager of the Greenville Public Works Department, has accepted employment with the City of Raleigh as City Traffic Engineer effective Dec. 5.

In Raleigh, he will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of traffic control signals, updating their computerized signal system; signs and markings; traffic engineering studies; design and implementation of transportation improvement projects, and radio maintenance.

DawsonS joined Greenville in 1982 as transportation manager.

Carter Recognized

The New Haven, Conn. Chapter of the C.M. Eppes Alumni Association recently sponsored a weekend of activities recognizing Greenville Mayor Edward E. Carter.

Activities included a tour of a New Haven elementary school, a banquet, a dance and religious activities.

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WASHINGTON - A nursing homes representative said today a 75-volume federal consumers guide that reports poor sanitary conditions and other problems at many of the nations nursing homes will confuse people looking for the best facility.

The designer of the study, which seeks to make available the results of thousands of spot inspections, said the report gives valuable information but should not replace personal inspection by patients or relatives considering a home.

The guide shows how each of the nations 15,000 nursing homes fared in inspections conducted within the last 18 months, allowing anyone looking for a home to make com-parisions within their communities.

An overview showed 43 percent had substandard santitation in food servidos and 30 percent failed to administer drugs properly or to en

sure basic hygiene for patients. The seriousness of violations was not indicated.

Overall, the failure rate exceeded 15 percent in 10 of 32 categories chosen for inclusion in the report, but about 2,400 nursing homes received passing marks in all 32.

We cant tell from the study what is trivial and what is impMortant, said Paul Willging, executive vice president of the 9,000-member American Health Care Association, the major nursing home trade group. The incompleteness of the data is going to conuse the American consumer.

Willging, in an interview on NBC-TVs Today show, noted that the report does not include serious violations, which he said are usually found in regular inspections and ordered corrected at the time they are found.

By focusing on sometimes-trivial violations, it fails to give more im-Mrtant information about whether lomes offer nutritious food that

PCC Trustees Name Advisory Panel

By Cherie Evans

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The Pitt Community College Board of Trustees established an executive panel of the boards committee chairmen Thursday to advise its acting chairman.

Kay Whichard, vice chairman of the board and acting chairman during Clifton Everetts absence, said, I would like to have an executive committee to function in an advisory capacity. I prefer it this way because we are in a situation that could be fragile. This will give us some strength at this time.

The executive committee would not take any action in place of the full board, said Ms. Whichard, who began her I2th year as vice chairman of the board in September and will serve as chairman while Everett is out with an illness.

In other matters, the board agreed to present Distinguished Service Awards during the spring graduation exercises to persons nominated and selected as having provided outstanding service to the college. The awards, which also will be presented to trustees upon their retire

ment from the board, will be engraved plaques.

The board approved the offering of a military science associate degree through cooperative efforts with Central Carolina Community College. According to Ed Davenport, the program committee chairman, PCC will provide students in the curriculum with their general courses, while Central Carolina will be responsible for offering the military courses to the students at designated times at PCC.

PCC is among seven community colleges working in the cooperative effort with Central Carolina College.

Feasibility studies of curriculum programs in occupational therapy assistant technology and pharmacy assistant are being conducted, Davenport said.

Educational leave for Lynda Wilms was approved in addition to the employment of Donna Hines George in the radiologic technology department; Elaine Dorsch Seeman as a business computer programming instructor, and Debra Gaskins Hendren as a nursing instructor.

Several gifts, including a robot, a programmer, a hydraulic scissors lift and a cabinet with pneumatics.

were accepted by the board from Procter & Gamble in Greenville. The gifts will be used in the manufacturing, engineering and technology department.

Also, 100 s ides of anatomy and corresponding ultrasound images from the southern regional office of Acusn in Symrna, Ga., and 3000 model ultrasound equipment from General Electric in Fort Sill, S.C. were accepted. Both gifts will be used in the medical sonography program.

Susan Nobles, director of public relations and marketing, reported that several additional evening courses are being offered this

quarter, and short course programs are being developed for general maintenance and construction trades.

Trustee A.B. Whitley gave a report on the construction of the Whitley Building, while Dr. Charles Russell, PCC president, said the board will meet again this month to discuss the building needs of the college campus.

Prior to the board meeting, Joe Hunniecutt, dean of administrative services, provided a workshop on the colleges budget.

PCC will be closed for the holidays Dec. 22-23 and Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

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tastes good or has programs to deal with overweight patients or other problems, he said.

The consumer doesnt want to know whether two years ago (the temperature of the water in) a dishwasher was off by two degrees, he said.

William L. Roper, head of the Health Care Financing Administration which oversees Medicare and Medicaid and put out the report, said the 32 indicators checked in the inspections were the most important ones affecting care of the elderly.

They are not trivial items, he said on NBC. We think this is important information. But he also cautioned that the report should not

substitute for visits to homes before one is chosen.

Its not a definitive study of the level of care in all nursing homes, Roper said, referring to it as a snapshot of conditions fouind on a given day.

The most recent of ttie inspection reMrts forming Uie basis tor the HCFA report were six months old, and some go back as much as 18 months.

SHRINE NO'nCE The Greenville area Shriners of Rofelt Pasha Temple No. 175 will meet Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Doctors Park clubhouse. Willie Reid Jr. will serve as host.

SALE

ENDS

TUESDAY

REG. SALE

1 Carat Diamond Tennis Bracelet............ hqO 880

Emerald Diamond Bangle ..... 4300 2580

. 16 Carat Diamond Rope Bracelet ..... 450 379

18Kt. Link Bracelet................... 750 635

Sapphire Diamond Tennis Bracelet............. 950 795

2 01 Carat Diamond Flex Bracelet ........42OO 3150

14Kt. Handwoven Mesh Bracelet......... 1550 1240

5 Carat Diamond Tennis Bracelet ........4500 3600

BAILEYS

PINE jewelry remember every woman wants a bailey box under the TRI.

West End Plaza ROCKY MOUNT Golden East CroMing

1-800.338-7676

A-14 Paijy^Reflector, Greenville. N.C._Friday, December 2,1988

Church Calendar

i:u \K (.U(*\ K MISSION \KY ll\lTIST( linu II

Kouli- (, Chii IV < )aks Siilxliviston

Kev.J.l, Kaniicr

10 lKiain Sun - SundavSv'liuol

11 (HI atin Mi(rniiit> tV'orshiD Servicf bv tht> Pastur Music will l)e provided bv the Vimiiir Adult < noir 'I'be .Ir Ishers w ill serve

611(1 p m The Senior I'shers will be observ-lilt; their Anniversary Uev. Walter.Hmes pastor ol Wi-epiiif; Mary Missionary Baptist Church will

be Ihe Buest speaker.

Mon - Board Meeting

The Senior Ishers will ineel

:ii)p III. M 7::!npni Iue 7 :!(i p III Wed ''iiidv

Prayer Meeting and Bible

K \SIKIt\ IINKSt III IB lloccilltlST

Ki 16. Box im I Kasterii Pines Koad I Minister Harold i Buddvi Turner Phone 7.">2 8!iy

10 iHi a III .Sun Sumlav ScIkmiI (Tassi's for allattes

11 iKia m Morning Worship: Sermon topic (li'tling Beady Kor Christmas'

II no a III Children's Church

II iMip ni Nurserv Provided

7 IKI p III Kvening Worship: Sermon Topic

Dll The Koad.Vgain '

7 no p III Fractice tor Christmas Program 7 III p III Wed Midweek Bible Studv Old

restameiit

7 iiO|)in Kii .\dult ChristmasSiipiier

ITBSTPKNTCt (tSTVI IIOI.INKSSCHlTtt II

( ornerol Bnnklev Koad and Piara Dr Bcv Prank (ientrv

II 10 a III Sun liarly Worship Service I 15 a 111 Sunday'Sch(K)l. Daneel UKoux. Siipl

II no a III Morning Worship

> 15(1111 Adult Choir Practice

7 IKI pm Pvcniiig Worship. Connnunion/

I liiismon I'ree 7 IKI pm .Mon Royal Kangers 7:iKip III Drchbstra Cantata Rehearsal

7 liipni W.M Circles Meet

7(1(11100 pm Wod Orchestra/Choir Rehearsal 7 lopm I-aniily .Night Service 0 .10 a III Pri .Sundav School Lesson. WBZU Radio. I.s.io A M '

7.IK) p III Nursing Home Service, Universitv Nursing lloiiie 7 10 p III Christmas Musical/ 'Call His Nanie.lesus '

I XIIII PKNTKCOST XI. IIHI.INKSS tlUIMII

Rl 16, Box t7S Rev Cene Sizemore

0 45 a 111 .Sun. ~ Sunday School iTommv Rilev,.su|it a iHi.im

6 lHI|i III

7 (K!p III Kvening Worship 7 .iop ni .Mon Church Board Meeting

7 :10(1111 Wed Bible Study

PIR.SK IIRISTI XNt IICIU II

.iL'oCreenville Boulevard S E.

756 :i|:m

(ilenn II Evans, Senior Minister Dennis M Luiidblail. Assoc Minister 'Vouth Director

Becky A Stasavich, (iflice .Xdniinistrator Diaiu' B Hawkins. Choir Director-Organisl 7::l()aiii Sun Elders Praver Breakiast 0 (Kla 111 Worship

0 45 a III Church .Schixil

II IKI a 111 Worstiii)

I|) 01 Childrcir.s Choirs Combined Rehearsal 5 (Kip 111 Hanging ol Ihe Creens 7:00(1.111 .Mon Iaslor's Cabinet lo iKi a 111 rue .XVorship Bulletin Information Due InOflicc 7:!opni Wed lo.iHia iii Thur lion Due liiDllice 7:00 pill Pri l)inni-r

ST. TIMOTHYS EPISCOPAI, CHCKCTI

107 Louis Street Rev. John R. Price

7:30a.m. Sun. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:(iOa m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite 11 lo tioa.m. Christian Education 11:15 a m. Holy Eucharist. Rite H ^^5:00 p m. Youth Choirs & Pageant Rehear-

6:00 p m. Evenson; Adult Choir w/violinist Amy Schwartz 4:30pm Mon. - Troop453 7:30 p.m. Tue. Pre-school committee meeting

7:30 p.m. - P^astoral Care Team Meeting 9:30a m. Wed. Kerygma Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir 7:00 p.m. Thur.-T Boy Scouts

IOREY'St ii.\pki.okk;i\.xl

E.XV.B. Clll'RCH Route L Winterville Rev James Moore

4:00 p.m. Sat. Home Mission Meeting 9:30a.m. Sun. -- Suncby School 10:45a.m. Devotion 11:00a m. Morning Worship

I'XITY CHRIST 1 Hl'RCH

204W. lOthSt

11:00a.m. Sun. Worship LOO^.m. -^Narcotics Annonymcius

7:30p.m. - Committee Night U :00a.m. Mon. Staff Meting 6:30 p.m. Jr. Girl Scouts #901 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts #452 7:00p.m - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary 8:00 p.m. Overeaters Anonymous 9:00a.m. Tue. Park-A-Tot 7:00 pm Kerygma

7:30 p.m Explorer Advisors/Boy Scouts of America 1:30p.m Wed. Address Angels 3:45p.m. YouthClub 3:45 p m. Rainbow Choir 4:25p.m. Choristers 7:30 p.m. - Gallery Choir 9:00a.m. Thur. - Park-A-Tot I0:00a.m. - Kerygma 7:30p.m. Overeaters Anoiwmous 10:00a.m. Fri. Pandora's Box 9:30a.m. Sat. Overeaters Anonymous 10:00a.m. Pandora's Box 1:00p.m. Youth Instrumental 1:45 p. m. Rainbow Choir 2:15 p.m. Choristers

OAK GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST

Route L Robersonville. NC 27871 I0:00a.m. Sun. BibleSchool II :00a.m. Morning Worship 11:00a.m. Children's Worsnip 6:00pm. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m Wed. Prayer Meeting 8:tlOp.m. - Choir Practice

UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF GOD

107 Oakmont Drive, Greenville, NC Pastor Wayne Flora 10:00a.m. Sun. Sunday School

Minister Extols Marriage As New Creation To Life

ILUOa.m. Morning Worship 6:U0p.m. - Evening Worship I Nursery provided lor each service

>P m. Wed. 30-minute meditation

THE CHURt II OF JESUS HRIST OF L.ATTER-HAY SAINTS Martinsbourough Rd. Greenville,

N.C

:l7 27834 Bishop John Nelson 9:00a.m. Sun. Sacrament Meeting 10:20 a.m. Sunday School, Primary. Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Womens, Young Men's Meeting 8:30-9:00 a m. TWusic & The Spoken Word " on 1070 am 6:00-7:00a.m. Mon.-Fri. Seminary 7:00p.m Thur. Institute Bible Stiidy

REOO.XK CHRISTI AN ( HURCII

(Disciples of Christ)

2003 Greenville Blvd. SW 264 By-pass West Rev Dexter Wasson. Pastor 9:45a ni. Sun. SUNDAY SCH(X4L 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Topic-' Mighly God"; Children's Church 5:00p m Christmas Musical Practice 7:00 p.m. OfficialBoard Meeting

": 15p.m. Choir Rehearsal

7:00a.m. Mon. Men's Praver Breakfast CWF CMF Annual

Christmas

Miiniing Worship -ChoiI Practice

p.m. Wed. Christian Education Com-

Chancel Choir Rehearsal Worship Bulh'tin Intorma

Ecllowsliip Cla.ss Christmas

7:00 p m. -Party 7 .30

mitlee Meets at Brenda Allen's

GREENVILLE ( HURCII OF ( HRIST

1706 Greenville Blvd at Emerson Road Carl Etchison, Community Evangelist 752-3743 Michael Ellis. Campus Evangelist 756-8453

10 tHi am. Sun Bible Classes; Adult Classes; Children's Classes

11:00a.m. Worship Service 6:00p.m. Evening Service 7:00 p m Tue. Campus Bible Studies at 212 Mendenhall Center, ECU 9:00 p m -7- Campus Bible Studies at 408-A Scott Dorm. ECU 7:00 p.m. Wed. Bible Classes: Adult Classes; Children's Classes

FIRST PRESKYTKRIAN ( HUR( H

1400S.EImSt.

Daniel C Wilkers, Pastor Georgianna Brabban, Associate Pastor Richard Rhea Gammon. Emeritus 9:00a.m Sun. XVorship 9:45 a m Sun. Church School

11 :00a.m. Youth In.strumental 3:00 p m. Gallery Coir

3:00 p.m. Gallery Choir/Concert Gloria" 5:00p m. - Youth In

6:00pm.

Instrumental - Youth Groups

HOLLVIUOOO PftSBVTltIAN CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)

New Bern Highway-NC 43-5 miles south of The Plaza

SMALL - RURAL - FRIENDLY - CARING 9:45 AM Church School 11:00 AM Morning Worship

Richard Rhea Gammon, Interim Pastor *

Unity Free Wiil Baptist Church

2725 E. 14th St. Ext.

Sunday School................9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship.............11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service........7:00 p.m.

Wednesday Mid-Week Service. . .7:30 p.m.

A Warm Welcome Awaits You

Nufseiy ProviiJed At All Services

Sharing Gods Answers To Lifes Problems

Bobby H. Aycock Pastor

FIRST FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH

?600 South Charles Street Greenville. N.C. 27834

Sunday School............9!45 a m

Sunday Morning Worship. . .11:00a m Sunday Evening Worship.... 7:00 p m Wednesday Bible Study.....7:30 p m

Rev. Ronnie V. Hobgood Pastor

Reaching Out to Greenville With the Claims of Christ

You Are Cordially Invited To Attend

Faith & Victory Church

World Outreach Center Full Gospel Teaching Center Family Church

Come join us as the Faith & Victory Church Band leads us into deeper levels of ^worship and praise to our Lord Jesus Christ

Pastors;

John and Deborah Zabawski

Listen To The Uricompromiscd Won! Of God With Pastor John Zabawski Every Monday Thru Friday 9:00-9:15 A.M. On WBZQ Radio Station-1550 AM

10:00 A.M........Sunday Morning Worship

6:30 P.M. Sunday Night Service

7:30 P.M.......Wednesday Night Service

Nursery and Children's Church Available Every Service

I /4 Mile South Of Pitt Communlly College On County Road 1708 Off Highway 11

355-6621

fhiv is thf lUtory that overcomes the world, even our faith."

1 John 5:4

G(MH) HOPE FWB (HURCII

4(HN.MillSt.

Winterville. NC 28590 Dr. W.H. Mitchell, Pastor 9:45 a m Sun. - Sunday School

I :(I0 p.m. Sat. Mens (;horus Meeting 9;45a.m. Sun Sunday School

11:0# a.m. Morning Worship - Choir No. 2 and Usher Board No. 2 in charge 7:15 p m Tue. - W II. Mitchell Gospel Chorus 7:00 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:00 p.m. Thur. True Light Usher Board 7:15p.m. W H. MitchellGospelChorus

ST. JAMES UNITED METHODISTCHUKCH 2000 East Sixth at Forest Hill Circle Greenville, North Carolina 27834 Caswell E. Shaw, Sr. Minister Samuel W. I.#)y, Associate Minister Stephen W. Vaughn. Diaconal Minister 8:45a.m. Sun. Worship Service 9:40a.m. Adult Singing in Fellowship Hall 9:45a.m. Sunday School

II :00a.m. Worship Service ^

3:00 p.m. Youth Cnoir

5:30 p.m. - Junior & Senior Hi UMYF Supper and Meeting 6:00 p.m Chapel Choir, Merry Music Makers

7:30 pm Mon - Bible Study; UMW Executive Board 7:00 p.m. Tue. Boy Scouts 6:00 p.m. Wed. Creative Living Center; Potluck Supper 7:15p.m.-St. James Ringers 8:00p.m. - Chancel Choir 7:00 p.m. Thur. Dinner for 8 Supper at Beef Barn

SELVIA CII.APEL ORIGINAL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH 1701 South Green Street Bishop A.II. Hartsfield. Pastor 7:30 p.m. Fri. Quarterly Conference 2:00 p.m. Sat. Communion to Shut-in 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion Service 9:45a m Sun. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship ((^arlerly Meeting)

3:00 p.m. - Bishop R E. Worrell and Holly Hill (hurch family win close out our Quarterly Meeting

7:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 Gospel Chorus rehearsal

WHITE OAK BAPTIST

P.O. Box 41. Grimesland. N.C.

Albert J. Rodgers. Minister 9:00a.m. Sat. Budget Committee 2:00p.m. Sat. President's Council 4:00b.m. Senior Ushers Meeting 10;(M)a.m. Sun. Sundav School 1:30 p m. Deacons & XVives 7:30pm Wed - Midweek Fellowship 7:00p.m. Thur. Choir Rehearsal

( PRlMiKESSlYE F.W.B. ( 111 R( II

1303 Cotanche Street '

Bishop T.L. Davis Pastor 10:M a.m. Sat. Voice of Progressive Choir Rehearsal 9;30a.m. Sun Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service by the Pastor Music by the Voice of Progressive Choir and Junior Ushers will serve 3:00 p.m. Sun. - The Mightly Rock Island of F ountain, N.C., will be in concert 7:30p.m. Tue. Bible Study 7:30p.m Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30p.m. Thur. Mass Choir Renearsal

IKNIKER MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN (TIURCH

Mil Greenville Blvd.

Dr. Stewart LaNeave. Minister Susie Pair. Choir Director Kerry Carlin. Organist 9:45a m. Sun. Sunday school II :00a.m. Sundav Worship Service 7:30pm. Advent'Service 8:00 p.m - Reception for the Choir in the Fellowship Hall 6:30p.m. Mon. CWF Christmas Parly 8:00p.m. Wed. Choir Rehearsal

IIOLI,YW(M>D PKESRYTERIAN (lllRCIi

Hwy. 43 South

Interim Pastor Rev. Richard R. Gammon S.S. Supt. Elsie Evans Music Director Vivian Mills Pianist Jean Haddock

Youth Co-ordinators Steve & Anna Bridgeman 9:45 a.m. Sun. Sunday School 11:00a.m. Worship Service 7:30p.m. Mon. XV.O.C. Meeting 9:30 a.m. Tue. J.O.Y. Fellowship & Jackson Circle

7:00p.m Wed.-BibleStudy 8:00 p.m. Choir Practice 7:00 p m Thur. - Vivian Mills S.S. Class & Choir Party Xmas 6:00 p.m. Fri. Adult S.S. Class Xmas Party 7:00 p.m Sat. Truthsceksers S.S. Class Xmas Party

OAKMONT BAPTIST CHUKCH (Southern Baptist)

1100 Red Banks Road Rev GrMory P. Rogers. Minister J Rev. {..aC^unt L. Anderson Associate Minister Treva Fisher, Minister of Music Molly Nichols, Secretary 8:55a.m. Sun. Worship Service 9:45 a m Sundav School, Library Open-10:00a.m.

10:45a.m, - Library Open-M :00a.m.

11:00 a.m. Worship Service; Communion .Service

3:00 p.m. Hanging of the Greens Rehearsal 4:30p.m. - Sufier Singles 6:00 p.m. Handbell Rehearsal 7;00pm. - Hanging of the Greens Service 9:15 a.m. Mon. Staff Meeting 8:00 p m. Baptist Women & Baptist Young XVomen Joint Meting (Fellowship Hall) Foreign Missions Speaker: Sue Singleton

By George W. Cornell

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK In an age when half the marriages fall apart, when commitments to that bond come hard and many delay it or shun it entirely, a Virginia theologian offers a paean to marriages beauty.

The Rev. Edward Stone Gleason sees it as next to heaven itself.

While he recognizes it doesnt eliminate the sorrows and difficulties of life, he finds in marriage the balm that eases those hurts and gives a glow of wonder to all existence.

PHILIPPI (TIlRCIi OF CHRIST

1610 Farmville Blvd.

Elder Randy Royal

9:15a.m. Sun. Sunday School

II rOO a m.. Morning Service

II ;00 p.m. Men's Day

3:00p.m St. Paul Aydn

7:00p m Wed. - Bible Study

7:30 p. m. Thur. Prayer Meeting

7:30p.m. Tue. Funcf Raising Services

ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CIIURCil 401 East Fourth Street

The Rev. l^wrence P. Houston, Jr., Rector; The Rev. Middleton L. Wootten, IH, Associate Rector

7:30a.m. Jun. Holy Eucharist 9:00a.m. Holy Eucharist 10:00a.m. Christian Education "

ILOOa.m. Holy Eucharist

5;30p.m EYC

I2:0() p.m. Mon. Alcoholics Anonymous. 2nd floor

8:00 p.m. - St. Lydia's 8:00p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 2nd floor 12:0() p.m. Tues. Alcoholics Anonymous, 2nd Floor

8:00p m. Nar Anon, 2nd Floor

8:00p.m. Narcotics Anonymous. 2nd Floor

7:00a.m. Wed. Holy Eucharist

10:00a.m. Holy Eucharist

ILOOa.m. Bible Study

12:00 p m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 2nd Floor

3:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Greenville Villa

. -.....-...... 2nd

Floor

I2;30p.m. - Cursillo Group, Friendly Hall 7:00p.m. Boys Choir 8:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 2nd Floor 12:(H) p m. Fri. Alcoholic's Anonymous. 2nd Floor

3:30p.m. Children'sChoir 8:00 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous. 2nd Floor 8:00 p.m. Sal. Alconolics Anonymous, Parish Hall

IMMAM EL BAPTISTCHUlU II

110! S. Elm St .. Greenville, N.C.

Hugh Burlington. Pastor 9:30a.m. Sun Library Open 9;45a.m. Sunday School 10:45a.m. Library Open 11:00a.m. Morning Worship 4; 15 p.m Community Youln Choir 5:30p.m. - Youth Handbells 5:15 p.m. Wed. Library Open; Grades 1-3, 4-6 Choirs 5;45p.m. Supper

6:,30 p.m. - Library Open; GA's; RA's Mission Friends; Youth Make A Difference 6:30 p.m. Preschool Choir ; College Choir

To be married means to be redeemed, he says. To be married is to be loved only for who we are, not who we might wish to be or who we might seem to be.

It is, he says, to be a new creation.

In a book, Redeeming Marriage, recently issued by Cowley Publications of Cambridge, Mass., Gleason extols marriage in often lyrical terms comparable to the biblical Song of Solomon.

Night had become the time to feel close, in touch, arms and legs wrapped around the other, the only one, he writes. The one who knows me and who I am and what I feel and even who I would be...

Day means assuming a role, playing a part.... At night, it was all real.... The time just at dawn had a different kind of magic. ... Without her there would be no dawn, for there would be no reason to rise, to greet the day, even to have a day.

Gleason takes an unusual approach to his subject, interspersing descriptions of marriage and episodes from it with lines of the marriage ritual in the Episco^l Book of Common Prayer and Scripture passages.

A professor at the Episcopal Virginia Theological Seminary, he recognizes the strains of life, describing various marriage breakdowns, causes behind them and also the restorative help of friends.

But mostly, he tells of the bracing grandeur of marriage itself.

We offer ourselves to our spouse and are known, fully, and accepted and loved.... It is not acceptance of what we might wish to be, but of who we actually are. ... It is grace, in all its fullness.

Such acceptance results in sense of worth, self-worth, which is given by the one to the other. Somehow, this make it possible to mean something, be something, even do something.

Every moment, every word, every action suddenly come into being in a new way. Strange and wonderful, quite mysterious, one is unable to function fully without the other.

The ancient and most holy miracle: to be loved. One plus one equals a thousand.

Novelist-theologian Frederick Buechner says of Gleasons analysis: In an age that tends to take marriage lightly and cynically, his high view of it reminds us of what, at its richest, it can become.

Gleason says the ancient biblical image in Genesis of a man and woman becoming one flesh is the powerful and miraculous truth of marriage.

That gift is beyond any other experience available to us, he says, as close as human beings may come to know the reality of heaven this side of the grave.

He points out decisively, and quite lily, the disciplines required of a

happi genuine

including tience, unswerving fidelity and total.

marriage.

pa-

unconditional other.

commitment to the

Nothing is to be reserved or held back. ... The old cliche that marriage will only work if each reserves a small comer of the self as private, never to be shared, is erroneous and worse, dangerous.

For that small and reserved part will grow and grow and grow until it ... destroys the marriage.

6:45p.m. Adult Bible Study 7:4#p.iTi Adult Choir

MT. PLEASANT CIIRISTI AN CHURCH

Rl. 6 Box 344. Greenville, N.C. 27834 Minister Don McKinney Associate Minister Ron Roach Phone 758 1830

9;30a.m. Sun. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. Family Worship (Nursery provided)

10:30a m. Junior Worship 2:00p.m. Devotional Greenville Villa 6:00 pm. Decorate Christmas Tree (all youth)

7:00 p. m Evening Worship 7:00p.m. Youth Meeting (gradcs7-12)

7:00 p.m. Kids of the King 8:00p.m. Choir Practice 7:00p.m. Tue. Informational Meeting 7:00pm Wed -BibleBowl 7:30 p.m. Bible Study 7: :I0 p.m. Board Meets 7:00 a.m. .Sat. Bible Bowl meet in Cary N.C. 1:00 p.m. Annual Christmas Party (through 6 grade)

UMTARiAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF GREENVILLE

Congregation Bayl Shalom Synagogue

1420 East Fourteenth Street

Co President: Lisa Brenner

Telephone: 355-6658

Minister: Dr. Cynthia Edson

4:00 p.m. Sun. Dr. Edson will preach on

The (Jiving of Gifts." '--- ^

infant care

Holy Trinity United Methodist Church

1400 Red Banks Rd.

Sunday School.......................9:45 A.M.

Morning Worship...................il:00 A.M.

United Methodist Youth 6:00 P.M.

Sunday Night Liwe..............7;oo P.M.

Choruses, Films, Testimonies, Scriptursis

Word Explosion Wed. 7:40 P.M.

A New Bible Studyl

Ralph A. Brown, Pastor

4 Nursery Provided At All Services "Whan tha tanglUa touch of Jaaua Chriat 1$ found In Word, Lota and Pralaa/

Children's program and

HOLY TRINITY UNITED METIIUDIST CHURCH

1400 Red Banks Road. Greenville. N.C.

Rev. Ralph A. Brown 9:15a.m. Sun. Holy Communion 9;45a.m..Sun. .Sunday School ILOOa.m. Morning XVorship 6:00pm -UMYF 7;00p.m. - Sunday Night Live 6:30p.m. Tue. Evangelism Explosion 7:40p.m. Wed. Bible Study 7;30p.m. Thur. Choir Practice

GREENVILLE BIBLE ( HURCII

1348 West Greenville Blvd.

Tel. 355-2822

9::t0a.m. Sun. Sunday School

<Du% offcxa aonul^lng afuciaC fot ifit inlixt famiCtf. ^Wt. uiant you to join us tkia <Sunay!

9:45 a.m. Bible School

11:00 a.m. Family Worship

E. T. Vinson. Minister

The Memorial Baptist Church

1510 Greenville Blvd. S.E

Greenville's FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST Chute).

1 Nursery Provided

Organized 1827

lay

10:30a.m. Morning XVorship 6;00p.m. Evening XVorship

top

7;30p.m. Tue. Deacon's \ieeting 7:30 p.m. Tue. Ladies Bible Stum' - Watsons 9:30a.m. Wed. Ladies Bible Study 7:00 p.m Prayer meeting 8:30 a.m. Sat. Men's Discipleship Class 11:30 Mon.-Fri. From the Heart of a Pastor WGHB, 1250 AM

THE SALVATION ARMV

2337 W. Dickinson Avenue Post Office Box 113 Telephone 756-3:188 Greenville. NC 27834-0113 Major and Mrs. Earl Woodard Commanding Officers

5:15 p.m. Wed. Fellowship Supper 6:15 p.m. Melody Makers. Music Makers, Musiciaas, Prayer Time p m. Foreign Missions Study

Ifoung

6.:i0i

6:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m Visitation

R.A's. GA's. Mission Friends Chancel Choir; .Sunday School

10:00 a.m. Sun Sunday School ILOOa.m. Morning Worship 11:30 p. m. J unior Church

:00 p.m. Fri. Baptist Women's Mission Study Group, Christmas Parly at Jannis Shea's

Home 6;(io pm Sal. Christmas Parlv

Baptist Young Women's

CIIKISTIAN S( IEN( E (Til R( II

Fourth and Meade .Streets II a m Sun. Sunday School, Sunday Service 7:45 p.m Wed. Wednesday Evening Meeting 2:00-4 p.m Wed. - Reading Room. 400 S Meade St

ARLINGTON STREET B.XPTLSTdlURdi

1007 W Arlington Blvd.

Dr. Harold Greene

9:45a m. Sun - Sunday School

ILOOa m. - MorningX 7:30p.m. - Evening Worship 8:00p.m. Narcotics Anonymous 7:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer Service 8:l5p.m.-Choir

B OOp.ni Sat - Narcotics Anonymous

I NIVERSITY dlURCII OF CHRIST

KK) Crestline Blvd.

Rick Townsend. Phone: 756-6.545 10:00a m..Sun. BibleSchool 11:00a m - - Morning Worship, Junior Church 6:00p m. Choir Renearsal 7:00 p m Evening Worship & Youth Meetings

5;30p.m. Teachers Meeting 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 7:00p m Songsters Practice 7;00p.m Mon. Rest Home 7:00 p m Tue. Bible Study 8:00 p m. Ladies Home League - Mens Club 6:00 pm Wed. Corps Cadets and Girl Guards

PITT FDR CHRIST EVANGELIST TABERN.U'LE OF PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE. INC.

1606 Dickinson Avenue, Greenville, N C Dr. N.E. Blount, Pastor & Co.-Founder 9:45 a m Sun. - Sunday .School "A New Covenant"

Il:00a.m. Morning Worship Service 7:00 p m.- Holy Communion 7:00 p.m. Wed. - Seminar Gifts of the Spirit"

7:00p.m. F'ri, Evangelistic Service "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their god, and they shall be my people" Jeremiah 31. 33

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By Charles Hillinger

LAT-WP NEWS SERVICE

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - RaChelle Reiersgord, 19, is the second graduate in the history of her high school in the tiny town of Jackpot in the remote northeast corner of Nevada to go to college.

She was valedictorian of the 13-member 1987 graduating class of Jackpot High School. Now shes a sophomore at the UniveRsity of Nevada-Las Vegas. Shes planning to become a doctor.

Ignacio Avilas, 21, is one of eight children. His father is a dishwasher, his mother a maid. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at Rancho High School in North Las Vegas.

Now Avilas is an honor student, a junior at UNLV, president of the schools Hispanic Association and class president last semester.

In Nevada, it really pays to be valedictorian of your high school class, explains Janet Pachano, 20, a Hopi Indian, single mother of a 2'2-year-old daughter and top student among the 15 graduates of her high school on the Owyhee Indian Reservation. Shes a junior at UNLV.

Nevada officials say the state is the only one in the nation where a full four-year university scholarship is offered to the valedictorian of every one of the 53 high schools in the state.

The, Margaret Elardi Nevada Scholarship Program for Valedictorians at UNLV is in its fourth year. So far 101 valedictorians have accepted the $10,000 scholarships and enrolled at the school.

Robert C. Maxson, 50, was president of UNLV for only a month in September 1984 when a statistic came acro^yiis desk that 46 percent of Nevada high school graduates who attend universities go out of

state. Only Alaska had a bigger brain drain, he recalled.

Nevada has been trying very hard to diversify its economy. The state is attracting a number of high tech companies. But we were losing one of our best resources, our talented young people. I learned that we never had more than a half a dozen valedictorians enrolled at UNLV at any given tirtie.

Maxson mentioned the dilemma in a speech a short time after becoming president of UNLV: The minds of our bright young men and women are leaving Nevada to go to school and not coming back. We should offer a scholarship program to every high school valedictorian in the state.

After the speech, Nevada casino owner Margaret Elardi came up to Maxson and expressed interest in his proposal. She said she would like to provide the necessary funds for the scholarship.

I had never met her. I did not know who she was. I explained it would take $1 million to do it. Four days later the valedictorian scholarship became a reality thanks to Margaret Elardi, said Maxson. The first scholarships were given to 1985 high school graduates.

At the time Elardi, 50, owned and operated the Pioneer Club in Laughlin, Nev. Now she owns and operates the Silver Slipper and the Frontier in Las Vegas. She declined to be interviewed about the scholarship program.

Margaret Elardi- is an absolute )rivate person. She stays in the )ackground, is low keyed and shuns publicity. I have tried to get her to speak before groups and she turns me down every time, Maxson said.

But she keeps in touch with scholarship winners. She meets with them three times a year at dinners. She has ll-by-14 photographs of all the winners in her office. She sends

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each a birthday and Christmas card every year.

She writes the valedictorian a personal letter encouraging them to accept the scholarship, explaining: I make my living in the gaming industry. This state has been good to me and my family. I can think of no better way to put something back into the community than by investing in the young people on whose shoulders the future rests. UNLV is a good school that will be made better by your presence. Remember Home is Nevada.

In other to keep the scholarship, each Elardi scholar must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and a minimum of 12 credits per semester. Most take 15 to 18 credits a semester.

At the beginning of a semester each scholarship winner is presented a check for $1,250 to cover tu

ition, books, room and board. Average cost per student resident at UNLV is $1,500 to $1,800 a semester. Some receive additional scholarship funding. Many Elardi scholars work part time to help meet expenses.

There is a similar but less extensive - program in Texas, where each high school valedictorian receives one-years free tuition at a Texas state university.

In tiny Jackpot, population 1,000, where streets have names like Lady Luck Boulevard, Roulette Avenue and Snake Eyes Drive, and gambling is the only reason for the towns existence, everybody knows RaChelle Reiersgord and knows she is attending UNLV as an Elardi scholar.

If it wasnt for Mrs. Elardi, I would probably be doing what most kids in town do when they get out of high school: work for one of the casinos, she said.

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Market Research Worker Dials Rude Residents

Dear Abby: I have been working for a marketing research firm for the past two months, telephoning homes around the country to get opinions from consumers regarding which products and services they use. The only bad part of my job is the abuse I have to take from some of the rude people I encounter.

I very politely introduce myself, then state that I want only a few minutes of their time to get some information about the products they use daily. I explain (if they let me get that far) that I am not selling anything, I am just gathering information. Abby, you would not believe some of the language I have heard before they hang up on me!

Please ask your readers to be a little more courteous and to cooperate with callers from market research firms. And if they are ino busy to answer a few questions, all they have to do is say so. Minnesotan

Dear Minnesotan: There is no excuse for rudeness, but I believe that the telephone is in the home for the convenience of the person who pays for it. Market researchers should find another way to gather information. Some people sleep at odd

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Dear Abby: Of all the nuisances to plague us over the years, telemarketing is at the top of the list. It differs from direct mail. When you get unsolicited mail, you can toss it out or put it aside to read when you feel like it; you can even get your .name removed from the mailing list. But what do you do about phone calls? Forget unlisted numbers now the marketers use

computers that simply dial numbers, one after the other.

Telemarketing is a blatant invasion of privacy. Your town can legislate against solicitors coming to your door but not your phone. Think of how many baths, naps, nights (or days) sleep, family dinners, lovemaking sessions and funeral receptions have been interrupted.

I urge anyone who is fed up with this home invasion to take action. When one of these calls comes in, ask for the name and address of the organization (commercial or nonprofit) involved, then tell them that you will buy nothing sold on the phone, and will support no charity that solicits in this manner. Then follow it up with a letter, so they will

know you mean business.

When enough people stop buying or giving, these intrusive phone calls will stop paying off and come to a halt. Mrs. M.H., Chalfant, Pa.

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?jjl' approach is to help the stu-d<||H\inderstand our society and all tliVuiings theyre seeing, says executive director Stacey Kleirf. We want them to'undersland'how our society works - and also how it struggles."

Since 1977, when Metro-International was formed by foreign student visers from seven schools, it has landed to serve students from 60

colleges and universities in the New York area.

Not all activities involve New Yorks seamy side. Each week, 15 to 100 students sign up to do things such as tour the Pennsylvania Dutch country during Thanksgiving weekend or man water stations at the New York Marathon.

Metro-International also publishes a Guide to Living in New York. According to this booklet, the subway can be a very unpleasant and frightening experience. Driving a car in the city is costly and exhausting. Manhattan residents are without question the most smiig city dwellers.

My life in New York would have been completely different with< this organization, says Diny._ Master, an architect who came fro* India six years ago to study at P^at Institute in Brooklyn.

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bok Recounlts Mending Of Family, End Of Farm

By Bill hole

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAGINAW. Mich. Howard Kohn left his familys grain farm in the Saginaw Valley to sow some wild oats.

When he returned, he found his father struggling alone to keep the financially troubled homestead from being plowed under by creditors and progress.

The Last Fanner: An American Memoir (Summit Books, $18.95) is Kohn's prodigal son account of that lost battle an(l the broken father-son l elationship it helped to mend.

Less than two months after the novels release, critics are praising it and predicting the book will follow the 41-year-oid investigative reporters Who Killed Karen Silkwood? onto best-seller lists.

The book also has unleashed a wave of excitement in Bay Countys tiny Beaver Township, where the Kohns and other German-American families have farmed quietly for more than three generations in the central Lower Peninsula they call the bread basket of Michigan.

Its an old story in a state in which small farmers have a tough row to hoe. Last year, more than 1,000 of .Michigans 60,000 small farms folded, according to the state Farm Bureau. The farms that have sprouted in their place are run by part-timers who hold other jobs to supplement their incomes.

Those are statistics that Kohn, a former senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine who now lives in Takoma Park, Md.. hopes his new book will change.

Farmers solutions dont lie in Washington, Kohn said recently in an interview. The rural way of life

needs to be appreciated. Its part of our society in 1988; its not just part of our heritage.

I think saving the family farm starts with understanding that.

A free-lance writer, Kohns first book, Who Killed Karen Silkwood was published by Summit in November 1981. He still writes for Rolling-Stone, where hes a contributing editor, and hes worked as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press.

The University of Michigan graduate began chronicling the pli^it of his fathers 120-acre farm in 1981, when Fredrick Kohn fractured his spine after falling off the farmhouse roof. He also started a three-year push to save the farm from the growing threat of larger corporate farming operations, land-hungry oil companies and his fathers old age and failing health.

The mission failed, and the 143-year-old fam was sold to a neighbor in 1984.

Kohn said a growing public dissatisfaction with the fruit of corporate farms such as tasteless tomatoes picked too early and gassed to appear ripe will cause a rebirth of the family farm.

Leading the way in what he calls the coming Green Revolution will be restless city dwellers who will beat their BMW jacks into plowshares.

On a more personal note, he also hopes the book will help other embittered fathers and sons recohcile their differences before iV too late.

Its universal, Kohn said. There are a lot of things sons wish they told their fathers after theyre dead.

I gave (the book) up a couple of times, because it reveals more about him and me than is natural for ei

ther of us. There was more than once when I thought I shouldnt be writing this while my father was alive.

Thats how the elder Kohn feels about the book and his sudden notoriety as The Last Farmer.

To Fredrick Kohn, the sale of the farm was as natural as it was inevitable.

Its just as if you had 1,000 shares of GM stock and you turned it in for Chryslers, j^id Kohn, now 72, from the kitchen of the brick farmhouse he and his wife, Clara, kept along with an acre. Farms change hands all the time. If you had a car and you passed it on to your son and he passed it on to his son, it would just be junk, wouldnt it?

Well, thats all a farm is. Its just a piece of land.

Unlike his son, the elder Kohn isnt optimistic about the future of those who grow small portions of Americas food.

They say anything is possible if you put your will to it, but I think its almost impossible these days, he said.

But his neighbors who live among the same amber corn fields especially those whose names appear in the 270-page book - are more philosophical about the death of the Kohn farm and its impact on farmers who still till the valley.

I think its a beautiful story, said one neighbor, Carol Westphal. They were raised on hard work, and thats missing in families today. This is a memoir thats for real.

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One of its most popular programs sends students into the homes of suburban families for a day or weekend visit.

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In contrast, says MdSter, foreign students all have a common background, so whateiier problems we do have, we have a chance to share them.

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By The Associated Press ' HOGS; Market 50 cents higher at H.C. buying stations. Kinston, S|)iveys Corner, Murfreesboro, Hbbersonville, Siler City 36.00; Clin-tw, Fayetteville, Dunn, Pink Hill, Chadboum, Ayden, Laurinburg and Benson 35.50; Wilson 36.00; sows: (500 pounds up) Fayetteville 26.00; Wallace 25.00; Spiveys Corner 26.00; Rowland 26.00.

. ^BROILERS: The North Carolina ft dock quoted price on broilers for this week s trading was 53.25 cents, based on full truck load lost of ise ick USDA Grade A sized 21^ to 3 iinds birds. 71 percent of the loads ^ered have been confirmed with a final weighted average of 51.04 dents. The market is lower and the live supply is adequate to oc-cashionally fully adequate for a mostly moderate demand. Average weights are desirable. Estimated alau^ter of broilers and fryers in Nmrth Carolina 2,137,00, compared to 1,188,000 last Friday .

"GRAIN: No. 2 yellow shelled corn: mostly 3-4 cents lower, at mostly |8.67-$2.79 in the East; mostly ^.87-11.98 in the Piedmont; No. 1 yellow soybeans 5 to 6 cents lower at mostly |t.23-$7.43 in the East; mostly $7.20-$7.33 in the Piedmont; wheat mostly |8.76-$3.93; new crop wheat $3.28-$3.49. Exchange rates for P.I.K. certificate were mostly steady and ranged from 98 to 100 percent of face value.

TnEW YORK (AP) - Prices dclined on Wall Street today as bet-tr-than-expected employment figures heightened trader concerns ajxMit rising interest rates.

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks was down 11.73 to 2/190.15 as of noon EST.

Declining issues were ahead of aillvancers by a margin of about 2-1^1, with 843 issues failing, 399 rising and 531 unchanged in New York Stock Exchange tra^ng.

The NYSEs composite index of all its listed stocks was down 0.65 to 152.72 On the American Stock Exchange, the market value index sUpped 1.00 to 294.25.

Volume on the Big Board came to a light 56.74 million shares by mid-

dy.

>The Labor Departments eagerly .waited report on November mnployment disappointed traders because of an increase of 463,000 jobs an in- dication that the esxmomy remains robust.

Analysts said Wall Street ,was keeping a close eye on interest rate movements in the credit markets.

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Ashland Oil .........................32%

Unisys..............................................27*2

Fieldcrest Mills........................ 22

Flowers Inds........................................19

Halteras Inc. Securities.....................15%

Hilton Hotel Corp...............................51

Jefferson Pilot...................................31%

John Deere........................................48%

Lowe's Company ...................20%

Interstate Securities............................5=^4

Wickes....................................... 9*2

Southmark Corporation..................2%

United Telecommunications ..43%

Dominion Resources..........................42%

Piedmont Natural Gas.......................23%

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Branch Bank...........................17'4 to 17%

Planters National Bank............14* 4 to 144

Vermont American..................21' 2 to 217

Integon ...........................6' to 6

Southern National Bank...........18>4 to 18' 2

Peoples Bank..........................14'/ to 14*4

North Carolina Natural Gas 16% to 17*4

Cooper LaserSonics....................6 to 7*4

Burroughs Wellcome..................7' 2 to 7

Johnson & Johnson.............................84%

Food Lion A................................9' 2 to 9%

Food Lion B ....................10' to 10%

Warrants Issued For 4 J amaicans

By John Bare

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

A U.S. Magistrate issued federal warrants Thursday for four Jamaicans arrested in Greenville three months ago on cocaine trafficking charges.

Magistrate Alexander Denson said hq issued warrants for the arrest of Malcolm Eugene Encarnacin, 29, of the Brtmx, N.Y., Courtney L. Fuller, 3>) of New York, Leslie Lee Thomas, 29, of the Bronx, N.Y., and Atgemette Daniels, 23, a Jamaican who was living in Greenville when four were arrested Sept. 21.

Gn the federal level. Encarnacin and Fuller are charged with con-s|racy to possess with intent to (tistribute more than 50 grams of cocaine-based crack and unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Denson said. Thomas and Miss Daniels are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 59 grams of cocaine-based crack.

All four face a list of state drug trafficking charges that carried maximum penalties ranging from 65 years to 110 years in prison. The federal charge carries a substantial punishment, Denson said, but he did not know the specific prison term.

Federal Drug Enforcement Agent Ron Tunkel is handling the case and was to meet with Greenville Police officers today to discuss the Gorges. He could not be reached for ciunment.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Webb is to prosecute the case, but he was out of his Raleigh office for the day and unavailable for comment.

The four Jamaicans were scheduled to appear in Pitt County District Court today^for a probable cause hearing on the felony charges, but District Attorney Tom Haigwood said they would not be in court.

If the Jamaicans are arrested on federal charges and tried in federal court, Haigwood said the group would most likely not stand trial in Pitt County on state charges.

The federal authorities have interest in the case because the Jamaicans may have ties to crimes in other jurisdictions or other states. The DEA held a seminar earlier this year to educate local drug agents on the tendencies and patterns of the Jamaican drug dealers.

There have been other drug arrests involving Jamaicans in Jacksonville, Kinston and Raleigh.

All four were arrested Sept. 21 by Greenville Police and Pitt County Sheriffs investigators after a tip from Crimestoppers.

Investigators confiscated more than $23,000 in cash. 3,723 vials of crack worth more than $93,000, 75 nickel bags of marijuana, a stolen firearm, drug paraphernalia, more than an ounce of powdered cocaine and an automobile where some drugs were found.

The four are being held in the state Department of Corrections on bonds ranging from $750,000 for Miss Daniels to $1.3 million for Fuller.

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Barrow

FARMVILLE Miss Gladys Jeannette Barrow died this morning in the Triad Health Care Center in Greenville.

Her funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of the Farmville Funeral Home by the Rev. Wiiliam Haddock. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery in Farmville.

A lifelong resident of the Farmville community. Miss Barrow taught for 48 years in the public schools of Greene County. She was a graduate of Louisburg College and a member of Mount Herman United Methodist Church. She had been a member of the United Methodist Women since 1920.

Surviving are two sisters, Mary Barrow of Snow Hill and Lucy Hammond of New Bern. *

The family will receive friends at the Farmville Funeral Home from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Brown

WASHINGTON, N.C. - A funeral for Mrs. Retha Brown will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Little Grove Holiness Church by the Rev. Lindsey E. Ebron. Burial will be in Pinelawn Cemetery in Bethel.

Mrs. Brown was horn in Falkland and was a member, of Little Grove Holiness Church.

Surviving are her husband, Leroy Brown; two brothers, William Hyman of Bethel and Ernest Dupree; a sister, Dorothy Vines of Fountain.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Little Grove Holiness Church and at other times will be at the home, 903 E. Eighth St., Washington.

Arrangements are being by Flanagan Funeral Home in Greenville.

/ Clark A funeral for Mrs. Ella Langley Clark will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. in Post Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Stokes by Elder John T. Taylor. Burial will be in the family cemetery.

Mrs. Clark was born in Beaufort County and was a member of Post Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Ella Mae Harris of Greenville, Queenie Blow of Bethel, Evaline Blow of Washington and Sammy Benton of Queens, N.Y.; two sisters, Lillie

Langley and Sarah Langley, both of Greenville; a brother, Manning Langley of Baltimore; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Phillips Brothers Mortuary and at other times will be at 1111 Mead-owbrook Drive, Greenville.

Ellis

Mrs. Ruth Ellis, 79, died Thursday in Greenville.

Mrs. Ellis was a former resident of Hamilton, Ohio, and Ormond Beach, Fla. She was a member of P.E.O. and St. James Episcopal Church in Ormand Beach. For the past two years she has resided in Greenville.

She is survived by a son, Ted Ellis of Greenville.

Arrangements are by Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Harris

Mr. Kenneth W. Harris, 62, died Thursday in Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

His funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel by the Rev. R.M. Stewart. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.

A lifelong resident of Pitt County, Mr. Harris was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army.

Surviving are four sons, Allen Harris of Black Jack, Jack Harris of Winterville, Roger Harris of Grifton and Mike Harris of Greenville; two daughters, Debra Gray and Carolyn McKeel, both of Greenville; three brothers, Raymond C. Harris of Winterville and John G. Harris Jr. and Amos Harris, 'both of Greenville; three sisters, Mary Elizabeth Laughinghouse and Dorothy Dail, both of Greenville, and Gladys Jenkins of Washington, N.C., and 10 grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and at other times will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Harris, Blackjack.

Hudnell

WASHINGTON, N.C. - The Rev. Walton Monroe Hudnell Sr., 74, of Route 1 in Grimesland, died Wednesday.

A funeral service will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at Paul Funeral Home in Washington with the Revs.

Harold Lewis and Eddie Morris officiating. Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery.

The Rev. Hudnell was a retired Pentecostal Holiness minister who served as pastor of 13 churches in eastern North Carolina during his lifetime. He was a member of the Belhaven Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a member of the church conference.

Surviving are his wife, Cora Guthrie Hudnell; four daughters, Elizabeth H. Byrum of Rocky Mount, Rachel H. Russ of St. Augustine, Fla., Judith H. Bliss of Gainesville, Va., Thala H. Owens of Pearl, Miss.; three sons, Walton Leon Hudnell of Belhaven, Ottis Rav Hudnell of Route 1 in Grimesland, Walton Monroe Hudnell Jr. of Chocowinity; two brothers, Lloyd Earl Hudnell and Milburn Ray Hudnell, both of Belhaven; two sisters, Mildred Harris of Charlotte and Pearl Montieth of Belhaven, 19 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Family will greet friends at the funeral home from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today.

Johnson

BALTIMORE - Mrs. Molly Emma Sneed Parker Johnson died Wednesday.

Her funeral will be conducted Saturday at noon in March Funeral Home, North Avenue, Baltimore, by Dr. Eddie Montgomery. Burial will be in Arbutus Cemetery.

She was a former resident of Greenville, N.C.

The family will receive friends Satuday at 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home and at other times will be at 2802 Federal St., where they will assemble at 10:30 a.m. for the funeral procession.

Spencer

CONETOE A funeral for Mr: Eray Spencer will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Conetoe Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Walter Adkins. Burial will be in the Community Cemetery in Tarboro.

Mr. Spencer was a Pitt County native who attended the area schoools.

Surviving are his wife, Rosa Spencer; five daughters, Effie Jones, Celestine Whitehead and Mamie Thigpen, all of Rocky Mount, Mary Harper of Tarboro and Rosa Lee Spencer of Mildred; six sisters, Marie Spencer and Eva Mae Dixon,

both of New Haven, Conn., Letha Powell of Richmond, Va., Annie Mae Smith of Tarboro, June Spencer of Greenville and Linda Dixon of Ayden; four brothers, Willie Spencer and Linwood Spencer, both of Conetoe, and Redmond Spencer Jr. and 'Cleo Spencer, both of Belvoir, and eight grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hemby-Willougby Mortuary in Tarboro. At other times the family will assemble at the home in Conetoe.

Taylor

A funeral for Mr. James R. Taylor Jr. will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Flanagan Funeral Chapel by the Rev. David S. Hammond. Burial will be in Homestead Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Taylor was born in Pitt County and was a 1^86 graduate of J.H.

Rose High School. He was employed with Fieldcrest Mills.

Surviving are a son, Brandon Ray Cox, and his father, James Taylor Sr., both of Greenville; his mother, Margaret Taylor of the home; a* brother, Tony Anthony Taylor; his paternal grandmother, Odessa Taylor, and his parental grandfa-' ther, James A. Taylor, all of Greenville.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Flanagan Funeral Chapel and at other times will be at the home, 1506 Halifax St., Greenville.

Whitley

Mr. Paul E. Whitley, 83, a retired farmer of Route 6, Greenville, died Thursday.

His funeral will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. in Homestead Funeral Home by the Revs. Jerry Johnson and Willie Bell. Burial will be in Pinewood Memorial Park.

Surviving are his wife, Fannie Harris Whitley; three sons, Gerald Whitley of Grimesland, Waylon Whitley of Belvoir and Charles Whitley of Farmville; two daughters Lois Beaman of Belvoir and Hilda Jackson of Greenville; two sisters, Mrs. Ray Brewer of Belvoir and Estelle Gray of Washington, N.C.; two brothers, Forrest Whitley of Stokes and Alton Whitley of Perry, Ohio; seven ^andchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Shuttle Takes Spy Satellite Into Space

(Continued from A-1)

Atlantic landing site in Spain.

* NASA had said the launch could occur in a period starting at 6:32 a.m. and ending at 9:32 a.m.

Two minutes, eight seconds after liftoff, the flight passed a critical milestone when the two solid fuel

PCC

(Continued from A-l)

From 18 to 20 percent of PCCs students are single parents, Ms. Nobles said. In response to the growing population, a day care facility and other programs to benefit those students will be explored, Boyd said.

PCC not only is enrolling more students, but it also is placing more students in jobs and into other educational opportunities.

For the 1987-88 year, 72 percent of the colleges graduates were placed in jobs compared to 63 percent in 1986-87, according to an annual report compiled by placement officer Leslie Rogers.

Fourteen percent transferred to a university from PCC in 1987-88 compared to 11 percent in 1986-87.

Graduates employed out of their field remained at 5 percent, while the unemployment figure dropped from 15 percent to 1.5 percent. Graduates that relocated decreased from 4 percent to 1.5 percent, while the students not known about increased from 2 percent to 6 percent.

booster rockets burned out and jettisoned on schedule, falling into the Atlantic Ocean.

The failure of a booster rocket joint led to the destruction of Challenger and loss of its seven-person crew on Jan. 28,1986.

With the boosters gone, Atlantis three liquid fuel main engines burned for an additional 61^ minutes and )ropelled the astronauts into an or-)it more than 100 miles high.

The astronauts, who hoarded the spacecraft about 5 a.m., spent 4'/2 hours lying on their backs in their bulky escape suits awaiting the decision that finally sent them aloft.

Air Force meteorologists were watching an area between 25,000 feet and 28,000 feet where there were shear winds of varying speeds and directions that could break up the shuttle as it roared upward toward orbit.

The speed of the wind is not as much a factor as their direction and the shuttles direction of flight, NASA commentator Hugh Harris said.

The fueling of Atlantis was halted for about an hour at 12:30 a.m. while a minor leak was fixed on an oxygen tank on a fuel farm near the pad.

Had todays launch been postponed, NASA would probably have waited until Sunday to try again. Policy forbids putting work crews through the grueling launch schedule three days in a row.

The crew commander. Navy Cmdr. Robert L. Gibson, is no stranger to launch postponements. As commander of Columbia on the 24th shuttle mission in 1986, he experienced a record seven postpone

ments and had to board the ship six times before finally lifting off.

The other crew mem^rs are Air Force Lt. Col. Guy S. Gardner, the pilot; Col. Richard M. Mullane and Lt. Col. Jerry L. Ross of the Air Force, and Navy Cmdr. William M. Shepherd. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity say the crew will release a giant 18-ton satellite named Lacrosse that is capable of gathering extren^ely sharp radar images of military targets in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

The information should help U.S.

intelligence officials verify Soviet compliance with arms control treaties and serve as a radar eye for the new B2 stealth bomber, the sources said.

Because the mission is classified, only two announcements are planned during the flight. The first, about four hours after launch, will report on the condition of the or-biter. The second will be an alert that Atlantis will land exactly 24 hours later at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight is expected to last three or four days.

Hijackers Leave

(Continued from A-l) Pakistan. He did not identify the hijackers or say how many there were.

At Ben Gurion airport. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Police Minister Chaim Bar-Lev were waiting for the plane to arrive. Israel radio said negotiations with the hijackers would take place on the ground before anyone left the plane.

Menahem Eval, spokesman for

Ben-Gurion Airport, quoted Soviet officials as saying the jet was an Ilyushin-76 that was given permission to take off from an airport near Moscow.

The last reported hijacking in the Soviet Union occurred in March, when members of a family musical group from Irkutsk in Siberia hid guns and explosives inside their instruments and seized an Aeroflot jet en route to Leningrad.

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Home Federal Savings And Loan Association Of Eastern North Carolina Annuai Shareholders Meeting

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Date: December 13,1988 Place: Home Federal Savings And Loan Association 543 Evans Street Greenville, NC Faye G. Adams, Secretary

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Greenville, N.C. Friday, December 2,1988

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BDu finer Reportedly A Candidate At ECU

By Tim Chandler and Tom Morris THE DAILY REFLECTOR

Mark Duffner, head football coach at Holy Cross, is reportedly one of the finalists for the vacant head Coaching position at East Carolina University along with Georgia defensive coordinator Bill Lewis.

Miami offensive coordinator Gary Stevens was interviewed Thursday in Miami, but he reportedly is no longer considered a front runner, according to a source close to the selection committee.

A source close to the ECU selection committee said Lewis and Duffner interviewed for the position over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Ronald Perry, the athletic director at Holy Cross, said

Duffner had been interviewed for the job.

I was contacted about a week ago by East Carolina, Perry said in a phone interview Thursday. They asked for permission to speak with Mark and I think he met with them in Greenville sometime last week.

Duffner was reportedly on the road recruiting Thursday and was not available for comment.

Duffner h|ts been the head coach of the Crusaders for the past three years, compiling an overall record of 29-3.

In 1987, Duffner guided his team to an 11-0 record and the Colonial League crown, along with a first-place ranking in the Division I-AA polls. The 11-0 mark came on the heels of a 10-1 record in 1986. This past season,

Duffners team posted a 8-2 mark.

I think Mark is a great commodity that a lot of schools would be interested in, Perry said. Hes proven that after three great years here. I cant really assess if it (the ECU job) is a good situation for him or not, he has a very good situation here. That would be something that only Mark could decide.

Duffner has been with the Crusaders since the 1981 season. Prior to taking over as head coach he served as the teams defensive coordinator. Duffners other coaching stints have been at the University of Cincinnati from 1977-1980 and at Ohio State from 1975-1976. Duffner was the defensive coordinator at Cincinnati and served as a graduate assistant at Ohio State.

Lewis said he had no comment to make at this time when contacted at his home in Athens, Ga., Thursday

night. Any appropriate comment should come from the East Carolina people.

Lewis, 47, was the head coach at the University of Wyoming from 1977-79, before former ECU coach Pat Dye took over the position in 1980.

Lewis record at Wyoming, his only head coaching job, was 13-21-1. His best year was a 5-7 campaign in 1978. An East Stroudsburg State graduate, he has served as an assistant coach at his alma mater (1963-65), Pittsburgh (1966-68), Wake Forest (1969-70), Georgia Tech (1971-72), and Arkansas (1973-76). He has been as Georgia as defensive coordinator and defensive back coach since 1980, succeeding Erk Russell, now head coach at Georgia Southern.

(See Duffner, B-3)

Late Charge Keys Hornets

Chapman Draws Charge On Barkley To Win Game

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE It was the best-spent $50 of Ed Badgers coaching career.

Before Thursdays Charlotte Homets-Philadelphia 76ers game, Hornets assistant Badger offered $10 to any player with the nerve to take a charge from 253-pound forward Charles Barkley. All five Hornets stepped in the Barkleys path, he drew a charge to cancel a tying basket and the Hornets shocked the Sixers 109-107.

Maybe Rex Chapman and Tim Kempton should have split the $50. Barkley hit Chapman first, then crashed into Kempton before Barkleys layup slippe^ through the basket and NBA omcial Lee Jones made the charging call.

It was a reaction play, said Chapman, who finished with 19 points. If I had it to do over, I mig^t not step in. The call could have gone either way. It could have been on me, he could have hit the free throw, and...

And Charlotte would have missed the fourth victory of its first season,

instead of knocking off the Atlantic Division leader.

Barkley, who scored a game-high 31 points, certainly dis^eed with the call.

You dont call a charge on that! Barkley said. You dont call anything!

Kelly Tripucka disagreed.

He made a great basket, but he knocked down three or four guys to do it, said Tripucka, who finished with 25 points. If it were first-and-10 on the goal line, it would have been no penalty.

Tripucka put the Hornets ahead Tor good by slithering inside for a layup with four seconds left, thwarting a torrid second half rally by the 76ers.

Charlotte took a 59-46 lead into halftime and opened the second half with 10 straight points.

Michael Holtons transition layup capped the effort, (nroviding a 69-46 lead with 9:35 left in the third period.

The Sixers responded with a 12-0 run. A layup by Mike Gminski brought them to69-58 with6:50 left.

A dunk follow by Barkley gave

Philadelphia an 82-81 edge with 10:32 left.

At the 3:38 mark, Barkleys short jumper gave the Sixers a 102-96 lead.

Charlotte then responded with a 9-2 rally, taking a 107-104 following Rex Chapmans layup with 1:18 left.

Barkley scored a three-point play to tie the game at the 28-second mark.

The Hornets shot 54 percent from field. Holton handed out 11 assists in the first quarter, only three short of the NBA regular-season record.

Ron Anderson scored 30 points for Philadelphia, and Gminski added 23.

Tripucka paced the Hornets with 25, and Chapman added 19 points.

Hawks 127, Bullets 115

At Atlanta, Dominique Wilkins 36 points was enough for the Hawks on a night when they sputtered to their sixth straight home win.

Atlanta also got 23 points from Moses Malone and 21 frgm Reggie Theus.

John Williams led the Bullets with 30 points, while Terry Catledge contributed 25.

(See Hornets, B-5)

The Associated Press

Kelly Tripucka (left) and Mike Gminski battle for the ball

Bucs Take On Camels

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

East Carolinas Pirates seek to snap back from their lop-sided defeat at the hands of the nations top-ranked basketball team Wednesday night when they play host to Campbell University Saturday in Minges Coliseum.

Tipoff is scheduled for7:30p.m.

East Carolina brings in a 2-1 record to the game after having lost to the Blue Devils, 95-46, Wednesday night. Earlier, East Carolina beat N.C. Wesleyan and UNC-Greensboro in home games.

Campbell comes in with a 2-0 record. The Camels beat St. Andrews, 90-67, on Tuesday night and then topped Ferrum Thursday night, 81-52.

The Camels went 11-16 last year and split with the Pirates. ECU won the game in Minges in December, 61-54, but then fell to the Camels in February, 77-50, in a game played in Fayetteville.

In that latter contest. Coach Mike Steele felt that the Pirates played one of their worst games of the year.

(See ECU, B-5)

Ryan Nearly Chokes

Hes Saved By Assistant Coach

THE AI^OCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA - Coach Buddy Ryan was back chewing out his Philadelphia Eagles Thursday after choking on a piece of pork Wednesday ni^t.

I think I learned I have to chew my food better, Ryan said during a press conference held at Veterans Stadium after he was released from Methodist Hospital where he spent the night as a precautionary measure.

Ryan related his experience.

1 was having a normal dinner with my coaches. We were eating pork chops and apparently I didnt chew it very well. A piece lodged jn my throat. 1 took some water but it wouldnt go down.

Ryan said he tapped' assistant coach Ted Plumb on the shoulder. He dislodged it with the Heimlich treatment and I could breathe.

He said trainer Otho Davis recommended the coach go to the hospital.

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CHARLOTTE Missouri is a veteran team that has already played five games this season. Temple is a young, mostly untested team that has yet to play a game.

Questions surrounding the teains should be answered tonight when Temple and Missouri meet in the first game of the inaugural Tournament of Champions.

After No. 8 Missouri meets No. 17 Temple, lOth-ranked North Carolina

faces No. 11 Arizona. The winners and losers meet on Saturday.

Were going in having played four very good teams in the Big Apple NIT, Missouri coach Norm Stewart said Thursday. I thought our kids did a good job but we didnt win the last ballgame.

The last game of the NIT was an 86-84 overtime loss to No. 4 Syracuse.

We go home after that and everybodys saying what a good job . we did, thats all we heard, he said.

Since that time, I have had a hard time getting their attention. It was a nice job but we lost.

The Tigers 4-1 record impressed Temple coach John Chaney, who on Thursday called Missouri one of the five best teams in the nation. Told of Chaneys remark, Stewart laughed and said: One of the five best? Were probably the best. When you go to five, you may as well go all the way, why hold back? I tell you,

(SeeT0C,B-2)Rose's Height Has Hopes High

By Tim Chandler

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

Coming off a 13-12 record last year, optimism for the basketball program stands tall at Rose High School very tall indeed.

Anchoring the inside for the Rampant squad this year will be a pair of seniors, 6-9,^ center Paul Powers and 6-6 power forward Carlester Crumpler.

really expect a lot out of Paul, Rampant head coach Jim Brewington said. Hes worked hard in the off-season and if he comes through we should have a fair season.

Powers has already shown his worth to the team. In a 54-53 opening game win over Fayetteville Terry Sanford, he connected on 12-17 free throws and added six field goals to lead the team in scoring with 24 points. Powers also scored the winning point in the game in overtime with a score from the free throw line.

Crumpler also earned praise from his coach.

When hes on, he can be a show stopper, Brewington said.

Brewington is hoping the twin tower effect inside combined with outside shooting will make the Rampants a force to reckon with in the Big East Conference.

Last year most of our scoring came on outside shooting, Brewington said. How well we do will depend on how well we get the ball inside to our big kids.

The point guard petition will be handled by 5-8 senior guard James Teel, who scored 14 points in the opening win, while 5-11 senior Patrick Joyner will play at the shooting guard spot.

Another senior, 6-3 Jamie Brewington, will get the start at small forward.

D.H. Conley

A lot has changed at D.H. Conley High School since last season. Gone from a 21-8 team are eight of the top nine players and former coach Walter Claybrook.

Claybrook, who is now the schools athletic director, has handed over the reins to Cobbie Deans, the former coach at North Pitt High School.

Deans will field a junior-dominated club this season in his attempt to win the Coastal 3-A Conference crown, one which he says will need time and experience to show their potential.

Were gonna have to get some experience during our non-conference stretch, Deans said. Well be playing a tough non-conference schedule, but weve got to be satisfied with our improvement every time we go out on the court.

We can be competitive, but against teams like Farmville Central, North Pitt and Greene Central its going to be tough. I can think of a lot of teams I had rather open up against than those.

At center for the Vikings will be 6-4 junior Paul Merritt, while 6-3 junior Terry Williams will start at one of the forward spots.

I , (See Prep, B-3) ^Powers Hopeful Of Higher Status

By Tim Chandler

THE DAILY REACTOR

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Paul Powers (left), James Teel show long and short of it

A year ago Paul Powers was struj changing height, now hes battling to ball prospect.

Last summer Powers, a senior center for Rose High School, was growing so fast he developed hammer toes, a condition where the second and third joints in the toe become in-curved resembling a claw. The end result was Powers had to have an operation on his feet. He didnt fully recover from the surgery until just before Christmas, leaving him only half of the season to play at 100 percent.

But this year things have changed. Powers is now considered to be one of the keys to the Rampants success this year.

His ability has improved a lot, Rampant head coach Jim Brewington said. Last vear, mobility-wise, he couldnt move. Now he can get out and run the fast break for us.

If he continues to improve at the rate he is now I see a bright future ahead for him, Brewington added. Hes going to make someone a super player.

Powers has already proven to be an asset to the Rampants after only one game, a season-opening 54-53 win over Fayetteville Terry Sanford. In that game, he knocked in six field goals and connected on 12-17 free throws, including the game-winner in overtime to lead the Rampants in scoring with 24 points.

Having a successful year and being a college prospect is just what Powers has dreamed about and is hoping for.

I figure since I was blessed and given my height I should do my best to develop myself so I can get a scholarship to go to college and play basketball, Powers said. And 1 knew that the only way that was going to happen was if I worked to make myself better.

Developing himself into a college prospect meant a lot of hard work and dedication by Powers during the off-season. In addition to running and lifting weights this summer Powers attended the BC Big Man All-Star Camp in Carnesville, Ga., and participated in summer league basketball in Greenville.

The camp helped a lot, Powers said. There you play against people your own size and that makes the competition a lot better.

For now, only South Carolina and Pembroke State have shown an interest in Powers, but that should change, according to Brewington.

At 6-9*2, people have got to look at him, Brewington said. Hes ranked 30th in his class (in academics) and he made a high score on the SAT. Before the year is over Im sure Ill get several calls.

A nagging desire to win the Big East Conference crown is also an in-

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Sports Notes Roanoke, Trinity Post Wins

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Tickets for the Overtons Snortino OooHc.WWrT.TV HoHHq riaccie oro DaSilclDall

Tickets for the Overtons Sporting Goods-WNCT-TV Holiday Classic are now on sale.

The eight team basketball field will feature Rose High School, D.H. Conley, Ayden-Grifton, Farmville Central and North Pitt as well as Henderson Vance, Edenton Holmes and South Brunswick, the classic will be held Dec. 28-30 at the Rose High School gymnasium.

Games will be daily at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

A pass for the entire tournament can be purchased for $10, while daily passes will sell for $5 each. A single game ticket costs $3.

Tickets can purchased at any county high school as well as at Overtons Sporting Goods.^

Rocker, Sanders Lead A-A Team

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Auburn defensive lineman Tracy Rocker and Florida State defensive back Deion Sanders were repeat selections to the 45th All-America team announced Thursday by the Football Writers Association of America.

Oklahoma State tailback Barry Sanders, who is closing in on the NCAA single-season rushing record, and quarterback Steve Walsh of Miami, Fla., were among those chosen on offense.

Joining Rocker on the defensive line were Wayne Martin of Arkansas, Mark Messner of Michigan and Tim Ryan of Southern Cal. The linebackers were Broderick Thomas of Nebraska, Carnell Lake of UCLA, Mike Stonebreaker of Notre Dame and Derrick Thomas of Alabama.

Deion Sanders headed a secondary that included Markus Paul of Syracuse and Donnell \Voolford of Clemson. The punter was Pat Thompson of Brigham Youn^

Barry Sanders and Walsh were joined in the backfield by Tim Worley of Georgia and Anthony Thompson of Indiana. The receivers were Jason Phillips of Houston and Clarkston Hines of Duke.

The front line included Jake Young'of Nebraska, Tony Mandarich of Michigan State, Anthony Phillips of Oklahoma, Mark Stepnoski of Pitt and Mike Utley of Washington State. The placekicker was Chris Jacke of Tex* as-El Paso.

The team was chosen by a nine-member committee made up of writers from across the country. There were no second-team or honorable mention choices.

Elliott Chosen Most Popular Driver

NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Elliott, the NASCAR Winston Cup champion for the first time in 1988, has been voted the stock car series Most Popular Driver for the fifth straight year.

In season-long balloting by the public, Elliott drew 37,231 votes, v;hile three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip was a distant second with 18,848 and Dale Earnhardt, another three-time champion, was third with 12,683.

Nearly 86,000 ballots were cast for more than 60 drivers who competed on the 29-race circuit. *

Richard Petty, a seven-time series champion and the only driver to win 200 career races, holds the record for Most Popular Driver Awards with nine. Bobby Allison, another former champion, has twice won the award three succe.ssive times.

Elliott will receive a check for $20,000 from series sponsor Winston as part of the award when it is presented at the National Motorsports Press Association convention in January at Charlotte, N.C.

Spencer Ruled Temporarily Ineligible

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - The University of Georgia has temporarily made freshmafHiasketball starter Elmore Spencer ineligible pending a review by the NCAAs legislation & Interpretations Committee.

The NCAA recently ruled that Spencers term of residence at Georgia included the fall quarter of 1987, when Spencer enrolled but then withdrew because of medical reasons. Georgia had been using his term of residence to begin with the 1988 winter quarter.

Because of the earlier residency in the NCAA ruling, Spencer failed to be eligible because he lacked enough hours of credit to meet the NCAAs sa tisfactory progress requirement.

Georgia announced Thursday it has appealed the ruling to the NCAA and .Slopes to have it acted on sometime next week. Spencer averaged 12 points and o.i 1 cuuunds in the Bulldogs first three games and will sit out Georgias action in the Hawkeye Classic this weekend.

Georgia had thought Elmore was eligible after making earlier contacts with the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference.

In terms of Elmores eligibility, we felt we were on solid ground because of our academic officials checking with both the NCAA and SEC regarding this matter, Athletic Director Vince Dooley said. ,

Now it has become very confusing to us in that there is an interpretation from the NCAA that is contrary to the earlier information we had received, Dooley added. Therefore, we feel that an appeal is not only in order in this case, but absolutely necessary since a human being is the focus in this change of interpretation.

NASCAR Has A New $220,000 Award

NEW YORK (AP) - A new award program will give NASCAR Winston Cup drivers another $220.000 to shoot for in 1989 in the Unocal 76 Challenge.

The new program will pay $7,600 to any driver who wins both the pole position and the race at any of the 29 Winston Cup events in 1989. If no driver wins tlip payoff, the money will be added to the pot for the next race, and so on until someone sweeps the pole and the race at one event.

A Unocal spokesman said in making the announcement Thursday that if no driver wins the money in 1989, the entire $220,000 will be carried over to 1990, along with the money that will be put up for that season.

There were four sweeps in 1988. Had the program been in place this year, Terry Labonte would have won $53,200 for his sweep at North Wilkesboro, N.C.; series champion Bill Elliott would have won an additional $106,400 for sweeping at the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C.; Davey Allison would have won $7,6(M) at Richmond, Va., and Rusty Wallace would have taken home $53,2(10 for his sweep in the season-finale at Hampton, Ga.

This new award program will be in addition to Unocals other awards.

Dale Earnhardt, who was third in the season points in 1988, won $100,000 from Unocal s contingency point fund, followed by Labonte with $50,000, Phil Parsons $35,000 and Sterling Marlin $30,000.

Series champion Bill Elliott earned $25,000 in contingency money from the company

Dooley Given A Clean Bill Of Health

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Coach Vince Dooley of Georgia, who underwent three heart angioplasty procedures since October of 1987, was given a clean bill of health Thursday following a six-month checkup.

Everything looks in great shape, Dr. Ham Magill III, an Athens heart specialist, said after administering the checkup, a coronary arteriorgram.

The area of blockage which was dilated by the angioplasty is completely clear now, said Magill, son of Georgia assistant athletic director Dan Magill.

Im very pleased with the results, Dooley said. I have been feeling great throughout the football season, and this test simply confirms that

fact."

Dooley had the angioplasty three times to clear blockage in an artery near his heart. The first was performed in October of last year and repeated in January and .June of this year. Under the procedure, a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel and a balloon is used to dilate blockage in an artery.

Sheehan, Haas Overcome Adversity

LARGO, Fla. (AP) - Patty Sheehan and Jay Haas overcame gusty winds to shoot a 7-under-par 65 Thursday for a one-stroke lead after the first round of the $800,000 J.C. Penney Golf Classic.

Sheehan, who finished second to Sherri Turner on the LPGA Tour money list this year with $326,171, and Haas, who ranked 20th at the end of the PGA Tour season with $490,409, were the highest-ranked pair in the tournament.

The tournament, which offers a $160,000 prize to the winning pair, has an untraditional format in which the men tee off from 6,957 yards and the women from 6,464 yards. Then they hit each otherss ball for a second shot on the par 4s and 5s. The teams then select one ball and take turns hitting to finish the hole. '4

CHOCOWINITY - Greg Hyman scored 17 points to lead Roanoke past Chocowinity in a boys high school basketball game Thursday.

Roanoke took an early 10-3 lead and expanded that to 21-10 by the half en route to the win.

The Indians were led by John Perrys 14 points. Bobby Moore added.

Chocowinity returns to action at Roanoke Monday, Roanoke, 2-2, plays at home against North Pitt tonight.

J V Score: Roanoke 64, Chocowinity 52 ROANOKE (56)

Hyman 8 1-4 17, Williams 3 (I) (M) 7, Carlise 1 5-6 7, Williams 3 1-4 7. Teel 4 1-2 9, Carr 1 4-6 6, Floyd 1 l-l 3. Harris 00-0 0, J. Williams 0 0-0 0, Andrews OjlH) 0. Crandall 0 0-0 0, Whitley 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 < 1) 13-24 56.

CHOCOWINITY (42)

Perry 4 (2) (W) 14. Moore 3 (2) 2-2 10. Crawford 3 3-5 9, SmiU) 1(1)2-2 5, Harris 1 0^) 2, Howard 1 0-0 2, Oden 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Harrell 00-00. Totals 15 ^ (5)7-1042.

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Trinity .............67

Peninsula...................44

RALEIGH - Kreston Welch scored 19 points and Kirk Welch added 18 points, 16 rebounds and nine steals as Trinity Christian School defeated Peninsula in the Southeastern Tip-Off Basketball Tournament.

Trinity led 12-9 after the first quarter but took control in the second quarter to build a 30-17 edge by halftime.

Trinity pressed Peninsula from the outset and forced 27 turnovers for the game.

Michael Harrell added 10 points for Trinity, which moves to 3-0 and

returns to action today at 2:30 p.m. against Hilltop Christian School from Fuquay-Varina.

David Johnson scored 20 points for Peninsula and Jamie Harris added 12.

PENINSULA (44)

J. Harrington 2 (2) 0-2 6, Kilgore 2 2 2 6, Johnson 9 2-2 20, Harrington 4 4-6 12, Barlow 0 0-0 0, Henderson 0 0-0 0. Col-emanOO-00. Totals 17 (2) 12 11.

TRINITY (67)

Kr. Welch 9 (1) 0-2 19, Fulton 4 O-O 8. Griffin 2 0-3 4, Harrell 5 0-1 10, Ki Welch 8 2-2 18, Chandler 3 0-0 6, Jordan 1 0-0 2, Dixon 0 04) 0, Alexander 0 0-0 o. Stocks 0 (H) 0, Willis 0 04) 0, Adams 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 ) 2-867.

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Trinity.........................12 | 21 i:t7

Crawford scored 24 points and led four players in double figures as Chocowinity drilled Roanoke, 70-28, in a girls high school basketball game Thursday.

Vanessa Myers added 16 while W'endy Dixon and Ghrylene Myer* had 12 points apiece.

Chocowinity is now 1-0 while Roanoke drops to 2-2.

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Stalls 3 3-.") 9. Brilev 2 1-1 .5, Andrews l 2 4 4, Phillips 2 0-24, Wallace 1 ()-() 2, Jones 1 04) 2. Leggett 1 0-1 2. Outlaw 0 0-0 0, Wallace 0 O-o (), Boherson 0 0-0 0, IVele 00-00.Lviich00-00 Totals m;-ii2.

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Chocowinity...............70

Roanoke.....................28

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Roanoke........................7 <i 102s

Chocowinity.................17 26 17 10?o

Clemson, Maryland Post Victories

Furman, Easteni Shore Fall; 'The Citadel, VMI, Campbell Claim Wins

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -Jerry Pryor scored 21 points and Elden Campbell added 11 Mints, nine rebounds and seven blocks Thursday night as Clemson defeated Furman 79-64.

Clemson, 2-0, built a 40-26 halftime lead and did not allow Furman, 0-2, to get anv closer than 13 points in the second half.

Clemson blocked 10 shots and outrebounded the Paladins 41-31.

David Brown led Furman with 15 points while Hal Anderson added 13 and'Tracy Garrick 12.

Pryor made eight of 11 shots from the field as the Tigers connected on 50.8 percent of their field goal attempts.

Furman closed to within.49-36 after Browns jump shot with 14:14 remaining. But the Tigers then went on a 13-3 run over the next five minutes, with Dale Davis scoring seven points, to take a 62-39 lead with about nine minutes to go.

Tim Kincaid had ^12 points for Clemson and Derrick" Forest 10 as four Tigers were in double figures.

Maryland...................97

Maryland-Eastern Shore.........................53

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -Tony Massenburg equaled his career high with 26 points and Maryland opened a 21-3 lead in the first 11:38 Thursday night en route to a 97-53 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore.

The Terrapins built a 37-19 halftime lead and led by as much as 89-38 with 3:40 to play as they improved their record to 3-0 this season.

Freshman Jerrod Mustaf added 17 points and Greg Nared 13 for Maryland, who opened the season with three consecutive victories for the first time since the 1981-82 season.

Massenburg also had 16 rebounds and seven of Marylands 16 blocked shots.

Terrance Barge scored 14 points for Maryland-Eastern Shore, which fell to 04 this season. The Hawks were able to make five of 32 shots in the first half.

4fter Marylands game-opening run, the Hawks pulled to within 25-15 with a 124 run of their own. However, the Terrapins responded by scoring 12 of the final 16 points of the first half.

Citadel.......................93

N.C.-Asheville 77

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Patrick Elmore scored 21 points Thursday night as The Citadel beat North Carolina-Asheville 93-77 for its first victory of the season after two losses.

The Citadels eight-point halftime lead was cut to four with 17:39 left in the game before the Bulldogs went on a 22-11 run that made the score 69-50 with 10:19 remaining.

North Carolina-Asheville, 2-2, cut the deficit to 77-70 with 2:31 to go, but The Citadels Ed Conroy made two free throws and two technicals to end the rally.

Conroy had 19 points for the Bulldogs, while Johnny Smith added 17 and Leon Bryant 14.

Brent Keck led North Carolina-Asheville with 25 points. Brandt Williams scored 12 and Maurice Caldwell added 11.

VMI...........................78

Shenandoah................58

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - Ramon Williams keyed a first-half surge with eight of his 16 points, and Virginia Military Institute posted a 78-58 victory over Shenandoahs Division III Hornets on Thursday night.

VMI, 1-1, limited the Hornets to 19 percent from the floor in the first half on 7 of 36 shooting.

Shenandoah, 5-1, led 12-11 on a short jumper by Brian Cooper with 13:40 left in the first half.

Williams made three consecutive baskets to start a 12-0 run that gave the Keydets a 23-12 lead midway through the half. Another basket by Williams started a 20-5 VMI spree that gave the Keydets a 43-17 intermission advantage.

A jumper by Greg Fittz gave the Keydets their largest lead of the game, 62-31, with 12:31 remaining.

Shenandoah came no closer than 19 points down the stretch.

Damon Williams led the Keydets with 18 points. Lennon Mings added 13.

Donnie Mathews paced the Hornets with 13 points. Ronald Cole added 10.

Greensboro................91

Washington & Lee 85,

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -Kevin Besecker scored 28 points to lift Greensboro to a 91-85 overtime victory over Washington & Lee on Thursday.

The Hornets, who never led in regulation, forced the overtime on a layup by Joe Campoli with one second remaining.

In the overtime Greensboro, 2-2, took its first lead on two free throws by Jeff Dastmalchian with 2:17 left. Besecker then made a steal and layup and Dastmalchian made a three-point play to give Greensboro an 87-81 lean with 1:18 left.

Chris Jacobs led Washington & Lee, 3-2, with 28 points. Craig Hat-fielcl scored 16 points and Lee Brading and Ed Hart added 11 apiece for the Generals.

Campbell...................81

Ferrum......................52

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (AP) -Brad Childress and Julius McNeil scored 18 points apiece to lead Campbell to an 81-52 victory over cold-shooting Ferrum on Thursday night.

The Panthers shot just 28 percent for the game, making 17 of 59 attempts. Mark Terry led Ferrum, 14, with 21 points.

Campbell improved to 2-0.

Campbell shot better from the field than the foul line. The Camels made 36 of 69 field goals, 52 percent, compared to just six of 15 free throws. Campbell also made only three of 10 3-point attempts.

The Camels had a 43-32 rebounding advantage, led by 10 from

Sanders Jackson. Jackson finished with eight points, but missed all seven of his free throw attempts.

Ferrum made only five of 27 field goals in the first half, 19 percent, as the Camels took a 30-13 halftime lead.

Mississippi St..l.........113

SE Louisiana..............61

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Carl Nichols led six Mississippi State players in double figures, scoring 21 points as Mississippi State defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 113-61. Thursday night.

The 113 points were the most ever by Mississippi State at Humphrey

Coliseum, which opened in 1975. The victory raised Mississippi State's record to 2-0 while the Southeastern Loui.siana fell to 1-2.

Other Mississippi Siate players in double figures were Joe Courtney, 19, Cameron Burns 17, Todd Merritt 15, Greg Carter 10 and center Chris Clark 10.

Mississippi State took a 51-26 halftime lead and never looked back, shooting 58.8 percent from the field to 34.6 percent for Southeastern Louisiana. Nichols scored 18 of his points in the first half. 13 from the free-throw line.

Mississippi State used all 13 players on its bench, shooting 56.9 percent on the night.

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our players think that and they should. They really are a good group.

The only starter missing from last years 19-11 team is Derrick Chievous, a first-round draft choice of the Houston Rockets.

Stewart was asked if he agreed with the notion that the team is better off without Chievous.

Somebody must be mad at Derrick, he said. He was a fun guy and a hell ofa player. He scored 2,500 points. We built our offense around him for four years. Maybe we didnt do as well as we thought we should as far as postseasd^oes, but Derrick had a good caVeer and hes doing pretty good now.

Missouri has a balanced scoring attack this season with four double-figure scorers led by Byron Irvin at 17.8 per game.

Because Temple hasnt played a game, Stewart was having trouble getting a line on the Owls, who were 32-2 last season and the No. 1 team in the final poll.

Since it s their opening ballgame we dont have any film, he said. I know John and what he wants to do. We have tapes of a couple of their ballgames last season. I know their defense will be tough and that will be a problem for us.

Stewart also knows about Temple sophomore Mark Macon, who led the team in scoring last season at 20.6 per game. No. 2 scorer Mike Vreeswyk, 16.7, is also back, but the other three starters graduated. Chaney said Macon will start at point guard rather than the offguard position he played almost exclusively last season.

ive been using Mark at the point and at the three and two positions also, and the reason Ive been doing that is that the sophomore year is the most important year in a college players career because it is the time you must develop that player here, Chaney said, pointing to his head.

When you play against an outstanding player, if youre not real careful he can dominate." Stewart said. But those other guys are on scholarship. He can dominant and is capable of getting enough to beat you by himself so it's a problem."

Asked who would cover Macon, Stewart again turned light.

We only have one or two guys who can guard people so it will be oneof them."hesai(.

North Carolina enters a lour-team tournament in a unique situation.

The Tar Heels have lost the last meeting they have had with each of the other teams in the field.

Temple beat North Carolina 83-66 at Chapel Hill on national television last season and Arizona ended the Tar Heels' campaign with a 70-52 victory in the West Regional championship game.

Missouri beat North Carolina 91-81 in the Big Apple NIT semifinals.

I never thought about that until it was brought to my attention," North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. I would hope that we would have more than that motivating us."

The Tar Heels, 4-1, are still without junior All-American forward J.R. Reid, who is recovering from foot surgery,

Arizona has two starters back from last years learn, senior All-American forward Sean Elliott and center Anthony Cook.

Even with J R. ou until the first part of the year, you will still see two other top players in Elliott and Macon plus all other kinds of talent on all four teams, Arizona coach Lute Ol.son said. You're going to face anolner lough opponent whether you win or lose in the first round."

Lute said before our game last year that he thought_thev would be very good again ffiis seTiiinn ^nd 1 will certainly agree with him," Smith said. "Elliott has been named to a number of preseason All-American teams and I thought Cook played very well in the Olympic trials last spring '

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Last years point guard, 6-3 junior Burshaun Thompson, will move to the nimber two guard spot this year. Thompson is the lone returning player with a good deal of experience. Last season, he averaged five points per game.

The other positions on the team are still up for grabs, according to Deans. Among those vying for a starting spot are 6-1 sophomore Junior Farrow, 5-11 senior Stacey Green, 64 junior J.J. Stevenson and 6-5 junior Travis Telfaire.

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Ayden-Grifton High School, comings off a 19-7 campaign, hopes to be as successful as last year when it advanced to the sectional finals.

The Chargers return a good deal of experience and depth this year, but question marks still remain.

Back is 6-1 senior Ronnell Peterson, who averaged 18.5 points per game last year earning Player of the Year honors in the Eastern Plains Conference. Petersons status at this time, however is unknown after suffering an injury during football season. He could return in mid to late December.

The oly certain Charger starters this year are 6-3 senior Leon Dixon, who averaged 12 points per game last year, at center, 6-3 junior Eric Nobles at a forward position, and 5-10 senior David Dixon at point guard.

The other starting roles will be occupied % either 5-10 senior James Woodard, 5-9 senior Darryl Moye, 5-11 senior John Tyndall and 5-11 junior Lamont Gunter.

Coming off the bench and challenging for playing time for the Chargers ' will be Terry Dixon, a 5-11 guard, 6-2 senior center Jimmy Martin and 6-1 junior James Williams.

Right now, weve got pretty good experience and pretty good depth overall once we get Peterson back, Ayden-Grifton head coach Bob Mur-phrey said. Hes the big question mark for us right now. I think hes a Division I college prospect and one of the better players in the East.

Weve got two or three solid spots. The question mark may be the big forward spot in Eric Nobles. He has a lot of ability but he lacks experience. I feel like this team is going to play well once we come together as a team. I know were going to be g(^ I just dont know Bow good. That remains to be seen.

Farmville Central

Farmville Central returns two starters from last years team which rolled to the regular season title in the Eastern Plains Conference with a 12-0 league record.

Jaguar head coach Mike Terrell says the key for his team to experience such success again this season lies in the amount of intensity its able to generate.

Ayden-Grifton has a lot of strength this year and will be tough to beat, Terrell said. And North Pitt will be tough this year. They have four starters back.

The starters for the Jaguars this season will be 6-5 junior Jarvis Lang at center, 6-1 junior Williams Carr at small forward, 6-2 senior Reggie Barrett at the other forward spot, 5-11 sophomore Morris Foreman at point guard and 6-1 senior George Burnette at the other guard.

Lending help off the bench for Farmville will be 6-8 junior center Johnny Tyson, 6-2 junior forward Chris Hunter and 5-10 junior Ervin Forbes.

I think a key for us is being able to stay intense, Terrell said. We dont have lot of physical strength or a lot of height and that could be a problem.

Well have to run a medium tempo pace. Well run some when the opportunity is there, but Ive always liked to have a good halfcourt game too.

The Jaguars are 1-0 aftet thumping Roanoke, 92-39, Tuesday.

North Pitt

A year ago, Greg Ashorn was in Miami selling Porsches. This year hes pacing the sidelines in Bethel as head coach of the North Pitt basketball team.

Ashorn, a former assistant coach at Greene Central, has a good nucleus to work with in his first year. Back from a 7-15 team are four starters.

The two pivot positions this season will be held down by 6-2 senior Clayton Cherry ana 6-3 senior William Morning, while 5-10 senior guard Billy Hardison returns to the backcourt and will team with 5-10 senior Freddie Best, a former Rose High player.

Also back is 6-3 Reggie Daniels and 5-11 Roosevelt Hines.

Ashorn says the players have made the adjustment to a new coach with ease.

I havent had any problems, Ashorn said. Ive got a good group of kids that are willing to learn. Im excited about playing a up-tempo transition-type game.

Having prior experience in the Eastern Plains Conference, Ashorn knows his club is in for a tough fight in the league.

Theres a lot of talent in this conference, Ashorn said. Three years ago I was at Greene Central and 1 know that there is a lot of good basketball played in this area.

The Panthers open their season Friday against Roanoke.

Greenville Christian Academy Greenville Christian Academy, 17-5 a year ago, returns three starters from last season, but lost a big one in Robin House, who averaged 28 points a game last year. House is now playing at East Carolina.

Guards Kevin Joyner (5-11, Sr.) and John May (6.0, Sr.) return from a year ago along with Clint Parker (6-2, Sr.). Parker is the leading returning scorer at 15 points per game.

Franklin Huggins (6-1, Sr.) and Ray Davidson (6-2, Jr.) join Parker up front. I

Key reserves should be forward Kevin Goodrich (6-0, Jr.) and guard Billy Potter (5-7, Jr.).

The biggest key is the area of leadership. He (House) was a big-time player, said GCA coach Dale Thatcher. We had a good team last year, not just a one man team. We have the potential to be good this year. Last year Robin did a lot of the little things. We just need to have the leadership this year that I hope will come from our seniors Joyner and Parker.

The key for our guys to be successful is we have to play good defense and we have to work on making sure we have a threat in the middle ... to keep everybody honest.

GCA is currently 1-1 for the season.

Trinity Christian Academy Trinity Christian Academy has all five starters back from a 26-2 team last year leaving head coach Don Southerland with high hopes for this season.

Back to lead the way for Trinity this year are Kreston Welch, a 6-0 senior guard, Gerard Fulton a 5-11 sophomore guard, John Griffin a 6-0 junior center, Michael Harrell a 5-11 junior forward and Kirk Welch a 6-1 junior forward.

Those boys have been playing together for about three years, Southerland said. I dont have to spend as much time teaching them as I do with actual game situations.

The key for us this year, since were not that big, is being able to box out on rebounds and be aggressive defensively. On offense we want to run. Trinity is off to a 2-0 start after getting past Mount Calvary 76-48 in the its opening game and Bethel 75-34 Tuesday night.

Our schedule is going to be a little tougher this year, Southerland said. We moved from a conference affiliation with just Free Will Baptist schools to a state association for Christian schools. Were in the small school division, however, well be playing several large schools this year.

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The muddled NFC East and AFC West races could become a bit clearer this weekend. Dont count on it.

The three-team race in the NFC. East has Philadelphia and the New York Giants at 8-5, one game in front of Phoenix. The Cardinals are at New York Sunday, while the Eagles play host to Washington.

In the AFC West, Seattle and Denver are 7-6, the Los Angeles Raiders 6-7. Denver is at Los Angeles and Seattle visits New England on Sunday.

Also on Sunday, its Buffalo at-Tampa Bay; Dallas at Cleveland; Green Bay at Detroit; Indianapolis at Miami; San Diego at Cincinnati; San Francisco at Atlanta; New Orleans at Minnesota; the New York Jets at Kansas City; and Pittsburgh at Houston.

Monday night, Chicago is at the Los Angeles Rams. The Bears will win the NFC Central with a victory and a Minnesota defeat.

Philadelphia will win the NFC East if it takes its last three games, no matter what the Giants do, because the Eagles beat New York twice.

It really doesnt matter what others do. as long as we take care of business here, just make sure we win the games were playing, said star receiver Mike Quick, who may return Sunday after being sidelined seven weeks with a broken ankle.

Jets Baldwin Didnt Like Face He Saw In Mirror

Added quarterback Randall Cunningham, We cant worry about these guys (other teams). We cant sit around and hope that we win two out of three. We want to win aU three. We want the home-court advantage in the playoffs. And it starts with Washington. There is no room for error.

Nor do the Cardinals have any room to slip. If they dont beat the Giants, their chances of making the playoffs will be slim.

Their chances of defeating the Giants for the second time in four weeks would be enhanced if Neil Lomax is healthy enough to play. The Cardinals starting quarterback injured his knee against New York on Nov. 13.

Its a big game. I want to play. I feel optimistic, Lomax said. But the bottom line is still whether the knee can withstand a hit during the game.

The Giants also have uncertainty at quarterback Phil Simms has a bad shoulder and missed last Sundays 13-12 victory at New Orleans.

I have no idea on his availability, Giants coach Bill Parcells said of Simms. Id say hes a little,bit better than last week.

The Giants also have a banged up defense, although it played superbly against the Saints. Linebackers Lawrence Taylor, Gary Reasons, Carl Banks and backup nose tackle Erik Howard all have bruised shoulders. Harry Carson has a bad knee and is on injured reserve. Strong safety Kenny Hill has a strained calf muscle, free safety Terry Kinard has a sinus fracture and cornerback Mark Collins has a

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Tom Baldwin doesnt remember his first drink, only his last.

On Feb. 18, 1988, while his wife Halina was at a ceramics class, the five-year New York Jets defensive end was home watching television, and drinking vodka. Wien Halina came through the door, Baldwin went over the edge.

She told me, I cant help you anymore, Baldwin recalled Thursday afternoon. That night he understood his life was slipping away.

His drinking was a topic of family conversation. A few days' before, Halina told a story of a doctor who was killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver and left behind two children. That night, she reminded Baldwin of his uncle, Dan, who completed a detoxification program at the Hazelden Foundation in Center City, Minn., one of the nations premier substance-abuse clinics, which maintains close ties with the NFL.

Halina was wrong she did help. Sh got Baldwin to look in the mirror.

I didnt like that guy in the mirror, Baldwin said. I wasnt in trouble with the law. I wasnt in trouble with the league or the team. When 1 looked in the mirror I saw a drunk.

Baldwin called Hazelden.

They told me there was a 10-day waiting list, Baldwin said. I told

them, If you dont take me now, youll never get me. Three hours later I was on my way to the airport.

Baldwin completed the month-long program, which was paid for by the Jets and the NFLPAs insurance policy through the collective bargaining agreement. As a result, he was elected by his teammates as the Jets winner of the Ed Block Award, given annually to each NFL teams Most Courageous Player.

He will be honored March 14 in Baltimore. The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation, Inc., named after the long-time .Baltimore Colts trainer, is dedicated to helping abused children.

Even after checking into Hazelden, Baldwin denied his addiction. Then can\e the stories.

When I heard some of the stories

from the other patients, I realized I had a problem, Baldwin said. I was able to foresee what couldve happened. I was always in fear of doing something stupid, of hurting someone in a car wreck.

You read about those things, but I started to see my name in the articles. Fortunately, I wasnt an abusive husband or parent. But I couldve been.

I realized I couldnt help myself. In order to get help, you have to want it. You cant do it for anybody else. Recovery is a very selfish thing.

Baldwin began to drink in college, when he worked as a bouncer at a bar near the Tulsa campus. He ^ank at school, and during his first years with the Jets, earned the nickname Budman.

Weve had a lot of injuries the past couple of weeks and we knew we had our backs to the wall, nose tackle Jim Burt said. With everyone being hurt, we had to rally. We knew we had to do a little extra so we all grabbed onto the rope and pulled as hard as we could.

Denver has played decently at home and abysmally on the road for most of the season. The two-time defending conference champions actually can eliminate the Raiders from contention with a win and a Seattle victory against the Patriots.

I dont think theres any question that its do or die for both of us, Broncos coach Dan Reeves said. I dont see the loser having any chance of winning the division and its going to be very hard for any of us to get a wild-card spot.

In their last meeting, the Raiders rallied from a 24-0 hole at halftime for a 30-27 overtime decision at Denver. Jay Schroeder, who started at quarterback that night, gets back into the lineup after Steve Beuerlein played the last five weeks.

Duffner Also A Candidate

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Stevens has said he would be unable to come to Greenville for an interview until after the Hurricanes conclude their season this Saturday at home against Brigham Young.

Weve had talks, but Im wrapp^ up in the season and cant get into it, Stevens said in an interview earlier this week. Weve just had preliminary talks. Sure Im interested. Its a nice place, but weve got a game to go and I cant get caught up in it. Hopefully after the season the position will still be available.

Other coaches who have interviewed for the position include South Carolina offensive coordinator A1 Groh, William and Mary head coach Jimmye Laycock and Marshall head coach George Chaump.

Both Chaump and Laycock said they have talked to ECU officials. Groh has been unavailable for comment. ^

Hart originally set a target date of Dec. 1 for naming the new head coach, but sources close to the University said ECU hoped to announces its choice by next Monday or possibly Wednesday.

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