The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 1

Brett's homer good rules Animals roam ree' in area zoos TCIF (almost) Page ID Sports Page 1C The Charlotte News Largest evening newspaper in The Carolinas 25 THURSDAY Charlotte North Carolina Thursday July 28 1983 FINAL celed County jobless rate up but figures deceptive GHbusing study con By ED MARTIN OF THE NEWS STAFF Unemployment in Mecklenburg County jumped to 65 percent in June from 6 percent in May state officials said today But appearances are deceiving they quickly added "Actually the increase represents the number of college and high school students who come into the job market every June" said Richard Johnson a spokesman for the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina "We expect the figures for July August and September will stabilize and adjust downward" In fact said Mr Johnson and two years of which 30 percent were determined to be valid community relations specialist Robert Stith said Wednesday The staff hoped the new survey would help them determine if the low number of complaints was representative of discrimination or just the tip of an iceberg But Mr Stith told the CRC Tuesday that he and other staff members could not come up with a way to make such a survey work So the committee voted to forget that type of study But because they received funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for conducting a new type of discrimination By KATHLEEN CURRY OF THE NEWS STAFF Housing discrimination does exist in Charlotte but such discrimination cannot be documented accurately by a random-sample telephone survey of Charlotteans That's the conclusion the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee reached And this week it did a rare thing: It canceled a controversial $70065 fair-housing study and will return the unspent money to the federal government For the past six months CRC staff researchers have been trying to come up with a survey form to use in polling blacks and whites who have moved somewhere in Charlotte in the last 10 years Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Johnson Smith University were to conduct the study aimed at determining whether black renters or home buyers were steered away from white areas refused housing or discouraged from renting or buying in white areas The CRC won approval in January to use federal funds for the study which was to be the first of its kind after heated debate on the City Council over whether such a study was needed The CRC has investigated about 30 housing complaints in the past survey and not any other type canceling the study meant returning the funds "The survey of people who have moved in Charlotte in the past 10 years would not have produced enough reliable data to justify any program changes" Mr Stith said "There's no question in our minds that discrimination exists The purpose of our study was to get at the extent of that discrimination We thought we could get factual information by reviewing people who had moved But any questions we would have to ask would come up with such Continued on Page 3A Col 5 other labor officials in Charlotte and Raleigh Mecklenburg's economic recovery appears to match that of the state as a whole And considering Mecklenburg never was as bad off as most of the state and the state wasn't as bad off as most of the nation the picture is fairly optimistic "Students looking for work have an effect on statewide total employment each June" said Glenn Jernigan state ESC chairman "But we believe North Carolina's recovery from the recession is real and strong" Mr Johnson said in a telephone Continued on Page 3A Col 3 NC Federal suit shatters genial alliance iuv-''-tf' w-J 1 I-- MJ- A-maz-ing Like ants working throuqh an intricate caught in the lines of some large de- dependence Center at The Square i i ti i i i-n: maze rnese winaow-wasners seem sign ineyre wwiMiiy on ine new in- ncw pnuiw wunu i nusnum By DAVID MILDENBERG OF THE NEWS STAFF The bitter scrap between North Carolina Federal Savings and Loan and Bruton Smith is a marked contrast with the previous relations between the fast-growing and the high-powered Charlotte businessman "They begged me to be on the board" Mr Smith said Wednesday recalling "at least 10" visits by NC Federal officials trying to persuade him to join the board of directors "I suggested several other people to them some of whom played golf with them" he said Mr Smith accepted a seat last summer by which time he and his companies had accumulated more than 10 percent of the company's stock NC Federal converted from a depositor-owned mutual association to a publicly held stockholder-owned company in 1979 The change was made to broaden the company's ownership as it expanded and merged with smaller In a 1980 newspaper article reporting Mr Smith's initial investments in NC Federal President Clark Goodwin said he was "happy that someone of that means (Mr Smith) has that much confidence in our company He has been successful and an astute businessman and we welcome him as an investor" But the welcome mat has given way to one of Tryon Street's ugliest business squabbles Mr Smith said Wednesday he "intends to file claims for substantial damages against each (NC Federal) director as well as against any other person found responsible" for the charges included in a lawsuit filed by the savings and loan Tuesday Libel slander and abuse of process will be the basis for the claims Mr Smith said NC Federal's suit alleges Mr Smith and companies he controls illegally accumulated 51 percent of the stock Mr Smith said Wednesday he now controls 45 percent of NC Federal's stock Persons considered "friendly" to Mr Smith including Charlotte Motor Speedway President 1 1 A "Humpy" Wheeler own an additional 9 percent making up the difference Continued on Page 3A Col 1 Smith a farm boy with Midas touch lugjlhf dee Memorial staff reviews policy unanswered questions this morning's meeting of them hospital residency physicians said during and after the meeting it's good for physicians and patients to have a written policy on a patient's right to die But there are questions the policy doesn't answer "Is a depressed patient competent?" said Dr Marvin McCall associate chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine His colleague Dr David Citron director of the Family Practice Residency Program answered: "If there is any likelihood the patient will not be depressed in a month Continued on Page 3A Col 4 member of Memorial's Department of Family Practice for about three years He praised the hospital's policy as a "remarkable document" with understandable language and no "legalese" "I really do think we have a right to die" he said "but the issue becomes stickier when you ask 'Do I have a right to die "If I don't have a right to die quickly does that mean I have an obligation to die slowly?" he asked When a person is terminally ill "Taking care of you in this case includes letting you die" he said Some of the 30 people attending a hospital policy that took effect June 1 The policy allows a competent adult patient with a terminal and incurable illness to die a peaceful and natural death by rejecting treatment that would postpone death The relatives of a comatose patient and the attending physician of a comatose patient with no relatives have the same right The policy and the ethical questions it raises for physicians were discussed by Memorial doctors and nurses in a meeting with a staff ethics consultant John Lincourt an associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been a part-time By JUDY GAULTNEY OF THE NEWS STAFF Does a person have a right to die? If so does he have a right to die quickly? How does a 76-year-old woman facing chemotherapy for cancer choose between delaying death with radical medical treatment and accepting a quicker death with less discomfort? How does a physician balance his ability to postpone the moment of death and a patient's desire to succumb to nature? These questions and others were addressed in a morning meeting of staff members 'of Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Medical Center as they discussed INSIDE 8 charged in deal to sell arms abroad By PAM KELLEY Of THE NEWS STAFF In 1977 Bruton Smith bought the personal jet plane of now-deposed Ugandan dictator Idi Amln Mr Smith had to send a pilot to Entebbe to pick up the purchase and Mr Amin gave the pilot a fighter escort back to the Ugandan border A lot of trouble to buy a jet true but the dictator was in severe financial and political trouble at the time His line of credit had been dissolved and he had lost ownership of the jet Mr Smith saw a good buy and took it For a man who has made a career of spotting good business deals and acting on them Mr Smith's current battle with North Carolina Federal Savings and Loan seems out of character "A IM WWII il Movies 4D Obituaries 14C Out and about IB Sports 1-4C TGIF(almost) 1-8D TV 2-3B Bridge 6B Business 6-7 A Classified 5-1 3C Comics 6-7B Dear Abby 7B Editorial 4-5A WEATHER Bruton Smith est that has been Investigated in recent times" Bail for the defendants set at a hearing in US District Court in Manhattan ranged from $7500 to $125 million At the court hearing the suspects lawyers disputed the charges and described their clients as legitimate businessmen with no previous arrest records In the Iranian case the defendants promised to illegally export $2 billion in military hardware directly to the Persian Gulf nation prosecutors said Iran is at war with Iraq but cannot buy US arms although Its forces are in large measure dependent on US weapons Continued on Page 3A Col 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Tanks helicopters missiles and machine guns were among $2 billion in "terrorist weapons" offered to undercover agents posing as representatives of the Irish Republican Army and the Iranian government authorities said Eight businessmen were charged Wednesday with conspiracy to provide the weapons with false documents to disguise the recipients The arrests followed an eight-month Investigation by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Assistant Treasury Secretary John Walker described the two arms-selling schemes as "the larg Friday's forecast: Cloudy Low: around 70 high: low 90s Details: Page 2A Evening prayer Dear Lord Jesus thank you for the food on our table Thank you for relatives and friends I love you very much Amen Amity Flowe 9 Arlington Baptist Church Today's chuckle An old timer is a man who lived in an era when the day was done before he was Vol 93 No 167 38 Poge 1983 The CliarloMo Ncw A millionaire entrepreneur Mr Smith 54 is chairman of Charlotte Motor Speedway and owner of Town Country Ford in Charlotte and Lone Star Ford in Houston Texas He has his hand In a wide range of investments such as a charter jet service an Insurance company and condominium and housing developments "Bruton has a fantastic record for going into unprofitable situations and turning them around to be moneymakers" said HA "Humpy" Wheeler Charlotte Motor Speedway president and a close associate of Mr Smith Continued on Page 3A Col 1.