The Herald-Sun du lieu suivant : Durham, North Carolina • 1

I TUESDAY DECEMBER 13 1994 POEGlMMr Covering Durham Granville Caswell Person Vance and Franklin counties and the rest of North Carolina 0BTTUARIESC2 C0MICSC4 H0MET0WNC6 CLASSIFH)SC8 State panel tables additional challenge to Rose's election By ESTES THOMPSON Associated Press RALEIGH Congressional candidate Robert Anderson complained Monday to the State Board of Elections about its handling of the 7th District election in which the GOP challenger lost to Democratic incumbent Charlie Rose But all Anderson got Monday was a reminder that the board has ordered an investigation into complaints that he lost to Rose because of voter fraud in Robeson County and a unanimous vote to table further discussion of the matter Anderson's request to decertify Rose as the winner was met with blank stares oh Monday Last month die board voted to delay Rose's certification pending an investigation then changed its mind and voted to certify Rose Anderson said after the meeting he would take his complaint to the US House which will be dominated by Republicans when it convenes in January in hopes it will refuse to seat Rose After Anderson spoke to the state board some of the dozen supporters who attended the meeting peppered the uncomfortable board members with pointed questions "Why was die vote demanded Bobbye Hildebrand of Wilmington Edward High chairman of the elections -board responded: the local board and filed a complaint with the state board after the deadline for complaints being filed with local boards worried that his failure to follow the law of North Carolina makes it look like he's being shut out of an opportunity to tell his story and that's not the Rose said Rose said the House Administration Committee which he has chaired the last four years will hear complaint and decide whether to pursue it Come January the committee wiU be run by a Republican tradition has been that to get to the House of Representatives you must exhaust your state Rose said "The vote was changed because we did not have all the information pertinent to the fret before our decision was Hildebrand satisfied extremely disappointing to voters that type of thing can take due said vote counted" Anderson had said before coming to the board meeting that he would present new evidence of fraud But he mention any to the board certification of Mr Rose will stand intact until after the investigation by the said High who several times asked Anderson to present any new information but not rehash old themes After the SBI probe High said the board will hold hearings early next year into the allegations of voter irregularities in Robeson County If the allegations prove true and would change the election results the board could consider reversing win he added Gary Bartlett the executive secretary said the FBI had forwarded affidavits from Anderson containing the allegations to the board Bartlett said he had given the affidavits to the State Bureau of Investigation Rose said Anderson should have followed election laws which dictate that he first complain to the county board of elections before going to the state board Anderson bypassed CHARLIE ROSE SANTA TURNS SALESMAN GTE to pay tor privacy Judge: Phone co wrong to submit to false subpoena By ROCKY ROSEN The Herald-Sun GTE South Inc broke federal law when it gave out a private telephone records to Durham police detectives who used an illegal subpoena a federal judge ruled last week Judge Richard ruling orders GTE to pay only $1000 in damages the minimum under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act But the decision is important because it is the first ruling showing Durham rights were violated when the Durham Police Department routinely used bogus or otherwise improper subpoenas in the early 1990s said Alex Chaims one of several attorneys involved in the case The woman who sued GTE former Durham 911 operator Cora Tucker also has a federal lawsuit pending against several police officers and the city of Durham Erwin is also the judge assigned to that case would hope the judge would rule similarly as to the violation of the in the other lawsuit Chains said violation a hopeful sign But not going to assume The case also might mark the first time in the United States that a telephone company rather than a police officer or governmental agency has been held liable for violating the communications privacy act A GTE affidavit suggests that the company responding to similarly improper subpoenas gave private telephone records to police in several other NC counties including Wake Chatham and Guilford GTE attorneys still were reviewing ruling Monday said spokeswoman Cindy Gardiner appeal is dr ways a possibility" she said Tucker also might appeal asking for a bigger payment in damages Chams said case and others like it pending in state courts stem from an internal police investigation into rumors that a call-girl ring operated within the police department No evidence of such a ring ever was found and no charges were filed against anyone But some subjects of the investigation claimed their rights were violated by detectives While preparing a case against the detectives Chams and other attorneys discovered that the Durham Police Department made a practice of using improper subpoenas in criminal investi- please see GTEC3 Richard Watson (left) and Michael O'Foghludha Jog past underpass on Campus Drive between East and artwork advertising a Christmas tree sale on the railroad West campuses Faircloth takes on anti-pollution fanning laws SEES NO CONFLICT: Sen Lauch Faircloth says his efforts to revise the Clean Water Act will benefit all formers themselves in outside interests if they are in dear conflict with their senatorial duties Sampson County where Faircloth raises hogs is in a region dotted with wetlands low-lying areas that often contain water- please see FAIRCLOTHC3 some formers suspected of polluting to court The Environment and Public Works Committee did not vote on the first two proposals but adopted the third It did not become law however because the new version of the Clean Water Act did not come up for a vote before the full Senate Congress expects to debate the reauthorization anew in 1995 am going to continue to work on behalf of formers and The committee's chief counsel Victor Baird did not immediately return phone calls for comment on Monday Faircloth is a substantial former with hog operations on at least nine eastern NC forms near Clinton Those operations appear to maintain 7000 sows producing about 140000 hogs a year If so his holdings could be worth as much as $198 million based on industry calculations In general the Senate discourages members from involving this year took on several provisions of the proposed reauthorization of the dean Water Act that target formers who pollute Specifically he: Introduced a measure that could sharply lower fines that fanners pay if they are cited for polluting wetlands Tried to stop the flow of federal money to citizen groups whose members monitor pollution in wetlands areas Worked to make it more difficult for citizens to take Associated Press CHARLOTTE Sen Lauch Faircloth a major NC hog former has worked to weaken several anti-pollution measures regulating formers Faircloth R-NC says his work on environmental legislation is intended to benefit all formers not himself and that he does not believe it is a conflict of interest As a member of a Senate environmental committee Faircloth try to put some common sense back into wetland laws that treat small landowners like hardened Faircloth said Friday On Monday Faircloth issued a news release saying the Senate Ethics Committee on Friday found there was no conflict of interest in his helping to gain approval of an agricultural subsidy expected to bring formers higher prices for their hogs as well as raise slightly the price of pork for consumers HO! HO! HOME! School board may spread fast food success around Luminary gifts will brighten kids' holiday By WILLIAM WOLTZ The Herald-Sun HENDERSON The lights that shone on Garnett Street Sunday night will bring cheer to nearly 90 Vance County foster children Christmas morning The county chapter of the NC Social Services Association posted its best return ever in its annual luminary fund-raiser project co-chairwoman Angie Arnold said Monday Area social workers were cold and sore but pleased with the results Arnold said The chapter already has collected more than $8000 and outstanding pledges may push the total to more than $9000 The effort raised $900 in its first year increased it 10 times in a five-year period we think just great" Arnold said please see UGHTSC3 By ELIZABETH WADE HALL The HeraW-Sun Jordan High School students were given a choice between school cafeteria food and fast food and guess which one they picked Not surprisingly a recent survey showed the students overwhelmingly preferred lunch from a fest-food vendor Forty one percent of the students who responded said they bought lundi from Pizza Hut Chick-Fit A Subway or Domino's That compared to only 6 percent who bought the traditional school lundi even though it costs about half as much as lundi from the vendors The program was so successful that school officials are recommending expanding it to the other five high schools accord ing to a report that Ted Drain associate superintendent for operations submitted to the school board The seven-member board will review the program dining its meeting at 7 pm Wednesday in the Fuller Boardroom The goal of the program is two-fold: first give students an incentive to go to the cafeteria and second raise money for the school's traditional school lundi program which provides reduced-price lunches to low-income students In the past Jordan students often ate lundi in the school's hallways leaving trash on the floor and disturbing some students who were studying Delia Robinson Jordan principal said students are using the cafeteria instead of the halls please see LUNCHC3 IMMuVMl MUMS Bonnie Hannah at 4917 Heritage Drive has a light display with several Santas and snowmen made by her father The tree on front is made of garland been told by numerous people that I light up the whole Hannah said.