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THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1987 ° DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 82, NO. 140 2,000 watch Blue Devils kick UNC's lax PLO guerrillas By CRAIG WHITLOCK Pressure was the name ofthe game, but kill 2 in Israel, the Duke lacrosse team rose to every chal lenge and defeated third-ranked North Carolina 10-9 on the intramural artificial slain by troops turf field. The victory was the first in twenty By THOMAS FRIEDMAN years for Duke against the defending na N.Y. Times News Service tional champion Tar Heels, and all but clinched a bid to the NCAA playoffs. JERUSALEM — Two Israeli soldiers were killed Sunday in a shootout with "Absolutely, this is our biggest victory a small band of Palestinian guerrillas ever," said midfielder Peter Ortale. "I'm a who cut through a Lebanon border senior and I'm about to cry. I can't tell you fence and crossed into northern Israel, what it means to me." an Israeli army spokesman said. Duke didn't exactly play like it was in Israel Radio said three Palestinian awe of Carolina. Playing in constant rain, guerrillas who slipped past Israeli the Blue Devils (10-3, 2-1 in the Atlantic troops in southern Lebanon and Coast Conference) never fell behind the crossed the border near the Menara entire game, fending off the Tar Heels (7- kibbutz "were wiped out," but not 3, 0-2 in the ACC) and memories of a 9-8 before they had killed the two Israeli sudden-death overtime loss last year in soldiers who had tracked them to their Chapel Hill. hiding place in an apple orchard 500 "When I came out to run around [before yards inside Israel. the game], I looked at Carolina, and I could tell for the first time that they were An Israeli army spokesman con afraid of Duke," said junior defenseman firmed that all the guerrillas had been Michael Conway. "Last year they were killed, but declined to specify how lucky and didn't take us seriously then." many there were. Late Sunday, Israeli helicopters But this year UNC had to take Duke struck targets in southern Lebanon very seriously. The Blue Devils displayed that a military spokesman said had power as well as control, mainly due to ANDY RIST/THE CHRONICLE been the starting point for attacks on the combined efforts of goalie Billy After Saturday's convincing win over third-ranked North Carolina, the excited Israel. McCullough and attackman Ken Lukes. Blue Devils proclaim just how good they think their team really Is. See ISRAEL on page 8 McCullough was brilliant in the crease See LACROSSE on page 1 SPORTSWRAP Interviewer Koppel: from the firing line to 'Nightline' By JOHN ARUNDEL "I wasn't even thinking in terms of tele 11 In the impermanent profession of tele vision," recalls Koppel. "When I was ten vision journalism, Ted Koppel has made years old, television was something I'd IWCT an enduring mark. Koppel, the award- never seen, never heard of, never winning anchorman of ABC News' dreamed of. In those days it was just jour "Nightline," has been lauded for bringing nalism and radio." forceful interviews and heated debate to Koppel attributes much of his tough network news. ness and confidence to his self-reliant up <• <* * , As this year's speaker at commence bringing. As the only child of well-to-do ment, Koppel, 47, will highlight his 23 parents who had fled Nazi Germany in years in broadcast journalism, during 1938, Koppel was an infant when his fa which he has won all but universal praise ther, a successful rubber-tire industrial •i 4 for his keen intellect and unrelenting ist, was shipped away to an enemy-alien , - %^ ! toughness. He has also won many acco prison camp for the crime of being Jewish. lades, including 11 Emmy awards. When his father returned home at the end At May 10 commencement, when Kop of the War, Koppel was shipped away to a pel's daughter Deidre will be graduating, rigorous English boarding school, where Koppel may reveal the secret of his suc he added a proficiency in French to his cess, which he says is reliant upon his in bilingual fluency in German and English. tense self-confidence. When Koppel was 13 his family emi Sf This is not an industry for overly-bash grated to the United States, partly to offer ful people," Koppel said in an interview their son better career opportunities. The \i> last week. "If you have doubts about your Koppels settled in New York City, where self you're going to have a very hard time their son attended a private prep school. surviving." Koppel developed his interest in broad Koppel has survived. Today he is con cast journalism in college. As an under ii graduate at Syracuse University, he V, SPECIA»L TO THE CHRONICLE sidered by many to be the toughest inter viewer on television. Over 7 million view majored in liberal arts and was actively Commencement speaker Ted Koppel: "If you have doubts about yourself, you're involved with the campus radio station. ers tune in nightly for his scintillating going to have a very hard time surviving." mix of cerebral analysis and agile inter After graduation Koppel moved west, viewing. Consequently, "Nightline" has where he obtained a Master's degree in become one of the highest-rated news Mass Communications Research and Po programs on television. litical Science from Stanford. Inside Weather Unlike many of this year's graduating Landing a job in the highly-competitive world of broadcast journalism did not Fast forward: The truly cool peo seniors, Koppel always knew what he ple now hang out in the Perkins news wanted to do. Born in Lancashire, come easily for Koppel. He flunked the Associated Press broadcasters' test, and paper room. They'll be there today, England in 1940, his career choice was spending two hours zeroing in on that heavily influenced by Edward R. Murrow, had to spend a short period teaching high school English before finding a job as "a obscure 1886 article, accidentally hit the legendary radio broadcaster who set ting the fast forward button, sending new standards in journalism with his glorified copy boy" at a New York radio station. the reel past five presidents and a few hard-hitting reports from London during world wars. Rewind tonight, under the German Blitz. At the age of ten, Kop In 1963, shortly after becoming a U.S. partly cloudy skies, with a 30 percent pel made a conscious decision to follow in citizen, Koppel was hired as a reporter for chance of rain, and a 15 percent chance JAMES LOWY/THE CHRONICLE Murrow's footsteps, even if it meant suc WABC radio. His tireless work habits of getting on a microfilm machine. ceeding in a totally new medium. See KOPPEL on page 8 The mayor knows: Seepages. Page 2 THE CHRONICLE Monday, April 20,1987 Our Town Falwell knocks PTL salaries •op or m CHARLOTTE (AP) — New PTL Chair tion is horrendous," Falwell said. "I don't 1 • man Jerry Falwell said large amounts of think any reasonable person could believe money PTL has paid to Jim and Tammy these salaries are acceptable. In my opin Bakker and other top executives could ion no ministry in America pays pastors hurt contributions to the South Carolina and staffs at this level. In my opinion, this television ministry in the future. information could hurt contributions to Salary, bonuses and other compensa PTL substantially. tion figures reported by The Charlotte Ob "Clearly, someone has made some reck server Saturday appear to be "essentially less decisions in recent years," Falwell ad •ft *K:: "^1 correct," Falwell said in a telephone inter ded. view with the newspaper. Falwell said his salary from his * If '. The Observer reported that Jim Bakker, Lynchburg, Va., ministry is $100,000 a who served as PTL chairman and presi year. He said he is declining to be paid for dent before resigning a month ago, and his work at PTL. /ffm Bakker's wife, received nearly $1.6 mil PTL, with about 2,000 employees, lion last year and $640,000 more over the reported $129 million in revenues last past three months. year. Richard Dortch, Bakker's top deputy Falwell said salaries should be the top and now PTL's president, received priority at the April 28 meeting of PTL's $350,000 last year, The Observer repor new board, named when Falwell took over ted. Bakker's personal aide and executive PTL at Bakker's request. T, • . ,-t * i , , SUSAN HELMS/THE CHRONICLE secretary received $360,000 and $160,000 Falwell revealed that the PTL board respectively in 1986, according to a source met Friday in Palm Beach, Fla., and got Barking up the right tree with access to ministry records. information that the Bakkers received One sure sign that summer is on the way is the appearance of the distinctive "I personally think that the compensa $1.2 million in 1985. white dogwood blossoms among the spring greenery. Arts Center work part of new downtown Durham plan ByTARAOUNION Durham's Arts Center is undergoing renovations that activities," Gulley said. "Along with renovations of the and city and county government funds will pay for the city officials hope will both improve the facility and spur Arts Center, the old Carolina Theatre across from the work. downtown revitalization. Arts Center is also being prepared to be renovated." A capital campaign was established by the Arts Coun New features of the Center will include free work Renovations on the Carolina Theatre will begin once cil in late 1985 to raise $1 million for the building reno shops in such activities as photography, pottery and fab plans have been finalized.