A good break THE CHRONICLE With the help of < 3V10\DAY; MARCH 2 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA Camels smoked, Hawkeyes blinded Two down, four to go as Blue Devils await Seton Hall By MARC SACKS so many things well. They have so passing lanes and kept the GREENSBORO — How sweet many dimensions which makes Hawkeyes, who shot a miserable it is! With weekend victories over them tough to beat." 29 percent for the half, from driv­ Campbell and Iowa in front of a Duke, now 46-15 in NCAA play, ing to the hoop. partisan Greensboro crowd, the opened the contest with a 21-5 "Our guys were so ready to men's basketball team made sure run and never looked back. Brian play;" said Krzyzewski. "Fm proud there will be Duke blue in the Davis began the onslaught with a ofhow they approached this game. Sweet Sixteen for the seventh three-pointer and added five more We were pysched. For about 19 straight year. points in the run. The senior co- minutes I thought we played great In a rematch of last year's sec­ captain led Duke with 21 points defense." ond-round matchup, the Blue and 10 rebounds. The Duke offense was nothing Devils dominated the first half "Brian's been as good a player if not persistent. Although shoot­ and coasted to a 75-62 victory for us this month as anybody," ing under 40 percent, the Blue over the Hawkeyes to advance to said Duke head coach Mike Devils made it to the free throw the East Region semi-final in Krzyzewski. line 21 times, connecting on 17. Philadelphia on Thursday. Duke, The Blue Devils continued to Duke had problems maintain­ the top seed in the East, will face build the lead and led by as many ing its. intensity in the second fourth-seeded Seton Hall, which as 26 before settling for a 48-24 half, and Iowa, led by center Acie defeated Missouri, 88-71. halftime advantage. Earl with 19 points and 12 re­ "We were defeated by an out­ Iowa could do little against a bounds, took advantage. The Big CHRIS BARRY/THE CHANTICLEER standing team," said Iowa head Duke defense which came out fired Ten power turned up the heat on This was the only fighting chance the Fighting Camels had. coach Dr. Tom Davis. "Duke does up. The Blue Devils played the See HOOPS on page 1, SPORTSWRAP • Two possible landfill sites may be added to Duke Forest locale By PEGGY KRENDL mittee narrowed its list from four airports because birds scaveng­ bedrock and the groundwater cir­ political motives. The debate over a dump in Duke sites down to two sites. The re­ ing at the landfill may pose a culation. "The willingness ofthe county Forest continues to plague the maining sites were site OC-3 and hazard to planes taking off and The University's consultant, to discount that research worries University with questions about the Duke Forest site, OC-17. The landing. Barrett Kays and Associates, has me," he said. "I understand why the forest's future. Duke For­ Site OC-17, in what is known estimated the average bedrock it is easier for the search commit­ The Duke Forest site is the est site was as the Blackwood division of Duke depth is 12.6 feet on the site. Joyce tee to take someone's research only one currently receiving seri­ the only Forest, is located east of Old N.C. Engineering recommends 30 feet rather than someone's home." ous consideration as a landfill by site unani- Highway 86 and north of Eubanks average depth for a landfill. All the sites would require the Orange County. The second fi­ m o u s 1 y Road. The Blackwood family has Nina Baird, a member of the displacement of homeowners, in­ nalist was eliminated by the Land chosen by lived on the property since the search committee, pointed to sev­ cluding site OC-17. But Baird said Owner's Group because it failed committee 1700s. eral reasons that make OC-17 a it might be possible to draw the to meet federal guidelines. members. Norm Christensen, dean ofthe "reasonable site." The site's prox­ lines for a landfill on OC-17 The group of county govern­ The School of the Environment, said imity to the current landfill and around the home of the ment officials has asked the Land­ Land Own­ he was pleased that there will be the absence of taxes from-the land Blackwoods. fill Search Committee to find two ers Group other sites added to the list so makes it an attractive landfill The search committee will de­ Norm Christensen other sites besides the forest site received a that "we are not the only one candidate, she said. bate other sites from the original to consider. The committee, which letter from the state saying OC-3 being considered." "I respect the research going on list of 17. includes various community would have problems receiving a Joyce Engineering, the landfill there and would have felt com­ All sites will receive the same members, will choose the two permit for a landfill because of its site consultant to the county, will fortable working with the scien­ treatment as the Duke Forest site, other sites at a meeting on proximity to an airport. Federal begin geo-technical testing ofthe tists to close their experiments," which has undergone public hear­ Wednesday. regulations forbid landfills to be Duke Forest site. The testing will she said. ings, geological investigations and On March 4, the search com­ located within 10,000 feet from include determining the depth of Christiensen raised possible See LANDFILL on page 4 • Socialists losing in French elections By ALAN RIDING the Socialists' performance after cent, and they took 36.4 percent N.Y. Times News Service nearly 11 years in office. in the 1988 parliamentary elec­ PARIS — Confirming France's With the results also viewed as tions. Their worst result on Sun­ current mood of disgruntlement, a gauge ofthe electorate's prefer­ day was in Paris where, with voters dealt a major political set­ ences in next year's parliamen­ 14.5 percent of votes, they ran back to the governing Socialist tary elections, they are certain to behind the National Front, which Party in regional elections on bring fresh calls from the Social­ won 16.3 percent. Sunday, with early results and ist Party for Mitterrand to re­ The strong performance by the projections giving it barely 19 place Cresson as prime minister. "anti-immigration" Front had WiBsrMMk percent of the votes, its worst In a television interview on been widely predicted, with its performance at the polls in 23 Sunday night, Cresson said she leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, win­ years. had no plans to step down, but ning about 30 percent ofthe bal­ A coalition ofthe two main con­ she conceded that the results lots in the Alpes-Maritimes de­ servative parties came out on top showed that "the French want to partment in southern France, with about 34 percent ofthe votes, be heard more." where he was a candidate. The but fared worse than it has in "They want more direct democ­ National Front received about 14 recent elections. And as voters racy," she said, "less rigid admin­ percent of the votes nationwide, turned away from traditional istration." up from 11.8 percent in voting for parties, the main beneficiaries Culture Minister Jack Lang the European Parliament elec­ were the far-rightist National said: "We could have done better tions of 1989. Le Pen himself won Front and two environmentalist and will do better." 14.4 percent in the 1988 presi­ parties. Early results and projections dential elections. The elections in France's 22 gave the Socialists 19 percent of While Le Pen, a 63-year-old regions will have no direct effect the votes on Sunday, compared former paratrooper who has built KATHY WHAYNE/THE CHRONICLE on the government of President with 23.6 percent in the last elec­ up his party around the slogan Francois Mitterrand and his tions, which were for the Euro­ "France for the French" and a Zap prime minister, Edith Cresson, pean Parliament, in 1989. In the demand for the repatriation of These two prepubescents waged an intergalactic war over but they were nonetheless re­ regional elections of 1986, how­ many of France's 3 million immi- the coveted Pegram bench. Good thing it was spring break. garded as a form of plebiscite on ever, the Socialists won 30 per­ See FRANCE on page 4 • PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1992 World and National Newsfile Plane crashes during takeoff from La Guardia By CHRIS SHERIDAN Associated Press were on the plane. McCloud, the USAir spokesman, said Associated Press Bill Kress, another USAir spokesman, the temperature was 31 degrees, wind Talks falter: Talks between Presi­ NEW YORK — A USAir commuter jet said the passengers were "a mix of vaca­ about 15 mph, and the runway was wet dent Bush and Chancellor Helmut carrying 51 people crashed in a snowstorm tion travelers and business passengers with patches of snow. He said visibility Kohl of Germany ended on Sunday Sunday while trying to take off from La getting to their destinations for the next was three-fourths of a mile. with no progress on a dispute over Guardia Airport, skidding part way into morning." The aircraft was an F-28 4000 com­ farm goods that is blocking a global the frigid waters of Flushing Bay. Police Six people, including two severely burned muter jet, USAir spokesman John Bronson agreement to lower trade barriers.