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  • SC stalls WCU's bid again ~n-e (See page 8) vimi: of thi: stuhints VOL. XL No, 52 TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1975 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINA Plan aims to aid crowding in park 'Godspell' "Godspell," John Michael Tebelak's musical based upon the Gospel according to St, Matthew will make its Cullowhee premier this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Hoey Auditorium. Pictured above are Marty Pierce and Susie "the vamp" Brack in a scene from the play's second act. Reserved tickets are now on sale at the department of speech and theater arts, Stillwell Building, 293-7491. The cost to WCU students is only 75c. Curtain time for each performance is 7:30 p.m. (Steve Cook photo). Airport injunction upheld Environmentalists and economists from North Carolina, Tennessee and various federal agencies have drafted a 15-year plan for developing the recreational potential of the area surrounding the Great Smokies National Park after a week-long session here ending Saturday. In response to the park's request, the 50-member group framed a plan designed to alleviate overcrowding in the park by suggesting sites for the development of recreation centers surrounding the Great Smokies which lure away some of the park's visitors. Park officials sponsored the meeting here at Western Carolina University as an attempt to help them develop their own growth plan until the year 1990 is required by the National Park Service. Its plan is scheduled to be completed by June and may include an attempt to phase-in mass transit buses, improve road access and gradually curtail use of some of the park, By coordinating its plan with the region's, the park hopes to promote better growth patterns that would spread out and diversify the recreation centers. The plan developed here will eventually be turned over to the 13 counties in North Carolina and Tennessee bordering the park as a suggestion on how to develop recreational- based facilities with a minimum of environmental damage, Nearly eight million people traveled through the 500,000 acre park last year, making it the most visited park in the nation. Park officials here this week expected a 40 per cent visitation increase within 15 years. But already the highways leading through the Smokies are jammed during peak visitation periods, and officials say the Appalachian Trail which crosses the park is suffering from overuse. To develop the surrounding area's recreational potential, the planners almost unanimously agreed on the need for land use planning, improved roads and zoning ordinances. Bike and hiking trails to connect the various trails going into the park were also suggested. But the main thrust of their conclusions was to make the Smokies attractive as a region — not simply as a park. The counties being analyzed here included Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain in North Carolina, and Blount, Cocke, Knox. Monroe and Sevier in Tennessee, Together they represent 7,100 square miles — larger than the area of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. By spreading the visitor attractions over the area, tourism can continue to increase without destroying the park, Otherwise, officials said they would have to consider rationing the traffic through the Smokies and turning people away from the gates during the peak periods, According to Chuck Relbe, the park's coordinator for the session, "It's a poorly laid out, poorly staffed, poorly financed park," But due to its unique nature and proximity to the nation's major population centers, people will continue to come in ever-increasing numbers. "The problem right now," said Reibe, "is how much of this spontaneous, sporadic and maybe undesirable type facility development is going to occur be- (TURN TO PAGE 2) No resolutions passed by senate Although no resolutions were passed last night by the student senate, a number of considerations were discussed. Currently, the University has set up a residence hall program fund, which is financed through the interest money accrued from room deposits. However, the administration Trial set for May 27 Suoerior Court Judge Robert Lewis has upheld apreliminary injunction halting construction on Jackson County's $2,1 billion airport near Cullowhee. The firm constructing the landing strip, had asked Lewis to either lift the injunction or raise the bond blocking construction from S1.000 to $255,000. In a terse ruling, Lewis ruled the "injunction should be continued" until a trial can settle the issue on May 27, in Sylva, However, Lewis did list some of A, B, Burton Uo.'s major defenses in the hearing including that it knew nothing of the county's pledge not to use tax money on the airport and the county's assertion that it had enough money without taxes to finance and maintain the project. The hearing was held April 27 in Franklin, However, Lewis had delayed his decision until Saturday. Yesterday full-time county commissioner Bruce Wike said he expected Lewis' ruling. However, he said the commissioners had authorized their attorney, Zeke Sossaman, to ap peal the preliminary injunction. Ms. Veronica Nicholas, one of the directors of the fight against the airport, was happy with the decision yesterday. She said the group would continue their fight against the construction and asked citizens opposed to the construction to help the group by making financial contributions for legal fees. has also decided to deduct anonymous residence hall damages from this fund, The senate proposed a bill to accept the policy, but suggested a few changes. After lengthy debate the bill was sent back to committee for further study. The senate also approved the election results of last week's elections and the new senators were sworn in, This week there will be a number of run-off elections lo decide those positions whose results were either tied or too close for a decision. There will also be a number of honorary campus elections that must be decided. Beth Thomas and Rick Myers will run-off for U.C.B, president and Jack Herbert and Cecil Patterson will run-off for an alternate senate seat, The male and female awards for Outstanding Student Citizen will occupy write-in positions on the ballot, along with Man of the Vear and Woman of the Year honors,
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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