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Redistricting Hassle Could Cause
Late Adjournment Of Legislature
By eulA n. greenwood
FAIR TRADE? ... Did NBC
etaimentator David Brinkley
attend the University of North
Carolina? His biography lay* he
did. but as of last ?Mk officials
al Chapel Hill could not find
hb name listed anywhere in
tie records. They were w6r
rfed about it.
Brinkley, Wilmington native,
has accepted an invitation to
re at ceremonies master at
& C. International Trade
f4ir event this spring honoring
lir Heel celebrities (Sunday
night, April 28, Ovens Auditor
ium). 1
Among those who have ac
cepted so far as Edward R.
Murrow, U. S. Information Ag
ency chief; Salisbury Actor
Sidney Blackrher; and Betty
Jdhnson, singer. There will be
others.
In our book, Brinkley rates
at the top as a commentator ?
whether he went to UNC or not.
The alumnus trouble began
oh Wednesday of last week
when 'a reporter decided to find
out when David Brinkley went
te the University. He had re
ceived a story from Ted Cram
er, hard-working chairman of
advertising and public relations
for the Trade Fair, about Brink
ley's acceptance. The NBC fam
ily background on Davud (Chet
Huntley pronunciation) had him
an UNC alumnus. The reporter
merely wanted to determine
when. He just conld not find
oot.
A middle-aged lady at Chapel
Hill seemed to recall being in
school with Davud . . . some
where around 19S&-39 . . . long
before he took the place of
Irene as the object of good
night greetings. What did
Dfevnd say? Nothing. He is on
assignment in a foreign coun
try and could not be reached
for comment. You will be kept
advised on this one.
Who is in error? UNC re
cords, David Brinkley or NBC.
If Davud said he went to
UNC, he did . . . and there
must be some slip-shod record
keeping somewhere. Hardly
tor trade for a famous Tar
Heel honoring Trade Fair. 1001
. ,.4 ? 4
STILL HUSH-HUSH . . .
Some day somebody i> going to
get the lowdown on the R. J.
Reynolds Co. operations on a
huge farm a ttvr miles from
Eden ton.
But right now tt is definitely
hash-hush. You can't get the
workers ... or members of
their families ... to say a word.
Ttlere is a lot going on at this
famous farm, Avoca. Skilled
construction people are in there
from various states. They are
lining in Windsor, Edenton, and
other nearby communities.
"We came here last October
to stay about three months . . .
but we may be here three years,
we just don't know", said the
wife of a New Jersey engineer
last week.
Meantime, Edenton is happy
at the turn of events. They had
lost their Marine base and the
Reynolds project is' proving a
happy windfall.
Is Reynolds experimenting
with nicotine-free tobacco? Will
it come out with a cigarette al
most entirely free of tobacco?
Does it plan to move into the
field of growing ? special kind
of tobacco?
These are a few of the hund
red of questions flying around
Northwestern North Carolina
about what Reynolds is up to.
The answer no doubt lies deep
in the heart of Winston-Salem.
It isn't in Edenton.
I'd walk a mile for a look at
What's Up Front.
DISTRICTS ... If the Legis
lature gets deeply enough into
Senatorial and Congressional
districts. It conld conceivably
be here until the fourth of July.
This item can get hotter by the
minute.
Everybody knew there would
be fights over redisricting
State Senate seats. But we
thought the Congressional
thing ? with all its ill results to
the Democrats ? was pretty well
fixed. But even before he got
here Rowan's George UneU
said he would like to see some
thing done about ridding the
Ninth Congressional District of
Yadkin and Davie. He isn't by
himself on this thinking.
KNIFE . . . Now, however,
Dr. W. D. James of Hamlet
wants to perform major surgery
on the embattled Eighth. Sen.
James has introduced a bill
which would pull Richmond
County out of the Eighth and
throw it into the Seventh. This
is being labeled by some Demo
crats as the most dangerous bill
yet introduced in the 1963 ses
sion of the Legislature. It's a
dilly!
The senators love each other,
abide by colleague courtesy,
and all that. The bill is how in
committee. If it passes, say the
Democrats, you can kiss the
Eighth goodbye forever. We
doubt its survival (the bill).
On the other hand, if Rich
mond is put in the Seventh,
then Davie and Yadkin could
go into the Eighth. This would
free, supposedly, the Ninth
MAJOR SETBACK
An effort to "liberalize" the
Senate Finance Committe has
Wded in failure.
The Senate Democratic Steer
ing Committee refused to ex
pand the finance Committee
recently by adding two Demo
cratic supporters of President
Kennedy's tax and medical-care
programs. Thus, the Finance
Committee remains at 11 Demo
crats and six Republicans.
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GRANITE FALLEN. C.
from the Republicans Unless
the people became tired of so
much gerrymandering and took
their spite out on the Demo
crats.
There it a lot of dead wood on
the James Mil. Most interesting.
NOTES . . . Newest name we
have heard on the Legislative
Building which sits astride
Halifax Street just north of the
Capitol: Halifax Hilton . . .
There is some talk here that
advocates of a dollar-an-hour
minimum wage (aw for North
Carolina may be willing to com
promise for 89 cents . . . but a
big fight on this bill Is on the
way. Hits State is now in its
fourth year with Minimom
Wage Law . . .
The N. C. Motel Association
members are up in arms over
the N. C. Hotel Association
changing it* name to N.C. Hotel
and Motel Association. Idea for
the change came from the na
tional organization, which has
the double-name. Nevertheless,
the motels are said to be miffed
no end and may resort to legal
action. Of course, the N. C.
Motel Association could become
the N, C. Motel and Hotel As
sociation. Too bad all this
should come along, because two
capable people . . . and good
friends ... are involved: Ed
(Dutfc) Lewis of the motels and
Mrs. Neva Wright of the hotels.
Justice Cains
Pi Gamma Mu
Recognition
John Mitchell Justice, associ
ate professor of history at Ap
palachian Sute Teachers Col
lege, ??s recently presented a
certificate of award from Pi
Gamma Mu, the honorary social
studies chapter on the campus.
Each year Pi Gamma Mu pre
sents a certificate of award to
someone who has made out
standing contributions to and
performed some service in the
fitfd of social science or to the
local chapter.
Justice was instrumental in
organizing Pi Gamma Mu on
this campus, and has served as
sponsot and treasurer of Pi
Gamma Mu since it* beginning
here.
In addition to teaching North
Carolina history and United
States history in the ASTC
social studies department, Pro
fessor Justice has been writing
book reviews for the past ten
years. These have dealt with
North Carolina history and have
been for both the Charlotte Ob
server and the North Carolina
Historical Review magazine.
Book reviews are not his only
interest. He belongs to the
North Carolina Education As
sociation, the Southern Histor
ical Association and the Amer
ica n Historical Association.
Prom 1965-1960 he served on
the Thomas Wolfe A war' Com
mittee for the Western North
Carolina Historical Society of
which he is a member.
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