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11 U.TI.C.i Library Ssrlals Dspt. Box 870 f: winy ii. c. I 5 WEATHER Cloudy and cooler with chance of rain late today. an iw.nnl LEGISLATURE Mixed up values? See page i r VOLUME LXVI NO. 65 Complete i Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1958 Offices in Graham Memorial FOURTEEN PAGES THIS ISSUE OSS w w r w , 0 i. .tang o) 11 .iKykim U ui! LLsZ-A U 2) : J P- Bo n u ahcelled v; I By NEIL MURPHY A rash of accidents hit Chapel Hill, along with a blanket of snow, from the east yesterday. Chapel Hill police report more than twenty minor accidents dur ing the day. No personal injuries occurred. Many . of the accidents involved damage over one hundred dollars. v ' The snow that totaled more than six inches did not interrupt power in the Chapel Hill area. Phone lines were jammed and service slower, but phone company offi cials said that no lines were down. What seemed to save the public utility lines was the light weight of the dry snow. Service men fear that sleet will do much greater dammage. . At 4 p.m. yesterday the snow stood at six, inches and was pre dicted to reach , a depth of 12 in ches in spots. Traffic was iit ' a ctanrisfill fin RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina use of the state's .-.legislative : halls. I . .,. , student legators who had a tough A. a result of criticism they, stirred J cars had skidded into time getting the use of the state up last year they had to get letters he dUch on the Hillsboro Road. capital for their annual mock legls- of sponsorship from half of the heads ; c fi jammed along the hos. i-iivc sessions naa 10 caa on incir 01 me coneges represeniea. j.ne meeting at the last minute Thurs- needed number of letters ' arrived day because of heavy snow in the only Tuesday. central and eastern part of the The criticism resulted from a res- lo.'ution the students adopted POLICE PROTECTION FOR BINGHAM HALL . . after threat of bombing . SSL Snowed Under; Postponed Bad Roads ue I o Accidents From Snow In Village 7ft rearenin g Lai I Snow Affects Whole State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A swirling snow storm of near-blizzard proportions swept over central and eastern North Carolina yesterday, virtually paralyzing traffic in many communities. Depths ranging up to 15 inches were reported from the storm, which sneaked in without warning from the south during Wednesday night and the early morning hours. Campus Christmas Look v 1 Gets Addition Thursday last pital by-pass. The snow, which started at 7:15 a.m., was expected to stop some time last night. The western part of the state Trie- meetim which Gov. I rotters vr arfvncaffntr rrne.il f i!w xLntp's 'mm' ihm, uTthvr7Anmr'. had l?cn scheduled to address in a laws which prohibit Inter-racial mar- ,'lv. r.rpensboro received onW lieht vckomtng spveth at 3 p.m., was p stponod Indefinitely when only three of some 21 college delegations had arrived by early afternoon. Leaders said the annual event would be re scheduled at a later date. Ironically, the students had to call their meeting off only two days after they had been assured of the IT'S YOUR TAR HEEL The Daily Tar Heel belongs to it:; readers Students have to pay for it, and have been repeatedly invited to use it to announce club meetings, ad vertlsc for lost articles, or to print special notices. But the paper h more than an Announcement sheet. As the word "newspaper" Implies. The Daily Tar Heel h a publication of news events. Experience isn't a prerequisite for Daily Tar Heel reporters. rlagcs. flurries. Carolina's SSL Delegation Waited, And Waited And . . . A UNC delegation of over twen ty was waiting patiently yesterday to await word of whether it was safe to drive to Raleigh for this year's State Student Legislature convocation at the Capitol. Students started gathering in The Daily Tar Heel office before 11 a.m. and continued to stay while telegrams and the phone calls were placed to Raleigh in hopes of getting word whether the meeting was going to be held. At 1 p.m. delegation Chairman Ed Levy called and said that roads were considered impassable, and the delegation was advised that travel for the next two hours was impossible. . In the meantime the waiters re ceived a report over the radio that the SSL would meet. Officially they were in & quan- dry until after 3 p.m., when the meeting was finally called off. Chairman Levy expressed hope that the meeting would be held at a later date. By MARY ALICE ROWLETTE It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the Christmas look at Carolina should reach its peak Thursday night in Y. Court when the Y and the Grail sponsor a carol sing around the Christmas tree. ' The sing will begin at 9 o'clock and hot chocolate and donuts will be served afterward, according to Bill Sugg, representative of the Y. Charlie Huntington is in charge of the sing for the Grail. Sugg said Dr. Joel Carter of the Music Department will lead the singing and the Glee Club will be there to "back things up." It has been tentatively arranged for the Glee Club to sing one number alone. "The idea behind the sing," Sugg said, "is to get the various groups on. campus, ;uch. -as-sorori- ties, fraternities, dorms and other organizations, to do their caroling early in the evening and then come and join in a campus wide sing." This is the first time the carol sing has been held, but the Y and Grail hope that it will become an every year occurance. Sugg urged everyone on campus and in Chapel Hill to come to the sing. Others working with the carol ing are Denton Lotz, Sophie Mar tin, Betty Kay Johnson, Ben Tay lor and John Hunnicutt. ED WIVES The Ed Wives met at the home of Mrs. John B. Chase Jr. Wednes day night and heard guest speaker Paul Green. Slippery Snow Causes Falls ; No Injuries A coed was rushed to the infirm- ery "yesterday after a, serious fall in the snow at Y Court. Brenda Jean Bryan .was not ser iously, injured by the fall, accord ing - to Dr. James Tayior. , E arlier rumors indicated that she was dead, but Dr. Taylor said the girl claimed she had never lost consciousness. A series of X-rays revealed no injuries, but Dr. Taylor called in an orthopedic specialist to recheck Miss Bryan. She was received at the infirmary about 10:30 a.m. yes Urday. V'I After the X-rays she was sent to bed because of some "uncomior tableness' caused by the fall, Dr. Taylor said. Concord's Minute Man Comes Out In Color The new design of the 25-cent U. S. Savings Stamp still has the Min ute Man of Concord on it, adapted from the statue "by the rude bridge that arched the flood" done by Dan iel Chester French. But the new version, now on sale at post offices, is red-white-and-blue. Also new are $2.50 and $5 gift books of Savings Stamps fcr any occasion. Banks offer free gift covers for E Bonds, which start at $18.75. Bingham Protected By Police By RON SHUMATE Bingham Hall was still standing yesterday afternoon at 3:15. . Classes in Bingham will resume today, and classes all over the campus will be hsld as usual, de spite yesterday's bomb scare and snow, according to Chancellor Wil liam B. Aycock. Aycock said that when such a bomb scare occurs, "every precau tion will be taken. We're not tak ing any chances." . . Desk Sgt. W. F. Hester received the call at about 10:30. This one was from a man, possibly college age, who warned the 1 police that a bomb had been. planted in Bing ham and' was set to explode be tween 3:15 and , 3:16 p.m. . Thurs day. Apparently the man made no attempt to disguise ''. his voice, though police sail it sounded muf fled. Chapel Hill Police Chief W. D Blake listened on an extension phone to the second call. There were no sounds in the background All that was heard was the voice and heavy breathing. , Police made a systematic check of both buildings, but no bomb was f ound. They also searched the Chapel Hill Junior High Schoo and the West Franklin St." ; Ele mentary School. Both schools were closed yesterday. According to the office of the superintendent of Chapel Hill schools the school should be open today. Joseph M. Johnson, school superintendent, was not available for a statement. J. Arthur Branch, University business manager, said that the administration "decided not to take a chance, although it's proba bly a prank." He said that the Uni versity police searched Bingham yesterday, "as an added precau tion." ' Policemen were stationed at each door in Bingham to keep students from entering. Upon hearing of the "bomb" the police systematical searched every room in the building. r'".. 11 """Vl"l.mww"Miii u .in.., iiujjii, i.ii.. mi,... , ,. ..i n , ,y, .m.....,.,.,,, ,, , ' ' .: " ! ' ! --'i-..-.- - . ' - -' l - : .-. y- V ' . -" . . ' . 3 ; ' v , . - - ' - - 1 , y 1 X f i l - "' ' - , - , ; - - , . - f S , 1 - v 1 - . V. " .' 4 - i ' , " J ' '..s 1 t 5 7 1 TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER' .... "snow-distorted cars took on eery shapes r - . Plioto by Bill Brinkhous Chapel Hill High School Closed By B o ni b Th r ea t , North Carolina's , school-bombing ''scare" epidemic spread yesterday to Chapel Hill and the University campus.: "Two calls to the -Chapel- Hill' Poice Dept..,. two hours apart .Wednesday night,1 warned 'of bombings to Chapel -Hill High Schol and to -Bingham Hall on' the UNC campus and set, in motion 'extensive, searches and guards 'by officers:-' Until noon yesterday, no evidence of actual bomb plac- lngs had been uncovered.'. MOCK TRIAL IS TONIGHT Judge Reid To Preside Jude Itcid Thompson of Pittsboro arrives here today to preside over the annual Phi Alpha Delta mock trial scheduled for 7:30 tonight in the Manning Hall Courtroom. Judge Thompson will attend a din ner tonight honoring the principals ( the trial at the Pines Restaurant. The Judge will also be the fea tured speaker at the annual Phi Alpha Delta Christmas banquet to be held Saturday night. This year's trial is centered about Ihe "slaying" of Miss Diana John son, 1353 Yackety Yack beauty queen and Miss Chapel Hill of 1933, during the final act of the Playmak trs production of "Look Homeward, Diana Johnson 'Death' Case In Court G. M. SLATE Activities for Graham Memorial today include: Playbill meeting, 3-4 p.m., Grail Room; Alpha Kappa PsI, 6:30-9 p.m., Grail, Roland Parker I and II; Political Science, 9-10 a.m., Wowlhouse Conference Room and Tree Dance, 8-12 p.m., Render tu Room, I hompson At Trial' cd to come early in order to be as sured of obtaining a seat. Each year the fraternity elects a chief defense counsel and a prose cutor to play the principal roles in the mock trial. These men spend weeks in preparation for the event, which has both entertaining and edu cational aspects. J Months before the. trial, a coordi-' nator is appointed by the chapter to be responsible for setting up an incident and to find a suitable (and cooperative) defendant and murder victim. Serving as coordinator is Duane Johnson, a second year student from Niagara Falls, N. Y. Defense counsel for this year's trial will include: Stan Gertzman, Jim Kirkpatrick, Milton Nowell, Jim Clark and Dave Reid. For the prosecution will be: Luke Corbctt, John Allred, Dick Tuggle, Frank Schrimsher and John Smart. Jim Fasul is serving as sheriff. Dwight Cranford is serving as clerk. Angel" Sunday night by Mrs. Marion Fitz-Simons. A capacity crowd is expected for the "trial." Students have been urg (Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity each year sponsors a , mock trial featuring prominent campus person alities as principals. The following story Is connected with the trial scheduled for today.) Miss Marion Fitz-Simons faces atrial tonight on a c charge of first de- jgree murder in Mrs. v J connection with tbe brutal and be jwUdering slajing lof Diana Johnson J during the final i act of "Look ? Homeward An l gel" Sunday night. Fitz-Simons Miss Johnson, . accused who played a min or role in the Playmakers produc tion, was killed by a heavy flower pot thrown by the defendant during a scene where the boarders were be ing chased from the stage. The beautiful, dark haired girl, who had been chosen 1958 Yackety Yack beauty queen and Miss Chapel Hill of 1958, died' of severe head Injuries backstage. Neither mem bers of the east nor the audience vas aware of the tragedy until after the final curtain. Sheriff Jim Fasul, who at first theorized the death was accidental, uncovered, evJeace which led to the arrest of Mrs. Fitz-Simons. The de- endant is the wife of dramatics professor Foster Fitz-Simons. One of the stranger aspects of "backstage murder" is that even up to the day before the trial, no mention has been made by either Solicitor Luke Corbett or Sheriff Fasul about the motive for the kill ing. Sheriff Fasul hinted when asked about the motive that jealousy might be involved in the case. "I'll give you a hint though there ain't much a jealous woman won't do," Sheriff Fasul told report ers after Mrs. Fitz-Simons' arrest. Because of a widespread interest in the case and the extensive cover age it received in the press, De fense Attorney Stanley Gertzman seriously considered asking for a change of venue. When asked yesterday if he still planned to make such a motion, Gertzman said. "I certainly will not." "As I said before, these charges are so utterly ridiculous and without foundation that both Mrs. Fitz- Sim ons and myself are anxious to have the case tried as quickly as possible in order that she might be cleared of this unfortunate occurance with dispatch," Gertzman said. "I ara surprised that the state even chose to prosecute this case seriously," he said. Solicitor Luke Corbett, however, told newsmen in his office yesterday that he intended to press for a con viction of first degree murder which carries a possible death penalty. When informed of Gertzman's ear lier statement Corbett refused to comment, but indicated that on the basis of the state's evidence he. found it rather difficult to believe that Gertzman would have an easy time convincing a jury of his client's r 5 f TV 1 V - - r ' 1 1 '''-'!' I :- . j: ; mnocence. Voir et . dire examination of the jury will be held today at 2 p.m. in the Manning Hall Courtroom. Judge Reid Thompson of Pitts- boro will preside at the trial which is slated for 7:30 tonight in the Man ning Hall Courtroom. Officials of the clerk s office said mat a ca pacity crowd of onlookers was ex pected for the trial and that it would be wise for those interested in the case to come early in order to be assured of a seat. He pointed out that some judges do not allow onlookers to stand in the courtroom during the triaL 7 -Just hi case, however; Bingham Hall, the high school and junior high school were closed for the day. Later, heavy .snow forced all public schools - to -close; University classes 'other than in Bingham, which houses the English Dept., proceeded. ' A call to the police at 8:35 Wednesday night by a "cry ing'' teenager started the bomb-scare craze here. - , "My brother' is goiiig .tp -blow up Chapel Hill High School in the morning," the voice wailed. "For heaven's sake don't let it happen." Sgt. W. F, Hester, on the telephone desk, then asked the person his name. He hung the receiver up in a hurry. ; : The caller was described as "about 1G-17 years old, and crying all the time." . : Immediately, the high school was checked and guards placed. It was searched again early yesterday morning and later. No bomb was found. "All of ithese threats in the stste have proved to be false, but you can't take any chances," Chief of Police Bill Blake said today. He said that guards were maintained at the threatened buildings throughout the day. Ironically, the local force held a meeting only last week to prepare for any bomb threat incident, and plans were made. "We were still shocked when the calls came in," Chief Blake said. He attributed the calls to "crackpots." , ...rskiiii: 1 INFIRMARY FOSTER FITZ-SIMONS , , , vnVQlvvl in care? Students in tlie Infirmary yester day included: Brenda Jean Bryan, Sandra Rush Roberts, Carolyn Keit Shu ler, Charlie Howard Brown, Louis Elfon Feinberg, WajTie Arnold Babb, Charles Albert Ross, Robert Reltzel, Ronaid Tully Bull, Wil Douglas Glllildn, John Lars ton liam Chandler Price, Frank Gra ltain Riggs, Nicholas Burton Bragg, Margaret Pennington AE-dis-an, Michael John . Tornbull, Gloria Lee Olds, Ann Buche, Joint Chalmers Eagle, Santa Claus, and Wiiliara Parker Hod- 3 ' I- I Xrx 1 -x if f s : s ' BERLIN CHRISTMAS The world's hottest cold war city remembers its policemen at Chirstmas time. See the story by Daily Tar Heel , reporter Chuck Flinner on page 4, section 2, of today's paper. photo by Chuck Fimier
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