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Vol. 73 CHAPEL HILL, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1966 No. 7 v r r. v ft-'. Quincy To Leave , f 1 Zl A, Sports Info Slot; ' Williams Robert G. (Bob) Quincy, Sports Information Director here at the University for the past four years, had resigned his post to take the position of Sports Director of televis ion station WBTV in Char lotte. . Replacing him will be veter an sportswriter Jack Williams currently with The News and Observer in Raleigh. Williams has been in the newspaper business for the pasjt 19 years. He began bis career in 1946 with the Duham Mor ning Herald. "I have wanted to be the Sports Information Director at UNC for a long time," W i 1 liams said, "It is a very im portant step up for me. I used to work for Jack Wade when he was the sports information director at Carolina." Quincy, a native of Panth er, W. Va., said his new post "is financially better for me it is a heck of a good salary and it will offer a good future for me. I hate to leave Chapel Hill. I gave four years of my life to the University." C .P. (Chuck) Erickson, UNC Athletic Director, said, "We hate to see Bob go, but it is a big step up the ladder of success for him. He is one of the finest sports informa tion directors we have ever had, his energy is endless." Erickson in announcing Wil liams appointment to the post yesterday said. "The screen ing committee feels Jack has an exceptionally good back ground for the job. We regard our information department as a productive one, and we know that under Willims it will be maintained as such." Larry Harding, sales, pro motion, and publicity manager of WBTV said, "We think with out a doubt that Mr. Quincy is the most available and knowledgable sports figure to fill the position. Quincy, former sports edi tor of The Charlotte News On The News Of The Week In Revietv Dean Cathey Disapproves Of Wevils Football Staff Undergoes Changes Saigon, The Soldier And The Bars Wallace9 s Report On Negro Colleges Selected and a World War II bomber pilot with the Air Corps, will assume his new duties within a month or so. Quincy took the position of SID at Carolina in July of 1962, handling the post form erly held by Jake Wade, who died of a heart attack. Quincy came to UNC af ter his graduation from Oak Ridge Military Institute in 1940, but his education was interrupted by the war. He returned after serving with the Air Corps and obtained an A. B. degree in Journal ism in 1946. Quincy is past president of the Atlantic Coast Sportswrit ers Association and Sally Lea gue Sports writers Association. Two Teenage Girls By DON CAMPBELL Two teenage girls, ages 14 and 15, turned themselves in to Chapel Hill Police last week and confessed that they had started two fires in the area. The girls admitted to start ing the fire which destroyed the H. II. Patterson Building on July 12 and the small fire in the rubble of the old ele mentary school July 13. Police Chief William D. Blake said Monday that the girls will be turned over to the Clerk of Superior court, who handles juvenile offend ers. The Clerk will assign a social worker to study the case. The girls will be charged with unlawful burning, Blake said. The two girls, whose names were not made public, told Blake that one of them stuff ed paper between the walls at the back of the structure and dropped matches into the gap. The paper failed to ignite at first, then the other girl tried Inside igf El gfe3F Bob Quincy, pictured here in Carmichael Auditorium just as it was being completed, is and was successful. A 15-year-old boy was with the girls, but took no part in setting the blaze. After the fire was set, the three left the scene, but re turned about 15 minutes later and found the fire rapidly spreading. They then attempted to put out the fire but were unsuc cessful. The three arranged, through an adult they had con tacted, to confess to Blake. The adult's name was also withheld. The two girls also admit ted setting a small fire in the rubble of the old elementary school on West Franklin Street which is now being torn down. Man And Convict Who Escaped HospiUd Here Last Week Captured In Virginia Aubrey Tucker, the ex-inmate of Central Prison who freed a convict from his guard in a Memorial Hospital park ing lot last Thursday, was bound over to Superior Court under a $10,000 bond in a pre liminary hearing in Chapel Hill Tuesday. Tucker, 35, disarmed Sgt. John W. Godwin of Central Prison when he parked at the hospital after bringing Karl Kologiski, 40, a convict, here for treatment of arthritis. Kologiski was serving a life sentence for murder. After Tucker had disarmed Godwin he freed Kologiski and forced Godwin to drive to a wooded area six miles west of Chapel Hill. Ther Godwin was handcuffed to a tree and gagged. He was later released unharmed by shriff's deputies after h? had attracted the at tention of some nearby workmen. ""Wife -A v leaving his Director. Admit Setting Fires The fire, which occur red about 9:30 p.m. on Wed nesday, July 13, was put out in two or three minutes. The Patterson fire was. the second to strike that building in six weeks. A firs on May 6 did an estimated $100,000 damage to the building which formerly housed Kemp's Re cord Shop and Court's Drug Co. The building was supposed to have been torn down by July 10, but a 30-day extension had been granted to allow for insurance adjustments. Late last week the charred remains were knocked down and yesterday workmen began Kologiski and Tucker drove the prison car back to tho Hospital and fled in Tucker's car. A widespread manhunt was started when the escape was discovered about 2 p.m. Hampton, Va. police captur ed Kologiski and Tucker about 10 a.m. Friday at a fish ing pier in Hampton. Neither of th3 two resisted arrest. Tucker was brought back tc Orange County Jail by Chap el Hill Detective Sgt. Howard Pendergraph and two prison officials. Kologski refused to waive extradition from Virginia, and legal proceedings are under way for his return to North Carolina. Tucker has been charged by Chapel Hill police with kidnap ping, armed robbery of $8 from Godwin, aiding in an es cape and larceny of an automobile. f - . . . . position as sports information clearing away the debris. Chapel Hill Fire Chief G. S. Baldwin - said Monday, "We suspected arson the minute wc saw the fire, but couldn't find any evidence." "Fires like that don't just start unless there is combustible material around." "It was also evident that the school fire didn't start by it self," he added. According to Baldwin, dam age to the Dairy Bar, which was separated from Kemp's by only a three foot alley, has not been determined yet. The outer wall of the Dairy Bar which was cracked, has to be checked by engineers. At the Tuesday hearing, Tuc ker, who had no attorney, told Judge L. J. Phipps that he didn't want to say anything un til legal counsel was obtain ed . Tucker will be tried in the Superior Court term which be gins August 8. G. M. Calendar Listing Wrong The second session summer school calender published by Graham . Memorial Student Union incorrectly lists three dates for Saturday classes. There will only be one day of Saturday classes this ses sion, Saturday, July 23. The incorrect calendar says there will also be Satur day classes Aug. 13 and 20.
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