of orange county
—Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond—
HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY" 18, 1963 24 PAGES
'Unprovofeec/ assault'
nets fine, suspension
for Hillsboro youfh
__■ —Story on Page 2
'PLUM* BEST—A 20-pound 'Heinz* variety eat named 'Plum/
house pet of Mr*. James Alderman of Bagley Drive, Chapel Hill,
was judged best-in-show in the pet competition at the recent
old-fashicned Fourth of July celebration.
Orange
Pealings
A HANDY NEW MAP OF
the Chapel Hill community, cov
ering about 25 square miles, has
been prepared by the Bank of
Chapel Hill arid is available to
the public. Alongside the maF
is I'" complete index of all
streets in Chapel Hill, Carrboro
and suburbs, as well as special
designations for public build
ings, schools, recreational areas,
and miscellaneous facilities. It’s
a very readable and useful map
— especially at this season
when so many newcomers are
arriving. However, it is already
outdated by the June 17 annex
ations to the Town of Chapel
Hill and the imminent merger
- of the Bank of Chapel Hill.
MRS. JOHN C. HEITMAN OF
Chapel Hill will attend the
forthcoming American Legion
convention ' in Miami Beach,
Fla., as a state delegate wear
ing three caps — at least in a
figurative manner of speaking
She’ll be an official representa
tive as a Legionaire; as a mem
ber of the Legion Auxiliary, for
which she is State Historian
and for the Twenty and Four
honor society of women Legion
aires. In World War I Mrs
Heitman was in the Navy, serv
ing at the Naval Torpedo Sta
tion in Alexandria, Va., and al
so in Washington.
JOHN CRADLE OF ROUTE
Two, Chapel Hill, can come in
to the Chapel Hill police sta
tion and get his blue snare
drum any time he wants it. The
cylindrical noise-maker was re
covered in Durhain yesterdaj
and brought back to the Chapel
Hill police station for return to
its owner. Just how or who stole
the snare drum, regretably
must be quite a news story, bul
the facts, unfortunately, wen
not available at deadline time.
Qrculotion Today \
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ORANGE COUNTY
AN EDITORIAL
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Fair compromise ^
V *
is best alternative
to dangerous drifting
The News is vitally concerned with seeking a prac
tical and a just resolution to the existing racial contro
versy in Chapel Hill.
In this situation the potential businessmen-negoti
ators have declined to consider the offer of the Chapel
Hill Committee for Open Business. Tile protest group
offered to call off until a deadline of next Sunday its
demonstrations and other public activity while die bus
iness group negotiated. Specific requirements — the de
segregation of at least three more places — were embod
ied within the protest group’s ultimatum.
The reason for the rejection is that the volunteer
business group — men chosen by the Mayor and public
ly unknown (but assumed to be men of concerned
good will) — refused to negotiate under the pressure of
a specific deadline and without a pledge that the de
monstrations would be halted indefinitely.
Communication frozen . . .
As a result the demonstrations have been re-insti
tuted and organized civil disobedience is expected' as
an imminent development. While Mayor Sandy Mc
Clamroch continues to seek negotiations and work for
voluntary elimination of racial discrimination in busi
ness, interracial communication on at broader level be
tween the'opposing sides -is, at least for the moment,
frozen.
Events of this week to date, in which unilateral ac
tions are taken by opposing factions without benefit of
conference, could lead to the impasse that has crippled
Cambridge, Maryland.
There is yet the chance for compromise in the pres
ent situation. Demonstrations are continuing, since
! there is no way, except by martial law they could at this
time be prevented. In the absence of a constructive and
honorable compromise, it is pretty predictable that the
situation can -only worsen. Thus The News respectful
ly submits that compromise on specific issues is in or
der.
Re-cottvue ■«- or re-appoint? ...
For instance, could the Mayor’s private committee
me Compromise, page 2
Counter-offensive..
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SWITCHES IN PROTEST - James B. Bots
ford of Hillsboro, owner of a radio-television repair
seivice in Chapel Hill, said he had no racial dis
crimination in his business service until his deci
sion last weekend — “as a protest’’ — to refuse serv
ice to Negro customers until integrationists’ racial
demonstrations are halted. He stated that he had re
ceived an overwhelmingly favorable reaction to his
mtfoik' fSee story on back page, Sec. II.) M