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The Blue Banner
Volume IX, Number 8
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October 30, 1966
Thurman not about
to ease up now
By David Profitt
Ed I tor
Candidates running for of
fice in the upcoming election
are entering the home stretch
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staff photo-
John Patterson
A rainy day
Manager Paul Adams
sought shelter from the
rain at the soccer geme
Saturday.
in a race that for some began
early last spring, and one
would-be legislator says he
isn't about to ease up now.
Dr. Bill Thurman, a clas
sics professor at UNCA, is
one of four Republican can
didates vying with four De
mocratic incumbents in the
51st district of the N.C.
House of Representatives.
Jeffrey Hunt, Helen Morrison
and John Shafer are the other
three Republican candidates.
When Thurman declared his
candidacy early last spring,
he had to forfeit part of his
salary, and since then Thur
man, 55, said he has camp
aigned tirelessly in an at
tempt to wrest a seat from
Democratic opponents. But at
least the end is in sight.
"The Democratic opposition
is formidable, but I'll have
ads on three radio stations
during these last few days,"
said Thurman, who added that
he just couldn't afford tele
vision advertisements.
Earlier in his campaign, he
concentrated on the issue of
locating a low-level nuclear
waste dump in North Carolina,
but lately he has shifted
gears. "I’m opposed to the
dump, but I found that wasn't
what many voters are respond
ing to right now," he said.
During the last-minute race
to election day, Thurman
plans to emphasize his views
on pork barrel projects and
veto power for the governor,
which he said are the areas
"where the Democrats are
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Staff photo-Sarah Gottfried
Cleaning up the creek
Biology Professor Dr. Alan Comer participated in the "Up
the Creek" activities last week. S6A sponsored the event
to clean up Reed Creek, which runs through campus and
the Botanical Gardens.
State may transfer
property to CIliCA
By JuIle T11ka
Staff Writer
UNCA may soon assume the
deed to a house and about 50
acres located in Henderson
County if final negotiations
are worked out agreeably.
Situated about 25 miles
from campus on South Rugby
Road off of Highway 191, the
pr ope r t y ’ has^' ■ be eh unde ir the
control of two other North
Carolina universities.
Before the state received
the property, the family of
R.K. Kellogg owned it. Kel
logg's wife originally do
nated the house, land and a
sxim of money to Wake Forest
University, according to Wil
liam Pott, UNCA's vice chan
cellor for finance.
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