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Board Of Education Announces Plan Of Compliance To Civil Rights Act Following a marathon session Monday, the Franklin County Board of Education released an announcement of the plan of compliance to the Civil Rights Act. The announcement came at the end of a session lasting nearly eight hburs. The Board termed the plan as one which "meets the min imum requirements of the law " Under the newly Issued plan, grades one, two, *hine, and. twelve are designated as ' 4 free dom of choice grades" for the coming 1965-66 school year -and parents of every child entering these grades will be required to exercise a choice of the school Where they desire their child to attend. ? Children in giades -other than those designated as "freedom the Board as they have been in the past. Much as in the past, parents will be allowed to apply for a transfer to other schools If they *have. cause to do so. The Board had tentatively ap proved a plan calling for two grades and a final cut-off date as 1970, last week. Several calls -to Washington Monday deter mined that this plan would not meet federal approval and the Board was forced to Include four grades for the /irst year and move the.cut-off date up. to tne 1967-68 school year. The new ruling was handed down by U. Education Commiss ioner , Francis Keppel, last Thursday. One member of the Board pointed out that this "is the mildest plan yet announced in North Carolina.'" The refer ence was to the fact thaft all announced plans have been "freedom of choice for all grades." The Franklin County Administrative Unit plan calls for four grades this year, grades 3, 4, 10 in the 1966-67 school year and all remaining grades, (5-6-7-6-11) in 68. first grade, for the' first time, this fall, whose parents have already preregistered such child in the Beginner's Day held recently In all county unit schools, will not be required to make another choice. Should overcrowding occur due to a large number of choices being made to one particular school, the Board must, according to f? ft .n the plan, assign children, with out regard to race,tothe~School nearest their home. Parents of children entering the*' freedom of choice" grades next year will receive notificat tion with the child's report card next week of their right to make a choice of schools. Parents will also receive notification of their right to seek a lateral transfer should they desire' to have their child assigned^ to a | school other than the one now j attended, according to the plan, f ?Work oh the plan had been In st nee January with plans systems being studied. A num ber of conferences were held with state officials in Raleigh and the plan committee traveled to Washington for a conference with federal authorities. Other conferences were held by tele phone with Washington officials in an effort to get approval of what the Board felt would b? acceptable to most people in number of other school the county. Veteran Board mejufrer Ho race Baker summed up the Board's feelings when?he >aid, 4 4 It ts something { d^d not wa: i to do but the law required t \yf Board to tfo this." Jones yrfu ston, who became a meutfvr of the Board i Vjril , \va>/opi osed to "the inclusion oil the ninth j grade as one c> i ttfe four ''free dom . f choic^^crades \ call to Wasliir^fo.n resulted jn no i choice i/fn g offered the*Board j other t : .?iiL/ftu* lour grides an-| I nounce^C ' * | Dr^/Tinsley L. Spraggins, in ch^rt.e of compliance plans for| kne South," referred the Local] group, conferring by telephone, i to section E part 4, subdivision (a-1? of Dr Kepple's statement : of policy issued last week. . The section- reads: ''Desegregation will be extended to at least four grades for ihe 1965-66 school year;' the grades covered must include, the first and any other lower tirade, the first and last high school grades, and -lowest grade of junior 'high where schools are so organized-" Frankllnton City Schools, only other administrative unit "In Franklin County announced their compliance plan several weeks ag;o. The Frankllnton j plan is based on freedom of choice in all twelve grades. In other action Monday, the Board discussed the pFoposed long-range building progratii and studied the request of the County Commissioners for a detailed outline of expenditure of a requested $75,000 addition al capital outlay fund. The Board gave approval to a re-', quest from the Lou^sburg Dis trict School-- Committee to allow i a full year credit -to. Band stu dents at Loulsburg and awarded : an te f n J?e extermination con tract F rye Exterminating Cg, of Raleigh for work at Ebrcnand i Epsom schools. Legislative News by Representative James D Speed The heaviest weekly coliurm of this ot any recent session, so far as the number or bills in troduced, was notea in the Gen eral Assembly last week. The . May 1st deadline which was set for accepUiig local bills, sent a rush ofnew introductions in to the/House and Senate each day Xi the week;. 75 bills were introduced last Thursday, 91 on /Friday. The deadline was set to prevent a flood of. new bills from cluttering the legislative processes ,ln the closing .days' of the session (at which time very important state wide bills are due fdr consideration.) Lo cal bills can now only be intro duced If they have the approval of the Rules Committee which must have proof of good reason for the delay. Many important bills passed final readings during the week and were ratified. Among them were H. B. 633 and H B. 634, providing certain benefits to war veterans; H. R. 701 (Joint Resolution) " Honoring the ^life of Edward R. Murrow, former North Carolinian and one time head of the United States Infor mation Agency; a great news craftsman and commentator of National radio and television." H. B. 47 8 -(Wicker) to re write GS 131-121 so as to con solidate, clarify and unify the statutes relating to student loan and scholarship funds adminis tered by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission SB 44-(Allsbrook & Belk) to amend Chapter 1-44 of the Gen eral Statutes pertaining to the display of the State, Flag. ,SB 44-(Comm. Sub.) To confer Immunity on physicians and other persons who report phy sical abuse and neglect of child ren and to amend sections of the General Statutes to prevent con flict between statutes as to whether the relationship of hus band and wife or physician and patient, will prevent the intro duction of evidence or testi mony. SB 51-(Whitehurst) to provide office space and expenses for the Governor-Elect and Lieu tenant Governor- Elect from the date of thfir respective election until the date of inauguration. SB 9l--(Madison Jurors) as amended in House and Senate cleared its final hurddle on Friday. HB 726-"To amend G. S..20 116 subsection (J) relating to the operatloriof farm equipment and other machinery on, roads and highways." This bill is designed to provide ways of moving farm machines such as wide combines, harvesters, and balers, on certain highways without endangering the lives of the operators of same <>r the motoring public. Provides for See SPEED page 8 Duncan Injured Rev. V. E*. Duncan of Louis - burg was painfully injured Mon day in an automobile acqldent near Sallsburg, N. C. His injuries are said not to be serious. He is at patient at Rowan Hospital. Details of the accident were- not available. Mrs. Duncan Is with him at the hospital, according to a re port received here Monday night. College Coed Wins Miss lou is burg Title Twa Caught Stealing Wheel, Tire Two men were caught in the act of stealing a tire and wheel from a new1 truck on the Grif fin Motor Co. lot on Bickett Blvd. _by local police last Saturday night. Jimmy Pearce, w/m/16, Rt. 1, Louisburg and Harlowe Akie Pearce, w/m/28, Rt. 4; Zebu Ion are free under $200 bond awaiting a May 18th trial for the offense, According to .Loulsbu/g Police Ch.ef Wil liam Dement. ; The crime was discovered' Saturday night around 11 p.m. by off-duty, officer Ned Lloyd whpf' saw the men taking the wheel from the new truck from his bedroom window and called fellow officers, Earl Tharlngton and Hubert Shearin who made the arrest. To Get Grant fhe State of North Carolina Department of Archives and History In Raleigh has announc ed that a grarft'of $1,000. has been made for the Restoration] of the Franklin Academy. Located on the Louisburg Col lege campus, Franklin Academy named for Benjamin Franklin, was chartered on Jahnary G, 1787, by the State Legislature There Is no record of an Acad emy functioning under the first charter; however, in 1802 the Academy was rechartered and opened on' January 1, 1805 in a frame building which still stands on the east campus. In January, 1965, the Frank lin Academy Restoratlon.Coin rriittee, which i:> composed of college faculty and id ministra tion members, alumni, and In terested citizens of Franklin County, laid plans for the Res toration of the Academy Build ing as a historical museum ; Weather Fair and continued warm to day and Wednesday. High to day, 89, low, 50. Mayor Votes Louisburg Mayor ana Mrs. Louis Wheless are picture above, right, casting their bal lpts in Louisburg municipal elections this morning as E. H. McFarland, left, looks on. r Mayorf Wheless is not seeking reeleciipn In today's voting, but Louis, Jr., is running for a Council seat. Voting was re ported as heavy at the Louis burg polls. -Times Staff Photo. L ? v? m\ Si 1 ' V ? v- r ? : MISS PATRICIA VIVIAN TAVl OR \1iss Louisburfi 1 965 Referendum Voting Light; Louisburg Town Heavy Voting in th?' tobac <? r?'f?TC!i dum In the Lpuis burg area was reported as lighter than last year, by ASCS office manager, ; John Davis, this morning a round 10 o'clock. Voting in th'/1 Louisburg municipal elections was termed heavy by Louisburg i Mayor Louis A. Wheless Tobacco growers of the area are voting today on the question j of acreage-poundage control for this year or a continuation of the acreage control plan as ap proved by the voters last fall ! Franklinton, Youngsvilie, and | Louis.burg are voting on tow: ; councils, mayors, and in Frank linton, school board members. The tobacco referendum is expected to gain approval of the | growers in Franklin County" A close, race is predicted for j th e Mayor's 'post in LouistHu ?. between councllrnen V. A. (Tomrnle) Peoples and Robert Hicks. Nearly two Hun dred had voted In the Louisburg elections by 10 O'clock this morning. There were, no re ports on the fiufribtr voting in Franklinton or YoumrvM". There was llke4i4??-tto report on the referendum voting tfiorughout the county. Davis said that lie attributed the light vote (at the time of.day) to the good weather and the fact that farmers are unusually busy at thi? time. The uncertainty of whether or not the referer - diihi would l>? held l-s Ixdleved to have dontrihuted to some of thflK; iriners being slow iV? cast - n, their .ballots. However, there are several \ hours re rnalnlrig before the polls close and .j heavy, vote, could be coun ter-toy poll closing time. Speed Pay Raise Bill Passes House i Representative James Speed had- his local bill calling for pay raises for 'some county officials, passed by the House of Representatives Monday night In Raleigh and sent to the Senate for that body's approval. The bill calls for the following pay adjustments: Clerk of Court, from 161-85 to $6450, clerk's assistant, from $3630 to $4750; Register of Deeds,, from $552.50 to $5800; assis tant Register, from >3350 to $3500; Sheriff, from $5552 to $5800; chief deputy, fyom $4114 to $4350 ajid other deputies from $3768 to ,$3800; Re ' \ ? corder's Court Judge, from $3718 to $3800, solicitor, from $3245 to 13400 and Coroner, frow<TT0 to tiTO. I Speed says In hls.regulat weekly column appearing else where on this - page, that this represents about a 5% raise for thbse Involved. ? Other local bills in the hopper of the General Assembly ln clude on* to authorise TJie County Commissioners to levy a 3? tax to accumulate a court house building fund. Another bill Is offered to Incorporate Ctntervllie making It the fifth mifhlclpaltty In the county. A 20 -year-old Loulsburg Col lege coed from Cfiarlotte was named ""Miss*Louisburg, 1965" Friday ivi ; lit in the Fifth Annual Jaycee Beauty Pageant held here, Patricia Vivian Taylor, a vivacious blonde, captured the coveted crown, from 'among ten contestants, before a packed auditorium. Mtss Taylor did a monologue as her talent. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd W. Taylor of Charlotte. She has formerly won the "Miss Blue Grass" beauty title in Kentucky where she lived be fore moving to Charlotte. Miss Donna Carole Fussell was -selected first ninnerup. Miss Fussell, from Ruse 1U11, N ,J?., is College May Queen She did a comedy skit fr<?rji a Broadway play as lier talent. Miss Sue Mina Miller, former "Miss Greensboro", was se cond runnerup. Both are Lou Is - burg College coeds. Miss. Miller did a -dance routine as her talent. A newcomer to Loulsburg, Miss Kay Pittman, daughter of Mr and Mrs. ?dg?r Pittman, won the valued "Miss Congen iality" trophy. She, tqo, is a student at Loulsburg College. This award ' is voted by the girls, themselves to the most among the con uTrill Hayi's, contes tant number two, was forced out of the competition, due to an injury*received Just prior to the' Friday night event. -The new "'Miss Lotitsburg*' is a member of the May Court at Loulsburg College. Her'rueay surements are listed as 35-23*-! ? 35 and she likes bridge and horseback riding. Her favorite sport -1*? waterskltng, and lu-i mi ical pre'f??r?v-n<;e is ja/./. M <? is a Presbyterian. David Daniel, Publicity Chair man, acted as Master of Cere monies for the event, with Mrs. H. R. C Reason-providing musi cal selections on the organ George West sang the "Mis (America) Loulsburg" song. The "Highland River Boys" a trio from Loulsburg College gained 'ah ovation Un their ren ditions. of fojk music.- Mem bers of the trio ar* ; Tommy Edwards, Slier City; John Rlrn roer, Tarboro, and ? Walter Johnson, Car y. \ The Gold S*nd Rcickettes,'sei - ior and junior qUtnce team?, per - formed for the audience and FFT ! were well rccf i^M They are |a regular featured' t'-.r p.i. \mt. Mr* Billy Williams, manager of Pepsi-Cola, Henderson, presented. local 'Jaycee Presi dent, Raymond Buruette with the $100 scholarship award to U? j'.iven. to Mis- Louisburg. The twt- question:- 'u-.ked thf three finalists t>y the Master of Cerenionio^ were: "What would you do if your date arriv ed for the bij; dance, wearing berrnuda shorts and no shoes'.'" and the second, "What is the most serious problem facim; today's teen-agers'.'" * ? Mis> Taylor will now compete In Mm- Miss No r\h Carolina Pageant to be held in her -home tpwn of Charlotte L?**".inni??>; June 8. Ralph Potter local attorney, and .rJttW'c', will !>?? th- ? lfi< 1 1 1 escourt for Miss Taylor at the June Pageant. Mrs L Y Ballpnt nr/ To Speak' Demo Women Mrs. t. Y. Ilalleiitlne ? will U* MM-st sp?'aki^/at th*? Frank lin County JJtaru-/ r.lt n; Wo-ma: \s O'nh dinner ih/et;ng t<> 1 h? fd-. on May . 1.0, 1 at < ?.:;< p.m. in -the Louistytiru College C if ?j - t>Ti.i. Mrs. Dalifentine is the widou. of til#- fo/im-r .O iihrr i ? '??? ' "r of Agrit/tti?i S?>< r? tary t. th?* North Carolina Democratic*' Kxe# utiv Committee and Exe '.'itive '?>??< n*tar$ of. the North Carolina \ i j t ? > r j . ' ? h : i * - la-ale/- s Asv/iatiA'rr 'I fiktit ?> may '?? obtained from an/ Precinct Chairman .al.d iil/i ,t I >?' purchased I" f p' ' <J[ i '"Saturday, M<. h.' V. ticket /Will We sold at the door. ASCS Polling Place Wayne Gupton is shotfn above casting his ballot /in the acreage-poundage tobacco ref erendum at the looaV AS CS Of fice this morning! pollholders T?-1, ? ? -- ? are shown letti to right, ha Rogers," Elmore May and Carl D. Bunn. Voting \Vas reported as light In the control referen dum. I-Tlmes Staff Photo. -h
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