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Tel' GY6 3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C? Thursday, August 8, 1968 (Twelve Pages Today) 99th Year-Number 50
Board Files Petition For Stay Of Court Order
Recorder's
Court
The following cases were disposed
of in Recorder's Court on Tuesday,
July 6th:
jerry Wayne Boone, w/m/17,
speeding. $25.00 fine and costs.
Edward Alston, n/m/37, operating
auto intoxicated. Pleads guilty to care
less and reckless driving, which plea is
accepted by the State. $100.00 fine
and costs; defendant not to operate
motor vehicle from 8 p.m. on Fridays
to 5 a.m. on Mondays for a period of
60 days.
Jack Evans, n/m, damage to County
property. Upon payment of $40.00
today, defendant given until August
20, 1968 to pay balance.
Larry Allison Hight, Jr., w/m/21,
speeding. State takes nol pros.
Robert Cephus Sledge, w/m/57,
speeding. $10.00 fine and costs.
George N. Edwards, w/m/42, driv
ing without valid chauffeur's license
when vehicle is registered for over
26,000 lbs. $25.00 fine and costs.
Hugh Vernie Person, n/m/22,
speeding. $15.00 fine and costs.
Carl Lovola Thompson, operating
auto intoxicated; no operator's license.
60 days in jail, assigned to work under
supervision of State Dept. of Correc
tion.
Adolphus Kearney, n/m/26, driving
left of center line not in passing;
without a valid operator's license.
State takes nol pros as to no operator's
license. Not guilty to driving left of
center line.
Peter Foster, Jr., n/m/43, driving
without valid operator's license.
$25.00 fine and costs.
Peter Foster, n/m/74, authorizing
or knowingly permitting unlicensed
person to drive motor vehicle owned
by him. Discharged on payment of
costs.
William Ellis Hodge, n/m/24, failing
to ee before turning from direct line
that such movement could be made in
safety; without having a valid opera
tor's license. $25.00 fine and costs.
Jesse Herman Fogg, n/m/17, driving
without valid operator's license.
$25.00 fine and costs.
James Alston, n/m/68, authorizing
or knowingly permitting unlicensed
person to drive a motor vehicle owned
by him. Discharged on payment of
costs.
David Vick, assault on female. State
takes nol pros.
Elmo Cooke, n/m, non support. 6
months in jail, suspended and defen
dant placed on probation for one year.
To pay $18.00 per week and costs of
court.
Richard Alston, n/m/25, murder.
Defendant to be held for Franklin
County Grand Jury. Appearance bond
set at $2,500.00
Old Sits Amidst The New
The building shown above sits directly behind the Main Building at Louisburg College. To the west of it stands the ultra
modern student union building and to the north a new modern women's dormitory is nearing completion. The old structure is
surrounded by newness, but still makes an impressive picture. Its exact age is unknown, but it was once a servant's quarters and
is used today as a maid's lounge. Somewhere in between the basement floor was used as a furnace room and the upper or
ground-level floor was used for quartan for thoa* working at the College. Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Nixon Nomination
Stirs Little Excitement Here
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If bumper stickers and loud conver
sation are any indications, the nomina
tion early this morning of former Vice
President Richard Nixon by the Re
publican Convention in Miami Beach,
will have little meaning here. Nixon,
never one to ignite the imagination of
local voters, is expected to play, at
best, second fiddle to George Corley
Wallace.
Most locals place Nixon
above anyone the Democrats
might select in their convention
in Chicago three weeks from
now, but as of today, the Wal
Text Of Court Order
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE EASTERN DIS
TRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH DIVISION
NO. 1796 -CIVIL
HAROLD DOUGLAS COPPEDGE,
et al.. Plaintiffs,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
by RAMSEY CLARK, Attorney Gene
ral, Plalntiff-Intervenor,
V.
THE FRANKLIN COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public
body corporate, et al.. Defendants.
Upon application of the plaintiff-in
tervenor to implement the Orders of
this court of August 17, 1967, and
June 20, 1968, and upon due consider
ation of the pleadings herein, the
evidence in the record, and the argu
ments of counsel, and the court having
heretofore held that the commence
ment of the school year 1968-69 is the
"earl test practicable date" within the
meaning of this court's order of
August 17, 1967, it it hereby ORDER
ED that the defendant, their em
ployees agent t and tucceiiori, and all
thote in concert or participation with
them or with any of them, be and they
are hereby permanently enjoined from
failing or refuting to implement the
following plan, effective with the com
mencement of the 1968-69 school
year:
PUPIL ASSIGNMENT
1.. The Franklin County school
unit shall be divided Into tix unitary
attendance xonet, each to be baaed on
the attendance area heretofore serving
the predominantly white high school
located therein, as follows:
(1) Louisburg High; (2) Bunn High;
(3) Youngsville High; (4) Gold Sand
High; (5) Edward Best High, and (6)
Epsom High: Provided, however, That
defendants may, at their option, com
bine the Epsom Attendance Zone with
a neighboring attendance zone for
some or all grades. These attendance
zones shall, as far as possible, be
defined in terms of the geographical
areas in which students who attended
See COURT ORDER Page 8
Water Meet
To Be Held
At Bunn
According to an announcement
made this morning by Kenneth Schu
bart, Director of Industrial Develop
ment, there will be a very important
meeting at the Bunn High School
lunchroom at 3:00 p.m., Monday,
August 12, for the purpose of getting
community water service to Bunn.
Mr. Charles Edwards from the
Economic Development Administra
tion office in Raleigh will outline steps
to be taken in order to obtain federal
aid on this protect.
"If you are interested in the
economic and Industrial development
of Bunn, as I am sure that you are, I
know that you will want to attend this
very Important meeting.
"Community support is vital on
this project to obtain government
help. Pleaae invite a Mend," Schubart
aid.
By Clint Fuller
ft Times Managing Editor
lace strength appears overwhelm
ing in this area.
On the eve of the GOP convention,
when a certain degree of suspense was
supposed to exist, very little wordage
could be found for Mr. Nixon in
travels around Franklin County. Local
Republicans themselves favored Cali
fornia Governor Ronald Reagan, al
though the entire North Carolina dele
gation was split between the two.
RICHARD NIXON
Nixon, however, might yet
capture Franklin support should
Wallace falter from his recent
swing toward a southern view of
civil rights. A position undoubt
edly prompted by the rise of
Wallace support throughout the
south.
Mr. Nixon is reported now to take
such positions as: against busing child
ren to obtain racial balance; opposing
courts usurping powers of local school
boards; favors a revamp of the Su
preme Court and amending the 1965
voting rights act. All these things
appeal to Franklin voters and if the
overall scene In late October seems to
Indicate that Nixon has a better
chance than Mr. Wallace, local voters
might give some serious thought on
what to do with their vote.
One political reality prevails
here. It may be Wallace or it
may be Nixon. It is not very
likely to be Vice President Hu
bert Humphrey, assuming he will
be the Democratic nominee.
Nor is it likely that Senator Eugene
McCarthy would fare any better.
There are a number of major issues
that concern Franklin voters. Highest
among them at this time is the crisis in
the public school system. Most locals
believe that under George Wallace or
even under a president influenced by
Mr. Wallace, this problem would be
less acute.
The former Alabama Governor's
appeal also comes from the belief here
that he would handle crime in the
streets and racial riots in a manner
more suitable to local thinking.
Tobacco problems and others relat
ed to farming are of concern to Frank
lin voters. Many believe that the Wal
lace influence would help in this area.
The liberalism of the U. S. Su
preme Court has long been a sore sport
among southern voters, locals includ
ed. Wallace's repeated denunciation of
this situation is widely accepted here.
And there are many others
areas where the Alabamian ap
peals to local voters. Whether
Richard Nixon can cut into this
appeal is an interesting question.
While local Republicans, busy
organizing their party back into
existance after years of dor
mancy, talk publicly of support
for the GOP ticket, privately
practically all are Wallace sup
See NIXON NOMINATION Page 8
The Chief Judge of the U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has
agreed to hear Franklin County's petition for a stay of the ruling made
this week by U. S. Eastern District Judge Algernon Butler in the
three-year-old Franklin school case. Judge Clement F. Haynsworth of
Greenville, S. C. says he will rule immediately on a petition to be filed
by school board attorneys today.
Chief board attorney E. F. Yarborough said this morning that a
pvnnuu aaniug IUI a SI ay Ol lilt? ruling
which called for geographic zoning of
six attendance areas in the county
school system this fall, would be filed
today. He said a notice of appeal
would also be filed today with the
District Court Clerk in Raleigh.
Judge Butler's ruling, released Tues
day, has brought widespread reaction
from across Franklin County. Reports
of a number of young children break
ing down in tears have been heard.
Parents have made intensified efforts
to enroll their youngsters in the two
proposed private schools in the
county. Still more parents have openly
said they would not send their youngs
ters to school when the fall opening
comes.
The order, in effect, prohibits
the so-called neighborhood
schools which have long been a
method of continued segregation
in the northern states. Under the
ruling Franklin County will be
divided into six attendance
zones running along lines drawn
where white children have been
attending the Louisburg, Epsom,
Gold Sand, Youngsville, Bunn
and Edward Best Schools.
All children, regardless of race, will
attend schools in the zone in which
they reside. No grade may be taught in
more than one school in any zone. The
oraer, to this degree, gains a total
racial balance in the schools, which is
prohibited in other sections of the
country where busing of students
would be required.
One school official called the order,
"a disaster" and privately, most are
expressing surprise at the harshness of
the court order. They point out that
not even the U. S. Supreme Court has
issued such a total far-reaching ruling.
Meeting here in special ses
sion Tuesday night, the Board
ordered its attorneys to appeal
the ruling and to seek a stay of
the execution of the order.
Meanwhile, Superintendent War
ren Smith was directed to pre
pare a geographic zoning map,
required by the court not later
than August 19.
The Superintendent was also direct
ed to make a count of all students in
each zone according to race and grades
and to report these facts to the Board
in another special meeting slated for
tonight.
Should Chief Judge Haynsworth
rule favorably on the petition to stay
the District Court order pending ap
peal, schools would be expected to
open three weeks from now much on
the same basis as the one last year. If
an unfavorable ruling is handed down
by Judge and the order has to be
followed, in all probability, school
opening will be delayed.
The petiton to stay pending appeal
will be filed today with the Clerk of
the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va.
Since Judge Haynsworth has said he
will rule immediately, it is expected
some answer will be forthcoming early
next week.
Franklinton Plan Calls
For Transfer Of
Ton Three Grades
The Franklinton City Board of Ed
ucation, meeting in special session
Monday night, approved a plan calling
for the transfer of grades 10, 11 and
12 from B. F. Person-Albion High
School to the predominantly white
Franklinton High School.
The Franklinton system had receiv
ed notice that an earlier plan to
increase percentages of integration was
unacceptable by the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare. In the
letter, sent by Walter S. Warfield,
Acting Education Branch Chief, Office
of Civil Rights, it was suggested that
the Franklinton Board transfer grades
1 through 4 or grades 7 through 9
from the Person Negro school to the
Franklinton High School.
In Monday's meeting the Board
decided to agree to transfer the top
three grades for the coming school
term.
The Board also proposes that for
the 1969-70 school year, that grades
one through five be transferred from
B. F. Person-Albion to Franklinton
High School and that grades six
through nine be transferred from
Franklinton High School to B. F.
Person-Albion.
This would in effect establish in the
1969-70 school year a fully integrated
junior high school at the former Negro
school plant. It would also completely
do away with the present dual system
of schools in the city unit.
Under the Franklinton plan,
teachers would accompany the stu
dents in the transfers,
W eather
Mostly sunny and continued hot
today. Friday, partly cloudy and hot,
chance of scattered afternoon and
evening thundershowers. Low today,
73; high near 95.
Jiew Boarding Home Under Construction
Construction of the new boarding home on N. C. 39 east of LouUburg is underway as shown by the photo above. The new
structure, expected to tost around $175,000, will contain 14,500 square feet. The project is owned by Holt Properties, Inc. of
Kinston and will house 52 beds staff photo by clint Funer