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NOV 2 1959
WEATHER
Lowest temperatures 33-43 West,
43-32 East. Wednesday partly
'rloudy n dcool. nicest tempera
tures 5-53 East 5H-6I Went. Thurs
day rloudy, continued cool with
some rain likely.
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VOLUME LXVIII, NO. 39
Complete Wire Service
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1959
Offices in Graham Memorial
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Virginia Plane Crash
Fatal To 27 Persons
By MARSHALL JOHNSON
CIIARLOTTLSVILLK. Va. -
The rolling terrain that surrounds
thi collrge city successfully defied
;hr efforts of a small army search
ing yesterday for a missing Pied
mont Airlines plane with 27 persons
aboard.
Weary pilots criss-crossed through
t'oi'ds above the woodtnl mountains
,.nu volunteers trudge uirougn iium-
1 dy underbrush in a futile hunt for
the two-engine plane presumed to
hMC clashed List night.
Reports of explosions and wreck
ri:r siblings continued to filter in
to so n h headquarters as the long
lay wore on Kach was checked
with no result.
Some in hours aft r the List word
. from the plane at t:3 p m. 'EST
"Friday, it's whereabouts were still
j mystery as if the earth had
v allowed it up.
As report after report throughout
the d,ty was checked without suc
cess, it appeared certain Piedmont
had lost its firt plane jn its 11 years
i operation as a commn tiai tu
Lne. A find report from the DC3 car
l.ving 21 passengers and a crew of
1 came in a request from the pilot.
f..,it. George Lavrinc. for landing
i'.structiotis at the Charlottesville
Airport yevrn miles northwest of
the city.
At that time the plane was only
minutes from the first stop on a
f'.ight from Washington, D. C, to
Ilottnoke. Va,
That was the last anyone heard ;
from tho aircraft.
Within half an hour after the
p'ane was considered overdue, a j
vngle plane ,wa.s in the air search-'
Ing the immediate area of the air
port. It found no trace of an
I lofiion or fire.
Thre was no rain falling at the
time and aircraft had a 1.500-foot
veiling and 10 miles visibility. A
drizzling rain began falling later.
Throughout the night a giant
search was prepared to get under
way at dawn. But with the first gray
light of morning there was a heavy
fog and low lying clouds together
with the rain.
It was almost 10 a m. before an
jMr Force helicopter and a Piedmont
fearch plane were able to take off.
They were followed later by two
Army helicopters and planes of the
Civil Air Patrol and private craft.
as mey now in pauerns over u.e
A a 1 ! ft ft 1 I
rfiea surrounding Charlottesville, re
ports of nearby residents were re
1 tyed to them.
One by one the aircraft returned
to the airport, were refueled and
took off again. As the day passed,
the skies cleared and the search
r.rea became even bigger.
Ground parties led by State Police,
and the CAP worked their way
ftiwly into more remote areas
Their checks proved as futile as
tl.ose from the air.
On civilian pilot accompanied by
tate trooper returned form trac-
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i inr the route the Tiedmont plane ;
i snould have followed. ' They found
; nothing.
As the search vent on between
100 and 200 persons mostly news
I men and curiosity seekers milled
; about the airport. Only a few sccm
: cd to have any particular interest
in those aboard the plane.
Authorities said the plane must
n.iw vmm-u ouu i
report. It had sufficient fuel to last
until 11 p.m.
Lavrinc, 32. a native of Bridge-
wrter. Pa., whose address now is
listed as Alexandria. Va.. first was
employed by Piodmont as a radio
technician. Ho had been a first of
ficer since 1051. His wife an two
daughters now live in Norfolk.
The co-pilot was Bascom Lee
Haley, 27. a native of Greensboro.
N. C, whose wife and one child liv?
i: Falls Church. Va.
The flight attendant was George
Weldon Hicks. 20, a native of James
town. N. C.
Release Slated
For Wcrks Of
UNC Alumnus
A University alumnus is one of
four contemporary poets whose work
is being published this month in a 1
rew program aimed at wider read
ing poetry, and at continuation of
the American poetic heritage.
Hayden Carruth. a free-lance writ
er who completed his A. B. degree
in journalism here in 1943. has been
chosen with three others to in
augurate a new series The Mac
rri'lan Poets. Their contemporary
j verse is being published in paper
' bounds inexpensive editions for
I wide distribution.
; Carruth's first book, a collection
i
o' poets entitled The Crow and
tht Heart," was chosen by the Mac
rrillan Company along with works
by David Galler, Ramon Guthrie
and Reed W'hittcmore. '
Now making his home in Pleasant
ville, N. Y., Carruth has had
poems, reviews and essays publish
'! in New Yorker, The Nation. At
lantic Monthly. New Republic and
numerous other magazines. He
won three prizes from Poetry mag-
: j. .
rently holds a
Poetry Grant.
Brandels University
INFIRMARY
Student In the infirmary yester
day included Claire Hanrver, Mar
ian Roesel, Margo Clendenin, Tom
Blume, Houston Eterett, Larry
Martin, James Coker, Roger
mith. Thomas Williams, John
Ora. William Halcomb, Hillard
Seigler, Thomas Walker, Theron
Brown.
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Yesterday's
Merchant
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 oP
President Eisenhower today tabbed
career diplomat Livingston T. Mer
chant to be Undersecretary of
State for Political Affairs.
Merchant will succeed Robert D.
Murphy, who has resigned as of
Dec. 3. The formal appointment
will come later.
Eisenhower's choice of Merchant
was anounccd after the President
conferred for M'z Jiours with Sec
retary of State Christian A. Herter.
Merchant is now Deuty Under
secretary for Political Affairs.
Like Murhy, Merchant has been
closely identified with established
U.S. foreign policies during the al
most seven years of the Eisenhow
ier Administration.
Also like Murphy he held im
portant assignments in the Roose
velt and Truman Administrations.
Unlike Murphy he has not de
voted his entire adult life to dip
lomacy. For he was already well
established in the business' world
before he joined the Department
of State staff in 1942,
Merchant was the man on whom
the late Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles relied most consis
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New State Undersecretary
tently for assistance in internation
al negotiations.
He was one of the chief officials
on the staff which Dulles took to
the Summit Conference at Geneva
in 1955. He regularly accompanied
Dulles to meetings of the North
Atlantic Treaty Council.
He participated with Dulles in
the Big Four Foreign Minister Con
ference on Germany at Berlin in
Student Party To
The Student Party, meeting Mon -
day night in Gerrard Hall, will vote
on the adoption of a platform to be
submitted by the Advisory Board.
Also vacancy in Dorm Men's IV,
created by the resignation of Ed
Cox, will be filled.
SP has the following slate of can
didates running in the fall elec
tion: Junior class Swag Grimsley;
president; Dick Olive, vice - presi
dent; Joanhe Huntley, secretary;
Dave Alexander, trea.surer, and
Homecoming Queen
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Against A Background Of
1954 and again hiid a principal!
role at the Big Four Meeting of
Foreign Ministers dealing with Gcr -
many and disarmament at Geneva
in the fall of 1955.
Merchant, a native of New York
City, will be 56 on Nov. 23. He
was a 1926 honor graduate of
Princeton University.
Following -his graduation Mer
chant joined the investment coun
sel firm of Scudder, Stevens &
Consider Platform
1 Judy Rock, social chairman.
Sophomore class Bill Whichard,
president; Bill Harris, vice-president;
Laura Overcash, secretary;
Pete Thompson, treasurer; and Sue
Dent, social chairman.
Freshman class Robin Britt,
president; Mike Lauler, vice-president;
Ann Cummings, secretary;
Joe Sam Routh, treasurer, and Car
olyn Mitchell, social chairman.
A meeting of all candidates will
be held Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
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Clark and in L930 hecame a nart-
ner.
j Twelve years later, in 1942, he
joined the State Department. His
early assignments during the war
years and immediately afterward
were mostly concerned with eco
nomic matters. He served as Assis
tant Chief of the Department's
Division of Defense Materials and
later as chief of the war areas
economic division.
In 1945 Merchant was appointed
a member of a special presidential
mission to investigate economic
economic problems in allied liber
ated areas in Europe. In October
of that year he became Counselor
for Economic Affairs at the U.S.
Embassy in Paris. The following
year he was made chief of the
Aviation Division of the State De
partment. Two years later, 1948, he was as
signed to China as Counselor of
the U.S. Embassy at Nanking. That
was a little more than a year be
fore the Nationalist Government
was driven from the Chinese main
land by the Communists. In 1949
Merchant became Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs.
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Vols' Single Wing Attack
Crushes Tar Heel Defense
By ELLIOTT COOPER
Carolina made the mistakes yesterday afternoon and
Tennessee made the most of them as it relied on a powerful
ground game to crush the Tar Heels 29-7 before a Home
coming Day croud of 30,000 in Kenan Stadium.
The Vols converted two Carolina fumbles and one pass
interception into 19 points and added 10 more that they
rightfully earned to build up their victory margin. The win
over the Heels maiked the fourth victory of the season for
, Coach Bowden Wyatt's squad and
Governmental
Officials
Coming
Two U. S. Information Agency of
ficials will visit the campus tomor
row and Tuesday to interview candi
dates for its junior officer program
of overseas work.
Anthony A. Covins, chief of the
Latin American personnel branch,
and Max R. Grossman, European
cultural program officer, will inter
view applicants through the UNC
Placement Service.
Grossman also will be guest j
speaker Monday night at the UNC j
Press Club's regular meeting. It is i
set for 7:30 p.m. at the home of
Dean Norval Neil Luxon of the
School of Journalism.
USIA's junior officer program is
open to persons 21 to 31 years of
age, American citizens for at least
10 years, and now enrolled in grad
uate studies for a degree in one of
'bejollowing fields: political science.,
international relations, area and
language studies, journalism or com
munications media, American civili
zation, fine arts and history.
Applicants with a B.A. degree and
twe years of experience in journal
ism, teaching or cultural fields also
are eligible. Salaries start at $5,115
annually, plus overseas allowances
After their UNC visit, Covins and
Crossman will interview on uni
versity campuses in five other states
during November.
G. M. SLATE
Activities scheduled today in
Graham Memorial inclule:
Friends Society, 11 a.m., Grail;
Student Party, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ro
land Parker I & II; NROTC, 8-9
p.m., Woodhouse; "Waiting for
Godot," 8 p.m.. Grail.
Activities schedulel for Monday
include:
Student Party, 3-5 p.m., Roland
Parker I; Talent Show Tryouts,
4-6 p.m., TV Room; Judicial Re
view, 4-6 p.m., Grail; Dance Com
mittee, 7-8 p.m., Grail; Cosmopoli
tan Club, 7-8 p.m., Roland Parker
III; Bridge Tournament, 7-9 p.m.,
Roland Parker I & II.
It
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Cummings Throws Ball (arrow) To
the fourth loss in seven games for
Carolina.
Tennessee played hard nose foot
ball all afternoon long as its single
wing machine proved that it was
more than equal to the task of
busting up the Tar Heels' defense.
The Vols' ground game knocked
out 241 yards and they chipped in
63 more by passing to account for
their total offense.
j Rain No Bother
j It rained off and on for most
;of, the contest, but that didn't
I bother the Volunteers in the least.
I Even with the rain and the slip
I pery field the Tar Heels were able
i to get off 31 passes and completed
; 14 of these for 151 yards, seven
more yards than their rushing
game accounted for.
In addition to the two fumbles
and the pass interceptions which
Tennessee cashed in on, the Tar
Heels helped to lick themselves by
fumbling three more times. This
inability to retain possession threw
a crimp in the Carolina offence
and kept the Teels on the defen-
j sive for much of the game.
The Tar Heels only score of the
afternon came late in the third
quarter after the decision had al
ready been wrapped up. Carolina
had to get this one the hard way
too as it drove 81 yards with Bob
Elliott going the last 13 to score.
Elter And Orr Pace Vols
Tailback Gene Ettcr and full
back Bunny Orr accounted for
j most of the Tennessee rushing at
tack as they punctured the Caro
lina defense for 172 yards. Etter
ended up with a rushing average
if 8.7 yards per carry.
What little the Tar Heel old
grads had to cheer about came in
the second half when the Carolina
offense finally got started. The Tar
Heels might have been even more
successful if they had been able
to prevent the Vol defense from
puting such a tremendous rush on
quarterback Jack Cummings when
he was attempting to pass. Hur
ried all the time the Tar Heels'
senior field general could com
plete only 10 of 26 attempts.
The winners started fast and
looked like they were going to
score on their second play from
scrimmage. After receiving the
opening kickoff Orr gained 9 and
on the next play Etter broke
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