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Library Serials D5pt. Box 870 asked to com KWe?kend is desk atmetLby th NSA Government off , Student p.m. today ff,Ce from 3-5 27 51 Campus Orientation Interviews for the position of Chairman of the Campus Orientation Commission will be held today from 3-4 p.m. in Roland Parker II. Anyone not able to make the interview is asked to call Jay Schwartz at 929-6246. TP-it Ml? n I I m mm i v 76 Years Of Editorial Freedom Ylurne 76, Number 42 CHAPEL HILL. .NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 196S Founded February 23, 38S3 Are Humphrey Gains Enough? N Favored As Campaign Reaches Finale IXOn Still RiIA5HlNGT0N (UPI) - H 111 NiX0n and Hubert bv ",mPhrey blitzed America end telePV,s,on Monday at the na of a sudden, , Pdentia, campaign" which Z comP,,cated by George C la,,ace threat to deny either roan a clearcut victory. The final reading by the major pollsters showed Nixon's once gaping lead narrowed down to two percentage points with twice that number of voters still undecided. The polls said Wallace's third party protest vote fell off to less than 15 per cent, indicating he lost Large Seen In By CHARLES HABER DTI I Staff Writer Orange County voters will have as many as 43 selections to make on the ballots in today's elections. Almost 17,000 voters are expected to show up at the County's 25 precinct polling places, according to Marshall Gates, chairman of the Orange County Board of Elections. County voters will cast their ballots for President, U.S. Senator, Fourth District Congressman, County Commissioners, State House and Senate, Governor and a number of Council of State and judicial positions. Two proposed state constitutional amendments will also appear on the ballot for approval. Of the County's 21,577 registered voters, 17,351 are Democrats and 3,580 are Republicans. The five-to-one Democratic majority is a slight decrease from the seven-to-one majority registered in October 1966. Hubert Humphrey is expected to take the lead in Orange County in view of the Democratic strength, the recent bombing halt, and McCarthy's late support of the Humphrey-Muskie ticket. Second place will be a close race, with Wallace having a slight edge due to support in northern Orange. Republican Robert Vance Somers is challenging incumbent Democrat Sam J. Ervin, Jr. for the U. S. Senate. Durham attorney Somers, 30, is representing "a generation that is not bound by the thinking of the turn of the century" and opposes Communist participation in a coalition government in South Vietnam. Ervin, 71, favors "an honest effort to win the war or get out of it." For U. S. Congressman from the Fourth District, incumbent Nick Galifianakis (D) is being challenged by President of Triangle Underwriters, Inc. Fred Steele (R). Galifianakis is the slight favorite but Wake County, which neither candidate can claim at this point, will be the deciding factor. Seeking a seat in the State House are Democratic incumbents Ike Andrews and Donald Stanford and Republican P. H.Craig Jr. In the North Carolina gubernatorial contest, Lt. Gov. Voter The Political Re-Organization of Democracy (PRUU) and the Southern Studen Organizing Committee (Sbuw arfaS'driverstohe.pthoj without transportaLon to cast thrir votes. SSOC will have car caravans to Durham today at 12:30 and 3 30 P.m. leaving from the Mo3rehePad Parking Lot.vers will answer calls to pick up Voters in Durham and drive them to the pons. will be 2 for SSOC drivers to help used tor oovjv v. T...uQm A "buaay with Durham one out of four potential votes in the closing weeks of the campaign. Both Republican Nixon and Democrat Humphrey spent their final campaign day in Nixon's native state of California, which Democrats had first tended to writeoff as hopelessly lost to Nixon despite his defeat there six years ago in the gubernatorial election. A substantial voter turnout was anticipated despite signs of widespread disenchantment with both parties and their candidates-as demonstrated Turnou County Bob Scott (D) is favored over Republican challenger Jim Gardner. Scott feels that state educational needs can be met "with our present tax structure" while Gardner "would consider calling for reasonable taxation on such luxury items as tobacco and liquor, if additional revenue is needed." Seeking judgeships from the Fifteenth District are Republicans Thomas C. Carter and Donald L. Paschal, and Democrats Judge Coleman Cates, Harry Horton, Marsh McLelland, and Luther James Phipps. The office of Lieutenant Governor is being sought by H. Pat Taylor Jr. (D) and Don H. Garren (R). Both favor reducing state legislature committees and Garren favors the Governor having veto power. Other local elective offices and candidates include: Secretary of State, incumbent Thad Eure (D) vs. John P. East (R). Airioort Refuses Federal. Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson has informed the faculty of the University that the Horace Williams Airport, owned by the University, will continue in use to serve the needs of the town and the state, but that the University will not proceed at present to seek federal funds to pave runways and make other improvements. "Whether the University will pursue any further the question of federal (and, if forthcoming, then of State) Chapel Hill To Test Flu Vaccine D eveloped To Avert New Epidemic By BOBBY NOWELL DTH Staff Writer Chapel Hill will be one of nine test centers in the United States for a new type of influenza vaccine which may avert an anticipated nationwide flu epidemic this winter. Rides Provided Durham or North Carolina College will direct each driver to his destination. PROD is asking interested drivers to be at the Democratic headquarters on Franklin Street between 2 and 3 p.m or call 929-4226. Howard Lee, head of PROD, said this effort will encourage people, especially in Negro areas to register and vote, where registration has been below expected levels. Lee said the organization is politically non-partisan; it encourages voting. However, he added, a higher percentage of by Wallace's crowds, New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's popularity in polls of Republicans, the primary election successes of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and of Eugene J. McCarthy. The estimates were that over 70 million of the 118 million Americans of voting age will cast ballots. A turnout equal to the 63 per cent who participated in the 1964 election would bring 74,633,000 to the polls. In addition to voting for the 37th President and his vice president, Americans will elect ( - . -., 'v - ;: 1 i V DTH Staff Photo by Tom Schnabel The Umbrellas Are Nice But Sweat Suits Are Better ... At Least, That's What This Carolina Coed Thought Monday Sitterson Cites Restrictions improvement is at this time highly uncertain," said Chancellor Sitterson in a assistance for airport message to the faculty. The uncertainty is based on two reasons: 1. The Federal Aviation Agency which has approved an allocation of $117,000 on a total cost estimate of $234,000 will have to know where the rest of the money is coming from, and The University is not at present able "to identify" the source of funds before an The new vaccine, "A2 Hong Kong '68," will be administered to about 500 volunteers from the University and Guy Phillips Junior High. Some 500 other student volunteers will be given does of a vaccine prepared from three other past influenza viruses. Negroes will be Hubert Humphrey. voting for A SSOC spokesman said this effort will have the same effect in Durham. Many people, obviously unable to vote, will now have the chance. He added that the lunch hour will be particularly busy, with many requests coming in. The hours between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m will have a greater need for drivers than other times. "But everyone is encouraged to drive to the polls at whatever time it is convenient. an entirely new House of Representatives of 435 members, 34 senators, 21 governors and legislatures in 42 states as well as thousands of local officials. Republican control of the House was considered a remote possibility but the Senate was considered certain to remain under Democratic control. Pollster Louis Harris, declaring the election "to close to call," gave Nixon 42 per cent of the vote, Humphrey 40, Wallace 12 and said 6 per cent of the voters were undecided in the final week of f Jf FAA deadline of April 1, 1969. 2. Certain FAA conditions in the allocation are regarded as "restrictions" to which Chancellor Sitterson does not feel the University should agree. The restrictions include an FAA requirement that the University maintain and operate the airport for at least 20 years; to operate the airport without restrictions on type of use except those imposed by physical limitations or safety requirements; to provide land The UNC Department of Pediatrics' Infectious Disease Laboratory, which will coordinate the program, was chosen by the U. S. Public Health Service because it has been performing studies on respiratory disease for the past four years on a federal grant. Dr. W. Paul Glezen of the UNC Laboratory explained an epidemic was feared this year because "this particular virus changes strand about every ten years and requires a new vaccine to combat it." The last major nationwide flu epidemic occurred in the winter of 1957-58. Dr. Glezen said the "A2 Hong Kong" is probably the best and may be the only vaccine capable of preventing a national epidemic. He said a plan is being drawn up to innoculate all UNC students with the new vaccine, hopefully before the Christmas recess. The idea is to prevent out-of-state students from bringing the disease back upon 4 r- 1''- ! i the campaign. Gallup assigned Nixon and Humphrey the same percentages as Harris but gave Wallace 16 per cent and said four per cent of the voters were undecided. 1 One national poll, the Sindlinger Daily Survey, conducted by telephone, actually gave Humphrey the edge by six-tenths of one per cent. The Sindlinger .survey also said 71 per cent of the adult public approved of President Johnson's decision to halt the bombing of North Vietnam, a factor which could !'J1 i 1 t il a"ndor other facilities at or adjacent to the airport when requested by FAA for communications or weather station installations; and to restrict land use, purchase land, secure easements, procure zoning regulations, or take other steps necessary to assure protection against construction which might interfere with aircraft glide paths. "I do not think that the University should agree to such restrictions," said Chancellor Sitterson. return to classes in January. Dr. Glezen believes the most critical period for an epidemic will be January -February of early next year, not only for the influenza, but for the complications which could arise from the high rate of other respiratory infections which occur yearly in this time. An added advantage of the "A2 Hong Kong" vaccine is that it is supposed to dispose of the symptoms of uneasiness and headaches following vaccination. "There is no question of the vaccine's safety," according to Dr. Floyd Denny, head of the UNC Pediatrics Department. The testing of it here will be merely to determine how effective it is in advance of its being administered en masse." The Hong Kong vaccine is named after the Asian city in which a major flu epidemic broke out last summer. It reportedly could infect up to 50 per cent of the student body in two weeks if left unchecked. - .. . - - . -v. 4 - - help Humphrey. But surveys by The New York Times and the Washington Post indicated that despite the potential narrowness of the popular vote. Nixon led in states with enough electoral votes to assure him the presidency. Having both concentrated their campaigns in the seven big states whose electoral vote totals 210-New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Michigan both Humphrey and Nixon wound up their campaigns in California. C TED L N O Tl o ID) redict Vic tone Democratic and Republicans predicted Monday they would carry North Carolina for governor and president on the eve of the state's most hotly contested general election of the century. The American Independent Party also claimed the state's 13 electoral votes for third-party maverick George Wallace. The most guarded prediction came from the camp of Humber Humphrey which saw "the strong possibility" of victory. Alex Brock, executive -secretary. . of -J.hei .-. board of elections, predicted 1.5 million citizens would vote Tuesday, a new record if they do. The previous high was 1,425,000 in the Johnson-Go Id water race of 1964. North Carolinians will vote for president, governor, U.S. Senator and all 11 Hinds However, Dr. Sitterson said he wished to make it clear that the Horace Williams Airport "is now serving a useful, if not indeed essential, purpose for the University by extending our capacity to serve the needs of the State; and serving also legitimate community needs which could not otherwise be met at this time." The University intends to continue present usage of the airport. "If funds should become available to remedy existing airport deficiencies without in anyway limiting the University's control of the use and disposition of this property, then serious consideration would be given to this possibility, of course," said Sitterson. He reviewed the history of the airport, beginning in 1928. It was at first a 50-acres facility with two short runways and a wooden hangar for eight small aircraft. In 1940 the University purchased the land and 200 additional acres adjoining it, and improvements were made with a $208,000 federal development grant. The airport was used for flight instruction during World War II. Since then the University has maintained the airport on a self-supporting basis as a "designated landing area." At present two University and about 50 privately-owned aircraft are based there; FAA estimates about 250 transient aircraft operations per month. Last year flight instruction was provided for 217 persons. Facilities are inadequate, due pargely to poor drainage and absence of any runway paving. The 1967 General Assembly appropriated funds for airport improvement only in amounts up to 50 per cent of the federal grant made to each North Carolina project, but only if a federal grant is made. Nixon prepared for a four-hour "Ask Dick Nixon" telethon with two hours beamed to the East and two hours to the West. Humphrey and his running mate, Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, bought three hours of television time and Wallace and his vice presidential candidate, retired Air Force Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, bought half an hour of time on each network. Loyal to the tradition of partisan exaggeration, all the candidates said they would win. JjC JL aunty IT To congressmen. They will also vote statewide for Lieutenant Governor and all members of the council of state, several judges and two constitutional amendments, only one of which was significant. It would strike the salary figure set in the constitution for members of the state legislature and allow the assembly to set its own pay. Also up for election were members of the General assembly and hundreds of courthouse jobs across the state. The Republicans, spurred by Jthe Jasteot.5ainsin put forward the most candidates and the most, ambitious campaign of the century. Republicans were challenging democrats for every statewide and congressional office. The Republican Party predicted it would increase the number of congressmen from three out of 11 to six. The U.S. senate seat held by Democrat Sam Ervin is considered safe. Whatever the outcome Tuesday, it appeared that North Carolina's days of electing officials in the democratic party primary were gone for good. Despite the drama of the three-way race for president,, chief interest in North Carolina was on the race between Lt. Gov. Bob Scott, son of a former Democratic governor, and Rep. Jim Garnder, the Republican, for Governor. Scott's campaign manager said Monday "I think you will see a very good margin of victory, a decisive victory," for Scott. Scott, 39-year-old dairy farmer, in past weeks has Street Party Planned Downtown Tonight By BRYAN CUMMING DTH Staff Writer In conjunction with the SSOC sponsored "non-election" today, an election night street party will be held downtown featuring the Thursday Grief. The party will begin on South Campus at 6:45 p.m., moving toward Franklin Street with a flat bed truck from which the Thursday Grief will perform. Students will have the opportunity to vote in the negative election in two "anti-polling" booths, which will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Y Court and on Franklin Street. Chapel Hill Police Chief William Blake has approved of the party, and policemen will attend the gathering to help direct traff ic. According to Scott Bradley, a SSOC worker, the party is not meant to be a protest or a demonstration. Instead it is a Humphrey's campaign manager, Lawrence F. O'Brien, predicted the Democrats camapaign would "peak" Tuesday and Humphrey would pull together 313 electoral votes, 43 more than needed. Nixon foresaw a winning margin of three million to five million ballots. His communications director. Herbert Klein, said his own "conservative estimate that Nixon would win electoral votes and was 330 his "optimistic" estimate was for '450 of the 538 electoral votes. JL repeatedly expressed confidence he will defeat Gardner. Scott achieved the feat of uniting all factions of the state democratic party behind him, thus avoiding a bitter primary runoff. He also appeared to be holding his own with the Wallace vote thanks to a tough stand from the start on "law and order." Gardner, 35, is a wealthy hamburger chain executive who consistently gets a 100 per cent rating from conservative organizations for his voting record in congress. He dropped Richard Nixon to support Ronald Regan at the National Republican "Convention and tried hard for the Wallace vote during his campaign. Gardner, a master at the use of television who has battled with most of the state's newspapers, predicted a "landslide" victory over Scott. "Fve never been more confident of victory than I am right now' he said at his final rally Saturday. Nixon's state campaign manager predicted he would carry North Carolina with 600,000 votes. Supporters of Hubert Humphrey were counting on 150,000 Negro votes and figured they needed only 350,000 loyal white democrats to give them a three-way split of the vote. A Neero turnout of 200,000 (there are 300,000 registered) would give the state to Humphrey, they felt. Most polls taken early in the campaign showed Wallace with a fractional lead in the state, but his strength appeared to tail off and the race looked like a three-way tossup. Wallace's support was mainly in the rural east, where Democrats have been traditionally strong. "chance for people to gather and discuss election results." A leaflet published by SSOC explaining the "non-election" and the party states "the politicians are in office but the streets belong to the people." The street party is planned in conjunction with similar parties across the country. The "non-election" is a chance for students, whether voting in the regular election or not, to register their discontent with the electoral process. Votes may be cast against whichever candidates the student dislikes. In addition to the names of Presidential candidates, gubernatorial candidates will be listed. Also, in a referendum, students opinions on various issues will be sought. The issues included in this referendum are racism, the war, the draft, poverty, drugs and voting age. The results of the non-election will be announced at the street party tonight. Pros streets.