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Mayor Robert J. Wells Jr. formally
announced Friday he would seek re-election
in November as mayor of Carrboro.
Wells said he felt he had reached many of
the goals he had set for himself during his last
two years as mayor.
"Community attitudes have changed
the people of the community have been
drawn closer together, Wells said.
Wells emphasized, however, that two
more years are needed to see present and
future goals he and the Board of Aldermen
have in mind accomplished.
"Because of this, I have made myself
available for the position of mayor in the
upcoming municipal elections," Wells
said.
No one else had formally announced plans
to seek the office of mayor, according to
Wells. He added, "A lot of people were
waiting for me to decide what I was going to
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by Bill Welch
Staff Writer
Campus Governing Council (CGC) member Amelia
Bellows charged Student Body President Ford Runge
and the CGC Appointments Committee with practices
of discrimination against women in last Thursday's
council meeting.
The council also authorized a campus referendum to
decide the future of the proposed student FM stereo
radio station. The referendum is scheduled for
September 19.
Bellows, who is chairperson of the Association of
Women Students (AWS), voiced objections to what she
called a lack of women appointed to responsible
positions in Student Government after Tom Goss was
confirmed as the new Elections Board Chairman.
Bellows, who cast the only vote against Goss
appointment, said she has repeatedly urged Runge to
appoint more women, but that he has not done so.
Contacted after the meeting, Bellows said she had
spoken to Runge three times last spring about the lack of
women in his administration.
She said she was now opposing Goss appointment
because, "I see this as the only alternative open to me. I
have no objection to Tom personally, Bellows said.
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Wells cited many accomplishments in
Carrboro during the last two years.
He said the town had been able to obtain
$850,000 in funding for major water and
sewer improvement programs. "Just recently
we simultaneously began phase one and two
of a sewer system project which will
eventually tie our sewer system into Chapel
Hill's," Wells said.
Wells noted the addition of a dispatcher in
the Carrboro Police Department during his
term as mayor and the use of two man,-around-the-clock
patrols.
"We also didn't have the 50-member
South Orange Rescue Squad based here in
Carrboro. The squad has proved to be an
asset to Carrboro and all of Orange County
and is currently raising money to build a
new, modern squad building here," Wells
said.
Wells said Carrboro has recently begun a
major effort to improve the condition of its
streets and has a major street reconstruction
project planned for the coming fiscal year.
"It has taken two years to lay the present,
groundwork and it will take two more years
to execute what we have started," Wells said.
"I haven't seen all the visible results I
would have liked," he said, "but you've
got to realize we only have a fixed
number of dollars."
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Bellows charged in a letter to Runge Thursday that
the only women he has appointed were appointed as
secretaries.
Runge was not available later for comment, but said
at the meeting he felt the charge was an insult to the
women that work in his office.
The Goss appointment was approved unanimously by
the CGC appointments committee, of which Bellows is a
member, shortly before the meeting. Bellows missed the
committee meeting, but said she had been assured by the
other two members of that committee, Robert Hackney
and Ernie Patterson, that they would oppose the
appointment for the same reason.
If they had voted against confirmation in the
committee meeting, the appointment would have failed
and never reached the entire council. Neither Hackney
nor Patterson were available for comment.
In other action, the CGC decided on the wording of
the FM radio station proposal in the upcoming
referendum. The approval of the proposed FM station
will not increase student fees, but will authorize the
council to release funds for the project.
The CGC also returned to the Finance Committee a
bill that would allow Student Government to spend
$8,575 to buy 100 electric pocket calculators.
Monday, September 3, 1973
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by Greg Turosak
Staff Writer
Starting today, any UNC student will be
able to get a 10 per cent discount on prices at
13 area establishments simply by showing a
valid UNC student I.D. card.
( This discount period will last from
September 3 through September 24.
The reduction in prices was announced
formally at a press conference held in
Student Body President Ford Runge's office
last Friday afternoon. The conference was
also attended by some of the merchants
participating in the trial reduction.
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J.R.R. Tolkien, .author of the famed
Ring trilogy and "The Hobbit, died
Sunday in Bournemouth, England. He
was 81.
The forrner Oxford University
professor, who retired from teaching in
1959, became ill while visiting friends
and was rushed to a nursing home where
he'died a short time later.
Tolkien's stories about the imaginary
world of Middle Earth inhabited by
Man booked
in hotel fire
by United Press International
Copenhagen A 34-year-old Dane was
arrested Sunday on charges of setting a fire
at a downtown hotel that killed 35 persons,
almost half of them American tourists.
A police spokesman said the man was
seized" early Sunday on arson charges. His
name and the details surrounding the
charges were not immediately given.
The blaze, which erupted at about 2:30
a.m. Saturday at the Hafnia hotel,
apparently started on a main staircase
between the second and third floors. It
destroyed the six-story, 19th century hotel,
described by the Copenhagen fire chief as a
Tire trap."
Police said 52 persons w ere known to have
survived the fire, 17 of them hospitalized for
treatment of burns, smoke poisoning or
injuries received leaping from windows in
panic. All but five of the injured have been
released.
Only one person was still missing, but was
believed to have survived.
The dead included 15 Americans,
including a family of four.
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All of the merchants signed the agreement
a day or two before the news conference.
Most of the establishments participating
in the reduction, are located either in
downtown Chapel Hill or at Eastgate
Shopping Center. The businesses include:
One Hour Martinizing, Endicott
Johnson, The Pants Rack, Country Craft
Shop. Danwich, The African Batik. A & S
Bicycle Sales and Service, Eastgate
Hardware, Inc., Sharyn Lynn, The Pro
Shop. Eckerd Drug Store, Woods 5 & 10,
and Cheese, Etc
One of the three co-owners of Springfield
Record Company had also signed an
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Hobbils, trolls, walking trees and other
fantasy creatures, inspired an
international student cult in the 1960s.
"The Lord of the Rings" was a.
runaway bestseller on college campuses.
Students sported buttons reading "Come
to Middle Earth," "Go, Go GandalT and
"Frodo Lives." Frodo is the Hobbit hero
of the trilogy and Gandalf is the
mysterious gray wizard who guides him
through perilous adventures.
Tolkien wiote his first book, The
Hobbit" in 1939 for his own children. It
is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a simple
Hobbit, who comes to possess a magic -ring
that gives its wearer power over
every living creature.
"The Lord of the Rings" appeared 14
years after the publication of "The
Hobbit." A monumental work, the
books pick up the story of the ring w hich
has now passed into the hands of Bilbo's
nephew, Frodo. Upon learning of the
ring's power Frodo departs on an
adventure-packed journey into "the
land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
Tolkien quickly achieved
international fame after "The Lord of
the Rings" was pub,:shcd. The books
were translated into numerous,
languages and sales soared into the
millions. British publishers reported last
year that sales were still running at
100,000 annually.
Tolkien, who taught English
language and literature, lived in semi
seclusion in the later years of his life. In
addition to the Hobbit books, he also
wrote short stories and poetry. It was
rumored that he was working on
another novel at the time of his death.
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agreement in the absence of the other two co
owners. After the other two co-owners'
returned, Springfield, which already offers
substantial reductions from the list price of
records, decided not to take part in the 10 per
cent reduction arranged by Student
Government.
The price reduction idea was initiated by
Student Government, whose representatives
originally contacted 20 stores about the
reduction.
As a part of the contract. Student
Government agrees "to encourage through
standard advertising techniques . . . the
patronage" of the 13 establishments who
signed the contract.
This advertising includes use of the public
media as well as the production and
distribution of posters and leaflets.
According to Runge, the program can
demonstrate "that students can effect local
price levels through cooperative agreement
with area merchants."
"I think it's a good first step." he said. "It's
an attempt on our part to get out and deal
with the merchants."
off-campus
For the first time in the history of The
Daily Tar Heel Jjj paper will be distributed
off-campus, according to Susan Miller,
DTH editor. This change is part of an overall
relocation of DTH drop points.
The Daily Tar Heel may be picked up at
the following places: three locations in
Odum Village, Morrison. Craige, James.
Ehringhaus, corner in front of Teague,
Woollen Gym, Institute of Government,
Law "School, Consolidated University
Building, two locations at Finley Golf course
fraternities, corner at Lewis. Joyner,
Connor, the Union. Granville East,
Granville West. Granville South.
Intersection at big fraternity court,
intersection at little fraternity court. Naval
Armory, Beard, front of Memorial Hospital,
Dental School, Medical School library. Old
Nursing Dormitory, Y-court, Journalism
School, wall in front of Mclver, Spencer at
comer of Franklin, corner at the entrance to
Morehead Planetarium, Battle.
Papers will also be delivered to the
University Mall, in front of the Carolina
Coffee Shop and to the University Gardens,
Estes Park. Kingswood, Royal Park,
Castillian Villa, Chateau and Colony
apartment complexes.
The newspapers this year w ill be found in
special drop boxes inside the building at each
drop point, with the exception of Y-Court
w here the box will be outside.
The Building and Grounds Committee
w ill allow no boxes to be placed outside until
effects on the surrounding area and the
efficiency of distribution of the Y-Court box
are seen.
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