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On May 7, voters in the 15th Judicial
District will choose a District Attorney
(solicitor) for the next four years.
Incumbent Herb Pierce is being
challenged by John Snyder, a Graham
attorney.
The 15th is a sprawling district,
composed of Alamance, Orange and
Chatham Counties. Orange has about
30 per cent of the vote in the election,
which will be dominated by the results in
Alamance, with 55 per cent. There is no
Republican candidate.
Pierce has thus far played the non
candidate in the race, eluding most of
Snyder's campaign discussions. He was
elected to his first term in 1970, winning
in a June runoff after a narrow win in
the first primary.
The district attorney is the state's
prosecutor in all criminal actions. He,
through the four assistant district
attorneys, handles misdemeanors in the
District Court and felonies in Superior
Court. He is responsible for setting the
court calendar and has absolute
discretion about which cases to bring
before the grand jury and which to
dismiss at any point in pre-trial or
prosecution.
Snyder has criticized delays in trials in
the judicial districts, calling for all cases
to be disposed of within 30 to 60 days of
the filing of charges. He has also
criticized Pierce for nof handling
enough cases himself.
Snyder is given only an outside
chance of beating Pierce, who is well
known in the district. A former assistant
district attorney, Snyder left office in
1 97 1 after his resignation was requested.
Snyder has said the resignation was
caused by personality conflicts.
The office of district attorney was
formerly called solicitor, but solicitors
were successful in getting a
constitutional amendment through the
1973 General Assembly changing the
name of their office.
The office of District Attorney is one
of the most powerful executive positions
in the state, and also one of the least
visible.
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Mildred Keene and Robert "Bob" Hannon in Pit Aprii 11.
While the four major Democrat ar.d
Republican candidates have been attracting
as much attention as they can, there is also a
host of lesser candidates seeking Sam Ervin's
U.S. Senate seat.
And ail nine of them face a similar
problem few voters have ever heard of
them.
None of the minor candidates have
reported spending as much money on their
quixotic campaigns, and most seem to be
relying on hand-shaking tours. Several have
said that they consider themselves to be
minor candidates only in terms of money
spent on their campaigns, and all speak
seriously on the issues.
In addition to the three front running
Democrats, seven other candidates are
seeking that party's nomination.
Sheriff:
Knight
vs. Ray
Democrats in Orange County will decide
next Tuesday whether to retain the sheriff
they have had for 15 years or choose a
challenger who has served for eight years as a
county commissioner.
The campaign between incumbent CD.
"Buck" Knight and Bill Ray thus far has
been a traditionally southern contest, with
the candidates holding barbecues and fish
fries through the far reaches of the county.
Knight is running on his record, on a
proposal to have several officers assigned to
civil duty and on a call for a new county jail
to replace the aging structure in
Hillsborough.
Ray, however, criticizes Knight's
administration, claiming it is inefficient. His
platform includes: a plainclothes detective
division, women deputies, youth services
and a more active role for the sheriff in the
community.
Knight is opposed to plainclothes officers
and has categorically opposed paying
informers for making drug arrests.
Knight was active in law enforcement for
several years before his appointment in 1959
to the sheriffs post, to which he was elected
in 1962 and re-elected in 1966 and 1970.
Ray was elected to the County Board of
Commissioners in 1964 and re-elected in
1968. He lost a bid for re-election in 1972 and
had been expected by many to run for
commissioner again this year. He is on the
Special Utilities Study Commission which
will oversee the sale of the UNC utilities.
The sheriffs department is politically
powerful. His 26 deputies ' and three
secretaries are a powerful patronage and law
enforcement bastion. The sheriff is
responsible for all law enforcement and
police work outside the city limits of Orange
County's four municipalities: Chapel Hill,
Carrboro, Hillsborough and Mebane.
In civil lawsuits, the sheriffs department is
responsible for delivering summons and
subpoenas to all county residents.
Knight has defended his department
against criticism, citing the number of black
deputies he has hired and repeating calls for
the $750,000 jail to be built. Ray, however,
says the job should be more public relations
and management oriented, leaving actual
enforcement roles to the deputies.
Thus far in the campaign, Knight has held
a barbecue in Chapel Hill and a fish fry in
Carrboro, and Ray had a barbecue in his
home precinct of Cedar Grove, 10 miles
north of Hillsborough. All were jam-packed
with supporters, onlookers and law
enforcement personnel, as the candidates
entertained their friends and demonstrated
their broad support.
Republicans failed to nominate a
candidate for sheriff again this year, so the
May 7 primary will decide the race."
Fred D. Chandley, John McVay Ferrell
II, Dr. Robert L. Hannon, William H. Hare,
Jamts Troy Johnson, Dr. Mildred T. Keene
and Charles D. Riddle all appear serious
about their candidacies.
Hannon, 59, is a former Fayetteville
State University professor and the only
black running for the seat. In a recent
campaign appearance, Hannon, or Dr. Bob
as he calls himself, promised "a chicken in
every pot" and federal aid to college
students.
The main issue he talks about is honesty in
government. Hannon said if elected, "I'm
going to take a broom up there and clean up
Watergate with it."
Hare, 34, is a Church of Christ minister
and pet shop and bookstore owner from
High Point who is campaigning as "the
working man's candidate." In a campaign
appearance to Chapel Hill, Hare carried a
sign that said he walked from his home to
Raleigh to pay his filing fee.
Keene, 46, is a psychiatrist from
Charlotte and the only woman in the race.
Keene has stressed a need for reforms of
taxes and campaign spending. She has
reportedly accepted no contributions of
more than one dollar.
Chandley, 34, is manager of the IBM
Corp. office in Raleigh. His previous
political experience is town commissioner in
the Wake County community of Wake
Forest. He says he got into the race because
"we need some of the hard working
community leaders" in the job.
Ferrell, 57, is seeking his first elective
office. A timber grower from Durham
County, Ferrell has served on county and
state Democratic executive committees. He
views his candidacy as transfusion of new
blood into state politics.
Riddle, 42, runs an independent
gasoline station and grocery store in
Goldsboro. The energy crisis and food
shortages nearly put him of business, he says,
so he decided to run for Senate and do
something about high costs.
Johnson, 54, is a retired Air Force
colonel with 27 years active duty. A budget
control expert, Johnson blasted the three
Democratic front-runners as big spenders.
He advocates turning the national trend
back in what he calls the right direction.
In the Republican race, B.E."Bce"Sweatt
and Wood Hall Young are challenging the
acknowledged front runner William
Stevens.
Sweatt is an owner of an advertising and
public relations firm in Boone. Young is a
logger from Minneapolis in Avery County.
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Those who know him well say Fred Hedrick is a man who
enjoys life immensely and who takes pride and pleasure in
confronting important challenges.
Certainly he is proud of being one of the nine original judges on
the "North Carolina Court of Appeals. He readily admits that
serving with fallow judges Raymond Mallard, Hugh Campbell,
Walter Brock, David Britt, Naomi Morris, Frank Parker, Earl
Vaughn and W. E. (Dub) Graham is a matter of personal and
professional pride. He also admits that he has benefited from the
association with other members of the Court and the opportunity
he has had to participate in more than 1,500 appellate decisions
during the past five years.
Pride in his profession? Of course. But Fred Hedrick takes
enormous pleasure from a variety of interests and activities.
Joining his oldest son for a trip in an open outboard to the
Gulfstream off North Carolina's coast for a day of serious fishing;
Talking with fellow Hams around the world on shortwave radio;
Singing at weddings and other events;
Horseback riding with his family.
Perhaps it's impossible for a man who has devoted a lifetime to
the law and more than half a decade to the state's second highest
court to completely take off his judicial robes. (And perhaps we
wouldn't want him to.)
But Fred Hedrick knows it is .important to step back from the
law and participate fully in life.
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