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Despite primary lead,
Ttiiciiaux loses
to conservative foe
By DAVID McKINNON
and KEN SIMAN
Staff Writers
Democrat IT. "Tim" Valentine of Nash
ville relied on a strong traditional district
wide .campaign Tuesday to defeat former
U.S. attorney H.M. "Mickey" Michaux Jr. of
Durham in the state's only 1982 Congres
sional runoff.
Michaux had hoped to become the state's
first black Congressman in 80 years. With all
219 precincts reporting in the 10-county 2nd
Congressional District Valentine had 59,272
votes, or 53.81 percent, to Michaux's 50,874,
or 46.18 percent.
Valentine, 56, an attorney, is a former state
legislator and was chairman of the state
Democratic Party during the administration
of Gov. Dan K. Moore. Michaux, 51, was
U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North
Carolina during President Carter's adminis
tration. Michaux also is a former state legis
lator. ,
Michaux had led the voting in the June 29
Democratic primary with 44 percent to
Valentine's 33 percent James E. Ramsey of
Roxboro, a former speaker of the state
. House of Representatives, finished third in
the June primary with 23 percent and was
eliminated. Michaux's failure to gain a ma
jority in the primary allowed Valentine to
call for the runoff. .
Michaux became the second black polr
. tician in recent years to lead a primary in a
major state race but lose in a runoff to a
white opponent In 1976 former Chapel Hill
mayor Howard Lee led over then-House
speaker Jimmy Creen in the primary but lost
in a runoff to Green in a race, for lieutenant
governor.
When asked Tuesday night why black pol
iticians in the state have fallen victim to run
offs, Michaux said, "I don't have an answer
to that"
In a telephone interview Tuesday night
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Southern Orange vote
critical to outcome
of local sheriff's race
By CHRIS HAIG
and SCOTT WHARTON
Staff Writers
Orange County Sheriff candidate Lindy
Pendergrass of Chapel Hill defeated oppo
nent Bobby McCullock Tuesday in a Demo
cratic primary run-off.
Though only one-third of the county's
voters bothered to go to the polls, Pender
grass, currently captain of detectives in the
Chapel Hill Police Department is a good bet
in the November general election since
there is no Republican, candidate.
Pendergrass, who received 5,371 votes, or
59 percent to McCulIock's 4,070, 41 per
cent won decisively in all the Chapel Hill
and Carrboro precincts while McCullock of
Cedar Grove got his strongest support from
northern Orange County.
"I am very happy the way the people
have rallied around me," Pendergrass said.
"I intend to go out and work with every
body' and promised a more service-oriented
department.
He would not comment on whether Mc
Cullock would remain in the sheriffs depart
ment McCullock, a major in the Orange County
sheriffs department for the last 21 years,
said his lack of exposure in Chapel Hill was
the deciding factor in his defeat "Pender
grass has got the votes over there," McCul
lock said. '
McCullock said Pendergrass had an ad
vantage because he had been in the Chapel
Hill police force. "I think the main thing is
people want a complete change," he said.
McCullock also said Pendergrass outspent
him "He had the money and from what I
understand, he had plenty of it" McCullock
said.
Orange County District Attorney Wade
Barber said that he was looking forward to
working, with Pendergrass and that "Lindy
shows the qualities of an outstanding law
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By D.F. WILSON
Staff Writer
Poltergeist Besides being the title of one ,
of Steven Spielbecg's latest blockbusters, it is
also the subject of serious investigation by
several local researchers.
Poltergeist occurrences, called recurrent
spontaneous psychokinesis can be the move
ment of objects, flashes of light or percus
sive sounds like knocks or raps. The occur
rences typically happen near one person,
known as an agent
While the general assumption has been
that poltergeist activity was caused by spirits
or demons (the word itself is derived from a
German phrase- meaning "noisy ghost").
William G. Roll, director of the Psychical Re
search Foundation, says his findings have
never indicated any independent spirits or
ghosts roaming around.
So, if it isn't ghosts making all that noise
and knocking everything over, then who is
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Roll offers a theory that should make
Speilberg think twice about his movie. His
hypothesis 'is that the psychokinesis of
events stems not from a spirit but from the
agent instead.
"Generally there is a background of a
tense social situation," said Roll during an
interview in the office of the Foundation at
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