A man can slice baloney any
old way he wants to if he uses
a sharp statistic.
Volume 41, Number 5
McClamroch, Breaks Tie Vote
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Aldermen Agree To Oppose
Morgan Creek Power Line
Workers Injured
In Gas Explosion
Two Chapel Hill Telephone Co. cable-splicers were in
jured Friday from an explosion in a manhole. The ex
plosion blew both men out of the hole, where they were
working, to the street. Both are expected to remain in
Memorial Hospital at least until the end of his week.
Leslie C. Madison of Carrboro and Charles Harbison
of Route 1, Pittsboro, were burned on the face, arms, and
hands when the explosion occurred at about 8:30 Friday
morning in a manhole at the
corner of East Rosemary and
'Boundary Streets.
It is not yet certain whether
the explosion was caused by nat
ural gas or sewer gas. The Pub
lic Service Co. has found and
repaired one gas pipe leak at
the north corner of East Frank
lin and Boundary, and testing
equipment indicated the presence
of leaked gas at the south corn
er of the same intersection.
The Public Service Company is
currently investigating for other
gas leaks in the Rosemary-Boun
dary-East Franklin area. Toe :n
--v.estigation is expected to be
completed some time this week.
The manager of the Chapel
Hill branch of the Public Serv
ice Company said he did not
know how long ago the gas pipes
in that section of town were in
stalled. He said the investigation
was being conducted by a main
tenance crew from Durham.
Officials in the Durham office
were either unavailable for com
ment or did not know enough
"■ about the incident to be able to
comment. No available official in
the Public Service office could say
either who was responsible for
the condition of the gas pipes, or
how old the pipes are. One pos
Irate Franklin St. Merchants
Put Dent In Sign Ordinance
Chapel Hill's new downtown
sign ordinance got a pretty good
roasting Monday night.
One after another, Franklin
Street merchants described as
unreasonable and unnecessary
Chapel Hill
CHAFF
By LOUIS GRAVES
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Dr. James B. Bullitt will be
8!) years old Friday, January 18.
His friends often go out to see
him at the Friendly Rest Home
midway between Chapel Hill and
Durham.
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In what I call the old times—
that is, 60 odd years ago—a stu
dent who came here from outside
the State was almost a curiosity,
and of course one who came
from a foreign country was still
more of one. You never thought
of asking why a person had come
to the University. It is very
different now; this has become
a frequent and popular topic of
conversation. Students and fac
ulty members will tell about how
somebody gave them a descrip
tion of Chapel Hill, or it. was
recommended to them by friends.
I have often been keenly in
terested in questioning newcom
comers about what turned them
to our town. This last Sunday I
happened on a cause that was
■ new to me. Henry Cheney Jr.;
his wife, the former Claire Rus
[ sell ; their three-and-and-a-half-
I year-old son Jeffrey Phillips: and
I their two- and -a - half-year-old
I daughter. Carol** Mbabeth,
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siblc indication of the pipes' age
came from a Public Service
crewman last summer, when he
was working on a suspected- gas
leak in front of ,1. B. Robbins’
Store on East Franklin Street.
At that time he indicated that
many gas pipes in Chapel Hill
w'ere at least twenty years old,
and that; some were corroded.
Dr. James F. Newsome. Me
morial Hospital physician attend
ing the two men, said their burns
did not seem to be bad. He hesi
tated to attribute a "degree" to
the burns the men suffered. Dr.
Newsome said he would not be
able to tell how seriously 110 men
were injured until the dressings
on the burns were removed in
about five days.
If the explosion was caused by
a leak in a natural gas pipe, the
pipe apparently ruptured Thurs
day night. Mr. Madison and Mr.
Harbisoii had worked in the
Boundary-Rosemary manhole
Wednesday and Thursday, using
an acetylene torch, without in
cident.
Friday morning they entered
the manhole at 8 am. About half
an hour later they lit a cigarette
lighter and were blown out of the
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the provisions of the ordinance
which regulate the height awn
ings must be from the sidewalk.
After hearing the complaints,
the Aldermen instructed the Town
Attorney to draw up an amend
ment which will be acted on at
the Board's next meeting. The
ordinance now.requires a mini
mum of eight feet between
awnings and sidewalk. As amend
ed, the metal frames of awn
ings must be at least eight feet,
but the canvas skirts may extend
-12 inches lower.
The merchants, led by W. 0.
La cock, proprietor of Lacock's
Shoe Shop, complained that the
ordinance had been drawn ar
bitrarily and. in most cases,
without knowledge of those who
would be most seriously affected.
“I’ve complied with the ordin
ance. and in doing so, 1 find
it is absolutely worthless. My
shoes are my livelihood, as you
know, and I've brought along
a few to show what happens to
them,” Mr. Lacock said. He
produced a number ot new shoes
which had been blcdeteri from'
their stay in the display case
in his store window. The shoe
displays are changed once a
month, he said, with a loss of
about SSOO or S6OO with each
change because (he bleached
shoes are worth only half their
original price after being dis
played lor a month.
“It’s an expensive proposition.
I'm ruined, if this continues."
Edward D'anziger, who had
earlier complained that the sun
was ruining his display of cho
colates, said he had nothing new
to report, but he observed “The
boys have not grown taller, the
awnings are not lower, and the
sun is melting my candy.’’
Mr. Laccick and Mr. Danziger
were seconded in their com
plaints by a half-dozen other
merchants, including Milton
Julian, who proposed that the
The Chapel Hill Weekly
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JAMES E. WEBB
N. C. Press
Meet Opens
Tomorrow
The 381 h annual North Carolina
Press institute opens at the Uni
versity tomorrow.
Registration will begin at 3:30
p.m. in the lobby of the Carolina
Inn. At 5:30 p.m. there will be
n UNC-sponsored reception in the
ballroom of the Inn honoring
Governor and Mrs. Terry Sanford
and winners of the 1962 Press
Awards.
Robert Bunnclle, publisher of
the Asheville Citizen Times and
president of the N. C. Press As
sociation, will preside over the
opening session of the Institute
to lie held beginning at 8:30 p in.
in the auditorium of Carroll Hall.
UNC Chancellor William B. Ay
cock will give the welcoming ad
dress.
Consolidated University Prcsi
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“average height’’ of awnings be
set at eight feet, and Jim Ellis,
proprietor of the Village Cafe
teria, whose metal awning had
been classified as a marquee
and found to be mounted too
low.
Mayor Sandy McClamroch re
minded the merchants that a
public hearing on the ordinance
had been held over a year ago,
and that no one had appeared
to protest the specifications be
ing discussed at that time.
Alderman Roland Giduz de
fended the Aldermen’s adoption
of the ordinance, because he
said, it had come after the pro
posals were referred to the
Merchants Association and were
held under consideration by
them for almost six months.
After the Association was asked
if it had recommendations on the
matter, Mr. Giduz said, the pub
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Pete Ivev has been director of
the University News Bureau
since 1955.
By J. A. C. DUNN
The calendar on Alfred Guy
Ivey's office wall still proclaims
December, 1962. as if Time tried
desperately all year to keep up
with Mr. Ivey and finally col
lapsed just short of breaking
the tape- on the twelfth lap. ’
Mr Ivey is short, portly, soft
aiKiken. merry-looking, and tense.
He is not an imposing man.. At
first glance you would hardly
think him capable of developing
enough steam to adAkitfar a
CHAPEL HILL, N. C., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1963
Zoning Ordinance
Will Be Enforced
By W. H. SCARBOROUGH
The Board of Monday night to block
construction of the Morgan Creek Powerline;
The action came on a 4-3 vote, adopting a resolution
from the Planning Board which defined power line towers
as “structures within the meaning of the zoning ordin
ance,” subject to control by the Town. In a separate mo
tion, Mayor Sandy McClamroch was empowered to appoint
a commission to negotiate with Duke Power Co. for re
location of'the line and abandon-
ment of its right-of-way through
the 'Morgan Creek hrea.
Mayor McClamroch named Un
iversity Business 'Manager J. A,
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Editorial comment on 4-B.
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Branch; Dr. C. Ritchie Bell, act-"
ing’director of the North Caro
line Botanical Gardens; Plan
ning Board member Jack Lasley;
Aldermen Gene Strowd and Paul
Wager, and himself to the com
mission Tuesday afternoon. A
telegram notifying Duke Power
of the action was dispatched
Tuesday afternoon also.
Aldermen reversed ah almost
two-year-old position of refusing
to intervene in the question of
where the line would be located.
Basis, for the switch came in ’
large part from a letter from
UNC Chancellor William B. Ay
cock and Business Manager
Branch in which they asserted
that the University had not re
quested the line and had been
surprised to learn that its con
struction through the Morgan
Creek area was planned.
In the letter, addressed to Plan
ning Board Chairman Ross
Scroggs, iMr. Aycock and Mr.
Branch stated, “The loop line
is not essential for the needs of
the University. However, in the
event the Eno line were to
break down, the loop line would
be essential to supply the needs
of the Town."
Officials of Duke Power Com
pany in Charlotte could not be
reached for' comment on the
new development.
The Aldermen's move gave new
life to the controversy, which
has been alternately raging and
simmering since mid-1961. If
the Town is successful in negoti
ating with Duke Power for aban
donment of the line, Monday
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| Weather Report
Partly cloudy and continued
cold.
High Low
Sunday 58 33
Monday 33 23
Tuesday 40 20
The Arboretum is largely de
serted these days and nights.
Ample proof that in this weather
not even love can keep you warm.
A Talk With A. G. (Pete) Ivey
university news bureau. But
every time something happens
on the campus, spectacular or
unspectacular, a man from the
News Bureau or a photographer
from the Photo Lab. often both,
lurks somewhere nearby. Some
times Mr. Ivey lurks with them.
Mounds of UNC publicity are
mailed out daily from the News
Bureau. It is almost impossible
to find the News Bureau’s By
num Hall, premises in a slate of
flurry, but it is equally impos
sible to find a time during the
day when at least one person
is neither sitting at a desk taking
notes with telephone receiver
wedged ltotv«Mt arm and
Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923
Recreation
Tax Election
Is Approved
A special recreation tax will be
submitted to Chapel Hill voters
in the Town elections next May.
The Board of Aldermen passed
a resolution calling for the refer
endum Monday night after re
ceiving a request from the Rec
reation Commission, transmitted
by Commission* Chairman Bob
Boyce.
The tax would be levied at a
rate of not less than three cents
nor more than ten cents per hun
lred dollars property valuation
within the Town.
Mr. Boyce told the Aldermen
the tax, if passed, would provide
Chapel Hill’s recreation program
around $30,000 per year if the full
10 cent rate were collected. This
would be about $4,000 more than
the Commission’s budget for 1903.
The lax has been under dis
cussion for some time. The Com
mission is presently faced with
the possibility that funds for 1963
will run out at the end of nine
months, since the Community
Council has had to cut allocations
to all agencies roughly ’itr per
cent.
The election will be confined to
Chapel Hill, Mr. Boyce said in
reply to questions from Aider
man Paul Wager, who inquired
as to the possibilities of a rec
reation district larger than cor
porate Chapel Hill.
Such a district would be pos
sible, Mr. Boyce said, but not
recommended. Participants from
outside Chapel Hill would be per
mitted on a fee system.
A 1957 recreation tax election
failed to carry. However, it was
felt that the bulk of opposition to
the tax at that time came from
Carrboro, which was included in
the vote. The upcoming election
would be confined entirely to
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Boyce presented a request
last week to the Carrboro Board
of Commissioners that Carrboro
take whatever treasures they felt
appropriate to support a public
recreation program for the en
tire area.
Mr. Boyce said that the Rec
reation Commission had the
names of 260 residents of Carr
boro who had registered for some
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Mayor McClamroch Makes A Point
With Head In Hand. To n Manager Robert Peck C
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Revised Apartment Project
Is Met With More Protests
A revised rezoning and special
use permit request from C. Wliid
Poweil for his proposed Ephesus
Church Road development met
another Obstacle in a special joint
hearing off the Planning Board
and the Board of Aldermen Mon
day night.
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Coming This Sunday
A CHAPEL* HILL RESIDENT lias been one of f
the pioneers in North Carolina’s remarkably |
successful hospital pre-payment programs. He |
is the talker in one of J. A. C. Dunn’s talk
pieces.
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AN INDIGNANT LETTER Reader’s Digest :
led one woniaq, without money or prospects of
any, to comparative prosperity. The writer of
the letter is the subject of a profile by Weekly
Women’s News Editor Paquita Fine.
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REMINISCENCES Chancellor Robert |
House recalls the days when the University |
held regular religious exemses.
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They’ll be in this coming Sunday’s issue of
The Chapel Hill Weekly, along with the latest |
news of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community. |
I Treat yourself to a copy.
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New ‘lnstitute Os Outdoor
Drumu’ Founded By UNC
Chancellor William B. Aycock
announced today the founding of
the “Institute of Outdoor Drama”
to be a part of the University.
The new institute will fulfill a
natior.il need for a central clear
ing house for Information, advice,
auditions and production assist
ance lor the many outdoor dra-
er, or typing something. If neither
of these two activities is in
process, a part-time student is
riding herd on the duplicating
machine in a back room, or it
is lunchtime.
Mr. Ivey is in charge of all
this placid busy ness. His office
is a sort of shell crater in the
no-man’s-land between the Uni
versity and the public. Some
times he gets caught in a cross
fire from both. In terms of the
metaphor, he has earned several
purple hearts; but he has never
been listed as missing in action.
He stood at the door to hfc U
office and told the News Bureau,
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Published Every Sunday and Wednesday
Mr. Powell s original request,
made some weeks ago, had been
for rezoning to RA-6 from RA-10
and Agricultural to permit a 103-
unit apartment development on a
ten-acre tract off the Ephesus
Church Road. All but three of
the 53 property owners in Ridge-
matic productions and community
pageants that are h,eld all over
the United States.
William Trotman, a veteran of
the Carolina Play makers and a
native of Winston-Salem, was
named director of the Outdoor
Drama Institute Mr. Trotman
is versatile as an actor, play
wright, director, production man
ager and stage and scenery de
signer. He returns to Chapel Hill
from Houston, Texas, where he
was a resident designer for the
Ford Foundation • backed Alley
Theater.
“It is fitting that the Institute
of Outdoor Drama be established
in Chapel Hill," said Chancellor
Aycock. "The tradition of folk
drama and the attainments of tHe
Carolina Playmakers and others
in playwriting, acting and pro
ducing dramatic presentations
has found a special outlet in the
burgeoning pageants in outdoor
amphitheatres and similar set
tings. . The new Institute of Out
door Drama is conceived to en
courage and utilize the abilities
of dramatists in this dimension."
Mr. Aycock added: “Mr. Wil
liam Trotman. who was formerly
one of our students in Dramatic
Art, returns to the University as
1 Director of the Institute. He hah
had much professional expert
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WEDNESDAY
ISSUET
field Park objected. They claim
ed Mr. Powell’s project would
lower property values.
Early in December, Mr. FW
ell changed his request, asking
instead a special use permit for
an 86-unit apartment develop,
ment and rezoning the same tract
to RA-15. The Planning Board
added to the request a recom
mendation that the land between
Mr. Powell’s and Ridgefield also
be rezoned RA-15, from its pres
ent Agricultural, to provide a
—buffer between the two residen
tial areas.
The revised request required a
second public hearing A spokes
man for Ridgefield Park residents
said Ridgefield Park would be
represented for discussion of
“peripheral” problems the Pow
ell development would cause; but
that the apartment development
itself would not be opposed.
At Monday’s hearing, the re
quest was referred to the Plan
ning Board for a recommenda
tion. The Ridgefield residents
made it clear that the problems
were somewhat more than peri
pheral.
Raymond Dawson, a Ridgefield
resident, presented the Aldermen
and planners a petition, signed
by 51 Ridgefield Park property
owners, which made three re
quests:
—That any special use permit
for the Powell tract “be limited
to some form of use which does
not concentrate all or most of the
maximum allowable living units
upon a minor portion of that
tract.”
—"That Ridgefield Park be pro
tected from automobile traffic to
and from Ephesus Church Road,
traffic which will originate with
the apartments proposed for the
ten-acre Powell tract and also
other traffic which will increase
as Ephesus Church Road receives
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SCENES
niiiiiiii inmuM mi i isw i ■mih——
Police Captain COY DURHAM
putting out yeUow pylons at Hen
derson and Franklin Street . . .
Bespectacled young man and
pretty blonde in enthusiastic
clinch on Rosemary Street at high
noon . . . Two garbage collectors
sitting beside their truck parked
on Davie Circle munching lunch.
. Sign over Intimate Book
shop’s display of books on Egyp
tian archaeology; IT’S MUM
MY’S DAY AT THE INTIMATE.
. . . Townspeople overcoated,
mufflered and gloved, pausing to
gaze at the swimsuit display in
J. B. Robbins' window . . . Young
high school bucks braving the
sub-freezing weather in shirt
sleeves . . . Small snack shack
beside Norwood Brothers' Esso
smoking like an incinerator on
weekend mornings, as students
catch that last drag before school
takes in , . . Citizen seated in
the back row of the Town Hall
courtroom, casting a vote on each
and every matter before the
Board of Aldermen Monday night
... MAURICE JULIAN and 808
VARLEY raking the Town’s new
sign ordinance osar cefiae at Soft
toil's.
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