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Volume 41, Number 64
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feiMßy PETE IVEY Sami
A prospective Carolina coed,
now a high school graduate in
a North Carolina town, said in
a letter to the admissions office,
“My attending the University at
this time seems virtuously im
possible.’’
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Assembly of marching demon
strators on the campus the
other day was in marked con
trast to skirmishes and conflict
in some other places. For ex
ample, no police dogs were turn
ed on the picketers. Several
campus dogs were lying around
South Building in above 90-de
gree heat, but they hardly no
ticed the demonstrators. They
didn’t even howl when the dem
onstrators sang.
The campus dogs were flopped
in the sun, utterly relaxed, mo
tionless.
“We can’t sic these dogs on
anybody,” said a bystander.
“The only thing they’ll bite is
food and each other.”
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The recipe for Saki that Mrs.
J. H. L. Johnstone of Nova Sco
tia sent to Richard McKenna of
Chapel Hill follows:
2 gallon crock with lid.
1 lb. cheapest white rice.
4 lbs. granulated sugar.
1 lb. Sultana raisins.
1 package of Fleishman’s
yeast.
Put raw rice into bottom of
crock, add sugar which has been
well covered with water and
brought to a boil (sufficient only
to melt the sugar).
While sugar is melting process
yeast according to instructions
on the package. Pour sugar and
water over rice and fill crock to
within 2 inches of top of crock.
Mixture should be lukewarm
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UNC Negotiating
For Booker Land
The University has asked the
N. C. Department of Administra
tion in Raleigh "to approve pur
chase of the slightly over two
acres of Booker property adja
cent to the campus on Senlac
Road and near the women’s dor
mitories. The land was recently
appraised at SIOO,OOO.
However, no firm commit
ment has been made, neither by
tile University, nor the State,
nor by owners of the property.
* No money has changed hands
and a new appraisal may be
necessary.
The University wants the prop
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SCENES
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ADELAIDE and HAROLD
WALTERS, back from Canada,
telling friends about seeing the
redoubtable MARY GILSON north
of the border. . . . MANNING
SIMONS and ANDY GUTIERREZ
on Franklin Street at 1:30 a.m.,
discussing fluoridation. . . . SPE
RO DOKTON, co-proprietor of
The Goody Shop, looking long
ingly at his CLOSED sign. . . .
JIM MOUSMOULES startling his
customers at Jett's with an an
nouncement that he probably
wouldn’t close at all this sum
mer. . . . Local lady walking
down Franklin Street Friday,
finding herself accidentally par
ticipating in a sidewalk demon
stration, hurriedly ducking into
Lacock’s Shoe Shop. . . . Dur
ham Herald Reporter ALAN K.
WHITELEATHER covering the
current term of Superior Court
in Hillsboro, finding himself yank
ed from the courtroom foyer by
a brusque deputy and pressed
into Talisman jury duty: . \ .
HUGH WILSON booming his own
candidacy for Orange’s vacant
General Assembly seat. ...
Growing bootleg market report
ed for copies of Chapel Hill’s run
away best-seller. . . . UNC Pro
fessor RICHARD HISKEY be
moaning his fate after being
called for jury duty, then being
dropped and re-empaneled after
phoning the Courthouse to inquire
about his status. . . . Traffic in
Sutton’s piling up behind a large
yellow dog who had collapsed by
the cigar counter in complete
ecstasy over die air-conditioning.
HUAC Investigator
Visits UNC Campus
Progressive Labor Club , New
Left , Birchers Being Probed
A House Un-American Activities Committee investi
gator who came to the University last week to check on
the activities of two campus political organizations has
apparently left Town.
Dean of Student Affairs Charles Henderson said yes
terday morning that HUAC staff member William Mar
getitch had contacted him once last Wednesday, and
that he had heard nothing from him since.
Mr. Margetitch came to Chap
el Hill to investigate two former
University students, Larry Phelps
of Burlington and John Salter of
Greensboro, both of whom are
reportedly in Cuba, having flown
there from Czechoslovakia with
a group of students defying the
State Department’s ban on trav
el to the Communist couritry.
Dean Henderson said Mr. Mar
getitch was also “interested in
the Progressive Labor Club, the
New Left Club . . . and any John
Birchers on campus.”
The Progressiye Labor Club,
of which Phelps and Salter were
Housing Authority
Plans Survey Here
The Chapel Hill Housing Auth
ority will begin conducting a
survey on Aug. 19 to gather in
formation to be used in planning
low-cost housing here.
William R. Cherry, chairman
of the Authority, said that from
Aug. 19 through Aug. 23 inter
viewers would collect information
on sample dwellings in the com
munity and the families living in
them. The information will be
erty, a desirable site for future
expansion of the women's dorm
itory area, but cannot purchase
it without going through pro
cedures prescribed by the State
in reference to land purchases
for State use. m
University Business Manager
J. A. Branch today explained
the nature of (he University’s
interest in the property and the
current status of negotiations.
The house was built by William
Horne Battle who founded the
University Law School in 1845,
and it was once occupied by
President Kemp Plummer Bat
tle.
The property itself is 2.14 acres
in size. It was appraised in
1962 by a committee of realtors,
and valued at SIOO,OOO.
Based on that appraisal, the
Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees voted last
July 8 to authorize the Univer
sity to apply to the Dept, of
Administration for allocation of
funds for the State Land Pur
chase Fund.
Requesting agencies are oblig
ed to apply for funds for proper
ty purchases, and to make their
applications to the Department
of Administration. That depart
ment has the authority to ask
for new appraisals. If the Booker
property should be approved by
the Department of Administra
tion, after a new appraisal, the
matter is then subject toll ap
proval by the Governor and by
the Council of State.
Mr. Branch stated that in the
steps to be taken (1. request by
the University; 2. approval by the
Trustees; 3. consideration and
appraisal by the Department of
Administration; 4. approval by
the Governor and the Council of
State) the matter is now at the
third step, with the Dept, of Ad
ministration.
If all should fare satisfactorily
and the negotiations should be
reached and be approved by the
Council of State and the Gover
nor, the offer wtll then be ex
tended to the Booker heirs for
thejr decision.
The Booker property is in a de
siraße location, especially suit
able to University expansion.
Mr. Branch said all financial
transactions have been pursued
in accordance with procedures
established by the State .and
there have been no indications
that funds are available from
any other source.
The Chapel Hill Weekly
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members, has reportedly dis
banded, with only one or two of
its former members remaining
in Town. Os the original eleven
members, only Dennis King is
known to be still enrolled in the
University. The Club first came
to attention last July, when it
sponsored the appearance on the
campus and in Town of two of
the defendants in the Monroe
kidnap trials. The local Ameri
can Legion Post called for in
vestigation of the Club and for a
check on Communist infiltration
of the University following re
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used to determine what size low
cost houses to plan for Chapel
Hill and the income restriction
to be established for the occu
pants. All of the information
will be confidential.
Mr. Cherry stressed the im
portance of the survey to the
success of the public housing
rogram here and urged that resi
dents cooperate with the inter
viewers. An interview will not
constitute an application for ad
mission to low-rent housing, nor
can the local Authority promise
consideration to any particular
family at present. All eligible
families will be given opportunity
to apply for consideration short
ly before the initial units are
ready for occupancy.
The Authority also announced
that six enumerators are needed
for the survey beginning next
week. The pay is $1.50 per hour
and interviewers will need cars.
Anyone interested is asked to
call 942-2893 after today.
JC Survey
Is All Set
Personal interviews with about
1,000 local householders are
scheduled to begin this week in
the Chapel Hill Jaycees’ com
munity needs survey.
Project chairman John Ulmer
said that each of the 80 mem
bers of the club had been given
kits to interview 20 persons in
designated geofyaphical areas.
The survey, to be completed
during August and September,
he said, will cover every neigh
borhood in Chapel Hill, Carr
boro and the surrounding urban
community.
Some members of the Junior
Service League will aid the Jay
cees by also taking certain in
terview areas, he said. The re
sults are to be compiled and
analyzed by Daniel Campbell of
the University Testing Service.
Mr. Ulmer estimated that an
swering of the 64 interview ques
tions would take about 30 min
utes in most cases. Generally
they are “open-end” questions
rather than “yes-no” queries, he
explained.
Appealing for cooperation on
the part of those Interviewed, Mr.
Ulmer stressed that names and
addresses would not be recorded
on the survey forms.
Weather Report |
Generally fair and less humid.
High Low
Wednesday ... 96 62
Thursday .... M 69
Friday 93 69
Saturday 90 <9
'Hie Airport Road is as slkk
as bear grease these days, what
with the Muring sun workfag on
tar. The only reason the road
hasn’t melted and flawed away
la that the shoulders have hew
Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923
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SUMMER MAGIC—It happens twice
a day, that moment when the August
sun slants across the pond and strokes
the eye gently. Either R is gathering
itself to sear the hide, to chase large
bass and small boys into the deep water,
or stopping young lovers and old fish
Building Height Proposal
Before Aldermen Tomorrow
Building heights permissible in
downtown Chapel Hill may be
doubled if the Board of Aider
men follows recommendations
when it meets in the Town Hall
Monday night at 7:30.
The easing of the Town's old
45-foot height limit for business
structures in the Central Busi
ness District has gone through
the necessary petition to the Al
Policemen’s Fund
Now Totals $522
Contributions to the current
“Policemen's Fund” have reach
ed more than SSOO.
The Chamber of Commerce,
which is sponsoring the cam
paign U> help finance a building
at the Chapel Hill Police force’s
recreation area, reported yester
day that two more pledges would
bring the total to $522.
The latest donors are the Chap
el Hill Exchange Club, which vot
ed to contribute S2OO, and the
Rotary Club, which is donating
SIOO.
The Chamber has sent letters
to churches, civic clubs, officials
at the University, and members
of the Chapel Hill Merchants
Association inviting them to par
ticipate in the drive.
The fund, which Chamber of
ficials hope will reach up to
$2,000, will enable the police
men to begin construction of a
recreation building on the 28-
acre tract they have purchased
off NC 86. The land has already
been partially cleared, an ac
cess road built, power installed
and a well dug.
Joe Augustine, executive direc
tor of the Chamber of Commerce,
said the drive would be wound
up in another week and he ask
ed that donations be sent in as
soon as possible. The "Police
men's Fund" was established a
week ago as a community ges
ture of appreciation to the Po
lice Department for its out
standing service during the past
several months.
ermen at the bank to reflect with it for
.a few seconds on Of hard
• work or strong feelings in the doldrums
I of late summer. It may have been a
blistering bore all day, but come eve
i ning it wants to make amends, as it
I is shown doing here at University Lake.
dermen, a follow-up special pub
lic hearing and submission to
the Planning Board for recom
mendations.
The Planning Board last Tues
day night voted 3-2 in favor of
increasing the height limit to 90
feet, although a strong minority
wanted to tic the easing to new
off - street par king requirements
The move, led by Board member
Individuals wishing to con
tribute may make checks pay
able to The Policemen's Fund,
Chamber of Commerce, and mail
them to Policemen's Fund,
Chamber of Commerce, P. O.
Box 127, Chapel Hill. Contribu
tions are deductible for tax pur
poses.
A Talk With Pollster Lou Harris
By J. A. C. DUNN
Lou Harris is a small, quiet,
dark man with eyes like wet
prunes. You notice his eyes.
They are poised as if to spring,
just within the shelter of over
hanging brows. Paradoxically,
for a man who has spent almost
twenty years asking people ques
tions, Mr. Harris's eyes seem
to be trying to hail J e world
end tell it something, io much
the same way that a castaway
on the far horizon desperately
flaps a tattered shirt, to at
tract attention.
Mr. Harris' poll-taking firm re
cently completed a massive, de
finitive nationwide survey of tbe
American Negro for Newsweek
Magazine. Mr. Harris and a
Newsweek writer are oollaborst
Roy Martin, was nipped in the
bud however. The Planners have
been at work for some time on
new zoning for the downtown
area, and had recently adopted
a special report of its zoning
committee which would have
given the area a unified plan
with stringent off-street parking
requirements for any new build
ings. The bulk of the old build
ings would not be required to
have off-street parking, unless
altered so that their capacities
were increased more than ten
per cent by such alterations or
enlargements. The pew business
zoning plan will be submitted to
public hearing August 28.
The height increase, if passed
by the Board of Aldermen will
permit the construction of a five
story motor hotel on West Frank
lin Street between the Obic
Davis and Norwood Bros, ser
vice stations.
Interstate Investors, a firm
which had purchased the site
and is planning a luxury hotel,
requested the height easement in
late June. It wished to add a
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ing on a book about the survey
and its results, and he is proud
of both the survey's findings and
the fact that its publication gave
Newsweek its greatest stand
sal.es ever for a single issue.
Sociologists and other aca
demicians are clamoring for
complete transcripts of the sur
vey's data.
The Newsweek Negro job may
possibly be considered Mr. Har
ris's poll of polls, and it was
extremely difficult to conduct.
"We had problems," lie said.
He was sitting in UNC Presi
dent Friday's office, crumpled
into the corner of a sofa, re
veling in air conditioning after
spending the morning seeing his
son entered as a student at the
University.
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Published Every Sunday and WednexUjr
Board To Discuss
Anti-Bias Statute
Committee For Open Business
Plagued With Internal Discord
The Board of Aldermen will begin-consideration to
morrow night of a proposed ordinance that would pro
hibit racial discrimination by businesses established
in the future in Chapel Hill.
The Aldermen will meet in the courtroom at Town
Hall, beginning at 7:30.
Work on the proposed ordinance has not yet been com
pleted and a detailed statute might not be ready for
presentation, but the Aldermen
are expected to begin initial dis
cussion in any case. **“
The ordinance was suggested
to the Board by George Esser
of the Institute of Government
as a possible alternative to a
public accommodations law
which the Aldermen had declined
to approve in June. Mr. Esser
brought forth the new proposal
as a private citizen and not on
behalf of the Institute of Gov
ernment.
The effect of Mr. Esser’s re
commended ordinance would be
restricted to new businesses.
Segregated businesses already
operating here would not be af
fected.
The non-discrimination require
ment would be applied to new
businesses in the same manner
that planning and zoning require
ments are applied.
Several members of the Town
Board have indicated they are
receptive to the new proposal.
However, Chapel Hill merchants
who were practically unanimous
in their opposition to a public ac
commodations law have express
ed reservations about the new
proposal.
The Merchants Association has
not adopted a resolution oppos
ing the new proposal, as it did
on the public accommodations
law. But Joe Augustine, execu
tive director of the Association,
said most of the merchants who
had expressed an opinion were
against the new proposal. Their
objections were largely the same
as those voiced against the pub
lic accommodations ordinance.
In the meantime, the Commit
tee for Open Business is con
tinuing its deonstrations protest
ing discrimination in public bus
inesses here. The Committee
added five establishments to its
list of segregated firms last
week, bringing the total to 19.
The Committee held sidewalk’
marches on Thursday and Friday
and a mass march down Frank
lin Street was scheuled to be
gin at 12:30 yesterday. Another
march down Franklin is planned
for 12:30 today.
Internal trouble became, ap
parent at the COB’S meeting at
the Second Baptist Church
Thursday night. Chairman Har
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2 Chapel Hillians
Are On Commission
Governor Terry Sanford yes
terday announced the appoint
ent of 15 persons, including two
Chapel Hillians, to the Courts
Commission, established by the
1963 General Assembly to make
recommendations for court im
provements in the State.
The Chapel Hill members are
Dickson Phillips, law instructor
at the University, and Alex Mc-
Mahon, general counsel of the
North Carolina Association of
County Commissioners. Their
terms extend through 1970.
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Manslaughter
Sentence Is
Suspended
Roland Jackson Burnette, 31,
of Carrboro was convicted Fri
day of manslaughter in the hifji
way death last January of a
four-year-old Chapel Hill child.
Judge Leo Carr sentenced
Burnette to three to five years
in jail, suspended upon payment
of $1,260 at s3l per month to the
dead child’s estate. Burnette al
so was placed on probation dur
ing the three-year payment peri
od.
Judge Carr said the payments
would be in addition to any dam
ages recovered by the estate
through civil court action. Burn
ette reportedly carried automo
bile liability insurance.
An Orange County Superior
Court jury found Burnette guilty
of the charge which grew out of
a rear-end collision on U. S. 15-
501 Bypass around Chapel HilL
Killed in the accident was Kris
ten Herrington, 4, daughter of a
Memorial Hospital resident phy
sician.
Before passing judgment.
Judge Carr overruled a defense
motion to set aside the jury’s
verdict. However, the Judge
termed the charge “a borderline
case of criminal liability, one
that the Supreme Court could go
either way on.”
His reference to the Supreme
Court apparently indicated a
possible appeal, but one was not
lodged by defense counsel. State
Sen. Harry Horton of Pittsboro.
New Road
On Agenda
The Board of Cartboro Com
missioners expects a report from
Division Highway Engineer T. A.
Burton on Pleasant Drive exten
sion for consideration at its
meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m in
the Carrboro Town Hall.
Town Clerk R. B. Todd said
he underatood a right-of-way
committee had been working on
clearing the right-of-way for the
road, which would run from the
present end of Pleasant Drive in
Carrboro to a point on Umstead
Drive in Chapel Hill.
The connection, envisioned for
years and actually planned for
the past several months, would
enable school buses to travel
from Carrboro to the new Guy
B. Phillips Junior Higi School
without going near congested
downtown traffic.
Mr. Todd said that after the
right-of-way for the road is ob
tained, construction of the road
will begin.
"Because of one of the strang
est coalitions I’ve everween. the
U. S. Census can’t give us block
information about Negroes. You
can get information about Ne
groes on an over-all basis, on
a statewide basis, on a county
basis, and for some major cities.
But you can't get it for minor
civil units such as small towns,
wards of cities, and so on.
' ‘Senator Eastland tbi nk s
breaking the Negroes down this
far is wrong, and Adam Clay
ton Powell thinks it’s discrimiaa
tion against the Negro. It's the
strangest case of extremes
agreeing with each other. It’s
like Senator Goldwater and Bed
China being gglnst tbe test
ban treaty, in order to make
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