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Volume 41, Number 68
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aiawtaißT PETE IVEY
David Brinkley is no longer
being heard in central North
Carolina. NBC’s Huntltey-Brink
ley Report has been dropped by
Channel 5. In its place is the
ABC nightly newscast.
Would it be possible to get the
Huntley-Brinkley program for
broadcast over WUNC-TV, Chan
nel 4? •
Many people have spoken of
the arrangement whereby NBC
would put the program on
Channel 4 without commercial
sponsorship. That would be the
only way an educational tele
vision station could carry it.
Approval would have to be giv
en by NBC and its nearest af
filiate in North Carolina, WSJS
TV in Winston-Salem.
David Brinkley is a native of
Wilmington. He is a former North
Carolina newspaperman, once
came to Chapel Hill briefly as
a special student.
The newscast by the two, Chet
Huntley and David Brinkley, has
won national awards . for excel
lence. Brinkley has, by himself,
also won high prizes for his
imaginative and spectacular
work.
It’s a shame the million or so
people of this section are denied
the opportunity to hear Huntley
and Brinkley. Perhaps something
can be done to get them back.
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David Brinkley came to Chap
el Hill in the late 1930’s before
graduation from high school. He
didn't have the required credits
for regular entrance in the Uni
versity.
President Frank P. Graham
told Brinkley to go ahead and
attend classes, and he would
see what could be done mean
while. After a couple of weeks,
Brinkley was toM fie could re-’
siHWPtfe
graduation. • ••••> >■ ’
David Brinkley peeked fife bags,
returned to Wilmington, later
took courses at Vanderbilt, went
into broadcast work in Washing
ton, hit the jackpot with Chet
Huntley and came into national
prominence in the political con
vention broadcasts in the sum
mer of 1956.
• * *
Y. Z. Cannon suggested: "In
stead of Town and Gown, I would
have thought you'd call the col
umn Shucks and Nubbins.’’
If we did that, Oscar J. Cof
fin might come back and haunt
us.
Dean O. J. Coffin, late head
of journalism in the University
for 22 years, wrote a column in
the Greensboro Daily News en
titled Shucks and Nubbins.
However, it wouldn’t be bad at
all to be haunted by Mr. Coffin.
He’d have a pleasant laugh and
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Communism: ‘ Don’t
Tell The Children 9
North Carolina school children
are being told almost nothing
about Communism, secondary
school teachers at the In-School
TV Workshop agreed here last
week.
"Communism is a ‘sick chick
en’," commented one young
teacher. "We can’t tell the kids
anything about it." Mo6t of the
• teachers present agreed that it
is impossible to give school chil
dren the information they need
to form an intelligent opinion of
the Soviet Union without invoking
the wrath of parents and publie
officials.
“You are expected to teach
about Russia on the mental lev
el of a television western— the
good guys and the bad guys,"
observed one lady. "If you
taught it any other way, you
would be hanged at the town
square at dawn," another said.
History teachers are especially
concerned about what to teach
about the USSR. The major goal
in teaching' history is to teach
students to make rational analy
ses of a real situation by balanc
ing facts against one another.
"The public expects us to load
the dice so much in favor of the
United States that it becomes
a useless exercise,” was one
teacher’s lament.
"Even the Russians bow ac
knowledge that such propaganda
does not work," observed Dr.
Robert Rupen. UNC specialist
on Soviet Russia, moderator of
the discussion.
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Party Is Saturday
By 808 (10-0) QUINCY
Some call it the “autumn
madness.” Cynics refer to it as
the "autumn folly.” What it is,
is football.
Next Saturday afternoon young
men wearing desire on their
shirt sleeves and muscles under
their coats will gather here tor
a three-month long contention.
Its purpose: winning football
games for UNC.
One of the first official acts
will be the annual "Welcome
Back” barbecue sponsored oy
the Chapel Hill Athletic Club. It
begins at 6:30 p.m., at Kenan
Stadium. This year's barbecue
offers a double feature: <1) the
boys, <2i the classic lines of the
% remodeled sports theatre.
It’s the hope of the coaching
staff that the team will match
Teaching about Russia in terms
of satellites and technological ad
vances seethed equally futile to
many of the high school teach
ers. "Students usually know
more about sputniks than the
teachers do, but they still have
no idea what Communism
means.” said an elderly teach
er. Others agreed* that statistics
on the number of plumbing fix
tures per-capita and other gaug
es of standard-of-living helped
students to understand the Rus
«mn people, but did little toward
solution of the basic problems
of understanding Soviet Russia.
But teaching nothing about
Russia and Communism is also
coming under public censure. A
North Carolina high school stu
dent wrote a very pro-Com
niunist English theme recently,
and the teacher refused to grade
it. After several weeks of try
ing to decide what course of ac
tion to take, school officials ac
cidentally allowed the theme and
the controversy to be aired in
the town newspaper. The teacher
was severely condemned for "at
tempting thought control.”
The Workshop group seemed
to agree that whatever is taught
about the Soviet Union stands a
chance of public disapproval and
that even more disapproval is
likely when the problem is ig
nored. In other worda, North
Carolina teachers feel "damned
if they do. damned if they don't”
teach Communism.
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the splendor of the stadium,
which certainly will draw compli
ments as one of the most mag
niiicent arenas in existence.
“It is something of which we
can all be proud,” said Archi
tect Ezra Mier, the captain of
design.
“We feel our squad will en
courage the same kind of pride,”
predict Gene Sigmon and Rog
er Smith, the co-captains of the
Tar Heels.
‘Welcome Back” will be an
informal evening of introduc
tions and brief speeches. Coach
Jim Hickey will cell his players
by name and they will take
bows. This, of course, means
much to athletes —for there
will be freshmen, too, and it's
a rare yearling who leaves home
without pangs of sickness.
Master of ceremonies for the
production will be a gentleman
who has never used "that greasy
kid stiff,” slick-topped Hay
Reeve of WRAL-TV in Raleigh.
Ray once again will handle play
by-play during the grid season.
There will be words of wel
come and wisdom by University
officials. If there is anything
lengthy enough to be classed as
a speech, it will be delivered by
Art Weiner.
Who is Art Weiner? That is
like asking the Saturday Evening
Post who is Wally Butts. Art
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Community Survey
Work Progressing
The Chapel Hill Jaycees’ com
munity attitude survey is under
way. Members of the Jaycees
will call (Hi families in their as
signed areas during the next
month. Results are expected to
be published some time after
the entire survey is completed.
The survey, conceived early
this summer and originally
scheduled for completion in July,
has been delayed several times
by administrative and organiza
tional complications. Interview
kits were distributed to sur
veyors recently, however, and
some dooibells have already been
rung.
The results so far vafy widely.
The survey is organized in
teams. Each of nine Jaycee di
rectors is responsible for be
tween five and eight men; each
man is responsible for 20 inter
views. are designed
to'reveal Chapel Hill and Carr
boro citizens’ attitudes .toward
the community as a whole, on
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Serving the Chapel Hill Area Since 1923
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1963
Flats , Pitted
Windshields—
Tempers Boil
The current re - surfacing of
Airport Road may have settled
the tar which bubbles up on a
hot summer day, but it is heal
ing the tempers of local motor
ists to boiling pitch.
Since the State Highway Dept,
began dumping tar end large
gravel along one lane of Airport
Road last Wednesday an untab
ulated number of cracked wind
shields and flat tires punctured
by rock have cropped up in
Chapel Hill.
The rock, not really a gravel
but a pulverized blue slate quar
ried in the Central Piedmont,
does not lend itself very well to
pulverization. When crushed it
breaks into jagged pieces, some
of which have needle points.
They ’ can gut a tire like ten
penny nails, or caught in a tire
and thrown, can make pits in
windshields.
Wayne Howard, proprietor of
Town and Country Service Sta
tion on Airport Road, reported
yesterday that at least a dozen
cars hod come in with flat tires
caused by the gravel. Police
Chief William Blake said roughly
the same number of motorists
had reported pocked windshields,
one of them owned by a police
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Fireman With Smoke In His Lungs
Cause Still Unknown
Downtown Fire Causes
$70,000 In Damages
Hospital Treats
Seven Firemen
A fire of unknown origin started in the Ramsheud
Rathskeller restaurant Thursday night, crept through
walls and ceilings threatening the entire Munch Build
ing on East Franklin Street, damaged several other
businesses in the building.
Ted Danziger, proprietor of the Rathskeller, estimat
ed damage to the premises and contents of the restau
rant and Danziger’s Old World Gift Center at about
$70,000, possibly more. The lire
forced three other businesses in
the building to remain closed
Friday morning. No injuries
were reported.
How the fire started has not
been determined. Cooks in the
Rathskeller noticed smoke com
ing from a wall at about 7:30.
Manager Phil Miller discovered
flames behind a steel plate
against the wall over a stove,
and emptied available fire ex
tinguishers into the wall. The
extinguishers had no effect on
the tire, and the restaurant was
emptied quickly and without i’n
ciuent.
The Fire Department was
called at 7:40 p.m. Four engines
including the Town's aerial lad
der trqck were brought to the
•goone. *Belore the engines were
sent home 14 volunteer firemen,
13 regular firemen, about half
a dozen Carrboro firemen, and
two men from the Durham Fire
Department helped fight the fire.
A Carrboro fire engine stood by
at the Chapel Hill fire station n
case another call came in from
elsewhere in Town.
A Walker’s Funeral Home am
bulance and crew stood by at
the fire, and the entire Chapel
Hill Police force except for a
few men on vacation, was call
ed to direct traffic and hold back
crowds of several hundred spec
tators attracted by radio and
television reports. Part of East
Franklin Street was blocked to
traffic and rope barriers held
back crowds at the fire itself.
The fire fight was waged from
every vantage point possible: be
hind the building; in front of
the building; from the roof of
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I Weatjher Report
Fair and warm.
High Low
Wednesday .... 87 67
Thursday . 88 69
Friday 92 68
Saturday 92 69
Tar bubbles on the streets and
the Bell Tower dances in the
shimmer of summer heat. In
another week August will be
gone. Good riddance.
Oil The Side,
Irony, Hiunor
And Sadness
■The side effects of the Rath
skeller fire Thursday night were
either funny, ironic, or sad:
- Charles Hopkins, whose jew
elry shop is in the nuilding across
Amber Alley from the Rath
skeller, said he had gone to bed
early, woke up at 11 p.m.,
heard a report of the fire on
the radio, considered lor a min
ute, and .decided that he would
dp Just 4#tat he did during an
earthquake in Mexico City some
years ago. "The best place for
me was in bed.” He stayed
there.
Friday morning, while work
men, insurance adjusters, and
employees examined the water
logged shambles in the Rath
keller, other workmen continu
ed remodeling the old Sutton's
Toy Cellar directly across the
alley for new quarters to house
Mr. Hopkins’ hand-wrought jew
elry business.
Ankle-deep water in Amber
Alley lapped the doorsill of the
University Printery, below Sut
ton's Drug Store. Hank Har
rington, proprietor of the Print
ery, opened his shop and handed
out free Cokes to passing fire
men from his Coke machine.
Firemen apologized for having
to chop holes in the floor oi Dan
ziger s Old World Gift Center.
Packages of clean laundry
from Campus Cleaners were
moved next door to Ledbetter-
Pickard for protection from
water damage. One young man
walked into Ledbetter-Pickard,
looked through the stack of pack
ages, picked out his own, and
walked off with it. Somebody
asked him what he was doing
with that, laundry, and the young
man explained that because
Campus Cleaners had been clos
ed for a week he had no clean
shirts, and he thought he'd just
take that opportunity to get his
laundry back. According to one
version of the incident, he left
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A Face Drawn With Fatigue
Hearing Tomorrow
On Business Zones
New propo.-als for Central
Business District zoning will
come before the-Board of Aider
men and the Planning Board at
their quarterly public hearing
tomorrow night at 7:30 in the
Town Hall.
The proposals are being made
by Ihe Planning Board, which
has been attempting for the past
yeas aud-a-half to hammer out *.i
satisfactory Business District
Plan which would solve the prob
lems of Downtown growth and
has been the new off-street park
ing requirements tor all bus
inesses. One of the big obstacles
has bene the new off-street park
ing requirement for the Central
Business District.
The Planners are suggesting a
unified District with the billow
ing provisions:
—One Central Business Dis
trict as opposed to the earlier
(wo-division district that had
been suggested.
—O.f-street parking required
for all new buildings.
—Off-street panting required
for additions to buildings exist
ing at the date of passage of
tnis amendment, i; additions ex
ceed 10 per cent oi the original
size oi tne building.
—Commercial buildings at the
time ot the passage ol the Bus
iness District rules would oe
considered “conforming” as far
as parsing is concerned, and
could be rebuilt to original size,
destroyed or remodeled.
• O.i-Sircct parking require
ments for the entire district-.
—Commercial buildi 1 igs—stores,
restaurants, offices, etc. one
parking space for each 400
square feet oi gross commercial
tloor area.
—Hotels and motels—one space
per bedroom with an allowance
o. 1C per cent of the parking
space required for bedrooms to
be used for other commercial
use such as restaurants and con
ventions. **
For all businesses, the requir
ed parking must be within 600
feet of the business it serves.
SUNDAY
ISSUE
During regular
of routine ord
inance 'intendments are slated
for adoption*. A proposed com
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SCENES
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Judge L. J. PIPPS warning
BILLY ARTHUR of a possible
$3 million libel action lor al
legedly misquoting Y. Z. CAN
NON in the Arthur column in
The Weekly. . . . The only cas
ually of the Rathskeller fire:
Fire Chief JAMES STEWART'S
official car, which was stil! park
ed beside the Post Os dee the
morning after with a dead bat
tery. . . . Fortitications beside
RGY COLE's East Franklin
Street house progressing nice
ly. . . . Townsman tenderly re
trieving from the Carrboro Tire
and Appliance Company his an
tique but valiant pre-War (push
type) lawmnower alter its reg
ular l.OilO-niile checkup. . . .
Gentleman in white overalls,
check shirt and straw hat trot
ting briskly down West Franklin
Street on a mule, bareback.
. . . Two checkout clerks at
Fowler's Food Store pausing in
the rush of the day to examine
old coins in a cosh register. . . .
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, man
ager of the Eastgate A & P,
strolling around his store with
a wailing child in his arms, try
ing to locate a misplaced moth
er. . . . Recent New York City
visitor to Chapel Hill reporting
to his host that the Mine fly
that accompanied him on the
plane south was also a passen
ger on the return trip north.
“Its name is Charley,” he said.
. . . Dentist ANDY MIKE TA
watching with complete calm
and serenity from his second
floor window while smoke bil
lowed from the. Old World Gift
Shop immediately below.