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which will bemused for equipping a rescue unit that the squadron will set up and have on call for use in any emergency. DEFENSE ATTORNEY JOHN T. Manning, appearing in the County Recorder’s Court yester day ift behalf of a client charged with bootlegging liquor, made a strong plea for the establishment _._4 <* a second ARC store urChapel Hill. If such were located in the Negro community, as has some . ^ creation Cento next w&k°The group’s directors are to meet and discuss getting started on their long-delayed building project. ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF Ruck Knight was momentarily ex pecting yesterday to take into cus tody. Walter Ashley, International Ladies Garment. Workers Union representative from Atlanta, «.xl the fourth person indicted in the Reverie Lingerie arson case. Off (See PEALINGS, Page 12) Miss Love is revealed as doner of pool funds Miss Cornelia S. Love has been revealed as the previously-anony mous donor of the swimming pool now being constructed at the Ne gro Community (Center in Chapel Hill. The identity of the donor was announced yesterday by Adolphus Clark, President of the Chapel HiU-Carrboro "Swimming Pool Corp., Negro Community Center ■'* Director Miss Lucille ~ Caldwell, and the Rev. W. R. Foushee, Ne gro community leader. The $37, 000 pool is being constructed cn the grounds of the munkapally owned Negro Community Center on N. RobersonSt. . Gift of stock • On Monday of this week, the ' three Negro leaders Announced. Miss Love made the corporation (See POOL on Page 12) —— 1 11 -1- --“7 Circulation Today - 7,061 ' 99 PCT. DISTRIBUTED IN ORANGE COUNTY * On school de-segregation lawsui Board . . . _j The Chapel Hill School Board has moved to strike pertinent portions of the Stanley Vickers de-segregation sguit. In a document filed with the Middle District of the U. S. Federal Court yesterday, Board attorney J. Q. LeGrand* again pointed out that the supplemental compalint recently filed in the case is still a class action and as such not allowably. addition the local School Board declared the cost’s rules have been violated by the attorney for the plaintiff* C! O. Pear son of Durham, in his supplementary complaint filed this month. It chafged the plaintiff has incorporated ih the new action allega tions relating 'to things that occurred before .the original lawsuit was filed—in violation of a court ruling. The plaintiff, 12-year-old Stanley Vickers, of Carrboro, first sought admission to the white Carr boro Elementary School in 1968. After twice being denied transfer to this school, he filed the lawsuit through the NAACP last winter. It's scheduled for trial before Judge Edwin Stanley in Federal Court next month. ~ In the statements filed yesterday the School .Board noted furth er that the Vickers’ supplementary pleading should be stricken because it incorporated all of the original complaint which sought for the Negro lad admission to the six-grade Cafrboro school— This “would bring into the action as now constituted matters and issues nW academic and not relative or pertinent” to the denial of Vickers’ request for re-assignment from.Lincoln Jr. High to Chip el Hill Jr. High, the Board declarer, Treasure chest awards offered for Dollar Days _^The annual pre-fall Dol lar Days sales promotion will be sponsored in Chap el Hill-Carrboro stores to morrow and Saturday by the Merchants Association. As a part of the event shoppers will be offered “Treasure Chest” keys by participating merchants. .Some of the keys will un lock an actual “treasure chest” that wilf be set up on the corner of Franklin and Columbia Streets. The Association’s Trade Pro motions Committee is * dona: ing $50 in cash for w distribution to those who are successful in opening the chest. Advertisements of Dol lar Days special purchase and reduced-price mer chandise are carried in this issue of The News. Gordon Brown and Bob Til den are Co-chairmen of the promotion for the Association committee. Democrats water down rule requiring loyalty to party Orange County Democratic Ex ecutive eoipmittee members shied away from a harsh loyalty state ment at their meeting Monday night and a majority seemed more content with a watered-down ver sion expressing "straight ticket” support. Without naming names, Orange Grove’s Hugh Wilson hinted that there might those among the Com mittee membership not whole heartedly in favor of the state and/or national Democratic tick ets—possibly some even supporting a write-in campaign now in prog ress aimed at electing defeated gubernatorial candidate t Beverly Lake. • BIG RALLY PLANNED The Orange County Democra tic Executive Committee, togeth er with the County Young Demo rats Club, is planning a major area-wide political rally in honor of newly-elected N. C. Demo cratic National Committeewom an Mrs. Herbert McKay of Chapel Hill. County Democratic Chairman L. J. Phipps said the event would probably he held next month. It’s expected that Che Governor and Council of State will be present,. The nation al Democratic party office has been contacted to arrange for the appearance at the Chapel Hill rally of some high party of* fleer or candidate. If so, he said they should resign dr have their posts declared va cated by the chairman. “It's dis honorable if we do not support our nominees in the fall election,” he charged. “The only honorable thing to-do is resign.” _ He proposed a lengthy resolu tion which had the intent of re quiring members of 'the commit tee not in sympathy with the party nominees to either resign or face the possibility of having their seats vacated by the Chair man. His resolution' after slight amend ment was seconded by Earl 'gal taoe of Chapel Hfll. Lucius ebww ire "sought to paas Vsubstitute1^^ ttoa-vfchich asked only that “the Orange County Executive Commit tee reaffirm its belief in the De mocratic principles on which we have always stood, and that we reaffirm our confidence in Demo J crats avid Democrats of the future. Gene Berry of Cheeks seconded this substitute, but discussion brought forth still a substitute for the substitute which, was finally passed 13 to 5. This motion, seconded by Char lie Hodson of Ghapel Hill, put the Orange County Executive Commit tee “on record as 'being in favor of .voting the straight Democratic tkket in the Fall and urging all members of the Democratic par ty to support the Democratic nom inees.” .i—— „* \ •* i Split of votes elects Brown to school post IV Democratic Executive Com rniMee Monday night appointed Del mar “Red” Brown. Hillsboro garage owner, to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Education created by the resigna tion of F. Ross Potter. Brown's appointment oame after a sharp vote battle between his supporters on the committee and those favoring former Board mem ber Harry P. Breeze, who had the backing of the incumbent school board. t t Final vote on second ballot was 10 to 9 in favor of Brown. In the first ballot, Brown got nine votes, Breeze seven and John Efland Jr. three from the 19 mem bers present. " The executive committee named Brown to serve until April 1961 when the legislature next passes a school omnibus bill. The action also certified him to Rep. John Umstwd for inclusion in the 1961 bill which will appoint him for the remainder of the six year term to which Porter was elected last year^ SWIMMING POOL PROGR1SS -4 The Rev. W. R. Foushee, a director of the Chapel Hili Carrhoro Swimming Pool Association, 4eoteowor preyrewryt- constriNMs n* f IhW pool now be* ■ ... .' ' *..... vpi 4wy if*1 agrastM <SMmiW!S" *;v ing built on the Negro Community Center property In Chapel Hill through a gift from Miss Cornelia Leva. “ r. ■ :• ,• -• v- 4'. ^ - ■a. ‘ *
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