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VOL. 68 NO. 1 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY JANUARY 5,1961 24 PAGES
A CHAPEL HILLIAN CUR
rently in an influential position
on the diplomatic firing line of
the Laotian area is William W.
(Bill) Thomas, Vice-Consul at the
U. S. Embassy in Pnompenh, the
capital of Cambodia. He was vice
consul in Laos for two years be
fore returning to the U. S. and
visiting here last year. Previously
was with the U. S. foreign serv
ice in Thailand, Hong Kong, In
do-China, and Formosa. H i s
Christmas card to Chapel Hill
triends was accompanied by a
guarded message noting the de
licate situation" in Cambodia since
the death of the country’s King
last year.
FINANCIALLY OVERSHADOW
ing Orange County's first baby
of 1961 (see photo. P. 10) was a
$600 income tax deduction born
three minutes before the New
Year to Mrs. Nancy Norwood.
The last baby for 1960 at Memor
ial Hospital was Marion Alexan
der Norwood, III.
ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST
alleged referee •• socker Harold
Lusk were quashed in the Chapel
Hill Recorder’s Court on Tues
day. Defense attorney Dan Perry,
lawyer for the UNC student, made
the successful motion in pointing
out that the name of the referee
(Sid Hughes of Norfolk, Va.) was
not given in the warrant. On the
basis of N. C. Supreme Court
precedents, Judge William S.
Stewart said he would allow the
motion. Lusk was arrested on
charges of striking the official in
the near rpob scene after the
game because of Hughes’ ques
tionable pass interference call on
UNC in its gridiron loss to Mary
land.
THE REV. W. WESLEY
Shrader of Chapel Hill became
pastor of a church in the Amer
ican Baptist denomination at
Lewisburg, Pa., home of Buckneli
University, as of Jan. 1. He re
signed his 18 months pastorate of
the University Baptist Church in
Chapel Hill in October because of
what he termed were his ‘‘integ
rationist” views.
TUESDAY WAS “COMMENDA
tion day” with Chairman Donald
M. Stanford of the Board of
County Commissionres. The new
chairman spoke words of com
mendation for their services to
several county department heads
making reports. Among them was
Mrs. Jane Parker, welfare super
intendent, who was making her
last official appearance before the
hoard prior to her retirement
from the post at the end of next
week. He praised her especially
“for the good relations she had
helped develop between the Wel
fare department and the Board of
Commissioners. Dog Warden
Casfae Boggs and the farm and
home agents were others who
came in for commendatory state
ments.
ABOUT M CHAPEL HILL AND
Carrboro Boy Scouts answered a
call last Saturday morning to
help find an elderly tubercular
patient who wandered away from
Gravely Sanatorium Friday after
noon. After about a 45-minute
walk through the woods south of
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DER BELLYHOLDEN ROLLER—George Byers of
the Clover Garden community shows off his family’s
eight-year-old Tiger Dachshund, ‘Moxie,’ now mobile
again with the benefit of a specially-built walker. The
custom-made aluminum frame with its tailored ©loth
leg harness was dubbed Dex Bellyholdenroller’ in de
ference to the canine’s native German origin. It was
built by Durham machinist Eugene Johnson with the
assistance of B. B. I .acock of Chapel Hill to remedy
‘MoxieV rear legs disability. This was caused recently
by a slipped disc in his spine—not au unusual malady
for the long low-slung dogs. The Byers purchased their
pure-bred pup in Germany where Mr. Byers was in th#
Air Forces. The dog traveled with them to Japan be
fore their return .to Chapel Hill. News Photo
Elections problems aired
but no decisions reached
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