—Chapel Hill, Hillsboro, Carrboro—Between and Beyond—
VOL. 7d NO. 30 - HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, mF - —24 PAGB*
Orange
Pealings
FIGURING THE AVERAGE
cost per space at $1,200 it would
cost $1 million—give or take a
few thousand—for the 670 addi
tional midtown off-street parking
Spaces which the Mayor’s Com
mittee on Downtown Develop
ment has recommended for Chap
el Hill during the next 10 years.
And the $1,200 figure is right
conservative, being about one
third less than the per-space cost
for the town’s first projected lot
on E. Rosemary St. —What price
comfort, o frail humanity?!
COUNTY AGENT DON $.
- Matfees&n; wko -is disposing of
his 93 head of fine Holstein
dairy cattle at public auction
next Wednesday, said yesterday
he sought Lloyds of London in
surance coverage against rain on
the day of the sale, but finally
discarded the idea when charges
began to appear excessive. Local
agents were in contact with
Lloyds, the world wide insurers
of everything from Elizabeth
Taylor’s marriages to Zsa Zsa’s
out satisfactory rates. However,
in the end Mr. Matheson said he
decided to take his own risk.
IN THB COURSE OF THE
Chapel Hill School Board’s con
sideration of “satellite” lunch
room feeding for the coming
year (story in this issue) it was
brought out that the Northside
School lunchroom last year re
ceived a ton and a quarter of
turkey from the U. S. Govern
ment free during the entire year.
Such food, it was noted, could
not be served from a warming
kitchen under existing -regula
tions. Cooperating lunchrooms
receive from the government all
they can use of certain commodi
ties such as powdered eggs, milk,
and flour.
APPROPRIATE TO LOCAL
schools, too, the HCL of “free”
public schools was underlined.
Pupil fees in some Chapel Hill
schools this year may be $10 or
more, subject to the pupil’s
course load. The state textbook
rental tab has been increased
from $4 to $6. (The proposed $2
fee reduction envisioned via the
defeated school tax increase ref
erendum in Chapel Hill last
spring would have balanced off
the increase.)
HIGH WINDS IN A LATE
afternoon thunderstorm Satur
day sent a huge tree in the yard
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Walker
Sr. crashing across Tryon Street
in Hillsboro, severing telephone
lines. Had the direction of the
wind been different, the tree un
. doubtedly would have crashed
through the roof of the house,
creating great damage and pos
sible injuries. In a matter of<
minutes, according to Mr. and
Mrs. Walker, town, telephone
and power company workers
were at the scene repairing dam
age and clearing the street. Ear
ly arrivals directing the work
were Mayor Fred Claytor, Mayor
Pro-tem Frank Walker and Street
Supt. Fred Sharpe, all of whom
were praised by the Walkers for
their timely work.
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Firehouse, teahouse, or blockhouse?...
ARCHITECTS SKETCH
— Here's a sketch of the
new central fire sta,tion foi
the Town of Chapel Hill
as initially proposed by the
firm of City Planning and
Architectural Associates. The
two - story structure would
be put tip facing the Co
lumbiaSt. Airport Rd. in
tersection near midiown a*
the first unit of a munici
pal center. Fire trucks and<
a control room would oc
cupy the ground floor,
while offices and dormitory ,
space would be in the over
hanging second story.
The architecture was de
scribed variously before and
by the Town aldermen a*
like a “blockhouse"tea
house,” “barn," and" 'con
temporary.'9 Meanwhile the
Board is waiting to consult
with the designer before
making a final decision
—Story on Pag© 2
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Parents ask
enlargement
school area
—Story on Page 2
4 are charged
for procuring
& prostitution
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—Story on Page 12
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Desegregation
-i-and then what
is local query
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—See Sec. II, Page 1
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Calling all Mars
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'4, CONGRESSMAN CALLS — Congressman Horace Kornegay places a call while
standing beside an exact-size model of Telstar, world’s first satellite to carry com
munications between the United States and Europe. Designed, built and paid for by '
the Bell System, Telstar eras launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Admin
istration July 10. Since then telephone calls, data tapes, photos and TV, including
color shots, have been handled by the Bell System's ground station — another first
of its kind — at Andover, Maine.