Tar Heel People & Issues
Extra walk to new State House
'good exercise for legislators
By CLIFF BLUE
PRESS INSTITUTE ... It
was our pleasure to attend the
38th annual Newspaper Institute
held at Chapel Hill and Durham
last week-end.
We always enjoy meeting with
newspaper people from over the
state and talking shop and cur
rent events with them. While the
formal programs are good, we
usually enjoy the informal as
sociation and chats more than
the programs.
Highlight of the Duke din
ner meeting was a humorous
talk on "Newspapermen's
Wife" by the vibrant Willie
Snow Ethridge. Some one sug
gested that at the forthcoming
Asheville meeting her hus
band, Mark Ethridge should
be given equal time to reply.
JOHN UMSTEAD ... While
in Chapel Hill we had a nice
visit with Rep. John W, Umstead,
dean of the House members in
point on continuous service and
dean of the entire assembly in
point of age, he being 73. John’s
chief interest centers in provid
ing adequate facilities for the
mentally sick.
We know of no man in
North Carolina who has done
more to provide for the men
tally ill than John Umstead.
In the General Assembly
'-where many requests are
turned down for the lack of
funds, John usually gets for
the state hospitals what he
says they must have.
BEACH HOTEL . ..At the
invitation of Rye B. Page of the
Wilmington News - Star, the
Press directors voted to hold
their convention at Wrightsville
Beach in the summer of 1984.
Rye told the newspaper people
that the new million dollar pins,
modern and up-to-date hotel
be completed and ready for the
1964 ’* summer business. New
Hanover has long felt the need
for a more adequate convention
hotel at Wrightsville -or Ctiro
lina Beach.
KENNEDY ... Commenting
on President Kennedy’s “State
of the Union” message, Ike Lon
don calls if “A masterful sum
mation of the present and fut
ure of our country — probably
the finest speech of his career.
The President is growing in
stature.” Kennedy, like his pre
decessor — General Eisenhower
— is proving very popular per
sonally with the people, more
so, we suspect, than some of
his proposals — like deficit fi
nancing. - .. >
STATE COLLEGE . .. .We
figure that e compromise will
be offered concerning the
name of State College which
will NOT be the University of
North Carolina at Raleigh,
but will have the word "Uni
versity" in it. When issues
get real hot they are often
times resolved before a vote
is taken. Like law-suits —
many get to the courthouse
with a large number being
compromised before they get
into the courtroom.
WOMEN ... The Home and
Garden dubs in North Carolina
are engaged in an all-out cam
paign to ban billboards on the
new interstate highways. While
this is an old issue it arouses
much interest pro and con.
NEW 2 STATE HOUSE . -. .
Like most people, we have our
likes and dislikes about the new
State House in Raleigh. History
teaches that when we progress
and move ahead that we often
have to give up things to which
we are greatly attached. The
present capitol building is re
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garded as one of the most beau
tiful in the nation. We like the
closeness in the old chambers on
one hand, but on the other hand,
you need more working space.
The walk for the legislators
staying at the Sir Walter will
be a couple of additional
blocks, or a total of about a;
mile. This would make it
nice for Horry Truman who
takes brisk walks each morn
ing, and it should prove to
-be good exercise for the mem
bers.
WEST . . . On Jan. 12 it
•was our pleasure to attend the
meeting of the Western legis
lators at Western Carolina Col
lege at Cullowhee. The lawmak
ers from the West appeared to
be very much interested in
roads, education and public util
ity legislation, along with elec
tion laws.
COMMUNISTS . . While
the democracies of the world
have their problems — and
plenty of them, the commun
ists seem to be drifting apart.
There is not the brotherly
love between Russia and Cu
ba that seemed to exist a few
months ago, and Russia and
Red China seem to be about
as bitter towards each other
as a^r the communists and
the free nations of the world.
MONEY . ./. Money is not the
most important thing in the
world, but, a sufficient amount
of it could settle a lot of big
issues in North Carolina and
elsewhere like roads, and many
problems than you can count on
your fingers.
FATHER-SON TEAMS
FEATURED
Two fattier * son teams and a
Chapel Hill minister wiU be fea
tured on the final program of
the series, “With 'Due Process,”
Ion WUNC-TV, Channel 4, at 7:30
p. m., Monday, Jan. 26. They
are program host Thomas Chris
topher, professor of law, and
his 11-year-old son, Tom; Dan
iel H. Pollitt, professor of law
and his 11-year-old son, Dan;
and Rev. Charles M. Jones, pas
tor of the Community Church.
Exhibit of Picasso's work being displayed
An exhibit “Picasso: Ceram
ics and Posters” will be held at
the Ackland Art Center of the
University through Feb. 10.
Selected by The American
Federation of Arts for circula
tion to art centers throughout
the United State? and Canada,
the „ show contains 85 ceramic,
pieces and 20 colorful posters;- *
The Center is open to the pub
lic Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 .
to 5 p. m. and 8 to 10 p. m.
Saturdays, from .10 a. m. to 5
p. m. Closed Mondays.
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Old Novels
Ranging from sentimental gems
from the ’90’s to current book
club choices. A few extra pood
buys at 72c, but mostly 38c.
Children's Books
Old timers and recent numbers,
including, from time to time,
Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy
books at prices that run from
15c to 75c.
Non-Fiction > v
Not first editions, but nice
“workhorse books.” Priced ac
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but mostly 72c to $1.50.
Americana
Books on American Indians, the
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Civil War Books
Regimental histones, memoirs,
ranging from famous works to
obscure and rare titles. Priced;
according to condition and. rarity.
Southern Titles
Collector’s items on North and
South Carolina and Virginia.
Prices range from $1.50 up to
$1,000.00.
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