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VOL. 71, NO. 11
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963
24 PAGES
UMSTEAD
Veteran legislator steps down ...
Democrats to meet
op successor Friday
—Story on Page 2
Orange
Pealings
HON. JIM PHIPPS WILL GO
to the Legislature (assuming the
overwhelming probability) this
time the easy way. In the early
*308 he ran for Orange County
Representative against the late
Sam Gattis of Hillsboro and lost
by about 400 votes. In 1937 he
ran against the Rev. B. J. How
ard of Chapel Hill and lost by 25
votes. Speaking informally be
fore his fellow members of the
Chapel Hill Rotary Club last
night), Phipps noted he’d told
. Rep. Umstead that if he were
chosen he’d try to carry out all
commitments the latter had made
on mental health and University
legislation.
R«P. UMSTEAD HIM61LF
said yesterday he’d hoped to
have his name attached to a
Mental Institutions Committee
bill calling for re-organization of
the Board of Mental Health be
fqpe he resigned, but that he was
confident the bill would still be
introduced and passed all right.
As Chairman of the Democratic
Committee of East Franklin Pre
cinct he’ll be summoned to Hills
boro tomorrow for the County
Committee’s meeting to recom
mend his successor.
THERE IS PLENTY OF
scrambling going on backstage
for various offices that will be
come vacant as a result of the
Umstead-Phipps shift. More than
a few “patriots’” are looking to
the future, too. Some have noted
that they understand that Mr.
Phipps would not stand for re
election to the Assembly, thus
throwing the race wide open in
next year’s primary. State law,
incidentally, requires the Gover
nor to make his appointment of
a successor from the party of the
legislator whose vacancy is be
ing filled. Thus there’s no way
for a Republican to step into the
picture before next year’s pri
mary. :
THE CHAPEL HILL ALDER
men could not help noticing the
bright new Carolina blue a$h
trays that graced the courtroom
table Monday night, bearing the
Hospital Saving Association
shield. As some had mused jok
ingly, they wee the gilt of
HSA’s -.public relations exec,
J. S. Nagelschmidt. He’d found
the ac«ne tray-less at the public
recreation forum in the same
room several days before, and
subsequently offered ’em to
Town Manager Bob Peck- Gun
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•WAVE AT THE TREE PEOPLE' -
Sheriff's Deputies Will Gilmore (front seen), ana At
ery Maddry (right) betray their pleasure with their
duties as bodyguards for movie star Jayne Mans
field as they ride with her in the pace car to start
off the 150-mile stock car race at Orange Speedway'
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last Sunday. As they passed the crowds of non pay
ing spectators in nature’s grandstands on the back
stretch (above) Miss Mansfield told husband Mick
ey Hargitay and four-year-old Mickey Jr., to “Wave
at the tree- people.” Driver for the pace car is racing
publicist Hank Schoolfield. (See story on Page Two.)
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