of orange county
itocl Hill. Hillsboro. Carrboro—Between and Beyond
24 PAGES TODAY
VOL, 71, NO. 1*
Pealings
CHAPEL. MILL OFFICIALS
-Kent to Raleigh yesterday after
noon to appear at a public hear
ing imiri by the State Govern
ment Committee of the Legisla
ture and speak in behalf of the
*‘iieu-of-taxes” bill — a meas
<u#e which could mean $140,000
1b revenue a year to Chapel Hill
dud Orange County. There -was
little indication from the com
mittee members as to their ini
tial sentiments on the bill ex
cept for Orange County Rep. Jim
Phipps, who will of course plug
hard for its passage.
ORANGE COUNTY'S NEW
“honorable” gave an interini re
port on his General Assembly
activity to his fellow Rotarians
in Chapel Hill last night. Brief
notes on this: He’s optimistic
on his American Legion-sponsor
ed American government course
bill . .Has introduced 14 local
hillg to date. , .Passed on a
June 25 “inside dope” legisla
ture adjournment date predic
tion. . .Is plugging a Bennett
Place commemorative centenni
al postage stamp issuance for
April 25, 1965. . .(Likes the “com
ma” name for State College. . .
And also the proposed manufac
turers’ inventory tax exemption.
MOST OF THE CHAPEL HILL
and Carrboro candidates in Tues
day’s elections hovered around
the ballot counting and compil
ing centers to await the ver
dicts. Not so, Chapel Hill Aider
man Joe Page. He and ‘Miss
Wick’ went to the University
Symphony spring concert in Hill
Hall. A friend had to seek ’em
out in the auditorium during
the third movement of Beethov
en’s Seventh Symphony to let
Chapel Hill’s music-loving aider
man know he’d 'been re-elected.
WELL OVER 2,000 PERSONS
from throughout the area troup
ed through Jerry Tempests’
unique new Villa Tempesta dur
ing his open house function last
Saturday. The display studios
and downstairs cafe espresso gar
den will open for regular busi
ness today. General reaction of
the public was to {tag it a brand
new “must see” on the sight
seeing circuit of the “Hill.”
ORANGE COUNTY IS NOT
going to the dogs. They are al
ready here, if Dog Warden Cashe
Boggs’ report is a criteria. Dur
ing the past three months he
alone has vaccinated 1,746, im
pounded 375, found new homes
for 12, shot 06, gassed 301 and
sold $104 worth to Duke Hospi-i
tal.
ORANGE COUNTY'S ABC |
system is still a potent money;
maker despite opening of stores
in two adjoining counties in thq
past year. ABC Chairman Remus
Smith Sr. reported net profits of
$181,213.48 for the nine months
ending March 31, only $5,070
less than the similar period of
1981-62.
CHAPEL HILL MAS THE Dis
tinction of being the home town
of one of the 13 holders of fed
eral government $50 occupation
al wagering stamps for the cur
rent fiscal year; The purchaser,
according to Internal Revenue
Service records, is James M.
Mangum of 612 Christopher Rd.
—victim of a yet unsolved shoot
ing-robbery at his home last fall.
Beauty,
cloud
--parents
proud
Nineteen - year - old Ann
Clayton of Hillsboro said
she felt like she was 'on a
cloud’ as the first holder of
the title of ‘Miss Orange
County’ met her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clay
ton following the Jaycee
sponsored beauty pageant
in Chapel Hill last Friday 1 4
night. The blue-eyed bru
, '(See "Miss Orange,” Page #)
Voters gauntlet
11 , ■mi. III. Ill — mi
in Carrboro...
L.ANUIUAI t.s LjWKI — ujjtce-seeKers in
Tuesday’s biennial municipal elections in Carrboro
were un disturbed by electioneering laws. Voters
walked the gauntlet of most of the bandidates as
they entered the polling place in the Carrboro
- Town Hall, as in the mid-morning scene aboi’e. In
or.aer oj men uuioucvvncu
Mayor C. T. Ellington, Chapel Hill School Board
candidate James L. Perry, and Carrboro commission
er candidates Of fie Durham, T. W. Hoenig, Leon
Ivey, Hughes Lloyd, and Bynie Riggsbee.
Voters generally support
AYED
—Story on Pago 6