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A Hillsboro Negro has boon bound ovor to Superior Court for the fatal stabbing of hi# brother last Thursday. Bond was set at $2,500 by Judge Marshall Smith who held the preliminary hearing. . According Jo Sheriff's dep utes, Richard Faucette Crock er, 37, died in a car in front of a Negro funeral home while his brother was discussing with the firm the cost of haul ing the man to, the hospital. Delaney Crocker, 2$, alleg ory stabbed Ms Mother *u*t below the hosrt during a fight growing out of in argument about taxes. Paul "Boss'* Jones » was in the three-man party said by officers to bo centered around a NtHC gin drinking. n _ - as *La aAndlna ■— »-* * officers, Richard and Delaney smacked each other, Richard reached for a hammer and j then Delaney struck with the sed-thn- ttiiblb. wfoncy brought Richard to tho porch and told 'Bess to pall o taxi. Boos caMod tho law instead and Deputies Will OHmore and BobJiy McCulloch were on the scene .when death came in front or the funeral home. ~ Delaney's knife was later found by the iheatff under a rose buth in the yard. -After giving review of tegMrtive activity . . ♦ Ex-Rep. Phipps all but declares candidacy for Assembly in next Democratic primary Former Orange County Rep. !L. J. Phipps has all but formal ly declared his candidacy for the General Assembly in next eprtjng’s Democratic primary election. ' He made his statement in closing a review of his activi ties as Orange County Repre sentative during the last Leg islature while speaking before the County Democratic Execu tive Committee meeting on Tuesday night. After explaining that the Constitution of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion prohibited him as its Commander from holding elective office, he de clared “After my American Le gion obligation is completed and if you want to send me back, I might be available." •Previously the local attorney has replied “no comment” when asked if he would seek election to the Legislature in h:s own i right in the forthcoming pri-! mary and election. In reviewiag his service hi the Assembly, Judge Phipps noted that, he’d introduced 23 bills a'ndi'tfro 'resolutions, about two-thirds of which were pass ed. From the time he was sworn in on March 18 until adjourn ment ca June 26, and except for three days leave to attend the American Legion convention and the perfunctory Saturday sessions, he noted that he miss ed only one hour’s attendance in the House while it was meet ing. Commenting on general legis lation that was before the Leg islature, Mr. Phipps defeaded his support of the anti :* Com munist speakers bill applicable to state college campuses. “I voted for it because 1 thought it was a go-od bill, and I have Democratic party rallies set for this Saturday andSept. 20 A fund-raising dinner with State House Speaker H. Clifton Blue as the speaker will be spon sored by the Orange County Democratic Committee in the Chapel Hill American Legion Clubhouse on Friday rnght, Sept. 20. . This Saturday «t 8 p.m. the County Young Democrats will stage a barbecue and rally at Frank Umstead’s home on Una stead Drive, Chapel Hill. Former State Democratic Chairman -Bert Bennett, Dr. Henry Jordan of Ce dar Falls, and Thomas J. Pear sall — gubernatorial prospect, of Rocky Mount, have tenta'ively accepted invitations to appear, j YDC President Fred Cates said that gubernatorial candidate Dan Moore of Canton, and prospec tive candidate L. Richardson Preyer at Greensboro have been invited. Tickets at $1.50 apiece are on sale to the public through YDC members. *. The Sept. 20 banquet was de cjded upon- by the Counter Exec utive Committee at Jts Tuesday evening meeting. Chairman L. J Filipps suggested that tickets -be sold to the public at about $5 apiece, directing County Treas urer Bob Satterfield to work out the details. The project is plan ned in conjunction with the state wide annual Vance-Aycocfc din-; ner. An enrollment of about 4,300 is expected1 when pupils in the] Chapel Hill public schools sys- j tem report for a one-hour orien-i tation session to kick off the 1963-64 school year tomorrow. Regular classes at the nine schools will begin at 8:30 Mon day. Previously enrolled pupils have already been assigned to schools. Late-coming pupils may apply for admission at Superin tendent Howard Tnompson’s of fice. He said they would be as signed to “the most convenient school possible within classroom enrollment limitations.” J)r.. Thompson noted that dou ble-shifting at Es‘es Hills School has been eliminated, and class room enrollments ars being held at 30 pupils or below. The new $900,000 Guy B. Phil lips Jr. High School, beside Estes Hills School, is designed to ac commodate 900 students. It will not be quite full this year, he said. Twelve new classrooms at Es tes Hills, built at a cost of $157, 000, havtfc provided more, elemen tary school space, and renovation of the West Franklin School, for me ly the junior high school, has virtually provided the school sys tem with another elementary* school. ' " I no apologies. I think it doesn’t violate academic freedom.” He said by way of previous explan ation that while the American Legion, in its militant opposi tion:. subversion, had passed similar resolutions, he knew nothing of this bill until he heard it being read from the rostrum of the House. He also supported the re. districting bill and “piggy-back” constitutional amendment pro posal that failed to finally gain conference committee approval, Phipps noted. He explained op position to it in part by noting that “in some places where the population hasn’t increased in keeping with the general growth of the state they didn’t want Oh the American government school course bill he introduced for the American Legion, he no ted that the Superintendent of Public Instruction spoke against it because he felt there were no teachers qualified to teach it. This measure, and e resolution of similar spirit, were both kill ed in committee. He called attention to the fact that “almost without exceptions, the appropriations made by Hie Legislature to the University at Chattel Hitt came nearer meet. (See PHIPPS, Page 12) Ervin resolution pirt on table tyjmi vote A resolution of commendation to U. S. Sen. Sam Ervin for “his forthright stand” against further federal encroachment 'into the field of states rights was tabled by a vote of 21 to 19 by the Coun ty Democratic Commi tee. Introduced by Fred Cates, the resolution praised Sen. Ervin as a “symbol for' the preservation of states rights" and noted he was being severely criticized for his stand. Chapel Hill delegate William Geer called the proposal an issue “divisory of the Democratic par ty” in that the President, as Par ty leader, was involved in the issues being attacked by Sen. Er vin. Declaring the*e was “room for honest disagreement” in the party he moved that it be tabled. After the vote Carrboro dele gate Delos O’Daniel arose to de clare “I am as^ajned that this committee cgh’t back our senior senator.” Oopttniittee Secretly Earle Wallace took Hjsue with this statement, declaring ‘.“This reso lution is a slap at the President of the United States, the head'of our party. There is room for dis agreement in our ftafty.” KEY TO STATEHOUSE OFFICE—Orange County Represents tive-Nominate Edwin J. Hamlin receives frem His predecessor, L. J. Phi Dps, the key to office 2301 in the Statehouse et Raleigh. The exchange was made Tuesday night as the Hillsboro news paper publisher was elected by the County Democratic Committee to succeed Phipps. Democrats nominate Hamlin to succeed Phipps as legislator News of Orange County publisher Edwin J. Ham lin of Hillsboro \vm Tuesday night nominated to suc ceed attorney L. J. Phipps as Orange County Represen tative in the General Assembly. The County Democratic Executive Committee vot ed 28-27 for Hamlin over Hillsboro builder Fred Cates. According to law, the 47 - year - old newspaperman will be appointed by Gov. Sanford to fill the vancancy defense ‘ijiAt: h« p|»tej .had tot&'/b. 9V0&&-Wtose holds for mj^y years and. e«c'f had their own families. Chair, maa Phipps_appoiatefi a. crei created by Mr. Phipps at the end of the legislative session last spring. Of the 57 members of the County Committee all but two were present at the dinner meeting in the General Sher man Restaurant east of Hills boro. *Mr. Phipps, also County Chairman for the Democratic Party, was host to the Commit tee members for the buffet ban quet spread. Gattis nominates Hamlin was nominated by Sam Gattis of Hillsboro and seconding speeches were made by William Geer of Chapel Hill and Hugh Wilson of Orange Grove. Cates was nominated by Delos O’Daniel of C&rrboro and Mrs. Ruth Howard of Cheeks Crossing gave a seconding state ment. While the possibility of former Congressman Carl Dur ham being nominated had been mentioned frequently in recent days, no other nominations were made, .. - The votes of St. Mary’s pre cinct delegatee Conway Brown ing and his sister, Mrs. Ele anor Walker, Vice . Chairman, were challehged by Mrs. E. T. Carte* on the grounds that the party plan of organiza tion prohibits two persons from the samp immediate fags. Aleat McMahon, Jim Taylor, and Hugh Wilson to rule on Mr. Browning’s right to -be a dele gate, if the outcome of the e lectlon should show that his one vote could have affected the outcome. OK’d by committee After the secret ballot vote was taken Mr. Phipps directed the committee to retire and make a recommendation. Sub sequently the committee said it interpreted Mr. Browning to be a valid delegate in keeping with th£ language of the party plan. A motion to this affect was u nanimously approved. Mr. Phipps thereupon an nounced that the vote had been 28 to 27 for Hamlin and declared him to be the Com mittee’s nominee. Also before the voting, Hugh Wilson challenged the seating as Hillsboro Precinct Vice-Chair men of Mrs. Frank Frederick and. Mrs. Virginia Forrest, fire.,.-, cinct Chairman stated that Mrs. Frederick had moved from the precinct and that Mrs. Forrest was the official delegate. Fred (See HAMLIN, Page 12) THE NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY Vol. 71, No. 36 Sept. 5, 1963 Published Every Thursday In The Year By The News, Inc. Subscription Rates Payable In Advance): In Orange and Ad joining Counties, $2.50, plus 3% Sales „Tax; Otherwise in U. S. $4; Overseas $5.90. Sntered As Second Class Mat ter In The Poatofflees at Hills boro And Chapel Hill. N. C,
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