of orange county
Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, C.arrboro—Between and Beyond
VOL 71, NO. 4
HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1964
24 PAGES
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Orange
Pealings
THE MERCHANTS ASSOC IA
„ tion in Chapel Hill has joined
the battle to speed up The Great
Thoroughfare Flan Procrastina
tion. This heir apparent "to the
'■'long-standing Great Fluoridation
Procrastination in Chapel Hill re
volves around the npt-so-subtle
— tactics of the "State Highway Com
mission in delaying approval of
the- Chapel Hill Thoroughfare
Plan until local authorities agree
to include in it a certain radial
road recommended by the state
on the plan. The Merchants As
sociation directors this week di
rected that an appeal be made
to the office of tne‘ Governor and'
other appropriate authorities to
shake loose the plan. ;
~ REMINISCING BACK A HALF
century on his golden wedding
anniversary last Monday, John
Umstead (see photd, pagfe six) re
. called that a late tie-up in train
transportation .prevented a Me*
thodist minister from Greensboro
from, carrying opt his scheduled
officiating at the Umstead wed
ding. A substitute Baptist, sum
moned suddenly to the scene,
successfully tied the knot, though.
RAYMOND STANSBURY,
Hillsborough’s un-sinkable candi
date for governor, has a built-in
advantage over at least one op
ponent, according to Raleigh
Times columnist A. C. Snow. Rich
Preyer of Greensboro is bringing
tainer for this Saturday’s Preyer
kick-off rally. “Mr. Stansburv
strums his own banjo,’’ the scribe
appropriately points out.
GOV. SANFORD HAS AN
nounced the appointment of four
Orange County persons to state
posts: Mrs. Richmond P. Bond
to the Governor’s Commission on
Library Resources; Earle Wal
lace, Robert Reed, and G. Paul
Carr to the State Recreation Ad
visory Committee; and UNC
President Friday to the Advisory
Group to the State Commission
on Higher Education Facilities.
RARE*IN THE ANNANS IN
evitably immovable human habit
is the action of the American
Academy of Oral Roentgenology.
The News recently called atten
tion to how few citizens and
groups had taken to using Zip
Code numbers in postal addres
ses, despite all the spot an
nouncements, TV jingles, and
cartoon reminders of postal au
thorities. To prove obeisance and
loyalty to authority, the afore
mentioned Academy’s Secretary
Treasurer, Dr. Clifton Crandell
of Chapel Hill, has mailed in the
newly-printed letter head of his
organization; replete with Zip
Coded addresses for the liome
towns of the 10 national officers
of his group.
THE CONTINUED SIT-IN OF
Mrs. Rosemary Ezra in the Town
Hall Courtroom at Chapel Hill
has caused some minor flaps dur
ing the past week, Mrs, Ezra left
her station late Monday night,
then resumed it during Record
er’s Court Tuesday. At the re
quest of Board of Adjustment
Chairman J. T. Dobbins on Tues
day night. That ntght it was nec
essary for her to leave again
during an executive session of
the Chapel Hill Board of Ad
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ORANGE COUNTY
Mediation
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convenes
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on crisis in Chapel Hill;
more cases go to jury
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ORA AGE R RESEATS—John IF. Cates Jr., 34
year-old daily and grain farmer of the Union Grove
Church community between Chapel Hill and Hills
borough, is the fifth annual winner of the Jaycee
sponsored ‘Outstanding Young Farmer’ award. He’ll
be entered in the selection of the state finals for this .!
nationwide contest by the Chapel Hill and Hills- ,
^ borough Jaycees.