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An {jraage-Chatham County proposal to the-North Carolina Fund to “break the cycle of poverty” in these two counties will be drafted at a meeting here tonight. , Orange County Commission er Gordon Cleveland, chairman of a committee of public offi cials recently named to this project, said the two-part plan would tj? turned in to the Fund for its consideration by the Feb. 1 deadline. It will be ta ken up by Chairman Cleve land’s full committee at a ’meet ing scheduled for next Thurs day night. The Orange County portion of the plan will cento* “achievement motivation” for children, Mr. Cleveland said. By this, he explained, he meant an experimental plan to de velop children to their fullest potential — an idea that has Merchants installation banquet Mon. night; chamber date is off Officers for the corning year will be formally installed and the Merchant of the Year for 1963 named at the general mem bership baqquet for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Merchants Associa tion next Monday evening. The 7:15 p.m. meal in the Car olina Inn ballroom will be pre ceded by a social hour at Association Executive Director Joe Augustine asked that all per aons planning ty% attend please notify his office by this Satur day. At the same time, as Executive Director of the newly-organized Chamber of Commerce, he an — nounced that* its original inatat ilation banqUet, scheduled for Feb. 29, would not be held on that day because of a conflict of events. A new date will be an nounced soon, he said. Dr. Earl Somers is arrangements chair man for that banquet. ’ A 1964 budget of about $43,000 will be presented* by realtor John Foushee, finance chairman, to the Association members for their approval at the Monday night meeting. Orville Campbell •<s general chairman ..of the af fair and Doug Powell will be master of ceremonies.' There will be no guest speaker. Brief re ports wilt be heard, from outgo ing President Tom Kemp and B> Fiteh dr. for 'extra financial effort' Hie Orange County Sc'nocol System has received a tet'tter of eomfnenctoition from the StateSU r,x.lrintendent of Public Instruc tion in recognition of the Coun ty’s extra financial effort in sup i, )orting public schools. Or. Charles F. Carroll in a let ter to Slept. G. P. Carr noted: ■^fa . its last meeting':*he .State News report in error ? on minitteduljrajip ., in last week' s tissue of i The ■Wtsws. it was erroneously stated | Clrat the QhajKl . JHstlCtelTbcro, tuiiwelerial Association, toad join t'd ia a formal denunciation of the ultimatum that Chapel Hill j amasit be .an f'opee city” from the ttandpoint. of. aradal discrimina tion by l?eb< 1. The 4ifttairt«>lal -vAasoeiation's statement did nctbdeai with ti is oueation, and The- News regrets the. error. This is in no sway in tended either, to. suggest that the c‘d either, to suggest that the. Ministerial Association condoned or has taken any stand for or ©gainst the CORE “uJfimaittim” | The fart is, however, that tt'.as qrarticular statedfer.<‘. did not men ’ tiGn the matter. ,» TflE NEWS OF ORANGE COUNTY Vol. 31, No, 4, Jan. 23, 1961 Published t,very Thursday, In The Year By The News, Inc. Subscription Rates Payable In Advance):. In Orange and Ad joining Counties, $JL90, plus 3% Sales Tax; Otherwise in U. S. $4; Overseas $5.50. Sneered As Second Clasa.Mstt ter Jb Th# Poatoffkes. at Hill* borough and Cbapal Hilt/ N C, ioard of-J3duca«on requested me to write * tetter j>f commen dation to administrative units wh tck inireoent yews have activated foemst*Re« to the point of obtaining iSMggjgg^r mpney through bond issues and supple^ mentary taxes to help in the pro motion of their overall- educa tional program. Records available !to *ijne i»d^te that fyour.«ntt falls wifihin this category! There fore, I . qpnvey Jnjqiaiiiytair Board, #nd tO the cilteensofyour Unit this recognition apd appre ciation on the-part, of the State finard of Eaacaiion.,c. fix evolved out of the public kin dergarten program carried on at the Efland and Efland Cheeks School for'the past two years."" '• Chatham’s portion of the pro-, posal will be aimed at prevent ing the creation of any areas, of poverty as a result of the impending construction of the New Hope Dam in that county. The project will require the uprooting of many families whose lands will be taken by See N. C. FUND, Page 8. Eight members elected . . . An eight-member committee elected by .four local groups was V hold its first meeting last night aimed at resolving the current crisis in racial matters in Chapel Hill. The group created last week by resolution of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen and headed by Mayor Sandy Mc Clamroch is composed of two members each, elected from tj'e following organizations: The Rev. Vance Barron and 4 he Rev. Robert Seymour, Chapel Hill-CarrDoro Minister ial Association; Profs. Gerald A. Barrett and Charles Bower man, University faculty; Har vey Bennett ana w. is. uwmp ! son, Chapel K'ill-Carrboro ! chamber of Commerce;' and Bernice L. Ward and M. M. Timmons,, Chapel HittCanr boro '■Merchants Association. It was charged with the gen eral mission of taking action it deemed appropriate toward resolving the crisis that stems from racial discrimination in private business here. (Mayor McClamrcch said he would make general public statements on the group’s ac tivities and progress at such, intervals as the committee deemed appropriate. 12 charged for police station lie-in . t . More civil rights apses transferred to high court for trial by jury Trespassing and resisting ar rest charges against 13 more civil* rights demonstrators have been transferred to Orange County Su perior Court for trial by jury, on \ motion of the private prosecu-j tion in Chapel Hill Recorder’s Court. When called for' trial before Judge William S. Stewart on Tuesday the defendants asked for a continuance through their at torney, Floyd McKissick of Dur ham, national President of the Congress of Racial Equality. All Wete cfiarged with treses in refusing to leave the premies of Carlton Mize’s “Rock Pile” gro Wy store on the night of Jan. 4, and with resisting arrest when taken to jail by police. After the defense attorney failed to give a reason for ask ing the continuance, private pros ecutor Robert J. Page moved in the name of the state that the cases be transferred to superior court for jury trial. Bonds immediately potted New bonds of $175 each were immediately posted by a com mercial bondsman for all defend ants. To date" all of -the nearly ti7Q defendants awaiting superior, eourt trial id civil rights related cases are out on bonds posted by the Bankers Fire and Casualty Co. of Durham. Aa of yesterday there .were only two greups of cases sre msining te be heerd before the Chapel Mill Recorder's Court. Both are calendared for next Tuesday, Jan, 28. One group involves six defendants charg ed with assault and battery in a sit-in entry at The Pines Res taurant on Dec. 28. The other, a group of 12, are charged with disorderly conduct, , and resisting arrest in allegedly j blocking the doors of the Town ! Hall for about an hour and a half during a noisy demonstration last Saturday night. Lay in doorways 5 Police Chief W. D. Blake said See CIVIL RIGHTS, Page 12 Committee to meet-Friday night . . . 2-2 split with Person in senatorial set-up Orange and Person coun ties will split the next four Senate terms on a two-two basis, with Orange having the 1965 and 1967 terms* if committee proposals are ap proved by the fuff Democrat ic Executive Committees ,cr the two counties. A meeting of the Orange Coun ty Democratic Exeeutjve Com mittee has been called by Chair man L. J. Phipps for. tomorrow pight at 7:30 o’clock in the Com missioners’ room of the court house at Hillsborough to consid er the proposal. The rotation plan tp, her pre sented has been proposed by committees named by the county New roul The Orange County Commis* sioners have . been acted tahelp' secure right-of-way. for- '4 -iiew north-south by-pass road around I Chapel«Hill, anfl Canoaerdi: r* In a letter to 'County Board Chairman Donald Stanford, Dis tri.it Highway Corrufttssioher James G: W. Pfo|#ift^c of Greensboro repeated $re yojite of the new road', 'fle nqfed that plans for a previously considered 150,000 road from Pleasant Drive -tit Csrubore eastward to Umstead ©rive north of Ohapel Hill had been dropped because some prop erty .owners bad refused to do nate the necessary right-ofway fro the new road. The presently proposed route, estimated , to cost $100,000, will •begin at N. Greensboro St. in Carrbero and extend along Hill crest St. eastward to a point just above Ward St and into the Hor ace Williams Airport access road, and along it into N. C. Highway 86. ' The commissioner noted that about $12,000 more was needed' above funds presentlyavertable for the project, “but 1 take it that the additional amount need ed can be allocated from " next year’s funds.’’ - - t-£_-JJt Th* Hillsborough Town eard Monday riidbt accepted ...w bid 'of the American La Prance Company to supply a new tire truck to the munic ility to replace the 27-year 1 truck state insurance offi »l« recently termed obsolete. The Board voted to approve a lease purchase as r cement ,*or jiM* $12,8*5 vehicle; ineludin9 both' truck and chassis, paying $5,000 down arifr financing tha remainder over the naxt six years at five par cent interest. Citizens of the Town and im mediate area along with busi ness firms, end the County Board contributed $4,800 to the volunteer fire department in a fund raising drive to make . the purchase possible. ptbor bid aan«idac«d- ■ was thrst of the John Beam Com ber. which had a has* bid of $12,16?.29 and savan par cant interact on fha remainder. Qualify and service of fha American LaFrance Company, pimaara in th$**j^p truck fiald, Ware aUofa'ctn** Jnthe^cetec chairmen, Phipps of Orange, and Gordon Alien of Person. Present plan Under the present districting plan in which Durham, Orange and Person counties share two senators, Durham will have a senator each term and OrangeH and Person win share the other seat. Durham’s 1960 population, was roughly 112,000; Orange’s 43,000 and Person 27,000. _ ■ Inasmuch as the .Legislature should redistrict again in the 1971 session, representatives of all three counties fglt no agree ment could be made t© ex tend beyond that time. This be- ... ing the case, with four terms only involved In any agree ment made, it was felt it would be impossible to negotiate an agreement other than the 2-2 split. • Any other alternative would have blocked agreement and would have required all candi dates to run at large in the three- ; county district, in which case it' was felt Durham would elect hoth. Senators. ‘ One county primary ^ Under the agreement, candi dates are nominated only in the county entitled to the seaU by‘ virtue of the agreement and are; elected at large in the General Elections. Democratic nomina-Lo tion, however, is tantamount toj election in this districtVfituriftm’sj executive committee must ap-' prove - the-agreement ■&$/&&#** t Serving on the committee* of*, the Orange J&i£uaty Democratic Executive Committee proposing tljeitotation plan were the fol lowing members named by Chair man Phipps: Mrs. George Nichol son, Earl Wallace and WiStim * Geer of Chapel Hill, Fred S. Cates and Miss Betty June Hayes of
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