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Chapel Hill, H iilshn rough, Cmihoro-r-lietu>ean and lieyond HILLS BOROUGH AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964 20 PAGES On School site... PROPOSED IN CHAPEL HILL-A nine-story $1.5 mil lion 500-coed commercial dorm itory will be constructed on the present mid town Chapel Hill •public schools property if , -a Memphis organization takes up its purchase option on the (and which was recently sold to builder Bobby Roberts of Dur ham. Above is an artist’s ren dering of the building. It would be 51 feet deep by 194 feet"1 long, have stairways at each end, twin elevators in the center, and all utilities in a penthouse atop. Each of the Orange Pealings DEMOLITION OF FIVE HOUS es on W. Rosemary and Church Streets in Chapel Hill began this week preparatory to the antici pated imminent construction of the long-postponed hotel planned on W. Franklin St. by Interstate -Investors. The building permit on this $770,000 six-story 138-room project was taken out exactly one year ago this coming Saturday— August 22, 1963, and footings for the -building were-poured. Since then the site has gathered weeds Word to local officials was that Little Construction Co. -of Char lotte would proceed with con struction forthwith. - NOT JUST ONE AUTOMATIC! slot machine car wash—but two of them—and both SofSpra opera-1 lions - wtil-be operating on W Rosemary St. shortly. Tom Yatei. opened a four-bay SofSpra opera tion on \V. Rosemary in Garrboro { earlier this month. And Arden: Properties Inc., of Durham, began construction of a three-stall $9,-1 500 shed for this, same purpose on its. Jract acrdss"'*Trom’"'fhe, Oh" Jloy Drive-In yesterday. ANcNT LOCAL CONSTRUC tion news it is of interest to note, that the sales option contract for purchase of the downtown 10-f acre school property by Allen1 Bros, and O'Hara of Memphis shows that owner Bobby Roberts , will sell this land for-$70,000 more than the $1 million he con tracted to buy it for from the Chapel Hill Schocfl Board in June, j The contract, as filed in the Reg ister of Deeds office, also pro vides that the new purchaser have 60 days to conduct land stu dies and determine zoning re quirements. (Architect’s concep tion of building preposed for the ° (Mere PEALINGS, Page 6) { double-occupancy rooms would . have full carpet<rvg,be aii-ccuw ditioned, and have .built-in fur niture. A mail, room, washs teria, and recreation area would be in the basement. Gavin hits gag law/ challenges Moore during local visit —Stpry on Page 3 1 1 A M K-K CBS6S Sfory on Page 2 * Public housing suit alleges 'capricious, illegal action -■ —Story on Page 2 A A *r ir *r ir -w yc ^ New center in Orange m ^ Grove FEED COUNTY TOUR ROUP-Citizens of the Oraiige Grove community staged a gala supper feast for more than 150 persons who went on the annual Orange County tour sponsored by the JWorth Central Area Development Association yesterday afternoon. mum Above, seen in ftont of the Orange drove-Grange's .new community building, are three persons particu larly active in the community building program—Mr. and Mrs. W. Manley Snipes (left), and Mrs. //. M. Perry.
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