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A Conclusion— iluinan Race Is Of One Blood' Breakfast With Russian Students On Chapel Hit IVisit IAN STUDENTS HERE—Taking a break from their three-day tour of the Raleigh, Durham, ill area are a group of Russian youth editors. Their visit was a part of a 30-day visit to U.S. and Universities under an exchange program between this country and the USSR. Shown Danziger's are (I. to r.): Yuri Voronov, Prof. Walter Arndt, News Leader Editor Phillips Rus ty Voitko, Edward G. Danziger, and Walter Celmens — guide and interpreter for the visitors. UNC Photo iOPLE I Brief DAUGHTERS WERE Wednesday evening at ipital in Winston-Salem d Mrs. Thomas Macon *heir mother, the form- ■ie Marritt, daughter of rs. Eben G. Merritt of , represented this com- ;he Miss North Carolina 1952. She had known 'le past two weeks that airth was expected. The re reported there were ^'ins in their family in rations. First to arrive Elaine, six pounds, 10 was followed by Karen pounds, five ounces, children are reported )od health. HILL POLICE, IN A hour pursuit of a speed- ■day, finally caught up juarry when he ran off jar Jack Gates’ service miles west of town, 'arrington, 31, of 301 :, is to be tried tomor- irges Of speeding over m hour, passing three ghts, failure to stop for and siren, and carrying weapon—a knife. RATE THEY SEEM TO e Chapel Hill aldermen the half-million dollar le Town’s budget next tainly by 1960. And if ric progression contin- inicipality will have a >r budget ere 1965. As so ^rows the town. ILLIP DAUGHERTY— 'aylor of Chapel Hill— gem of a clipping from aes-Herald in Washing- she’s employed by the National Committee. It GOP women’s meeting on, W. Va., where a republican speaker ihering that “left-wing ty candidates and a olitical climate have emoeratic party in the rhaps forever.” ENTER, M. M. WATTS, le and Bernard WhP- 3aring with the Lions e convention going on ithern Pines. District aul Carr of Hillsboro Secretary Edwin Ham- among those attending. lY GILSON TOOK HER back to Huggins Hard ier day for a check- ght it there six years e purpose of killing rich she says rampage d. The hardware store d her weapon satisfac- checked her shooting her. Thus re-inforced marched back to her , declaring that even loots at ’em the squir- thereand bark at ther. LDWELL AND HIS have been here visit- nts, the Wallace Cald- jsterday to begin their Karachi, Pakistan — issignment as first la- with the Foreign Ser- 3aldwells recently re- Denmark, where they ive and a half years, s been in the Foreign 15 years, said they from New York City 5t 1 to Italy on the their trip and would chi from Rome, with lens and Istanbul. They came into Danziger’s rather late; but having learned it is tra ditional for Russians to be late, we waited a while and then sat down to our bacon and scrambled eggs. When they arrived, they came in vigorously, freely offering hand shakes. Six student editors, aged 28 to 38. Well built, well clothed, willing to be polite but not ingrati ating. Looked Like Grad Students Most of them dark or medium, two light haired with blue eyes. On Chapel Hill streets they look ed just like graduate students at UNC. One of them could be called a Southerner — Voitko, a Ukran- ian, who told me that in his country they raise lots of corn like ours. He called it maize. He said also that in Southern Rus sia they raise cotton. So I un derstood him, for he spoke only a little English. The others could speak none, but relied on the interpreter, Wal ter Clement, a student at Columbia University, who is accompanying them on their exchange tour. Sought Reed's Grave Though him I asked Voronoff, their leader, who is deputy editor of a youth paper with more than two million circulation, if he knew’ the Moscow location of the grave of John Reed, the young Ameri can who died of typhus in the ghastly early days of the Bolshe vik Revolution, which Reed wit nessed and about which he wrote a standard book, “Ten Days That Shook The World.” Voronoff knew about the name and the grave, and mentioned the title of the book. When I said I had been a fellow journ alist of Reed's in New York soon after Reed had come down from Harvard and was holding his first job, Voronoff listened with extra interest. And when I mentioned that I had attended the farewell dinner he departed on his journey to Rus sia from ;which he never came back, Voronoff imparted the news to two of his associates. They (gath ered around to listen and gave me to Reed at Conte’s in N.Y. before a portfolio of Russian scenes, and autographed it. Wed Bill Bullitt Reed’s wddow subsequently mar ried Bill Bullitt, nephew of Dr. Jim Bullitt of Chapel Hill. She once told me that Lenin was easi ly approachable in the early days of the revolution and had signed a permit that enabled her to go into the strangest parts of Russia. I noticed that a few of the vis itors rejected bacon and scram bled leggs and asked for soft boiled eggs instead. The latter are a favored Russian item for breakfast, I was told, and be sides, they are easy on upset stomachs. Mr. and Mrs. Danzig er quickly accommodated the vis itors. What was the highlight of their tour so far? An interview with Stevenson in Chicago. All were unanimous. They liked his “candor and clear understanding of current events,” they said.. Like N. C. Scenes After they had gone 1 looked at the picture portfolio they had given me. Country scenes that might have been made in North Carolina. The woods seemed to be of birch and beech. The farmhouses and barns are built of round logs. Some of the town buildings were of the Grecian revival architecture favored by Thomas Jefferson. No feeling of strangness. The human race (what are we to pass through before we learn it?) is one blood.—Phillips Russell Chapel Hill News Leader Leading With The News in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areas FIFTH YEAR, NO. 45 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1958 SIX PAGES THIS ISSUE Planning Board Seeking if A I r* Disbanding Of Library $4,800 Budget For Year no. contemplated The following explanatory state- The District Planning Board has that his group’s current program requested a budget of $4,800 for the coming year—double the pres ent year’s appropriation. The request was included in the Boards’ annual report, presented to the Mayor and Board of Aider- men of the Town of Chapel Hill. It provides services, on a a planning assistant, and for the continuation and expansion of Planning Board studies. The latter involve further work on a com prehensive plan for the communi ty, a thoroughfare plan — to be made with matching federal funds, the detailing of a residential areas plan, and a public utilities study. In the annual report Board Chairman Prank Umstead noted was being carried out on an an nual per capita expenditure of $ .13. “The Planning Board has advanced a program no greater than it believes it can accomplish in the year to come,” stated Mr. Umstead. “Its requested budget re fer the year-round fleets the needs' of the program, part-time basis, of No town or city in today’s complex and rapidly moving times can have ‘enough’ planning . . .” As accomplishments during the past year, the Board report show ed that continued work had been done on its comprehensive plan, that a parking meter survey had been carried out, 25 subdivision plats reviewed, and 18 zoning peti tions acted upon. In addition sev eral zoning ordinance changes were elected. The non-salaried Board held a total of 10 regular and ment of policy was today issued for the Mary Bayley Pratt Library Association; “lit is not the intention of the Mary Bayley Pratt Children’s Library Association to disband or to discontinue its functions. At a regular meeting in May the Exec utive Board passed the following resolution; “Assuming that there is established In Chapel Hill a pub lic library, the Mary Bayley Pratt Children’s Library Association shall ask to affiliate itself with the pub lic library, taking with it all fin ancial resources. “It is the hope of the Board that Budget Of $408,591 IsTo Be Proposed For Chapel Hill; Is Hike Of 18 Per Cent ■ ~ New Figures Include Bids On Sewers In Chapel Hill Seen Over Fund parking Meter Funds Low bids totalling $133,339 have discussed by the Chapel Hill alder- ding on them went as high as been received on five sewer line men tomorrow night. $151,000. Projects included in the The proposals turned in on these bids were for sewer lines in the installation projects for the Town of Chapel Hill. Town Manager Thomas D. Rose termed the offer of the Ray D. Lowder firm of Albermarle “a good bid,” but noted that some problem may arise in letting the full contract because the total needed funds may not be avail able. jobs by the four contractors bid- Fishing Rodeo Set By Joycees Laurel Hill Road neighborhood, Hidden Hills, part of Dogwood Drive, Greenwood Road, and the Raleigh Road hill. Swim Team To Meet One Succumbs, One Recovering From Wreck Jamison G; Butler, 25, was re ported in good condition by Duke Hospital authorities aften an au tomobile accident Saturday night on Highway 15-501 in which Bruce Howard Ward, 21, was killed. Butler and Ward were enroute from Chapel Hill to Durham when the car, which Ward was driving, went out of control, rolled down a 25-foot enbankment and burst into flames. State Highway Patrolman Edwin Kirby reported the accident oc curred around 7;30 about five miles south of Durham. He quoted three witnesses as saying the car was traveling at an exceedingly,fast rate of speed. Butler was thrown clear of the car when it fist overturned and escaped with face lacerations and bruises. The project is to be paid for out they may establish there a Mary money authorized in a $492,000 Bayley Pratt room for children voter-approved bond issue last and with the income from invest- yg^j.. A major portion of ments and the help of interested ^ , , , , .y , • 4.1. 1, -4- u funds have already been friends in the community build there a collection for recreational The Town Manager said the letting A fishing rideo for local children will be staged by the Jaycees here Tomorrow Afternoon on Wednesday afternoon, June 25. these spent. special meetings during the year, reading.” of this contract would likely be The first meeting of the,Chapel Hill Swim Team will be held to morrow at 3 p.m. in the University indpor pool. All swimmers who were on the team in previous years or who have graduated from the last class at the outdoor pool are eligible. The event will be held free for youngsters from six to 12-years-old at Fred Abernethy’s pond, a mile east of town just off the Raleigh Road. Co-Chairmen for this annual project will be Bob Boyce and Ly man Wilkins. They announced today that prizes would be given to partici pants in two age divisions—from six through nine and 10 through 12. Medals are to be awarded for the largest and smallest fish, and for the most fish caught. In ad dition there will be a trophy for the best string of fish taken by any participant. Jaycee supervision will be furn ished for all children and fishing meets is as follows: Kinston, June is to be carried out in small groups, 27-28; Greensboro, July 11-12; the project co-chairmen explained. Asheville, July 25-26; High Point, Cahe poles and line may be 'August 2; and Charlotte, August 8- brought by the participants or will 9. be furnished by the Jaycees. Free refreshments of soft drinks and ice cream will also be served. A Itudjjet of ,1408,591—rep- resentirio an increase of 18 per cent over the current year's figure — will be proposed for adoption for the 1958-59 fis cal year by the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen. d he (Board is scheduled to consider its Finance Connnit- lee’s budget proposal at a special meeting tomorrow evening. This session, regularly scheduled for to night, was postponed today be cause of the enforced absence of several Board members, according to Town Manager Thomas D. Rose. Same Tax Rate Seen Again this year the budget re commendations provide for the maintenance of the same ad valor em tax rate for- the municipality $.95 per $100 valuation. It’s est- as imated in the Finance Committee's are children who. are intei-ested -fgures that the Town’s tax valua-*' ' and can meet requirements for ticn wil reflect a normal increase competition. of about $1,500,000 during the ■ Parents are requested to send year, giving a total of $26,000,000 valuation for five dollars to Mrs. Edna Tim mons, Oakwood Drive, to help de fray the expenses of the team this’ summer. The tentative schedule of swim REMODELING MEMORIAL HALL—The entire auditorium of Memorial Hall is currently undergo ing extensive remodeling while new seats are being installed. Built 25 years ago. Memorial Hall has been noted for its uncomfortable wooden benches since that time. News Leader Photo Memorial Hall Remodeling Started A $55,000 remodeling job on ready for use when the fall term finished with an acoustical board. Ward was^hrown partially clear the University’s Memorial Hall au- of school begins. Major expendi- the entire inside of the building Weather REPORTS of the car. Patrolman Kirby said, and passersby dragged him further away from the flaming wreckage. The car was a total loss. Funeral services were held this afternoon for Ward at Antioch Baptist Church. The Rev. William Cole, pptor, was assisted by the Revs. Caldwell Williams and Leon Cheek. Ward is survived by hs wife, Mrs. Sylvia Jean Bowden Ward; his father, Bruce Ward of Bynum; his mother, Mrs. Mildred Ward Durham of Chapel Hill; a brother, (See WRECK, Page 6) ditorium is currently under way. The project is scheduled for completion before Sept. 10 to be SPECIAL COUNSELING SET A special counseling program aimed at reducing the “academic fall-out’’ of students will be in troduced in five residence halls at the University in the fall. The program calls for a resident coun selor on each floor of the dormi tories and is designed primarily for the benefit of students in their freshman and sophomore years. ture on the job is for more than will be repainted. The orchestra 1,700 new fabric covered uphol- pit will also be given a flat floor, stered seats, which will be put in thus effectively enlarging it. The the 25-year-old auditorium replac- work is being done on individual ing wooden benches. The auditorium capacity will be reduced slightly by the use of the new seats, a University spokesman said. They will be somewhat sim- lar to those now in Hill Hall. Al most all of the old benches have been dismantled and stored, sub ject to a decision on their disposi tion. In addition, the walls and ceil ing of the auditorium will be re- Partly cloudy, warm and humid today and tomorrow, with scat tered thunder showers beginning this afternoon. Low tonight in upper 60's. High Low Rainfall Thursday 76 55 .00 Friday 82 64 .00 Saturday 90 62 .09 Sunday 74 54 .00 SEE ;l,300 STUDENTS Summer school registration is proceeding as expected at the University and will probably ex ceed the estimated 3,300 students. Director Guy B. Phillips said. He reported that a registration of some 3,250 students had been made, and would be increased by further enrollment before the clos ing of registration at 4:30 p.m. today. The ,six-weeks term will end on July 18. The second sum mer term is scheduled for July .16-August 23. contracts under University super vision. NO X-RAYS NOW Dr. O. David Garvin, District Health Officer, has announced that no chest x-rays will be given at the Health Department here during the months of June and July. viorth of property revenue purposes. The new budget is also based on figures which assume the in stallation of parking meters in the downtown area. Thus this matter would have to be decided by the aldermen before the ten tative adoption of the budget. It is anticipated that the meters would net $29,000 in the first year — though this can of course be only a guess. Half of this would go toward payment for the meters and the remainder to pay enforce ment expenses and as a reserve fund for parking facilities. Salary Hikes Included Major increases proposed in the budget would go for muni9ipal em ployees’ salaries — generally as provided for on the town’s existing classification and pay scale, neces sary increases in the street and sewer departments; the hiring of at least one more policeman; and a sizeable increase in the debt ser vice budget. The latter figure is (See BUDGET. Page 6) Fight Is Over But The Problem Lingers On Non-District Pupil Pact Signed- - But Now What? The full meaning of the agreement for acceptance of Carrboro and White Cross pupils in . the Chapel Hill Schools next year—subject to a tuition payment of $30 apiece— remains to be seen here today. Approval as expected of the terms proposed last Wednesday by the County Board of Education has been given by the Chapel Hill School Board, thus ending the long standing controversy. Chapel Hill Board Chamman Grey Culbreth said his group would formally ratify this abreement at its next meet ing. Ka^p Segregation At that time also he said, the mass pupil assignment tor the com ing year wiU be formally ratified, as earlier drawn up. This of course provided for continuation of pres ent pupil assignments, thus main taining racial segregation. The big question .still facing the Carrboro-WJiite Cross pupils who have been attending Chapel Hill Schools is: What happens if they can’t or won’t pay the $30 tuition fee? It is the announced intention of the Chapel Hill school administra tion to have all of these non-dis trict pupils attend their school as they have in the past—subject to their perfunctory individual release as agreed to by the County Board. Assumes Payment This intention on the part of the Chapel Hill Board also includes the necessary assumption that all of these White Cross and Carrboro pupils will pay the required out-of district tuition. But if they don’t—then what? Many parents—a large share of them Negroes—^have had a half- dozen or more children in Chapel Hill schools. And this would now necessitate several hundred dol lars in tuition payments for next year. If they don’t have the money to pay tuition Chapel Hill cannot ad mit them under terms of the agree ment it has signed. But State Law makes their attendance at public school compulsory. Four Channels Seen There appear to be four channels now open: (1) Some private source might provide the tuition payment; (2) The County might provide some school facility tor them—in Hills boro perhap.s—though no space is now available there; (3) These pupils might apply for admission to Carrboro and-or White Cross schools, or might ask that a spe cial school be set up there for them; or (4) These pupils would not attend ' a public school next year. The answer to the big question, of coarse, won’t be forthcoming until the problem directly pre sents itself. It’s expected in the next fe.w weeks that the Chapel Hill adminis tration will make an effort to com plete all of these non-district pupil assignments for next fall so that it can proceed with plans tor the new year. departing principal honored—The Carrbor Citizens Committee for Better Schools yester day honored Reid Suggs (right), who recently resigned as Carrboro School Principal, at a picnic held at Calvin Burch's on the Hillsboro Road. Above, School Advisory Committee member John Martin pre sents Mr. Suggs an outdoor family picnic table — a gift from the Citizens Committee. Already mak ing good use of the gift are Stuart and Julia Stokes. News Leader Photo
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