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Total Eclipse of Sun to Occur Over LaGrange, Greenville; Partial Eclipse Over Rest of North Carolina on Mar. 7 North Carolinians will turn their eyes heavenward next March ^ (for the second time to witness one of this century’s five total solar eclipses over the United States. And many of those who watch with greatest interest will be on the campus of East Carolina University, in Greenville, and in other East ern North Carolina towns which will be along the dead center of the width of totality. So rare are total eclipses over any given locale that they occur on an average of once every 360 years. In London there have been only two total eclipses in 14 centuries. In North Carolina, there will have been two in 70 years. As the only major institution in the state so favorable located, and as the center of the most favorable vantage point in the country, ECU will play host to students, scientists and educa tors from throughout the coup try for the event. The Green ville campus will be at the cent er of scientific activity for the eclipse. Only one other spot in the world is more favorable for tel escopic observation — the mountainous area of Oaxaca, Mexico. Because of its altitude and the greater duration of tot ality, Oaxaca will be the primary area of telescopic observation. Activity in Greenville will fo cus primarily on the educational aspects of the eclipse, but scien tific observation via radio, photo graphy and telescope will be con ducted. The largest telescope expect ed to be put to use here during the eclipse is a 10-inch Newton ian Reflector owned by. an ECU student from Chesapeake, Va. Sophomore physics major Paul Gallimore will man his huge in strument from atop EOUsnew physics building. Conditions permitting, Galli more’s telescope, which is capa ble of resolution of a one-half mile area of the moon, will facil | itate some detailed study of the action of solar flares during to tality. An amateur astronom er and telescope maker since his childhood, Gallimore also plans an attempt to photograph the eclipse. Dr. R. M. Helms, professor of physics and ECU’s resident ex pert on solar eclipses, calculat es that the eclipse will begin at 12d4:05 PJI. on March 7 as the loon moves between the sun and the earth. Totality will begin at 1:31:51 and1 end at 1:34:48, and the moon will slide completely out of line with the sun at about 2:48:56 p.m. “In North Carolina,” Dr. Helms says, “the center of totality pass es near Elizabethtown, La Grange, Greenville, Williamston and Windsor. The totality path enters the United States near Perry Florida, grazes Tallahas see, passes along the coast of Georgia, South and North Car olina, leaves land at Virginia Beach, passes coastal Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. “The eclipse will be visable as at least partial in all of North America except Alaska, and will be prominent in nearly all of the U.S.A.” The last total eclipse seen in North Carolina was on May 28, 1900. Other totalities occurred bn June 30,; 1954 in Minnesota and July 20,1963 in Maine. The only remaining totality in this century after March 7 will come in 1979 in the State of Washing ton. Preparations for the eclipse are already under way at ECU and are beihg coordinated through a committee on profes sors and administrators indud ing Dr, Helms. Invitations have already been extended to many students, educators and stien tists and more will be made. Although no predictions are possible yet, Dr. Helms expects the campus to be a beehive of activity with the dawn of March 7. A tentative program follow ing the eclipse will include a "...-'''-sfefer. . , . Where Your Trust Is Sacred 4*4 Yam ' Klnrton, ■R I we rim jeune nr tag to use a PSte at the that . ., andenteriag and carryta cealed weapon and just thought he was another drunk Marine. Last Wednesday night Harris made the mistake of coming back to Kinston and he was rec ognized by officers, who prompt ly put the arm on tarn again. This time he’s being watched a bit more carefully, already hav ing proved his speed afoot. Tuesday he was given sin months in jail for escaping, 30 days for carrying a concealed weapon and bound over to su perior court on the break-in, charge. No probable cause of his guilt was found in the burg lary charge. , Land Transfers Jones County Register of Deeds Bill Parker reports recording the following land transfers in his office during the past 2 weeks. From Linwood Meadows to William T. and Ivy R. Bray 138.7 acres in PoHocksville Township. From L. A. Stith to Lela and Gilbert Meadows a lot in Mays viile. From Freddie Simmons to Laura Simmons 1.5 acres in Pol locksville Township. From Laura Simmons to Fred Simmons 1.5 acres in Pollocks ville Township. Suicide Attempt Twenty two year-old Charles Murphy of Poplar St., Kinston, is expected to recover from a self, inflicted shotgun wound in the stomach that he suffered at about 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. Despondency over separation from his recent bride was be lieved to have been the reas on he tried to end his life. At tending doctors say he suffered a very serious wound but will recover unless there ere unex pected complications. report by telephone from Oaxa ca on the results of observation, and reports from various scien tists who observe the eclipse on the ECU campus. “Although we anticipate some fine opportunities to study by radio certain interesting aspects of the eclipse, our primary con cern will be for the educational value,” Dr. Helms says. “The eclipse provides a unique op portunity for East Carolina Un iversity to be of great service to the education of scientists.” Christmas Eve Night Lenoir County’s 16th traffic death of the year- claimed the fife of 17 year-old Frederick Al len Becton at about 8:30 Christ mas Eve Night. Patrolman R. D. Jenkins says the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Becton of Kinston route 6 lost control of the pickup truck he was driving and hit a ditch. ! Linwood Craig Moztngo, 18, of 403 East Vernon Avenue, the only other person in the truck, escaped with minor injuries for which he was treated and re leased at Lenoir Memorial Hos pital. Newsman Becomes First Candidate In '70 Elections Newsman Jack Rider paid his $10 filing fee Monday and be came the first candidate to file for office subject to the 1970 elections. Rider is a candidate for one of the three seats to be filed on the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners. This year three of the five members are up for election. The incumbents include Commission Chairman Dick Whaley, Vice Chairman Liiby Edwards and Milton Williams. Williams is filling out the un expired portion of Dan Iilley's term on the. board after Lilley was elected to the state house of representatives, and Williams has indicated that he wil not be a candidate, having retired last year as County Tax Colec tor and Supervisor. Patricide Alleged in Shooting Monday A 17 year-old boy is charged with killing his father as the re sult of a family squabble that began on Saturday and ended at about 12:40 Monday morning. Detective Lieutenant Leslie Gay says 17 year-old Morris Lee Thompson admits shooting his father 41 year-old Clifton Le roy Thompson at their home at 905 Caswell Street. Police say a warrant had been issued on Saturday against the father for threatening to cut his son’s throat with a razor after the son had intervened in an argument between his father and mother. At about 12:30 Thompson, af ter being missing over the week end, came home and was threat ening more mahhem, kicking in a front windoto, when his son shot him once in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle. Thompson was able to walk a short distance before falling, but when police arrived on the scene he was dead at 901 Cas well Street. FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH Stanley E. Wingard, Pastor Wednesday Services 7:30 9:45 A.M. 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