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VOLUME XXXIV — NO. 20
MANTEO, N. C. 27954, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1968
Single Copy 10^
SAILOR HELD FOR
; trial in death
, OF COMPANION
Homer Releases Youth Under
/ Cash Bond of .
^ $5300
Wayne L. Ncl.son, 21, of An
chorage, Alaska, was ordered to
trial in Superior Court after a
preliminary hearing Fiday on a
charge of manslaughter in the
death of Steven George Holler,
21, of Rochester, N. Y.
In the same > proceeding be
fore District Judge Fentress T.
Homer, Nelson was found
gruilty of a charge of earless
and reckless driving and sen
tenced to six months on the
roads. Nelson, a sailor stationel
at Oceana, Va., was released
under a cash bond of |6,000 to
guarantee his appearance in
Superior Court probably in
February and $300 on an appeal
from conviction of the traffic
f chargew Records at the clerk of
the court’s office showed that
his parents in Anchorage had
supplied the bond.
Homer also heard two drunk
driving' cases, found each de
fendant guilty, and set appeal
bond at $200 each. The judge
also slapped $26 fines on four
defendants who failed to ap
pear to answer charges of traf
fic violations. Warrants were
issued for the four non-appear
ing defendants and appearance
^ ,bonds of $100 ordered. Homer
stressed that the $26 fines
) levied Friday were in addition
to any penalties the defendants
might receive upon conviction.
Nelson was charged with
driving without a driver’s li
cense in addition to manslaugh
ter and careless and reckless
driving.' The charge of driving
without a license was dismissed
when he produced a duplicate
, license issued in Alaska.
'V'Nelson,'Holler, and Stephen
k.' Rygn, 21, of Oceana, failed
to keep on the highway the
night of Oct. 10 as their car
l^hartled from U. S. 158 Business
, through and beyond, the turn at
t)w Whalebone intersection. Tho
. stationwagon bearing the three
sailors had been clocked ai 110
miles per hour a few minutes
‘earlier by Police Chief Tom
Dowdy as it raced through Kill
Devil' Hills. Dowdy said he
radjoed ahead to the sherifFs
^Mrtment in Manteo to in
tercept the youths because of
Iheir^excessive fepeed.
■>-When Deupty Sheriff Sam
Picdgfr reached the junction,
. . See COURT, Page Four
THIS -VVAS THE SCENE TUESDAY IN MANTEO AS BAY WATER ROSE
FEDERAL GRANTS
FOR WATER, SEWER
IN MANTEO OKAYED
$180,000 for Improvomenf Pro
jects in Federal Aid, Like
Amount from* Bonds
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INDEED, IT WAS W.4TER STREET when this photo was made Tuesday around noon during
tl>e blustery, pre-winter weather which raised tide.level higher thsui in recent years. Water entered
several buildings, including Dare Hardware, Vepco, Ben Franklin, City Market, Allen’s Confec
tionary, A.B.C. and Outer Banks Insurance Agency. Estimates of damage ranged around $10,000,
but a-siflc from temporaiy disruption and the aggravation of having to clean up from the minor
flooding, busine.ss in lowntown Manteo promptly resumed normal operation.
NEGROES CONTINUE DEMONSTRATIONS
IN HYDE COUNTY; NUMEROUS ARRESTS
Troublc.s wliich began foment
ing in early September in
Hyde County tj«:caine full-blown
this week, as dozens of negro
youths were arrested following
disruptive demonstrations and
damage to. one of the school
plants.'
The demonstrators have been
mis-led bj' self-pi-oclaimed lead
ers of n e g r o-advancement
organizations in what began as
a protest' to HEW-ordored
school intergatiun which pro
gram 'Would have eliminated the'
0- A. Peay . school at Swan
Quarter and. Davis High School
near Engelhard by 1970.
Under the pl.on for integra
tion for the. current year, grades
one, two and three were trans
ferred from the Davis and Peay
schools' to consolidated Mat--
tamuskect School, more central
ly" located.
This arrangeitient be i n g
. concessionaires will be sought
.fe PARK CAMPGROUNDS
.Some, and possible all, of the
'kitloMl Park Service-devel-
iMmpgrounds on Bodie,
kktteraa and Ocracoke islamis
'will .be open to bidding of con-
eesaioiiairee for the forthcom
ing.'season.
.. Superintendent Kittridge A.
.Wing announced that authoriza
tion has been received for
'developed campgrounds to be
concession-operated, wherever
possible, during next season^ A
prospectus will be available
January 1 to all interested ap
plicants, the brief NPS release
stated.
“The selected concessioner
(s) will operate the camp
ground (s) on a fee collection
J( basis under a concession con-
^ tract or permit issuel by the
National Park Service,’’ the
statement concluded.
Supt. Wing was not available
for further comment, and was
reported attending a conference
in,New Orleans, La. on Thurs-
^y.
Announcement last week
slated that all campgrounds
would be closed on November
16. Cited primarily was lack
of funds and manpower with
whkh to operate them.
In all, the seven campgrounds
contain some 700 sites, but dur
ing peak week ends of last sum
mer, more than 1200_ units
w^re utilizing the facilities.
.’They are; Oregon Inlet (north
I r side) 120; Pea Island (south
* side) 40; Salvo 140; Cape Point
212; FYisco 130; Ocracoke
soundside 20 and Ocracoke
Oceanside 60.
Campers are charged $1 per
night unless they possess the
CkiMen Eagle pass which is
available at coat of $7, and good
at all NPS-operated facilities
throaghdiit the country. Na-
tnially, most persons who plan
any ej^nsive camping expedi-
thMW secure the $7 permit.
•.;It is because of that- factor.
coupled with the low nightly
rate of $l,'.thak revenues are
•if insufficient to meet the rising
** cOflb of operation of camping
facilities.
NPS-owned campgrounds,
operatel under concessionaire
arrangement will be a new un
dertaking in Eastern Parka, but
is no'j a totally new approach.
Already there are many such
facilities under such contractual
arrangement in western U. o.
areas and in the Virgin -Islands.
tinet, Seen in Oregon
Inlet Arte
RARE BIRDS ARE
SIGHTED IN DARE
BY ORNITHOLOGIST
deemed unsatisfactory to many
of the colored co^imity, a Long-Billed Curlew, Almost Ex-
‘strike’’, was staged, with only - -
a few students attending school
cither at Duvis or Peay.
Street demonstrations and
sit-ins .at the courthouse have
continued for several weeks, and
on numerous - occasions the
Highway Patrol has been dis
patched to bring order to u
state-ofr unrest.
The Patrol has been on the
scene every day this week, and
forty-seven.' of the protesting
demonstrators '.were arrested
Tuesday:. Another 24 were .ar
rested Wednesday as they
blocked traffic on Rt'. 264 at the
Hyde County Courihouse in
Swan Quarter. - ' -'
The Patrol hj^ been called in
last Friday afternoon,- when
demonstrators assembled' at'the
Hyde County Welfare Office in
protest of planned cut-off of
welfare (myments to par^ts of
those students, not atteitding
scHool.
OA Monday; a ganjy of the
ybiiths wrecked 12 classrooms
out;of 16 at'tjhe Peay,School,
before, descending .on the sup
erintendent's office, where they
also inflicted;'damage.
.By late Thiiraday, 32 addi-
had been arrested, bringing the
total to some over 100, Sheriff
Sec AKRESTS, Page ’Two
DARE NATIVE RECEIVES LEGION OF MERIT AWARD
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By AYCOCK BROWN
KITTY HAWK — A pair of
long-billed curlew, the largest
of a species of wading bird that
has been practically non-exis
tent in North Carolina' for the
past 76 years, were sighted and
identified by Carl Carlson of
Bethesda, Md., during a bird
watching tour of the Dare
Coast-Outer Banks last week
end.
Carlson, who is recognized as
one of America’s outstanding
ornithologists and bird watch
ers, saw the rare wading and
shore birds in the Oregon Inlet
area and he made his report to
representatives of the press
while visiting at the home of
Huntington Caims in. Southern
Shores. •
He was elated with his sight
ing of the long-billed curlew
which had bren reported less
than 'a ' half dozen times in
North Carolina during the cur
rent century.' • ...
“Birds of North Carotina," a
Imk thai has become a sort of
biUe for those who watch birds
in the Tar Hed state, describes
the long-billed curlew as having
a barred huffy and black back
with cinnam'on-colored under
parts. It ranges from 20 to 26
'inches in length and has a
wingspread of up to 38 inches.
The bird’s most identifying
feature, however, is its long
curved bill which in some adults
is eight inches in length. -
How or why two curlews hap
pened to come to North Car^
lina from its natural habitat in
'various western states could be
See BIRDS, Page Four
Congressman Walter B. Jone.s
announced Thursday the ap
proval of an $107,100 grant for
Manteo from the Economic
Development Administration.
Jones said the funds will be
used to help foster industrial
growth which' in the long run
will create jobs in Dure County.
It will al.so be used to help con
struct water and sewage tvcal-
me.nt pinnt.s in 'order to fiirtlier
develop the area as a tourism
and recreational area.
The project will hedp enable
East Carolina University to
continue palnning for the es
tablishment of an adult basic
education center expected to
employ at least 7.') jrersons.
That facility would be used as
a training center for techinical,
vocational and research studi*;.
Jones said that new highway
construction and improved fer
ry service have made the area
more feasible for development.
The Town of Manteo is mak
ing a concerted effoi't to de
velop the area’s historical and
recreational potential. The fed
eral 'water pollution control ad
ministration is making a $72,900
grant for the waste treatment
phases of tlic project and the
town is furnishing $180,000 to
complete the pi-ojeet cost of
$300,000.
Congressman Jones said new
funds were appi-ovcd because
the community has organized
and planned for the develop
ment. He said these are im-
poj-tant pre-requisites if pi-o-
jects such as this are to be suc
cessful in bringing increased
permanent job opportunities to
the area.
■ Manteo Mayor-Sam Midgett
said Thursilay afternoon that
he was pleased 'tb hear that ap
proval had been made on ap
plication for the additional
$107,100. He .said that the pro
posed work had been re-en
gineered since approval by
Manteo, voters of the projects
more than two years ago.
He indicated that town of-
See GRANTS, Page Three
COLONEL CLYDE R. MANN, Depot Judge Advocate, was pre
sented the Legion of Merit with Combat “V” by Major General
Ormond R. Simpson, Depot Commanding (Scneral, daring a cero;
monjr at Parris Island, & C. on Oct. 21.'
- Col. . Mann'.was cit^ for “exceptionally meritorious conduct
in the performance of outstanding service with Headquarters,
First Marine Division, in connection with operations against
insurgent communist CViet Cong) forces in the Republic of Viet
nam from July 30, 1M7 to Aug. 10, 1968.
MANTEO MFG. COMPANY
APPEALED TERMINATION
OF DEFENSE CONTRACT
According to a letter recei\‘ed
by Mrs. Mollie F. Andrews,
president , of the Greater Nags
Head Chamber of Commerce
Manteo Manufacturing Co. has
appealed from the ruling to
terminate its contract executed
three weeks ago.
A. F. Evans, Lt., Support
Center, Defense Supply Agency,
Philadelphia, wrote as follows:
“This contract was termi
nated for default on Oct. 17
only after a careful review of
the entire procurement. Upon
conclusion of this review, it was
determined that a “Termination
for Default” would best serve
the interest of the government.
“Manteo' Manufacturing Com
pony, Inc., has appealed from
the termination for default to
the Armed Services Board of
Contract Appeals. At the hear
ing before the board, Manteo
Manufacturing Company, Inc.
will be afforded evei^ oppor
tunity to present evidence in
support of its appeal.”
Mo date was set for the hear
ing in Evans* leiter. Aside from
a skeleton office crew, retained,
Manteo Manufacturing em
ployees were all laid off with
nearly 100 persons involved.
A.B.C. SALES IN DARE
UP ABOUT 25 PERCENT
FOR OCTOBER OVER 1967
The usua|ly-eliablc barometer
of tourist trade'along the coast
indicates' 'a .sharp upturn in
busine.ss for October. Sale's of
alcoholic beverages through the
two Dare 'stores’ amounted to
$43,090.50 during that month,
compared to $34,974.65 for the
same period of 1967.
This represented an increase
of $8,115.85, said (Robert H.
Midgett, supervisor.
Steady gains in gross re
venues through the Dare stores
have been noted despite the
fact that Currituck County last
year established a store at
Coinjock, and is now preparing
to open a second outlet near
Moyock. Thus it would appear
in reality that travel upsmng
is more than twenty-five per
cent above last year.
DARE COUNTY MAN EARNS
HIGH HONOR WEDNESDAY
HARRY T. WESTCOTT, native
of Manteo, and chairman of the
North Carolina Utilities Com
mission, Raleigh was elected
president of the, National As
sociation of Rcgulatoi'y Utili
ties Commissionerii in Chicago,
Wednesday, Nov. 13. It is the
only time in the eighty year
history of the Association that
its jivcsident has been elected
from North Carolina.
CAPE HAHERAS
ANGLERS LEADERS
IN OWN TOURNEY
Eleventh Annual Event in Surf
"Most Successful" With
Two Tons of Fish
By AYCOCK BROWN
For the. first time in the liis-
tory of the classic which started
in 1958, the Cape Hatteras
Angloa's Club's own tournament
team won first place. Held last
week end on IH'atteras Island,
it was the llth annual tourney
sponsoi-cd by one of the world’s
greatest and most popular surf
Ushing organizations, and in
file final count of fishes taken
during-the three-day even (ap
proximately, 4,000), the event
this year was also one of the
must successful tournaments in
the, history of surf fishing.
Cape Hatteras Anglers’ team,
made up to off-islanders, except
one member who makes his
home at Buxton most of tho
year included: Charles L. Sch-
lieckcr. Chapel Hill, Marvin J.
Yiengst, Baltimoi-o; Butch Leef,
Grassy Meadows, W. Va.; Page
Drlskill of Buxton and Florida;
William Loviner, Hampton, Va.;
and Henry C. Lord, Peterbor
ough, N. H. Five of the team
members were 60 years 'or older
and one, Mr. Lord, was 77. They
caught 189 fish which'aTOred a
i-ccord 988 points to win first
place. ; ■
Close . behind the winners
were the Dixie Anglers Club
team of Elizabeth City with 18'1
fish counting 905 points. Mem
bers of the team were Bill
Meekins, Joe Riffle, Chuck
Higgins, Bob Robson, Grady
Stevens and Francis 'Nixon.
Another Dare County, 'team
showed for tliird place. It' was
the Avalon Anglers Club of
Kill Devil Hills and included
Norman and Virginia Smith,
Sam -Stokes, John; .Curling,
Wnlly Mathis and Duiavood Mil-
See TOURNEY, Page Fuur
STORM WHIPS HIGH TIDES
ALONG COAST, DISRUPTS
BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS
Motorboat Plies Street After Wind Blows
Sound Waters Onto Roanoke Island; Mer
chant Wonders Why Manteo Hasn't Been
Diked,To Prevent Flooding; Dollar Damage
Reported Negligible.
HEADLESS BODY
WASHED ASHORE
ON DARE COAST
Slieriff Fi'ank M. Cahoon said
a hcadlc-ss body identified us
that of Vincent Frank Rapino
wa.'; washed ashore at the north
end of .Southern Shores about
;i p.m. Wwinesday.
Cahoon said identification
was established through navy
“dog tags” attached to a key
ring found in the clothes on the
body. The sheriff said Rapino’s
parents lived in Jersey City, N.
J.
Cahoon said Rapino was re
ported AWOL by the navy on
March 6. On Marc!) 8, Rapino’s
car was found on a sand dune
at Virginia Beach.
Rapino was not h'^aixl of un
til his headless body appeared
Wednesday, eight months after
Ills disappen ranee.
Cahoon said the body did not
appear to have been in the ocean
for eight months.
The body was sent to the
crime laboratory at Norfolk.
MOOSE LODGE TO MEET
ON TUESDAYS, NAGS HEAD
The Dare Count.v,.; M o o ■s c
Lodge will hold regnlBr meet
ing at the Dinner .Bell, Nag-s
Head, durinir the winter each
Tuesday night at eight o’clock.
The agenda for Nov. 19 includes
the appointment of committees,
and planning the social func
tions of the club for the coming
weeks.'
All members are strongly
urged to attend. Important in
formation has -lieen received
from Mooseheart concerning the.
lodge wliich must be brought to
attention of the members.
We.sley Turnage, secretary,
states that momhe.i'ship i.s still
open. Those desiring inferma-
tion should contact him by
writing P. O. Box 233, Manteo,
or by calling Tom McKimmey,
Nags Head. Also information
■may be ascretained from any
present member of the lodge.
IIARVF.Y HOME AFTER'
RRIEF HOSPITALIZATION
Dr. Wallace W. Harvey, Jr.,
vice 'chairman of the Dare coun
ty board of commissioners, re
turned home Wednesday after
several days in the Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City.
’Harvey was hospitalized last
Thursday with an intestinal
disorder. A spokesman for his
office said that it wxjuld b"
several days before he returned
to work at Memorial Clinic.
CAPE HAHERAS ANGLERS CLUB TEAM TOURNEY WINNER
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FIVE NON-RESIDENTS of Hatteras Island and one part-time resident there made up the six-
man team which won first place'in the llth annual Cape Hatteras; Anglers Club-sponsored surf
fishing tournament on Hatteras- last week end. It was the first time in the history of the tourna
ment that the sponsoring club’s team had won and their score was 988 points for 189 assorted
fish taken during the two days of competition. In addition to being off-islanders, the team was
made up of old-timei^' five of whom ranged in age from 60 to 77 years. Shown as they received,
one of several trophies and awarils from Anglers Club President Ormond Fuller are:'Charles Li.'
Schliecker, ChapcI Hill; Butch Leef, Grassy Meadows, W. Va., Page Driskill,.part-time Bu^n
resident; William Loviner, Hampton, Va., Henry C. Lord, ..Petorsborough, N. H., and Marvin J.
Yiengst, Baltimore, Md. (Aycock Brown photo)
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Cold, grey tide waters whip
ped into action by a furious
early winter storm along the
east coast crept into Manteo
early Tuesd.ay and covered a
lai‘ge iiart of the downtouri
area to deptlis of up to a foot.
The water between the Fear
ing block on the north side of
the principal downtown .street
anil tlie coui-thouse and diiier
on the .south side was deep
enough to permit uperation ._of
an outboard motorboat for sev
eral hours.
The high tide was an after-
math of a stoiTO which roai’ed
along the seaboard late Mon
day night and ' early Tuesday.
But the tide was a pygmy com-
jiared with the high waters
stirred up by Huiricane Donna
in 19G0. At that time, up to six
feet of water piled up in down
town stores. , ’ ■ ,
Wind gusts of up to 90 mile's
per hour were .registered 'at
Cape Hatteras. High seas inrthe
area around the cape and Ocra
coke Island endangered ship
ping. Coast Guard helicopters
were used to remove 13 men
from the menhaden trawler
Nateague out of Beaufort, Tho
ship eventually reached safety
in Silver Lake harbor at Ocra
coke, under the guidance of the
captain, Arnold Riplen, and two
engineera, Alexander Kellum
and Lawrence Ketner.
Tuesday dawned amid heavy
winds and high waters in tta
canals and bare trickles ci'oss-
ing the causeway between tho
little bridge at Pond Island and
Whalebone Junction. School
buses began their usual job of
picking up youngsters. By the
time buses got to the causeway
on the way to school the water
was going across in volume.
School w.as out for the day.—-
On Roanoke Island, tho
waters were spread in the low
places and were creeping to
ward higher ground.
Water about 9 inches deep
collected in the auditorium "of
JIanteo High School. The school
is built on a marshy plot 'im
mediately south of the ^ town
limit. Some students said all
the water had not been removed
from the auditorium by
Wednesday night.
The sound tide also was over
flowing into downtown Manteo,
bringing a sort of creplng par
alysis to business.
The water got into the Ben
Franklin store at the e.a.st end
of County street and rose about
six inche.s. Tom Daniels, opera^
tor of the store, estimated dam
age at roughly $10,000. He said
damage to stock amounted to
about $5,000. He said damage
to fixtures easily wore that
much.
Daniels recently added
room to the store and had in
stalled a new rug. This ^ was
covered by water. He said he
didn’t know ^yhethe^ it could
be. salvaged. '
“I wish the town was di’KM
so that we could keep ■' this
damned water out,” Daniels told
a reporter. ‘*It has been done
at other places, so .whv can’t
it lie done here ? In ^ Hidiand,
practically every area is^dik^
If the Dutch can„do it, ro can
we. .
“Manteo and Dare CouiRy ;
and the state have had years in ;
which to do something about ‘
keeping thc.watpr out. Ev-ry-
one knows we have tides, big t
lidos. Yet no one of our of
ficials ever does anything. It’s
time to start.”
Sheriff Frank M. Cahoon slid ,
he had heard of little dam-ige
except to the Daniels store. Ha
said, some bulkheads on'- the ‘
sound side at Nags Head had ;
been eroded but ho had no idea ;
of the dollar damage. .1;
Cahoon said this would be'-a", .
good time to raise the questibn .
of building a dike or some sort
of protective device around ^
town. He.'.said the Corps.-bf
Engineera soon would have a '
big dredge at Oregon Inlet said |
in the souiML-tHe said.. thlu^^
would be an opportunity for
o*igineers to tidte material from
one area and 'put it around
Manteo;.
.The, NaUonai; Pi^
has instaIlidion]i't h'r q.u'g hi
most of. the' areA
tide. At the Oregon Inlet
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