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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19

The owners have contended the
land. some Of it valued at up to
$4,000 per acre, lies in the path
of local expansion for high
priced residential developments
and would be critically damag-
ed by. the line and, its right-of-
way. ~
Three court-appointed COM
missionerS, E. j. Owens, Ray
Jolly and Richard Young, all
Chapel Hill realtors, awarded
the landowners $158,00 in DAM
ages earlier this year. Both the
landowners and Duke Power,
which had offered a total of
$4,000 in damages, appealed the
award. >
The resulting suit ran through
five days Of a special civil term
Of Orange Superior Court, plus
an additional 21s days Of the reg
ular term before attorneys for
both sides completed their pre-
Sentations.
The landowners we're repre-
sented by two firms. Stewart
and Midgette for Morgan Creek
Land Co., holders Of 11O acres,
the remaining seven by Bryant,
Lipton, Bryant and Battle of
Durham and Chapel Hill. Duke
employed a battery of four at
torneys, led by Ben Ward Of
Charlotte and including County
Attorney Col. George Levings,
Bonner Sawyer and Dalton Lof-
tin.
Both parties relied heavily on
appraisals by local and nearby
realtors and professional ap-
praiserS. Duke Power also pre-
sented appraisals by adjacent
landowners Thomas Blackwood
Continued on Page %
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
A Talk With
DR.. J.B. Rhine

DR.. J. B. Rhine's psychical re.
search at Duke University dur.
ing the past twenty years recent
" resulted in the offer of a
sl.OC9,OOo conditional grant from
an anonymous donnor for the es.
tablishnent Of. a Foundation for
Research on the Nature Of Man.
By J. A. C. DUNN
Joseph Banks Rhine looks not
unlike Smoky the Bear. As a
matter Of fact, DR.. Rhine is very
much interested in nature. I'm
pretty good with an axe" he
says, and that's about the most
boastful thing I'll say" His Of
flee on the Duke University wo-
mems campus is filled with old
furniture and books and stacks
Of documents and manila fold
ers and letters and papers all
buried under each other, so to
speak. The walls are dotted with
paintings and photographs of
mountains. I've just got to be
climbing something - just a
frustrated mountaineer.'
DR.. Rhine has enormous, cal
loused hands, and broad, crag-
gy face tending to jowlishness.
"a reporter once described him
as looking like a wood-cutter.)
He is not the sort of man who
looks people directly in the eye
while he thinks. His eyes wander
from thing to thing, out the win
dow, back to his desk, up, down,
peering with a very faint, dis
tant puzzlement out of deep
caverns arched with black eye
brows.
AS he sits in a creaking chair
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
SCENES

Townsman came down last Sun
day morning without a cent, paid
for his newspaper at Jeff'S with
live 4-cent stamps BYRON
FREEMAN awarded a door prize
at his birthday party for L. Van
Beethoven. The prize: an old
fashioned swinging door
Three Franklin Street dogs baS-
king in the warmth Of the over
head electric heaters outside the
RathSkeller in Amber Alley -.
A Chapel Hill commuter used a
battered tractor to reach East
gate Shopping Center +. Carol
erS serenading Mrs. William Fri
day in front of the presidents
mansion The Police Depart
ment received, enclosed with the
payment for a parking ticket, a
White card on which had been
drawn a face, thumbs in ears,
tongue sticking out, and the in
.scription, Merry Christmas, Of
tlcer g. PAUL SMITH stack
ed copies Of RICHARD McKEN-
MAS new book, "The Sand
Pebbles" in an impressive dis
play at the Intimate Book Shop,
only to see them all come tunnb-
Ing down JIM MOUSM0U-
LES Sorely confused by the crazy
basketball season Davidson over
Duke) !. UNC basketball coach
Dean Smith getting his Christmas
PRESENT two weeks early.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19

at his desk in West Duke build
ing, he looks out on a traffic
circle in the middle of which
Washington Duke ("Patriot,
Philanthropist') also sits, mood
lily settled in a bronze armchair,
staring fixedly at the traffic
coming toward him. DR.. Rhine
sometimes stares fixedly at Mr..
Duke. You have the feeling that
the parapsychologist and the
philanthropist have been holding
a silent, seated session of thought
exchange on and off for years.
In addition to being a sort Of
posthumous intimate of Mr..
Continued on Page q
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Court Suit
On Screens
IsDropped
Aldermen Hold
Special Meet

Two local automotive firms
have dropped their suit against
the Town over the zoning. ordin-
ance which requires screening
for automobiles displayed out
side the agencies buildings.
Town Manager Robert Peck
said the Aldermen approved the
settlement Monday. The meet
ing was unannounced. Mayor
Sandy McClamroch signed the
agreement Tuesday. Under its
terms, the two agencies, Harriss-
Conners Chevrolet and Colonial
Motors, agree to screen automo-
biles in storage outside but they
will not be required to provide
screening, either for automobiles
displayed outside for sale, or for
the automobiles of customers.
Mr.. Peck said further action on
:"
the ordinance would depend on
what was necessary to eliminate
the ambiguity in wording which
had caused the ~month-old con-
troversy in the first. place.
If it is merely a question of
changing wording to make the
original intent of the ordinance
clearer, action can be taken at
any regular meeting of the Alder
men. If the ordinance requires
formal. amendment, a public hear
ing must be called. -
Any amendment or changes
will await an opinion from Town
Attorney John @. LeGrand.
The two firms obtained a re-
straining order enjoining the
Town from enforcing the ordin-
ance after they were told last
month that they would have to
provide screening for, all auto
mobiles outside their new build
ings, which are located near
Eastgate Shopping Center, Har-
riss- -Connors on the Durham Road
and Colonial Motors on 15-50l By
pass.
The Aldermen authorized Mr..
LeGrand to settle the suit with
plaintiffs attorneys John Man.
ming and AL Kennon Of Durham
at their regular meeting Decem-
ber IL. Several aldermen favor
ed amendment and settlement Of
the suit at the time. but the
question of the legality Of such
action forced settlement by me-
gotiation. ..,
The parties to the suit we're
scheduled to appear at a show
cause hearing Monday before
Judge Hamilton Hobgood in Or
ange Superior court, to determine
whether the temporary restrain
ing order preventing the Towns
enforcement of the ordinance
should be continued until the case
was tried. 1t was Cancelled after
settlement was agreed upon. -
Building permits for the agen-
cies' new structures will be re-
issued as originally written.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Chapel Hill
E1AFF
By LOUIS GRAVES

An addition to the Christmas
holiday schedule published in this
column Sunday:
From now through Saturday,
December %, the Post Office will
be open. from 8 am. to $50 pm.
1t will be closed Sunday and
Tuesday Christmas Day., and
will be open as usual Monday,
the day before Christmas, and
from Wednesday, December 26,
through Monday, December 81,
on the usual schedule. 1t will be
closed New Years, Day, and af-
ter that will be open on the usual
schedule. Special delivery mail
will be delivered on Christmas
Day. incoming and outgoing
mails will conform to the usual
schedule throughout the holidays.
The University Library will be
open Thursday and Friday, Dec.
20 and 81, from 8 am. to 5 pm.
and Saturday from 9 to l. 1t will
be closed Sunday through We'd
neSday, Dec. 1926. 1t will be
open Thursday and Friday, Dec.
q and %, from 9 to 5. 1t will
be closed Saturday the 29th and
Sunday the 3Oth. 1t will be open
Monday, Dec. 81, from 9 to 5,
closed January all day, and
Continued on Page g.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Sign Changes Come Slowly

but the Town will probably use
other means Of urging prompt
compliance before resorting to
legal action. Several merchants
have indicated that they plan to
replace their present signs by
the January 7 deadline, and only
few are expected to resist.
1T would be impossible for all
the non-conforming signs to be
changed by the deadline now,
though" Mr.. Archer said.
For the Towns service station
operators, it will be a fair.sized
job to remove signs standing on
the public right-of-way. Most Of
the signs may be re-erected on
the stations property. but they
may not be greater than 80 feet
in height, and must not have any
flashing or animated illuinina-
CONTINUED on Page o
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Chapel Hill
Shifts Into
Holiday Gear
University Will
Close Tomorrow

Activity in Chapel Hill begins
to subside today from its normal
pace to the abbreviated or in
terrupted schedules of the Christ
mas holiday.
Public school students leave
school today for a holiday which
lasts until Tuesday, January ..
The University closes instruc-
tion in all departments at 6 pm.
Thursday. Instruction resumes
in all departments on Thursday,
January 4, at 8 am.
Both of Chapel Hills banks
will be closed Christmas day and
the day after Christmas, in ac-
cordance with Governor Terry
Sanford's recent declaration of
December 26 as a bank holiday.
Both savings and loan associa-
tions will also close Christmas
day and the day after.
BY agreement, all Merchants
Association member stores will
remain open until 8 pm. through
Friday. Stores will close at reg
ular times Saturday and Christ
mas Eve. Most will reopen for
business the day after Christmas.
Some drugstores and filling
stations may be found open at
certain times Christmas day.
The Post Office will be closed
Christmas day, but will make
special deliveries if parcels can
be determined to be gifts. The
Post Office will be open at norm
al times the day after Christ
mas.
The Chapel Hill Public Library
will close for the Christmas holi-
day at 6 pm. Friday and will
reopen at 8 am. Wednesday, De-
cember 26. 1t will close again
on Monday. December 81, and
Tuesday, January l. The regu-
lar schedule will be maintained
throughout the holiday except for
these times.
The University Library's holi-
day schedule: open from 7:45
am. to & pm Thursday. 9-5 Fri
day, 81 Saturday; closed from
Sunday through Wednesday, open
9-5 Friday and Saturday, Decen-
ber so; open 9-5 Monday, Decem-
ber 81; closed Tuesday, Janu-
ary 1; open 9-5 Wednesday and
Thursday. The library will re-
turn to its normal schedule on
Friday. January 4, 1868.
Next week there will be only
one garbage pickup in residential
areas, either Thursday. Friday
or Saturday. Refuse from the
business district will be collect
ed on Monday, Friday and Sat-
urday.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Red Cross
Driue NOtu
At $4,77l

The current Chapel Hill Red
Cross fund drive has accumulat-
ed $4,771.50.
Chapter secretary Mrs. Caro-
Mae Russell said this morning
that the Red Cross had on de-
post $3,63l.5O, with $1,l4O more
pledged, in the drive, for $1,000
to purchase a permanent Red
Cross building in Carrboro.
Needed by the December 81
deadline is $2,228.5O. If collected,
the Red Cross $1,000 will be
matched by the National Red
Cross, for purchase of the build
ing, a one-story brick structure
ou West Main Street in Carrboro.
Results of the drive in the
business district have yet to be
calculated. J. B. Robbins is in
charge of Chapel Hill business
Continued on Page -
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19

ground signs that would have to
be removed, 26 awnings which
were lower than the eight-foot
minimum, four metal or wooden
awnings. six wall signs greater
than six square feet in size and
below the eight-foot minimum.
80 signs which project more than
five feet from the storefront and
81 Of the projecting signs which
were lower than the nine-foot
minimum above the sidewalk.
when the ordinance was pass
ed, we expected people to pro-
crastinate, as they always do.
We've been working with them,
reminding them Of the approach
Of the deadIne," Mr.. Archer said.
Technically merchants who fail
TO comply with the ordinance
viii be guilty Of a misdemeanor
and subject to fines Of $40 to $50,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
YuIe ShopHfing
Business Is Brisk

campus a doll that appears to
have been the baby in the manger
in a nativity scene, and another
part of a nativity scene was
found behind the University Ser
vice Plants office on Franklin
Street.
The particular nativity scene
which was rifled is not known
and has not been found. The mat
ter was turned over to ]. B. Rob-
bins, who was to make what ar
rangements he could for the baby
and other nativity equipment.
what are we to do with ma
tivity scene?" said one perplex-
ed Chapel Hill policeman. Book
it,"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19

Most Chapel Hill businessmen
apparently are waiting until the
eleventh hour to replace down.
town signs which do not conform
to the Towns sign ordinance.
Building inspector Don Archer,
who is responsible for inspection
to assure compliance, said yes
terday that thus far only two
ground signs have been removed.
-Four projecting signs which did
not meet the new specifications
have been replaced or remountad,
and three awnings have been al
tered.
With the deadline for replace
ment Of the signs drawing near,
Mr.. Archer said he did not ex-
pect every non-conforming sign
TO be down in time. After the
ordinance was passed last Janu-
airy 8, be found a total Of ~
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Holiday Schedule

The Weekly will observe its usual publishing days DUR
ing the holidays.
However, in order to allow employees time off for
Christmas, and advertising headlines have been
changed.
For the Wednesday issue, the day after Christmas,
display advertising copy must be received by pm this
coming Saturday Classified ads may be placed up until
O'Clock next Wednesday morning.
The deadline for news copy will be pm. Monday.
All departments of the Weekly will be closed on Christ
Day. Regular office hours will be resumed We'd
nesday.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Judge To Render Decision
Tomorrow On Power Lines

The judgments will climax
more than a year and a half of
dispute over Duke Power Com
pany'S plan to run a 1OO,0OO-volt
transmission line through the
Morgan Creek area southeast Of
town. ~'e
Eight property owners in the
area sought more than 81 NIL
lion in damages they claimed the
line would cause on its route,
which traverses a woodland area
noted for its natural beauty.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19

D
Judge Hamilton Hobgood ex-
poets to reach a decision in the
Duke powerline suit by tomor-
row.
Contacted at his home in
Louisburg yesterday, Judge Hob
good said he was making no
promises, but thought he would
have the judgments completed
in time to deliver them to the
Clerk Of Court in Hillsboro by
tomorrow. He gave no Indication
as to what his decision would be,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1962-12-19
Weather Report

Recordings Of "White Christ
mas" have been played 27l,S2s
times in the last two weeks, but
Orange County will still be the
natural color Of clay on pecenn-
her 18th. Put your dreams away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Edward WuIIunt;
Novelist, Artist

NORWALK, Conn, Dec. 6
CAP. Edward Lewis valiant.
36, novelist and commercial
artist, died last night at his
home after a brief illness.
His books included "The
Pawnbroker" and THE Human
Season."
He was the winner Of a Gug-
genheim Fellowship for 1923.
Born in New Haven, Mr..
valiant studied art at New
York's Pratt Institute. He was
art director of the McCann-
Erickson advertising agency in
New York at the time Of his
death.
He was a member Of the
New York Writers Guild.
A promising young writer.
Mr.. valiant won the Daroff
Memorial Fiction Award Of the
Jewish Book Council for THE
Human Season" in 1860.
1.-THE Pawnbroker," the story
of a former concentration camp
inmate who operates a Harlem
pawnshop, was nominated for
the National Book Award this
year.
A third novel, 1.-THE Tenants
of Moonbloom," is scheduled
for publication soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
BY WALTER WURFEL
Star Staff Writer

Citizens differed sharply yes
terday on the merits of dou-
bling the size of Burke Lake
Park in Fairfax County.
Fifteen persons spoke during
a 212-hour public hearing be-
fore the Board of County
Eight speakers OPP
posed the expansion, seven
favored it.
Fairfax County already owns
306 acres of land on the man.
made, 218-acre lake. Park
Director Joe Brown recon.
mends buying 450 acres more
to give the county control OF
all theSurTounding land. Burke
Lake is about 6 miles south
of Fairfax City.
Proponents of the project
yesterday called the park de-
partment proposal timely and
in the public interest.
Burke Lake is the only
lake in the county that car
be surrounded by and incor-
porated in a truly functional
park area large enough tt
provide for a diversified camp.
ing, hiking and related activ-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Partial
clearing and colder tonight.
: low about %. Variable cloudi-
ness tomorrow, high in upper
30s with northwesterly winds
at 20 to rs miles per hour.
Maryland - Heavy snow
warnings in the north and west
tonight. snow expected to &C
cumulate more than 4 inches
with a foot or more in noun
tainS tonight and early tomor-
row. Rain elsewhere tonight
mixed with snow and chance
Of a few inches remaining to-
morrow. Low tonight, 30s in
east and upper 20s in west.
High tomorrow, sos in west and
north and near 40 in south
east.
Virginia - Occasional rain
mixed with snow in southeast
tonight, otherwise heavy snow
warnings, mostly in mountains
e in the north and west. Snow
expected to accumulate more
than 4 inches with amounts
up TO a foot in higher eleva-
tons. Two or 3 inches OF snow
may accumulate over most OF
the State tonight or tomor-
row. Low tonight, 20s in west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Henry F. Camper.
Retired Major

Mai. Henry F. Camper,
USMC (retired), died No
vember rs at a Camp Pendle-
ton. Calf, hospital. He was
81.
Born in Culpepper. Va, he
was educated in Washington
and had last been stationed
here in the late 1950s. He re-
tired in 1861.
Mai. Camper leaves his wife,
Marie and a son, Steven F.,
both of Hawthorne, Calf; an
other son, Henry w. of West
chester, Calf; a sister, Mrs.
Helen C. Heating; his mother,
Mrs. Grace A. Camper, of 8
Fourth street Sc. and two
brothers, Charles of 1904 Cole
brook road, Hillcrest Heights.
Md, and Spencer Slime Of
Ola Central avenue, Randolph
Village, Md.
Services and burial were
November 90 at Fort Rosecrans
National Cemetery, San Diego,
Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
H. H. Richardson,
Briqudier General

CINCINNATI, Dec. 6 (AP)-
Brig. Gen. Harold H. Richard
son, Sc, who headed Colorado
military units in two World
Wars, died Tuesday night at
a Veterans Hospital after a long
illness. He retired from military
service two years ago.
In World War !, he COM
manded the 157th Colorado
Infantry in France. He was
Colorado adjutant general in
World War II, and later COM
manded prisoner-of-war camps
in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
SaS.
After the war, he served on
Gen. George c. Marshall's truce
teams in China, and later at
posts in Germany and Korea.
Burial win be in Arlington
National cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Moritz Coffmun,
Former Attorney
ASSIGNED to ice

Moritz Coffman, So, a former
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion attorney and 40-year
Washington resiednt, died yes
terday at Winchester (Va0
Hospital after a short illness.
Mr.. Coffman, a graduate OF
Roanoke College and the Ma
tional Law School of Washing
ton. retired from the commits
sion and moved to Woodstock,
his home town, in 1856.
He was a member of the Vir-
ginia and D. c. Bar Associa-
tons, the American Legion and
the MasonS.
Mr.. Coffman leaves his wife
Coda Of Woodstock; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jean deLozier Of $500
Westport road, Chevy Chase: a
brother Gilbert Of Woodstock;
three sisters, Mrs. Mamie Fet-
ger Of Woodstock, Mrs. Alice
Palmer and Miss Katie Coff-
man, both Of Washington, and
one grandchild.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Dellinger's Funeral
Home in Woodstock, with burial
at Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Witnesses Split 81
On Larger Burke Park

ities," a League of Women
Voters statement said.
Opposition came from own
ers of property that would be
included within the new park
boundaries. and from the
county Taxpayers Alliance. The
alliance urged against the ex-
panSion on the ground that
county funds are urgently
needed to improve teachers
salaries and to finance other
vital needs"
The supervisors will vote on
the expansion next Wednesday.
Mr.. Brown told the board
that it would cost from $780,
900 to $500, 900 to buy the land,
leaving another 100000 of
park bond money to acquire
other parkland in stream val
leys. During the next five to
10 years. he said his department
would spend "at least 100000"
to construct picnic and camp
ing facilities and a marina at
the lake.
The Virginia Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries es-
Inmates that 10000 to 10000
fishermen would use the park
annually, Mr.. Brown said. The
commission stocks the lake with
fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Admiral deFIorez
Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services will be at
IL am. tomorrow at Fort Myer
Chapel for Rear Admiral Luis
deFlorez, 70 Naval Reserve,
|ret), inventor of many World
War II pilot training devices.
Admiral deFlorez, a recipient
Of the Distinguished Flying
Cross, died yesterday at Law
renee Memorial Hospital in New
London, Conn.
The Associated Press said, he
was stricken Saturday night at
Fishers Island, N. Y, where he
was found slumped in the cock
pit of his private two-engine
plane on a runway. He had
planned to fly to his home in
Pomfret, Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Fred White, AZ,
20-Yeor Employee
Of CountryCI

Fred White, 40. head Of the
Congressional Country Clubs
beverage department for about
20 years, died yesterday at
Washington Hospital Center.
An avid sports enthusiast, he
organize d the Washington
Bartenders' Open Golf Tourna-
ment" at Congressional a few
years ago and then won 1t.
He usually golfed in the low
sos. Earlier this year, he caught
a 74-pound sailfish to win the
Fishing Festival at Fort Lau-
derdale. Fla.
During World War II, Mr.,
White served in the Pacific
with the Army.
He leaves his wife, Louise, OF
$3.50 Forty fourth street NV;
@ sister, Mrs. Verna Barnett,
and a brother, Toy B. White
both of johnson City, Tenn;
three other brothers, Ruben, of
Louisville, KY, James and c.
N. White, both Of Fresno. Calf.
and another sister, Mrs. Tishia
Buckles. also Of Fresno.
Services will be at 1890 am
tomorrow at Gawler's Chapel
Wisconsin avenue at Harrison
streets NV. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
OFFICIALS DENY
ACHESON BIAS

The State Department today
sought to disassociate itself
from former Secretary of State
Dean Acheson's pungent COM
ments about Great Britain's
present place in the world and
on Western policies for Berlin
and Germany.
American officials ridiculed
the idea that Mr.. AcheSon's
speech disclosed an anti
British bias. Anyone who
thinks Mr.. Acheson is anti
British ought to have his head
examined" one official de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-06
Trade Expansion Act
Loans Sturt Monduy

Firms adversely affected by
increased foreign competition
resulting from the 1862 Trade
Expansion Act will become ELI
gible for Federal loans on De-
cember 10. President Kennedy
set the date in a proclamation
issued yesterday.
The Trade Act permits the
Small Business Administration
to make loans to help any firm
adjust to changed economic
conditions resulting from in
creased competition from i'm
ported articles.