Old East at Chapel Hill oldest state university building
Old East, the three story brick building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, opened in 1795 as North Wing and later named Old East. It housed the first students, survived renovations, and was linked to notable figures like Thomas Wolfe. The building, now a dormitory, is a National Historic Landmark candidate and part of UNC’s historic campus identity.
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Old East
Chapel Hill
State University
U.S
Hinton James
North Wing
University of North Carolina At
James
Pender County
George Washington
UNC
National Park Service
Thomas Wolfe
Young Wolfe
Edwin Greenlaw
Raleigh
Jonathan Daniels
Legette Boythe
Paul Green
New York
University
Clarksville
William R. Davie
T. B. Foust
North Carolina
Reno Divorces Show Decline in 1965 Figures
Reno, Nevada, reported a drop in divorces with 4,318 granted in 1965, down from a record 4,431 in 1964, signaling a possible shift in the city’s reputation as a divorce capital.
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Reno
Nev
Striking NYC fares spike taxi biz and hotel room rents
Across cities, reports cite taxi drivers charging three times normal during the New York transit strike. Tass dispatch says hotel owners raise room prices for visitors from far away. In Mexico City a woman gave birth in a phone booth waiting for change and an ambulance. In Gallipoli a cod fish yielded an ancient coin. In New Delhi bicycles rose from 375000 to over 475000 since 1960 due to transport gaps.
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Moscow
New York
Oleg Anichkin
Tass
Mexico City
Ausencia Badillo
Alberta Union team to promote self help in Indian agriculture
EDMONTON Alta AP A team from the Alberta Farmers' Union led by President Paul Babey will depart in mid February to promote self help in Indian agriculture in response to a call from Indian weekly newspapers.
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Edmonton, Alta
Alberta Farmers’ Union
Paul Babey
India
Kis met sails into Barbados on world cruise
Barbados reports the 37 foot Turkish ketch Kis met arriving after a month crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands. Civil engineer Sadan Boro, 38, and his German born wife Oda were aboard.
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Barbados
B.W.I
Sadun Boro
Oda
Cannary Islands
Stepup in Firing Of U.S. Secret Satellites Hinted
LOS ANGELES AP A stepup in launchings of secret satellites presumed to carry heavier surveillance payloads was signaled by an Air Force announcement. It said 22 new longer Thor rockets capable of 20 percent heavier payloads would be fired from Vandenberg AFB next summer.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Thor
Earth
Poles
Flow Of Words Swells Into Flood Often At United Nations In N Y
United Nations in New York hosts six committees with a flood of words. Under secretary Jiri Nosek heads conference services handling 450 million page units in six languages and 4,700 meetings. The division spreads 180 typists, 300 translators and 56 interpreters to produce thousands of pages of records. Space for archives is scarce and staff retention is hard amid long hours.
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United Nations
N. Y
N.Y
Office of Conference Services
Jiri Nosek
Nosek
General Assembly
Security Council
U.N
Charlotte Man Pleads Innocent To Rape And Burglary Charges
Richard Tell Wehrle of Charlotte pleads innocent in Superior Court to two counts of burglary and a rape. The 24 year old former Duke Law student faces trial next Monday. A 250 citizen jury pool was approved. Wehrle jailed since Nov 19. He is linked to July 27 burglary at Mrs. W. Lester Brooks and alleged rape the same night with $28 taken. A second burglary on Nov 7 at C. N. Bahakel's home involved jewelry and money valued at about $5,000.
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Charlotte
Richard Tell Wehrle
Superior
Duke University Law School
W. K. McLean
I Kenneth Downs
Mecklenburg
Wehrle
Wherle
Pewanik
Wehr 2
W. Lester Brooks
Brooks
C. N. Bahakel
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