Chapel Hill Rejects Accommodations Ordinance
Chapel Hill board of Aldermen rejected a proposed accommodations ordinance stirring civil rights protests. Ten high school students staged a sleep‑in on Town Hall steps while 35 demonstrators occupied an upstairs courtroom. Police chief allowed the sit‑in as CORE leader James Farmer warned Chapel Hill would be a focal point of the campaign. Civil rights activity has spiked since mid December with around 240 arrests for trespassing and resisting arrest.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Board of Aldermen
Town Hall
W. D. Blake
Durham
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Farmer
CORE
Quick Action On Smoking Not Likely
Washington AP reports a federal smoking study will not force rapid action by Congress. Four cigarette bills sit in House Commerce Committee. Chairman Harris says no hearings scheduled yet though yearlong delay possible. On NYSE cigars rise while cigarettes mostly fall despite the federal condemnation.
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Stanley Ei
Washington
Congress
Federal
House Commerce Committee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Public Health Service
New York Stock Exchange
Miss Teen-Age America To Wed
Fresno model Darla Banks 17, holder of the 1963 Miss Teen-Age America title, said she will marry R. Ritchie of Reidsville North Carolina in June He is a senior at the United States Air Force Academy.
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Fresno
Calif
Darla Banks
Ritchie
Reidsville
N.C
US. Air Force Academy
Plans Unchanged as Candidates Weigh Governor Run
Raleigh AP report outlines Blue and Jordan weighing a bid for governor. Scott and others deny immediate decisions while Roberts W. Scott’s name surfaces in speculation. State leaders note potential candidacy timing by February 1, with Blue and Jordan signaling no definitive announcement yet.
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Scott
H. Clifton Blue
Aberdeen
John R. Jordan Jr
Raleigh
Blue
Jordan
Man Arrested In Rape Case In Charlotte
Charlotte police report the arrest of 23 year old Charles Lee Morrow alias Tolman wanted for a December 21 rape in Charlotte. Four detectives and two patrol officers carried out the arrest after a Pineville woman said she was assaulted at gunpoint by a man who used several aliases.
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Charlotte (Ap
Charles Charles Lee Morrow
Lotte
Morrow
Pineville
Huure Uhuluayy Lug
T. N. Eisner
Warren Hill Summers
Summers
Jon Nathaniel Brown
Coastal Toll Road Planned By Groups
Virginia and North Carolina groups meet at Virginia Beach to advance planning for a 60 mile two lane coastal toll road. An engineering feasibility study should be completed early spring with a private bond financed project and a contract sought by year end.
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Weeksville
N.C
Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia Beach
Vernon James
North Carolina Turnpikes Authority
James
Point
Virginias Beach
Dare County
Scott enters lieutenant governor race as favorable path
Robert W. Scott announced for lieutenant governor in Raleigh reaching out to a broad backing from supporters and family. He stressed a bold, direct campaign aimed at the people and noted money would be less critical than in a gubernatorial bid. He refused to align with any single governor candidate, signaling an independent path beyond the lieutenant post.
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William A. Shires
Raleigh
Robert W
Bob) Scott
Scott
Shires
Mary Scott
Hawfields
Torrer
State Grange
State
State Board of Conservation and Development
Leutenant
Iredell Asked To Desegregate Its Schools
Statesville NAACP chapter asks the Iredell County Board of Education to end racial segregation in public schools and to produce a plan for future nonracial operation of schools.
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Iredell
Statesville
N.C
Iredell County
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