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The Asheville Citizen 2B WdiMday, April 3, 191 UNCA Honors Taylor; Court Gives Square Deal To Couple After serving in World War II as a ui. Navy landing craft commander, Taylor was elected in 1947 to the state General Assembly for four consecutive terms. He was Buncombe County attorney from 1949 to I960. In Congress, Taylor was instrumental in passage of the Appalachian Regional Develop; ment Program, the Land and Water Conserv tion Fund, the National Trails System, and the National Historic Preservation Act Taylor also led a successful effort in 1976-77 to gain federal protection of the New River in the Wild and Scenic Rivers Program. Taylor was a ranking member of the House Interior Committee and was chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation.

In 1984, the federal government designated part of the Nantahala National For est as the Roy Taylor Forest Roy Carroll, interim UNCA chancellor, praised Taylor for playing "a key role in the passage of legislation to ensure future justice and better lives for later generations." From Staff Reports Former VS. Rep. Roy Taylor was awarded UNCA's highest service award the Chancellor's Medallion during a dinner ceremony Tuesday at Owen Conference Center. The nine-term congressman and Black Mountain native was an outspoken advocate for landmark conservation and Appalachian regional development legislation in the 1960s and 70s. The award recognizes Taylor's lifelong service to UNCA.

In 1980, UNCA awarded Taylor an honorary doctor of laws degree. He is past president of the university's Alumni Association, former member of the Board of Trustees, and honorary life director of the UNCA Foundation. UNCA's Taylor Public Speaking Prize was named for him in 1972. A lifelong Democrat, Taylor got his start in public life in 1929 when he was elected valedictorian of the first graduating class of UNCA's predecessor institution, Asheville-Bilt-more College. Staff Mete DAN MAXHIMI Chancellor's Award Former VS.

Rep. Roy Taylor receives the Chancellor's Medallion Tuesday for lifelong service to UNCA. Ex-USC President Holderman Out On $10,000 Personal Recognizance Bond if I- headed by former Gov. Robert McNair for helping to resolve a client's 1986 drug case. Holderman is on voluntary leave from a job in real estate development in Jacksonville, Fla.

Harpootlian told Judge John E. Kinard Jr. on Tues day that Holderman voluntarily traveled to Columbia from Florida and should be released on bond. "I do not view him as being a threat to society," Kfc' nard said. Holderman, 55, will be required to relinquish hi passport and must obtain approval for any traveling outside of Florida, the judge said.

Holderman was accompanied at court by his Colurri-bia lawyers, Kermit King and Thomas Vernon. Harpootlian said it was necessary that Holdermaij be transported by SLED to and from the court proceeding, but would not say why. "It has nothing to do with protection. It has nothing to do with media. It has to do with the development of this case," he said.

He did not elaborate. "All I know is we were supposed to book him," said SLED spokesman Hugh Munn. The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. James B. Holderman, former University of South Carolina president was released Tuesday on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond following a court appearance on charges he personally benefited from public office.

Holderman likely will not go on trial for nine months to a year on the indictment returned March 22 by a Richland County grand jury, said Solicitor Richard Harpoot-lian. Appearing pale but relaxed in the brief bond hearing, Holderman will have no more court appearances until his trial on the charges, the prosecutor said. Holderman did not acknowledge requests for a comment as he left the courthouse. Reporters were not allowed near him as he was ushered into a State Law Enforcement Division car. Holderman, who resigned as president last year amid criticism of his extravagant spending, is charged with using his public office for personal gain and receiving extra compensation.

He is accused of improperly receiving $25,000 from a prominent Columbia law firm By MARK BARRETT Raleigh Bureau RALEIGH Less than a year after the legislature said the Mitchell County seat of Bakersville is round, the Court of Appeals said it used to be square. And the difference in geometry will save a couple with property on the fringes of the town $3,756. The opinion by the state Court of Appeals reads a little like a story problem you might have had in high school geometry class. It stems from a lawsuit brought by the town against Bruce and Sally Woody for non-payment of property taxes. The Woodys responded that -their property is not inside the town limits, adjusted by the General Assembly in 1941 to "extend only one half-mile in each direction from the "courthouse." The shape described by the law is a square or diamond, the Woodys said, whose corners were defined by the end of lines extending half a mile north, south, east and west from the center of the courthouse dome.

The town responded that the limits are a circle, with a radius of half a mile from the courthouse dome, meaning they would encompass the square plus four small areas-outside it Both sides agreed that the Woodys property is inside one of those four areas. The court sided Tuesday with the Woodys, saying the legislature chartered the town as a square in 1870 and never "specifically so stated" that it had any other intention in several laws it passed between 1870 and the time the suit was brought in 1989. The Woodys may be the only people the decision will help, however, since the town probably cannot be made to refund taxes already paid, said Todd Bailey, a Burnsville attorney representing the Woodys. "The only people that could benefit are people outside the (square) that hadn't paid their taxes," Bailey said. And anyone with land inside the circle but outside the square thinking of not paying next year's taxes can forget it The legislature passed a bill sponsred by Rep.

Charles "Monroe" Buchanan, R-MitchelL last summer, designed to settle the matter once and for all It says: "The corporate limits of the City of Bakersville are a 360-de-gree circle with a radius of one-half mile from the dome of the courthouse." Legislators Cool On Brevard's Request For Annexations KVa i A it I 1 I i HH Summer Car Care Section i 11 AP Photo Sharpton Leads Protest The Rev. Al Sharpton of New York leads a march in front of City Hall in Raleigh to protest the shooting of a black man by a white police officer. Sharpton Calling For Second Investigation Published on: Thursday June 7, 1991 PROFILE: Summertime traffic and traveling means added wear and tear on your automobile, recreational vehicle, truck, boat or motorcycle. Whether your main aim is capture the transient visitor, parttime resident or vacation-bound resident, this special standard edition is for you! All new size, enhanced by full color front cover will add credibility and interest to this semi-annual edition. Handy auto-after, auto-buying and maintenance tips will be complemented by current shopper information Be one of the many businesses whose ad brings in summertime traffic at the sales counter! A Standard Section Glover, thinking the man was a robbery suspect approached his car with a gun drawn.

Farrell, not knowing the plainclothes detective was an officer, pulled his car out of traffic and sped away. The officer, a 24-year veteran of the force, fired into the car and wounded Farrell in the leg. Following the shooting, a Raleigh police department inquiry found the detective had failed to use his blue light and had failed to show his identification during the encounter. "Why should Farrell obey any white man who tells him to get out of his car?" Sharpton asked the crowd. "He should have gotten out of the car and kicked his butt" David Foy, a member of a group formed after the shooting called Raleigh Citizens For Justice, said they have filed a written request in Washington to be included in a nationwide Justice Department investigation of police brutality.

The federal investigations were started at the request of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, in the wake of alleged police brutality against a black man in Los Angeles. The investigation includes 22 U.S. cities, which have not been publicly identified, according to the congressman's office.

Sharpton was scheduled to speak at Duke University Tuesday night where he said he would challenge students to become more involved in race issues. The Associated Press RALEIGH While Raleigh Police Chief Frederick Heineman watched from a window above, a civil rights activist called Tuesday for a second grand jury to probe the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. About 75 people marched in front of City Hall while the Reverend Al Sharpton urged city leaders to take responsibility to protect the public. A Wake County grand jury Monday refused to indict Raleigh Police Detective Jimmy Glover in the shooting of television engineer Tony FarrelL Sharpton called it a "wicked and demonic" decision. "This is absolutely racist" he said.

"This goes back to the olden days when if you're white you're right if you're black get back." The marchers chanted "Stop Killer Cops," "No Justice, No Peace" and "Who's got to go? Heineman's got to go. Glover's got togo." Heineman, who was waiting to address the city council on another matter outside their chamber, watched the rally from a second story window. "These are people exercising their First Amendment rights," Heineman said. "The police are out there making sure they can do that" Heineman refused to comment on the case. Farrell was shot the night of Jan.

24 while on his way home from work. He was shot after Citizen-Times Raleigh Bureau RALEIGH Legislators representing Brevard gave the town's request for a waiver of a limit on "satellite" annexations an answer of "probably not" Legislators said they would talk once again with City Manager Dee Freeman before making a final decision on the matter, and might even file a bill to keep their options open. But no one spoke in favor of asking the General Assembly to waive a requirement that annexations of areas not connected to the main part of a town must not total more than 10 percent of the area encompassed by the town's continuous limits. "I think they're getting ready to destroy the intent of that regulation," said Sen. Clark Plexico, D-Hender-son.

"I'm afraid you're going to have dots of city all over the place," said Rep. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe. Freeman said by telephone later Tuesday that the town has no specific need for the exemption, but would like it so that it could act quickly if the need arose. It would "pose no particular problem" if the request is denied, he said. Even without the limitation, the town would still be able to annex 150 acres or more by satellite annexation after the satellite annexation of a new shopping center outside town is completed, Freeman said.

The legislature has exempted two state towns Hickory and Kenly from the requirement, and given exemptions subject to certain conditions to three others, including Canton. Ad Deadline: Thursday, May 30,1991 ASHEttLLE CITIZEN Til Contact: Marti Cherrix or Laura Browne, Special Projects Account Executives, extension 492 or your Classified Account Executive, extension 501 at: (704) 252-5611 or toll-free in NC 1-800-452-2841..