The Durham Sun from Durham, North Carolina • 1

ESTABLISHED 1889 Vol 96 No 273 Durham NC Tuesday Afternoon Jan 14 1986 WH TM DwiMm HaraM Me HOME EDITION Treyburn road plan million disease center proposed tion of the board when they considered an appeal to a decision made by the director of the city inspections department Gerry Hancock a Durham attorney was representing RJ) Adams and several property owners including Mrs Kathrine Everett in a case before the city Board of Adjustment today Chuck Kitchen a Durham lawyer is representing the Honsvald Salle St The property is zoned C-4 commercial and is located across from the LaSalle Street entrance to Duke Manor Apartments between a convenience store and the IL Dean Freeway extension under construction Under the city zoning ordinance nursing homes are not allowed in See Alzheimer1! on 2-A family who would purchase the property for the proposed facility according to Hancock Kitchen also is assistant Durham County attorney The property owners wanted the board to reverse a decision by John Parham director of inspections who determined that the proposed center was classified as a nursing home which would prevent its location at 302 La- Panel backs roads plan for Treyburn By REBECCA MOORE Plans for a IS million Alzheimer's disease center on LaSalle Street that would treat 200 patients were unveiled today to members of the Durham Board of Adjustment The acres located across from Duke Manor apartments was brought to the atten- Faircloth of Senate RALEIGH (AP) DM Faircloth said today he would forego the US Senate race saying he did not want to run against former Gov Terry Sanford who has begun campaigning for the Democratic nomination have indicated on many occasions that I would not run against Terry Faircloth said in a prepared statement will honor that friendship and commitment" Faircloth the former state commerce secretary who finished third in the 1984 Democratic gubernatorial primary said he had planned to announce today his candidacy for the seat held by Republican Sen John East who is not seeking re-election because of poor health But sudden entry into the race Saturday night Faircloth said dramatically altered the situation Faircloth said Democratic unity would be jeopardized if he challenged Sanford I feel what is most important now is that the Democratic Party Faircloth said I enter the primary now Roost Road at the tip of Trey-bum and tying into an east-west parkway The east-west parkway will follow the realignment of Red Mill Road and tie Into US 501 Williford told the committee Although Terry Sanford Jr president of Durham Research Properties and other representatives from the firm attended meeting they did not address the committee Following brief questions from various committee members Howard Clement made the motion to recommend that the City Council endorse the road plan See Panel backs on 2-A By REBECCA MOORE Durham Research road network for its proposed 5300-acre Treyburn development in northern Durham was endorsed by the City Council's Public Works Committee The committee recommended yesterday that the council approve the road plan which calls for two freeways one on southern side and a north-south road through the center of the industrial residential and commercial project Outlined by city traffic engineer A1 Williford the plan showed the north-south route running generally from Quail Special bus service offered to UNC arena bows out seat race and win and I feel that would still be within reach I still lose because the Democratic Party cant win this time if it has a divisive primary" Faircloth's decision still leaves six contenders in the Democratic field besides Sanford The other candidates have given no indication they plan to withdraw although analysts say Sanford's lengthy experience in government and politics gives him instant front-runner status Sanford joined the crowded field yesterday paying his filing fee at a state Board of Elections office filled with his supporters many of them students at Duke University where he was president until he retired in July Asked what the biggest campaign issue was Sanford said want to sound trite but I think the soul of North Carolina think forgotten where he said think we've forgotten that we are a state that is willing to invest in young people and cares about happening in the world I think gotten far too self- Christmas to address Durham concerns about mail service Earlier this month he released a letter from the US Postal Service announcing that several new post offices were being planned Assistant Postmaster General William Johnstone in a letter to Cobey released at the news conference said the Postal Service is expanding or planning to expand offices in Raleigh Chapel Hill Durham and Research Triangle Park Johnstone also said 242 additional employees have been added in the versity of North Carolina where he played football he then received an engineering degree from NC State He was a member of the Durham Rotary Club Durham Board of Realtors Hope Valley Country Club and First Presbyterian Church Surviving are his wife Mrs Mary McGeorge Bundy Mclver and two daughters Mrs Russell Hamer of Greenville SC and Mrs Patrick Arnold of Atlanta Ga Burial services in Maplewood Cemetery will be private Cobey: Triangle mail service to improve facilities to expand LAUCH FAIRCLOTH centered (and) gotten on far too many narrow Sanford said he would support policies aimed at lowering the budget deficit the US trade imbalance rescuing American agriculture and bolstering education and basic research call positions like that liberal or he said call them sensible and Triangle area with another 83 to be hired in the near future Johnstone said political mailings by two Raleigh City Council candidates that arrived after last elections apparently were misrouted to the Greensboro bulk mailing center "There is no excuse for these two mailings not reaching the voters before the Johnstone said in the letter "There is little we can do but apologize for this most unfortunate occurrence" EVAN McIVER RALEIGH (AP) US Postal Service officials say they are working to improve irail delivery in the fast-growing Triangle area by adding more facilities and employees Rep Bill Cobey R-NC says Cobey at a news conference today said he had contacted the Postmaster General after receiving complaints about slow mail delivery long lines at post offices and lost mail Second District Congressman Tim Valentine met with postal representatives just before Duke to get 2nd copter Duke University has expanded its helicopter transport service for emergency patients with the addition of a second helicopter Life Flight II began operations Jan 1 The Aerospatiale Twin Star is slightly smaller than Life Flight which began service March 1 The original helicopter is currently out of service for routine maintenance but both helicopters are expected to be in service by the end of the month Both will answer calls within a 150-mile radius of Durham Retail sales jump 19 WASHINGTON (AP) Retail sales spurred by a rebound in auto demand posted a 19 percent increase last month the biggest gain since September the government reported today The strong showing helped boost total sales by 63 percent for the entire year the Commerce Department said While this was a healthy increase it lagged behind the big 105 percent jump in retail sales registered in 1984 At the White House spokesman Larry Speakes called today's report good news" ana added: sales booming and the unemployment rate at its lowest level since 1982 the health of the economy can be readily observed by even the most casual The strength last month was centered in auto sales which posted a November-to-December rise of 57 percent as manufacturers re-instituted attractive cut-rate financing deals to spur sales The rise in auto sales accounted for more than half the overall increase in retail sales last month Without the auto gain sales would have risen by 09 percent the department said Proposed By JON HAM Sewer-connection fees for commercial residential and industrial customers proposed Jan 6 to the Durham County Commissioners were cut 30 percent across-the-board by the commissioners last night The cuts would have been even greater if County Manager Jack Bond had had his way looking at a 50 percent reduction primarily because of what the perception he told the commissioners as the discus Sun sloN that by Jtm Soorta Road in Durham sengers from NC 54 South Road and Manning Drive The special service which at 25 cents is half the usual rate is to shuttle fans from parking lots to the new student center The center will be christened Saturday with a game between the Tar Heels and the Duke University Blue Devils The Tar Heel basketball team played in Carmichael Auditorium for more than 20 years Tobias said the added buses are an experiment now and will run for three games to gauge demand "What we're doing now is just he said We expect this service will be well-used and cut 30 proposed on Jan 6 to $61300 For a commercial customer with a 2-inch meter 200-foot frontage two acres and 2000 square feet of building space the reduction dropped the fee from $15000 to $11400 For a residential customer with a 100-foot front and a half-acre lot the reduction was from $1900 to $1780 The new fees take effect on Feb 1 Commissioners were concerned See Board OKs on 2-A By PAUL BROWN Sun Orange Bureau CHAPEL HILL Basketball fans who must park far from the new University of North Carolina Student Activity Center will have special cheap bus service Saturday thanks to the town of ChapelHill Alan Tobias town administrative assistant for the transportation department said three extra buses will run through the UNC campus Usually one bus serves the route on Saturday The route runs along Columbia and Franklin streets Raleigh Road and Stadium Drive Tobias also said a special bus dubbed the General Administration route will pick up pas sewer fees sion began Bond said that because many of the charges are new the new fee schedule gave customers the impression that the county was moving too fast in increasing utility fees don't know that we need to overexert ourselves to charge such high fees he said The change in the fee schedule drops the total fee for an industrial sewer connection with a 4-inch meter 500-foot frontage 50 acres and 100000 square feet of building space from $79000 as Mdver services tomorrow mixed over division sale GOOD AFTERNOON Evan Mclver 73 of 15 Beverly Drive died this morning about 4 am in his home after a months-long illness He was employed with Erwin Mills and later Burlington Mills for some 27 years He then joined Southland Associates working there some 10 yean before his retirement in July 1985 as a vice president Memorial services will be held at 11 am tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church He attended Durham city schools and Darlington School in Rome Ga A graduate of the Uni Workers By LAURA WOODY Burlington Industries Inc's plan to sell its domestics division to JP Stevens A Co drew mixed reactions from workers at Durham plant on Hillsborough Road as shifts changed last night Many workers interviewed by The Durham Sun at the plant gates at 10:30 pm said the future of their jobs is their main concern read a lot about JP Stevens ami my wife used to work for them I think the sale is a good said Wade Ladd a weaver Another worker who asked not to be identified and said he had been with Burlington for six years struck a more indifferent happy with Burlington now but I heard any bad See Burlington workers on 2-A Burlingtons domestics plant on Hillsborough.