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The Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina • 1

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The Herald-Suni
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Durham, North Carolina
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)nd)am Jttorning 5fcralb a Section Wednesday September 16 1981 State Style And National Air Traffic At RDU Near Pre-Strike Level toward construction of a new air By JACK HOLMES HetaM Staff Writer pected to continue back as the commercial airlines continue to restore flights McDowell said there now are 91 commercial and commuter airlines flights daily at the airport compared te 95 before the strike Air passengers for the first eight months of this year totaled 572234 which was 3 percent below the same period last year when 591907 passengers boarded planes The authority approved granting easement to Wake County for construction of flood control lakes on land owned by the airport which was purchased as the airport looks Air traffic at Raleigh-Durham Airport dipped in August because of the nationwide air traffic con- -1 strike but now is near nor-Dial Airport Executive Director Thomas McDowell said Tuesday In a report to the airport author-: ity on airport operations McDowell I said enplaned passengers for Aug-: nst decreased 12 percent He said that only 66715 passengers were enplaned in August compared with 176115 in August 1980 I However he said that enplane-1 -orients takeoffs and landings are ex Gunshot Wounds carrier runway Wake County will pay the authority $281772 for easements in several areas on the west side of Airport Road The flood control project interfere with the runway plans The Durham and Wake County commissioners and the cities of Durham and Raleigh must concur with the action but no opposition is expected from those quarters In other business the authority approved a 6-percent cost-of-living raise for all airport employees and 5-percent merit increases for about half the airport work force Also approved was a new retirement plan which airport employees may join voluntarily Under the plan employees may have a portion of their salary deducted regularly for investment The investment and earnings have to be reported for taxes until the employee receives it either at retirement or on leaving airport employment for other reasons Authority member Willie York reported that the tenant committee has asked the rental car agencies at the airport to submit in writing they consider fair and equitable for property they lease from the authority The rental car agencies have contended for a long time that the present charges are too high York said the tenant committee met with representatives of some of the rental car agencies recently but came to no conclusions He also said the written position of the agencies hasn't been received Found On Body Thomas said three missing-person reports on file from Sanford Lee County and Harnett County are being checked for crossmatching of physical characterise tics BROADWAY Lee County Sheriff Harold Thomas reported -Tuesday that the body found I near US 421 on Sunday evening had suffered gunshot wounds to the head chest and arm Thomas said the Teport indicated the victim was a white male in his mid-20s and of medium build Further investigation of the decomposed body is expected to reveal the height and weight shoe and belt sixes as well as when death The body was discovered at 7 pm Sunday by a Broadway couple Mr and Mrs William Harbour who were out for a stroll on old McNeill Road The remains were spotted in a roadside ditch fiartially concealed by dirt and eaves No-Confidence Vote Movement At Duke Bjue Devils Sporting Pink Alligator Shirts the executive committee of Duke's' Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead to negotiations anyway the Academic Council voted to urge that no of Nixon be allowed It established a faculty committee to look into the way the Sanford administration had handled the matter By ELEANOR LEE Herald Staff Writer Peter Klopfer a zoology professor told reporters Monday after a concerning a Richard Nixon library at Duke that he is seeking to organize a faculty effort to urge Sanford's removal because of his handling of the library proposal The Academic Council which is elected by faculty members has balked at the idea of negotiations with Nixon over the library After The movement among the Duke University faculty forgive President Terry Sanford a vote of no-con-fidence is "not very the chairman of the Academic Council said Tuesday The chairman Roy Weintraub said a large number of faculty mem- bers have told him over the last week that they were not interested in being part of a no-confidence vote are allergic to polyester" Clark said can clear a room just like that by walking in wearing polyester" Forrest Bittner a sophomore from Batavia Hi is proud to be These are not easy times for him and his colleagues know us by our backpacks sandals jeans which are always ripped in several and our Grateful Dead he said The rumpled look what the unaffected strive for While preps spend hours choosing the right raiment the unaffected reach for whatever's handy in the closet The Academic Council has a meeting Thursday Two Men Are Sought Truck Driver Robbed Near Franklinton It was easy enough to type them as soon as you entered the Duke University student government office On the right were Izod shirts khakis cordovan loafers a monogrammed handbag and a pink and green wrap-around skirt On the left blue jean cut-offs leather sandals (with tire tread) and a T-shirt with a significant The students had gathered to talk of the preponderance of Prept or lack thereof on the Duke campus New York author Lisa who spoke at Duke Tuesday night and her preppy following are enjoying the pink and lime light so to speak these days Ms book The Official Preppy Handbook Muffie a Book for just tipped over the million sales mark On the other end are the well other people These types at Duke call themselves bohemians (maybe a bit lofty a term) or the hippies (a somewhat passe term) For want of a better sobriquet dub them the They know who they are The Prep lifestyle has been a part of American tradition for many years Preps who used to be From The Mountains To The Sea In her book Ms Birnbach says summer is a verb to preps They cultivate friends in exotic places trick is to stay with people you know all over the country never rent a motel room" said Ms Swann The unaffected Bittner said like to off and explore America traveling the backroads talking to the FRANKLINTON The Franklin County Sheriffs' I Department was still searching Tuesday for two Inarmed robbers who held up the driver of a I Beer truck as he left a store on NC 56 east of Frank-' linton The robbery occurred about 3 pm Monday The driver of the truck Bobby Ray Stevens of Wendell reported that one of the two men stuck a I -sawed-off shotgun in his back and demanded his money as he started to get into his truck which is owned by the Mims Distributing Co of Raleigh The department refused to divulge how much money was taken in the robbery Stevens had just completed a delivery at LR Grocery Stevens said the pair fled east on NC 56 in a 1965 Buick after robbing him Detective Wesley Denton of the department said that the car was identified by its license plate as one that was stolen in Durham Sunday The car later was found abandoned on a dirt path in the New Hope section of Franklin County A roadblock was set up in an attempt to apprehend the two black men but it was unsuccessful Deputies said that a similar method of operation has been used in eight robberies in Franklin and sup rounding counties in recent months called Ivy Leaguers dress alike (now button-down-collared Oxford cloth shirts khakis and raSEEDOH- Hangouts Fun Things To Do Durham is not a mecca for preps They recreate in Chapel Hill are big) ami Raleigh They friay tennis and golf and they sail preps really like to move a Ms Swann said The unaffected like to camp and hike think like to sail too but no one we know has a Bittner said anything in pink green and other brilliant hues They do the same sort of things (Sunday brunches with plenty of Bloodies sailing summering at Nantucket) And they have names like Kip Chip Chuck Biffy Kiki and Mollie The term is generally attributed to the late Jenny Cavilleri in Love Story You recall the library scene in which she condescendingly spat the word at rich spoiled Oliver who had attended prep school Today attending prep school has little or nothing to do with being a Prep (Although blue-blooded Preps of course da) Water Violations Are Alleged And When They Read Preps are never far from their Wall Street Journals They also like Time Newsweek and Robert Ludlum books The unaffected crave Vonnegut Dooms bury and the National Lampoon Other Aspects Of Lite RAEFORD (AP) The city manager of Raeford said Tuesday that three major industries have water levels that at times violate four of 40 federal standards used to test water Ronald Matthews said the industries Will be informed that they art in violation of the standards He said the city could face fines if the standards are not improved He identified the industries as Faberge House of Raeford and Burlington He said Raeford could be fined as much as $10000 a day if biological oxygen demand chemical oxygen demand oil and grease and suspended solvent levels are not corrected is not as preppy as say Chapel said Mary Katheryne Swann a senior economics and political science major from Richmond She and her friend Dm Clark a business and accounting major from Winston-Salem said there is a distinct ference in the Northern and the Southern preppy "And then the preppies who really born that Ms Swann said Self-made preps They pick up a copy of The Official Preppy Handbook and hit Brooxs Brothers and Preps according to Clark and Ms Swann opt for Fiats cheaper model Mercedes and "about any car with a top that comes On the other hand the unaffected drive anything with four wheels and a motor "And the dirtier the better" Bittner said Preps like pets particularly big elegant-looking dogs Preps hate cats The unaffected don't mind cats they love mutts and strange creatures like snakes Preps in general too concerned with the state of the world as long as Mummy and Daddy keep those checks coming in The unaffected champion causes like solar energy whales and jazz music Caswell Horse Show Planned HOPEFUL SPORTS FANS Mark Dever president of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship at Duke was leading the singing for the chapter the night before last Sat-' urday's football openers The words of the song included "Let the glory of the Lord endure Dever was emphasizing what they meant "Not the glory of our Dever said "Not the glory of our he added A student interrupted "What about the glory of our football 'he asked Then another interrupted "Not the glory of Carolina he said Wrong on both counts A After The Ivy-Covered Waite YANCEYVILLE The Caswell County Open Horse Show will be held on Saturday Sept 28 at the Caswell County Fairgrounds in Yanceyviue Anyone wanting information on how to enter horses and class lists may telephone the Caswell County Agricultural Extension Service 9196944158 The horse show is being sponsored by the Caswell County 4-H Clubs Central Caswell Ruritan Club and the Caswell County Fair Association The afternoon show begins at 1 pm and the night show at 7 pm There will be competition in 43 classes Trophies ribbons andor cash prizes will be awarded to winners in each class Sartorially Speaking Clothes do make a difference "The brighter the said Ms Swann the South Polo shirts are Clark said Izods are getting a little old In warm weather we wear loafers with no socks of Ms Swann said Pappagallo shoes are de rigeur for women Shoes always match dresses Other female prep accoutrements: Bermuda bags add-a-bead necklaces and head bands (again in odors to match every outfit) Preps tend toward law medicine banking and business The unaffected often try out the arts social services and maybe medicine said Bittner can be quite dedicated should the need BEWILDERED SPORTS FAN The fellow called the newsroom his voice thick with bewilderment "That Alabama team that lost to Georgia Tech is that Bear Bryant's Parks Department Gets Interim Director "That Georgia Tech team that beat Alabama is that the Georgia Tech that's in the ACC?" "Well IH be 1972 serving as a program supervisor for five years and as assistant director since 1977 In other business the council held three public hearings Monday and passed three ordinances after the HENDERSON The Henderson City Council has appointed Ralph Peace interim director of the Henderson-Vance County Recreation and Parks Department Peace will head the department until Jan 2 1982 He replaces Frankie Ragan who resigned as director of the department earlier this month to accept a similar position in Bloomington Ind Peace a native of Henderson has been an employee of the Henderson Recreation and Parks Department since make any changes the council deems necessary The council also adopted a reclassification and pay plan for city employees which calls for pay adjustments to be made retroactive to Aug 27 Also approved was an appropriation to award merit and longevity raises to about 25 percent of the city's employees during the year beginning OcL 1 The appropriation will provide raises of about 5 percent or more to the eligible 'employees updated the city's ordinance on such homes to conform with state law The third limited the location of mobile homes to mobile home parks which will be designated by the council A contract for purchase of a diesel tractor-mower for the recreation department was awarded to Farm Tractor and Equipment Ca of Henderson The firm was low bidder with a price of 38R52 JR The council passed a resolution endorsing the concept of the revised city thoroughfare plan drawn up by state highway officials reserving the right to Sid's Prediction The first ordinance placed a two-year time limit on zoning variances and special-use permits The second permits family-care homes for handicapped persons in all residential sections of the city The action.

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