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Covering Durham Durham County Research Triangle Park and North Carolina 0BITUARIESC2 CLASSIFIEDSC7 THE HERALD-SUN FRIDAY APRIL 19 1991 FAA stand on landfill site due soon By HELLE NIELSEN The Herald-Sun The Federal Aviation Administration expects to decide within a few days whether to oppose one of proposed landfill sites But the site is located far enough away from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport that the agency would probably not get involved in fighting its possible selection an FAA spokeswoman in Atlanta said Thursday The site located off Stone Road north of Research Triangle Park is slightly more than five miles from RDU and airport director John Brantley said in February that he considered the site unsafe and wanted the federal agency to evaluate it Landfills often attract birds particularly seagulls That has caused some accidents around other airports if a landfill is more than five miles from the airport we have no formal sole in the landfill siting said Arlene Salac a spokeswoman with the southern regional office this landfill site is just a little bit more than five miles so we're recommending it be operated in a manner to reduce the potential for attracting The agency has not yet made the recommendation formally Ms Salac said but that would be the normal procedure under the circumstances A landfill may not be located within two miles of an airport and the FAA has authority to comment on sites within a five-mile radius from the airport which it generally considers the minimum safe distance for a landfill Last year the city scratched two sites in southern Durham from its list of sites after the FAA opposed them and in January it dropped another site after the city discovered it was within five miles of the Person Area Briefs Volunteer to discuss experiences in gulf A Red Cross volunteer from Hickory who worked in the Persian Gulf for nine weeks during Operation Desert Storm will talk about his experiences April 29 at the 74th-annual meeting of the Central North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross The meeting which is open to the public begins at 6 pm at the Durham Hilton on Hillsborough Road Tickets are $15 a person The volunteer A1 King drove a total of about 8000 miles across the desert carrying more than 600000 pounds of supplies to US troops The supplies included foot powder toothpaste and sunscreen Other business at the meeting will include recognition of volunteers community groups and military families who had immediate relatives involved in Operation Desert Storm Duke assistant dean Dr Harold Godwin of Fayetteville has been named assistant dean of Duke University School of Medicine Duke officials have announced Godwin is medical director of the Fayetteville Area Health Education Center an affiliate of Duke University Medical Center in 1 association with UNC-Area Health Education Center He is also an associate consulting professor of medicine at Duke and clinical professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A 1944 graduate of UNC-CH Godwin received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1947 Author to speak Joan Borysenko a nationally known author and lecturer and her husband medical researcher Myrin Borysenko will speak Friday in Durham and hold a workshop Saturday Both events will be held in the Durham Civic Center downtown from 7-9 pm Friday (a lecture on guilt) and from 9 pm Saturday (a workshop on stress reduction) For information call 286-3757 County Airport The 300-acre site on Stone Road is one of four under consideration by City Manager Orville Powell who will make a recommendation to the City CounciL Seagulls tend to travel in large flocks and can rise to a height of several thousand feet where they become a hazard for airplanes because the birds can get sucked into the engines But the bird population can be controlled at a landfill said John Heis-terberg state director of the US Department of Agriculture's animal see FAAC6 Seniors solve shopping problem By ROCKY ROSEN The Herald-Sun Tired of dodging traffic or bugging relatives for a ride the residents of Oldham Towers Senior Center in Durham have opened a small convenience store in their building would either have to go across the street to go to a store or walk down to the Piggly said May Reade community services supervisor for the Durham Housing Authority which operates the housing complex The building on East Main Street houses 106 elderly or disabled residents Ms Reade said The store open to residents only from 9 am to 1 pm Monday through Friday stocks common non-perishable household goods Ms Reade said Included in the list of products are toiletries cleaners detergent soup cake mixes crackers cereal and coffee The store actually opened March 22 but the official grand opening is scheduled for today Another convenience store run by the Coordinating Council for Senior Citizens operated in the same location about two years ago Ms Reade said But when that store dosed residents had to either walk or ask someone for a ride to the store The new 100-square-foot store is the brainchild of the center's Resident CounciL see ST0REVC6 ROBBERY SCENE: A Durham police officer wraps up on-scene investigation at Centura Bank on Holloway Street Thursday Man sought for bank robbery after a bank customer recorded the license plate number of the getaway car and police found the car a short time later Police described Boyd as a black man 5 feet 11 inches tall 175 pounds Witnesses of the bank robbery told police the robber was wearing a white nylon lightweight jacket with a red V-shaped stripe from the shoulders to the center said Detec make bid for Sanford's By PAUL BONNER The Herald-Sun Authorities were seeking Phillip Eugene Boyd Thursday on a charge of robbing the Centura Bank branch on Holloway Street near Miami Boulevard Boyd 26 of 1507 Harrell SL Apt 1 had not been arrested by late Thursday night Detectives identified Boyd as the alleged robber within a few hours Faircloth to From staff and wire reports RALEIGH Recent Republican convert DM "Lauch" Faircloth said Thursday running for the US Senate seat now held by former political ally and friend Terry Sanford a Democrat Faircloth who switched from the Democrat Party to the GOP two months ago said he was encouraged by his new party to run for the Senate had an amaz- ingly good reception as traveled around the Faircloth said at a news conference at state Republican Party headquarters Republicans have been enthusiastic to bring in new people including conservative Democrats such as Board OKs 'preliminary school budget By MICHAEL YARBROUGH The Herald-Sun Durham County school board members unanimously approved a proposed $1383 million budget for the 1991-92 school year but school officials say uncertainties in state funding guarantee major adjustments before final adoption "The only thing I can guarantee you about this budget is it is going to be changed and county schools Superintendent Jerry Weast told board members in a budget work session Thursday night matter what we ask for the po- see BUDGETC2 tive JO Wilkerson He also was wearing blue jeans a dark blue hat and dark plastic-framed sunglasses Boyd was last known to be driving his chocolate brown 1984 four-door Chevrolet Celebrity with front-end damage and only one working headlight It bore North Carolina license tag number DTY-4941 The getaway car was another Celebrity a burgundy one that had see BANKC2 began was a tremendous help when I ran for the statement continued was the chairman of his campaign when he ran for governor in 1984 Pm very fond of Lauch Faircloth and I will watch the Republican primary with great Sanford said in Asheville on March 25 that he will run for re-election Faircloth finished third in a bitter 1984 Democratic primary for governor He considered but nuke a US Senate bid as a Democrat in 1986 reportedly angered when Sanford entered the race Sanford eventually defeated Republican Jim Broyhill to win the Senate seat is no vendetta against San whether she would seek a second four year term or even run for mayor the past several weeks I have been asked one question with increasing you Ms Ogbum who represents Ward 4 told a handful of supporters in the lobby of City Hall In the crowd were Mayor Chester Jenkins Mayor Pro Tem Sylvia That approach to life has won Holdemess the Elna Spaulding Founder's Award He received the honor Thursday from Women-In-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes think that is when you start liv- FAIRCLOTH SANFORD office released a statement in which the Durham senator praised his longtime friend Faircloth has been a friend of mine since 1954 when he helped me considerably when I managed Kerr successful campaign for the US statement pouce Log body found near shopping mall Police were investigating the death of a man whose body was found outside Northgate Mall Wednesday night Investigators on Thursday still know the cause of death for the 67-year-old man They withheld his identity pending notification of relatives The body was sent to the office of the state medical examiner in Chapel Hill for an autopsy A Northgate Mall security officer was checking the area at 11:30 pm when he found the body behind the Convenience Center a building in the mall parking lot south of the main mall building The man who did not have any apparent injuries other than a bump on his forehead was lying face down in water flowing from an open spigot He had last been seen alive about 4 pm Falls from bus A 5-year-old child escaped serious injury when he foil out of a school bus Thursday afternoon while the bus was stopped at a stop sign at Englewood Avenue and Buchanan Boulevard The child complained of head and neck pain and was taken by ambulance to a hospital to be checked The bus driver told officers she had stopped at the stop sign when die heard children scream that someone had fallen out and a buzzer that indicated the bus' rear door was open The 5-year-old said he opened the back door and foil out according to a police report Senate seat Faircloth said Sanford is a gentleman I can say that as well as anyone having known him for 40 years been a conservative all my life and I find myself now more at home in the Republican Party" he said Republicans have considered Sanford vulnerable because he voted against President call to declare war on Iraq Sanford and other Democrats argued that economic sanctions should be given more time Faircloth said he thought Bush made the right decision in fighting Saddam Hussein but did not know if the war vote would become an issue in the campaign see RACEC6 re-election Kerckhoff former Mayor Wib Gulley and council members Betsy Robb and Chuck Grubb term will also expire this feu But he would not reveal his election plans in terms of he said of when he might make his intentions known Oscar Lewis of Ward 2 is the only see OGBURNC6 he said you give: when you can let go of a significant portion of your income Your possessions no longer possess you me somebody who gives see AWARDC6 Sandy Ogbum seeking By GREGORY CHILDRESS The Herald-Sun Sandy Ogbum on Thursday became the first of seven City Council members whose terms expire in the fell to formally announce that she will seek re-election The filing deadline for the November election is several months off! But Ms Ogbum said she wanted to squelch recent speculation over The Rev Holdemess wins Spaulding award By JULIAN SERENO The Herakt-Sun Wealth is an addiction just like alcohol or drugs according to the Rev Haywood Holdemess Jr And he says giving wealth away is the only way to cure the disease.