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Billy Arthur

1911–2006 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By Billy Arthur

Please fasten seat belt, next stop the moon

Arthur, Billy, 1911-2006 · 1958 · North Carolina Motor Carriers Asociation, Inc

Billy Arthur's article on the Morehead Planetarium, detached from the February 1958 issue of Tarheel Wheels and published by the North Carolina Motor Carriers Association in Raleigh. Topics include planetariums at Chapel Hill and the Morehead Planetarium itself, so a trucking association magazine carried a popular account of the campus planetarium to readers across the state.

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Kay Kyser at Southern Short Course in Press Photography, 1950s

Unknown · 1950

Kay Kyser and Billy Arthur, both former UNC head cheerleaders, trade jokes at Chapel Hill's Southern Short Course in Press Photography in the 1950s while Norman Cordon and Beatrice Cobb watch. Banquet group portrait by an unknown photographer on black-and-white sheet film.

Otto Graham at Southern Short Course in Press Photography

Unknown · 1950

Football star Otto Graham speaks at a banquet held with the Southern Short Course in Press Photography in the 1950s. Hugh Morton stands behind him, and Billy Arthur and Beatrice Cobb are seated at his right. Photographer unknown.

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