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Community Protest

The changes came about Monday night due
to the protests of concerned Charlottesville
citizens prior to the meeting. On October
19,1971, 250 people attended a City Council
meeting in which 40 people voiced their dislike
of the road plan.

Councilman Joseph W. Wright Jr. stated that
the revised plan is "basically the same as the
one locally developed."

Tom King, president of the Inter-Fraternity
Council stated that he was pleased about the
change "because three houses were involved
and would have been destroyed."

Mr. King said that after the council meeting
on October 19 the IFC "voiced our disapproval
to the City Council."

He said that he wished to thank Irby
Cauthen, Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, who was "instrumental in getting us
involved in it."