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Pngc J-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEACX Loni i (Continued From Page I Giiuiv I ,ong had recently called h she'd asked Thomas to take her out. a about it? I didn't like it all. but 1 oo about it." Long said he told her One night he tried to do something After noting his wife's car in her ti on March 25. Long drove on past the h Bronco he knew belonged to his rival. At that point, l ong said, he deter Hinny and also let Thomas know "he from my wife." Long said Thomas was of a situation in which liis wife was hav blems. i feU like he was keeping us i together." he said. "I wan't angry v them, but 1 wanted to talk to them wl nerve." Long parked his truck, then re-pari of sight, and approached the house, car; 357 Mangum that he said he carried ; vehicle. That was to let Kranky know explained, adding that he knew Thorn gun. The distraught husband decided t< left the house to take any action. He a< out the telephone wires on the side of tl wouldn't call the police to report a prov me." Then he smoked several cigarettes by picnic table, sitting in his wife's car. key, and walking about the yard, waiti "Kinally. I decided he was going to Stops Rev< Now At b Beach !nt? BY SL'SAN USHER Whoa 1 A four-way stop at the Holden Beach Causeway and N.C. 130 was just a temporary move, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. The past three w eeks were intended as a transition period to help motorists adjust their habits before the stop pattern at the intersection was reversed. The change in which traffic must stop is expected to improve traffic flow and safety at the intersection, according to state transportation and highway patrol spokespersons. The actual reversal in stops carne Friday, when two stop signs were removed and some other changes made, indicated Roger Hawkins, DOT division traffic engineer. The intersection now has two stop signs, one on west-bound traffic on S.R. 1120 (Sabbath Home Church Road i and one for east-bound traffic on N.C. 130. Other traffic will follow standard regulations for yielding the right-of-way N.C. 130 traffic bound for the beach has its own right-turn lane, and must yield to minimal traffic from the Holiday Ranches entrance, a deadend road Vehicles exiting the causeway enter left- or right-turn lanes. The left-turn lane traffic must yield to oncoining or right-turning traffic from Holiday Ranches. The two new stop signs, according to Hawkins, are extra-large, "highintensity" signs that reflect headlights and can be seen from as much as five times farther away than traditional stop signs. On S.R. 1120 (Sabbath Home Church Road?the stop sign for westbound traffic has been lowered from seven to five feet and moved closer to the edge of the pavement. A red-andwhite hank sign in the background had made it harder for motorists to see the sign before, said Hawkins. "So there's no reason now for anyone not to see the sign," he said. "We think that's going to eliminate a lot of concern too. "I observed the intersection Friday and everybody seems to be doing real well." However, Tuesday at approximately 1:15 p.m., a two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection involving a concrete delivery truck and a pick-up truck pulling a boat. One vehicle did not stop while the other exercised its right-of-way. Injuries were apparently minor, with none of the persons involved More Seasonable Jackson Canady, Shallottc Point meteorologist, reported temperatures slightly above average for the week of Oct. 7-13, but predicts i,.. ,i K f-.n The maximum high temperature for the week was ' - Vgrees on the 13th, and the rr ir. .iuni low was 55 degrees on the Vtn. 1 he average daily high was 76 ai ' he average nightlylow was 62, resulting in a daily average temperature of 69, which IN, Thursday. October IS, 19S6 g Sentence * I would leave.*' icr husband to say niirrors on his ti nd how did he feel back in her car uldn'l do anything lights came on f lx?ng descri Thomas left, bu Irive about 11 p ni. slam and the m< ousc. then saw the i decided t he testified. Con mined to confront l.ong brandishei should stay away rolled dow n his i taking advantage this." ing emotional pro- When his wi from getting back to stay in the ti i ith either one of from the Bronco tile I still had the back in the trucl" talk to both of tl icd it carefully out According tt rying with him the shoulder with hi it all times in his of the truck. Tl* I was serious." he hand, las also carried a At that mon off." he said. "1 ?wait till Thomas was hit till she t< limittcd to pulling She didn't fall i ic house, "so they down, I helped 1 vler. if they heard Then he he hollered to him t . sitting at a near- going, so I shot i to which he had a fired at the true ng. I>ong insiste J mi iU?iu. .iiiu oi mem at any t 9rsed iolden srsection transported to the hospital. Traffic officials warn that drivers should exercise caution in the in tersection as motorists become familiar with the changes now in effect. The Town of Holden Beach had first requested a traffic signal at the intersection, but a DOT study indicated traffic didn't justify a light. After running the new four-way stop himself recently and getting complaints from other motorists. Rep. David Redwine wrote DOT Division Engineer Ted Funderburk concerning the changes at the intersection. asking DOT to consider a traffic light instead of the four-way stop. "I am afraid that instead of helping the situation, we have only made il worse." he wrote, describing how he ran the stop sign, i understand from other people in the area that a number of accidents have already occurred and I am afraid the situation will only grow worse this summer." Accidents at the intersection had been a concern of the N.C. Highway Patrol before any changes were made at the intersection "We had been having a lot of accidents with bad injuries before anything was done." said spokesman Ruby Oakley. Trooper B.D. Earnhardt filed a highway condition report asking thai something be done to improve the in tersection after a March 31 collisior resulted in mjur.es to four persons sne saia. According to Hawkins, the traffic count done by DOT showed a rnajori ty of the traffic made SO-degree turn: rather than crossing through the in tersection. It was about five to one. Based 01 that, we decided to give the right-of way to traffic being impeded th< most the traffic leaving the beach,' he r*iid. The change has prompted com plaints, he said, primarily from user: of S. R. 1120 who once had the right-of way. During the transition period, hi said, two accidents have occurrei when drivers ran one of the stoj signs. Motorists were given no advanc< notice of the change-over, he said though that is the usual procedur followed by the department. "We've found out it doesn't mak< any difference to most of them," hi explained. "It's still a big surprise. "They don't read the paper, watcl TV or listen to the radio." i Weather Ahead Canady said is two degrees abov normal. Precipitation for the period wa 2.23 inches. Another half-inch is ? pected next week. The outlook for this week is fc temperatures and precipitation nea normal, in the mid-iOs at night, th mid-70s as daytime highs, "Altogether, it looks like fairl nice, normal mid-October weather, Canady said. I d To 21 Yeo t-ong said. "I turned around the outsidi nick, so he'd know 1 was there, and 1 go to roll the windows up. Then the garagi ind they came out." bed his hiding in the car. waiting til t then he heard both doors of the Bronci Dtor start. ostop them before it went any further.' ling up on the driver's side of the Bronco li his gun away from Thomas, who hat window and said. "Tom, let's talk abou fe said she was getting out, 1 ong told hoi uck. but she persisted. As she alightei t, lx>ng went around to her and said, "(?e i." He explained to the jury, "1 wanted t? 10m." ?his story, l.ong then took his wife's lef s left hand, pushing her toward the dooi p gun. he said, was held low, in his righ lent, "As she twisted around, a gun uen t scared me to death. 1 didn't know sh< old me, 'I'm shot.' I said. 'You can't be! ight away, but when she started to g< ler lie on the ground." ard Thomas backing up and said hi ostop. ' i knew I needed help, but he kepi n the air once, then lowered the gun am k. But he drove off." d. "I had no intention of shooting eithei ime. I felt terrible." SsSsrr ' HSSSWSSK TliE N.C. 130 INTERSECTION at "high intensity" stop signs, their signage. Now traffic exiling the ra Calabash ( (Continued From Page 1-Ai uk uuura on vrcaiiUK a lanu use putr for the town. Rhett said the Brunswick Count) i land use plan has covered Calabasl in the past "If you decide to do one I for the tow n, I'll be glad to help you,' he said. 'Some consider a zoning ordinance as a land use plan, but it's only ; tool," he explained "A land use plar . is a document showing how you w an i to grow. This zoning update you wan to do is something you can look a i when you have a land use plan ir t place." Khett told the lx?ard the town': i extra-territorial area would be in eluded in the plan. Help from his office, he said, wouk : be in the form of finding informatioi . on grants available and possible con s sultants. He gave the board printed inforina tion and an application for a planninj i grant. "The state pays 80 percent o . planning costs, and the local govern ? ment 20 percent," he said. ' Planning Proposals John Johnson, chu.. of th< r Calabash planning board, presentei s four proposals from that board fo . approval. The town board approved addinj two alternate members to the plann s ing board, one from the town, on* ^ from the extra-territorial area. Thi -* was .suggested to provide for th absence of regular members. B A proposal that will get furthe study was that all planning and towi B board members be covered by liabili ty insurance against lawsuits e THE BRUNSWICK A BEACON h Established Nov. I. 1962 Telephone 754-6890 Published Every Thursday At Main Street Shallotte. N. C. 28459 SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY e One Year $7.50 Six Months. $4.00 s ELSEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA c- Or.e Yoor $10.00 Six Months $6.00 ?r ELSEWHERE IN U.S.A. ir One Year $12.50 le Six Months . $7.00 Socond class postage paid at the Post Office in Shallotte. N C. 28459 USPS 777 780. irs For Murder Am r He then roused 1 aiwls and another of her teiuinLs, t Pender Burke, tolling Burke, "Giiuiy's hurt. 1 shot her," i* ami ail vising them to use a neighbor's phone because he had disconnected their lines. The sheriff's department 1 ami rescue squad were summoned, and until they arriv9 ed, Unvis testified. Long squatted beside his wife, whom Ixnvis kid made comfortable with a blanket and pillow. long told of Oct. Richard Burgess' taking him to Bolivia in a patrol car and telling him, "Your wife's going I to be alright and isn't going to press charges. Franky's t not going to press cluirges. either. Probably I'll take you liack home pretty soon." r However, about three hours later, word came to I Aitig I at the sheriff's department of his wife's death. "How did t you feel?" Shell asked, and Long replied, "1 wanted to > die." The defendant's state of mind and his feelings toward t his wife figured heavily in Shell's depiction of those r crucial moments with the gun beside the Bronco, t In his closing argument, he stressed that Long never i threatened either his wife nor Thomas, consistent with t his character to which several witnesses kid attested. ? "Hearing about their marriage and the kind of man he was, you know he would not commit a crime like this," j > Shell said. I He said there kid been no proof that 1 .ong "threw his I ? wife down and shot her" as Thomas kid testified. I I "Thomas didn't see what kippened. No one can tell you 1 exactly what happened in that 15-minute period on March : 25." he said. i Shell submitted that, if lx>ng had intended harm to i the two victims, the simplest thing would kive been to ap- | * the Holdcn Beaeh causeway has two left-turning vehicle' locations reversed from the original Ranches entrance r< useway has the right-of-way. However, tlon had four stop si 3ives Cold Shoulder Thomas said the town used to carry t?d in agreement. "I such insurance, but it became too ex- issue a permit, as lc 1 pensive, at a premium of more than (lards are met," he : SI .000. It was suggested that other in- Johnson explained sura nee carriers be contacted to get proposed in an atten 1 additional premium information. buildings were aes ? The board tabled Johnson's nrcv posal that a permit be required to Christmas Ft erect permanent signs in the town. Stevens got boat He said the planning board had town sponsorship 1 studied sign ordinances adopted by Christmas fund-rai; 1 Shallotte and Sunset Beach. 1 The proposal to require that all X 1 building plans be submitted to the J 1 building inspector before a permit . 1 could be issued was flatly denied. \ "That's illegal," Lewcllyn said. Building Inspector Bill Dunker nodd- I '?^ * f Azoloos $ 1 .35 gal. pois i- Hanging Baskets $3.00 ,jp Pampas Grass SI. 1 0 gal. pots Ys Lirope $1.25 go! pots % LEAH'S I 754i 8 & s Mon.-Fri. 7 NURSERY | Sat. 8 AA HWY. 17. JUST NORTH OF * All CM A 4 ^SHAUOTTE. PHONE 754-6994y V. ALIEN A r n Donna Phelps is now associated with the sales staff of / t > Jones Ford CHRYSLER/PLVMOUTH/DODGE She invites all her former 1 customers and friends to stop by. t 5 See Donna for new f and used car sales! 1 ? * Hwy. 17 in Shallotte, 754 4341 I I d Assault proucn ini'iii wncn tney came mil ot me house, or shoot them through the window of the Bronco moments later Unix's actions after the .shooting were not those of a guilty nuin, Shell pointed out. He stayed on the scene, roused people for help, made no attempt to hide the nun, and volunteered the information tlud he liad shot Mrs. Ixuig and disconnected the telephones. But Assistant District Attorney Thomas Hicks hammered at facts he said could not bo denied. The pathologist's report that the bullet hud entered Mrs. Ixmg's right shoulder and traveled downward indicated Long's gun was bold higher Hum he had testified, making accidental dtscluirgeof the gun unlikely. ALso, a ballistics expert hud testified that at least four pounds of pressure was required to fire the B57 magnum. Hicks also dwelt on Long's attempts to hide in the ludf-hour before the shooting, concealing his car, disconnecting telephone lines, hiding in his wife's car. "Are these the actions of a man who just wants to talk?" Hicks asked. "Wouldn't it he reasonable for him to be jealous?" On the subject of the second charge, assaulting Thomas with intent to kill. Hicks said. "If Franky Thomas hadn't ducked, he wouldn't bo with us today," asserting Long could see Thomas's head silhouetted in the dark by the truck's back-up lights. The bullet had found its mark on his left shoulder, just where his head liad been a second before. In convicting Long of second degree murder, the seven-woman. live-mail jury was saying ne acted out ot malice, but not premeditation. Another alternative was ^ involuntary manslaughter, involving neither malice nor premeditation. - v>*: \ ; must yield to any opposing traffic from Die Holiday Mid. During a three-week transition period, the intersee K"s. To Incorporation l can't refuse to hungry children " ng as state stan- She said she wants to recruit said. organizations and businesses in the I this action was area to support another boat parade, apt to make sure as was held last Chrismtas. The prothelically pleas- ceoiis would hem-fit needy children of Brunswick County, indraiser The board voted to send out letters d approval for to businesses and organizations, reof a second questing attendance at a meeting at 7 ?er to "feed the p.m. Oct. 23, in Town Hall. 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