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< CENTS FOR BEST RESULTS advertisers invariably use the col umns of the Democrat. With iU full paid circulation, inteoaely covering the local shopping area, it is the beat advertising medium available. VOLUME LXXV? NO . ... fev;, All Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Seventy-Fifth Year of Continuous Publication _______ BOONE, WATAUGA COUNT*, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1962 .06 Prisoner Is Killedl By Guard A young Watauga County Pricwa Camp inmate ww shot and killed last Thursday aa he tried to escape from ? road crew near Boone. He was Paul Wayne Mcin tosh, a 22 year old native of Burnaville. Guard Norman Moody told a coroner's Jury that the road crew had just eaten lunch be side N. C. 194 just southwest of Todd. It was about 1:40 p. m. The prisoners got up to get a drink of water, he related, and Mcintosh broke and ran down an embankment and into under growth. Moody shot one time, hitting the fleeing > Isoner at the base of the victim's neck. The bul lett ca-se out under the left eye. Mcintosh was alive when Moody reached him but was pronounced dead on arrival at the Watauga Hospital some 20 minutes later. Deputy Coroner C. C. Cook, who conducted the inquest, ask ed Moody whether he called for the priaoner to stop. Moody re plied that he did not have time. . He said that It happened too quickly. Moody testified that he fired one time with his .30- .30 rifle. (Continued on page two) Free Chest X-Rays To Be Given The mobile unit for free chect X-rays will begin its an ftb #?Mi tive secretary Mr*. Ruth Drau |hon. # Initial operation far the gen eral public will begin July 31 and continue through August 11. The uait will be located on King Street in Boone. Hour* will be 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. daily, except Sundays and Mon days. A mobile unit will also be lo cated on Main Street i% Blowing Rock beginning Wednesday, August 8 and continuing through Saturday, August 11. Hours will be 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. Previous arrangements have been made with industrial plants so that employees may take advantage of this free Mr vice, Mrs. Draughon report*. She state*, "Since tuberculos is and other abnormal cheat conditions give little warning, it is especially important for all people (ages 15 and up) to take advantage of the free chest X-ray service each year." Hie executive secretary cited a shortness of breath aa a sign of an abnormal chest condition. She ctated, "It is not normal to lw out of breath under nor mal conditions. Any amount of unusual shortness of breath, whether it lasts a long time or only a few minute*, ahould be called to your doctor'* atten tion. "Hie condition may or may not be teriou*. Your doctor will know, *o let him be the one to decide." YDC Plans Party Rally Members of the Watauga County Young Democrat Club will meet at tbe courthouse Monday evening at ? o'clock, and will discius plans for the YDC rally to be held Friday, August 24 at 7:30 p. m. At this time Representative Hugh Q. Alexander will be pre sent, along with Hon. Ira T. Jonhston of Jefferson, Demo crat condidate for the State Senate and the county eandi- i date fe Plans are also being formulat ed for a district YDC rally in Boone during the month of Septra. ber. AH these matters and other business will be dis L cussed Monday night. g?lSM All those intafWUd are ask ed to attend. RHODODENDRON QUEEN POSES WITH CHARLES ELLEGE, HORN CAST MEMBER Miss Rhododendron To Be Guest The 1903 Hiss Rhododendron Queen, Miss Betty Rae Lawhon of Rutherfordton will be hon ored at the Saturday, July performance of Horn in the West. Miss Lawhon was crowned Mi?? Rhododendron of North Carolina on Roan Mountain, Saturday, June 16 in one of the state's most colorful beauty pag ents. Since that time sh? has toured Western North Carolina ind made many personal ap pearances at various events throughout the state. Miss Lawhon will be aceom panied by her two attendant!, Miss Judith Ann Bower of Jef ferson and Miss Barbara Ann Deal of Lenoir. The cast of Horn in the West will receive the beauty queens before the show Saturday night. She will then be recognized and take her place with the audience to view the famous outdoor drama. A student at Meredith Col lege in Baleigh, Betty Rae has devoted herself to representing North Carolina with enthusiasm and energy that is surpassed only by her charm, poise and beauty. Betty Rae if the daugh ter of Mrs. Hazel Lawhon of Rutherfordton. Horn in the West, now in its eleventh great season, is proud to honor Miss Rhododendron and her attendants and joins with them in praising and re presenting Western North Caro lina. Showing nightly at 8:15 p. m. to record crowds, Horn in the West is well on its way to a successful season which will climax on SoDtember 1. eWfer , Burch Get 1 8 Months In Influence Peddling Case A Raleigh jury found Kidd Brewer, former resident of Boone and a member of the Board of Trustees at Appalach ian State Teachers College, and Robert A. Burch guilty on one count of conspiracy and seven counts of influence peddling. Robert M. Burch, son of the elder Burch, was convicted on Six Parking Meters Stolen Tfce city police have re covered six parking meter* which were stolen by pranks ter* over the weekend, ac cording to Chief H. B. Tho The meters, all of which were removed from Boone's main street, are thought to have been Marty filled with change when stolen. Chief Thomas stated that the thieves probably netted about ISO. Damage to the meters was estimated at ?SM. Investigation Is continu ing. Ave counts of influence peddling. Judge Raymond Mallard sen tenced Brewer and the elder Burch to 18 months in Jail and gave the younger Burch a 12 months suspended sentence on payment of a $2,500 fine and costs of court Notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court wai given by all three. The two older men were de scribed by the judge as having fallen "to the lust for money." To the younger Burch, 22, who was graduated only last month from Duke University, the judge said, "It may be (that) your only crime is you had the wrong daddy. I feel sorry for you. I feel satisfied that you knew all this free money didn't grow on trees." He was referring to some $41,700 which the state accused young Burch of receiving from Interstate Services, Inc., a firm belonging to Brewer. Testimony showed that most of the money finally wound up with the elder Burch. Brewer was accused by the state of having received $80,000 Vote Fraud Charges Still Being Probed I Agents of the State Bureau of Investigation reportedly are still looking into charges of election fraud hi Watauga County, according to S. C. Eg gers, a local lawyer, and mem bers of the Connty Election Board. Eggers stated that he knows of two agents who are ccrttnu ing investigation in BooM^JW verified a report printed in an other newspaper which stated that 'agents have been la the area for nearly a month. According to the r*f?0BgH ard Mast, Jr? a VaUe Crucis grocer and a member of the Watauga County Board of Edu cation, said last Thursday that four SBI agents were investi gating the case. Stats SBI director Walter Anderson was quoted as having said last week that he hopes the investigation can be completed by the end of the current week. According to Mast, the agents were looking Into charges that balk* boxes were stuffed In Cove Creek in the May 26 Demo cratic primary. Also, investiga tion of alleged voting irregu laritin }a Boone is being col ducted. After the election, a pair of Judges in the Cove Creek J.re cinct refused to certify the elec tion returns and a public hear ing on the charge of fraud was During Williams. from the SilverstoBe J ? ity, was accused of stuffing a ballot b< i in commission* on sales which two Newark, N. J., highway sign companies made to North Caro lina. None of the three men show- ( ed much emotion during the sentencing. Brewer's teen-age daughter, Linney, wept. District Solicitor Lester V. Chalmers, Jr., suggested a sus pended sentence for young Burch. The jury had asked for leniency for the defendents when ihe verdict was announced late Tuesday night. Before the sentencing, the defense attorneys filed motions asking that the verdict be set aside. This being denied, they asked that judgment in the case be arrested. This, too, was de nied. In his statement to the court, Judge Mallard said, "There is (Continued on page two) Ed Winkler Survives Fall A Watauga County youth if home today from the local hos pital with only minor injuries following a 75 foot plunge over Dutch Creek Falls Saturday. Ed Winkler, 10 year old son of Boone businessman Paul Winkler, sustained the injuries while ?) a picnic and swim party at the dearby waterfalls. According to one eye-witness, young Winkler was crossing the wsterfalls at the top of the mountainous gorge through which Dutch Creek passes when he lost his footing and. slipped head first down the falls. Miraculously he landed feet first in the pool beneath the falls and 'was carried away from the overflow by the swift cur rent of the stream. He suffered bruises on his hips and a sprained Says Funds Have Been Near Bottom fl : Pi? In making ? plea to the Ad visory Budget Commission last Thursday, Appalachian State Teachers College president Dr. W. H. Plemmons told the bud geted that few other state-sup ported college campuses are "in as bad condition" as Appalach ian. He requested $9,973,300 for capital improvements dur ing the 1963-65 biennium. Dr. Plemmons told the tour ing commissioners, "We do the best possible with what we have. Appalachian has deliver D. 8. Coltrane, chairman of the visiting committee, stated at the meetiag that the fixed charge* for tuition at ASTC is (698 which includes room, board, tuition, books, and laundry for a year. This, he said, is "a most reasonable cost for higher education." Dr. Plemmons cited ASTCs } greatest need as more land, buildings, and money to op erate the school. The campus at present Is land locked and the campus of 12 acres is not adequate for the needs af the " ' 1 I il I I 1 ed more education per dollar than any institution in the state." He noted that ASTC's appro priations, compared to other state colleges, have been near the bottom of the list. Among the several projects included in the request are four dormitories, a physical educa lion ouiiQing expansion, a cai eteria expansion, a student center, a classroom building, and other project*. Nearly all these items were included in last year'* defeated state bond issues. "II the bond issue had been approved," Dr. Plemmoni said, "Appalachian would hare been over a big hump. We had more than 96 million tied up in it." After touring the campus, the budget committee met with the president in his office. Or. Plemmons told the group of rap idly climbing enrollment. The school has jumped from an av erage of 1,400 seven years ago to an enrollment of 2,613 now. By 1965 ASTC expect* nearly s.eoo. John Frank, an ASTC trustee from Mount Airy, told the Com mission that the school already turns away isvamu tf qualified students because it lack* facili ties "These are potential pub lice school teachers," Frank ?aid. "We need them in North Carolina . . . and we have to slam a door in their face*." (Continued on page two) ' ill ' ? ? TELSTAR. ? Congressman Hugh <J. Alexander (p.-N-C ) places a call In Washington D. C., while standing beside an exact-size model of Tttatar, world's first satellite to carry communications between the United States and Europe. Designed, built and paid for by the Bell System, Telstar was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration July 10. Since then tele phone calls, data tapes, photos and TV, including color shots, have been handled by the Bell System's ground station ? another first of it* kind? at Andover, Maine. Both the French and the r.ngiuh have ground stations which are cooperating in the experimental testa. Washington, D. C., July 10? In an address before the House Committee on Interior and In sular Affairs, Congressman Hugh Alexander (D-N.C.) said he was "unalterably opposed to pending legislation before the Committee and sponsored by the Department of Interior levying fees on the use of national parks and parkways." The bill is sponsored by the Interior Department and autho rizes the President to establish admission and other recreation fees for use of land and water areas administered by agencies of the Federal Government Revenues received from the fees would go into a Conserva tion fund to be uaed to improve recreational facilities across the country. President Kennedy made the proposal in a conservation mes sage delivered to Congress in early March. In his message, the President declared: "Expansion of our permanent recreational land base can best be achieved by investment in our future in the form of modest user payments from those who now enjoy our superb outdoor areas and from recreation and land-related receipts." Mr. Alexander, in his address before the committee, pointed out that no charge is presently being imposed for use of federal recreational facilities in western North Carolina, although fees are Imposed on similar areas in other parts of the country. Mr. Alexander noted that the enactment of this legislation College Enrolls 1776 TermaTo Enrollment at Appalachian State Teachers College aoared to an a]} time high of 1776 stu denti registering for the second term of summer school, accord ing to announcement today by Dr. James Stone, director of summer sessions. Monday's enrollment reached | 1577 with an additional dents registering a around Dr. ow rollment for the second i 20 per cent over last enrollment of 1570 for ond term. College expected an inc rtast 10 per cent. Enrollment for the first term of summer school soared to an all-time high of 1802 students on the first day of The total register first term went to The regular rolhnent was increased by two series of I registration, ing for the ? ? I that nearly register for j as during I A Mate institution since 1 enrollment a steadily the years. Both students and faculty count it a treat to study and teach in the ideal climate of Boone. Another unique feature of the simmer session at ASTC is the many outstanding visiting pro fessors from colleges and uni versities from across the nation unserve ? the faculty. Each is a specialist in his particular field and students have the op portunity of Kitting at the feet of some of the best scholars la the nation. (Cont'd ob page 4, i would threaten the free use of the Blue Ridge Parkway and North Carolina's National Parks and forests, pointing out that land acquired for the Great Smoky Mountains Park by the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, with the aid of the Rockefeller Foundation, was ob tained with the understanding that no fees would be imposed on the enjoyment of this naturii) wonder. Rep. Alexander also pointed out to the committee that rights-of-way for the Blue (Cont'd on page 4, Visitor Sec.) Clawson Gets FHA Position Wide Clawson, county farmer, hat been named to the Farm farmer in era Home Administration coun ty committee, according to Jennings B. Robinson, the agen cy's county supervisor her*. The appointment is for three years and began July 1. The purpose of the county committee is to review applica tions for FHA loans. Composed trf Wee members, the commit tee is set up on a rotation basis with one new member appoint ed each year. Mr. Clawson suc ceeds Joe Wellborn of Deep Gap, who has served on the committee the past three yean.
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