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Show Tickets
Tickets yf the 5th Annual
Lfiulsburg Rescue Service
"Gues^ the Prlce"^ show here
Aprjl 3 are now on sale. Get I
vuurs now.
Tel QY 6-3283
Five Cents A Copy
Lou^fcutg N C. Tuesday Maich 26 1963
(Sm Pages Yoday) / -
94th Year ? Number 9
Awarded Life-Time Membership
John .Hedrick, center, pas.t
District Commander oWhe Ame
rican Legion, awards life-t^me
Legion memberships to Frank
linton Legio'nnai res Crawford
Kearney, left, andGeorge Cooke,
who have a combined total of
87 years m&mb.efship in the
Franklinton Po s t.
Murder Charged In , Death
Qf Fmnklinton Vegro
Wilton - A Franklin County
man, John N. Allen, 35-year
old Negro of Franklinton, Rt.
2, was shot and fatally wounded
? shortly after 12:30 P.M. Satur
day ? at the home of James
Thomas Mann, 22-year-old
?Jeg?0, in Granville County
about a mile and a half west
of here. -
Authorities said Mann admitt
ed shooting Allen in the back
with a 22 calll>er rifle but there
1 were several different versions
pf the shooting told by eye
witnesses.
After the shooting Mann as
sisted by three of the wounded
man's campaniqps, placed \llen
in a car and dfove him to a
Franklinton funeral home where
they said they planned to trans-'
fer him to an ambulance to l>e
transported to a hospital. The
wounded man, however, was
dead upon arrival at the funeral
home, so proprietor J. J3. Cut
chins called the Franklinton pp
lice department.
Preliminary investigation by
Chief Leo Edwards showed the
shooting had taken place** in
Granville County, so Mann was
' placed in the Franklinton Jail
until authorities arrived from
Granville.
Granville County Coroner
Crover C. Saunders, Sheriff
Roy B. Jones and Deputy B. L.
Newton conducted an investiga
tion which resulted in
County Man
To Serve On
Wake Board 7
At Wake Electric Mr inlwfshlp
Corporation's 23 rd Annual
Meeting In Wake Forest on
Frldiy, March 22, 1963, some
700 members reelected eight
of the former directors of tlie
Cooperative .ind one new direc
tor, who will serve for the
first time. W. O. Fuller of
Franklin County, will serve as
director along with N. C. Brum
mltt, C. E. Young, E. C. Hunt,
J. P, Bailey, John M. Ferrell,
H, L. O'Brien, Ben L. Husketh
- and H. P. Price.
-N; C. Brummltt, President of
the Cooperative, reported that
Wake Electric extended electric
service to 150 new homes and
businesses last year, making a
total of 4551 connected ser
vices on 1091 miles of line In
Granville, W ake, Durham, Nash,
Vance, Franklin and Johnston
Counties. He also forecast that
the kilowatt hour consumption'
will double by 1971. _
Brummltt also told Wake
members that their Cboperatlve
has a vital Interest lp the eco
nomic development of the area
In which It serves, and that the lr
board of directors are making
every effort for their Coopera
te*, to participate In the Rural
Areas Development Program.
ing charged with murder. He
was returned to Oxford where
he" is I ?e ing, held without privi
lege of bond pending further in
vestigation
Sheriff Jones said there were
obvious discrepancies in the
story told by the three witnesses
who had accompanied the dead
Is Recaptured
man to the Granville County
home of Majiu. The three, Arch
ie Austin, Wilbert Williams, and
Richard Mann, brother of James
Manh, have been cited to appear
as material witnesses at a hear
ing to be held in Oxford Mon
day. Ail three are residents of
Frankli$jgpn, Rt. 2.
loungsville Youth In
Escape Attempt Here
\ 19 ye&r-old RFD Youngs
ville youth, escaped from de
puties while being returned to
jail here about 1 p.m. today
following a court tearing, but
was recaptured about 10 minu
tes later with the assistance of
local police.
The would-be escapee, Otis
Dexter Kearney, who was bound
over. to Superior Court by Re
corder's Court Judge W. F.
Shelton on charges of breaking
and entering, and larceny, broke
from Deputy Walter Faulkner at
the jail gate- and dashed up
Cedar Street.
He was apprehended about l'O
Fire Supper
The.Centerv'ille Fite and Res
cue Association will sponsor a
fcind raising supper ? fron>? 2
until 8 p.m. Friday night,
March 30.
go towards payments due on the
fife truck and other equipment.
' rc-fB
Leaf Assn ,
Js.
To Meet
The Franklin County Flue
Cured Tobacco Growers As
sociation will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Friday night at the Agricul-"
tural Building here.
Among matters of business
slated for the meeting will be a
discussion of the tobacco grad
ing program and plans for a
membership drive. All tobacco
growers in Franklin County are
invited and urged to attend.
Pay* Off
Toronto, Ontario, Canadar
tt took' a long time to sift
through 10 tons of garbage, but
Mrs. Jean Sinclair was reward
ed when she removed her fiu's
band's pay envelope containing
*130.
Several friends and neighbors
helped look through the gar
bage after Mrs. Sinclair's son,
unaware of Its contents, threw
the envelope In the garbage and
a truck hauled It away. * _
Poetry won't hurt you and we
suggest "that you broaden your
reading to Include some of It.
minutes later by Faulkner and
Louisburg Police Patrolman
Charlie Lambert behind a house
on Cedar Street. ^
Kearney and another-Yotmgs
ville RFD man, Willard Kinton,
30, charged with stealing some
over $600 in tires and other
merchandise from a Youngs
ville Service Station last Tues
day night, were ordered held
under $1,000 bond by Judge
Shelton for their appearance at
the next term of Franklin Cri
minal Superior Court.
Kinton, it was reported, made
no attempt at escape.
Local Phone
Employee Gets
Driving Award
''pSy^^of^^^^^C^Telephone "
''here, has recently received a
jfigflfg-drising award earned dur
ing 1962,.
He was presented a -certifi
cate and medallion for 10 years
oL accident-free driving. The 4
awards ar^Vnade a'nnually+>yttie
National Safety Council to div
ers who operate commercial
m^tor vehicles for a one-year
period without an accident.
Consecutive accident - free
driving veUrs are cumulative.
The_L9u62 awards, presented to
231 Carolina Telephone em
ployees, represent a total. of
1,402 years and 19,460,000
miles of accident-free dri^ing,^
Last year more than 5,468,000
miles were logged by vehicles
of the company.
\o lU'llMMI
Sheriff Fires
Son, Gardner
y . ? ?
The County Sheriffs Depart
ment was accepting applications
for the position of Deputy Sher if/
today following the dismissal of
two memliers of the department
here yesterday.
Sheriff joe w. Champion said
that he had "dismissed" his
so". Chief Deputy Wallace R.
Champion and Deputy B, K
Gardner, but declined to give
any reasons for his action.
The dismissals left only one
member of the Sheriff's three
man .force on the Job here to
day - pffice Deputy c. P,
"Hoot" Gibson, of Frankllnton!
Although Sheriff Champion de
clined to comment on the fir
ings, rumors of an Impending
shake up have been circulating
for some several weeks.
Just prior to beginning his
new term last December, the
Sheriff, it was rumored, notified
Deputy Gardner that his ser
vices would no longer be need
ed, but apparently reconsidered
in the face of heavy public
pressure. .
It was also rumored at the
time that his son, the Chief
Deputy, had quit the force but
agreed to remain on as so-call
ed "night deputy."
The younger Champion has
been engaged In operating a
used car Sfid garage bus?n?ss
here since the first of the
year. Both he and the.sherlff
have been named In damage
suits totaling $50,000 by a Nasi
County Insuranceman and his
wife, for alleged assault and
false arrest.
Father, Son
Charged In
Family Fight
Charge? assault with a
deadly weapon have been filed
against two local Negro men
as the result of a fight on South
Main Street just outside the city
limits here Friday night that
saw both hospitalized with In
juries, one in serious condl
tion.
.Franklin Sheriff joe W.
Champion said thai Rudolph'
Green, 23, had been released
under $200 bond pending the"
outcome of the conditioner his
father. Colonel Lee Green, who
is a patient at Veterans Hos
pital in Durham with . severe
head Injuries. ? I
The elder Green was giver],
emergency first aid at the scene
by the Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice and taken to Franklin Me
morial Hospital, fle was later
cility for treatment of severe
head injuries, j.
Ttie younger man was
In tothehospitaj by police where
It required a total of 32 stitches,
to close knife 'wofinds In his
Jegs? He told officers he hit
?ts father with a stick after he
attacked him with a knife durlnfe
a family squabble.
Reported III
Dr. ^Pauline s. Alford, of
Loulsburg ai.d Charlotte, Is re
ported seriously 111.
Mrs. Uford, It was reported
recently suffered another heart
.attack following a bout with the
Ulan Flu, and while she is
some better, remains still quite
Guess The Price Show Prizes
The growing j>i4e of mcrchan
dise to be . used in tfie panel
price guessing games at the
Kescue Service "Guess the
Price". show Aoril 3 is uictured
about ? s*t
here. Tickets toHhe show are on
sale by all Rescue Service mem -
bers.-Times l^hoto.
Show Prizes Top
All Time High
Merchandise to l>e given away
at the Rescue Services' 'annual
"Guesf the Price" show here
next Wednesday night week
(April 3) has already topped
the $1,000 mark and is still,
coming in, aCc0fTftfig~ to Rescue
chief V. A/. Pimples here today.
This years show, Chief Peo^
pies said, promises ioJtie by
far the largest of the^ five and
while efforts ^rebeing made to
accommodate^ an even larger
crowd thaxlast year, the event
promises to l>e a complete sell
?u^
In addition to a delicious
Murphy House prepared barbe
cue chicken or pork supper,
ghow goerS will have an op
portunity to appear on one of
approximately 30 panel gues
sing games for merchandise
valued in excess of $1,000 and
get a cffance at the door prize
3. Arrested. ...
On Check
Charges Here
Three county-teen-age youths
-have been r$r rested in connec-.
tion with the forgery of a signa
ture on a $91 welfare check
here last week.
Ffanklin Sheriff Joe W. Cham
pion identified the three as
Bobby Ellington, i6, "and Robert
T. Bunn, 15, both of Bunn, and
Donald E. Harris. l>,~w Route
1, Louisburg. /
The arrests^followed an alleg
ed attempt by one of the youths
to cash the check at the bar.k
here. .
, V
drawing, that includes a Used r
car and a Palomino poityi r
Tickets are on sale now by all g
Rescue squad members and at t
other- lpcatjons. Barbecue q
Chicken supper tickets go off j
sal* Sunday while pork tickets r
will remain on sale until show ^
time.
Proceeds from the .show will p
go in the Rescue Service equip- c
ment fund.
Local Citizen 1
Attends First
Drama Conf
. . P
Chapel Hill- Robert Versteeg, a
of Louisburg College, is attend
ing the First National Outdoor s
Drama Conference now tinder- c
jway at the University, of fjorth d,
Carolina, March 22-23. . tj
..."?y .(lltljriirrilf is featuring f,
5 seminars on various phases f(
of Q^tdooi1 Drama: Architec- *f,
ture; Playwriting; acting in the
open air; directing and stag- c,
lng{, management and promo- ^
lion. ' * ' di
These seminars are being lead e?
by Outdoor Drama authorities
from all oVer the natjon. S|
Norris Houghton, founder of ni
the Phoenix Theatre in N4ew fo,
York City was the special
speaker for t$e, Conference. c<
f,
i- ol
Human beings, for some rea- \
sonr seen- more interested in the s|
mistakes that others make. aJ
tt
Nearly anybody can have an r;
idea but putting it into itiotion ^
is what make^the profits. ir
Sky-Divers
In Charlotte
Race Show
CHARLOTTE, N. C.? The
/or id- famous u. S. Army Pa
achute Demonstration Team,
(lore familiarly known as the
ky Divers, will ?*? featured at
he pre-race show prior to
harlotte Motor Speedway's
ourth anrntftl, World COO late
nodel stock car race orv Sun
ay, May 2G.
The Sky Divers will t>e ch.am
ionship competition at Massa- {
husetts last summer. This
earn last appeared here at the
lational 400 race in October,
961, although the fifte 82nd
ilborne Division group did
erform at the World COO race
year ago.
Officials of the Concord, N. '
Charm her of Commerce, 1
rhicty sponsors the SpeedwayVso I
re- race festivities, made the
nnouhcement. ?
The Sky L> Ivors' will stage a
pries ffrrrcf ring delayed para- 1
hute jumps, aiming at pre- i
etermined targets from ^n al
itude of 12,500 feet. -They will ?
ree, fall almost- two nfiles be- 1
>re pulling rip cords on color- '
ll gold jj?)d black parachutes^
Baton passing ? in mid iifr, 1
riss-cross. action, various*
lanuvers of^the body, and other 1
emonstrations will t>e includ- 1
i.
Chamber of Commerce and !
peedway officials said jthat a
umber o? other features will ;
? added to the pre-race show. <
These preliminaries willpre
?de the 600-mile Jate model
acing fnarathon, longest race
f its kind In the world, on the 1
1/2 mile high-banked asphalt 1
;>eedway. Less than five hours 1
fter the 12:30 p.m. starting 1
me, one -of 44 top NASCAR 1
ace drivers will take home 1
?tween $25,000 ahd $30,000 5
i prize money. 1
Itemized Deductions Average $875 Locally
How <Jp Jncome tax decutions
.claimed iJy Franklin County re
sidents compare with the a
mounts Claimed by taxpayers
in other areas?
How closely will returns be
scanned this year for exces
sive deductions? More closely
than before, according to infor
mation tickling out of the Trea
sury Department. Up-to-date
electronic Computers and a
larger staff of examiners will
make tt possible.
With approximately 25 million
taxpayers Itemizing their de
ductions, the Government has
complied tabl*i 'to 'show the
average amounts that are
claimed in each Income bracket.
When a normal amount lsllst
ed In a return , the chances 1
are that it will go through with
Obt being questlonSd. However, -
when It Is higher than usual i
for a particular Income, It Is
likely to be caught by the gim
let eye of an examiner.
In that case, the entire report :
may be set as)de for a tho
rough revley^Snd the taxpayer
called uprtn to support Ills
claims with "proper records.
Wh*J are these critical a
mounts that may not be'exceed
ed with Impunity? The totals
as theyconcernFrankllnCounty
and other communities, are de
tailed by the Commerce Clear
ing House, which reports on
matters of tax and business law. -
Its figures are based on Trea
sury Department findings.
For the average Franklin
gers, William G. ?.Andrews,
come Is approximately $4,255
a year, according to the most
recent data, the deductions
should not be more than $875to
conform to the national.
Making up this amount are
contributions, $151, interest
charges, $275, tax payments,
$264, and medical costs, $179.
? For those with family Income
as high as. $12,500, the normal
deduction Is considerably
greater, $2,138. R consists of
$385 in, contributions, $630 in
interest, $670 in taxes and $453
in medical expehses.
The Treasury Department
warns, however, against using
these standards as absolute
guides. It points out that a tax
payer might be assessed an ad
ditional amount ^n taxes even
of his deductions are average,
if he couldn't produce proof.
On the other hand, deductions
of larger size may be safely
claimed if properly substantiat
ed.
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News
Report
From
Washington
W ASHWgVoN, D. C.--Pre?l<
dent John F.~Kennedy has a ma
jor task facing him in* seeking
to counter the influence ofG?n- ,
eral Charles DeGaulle In Italy
knd West Germany. But this Is
what the President must do in
his forthcoming trip to Europe.
It is clear in Washington that
France is embarked on a course
to keep Great Britain and the
United States out of Europe, so
thai General DeGaulle can be
the dominant factor on the con
tinent.
This entails keeping Britain
but of the European Common
Market and reducing U. S. in
fluence, or "meddling" as
Paris has put It. General De
Gaulle is resolute in this pro
gram and nothing is likely to
change him. early, as last
summer and sprW, it was ac
knowledged in the sV^te Depart
ment that DeGaulle \was the
numl>er one U. S, problem in
Europe. ' \f
Unfortunately for President
Kennedy and the country the\
State Department and Secretary
of State Dean Rusk alienated
both DeGaulle and Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer at the same
time. This gave DeGaulle his
opening and he seized upon it.
He wooed the aging German
Chancellor, ^ who was bitter
about an unwise and harsh let
ter Rush had dispatched to the
Bonn Government, and won
him over.
Had DeGaulle not l>een able .
to capture the vote of the strong
est continental power, WftjL
Germany, he could not now be
successfully keeping Britain out
of th e EC M, nor could he so
openly defy the United States.
But DeGaulle now has his Paris- ? ? -
Bonn axis, Just as other cruder
dictators In the thirties ar
ranged the Rome- Berlin, axis.
Kennedy's certain gain later
this year is that a new Chancel
lor will take over in West Ger
many. ,That could end Bonn's
allegia-nce to Paris. Meanwhile,
to keep a worried Rome inline,
Kennedy will visit that country,
as well as West Germany.
There is much to be gained
especially in , West Germany,
and Kennedy's trip might be
his most critical foreign af
fairs mission since his inau
gration.
There are indications on Capi
tol Hill only one tax bill will be_
forthcoming at this session of
Congress, not the two-ln-one
package requested by the Pre
sident. Sentiment In the House
of Representatives is very *
strong in favor of tax reduc
tions in one bill, first, and tax
reform later.
Even House Democratic lead
er ship, on balance, seems to
favor the one bill approach.
Many legislators do hot wish to
Text year. ? 1
Iri the Senate there may be
more support for the presiden
tail package bill but tax legis
lation originates in the House
and therefore the attitude of the
House, which seems a one-bill
attitude as" of now may he de*
clsive.
there are reports ex- Vice .
President Richard Nixon may _
not be the dead political duck
many have assumed. His de- ? '
reat in the guvernatorlal cam
paign was a heavy blow but it
nas offset to an unknown ex
ent by such Ill-advised smears
is the now-famous television
urogram on which Alger Hiss
vas used to degrade Nixon. *
The recent Republican con
gressional victory In the First
District 'In Calfornla has re
vived hopes that G. O. P. may
* gaining strength again. Ni
ton may be asked to undertake
i world tour, in the tradition of
lefeated presidential candi
lates.
Yet the odds are still against
i man who lost the guberna
orlal race in his own state,
mless he could win the guber
natorial race next time. To try
hat Nixon might have to be
lo some world traveling- if the ?
igftt" meetings and ar range -
nents could be made. */
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