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4- WEATHER -fr Mostly cloudy and warm today. Wednesday scattered showers like ly with warm temperatures. VOLUME 5 IKE REVEALS 10-YEAR ROAD PLAN L„ p Jly Jp m mmsmm mm*** m ■ > tow-’ .J||L - « . SERGE RUBINSTEIN .. . .He wanted to buy the world HE WAS SENSITIVE BUT BOLD Serge Rubinstein .. .This is the first in a series of articles on Serge Rubinstein, the fabu lous international financier, mult-millionaire, draft-dodger case society plyaboy. Copyrighted 1955 by The New York Dafiy News. By FLORABEL MUIR The first time I met Serge Rubinstein, Charlie Morri !► son, owner of the Mocambo on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, brought him to any table. JhtLM JjJtils JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS §, DUNN’S ROTARY CLUB HAS MANY DISTINCTIONS The Dunn Rotary Club, which this week joins in the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the largest world-wide civic organiza - - tion, has a proud record of distin guished. service ... It can claim a number of distinctions and at least one world-wide Rotary record— The Dunn club was founded on May 20, 1949 and now has a mem bership of approximately 60 ... Back in the ’4O'S, the Dunn club set- a world-wide record for un tadoken attendance, with almost five years of perfect attendance on the part of each member.... | The Dunn club was the first in the State to ha*e two of its members elected as district governors The £ first district, governor from Dunn ™ was Attorney J. Shepard Bryan, £ who served as governor when the district was comprised of the whole on Page Two) Witness Tells Os Sin City's Evils BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (IP)—A state trooper testified at t Albert Fuller’s murder trial today that Phenix Citv was f a wide open town where gambling and prostitution nour ished prior to the slaying of crime fighter Albert Patter snn , son., : / Trooper H. E. Ray was the first witness put on the stand today by the state, in an attempt to cement Into the Jury’s mind the type of . locale in which Patterson was shot Fuller, first of three to be tried for Patterson’s murder, was chief deputy sheriff during the fera de- EEHlef prosecutor Cecil Deason TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 I wasn’t eager to meet the swag gering young fellow who hadn’t made too good an Impression on me as I watched him going his way around the swank night spots or dering champagne, talking loudly, tipping too freely, an<j generally throwing his weight around. “You must forgive Charlie for bringing me to your table," Serge said with his strange Usp. "I asked him to do it and he could hardly refuse. I wanted to meet you.” “Why?" I asked with my coldest poker face. “1 want you to help a young lady.” Serge told me. “May I sit down?” He didn’t wait for me to say he could or couldn’t, but slid into a chair and leaned toward me with the bravado of a brash kid hoping he wouldn’t get thrown 1 out on his ear. “I feel as if I know you already,” he continued. ’My ex-wife, Lau rette, tells me you’re a very smart woman, and although I think smart women are a rarity I trust her judgment.” Apparently he had hoped to get me in an argument about the rel ative mental qualities of male and female but I didn’t rise to the bait. I Just sat there and waited for him to go on. He fidgeted around a bit and said: “You’re not making this very easy for me.” I told him I couldn't see why I was under obligation to make any thing easy for him and if be had (Continued on Page Two) ! said another state witness, former Phenix City policeman E. J. Peo ples, wqs ready to testify that an other defendant threatened his life for investigating the slaying of Patterson. Over strenuous objections by the defense, Ray named half a dozen Phenix City niglit spots where be said he gambled openly end “talk ed business” wttb pnatttatw when (Oilfrol 0n Tire) The Daily Record Ike To Throw His Weight Against Cuts WASHINGTON (IP) Re publican congressional lead ers hinted today that Presi dent Eisenhower will throw his influence against the Democratic proposal for a S2O-a-person tax cut. They discussed the tax measure with the chief executive at their regular weekly White House meet ing. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland and Rep. Leslie Arends (R-Ill) told reporters they are both opposed to the Democrat ic proposition. Arends said it “smacks of politics, 100 per cent.” They declined to quote the Presi dent’s views, But Knowland said he expects the President “will make his views known very clearly at the proper time.” In his budget message to Congress he said he “hoped” to be able to recommend tax cuts next year but said none were warranted this year. G. Washington Is Arrested KEY WEST, Fla. (IP) George Washington was arrested today be- 1 cause he couldn’t tell a lie. Police said the 32-year-old man lost control of his automobile and snacked into two houses, coming Ho a &>p ift a Woman’s BarrtS** When angry homeowners dashed outside, Washington hurried to the police station and' asked to be locked up'•‘for protection.” Detectives obliged and charged Washington with reckless driving, causoing an accident, destroying private property, driving without a driver’s license and driving while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. Rosetta Murphy On Honor Roll Rosetta Murphy was one of the four pupils who made the Honor Roll for first semester in the High School Division of Emmanuel Col lege in Franklin Springs, Georgia. This is a distinct honor which means that she ipade an average of 93 on all her courses and made no grade below 90. Rosetta is . a member of the senior class and is active in extra-curricular activi ties. She lp a member of a sextet singing group, secretary of the Be ta Club, and secretary of the Se nior Class. She is from the FMcon Orphan age at Falcon, North Carolina. Man And Still Taken Today Harnett rural policemen this morning captured one man and a 600-gallon whiskey still in Buck horn Township as they continued an almost around-the-clock war on bootlegging. Charlie Talmadge Jones, 36, of Fuquay Springs, Route 1 was ar rested at the whiskey .still, which was reported in full operation at the time. Pob. man Clarence Moore said It was a complete distillery In ev ery respect and apparently had been 1 noper&tion for sometime. Jones was released under SSOO bond for trial March 1 to the county court. \ • Rural policemen making the raid were: Clarence Moore, B. E. Stur gill, J. 8. Byrd, Walker O’Quinn and Leon Smith. * * Mm „ o ptoce Jor awegthhiQ DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1955' GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS—Dunn business and civic leaders held a breakfast this morning at Johnson’s Restaurant before starting out on a drive to raise $150,000 for construction of the new Benjamin and Johnes factory building here. Sam Lazarro, left, plant manager of the company, and President Emmett Aldredge, right, of Dunn In vestors, Inc. are shown here as they looked over the shoulder of a Billy Graham Given Honor VALLEY FORGE, Pa OP) Evangelist Billy Graham and St. data* 1 * ■UatversiQfrpf Brooklyn, N.Tf. were singled out for special honors today as the Freedoms Foundation presented its 1954 awards for sig nificant contributions to a better understanding of the American way of life. Graham was presented SI,OOO and a plaque with an encased George Washington Honor Medal for his numerous sermons. A similar check and medal were presented to the faculty of St. John’s for their book “Concept Os Freedom.” The foundation cited 949 Amer ican citizens, organizations and schools. Cash awards totaled $30,- 000. Clifford F. Hood, president of the UJ3. Steel Corp. presented the top awards to winners in each of the award categories and delivered the keynote address. “In the ebb and flow of human life, few men in recorded history have so captured the spiritual in terest of multitudes as has Rev. Billy Graham," the awards com mittee said. Other top award winners in - eluded: J. Oliver Emmerich, editor of the McComb, Miss., Enterprise-Journ al, for the editorial “In Defense of America.’’ Esther Sharp Sanderson of Huntsville, Tenn, for the essay “Why I Teach.” + Record Roundup + JAYCEES HEAR ENNIS Dunn Jaycees last night heard an ad dress on the new tax law by Fur man C. Ennis, local certified pub lic accountant. Mr. Ennis made both an interesting and informs- I OPERATING STATION—George Schneider, left, and George Ls- FKitatab, right, two well-known Denn youths, have taken over the operation of the modem Mobil Service Station on the Foyettevfile highway. The popular Dunn youths are offering complete service at their one-stop Mobil Borvtee Center. $34,800 In Only In just three hours today, Dunn citizens sub scribed $134,800 Worth of slock foivoonstructfon 6f the new and enlarged plant for Benjamin and Johnes, with $150,000 set as the goal to be reached by the stroke of 8 p.m. President Emmett Aldredge of Dunn Investors, Inc. emphasized that this report, made at 1:30 o’clock, was merely a partial report. Less than half of the nearly 100 men out working in teams of two had reported at that hour, anmor Indications were that the needed $150,000 would be raised by the deadline tonight without too much difficulty. . The final “now-or-never, do-or die,” one-day drive as charted at a breakfast meeting held this morn ing at 7:30 o’clock at Johnson's Restaurant. Immediately after the meeting, the teams began their day of can vassing. Among those who spoke at the breakfast session were: Aldredge, Sam Lazarro of Newark, N.J., plant manager for Benjamin and Johnes, Manager Ed Carroll of the Cham ber of Commerce and a number of others. Heading the drive as group cap tains today were: Sam Baer, Ray mond L. Cromartle, Jr., J. W. Pur die, Bob Hadley Wesley Coats, A1 Wullenwaber, George Blalock, Frank Belote, Earl Mahone. . tive address and gave the Jaycees I some splendid tips on how to save on their income taxes. He listed a number of exemptions and de - ductions frequently overlooked by (Continued on Pago Two) group of others who were mapping out their day’s work. Seated clock wise around the table are: Mack Jernigan, A1 Wullenwaber, Gerald Mann, Leon McKay, David Pope and J. Shepard Bryan. Among others in the background are: Earl Mahone, Marvin Raynor, Dave Kimmeil, Earl Westbrook and Billy Godwin. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) Reported 3 Hours Rockefellers Still Worth 500 Million NEW YORK OTV—The five Rocke feller brothers, whose grandfather John D. Rockefeller amassed more wealth thany any other man in America, still have at least 500 million dollars among them, For tune magazine said today. Actual size of the Rockefeller family’s wealth, never has been divulged It is known, however, that in 1913 the grandfather was worth 900 million dollars. Since then, the family has given more than a billion dollars to philanthropy, a practice it still continues. , , Fortune made the estimate of the brothers’ current wealth from in formation' drawn flom New York bankers as well as from members of the Rockefellers’ personal staff and economic advisers to Rocke feller Bros., Inc. The brothers are John D. HI, 48, whose chief interest is philanthro py; Nelson, 46, presidential foreign policy assistant: Laurance, 44, who invests in small companies inter ested in aviation, electronics, rock ets and nuclear energy; Winthrop 42, who has contributed to the economic development of Arkan sas; and David, 39, senior vice president of Case National Bank The wealth of the brothers, large ly invested in oil holdings, is tied up mostly in trust funds, yielding each an income of about 5 million a year before taxes, the magazine said. Apart from trust funds, the brothers have about ’SO million in vested in New York’s Rockefeller Center. Jack Webb, New Wife Have Spat HOLLYWOOD "PI -1 'U star Jack Webb admitted today he and his bride, Dorothy Towne, had their ‘first quarrel which ended with her flying to Mexico City with her mother-in-law. But things were patched up in a few days via long distance tele phone, Webb said, and he expects Miss Towne to return today. Webb blamed the tiff on frayed nerves and his heavy work sched ule. , “The change did us both good.” he said. “I was working long hours and we got to snapping at each other.” They were married a month ago. The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION. . .NEWS PHOTOS. . .ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Cops Facing Morals Count CHICAGO (IP)—Two polioemen today faced charges of spending a night with two teenaged wnembers pretty teenagers, aged 14 land 15, who were picked up in a roundup or six runaway girls and Chicago youth. / The girls, whose names were not revealed, said they met the detec tives as they drank cocktails in a tavern. The policemen bought drinks for them until 3 a. m. they said. Then one of them went with the 15-year old girl to a nearby apartment and the 14-year-old was tqken in an intoxicated state to nearby roqim, the girls said. (Continued on Page Two) Cemetery Drives Will Be Paved All the driveways in Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn will be paved in a project to be sponsored by Dunn’s Junior Chajnber of Commerce, it was announced today by Pre sident Hubert Peay. Derwood t Godwin, prominent Dunn contractor, is chairman of the Jaycees committee in charge of the ptoject. Other members of the committee are Lamarr Stone Bob Leak, Floyd Furr, Jimmy Johnson and Billy Pearsall. At a meeting of the committee held Monday night, it was decided to contact all persons who have relatives buried in the cemetery to solicit their financial support for the project. WILL TAKE MONTHS A number of people, pointed out Chairman Godwin, have already Erwin To Organize Council On Safety Representatives of six Erwin organizations win hold •, a meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Junior | Order Hall for the purpose of organizing a Safety Council* Plans for the meeting woe an nounced this morning by Lacy ' Dawkins, business manager of TWUA Local No. 250 and a mem ber of the committee working on .details. Pointing out that automobile ac cidents are increasing in the grow ing Harnett town, Mr. Dawkins said citizens feel the need for ah agency which will make the peo ple safety -conscious and can also take steps to insore greater safety for school children, )whwlilnns mi motorists x^“*gpol<>o-ta I Organisations in nn soring the as-, |fety council are: the Junior' Or der, the Patriotic Order of Boos of America, the Woodmep of the NO. 56 101 Billions Projected As Cost Os Work WASHINGTON (IP)—Presi dent Eisenhower urged Con gress today to approve a 10- year, 101-billion-dollar high way improvement program. He said the nation’s pres ent road network is inade quate and unsafe, and would breed “deadly conges tion” in event of atomic at tack. .. The President said he was ‘‘in clined” to favor financing the pro posed $31,225,000,000 federal share , by special bond issues to be paid off with revenues from gas .and diesel oil taxes and in some (hr stances by highway tolls. But, in the face of sharp Demo cratic opposition to bond finan cing, he did .not insist on this method of footing the bills. .. He forwarded to Congress, along with his own comparatively brief message, the previously-published recommendations of his special highway advisory committee head ed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay. This committee recommended a 10-year, 101-billion program with the federal govematent - .bearing about 30 per cent of the cost. Most of the federal outlay would go to expand and improve the 40,000- nsiie interstate highway system that Units most of the nation's principal cities. •I - DEATH AND EXFBNBE ». The President said “comprehen sive, quick and forward looking aQ tioh is necessary’ to provide the kind of highway system America needs to handle the present heavy motor traffic and the estimated jam of 81 million vehicles that will be on the roads by 1965. He blamed “inadequate” and “unsafe" roads for causing many of the 36,000 highway deaths each year, and said: ‘To the home where the tragic aftermath of an accident on an un safe road is a gap in the family (Continued On Pago Me) voluntarily made pledges up to SIOO apiece. He said it would probably take two or three months to write letters to all the people concerned. Greenwood is a large and beau tiful cemetery and thousands of people are buried in it. In addition to paving all of the driveways, it is also planned to lere|t two large (archways With gates at the two principal entranc es, the north entrance and the east entrance. Chairman Godwin said it would .probably take six months or long er to complete the work. World, Local 250 of the TWUA* W the Masonic Lodge and the Lions Club. L E. Whitfield of FajettaHOß •?; Sixth District Highway Engineer, is sending a highway tive to the meeting to discuss the erection of safety sign?, possible re-routing of some traffic in Rag more dangerous arms. ' Others invited to attend the - meeting include: Police Chief Clau- * de Avery. Highway Patrolman W. *****
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