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* WEATHER ■> Sunny and continued hot today and Thursday with widely scatter afternoon and evening thunder showers. VOLUME 5 BIG-4 REACH DEADLOCK ON GERMANY ‘ II I i Wi i> P* 1 j.—-.'' JK 'tirPT- ■ .■*& IHh.' . ' JB£f Jl ■ E*- ■ - READY TO LIGHT UP THE TOWN Dunn Jayceee are ready to conduct a city-wide door-to door campaign on Thursday and Friday night* of this week to sell light bulbs. It’s a drive to raise funds to complete the bath house at Tyler Park and for other community projects. Eye specialists Jh&A£ ctttik JhinqA By HOOVES ADAMS A CALL IN THE NIGHT; OTHER LITTLE NOTES It was about midnight when the phone in The Record office rang. The voice at the other end of the line was that of a young girl Sounded like she must be in her late teens or early twenties. The voice was a sweet one but full of urgency, almost to the point of desperation. “Can you please tell me?” she asked, “whether or not my boy friend got his divorce at the last term of court." She called the fellow’s name and we told her we didn’t know. “But, please, this is important,” she insisted. “It’s terribly important that I find out tonight and all the other offices are closed. I don’t know anyone else to turn to but you.” We couldn't imagine why any divorce would be so important at that time of night. It was evident the sweet young thing was emot ionally upset. We told her to hang on while we checked our files. "You’re a darling;.” she said, which indicated that she's a ga! W’ho knows her way around and knows how to get what she wants. The answer was no; the object of her affection is still legally wed. The case hasn’t come up yet. “Ooooh,” she sighed over the (Continued on Page Two) PETER TYNDALL DIES Peter M. Tyndall, 88, died today in the Good Hope Hospital in Er win. For the past several months he had been making his home with his son. Willard Tyndall at 204 N. Ellis Ave. in Dunn. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. NEGRO SOLON KNOCKED DOWN Fist Fight Occurs In Congress Today WASHINGTON Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey of West Virginia swung an uppercut at a fellow Democrat Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York in a heated dispute today over an anti-segregation amendment to a school con- struction bill. One Congressman said Powell was “sitting on the* floor” after Bailey threw the punch during a closed House labor committee meeting. Another committee member said it was strictly a one-punch dispute, that no damage was done and that he doubted the punch even landed. Bailey, a short, balding, peppsry TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 say the bulbs to be sold by the Jaycres are far superior to ordinary Ught bulbs, but cost no more. The Jaycees will be around to see you one of these nights. Left to right are Lamar Stone, Derwood Godwin, Willie Biggs, Earl Murphy, Corky Cre tin! and Bob Leak. (Daily Record Photo.) AMONG WORLD'S RICHEST Billionaire Oil Man Dies In Portugal LISBON, Portugal (IP) Billionaire oil man Sarkis Oultj#ukten. one of- ftie'WdftoV richest men who vowed he would live to be 106, died today in the Hotel Aviz at the age of 86. Gulbenkian had been bedridden since December 1953 with dropsy and complications in a small yel low shuttered room in the hotel overlooking a tropical garden. Only a few months ago he hired a jet-passenger plane for a trip to Paris. Even the rich mysteryman’s closest friends had not been aware he was near death, so great was his love for solitude. Oulbenkian’s son and heir, Nubar Gulbenkian, wa-?. visiting in London when his father died. The oilman hated publicity. This fostered many intriguing legends about the life he hid so carefully from the world. Gulbenkian had newspaper cor respondents ejected from his hotel suite. He liked to do business on (Con tinned On Past Twtl Mrs. Monroe Dies In Fla. Mrs. Graham D. Monroe of Coral Gables. Florida, former resident of Lillington died Tuesday after noon at 5:30 o’clock at her home at 2912 Alhambra Circle there fol lowing an illness of several months.. Funeral services will be held Fri day at 2 o’clock at the First Meth odist Church in Coral Gables. Mrs. Monroe is a former presi dent of the Lillington Woman’s Club and for many years served as a member of the board of steyr (Continued an Pan Twl little man who was 88 last Friday, denied he threw a punch at the towering broad-shouldered New York Negro, who is 46. and built like a well-conditioned heavy weight. “It never happened,” Bailey told a reporter. “It was Just a wordy argument.” Powell also refused to confirm there was any fisticuffs, 1 (Continued M Bags —van) She Bttiltj Jteotrd Russians Pass ; Up Whiskey ' For Nude Gals GENEVA ( IPI The loneliest bar in town today is at Russian head quarters in the Hotel Metropole. For two days, th bartenders have i lived in utter boredom, since few Russians have showed up for a drink. “Very serious, these Russians,” one bartender said. They aren’t doing much public drinking while here for the Big Four summit talks, he said. The Russians have ho |real bar*; fit home and aren’t used to this West ern form of taking aboard a load. Their drinking is done fast and with Yood, the bartender explain ed mournfully. Russians Hit Night Spot But not all the Soviet delegates are stay-at-homes, and their lead ers have taken unprecedented steps to show themselves to the populace. Three Russians were spotted Monday night inspecting the scen ery at one of Geneva’s many night spots which feature nude shows. Hie visitors sat well back In a comer. They drank only coffee, (Continued on rage Two) Doctors Won't Speculate On SuzansChance HOLLYWOOD (IPt—Doctors de clined today to speculate on sur vival chances for actress Susan Ball who was disclosed to be suf fering a recurrence of the cancer condition which caused her leg to be amputated 18 months ago. Doctors at City of Hope Medical Center, 20 miles from the film colony, announced the cancer re currence Tuesday following more than a week of diagnostic studies. In a cautiously-worded state ment, doctors woull only say she had shown “continued improve* ment” since entering the medical center. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 20, 1955 Lausche Not Interested In White House COLUMBUS, Ohio (IP) Democratic Gov. Frank J. Lausche said today, “I have no ambition to run for pres ident.” The five - term governor, whose name frequently pops up as a pos sible presidential candidate next year, said, “In my heart, I have no desire to run for the presi dency." The governor attributes the oc casional mention of his name as a presidential possibility to the over enthuiasm of his friends. As the Midwest’s most consistent Democratic winner, Lausche has had support for the nation’s top office from Southern governors end from some Eastern interests Many feel he may be a good bet as a compromise candidate if a deadlock develops in the Demo cratic National Convention in Chi cago next year. FAVORITE CON CANDIDATE Lausche’s friends, however have not ruled eut the possibility the bushy-haired governor might con sent to be Ohio s “favorite son" in nert May Vs primaries to name dele gates to the convention. They pic ture Lausche as “concerned” that the “political bosses” he has long denounced may attempt to gain control of the state’s delegation “ter (heir own selfish uses in trad ing " Lausche in an interview, left the door open to run for governor again next year or to enter the contest for U. S. senator. If he chooses the latter course, he would shoot for the seat held by Repub lican George H. Bender of Cleve land. “I cannot say now wjiat I will do a year from now,” the gover nor said. “Events are changing with such rapidity, both on the state and na tional level, that it is impossible for me at this time to tell what my future course of action may be.” Lausche said. REPUBLICANS KEPT GUESSINO Republicans wish they knew The conservative governor ha-s won five ‘times out of six in a state that elects Republican sen ators. a Republican Legislature, and Republican state officials. He carries the big industrial centers despite opposition from labor lead ers. He hold his own in the rural (Continued On Pago Seven) Farmers To Cast Votes Saturday Tobacco farmers in Harnett County will be very much inter ested in the two Tobacco Refere ndums to be held throughout Har nett County Saturday, July 23. ac cording to C. R. Annons here to day. The two Referendum* will will consist of the Tobacco Associates Referendum and Tobacco Quota Referendum. Growers in the To bacco Association Referendum will have an opportunity to vote on + Record Roundup + NEW OFFICERS The Lilling ton Industrial Development Cor poration will again be headed by the same officers who operated the corporation in its first year of ex tence. The nine member board of directors recently re-elected W. A. Johnson, president; D. P. Ray. Jr vice-president; W. K. Sexton, sec retary; and Sion Wilborn, treas urer. EMPLOYEES WANTED Rep resentatives of ’ the N. C. Employ ment Service will be in the Town Hall in Lillington on Friday. July 4, to interview women lntereeted Bank Os Harnett Is Merged With Durham Bank & Trust The Bank of Harnett has mffl’ged with the Durham Bapk and Trust Company, W.f H. Harrington, Cashier of the local bank announced toaav. »e new title of the bank will, be tpe Erwin Office of the Durham Bank & Trust Company, the new est of ten offices operated through out Centra! North Carolina. Mr Harrington will become an Assistant Vice-President of the Trust Company and Manager of the Erwin Office. R. S. Kelly, former Vice-President of the Bank of Harnett, will also become an Arlstant Vice-President of the Trust Company and will continue a4 Chairman of the local Loan Committee. George Watts Hill. Chairman of the Board of the Trust Company, joined Harrington in making the merger announcement. “The merger does not mean that there will be any major policy changes in the operation of the local bank. The Trust Company has always encouraged its out-of i town offices to be banks for their osßi communities. This means our Erkin manager and the Erwin Loan Committee will have a high degree of personal responsibility and freedom of action. I fully be lieve that no bank caH operate % Doris Duke Sues Mag For 3 Million SANTA MONICA, Calif. W ■Tobacco heiress Doris Duke, one of the world's richest women ac cused Confidential magazine in a 3-million-dollar suit today of de picting her “as carrying on a re lationship” with a member of a non-Caucasian race. In a Superior Court suit filed yesterday by attorney Jerry Gies ler. Miss Duke accused the maga zine of depiciting her in a recent illustrated article'of “carrying on’’ with a “brown-skinned individual in a manner that would imply an intimacy between the parties." Giesler said Mis* Duke was not (Continue* on Page Two) whether or net they wish to con tinue the 10 cents per acre for To bacco Associates to be used In ex panling Tobacco markets in For eign Countries. In the Tobacco Quota Ref ere*- dum farmers will have an eppor tunity to vote for Tobacco Quotsa for 1956 or Tobacco Quotas for 1956-51-58 or no Quota at ail. The polls in Harnett County will open at 8:00 a. m. and close Continued on Page Si*) in securing employment with the Lillington Garment Company. In terviews and aptitude tests will be given from 10 a. m. to noon and nom 2 to 4 p. m. The new indus trial building, which houses the shirt making plant is air-condi tioned throughout. MARRIAGE LICENSES Mar riage licences issued during the past week from the office of Mrs. Ines Harrington, county register of deeds, in Lillington have gone to the following couples: on July 19. to Robert Eugene Bely, 29 of Oak .(Oiwteanl m mm IM "* '' V ■■ ML SfßrJ**- ;•#> a *• W ’■ j* jJPy".' ■r FSBr MmmMmlmKMMmkmy . ■HHBT r - v fflK', t '•*s& »,3r* BILL HARRINGTON SAYS INDUSTRY MENACE^ Erwins Chairman Raps Tariff Cuts F. E. Grier, chairman of th« board of Emin Milk, said today that cotton textiles are beinf asked to beer virtually JJie entire load of economic aid to Japan and “the result may be the extermination «f an industry which ranks among the nation's top six.” His comment was prompted by recent tariff requations on textiles granted to Japan by the U. S. State Department at the General ■PL ■pHßagEgr'd | ri 1 mm ** 'a - JnH wjm -*• «- --if,,., m w m ‘ [ mmsk | 1 ■ fa| A ? I - 1 | _ I i *| Ek (■TAKE YOUR PICK —Sure to stand out on any beach are these unuraal anriiuavtits being modeled I flu Paris. From left they are: A ctctus model with thorns, a garter-trimmed design with net neck* ! I line, a mosaic two-piecer plated with mica, a heart-shaped Bikini, an atumeauan-scaled Bikini and a j ■model called “Gutenberg.” (after the famo*s winter) which feetaaa letters that inawe pxinti^iaj ■e The Record Is Firs* t IN CIRCULATION . . . NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Agreement of Tariffs and Trades Conference in Geneva. “I know that textile people in (Continued on Page Two) NO. 161 tke Believes Reds Really Seeking Peace GENEVA, Switzerland IW President Eisenhower and the Soviet delegates to the Big Four “summit’ confer ence agreed today they have readied a dead end on the - issues of German reunify a- tionand European security. ** That decision was reached after the Soviets at today's brief summit session put forward a European security proposal that was unac ceptable to the West. Yesterday’s conference session results indicated East and west were unable to get together, on German reunification. But in spite of these disappoint ments, President Eisenhower told his Russian opposite numbers to day he believes the Soviets want peace as sincerely as the rest of us. Both sides, he said, must find a bridge to peace. The abbreviated session lasted an hour and 45 minutes. It was devoted primarily to Rus sia’s outline of a security plan tor Europe that would ' require scuttl ing the North AtlanUc Treaty Cr | ganization—keysfone of the West j ern defense arrangement. Wee tern delegates called the So viet scheme unacceptable. It was agreed then that the prob- Continued oa Page Six) Tongay Tries To Hang Self, Asks Divorce MIAMI HP! Russell G. Tongay. : imprisoned for his A qua tot daugh ter’s diving death, sought a divorce today in a suit that said he hied to hang himself in his ceil. The buriey ex-Coast Guardsman filed the suit Tuesday in the Dade County Circuit Court charging his wife, Betty, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., with mental cruelty. Tongay, serving a 10-year man slaughter sentenoe for the death pt 6-year-old - Kathy Tongay in May of 1063, said he tried to commit suicide in Raiford State Prison be cause of despondency. He charged his wife has ceased loving fihn, has loet her desire to remain married to him and has visited him only once since he went to prison. They were mar ried her* in 1942.
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