Newspapers / The Daily Record (Dunn, … / July 27, 1955, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
* WEATHER <■ Today and Thursday generally fair and quite warm with only a few widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. High to day in the upper 80’s in the moun tains, 85 to 95 elsewhere. VOLUME 5 PLANE CARRYING 57 IS SHOT DOWN . fl ■ ta WOMEN LIKE ’EM TALL THEY LOVE GABLE Clark Gable Is shown here in a scene from, his latest movie, "The Tall Men," a rollick THE GREAT GABLE-Fact or Fable He's Fundamentally A Lone Wolf, But A Friendly Man (Fourth in a series of articles taking you behind the scenes in the life of Clark Gable, the Great Romantic, King of the Lovers. Copyright 1955 by The New York Daily News.) By JESS STEARN 4 * ) Parajdoxically, Clark‘Gable, jwhile fundamentally a lone wolf, is a friead ly ton, with a lively interest in others. -i During all the years ne was King of MGM, the legend of Clarlc Gable's in accessability grew to the point where he became widely regarded as a male Gar bo. Bishop Says Indecent Dress Tempts Devil ATLANTA (IP) Bishop Fran cis E. Hyland of the Savannah- Atlanta Catholic Diocese says “in decent and immoderate” female attire these days is bringing temp tation into “the very house of God.” In a pastoral letter read at mess es in all Georgia Catholic churches Sunday, the bishop criticized fa shions which “expose rather than over the body,” worn even at church by some women. The styles “constitute not only a source of temptation but even an occasion of sin,” he wrote The bishop urged Catholic women to dress so as to “safeguard and pro mote the virtue of Christian mo desty.” Bennett To Head City Circulation Jacob G. (Jakie) Bennett and his recently acquired wife have returned home to settle in Dunn. Bennett is the newly appointed city circulation manager for The Daily Record. t * vv^n J^^HNHWMjy£3toi|H ' I jfl W ■ j| ■V:''’ : ’*l' JAKIE BENNETT TELEPHONES 3117 • 3118 ing Western with Jane Russell. The picfure will be released this falL Affably aloof, was the way re porters most often described him. And when one gained a rare inter view .with the celebrated star, it was 'usually with the expectation of a bonus or a raise as though some sensational news beat had been scored. When Gable closed the books on 23 years with MGM and moved over to 20th Century to make two profit-sharing pictures, the myth 6of aloofness was promptly shatter ed. MGM DICTATED HIS ATTITUDE, HE .SAYS He gave out freely with “career” Interviews, and recently turned down a publisher’s SIOO,OOO offer for a life story, only because he felt he couldn’t take the money and then insist on exercising cen sorship here and there. This apparent reversal in atti tude perplexed one interviewer i who found the star as gracious off | the screen as on. “What.” he was asked, “changed your attitude toward publicity the fact that you’re in business for yourself?” ! Gable grinned. “I haven’t chan (Continued On Page Four) The new city circulation manager today was hard at work reorganiz ing and revamping the city circu lation distribution system. SYSTEM REVAMPED “We are revamping the entire city delivery system to offer to the people of Dunn for the first time in history real personalized ser vice.” said Mr. Bennett today. He pointed out that in view of the changes it might take a couple more weeks to have the new sys tem running smoothly. “In the meantime,” he said, K we hope our customers will bear with us.” He pointed out that citizens havl been unusually patient and cooperative and added. “We intend to give the ver? finest service pos sible." In the event you should miss a copy of The Record during this change-over, you are requested to (Continued on Page Two) The Daily Record And The Bride Was Lovely In Her Skin TINY TOWN. Colo. (W CoL Herbert Lindle, 60, and Louise West, 48, braved the chilly mountain air last evening for a wedding in the nude before some 80 guests at the Colorado Sunshine Club. The bridesmaid was stripper Ev elyn ($50,000 Treasure Chest) West, who wore only a large bouquet of flowers. Best man was John Garri son, president of the club and ev evy inch a nudist. The guest list included New York columnist Earl Wilson, who digni fied a pair of striped swim trunks with a black coat and silk hat, and New York real estate promo ter William Zeckendorf, who came attired as a western sheriff. The minister, known only as Homer, conducted the rites in full attire although he is a member of the club in good standing. The bride couldn’t refrain from an occasional shiver during the brief ceremony. She and Lindle, of San Antonio, Texas, embraced three times for photographers be fore she called it quits and slipped into a red housecoat. T.indie don ned a shirt and hurried his bride into the club for the reception. Miss West apparently felt the warmth of photographers’ flash bulbs sufficient. She remained out side for some time to chat with Zeckendorf, keeping her wits and her corsage about her. “I’m like the kid when he saw the giraffe,’ Zeckendorf said later. “If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t believe it.” —i, —« KUm. of sort* men It o swtvl choir. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 1955 Exchange Os Visits Among Ike's Proposals WASHINGTON <IP) Pres ident Eisenhower said today he discussed with Russian] leaders at Geneva the pos-| sibility of exchanging visits,] of high officials of both gov-1 ernments to further the! friendly atmosphere gerier-1 ated at the summit ence. | He told his news conference that | no definite plans were made. But# in his personal contacts with Rus-f sian leaders, he said, there was.t talk about improving opportunities|j for such personal contacts at every echelon of government from the top down. Ranging over a wide variety of subjects from a new grandchild on the way to the Senate Investigation of Air Secretary Harold E. Talbott he also told reporters: 1. He will make an intensive study and decide personally, after the current Senate hearings are completed, whether Talbott has violated government ethics by his profit-sharing partnership in a management engineering firm that does business with some defense contractors. Talbott announced today that htf is withdrawing from the firm. f 2. He feels there eventually may have a meeting with Red China on the foreign ministers’ level M discuss Far East problems. But the scheduled meeting of U., S. and Red Chinese ambassadors at Gp 6ev» Aug. 1 will-be concerned pfi njarily, so far as this country is concerned, with obtaining the re lease of Americans held in Red China. 3. He is joyfully looking forward to the birth of a fourth grandchild i sometime around Christmas. His daughter-in-law, Barbara Eisen hower, broke the good news to him when he got home from Geneva. 4. The Big Four conference was a hopeful beginning which if handled wisely, may lead to bene fits for all of mankind. But the •vendly atafospHere dreated at Geneva will not cause this country to let down its defenses. ; 5. His old friend, Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov, told him * during their private meetings at ’ Geneva that Russia has a deep desire for peace. 6. Presidential assistant Sher man Adams has assured him that (Continued On Page Eight) Error Proves Very Costly To Dunn Man Frank Weaver, Sr. of Dunn is beginning to think that he’s jinxed. It’s all because of a slight error —but the error is proving quite embarrassing as well as inconven ient and expensive. Weaver, well-known Dunn me chanic, received his new driving iicens on June 19th. The very next day, to his sur prise, he received a letter from the revocation department of the State Highway Safety Division notifying him that his license had been re voked because of his driving drunk conviction at Hillsboro on Juae 13th. I (Continued On Page Eight) + Record Roundup + APPROVED Dunn veterans interested in the technical end of radio and television might note that the Winston College of Radio 56 Burke Street, Winston-Salem, N. C., the Harnett County veter ans’ office said today that this school has been approved by the Veterans Administration. It is sup posed to be an exceptionally good school with courses in the object ive of electronic technician. Courses cover radio, radio operation, tele vision and drawing. If interested check with the Veterans Adminis tration office in Lilllngton. g^KHaw j gSil»yp s sMl-, \ MMEoFI , v- ■: -jm I THESE CHANGING TIMES Scenery changes with time and old landmarks give way to progress. Workmen are shown here with up rooted trees as the task of widening Clinton Ave ' nue in Dunn gets underway. The street will be Talbott Leaving Business i WASHINGTON <W Air ■ Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott told Senate investi gatoM today he is pulling out of%is $60,000-a-year pri vate business partnership. Meanwhile, President EisenhSW-1 ei said he personally will study the record in the Talbot case and decide whether the air secretary has violated ethics of government. 1 The President said at his news conference he will make the study after the Senate investigating sub committee finishes its inquiry into RSaßwttfs outside business acti vities. Talbott told a reporter he does not intend to resign as Air Force secretary. He made that statement on entering the subcommittee room as the investigation was resumed. NOTHING DISHONEST Then he took the stand and told the investigators he has done no thing dishonest or illegal in his Pentagon post to further his inter- , est in Paul B. Mulligan & Co., management engineers But he said he now realizes he was '‘mistaken” in using his office and Air Force stationery to help the firm’s business. “My greatest concern in the world is the Air Force” Talbott isald, reading from a prepared statement. “I’ve lived it and worked it until it Is part of my body. “Rather than injure the Afr Force I would divest myself of the Mulligan & Co. interest ten times over.” Therefore he said he took legal action on July 22 to end his part nership. Talbott read to the subcommittee a letter to his partner dated July 22 the day after he told the sub committee he would quit the firm if the senators thought it would help the Air Force. SEGREGATION ENDED SAN ANTONIO, Tex (ffl The San Angelo school board unex pectedly abolished segregation in all its schools today. board previously had dis cussed the matter of desegregation j but had given no hint it was ready to take action. BOYETTE REUNION Tne annual Boyette Reunion will be on 7th August at the home of Mrs. Jane Sutton- Boyette, Routelll, 1 Newton Grove, N. C. Friends and Relatives will be welcome for the • noon picnic style lunch. SPRJNGFIBU), 111. <W -Four ’ of the 102 counties in Illinois had no fatal traffic accidents in 1954 The counties were Edwards, Har din, Pope and Putnam. The first three are in southern Illinois, Put nam in the north-centrai section. I 44 feet wide, from curb to curb, when completed and will serve as an alternate to the new High way 391. Practically all ths trees on both North Clinton and South Clinton will be removed. (Daily Record Photo.) Coats Plans Hyge Centennial Event Plans for an elaborate celebration in Coats on Thurs day, October 13 during the Harnett County Centennial were outlined at a meeting held last night at the Coats Baptist Church. Four Negroes Rape Young White Girl FAIRFAX, Va. iTP)—Flour Negro boys raped a 29-year-old white woman early today in a lover’s lane near Washington, D. C., while holding her male companion at bay with a toy pistoi. Fairfax County police arrested the boys within a few hours. They admitted the crime, police said. A fifth Negro boy was present during the attack, but police said he apparently did not participate in it. The youths were 14 and 15 years (Continued On Page Eight) SAY JANE RUSSELL IS A BUST ~ Visiting Russians Declare Every Man Needs A Monroe vfijg Mm'- jKm KBPWRJ mm Mm ■fr The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY “History of Education m Har nett County” will be of,. the Coats day, OwenV Odum, area chairmin, -who pre dicted the event will attract the largest crowd in the town’s his tory. Dr. L. H. Campbell, chairman of the Centennial Committee, and William B. Eaton, executive direc tor, met with the Coats area com mittee to bring the local group up to-date on general Centennial cele bration plans. County Superintendent of Schools G. T. Profflt, who will be invited to participate in the Education Day program, was present and spoke briefly on the history of the pub. tic schools. PAGEANT SLATED Highlight of the Coats celebra tion will he the presentation by Coats school children of an original pageant depicting the story of the county schools. This pageant will (Continued On Page Eight) ' HOLSTEIN, lowa (IP) [ The visiting Russian farm experts were tightlipped to day about America’s agri cultural and military might. But they had positive opin ions about the nation’s movie queens. Marilyn Monroe won enthusiastic praise. One of the Russians echoed the sentiments of many American men by proclaiming “every man should have one like that.** But Jane Russell doesn’t appeal to the Soviets. “The only thing she has is a bust," one of them said. The Russians took time out from their tour or hot. Rwa farmlands to slip into air-cooied movie the aters and inspect America’s most publicized girls. N. M. Gureev based his judgment of Marilyn Monroe on her perform ance in The Seven Year Itch." The Russian implied that girls es I (OeattMrt m PM* Two) |> NO. 167 5 Americans On Plane Hit By Commies TEL AVIV, I s r a e 1 OP) Communist Bulgarian anti aircraft guns today were re ported to have shot down an El A1 Israel airliner carry ing 57 persons, including at least five American tourists. Reports from Greek frontier guards said the plane was seen going down in a forced landing in side Red Bulgarian Territory. The plane was smoking and aflame af ter being hit by anti - aircraft shells. The Bulgarian government con firmed that the plane had crashed inside Bulgaria and “invited" El Al’s commercial representative in Greece to cross the fronUer ‘‘to view the wreckage.” No mention was made of survivors. The pilot of the Constellation was British Capt. Stanley Hinks, a wartime wing commander in the Royal Air Force who won several decorations. His radio officer was an American named Chalmers. The Israeli Foreign Office said the plane was down near Tsir Banovo, Bulgaria. There was no immediate report* of the fate of the 50 passengers and seven crew members aboard the four-engined, American - built Constellation plane. Grek authorities said they rush ed investigators to the border near thp Greek villages es Surbanovo as KSerres. They were unable to aj . the victims or investigate the cthh, because the plane fell inside “Red territory. Olfficials of El Al said among tha Americans aboard were a Mr«. Sheinbaum and a Mrs. Kate and her daughter who boarded the plane at London. • Reports received here said Brit ish diplomats in Sofia were at tempting to get information on the (Continued On Pajfe Eight) ——•— Wally Cox Fired Again ; Act Flops LAS VEGAS Nev. IW The ; management of the Dunes Hotel said today it fired comedian Wally ’ Cox for the second time in less ■ than two weeks because “he was . miserable and had no more busi ness appearing here than on the moon." Cox television’s timid Mr. Peep ers, was fired last night for failing , to “cut the mustard" on his sec -1 ond chance as the headliner act ■ 111 the Dune’s Arabian Room. A 1 hotel spokesman said, “He could- IContinued On Page Eight) ■I _HHi
The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 27, 1955, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75