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PAGE TWO BULLETINS MALMOE, Sweden OP) Motorists were breathing eas ier today with the arrest of the “barbed wire gang.” Police said two teen-aged girls confessed they sirung wire across highways in an attempt to behead a fickle motorcycle-rid ing lover. ROME (IP Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino was on route today by plane for a two week visit to Pakistan, India and Ceylon. ALGECIRAS, Colombia (IP An estimated 30 persons were drowned in this southeast Colombian border town by a flash flood that swept away 50 homes today. MANILA, P. I. IP U. S. Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived today for talks with Ameri can and Philippine defense officials. KHARTOUM, Sudan (IP) The new Sudanese tricolor will be raised Sunday for the first time in celebration of the independence of Sudan. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina OP) Former Army Min ister Gen. Franklin Lucero, who commanded forces loyal to Juan D. Peron before he was overthrown, has been sen tenced to loss of his rank and use of his uniform for “most grave misconduct.” KEY WEST, Fla. (IP) President Eisenhower today fol lowed the prescription of his doctors for relaxation and exercise with diligence and vigor. He set the pattern for his recreational program Wednesday when he hit golf balls on a naval baseball diamond for 30 minutes, then took a 55-minute walk around the Navy reservation where heis expected to stay until about January 8. Since the President is not an ardent devotee of ocean swimming or deep sea fishing. WASHINGTON (IP The Nike antiaircraft guided missile is the next advanced weapon likely to be sent to Europe to strengthen Western defenses, it was learned to day. The missile itself probably will not be sent overseas for more than a year. But in the meantime, launching sites, including underground storage rooms, will be con structed for the Nike. WASHINGTON (IP Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga) said today he thinks Congress must make a “serious reap praisal” of the foreign aid program next year. George is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which handles foreign aid legislation and would handle any such reappraisal insofar as the Senate is concerned. WASHINGTON (IP The nation’s health authorities are worried about diphtheria. 1 They expected a sharp drop in cases this year because this has been the pattern for more than a decade. But it didn’t happen. There have been early as many cases this year as in 1954. \ / Little Tilings (Continued from fife Om) phoning to complain about some thing in the paper. ' “You’picked the Maid of Cot ton,” replied Jim McMillen, who directed the Clayton festival. "Well, not exactly." we protest ed, trying oar oest to be modest but pleased as punch atx>ut the •whole affair. Oh yes you did,” insisted Jim. • “You cast the deciding vote for her.” he reminded. “You can now qualify as one of the nation s experts when It comes to picking pretty girls,” he added. Jim was laying it on a little thick. They were having a celebration in Clayton and Jim thought about tis and called, He s a nice guy. Jim had dinner with Pat’s pa rents in Raleigh earlier in the Sight. “Her father was on pins and needles,” said Jim. “You’d thought he was getting ready to give birth to a baby or something," he laugh ed. We suggested that the announce ment must have really sent him into a dither and Jim agreed. Several other friends over the State phoned us during the next hour. Finally, we phoned Western Union in Raleigh and got off a telegram of congratulations to Pat at the Hotel Peabody in Memphis, reminding her that die has a date to visit Dunn during her reign as Maid of Cotton. You can bet your last dollar Dunn is going to play host to the Maid of Cotton before this year Is over, too. Selection as Maid of Cotton is a wonderful thing for any girl, ft means, among other things, about #50,000 in cash, a trip to Europe, travel all over the United States and acclaim and accollade wherever •he goes. In many ways, the re ward is greater than that of being Miss America. And are re proud of Pat! Natur ally l Maybe nor? when we give a gal the once-over and express the op inion, that she’s pretty our friends will treat opr opinion with a little more respect than in the past. And when our sweet little wife Catches us gawkipg at some gor geous doll and reminds us. as she frequently does. “Honey, you're Just getting old," we Aah now re ply. “Y«s, Darling, but I’m not too pld yet to pick « pretty girl!” She wa* waiting up for us last night and sighed, playfully with her sweetest smile. “I know you're going to be hard to get ftlohg with n<Ar” We Just grinned in our best ©hfessy-cat manner BIRTHDAYS: Today la the of • George Blalock, Jr., Mencedea. Cgrroll, Uwy» lAUmgr. Charles Norman, Mrs Monk Jack eon. Mrs. Bert Alabaster and Mrs B C Pridgen m I I m ifi lßr CROSLEY "MAGIC HE—'"' |W^ THERM-A-TOUCH Hf presses against fbe \ lour old cook stove may be burnt out, no good, aggravatin’, ornery, pan and guards your “ r Jdst plain no fount ... It may be a wood burner an oil burner fS? b tT; DITION- ** ‘ REGARDLESS OF TYPE OR CON^ * Mml a , mmri » ammm mm' B it's WORTH | If you trade it on this |l| SUPER DELUXE CROSLEY ELECTRIC |flMB ■ RANGE With Every Want* WVC ™ J Special Feature Available NOW 1. Double Oven , • 5. SeU-Sealln* Both with automatic Clock Con- Oven doors Affl^nllP trol 6. Minute timer il »PtBiJU 2. Infinite Heat Speed 7. Charcoal-Type On all units • Broiling WU 3. Tel-A-Speed Switches 8. Automatic W 4. Deep Well Cooker *• Appliance outlet Deep Fat Fryer 9. Super-Speed Unit ~ Rake with automatic Raisable Unit Temperature Control , n d.’ffilffiii.I Johnson Cotton Company tT4 W. Broad Sheet . Dunn. N.C. Heflins (Continued from Page One) meddling bugs. With the set they are to sell, says Jack, the householder can clean up the house from basement to attic, stmonize his car, do any spray painting he chooses, knock over bugs with the Pest Control unit and a De-Moth-er. shampoo furni ture and rugs, and sterilize and air wash mattresses. Survivor of 185 parachute jumps and of an, infinite number of re hearsals with the 82nd Airborne Di vision's Band. Jack was a first sergeant and didn’t have much latrine duty, but he has a healthy respect for the importance which ciean-up problems assume around a home or around the nation. A Colorado native he was draft ed into the service in World War 11. He was around for a combat ATLANTA (IP Atomic scientists and agricultural ex perts indicated today that plant diseases may be chased right off the farm some day by atomic energy. WASHINGTON IP American cigarette manufactur ers this year turned out enough cigarettes to provide ev ery man, woman and child with 125 packs. The Agricul ture Department said yesterday the tobacco industry man ufactured 414 billion cigarettes. WASHINGTON IP Rep. E. Y. Berry (R-SD) said to day failure to boost support prices on next year’s crops would mean “political suicide” for Republicans and “eco nomic suicide” for farmers, lie said he came to this con clusion after surveying the effects of the farm price de cline on residents of his congressional district. X \ ATLANTA (IP Scientists pondered today what to do about a crisis in science education that is putting the United States far behind Russia in the training of techni cal specialists. BALING, Malaya (IP Two days of peace talks aim ed at ending the eight - year -old Communist rebellion in the Malayan jungles ended in failure today. TOKYO (IP U. S. Air Force Secretary Donald A- Quarles said today the U. S. Far East Air Forces will be beefed up to meet the constant buildup of Communist jet air strength in Asia. ATLANTA (IP A Navy scientist said today that earth satellites to be launched during the International Geog physical Year “herald the eventual breaking of the chains that bind man to earth.” WASHINGTON (IP The State Department expects to have ready early next year, probably in January, its re port on the “cruel and inhuman treatment” of American civilian prisoners by the Chinese Reds. THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN. N. GL jump at the time of the Rhine crossing wher-e he picked up a shrapnel nicks and the Purple Heart. But he turned out to love the service so much that he kept signing on and on. The last time he signed it was for an indefinite (beyond three years) stretch. Some where along the line his love paled In March of 1955 he said goodbye to the home he hadn’t quite founc* in the Army, gave up commuting to Fort Bragg, and started to live tulltime with his family which in cludes Mrs. Heflin and her son bv a previous marriage, 14-year-oid Jack. Because Jack will be in school here until this Spring, the Heflins will not immediately move to Fay etteville, which they plan to make headquarters for their distributor ship. The office is already hired, however. It’s at 4535 Bragg Boule \ard. The Heflins will be available for demonstrations in Dunn for some time to come. Mrs. Heflin is as erttfouiaatio about the new business as Jack is to join it, she gave up her position as manager at the Sears office, where she had been since coming to Dunn six years ago. A native of j Johnston County, Mrs. Heflin wort- j ed at the Wilson and Greenville olfices of Sears before coming here. Quirts (Continued from Pago Ono) pected the Dionnes would tear up telegrams bringing w-ord of the offer, on grounds they don’t want publicity. The girls had planned to go to Callander at New ' Years, when Yvonne and Cecile will have three days off from L’Esperance Hospi tal where they are student nurses. But since their father made his statements about them becoming separated from the family, the spokesman said, they decided to assert their independence by let ting him wait to see them. Instead, they might go home later in Janu ary. ... y;.. 7 , Edwards said that despite the rift, the girls still love their par ents and plan to continue support ing them with the money that has piled up in their name since they were born. Whats Ahead (Continued from Pag* om) will be matched oy a swift rise in .the production and sale of color receivers, already coming off the assembly line in steadily increas ing tempo. Movies: Dore Schary, head of Metro Goldwyn Mayer. I don’t pre dict any radical or brand new me chanical developments in the next year. But I do believe that the quality otf motion pictures will im prove markedly due to the com petition of other entertainment media. I think the motion picture industry will have a very good year and a very big year. WASHINGTON FORECAST From Washington the predictions represent a synthesis of views of the best-informed people available: Foreign Affairs: No East-West shooting war but the cold war will rock along with the Russians con tinuing to block unification of Ger many. No disarmament agreement likely. Red China will be kept out of the United Nations at least for 1956. Agriculture: Farm income' will decline further. Retail prices l will remain about the same. Better Roundup (Continued from Page One’ family. ALERT CALLED A twelve - hour alert is scheduled for Ground Observers in Dunn. It will be eight to eight on January 8 announced Supervisor Corky Cretini who said the alert is to be known as “Sky train X.’’ Time assignments wiil be given observers later. LIVESTOCK SCHOOL A county-wide livestock school will be conducted on Friday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p. m. in the courthouse in Lillington. Jack Kelly and Sam Buchanan, animal husbandry ex perts from the N. C. Extension Ser vice, will be the instructors. Coun ty Agent C. R. Ammons toda/ urg ed ail growers of hogs and cattle to take advantage of this instruc tion, open without charge to any livestick producer in ’ the county. H - D COUNCIL OFFICERS The first meeting of the Harnett County Council of Home Demons tration Clubs for 1956 ’will be held on Monday, Jan. 2 at 2 p. m. in the auditorium of the county agri culture budding. Monday will be observed as a New Year’s Holiday by ah county offices, but Miss Thelma Hinson, home agent, ex plained that in order not to disturb the order of the local home demo nstration clubs it was necessary to meet on Monday. New officers, from the to the county leva), will take of*ce for the first time in January. The topic at each ci’ub during the month will include brief ing leaders on their duties and ac quainting them with the year’s program ahead. COMMISSIONERS TO WORK, TOO Although Monday, Jan. 2 w ill be a holiday for most county employees, except teachers, the county commissioners will hold their usual First Monday session on January 2, That means that farm techniques probably will keep production high despite acreage oontrols. Atomic Energy: Private develop ment of atomic power will get into high gear. New agreements will be made under which the United States will help more foreign coun tries in nuclear research and es tablishing atomic power plants, the U. S. nuclear weapons stockpile will be expanded and Improved. Politics: . A President of the United States will be elected, but no crystal gazers were available to predict who it will be. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 29, I9li Mrs. Inez Harrington, clerk to th? board, W. A. Johnson, county at torney and Herbert Carson, Jr , auditor, also will be on call for the same session. MARRIAGE LICENSES—A mar riage license was issued Dec. 22 from the office of the register of deeds in Lillington to Donald Keith Holcomb of Graham. Texas and Edith Ann Tripp. 16, Dunn, Route 3; on Dec 28 to Daniel Val vie Jones, Jr., 25, of Bolton and Mary Joyce Ausley, 22, Lillington. TAX LISTBRG TIME After mgmm | Can Hold Your Ruptur* llf And Give You Comfort and Rttfef df, Without An Old-Fashioned Type Truaa I Ed. F. Hill, Specialist, of the Oobbs Truss Wm %'■ Company, will be at Hood’s Drug Stare in .?* % ; I Dunn. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 30TH, 9 A. ML TO 1 P. M. ONLY. TW nut ..usual 5 Lb. PORK BAn(l g SPARE BRAINS Ribs 39t It'd Bod 29( FRYERS BACON Lb. 39C LB. Closed Monday For New Year's YOU ALL COME The Market Basket 202 N. CLINTON AVE. DIAL 2156 SAME BUILDING WITH G & W POULTRY Save The Cash Way / Tuesday. Jan. 3 tax listers throughout the county will hav the books open in every town- .40 for listing otf real and perse ; 1 property for taxes. Already notice have been placed in the n»i.,- to around 800 non-rendent propen 7 owners, but Harnett resident, me t seek listers and report tax:-, ale property. It was exactly ten yea s ago tills month that the office of tax supervisor was created. This marks the tenth year that Berios Johnson has held that position, in that span of time valuation ,{ Harnett property has risen from 27 million to 53 million dollars.
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