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♦ WEATHER * Partly cloudy In the northeast. Considerable cloudiness el«e*ghere and cool today with occasional Ultht rain Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 3117 - 31 IS DUNN, N. C„ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20. 1956 • FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 140 PATROLMAN TURNS PHOTOGRAPHER — To help oat with a massive study of automobile in juries involving new model cars. Patrolman Pauv Alberghlne (seen here) and other North Carolina highway safety officers are submitting extensive report* and many photographs of wrecks which they Investigate. Car above was a 19M Chevrolet —and very beautiful, too — until two nights ago when It went off the road. See below. (Daily Record Photo by Ted Crail) JhsAs JiHto f JhunqA •? HOOm ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS Attorney L. L. Levinson o< Ben- ■ ton figures th* tit will probably rain Sunday . * . Sunday is the day pf the big Ben-on Singing Convention and the popular attor ney says It very often rains that i day ... He has been a ram-rod j in the singing convention for many years and does a good Job of it. too . . . Dorothy KilgaHen, famed New j York writer, said in her newspaper ,; column last night. "Bandleader Tony Pastor's son Ouy is getting j the close once-over from recording : Coo tin oeg on Page Stan Crash Information Goes To Cornell Patrolman Paul Alberghine, like other North Caro lina highway safety officers, is compiling special infor mation for Cornell University Medical College on accidents involving 1956 model cars. First to come his way since the study began was a wreck night be fore last in which a new 1056 Chev ro4et two-door sedan was aunost to tally demolished. The owner and driver of the car, Charles Franklin Butler, is a carpenter who lives on Dunn Route 3. Butler received a gash in the forehead when his car turned over on the highway near the Parrish Oarage four miles north of Coats. The wound was sewed up at Dunn Hospital and Butler was released. Butler’s car went off the road at 7:45 p. m. Monday night. Just as a wild storm was kicking up its beets around Coats, Alberghine. fighting his way to the scene said it took. him 45 minutes to go 12 miles. At one time the storm was so bad he "couldn't see to know where the road was” and had to stop. On arrival, he found the Butler Chevy had traveled 80 feet beyond the point of impact. Tire marks were still clearly visible after the storm had cleared off the neat day and showed the course of the car into the ditch. Alberghine conduct ed what examination he could, and was following up yesterday with a fuller examination. Complete data will be forwarded on the wreck to the Cornell Medi cal Center which is Correlating millions of pieces of data from (Continued On Pago Two) KEATON SAYS FIGURES REAL BACK THEN Sweaterspert OKs Marilyn, Says Others Just Too Big By ALINE MOSBY United Press Hollywood Reporter HOLLYWOOD W — When Bus ter Keaton reflect* upon the five most beautiful sweater girl* of all time in the movies, he thinks df bosomy beauties back in mother's day. And what about the busty queens of 1966? Either top-heavy or phony, he charges. The famed silent screen comed ian didnt even hesitate when I asked him about the champions of today? Jane, Oina, Sophia and the rest. "Too big*" -aid Keaton. "Marilyn Monroe ia all right, though,’* he added. To him the moat beautiful sweater girls “aren’t necessarily the biggest, but the most beauti ful.” On his list the undisputed champ of all time” Is the late Bar bara LaMarr. ALL-OVER BEAUTY “She had beautiful proportions plus a gorgeous face," he said. “Nowadays the girls concentrate too much on the bust, ft's the all over proportions that count.” The other Keaon champs in the measurement department are Bil lie Dove, Betty Blyth. OUie Thom and Jean Harlaar—all stars 35 and more years ago Buster explained he picked old timers because In those days the female figures were not only not top-heavy, but real. “The girls who had good figures iidnt wear bras or girdles,’’ he =old. “Today you never know whether a girt'a figure Is real or not." Keaton picked his list at the studio where he’s teaching Donald O'Connor his famous falls and stunts for a movie on the dead pan comic's life. | BUST RETIREMENT Buster is extra busy these days. He also appears often on televis ion. And with the fortune he col lected from Paramount for his story he’s setting up a one-acre “ianch" far out in the San Fer nando Valley. Every day Keaton show* O’Con nor his routines as they rehearse for the picture Between scenes the veteran made out his list of cheesecake beauties and .showed it to another expert on females in Hollywood history, Director C. B. DeMUle ' “DeMllle wanted to add Nita Naldi. but I said no. She was a big girl" mid Keaton. “If they want sire, ril my | Marie Dreader! She had such a Rec. Board Taking Budget Before Council A tentative budget for the city recreation department which runs to "eight or nine thousand dollars," according to the vice-chairman of the recreation board, will be pu!t before the city council Thursday night. This U a lower figure than was submitted last year. The tentative budget waa adopted at a tpeclal meeting of the recreation board which convened Monday night, with the vice-chairman. R A Duncan. Jr., presiding. City Manager A. B. Uarie. Jr., recently warned that recreation and other special activities sup ported by the town may receive no appropriation unle«* the town is successful in finding some new source of revenue. TtWEE-WAT SUPPORT In the past, recreation activities have been sustained jointly by city funds. United Fund allotments, and self-support .from swimming pool receipts. Mrs. -John Dalyrmple, a member of the recreation board, reported that attendance and participation records were gone over at the Monday meeting. The reports showed that a total of 6,760 par ticipated in all activities sponsored by the department. While this represents some du plication (the same child paiti cipettr* In several countable cate gories). It demoradratos that many Ideal children have been benefit ting from the diverse program of the recreation department. Vice-chairman Duncan stated that the reason the budget is at a somewhat lower figure tris year is becauw the department has drop ped the idea of a year-round, full time director. Following the resignation of Gene Driver last winter, the board did not hire a new fulltime direc tor until Dunn High's Coach Jim Brown was hired to supervise the various program in progress dur (Oaattawed an Pago Two! DOUBLE HONORS — Two Wilmington boys, Bob by Matthews (center) and Jimmy Cherry (right) composed the only team to win two first places in the annual 4-H Club District Elimination Con tests held in LJUington on Tuesday. And Harnett County 4-H Club leader Bertha Lois Ray, (left) eras the first to congratulate them. The New Hanover presented by contestant* front 17 Southeastern Counties. District winners will partctipate In the finals daring State 4-H Club Week in Raleirh. More than 35® clnb boys and girls and 5® Extension Ser vice Specialists attended. Suicide Banker Left Shortage KINSTON W — A thoAugh check of the books of the First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. was in progress here today in the wake of the suicide of a bank official who confessed a shortage. Joseph Edward Peterson, vice - president of the company and c^ief here shot himself to death Mon day night in his office at the bank Coroner Raymond Jarman ruled the death a suicide. Before shooting himself with a .38 caliber pistol, the highly re spected banker wrote two notes, one to his wife and the other jo hank President R P. Holding of Smithfleld. Contents of the notes were not disclosed but Holding said Peter son "admitted a shortage and as sumed full responsibility for the same, saying It was incurred with out the knowledge of his associ ates.” (Continued On Page Two) ! + Record Roundup + DRIVING TROPHIES — Faye C. | Avery of Coats and William J. Creech <rf Benson,. district winners in a School Bus Road-E-O, didn’t make the winners circle in the state contest. But each of them received a handsome silver trophy from, Pyramid life Insurance Co. of I Charlotte as a district winner. Top j Bus drivers in state were Miss Alice l Faye Patrick Of Greensboro and I Robert M. Dunn of Hillsboro. Each received a $500 scholarship from the North Carolina State Automo bile. Association. Sixty high school students — each a district cham pion — participated in the contest on the UNC campus. FAMILY NIGHT — New Jaycee President Paul Perry said today iCwttastl Oi Pn«t TW | BEFORE FLEEING WITH MONEY | Armed Bandit Kills Man, Injures Wife JEFFERSON, Ga. (W — Police widened a search today for a bandit who killed %4perchant in a bedroom glut duel last night, knocked the victim’s wife unconscious and fled with an empty money bag. Police found »-y»ar-old Chariot Drake, his body pierced by three pistol shots, dying on bis bedroom floor. His wallet was missing but about *5.000 cash remained con* cealed in an inner pocket. Drake's pistol lay nearby, police said. Drake apparently bad rushed to the bedroom for the weapon, police said. The bandit wgs described as a short-statured, swarthy man 20 to 25 yeprs old wearing fatigues. Mrs. Drake said she remained in the rear of the house while her husband fought with the intruder, at one point smashing through a glass door. After the shooting, she said, the bandit beat her. Sheriff John Brooks (prated the woman as saying the bandit in terrupted her attempt to call po lice from her telephone the only one in the rural neighborhood, ripped out the telephone and beat her with the receiver. On reviving, she ran to a neigh bor’s home 200 yards away. Her screams aroused Ptl. Hoyt Jack son. at home in another nearby house, who ran to the scene. Jack son hailed a pasing autoist who SHERWIN-WILLIAMS OPENS TOMORROW Ribbon - Cutting At 10 A. M. Everything was in readi-1 ness today for the grand op ening tomorrow of the new Sherwin-Williams paint store in the Quinn Shopping Cen ter on West Cumberland St. The ribbon - cutting ceremonies will take place Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, with city and county officials, civic leaders of the areti and officials of Sherwin Williams in attendance.. Branch Manager Lawrence Mar shburne said today that all arran gements have been completed and that he is expecting a large crowd. Among local dignitaries who will take part In the grand opening festivities, are: Mayor Ralph E. Hanna. President Charlie Hildretn of the Chamber of Commerce: J. Edgar Black. Jr. of the Retail Merchants Association; Miss Becky Lee, the current “Miss Dunn:” Chairman Lofton A. Tart of the county board of commissioners; Former Mayor Earf McD. West brook; Grover C. Henderson, for mer chamber president, founder of Quinn Shopping Center and owner of the building, and various other AMONG HONOR GUEST8 — Lofton A. Tort, left, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioner*, and J. Edgar Black, right, chairman of the Dunn Retail Merchants Association, win among the local dignitaries and guests of honor participating ribbon-cutting ceremonies formally opening the now Sherwin-Wil liams Paint Store in Dunn Thursday morning at IS o'clock. In addition to these two widely-known business men. serious other officials, cteto leaders and other notables win be among the big erewd wrioiit Nr. Tart is president of The Commercial Bank , and Mr. Blaeh la owner if Star Furniture Co. WK? summoned help. The Georgia Bureau of Investi gation, the State Highway Patrol and police and sheriff s officers of tour counties Joined a search. The officers first tnrew up block ades on all roads but latter with drew them after learning from Mrs. Drake that she may have been unconscious for several hours before she revived and started' screaming. Worst Airliner Crash On Record None Rescued NEW YORK (IP) — A Ven ezuelan airline Super Con** tellation burst into flames and crashed into the Atlant ic Ocean today, killing 74 persons aboard, including 20 Americans in the worst reg ular civilian airline disaster in aviation history. The plane plummeted at almost a 90-degree ancle, hit the water, bur-4 into flames and disappeared In full view of passenger* aboard an Eastern Airlines flight to Puef* to Rico and a Coast Ouard am phibian Albatross. The Linea Aeropostal Venezo lana LAV airliner was attempt ing to limp back to New York's Idlewild Airport with one of its crashed Into calm aeas at 12:33 a. m. EST. The Coast Ouard reported It had “no hope for survivors" hot could not officially declare all aboard the plane dead until the bodies had been recovered or a sufficient search time had elapsed. NAVY SHIP ON SCENE The U. S. Navy transport * U. Robert Craig, first ship to leash the scene, reported "recovery of two bodies and sighting of several more.'' Location of the disaster wap 4t degree* 10 minutes north latitude and 73 degrees 15 minutes went longitude, about 38 miles east of Asbury Park. N. J., and 80 miles south of New York City. /The airUnel was about 200 miles out of New York flying nonstop to Caracas. Veneaueia, whan fas pilot radioed at 11 dM p. m. EST that the number two engine was running wild and he was return* Inv to Idlewild. The loss of 74 lives was the largest death toil of any regular airline service crash. It eras the fourth worst crash in aviation his* toly. On June 10. 1963. a TUB. Aid (Continued On Pago Two) Winners Announced In 4-H Contest Winners were announced late yesterday in the District 4-H con test at LiQington which brought around 400 boys and girls, leaders in the 4- clubs of 17 eastern coun ties, into competition with each other. bobby Matthews, and Jimmy Hanover county were the only dou ble-winners at the meet, the pair taking first place in dairy manage ment and forestry both. TEAMWORK STRESSED The majority of the demonstra tions given yesterday involved team work and the winners were mostly in teams. Eighteen different sub jects were covered. The 4-H'ers were out to show ways and means of improving farm life. Cotton production and market ing demonstrations were appraised by Glenn Tussey, specialist. Win ners were Bruce Bell of Route 1, Max ton, and Perry Lowry of Row land in Robeson County. Forage crops — Carl Blake, spec ialist, winners, Carlton Baldwin and Harold Coffee of WbltevUle Col umbus County. Peanut productf§Q and marketing — A- D. Stewart, specialist; winner, Jesse Simmons, Fayetteville Cumberland County. BEEltEEPlNG Bee-keeping — W. A. Stephen, specialist; winner, Billy Shepherd Aberdeen Moore County. Dairy foods—Virginia Wilson, specialist; individual winner, Gwendolyn Mo Blood Clot Takes Injured Mans Lite City Employee James McNeill, seriously injured two weeks ago when a tree limb accidentally struck him, died Monday evening. The cause of death was given as a blood clot. D’ath of the colored men, who was In his mid-thirtW, same very unexpectedly. Although he had suf fered a broken pelvis bone, two riba and a broken ankle in the ac cident, his recovery was proceeding very satisfactorily. City Manager A. B. trade. Jr., who announced this morning that McNeill's death was an “indirect result” of the aaeldent suffered while working far the atty, said. the sort «f thing that might happen to anyone who’s injured in any woy.“ The bleed atot etortad to the If* and kilted McNeil when If reached hi* lung. "Doctors had thought he eras good as could b said tTsrte. “He was sitting up ami starting to get wen.* The Payton Funeral Rome stat ed today that funeral services will start at 3 pm. tomorrow in t'ie Oak Grove Free W1U Baptist Church near BunnleveL Names of survivors wan not av ailable, although the MaertI home stated that be had three children, a wife, and parents, all living in Harnett County.^
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