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The B ailg Kewrd THE RECORD IS FIRST IKLEPHONE 3117 3118 DUNN, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 17, 1957 FIVE CENTS PKK COPY NO. 232 WASHINGTON DUTCHMEN’S CHOICE — Two little Dutchmen (right), representing the thinking people of America, took a look at the Lions Club’s “Miss Country Fair” and pronounced her delectable. -- * *— UBS S L M She’s Anne Jackson — and she’s just thirteen. (Daily Record Photo by Ted Crail.) Diplomats Fear Russia May Blunder War UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (UP) — Western diplomats expressed concern today that Russia might blunder into World War II over the Sy rian situation. Soviet Foreign Minister Andret Gromyko charged late Wednesday that the United States is “prod ding" Turkey to attack Syria after Turkey’s Oct. 27 elections. He pledged Russian aid to Syria and said war might breac kout “at any moment.” Western diplomates said Gro myko’s accusations, couched in the bluntest language, indicated the Soviet Union felt it was dealing from a position of power because of Sputnik. Such overconfidence could cause the Russians to stumble over their (Continued on Page Five Wellons Is Delegate To Oklahoma Meet William S. Wellons, prominent Dunn businessman, will go to Oklahoma City, Okla., next week for the 13th general conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is an official lay delegate from the North Carolina The General Conference, held every four years, opens Thursday October 17, and concludes Octob er 23 It will convene in the form er home of First Christian church at NW 10 and Robinson in Okla homa City. Wellons is a member of Dunn Gospel Tabernacle, where he serv es as secretary for the church and teaches a Sunday school class. He has been an active layman for 20 years. Also Delegate In 1953 Manager and part owner of the Wellons Mercantile Inc., firm, and makes his home at 1007 W. Cumberland Street. He is a lead er in the local Boy Scout program. Wellons previously served as of ficial delegate to the 1953 general conference. The Pentecostal Holi ness Church holds the general ses sions every four years to transact (Continued on I-age rive) 01 State Fair Doesn't Have Miss Country Fair'-Dunn Has Red Cross Plans County-WideDinner Plans were announced today to hold a county-wide dinner meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p. m. at the Lillington School cafeteria to effect the re-organization of the Harnett Chapter of the American Red Cross. Purpose of the meeting is to form a permanent board with rep resentatives from each township. Such a board would meet regular ly to receive information about the work of the Red Cross within the county, and to become better ac quained with the over-all program (Continued on Page Five) Smallest Baby Gaining Weight MILWAUKEE. Wis. (UP)— A baby believed to be the smallest ever born alive in the United Stat es is gaining weigh steadily in her incubator home at St. Joseph’s Hospital here. Linda Marie Winchester weigh ed only 17 1-2 ounces when born July 31. Today she weights 2 lbs., II 1-2 ounces. The little girl’s bid for life has seen touch and go. When born, according to head nurse Virginia Mecikalski, Linda’s chances of liv ing longer than 72 hours were one in a thousand. After that, the nurse said, her chances were only 50-50 until she A'as given a blood transfusion .vhen she was 45 days old. Miss Mecikalski said when the iny girl was born, the premature vard didn’t eve have diapers to it. She was too small. But now Linda wears the tiny iiaper uniform of the other pre nature babies and gives a .good tccount of herself at mealtime. It Really Would Peo Ud Parade MONROE (UP)—The Cham ber of commerce, searching for its annual Christmas parade, said today it has wired the Rus sian embassy requesting that the “Sputnik” satellite pass ov er Monroe on Nov. 29. However, parade chairman H. R. Johnson said he holds little hope that “Sputnik" will re place Santa as the feature at traction of the parade. ! Just thirteen years old, [ Anne Jackson is about as young as a bathing beauty lean be. Yet she was the win ner by audience acclaim on Tuesday night of the title, “Miss Country Fair.” The Lions Club chose to hold this contest, part of their big an nual variety show, in the same week that the state fair at Raleigh w'as importing beauties and Julius LaRosa to bring on the crowds. Well, Anne may never get fired by Arthur Godfrey but this smoothly- formed eighth- grader, dark-skinned and the possessor of glowing eyes, is quite an attrac tion, too. (Continued On Page Four) FFA WINNER — His family is awaiting the arrival home of Dorsev W. Daniel (above), 20-year-old winner of a high honor from the FFA. He accompanied Coats vocational agriculture teacher to Kansas City to accept the American Farmer Degree. Welcomed By Ike, Given Ovation WASHINGTON (UP) — Queen Elizabeth II of Eng land and her husband came to the White House as guests of the American nation to day, leading an hour-long parade through the capital. The cheers of thousands of res idents and visitors to the city fol lowed them along a winding route until they were greeted by their hostess, Mrs. Dwight D. Eisen hower. President Eisenhower had gone to the airport to meet the royal couple and accompany them to his residence. Mrs. Eisenhower, wearing a peony-red woo! jersey dress and red shoes, came forward and greeted her most famous house guests with hand-shakes. “How do you do? Glad to see you. and iglad to wleeorne you here.” Mrs Eisenhower said. They posed for pictures, then entered the mansion. The couple reached the White House an hour and 28 minutes after they stepped from their plane. Break in Security Only one incident mared the welcome. A woman in a gray suit broke from the ploice line and rushed toward the Queen’s car and at tempted io present a coral-colored rose to her. Police and Secret Service men immediately converg ed and moved the woman hur riedly back into line. She seemed shaken and near tears as the mo torcade moved on. Shortly before the motorcade rolled into the White House drive way the three oldest Eisenhower grandchildren — David, Barbara Anne and Susan-took turns peep ing out from an upstairs window. “In the warm and strong cooper ation between your country and ours lies the best hope for the se curity and peace of the world,” the President told the Queen at the airport. The queen, responding to the President’s welcome, brought greetings from “my peoples of every race and creed in the British All air traffic stopped and en Commonwealth of nations.” gines were silenced during a 20 minute airport ceremony in which iContinued On Page Four) T \ LEFT j a r n THE BURIAL GROUND—Homecoming and a game against Lumberton »faces Dunn High tomorrow. To make sure all of the student body have the right idea, a “burial ground” for the Lumberton football team has been estab lished. There are eleven marked graves. Becky Sue Oannady made a solicitious visit yesterday but didn't seem to be in mourning. Becky Sue is one of 13 girls in the race for the Homecom ing Q#ieen title, winner to be announced at half time tomorrow night. (Record Photo by Ted Crail.) Completing 'Chain ot Evidence' Taking Gainey Clues To FBI Two Clumbei'land County officers are making plans to drive to Washington D. C., where extensive laboratory tests will be made of clues in the death of 13-year-old Jackie Gainey of Linden. Highway Patrolman J. L. Wil son, who has led the investiga tion into the boy’s death, said that he and L. M. Williams of the Cumberland County bureau of identification expect to drive to the capital. They will put in the hands of the FBI dirt from the scene and dirt from the underside of the old Buick which authorities now be lieve was the car that hit the youth, on the way home from a Scout meeting at the time of his death on Monday night. Clothing, paint scrapings from the car and a blood sample also will be examined in the FBI lab oratories. Patrolman Wilson said he has talked with Dr. Floyd Cameron of Fayetteville who performed an autopsy on Tuesday. "From all indications, the boy was run over,” said Wilson, "and was down in the road at the time.” 'I His past medical history may explain why the boy was down in the road but the patrol has no definite information on that as yet. Patrolman Wilson said he ex pects the trip to Washington will "complete the chain1 of evidence” which will be presented to a coro nr’s jury next Thursday. Three Harnett Negroes were arrested after a check on the whreabouts of a Buick seen in the vicinity on the day of the boy’s death was traced to them. Under questioning, the three re called hitting something in the road but claimed they had though it was a log until they learned a boy had been killed in’ the area. James Pitkins, a pulp wood worker, was allegedly the driver of the Buick and accompanied by Malcolm Smith, 53, and son, Lu ther Smith, 28. All live on Er win, Route 1. They are under $1000 bond each. While officers pushed forward with their investigation, the fam ily prepared to hold funeral serv ices for the boy on Friday morn ing atll o’clock from Sardis Pres byterian Church in Linden. Jackie's sister, Larue, married on Saturday, has returned from Florida from her honeymoon to attend the funeral. The family Continued on Pace FI to Cotton Belt Solons Advised To Unite WASHINGTON (UP) — Rep. Thomas G. Abernethy (D-Miss.) urged, other Cotton Belt congressmen today to unite next January in a drive to head off future cuts in federal cotton planting allotments. Abernethy said he saw little chance for other proposed chang es in the government’s price sup port and production control pro gram for cotton. He said he will seek to extend an act pegging 19.r>7 and 1958 national cotton allot ments at the 1956 level of 17,300, 000 acres. Unless the act is extended, he said, the 1959 allotment may b# (Continued On Page Four) Actress To Fight For Foster Baby HOLLYWOOD (UP) — Grief-stricken Marie Wilson was reported in bed and under a nurse’s care tci4ay over prospects of losing her 3-month-old foster child to the baby’s unwed mother. The actress was put to bed after earfully promising to fight with very legal means to keep Chris ine, the black-eyed little girl she las cared for since she was three days old. Miss Wilson, her husband—TV producer Bob Fallon—and the in fant have a date in court Monday (Continued On Page Poor) McLamb Wins Trip To The West Coast CLARENCE McLAMB Announcement nas just been made that C. E. Mc Lamb, International Harves ter dealer in Dunn, will be awarded luxurious al-expense trips, or cash award, for himself and Mrs. McLamb to Los Angeles later this month. Announcement was made by Harvester’s district farm equipment sales office in Charlotte, N. C. Mr. McLamb Won the Pacific Coast vacation for outstanding sales performance this year on re tail deliveries of Farmall and In ternational tractors and McCor mifk combines and balers. While in Los Angeles, the Mc Lambs will be royally entertained at the famous Moulin Rouge Cafe, attend sessions of the National Re vConilnocd Ca Pt|« twm,
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