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Cloudy and quite cool with occas
ional rain this afternoon. Wednes
day partly cloudy, not quite as
cool in Piedmont.
The ZIB aily Kernrd
THE RECORD
IS FIRST
SPURNED SUITOR SHOOTS THREE—Theresa Columbia, 26, clutches bedpost at left as
her sister, Agnes, 20, center, and mother, Lucy, 48, writhe in agony in their Brooklyn home.
Theresa’s spurned suitor, Floyd Crispino, 39, shot them and then turned the gun on himself.
All were taken to a hospital where Crispino died. Theresa and her mother were reported
in serious condition. Photo was taken a few minutes after the shooting.
Now He Exits=
Jack Hooks Didn't Deal In Deals
Playboy, Bride
Flat Broke
But Happy
MIAMI HP! — London “playboy”
Dominic Elwes and his teen-ag»
bride, former heiress Tessa Ken
nedy, were held today — flat
broke but still in love, and happy
to be in America.
The couple fled to Cuba where
they were married in a secret
ceremony Jan. 27 after Tessa’s
father, a millionaire shipper, ob
tained a count order writ to pre
vent their marriage in England
or Scotland.
Elwes, 26, son of a British so
ciety painter now in New York,
said he faces a three-year prison
term if he returns to England, for
not returning Tessa upon court
orders.
“It’s terrible to be made a
criminal — just for being in love,”
he said.
Tessa, a 19 - year - old honey
blonde, said she had telegraphed
her mother of the marriage, but
had had no word from the fam^
ily. She hopes her family will
change its viewpoint, and ftiere
can be a happy reconciliation.
The couple, carrying clothes in
a single cardboard valise, rented
a room for a day or two while
Elwes looks for a job.
“All we want is just a chance
to be like other couples and lead
roil tinned on BUri
tiuiimai lawful I ctcii t
ly said of Jack Hooks, “Nic
est,' greatest fellow outside
of a courtroom you’ll ever
meet.”
Inside the rottrttoom —' weH.
quite an obstacle to criminal law
yers. Not the type of prosecutor
who operates by deals, concessions
and Dale Carnegie good friend
ship.
Hooks, who announced yester
day that he will not stand for re
election as solicitor of the Fourth
District, believed in playing out
a hand, not in throwing it in.
He will be long remembered he
re not only for what he did but
what he was — a fighter, despite
his quiet manneis; a confident,
uncocky little man, head usually
tilted to one side, eyes as bright
and penetrating as the eyes of a
clairvoyant.
Lois Byrd, who operates The
Daily Record's news bureau in Lil
lington, knew him well. An inde
fatigable letter-writer, Lois sat
down last night and put a part of
what she knew in a note to the
desk. Because she has seen Hooks
work so many times, she is one
of the most qualified to pass a
judgement on him.
“Just met Jack in the grocery
store,” she wrote, “If I had time
I would write a tribute — recol
lections of his mannerisms in not
ed casds. Despite criticisms, I
have been in court and I can say
Hooks has done a good job
“He has the confidence of the
man of the street.
“Somehow this district is a hard
one — in 16 years he has done
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Mary Stewart Group
Has Pilot Project
The Community Development
group organized in Averasboro Rt.
1, Township will be know hence
forth as the Mary Stewart Com
munity. it was decided as the
community met at Mary Stewart
School.
Members of the group, which in
cludes 350 families in rural Har
nett County north and northwest
of Dunn, decided upon the Mary
Stewart name because the area
served by that 'school includes the
entire area of the community.
The group began immediately
upon plans for three projects. The
committee headed by Earnest Lee
will begin a pilot project of a
dozen concrete mailbox posts, and
place them at various points in
the community. Selling them at
$3 00 each, and doing the work at
the vocational agriculture building
in Dunn, the committee expects to
do a little better than break even
on the posts, and provide attrac
tive post for all In the community
who wish them.
The health and sanitation com
mittee under Floyd L. Altman re
commended that the State highway
commission representative in this
area. Ward Byrd be requested to
place signs on each of the road
side dumps in the community,
posting the dumps, and reminding
voliators of the $50 00 fine for
dumping. An atempt will be made J
to secure regular dumps at con- I
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Mrs. Matthews .
Asks Second Term
Clerk of Superior Court Eliza
beth Matthews, first woman ever
chosen for the post in Harnett,
announced today that she has filed
for re-election.
With the deadline looming on
April 19, she is the only candidate
for the position. If elected, she will
be serving her second consecutive
four year term.
HST Says
Benson To
Beat GOP
DENVER HP) — Former Pres
ident Truman predicted Tuesdaj
night that Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra Taft Benson will cosi
the Republicans the elections in
1958 and 1960.
In a speech before the National
Farmers Union, the nation's top
Democrat bitrterely attacked the
Eisenhower administration’s for
eign and economic polices.
Truman deviated from his pre
pared text repeatedly to blame
President Eisenhower and the
GOP for skidding farm income,
soaring consumer prices, the re
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RALEIGH 'IP — North Carolins
cattlemen apparently have over
whelmingly voted to be assessec
10 cents per head of cattle foi
the promotion of beef consump
tion in the state. With 46 of the
99 counties participating in the
balloting Saturday reporting, some
74 per cent of the vote favors the
assessment.
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DUNN PAST MASTERS — The bitiest and most successful
Past Masters' Night in the history of the Dunn Masonic Lodge
was held last night, with a record-breaking attendance. Left to
right are: seated, first row Dr. J. A. Jernigan, Joe Leslie, Ray
mond L. Cromartie, Jr., C. Ottia Warren; Charles B. Newcomb,
past State Grand Master and the principal speaker; Herbert P.
I Byrd. Hugh W. Prince, Ralph Wade, Henry W. Whitehead and
J. E. (Fats) Williams, present master, who presided; second row,
Sam Baer, C. W. Bannerman, Fred Byerly, John Snipes, Judge II.
P^il Strickland; Vic Lee, J. I. Thomas and Nathan M. Johnson,
Jr. who had charge of the arrangements; top row, Clifton Brock.
Bert Alabaster, Howard Johnson .Herman Neighbors. A. P. Adcox,
Earl McD. Weatbrook, Willie Moff and Earl Jones.
(Daily Record Photo.)
Hodges Raps
Proposal To
Charge Tolls
| WASHINGTON (IP) — Gov.
i Luther H. Hodges charged
today that the federal gov.
eminent would be “breaking
faith” with the state of
North Carolina and its peer
pie if tolls are charged on
.he Blue Ridge Parkway.
“It was certainly clearly under
stood amonii our state officials
. and all our citizens who made
available the necessary right-of
way that the Blue Ridge Park
way would be a free public high
way, said Hodges.
The North Carolina chief execu
tive led a protest delegation be
fore Interior Secretary Fred Sea
ton during a hearing into the
National Park Service’s proposal
to put tolls on the parkway be
ginning June 1.
“I firmly believe that the pro
posal to levy tolls on the Blue
Ridge Parkway would not prove
to be sound economics or sound
administration because of the
unique character of the parkway,
its unusual location and the ex
tremely important transportation
role it plays in our state and
southeastern America,” said Hod
ges.
He emphasized that the park
way i should not be treated like
the larger and more tnaeressable
national parks of the West.
FOURTH SUNDAY SING — The
regular fourth Sunday sfng will be
held Sunday, March 23rd at St
Mary's Grove Free Will Baptist
Church. Singing starts at 2 o'clock
The church is located around 10
miles north of Benson near 210
highway. All singers and the pub
lic are invited to attend.
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l>llt /'j /s.i (labor. I lit- II nn
girianborn khonour Kiri. has a
very definite opinion about the
new chemise "sack look.” she
desi rlbes it as ‘ sloppy .” says the
Chemise makes her shudder. "It
does nothinK for the woman with
« shape." said 7.sa 7.sa And. an
you ran plainly see, /sa Zsa is
a woman with a shape.
First Degree
Bills True
Two first degress bills of In
diriment were returned this morn
ir\f? by the grand jury in Hamel
Superior Court.
Hoy H Chance. Ifi years oh
(Continued Uu Pat* Tool
Erwin Sends Seven
To Labor Convention
A seven-man delegation fror
Erwin was on its way Monday a
ternoon to the first state conven
tion since the merger of the AKI
CIO
Business agent Sam Miriello, on
of the delegates, said that th
group will be especially intere^'
lied in heating the national pres
dent of the Textile Workers Ur
ion of America. William l’olloci
and the national director of th
Committee on Political Kducal
ion James L McDevitt
The convention started today i
It'onilr'ied On Fate Tirol
Uver / billion
Turned Loose
For Projects
WASH IN GTON UP V res
ident Eisenhower loosened
the Treasury’s purse strings
today in an effort to sj>eed
job.prdueing work on $2..
i 255,000.000 worth Of public
housing and rural eleetrifi
| nation projects.
He diierted Housing \dmlnls
ili.itor Mhert M Cole mul \grt
culture Secretary Fjra T Henson
to do their Utmost to accelerate
work on projects financed at least
in part l>> fedei al loans and
Ci ants
The total eonstructlon he is
(trying to speed up includes
I 75 million dollars for sewer and
1 water projects and similar public
I facilities.
300 million dollars for college
| housing
One billion dollars for slum
i clearance and urban renewal
j 140 million dollars for public
I housing
740 million dollars for rural
electrification
Ml told, the fedei al government
I will put up 133 million dollars In
direct grants for the time lielng
It will provide J1 389 000.000 In
loans which would have to he
paid hark by local communities
The balance would !«• put up by
the local governments.
Henson was told to encourage
Kural Klrcti iflcatkm Admtnlstra
tlon s borrow*!* U> juicy!*cat v
necessary construction . under
already approved loans” totaling
740 million dollars, and to encout
nge additional loans for Installa
lion of electrical service foi farm
and rural homes
Budget Director Maurice II
Stans was directed to release 75
million dollars for loans lo fi
nance construction of such public
. facility projects as sewer and
water systems.
In granting loans from this
fund, the President told Cole that
"preference should be given to
loans for projects ready for Im
mediate construction ”
College Kulldlng
"You should launch a vigorous
program to expedlate construction
I on some 300 million dollar In col
' lege hous'ng loans on which plan
ning is complete or substantially
- under wav." the President said
The federal government would
j furnish as a grant 133 million dol
e'lars toward the one billion dollars
- worth of slum clearance and
urban renewal Cities would have
1 to raise the rest The federal
Mostly in l oans
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"SOUTH P,\« IKK” I'KKMIKRK rOMC.III One of the most
wldrl\ heralded pictures In moving pleture history, the si rent
version o( the fabulous Broadway! hit, "South I'aclfle." holds its
world pyrmirrr tonight In New t(ork Ultra* tiaynor and ltos.ui
no Brg&). (he fop sliirs, are pictirerf HWe' In T sente from the
movie.
SOLDIER AND PAL ARRESTED IN ROANOKE
Harnett Man Held
For Stealing Plane
ROANOKK, Vu. t!P» Two alleged Army deserters were
hf'ld by lederal authorities Unlay for piloting a stolen plane
on a coast.to.e<>ast month.long flight from California to
Virginia, where they crash-landed out of gas in a farm
yard.
i he Kill Identified thi>m ns
Robert K. Wilson, 28, of Erwin,
N (’ , and Patric k M Hvan. 32. of
Fayetteville, N (' ftoth had de
sorted frdm Ft Bragg, N C , In
November, the FR! said
They were picked up by Roan
oke police on vagrancy charges
Monday while attempting to hitch
hike out of the city They had 67
cents ijetween them Detectives
said that during questioning the
pair told of abandoning a plane in
neighboring Potetourt County,
Police checked and found the
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Dunn Sisters On
Trial In Abortion
By TKD ( RAIL
Record News Editor
The case against two Dunn sisters, who allegedly fol.
lowed their aged mother into the abortion trade, was hit
in its strongest link today as the State’s prize witness
changed important testimony.
111 ikii in ii .'luj/ri u»i v uui l, ivr
fen.se Attorney Everett Doffer -
myre hammered in the point that
i in** aarK-nairen young divorcee
returned to the stand after a
On P**« SID
nad
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IN MEMOR OF WIFE
Hugh Prince Gives
Religious Books
In commemoration of National
Library Week. Mrs. Janie White
head announces a special exibition
of religious books at the Dunn
Public Library.
The books were purchased
through the generosity of Hugh
Prince, and were presented the
library in memory of his wife.
Selection of the books was made by
i committee of the Dunn Minis
terial Association, the Kev. Jack
Daniel, president.
Included in the list are books
or all ages and for many denoin
inations. The books are: ‘Faiths
Men Live By," Potter. “One
Volume Bible Commentary." Dum
melow, "A Call to Faith, Hender
lite, "Letters to Young Churches,”
Phillips. "Christ and the Vine
Arts.” Maus. "Angels in Pinafores"
and "Heaven in My Hand," Hum
phrey. 'Westminister Dictionary
of the Bible.” "The Screwtape
Letters,” C. S .Lewis, "The Re
covery of Family Life,” Trueblood.
"The Children We Teach," White
house, The Gifts.” Wilson. "White
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