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DUNN, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 21. 1959
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NO. 159
WINNING CURLS—A hair-do called “Summer
Romance,’* and styled on lawyer’s secretary
Jewel Pope (right) won a trophy for beautician
Ruby Brewer, who is considering her handiwork.
(Record Photo by Ted Crail.)
I
President Of
Cuba Asks U. S.
HAVANA (UPI) — Osvaldo
Dorticos Torrado, who soared
from obscurity to the presidency
of Cuba in a few short hours last
weekend, appealed today for Am
erican “understanding” of the Cu_
ban revolution.
The 4.r)-year.old president said
there was no basis for American
fears of a Communist takeover
here.
"Americans must understand
the Cuban revolution and our ob.
jectives,” Dorticos said. "This is
a Cuban revolution. It is national,
istic.” ^
He said that if the people of
the United States understood this
they would have no fears about
communism in Cuba.
Dorticos expressed his views in
an interview with United Press
International.
He has written many of the
laws and decrees of Castro's re
volutionary regime and has pled,
ged to carry them out. Castro
caged that MNUEI, Urrutia, who
resigned under pressure Friday
night, blocked some decrees by
not signing them.
Dorticos, an attorney, said the
principal aims of the revolution
included revision of the basic Cu.
'Continued On Pa#re Tro)
You Can See the Curls
Used A
To Win
Blonde
Trophy
That gentlemen prefer blondes
has been well-known ever since
Jean Harlow used to create her
own kind of white lightning with
platinum hair and a promising
manner.
But gentlemen aren’t the only
ones. The fact is that hair-dressers
proud of their work prefer blondes,
too—especially if they’re in com
petition with other hair-dressers.
The Harnett. Johnston chapter
of the Hairdresser’s and Cosmeto.
| legist’s Guild has lately been doing
what it can to lift the general
quality of hair-styles by holding
quarterly contests in styling for all
the beauty operators in these parts.
Last night Ruby Brewer of |
Hank’s Beauty Salon got herself
a blonde, whipped up a frothy
number in hair-do's called “Sum
mer Romance” and snatched the
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Willy Pleasants Hospitalized
Woman, 2 Children
Escape Bad Injury
Mrs. Emily Weaver, a 27-year
old Dunn housewife and two I
youngsters including a year-old
child apparently escaped serious
injury last night in a two - car
accident on North Ellis Avenue.
The polire department is still
investigating the wreck which I
badly damaged both cars aHd
put Willy C. Pleasants, 67-year-!
old driver of the other car, in the
! hospital.
Mrs. Weaver, her six-year-old
son, Kicky, and Teresa Ann Wea
ver, her infant daughter, were
treated in the emergency room
and released.
Traffic on North Ellis, which
coincides with Highway 301 North
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Month-Old Romance Ends In Tragedy
Policeman Slain Trying To
Kill Divorcee Girl Friend
PINEHURST, N. C. (UPI) — A
resort town policeman was shot
to death Monday night while sit_
ting on a hospital bed holding a
gun in the side of his girl friend.
Moments before Southern Pines
Policeman Ralph E. Medlin, 26,
was felled by two shots from Pine
hurst Asst. Police Chief C. R
Frye, Medlin apparently attempt,
ed to shoot his girl friend, Mrs.
Dorothy Clippard. of Southern
Pines.
j The victim’s shot went wild, cau.
sing a superficial flesh wound to
j Mrs. Clippard, a divorcee and
• whom Southern Pines Police Chief
C. E Newton said Medlin had
j been dating.
Then Frye shot twice, killing
Medlin almost instantly when one
of the bullets struck him in the
head as he sat on Mrs. Clippard's
hospital bed.
Frye and other officers had an
swered the Moore County Memor_
ial Hospital’s call for help after
Nledlin rushed into the hospital
brandishing a gun Medlin immed
ately went up to Mrs- Clippard's
second floor room, where she was
j staying as a patient.
Medlin had just left Lavarne's
1 grill and filling station midway
between Southern Pines and Pine,
j hurst. Medlin fired three stv.ts at
ILaVerne Maness, as Maness at
| tempted to back a truck out of
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Banker Accused
Of Embezzling
Quarter Million I
MIAMI BEACH <UPI> —Dapper
Robfert Davis, 26-year.old bank
teller who worked nights as a
dog track ticket.seller, was tree
ion $10,000 bond today after being'
\ accused of embezzling $265,000 1
from the bank over a twoyear |
, period.
Davis was arrested Monday by
FBI agents w'hile working at his
loan- teller's post in the Mercan.
tile National Bank of Miami
Beach. a » . i
Ills arrest capped an investiga.
tion of several days by bank of
ficials. Throughout the investiga
tion, he coolly remained <>n the
job.
The FBI said Davis freely ad_
mitted his guilt, then said, “1
want to cooperate with the bank
and undo what I’ve done."
FBI Agent Lee O. Teague said
Davis, father of two who drew a
$135 weekly bank salary, ap_
propriated the funds by a system
W'hich amounted to ‘‘robbing Peter
to pay Paul.”
He apparently lost most of it
wagering at horse and dog tracks.
Police said he sold pari.muruel
tickets at a dog track in the eve
nings.
“He Davis would ac«ept a note
payment for a customer but would
not record this payment on the
same day received," Teague said
would hold these payments
three or four days and use an
other customer’s payment to pay
off the second customer’s note,
and so on.”
When told the bank considered
he had a good future, Davis said,
“They never told me that. May
be I’ll get a raise.”
Patrol Widows
To Get Funds
RALEIGH (UPI) — The Council
of State allocated $10,000 each to
day to the widows of three high
way patrolmen killed, in the line
of duty. |
The grants were made under
i recent legislation which allows |
the state to assist survivors of
law enforcement officers killed
while performing their duties.
The Council also awarded $3
million in state school bonds to
the First Boston Corp., Boston,
arid associates at an effective in
terest rate of 3.2449 per cent.
The bonds were part of an issue
authorized by the 1957 General
Assembly.
State Treasurer Edwin Gill said
12 bids were received and he was
“very pleased” with the rates of.
fered
The allocations from the law
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WEIRD REMAINS — Jean Hinson, standing
! and Doris Wilkins, among the first to arrive at
scene where Coast Line’s passenger train No. 375
had caught a big truck and cut It half, seem to
be examining something weird and possibly in
terplanetary. It’s the twisted rear end of trailer,
tossed to one side of the track while cab and
front half of trailer (see photo below) remained
almost in position. (Record Photos by Ted Crail.)
Train Scissors Truck in Half
Truck Driver Leaps To Safety
By TF.l) TRAIL
Record New* Kditor
A big trailer truck was sheared
in half last night by a powerful
Atlantic Coaslt Line passenger
train with the truck driver leap
ing to safety at the exact time
of the crash.
“The driver said he was going
out of the cab at th« same time
the engine hit,” -said Johnny Wel
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Hawley Honored
By Ruritan Ciub
JOSEPH HAWLEY
The Anderson Creek Ruritan
Club honored Mr. Joseph Cleo
Hawley at its meeting recently.
Mr. Hawley is taking up his new
work at the Coats School System
this month. ,
Mr. Hawley came to Anderson
Creek nine ye^rs ago. He taught
Agriculture for three years. Then
he became Principle of the School
In 1955. At that time the school
lacked discipline.
Since that time the school has
constantly improved under his
leadership & guidance The atti
tude "f the students has improv.
ed. and giod discipline has been
maintained. He did this by instill,
ing in the students pride for their
school They came to respect their
school. And as n'’". facilities were
added, such ar new Gymnasium,
new Iwan, • . walks, there was a
spirit in .»,» student body Re
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ATLMme C5ASI l>
Driver Left Cab Just as Train Struck
Thinks Russia
Trying To Split
U. S., Britain
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Presi
dent Eisenhower sees no chance
of a real tax cut during the re
maining 16 months of his admin
istration. and believes the increa
singly tough Russian tactics at
Geneva involve an effort to split
the United States and Great
Britain.
It is possible to report Eisen
hower's views on domestic mat
ters and the trouble international
scene today with excellent auth
ority.
The president feels that the
| government should have at least
one year of a solid surplus before
■ considering a material tax reduc
tion. He regards any general tax
j increase as beyond current con
' sideration. He is determined to
produce a surplus in the 1961 fis
cal year. In the current steel
strike, he is reluctant to use the
Taft-Hartley law because he does
not believe its 80-day cooling-off
period would result in the produc
tion of much steel.
He intends to keep quiet pub
, licly and privately about the 1960
i GOP presidential nomination un
! less the Republicans show some
1 unexpected signs of selecting a
, candidate far to the right or left
9I' the Eisenhower policies.
I View of Russia
Eisenhow'er believes an ovet*
riding Soviet fear of a resurgent
Germany and a powerful Red
China, plus the effort to split the
U. S. from its major ally, Britain,
are reflected in the tough Russian
policy at Geneva.
S&H Mobile
Unit At
Winn-Dixie
The S&H Green Stamp mobile
redemption center arrived early
today at Dunn's big Winn.Dixie
Store and will remain' here thro,
ugh Wednesday.
Hundreds of thrifty citizens
who shop at Winn-Dixie and
other stores that give S&H.
| stamps vvt<re flocking today to
I see the big store on wheels.
It’s a big air-conditioned store
on wheels which displays thou,
sands of dollars worth of distin.
g^i-died merchandise available
with S. & H. Green Stamps.
Holders of the S. and H. Green
Stamps are urged to bring all
their filled S. and H. green stamp
books to the redemption center
during its ,sta\ at Winn.Dixie and
select the free merchandise of
their choice.
MILAN (UIMI-— Fathe: Agostino
Lfmelli. a well-known Roman
'Catholic philosopher and educator
'died Wednesday at the age of 81.
,He founded Catholic University of
the Sacred Heart in Milan, of
which he was rector.
AUXILIARY CONFERENCE —
The Ladies Auxiliary Conference
of the Pentecostal Free Will Bap
tist Churches of the Dunn Dis
trict will meet at Long Branch
Church Wednesday, Juiy 22, at 2
p.m All ladies are urged to at
tend this meeting.
Somebody Had Been There
Mysterious Fire At Teacherage
A mysterious fire in the Harnett
High teacherage, closed up for the
summer, broke out late yesterday
afternoon.
Fire Chief Ralph Hanna said
there was a possibility of arson
but it had not been discovered
whether the fire was deliberate
or accidental.
Superintendent of Schools Glenn
Proffit came to Dunn this morn
ing from the board of education
office in Lillington.
He made a cheek of the build
ing. discovered burned papers in
the bathroom and concluded that
an un-authorized person may have
invaded the building.
There was no immediate decis
ion as to whether a state fire ex
aminer would be called in.
Fire apparently broke out i n
the kitchen, under a heater, and
the damage was confined to that
room. Howard M. Lee. secretary
treasurer of the Dunn Fire De
partment, described the damage
done to the building as minor and
covered by insurance.
Four trucks and 23 men went
to the scene at 8 45 p m. A storm
had come up and some persona
thought the blaze came coinciden
tally with a large lightning strike.
However, the first started un
der the space-heater in the kit
chen and the floor underneath
burned out. A passerby called the
fire department