+ WEATHER + Considerable cloudiness, continued warm and humid today, tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers or thundershowers occurr ing mostly in afternoons or even ings. The Ja any Kaum VOULME 9 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 21. 1959 FIVE CENTS PER COPY 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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 i 'ConUntied On Pace Two) 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 (CratioMd on Page Two) i Banker Accused Of Embezzling Quarter Million I MIAMI BEACH —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 (Continued on Page Two) 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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 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