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+ WEATHER + Partly cloudy today, tonight and Thursday with scattered after - noon and evening thundershowers west and south. A little warmer during daytime. VOULME 9 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N- C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER.9 19:9 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. l‘»5 RAILROAD MOTTO “Service With Courtesy” looms rather mockingly on caboose of train which passes auto after wreck. But investigating pa trolman blamed the driver with failure to yield right of way. (Record Photo by Ted Crail.) Committees For Rotary Event Named President Bob Bryan of the Dunn Rotary Club today announ ced the appointment of commit tees to handle arrangements for the club’s big 35th anniversary celebration. Exact date has not been set, pending selection of the speaker, but is tentatively set for Nov. 24. A nationally-known speaker is be ing sought. John F. Strickland is general chairman of the event. Following is the list: Steering Committee: John Strickland, Shep Bryan, Herbert Taylor, Howard Lee, Tom Hood, Emmet* Aldredge, George Bla - lock, Bob Hadley, A. B. Johnson, Earl Mahone, Empie Hall. Program — Selection and Ar- ] rangement: Shep Bryan, Chair- i man, Earl Westbrook, Glen Hoop- : er. Tom Hood, John Strickland, Herbert Taylor and V^lion Bass. Food and Service for Banquet: i Glen fctyoper, Chairman, J>!ac : WoodjJohn Bush, Bill Cobb. John ] , -*aCWttnu*d On Page Four Auto Bashed, Driver Not Serious Car Takes Skid ‘• i i Into Moving Train Robert C. Gauldin. 43. was ad mitted to Betsy Johnson Memor al Hospital today after his '55 Plymouth skidded into a Durham and Southern engine headed for Erwin. The front of his car crumpled ike a toy, on contact with the ■ailroad engine, but Gauldin may rave escaped serious injury. Highway Patrolman Black Leo lard, who said the Coats, Route !, resident would be charged with ailure to yield right of way, talk 'd to him at the hospital. Gauldin. he said, had chest in uries and a hurt left arm but did lot appear to be badly hurt. Nine y feet of skid marks, from the joint where Gauldin hit the brak ;s, indicated a driving speed of iO to 55 miles per hour, said ^eonard. The accident occurred at the eeond railway crossing past the lien Jolie garment factory near )unn. Floyd Brown, a flagman who Miss N. C. Gives Leotards, Hose, Ctgs, Etc. Beauties Sink Their Teeth Into Melon ATLANTIC Crr*>N.J. (UPI) — |C Fifty-four American beauties sank f their teeth into slices’ of Arkansas f watermelon today to set off the annual Christmas in September ( exchange of gifts at this Miss t America pageant. Miss Arkansas, 19-year-old Su ganne Jackson of Norlft Little t Rock, had 1.000 pounds of .jumbo t Arkansas watermelons shipped to the pageant. c The melons arrived a week j ahead of schedule, but were put l in cold storage until this morning, s when they were carved and con sumed between rehearsals for } contest judging, which begins to- \ night. t Suzie provided every girl with j a special bib and salt and pepper t to season the melons, donated by J the Hope, Ark Junior Chamber < of Commerce f This burst of southern generos- s ity launched an exchange of gifts fco extensive that many of the 54 ontestants are likely to have eavy freight bills by the time they et home. Judy Lynn Klipfel, Miss North Carolina, came loaded with “loot” o give to other contestants in the Iiss America beauty pageant. It is a practice of contestants o give other girls gifts from heir home states. Miss North Carolina’s gifts in luded a pair of leotards, three iairs of hose, a sewing kit, a ilouse, two packs of cigarettes nd a lighter and a nylon slip. From Miss Indiana, Barbara lummer, of Valparaiso, there /ere tubes of toothpaste. Wj st 'irginia’s Janet M. Hill, of Nftro, irovided earrings made of West ’irgmia coal. Miss Michigan, Ann >. Marston, of Wyandotte, a hampion archer, promoted her avorite sport by passing out full ize sets of bows and arrows. The contestants and their At tCo&tinuM On Page Four Ingrid Says Roberto Can Hold Them ROME (UPI) —Ingrid Bergman agreed today that Roberto Ros. sellini could keep the three chil. dren of their broken marriage for another month. Rossellini prom, ised to turn them over to her on Oct. 8. The compromise agreement was worked out In a stormy 214. hour session between the two in a court office during which Miss Bergman cooly addressed her for. mer husband as “Mr. Rossellin^.” Court sources said this got un. der Rossellini's skin so much that at one point he lost his temper and snapped at her: “Stop it Call me Roberto.’’ Today’s temporary agreement left unsettled the question of who will get final custody of the chil. dren . 9_year_old Rober.ino and the f.year.old twins, Isabella and IsOtta. The issue of permanent custody will come up in a Rome court at a later date. Rossellini has appealed for re. versal of a court order which granted Miss Bergman temporary custody of the youngsters, with the stipulation that they should b‘ Plowed to spend two months each vear with their father. They already have spent their two nn nths with him this year and he wanted to keep them with him until a final custody decision is reached. Ccunty School To Be Enlarged ITarne-t county commissioners irr a Labor Day patched a variety of business matters. The county fathers accepted the $1,580 p’dee offered by the State Highw'ay Commission for right of way privileges for the new highw'ay 421 which will cut across land adjoining the Cornel, ius Harne t boarding home pro. perty Ci*Ua«ed On Page F*uf ] Ike To Address Nation Thursday Nite On His Trip WASHINGTON lUPl) — Presi. dent Eisenhower’s radio.television address to the nation Thursday nigh is expected to set the stage lor next week’s visit of Soviet Pre_ mier Nikita Khrushchev. Administration officials said the President probably \gould explain i rhe reasons for his invitation to j Khrushchev and caution against j expecting any drama.ic develop, ments or sudden solutions "f cold war problems. It also was considered likely J that Eisenhower would request the American people to receive Khrushchev politely and correctly as befits a visiting head of state, no ma-ter how strong their antip. athies to the system he repre. sents. Eisenhower was meeting this morning with the American am. bassador to the United Nations. Henry Cabot Lodge, who will es_ con he Soviet leader t»n his 12. day tour amund the United Sta. tcs. Average Heads Up Again For Local Tobacco Average price paid yesterday, a, Dunn’s two big tobacco ware, housqs, was $58.39 per hundred pounds for a total of 129.626 po. unds. Monday's leaf brought $75,791 . 20, swelling sales for the season to $2,119,384.44. The average paid yesterday was nearly iden. tical with the average for the season as a whole, now computed at $58.44. Sales supervisor Ned Champion said Dunn would hit the four, million pound mark soon Through yesterday, some 3,626,400 pounds had moved from the floors of Continued On Page Four FLORIDA PHYSICIAN YDDRKSSKS ROTARY — Ur. Walter Winchester of Dunedin, Fla., close personal friend of Thomas It. Hood of Dunn, ad dressed Dunn Kotarians last night on the subject of “The Third Greatest Killer—Highway Acci dents.” H^> approached the subject from the standpoint of a physician, expressed belief that compulsory safety belts may be the partial answer. After the meeting. Hr. and Mrs. Hood held Open House at their home in honor of Dr. Winchester. Pictured left to right are Mr. and Mrs. Earl II. Mahone, l)r. Winchester, and Mr. jind Mrs. Hood. Mr. Hood is a former district j governor and director of Rotary International, lie’s a former president of the Dunn club, organ ized the Dunedin club and served as its first president and only this week was made an honorary member of the Florida club. (Daily Record Photo.) Mayor Promises instant Action On Rural Fire Alarm Calls Mayor George Franklin Blalock said he has given explicit instruc tions that trucks should proceed on the double to rural fires in the Dunn area. He said he didn’t want “credit checks or holdups'* while the city assured itself that it would be paid for sending out its firefighters. “That’s no time to talk about money,” he said, “when a house is burning down.” Blalock stated that fire chief l Continued On Page Four i Southerland Returns To Police Force .fames Southerland, handsome young policeman who said good, bye to the force last March, may have watched too many Drag, net shows. Anyway, he's decided to come back. Chief of Police Alton Cobb, pleased that Southerland will re. turn, said, ‘He told me he jus* jdidn’t*. enjoy himself the same way—he said he guessed he couldn’t like any job as much as being a policeman.” And Southerland, the chief com. merited, was always ‘an extra go<'d policeman." \ ( . He will be back on duty this i coming Sunday, returning lii s \ family to Dunn from their present t home in Fayetteville, where he t had ben employed b\ a food com. 1 pany. Southrland will fill the vacancy lef. by Paul Stogsdill. another ex. tra good policeman, who ha.s qui‘ to devote more time to his drive, in restaurant, Jerry's Grill, in the Quinn Shopping Center. Manager-T rainee Assigned By CP&Z.; William V. i Bill! Coley, Jr., of Fayetteville has befcn employed by Carolina Power & Light Corn, pany as manager ’rainee arid as. signed to the company office at Dunn, District Manager Robert N. Hadley has announced. Coley holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from N. C. S*ate, where he was graduated in 1958. He worked during several summers with rhe Florida Power &. Light Company in Miami prior to joining CP&L. He is a Navy veteran wi h four years’ service and was discharged with the ra. te of electrician’s mate first class While at Stale, Coley became a member of Tau Bta Pi, engin. eering society; Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic society; and Eta Kappa Nu, honorary elec ri. cal engineering society He is also a member of the American Insti. Continued On Page Four WU.I VM V COLEY. JK. I v Si For "Pregnancy Prevention" Abortion Club In Jersey Is Smashed PATERSON, N .1 (UP1I —Po. ice today rounded up the women nembers of a 'pregnancy pre. en.ii'ii" club run by a 62.year.old lousewife who is charged with bortion Mrs. Emma Clacys, a 200. 'ound, grandmotherly . looking Oman, was arrested Tuesday in ei home old charged with abor. ion. She was released in $2,00') tail. Details of her “pregnancy pre. entinn" practices with a steady lientele of about 14 married and nmarried women were turned up , lien police entered Mrs. Claeys’ ooms ,0 question her about an bortion. Police so id they were ounding up her clients but would give no names. A 33.year."Id unmarried worn, an, hospitalized for a hemmorhage alter an abortion, told police Mrs. (Continued On Page Four Chamber Prexy, Mayor Outline Plan For Action Bv TED CRAIL Managing Editor Two officials here who have their eye cocked on the nation wide competition for industry made a joint statement today, claiming that Dunn has reached a significant cfoss^oads in its economic development Carl Kitchen, Jr . president of ihe Dunn Chamber of Commerce, and Major George Franklin Rla lock, Dunn’s leather-throated may or, made a clear call for concerted action by the town. "We've reached a point where we either go ahead or we go back." Blalock said. With Fitchett, he outlined an increasingly awkward future for Dunn unless it is ready to jump into the industry hunt with the same vigor that has inspire^ Gov ernor Luther Hodges in his pro (Continued On Page Six) Coed Charged In Slaying BOSTON 'UPP —A Zi.year.old former college student faced ar. rnignment today in tfie taial shoot, ins of his sweetheart, a Boston University coed from Cuba Police said they in-ended to ask the court to determine whether Barry Shulmarr, of Brookline. Mass., should be charged with murder or manslaughter. Shut, man, now employed as a garage, man, was also accused of carry, ing a gun without a permit. Weeping almost hysterically, Shulman told police that the shooting of Carmen Rosa Gomez, daughter ■ i prominent Havana an. esthesiologist Dr. Evar Isto Go. mez. was >n accident. The girl died 90 minutes after the shooting Tuesday as physi. cians performed emergency surg. ery in an effort to save her lif•=*. -To Fashion Models— Luiong Will Lecture Here A former runnerup for the Miss America crown, Lulong Ogburn Medlin, will be in Dunn tonight to conduct a short course on mod eling. vrtth Billye Cooke of Raleigh, a Mysterious Death Of Couple Probed VICTORVILLE, Calif ilJPIl — ’olice today probed the myster jus deaths of a man and a wom n, both about 30, who were fatal i shot in a lonely southern Calif rnia desert area near here. Two men last seen with the un Icntified couple were sought I’hile police and sheriff’s depu es attempted to learn the names f the two victims Their bodies were found Tues ay about 15 miles north of here long U S. 395. Both were well ressed but identifying cards and apers apparently had been re toved from their bodies. Deputies said the woman was hot in the head The man was hot in the head and groin. No capons were found in the area. Near their bodies were up to 50 mpty shells from .32 and ,45-cal >er revolvers and a number of roken soda pop bottles, indieat ig someone had been target ractieing. said Sheriff Frank land. An Adelanto grocery clerk who ■as believed among the last per ms to see the couple alive said tt seemed to him they may have been held prisoners by the two men when they were in his store Monday morning. "The woman kept winking and waving at me while she bought half a dozen bottles of soft drinks.” said clerk Carl Gut knecht. "They didn't say any Ontinaed On Page Four former actress in New York stage productions, she will instruct those who are to appear in the upcom ing Fall fashion show sponsored by the local Business and Profes sional Women’s Club Lina Cnni- said the session will start at 7 31) in the Community Room of Home Savings and Loan and will I** followed up, next Wednesday night, by a second ses sion. The fashion show has been sche duled for September 25 Stores are selecting their own models to -how off unusual or beautiful it ems from their Fall clothing stocks Janet Sutton, Miss Dunn o f 1959. will be among the models. Many others are slated to take part. BPW members as well as those who will actually appear the Fashion Show, will attend tneu two glamor sessions with Lulon: (Continued On Page Twoi Claims He Knew About Erwin Robbery Amateur Sleuth Winds Up In Jail The Erwin robbery which netted more than $1400 from an open cigar-box -for somebody—remain ed unsolved today. Bitf the man who claimed he knew where the money was. aad could identify the robber, wound up tn jail ' Bobby Wood, a 26-year-old Er win man. called Dunn ATU chief | Billy Richardson several days ago He said he had information that i would crack the robbery at Jos eph's Department Store wide op : i n. He put him in jail for public drunkenness. Wood, he said, was not satisfied with "breaking” the robbery at (Continued On Page t'euf
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