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+ WEATHER + Fair to partly cloudy, somewhat cooler today with high in 70s in mountains ranging to mid 80s southeast. Generally fair and cool er tonight and in most of state Saturday. VOULME 9 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N. U. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 195!) FIVE CENTS PER COPY \T<). 1H7 CHANCE TO SHIN'E — When the Business and Professional Women put on their annual Fall Fashion show this year, models will range from youngsters through the young mom set and on up. Linda McLajnb, mother of two, models a new Fall number from Lucknow Clothing which features, though you can’t see them, bell sleeves. If you want to know^what bell sleeves are, see the fashion show. (Record Photo.) In Miss America Pageant Honor Grad, Bosom Beauty Get Lead Johnson Sets Monday Night To End Session WASHINGTON (UPI) — Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson today picked Monday night as his target for adjourn ment of Congress. But he said there is no assurance the lawmak ers would hL it. “I want to try ‘o finish Monday night if we can,” Johnson told newsmen just before the Senate met early again to plow ahead through a mass of minor bills. It was the first time the Texan had publicly fixed a possible tar get date. Johnson said the Senate would tackle Saturday its last major bill—the foreign aid appropriation. It faces a battle over attempts to attach a rider extending the life of the Civil Rights Commis sion. (Continued On Page Eight) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (UPT)— An honor graduate who worked her way through college waiting on tables joined the bosomiest girl in the contest in holding top hon ors today in the second round of judging in the Miss America pag eant. Suzanne Ingeborg Johnson, 21, daughter ot a widowed Oak Park, 111., bank teller, gave Illinois a victory in the 32nd pageant by winning a preliminary talent award Thursday night. The second-night bathing suit trophy went to Bonnie Jo Mar quis, 19-year-old Ithaca College sophomore, of Huntington, NY., who is representing New York The third and final preliminary rounds will be held tonight, with the selection of Miss America around midnight Saturday. There is evening gown compe tition on all three prelimtinary nights of judging but the out comes never are announced, even though they count heavily in the final result. Miss Johnson, who lives with her mother, Mrs. Carl W John son, in Chicago, won her trophy and a $1,000 scholarship by ap (Continued On Page Six! New Saturation Campaign Afoot Brandy-Makin' Rig Smashed By ATU Another big saturation camp, aign to wipe out some of the Broad Slates always.multiplying stills had resulted in the destruc. -ion of 22 stills by yesterday. Including a cache of wine which, if they had left it alone, might eventually have made about a $2500 snifter of brandy. The ATU men weren’t too sure about the going price for brandy because it's kind of a rare item along the bootleg belt. Herbert Faught, an ATU ag. ent working out of Fayetteville, said it was the biggest seizure of wine he c*n' recall In the past five years. Ten officers “from outside" were participating as well as Billy Richardson, Dusty Rhodes, M L Goodwin and Richard Hearn of the Dunn ATU post. The wine was captured six miles from Dunn in that same Broad (Continued Cm race bix> Ladies Who Work—Some Are Real, Burning Career Women By TED CRAIL Managing: Editor Women go to work for many reasons including the obvious one that their husband would kick them out of the nouse if they didn't. They don’t necessarily work for the money. Some are simply in flight from their relatives, from the boredom of housework or from the incess ant soap-opera drool and cherry Vallee May In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Old.ti. me crooner Rudy Vallee said to. day he is seriously considering running for mayor <>f Las Angeles. One of the things holding up his decision, he told United Press International, is tnar the present mayor, Norris Poulson, Ls one of his fra-enity brothers. “Also,” said Vallee, 58, “I know that any decision to run would mean goodbye to my show busi. ness career even if I lose. Once you've committed yo> rself to a different profession, you cajr't go back." Vallee. whose nasal.voiced sing, ing through a megaphone set fe. male hearts a.flutter a quarter of a century ago. hinted he was peeved at Poulson for not taking his political aspirations seriously. “Every time I see Norrie, he said. "I mentiofi that 1 think X‘ll run for mayor, and he looks at me as if I were nuts. We’re fra. ternity brothers, and the least he could do is be polite.” Vallee, the nation’s No. 1 mati. nee idol and bandleader in '.be early 1939s. conceded, however; “Unfortunately, one of the things against me is that there’s not much need for reform _ no rackets or extort ion.in Los An. geles. That’s the kind of stuff I could tackle. 1 have a good friend I’d make police chief. He’s from Massachusetts and a millionaire.” For Mayoi Epidemiologist Will Speak Here Dr. William M. Peck, who is in I charge of the chronic disease and radiation section of the State Board of Health, will speak at the Grove Community Cluh> Monday night. Ernest Tart, president of the group, said Peck, assistant direc tor of the division of epidemiolo gy, will discuss matters of health and human conduct that have a wide application in society. Dr. Peck was born in Iowa and attended Iowa jr.ate University. He w'as an interne in San Fran cisco and Detroit. He joined the board of health after serving a number of years at McCain San atorium. _ Killed Wife In Church, Gets Life WINSTON . SALEM <UPI) — Ami's Crouch, who stabbed his wife to death during cl.urch serv. ices last month, has been sen. Tenced to life in prison. The 58 _ year . old Negro pleaded guilty to murder charges before Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Walter E. Johnson. Police said Crouch fatally stab, bed Mrs. Nannie Crouch, 53, while she taking communion at a rural church near here The pastor and several congregation members were injured In an ef. fcJrt to resjrain Cntuch, police said dreary mumble of their television sets. We do. though, have a few burn ing career women in the town of Dunn. They won’t have to marry any man in desperation over mon ey because the i down higher j ay • ... .iu.si of the men can. One lady here, for instance, makes no less than $125 a week. A sum her employers wouldn’t necessarily want bruited about be cause it might put stars in the eyes of too many restless girls who are currently putting oil in their vacuum cleaners. Another, who has a classy sell ing job and knows how to sell, ranges commission-wise from $350 to $600 per month. But these dear souls, who can fight the men toe to toe and then some, are the exception. In Dunn, as all through the nation, ladies don't tend to make as much as (Continued On Page Seven) SHE DANCED ALL NIGHT—“Dancing Dottie” Ferragamo, right, of Malden, Mass., has called a halt to her much pub licized back-yard dancing in a Bikini suit, claiming she has found a career in show business. The 33-year-old mother of three drew a lawn-trampling crowd of 1,200 to watch her dance performance one evening. She was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Mary DeMarco, left. Dottie’s tired, her husband says. And anyway, she's got a couple of good ofTers from New York restaurants. Judi's Admirers Thinks She's Tops ATLANTIC CITY <UPI> —Miss North Carolina may not have cap.ured the judges with her red. hot medley of songs about the South, but she has two admirers who think she’s tops. Both sent her bouquets, one of roses and the other of fall flow, ers. "A man in Newton, N. C.," sen: the roses but that's all Judi Klipfel, of Asheboro was willin'? to say about her admirer. The other bouquet came from a perfect stranger who says that judging from her picture, ,ludi was a "very sweet girl,’" and h • would like to meet her. The 18_year.old brunette com. pe'ed in the talent division of the Miss America Pageant Wed. nesda.v but her songs did not score with judges at the top with th" three who tied lor first place. The audience just liked her fin" But back to the admirer. (Continued On Page Six) Actor Paul Douglas Dies In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Film star Paul Douglas, 52, died today from a heart ailment, city fire, man reported Fi|emen were called to the Hollywood Hills home by his act. ■ress.wi^e, Jan Sterling, 36, at 8:11 a. m. The rescue squad re. ported Douglas apparently had died by the time ;hey arrived. Douglas' physician. Dr. Lee A. Siegel, was in attendance. The star was born In Phlladel. phla and was active in drama, tics while at Yale. He started his career after graduation as a radio announcer and straight man'. Douglas also played professional football and acted as a motion picture spirts narrator and writer for 11 years. Douglas and Miss Sterling were married May 12, 1959 It was his fifth marriage and her second (Continued On Page Sin) Patrolman's Son !s Improving Johnny L>jcas, young son of highway patrolman l’aul Lucas and Mrs. Lucas, is improving sat. isfucforily at his home. Johnny spent a few days in the hospital, but is now at home Mrs. Lucas had returned home from a visit and she and the two older children had gotten out of the car. Somehow the vehicle be. can 10 move before Johnny could get out. He fell and "umbled under ihe»car. In thP ■ ?antime the car ^ad stepped ^ainst a tree. It was nece y for the worried mo.her • j move the car before 1 she c ' rescue the child. Woman Raped, Threaten To Shoot Firehouse NEW YORK (UP11—A group of Negro teen-agers raped a white woman in a gang-ridden neighbor hood of Brooklyn today shortly af ter a band of Puerto Rican youths threatened to shoot up a firehouse there, police reported. The latest outbursts of violence occurred in the Fort Greene sec tion. a prominantly Negro and Puerto Rican slum area. They came as hard-pressed city offi cials sought aid in Albany and Washington for their seemingly hopeless battle against juvenile terrorism Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy frankly admitted that he can see "no reversal" in the steady rise in juvenile dclin quency and crime unless the hand of law enforcement agen cies is considerably strengthened. To accomplish this. Mayor Rob ert F Wagner and the city’s dis trict attorneys have drawn up a legislative program calling for drastic revision of state and fed eral laws covering interstate ship ment. sale, and possession o f weapons, including switchblade knives, stilettos. IN DETROIT, TOO DETROIT 111 PI t Four police (Continued On Page Six) Mother, Six Children Killed WASECA. Minn. (UPI) — A mother and her six children were killed today in a car-train colli sion here as they were driving to the Sacred Heart Parochial I School. Six of the children of Mr and Mrs. Jamez Zimmerman of rural I Waseca were killed outright The t mother. 119, died about three hours later. It was the second train-auto ac cident in as many days in which school-bound children were killed On Thursday, seven children were killed at Oakland, Md., when a passenger train struck a stalled school bus, and 19 other pupils were injured. Another school child, Robert Szyszka, 15, was hit by flying debris and injured as he w a s walking past the crossing to school. No More Drinking Binges For Judge CHAMPAIGN. III. (UPI)—A so cial-drinking judge went on the wagon today while his stomach recovered from a bout with sci ence. “I’m not going to do this again—not even in the interest of science,” Justice of the Peace Robert Brown moaned at the height of his binge in a Univers ity of Illinois laboratory here. Brown, 42, joined newspaper man Harold Stainer, 29. and law student James Struif in a test to show how little alcohol it takes to make a man a dangerous driver The experiment, which attract ed scores of volunteer applicants, was conducted before a group of JP's and judges here for a traf fic court conference. During the 45-minute test, Stain er tossed off six cans oi beer and Struif, a semi-teetotaller, downed five one-ounces shots of 100 proof whisky Both got giddy but stayed vertical. Brown did the best—and fared the worst. The Lake Zurich, 111., jurist, who said he takes only a few drinks a year, drank 8 1-2 shots of whiskey in 45 minutes and got sick While his fellow guinea pigs went through a batter of tests. Iff? ^ \ % ri HIIJI CTS CAMPAIGN — Just back from conference with all the scouting: professionals in the United States—and there are a lot of them—Harnett executive John Bush looks over plans for National Jamboree. He will direct campaign to send a number of ' boys from here to this greatest of all Scout events. (Record Photo.) ! Bush Attends Nation-Wide Meet Scout School Was A Real Thumper A former sergeant first class in the paratroops — and before that, a college football player — scout executive John Bush of Dunn has just gone through a training session as rigorous as anything thrown at him by the service or his football coach. The chunky and enthusiastic ar chitect of the scouting program through Harnett County has just returned from a week and a half in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where 3500 professional scout workers from all over the county had con vened They hit a hard senedule. “We’d start at nine in the mor ning," said Bush, ‘‘get out about ten at night and have bull ses Brown repaired to a couch where he moaned for two hours. He finally arose and took tests which showed he made 160 per cent more errors than before drinking. Stainer’s errors in ■e/teased by 166 per cent and Struif made 275 per cent more mistakes. It all proved, said Dr. Robert Bordenstein, who ran the tests, 1 that just a little drinking can I cause a lot of errors. sions in the dorm until two o’ clock.” He used to go to jump school and parachute-rigging school but now he attended courses in or ganization. finance, public relat ions, staff management and the recruiting of volunteer manpower. Evening sessions were loaded with speakers from all over the United States — and all over the World. One was a former Russrtn tank commander, who had fled the So viets for asylum in the West. “He told us about the difference in our schools and the Russians'.” said Bush. “He said that as a boy his family told him to believe in God but the state taught that the state itself was the Supreme Be ing. “One day at school, a boy said, Mv mother said there is a God.’ The teacher told all those who be lieved to it" down on their knees and pray for toys and candy for half an hour Then thos , who be lieved the state was the Supreme Being did the same. They had a sliding door in the room and cut on a rack came toys and candy for those who prayed for the state. “First-graders.” Lady Baden-Powell, founder of the Girl Scouts and wife of the founder of the Boy Scouts, was at the meeting. So was former Rep, Brooks Hayes of Arkansas; Su preme Court Justice Tom Clark, the president of Burroughs’ add (Continued On Page Six) — They Win A Case—\ Dolly Has Right Boss Her own boss. Dunn attorney Everett Doffermyre, successfully argued an acquittal for Mrs. Dolly Johnson today, on a charge grow ing out of an accident in which her ll.year.old daughter was in. jured. "He 4 ied it like it was a $100,000 law suit,” said Mrs. John son. secretary to the prominent criminal lawyer who has figured ip many ot Harnett's most famdua eases. The jury took less than five minutes to bring in a verdict of not guilty for the lawyer’s secre tary She had been charged by Highway Patrolman R B. Black* Leonard with following too dose Doffermyre contended the wreck occurred because Franklin Chance, driving the car aheud of Mrs. Johnson on the Jonesboro Road, had made a sudden stop because he had wanted to turn. Melanie Johnson, 11, named af ter the character in "Gone With (Continued On Page Sis) r
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