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VOLUME 10
TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
DUNN, N C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 2G, 1960
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 37
Erwin Party Survived Sea Explosion
We Felt The Presence Of Death'
By TED CRAIL
Managing Editor
An Erwin minister, back from
a trip to the Bahamas that al
most ended faiaiy for a thousand
persons, described the extraordi
nary stillness that came over the
passengers of a small luxury lin
er when they piled on deck after
an explosion that threatened to
carry the ship to the bottom.
“The were no outcries,” said
the Reverend H. T. Durden, “no
panic.
"Everyone was quiet.
“Some had their lifejackets on
ver their pajamas. Others had
just pants on. One man was in
shorts.
“We felt—I d say what we felt
was the presence of death.”
A pastor in the Church of God,
Reverend Durden is a big man
with a big man’s air of physical
confidence. His whole family was
aboard The Bahama Star with him
—his wife. 24-year-old daughter.
Also on| board were Eva Tyn
dall, Laura Turner and Clyde Ed
wards, till from the Erwin church
which he serves and which had
sent them as a party of delegat
es to a missionary meeting in the
Bahamas.
Of the thousand persons on the
ship, all but 200 or so were re
turning from that same meeting.
When Reverend Durden calls The
Bahama Star a “luxury liner,”
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Two Stills
Destroyed
Last Night
Two vat-type stills were des
troyed two miles south of here
Monday night by Harnett county
sheriff’s deputies.
According to Sheriff Wade H.
Stewart, officers raided the illicit
whiskey operation at approxima
tely 7:30, some 200 yards into the
woods off Highway 87.
In addition to the stills, 14 cases
of whiskey and a 1951 Ford was
confiscated.
Officers said they spotted the
cur coming from the stills to the
highway, but the driver fled the
scene before he could be appre
hended.
They said a ‘run” had appar
ently just been finished.
A Case Of
Bootlegging
On Big Scale
BOSTON (UPI) — The Boston
Traveler said today U. S. Treas
ury agents are investigating the
smuggling of millions of dollars
worth of liquor into the United
States aboard Air Force planes.
The newspaper said a special
task force is conducting "an un
precedented probe" of smuggling
activities at Grenter Air Force
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ACT OF SALVATION — The Reverend H. T.
Durden of Erwin uses a telephone receiver to
demonstrate how courageous crewman on The
Bahama Star plunged hands under-water, found
valve to shut off oil and saved ship from second,
greater explosion that might have taken all hands
with a thousand persons aboard. (Record Photo
by Ted Crail.)
But Plans Aren't Defitile
Erwin Bank Has
Expansion Coming
Polio Rise
In State
'Very Bad'
RALEIGH (UPI) — The State
Board of Health today described
the incidence of poliomyelitis in
North Carolina during 1959 as
“extremely bad.”
Dr. J.W.R. Norton, state health
director, estimated that at least
40 per cent of the state’s popu
lation had received no polio vac
cine and urged local health di
rectors to begin planning vaccin
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By Tape Recorded Sermon
Sweet Daddy Will
Preach Own Funeral
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (UPI) |
—A three - hour funeral service .
was scheduled today for Bishop
Charles M. (Sweet Daddy) Grace,
the leader of a three million mem
ber religious sect.
The service at the House of
Prayer for All People, a small,
red, white and blue church he
founded 39 years ago, will feature
a tape recording of one of Sweet
Daddy’s sermons. He died in Los
Angeles Jan. 11.
Following the ceremony, the re
ligious leader who was said to be
75 to 80 years old, will be borne
I to a tomb in Oak Grove Ceme
tery with the mourners, expected
to number more than 6.000, walk
ing: behind he $19,000 hearse.
A huge picture of Sweet Daddy,
e. native of the Cape Verde Is
lands, was on the atar behind
the $20,000 casket. Signs on the
flews inside the flower - filled
church read, “Welcome Home
Daddy.”
Hundreds of mourners from
practically every state in the
union, wept as they passed the
hermetically sealed, glass cover
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“We're either going to remodel
the bank we have,” said Erwin’s
Bill Harrington, “or build a build
ing.”
Harrington, cashier of Durham
Bank and Trust Co. and the top
local official in the bank, admitted
that he Is awaiting a go-ahead on
the expansion project.
“I don't know when it will
come,” he said. “We have two
more banks to build this year.”
Business at the bank has been
growing each year, he said, ana
the need for more space is be
coming imperative.
Harrington said there was gen
eral discussion of banking prob
lems and community needs at a
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Tucker Begins
Dufies Today
Barbecue Presbyterian church
is playing host to the 3Slst stated
meeting of Fayetteville Presbytery
today. Around 160 ministers and
ruling elders were expected to at
tend.
The meeting began at 9:30 a m.
with the Rev. W. O. Nelson, of
Robbins, moderator, presiding. The
Rev. C. W. Wallace, missionary to
the Belgium Congo, was the
principal speaker at 11 a m.
The communion service was con
ducted by the Rev. Owen Nor
ment, pastor of Cameron Hill and
Cypress churches, and the Rev.
Bill Howeli, pastor of Olivia and
Barbecue churches.
Lunch was served at 12:30
o’clock.
In the afternoon session to be
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/
Tabor Dares
U. S. To Send
More Troops
HAVANA (UPI)—Cuban Justice
Minister Alfredo Yabur warned
Monday night that “there will be
millions of American bodies" if
the United States sends Marine
reinforcements to its naval base
at Guantanamo Bay.
Yabur referred during a telvi
sion broadcast to government press
reports that “thousands of U. S.
Marines have landed at the base.
However, the base commander,.
Rear Adm. F. W. Fenno, denied
that any new Marines, other than
normal rotation replacements, ha
ve arrived at Guantanamo.
The minister said, ‘there are
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I
Will Combat
Illegal Acts
to Territory
WASHINGTON (UP!) — Presi
dent Eisenhower assured the Cu
ban people today that the United
States has no intention of inter
fering in their domestic affairs
or becoming a party to afty re- j
prisals at this time.
The President said he and sec- j
rotary of State Christian A. Her
ter were concerned and perplexed I
by recent attacks on the United
States by Cuban Premier Fidel
Castro.
Eisenhower added. however,
that the American people still
have the greatest affection for
the Cuban people and expect their
“firm and mutually beneficial
friendship” to continue.
The President discussed the |
Cuban crisis at his news confer
ence.
Immediately following the con
ference, he issued a five-point
restatement of U. S. policy toward
Cuba which was critical of Castro
for promoting the “unfounded’'
illusion of aggressive acts and
conspiratorial activities aimed at
the Cast'o government by the
United States.
Hits at Insults
While professing close friend
ship for the Cuban people, Eisen
hower said recent statements of
Castro and membgr.s of his gov
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Coats' Lawmaker Won't Announce Until February
Hodges 'Running Hard' For
Vice - President Says Carson
By TED CRAIE
Managing Editor
Stale Representative Carson
Gregory, the Coats lawmaker who
L‘ a ten-year veteran of the sta
te's political wars, said todpy he
has no doubt that Governor Lu
ther B. Hodges has his eye cock
ed on the Democratic vice-presi
dential nomination.
“In my opinion," said Gregory,
“he's trying to be vice-president
just as hard as he can. I think
he's had his mind on it for the past
18 months.”
The governor, Gregory said, is
“too old” to run for the Senate {
because he doesn't have enough |
years ahead of him in which to J
build up an imposing seniority
status.
Usually an early declarer, Coats'
ebullient farmer-politician said
that he will make no formal dec
laration about the House of Re
presentatives race until February.
"I thought I'd let the governors
get their announcing out of the
way first,” he suggested.
“But I'll let everybody know in j
plenty of time what my plans are.”
A supporter of Addison N'ewlett !
when he ran for speaker of the
■house, the Harnett representative
said he was sorry when his fri
end , bowed out of the governors
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| Trial Faces Delay from Flu
Prosecutor Believed
Carole — At First'
LOS ANGELES (UPI> — The
state was almost set to rest its
case against Dr. R. Bernard Finch
and Carole Tregoff today but it
appeared the murder trial might
be delayed a week by the illness
of a minor witnss.
Judge Albeit H. Miller, who
presided at the preliminary hear
ing for Finch, had the influenza
that has stricken Southern Cali
fornia. He was not expected to
be able to testify until next Mon
day and a postponement until
then was likely.
The dramatic trial took a biz
arre twist Monday with the chief
prosecutor himself on the stand
r.nd an attorney for Miss Tregoff,
23, coming close to accusing him
of tricking Carole into a murder
charge.
The red-haired mistress flashed
angry looks as Dep. Dist. Atty.
Fred N. Whiehello testified that
he at first believed her story that
she went to the Finch home July
18 but had no direct connection
with the shooting of Mrs. Barbara
Jean Finch, 33.
Miss Tregoff had testified at
Henkel Enters Race
For Lt. Governor
Veteran Democratic Senator C.
V. Henkel, merchant, farmer and
former manufacturer, today form
ally announced his candidacy for
Lieutenant Governor, For four!
consecutive terms he has repres
ented the 25th senatorial district,
composed of Iredell, Catawba and
Lincoln counties.
Senator Henkel long has been
prominent in Democratic affairs
at all levels, serving from precinct
chairman to finance director of
the statewide party.
In a statement fn his candidacy,
Senator Henkel said:
“The years that lie immediately
ahead will be critical ones for
North Carolina. On the basis of
my experience within State Gov
ernment as a member of the Ge
neral Assembly and in my own
private endeavors I believe that I
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fg^p- .M. EfaO
C. V. HENKEL
the preliminary hearing July 27.
Whichello called himself as a
state witness and underwent ex
amination by colleague Clifford
Crail in an effort to get into the
record the story Carole told at the
July 27 hearing.
Whichello said when Carole first
began to testify he did not con
sider her a suspect. But as she
went on he gradually changed his
mind and began definitely to sus
pect her when she broke into
tears on the stand and was led
into the judges chambers.
She resumed the stand and. as
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Third Arrest
For Campy’s
Stepson, 16
NEW YORK (UPI) — Former
Dodger catcher Roy Campanella’s
16-year-old stepson had another
strike called against him today.
He was charged with petty lar
ceny, his third arrest within a
year.
“I don’t want to talk about it,”
Campanella, who is paralyzed
from a broken neck he received
in an auto accident two years ago
said ‘‘I don’t know any details
yet.”
David, the son of Campanella’s
wife Ruthe by a previous mar
riage, was arrested Monday nite
with three other teen-agers. They
had a carton of candy, cigarettes
and groceries from a grocery in
Queens.
The youths claimed Morris H.
Kessman, the owner of the store,
gave them the groceries, but he
denied it, police said.
Lennon Won't
Run For Senate
Congressman Alton A. Lennon
won’t oppose U. S. Senator B. Ev
eretle Jordan, but is a candidate
for re-election to a third term in
the House.
He will announce his official de
cision at noon tomorrow. The
Daily Record learned this after
noon. 1
NEW SYSTEM — Tommy Harrell (above) will become city hall
office manager in time to study new bookkeeping system which
council ha^ ordered implemented. He will be first oceupant of
newly-created post. < Record l'hoto oy Ted Crail.)
Works Directly Under Storey
Tommy Harrell
Fills Key Post
Come February 1 Tommy Harr
ell will be taking on new duties at
city hall, stepping into the newly
created post of office manager and
assistant city clerk.
His appointment is probably the
most important of a number of
projected changes. Setting up the
new position on a trial basis, the
city council spelled out that there
would be "no usurping of city
clerk authority.”
However. Charles Storey, long
in failing health, will be working
on a half-day schedule, at a slight
drop in salary i$5200 annually to
$4800 aRi:!;«llv >
One of Harrell’s chief functions
will be in connection with a new
bookkeeping system which certi
fied public accountant Thurman
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Charlotte Morticians Take Action
Funeral Homes Drop
Ambulance Service
CHARLOTTE (UPI) — Unless
local morticians change their
minds by March 1, the Charlotte
City Council will have to come
up with a plan to provide em
ercency ambulance service here.
Complaining about recent crit
icism of the ambulance service
they provide, the funeral direct
ors notified the council Monday
they are going out of the ambu
lance business March 1.
They also complained they were
losing money by providing a ser
vice which they feel is the respon
sibility of the city.
Mayor James Smith and some
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Regional Convention
Slated For Erwin
A great Regional Sunday School
and Youth Convention sponsored
hy the Erw'n Church of God. starts
next Saturday with all faiths in :
vited.
There will be twelve workshops
at the all day session. These work
shops will be taught by trained
and experienced men in Sunday
ichool and youth work.
There will be special features in
each session. A question and an
swer panel, a "Gem of an Idea,”
and for the evening session a
-kit, "Dr. Sunday School Special
ist ’’
The evening session will be cli
maxed with a sermon by the Rev
erend J. K Easom. Pastor of ths
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