♦ WEATHER + Partly cloudy and warm today with scattered afternoon and ev ening thundershowers. Tuesday partly cloudy and warm. The E aitg Keww IS THK DAILY » LAKE STRONGHOLD — Harnett County, home of two of his strongest supporters, turned out to be a stronghold for Dr. 1. Bev erly Lake. Photographed as votes were rolling on Saturday night, he pointed to spot on map where he expected crucial tallies. That’s his campaign manager, state senator Robert Morgan of Lil lington, at right. In center is Lillington attorney and District Sol icitor Archie Taylor. (AP Wirephoto.) Sanford Says He Won't Take Abuse RALEIGH CUPI) — Terry San ord, front - runner in Saturday's :ub.ern*t"rial primary, laid to !av he was going to wage a positive campaign” for the sec mi primary but was m>t goir^ o be "abused” on the race is. ue. “I have n" position which can't ie defended,,’ he told newsmen n discussing the possibility of a un - off with segregationist I. ieverly Lake. At the same time he urged ewsmen to share the responsibil ty for avoiding a campaign highl ighted by the race issue — the nain theme of Dr. Lake’s cam iaign in the first primary. "We could do what we have to 0 a lot better without stirring ip” the race issue, Sanford ad led. A moderate, he said he fa ored North Carolina’s school aws that have allowed token in egration. Discussing the returns which ;ave him more than 40 per cent if the record vote. Sanford said ie wras surprised at the way a ew of the counties went but had nticipated carrying about 70. He id not expect to lose some of he southeastern counties to Lake, ie said. He attributed his victory in eirlhampton County, in an area 1 Lake strength, to an intensive rossn.ads campaign. “That’s the ;ey to the second primary,” he aid. "We went to the crossroads nd explained some of the oajor issues to the people.” (Continued On Page Two) 1 Runoffs Likely For Commissioner Harnett Goes Takes Jordan For Lake, Over Hewlett Henry Vann Loses In Sampson Race Sampson County’s Tom Newman barely defeated Henry Vann in the race for State Senator in Sat urday’s Democratic primary and at the same time, the voters turned out in moderate numbers to give Fayetteville lawyer Terry Sanford a decisive nod in the North Caro lina Governor’s race. The hotly - contested race be tween Newman, the incumbent, and Vann, a former State Senator who had served three terms be fore stepping down four years ago, was decided by 152 votes. With 21 out of 21 precincts re porting, Newman had 2,678 votes (Continued On Page Two) Two Guilty In Angier Wreck Case In a hotly contested case, which took practically all of the morn ing in Harnett Recorders court, two defendants J. E. Dupree of An gier and Jesse Hardy of Raleigh v«ere tried for failure to yield right of way, and following too closely tr, which an accident occurred on highway 55 north of Angier. Hardy pleaded guilty to driving too close, Dupree pleaded not guilty. The wreck occured in the town of Angier, and was investigated ty Stedman Ray, assisted by high way patrolman John S. Moore. Moore, who assisted Ray took the stand first and had to testify from memory, he said, because he did not take notes when he found it was the duty of a town officer to get the evidence. J. E. Dupree had made a left turn off of the highway and stop ped his pick-up truck in a yard. Fred Wagstaff driving a I960 Chevrolet put on his brakes to a void hitting the Dupree pickup (Continued On rage Twoi Harnett County Democrats mar ked up two major upsets in Sat urday’s primary by going for Dr. I. Beverly Lake, the segregationist champion, and United States Sen ator B. Everette Jordan. Prior to the voting, Harnett had been practically conceded to gu bernatorial candidate Terry San ford and to senatorial candidate Addison Hewlett. Dr. Lake not only carried the county but received a clear major ity over alt three of his opponents, Sanford, Malcolm Seawell and John Larkins. The unofficial vote: Dr. Lake 3795 Terry Sanford 2876 Malcolm Seawell 559 John Larkins 322 In one of the closest contests, Senator Jordan led Addison Hew • Con tinned On Pare Two' Will Work At Night Bigamist To Spend His Days In Jail Norman V. Hepner tried in Har nett Superior court of Fayetteville Tuesday for bigamy, and senten ced by Judge William Y. Bickett, to from one to three years in pri son at hard labor today was back cm his old job at a Fayetteville Feed grinding plant, but under different conditions than before bis trial. Hepner married a 17 year old girl from Harnett county in a ceremony in South Catolina. After a courtship of three weeks. She found out he was married, (Continued On Page Two) Wouldn't Support His Family Father Of 7 Sent To Prison Cell David Dixon, a 49 year old Dunn Negro with seven children, was sent to prison today to serve a six-months term. He claimed he was unable to work but couldn’t get any doctors to agree with him. Judge H. Paul Strickland impos ed the sentence on Dixon — for failing to support his large family — after studying ports on the defendant’s phyc 1 condition Dixon has „.i arrested case of (Contiauud on Pace -Two) °auline Fears Treachery Arson Is Suspected At Erwin The Erwin fire department agne d with owner Pauline Tart that t looked like a case of arson. Early Sunday morning a house n which she was storing^ furniture — the old Jim Lucas mansion — turned to the ground. The Erwin ire department couldn’t save it. Butl tracks leading from the touse, and the coincidental fire of i few days earlier at one of Paul te’s stores, roused considerable suspicion. When Erwin fine chief R. N. Netv talked with Pauline, he reported, she was “trembling all over and very upset.” Sheriff’s Deputy Clarence Moo re was called in. He tried to get bloodhounds to put on the trail leading from the burned mansion but none could be obtained for the chase At last report, no arrests has been made. The fire at the old house on the Dunn-Erwin road near Antioch Church was spotted about 3 a. m. by two men who were fixing a flat tire. They told firemen they saw flames jumping from an up stairs window. By the time the oepartment arrived, the roof was caving In from a swirl of flame. Pauline Tart, well-known in the (Continued On Page Two) His Forces Seem Sure Of Victory RALEIGH — Dr. I. Beverly Lake, the segregationist champ ion, announced at a press con ference this afternoon that he’ll battle it out with Terry Sanford for the governorship in a second primary on June 25th. The announcement was not un expected and Lake supporters quickly predicted that he would defeat the front-running Sanford by "a tremendous majority” des pite the fact that Sanford led Lake by more than 80,000 votes in the first primary. State Campaign manager Robert Morgan of Lillington said Dr. Lake had been overwhelmed with phone calls and telegrams and well-wishers asking him to call for the runoff. Senator Morgan said1 he was happy beyond words with the vote Dr. Lake received on Saturday. He entered the race late and with out money against Sanford, who had been running for years, and two other professional politicians. ‘‘If Sanford couldn’t win the nomination in ten years of cam paigning, how does he expect to win during the next 30 days?” asked a Lake supporter. It was evident today the segre gation will be the top issue of the race. Lake supporters have brand ed Sanford as the candidate of the NAACP and today were com piling the*vote in the big Negiy> precincts, which they say proves it. In Raleigh precinct No. 10, San ford got over 1.000 votes while Lake received five. In one of the Negro precincts in Greensboro, Sanford received over 800 votes ] while Dr. Lake got only six. I Sen. Morgan said todJay Sea well and Larkins supporters, as ; well as many Sanford supporters, < (Continued On Page Six) SCOUTS HONORED — —Shown here with Presbyterian pastor Reverend Leslie C. Tucker (center) are scouts who won the God and Country Award. At rear (from left) are Buddy Bonkemey er, scoutmaster Allen Lucas, Chuck Byrd, Butch m. wru+jg Pate, Charles Pope, scoutmaster Marvin Godwin, Johnny Gray and Larry Wood. At front are Mick ey Kouse and Richard Bryan who will receive their awards in September. (Record Photo.) Red Pope Stays With Dunn Police Dunn Police Sergeant H F. tRedi ^•pe won’t be leaving the city >rce, after all. Chief of Police Alton A Cobb mnounced today that Pope has de ided to remain in his present post. (Continued On ra^e Two* Almost Loses Arm In Hit-Run Wreck The highway patrol is still seek ing the hit and run driver whose side-swiping of a 1949 Ford nearly tore the arm off Stewart Donald West, a 22 year old resident of Route 3, Dunn. West was still in Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital today but High way Patrolman B. W. LaCock, Jr., said doctors expected to save his arm. A companion, Wesley Bryant, took the wheel and drove West to the hospital after the accident. LaCock said the youth lost a good deal of blood en route to the em ergency room. The sideswiping occurred at 10:15 p. m. just west of the Bien Jolie garment factory on the old Doats road. This other car’s lights were on Jrlglit as they came into a curve,” ;aid Patrolman LaCock. ‘‘They didn't get much of a chan ge to see it before it glided over n the ear and sideswiped them. ■Vest was riding with his arm rest ing out, the way a driver will of (Continued on Page Two) Receive God & Country Awards Six Presbyterian Scouts Get Honor On Sunday morning, May 29, a* the eleven o’clock worship ser vice, six Boy Scouts of the First Presbyterian Church of Dunn re ceived the God and Country A ward. This is the first time in the history of the First Presnyterian Church of Dunn that six boys ha ve received this high award. The Session of the Church examined the boys at a regular stated meet ing on Thursday night and appro ;ed them for this award. Those re reiving the award during the Sun day Morning Worship service in clude Lemuel < Buddy) Bonkeme yer, Charles Byrd, Jr., Johnny Gray, Warren (Butch) Pate, Char lie Pope, and Larry Wood. Two ether boys, Richard Bryan and J. B. Rouse. 111. will complete the i: training in September and re ceive the award, making a total of eight boys from this church. (Continued on rage Two) Broken Romance Ends In Death College Girl Slain At Finals Dance LOS ANGELES und her | body sprawled in a fish pond in (Continued On Pi'o Two) Burkot Speaks at Commencement Top Students Named At Dunn Sue Ennis has been named val edictorian and Paul White the sa lutatorian of the Dunn High Class of 1980 which graduates Tuesday night. A. R. Burkot, dean of Campbell College, will give the commence ment address at ceremonies i n the high school auditorium. At the baccalaureate services Sunday Night, the speaker was, the Reverend Richard R. Gam mon of Greenville, former pastor of Dunn’s First Presbyterian Church. High school principal Ophelia Matthews named the two top stu dents today. The valedictorian is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. O Ennis of 407 West Johnson Street i n Dunn. She was the editor of the annual this year and played var (Continued on Page Two) SUE ENNIS HAUL WHITE