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• * ■' — ■.. ■■■ I • ^ * WEATHER * k Low tonight about 60 in moun tains, mid and upper 60s else 3 where. Thursday partly cloudy an<? continued warm with chance of widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. ) VOLUME II TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 5, 1961 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 110 BEST PARTY IN TOWN — Dunn was half deserted yesterday during a warm but not quite sweltering: Fourth that passed in a pleasant haze oi sunshine. About the only excitment in town was P* party (above) at H. P. Johnson OB Co., where Mrs. Grace Nor ris of Dunn won a 1961 Corvair. On December 23 there will be a pre-Christmas event with a 1961 Oldsmobile to be *iven away. (Record Photo by M. T. Strickland.) s Teenager Admits Bloody Killing In Cisco, 'Maniac' Caught Mobs Erupting In Algeria Over Partition ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI)—Mos lem mobs defied French President Charles de Gaulle today and struck against his threat to parti tion the country. By noon, at least 12 persons Were reported killed and 22 in jured in clashes with police and troops under orders to break the demonstrations. The strike was "called by the FLN Moslem rebel army in a bid to force De Gaulle back to the negotiation table with concessions. De Gaulle warned he wuold parti tion Algeria unless the rebels had agreed to associate with France in independence. Strike Elective The strike, in defiance of French warnings, appeared effective in all big Algerian cities, and burst into open violence in many places. Three persons were reported killed when police opeped- fire on rioters at Berard, 30 miles west of Algiers. Two were .reported killed in a similar clash at Castig (Continued on Page Four) Holiday Toll Rises Past 500 By United Press International The highway slaughter over the Fourth of July weekend soared, vast the 500 mark today in final tallies of the deadliest summer holiday in the nation’s history. The death count shattered the previous summer holiday record of 491 traffic fatalities in 1950 and a National Safety Council spokes man said, "It’s - only a question of how much over 500 it will go.” Disrobing on Capital Si Nudists i LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) — Everybody was there except the nudists who had promised to ‘‘walk naked and barefoot" in pro test of a state anti-nudison law. ‘‘It was a bust,’’ said one dis gruntled youth who had stood 7 CISCO, Tex. (CPI) — Nathan Curry, a husky, handsome teen ager, broke down sobbing and con fessed he is the "maniac” who killed the secretary of* the church where he goes to Sunday School. He said he left the firecracker stand he was operating to kill her, then reentered her house several times during the night smearing blood, moving the body and try ing to cover up his trail. Mayor Don H. Webb identified him today. Sheriff Lee Horn took him to the county jail at East land. “He told his mother he had be come a maniac.said that some thing must have happened; to him,” Webb said. Curry, who will be 16 later this month, Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Curry. They are a well re spected family who operate a gro cery in Cisco and are active civic anu church workers. IVIrs. Florence Hussey, 53, was found dead in a pool of blood op the floof of her home last Thurs day. Her head had been crushed with a metal flower pot and she hac- been stabbed 14 times. The slaying was so savage au thorities announced that it ap peared to be the work of a mani ac. Women in this town of 4,500 weie sure that the killer would tern up in their homes next. “I know that I can sleep for the fit st time in nearly a week with my own door unlocked,” Webb said. The boy was one of several (Continued on Page Four) Prominent Charlottean Accused King Cutter Held Ip Fatal Beating CHARLOTTE (UPI) — A prom inent real estate dealer has been charged with murder in the death oi a 38 - year - old widow who officers believe was beaten to death. George King Cutter, 48, df Char lctte, who is connected with the construction of a tall multimillion dollar Cutter Building on the cor rei of Fourth and Tryon streets :.n downtown Charlotte, was held i today without bond. (Continued on Page Two) Carver Installation Thursday State Commandm: Of Legion Coming The state commander of the Am erican Legion, Ben Halterman pf Wilmington, elected only a month ago at Charlotte, will visit the Dunn post Thursday night. Halterman will be here for the Installation of new officers in the local club. Alvis Carver, an equipment (Continued on Pare Two) eps Fizzles Didn't Make It with an estimated 500 others for an hour in 92-degree heat Tuesday waiting for a. publicized “freedom strip" on tnef steps of the Arkan sas Capitol. It failed tp come off. Rolfert Clogher atf Holy City, Calif., editor of the Holy City Apocalypse, had written a letter to a Little Rock newspaper on the back of a nude - decorated i calendar. He said a group would emulate the Prophet Isaiah by j taking off' “the shoes from their i (Continued on Page Two) President Saw Pinups On Lawn WASHINGTON (UPI) — Presi dent Kennedy, suntanned and spry leturtied to work at the White House today after an invigorating long Fourth of July weekend with his family on Cape Cod. At the White House wnen the President’s helicopter landed were seven beautiful girls here as part of a buildup for the Miss Universe contest in Miami Beach July 9. (Continued on Page Two) Caroline Batchelor Named Fourth of July Queen Carless Carpenter Struck With Sudden Good Fortune Herman M. Cole, a carpenter, Was in a real fix for a car. The transmission had fallen out of his 1949 Buickr He couldn’t afford to h'ave it repaired. Then, late last night, be received a phone call from Lillington. “I don’t believe it,” Cole said. For the caller told him that he was now the owner of a 1961 Gai a::y Ford. By a twist of rate, tne transmis- • sion-less carpenter had won the j swanky car offered as first prize in the big Fourth of July cele bration which wound up last night vith a street-choking, pavement pounding dance. Cole, a resident of Sanlford, Rou te 1, is 24 years old and married to the former Dottie Hedgepath of Bunnlevel. He wanted to collect l*;s car right then and there and he had a neighbor drive him to Lillington to pigk it up. He arriv ed at 40 minutes past midnight. A little less than two hours, earlier, there was also good news for three of the eleven Harnett beauties who had taken part in a competition to choose a Fourth af July queen for the county. The winner was Caroline Batch dor of Boone Trail. Light-brown laired with a smile as bright as die sheen on Cole’s Galaxy, she vas judged partly on skill in pro noting the celebration which was ■ponsored at Lillington by the • funior Chamber of Commerce. Marilyn Lee of Dunn was nam id prettiest in the contest and rjye Autry was chosen most con >enial. Each of the contestants re vived a trophy . and there were (Continued on Page Four) HEY! IT’S A. BOY — Some in the audience thought the mother > [ of Tony Ray Norris, 18 months (above) made a mistake when she ( responded to the call for Boy Contestants in the baby contest at ( Erwin’s Fourth of July celebration. Tony’s a real boy, however, in . spite of those curly locks and when he’s big enough he may want v to punch those judges who awarded first prize to another guy. r No Dissenters, He Clinches 5-Year Term MIAMI BEACH (UPI) — Nearly 2,000 delegates to the Teamsters Union convention unanimously '.ejected all corruption charges against President James R. Hoflfa today and. gave him a full vote of confidence. The delegates shouted approval of a resolution that hailed the "integrity, loyalty and devotion" of Hoffa and the union’s high com mand. No dissenting voice was heard. Packers Meeting Today Business leaders here interested in Dunn Meat Packers, Inc., the plant which is to be built on the Black River between Dunn and Erwin, were rumored to be meet; ing today in an effort to settle management details. A potential stockholder in the corporation said there has been “ a lot of maneuvering” during the past few days. The resolution reviewed the charges made by the Senate lackets committee, court - appoint ed monitors and federal indict ments during the past four years It said that Hoffa and his top aiaes had the “wholehearted rati fication and approbation” of the union for all their activities ano conduct while in oflfice. Sure of Reelection TToffa, who has ciinched reelec tion for another five-year term, appeared to be certain to win sweeping powers to control the (Continued on Page Four) Noah Williams, a Smitfyfieid fc*i sinessman who helped get the pro ject started, has sought to reor ganize the managing of the plant. Governor Terry Sanford broke the news several months ago that the plant will be built here and supply meat on a large scale for Eastern markets. The plant, when built, is expected to have consid erable impact on the local live stock economy. Williams has claimed he is in (Continued on Page Four) Discussion Expected Sunday Night Action On Gardner Not Clear Forces supporting the firing of Hood Memorial pastor, the Rev. John Gardner, were guarded in their public statements today but a board member admitted that a petition seeking to put the row on the floor of the church will “pos sibly come under discussion” this Sunday night. A board meeting on Monday night will mark the changeover from old to new board though on ly twenty-five percent of the mem bership on the church’s ruling body is changing. Board Chairman Herman God win declined to discuss the issue today beyond stating, “The board has taken the position that it shouldn’t scatter dirt...This will be aired at the proper place and time.” The petitioners, who claim Rev. Gardner’s expulsion was conduct ed unfortunately and should be reviewed by the entire member ship, contend that bylaws of the church require the board to throw any matter open to action by the entire . membership within one week, upon petition of as many as 10 percent of the members. One board member stated that the church’s ruling body is “oper ating completely within their con-i (Continued on Page Two) EUROPE IN A VOLKSWAGEN—Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dike of Dunn, shown here with their son, Mark Howard, flew to Europe today to attend conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses In Europe. In Copenhagen, Denmark, they tyill secure a Volkswagen and travel through Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands and England. Their trip will take them through ten different countries. It is the third European jaunt for Mrs. Dike, the former Miss Belva McLamb daughter of Mrs. F. N. McLamb and the late Mr. ' McLamb. (Daily Record Photo.) Dunn Couple Off For World Session Mr. and Mrs. M. O. McLamb, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McLamb, Mrs. F. N. McLamb, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Horne, and Mr. R. N. and J. E. Stancil of Dunn retum ed<Tune 26 from a,weed’s visit in New York City where they at tended the “United Worshipers” district assembly of Jehovah’s Wit nesses, Mr. M. O. McLamb, pre siding minister of the Dunn* con gregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, reported yesterday. 92,901. were present at the main session on Sunday to hear the public address by Nathan H. Knorr, president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. on the subject, ‘‘Vjhen All Nations Unite Under God’s Kingdom.’’ Thousands were let in onto the playing field grass just prior to the opening of the public Bible lecture. Mr. McLamb said that the group enjoyed a very pleasant vis it. New York’s usually hot weath er was broken by timely showers, making the sessions quite com fortable in Yankee Stadium, scene (Continued on Page Two) Girl Kidnaped, Gunman-Killer , In Badlands MOAB, U*ah (UPI). — A stocky gunman killed a woman, seriously injured a man and kidnaped a young girl Tuesday night- after tricking a party of Connecticut va cationers into stopping their ear in the Utah Badlands. , An all-points alert was sent by the Utah highway patrol into Col rado, Wyoming and Idaho. The patrol sent a seairch plane to southeast Utah and jeep posses directed by Sheriff John Stocks of / Grand County began to scour the , area. An abandoned 1957 tan Ford/ was found about 10 hours later, 300 miles away on U. S. 40 in (Continued on Page Two) Assets Near $3 Million First Federal Has Best Six Months First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Dunn, which last 'ear grew faster thany any other :avings and loan association in the ;ntire State, is continuing its 'rowth at ah even faster rate this rear. A report just presented by Exe utive Vice President John T. iimpson to President Johnny Wel 3ns and members of the board of lirectors and mailed to stockhold rs shows that First Federal beat 11 its previous records and by a 4de margin—during the first six lonths of this year. The report shows the pheno menal growth in assets, of from only $269,070 when it opened for business on January 20.1959 to assets totaling right at three mil lion dollars — $2,969,021.84 as of June 30 of this year. BIGGEST GAINS YET And the greatest increase for any six-months period came this year. Since its Dec. 31 financial statement, assets of First Federal have increased $833,316.76. That’s over three-quarters of a million dollars for just six months, (Continued on Page Two) I
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