* WEATHER i Northeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour tonight over most of state. A little warmer tonight. Continued cool daytime temperatures. VOLUME 11 TELEPHONE 3117 — sll8 DUNN, N. C. 1UESDAY AFTfeENd e. ?, r r il d t. it it if li lt put on the stand and there were no defense witnesses. Only the Commissioner, Ste wart, Ivey ancf Ruth were at the quiet 8n m. hearing. The still which the (federal a gents had watched was an ela borate outfit located behind the lvjuse where Ivey lived. At the time of his arrest, he had denied that he owned the land on which the still was located. That point was not explored in today’s testi mony. (Continued on Pace Four) -j— --- Wedthermen Cagy But Doubt Ugly Esther Will Turn Off Here Ne weatherman wants to call the wrong turn on a hurricane. , Invited by the Daily Record to “give the odds” on Esther taking a plunge into the Dunn area, a weath eiman at Raleigh-DUrhain airport said, “I’m not a gambler.” This is what he did say: That Esther would pass east of Hatteras unless it changes course. That if there is a curve toward the west, then East ern Carolina — and Drum — could feel her force. That this area will get “just the edge” of the storm if Esther doesn’t deviate 4- and that this will not be serious. But the weather expe*t, conceded, “Every storm is an individual." _ . J*. Esther is the. storm that the hurricane strategists hoped to control or. dissipate by seeding. But she prov ed as hard to handle as any woman.- ' < • ? orn *. The- weathermen admitted today that' 'Esther had been seeded 4->. with* no-observable effect. vv>- * *■. 1959 Accident Settled Out Of Coaft Nancy Glenn Denning^ a 12 year-old Dunn, Route 5, girl.^as been, |warded $14,250 damages. in a oomptooniae-’settlement $ef a law suit for injuries received in an ass?* icrw ?RF*f Defendants fti the siift were Ja mes W/Lee of Norfolk, Va., now In the Navy, William1 Riddle, for merly of Dunn Whb is now to the Army, and Elmon Jernigan of Dunn. The girl was a,passenger in th£ automobile being driven by Riddlt a:*d owned by Lee, when it collid ed w'ith the vehicle being operated by Jernigan. Sh suffered a broken leg and other serious and permanent in juries as the result of the acci dent. The suit was brought by her mother, Mrs. Mae Denning. Representing the Dennings were Attorneys W. A. (Bill) Taylor and J. Robert Young of Dunn. Attor-i uey Jim Nance of Fayetteville re-' presented the deCndanta. Th case had been scheduled for trial during the present civil we ion of Harnett Superior Court but attorneys reached the settle ment out of court. • .1 Over ur. Hunters >kk leavew Resolve Dispute Leonidas Jackson, Erwin, chair man of the Harnett County health hoard, said the group plans a on a recumulate sick leave oyer a period of several year. His request totals around $7,500, a sum not actotals around $7,500, a sum not hudgeted in the 1961-62 budget. The board has countered with an offer to give him his salary for 45 days annual leave, and 30 days sick leave which would in effect continue the physician on the county pay roll until the mid dle of November. The board is reportedly anxious to revolve the dispute in hopes of employing a new health officer, an action that can not be taken until the post k officially vacated. Meanwhile, at a recent meeting (Onttesad — Page Four) Dag's Successor May Be Tunisian UNITED,. NATIONS, N- Y„ ,(tyPI)—Informed diplomatic sour ces said, today the General As sembly will name Mongi Slim of Tunisia to, take over the duties of Secretary General Dag Hammar skjold. Slim was- slated to be elected president vft the Assembly when it convenes its 16th regular an nual session at 2 p.m. EST. Outgoing Assembly President Frederick „H. Boland of Ireland was expected to suggest that Slim be named as coordinator of the manifold U. N. functions—a sort of interim secretary general—in Addition to performing his presi dental chores. \ The Western powers were ready to support the plan. Hie power ful Afro-Asian bloc WAS certar do so. Most of the Latin Ameri cans were expected to go along. : The only opposition -was expect ed from- the nine-nation Soviet bloc, and perhaps Cuba. WILMINGTON, N. C. (UPI) - today with 150 mile an hour wind to flee while there still was time. The giant storm, with gusts “considerably higher” than 150 miles an hour, was expected to begin brushing the extreme east ern part of North Carolina early this evening and to hit the sandy islands with hurricane force winds late tonight. Gov. Terry Sanford issued a strong appeal for almost total evacuation of the low-lying Outer Banks, “now while it is possible.” The Outer Banks has a perman ent resident population of several thousand persons. Tide up to eight feet above - Hurricane Esther bore down on the jutting North Carolina coast s and residents of tne low-lying Outer Banks islands were warned 1 moving toward the northwest or north-northwest ..during the next 12 hourS'"with only a very slighf turning toward a more northerly component.” Hurricane warnings were dis played from Cherry Point, N. C., to Norfolk, Va., and the Virginia Capes. The Weather Bureau ordered a hurricane watch and gale warn ings hoisted north of the Virginia Capes to Cape -May, N. J., in cluding all of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, and from south of Cherry Point .to Myrtle Beach, S. f ♦ - . 5 f ■ .« forenoon.”!-11 < / , < •» *K .. Ti4?§, r ,f?f9.. expected four to eight feet abovfe' normal and’ hitl er Is * some localities if the hurri cane should take a little more westerly course. “Persons i residing in the WW lying areas, tents and trailers should seek high ground and suit able shelter immediately,” the Weather Bureau urged. “Safety precautions should .be started now,” it said. Gales extended outward 350 miies except 200 miles in the southwest quadrant, the Weather STORMY weather GIRLS — These Hurri cane Carla evacuees, flooding a Texas hoteL, looked “more like debs getting read; for the charity ball than storm refugees,'* photo.) NEA Tele normal were expected to cau^e flooding along sounds and low lying areas and cut off bridge and ferry escape routes. Severe Hurricane The lai^e and severe hurricane was on a path which, barring a more westerly turn or slowing down of forward speed, would take its center brushing past Cape Hattsras, on the tip of the Outer Banks, sometime early Wednesday. The Miaipi Weather, Bureau said in its 11 a.m. EST advisory that the storm would continue c. The Miami Weather Bureau lo cated Esther’s center at latitude 31.3 north and longitude 72.4 west, or about 500 statute miles and a little south of due east of Savannah, Ga. This was some 315 miles south j southeast of Cape Hatteras. Cape Hatteras Target The advisory said Esther was moving at about 13 miles an hour j in the general direction of Cape | Hatteras and said the center “should pass not far from Cape Hatteras tomorrow (Wednesday) Bureau said. Sanford’s appeal said, “I am especially concerned that the peo ple on the Outer Banks move _to the mainland and higher ground now while it is possible. I hope everybody will leave the Outer Banks now.” State and federal government, civil defense, Red Cross and other agencies were mobilized and alerted for disaster work. State troopers toured the Outer Banks advising residents to leave, and evacuations were orderly. Many left Monday night. No Witnesses Develop in Motel Case Girl In Delinquents Home —Her Seducers Never Found Time nas apparently run oui on an investigation into the sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old girl from the Coats area who disap peared from her home on July 4. Discovered ten days later at a motel between Dunn and Fayette ville, the girl was rapidly packed off to a home for delinquents and tHe sheriff’s department began an investigation. It was apparent t>y today that the investigation had fizzled for tack of direct testimony. Rural Policeman Carson Hall admitted there had been no ar rests, doubted there would be any ana said it had proved impossible to find witnesses who would des cribe the incidents at the motel. “In a case like this, you have to have people Who will talk,’’ said Hall, “and nobody is willing to. I seriously doubt that anything further will happen on it (the in vosugauuui. The girl herself had related that she was taken to the motel by two htys, stayed overnight with them but didn’t have relations with mem. She admitted, however, that oilier men were later admitted fco the room in which she stayed and that these men "had used her,” Key Harnett Leaders Meet Tonite Banquet To Kick Off 4-H Club Campaign r»r\ 11 ntt* ii'i/la try and the professions will meet i tonight to hear State farm exten | sion officials explain details of the 4-H Development Program at a banquet meeting in the Commun ty Building at Lillington. The banquet will be held to of campaign in Harnttt to raise $25, 1000 needed for 4-H development work in the county. Harnett County has a total of 1,500 4-H Club boys and girls In the 19 school clubs and 10 com (Continued on Pace Four)