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(t)QjCdJwA Mostly cloudy with intermittent rain or scattered shoWcrs in west portion this afternoon and over the state tonight possibly continuing early Saturday in the coastal area. Cooler most sections tonight and over entire state on Saturday. FOLPMK U TELEPHONE S98-S117 - M-lltt DUNN, N. C. 1, 1963 FIVE CENTS PER COPT 830 THESE Little Things MM*ly Hoover AdomiMM> AVERASBORO POLITICS, AS CONFUSED AS USUAL Just two days ago Jt appeared al most a certainty that former Dunn Mayor Ralph Hanna would be pick ed by Averasboro Democratic pre cinct chairmen to fill out the un expired term of Lofton Tart. At this moment (1 p. m. Fri day) it appears Just as certain that Fred M. Byerly will be recom mended for the office- By t))e time the c|iairimfen mpet (tonight at 7:30) anything could happen and almost anybody might be named. That’s the way things politically go in Averasboro. Always confus ion, practically never agreement. First person mentioned for the post was Earl Jones, popular mem ber of the county board of elec tions. Without asking Earl, one of his friends got busy and by night fall Monday announced he had enough commitments to give Jones the office. Earl was grateful, but pot interested. He’s happy where he is. And then the battle royal got underway. Hanna said very frank lv he’d be delighted to serve, want ed thp office, would consider it an honor, would be grateful lor It and could be counted on to run for the office next spring. (Incid entally, he’ll still be a candidate no matter who is named tonight.) Meanwhile, Byerlv was playing l,t cov said he definitely was not a candidate, wasn’t seeking It tout appreciated efforts of his friends and would be hapnv to serve In the Interest, of Twrt.v harmony, etc. That’s about as far as the har mony business got. Today, party factions In Averas horo were sD'lt elr wavs from Sunday, to put It In the mildest from nossihle. a«d Trod has Join ed Raloh In becoming an active candidate. Ona of Bverfv’s sonnortera hear ing that Hanna had It “sewed un” Tuesday night vowed that the nte ture would be changed before the gun evor rose again. Both dav and night tor the pass three davs — and nights — al most frantic maneuvering has been underway on behalf of both men. "I~r"n DAI IV AJ1U rvivin At almost anv hour out of an? 84. the Bverlv backers were clalm Inethls or that chairman had switched from Hanna to Bverlv and the Hanna folks were claim ing this or that chairman had switched to Bverlv had either switched back to Hanna or that there had been no switching In the first, nlaee. Meanwhile, the four members of the committee In Avera shorn were deadlocked tightly over se lection of a chairman In that nre cipct to Rueceed J. E. (Hats) Wil liams. Two of them favor tools Baer, the other two favor Alyls Carvpr. Baer Is for Bverlv. Carver Is for Hanna and neither would budge. Vice Chairman Helen Currln, frustrated in efforts to get mem bers together for a meeting, final ly called It off and said no meet ing will be held until after the seven remaining chairmen and vice chairmen Meet tonight to act on the commissioner endorsement. Through it all, Byerly and Han na remain unperturbed. Both are old hands at the game of politics. Fred today was cauttonsly opti mistic. figured things looked good “at this time," quickly adding. “You know how it Is In politics — anything can happen.” And Ralph was good-naturedly taking about the same position. He said today that reports indi cated that Fred might have It, hilt hasn’t given up by any means. A close friend said, “Ralph la more concerned with the cam (Continued on Page Bight) “Q” IS FOR QUORUM CLUB—Washington s plush Quorum Club, in the spotlight because former Senate Democratic Secretary Robert G. “Bobby” Baker was an original member, is located m the Carroll Arms Hotel, left, in picture at left. The hotel is next door to the new Senate Office Building. At right, entrance to the club. Armed Robbery, Many Other Cases Criminal Court Slated A wide variety of cases ranging all the way from public drunken ness to murder are scheduled fer trial at a one-week criminal term jf Harnett Superior Court which will open Monday, Nov. 11 with Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Wood land presiding. District Solicitor Mrs. fafoffifcffifilUtt-A«P K&tfe Dunn Child Hurt Halloween Night Terry Floyd Johnson, eight year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rick ey Johnson of Dunn ,was struck by a car last night when he and several other children were "Trick or Treating.” The accident occurred on Quj Avenue when the children crossed the street and Terry darted into the path of an auto driven by Mrs. Charlie Hildreth. Terry received cuts, brusies and had a head injury, which are not believed to be serious. He was ad mitted to the local hospital. “It’s Just one of those things,” said Mrs. Johnson today, “no one or anything is to blame; it could have happened to me.” MRS GOFF HURT Mrs. Ruth Goff of Warren’s Rex all Pharmacy wag injured in an accident Wednesday afternoon at (Continued an Page Eight) Rescued PEINE, Germany (UPI)—Thre< men trapped more than a week ii a flooded iron mine rode a stee capsule one at a time to the sur lace today. Officials said they went direct ly into a decompression chambei on top of the mine to preven them from getting a case of the “bends” following their long or deal under high air pressure. Rescue worker Paul Syska weni down in the capsule first througl a 362-foot escape shaft punchec through to the miners by ar American-made drill early todaj in a precision operation -He help ed them into the 10-foot-lont capsule and they rode to the sur face one at a time. Syska then made the last trii tc the surface and Joined them ir i the decompression chamber, i They were expected to spend a bout three hours in the decom pression chamber becoming accus tomed to normal air pressure. They had been caught in a 300 foot-long air bubble in which the pressure was the only thing keep ing the water from them. Emil Pohlai, 34, was the first of the trapped miners to be res cued, followed by Frits Leder, 30, and Gerhard Hanusch, 43, Poh lai entered the decompression chamber shortly after noon 6 a. m„ EST and Syska, the last man, climbed into it 33 minutes later. The rescue capsule was tested by ballast before Syska went down in it. Strict secrecy was maintain ed until he did. Archie Taylor and Asst. (Solicitor Jake Lamm will prosecute toe docket. Among the cases are those ot James Marvin McLamb and tala girl friend, Grace Beasley, charged hi conm»fe<r~ilBir mwSm mmmt of Village Open Air Market in Er win and the Hotel Cotton Dale in Dunn. Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews, cleric, today released the following calen dar of cases to be heard: Grand Jury, Monday, Nov, 11 Charles Pearce, larceny; Grace Beasley, two counts, aiding and abetting in armed robbery; James Marvin McLamb, breaking and en tering, larceny and armed rcfcbery; Rosa Lee Whitehead, forgery; George Arthur Hall, aiding and abetting in forgery; Sylvester Smith, incest; Roselee Whitehead, forgery; George Hall, aiding and abetting ih forgery; Raymond Jones, assault with deadly weapon; Charles Ray Hodges, breaking and entering and larceny; Mack Weld on Jones, breaking and entering and larceny; Sherman Sewell, fal se pretense; Macon Gibson, As sault with deadly weapon, etc.; Ann Gibson, assault with deadly weapon, etc.; and Laddie James Stover, incest. Docket Marv Campbell vs. Turner Camp bell; Murphy B. Franks, E. L. Hall, Tommy Ray Johnson, Alton Ber nice Godwin, 2 counts; Deloris Hicks. Winston Earl Butler. James 'EHwtard Smith. William IBraxton Tyndall. Johnnie Jackson, John nie Austin Jackson, Luther H. Jack son. Warren Harden Jackson. Jr., Gladrs Johnson. Samuel Mavnard, Stanley P*te. Jerry Sins, and Wil liford E. Strickland. Motion Docket Qeoree M. Be Ik post conviction hearing; Silas Lucas, crime against nature; Lester Sanders, public drunkenness, etc. tJreaa Docket Elsie Knight vs. Leon Myratt (Continued on Page Eight) Easy Accessibility of Bedrooms Blamed Wild Parties At Harvard CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CPI) — Harvard University students de fended the moral climate of their hallowed, ivy-covered halls today sven though a dean contended soed visits to men’s room’s permit* “wild parties and sexual inter jourse." University rules allow girls to risit male students* ro*ms-be itnd closed bedroom doers if they wish—but the undergrade deny this has led to sexual excises* on the grounds of the nation’s oldest ind perhaps most staid university. Harvard men charge that at tention focused on a letter to the student newspaper from Dr. John U. Monro, dean of Harvard Col lege, had created a distorted, large false Impression of what goes on at the alma mater of a succession of American luminaries from John Hancock to President Kennedy. Monro also called the attention of Eastern universtiy presidents to a report by a Harvard psychia trist which concludes that sax re latlons between college men and coeds are becoming more preva lent. Or. Graham B. Blaine Jr., of the university’s health services blamed the trend on the easy ac cessibility of bedrooms in college dormitories. Monro sent his nri memographed article to Harvard administrators and to presidents of Raddiffe, a weman's college which shares classrooms with Harvard, and other Hast Coast 1 schools (Continued on Fsgo MgM) i Big Coliseum In Indianapolis lipped By Blast INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) — h shattering explosion, apparently caused by ignition of compressed pfe, blasted the Indiana Coliseum at* the climax of a gay Halloween lc« pageant Thursday night. Au Srities today counted 67 persons d and 331 injured. Waters Were whirling into the nd finale of the opening night formance of "Holiday on Ice” when the explosions tore through concrete floor beneath a sec of $3.30-a-ticket box seats— the finest in the house. It was “Shrine night” at the ice show. Bodies were hurtled 40 and 50 feet through the air onto the ice Where chorus girls had pirouetted a moment before. Mink stoles lay among torn bodies, crumpled pop corn boxes and empty beer con tainers. In point of numbers kill ed it was the greatest tragedy in Indianapolis history. Saddens Entire State Gov. Matthew* Welsh and Cor oner Dennis Nicholas promised an unstinting investigation until the cause of the blast is discover Welsh called it “a great trage which "saddened the entire tvfeiligators indicated they al ready! had plenty of clues. The box seats, many of them occupied by prominent Indianapolis area residents, were directly above the concession area which is located In the basement of the barn-like state fair coliseum. At least one colis eum worker said he saw a gas tank topple over there moments before the blast. Cordons of police guarded other gas tanks and warn ed spectators to stay away after the disaster. To the stunned city of Indiana polis, the reasons whv seemed se condary for the moment. The shocking and most import ant fact was a sheet of ice scar red1 <wifch dead - mothers, fathers, a few children: a holiday Hallo ween night which became a real nldhtmare while a Hand plaved iazztime music: the double row of covered bodies laid out in the coliseum under the merrv eve of a oaste-boaM chorus girl which had served as a won for the show. Survivors Tell Stow Those who lived through it told the story: Policeman Jack Ohrburg: “It’s the first time I’ve ever had a -year-old girl die in my arm crying ’Daddy, daddy*.” Richard Crowell. 20, college stu dent, srtio dragged his girl friend from the rubble and struggled to wards safety: “There was a pop corn concession stand beneath us . .all over us. I carried Karol. I could see people screaming and running. Legs and • arms were sticking out of the rubble. On the way out we had to cross peo Dle I believe were dead. One man had Ws head sticking 1« the (Continued on Page Eight) —-i— -— Cigarette Causes Fire In Car About $100 damage was done to the interior ot a 1963 Pontiac this afternoon. Twenty-three firemen answered the alarm. The car was parked in the yard jf; Mrs. Lela Chance in the 100 >lock of Bast ChranvlUe Street. The seat of the car was on fire, Howard M. Lee, secretary - trea surer of the department said. It is thought that some one pass ng up' threw, a cigarette into (he ar and started thr blae. Two trucks were sent to the. scene, raie alarm came in at 1^28 and amen were back at the station 1:40. »iirt fpa i+irnii'r To Begin Slaughtering On Limited Scale Meat Plant To Open Mov. 17 SPACE TWINS IN NEW YORK—Soviet cosmonauts Valen tina Tereshkova and Maj. Yuri Gagarin stroll through Central Park during their visit to New York City and the United Nations. Man, background is unidentified._ Madam Nhu's Husband Slain Military Revolt Today In Viet Nam SAIGON, South Viet Nam (UPI) — Vietnamese marine, army and air force units rebelled today to overthrow the regime of Presi dent Ngo Dinh Diem. The United States promptly or dered forces in the Pacific to start moving toward Viet Nam to pro tect American lives if necessary. Diem was arrested and jailed and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, powerful head of the secret police, was assassinated by rebel forces, (Continued on Page Eight) -- -- ger of Dunn Meat Packers, Inc., announced today that the open ing of the new modern meat pack ing plant will take place Nov. 12. Slaughtering will be on a limit ed basis of about 1,000 hogs per week. The plant will employ approxi mately 25 people at the start and this will gradually increase to capacity of killing 1,000 hogs per day with employment of 40 to 50 people. Tom Farmer, who is in charge of procurement, will start buying hogs Monday morning, November 11th, at the company’s livestock pens located adjacent to the plant. All farmers in the area are urged to call 892-3858 at Dunn for fur ther information. Man Appeals Theft Case Felix McArthur, Dunn Negro, pleaded not guilty of charges of larceny of barbering tools valued at $106 In Dunn Recorders Court Thursday. Prosecuting -witnesses in the ac-> tion were Joe Dew and Dynn Smith, who claimed that McArthur had taken two pairs of clippers, ft razor, and a hairbrush belonging to them. McArthur was convicted by Judge Woodrow Hill and given a 2-year suspended sentence. Conditions were that he pay into the court the sum of $200 for the use and benefit of Dew and Smith and pay the costs. McArthur apealed and bond was set at $1,000. , $200 Fine Robert Herring, 32-year-old Ne gro of Route 5, Dunn, was order ed to pay a $200 fine and the costs for driving after his license had (Continued on Page Eight) THREE DIE IN FIRE DURHAM (UPI) — Three small Negro children died in an early morning fire here today which iestroyed their three-room home. The victims were identified as Edward Jones, six - months-old, bis brother, James E. Jr. 4 and a sister Macgreta, 8. , They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Jones. Firemen said the mother had gone to the store for milk for the baby and the father was stand ing on a nearby corner waiting fof i ride to work when the fire broke jut. The cause of the blaze had not been determined. Longtime Officials of Commercial Bank Elected Smith, Stephenson Named Directors of The Commercial Bank in Dunn, at a meeting held Thursday afternoon elected Eugene W. (Gene) Smith as Acting Presi dent and elected J. N. Stephenson as Vice President & Cashier to serve until the annual stockholders meeting to be held in January. A statement issued by the bank said: A statement issued by the bank said:. ‘‘At a meeting of the board of directors of The Commercial Bank it Dunn, N. C. the following were sleeted officers to serve until the snirual stockholders meeting to be tieW in January 1963: E. <W. Smith. Acting President: J. N. Stephen son! Vice President Sc Cashier.” V - . . ■; A- spokesman dor the bank, said lirectors had decided to wait .un til the January meeting to name (Continued on Page Eight) EUGENE W. SMITH J. N. STEPHENSON
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