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THESE
LITTLE
THINGS
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THE CAV AUERS; HOWARD
AND HIS MONEY, ETC. ETC.
Today is the birthday of The
Daily Record. We are 13 years
young, thank you. It is also the
birthday of Racio Station WCKB,
observing its 16th anniversary.
LITTLE NOTES: Raymond Cro
martie, a fellow who’s alway try
ing to help others, phoned today
to say that we should give some
publicity boosts to The Cavaliers,
local high school orchestra head
ed by Charles Aycock ... The
band made its first big public ap
pearance at a dance here Thanks
giving Eve in the John Deere
building of Johnson Cotton Co.
and drew £ large crowd _ To
night, it Will play for another
benefit dance at 9 p.m. at Strick
mas parade. Dunn’s Shrine clowns
will help entertain the crowd —
Eand leader Aycock plays a hot
trumpet; Donald Hobson, the
electric piano; Paul Mattox, saxa
phione, Walt Jones, drums and
vocalist; Brent Adams, vocalist
and tamborines, and Sonny Bur
ies, vocalist ana manager. —
Purpose of the dance is to help
the young up-and-coming band
raise money to buy its own elec
tric guitar _ The one now used
is rented _ The band has been
booked for the Shrine’s Christmas
dance and for a homecoming
dance at Buie’s Creek .... It is
available for other engagements
and its price is right - “Those
bo vs are really fabulous.” declar
es Mrs. Earl Jones, who furnishes
her home for practice sessions.
THINGAMAJIGS: A close friend
of Chief Justice Howard M. Lee
says Hizzoner loves his money so
good that he’s thinking about
having it monogrammed — “He
might as well,” added the friend
“nobody else won’t ever get any
of it. anyway.” — What the
friend doesn’t know is that Ho
ward believes in living on the in
terest collected from the interest
drawn by the rest of it .... “I
am proud,’’ says Chief Justice
Howard M., “to acknowledge that
I am, indeed, a very close man
with a dollar." _ Dunn’s ex
clusive Cotillion Club Is having its
formal Christmas dance tonight .
. The mother of State Senator
Robert Morgan is still lying un
conscious in a coma at Good Hone
Hospital in Erwin.Rev. B. B.
Felder, head of the local NAACP,
has called for the defeat of City
Judge Woodrow Hill in the next
election .... He said at a recent
meeting here that Dunn’s popular
judge has got to go .... Dunn
merchants report brisk Christmas
business .. And this is to re
mind you that local business
houses will be open tonight until
g - Sandra Gall Wolf of Coats
is reported to be favored to win
the title of “Miss Merrie Christ
mas” here tonight .... L. D. Col
ville, Jr., the Erwin youth who
operates the mailing machine for
The Daily Record, observes with
a sigh that, “She’s the loveliest
thing this side of Heaven; just
wish she was mine.” .... Dunn
Postmaster Thad Pope predicts
the local office will handle 410.000
pieces of mail during the Christ
mas season — Research by Post
master Pope reveals that the mo
dem custom of sending Christmas
cards began in London in IMS
“One of the best Christmas
presents we can give ourselves is
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DUNN SHBINERS WITH TOP SHRINER OF ALL— Curtis Ennis, left, and Paul L. Strickland, Jr,
right, two well-known Dunn Shriners, are pictured here with Harold C. Close of Conn., Imperial'
Shrine Potentate of all North America. The Dunn business men serviced as the Potentate’s aides
during a recent visit to Sudan Temple in New Bern.
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Candidate Preyer Changes His Stand
Now He's For Anti-Red Law
KINSTON — Gubernatorial
candik.'te Richard Preyer has
changed his stand on the law
which bans Communists and Fifth
Amendment pleaders from speak
ing on the campuses of state-sup
ported institutions.
When the law was first enacted,
Preyer joined the loud chorus of
left-wingers, liberals, and the
Action Delayed On
Trailer Request
The Dunn Planning Board held
its regular meeting at the City
Hall, with Chairman Myres Tilgh
man presiding and other members
C. W. Bannerman, E. B. Culbreth,
and Earl Jones present. Also pre
sent were Mayor George F. Bla
lock, ex-officio member of the
Planning Board, A. B. Uzzle, Jr„
Secretary to the Planning Board,
John Donnelly of the Community
Planning Division of the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment, Attorney W. A. Tay
lor, John Ballance Lee, Mrs. An
gela Shell, Sam Miriello, and Ar
thur Denning of the Dunn En
gineering Company.
Attorney W. A. Taylor and Mr.
John Ballance Lee sought infor
mation as to possibility of having
Mr. Lee’s property on the south
side of Pearsall Street between
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At Campbell College
Religious Teachers
To Meet Saturday
Professors of religion from 25
colleges and universities will con
vene at Campbell College Satur
day for the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Teachers of Relig
ion. ',
Program for the event, which
will extend from 9:15 a. m. to ad
journment at 3:30 p. m. will In
clude discussion of topics bearing
on theological scholarship and on
the interrelationship of religion to
contemporary life.
Presiding during the session will
be Professor J. Floyd Moore of
QnUfdrd Oolletfe, wiho to chairman
of the association. In charge of lo
cal arrangements at the host col
lege is Dr. John Bunn, head of the
Campbell .College Department of
Religion.
Of interest from the viewpoint
of Biblical scholarship will be talks
by Dr. Frederick R. Crownfield,
Guilford College; Dr. Bernard
Boyd, University' of North Caro
lina, and Dr. W. F. Stinespring,
Duke University.
Discussions treating the con
frontation of religion and twen
tieth - century issues will feature
Prof. Bari R. MeCormac of David
son; Dr. Elizabeth KJ. Wright of
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misguided in denouncing the law
and calling it unnecessary.
It didn’t take long, however,
for them to learn that an over
whelming majority of the people
ere strongly in favor of the law
and against repealing it.
Dr. I. Beverly Lake immediate
ly came out in favor of the law
and has been one of its strongest
supporters. The other gubemator
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Fired Bullet
Into His Home
last Spring
,] WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
jWe of Lee Harvey Oswald has
told FBI investigators that the
Bemused assassin claimed that he
had fired a bullet into the home
of former Maj. Gen. Edwin Walk
4r in Dallas last April, it was
learned today.
f The FBI declined comment both
On the statement attributed to
Ijlrs. Oswald or reports that the
possibility that Oswald was the
Walker sniper is being investigat
But other sources said that the
jftusslan-born wife of Oswald had
Plated that her husband told her
jfccitedly last April that he had
tfied to kill Walker.
•Jj Other sources said FBI agents
Investigating the Kennedy assas
Bi have asked Dallas police
ails of the firing on Walk
nae seven months ago. They
il to speculate on anything
fact , that the FBI
vinto a possible connection
rlV Oswald and the Walker
episode.
FORT WORTH (UPI) — Mrs.
Marguerite Oswald, mother of ac
cused presidential assassin Lee
Harvey Osv'ald, said she will an
nounce today whether she will
move her son’s body from a Fort
Worth cemetery.
Police urged that the body be
moved to protect it from ghouls,
who might break open the grave
and take the corpse. Guards,
costing $3,000 a month, now watch
the burial spot.
Mrs. Oswald also indicated that
she will bring to light “discrepan
cies” i nthe FBI’s case against
her son today during an after
noon news conference, which was
announced Thursday.
At the same time, she reiterat
ed her claim that the FBI could
have kept Oswald from commit
ting the crime.
Should Have Watched
“They knew he was a defector,”
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Dunn Man Boosted
To Highway Post
RALEIGH -r- James L. Norris,
former State Hydrographic En
gineer, has been named Assistant
Chief Engineer of Bridges for the
North Carolina State Highway
Commission.
Norris is a veteran employee
with over 30 years’ experience
with the Bridge Department, and
has served as acting department
head since July, following the re
tirement of former Assistant Chief
Engineer of Bridges W. S. Wins
low.
In 1931 Norris graduated from
the University of North Carolina
where he received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Civil Engineer
ing, and began work with the
Highway Bridge Department until
World War n. During the war
Norris served with the United
States Corps of Engineers in Wil
mington, and later with the 182nd
Engineer Combat Battalion in
Italy. He was discharged from the
Army as a captain in 1946 and re
turned to work with the Highway
Commission as a Bridge Construc
tion Engineer. He was promoted
to Assistant Hydrogtaphic Engi
neer in 1962 and held that position
until 1969, when he became State
Hydrographic Engineer. As Assis
tant Chief Engineer of Bridges,
Norris will be in charge of bridge
design, construction and mainten
anbe.
Norris, 53 year old native of
Dunn, is a member of the Raleigh
Engineers Club and the North
Carolina Society of Engineers.
He is married to the former
Jessie Ruth Baucom and they re
side at 1322 Dixie Trail, Raleigh.
JAMES L. NORRIS
Almost Toppled Empire Admits Framing Negro Lover
Christine Keeler GetsPrison Term
LONDON (UPI) — Christine
Keeler and the other two women
furrto scandal, came to tha end of
her fling in the big city today
when she was sentenced to nine
months in prison for trying to
lailroad one of her Negro lovers
to jail.
The 21-year-old redhead ex
changed her elegant clothing for
prison costume only five years
after she left the converted rail
way car she called home to start
the. career as a playgril that led
to the resignation of a Cabinet
minister and the suicide of her
sponsor in high society.
Christine suddenly pleaded guil
ty on the second day of her trial
and was sentenced to nine months
for perjury and six months for
obstruction of justice. The term
swill run concurrently.
Acted in Fear
The girl who 'stood stiffly in the
prisoner’s dock to bear recorder
Sir Anthony Hawke say the sen
tence might have been more se
< vare .except that,she .lived Vuudet.
pressure, under fear, tinder '(ffiSHl
nation,” bore little resemblance
to the reckless "kicks ter” who
nearly toppled the government of
former Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan.
Her eyes were dark-rimmed, her
makeup blotchy, her hair un
kept. Only her smart green suit
fitted her reputation as the girl
who entranced War Minister John
Profumo, Soviet intelligence
agent Eugene Ivanov, and others
of Britains political and social
set.
WITHOUT EMOTION
Miss Keeler took the sentence
without obvious emotion. A prison
warder gripped her arm and led
her down through the steps to the
cells below.
There her composure cracked
and her sobbing could be heard in
the courtroom.
Lied About Beating
Her pleas and the sentence
came on the second day of her
trial for lying about the beating
she received last April. She had
said Negro jazz singer Aloysius
(Lucky) Gordon, one of her boy
friends, had beaten her. Her room
mate and housekeeper said the
same thing, and Gordon went to
Jail. But the new evidence freed
him and she was indicted.
At today’s proceedings her
.roommate, Paula Hamlllton-Mar
shall, was sentenced to six months
for perjury and three months for
conspiracy to obstruct justice
with both terms also to run con
currently.
Mrs. Olive Brooker, the house
keeper, was conditionally dis- j
charged.
CHRISTINE KEELER
The crown charged that Miss
Keeler an dthe other two women
testified in Gordon’s trial that
Gordon had beaten Miss Keeler,
when actually they knew another
man had given her the beating
some hours before.
Evidence at the preliminary
hearing indicated Miss Keeler had
tired of Gordon and when he I
showed up that night decided to
pin the guilt for the attack on him
to get him out of the way.
WANT TO BE IN GA.
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atty. Gen.
Eugene Cook has been asked fro 1
help the North Carolina commun- 1
ity of Bettys Creek become a part
of Georgia. '
Cook has indicated a willingness
fro aid the community, which says
all of its ties are with Georgia.
The Bettys Creek community is j
in Macon County, Nl C., and only
4H miles from Dillard, Ga. ,
IN HOSPITAL ■
Taylor Newton is a patient in <
Eetsy Johnson Hospital suffering i
from injuries sustained in an auto j
accident.
For Erection
In Harnett
Up In County
The Harnett County Civil De
fense has in the last few months
been able to obtain some surplus
pioperty for the county and have
seven auxiliary power units locat
ed throughout the county.
In case of power failures, there
would be enough power to operate
some of the emergency centers on
a limited basis, such as radios,
emergency lighting and alarm
systems.
Located at the Erwin Fire and
Rescue Department is a jeep,
ti ailer, power unit, and large
flood, AiBhtjiJfiS,.SfflSOSBSiL. QPfilSc^
tions. The Dunn Fire Department
is also working on the same type
of operation and to date they have
the power unit and lights. As soon
as jeeps and trailers become avail
able at the Raleigh Surplus Pro
perty Warehouse, they will acquire
them.
There is located in Lillington at
the Court House the same type
yf equipment that is in Erwin.
tbeat
Santa ClauA:
My name is Sue Lee. I would
ike a Taperecorder, Tammy’s
iportscar, clothes, Accaries, little
diss Echo Tiny Kissy Spank Me
Cry, Tressy, Debbie Drake doll,
douse Trap Spin-A-Roo, Snow
Pieces, jumping Jimmy, Penny the
5odle Va-u-form.
I will leave out some cake and
:offee.
Sincerly
CONELIA SUE LEE
Dunn
JEAR SANTA,
I am not asking for much this
Christmas because my daddy is
ick in the hosital. I want a tiger
ioe. some clothes and some trucks.
5h and a surprise too. Santa
lon’t forget the little children who
lon’t have a daddy at all. My
iame is Randy Grissom. I am five
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Leaders Warned Against Doctrine of Communism
"It Is Not American Guilt"
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Top
House Republicans warned today
against what they called efforts to
make "Americans generally’’ feel
guilty in the assassination of Pre
sident Kennedy.
At the same time they served
notice that sorrow at the Presi
dent’s death will not be allowed
to impede honest debate and dis
sent.
SEE PAGE 5
(Jesse Helms, vice president of
WRAL - TV and one of the State’s
most popular television news
analysis, discusses the same
subject in "Viewpoint,” which
appears on Page 5 of today’s is
sue. You are urged to read it.)
“There is guilt,” they said, “but
it is not American guilt. It is the
guilt of the murderer. There is
hatred, fanaticism, and bigotry in
the world but America is not its
source or loyal Americans its prac
titioners. America instead has
worked hard against these forces
and continues to do so.”
But the GOP leaders said the
time has come to assure that
Americans are not now divided
and confused by “suspicion, dis
trust and unwarranted accusa
tions.”
“We are told that hate was
the assassin that struck down the
President,” they said in a formal
statement by the 36-member House
Republican Policy Committee.
"If it was hatred that moved the
assassin, that hatred was bred by
the teachings of communism. All
the evidence so far presented af
firms this.
“Efforts to make Americans
generally feel guilty of the crime
now are obscuring the nature o'
the crime. Rather than setting
American against American,
easily could happen if guilt is mis*
placed and doubt becomes a device
of political debate, the tragic event
should serve to set the face and
heart of all Americans firmly
against the warped and alien doc
trine which, alone in the world to»
day, reaches destruction of soc
ieties and freedom employs mur
der as a tool, and threatens vio
lence around the globe from a
base of major national power.
‘‘That doctrine is the doctrine
of communism.”
Hie statement was drafted for
the committee's approval today by
a three - man subcommittee set
up for the purpose at the group'*
last regular meeting on Tuesday.