(OsuaihoA
Occasional rain spreading across
the remainder of the state to
night and not quite so cold east of
the mountains. Low in the 30s in
noun tains to mid 40s along the
coast. Tuesday, some rain south
east portion in forenoon but oth
erwise fair or clearing.
VOLUME 14
TELEPHONE 892 - 3117 — 892 - 3118
DUNN. N. C. MONDY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1964
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Youth Given
Prison Term
For Break-Ins
Bobby Ray Jackson, 16, caught
Sunday night by city policemen O.
T. Wilson and A. H. Ivey as he at
tempted to break into the Sinclair
station on N. Ellis Ave., was tried
Monday in Dunn city court and
sent to a first offender’s prison
camp for two years.
Judge Woodrow Hill give him a
year each on seven different
break-in charges and ordered that
he served at least two years of the
seven.
Jackson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Jackson. His father is
employed at Betsy Johnson Hos
pital. 1
The boy already was under pro
bation for theft of hub caps after
admitting that charge in juvenile
court. Officers said he had just
turned 16 when they caught him
Sunday night.
He hadn’t yet admitted breaking
into the station, but admitted he
was trying to. He also admited a
number of other break-ins, includ
ing those at the Dunn Health Cen
ter, Pope and Mixon, Norris Fuel
Co., General Utility, the law of
fices of Bryan and Bryan and oth
er.;
By coincidence, Judge Hflt ap
pointed Attorney Robert Eryan to
defend Jackson before It became
knowjj that-Orvag^nffice was one
of those entered! Bryan went a
bead, however, and defended him
as vigorously as if his own office
hadn’t been Involved.
Jackson admitted all seven
charges against him and Implicated
a relative, Billy Ray Jones, as an
accomplice In some of the break
ins. Judge Hill ordered arrest of
the Jones bov. He said he would
have given Jackson more time if
he had not pleaded guilty and Im
plicated the other boy.
Despite the guilty plea, Jackson’s
father later gave notice of appeal
to Superior Court.
Summers' Home
Razed Bv Fire
A house occupied by the Bob
Summers family was destroyed by
fire this morning but most of the
furniture and clothing was saved
by neighbors and firemen.
The house, located a mile north
west of Dunn on Route 3, was
owned ny A. wr. Glover. It had
just recently been remodeled.
Howard M. Lee, secretary-trea
surer of the department, said
cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss was partially covered by in
surance.
While 13 men remained on call
at the fire house, nine men and
two trucks were sent to the scene.
PILGRIMAGE OF PRAYER — Pope Paul VI is erected by King Hussein of Jordan on arrival in Am
man. The Pope trod the places Jesus Christ walked 2,000 years ago. He returned to Rome today.
At County Courthouse VVec/. Nite
"Little Federal" Rally Slated
Harnett Democratic Party lea
ders today were completing plans
lor an all-out campaign next week
in an effort to roll up a big vote
in favor of the proposed ‘‘Little
Federal” constitutional amend
ment to realign representatives
in the General Assembly.
Prominent Erwin Leader Dies
Final Rites Held
For Edward Thomas
Edward Ragland Thomas, Jr., 58,
member of a pioneer Erwin family
of druggists, died Friday night at 11
o’clock in Good Hope Hospital in
Erwin. He suffered a heart attack
about three hours earlier.
He is a twin brother of former
State Senator and Representative
Fred S. Thomas of Erwin The
family has been prominent in the
cffairs of Harnett for many years.
Mr. Thomas w?ui a native and
lifelong resident of Erwin, son of
the late E. R. Thomas, Sr, and
Ophelia Langston Thomas.
He received his education at
Durham High School, Flshburne
Military Academy in Va, and
Campbell College. He was a mem
ber of the firm of E. R. Thomas
Drug Co., a firm founded by hi3
father in 1904.
Church Official
Mr. Thomas was a member of
the official board of the Erwin
Methodist Church, was a member
of the Erwin Business and Profes
sional Men’s Club and a former
member of the board of directors
of the North Carolina Mutual
Wholesale Drug Co. of Durham.
Throughout the years, Mr. Thom
as had been active in the political,
civic, social and religious affairs
of the town and county.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning at 10 a. m. in the
Erwin Methodist Church. The Rev.
Carl Calloway, pastor, officiated.
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Copt. Howard Hudson Suffers Fall While Visiting HI Mothei
Retired Officer Badly Injured
A retired Dunn Army Captain,
Howard V. Hudson, 43, of Brown
Mills New Jersey, was in a criti
cal condition at Walter Reed Hos
pital in Washington, D. C. today
as the result of a fall suffered in
Dunn Saturday afternoon while
j-ere visiting his seriously ill mo
ther.
Members of the family said this
afternoon that lititle hope is held
for his recovery. Capt. Hudson is
a brother-in-law of Don Melcher,
Dunn’s Assistant Postmaster. They
eerved together in World War II
and saw combat action overseas
in the same Army outfit.
Capt. Hudson came to Dunn on
Thursday to visit his mother, Mrs,
Ada Hudson, now in Betsy John
son Hospital recuperating from a
cerebral hemorrhage and stroke
suffered a week ago Sunday.
By coincidence, Mrs. Hudson
had Just finished talking with
Capt. Hudson when she suffered
the double attack. She fell to the
floor and left the phone hanging.
GiMM
CAPT. HOWARD HUDSON
FELL FROM TREE
Capt. Hudson was in a tall pe
can tree at his mother’s home on
the Dunn-Erwin road early Sat
urday afternoon. When he reach
ed for a limb above him it broke
and threw him to the ground.
He was rushed to Womack
Hospital as Fort Bragg, where ex
amination showed his neck was
broken and his spinal cord in
jured. He was flown by Jet to Wal
ter Reed where he underwent ma
jor surgery Monday morning.
The family said doctors inform
ed Capt. Hudson prior to the ope
ration that if he survives he pro
bably would oe hopelessly para
lyzed from the waist down for life.
“I’m afraid,” declared his sis
ter, Mrs. Melcher, “that the next
report we receive on him will be
the last one.”
Capt. Hudson, who now serves
as assistant commissary manager
at Fort Dix, N. J., had been sche
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the way to Las Vegas snow-girl
In addition to civic club addres
ses by two prominent legislators,
a big county-wide rally will be held
Wednesday night at 8 o’clock in
the county courthouse.
Plans for the event were an
nounced today by Harnett Demo
cratic Chairman Neill McK. Ross
of Lillington.
DINNER FOR OFFICIALS
Prior to the courthouse rally,
State Senator Robert B. Morgan
of Lillington and State Represen
tative Dr. H. D. (Buster) Mabe
of Erwin will be hosts at a barbe
cue supper for all Democratic pre
cinct chairmen and vice chairmen
and other members of the Har
nett Democratic Executive Com
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Set By Arsonist
Damage Over
Million Dollars
NEW YORK (UPI) — An ar
sonist set fire to the Grand Ball
room of the Hotel Astor in the
heart of Times Square early today.
The fire was controlled quickly
without injury.
The blaze, which caused damage
estimated at $1 million by hotel
officials, was “definitely set,”
said fire commissioner Edward
Thompson.
Moments after the fire erupted
just after midnight, a hotel em
ploye chased a young man with a
.crewcut and trenehcoat from the
ballroom into the street but he es
caped. Police later questioned a
man fitting that description but
he was released before dawn.
Firemen answering three alarms
Contained the smoky fire within
ah hour but the combined effects
of fire, smoke and water heavily
damaged the 2,500-seat ballroom.
Thompson said its sprinkler sys
tem and fireproof construction
probably prevented the flames
fro mspreading into other parts
of the hotel. ""**
Two telephone operators, brav
ing choking smoke which fillec
the switchboard room, alerted 5(
guests occupying rooms above th<
l^trnjng baHroom. They moved tt
the lobby Without incident *” Fire
n>en subsequently ordered all 2CH
occupants of the 11-story hotel tc
leave their rooms briefly while
the building was checked thor
oughly for hidden pockets of fire
None was found.
The hotel is located on Time!
Square at Broadway and 45ti
Street.
Hotel employes were setting ur
the ballroom for a fashion buyers
meeting and show, scheduled this
morning, when the flames bursl
out at the east end of the big
loom.
Scores of firemen who answered
the three alarms doused the flam
er quickly with heavy hoses, leav
ing the plush second floor ball
room ankle - deep in water. The
room, redecorated two years age
at a cost of a quarter of a million
dollars, also suffered heavy smoke
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In Those Daringly Low Necklines
Heaven Help The
Girl Who Sneezes
NEW YORK (UPI) — Spring
’64 is the season of the big plunge
in fashion.
Necklines on many evening
dresses dip so daringly low that
il' a girl sneezes, heaven help her.
One New York designer, Luis
Estevez, told a showroom full of
buyers recently, as he described
one black sheath formal, “If you
have to wear a bra, don’t wear
this dress. I didn’t want Dior to
outdo me."
The reference was to the col
lection Marc Bohan did for the
Paris branch of Dior a season ago
when he cleaved dress fronts to
the waist. For the new season,
Estevez Is one of numerous de
signers just as daring.
The showstopper in the Geof
frey Beene collection for spring is
one that can be unbuttoned all
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News Roundup
CHARLOTTE (UPI) — The North Carolina Republican Par
ty announced today it was unanimously opposed to the “little federal
plan” to reapportion the General Assembly and challenged the De
mocrats to make known their position.
LANSING, Mich. (DPI) — When Gov.'George Romney goes
to Washington Tuesday to begin his self-appointed task of trying to
mold national Republican opinion he is certain to urge the GOP
to take the offense in 1964’s political wars.
BONN (UPI) — Former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer turned
88 years old Sunday, and most of the 600 persons at his birthday
party still called him “Herr Chancellor.”
RALEIGH (DPI) — State Revenue Commissioner W. A.
Johnson said today total net highway and General Fund collections
in December were nearly $2 million more than were collected in De
cember 1962. Johnson’s monthy report to Gov. Terry Sanford in
dicated last month’s figures were 838.6 million as compared to tne
December, 1982, figures of $36.8 million.
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Harnett Man Admits Assault On Duke Coed
.
Youth Is Charged
With Kidnap-Rape
Dwight Lee Parrish, son of a
| Lillington produce dealer, has
! been apprehended by Harnett
| County law authorities and charg
ed with rape and kidnaping in
connection with an alleged crimi
nal assault Thursday upon a Duke
University coed student.
XJ.MF. ron FtTN — L«ci_ Johnson, daughter et President ^d.Mrs.^
Johnson, laughs as she and her escort Jack Olson, from Maiden
Rock. Wis., talk with friends at a party given in Luci’s honor in Aus
tin, Tex.
Mrs. Johnson's Death Ruled Suicide
Lillington Woman
Takes Own Life
Mrs. A. L. (Virginia Jane< Jcnn
son, 44, of Lillington, Route 1,
mother of four children and a tell
er in the Bank of Lillington for a
number of years, was found dead by
a son early today, her head lying
directly beneath the exhaust pipe
of her automobile.
Harnett Coroner W. A. Warren
ruled her death was “a plain case
of suicide,” and said no inquest
would be held.
Neither friends nor members of
the family could give any reason
for her actions and said she had
not appeared to be troubled
Her nusDana roia coroner war
ren that he woke up about 5 o’
clock this morning and found his
wife missing from bed. 1-Ie and
the children immediatey began a
search for her.
Woody, one of her sons, went to
the garage, located some distance
from the home, after he heard the
motor of the car running. He found
his mother lying on an old mattress
which she had put beneath the ex
haust pipe of the car.
She apparently had attempted to
hook a plastic hose to the exhaust
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Ex-Girl Now Pop
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI) — A
man who was brought up as a
girl became a father after surgery
changed him into a normal male,
according to a Washington Uni
versity plastic surgeon.
Dr. James Barrett Brown, a pro
fessor of clinical surgery who per
formed the operation, said it was
the first time to his knowledge
that such surgery had achieved
fatherhood.
Brown said the operation was
performed on the unidentified St.
Louis man at the age of 13. The
man recently became a father at
the age of 23.
Anatomical Change
Brown said the young father
had not undergone a “sex
change.”
“He was always a boy but his
parents didn’t know it,” Brown
said in an interview. “He had a
congenital anomaly which occurs
quite frequently. The operation
was an anatomical change which
completed the male sex for him.”
Brown reported on the opera
tion with Dr. Minot P. Fryer, also
of Washington University, in the
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The 18-year old Harnett youth,
according tQ Durham Detective
Lt. Fric Haithcock, is an epileptic
vho has a young pregnant wife.
Haithock said Parrish gave h
the attack picked him from a line- ,
up of eight persons in the Angier
jail. Durham police supplied in
formation to Harnett authorities
which resulted in Parrish’s arrest,
Haithcock said.
Parrish, who was taken to Dur
ham by his father Thursday morn
ing for a psychiatric examination
at Duke Hospital, is being held
without bond pending action by ,
the grand jury.
The stocky defendant under
went 11 days of psychiatric obser
vation in State Hospital in Ra
leigh in November, the detectives
pointed out, but since has been
employed by his father. ¥
The attractive Duke student
complained Thursday that as she
got into her car at a parking lot
at the rear of Hanes House at
Duke, an unidentified young man
got in the vehicle, held a knife
to the oack of her neck and order
ed her to drive him to a wooded
area off Highway 85 near Orange
County.
The woman said her assailant
at knifepoint criminally assaulted
her and afterwards forced her to
drive him to Raleigh where he
took $3 from her purse and got
out of the car in front of the
Capitol.
She drove back to Durham and
was treated by a private physician
who verified she had been raped,
Brown and Hight said.
Thursday night the officers re
ceived information about Parrish.
They then contacted Harnett Coun
ty authorities who arrested him
at his home.
The officers said Parrish during
an interrogation in the Durham
Detective Bureau gave a detailed
review of his activities.
"He said his father took him to
a doctor’s office at Duke and fol
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full confession after the victim
Thief Stealing
From Cemetery
A nomination for the title of
“meanest thief of the year" must
go to whoever is stealing flowers
and vases off the graves in Ben*
son’s cemeteries.
Several local residents have men
tioned this thievery recently. One
lady had put a vase with artifical
flowers on the giave cf a loved
one at the city cemetery, and re
turned in a few days to find both
vase and flowers missing. Others
reported similar instances.
“It is not only the monetary
value of the missing articles, al
though the flowers and vases do
represent a considerable amount,
but the descration of the grave of
someone you love it what hurts,”
one person commented.
Hiram Rose, whose firms owns
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Gestapo Guard Testifies At Mass Murder Trial
Killing Children Was Hardest
FRANKFORT, Germany (UPI)
—A former inmate who helped
Gestapo guards at Nazi Germany’s
Auschwitz death oamp testified
today that handling children was
the worst job.
“They always wanted to go to
their mothers,’’ said Emil Bed
narek, being tried with 21 former
Nazi SS elite guards for running
the extermination camp that slau
ghtered 2.5 million to 4 million
men, women and children.
“I didn’t like to take care of
the kids,” Bernarek told the hush
ed courtroom on the third day of
the trial.
But the Nazis gave him 40 chil
dren to tend after they put him in
charge of an inmate dormitory mi
the camp, he said.
‘‘Couldn't Control Them”
“I couldn't control them, and
I asked for some help. The kids
were transferred,” Bednarek said.
Bednarek according to the pro
secution, killed prisoners in his
charge. They said he beat one to
death with a shovel, helped kin
10 screaming Jewish women light
ing against entering a gas chamber
and had naked prisoners doused
with,water to freeze to death in
bitter cold.
Next to make his opening plea
was Dr. Franz Lucas, 53, a former
Gestapo doctor accused of helping
decide which inmates worked as
slave laborers and which went in
to the gas chambers. The doctor
appeared very embrasaed in the
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