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Friday mostly cloudy and cool with
occasional rain spreading into the
we«t portion during the day and
into the east portion at night.
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YOUTH WEEK SPEAKERS — The youth of the First Presbyterian Church will be speaking at services
Sunday morning as a climax to the observance of Y outh Week. In the photo, left to right, are Wee
Lynn Gordon, Anne West, Jack Byrd and Brenda McDuffie. Standing are Gene Smith, Chuck Byrd and
Johnny Gray. (Record Photo by Russell Bassford)
Henderson To Speak At Jaycee - Rotary Event
Solon Cites Responsibilities
In Lillington Speech Tonight
Congressman David Henderson
of Wallace, in a speech prepared
for delivery at the annual service
awards banquet of Lillington Jay
cees and Rotarians tonight
(Thursday!, emphasised that free
doms carry responsibilities as well
as rights.
“We have so often heard it said
that we live in a free country
that many persons have been de
luded into thinking that our
freedoms are absolute, but this is
not the fact,’’ the popular Third
District solon will tell the big
crowd expected for tonight’s event.
In an obvious reference to civil
rights demonstrations, Congress
man Henderson lashed out at
those who would rebel against au
thority with the false claim It is
their right and freedom to do so.
“Jesus Christ who came to this
earth to champion the cause of
freedom of the individual would
not advocate revolt against es
tablished authority, even though
that authority was unpopular to
his followers,” he pointed out,
and then cited a Bible passage
which bore out the statement:
QUOTES BIBLICAL AUTHOBITY
“When the lawyer asked wheth
er it was lawful to pay tribute to
Caesar,” said Congressman Hen
derson, “our Lord did not equi
vocate. His reply, ‘Render unto
Caesar the things which are Cae
At Still In Johnston
ATU Nabs Two
A Johnston County father and
his son were facing Federal liquor
charges today following their ar
rest at a liquor still in Meadow
Township on Benson, Route 2.
Ernest Edward Capps, 49, of
Benson, Route 2, and his son,
Kenneth Malmo Capps, 18. same
address, waived hearing in Dunn
Thursday morning before U. S.
Commissioner Abe Elmore.
The government charged both
with possessing, operating and
working at an unregistered dis
tillery, possession of a 60-gallon
submarine-type still, 300 gallons
of mash, 18 gallons of whiskey and
other euipment.
ATU agents out of the Dunn
office said the distillery was go
ing full blast when they surround
ed it and took the father and son
into custody.
Officers making the raid were
ATU Agents Raymond 8. Moore,
William C. Terrell, Raymond D.
Harrison, and four Johnston
County deputies, J. D. Stewart,
Howard Olive, Jr., Charlie Lewis
and Fulton Moore.
Commissioner Elmore set bond
for the two men at $500 each for
trial at the next term of U. S. Dis
trict Court in Raleigh.
sar’s’ clearly established his recog
nition of the importance of obe
dience to established law and or
der.”
He said the American people
“can be free and enjoy our free
doms only so long as we recog
nize that they are not absolute
and only so long as we recognize
that with it freedom brings res
ponsibility."
‘‘It is a sickening spectacle,” he
said, “to seen an individual like
Lee Harvey Oswald, who after
openly renouncing his loyalty to
the United States and embracing
communbm, later loudly claiming
his constitutional rights and pri
vileges.”
In another allusion to the civil
rights clamor, Henderson predict
ed that week after next, hundreds
of “Lincoln Day” speeches will be
made and millions of words will
be spoken describing Abraham
Lincoln as the champion of hu
“But few will make mention of
the fact that he (Lincoln) like
wise insisted strongly on indivi
dual responsibility,’* he added.
“In these days when we hear
so much about rights, it is tragic
that we hear so little about res
ponsibility; it is equally tragic
that in our zeal to preserve the
rights of one citizen or group of
citizens, some of us believe it ne
cessary, or even advisable, to in
fringe on the rights of others.”
“PEACEABLY/’ HE REMINDS
He said the right of assembly
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Finance Chairman Says $5,000 Needed In Harnett
Why Blalock Is For Preyer
Dunn Mayor George Franklin
Blalock, announced yesterday as
finance chairman for the Preyer
forces in Harnett, released a
statement today giving his reasons
for supporting the Greensboro
gubernatorial candidate and said
he would “be glad to personally
debate any Lake or Moore follow
er wh owould impugh Judge Prey
er in any way.”
He said North Carolina needs
“a big man” for the office, and
described Judge Preyer as Just
sdch a man, declaring he is ‘‘the
ideal man for Governor.”
Mayor Blalock said it is the first
time in his life he has ever taken
an active part In a governor’s
campaign. 7*
At the same time, Mayor Bla
lock said he has already begun a
dfive to raise $5,000 in contribu
tions from Harnett citizens to help
finance the Preyer vote-getting
drive.
He said $2,500 of the money
would be sent to State headquar
ters as Harnett’s assigned allot
ment and said the other $2,500
would be spent within the county
as the Preyer forces see fit.
Co-managing Judge Preyer’s
campaign in Harnett are Robert C.
Bryan, popular young Dunn at
torney, and Josnnle Wilboume,
prominent Ullington business man.
Mrs. Dot Snipes of Dunn heads
up the woman’s division.
PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN OFF
Th Dunn mayor said he was'
highly optimistic over chances of
Judge Preyer carrying Harnett,
which went overwhelmingly for
Dr. I. Beverly Lake four years ago
and has been regarded as a L*ke
stronghold in the current cam
paign.
“T understand State headquart
ers was going to write Harnett
County off as a lost cause, think
ing nobody but Lake could possib
ly win in Harnett. But after a
survey of the county and learning
of the strong trend toward Judge
Preyer, we feel optimistic; In fact,
almost confident,” added Blalock.
Mayor Blalock declared that
Preyer** life “is balanced and well
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Camera Aboard
To Make First
Moon Close-Up
CAPE KENNEDY tUPI) — The
United States today installed a
camera - carrying Ranger probe in
an orbiting station in space,
then shot it outward on a
planned 240,000 mile trip to hike
the first closeup pictures of
the moon.
1 A silvery Atlas - Agena rocket
seeking the nation’s second space
triumph in two days, boosted the
804-pound Ranger into a “parking
orbit” around earth after blasting
off at 10:49 a. m. (EST).
About 25 miriutes later, as it
soared 115 miles above the Indian
Ocean, the Agena rocket was re
started in an attempt to push the
speed of the scientific package to
23,800 miles per hour — enough to
carry it all the way to the moon.
The federal space agency said
that tracking information from
ground stations indicated that Ran
ger “was where it should be” on
the long, looping Right toward the
moon.
This indicated the Agena second
stage had fired for the second
time as planned.
Jet Propuiston Laboratories
(JPL) said that, "as far as we are
concerned the spacecraft is on
normal course and has separated.”
It was this nation’s first moon
shot in 15 months and if everything
went as planned, Ranger would
provide a barrage of closeup photo
i graphs as it dived to a crash land
ing on the moon’s surface early
Sunday morning.
Hopefully, it would end a- frust
rating series of 14 previous fail
ures in as many attempts at the
moon which has come to be re
garded as this country’s most allu
sive target in space. The Soviet
Union has scored two moonshot
successes both in 1959.
Scientists said the Ranger Jour
ney would take about 66 hours.
URGENT need
Contributions of household fur
nishings, bed linens, kitchen uten
sils, clothing, etc. are being ac
cepted for the Shelton Horne
family whose home was razed by
fire early Monday morning. Noth
ing was saved to the nre. Con
tributions can be made to Rev.
Frank Davison, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Erwin, or
to Mrs. Sonny Davis at 305 North
12th Street, Erwin.
Early Edition of the Record Friday
It's Moving Weekend!
Friday's edition of The Daily Record will go to
press about noontime, much earlier than usual. j
This is moving weekend for The Record, which
makes Friday's early presstime necessary.
The Record is moving to its new location between
North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. and Dunn Produc
tion Credit Association on East Cumberland Street,
closer to tthe business district and more convenient to
the public. .
Even before the press starts rolling Friday, a crew of
workmen will begin the almost-herculean task of dis
mantling the other heavy equipment used to publish
The Record. _ .
Moving a newspaper plant is no simple matter, but
a big complicated operation requiring all sorts of spec
ialized technicians, and special equipment.
It means dismantling, moving and setting up again
approximately 30 to 40 tons of heavy machinery and
other equipment.
Ernie Lohndorf of the Goss Printing Press Co. in
Chicago arrived by plane last night to supervise the
job of moving the Mg press used in publishing The
Record. This press alone weighs slightly over 26,000
pounds. .
The Record plans to make the move without missing
a single edition. Weeks of preparation have already
gone into the task in order to make this possible,
^operation of the public in arranging early all ads
and news copy will be greatly appreciated.
fn Address To Benson Chamber Tonight:
Helms: Reject All Socialism
LYNDA BIRD’S CHUM—'Warrie Lynn Smith of San Antonio, Tex., (right) is greeted at
the White House by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and her eldest daughter, Lynda Bird (left). The
girls, classmates at Texas U. last semester, will register at George Washington U. Lynda
Bird has invited Miss Smith to live at the White House during the college year.
By Pro-American Forces In Viet Nam
Military Rule Is Overthrown
SAIGON, South Viet Nam —
, Tough, pro-American MaJ. Gen.
Nguyien Khanh overthrew the rul
ling military Junta today in a
bloodless coup he said was neces
sary to “sweep away the Commu
nists and traitors who are in fav
or of neutralism."
The 36-year-old Khanh, com
mander of the key 1st Army Corps,
apparently was backed by most if
not all of the leaders of the South
Vietnamese armed forces in top
pling the three-month-old junta
shortly before dawn without fir
ing a shot.
So swiftly and efficiently was
the coup planned and carried out
that Saigon appeared completely
normal on the surface late in the
day, save for the presence of
troops stationed at key points.
Khanh said in abroadcast over
Saigon Radio that he acted to pre
vent a French-inspired neutraliza
tion of Viet Nam. He hinted the
ousted junta member* had been
Plotting with French agents to
this end.
Saigon Radio broadcast a de
cree signed by 17 Vietnamese army
generals and large number ot
colonels, which said the youthful
Khanh had replaced Maj. Gen.
Duong Van Minh as chairman of
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Some Called Too Often
Judge Wants Jury
Lists Improved
Superior Court Judge Edward
Clark of Elizabethtown has ex
pressed concern over the frequency
of Jurors serving in Superior Court
sessions in the county.
Judge Clark requested County
Commissioner Alex Cameron to
make changes to avoid such a re
currance.
The judge also announced that
his policy in future court sessions
here would be to excuse any pros
pective juror who has served less
than two years prior.
Clark said he would inform Sup
erior Court Judge William Y.
Blckett of Raleigh of the Harnett
situation.
Mrs. Inez Harrington, register of
deeds, who is charged by the coun
ty commissioners with preparation
of the Jury lists, said that jurors
doubling up could be caused by
two factors: owning property in
more than one township and draw
ing the same name from a new
jury box.
Mrs. Harrington’s office prepares
the jury reservoir from property
tax abstracts. She says that com
missioners purge the lists before
they are put in the sealed box for
selection throughout the year.
The last new list was prepared
late in 1963, she said.
Clark made his request for a
change during his session of Har
nett Superior Court last week. He
recalled one juror whose face he’d
seen at least twice in four months.
A random check of Superior
Court jurors who have served re
cently showed a number of ex
amples of Judge Clark’s concern.
Jurors and terms they served in
cluded:
W. H. Prince. June 1962 and De
cember 1962; L. N. Shaw April 1963
and November 1963; Woodrow W.
Salmon April 1963 and November
1963; Robert E, Plowman, Sept.
1959 and May 1960; R. W, Bridges,
September 1963 and January 1964;
Thurman Bowden, August 1959,
March 1960 and August 1962; W.
E. Bethune, October 1962 and Janu
ary 1963; Freedie W. Baker, Sept
ember 1961 and February 1962; and
Charles Edward Matthews, June
1963 and January 1964 (excused).
WRAL - TV Exec
Raps Loss Of
Man's Freedom
Raleigh television commentator
Jesse Helms, in an address to be
delivered to the annual banquet of
the Benson Chamber of Commerce
tonight praised the worthiness of
Chambers of Commerce as “guard
ians of free enterprise principles,”
attacked the encroachment of gov
ernment on individual rights and
called for rejection of socialistic
practices and a return to the basic
principles which made America
great.
Mr. Helms, vice president of
WRAL-TV and one of the State’s
most popular television personali
ties. has a program entitled “View
point,” on which he discusses the
issues of the times twice daily.
Declaring that responsibilities
must be assumed along with free
doms, calls for an epidemic of per
sonal responsibility, a sweeping
willingness to admit that we’ve been
! simpering sycophants — holing our
hands out to Washington — for
long enough.
“Servant or Master”
“We have got to spread the un
derstanding,” he admonishes, “that
government will either be man’s
servant or his master. It can’t be
both.
“This means,” explained Mr.
Helms in his prepared address
“that we must reject all socialism
— not Just that which the other
fellow eniovs. If we mean what we
■ n reach about free enterprise and
capitalism and liberty, then even
the sugar-coating on our own little
mess of government pottage must of
necessity taste bitter upon our ton
gues.
“It is a difficult choice We
have got to stop worshipping the
sacred cows of subsidies, controls
and federal aid. Each feeds on your
freedom, each has a ravenous ap
Detite. If we really want freedom,
wp must be williner to fight for it,
work for it, sacrifice for it.”
Mr. Helms, who served as top ad
ministrative assistant to the late
JJ. S Senator Willis Smith until
his death, has long been recog
nized as one of the South’s top
champions of freedom and bis tele
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Raleigh Attorney Raps Scott Machine
Jordan Announces
For Lt. Governor
RALEIGH — With the express
ed realization that “this campaign
will not be an easy one,’* Wake
Senator John Jordan today an
JOHN R. JORDAN JR.
nounced his candidacy for Lt.
Governor in the Democratic Pri
mary.
Citing the importance of the
State’s No. 2 job, the Raleigh at
torney declared, “the filling of this
office is of great concern to the
people.”
He said his candidacy offers citi
zens an oportuaity to vote for a
candidate “who is free and un
fettered and who can represent all
the people regardless of class, co
lor or creed.’*
In a reference to Robert Scott,
Jordan said: “Already announced
is a candidate identified with a
powerful political mtchine
of monstrous proportions.”
ALSO RAPS BLUE
He said another candidate, an
obvious reference to Cliff Blue of
Aberdeen, “is being vigorously
promoted by certain elements of
the press seeking special privileges
for themselves on the floor of the
State Senate where the U. Oov.
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