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VOLUME 14
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DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1964
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Webb Is Fined
$1,000, Therlo
Barefoot $500
Robert Earl Webb of Dunn, Route
2 was given his choice of serving
five years in prison or paying a
$1,000 fine in U. S. District Court
at Raleigh yesterday on charges of
violating Federal liquor laws.
Webb chose to pay the fine in
stead of going to prison.
Webb was also convicted in an
other liquor case and was placed
on probation for two years.
He was one of a number of de
fendants arrested by Federal ATU
I Agents working out^ of the Dunn
office.
Therlo Barefoot of Benson, Route
2, who has been tried in Federal
Court on previous occasions, plead
f'dft guilty to possession of fruit jars
and other materials for use in
manufacturing, and was fined $500
and put on probation for three
years.
He was represented by Attorney
D. K. Stewart.
Other sentences included:
Eugene Norris of Dunn, Route 3,
$200 fine and three years proba
tion.
Joe R. Norris, of Dunn, Route 3,
$200 fine and five years probation.
William Roy McLairib, Dunn,
Route 3, sentence suspended for
three years.
James Leonard Avery and Millard
David Smith, both of Four Oaks,
three years in prison, suspended on
$100 fine and probation for three
years.
Eugene Barefoot, Jr. and Charles
Earl Radford, also of Four Oaks,
were given three years each, sus
pended on payment of $200 fine
and three years probation.
Donald Ray Adams of Dunn,
three years in prison, suspended on
$200 fine and three years probation;
Carlyle McLamb of Dunn, case
dismissed for transporting.
Curtis Washington Wilkins of
Dunn, Route 2, three years in pri
son, suspended and put on proba
tion for two years.
Ernest Edward Capps of Dunn,
three years, $50 fine and probation
for three years. His son, Kenneth
Capps, arrested with him, was put
on probation until 1964, when he
wDl become of age.
Erwin To Hear
Union Leader'
William Barbee of Raleigh,
State president of the AFL-CIO.
will speak to members of Local
250 of the Textile Workers Union
of America (AFL-CIO) in the
union hall at Erwin Saturday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock, it was an
nounced today by Lloyd Byrd,
business manager of the union.
In addition to an important ad
dress prepared for this occasion,
Mr. Barbee will 6how an excellent
color movie, entitled, “Program
For Progress.” This movie shows
how working people can attain a
greater voice in affairs of thair
government.
Mr. Barbee is well known in Er
win and is one of the South’s most
popular union official*.
A large crowd is expected to
hear him Saturday at Erwin.
i SSS
But the jam is understandable. Rome’s auto population has jumped 500,000 in 10 years.
Cope Plans Important Meeting Friday Nighf
Dawkins Elected To Head
Erwin Political Committee
Lacy Dawkins has been elected
a; the new Chairman of CORE,
the Erwin Committee on Political
Education, it was announced to
day toy Lloyd Byrd, business man
ager of Local -30 of the . Textile
Workers Union of America (APL
CTO) at Erwin.
Harnett's Third This Week
Angier Man Killed
James Howard Wilson, 45, of
Route 2, Angier, was killed instant
ly early Thursday morning about
12:35.
Harnett County Coroner Bill
Warren said the victim, operating
a pickup truck, apparently went to
ulsleep and failed to make a curve.
The fatal accident occurred on
Highway 210 about a mile south of
Angier towards Lillington near the
Vicinity of Wilson’s home.
Coroner Warren reported that the
pickup hit a ditch and overturned
three times. Wilson was killed in
stantly when crushed by the steer
ing wheel post in the chest.
Coroner Warren and State Troop
er Paul Lucas investigated. Wil
son was alone and no inquest will
be held.
Wilson was the third person killed
on Harnett County highways within
a one week period.
No Apparent Motive
Wife Of Prominent
Doctor Is Slain
SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn.
(UPI) — Authorities said blood
hounds would be brought Into the
search today for the “person or
persons” who shot the wife of a
prominent doctor without apparent
motive.
The body of Mrs. Carolyn Hav
ron, 43, mother of three, was found
early Wednesday by her husband,
Dr. J. B. Havron, and her youngest
son, DJana, 8, a second grader.
Sheriff Ernest Haskew said a
bout 10 officers, Including two state
investigators, searched the Pitts
burg Mountain area.
Coroner R. H. Hall ruled Mrs.
Havron was murdered “by per
son or persons unknown.” Hall said
“we haven’t found a motive. All
her jewelry and rings were still
there.”
Havron, on duty at the South
Pittsburg hospital, was away from
the residence for the night.
Hall said Mrs. Havron was shot
“once in the head — In the left
temple.”
Mrs. Havron was not criminally
assaulted as far as investigators
could tell, the sheriff said.
Haskew said the boy came in to
his mother’s bedroom - where the
body' was found - about 7 a. m.
to shut off the alarm clock.
He said the child called his father
who summoned police and thlen
came home.
The back door was open, Haskew
said, and at least one window was
unlatched.
In GOP Presidential Fight
Ike Declares He's Neutral
HARRISBURG, Pa. t^PI) —
Former President Dwight D. Eisen
hower today proclaimed his strict
neutrality in the Republican presi
dential race and said he would not
try to "dictate” a choice tor tne
party’s nomination.
Returning to Pennsylvania after
a five - month winter stay in Calif
ornia, the general said It would be
neither “practical nor wise” to pick
a candidate "and expect all the Re
publicans, Just, like a herd of sheep
to run that way."
At an impromptu news conference
held as he alighted from the pri
vate railroad car which had car
ried him from , the west coast
Eisenhower pledged support to the
choice of the GOP national conven
tion, rejected speculation he would
become part of any “stop move
ment” and said President Johnson
could be beaten with the "right
combination” of platform and can
didates.
Owtttaea Position
Summing up his position, the
I former chief executive said:
"I Just know whoever Is nom
inated I am going to support. And
I don’t want to be — after all, I
am an ex-polltician — I should not
be in the position of trying to dic
tate to the Republican party what
it should do. I am going to sup
port It In its decisions and do
Whatever I can — I can’t do very
much.”
When queried by newsmen on re
ports of OOP plans for his leader
(Oontbnwd on Page Bis)
.^r.nuns* u. “
The purpose of this committed
is to educate union members on
political matters and to work for
the election of candidates who are
favorable to legislation which will
benefit the working people.
Mr. Dawkins is a former busi
ness manager of the Erwin union
and a longtime leader in affairs
of the town and county.
Others elected to the commit
tee were: Boy Tyson, secretary;
Denver J. Bethune, Mrs. Ruby
Stewart and Mrs. Vera McCas
klll.
Mr. Byrd said an Important
meeting of the committee will oe
held Friday night at 7 o’clock and
all members of the union are in
vited and urged to be present.
Report Tenants
Living In
Real Squalor
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Two
Republican congressmen said to
day they found shocking squalor
on Alabama farm land owned by
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson.
“If the President is sincere in
^his poverty program, he should
Lave demonstrated his sincerity
e long time ago by assisting these
people who are living in such de
jlorable conditions on the John
lon land in Alabama,” Rep. Dave
Martin, <R-Neb.,) told a news
inference.
"We saw people living in deplor
able poverty with little evidence
of concern by their millionarie
landlords,” Rep. M. G. Synder
(R.-Ky.,) said.
"We saw nothing here that
could not easily be corrected by
the Johnsons themselves without
a nickel of federal funds or a
single federal program, if of course
they, really cared.”
The two GOP House members
described themselves as “amateur
poverty investigators.’*
Martin said the trip by himself
and Snyder to Autauga County,
Alabama, last weekend was fin
anced by the Republican Congres
sional Campaign Committee. He
asserted that “the President’s po
verty campaign is nothing more
than an election-year gimmick.”
Show Photographs
The two OOP congressmen,
members of the House committee
now considering the President's
$962 million “war on poverty” bill,
displayed photographs taken by a
GOP campaign committee photo
grapher.
Martin, a lumber dealer, claim
ed the Johnsons could repair leaky
roofs, cracked flooring and gene
rally deteriorated conditions of
the five houses they visited for a
bout $150 each.
”It seems to me that the John
son family should f ollow the
Christian admonition ‘Put your
own house in order’ before trying
to preach this gospel to the tune
of a $1 billion a year program,”
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It's The Season For Them
Another 'Monster
KENANSVILLE (UPI) — The
mysterious monster which has
struck fear Into the hearts of
Johnston County residents ap
parently is branching out with his
spooky wanderings.
Law enforcement officers in ad
joining Wayne County said a re
port was filed Tuesday saying a
large Negro man some seven feet
tall was seen in the area.
In nearby Duplin County, of
ficers were searching their rural
areas today following a report
that a man fitting this descrip
tion had Deen spou,eu m »»w
nity. .
The “monster” began attract
ing attention last Sunday In
Johnston County when several
persons reported seeing a wierd
looking man walking near Dean’s
Old Mill, eight miles east of
Smithfield.
Unconfirmed rumors of half-de
voured animals and strange
sounds caused Johnston Counti
ans to arm themselves and to
scour the area near the mill Tues
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News Roundup
that he would “be very happy” to brief Congress on the progress
of that anti-Communist struggle.
TOKYO (UPI) - Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mt
kovan Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s trade specialist and trouble
SSSl.’SS today on . „PP?»t,y ann.d „ ™„«w..n,
Communist China’s growing business ties with Japan.
RALEIGH (DPI) — Vittorio Oianninl, one of the nation’s
leading music composers, has been recommended by Gov. Terry
Sanford to head North Carolina’s School of Performing Arts at
Winston - Salem.
RALEIGH (UPI) — Federal Judge John D. Larkins today
signed a preliminary injunction which will allow Halifax County
registrars more than five minutes in which to register prospective
applicants as voters.
NEW YORK (UPI) — American men are the shavingest
men in the world — they spend $126 million a year for blades and
razors alone — but they used to do it in dreary, sleepy - eyed soli
tude and forget about it. Now they talk about it.
THE HAGUE (UPI) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation (NATO) Council today named its outgoing secretary general
Dirk U. Stikker, to a “watchdog” assignment to try to prevent war
between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus,
Five Citizens Trying To Block Board's Action
Hearing On Purchase Of City
Hall Site Is Set For May 22
TO TAKE OATH FRIDAY — William A. (Bill) Johnson, shown
here, will be sworn in as the State’s newest Superior Court Judge
in ceremonies to be held Friday at 4 p. m. in the county courthouse
in Lillington. Governor Terry Sanford will be present and all
citizens of Harnett are also Invited to be present. Court Clerk Eliza
beth Matthews will administer the oath. (Daily Record Photo.)
Each Shipment Must Be OK'd
U. S. Tightens Up
On Cuban Exports
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
United States today tightened its
embargo on exports to Cuba, re
moving food and medicine from
general license authority.
The action by the Commerce De
partment did not mean that food
and medicine may not be shipped
to Cuba — only that from now on
the department will pass on each
shipment individually. ^
A department spokesman said it
“wishes to be informed of all in
tended trade with Cuba” in the fu
ture so as to be in a position “to
act according to the national in
terest of the United States.”
The spokesman said decisions
would be made on individual ship
ments “in the light of all relevant
circumstances.”
Gift parcels still will be per
mitted under general license so
as not to interrupt such relief and
humanitarian acts on the part of
individuals, the department said.
Wellons To Get
Eagle Scout Award
Charles Russell Wellons, II, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wellons
of Fayetteville, formerly of Dunn,
will receive the certificate and Bad
ge of an Eagle Scout at an Eagle
Court of Honor at the Dunn Gos
pel Tabernacle Church, Sunday,
May 17, at 7:00 P. M.
This award is the highest rank
in scouting.
Superior Court Judge Bill Bick
ett of Raleigh has ordered Mayor
George Franklin Blalock and oth
er Dunn officials to appear before
him on Friday, May 22 to show
cause why the Town of Dunn
should not be permanently res
trained from- purchase of the old
George Pope property on E. Broad
St. as a site for Dunn’s new city
hall.
Judge Bickett yesterday signed an
order restraining the town from
purchasing the property pending
the hearing. The restraining order
was secured by City commission
ers O. W. (Bill) Godwin, Jr., and
Bill Cameron and three private
citizens, Everette L. Doffermyre,
Harvey Raynor and John Lewis.
This action constitutes another
round in the controversy which
erupted here last week when May
or George Franklin Blalock broke
a 2-2 tie in favor of buying the
site from his mother for $60,000.
The five men contend in the
complaint filed with Judge Bick
ett that purchase of the land
would constitute a conflict-in-in
terest on the part of the mayor,
that the purchase price is unrea
sonable, that its purchase is un
necessary; and that description of
the property and terms of pur
chase are unknown to the ftve
iren.
The five men protesting the
purchase are represented by At
torney James McDaniel (Rock)
Johnson, prominent Dunn attor
TWO WITHDRAW
A sixth man, John G. Thomas,
was originally listed as a party to
the suit but his name was with
drawn, as was the name of At
torney D. K. Stewart, who had
been listed as associate attorney
with Mr. Johnson.
Commissioner Bill Godwin, who
has led protests against purchase
'of the site, insisted today that the
lawsuit was not motivated by any
political consideration whatever.
“As citizens of the town, said
Mr Godwin, “we are interested
only in protecting the rights and.
interests of every single taxpayer
end feel that the purchase would
not be in the best welfare of the
ommissioner Godwin said he
ild have taken the very same
ion if the town had voted to
chase land from the parent of
other member of the board
ie said he had no particular obj
on to the site, but felt the price
i too high and said he didn’t like
manner in which the transac
i was “railroaded” by Mayor
lock and Commissioners Sallye
itehead and Howard Hardy,
ity solicitor Howard G. Godwin
led the bond of the five men,
lired in such an action.
[ayor Blalock today branded the
suit as “pure politics and noth
but.” He noted that all the
ties to the action have consis
;ly opposed him in politics and
“now trying to obstruct prog
i of our town.”
finable to offer anything con*
ictive themselves, the two com
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Blames Controversy on "Die-Hard Losers"
Mayor's Father Relates How
Citv Tried To Buy Property
Alfred Blalock, retired Dunn busi
ness man who Is now vacationing in
Hialeah, Fla., told The Daily Rec
ord In a letter today that the
Town of Dunn not only had tried
repeatedly to purchase the old
George Pope property as a city 'hall
site but during the administration
of former Mayor Ralph Hanna had
threatened to take the property by
condemnation proceedings.
“I can't see," wrote Mr. Blalock,
“why the ‘old diehards’ of the form
er administration are making such
a big fuss over the purchase of the
same property that they themselves
tried to buy during their adminis
tration.”
Mr. Blalock’s letter relates pre
vious efforts of the town to secure
the property.
He blamed the current con
troversy on “dead” politicians and
their “diehard followers” who are
unwilling to accept the mandate
of the people who elected new lead
ers and who seek to “revile, criticise
and condemn them.” He said they
realize “they are no longer win
ners but losers.”
Following is the text of Mr. Bla
lock's letter:
I have Just talked with Beeee
over the phones and she informs
me that there was quite a "stir
up there this week due to the
lact that the Board of Commis
sioners of the bought the old
(Oontlnueo on Pegs