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tV&aJth&A Variable cloudiness with moderate temperatures tonight and Thurs day. Scattered showers or thun 'lersowers likely in the mountains Thursday. DUNN, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17, 1964 FIVE CENTS PER COPY VOLUME 14 TELEPHONH 893 - 311’ — 89* - 3118 i THESE LITTLE THINGS <ww>ly Hoover Adamic* FVERYBODY ASKS WHO KILLED MARY MARSHALL The mysterious slaying of 22 year-old Mary Marshall has deve loped into a real Whodunit? Talk about the tragic killing has even pushed the hot gubernatorial campaign into the background. Rumors are flying thicker than dust on a windy day and practi cally all of them are false. The squau of police officers in vestigating the case was bolstered yesterday by the addition of vete ran SBI Agent Bill O’Daniel of Dunn. He was called in to assist Police Chief Alton Cobb, Johns ton Sheriff Raeford Oliver and SBI agent Prank Satterfield, al ready on the job. They’ve been working around the clock, following up every pos sible lead, but O’Daniel said today the case is still a oaffling one. One by one, suspects are being brought in and questioned and the field has now been narrowed down to one or two. “But there are still some loose ends,” said Bill, who indicated they don’t have enough evidence to charge anybody with the crime. Meanwhile, Chief Cobb and O’ Daniel are hounded almost hourly bj press, radio and TV men from near and afar. A lot of excitement was caused otie day last week when two TV cameramen set up equipment in front of the police station. Word spread through town and o crowd quickly gathered, every body expecting to see the killer (Continued on Page Six) Sharp Is Given Aycock's Job RALEIGH (UPI) — The Univer sity of North Carolina Board of Trustees today named Dr. Paul Frederick Sharp as the new chan celor of UNC at Chapel Hill. Dr. Sharp, 46, has been presi dent of Hiram College in Hiram Ohio for the Past seven years. He was recommended to the trustees today by UNC President William C. Friday. Sharp will re place William B. Aycock, who has resigned to return to teaching at the university’s Law School. Has More Than Enough Delegates Barry Cheered As He Praises South ; . i «, dalles (UPI) — Texas Repu blicans, who started the boom, gave their decisive 56 delegates to Barry Goldwater in a scene cf v.histling, cheering hero worship Tuesday., A lone supporter of Pennsyl vania Gov. William Scranton was Ihrown out. The Texas GOP, as expected, voted at its state convention to instruct its delegates to back the conservative Arizona senator en masse and until he personally re leases them. A United Press International Tally showed the 56 Texas dele gates, plus nine picked up in Ar karsas Tuesday, gave Goldwater four more than the 655 votes he needs to take the Republican pre sidential nomination on the first ballot. _ Hits Administration Buf Goldwater, leaving claims of “it’s in the bag for Barry*, to his Texas supporters, delivered * biting attack on the Johnson ad ministration's foreign policy and flew to Washington before the convention voted. The job before Mm W to sure that delegates committed— but not legally bounded to his cause do not melt away under wooing from the Scranton camp. Before 11,000 wildly cheering supporters, Goldwater urged op posing Republican factions to get together to gain votes from ua happy Democrats in November. Crowd Cheers He drew more cheers from the Texas crowd when he said the COP can win only with ‘‘substan tial support in the South. I am cne Republican candidate who is proud and happy to recognize the Souths as part of the United States.’* One Scranton sympathizer show ed up carrying a placard and was roundly booed by the convention. Texas Republicans began the draft Goldwater movement four years ago. The Scranton supporter, John D. Ferris, 62, Dallas, tried to cross the convention floor wtih his pla card. When he refused to leave, ushers bodily threw him out. Ferris said he headed the local Rockefeller - for - president com mittee until Rockefeller withdrew. NEW 4# & 8 DISTRICT OFFICERS — Voiture 831 of the American Legion’s 40 & 8 Society, comprising the counties of Harnett, Cumberland and Sampson, installed new officers last night at the Dunn Leg ion building- Belvin Strickland, well-known Dunn contractor, is the new Chef de Gar. Left to right, front row Harry Johnson, Fayetteville, Commissaire; Joe Z. Butler, Clinton, Chef de Train; Stanley Johnson, Hope Mills, retiring Chef de Gar; Mr. Strickland: and Jerry Bryant, Dunn, correspondent; second row, Michael Stephens, Fayetteville, Lampiste; Cecil Harkey, Fayetteville, Cheminot; Billy Huntsinger, Fayetteville, Garde Laporte; John Satterfield, Dunn, Auminier; and Alvis Carver, Dunn, Gi-and Cher de Train. (Daily Record Photo by Russell Bassford.) McLeods Win Verdict In Baggett Case $90,000Deed Upheld By Jury A jury in Sampson Superior Ccurt has upheld the claim of a Dunn, Route 1 man to a $90,000 estate deeded to him by his great uncle, the late John C. Williams, who died in December of 1961 at the age of 80 Williams made his home with the nephew, Eli Baggett, and fami ly and was living with Baggett at the time of his death. Two years before he died, Wil liams gave Baggett a deed to a 150-acre farm and a mill pond con taining 73 acres, valued at a total of slightly over $90,000. Following the death of Williams, about 25 other nieces and nephews 45 Million To Be Minted More Cartwheels WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved the minting of 43 millio nnew silver dolars lest the famed “cartwheel” slips into obli vion. The committee action was aimed at replenishing the Treasury's stock of silver dollars which was exhausted this year. The Treasury was forced to redeem silver certi ficates with silver crystals. The committee approved $600 - 000 for the minting of the new cartwheels as part of a $6.2 bil lion Treasury-Post Office appro j priations bill. j The House refused to appro I priate funds for minting of silver 1 dollars. It said the shortage cf I small coins was much more crici i cal. ( The senate committee concurred with thd House in approving $16 million for construction of a new mint in Philadelphia. Two Are Hurt In Car Smashup Two persons were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Smithfield Friday afternoon, and one of the drivers was charged with a traffic law violation. Smithfield Police Officer Connie Clayton investigated the accident at 4:30 at the intersection of Ninth and Caswell Streets. He identified the drivers as Wil liam Sherrill Sorrell, 32, of Ben son and Mamie Pearia Bailey of Route’ 1, Selma. The man was driv ing a 1963 Chevrolet pickup south on Ninth Street, and the woman was driving a 1958 Ford west on Caswell Street at the time of the mishap, the officer said. The front of the Chevrolet struck the right side of the Ford, the of ficer reported. The woman was charged with failure to stop for flashing red light at the intersection. She was judged not guiPy of the charge Monday night in Smithfield District Re corder’s Court. Joe E. Williams, 39, Negro of Benson, received a small scratch on the back of his left hand. Ros coe Sanders Evans, 48, Negro of Benson, complained of pain in the right ribs. Both told the officer that they would consult a Benson physi cian. The officer said the two were sitting on a seat in the right rear of the pickup. Damages were estimated at $100 to the Chevrolet and $200 to the ford. and grand nieces an^ nephews, in cluding Marion Royals, Moses Tart and Augusta Tart Manning, brought against to have the deed set aside as invalid. They claimed the aged man was not mentally competent at the time to execute a deed, also that duress was used to persude him to do so. Dunn attorneys Max McLeod and J. A. McLeod successfully ar gued to the jury that the deed was valid in every respect. Trial of the hotly-contested law suit required four days, but it took the jury only 12 minutes to re turn a verdict in favor of Bag gett. Attorney Stewart Warren of Clinton assisted the McLeods in representing Baggett and the pro testing heirs were represented by E r. Temple of Smithfield and Woodrow Peterson of Clinton. ---- 25 Are Dead, 375 Hurt As Toll Climbs NIIGATA, Japan, (Thursday) (TJPI) — Oil refinery fires caused by Tuesday’s violent earthquake raged, with renewed fury today but police said there was no fur ther danger of flames spreading to residential areas or generating poison ms nerve gas. The main job now was putting out the fires that had spread to 90 huge petroleum storage tanks In the oil-refinery district of Niigata, a seaport city of 290,000. .S. Air Force and Japanese car go aircraft flew through smo.te shrouded skies to drop tons of chemical foam to fire-fighters on the ground. Japanese national police said that 25 persons were known d'S'id following Tuesday's noonday quake which heaved through the sandy isoil of the Niigata district as if the solid ground were ocean waves. Building Destroyed Police said 370 persons were in jured, 11 were missing and 21,797 wooden houses and other buildings were destroyed or damaged by the quake and by the tidal wave and fires which followed. Wednesday, burning oil oozed across a canal 20 feet wide and set fire to 200 wooden houses on the other side. The houses had been evacuated earlier. The Japanese fire defense agen cy had warned that the refinery fires might reach storage tanks of tetraethyl lead, turning this motor fuel additive into gas which could damage cerebral nerve tis sues. But police said that danger had also been averted. 14-Year-Old Boy Is Hit By Car A 14-year-old Route 1. youth was hit by an automobile this morning on the Spring Branch Road a few miles from Dunn. Rassie Gregory. Jr., was taken to Betsy Johnson Hospital and rushed to Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill. Further information on the ac cident was not available at press time. Patrolman C. W. Rogers is investigation. News Roundup WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate returned to its tread mill of voting on civil rights amendments today and the leader ship served notice of prolonged session to exhaust last ditch southern efforts to make changes in the bill. WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Senate subcommittee ended a two-day hearing on adoption practices Wednesday after testimony by an attorney who defended the so-called “gray market” in babies. The subcommittee is considering a bill to make it a federal offense for unauthorized persons to profit from the interstate or foreign placement of a child. (Continue* on nge Six) DESIGNATED GIFT — To Campbell College by way of the Coats Baptist Church goes $2000 for a new scholarship loan fund. Rev. Ho ward Beard, left, the pastor, transmits the gift to President L. H. Campbell for Mrs. Matti Highfill of Coats, the donor. The fund will memorialize the late I. P. Coggins, Mrs. Htghfill’s father. \^*^OTTO^PICKING’’ DINNER — A large group of cotton farmers of the area got first hand information about the new Rust cotton pickers at a steak dinner given Monday night by Four County Tractors Inc. of Dunn. John Brandon of Pine Bluff, Ark., where cotton is grown on a mammoth scale, told the group about the new features of the Rust pickers, manufactured by the Ben Pearson Co- Left to right are Mr Brandon, the speaker, John McLamb, Ronald Humphries and Floyd Johnson, owners of Four County Tractors. Mr. Johnson said today th3 dinner was a big success. (Daily Record Photo by Russell Bassford) __ In Eastern Nebraska Hundreds Flee From Floods By United Press International Cloudburst rains triggered fl33ft floods in Eastern Nebraska today, killing at least one person and forcing hundreds from their hom es. Oklahoma was hit by torrential downpours of nearly seven inches, which further delayed the wheat harvest. Unseasonably chilly air brought snow to Maine and a record low temperature of 40 to Pittsburgh. Up to four inches of rain sent the Platte and Hlkhorn rivers roaring irom the banks around Omaha, Neb. One person was kill ed and at least four others, in cluding twin babies, were missing. Temperatures were in the low 30’s from Michigan to New Eng land this morning, but readings were well into the 80’s in the 32 More Lake Leaders Go To Dan Moore RALEIGH — Dan Moore's state manager Joe Branch today releas ed the names of 32 additional top lieutenants in the I. Beverly Lake campaign who have swung their support and influence behind the candidacy of Judge Moore. The individuals named represent the top Lake leadership in 25 North Carolina counties. Branch said there is every in dication now that “at least 95 per cent of the leadership in the Lake campaign will be working actively for Judge Moore’s nomination in the second primary.” He said that a great majority of the active Lake supporters are already work ing for the former Superior Court judge. Those named today included: Roger Winborne of- Lenior, Cald well County; W. S. Edwards and Dr. W. J. Edwards of Siler City, Chatham County; Almond Shing leton of Hamstead, Pender Coun ty; Worth Hester and C. Rudolph Poter of Elizabethtown, Bladen County; J. Bruce Eure of White ville, Columbus County; John D Gordon of Camden, Camden Coun ty; E. Ray Ethridge of Elizabeth City, Currituck County: Dr. Joseph A. Gill and Gear’d F. White of Elizabeth City, Pas quotank County; H. C. Morris of New Bern, Craven County; Char les D. Robertson of 8helby; Cleve land County; James M. Bond and E. L. Hollowell of Edenton, Cho wan County; Samuel D. Smith of Hickory, Catawba County; Wal (Continued on Page «) Southwest. Recent rains quelled the forest fire threat through New England, and more moisture was expected in Maine today. But officials said a steady downpour of one to two inches was needed in the farming areas, where some normal crop yields have been cut in half. Elsewhere, thundershowers rum bled across Arkansas and Texas and light showers drifted over Southern Florida. Heavier ralna fell in the Pacific Northwest. Another Freedoms Foundation Award Thomas Wins Again John G. Thomas, local radio news director and commentator, has done it again. He has won for the local radio station another Freedoms Founda tion Award. Robert L. Sumwalt, former presi dent of the University of South Carolina and regional vice president of Freedoms Foundation, will pres ent the award to station manager A. L- Faulk Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at WBT-TV in Charlotte. This is the fourth time Mr. Thom as, a local civic leader, has won the award as a radio newscaster. Prior to that, he received the award for two years as a newspaper editorial writer. He received the first George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley For ge, Pa. in 1963. Says They're Backing Him Preyer Says Moore Power Co, Friend RALEIGH (UPI) — Richardson Preyer today listed, 16 cam-pagin contributors be said proved that Dan Moore was the candidate ol the big power companies. In a news conference, the Demo cratic gubernatorial candidate said that the 16 persons named by him testified in favor of Duke Power Co. when, it sought to pur chase the distribution facilities of Nantahala Power & Light Co. Both firms wanted to purchase and it was approved initially by (he State Utilities Commission, but the approval was later review ed by the State Supreme Court which sent the matter back to the commission. The two power com panies announced last January they were dropping the proposal. ’The 1C contributors, Preyer said, were listed in the Secretary of State’s office as giving money to the Moore campaign. He said it was impossible to determine just how much they gave, but “they (Continued on Page 8) Camp Alice Put Into Readiness Girl Scout Camp Will Open Monday Dozens of Girls scouts from all over Harnett county will converge on Camp Alice, the Harnett girl scout encampment given to them by Dunn businessman Louis Baer, next Monday for an eight-day day time encampment. Wesley Coates, camp site chair man for the event, said today every thing was in readiness for the girls, i Mrs. Nancy Stephens of Erwin will be camp director of the en campment. Officials of the Pines of Carolina Council, will visit the encampment at times during the week. Chairman Coates has been busy, with the help of Dunn business men, getting sne place in readiness this past week. There will be four unit sites at the encampment. (Continued on Page ax)
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