(OsaihsA Generally fair and cool again To night. Tuesday partly cloudy along the coast, otherwise generally fair and warm DUNN STORES OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAYS #MLUME 14 telephone sm • in’ — *n - nit DUNN, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1964 FIVE CENTS PER COPT NO. US AT GOLDWATER Enrollment Of Over 12,000 Expected Schools To Reopen Tomorrow Five Negroes To Integrate Dunn Schools School bells will ring again to morrow in Harnett as classes are resumed in the county’s ten school districts. Harnett Supt Glenn Proffit said today that everything is in read iness and predicted a total enroll ment of between 12 and 13,000 stu dents. This is about the same as last year. For the first time in history. Ne groes will integrate Dunn’s white schools. None applied for admission in any other district of the county. Three will be admitted to Dunn High School, two in the 11th grade and one in the 12th grade, Princi pal A. B. Johnson said today. One will be admitted to the second grade at Magnolia Avenue School and one will enter the sixth grade at Wayrie Avenue School. Indian enrollment at Dunn schools will also be increased from about 30 to 60, resulting from clo sure of the Maple Grove Indian school here due to lack of suffici ent students to keep it operating. Indians have attended local schools for the past three "years. No incident* or disorder of any kind is expected at either of the three Dunn schools to be integraed. It was disclosed today that three FBI agens were in Dujjn on Fri day when the five Negro children registered for classes. They were summoned by the Rev B. B. Felder, head of the Harnett NAACP and father of three of the children to be admit ted. The minister told the FBI he had received a telephone threat And feared there would be trou ble. Questioned by the FBI agents sent here, however, he admitted the phone call was received two or three weeks ago, about the time the case was being aired in Fed eral Court, and that he had re ceived no other indication of trou ble. Registration of the five Negro children went practically unno ticed, and officials expressed both ;j hope and confidence there would | be no difficulty when classes be I gin. (Students will report at 8:20 Tuesday morning for four hours, to receive books, classroom assign ments. etc. The first full day of school will be on Wednesday. BUCK BAKER WINS PARLINGTON. S. C. — Buck Baker, driving a Dodge, won the Southern 500 stock car race this afternoon. At the half, Richard Petty was leading, with Jim Pardue second and Baker was third. The winner is the father of Junior Baker, another famed driver. PRAYER SERVICE On Tuesday morning at 10:00 L. L. Coats, deacon and layleader of the First Baptist Church, will address the business men’s prav er service in the conference room of Home Savings & Loan. As us ual, it is open to the public. THE BEATLES AGAIN — The ageless battle of the sexes continued in San Francisco as some 10 young men encountered a superior force of 150 young women. The boys represented the “Official Beatle Haters Assn;” the girls the ‘‘Bring Back the Beatles Committee” Tomatoes (see arrow) were the in struments of war. (NBA Telephoto) ' * Rioting Occurs At Three Beaches "An Army Of Hoodlums" HAMPTON BEACH, N. H. (UPI) — A swiftly mobilized force of se veral hundred police and National Guardsmen routed ‘‘an army of hoodlums” from this seaside re sort early today after a night of rioting and destruction The ‘‘hoodlums,” estimated var iously at 7,000 to 10,000 ravaged the oceanfront in a frenzied reign of terror that left dozens Injured, untold property damage and more than 100 rioters under arrest. The rioting started Sunday night. It ended In the early morning hours after law enforcement offi cers bashed heads and fired tear gas. Under the personal supervision of Gov. John W. King, who arrived At Least 20 In N. C. 416 Road Deaths The nation’s death toll for the long Labor Day holiday weekend passed 400 today and the National Safety Council warned the worst hours were still to come. A United Press International count at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) showed at least 416 persons dead in traffic since the holiday started at 6 p.m. local time Friday. The breakdown: Traffic 416 Drowning 49 Planes 12 Miscellaneous 48 Total 525 Worth Carolina entered the final day of the Labor Day weekend with at least 20 accidental deaths — in. (Continued on Page Six) Has Sworn Against Castro Action Miller Claims LBJ In Secret Deal SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI) — President Johnson’s administration “has sworn in an agreement with the Soviet Union that it shall never take action against Castro", Wil liam E. Miller OOP vice presiden tial nominee, charged Monday in a Labor Day address prepared for delivery here. Miller said that President John son is thinking in terms of accom mcdation with the Communists In stead of trying to win the cold war. Apparently seeking a allay De mocratic allegations that Sen. Bar ry M Goldwater is "trigger happy,’’ Miller said: "No man in America hates war more than Barry Goldwater.’’ "He detests the very thought of being a wartime president,” Miller (Continued on Page 8ix) Described As "Giant And Dangerous" Dora Heads Toward U.S. I MIAMI (UPI) — Giant and dan gerous Hurricane Dora moved men acingly toward the U. S. mainland with ISO mile an hour winds to 1 V' r The Weather Bureau warned re idents of the Georgia and Caro ina coasts to ke«P posted on its movements. “The predicted movement of the hurricane would put the center within less han 300 miles of the south Atlantic coast by late Tues day with the possibility of gales reaching some sections of the coast between the Carolina* and Florida by Tuesday night,” a midday ad visory said. Meanwhile, tropical storm Ethel grew to hurricane strength with top winds of 80 m.p.h. Forecast ers said earlier predictions that Ethel, trailing in Dora’s wake, (Continued on Page 6; shortly before midnight still dress ed in the tuxedo he was wearing at a Manchester dinner party, po lice and guardsmen flushed the rioters out of parked cars, back yards and the beach and literal ly ran them out of town. Chased Across Line The officers, more than 400 strong at the end, chased the youths down Route 1A leading into Massachusetts clubbing laggards on the backside and arresting any who offered resistance. None was allowed to drive away Those in cars were forced to aban don their vehicles and trot out of town on foot with the others. Massachusetts state police await ed the routed rioters at the state line. Some Reported Shot An official at Exter Hospital in (Continued on Page Six) Opens Campaign At Big Labor Rally In Detroit DETROIT (UPI) — President Johnson opened his campaign a gainst Sen. Barry M. Goldwater to day by insisting "there is no such thing as a conventional nuclear ■weapon.” The GOP candidate had suggested tactical atomic arms be considered conventional. Johnson sounded the campaign keyhote of “prosperity, justice and pce.te” in a speech prepared for a Labor Day rally in Detroit’s Ken nedy Square, traditional launching ground for Democratic election rac e» The President hit directly at Goldwater’s proposal for the su preme allied commander in Europe to be given authority to order bat tlefield use of tactical nuclear wea pons in case of Soviet attack. Only the President now has this authority. Without naming his opponent, Johnson sard "make no mistake. ; There is no such thing as a conven- , tional nuclear weapon. “For 18 peril-filled years no na tion has used the atom bomb a gah»st another. To do so now is a political decision of the highest or der. It would lead us down an un (Continued on Page Six) Weekend Fires Destroy Cars Two cars were destroyed by firs over the weekend, according to ! Howard M. Lee, secretary of the 1 Dunn fire department. The frist fire occurred at 7:25 ' Saturday night when a 1957 Buick was stalled on the ACL Railroad j tracks north of Dunn where Cle-1 veland Street crosses the tracks, j Lee sai dthe carburetor exployed and set the car afire. Clarence McLean, an employee of John A. McKay Mfg. Co. is owner of the vehicle. Insurance covered the loss. Twenty men answered the alarm. DODGE BURNS The brakes on a 1961 Dodge caused the fire which destroyed the vehicle on 1-95 Sunday about 12:30 p.m. Dr. Theordore G. Bo ghanis of Brideport, Conn., is the owner of the car. The car was valued &t $1100. Lee said five men answered the car while eight remained at the station. News Roundup DALLAS <UPI) — The Warren Commission investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is nearing completion, Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia said Sunday night. Russell hinted that the commission report may contain a few surprises. WASHINGTON (UPI) — Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, U S. ambassador to South Viet Nam. returned here today to report to President Johnson on the continuing crisis in the Southeast Asia country. SINGAPORE. Malaysia (UPI) — Chinese and Malays killed each other in the streets of Singapore today. In another area Malaysian security forces hunted Indonesian raiders. TORONTO (UPI) — The mop-topped Beatles were wel comed to Canada today with a hysterical chorus of screams from nearly 20,000 Beatlemaniacs. Who's In Who's Room Pupil Assignments Following is a list of student assignments in (Dunn district schools, from the first through the twelfth grdaes. as announced today by Principal A. B. Johnson. Dunn district school Principal, A. B. Johnson today announced assignment of first, second and third graders to the following homeroom teachers: GRADE I Mrs.Godwin, Teacher Pamela Sue Addison, Dianne Bradshaw, Wendl Earle Campbell. Pamela Annette Eason, Lisa Gray Godwin, Rebecca Lynn Hodges, Jennie Lynn Lee, Carol Jean Mor gan, Amanda Lorie Peele, Rhonda Earl Smith, Sharon Rose Strick land, Kathy Sue West. James Donald Alford, Jr., David Lee Black, Gregory Lewis Capps, Mark Howard Dike, Christopher Randall Faust, Doyle Harmon Hardison, James Claiborne Hicks, (Continued on Page Two) SOLE STAR—Republican presidential nominee Sen. Barry Goldwater plays the star and only—role as he sits in a Los Angeles commercial television studio to record taped television spots for his cam^aipn . Erwin Woman Caught In Liquor Raid Pauline Tart Facing Court Mrs. Pauline Tart, well-known South Erwin business woman, was arrested in a raid conducted by county, Federal and local ABC officers Saturday night and charg ed with possession of whiskey for the purpose of sale. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Moore said Mrs. Tart, caught red-hand ed as she ran to pour out the whiskey, readily admitted she had been selling beer and whiskey over the counter at her cafe and dance hall. Mrs. Tart is already under Fe deral probation for violation of Federal tobacco marketing laws. The raid took her by surprise. Sheriff Wade Stewart, Deputies Moore, Lemuel Gregory, and Buck Griffin went to the front door and Art Bryant, head of the Dunn ATU office, and Woodrow Her ring, Dunn ABC officer, went to the back door. i ‘ LET ME THROW IT OUT” Moore said when Mrs. Tart saw them she grabbed up part of the whiskey and ran to the back door to pour It out. She spotted Bryant and Her ring, both wearing civilian cloth ing at the back door, thought they were two customers coming to buy a drink, and told therm: ••Let me throw this out quick; the law Is ar:er me. The two officers quickly reliev ed her of the bottles. Deputy Moore said a search of the premises turned up a quantity o f liquo*-, voth bootleg and tax paid, in Mrs. Tart’s bedroom and in the cafe. Both Drivers Hurt In Wreck Both drivers were injured and one of them was charged with motor vehicle-law violation as the result of a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning at 10:30 on Highway 242 five miles south of Benson. The investigating officer High way Patrolman N. H. Parrish iden tified the drivers as Nelson O Barefoot, 54, of Route 2, Benson and Ray Keith Peacock, 32, of Route 2, Dunn. The patrolman said Barefoot was operating a 1956 Chevrolet north on Highway 242 and Peacock wds operating a 1964 Chevrolet pickup (Continued on Page Six) Beer was found in the dance hall and cafe. Sale of beer is ille gal in Duke Township. Deputy Moore said Mrs. Tart had been bootlegging for some time, and that several previous raids were made but no liquor or beer ’was found in the earlier raids. During a recent court trial at Lillington, tnree soldiers signed sworn affidavits they had bought liquor flom h*f. “Everybody tSSt beerf criticizing us and wanting to know why we didn’t catch Pauline Tart,” said the officer. ‘‘What they didn’t know is that we’ve been trying to catch her ail the time.” Trial of the case is set for Thurs day in county recorder’s court. The officer said a Dunn woman was found lying on a cot “passed out drunk’’ in the cafe. Once she was on private property, however, no charges were brought!, against her. ' * Gambling Raid Turns Up Beer Pool Room Raided; Ted Gray Indicted County police raided Ted Gray’s pool room in East Erwin early Sun day morning and charged the well known Erwin man with possession of beer for sale. The raid was made by Deputies Clarence Moore and Lemuel Gre gory, who had received reports that Gray was operating poker games at the pool room. A number of cars were parked about the place. Moore said the door and windows were covered and they couldn’t see inside, but could hear the rattling of money on the poker table. “Let me in,” called Gregory to Gray. “Who is it?” asked Gray. “This is Wimpy,” replied Gre gory, thinking quickly and picking a name out of the air. (Continued on Page Six) Will Begin In Harnett Sept. 27 Plans Being Made For Polio Clinics First mass feedings in an all out program to eradicate polio from Harnett County, by providing its 50,000 residents with the new oral vaccine will begin on September 27 was announced by the Harnett Co unty Medical Association. The vaccine to be used will be the new three - in - one vaccine which is uaaen by mouth and which pro vids maxium personal peotection in two feedings spaced approximately eight weeks apart. According to Dr. W. H. Lilly, chief coordinator progress in combating Infantile Paralysis or Polimyelitis has been very dramatic but "a single case in our coummunity is too much.” The vaccine to be used is the newest development in this field and represents a blend of the strains specific against the three tyeps of polio. According to Dr Lilly it is now possible to practically eli miitate polio entirely from Harnett. The Harnett Medical Society in cooperation with the Harnett Public Health officials have purchased 35,. 000 doses of the new Trivalent OR IMUNE Vaccine which will be ad ministered through feeding stations. It is expeted that a donation of 50 cents a dose will be requested to defray the cost of the vaccine, but Dr. Lilly said that no person would be denied the vaccine because of his or her inability to pay. Dr. Lilly noted that “for 50 cents it is now possible to get insurance against (Continued On page StxJ Arrested In Weekend Raids Two Facing Liquor Charges Charles Franklin Butler, 31, of Dunn, Route 3 today was facing Fe deral liquor charges following his arrests by Dunn ATU agents for possession removing, depositing, concealing and transporting non tax-paid whiskey. He was arrested by ATU agent Art Bryant in a Negro section of Dunn, parked in the yard of a resi dence near the railroad track. Bryant said 12 gallons of bootleg whiskey was found on the 1964 Chevrolet, which was confiscated. Butler waived hearing before U. S. Commissioner Abe Elmore and war freed under $600 bond for trial at the next terms of Federal Court in Raleigh. Agents assisting Bryant to the ar rest were L. E. Be vis, Jr., B. D. Harrison and ABC officer Woodrow He'ting. In another weekend liquor raid, j. W. Parker was arrested at the cafe and dance hall he operates (Continoeo on Pace «*>

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