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(jJsucdth&h Lows tonight mostly 22 to 32. Sat urday partly cloudy continued cold with chance of snow flurries in mountains. The Record W0M Gets Results VOLUME 15 TELEPHONE WMlll — «M-3U* DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1965 five cents per corr No. M ! v\ • ‘ ; 'I - { * ■41 • : 'I '-I PLANES IN NEW BOMB RAIDS DUNN ARTIST COMPLETES MURAL — Mrs. Joan Jemigan Voss is taking sort of a “busman’s holi day’* while home visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jemigan of Dunn. R«ute 4. Shes shown here with a mural she has just completed in the Magnolia room of the new Robbie Ann Restaurant * ^hicff Bob Bass anf Hugh Willie Tart will open soon on 1-65. Her husband, Major Darrell H. Voss of San Francisco is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. but currently is spending three week. on special duty in Hawaii. Major and Mrs. Voss who spent three years on Okinawa, have tw0 sons, Mark, 3 and Derk, 18 months. (Daily Record Photo by Russell Bassford) Dunn Murder Trials Set J|o*e 4JMW* 4S0 cases, includinf seven involving murder, and as sault offenses ranging from tres pass tobape and felonious assault, are scheduled fo trrial at a one week criminal term of Harnett Superior Court which will begin at Islington, Monday, March 15. Judge Henry A. McKinnon of Lumberton Will preside and Dis trict Solicitor Archie Taylor and his assistant, Jake Lamm, will prosecute the docket. f*’l‘wo murder cases that originat ed in Dunn highlight the session. Mrs. Denna Enis Byrd, Dunn woman who shot her hus band to death here on January 13, faces grand Jury action on the ftrs^ dgy of court. Richard Smith* Dunn Negro, frefd wi November in two other Itiliijgs, has already been indict ed by the grand jury for a third murder that occurred two weeks after his last trial. His case is set near the top of the calendar, released today vy Clerk Elizabeth Matthews. Formal Opening Of Outlet Store The formal opening of The Out let Store on the Rayford Road in Highland Village, Fayetteville, will be held Saturday. The announce ment was made today by the own er, Mrs. Dick (Elizabeth) Ross of Washington, N. C., daughter of Mrs. Charles Lee Guy of Dunn, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Charles Lee (Mildred) Guy, Jr., of Fayetteville, the manager. The store has a complete line of spring attire for youngsters sizes 3 to 14. As Exchange Student Harnett Farm Youth Going To Venezuela Vernon Ballard of Kipling has been accepted as an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to Venezuela, South America. Vernon is a former member of the LaFayette School 4-H Club. He has been enrolled in Campbell College but has dropped out to prepare himself for this trip. He plans to resume his studies at Campbell on his return to America. The trip will begin April 1 and con tinue until approximately Nov. 15. International understanding is an increasingly important need in our complex and divided world. One of the most effective means for building better understanding and lasting friendship between nations is through personal contact of peo ples. The International Farm Youth Exchange Program has been doing this. More than Just a tourist visit, the program places rural young people in farm homes in other lands. living the actual life of the foreign farm family, sharing their food, recreation and religious ac tivities. North Carolina youngsters return home with a wider apprecia tion of other cultures and a broad BABY WEIGHS 19 LBS. BARI. Italy (CPI) — Mrs. Isa bella Zottl, 39, gave birth by Cae sarean section today to a boy weighing 19 pounds and 5 ounces. A hospital announcement said the baby was placed in an oxygen tent. Doctors said the condition of mother and child appeared satisfactory. The baby was the fourth for Mrs. Zottl, wife of a longshore man. Dunn Scouts Plan Week's Activites Marking the 53rd anniversary of Girl Scouts of America, members of the Dunn Girl Scouts will have a schedule of events beginning with attendance at church services Sun day and highlighted with a pro gram on Friday evening at the Wayne Avenue School. On Girl Scout Sunday each Troop will sit in a body at their sponsoring church’s morning wor ship services. These include the First Baptist, Hood Memorial Chris tian, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. During the week the Service Days will be emphasized as follows: Mon. day, Homemaking Day; Tuesday, Citizenship Day; Wednesday, Health and Safety Day; Thursday, Interna tional Friendship Day; and Friday, Out-of-Doors Day. Friday night at 8 o’clock at the Wayne Avenue School the troops will present an hour - long pro. gram depicting the ideals of Scout ing. Also, visiting dignitaries will be recognized at that time. The public is cordially invited to attend iCONTUfUBD OK PAOB 8) er understanding of our responsi bilities to the world community. Since the beginning of this pro gram, North Carolina has sent de legates to 27 foreign countries, and in return has entertained 42 ex change delegates from 27 countries. These people_to-people exchanges may not seem important as they are relatively few in number. But the better understanding which they provide can enrich the lives of the boys and girls who partici pate and all other young people with whom they come in contact. During six-month exchange vi sits, these young people have lived with farm families and, in a way, they have been adopted as mem bers of the host families. All these exchanges, both North Carolinian and foreign, have sa'l that only in this way can one have a true understanding of a foreign people. With more of suich understanding^ better relationships can he, and will be, developed between coun tries. x Building International under*, standing is a task which We all'too frequently leave to others. There are few activities we can Under take which can have so freat an effect on our future peac* anfl se curity. 4,i - j ‘-W Vernon will take slide pictures and learn as much as possible about his host country’s cultures, and be (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Estes Hustled Off To Prison DALLAS (UPI) — Federal mar shals secretly whisked bank rupt farm tycoon Billie Sol Estes from his Dallas County Jail cell today and took him to the fed eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan., to begin a 15-year sentence for fraud. Estes was acquitted Wednesday of charges he lied to the Depart ment of Agriculture about his financial worth. But, Estes, 40, must serve a 15-year term for mail fraud and conspiracy. He was convicted at El Paso in March of 1963. The U. 8. Supreme Court Monday refused to review the case. Estes is under sentences total ing 23 years. His eight-year sen tence on a state conviction of swindling is on appeal and the Supreme Court said it would re view the case. Major Battle Is Reported Raging Today SAIGON (UPI) — V. S. and South Vietnamese fighter-bombers today bombed and strafed Com munist Viet Cong positions about 25 miles south of Da Nang where a major battle was reported raging American planes airlifted troop reinforcements to the battle area. Da Nang is the site of a major U. S. air base from which B57 Jet bombers have carried out raids on Communist North Viet Nam. Eight U. S. Air Force F100 jet fighter-bombers took off from Da Nang to hit at the Communists in a followup to an earlier strike by Bietnamese propeller-driven Sky raiders. Elements of two government bat talions and a ranger battalion were airliftel to the site of the battle in Quang Nam Province, about 325 miles north of Saigon. One U. 8. Army officer was wounded slightly Thursday. In other actions, a U. S. Army soldier was killed and four other Americans wounded in a clash Thursday near the Laotian border, about 50 miles southeast of Da Nang. Another American soldier was wounded by guerrillas 25 miles »th of Saigon and a IT. S. Army .cer.adviser injured by a Com munist boobytrap about 50 miles southwest of here. Tf. S. military headquarters in Saigon reported the end of *hd biggest helicopter operation of the war with government forces claim ing only one suspected Communist guerrilla killed. The massive, six-day clearing op erations in phuoc Tuy Province was launched last Saturday with more than 1,000 government troops flown into a small jungle clearing, 45 miles southeast of Saigon, by 137 U. S. helicopters. Merchant GINNERS HOLD SCHOOL IN DUNN — A special school for cotton ginners was held today by the State Extension Service in the conference room of Home Savings & Loan Association in Dunn. Gfan | ville Tilghman, left, of General Utility Co. is shown here chatting with Wallace Johnson of the State Extension Service. Some of the other ginners are shown in the background. (Daily Record Photo by Russell Bassford.) # -—--!-' “ \ •’ ' ' • "> ’ ,Eight Gunmen Seized Before Holdups Robbery Plot Is Smashed NEW YORK (UPI) — A trig ger-happy Texan and a gang of seven gunmen he recruited in Times Square were seized to day by detectives in time to pre vent a possible weekend of hold News Roundups PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPI) - Two or three shots were fired at the desert residence of Black Muslim leader Eiijah Muhammad today from a car which sped by the house during pre- awn CAMDEN, Ala. - Helmeted officers rushed to the town limits today and turned back about 200 Negroes attempting to march on the Wilcox County courthouse to protest alleged dis crimination against Negro voters. WASHINGTON _ The perennially embattled foreign aid bill was in its usual hot water today. But this time the trouble may not be as serious as it seems. (Continued on Page Eight) i*ri ■ ERWIN HI PLAY TONIGHT — Jack Byrd, Bonnie Bennett and Harriet Norris are pictured here in a scene from ‘‘Pick A Dailly,” to be presented tonight in the Erwin High School auditorium. The plot involves comedy in a haunted house. Directing the play is mri«B Judy Jackson, business teacher at Erwin High. (Daily Record by Russell Bassford.) ups. Police said the gang, headed by Eddie Neal, 23, of Amarillo, Tex., had plotted to “take over New York" this weekend by carrying out at least a dozen stickups. An arsenal of weapons and more than 100 rounds of ammunition u^re s<yy.ed in Neal's room at a West Side hotel where the gang had taken two suites. ; A telephone call from a res taurant near Grand Central Term, inal led to the roundup of the gang. The caller said there was an armed man in the restaurant and detectives Ames King, James McDonnell and Earl Martin were sent to investigate. When they entered the restaur ant a youth leaped up from- a table and yanked a .32-caliber automatic from a shoulder hol ster. The detectives hurled a table at him. knocked him down and grabbed the weapon. Under questioning:, the youth identified himself as Richard Roekliffe, 19, of Springfield, Mass., and said he was a member of a gang recruited by Neal. He said Neal made his followers swear to "shoot to kill” if they were threatened with arrest. Roekliffe disclosed that <HNeal and other members of the gang were staying at the Hotel Wood row. Six detectives were dispatch ed to the hotel where they broke down the door to Neal’s suite and found the Texan in bed. Neal pulled a sawed off auto matic carbine from under the pil low, but the detectives seized him before he could pull the trigger. They subdued three youths sleep ing in the living room of the suite and three more in another suite. Two Born To Death Rescue Try Fails TOBACCOVILLE (UPI) — A woman and her 36-year-old son burned to death in their frame home here early this morning despite the efforts of a paralyzed man to crawl to a neighbor’s house for help. A spokesman for the Forsyth County Fire Department said El iza Chapman and her son Roy were apparently overcome by ’smoke as they battled a blaze in the kitchen of their four-room frame house Firemen found a bucket of wa ter in Mrs. Cameron’s hand and the water running from a faucet. The alarm was sounded when Mrs. Chapman’s paralyzed hus band Silas dragged himself from the house and shouted to neigh bors for help. He was unable to rouse anyone in time to save his wife artd son. W. O. “Billy” Pope, or tne vil lage Shop announced today that he would be a eandidate for Com missioner at large in the upcoming town election. Meanwhile, Dale West, well known Dunn business man, Indi cated today that he will announce for a seat on the council next week. Mr. West, one of the owners of West Radio & TV, said many citizens have urged him to make the race and that he Is giving it serious consideration. Mayor George P. Blalock Is dp posed by Bill Marshburn and can didates who have announced for the council ere: Sigmond Butler and Marvin Johnson. Commis sioners Bill Godwin and Bill Cam eron are expected to seek re-elec tion. Mr. Pope, in announcing his candidacy, stated that his past and present business experience would be very helpful to him if elected to serve on the board of commissioners. He has been in the retail Noth ing business in Dunn for eleven years. Through his planning, and knowiedge of keeping up-to-date, he remodeled his store using a AQ-M billy pope “Rustic” theme in 1963, clearly demonstrating his ability that yon must think and plan ahead to keep up with the modem time Communisty Leader Billy, as he is known by the community is the President ol the Retail Merchants Association, President of Dunn Investment Club, a Director on the Board of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Churchill Rites Cost $134,000 LONDON (DPI) — Sir Winston Churchill’s state funeral cost $134, 000, the government estimated Friday. The largest sum — $53,300 — was for the traveling costs and expenses of the military person nel who took part in the services Jan. 30. Second highest item was $42, loo for the funeral arrangements made by the office of the earl marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, which included the services at St. Paul’s Cathedral. New Industry Available If Workers Can Be Found Labor Survey Is Launched Plans for a massive labor sur vey to determine how many per sons would be available to take Jobs in a new industry were launched today at a luncheon meet ing held at Barefoot’s Grill In Coats. County leaders were told that a very good nationally known firm will locate in the Dunn-Lilllngton area provided there are enough men and women who are Interest ed in work. This survey is being conducted by the Dunn Chamber of Com merce in cooperation with the Harnett Agri-Business Develop ment Commission and the Fayette ville Employment Security Com mission and other chambers of commerce in the county. Dunn Chamber Manager Char lie McCullers, who presided, said the area lost an attractive new industry no later than two weeks ago because the manufacturing concern could not be assured that a specific number of machinists and other specialists were avail able. Among those at the meeting today were R. M. Turlington of Lillington, president of the Har nett Agri-Business Development Committee, Harnett Scnooi oupt. Olenn Profflt, and leaders from various other sections. S. T. Cherry, head of the Fay etteville ESC office, stressed to the group the importance of find ing out how many workers are available and that information on the survey forms be absolutely ac curate. A total of 33,000 forms will be distributed through the schools and otherwise. Those now boldine jobs outside their chosen Odd and those willing to change to better jobs are asked to fill out the (CONTDinB) CW PAOfi »)
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