iX)smihsUi Partly cloudy in east portion this afternoon, otherwise variable cloud iness through Friday. Chance of few scattered showers over the state tonight and mainly along the south coast Friday. MANN FIX* LABORATORY ■ c. The Record Gets Results Lrm u TELEPHONE 892-S1V, — 89S-S1I8 DUNN. N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 4, 1965 nv* CENTS PEE COPT NO. THREATS MAR PRINCESS’ FLIGHT NEW DIRECTORS — These seven Lillington business leaders have been elected to the board of directors of the Lillington Chamber of Commerce. Thy are (seated Leon Kelly of Lillington Roller Mills, Mrs. Margaret Lanier of Corner Casuals, Ray Edwards of Southern National Bank. Standing are Johnny Wilbourne of Wilbourne Furniture Co., Selwyn O’Qainn of O'Quinn and O’Quinn, Lincoln Faulk of Polly, and Andy Yargrough of Yarbrough Furniture Co. The new directors will take offioe in January (Harnett County News photo) Two Weeks of Criminal Court Opens Nov. 15 Seven Murder Cases Listed Only seven murder offenses are among , the TO cases set for trial at A two-weeks cmUnttial term of Harnett Superior Court which will opetl Monday. Nov. 15. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland will preside and Dis trict Solicitor Archie Taylor will prosecute the docket. The calen dar was released today by Clerk Elizabeth Matthews Post conviction hearings for James Marvin McLamb and Kcl ward M. Bishal and a Writ of Review for William Gibsojj are on the agenda for the first day. Others include: Grand Jury Docket Charlie Solomon, A. D. W., etc-: Robert Lee Davis, B&E, Larceny; Coming Fad In Funerals Pastel Caskets CHICAGO (UPI) — Pastel col ored caskets and air conditioned hearses are the coming thing in the funeral industry, delegates to the National Funeral Directors Conven tion said today. "A casket has a personality all its own,” said Richard A. La Vigne of the Boyertows, Pa., Burial Casket Co. Where caskets were once al ways black or somber gray, today muted pastel shades are becoming popular. “In that respect, it is much like a piece of furniture or an autowobile,” La Vigne declared. Hearses once were almost always black but they, too, now have moved into color. Air conditioning has be come standard for almost all hear ses used in the South and is be coming more popular in the North as well. In Nebraska Bank Robbery Pope Will Admit Slaying Of Three LINCOLN, Neb. (UPI) -r Duane Earl Pope will freely admit to the Jury which is trying him for his life that be killed three persons in the bloodiest bank robbery in mod em history, his attorneys said to day. Former Nebraska Gov. Robert C. Crosby, Pope’s chief defense coun sel, filed a statement with U. S. district court that the former col lege football star would confess the massacre in ithe Farmers State Bank of Big Springs, Neb., last June 4. Crosby said he did so in order that attention will be directed as quickly as possible to what he call ed the core of the case — “wheth er Duane Pope was mentally com petent at the time. We think he was not.” In his opening statement Wed nesday, Crosby pictured the lanky, ,21year-old Kansan as the victim of a desperate and pathetic mental ill ness” which drove him toW&rd ho micide. William Novella, larceny; Ira B. i Dorman, murder; COMJPUANCE DOCKET Curtis Blackmon, William Lin den Bi&ton, Adam Brown, two counts. John Gales, three counts; Willie Festus Gaskin, James Haire, Thomas H. Johnson, Lu ther Jones, Delma L. Lee, James Lee Ray, James Ray, two counts. James Edward Smith, and William B. Tyndall. URESA DOCKET David Iverson, BNP vs. Emilyn Iverson; Charlotte H. Godwin vs. Bill Godwin; Margaret Scriven vs. James Scriven. TRIAL DOCKET Sherman Sewell, false pretense; Joseph Seton Denning, op. auto intox., 2nd offense: Willard Hail, rape; Earl Gfegory, non-support; Eugene Harris, non-support; Pau. line Tart, maintaing a nuisance; Richmond Bullen Gage Jr., aban donment and non-support; Lesker Lloyd Norris, non-support; Jesse MoLean, a. d. w.; Britt Cock man, three counfs cf assault with a deadly "eeoon;. David Lewis Cameron, armed robbery; Ronnie Cockman, assault with a dead ly weapon (two counts); James Edward Wynn Jr., armed rob bery; Charles Harris, carrying concealed weapon; Walter Lee Tims, B & E. larceny; Bell Pear Continued on Page Six Erwin Church Plans Supper, Harvest Sale The Church of God in Erwin is having a church supper and har vest day sale this Saturday in the park center there. Chicken stew and barbecue plates will be sold from 11 a.m. until 7 00. A variety of home made arti cles and baked goods will be on sale, too, Rev. W. C. Lee, the pas tor said. In Community Development Lillington Gets Top Award LlUington was awarded first ulace in the community develop ment work for 185 during awards night Tuesday in Lilling on. The work of the Lillington Im_ provement Council was Judged by three outside judges as the best record in the county.1 The work of the more recently formed Angler Improvement Council wojj the second place plaque. Achievement awards were pre sented for work in Coats and in the Mary Stewart community at Dunn. The awards were presented by Vance Hamilton, assistant county agent during the annual meeting of the Harnett County Improve ment Council held in the local Methodist Church. It marked the second year the Lillington organisation has won the top award- The local record will be advanced to the seven county competition of the Capital Area Improvement Assn. , The county group elected John A. Senter of Lillington to head the organization in 1966. Haywood Hall of Angier and Carson Greg ory of Coats were named direct, ors. Charlie McCullers, manager of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, was guest speaker. He urged that a spirit of harmony and coopera tion be developed in the county. Light Session Is Held By County Court Only a few eases were heard Here In Recorder’s Court before Tudg* Robert B. Morgan during this week’s session. The first case called was that of Kenneth McDougald, Fuxuay Springs, who had been tried and pleaded guilty t° non support of the child of Betty Seaberry at an earlier court hearing and ordered to pay $16 per month for child support ,wns brought in for fail ure to comply with the order of the court MrDougald was ordered to catch up the back payments for . 1965. ~nd the monthly amount was rais ed to $20 monthly cn Aug. 20, but reverted to $16 monthly effective immediately. Several witnesses testified that Grady McNeill, 35 year-old Dunn man, passed a Dunn school bus while the bus was loading, but the defendant pleaded not guilty. He is a postal employe in Dunn. The investigation officer, W. T. Harris gave the younf Negro a • character reference stating ’hat the defendant had told him that he had stopped for the inter section, saw the bus stop and no one was ge ting off or on, so he pulled out slowly and went across meeting the bus. here There were no students out in the street. .fitness .fur the State related lbofit the same story, only they said that some of the children Continued on Page Six SENIORS RECEIVE Two Dunn High School seniors have received notification of their acceptance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They are David Moff, son of Mr. an dMrs. Willie Moff; and John Godwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Godwin. NEST BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD—Not why she crossed the road but why she chose the edge of a heavily traveled street at Ventura, Calif., as a nesting site is the question posed by this black hen. The apparently unflapable mother-to-be deposited her eggs on the dirt shoulder and goes on about the business of hatching them, un fazed by traffic roaring by only a few feet away. Hearing For Slain Indian's Wife Postponed Dorman Held In Chance Death A coroner’s jury deliberated only a few minutes Wednesday nigh: before ordering Ira B. Dor man, 32-year-old Dunn carpenter, held for action by the grand Jury in the October 22 rifle slaying oi Mward Chance, 45, Dunn Indian *A preliminary hearing foi Qfennce’s widow, Mrs. Norma May MW Chance, 33, was postpone Thursday morning in Dunn city court until next Thursday bj Judge Woodrow Hill. The woman was indicted on f charge of murder in the case b' her brother-in-law, Eugene (Son: Chance Deputy Sheriff Carson Hall wa the only witness who testified a the inquest conducted by Coronei Paul Drew in the county court house. Mrs. Chance was not present NEWS ROUNDUP WASHINGTON — A U. S. space authority said today he believes the Russians “are planning; now” to follow up manned landings on the moon with cosmonaut flights to the planets. WASHINGTON — A Negro Navy commander has been named to skipper the largest warship ever commanded by an officer of his race, it was disclosed today. Ie is Cmdr. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., 43, of Arlington, Va., a native of Richmond, Vg., who is now Uit senior Negro line officer in the Navy. WASHINGTON — A big Aimy helicopter made an emer gency landing in a parking lot near the Pentagon today after nar rowly missing cars and a commuter bus on a crowded highway at the. peak of morning rush-hour traffic. Heads Time Payment Dept. Robinson Is With Bank Of Lillington Holt D. Robinson, Jr., a native of Clinton and formerly with the First Citizens Bank in Dunn, has been named manager of the time payment department Bank HOLT D. ROBINSON, JR Robinson’s appointment was an announced by John W. Spears, ex ecutive vice president of the bank. The posi ion formerly was held by the late Roger Mann Robinscn. 26, attended Clinton High S"hool and the University of North Carolina where he re ceived an AB degree in sociology in !963. He previously was assoc iated with the installment loan den otement of Firs -Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in Dunn. Ha i(- ‘the1 son of IMt. and Mrs- H. D. Robinson Sr. of Clin ton- He is married to the former Helyn Elizabeth Bost of Winston Salem. She was graduated from Woman’s College in Greensboro where she majored in Latin- She teaches the seventh grade a' Wayne Avenue School in Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are members of the First Presbyter ian Church of Dunn. They plan to move to LillingtOn when hous ing become available. They have no children I for the inquest and was not im ' plicated in the slaying by Hall. • Her at omey. Robert Bryan, W’as , present, however, and declared afterward that she ought to be turned loose Deputy Hall told of his investi Continued on Page Six f Defense Wants Acquittal ; Would Commute Ruby DAT I,AS