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DUNN. N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 4, 1965
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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
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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
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f Defense Wants Acquittal
; Would Commute Ruby
DAT I,AS <UPI‘ — Dist. Atty. Hen
ry Wade disclosed today that he
a would consent to commuting Jack
v Ruby’s death sentence for murder
^ jng presidential assassin Lee Harvey
Oswald to life imprisonment
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Defense attorneys at this stage,
however, do not want a commuta
tion. They want a complete change
of verdict and believe that, at worst,
Ijuby should serve no more than
the maximum of five years for mur
der without malice.
The 54-year-oid Ruby has been
in jail since he shot Oswald in the
basement of the Dallas police sta
tioti on Nov 24. 1963 — two days
after Oswald killed President Ken
nedy.
Wade told United Press Interna
tional today that for “about a year"
defense attorneys have known of his
willingness to recommend commu
tation by the state board of par
dons and paroles to life imprison
ment.
Defense attorneys Sol Dann of
Detroit and Phil Burleson of Dal
las confirmed that they realized
Wade’s position. It was a change
of heart by the prosecutor who got
a Dallas jury to sentence Ruby to
death in the electric chair.
Town Officials In Busy AAeet
Lillington Council
Bars Turkey Shoots
There will be no turkey snoots
held in town limits by any group,
said Lillington Board of Commis
sioners Tuesday night.
The board also decided to build
a sewer line in preference to a sep
tic tank, agreed to make a pass
able street on Sixth Street, ap
pointed fire chief and fire depart
ment officers, and discussed night
ooliceman duties and service and
parking problems.
Tom Brown, property owner, ap
pearing to request a passaoie street
told the board, “I have got city
water, city sewer and city taxes.
Now I want a city street.”
Police Jurisdiction
He was granted a passable street
to this home on Sixth Street,
through a new development east of
Lillington in a field heretofore un
developed. Brown recently got a
$7,500 water line though he is the
only customer presently using it.
Continued on Page Six
Koyai toupie
Arrive For
20-Day Visit
NEW YORK UPI) — Prince*#
Margaret of England and her hus
band, the Earl of Snowdont ar
rived here today at 1:32 *\m. ESff
for a 20-day visit to U* United
States.
The flight was marred by faro
anonymous threats against Slat,
garet’s life, one by bomb andf*!^'
by poison. i X
Just before the big British Ov
erseas Airways Corp. (BOAC) jet_ .
liner was scheduled to take oft
for New York, an anonymous cal
ler telephoned London airport and
said poisonous strychnine, nitrate
had been placed in the plane's
water supply.
The caller told BOAC the poi
son was the same which had been
son was the . same which had
been reported missing from a
London airport warehouse Wed
nesday night.
Airline crews changed the en
tire water supply in the plane.
A heavy guard had already been
placed around the plane because
of another anonymous threat re
ceived Wednesday night.
Thl3 call was traced to a pool
room in London’s sleazy Soho
district. The caller said an at
tempt would be made to bring
down the Princess’ plane “eittier
by a bomb or other dubious
means.”
Margaret’s flight fullftiled 0*
long d earn. The 35-year-old prin
! cess first expressed a wish to go
to America when she was 18- But
royal advisers said the journey
would cause too great a security
and crowd problem.
Chevy Damaged
$200 By Fire
A 1956 Chevrolet received dam
ages estimated at $200 When the
carburetor and ignition svstem
burned. The auto is owned by
Clyde Matthews of Erwin and
was parked in the driveway at
the home of his son, Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Matthews, 504 W. John
son Street.
Howard M. Lee, secretary^
treasurer of the fire dept., said
cause of the fire was attributed
to a defective cerbuerator.
After the 19 men assembled at
the station, they received a call
notifying1 them the fire had been
extinguished.
The alarm was sounded Wed.
nesday night at 7:30.
barbecue to be served
Barbecue and chicken stew pla
tes will be served at the Mary
Stewart Community Building on
Friday November 5. The dinner
will be sponsored by Lee’s Grove
Free Will Baptist Church with
proceeds to go into the building
fund- Tickets are $1.00 and serv
ing will be from 11:30 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 until 8:00
pjn.
Lillington Chamber Urges Board to Conduct Study
Campbell Neutral In Row Over
Hospital. Favors Abritration
The board of directors of the
LiIlin?ton Chamber of Commerce
has urged the Harnett County
Board of Commissioners to fol
low a citizens organization recom
mendation for a county hospital
study.
Meanwhile. Dr. Leslie H. Camp
bell president of Campbell Col
lege, issued a statement today
declaring “the well-being of Har
ne't County should take prece
dence over any hope of local ad
vantage to any community
in the county” but reiter
ated the strict neutrality of the
college in the hospital row.
Dr. Campbell said Campbell has
ignored any possible self-interest
it may have in the location chos
en -‘in the interest of the greater
good to our county,” and that any
expression by individuals should
not be charged against the Bap
tist institution
Suggests Arbitration
Dr. Campbell expressed “hope
that the two factions in this hos
pi al controversy can refer the
the issue to some neutral group
for arbitration without resort to
court action and all the bitter
ness growing out of a last-ditch
fight.”
4K
Chairman Jack Brock and mem
bers of the county board will
meet Monday night to decide
whether or not Harnett should,
ask the court to block allocation
of '.he county’s entire Federal
grant to Betsy Johnson Hospital'
in Dunn- i
The Harnett County News at
Lillington reported today that
three of the five county commis
sioners, w J. Cotton, Harvey O'
Quinn and J. E. WomWe, favor
a county hospital and Indicated
they would vote to approve the
citizens request to go to court
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