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DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 25, 1965
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Red Bullets
Faif To Kill .
U. S. Sergeant
TEA VIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif,
<UFI) — A Communist officer gave
Sgt. John Eade the coup de grace
lust week.
Today hospital attendants gave
him turkey for Thanksgiving.
Eade, 22, of Toledo, Ohio, was
shot three times in an ambush Nov.
17. Then he was ‘‘finished off” by J
an officer, who fired a pistol direct-1
ly into his face and left him for
dead in a valley in Viet Nam. ,
But the 1st Cavalry Division sold
ier lived to spend his Thanksgiving
back in the United States.
Eade told his story from a hos
pital bed Wednesday during treat
ment of his multiple wounds by
hospital attendants at Travis Air
Force Base.
“I was shot about one o’clock In
the afternoon.” said Bade, |he only
survivor of bis squad. “Then a
beut four o'clock this Viet
officer came »» -« 1 thinkUe Was
Chinese.
"I was otlly about half conscious
and was leaning up against a tree.
He took his pistol and shot me a
gain - right in the face. And then
he left me there for dead.”
The bullet entered Eade’s right
eye and lodged in the back of his
head.
“It was II o'clock the next day
before the Americans cam^ and got
me,” Eade continued. "They were
out there to recover the bodies.
Eade sajd he is not sure the of
ficer was Chinese, but he was cer
tain he would recognise him if he
saw him again.
“I ain’t likely to forget him,”
Eade said.
Eade was one of the battle cas
ualties from last week’s fighting In
Viet Nam — the heaviest week of
casualties for American troops since
Korea, Hi and 25 other were flown
to Travis Air Force Base Wednes
day in a 041 Sky lifter to be trans
ferred to hospitals near their homes.
Was he glad to be home for
Thanksgiving?
“I’m Just glad t° he home per
iod,” he replied quietly.
HIGHWAY CHIEF ADDRESSES ROTARY — Chairman Joe Hunt of the State Highway Commission
addressed Dunn Rotarians Must night on the Importance of one vote. Pictured here with the popular State
officii are, left to right, club president Earl O. Vann; Chairman Hunt; State Legion Commander
t jtjvis Carver, and George Willoughby, a Dunn man who now heads the State’s secondary road system.
Hunt had high praise for Willoughby and the job lu’s doing for the state, declaring, “I’m mighty proud
of George." {pally Record Photo by Russell Bassford.)
Praises Dunn Aide George Willoughby In Rotary S peech
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Hunt Cites Value Of
Suite Highway Chairman Joe
Hunt told Dunn Rotarlana Tues
day night that communities and
counties that voted against the
$300 million road bond issue in the
Nor. 2 referendum have nothing
to Worry about “over the way they
votfed
He noted that the issue carried
by only 47 rotas in Harnett, the
heaviest opposition vote in the
State with e*<fef>tlon of the two
counties that . voted against the
From 6 P. M. to 9 A. M.
64 Road Deaths
The National Safety Council
has not keep track of holiday
traffic deaths but a United Press
International count at 9 a.m. EST
showed at least 64 persons dead
in highway accidents since 6 pm.
local time Wednesday. The br
eakdown:
Trafifc •*
Fires «" •
Miscellaneous ®
Total 73
The worst tragedy of the holi
day period occured Wednesday
when an explosion ripped through
a National Guard Armory at Keo
kug, Iowa, during a square dance.
At least seven persons were killed
and 47 injured.
Pope Gives Tips For Mailing
Postmaster Says Mail
Early For Christmas
“Last Christmas the post office
handled more mail than ever be
fore. yet the operation was the
most efficient in history," Post
master Thad Pope said today.
Nationally about 96 per amt of
the Christmas mail reached its
destination before Christmas »re.
•'ZIP Code use and the cooper,
atton of the public in mailing ear
ly were the main reasons for our
suobess. With the same Or better
cooperation this year, we ^gpect
of maH with less effort than dur
ing the 1M4 Christmas rush.”
Mr. Pope had advice which would
help mailers prepare fr the up
coming mailing season.
A. tip to date last year’s ad
dress list and include ZIP Codes.
The phone book is uusally a good
source lor local addresses. ((Post
master — if applicable mention
that Ideal ZIP Codes are listed in
the yellow pages of your phone
beok.)
Continued on Page Six
issue, and that the Dunn commun
ity voted overwhelmingly against
the road bonds.
“But that was your privilege
and it won’t make a bit of differ
ence in the amount of road work
you’ll receive from either the bond
money or the regular budget,” de
clared Hunt.
He noted that allocations for
various towns and counties had
Continued on Page Six
More Bodies
May Be Found;
47 Injured
KEOKUK, Iowa (UPI) — Rescue
workers today searched the smoking
ruins of a National Guard Armory
ripped by an explosion at the height
of a gala Thanksgiving eve square
dance Seven persons were killed and
at least others injured.
It was feared more bodies might
be found in the rubble-filled base
ment of the brick and concrete
block armory.
The sudden explosion blasted out
three walls of the building at about
9:40 C8T Wednesday night and
sent the roof crashing fb the dance
floor, where members of the “Swing
Easy Square Dance Club” were pro
menading in a holiday atmosphere
Three of the dead were identified
as William Bennett, his 1-year-old
son Tony and Alice 8ummers The
others were burned ao badly identifi
cation was difficult. ,
“I saw nedple screaming- and
timbers lying on top of some of
them. One man came running
through the hall all ablaze,” said
square dance caller Kenny Ander
son, who was blown through a door
by the blast.
‘‘I picked myself up and looked
back,” he said. “It was an awful
mess. One couple I know quite well
came running out without any
burned off . . . It was a mass of
clothes on. The clothing had been
human fire. Everybody was burn
ing.”
Emergency Aid
Doctors from Southeastern Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri answered em
ergency calls for aid. The injured
were rushed to hospitals. The Air
Force flew blood to Keokuk from
Chanute Air Force Base in Rantbul,
ni.
Graham Hospital said today 28
(Continued os Page Six)
Dunn Beauty In Charlotte's Famed Carrousel Toda y
Dunns Alexis Parker Faces
Schedule Busy As Old Santa
Pretty 19-year-old Alexis Park
er, Dunn’s gift of beauty, talent
and brains to South Carolina, has
a schedule of holiday public ap
pearances that’ll keep her Just
about as busy as old Santa Claus
himself
She’s the current “Miss Spar
tanburg, S. C.” and she’s so much
ln demand for Christmas appear
ances and other holiday festivi
ties that she hardly knows whe
ther shes going or coming.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Parker, will tell you that from
their standpoint it seems she's
always going. Her boy friend Walt
Jones makes the same complaint.
The curvey Converse College
cutles breezed home for the
Thanksgiving holiday late Tues
day. She hadn’t been here but a
few hours before receiving a call
from her manager, Kenneth Suggs
of Spartanburg, advising her to
be in Charlotte Thanksgiving
miming to appear in The Char
lotte Oaroussel—the biggest pa
rade of any kind held in the two
states each year
In the coures of the conversa
tion, he also mentioned that she
had been booked for at least two
appearances in Spartanburg Fri
day. .
Stays On The Go
So Alexis and her family had
to do their Thanksgiving celebrat
ing Wednesday night and she was
off bright and early Thursday
morning to decorate one of the
biggest floats in the Charlotte
parade.
Friday morning at 10 o’clock,
she’ll lead the Chris'mas Parade
back in Spartanburg, perched
prettily atop the Jaycee float. Im
mediately after the parade, she’ll
dagh back down to assist the Ma
yor in cutting the ribbon and dec
orating the landscape for the for
mal opening of the big newly-re
modeled Belk’s Department Store
there.
Since a couple of other events
are planned for her there on Sat
urday, she won’t even bother to
return to Dunn because she’ll
have to be back In classes at Con
verge there Monday mornlgn.
Last weekend Miss Parker
played hostess at the fall board
meeting of South Carolina Jay
cees and led the figure at the
Jaycee dance that night.
Stars With Senator
On the followng day she shar
ed the platform honors and other
acclaim with V. S. Senator Storm
Thurmond who spoke to the Jay
cee event.
The Dunn beauty Is looking for
ward to the Shrine Bowl game at
Charlotte Dec. 4 where her beauty
will also reign along with that of
a selected few other queens. One
reason for her keen anticipaton
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Coup Succeeds Without Violence
Military Seizes Power In Congo
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BRITISH BEAUTY — Great Britain’s Lesley Langley, 21, wears
her rrown and a bright smile after being named Miss World in
London. Dianna Lynn Batts, of the United States, finished second.
ONEA Telephoto)
Sad At Leaving U .S.
Royal Couple Back
In Rainy London
LONDON (UPI) — Princess Mar
garet and Lord Snowdown returned
in a rain storm from their exhaust
ing but successful tour of the United
States.
During their five-hour stop in
Bermuda on the way back by plane
from New York they went through
a blackout. A blown transformer
fuse plunged Government House in
to darkness for 23 minutes shortly
after the royal couple arrived for a
reception and dinner.
U. S. Ambassador David Bruce
and the Earl of Westmoreland met
their Boeing 707 jetliner at Lon
don Airport.
The princess and Snowdown step
ped down from the plane under the
shelter of an umbrella and greeted
the reception party.
They then walked straight to their
car to drive home to Kensington
Palace and a reunion with their
children. Viscount David Linley, 4,
and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones,
18 months.
When she left New York Wed
nesday Princess Margaret said,
“This, for us, is a very, very sad
moment.
“From the moment we arrived
MAN KILLED
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. N. C.
(UPI) — A Wilmington man as
killed here Wednesday night when
the car which he was driving ran
jff a causway and struck a pole.
William L. Bozeman, 66, a retired
Wachovia Bank vice president died
at Cape Fear Hospital in Wilming
ton.
here in the United States, we have
had nothing but the greatest hospi
tality and welcome We have seen
so many exciting and worthwhile
things.”
The princess stopped in Bermuda
to present colors to a newly form
ed regiment.
LEOPOLD VILiLE, The COW*
(DPI) — A military coup tpd*?
toppled the Congo’s shaky oiyi
lian .government- The commao*
der of the army, Lt. Oen- Josef*
Mobutu, se'ced power and irshtt
led himself as president for "Ml
years. '**'» 1
There was no violence.
Mobutu, 35, deposed Presfijtoi
Joseph Kasavubu and Premlepf -
designate Evariste Kimba and"
del ed Col. Leonard Mulamba’ to
take over as premier and form a
government of na ional union.1
The upheavel was the climax’ to
several weeks of bitter political
in-fighting between Kasavubu and
former premier Moise Tshombe
Kasavubu fired Tshombe six wCCkf
ago.
ished,
do army camp outside LeopolBWW.
"By Saturday, Col Mulamba
will have a government at pat*
ional union. It will pass by gg,
olamailnM iftrnttcK PEflifTlAnt"
clamation through Pariiment.
Mobutu sgid tbf little for post
er between T»ho«|t» a»4 Kagtf*
Ubu Had plunged the Congo into
"permanent po|lt|oa) crisis ”
••you hav# all afn' that our pm
litlcans had made complete bank
ruptcy,” ||ol»ut|i|§d reporter*.
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univpmity af Mfrth Ci
clpliUM right Students
part In the shoiHng of stag
ties ih a men’* dormitory e«
this- month.
officials confirmed Wedn«
the students, Whose names
not released, w.Sre disciplined
involvment in tile case; Two’
placed on one Wmester probs
Six were given official reprlnu
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Peace and Quiet - Not even A Wreck
It Was A Quiet Dayy
All Over The Area
In Dunn and throught Har
nett and the surrounding ar
ea was quiet this Thanksgiv
ing Day. In fact, it seemed
even quiter than ever, as of
noontime.
John E. Norris, on duty at
the Dunn police station, said
there had been nothing unus
ual here.
“We got a report about one
wreck but couldn’t find it, so
guess there wasn’t much to it,”
he said.
There was only two pris
oners in the Dunn jail, both
arreste on capiases for pre
vious violations- They got ham
and, eggs Instead of turkey.
Deputy Bernice Temple re
ported everything was equally
quiet throughout Harnett Co
unty.
A similar report came from
Policeman Charles
who said the Bens
completely empty
Barnett Coroner
was on duty at h
business Hatcher
Drew Funeral Bon
he had ho rftporti
ties and hd calls
ipaat M houf
Crdihartte f
reported do
Tfcia was
noon. But it
that aotatd t
real of the