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CHRISTMAS TREE TIME AGAIN — It’s time for C lristmas decorating once more and there’s n° short
age of trees at Crafton Tart’s Open Air Market in Dunn. Two big truckloads totaling thousands of
' trees have Just been received from the Canadian n irthwoods. Mr. and Mrs. Tart are shown here pick
ing out a pretty tree for the First Citizens Bank. (Dally Record Photo by Russell Bassford.)
Everything Looks Good Now
Sunday Launching Schedule
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)
— Gemini control decided today on
3. day early Sunday launch of Gem
ini ft to send two more astronauts
aloft for rendezvous with Gemini 7
spacemen Frank Borman and
James Lovell.
“Excellent,” crowed Lovell when
he got the word. "We'll lYy to See
if we can fit it into our schedule.”
Decreed By Gov. Dan K. Moore
Cornbread Week
RALEIGH (UPI) — Gov. Dan
K. Moore said today he had heard
several congressmen a#fe working
on re-districting plans for North
Carolina.
'He said he has not seen any of
them, but assumes the plans will be
submitted to the legislative com
mittee on congressional districts.
Moore said he will not partici
pate in the selection of members
of that committee. The North Caro
Una Oeneral Assembly will .meet
Jan. 31 to reapportion Itself and
redraw congressional districts.
House and Senate committees al
ready are at work but a committee
on congressional districts Is still
(to be appointed.
\ Moore made the remarks at his
briefest news conference since be
coming governor.
He also declared Combread Week
in North Carolina at the conference.
At Annual Event In Lillington
Achievement Night
Awards Presented
Awards were presented to out
standing members at the Harnett
County, 4-H Achievement Program
at Lillington School Monday night.
Vernon Ballard of Kipling told
about his recent six-montb visit to
Venezuela where he observed farm
methods as an International Farm
Exchange Student.
Judy Faircloth, president of the
county council presided and the
awards were presented by James
Goff, asst, agent, and Mrs. Bettie
Giles, asst, home agent.
Special awards were presented to
Eric Hinson, Key award; Haywood
West, district swine award; Judy
Faircloth and Haywood West, ‘I
Dare You Award.”
Winning blue ribbons for exhibits
viewed during the program were;
Cynthia Thomas, Sandra Thomas,
Linda Porter, Annette Cummings,
Ida Young Giles, Eric Hinson, Di
anne Thomas, Kenneth Cribb, Jo
Anne Park, Laura Jean Smith,
Steve Porter, Sue Pate, Haywood
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Astronauts Walter Schirra and
Thomas Stafford, jinxed in a Sep
tember attempt to go aloft In Gem
ini 8, were cleared for ,a Sunday
morning launch to put them in
space nose-to-nose with Gemini 7,
now entering its fifth of a 14-day
endurance flight.
Borman and Lovell, passing the
two-million mile mark in flight,
reported uncomfortable warm ca
bin temperatures during the night.
But the temperature fell by itself
during the day.
The "go” for Gemini 6 meant
work for Gemini 7.
Lovell and Borman, using man
euvering rockets, mast “circular
ize” their slightly egg-shaped orbit
to make it almost a circle for the
rendezvous Sunday.
Two separate “bums” were called
for to shift into an orbit about 185
miles up.
Two Possftfp Times
There were two “panes” —times
when orbital mechanics would al
low a Gemini 6 liftoff for rende
vdus — on Sunday. They were a
48-minute period starting at 9:50
a. m. EST and 35-minute period
starting at 11:18 a.m. EST.
Gemini 7, meantime, received a
"go” for 90 orbits, another day
in space toward the goal of 14
davs.
Borman and Lovell were spend
ing considerable time on the tem
perature problem aboard Gemini 7.
FALSE ALARM
Neighbors near the Toot and
Take Grocery on E. Broad Street
notified firemen last night that the
grocery store was on fire, but an
lnvtstigating policeman discovered
that a trash basket near the store
had been burning and gave the
imnresston that the stor was
ablaz. Howard M. Lee said 24 men
assembled at the station.
Judge Carr To Hear Arguments Beginning At JO
Hospital Hearing Tomorrow
A court hearing into the heated
Dunn hospital controversy will get
underway before Judge Leo Carr
In Harnett Superior Court Friday
morning at 10 o’clock In LUlington.
Judge Carr will decide from tes
timony of witnesses and written
affidavits whether to dissolfe or
make permanent a restraining order
filed by the County of Harnett to
prevent the county’s entire allot
ment of State and Federal funds
j for construction of a new hospital
| in Dunn.
Defendants in the suit are trus
teas of Betsy Johnson Hospital and
the Town of Dunn, which ig sch
eduled to take over ownership and
operation of the proposed 117-toed
hospital whenever construction is
completed.
The suit was brought b y County
Attorney Neill McK. Boss on in
structions of county commissioners
after it was learned, according to
the complaint, that the Dunn pro
ject would ti« up all fundB avail
able to the entire county. Dunn hoe
pital trustees content they are en
titled to the money since the county
had made no effort toward a county
hospital until after the Dunn pro
ject was too far advanced to be
stopped without great financial loss.
James McDaniel Johnson, chief
counsel for Besty Johnson Hospital,
heads a batery of lawyers which al
so includes City Attorney Everette
Doffermyre and James R. Nance of
Fayetteville.
County Attorney Ross is being
CONTINUED ON PAGE BIV
Mikoyan Resigns
As President
Due To Health
MOSCOW <UFI> — Anastas I Mi- ,
koyan, 70, the old Bolshevik who
survived 48 years of Communist:
party power struggle and purges,:
resigned today as president of the
Soviet Union because of old age
and ill health. He was succeeded:
by Nikolai Podgomy, one of the top
party leaders. - ,
Hie resignation was announced
at the closing session of the Su
preme Soviet parliament which
took time to pass a resolution con
demning American “aggression” in
Viet Nam and pledging aid to North
Viet Nam before itadourned.
Soviet Foreign Mipister Andrei A.
Gromyko said today U. S.“aggroa-:
sion,” in Viet Nam had seriously
influenced the atmosphere at the
current United Nations session in
New York. 5.
In a speech to the Supreme Sov
iet parliament Gromyko said the
U. S. actions are “condemned by
the overwhelming majority of die
countries of Europe, Asia, Africa
and Latin America.”
I.*,koyan, well-known in the Unit
ed States, was the man who helped
remove the Russian missiles from
Cuba at the height of the 1963
Cuban crisis. In World War II he
negotiated the multi-million dollar
lend-lease agreements which helped
defeat Nazi Germany.
He had served as President since
July 15, 1964, when he succeeded
Leonid I. Brezhnev who took ovef
full powers as leader of the Com
munist party. He was reported in
ill health in recent months aiid
disclosed today he had undergone
a serious operation three years ago.
Power Setup Unchanged
Mikoyan’s retirement did not al
ter the fundamental Kremlin power
setup since, despite his long tenure
in party and government, he al
ways has operated on the fringe
of basic authority — a position that
helpdd him outlast Josef Stalin,
Georgi Malenkov and Nikita S.
Khrushchev.
Podgomy, 68, officially is a mem
ber of the ruling Presidium of the
party and a secretary whose rank
ing has been assigned by Western
observers as just below that of
Brezhnev. He became a full member
of the Presidium on May 5, 1960,
as one of the rising political stars.
While retiring from the presi
dency, Mikoyan retained his post
on the Presidium and thus will
still have a voice in decisions at
the top.
ndustries Assured, 3rd
Promised Before Christmas
Big Year For Dunn
RETIRING GUARDSMEN PAID HONOR — Three local men received recognition last Friday night
for service totaling 73 years in the National Guard. Local guardsmen, members of the 6 Bn. 119th
Infantry, gathered at Chicora County Club for th eir annual holiday party. 1st Lt. Eldridge L. Starling,
right, is shown presenting trophies to E6 Bill Tew. who has had 21 Vi years of service; E9 Earl Jernigan,
30 years; and E6 Wilbert Guy, 21% yfiars. (Record Photo By Russell Bassford).
Goldwafer Raps
McNamara For
Cuffing Fences
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Barry
M. Ooldwater charged today that
Defense Secretary Robert S. Mc
Namara’s plan for cutting back
IT. S. strategic bomber forces could
“leave the free world completely
defenseless.”
The 1964 Republican Presidential
nominee said in a statement that
plans announced Wednesday for
scrapping two-thirds of the Stra
tegic Air Command (SAC) by 1970
would mean the free world would
have to rely entirely on TJ. S. mis
siles for defense..
“This would give us a rigid, ln
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44 Finish Course
Thirty-four officials and staff
members of Lillington and Angrier
Garment companies have complet
ed a series of adult classes in Lil
lingrton.
The courg ewas taught by Mrs
Dorothy O. Hales, vocational home
economics teacher at Lillington
School. Topics studied were speech,
poise and personal appearance, and
management—key to time, money
and energy.
Personnel who completed the
corse, acording to Mrs. Hales,
were:
Jerry Stogsdill, Nellis Patterson,
Peggy Brown, Faye Denkins, Rth
Hallman. Kisady Johnson Se O’
Briaont Amy Matthews, Joanne
Fore, Helen Carroll, Barbara
Capps, Edna Jones, Anita Mabry,
Thurlean Stancil Rob Roberts El
len McLamb, Ruth Roberts
And, Earl O’Quinn. Bobby Suesg,
M. E. Shomper, Odell Tumbow
Lvnn Bisbec, Sylvia Cummings
Willie Rhodarmer, James Gamer,
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Took Others 3 Minutes To Grant It
In Divorce - lalu^u
One prospective uror, Jimmie
Hamilton of Duke township, was
excused from jury duty in Harnett
Civil Court Tuesday in a divorce
case, when he told the court he
did not believe in divorce. He said
he had religious scruples against di
vorce.
The cast being heard was that
of Richard Hardy against Viola
Hardy. He was asking for a di
vorce on grounds of two years sep
aration. The wife had entered a
counter-claim ascerting that the
plaintiff had left her without cause
She was drawing an allotment of
$105 per month Mrs. Hardy was
seeking to prevent the divorce be
ing granted because she wanted the
allotment/
Hardy is a member of-the Armed
Forces. Evidence tended toshow he
was not onlv supporting his wife,
but had claimed a child that
was not his as a dependant and in
cluded it in the amount of the al
lotment. . v ■ j !'
tt took jurors onlv about three
minutes to award the divorce to
Hardy. ,-,f ■ -• - • *'
Judge Robert Morgan recessed
Continued On Page Six
Mem ber of Committee Meeting Today
Sen. Morgan Works
On Reapportioning
RALEIGH (UPI) — A special
state Senate committee was to meet
today to consider reapportionment
of the upper House of the General
Assembly. Harnett Senator Robert
Morgan is a member of the com
mittee. The Harnett solon is Presi
dent of the Senate.
A House committee Wednesday
hammered out a tentative reappor
tionment of that body but the plan
was not expected to be released
before next Monday.
Sixteen members of the House
met in a six-hour session here Wed
nesday to lay plans for reapportion
ment of the lower chamber in com
pliance with a federal court order
which gave the state until Jan. 31
to reapportion both houses of the
legislature and redraw congression
al districts.
The House committee said it felt
it made “very satisfactory” pro
gress but wanted to advise individu
al members of the House before
it made the plan public.
House Speaker Pat Taylor said
the committte “did not start with
any plan” and that the approach
Two Drivers
Hurt In Crash
Two drivers were injured, one
helieved seriously, when vehicles
they were driving collided at a
rural road intersection about 5 miles
south of Dunn Tuesday morning.
State Trooper John Saintsing said
Walter G. Warren. 72, was hospi
talized for observation and treat
ment of passible internal injuries.
Earl J. Parker, 34, of Dunn Rt.
2. received minor injuries desDite
the fact that a wheel of the pickup
truck he was driving rolled over
his left arm.
Saintsing said the Parker vehicle
was traveling along rural road 162Q.
wh£n the Warren vehicle apparently
failed to stop for a stop sign and
rhn into the path of the trupk. ,
The Parker ‘ vehicle struck the
Continued on Page Six
was generally pegged on the key
figure of 38,000 as the population
“norm.”
Gov. Dan Moore has called a
special session of the legislature
to meet Jan. 10 in Raleigh to com
ply with the federal court order.
£anta ClauA:
DEAR SANTA,
My mame is Cynthia Leonhard.
I am five yeare old, I have tried to
be a good girl all year. For Christ
mas I want a Baby Boo, a crib,
and some bedroom shoes. Be sure
to remember all the ether boys
and girls, too.
Love,
CYNTHIA LEONHARD
Dunn.
DEAR SANTA,
I am a girl in the third grade,
my teacher Mrs. Doris Lynn Pope
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Manager Charue Mccuuers oi uie
Dunn Chamber of Commerce, in a
message to its membership today,
predicted that 1966 will be Dunh’s
biggest year- of expansion
He said that the chamber hop^d
to be able to announce the namt
of the new industry that will oc*
cupy the new shell building across
fiom Bien Jolie before Christmas '
Practically every citizen in tow*
knows all about the deal. Only the
official announcement is awaited.
Two more new industries ha VS
been announced for Dunn during
recent weeks, the Modem Foods
Plant, now under construction, and
the Delrex Corporation, which Wilt
announce details of its new indue*
try right after the holidays.
The location across from the
Howard Johnson Restaurant and
motel has already been leased front
Nick DeMai. who says it will mean
a great deal to Dunn.
Mr. MoCullers paid tribute to
president Abe Elmore and to CJaRf*
man Guyton Smith of the chamber^)*
industrial committee “and a fetf
others who’ve put in a lot of
hours working for Dunn — and you
— behind the scenes, and without
publicity.”
Following are other excerpts front
Manager McCuller.3’ message to the
membership:
There are several matters we’d
like io bring to your attention, a*•»
the year-end comes nearer - and
swifter - to a close. It’s been jk
good year, too, in many, many
ways. We haven’t been able as
yet to name the new industry for
our shell building, but the “hi*#
men” tell us they hope to reveal
names before Christmas! Mean
while. we can all be mighty proud
of Guyton Smith, who heads our
Industrial Committee, and Presi
dent. Abe Elmore, and a few others
who’ve put in a lot of hours work
ing for Dunn - and YOU - behind
the scenes, and without publicity.
ANNUAL MEETING: The cham
ber’s 43rd Annual Meeting and Ban
quet is now scheduled for Tuesday
evening, January 18, 1966, at 7:00
o’clock. And we’re extremely for
tunate to have Dr. A. Purnell Bailey
of Richmond, as our guest speaker.
This is our third attempt fo get
Dr. Bailey, incidentally. Due to the
popularity of our speaker, plus the
customary presentations of awards,
reports, installations, etc.. It Is be
lieved our meeting hall - Wavne
Avenue School Cafeteria - will fee
filled to capacity, with some over
crowding expected. We don’t want
to turn away a single person, e»
necinllv members of the chamber.
Therefore, sal„ of tickets will hate
to be limited to 300. Local civic
clubs, including Lions. Sertoma, KJ
wanis. Rotarv end Jay Cees are In
vited, as usual to meet jointly
with the chamber, including
ladies, of course. Tickets will
on sale on or about January 1st.
Please indicate vour plans on catd
enclosed. No definite commitment
now however.
MEMBERSHIP LIST: The Cham
ber’s Classified Directory has woA
wide acclaim as one of the beat.
Its distribution has been extensive,
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Rception For New Supt. and Wife
Lees Are Honored
At Falcon Event
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
North Carolina Conference was
hostess at a reception honoring
Reverend and Mrs. J. D. Lee Mon
day night.
Mr. Lee is the newly installed
superintendent of the North Caro
lina Conference of the Pentecostal
Holiness Church.
Mrsi.M. H. Davenport of Fay
etteville, president of tht Woman’s
Auxiliary, received in the foyer
where white goinsetttas with cand
les were arranged on a console
table. 'Sj
Two hundred guests were prfe
sented to The Reverend and Mrs,-,
Lee, and son Don who received
with members of the North Caro
lina Conference Board and thefif
wives, Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Marsh
bum of Greenville, Rev. O. If.
Howard of Wilson, Rev. and Mna
R. R. Johnson of Goldsboro, ReVj.
and Mrs. W. E. Morris of Falcon,
and Rev. and Mrs. Clayto#
Guthrie of Tarboro. jEpf
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