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Jury Says Hold Officers In Horry Death Of Fipps A coroner's jury ruled in Con way Friday night that officers Willis Cause and George O. Fow ler of Horry county "be held for further investigation" in the death April 30 of Charlie James Fipps of Tabor City. After two nours of testimony, the jury retired and came back in 15 minutes with a verdict that Fipps, age 20. came to his death as a result of a bullet fired from a .30 caliber carbine by Officer Fowler Neither of the two offi cers took the stand to relate what went on during the early hours of that Sunday morning. Officer Olin D. Blanton told the packed courtroom that he first observed the car driven by Fipps j about 2:30 a. m. when it was making about 75 miles per hour, j He said he thought it strange that the car should be traveling i so fast and he gave chase. Almost ; immediately, he related, the flee- j mg car gathered speed and in a ' few minutes it left him complete ly. He said he was making about 120 miles an hour when the motor of his car developed trouble. At this point, he said he called his headquarters by radio for help. His office then ordered Gause a ,o Fowler to set up a roadblock near Loris. Following Blanton, S. C. Law Enforcement officer C. E. King took the stand to unfold the story as the three officers gave it to him. Officer King said Gause and Fowler told him that Fipps ap proached their roadblock at a high speed but began to apply brakes as if he intended stopping. Then, as the two officers ap proached the oncoming car, F'ipps sped away at high speed. They followed him through Loris and out on highway 701 toward Ta bor City. Fowler, according to King, fired three times at the fleeing car and then the car EXCHANGE *158.00 es Builders Supply Southport, N. C. GENE BLAIR, AGENT PHONE PL 4-8262 SHALLOTTE, N. C. 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STREET—RFD—BOX No. CITY STATE wavered and came to a stop on the shoulder of the road. King said, in one instance, that the Fipps driven car traveled 100 feet without leaving any tracks after crossing a rise in the highway, presumably a railroad crossing. It was revealed during the tes timony that the car Fipps was driving, a 1954 Ford, had a Mer cury motor in it. A S. C ballistics expert from Columbia testified that the bullet was fired from the carbine car ried by Officer Fowler. The rifle was shown to the jury by Coro ner Littlejohn Blanton who con ducted the inquest. The ballistics expert also point ed out that the projectile had a black stain on it and said the stain was identical to paint on the car. A picture of the rear of the car showed that three pi’o jectiles went through the tnink deck leaving three gaping holes. Dr. E. L. Proctor, Conway sur geon, took the stand as the first witness and related the sequence of events beginning about 4 a. m. when he was called to the hos pital. Dr. Proctor said he found the wounded Fipps on a table in the emergency room alone and in deep shock, unconscious, and his eyes dilated, fixed. He said on the back left side of his head was a wound, a hole, with blood and brain tissue running out through the hole. He said he could feel through the skin fractures of the skull around the hole and forward above the left ear. His left eye was swollen but there was no evidence that the bullet went all the way through. Dr. Proctor said he could not obtain any blood pi’essure but they pumped a pint of plasma into his veins and algo two piirts of blood but to no avail. There was no response. He said he bandaged the Fipps head and otherwise did all he could to restore a semblance of life. When asked what, in his opin ion, caused the death of the Pope Air Force airman, he said death was due to deep shock which was caused by the rifle carbine pro jectile being fii'ed into his brain. He said he found no other in juries on the body. Fipps died at 5:10 a. m. just over an hour after he was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. Dr. D. W. Delia, pathologist, said he performed an autopsy on the body and found the rifle bul let in the brain just above and forward of the left ear. He went on to point out that there were no powder bums around the hole in the back of the head but there were numerous fractures from the back forward along the path of the bullet. He said the damage resulting from the bullet was suf ficient, in his opinion, to cause death. He recovered the projec tile which wan later examined by the ballistics expert. During a lull in the presenta tion of testimony, a nearby spec tator was heard to say that young Fipps had no criminal in tentions. He knew he had plenty of power under the hood and just wanted to show that he could leave the whole crowd. Law Enforcement agent King, in the course of his testimony, said Officer Blanton told him that when he saw Fipps going Soda! Security Funds Sufficient Report Of Trustees Of These Funds Indicate Sound Future For Pro gram Bv ALBERT P. MASON (District Manager, Social Security Administration) Income to the two trust funds out of which social security bene fits are paid exceeded outgo by $643 million during1 the year end ing December 31, I960, according to Albert P. Mason, district man ager of the Wilmington, N. C.. social security office. “The 21st. annual report of the trustees of the two funds also gives fiscal and calendar year estimates for the following 5 years, 15 years, and for the long range future up until the year 2025," Mason said. These figures, based on provi sions of the present social security law, show that income to the two funds during the 1960’s and on into the long range future will be sufficient to cover all outlays for benefits. Income to the old-age and sur vivors insurance trust fund dur ing calendar year 1960 exceeded outgo by $184 million. Total dis bursements for the year amount ed to just under $11.2 billion. Total income for the year was close to $11.4 billion. At the end of the year, the fund stood at $20,324,000,000. Total income to the disability insurance trust fund during 1960 exceeded outgo by $464 million. Disbursements totaled $604 mil lion, and income totaled $1,068 million. At the end of the year, assets of this fund totaled $2,2S9, 000,000. “The estimates for the 5 years following 1960,” Mr. Mason said, “show that under present law, total income to the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund over the 5-year period will amount to $70.8 billion.” Total outgo dur ing that period will come to $67.0 billion with a total excess of in come over outgo amounting to $3.8 billion. At the end of De cember, 1965, the assets of the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund are expected to amount to $24.2 billion. During these same 5 years, the assets of the disability insurance at such a speed, he thought it was a “hot” car or loaded with whiskey. The courtroom was packed to the rafters with people crowding the doors and windows and many sitting on the floor wherever there was a vacant spot. Well armed officers were pres ent in abundance. A photographe:1 made a picture of Dr. Procto , the first witness, but then Cor > ner Blanton, on the advice of an attorney, told the photograi ti er that he could make a pict re of the general scene but ce ild not make successive shots of witnesses ts they took the st nd. The three officers involvec in the chase said they did not k low Fipps. There was no specific ac count of the wording of the nes sage from the police office) to Officer Gause and Fowler, ither than an intimation that f car traveling at high speed going toward Loris must be stopped. An attorney present sai 1 the case now is one for the grand jury to handle. GIFT HEADQUARTERS Mother's Day — Graduation Select Your Gifts Today COASTAL DRUG STORE Shdllo+te, N. C. Office Equipment Service DON J. BATDORFF Phone RO 3-4267 Typewriters—Adding Machines—Cash Registers SERVICE TYPEWRITER COMPANY 3910 Wrightsville Ave. Wilmington, N. C. WE CARRY SEED ■ FERTILIZER and LIME TO FILL A.S.C. 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He is married to the former Lucy Oden of Porterville, Miss, and now resides in Southport with his wife and children, Bar bara, Johnnie, Rodney’ and Diane. trust fund are expected to grow from the present $2.3 billion to $2.7 billion. Total income over the 5 years is estimated at $5.9 bil lion and total disbursements at $5.5 billion. “By the end ot December, 1970,'’ Mason said, “the trustees esti mates are that the old-age and survivors insurance trust fund \ .ill have grown to $46.6 billion. On the same date, disability in surance trust fund assets are esti mated at $4.1 billion.” Tiller Flats’’ Cut Breakage “The more times you handle an egg—from the hen to the car ton the more breakage you’ll get.” That’s the opinion of Tom Morris, poultry specialist for the N. C. State college agricultral extension service. “We’re in the horse-and-buggy days in egg-handling,” says Mor USDA chemists invented the insecticide allethrin. A termite colony may contain 3 million individuals. , ris. ‘‘The truly progressive poul ! tryman has long since abandoned [ the bucket for collecting eggs. They don’t even use rubber bas kets—the big thing now is “filler flats.’ ” Morris cites the case of Maurice Pickier, Stanly County egg producer and one of the agri cultural leaders of North Caro lina. “Pickier cut out 50 per cent of his normal egg breakage by switching from round baskets to I square baskets with filler flats," he says. “He figures he saved $10 a day by the switch.” And a New Yoik state pro ducer cut his breakage by 85 per cent, Morris says. “Many poultrymen get a break age of ten to 12 per cent,” he points out. “It’s easy to see what a savings can be made with a better method of handling eggs.” REPORT MADE ON Continued From Page 1 classes for midwives, 3. Under the Child Health Pro gram: Infants given medical su pervision in Pediatric clinics, 65; visits to infants to medical Pedia tric clinics, 65; Nursing visits to infants outside Pediatric clinics, 16; Children given medical super vision in Pediatric clinics, 159; WiLLETTS & SON MOTOR SALES SALES _FORD _ PHONE CL 3-6420 SEE GRAHAM A. WILLETTS or PHONE CL 3-6657 SERVICE BOLIVIA, N. SAM C. WEST i I Drive in here for an EXPERT CHASSIS LUBRICATION Get ready for smooth summer driv ing. Preserve your car's quiet ride by seeing us today for an oil change and complete lubrication. ONE STOP SAFETY SERVICE CAPE FEAR SHELL SERVICE SOUTHPORT, N. C. Charlie Aldridge — Ph. GL 7-9211 — “Son” Carrier i \ visits by children to medical Pe 1 diatric clinics, 159; Children given nursing supervision. 46; nursing visits to children, 46. | Under the School Health Pro gram: Visits to school by Public Health Nurses, 56; children re ferred for medical or dental care, i ■‘■T. Vital Statistics Records: Birth certificates received and process 1 ed, 70; death certificates received 1 and processed, 29; stillbirth cer j tificates received and processed, 3. Laboratory Service Rendered: | Water samples collected for nnlv ! sis, 12; feces samples examined, 124; feces samples positive mr [hookworm, 25; blood test. 88; hemoglobin test, 62: urinalyzis, 63; diabetic screening test. 6. In other programs: Nursing visits to mental cases, 18; health certificates issued, 50; nursing visits to chronic disease patients, 45. In the general sanitation pro gram: Schools under -supervision. 11; visits to schools, 19: inspection of private water supplies, 49; ap proved new water supplies, install ed, 47; inspections of sewage dis posal facilities on private prem ises, 99: septic tanks installed. 50; new privies installed, 4; plumbing inspection, 71; plumbing installa tions approved, 41; total food handling establishments and oth ers under supervision, 100: total visits to establishments, 105; new establishments opened, 4; permits revoked, 0; dairies under super vision, 7; dairy inspections made, 7; milk samples collected for an alysis, 12; new ponds constructed, 1; inspection of impounded wa ters. 1; complaints investigated, 8; visits to private premises, 176: swimming pool inspections, 1; : foodhandler’s school being planned | for June: garbage disposal in j spections, 3. Under the Insect and Koderil | Control Program: Ditches clean ed. 700 ft.; inspections made, 8. Nursing visits to crippled chil dren, 35; dogs vaccinated, 1252. Under the Veneral disease Con ! trol Program: nun ber new cases i syphilis reported, 9: number treat ! ments given for syphilis, 1; numj ber new cases gonorrhea. 3; num | ber treatments given for gonor rhea, 0; field visits to contacts j and lapes cases, 1. BOARD MAKES NO Continued Front Page 1 I grader for use on city streets, butjj I action was hold up pending furth-* or investigation of prices, and available equipment. Approval was given the re-zon ing a portion of the James Fraser property for business purposes. Public notice had been given of this pending action and there had been no complaint from any ad joining property owners. INVITATION TO Continued From Page 1 tainment. and fun for all. a Paintings must be framefp drawings, charcoals and water color matted. Great care will be taken in the handling of all work Painting will be returned to the artists at the close of the Festival, express collect. 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