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42nd YEAR, NO. 61. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1963 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Keep Track Out of Politics,' Says Dill
Night Shrimping Ban Ended
By C&D Board Wednesday
Ceremonies Wednesday
Ooen New Golf Course
The Morehead City Golf and-1
Country club was officially opened
Wednesday afternoon with about
200 persons present. The opening
ceremonies included brief speeches,
a golf clinic and an exhibition
match between four professionals.
Warren Beck, president of the
Morehead City chamber of com
merce, welcomed the guests and
members of the club to the grand
opening.
Dr. John Morris, president of the
golf club, then gave a brief resume
of the work which had been done
on the golf course during the past
four years.
He also introduced the other of
ficers of the club, Grover Munden,
vice-president, Mr. Beck, secretary,
and Paul Geer, jr., treasurer. He
also introduced those directors who
were present and the members of
the club's advisory council.
President Eisenhower, who had
been invited to attend the opening,
expressed his regrets that his du
ties would not allow him to attend.
The expression of regret came
in a letter to Mayor George W.
Dill, jr? from Thomas E. Stephens,
the President's secretary, who said,
"The President has received the
telegram from yourself -and others
inviting him to attend the opening
of the Morehead City Golf and
Country club on July 29 and to par
ticipate in some Gulf Stream fish
ing. While your invitation is espe
cially appealing to the President,
unfortunately he cannot send you
an acceptance. There are so many
matters requiring his personal at
tention in the latter part of this
session of congress that he has no
choice but to limit his out-of-town
engagements.
"However, the President is grate
ful for your friendly thought of
him. He has pleasure in extending
best wishes for a most enjoyable
time."
Dumpy Hagler, golf coach at
Duke university who served as
master of ceremonies at the open
ing, then introduced the profes
sionals who conducted the clinic
and played the exhibition match.
The four pros were C. C. McCuis
ton, designer of the Morehead City
course; Bill Parker, Cherry Point;
Avery Beck, Kinston; and Grover
Bullen, Wilson. The four golfers
See GOLF, Page 2
Jaycees Study
Football Project
The Morehead City Jaycees at
their meeting Monday night turned
their attention to the new foot
ball field which must be completed
in time for the opening game with
Swansboro on Sept. 11.
It was reported at the meeting
that the lighting fixtures, pur
chased in Springfield, 111., would
be shipped this week and should ar
rive in Horehud City in about a
week.
Poles and transformers for the
lighting setup have not yet been
obtained pending advice from offi
cials of the Carolina Power and
Light company.
It was reported that the bonds
being issued to help defray the cost
of the new field are moving very
solwly and that club members have
purchased most of those which al
ready have been sold. The work
on the recent beauty pageant de
layed a campaign to promote sale
of the bonds.
The dub is issuing 18,000 in
bonds bearing three per cent in
terest. The bonds, in 1100 de
nominationa, vwill be redeemed ov
er a period of five years.
In preparation for the coming
season, the football committee ia
surveying the team's equipment
with the purpoae of determining
what will be needed during the
season. The committee will then
purchase any equipment which is
needed.
It was reported that the com
plete financial statement on the
Miss North Carolina beauty pa
geant k not yet ready since all
bills have not yet been received.
A complete statement will be ready
in about two weeks.
It was decided at the meeting to
hold all meetings for the balance
of the summer at the Morehead
City recreation center rather than
?t the Waterfront restaurant The
action waa taken because at the
| small attendance at the summer
I meetings The meetings will be
I baM at the regular time.
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Services Held
For S. A. Chalk
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon for Skinner A.
Chalk, sr., 64, who died Monday
afternoon in the Morehead City
hospital after a few days illness.
Mr. Chalk's death was attributed to
a heart attack. His health had been
poor for about a year.
Services were held at 3:30 p.m.
in the First Methodist church of
Morehead City with the Rev.
Priestley Conyers, III, officiating.
Burial was in Bay View cemetery.
Pallbearers for Mr. Chalk were
H. S. Gibbs. jr., Kenneth Wagner,
A. B. Roberts, jr., Walter Morris,
Frank Exum and Bernard Leary.
The members of the official board
of the First Methodist church
served as honorary pallbearers.
A large number of Mr. Chalk's
relatives and friends attended the
rites.
Mr. Chalk is survived by his
second wife, the former Dora
Grice; two sons, S. A. Chalk, jr.,
and W. B. Chalk, both of Morehead
City; a brother, C. E. Chalk of
Detroit, Mich.; his stepmother, Mrs.
Annie S. Chalk of Hertford; three
stepbrothers, Richard W. Chalk of
Greensboro J. A. Chalk of Golds
boro and Clarence Chalk of St.
Louis, Mo.; a stepsister, Louise
Chalk of Hertford and Charlotte;
and aeven grandchildren.
Mr. Chalk was ? native of Dur
ante Neck in Perquimans county
but had made his home in More
See CHALK, Page 2
? The commercial fisheries com
mittee of the Conservation and
Development board took two im
portant steps this week.
It changed the rules to allow
shrimping 24 hours a day except
on Sunday and it formed a commit
tee to work with the Marine corps
to try to save valuable fishing
grounds from becoming bombing
targets.
From the past three seasons, the
board has by a special act made it
possible for shrimpers to trawl at
night and start in May in order that
the fishermen can catch the brown
spotted shrimp.
After this week, the fishermen
will only need to get permission to
open the season early for the ban
on night shrimping is a thing of the
past. The step was taken upon the
advice of the Institute of Fisheries
Research of the University of
North Carolina.
W. A. Ellison, jr., director of the
institute, explained to the commit
tee what the night shrimping op
eration had meant to state fisher
men. He also indicated that no
conservation measures were in
volved.
The newly appointed chairman
of the committee Eric Rodgers of
Scotland Neck was instrumental
several years ago in making the
prtcedent-shattering step of open
ing early and shrimping at night
was first taken by the board.
Mr. Rodgers during the commit
tee's meeting told fishermen who
attended the meeting that the
board desired to be cooperative and
not restrictive. "We will seek ways
and means of expanding the fish
eries, not limiting them," he said.
A committee composed of Cecil
Morris from the C&D board, Clyde
Potter of Belhaven, Earl Holden
of Vandemerc, Clayton Fulcher,
jr., of Atlantic, and Mr. Ellison
was named to consult with the
Marine corps on the bombing tar
get problem.
Mr. Hokten and Mr. Fulcfier
pointed out to the board that the
proposed bombing targets covered :
See SHRIMP, Page 2
Chamber Members Hear
Plans, Progress Report
President Gerald Hill at Wednes
day night's annual banquet of the
Beaufort chamber of commerce re
ported on the chamber's accom
plishments during the past year
and announced plans for the com
ing year.
He called for the establishment
of an industrial development cor
poration which would work to
bring new industries to Beaufort,
a civic council which would elim
inate overlapping of activities
among the various civic groups in
the town and a town park on va
cant land at the western end of
Ann street,
President Hill said that the cham
ber also hopes to complete the ru
ral telephone survey which its util
ities committee has been carrying
out during the past year. He said
' that the chamber has already re
| ceived 196 applications for tele
phone service and hopes to reach
' its goal of 200.
1 He also cited the amount of pub
licity which the town has received
1 from state and national newspapers
and magazines and reported that
; the chamber plans to Spend $1,000
1 on advertising during the coming
year.
The president said that the
; chamber will be operated this year
on a budget of $4,000 and explain
ed the use which will be made of
that money. He called upon all
members of the chamber to get be
hind the drive to raise the money
for the various projects.
Odell Merrill, chairman of the
membership committee, told those
present that the chamber needs the
active cooperation of all members
in order to carry out its program.
He also said that in order to be
really effective the group must
have a larger membership.
Treasurer Glenn Adair reported
that the chamber has a balance of
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$371.13 and is debt-free. He said
that the chamber's collections and
bank balance amounted to $3,106
and that expenditures were $2,735.
Dan Walker, chamber manager,
introduced the directors present at
the banquet. The new directors
were elected in a mail vote held
last month.
Mayor George W. Dill, Jr., of
Morehead City, a guest at the ban
quet, called for greater coopera
tion between the towns of Beau
fort and Morehead City and the two
chambers of commerce. He said
that such cooperation could mean
only progreaa for the entire county.
Mayor Clifford T. Lewis of Beau
fort also urged more cooperation.
Other gueats congratulated the
chamber on the progress which it
has made during recent years. Sev
eral of them repeated the call for
cooperation between the two towns.
Guests were Warren Beck, presi
dent of the Morehead City chamber
of commerce; George Slovall, Caro
lina Power and Light company;
Conrad Logan, Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph company; R. B.
Howard. White Ice Cream and Milk
company; and Joe DuBois, manager
of the Morehead City chamber of
commerce.
J. O. Barbour, Jr., served as toast
master at the banquet and Mayor
Dill gave the invocation.
Many Visitors Attend
Beaufort Rotary Mooting
There were 14 guests at Tuesday
night's meeting of the Beaufort
Rotary club. Because of the large
number of guests and members
present at the meeting, the sched
uled program was called off.
Visitors from Morehead City
were William J. Blair. Grady Rich,
George H. McNeill and R. B. How
ard. Guests from Waverly, Va?
were James Mayer, J. Wilson,
Charles S. Lester and A. Paul
Hantz.
Other guests were W. H. Sykes
of Smithfield, Va., R. P. Moore of
Goldsboro, C. C. Abernathy of
Lumberton, Leon Thomas of Eden
ton, James' Register of Clinton and
Grorer Howell of Weldon.
Ob* Arrest Made
Carlton Garner, acting chief of
the Beaufort police department, re
ports that his department made
one arreat this week. Bobby Davis
of Mt Olive and Beaufort was ar
rested Tuesday night for careless
and reckless driving. He is free on
129 bond.
Cooper OnlyComplainer
Af Commission Hearing
"Speak now or forever hold your
peace," Dr. Ben F. Royal, chair
man of the Morehead City Racing
commission, told a small group of
Morehead City residents Wednes
day night at a hearing called to
hear complaints against the man
ner in which the dog track is be
ing run.
The only person who took advan
tage of the offer was Alfred B.
Cooper, who lives in Morehead City
but is the owner of the Idle Hour
and the Ocean King hotel on At
lantic Beach and acts as mayor of
the beach community.
"The track is either a good thing
or a bad thing for Morehead City,"
Dr. Royal said, "and if it's good,
we want to keep it; if it's bad, let's
get rid of it; and if it's half bad,
we want to correct it."
Mr. Cooper made six suggestions
for the improvement of the track.
"I'm not against gambling," lie
said, "I'm for a good gamble, but
we should protect our guests from
losing more than they think at the
track." ,
His suggestions were that the
commission employ a separate au
ditor, employ competent investi
gators to insure that the track is
run honestly, cut out all quinellas,
abolish the matinees, have only one
daily double, and reduce the num
ber of races each night from 11 to
9 with an opening hour not earlier
than 8 o'clock and closing not later
than 11 o'clock.
Mr. Cooper explained his posi
?
tion by saying he was seeking to
protect local merchants and beach
businesses from undue competi
tion. "People are natural - born
suckers when they go to a gam
bling place," he said, and urged
the commission to do away with
the "gadgets" which take more of
the bettor's money than is neces
sary.
Or. Royal announced that the
commission would hold a meeting
in the near future to discuss Mr.
Cooper's complaints. He reported
that the commission now employs
an auditor to make sure that the
city gets its 10 per cent share of
the track's IS per cent pari-mutuel
take on bets and 10 per cent of the
admissions, concessions, and pro
grams.
Referring to the quinellas and
daily doubles, the chairman said
the commission was not constituted,
in his opinion, to tell the track how
to run its business, but to be sure
the city got its fair share. "Once
the bettor is out there, the more
he bets the more the city gets," Dr.
Royal commented.
"If 1 could cast the deciding vote
to abolish all gambling and liquor,
I would," Dr. Royal continued,
"but I'm old enough to know that
prohibition doesn't prohibit and
gambling must be regulated. We're
doing the best job we know how."
He reported that the commission
has received more than $170,000
to date from the track as its 10 per
cent share.
Challenges May Produce
Pre-Election Fireworks
Contract Given
For Ports Survey
The Conservation and Develop
meat board Wednesday approved
the signing of a contract with the
engineering. firm of Parsons. Brine
kerhoff. Hall and MacDonald of
New York for a survey of the
state's inland ports.
The last General Assembly ap
propriated $47,000 for the survey
with the firm to be chosen by the
C & D board. The firm was highly
recommended by members of the
N. C. Marine Council who attend
ed the 3?ssion of the water re
sources committee which recom
mended the board's action.
The plans call for the develop
ment of inland ports all along the
state's coast aqd on rivers as
far inland as Fayetteville and
Greenville. These local port au
thorities will be appointed by the
C k D board to serve the inland
porta and cooperate with the State
Porta Authority.
J. A. Hackney, sr., of Washing
ton, co-chairman of the marine
council described the plan and
possibilities for development to
the committee. He did not make
clear the means by which the C
& D board, the local port authori
ties and the State Ports Authority
would cooperate.
Persons close to both the C & D
board and the S P A have ex
pressed the fear that the inland
ports may become the object of
a power contest between the two
state agencies.
Since its inauguaratlon, the SPA
has been working on a plan to de
velop inland ports as adjuncts to
the two state-owned deep-water
ports in Morehead City and Wil
mington. At the meeting Tuesday,
Mr. Hackney told the water resour
ces committee that he hoped that
Washington would one day be a
deep water port with a channel
dredged to 35 feet from the ocean
up the Pamlico river to his town.
Inland ports and an increase in
barge shipping for North Carolina
industries would work to improve
the commercial position of the
state ports and local communities,
the committee was told. The sur
vey by the New York engineering
firm will cover not only the com
mercial aspects of inland ports but
also the recreational, industrial,
and transportation facets.
The board also passed a resolu
tion asking the State Ports Author
ity to get an injunction to prevent
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
front proceeding with its proposed
destruction of railroad tracks and
a trestle between Washington and
Chocowinity. Mr. Hackney asked
that this injunction be obtained in
order to protect industrial sites and
possible port development for
Washington. -?
Rattler Bites Smyrna Mas
Allen Willis of Smyrna was hit
ten by a rattlesnake Wednesday
morning while moving logs. Mr.
Willis *11 taken to a doctor for
treatment. The snake was killed.
h The fireworks in the Morchead
City annexation election are ex
pected to begin tomorrow when
residents of the area will be given
the opportunity to challenge those
who have registered to vote in the
^ug. 8 election.
John T. Conner, registrar for the
election, will be at the polling
place, Clyde Jones' showroom on
28th street, to accept challenges.
Hours for the challenges will be
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fred R. Seeley, chairman of the
county board of elections, has an
nounced that all challenged vo
ters and those who challenge them
will be invited to a meeting some
night next week at the polling
place. The county board will then
pass on the challenges.
One possible ground for challeng
ing registrations has been fore
stalled by a ruling from the State
board of elections on the eligibility
of servicemen to vote in the elec
tion.
When Mr. Seeley heard reports
that some people planned to chal
lenge the registration of service
men whose cars bear license tags
from other states, he imediately
asked the state board for a ruling
on the matter.
R. C. Maxwell, executive secre
tary of the state board, said in a
letter to Mr. Seeley, "In regard to
servicemen living and desiring to
register and vote in your local elec
tion who are using out-of-state tags
on their cars, that is a question for
your local board to pass on as to
whether or not they are actually
residents of Morchead City, and in
my opinion the fact that they are
using out-of-state licenses would
not prevent them from voting in
said election if they had been living
in Morehead City and the state the
required length of time, provided,
See CHALLENGE, Page 2
Deadline Nears
For 4-H Camp
A1 Newsome, assistant county
agent, has announced that Aug. 8
will be the deadline for county 4-H
club members to submit their ap
plications for the annual summer
camp.
The camp will be held Aug. 17-22
at Waynesvilie. Activities will in
clude classes in lifesaving, swim
ming and handicrafts and a com
plete recreation program. 1
Cost of the camp will be $25 or
less including transportation. All
club members are eligible to at
tend. Those submitting applica
tions must^end a $5 deposit with
their applications.
Mr. Newsome said that several
applications have already been re
ceived but more will be needed in
order to make up a bus load. Ap
plications should be sent to him at
Box 356, Beaufort.
Bike Unclaimed
Chief E. J. Willis of the More
head City police department re
ports that a bicycle found by mem
bers of the force haa been unclaim
ed for more than a month. The
owner may have it by calling at the
town hall. It la a green and yellow,
boy 's model bike.
Lightning Causes
Power Failure
Lightening during a thunder
storm at Cherry Point was the
probable cause of an electrical pow
er failfure last Friday in More
head City and Beaufort. George B.
Stovall, district manager for the
Carolina Power and Light com
pany, reported today.
Characterizing the power inter
ruption as "one of the worst since
the ice storm" several years ago.
Mr. Stovall said that engineers for
the utility firm this week made a
thorough-going study of the inter
ruption and feel that it was probab
ly caused by lightning at Cher
ry Point.
The company has recently instal
led new equipment at Cherry Point
to handle its increasing load and
included in this is a 110,000-volt
air brake switch. At approximate
ly 4:56 o'clock Friday afternoon
this switch opened, Mr. Stovall
said, after circuit breakers on the
lines to Morchead City and Beau
fort opened.
Personnel at Cherry Point were
not familiar with the operation of
the switch and it took some time
to gather a crew in Morchead City
to go to the sub-station at the air
station. Power was restored to
Morehead City and Beaufort at
6:55.
Mr. Stovall pointed out that a
major delaying {actor was the in
ability of the Morehead City office
to communicate with the sub sta
tion due to the number of tele
phone calls coming into the office.
In order to check for possible
damage to transmission lines, the
company first made a survey of the
line by air and then on Saturday
the lines to both Morehead City
and Beaufort were patrolled by
foot. No signs of damage were
found.
The power company's difficul
ties were multiplied in the Atlan
tic Beach area when that line
stalled due to an overload. This
was caused by the fact that when
power was restored almost all |he
luttanu on the beach started using
electricity and the load was too
great for the transmission lines.
Service to the beach was restored
at 7:41.
In discussing the power interrup
tion. Mr. Stovall pointed out that
the city's water supply was not
threatened since the firm has an
auxiliary power generator to sup
ply electricity for the water pumps.
"Everyone connected with Car
olina Power and Light including
the president, Louis V. Sutton,
were upset by the interruption,"
Mr. Stovall said, "and we have
made a thorough investigation of
all phases of it."
Mayor Fears Dog-Racing
As 'Political Football'
Speaking at yesterday morning's opening session of the legislative
investigation into the operation of the Morehead City race track, Mayor
George W. Dill, jr., asked that the race track question not be made a
"political football."
The mayor made the statement when asked if he would have any
objection to an election on the question of whether or not the track
should tv allowed to continue in operation.
Mayor Dill said that he would have no objection as long as the
Mosquito Control
Unit Met Tuesday
The Carteret county Mosquito
Control committee held its first 1
meeting Tuesday night at the More
head City recreation center with
Dr. G. C. Cooke, chairman, presid
ing.
The committee was appointed by
the county commissioners at the
first of this month to study various
control measures and report to the
commissioners with a plan for con
trolling or lessening the insect
problem.
Dr. Cooke reported on informa
tion he obtained from state scien
tists on ways of controlling mos
quitoes. The possibilities of dust
ing, fogging, bombing ponds with
chemicals and use of oil films and
drainage to eliminate larvae in
marshes were listed.
It was the general concensus of
opinion at the committee meeting
that fogging from airplanes would
be the most economical and effi
cient way of covering the county's
vast and widely distributed mos
quito breeding marshes and ponds.
The need for enforcement of
state laws on garbage dumping
near highways was also emphasized.
E. G. McKinley reported that little
hope could be held out for Cherry
Point planes doing the fogging for
the county.
Clayton Fulcher, jr., of Atlantic,
pointed out that tf Marine corps
planes would spray land owned by
the government in the county it
would help a great deal. Recently
the government purchased the
12,000-acre J'iney Island marsh and
other landa are used by the Marine1
corps as target areas. Mr. Fulcher
pointed out that the bomb craters
fill with water and become breed
ing places for mosquitoes.
The situation has been so bad in
the eastern end of the county re
cently that several reports of cattle
being killed by mosquitoes have
been received, it was reported.
Mr. McKinley, Philip K. Ball, and
the Rev. R. H. Jackson were ap
pointed to draw up a final plan and
See MOSQUITOES, Page 2
State Board Plans Forums
To Step Up Development
The Conservation and Develop-'
ment board Wednesday afternoon
voted to hold a aeries of 10 indus
trial development forums through
out the state during coming months
in an attempt to get the "active
cooperation oi every individual
and agency" ia the state.
Robert M. Hanes. Winston-Salem
industrialist and chairman of the
commerce and induatriea commit
tee of the board made the report
which was adopted by the entire
board.
The fint forum will be held
around the middle of August in the
eastern part of the state covering
eight to twelve counties, Mr Hanes
announced. "Because of his keen
interest in the program. Governor
Umstead has indicated he will
sound the keynote at the flrit
forum," he continued.
Other speakers at all the forums
will be Ben E. Douglas, director
of the CAD department, members
of the industries committee, lead
ing industriallata whose firms have
recently chosen North Carolina
plant sites, and experts in various
fields related to the development
program.
It was the opinion of the com
mittee that these forums will con
stitute "one of the best means of
stepping up the industrial and
other development of the state and
secure the maximum teamwork es
sential in public movements."
In other action the board ap
proved a leaae from the govern
ment for 9,400 acres of land around
the John H. Kerr reservoir and
the creation of a revolving fund for
state park refreshment stand. The
parks committee also recommend
ed the development of a "See
North Carolina First" program. The
creation of a minerals museum In
the mountains was postponed un
til a written contract has been ex
ecuted between the federal govern
ment and the state.
The advertising committee urged
the publiahing of news stories and
advertising combatting the impres
sion that the state is heavily af
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Scout Officials
Plan Welcome
Jamboree scouts of the East
Carolina council will hold a formal
farewell and dismissal at the L.
J. Herring Implement company's
giant show room in Wilson imme
diately following their return from
the national Jamboree. This an
nouncement was made by J. B.
Beaman of Ahoskie, who is work
ing with a parent committee to plan
the program. Parents and friends
of the Jamboree scouts have been
requested to meet them at Her
ring's show room, 307 E. Barnes
street, Wilson, rather than at the
train.
Color movies of the Jamboree
trip taken by the scouts have been
prepared by some of the parents
and this showing and a brief re
port by the scoutmaster and his
assistants will be an important part
of the program. There has been
some indication that special recog
nition will be given to the scout
master, Frank P. Meadows, jr., of
Rocky Mount, and his assistants,
Mark McGlohon of Winterville and
Billy Griffin of Roanoke Rapids,
for the job they have done in the
leadership of the council contin
gent. The East Carolina council
scouts were one of the few con
tingents In which the coat of the
leadership transportation waa borne
either by the individual leaders or
provided without cost to the scouts.
Many churches, civic groups and
a few companies have sponsored
selected representative* from
troops in the council. They are
now making plans to have reports
from the Jamboree contingent and
meet them in the near future.
Ted Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Phlliipa of Morehead
City, was the only scout from Car
teret county who made the trip to
the Jamboree in California.
?track did not become a political
football. He repeated the state
ment when asked if the track had
entered into local politics. He said,
"That's what I mean by it becom
ing a political football. It hasn't
yet and I hope that it doesn't. We
don't want any faction using the
racing issue to further its own
ends."
The mayor said that he and other
town officials had inspected the
track from time to time and were
satisfied that all operations were
conducted in a proper manner. He
said that he had never received any
complaints about the track's opera
tions.
He told the legislators that the
town can call on the racing com
mission for its share of the track's
revenue at any time but that it is
usually received in a lump sum at
the end of the season. The money
goes into the town's general fund.
Mayor Dill was one of several
town, county and racing commis
sion officials who testified at the
opening session of the hearing.
Without exception, they all said
that they believed that the track
is being operated in a proper man
ner.
The legislative commission was
set up to investigate the operation
of the tracks at Morchead City and
at Moyock in Currituck county.
The action was taken after a bill
to outlaw the tracks was killed in
the last session of the general as
sembly.
Members of the commission arc
Representative George Uzzell of
Salisbury, Senator W. Luneford
Crew of Roanoke Rapids, 'Senator
Terry Sanford of Fayetteville. Rep
resentative D. T. Falls of Shelby
and Representative J. Y. Jordan
of. Abbeville. They caj*? to More
head City yesterday after conduct
ing a two-day hearing in Currituck.
Mr. Uzzell opened the hearing
See HEARING, Page 2
Marine Division
Shipped Out
The White House announced last
Saturday that the President has or
dered the Third Marine division as
signed to the Far East Command
of General Mark W. Clark for use
as the general may decide.
The commandant of the Marine
Corps, General Lemuel C. Shep
herd jr., has said that the Third
division would take its own tacti
cal air support consisting of three
squadrons of Marine Air Group- 11,
now attached to the Second Marine
Aircraft Wing and based at the
auxiliary landing field, Edenton.
This group is equipped with F8F
Panther jet planes.
It has been further stated that a
helicopter group, a transport
squadron, an observation and a
ground control intercept unit from
the Marine Corps Air Station at El
Toro; Calif., will supplement the
air support for the Third Division.
The bulk of the Third Division is
now at Camp Pendleton, Calif.,
from which point it is preparing to
embark.
Spokesmen in Wasningion nave
called the movement "purely pre
cautionary." They say there is no
plan to send any East Coait unit
as such to Camp Pendleton to
replace embarking Third Division
units.
However, individuals from any
or all units may be transferred to
the division and its supporting air
units to replace individuals inel
igible for overseas assignment.
It is known that troop movements,
not of entire units, have taken
place from Marine Corps bases at
Quantico. Va? Camp Lejcune and
Cherry Point. No official figure*
have been released on the number
of troops involved.
The Third division is commanded
by Major General R. H. Pepper. It
is the first fresh division to be
sent to the Far East by President
Eisenhower since he took office
six months ago. It has been said
that whether the Marines will go
to Korea, to Japan or to some other
United States outpost in the West
ern Pacific will be left up to Gen
eral Clark. United States and Uni
ted Nations commander in the Fir
East.
The First Marine division was
shipped to Korea in the early
weeks of the war. 37 months ago,
and was still in action on the front
lines when the fighting ceased ear
this week in accordance with
terms of the newly signed arm
istice.
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