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46th YEAR, NO. 2. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1967 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Net House , Damaged
By Fire , Will Re-Open
Extensive Search Fails to Locate
Son of Mrs. Lee Garner, Morehead
1 ? ? . ? At P..f??? 4
Sumter Man Put
Under $1000 Bond
For Taking Taxi
William Kennedy, Sumter, S. C.,
was bound over to superior court
under $1,000 bond by Judge Her
bert Phillips in Morehead City re
corder's court Monday. Kennedy
was picked up in New Bern Dec.
19 when police saw him driving a
Yellow Cab from Morehead City.
The car had been reported stol
en earlier in the night, so New
Bern policemen held Kennedy un
til the next day when he was re
turned to Morehead City to await
trial.
The judge found probable cause
and ruled that he be held lor '
grand jury action at the next term
of superior court.
Will Smith got a 30-day sentence
for public drunkenness. Included
in the sentence was an order to
pay $10 to Dr. S. W. Hatcher and
$7.50 to Uie Morehead City Hos
pital.
Smith will serve his time under
the supervision of the superinten
dent of streets.
Enters Two Pleas
Charles M. Willis of Harkers
Island pled guilty to having no
license and not guilty to a drunken
driving charge. 11c was picked up
Dee. 21 when he brought Garrison
Lewis, Harkers Island, to the hos
pital. Lewis, known as Tom-Tom,
had let a firecracker explode near
bis face and had to be treated for
powder burns.
Judge Phillips did not find him
guilty of driving without a license
because of the circumstances in
volved, but he did fine him $190
and costs for driving drunk.
James Coyle and David Edward
White received $100 fines for driv
ing drunk. Each got a 90 day sen
tence suspended.
Frederick Boy Tillery and Al
ton Edward Lloyd paid $?S lima
for speeding. It was Tiliery'i third
traffic conviction. John Lee Bo
wanen paid $25 for driving with
out a license and $10 for driving on
the wrong side of the road. The
$25 fine will be remitted by the
court if he presents a valid liccnae
within one week.
Witness Pays Costs
Nathan Minor rcccivcd the same
sentence for driving without a li
cense. He too was given one week
in Which to present a valid license.
Minor was involved in another
case as well. His wife, Mary Mi
nor, had sworn out a warrant,
stating that he had assaulted her.
She refused to testify against him
and paid costs for malicious prose
cution.
One other prosecuting witness
paid costs for malicious prosecu
tion. He was Gilbert Riggs, who
had sworn out a warrant against
John Pettigrew for disturbing the
peace and assault on his (Petti
grew's) wife.
Final judgments were entered
against Louis Marshall, no driver's
license; and Jerry Bryant, assault
on a female. Both had forfeited
bonds previously.
Richard Sutter Moore paid $10
and costs for having improper
lights and improper registration.
Raymond Earl Whitley paid half
costs for driving with no lights at
night.
Costs Psld
Paying costs were Jerry Rossi,
Don Forster, and Eunicc Davis,
all assault; Robert Golden, public
drunkenness; 'and Vannie B. Wil
lis, disturbing the peace.
Cases were continued against
Phillip B. Moore, James Carroll,
Harry Lee Norman, J. E. Morris,
Ed Kelley, Edward V. Jones, Ed
die Lee Howell, J. C. McDonald,
John E. Ferguson, and Joaeph
Taylor.
License Plate Sales
Pass 500 Yesterday
North Carolina 1 1 c e ? ? e plate
sales pasted the 500 mark yester
day morning at the inatallment
loan department of the Firat-Citi
iens Bank. Morehcad City. A
break-down showed that MS auto
mobile tags, 53 truck tags, 2S
trailer tags, and one motorcycle
tag had been sold.
Letters lot the yellow on black
tags are ZJ for automobiles, ST
for private trucks, RC for farm
tracks, and KF for trailers.
City tags are on sale at the
town halla in Beaufort and More
head City and at Edwards Soda
Shop in Newport
Grass Flic
Morchead City firemen put out
? graas fire in the Huntley Devel
opment, Calico Drive, Tuesday af
ternoon. Engineer Mac Edwards
said that no damage wai done to
property.
uasujii oiuiui, wuuk uci miu|> ?(
Atlantic wt< seriously damaged by
fire New Year's Day, said yester
day that he expects to be back in
business by Monday.
Mr. Smith estimated loss of nets
and materials in his shop at be
tween five and six thousand dol
lars. The loss was partially in
sured. The net house itself was not
severely damaged The 32-foot
square lrame structure is now al
most repaired, Mr. Smith reported.
The business la located on High
way TO. Mr. Smith said he believes
the blaze started in the electric
wiring. Both the Down East and j
Beaufort Fire Departments fought 1
the fire.
Mr. Smith said he noticed smoke |
soon after he had closed shop !
Tuesday afternon and gone home to
watch television. He was watching
a football game a few minutes after
4, when he saw smoke drifting by
his window.
He told his wife to call the fire
department, and his son Michael {
went in the car to get the fire j
truck, but the Down East firemen I
were already on their way.
After noting the progress of the
fire, the fire department asked
Mrs. Smith to call the Beaufort sta
tion and ask for help. The Atlantic
truck emptied a load of water on
the fire and then had to go after
more water, leaving the fire to
spread while the truck was gone.
The Beaufort rural truck and
pump truck No. 5 arrived just as
the Down East truck ran out of its
second load of water. Fifteen vol
unteer firemen from Beaufort and
Engineer Elmond Rhuc connected
the pump truck to the rural truck
and worked while the Down East
truck was getting its third load of
water.
With two trucks, the Beaufort
firemen can connect the pump
truck to the rural truck, empty it.
and pump water from reserve
tanks on the pump truck while the
rural truck is reloading.
Beaufort firemen used nearly all
the first load on the rural truck,
and the Down East firemen used a
good part sf their third load before
the fire Mi put out, about two
-hours later.
The Smith's home, within IS feet
of the net house, was not damaged.
The Down East Fire Department
expresses its thanks for the gener
ous help of the Beaufort Fire De
partment and the 15 volunteer fire
men who made the trip to Atlantic.
Woodmen Camps
Name Officers
Woodmen of the World Camp*
in Newport and Morehead City
will install new officer* this
month. Camp 336, Newport, will
conduct installation ceremonies to
night at 7:30. The meeting place
is Howard Hall.
The following officers have been
clcctcd to serve this year: sentry,
Ronald Kelly; watchman, Claude
A. Henderson; escort, Gerald
Gould; banker, Robert E. Smith;
advisor, Gaston Simmons, consul
commander, Howard Garner.
Past consul commander. Jack
K. Garner; physician, Dr. Manly
Mason; first year auditor, Mack
Smith; second year auditor, Ma
con Garner; third year auditor,
John B. Kelly; and financial sec
retary, J. P. Garner.
Camp 1M, Morehead City, will
install officers 7:30 p.m. Monday
at the Woodmen Hall behind Bud
Dixon's Motel on Bonner Avenue.
Degree work will also be empha
sized at the meeting.
New officers are as follows: sen
try, Ottis Kittrell; watchman,
Jesse Kirkman; escort, James
PiUman III; banker, Lcnnis O.
Brinson Sr.; advisor, James W.
Bell; past consul commander, E.
B. Thompson; consul commander,
Gerald V. Phillips; physician, Dr.
S. W. Hatcher.
First year auditor, Earl Whit
ley; second year auditor. Earl
Sells; third year auditor, Kenneth
Miller; and financial secretary, R.
L. Turoagc. <
Mercury Hits Low
Point for Winter
The mercury dipped to 23 de
grees ycsterdiy morning, the low
est temperature recorded to far
this winter, according to E. Sta
nley Davis, weather observer.
Mr. Davis said that the mini
mum temperatures for the Iirst
three days of IMS were 29 on the
first, 34 on the second, and 3? on
the third. This year the minimum
has run from 44 Tuesday to 23
yesterday.
Maximum and minimum temp
eratures and wind direction for
Tuesday and Wednesday follow:
Max. Mia. Wind
Tuesday 58 44 NW
Wednesday SO ?.S NW
Bell Warns Swimmers
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Mur
dock have a sure way of warning
swimmers when they venture too
far out in Bogue Sound waters
in front of the Murdock home.
They just ring this bell which
used to be on engine No. 298 of
the Jeraey Central Railroad.
Mr. Murdock, ? pictured here,
says that it's impossible to shout
against the southwest wind when
swimmers are too far from shore,
so the bell is rung "and then j
we motion to them to come in."
He said it's used frequently to
summon the Murdock youngsters
inshore for the tide carries them
and they don't realize how far
they're drifting with it.
The solid brass bell weighs
185 pounds. Mrs. Murdock is a
native of Elizabeth, N. J., and
when the Murdocks came here
to make their home in 1953 they
brought the bell with them so
that Mrs. Murdock would have
a bit of New Jersey here with
her.
New Year's Resolutions Apparently
Have No Appeal for Folks of Today
By BOB SEYMOUR
New Year's resolutions arc ap
parently becoming a thing of the
past. Results of a NEWS-TIMES
poll conducted this Week show that
most folks give little thought to
resolutions for the new year.
Miss Bitsy Brooks, Beaufort ex
pressed the sentiment of the ma
jority questioned when she said
that she just had not had time
to think of any resolutions. She
was home from East Carolina
College where she is a senior ma
joring in grammar grade educa
tion.
The only resolution which showed
signs of long and serious fore
thought was made by Sp/3 Alvin
Wade, a paratrooper with the 101st
Airborne Division, Fort Campbell,
Ky. His resolution was to get out
of the Army as quick as possible
and go to college, either at UNC
or NC State. He is home on leave,
visiting his parents at 503 Bridges
St., Morchead City.
Mayor Leon Mann of Newport
had to dig back into his college
days to find a resolution. He said
that he would continue to attempt
to refrain from talking about other
people. Town commissioner Prcn
tis Garner suggested that the ma
yor resolve to have more water
for '57!
W. W. Garner, who works for
his son at the Open Air Producc
Market cast of Beaufort, said that
he bad not made any resolutions
for the coming year, but that he
would try to live better in every
way.
Joseph Dixon, a junior at UNC,
said that he had not made any
resolutions this year ? majoring in
math is a full time job. He was
visiting his parents at 405 Bridges
St., Morehead City.
Tom Sawyer, Morehead City,
said that he would leave making
new year's resolutions to anyone
who thought he could keep one.
Mr. Sawyer is a retired Coast
Guardsman. He retired as a chief
bos'n mate with 25 years' service.
Miss Catherine Sablston, More
head City, resolved to go to church
every other Sunday. She explained
j that her job as a telephone op
erator required her to work the
| other Sundays. She also resolved
to be nice as possible to wise
cuys who dial "0'; and ask ques
tions requiring an answer of "Sor
ry, we aren't allowed to give that
information."
A member of the Morehead City
Hirls basketball team made a reso
lution which the coaches should
I njoy. Miss Cleta Taylor said that
she was going to do everything
possible to help the Eagles win
all their remaining ball games.
She also said that she wanted to
be more economical this year.
Oscar Allred, who operates Ear
ly Jewelers, Morehead City, said
lhat he made all his resolutions
See RESOLUTIONS, Page 2
Down East Firemen Adopt
Charter; Elect Officers
The Down East Fire Department
adopted Us new charter and by
law! at a special meeting Saturday
night at the fire department build
ing in Atlantic. The firemen also
elected officers and a board of di
rectors.
Clayton Fulchcr Jr., Atlantic,
was elected president; Joseph Pep
pers. Stacy, first vice-president.
Aldrcdgc Daniels, Sea Level, sec
ond vice-president; Earl Day, Ce
dar Island, third vice-prcsidcnt ; El- '
bcrt Pittman, Davis, fourth vicc
president; William Gorges. Atlan
tic, secretary and treasurer; and
Joseph Mason, Atlantic, public re
lations officcr. ,
Two new assistant fire chiefs
were appointed. Dan Hamilton was
named to replace Joaeph Peppers
for Stacy, and Earl Day was
named for Cedar Island.
Hie following were elected to the
board of directors: Elbert Piltmao,
Davis; Doity Gaskill, Stacy; Al
dredge Daniels, Sea Level; Clay
ton Fulcher Jr., Atlantic; Allen
Jones, Atlantic; Monroe Gaskill,
Cedar Island; William Gorges, At
lantic; Ralph Gaskill, Sea Level;
Elmo Gaskill, Atlantic; Joe Mason,
Atlantic; Robert Goodwin, Atlan
tic; and Joaepb Peppers, Sucy.
All will serve until Dec. 28, 1957.
The firemen will meet It 7:3U
the first Tuesday night of every
month. AH meetings and programs
will be conducted in the fire de
partment building, Atlantic. Noliccs
will be posted five days in advance
of the meetings.
Contracts for the fire station
renovation should be let soon, re
ports Mr. Gorge*. The department
lacks only $250 to complete the
down payment on the building, he
said. Mr. Gorges thanks everyone
who has already donated to the
eauae. '-''I
Tank Overflow
Creates Icy 'Snow'
It was an icy winter in the 500
block of Arendell Street, More
head City, yesterday morning.
The water tank behind the
Carolina Power and Light Co.
office overflowed. The north wind
blew the water across the street.
And with the 23-dcgrcc tempera
ture, the water froze, naturally.
Cars and trucks, unexpected
ly hitting the patches of granu
lated ice, skid and careened, but
fortunately the sun took all the
starch out of the water and the
street was safe by 10 a.m.
C. W. Williams, water com
pany manager, said the tan*
overflowed because the gauge,
i which automatically cuts the
I water off, froze.
Official Reports
On Park Visitors
Smith Ray, superintendent of
Fort Macon State Park, reported
this week on attendance figures
at the park for the past year.
Mr. Ray said that a new system
of counting visitors was used. For
that reason, he added, the 19S6
figures may be slightly less than
figures in previous years but he
believes the count is more accur
ate.
Instead of just one traffic count
er at the entrance to the park,
four counters were used at differ
ent points. This helped make it
possible to filter out the CoMt
Guard personnel who go through
the park area to reach their sta
tion. as well as service trucks and
vehicles used by park personnel.
Park attendance figures for the
1956 calendar year, Mr. Ray says,
are as follows: total number of
visitors 367,507; visitors to fort
196,683, picknickers 27,280, swim
mers 30,081, fishermen 18,176 and
hikers 4.935.
In comparison, total number of
visitors to the park for the first
nine months of 1955 were 365,630.
Farm Future
Farm Outlook Information wilt
be the topic of the discussion at
7 p.m. Tuesday at the meeting of
the Adult Farmer Association,
Newport School Vo-Ag Depart
ment. Program chairman it C. 8.
Long.
New Year's Baby
Arrives at 12:03
Carteret's New Year's baby
was a young lady who arrived
3 minutes after 1957 offieially
entered the scene.
She was Holly Dianne Noe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Noe Jr., Glcndale Park, Beau
fort. Holly weighed in at the
Morehead City Hospital at 6
pounds 10^4 ounces.
Mrs. Noe is the former Joyce
Ann Willis of Beaufort.
Town Accepts
Plans for New
Water System
Tuesday night the Newport Town
Board accepted the plans and spe
cifications for the town's new wa
ter system as drawn up by C. C.
Tilley, of W. F. Freeman Co. The
bids will be let on construction
of the new system as soon as the
plans arc approved by the State
Board of Health.
The town commissioners, meet
ing in the town hall for their first
session of the year, had smooth
sailing. J. M. Cox, sanitation com
missioner, reported the only com
plaint, an unsanitary chicken
yard.
Mayor Leon Mann noted that
the city limits sign on the east
edge of town had been moved
about 300 yards. The sign had been
that distance beyond the actual
city limits, according to the high
way department.
Town license tags for automo
biles and trucks are on sale at
Edwards' Soda Shop. The tags are
$1 each, and one must be displayed
on every motor vehicle in New
port by Feb. 15.
The commissioners discussed the
possibility of putting asbestos
shingles on the cast side of the
city hall and the addition to the
fire station. Commissioner B. R.
Garner was appointed to investi
gate the cost of the project.
Commissioners present in addi
tion to those mentioned were W. V.
Garner, P. M. Garner, H. G. Guiv
ganus, and Miss Edith Lockey,
clerk.
Walter Thomas
Joins State Patrol
Walter M. Thomas, a former
member of the Morchcad City po
lice force, was sworn in Wednes
day as a member of the State
Highway Patrol.
He took the oath of office at
Raleigh and has been assigned to
Vanceboro. The oath was admin
istered by Secretary of State Thad
Eure in the office of Col. James
R. Smith, patrol commandcr.
Patrolman Thomas is 21, the
minimum age for troopers. A
graduate of Morchcad City High
School, he was well-known as a
local baseball star. He completed
his service with the Morehcad
City police force Tuesday. Chief
Herbert Griffin said he hopes to
have a replacement for Thomas
by Jan. 14.
Patrolman Thomas ia the son
of T. J. Thomas, Morehcad City.
His wife ia the former Novella
Reid, Morehcad City.
Shipping Agent Foresees
Three More Oil Shipments
Robert L. Hicks of ! Icicle and Co.,
ship's agents, More head City, re
ported yesterday that three more
shipments of fish oil are tentative
ly scheduled in the near future. The
oil is a product of this Mason's
heavy catches.
Shipped on the Nabob last week
was 130,000 gallons. bound for Rot
terdam. Loaded on the Eriangen
yesterday were 55.000 gallons, also
destined for Rotterdam.
Tide* at the Beaatart Bar
Tide Table
RICH
LOW
Friday, lam. 4
10:19 a.m.
10:58 p.m.
4:0S a.m.
4:39 p.m.
S
Saturday, Jaa.
10:55 a.m.
11:37 put.
4:40 a.m.
5:10 p.m.
8unday, Jaa. ?
11:30 a.m.
5:09 a.m.
5:37 p.m.
Monday, Jaa. 7
12:14 a.m.
12:04 p.m.
5:41 a.m.
6:05 p.m.
Tuesday, Jaa. S
12:51 a.m.
12:43 p.m.
6 29 a.m.
?:45 p.m.
r searches d y wi? uui??u
of Missin* Persons from
Maryland to Florida have
failed to locate Roy Idle
burjf, 38, son of Mrs. Lee
Garner, route 1 Morehead
City. Mr. ldleburg has been
missing since Dec. 9 when he
left his ship, a Standard Oil
U.iker, in Baltimore with six
months' pay in his pocket.
Mrs. Garner said that her son
(by a previous marriage) prob
ably had well over $3,000 on him
when he left the ship. He callcd
his wife In Winter Haven, Fla.,
to tell her that he was on the way
home to Winter Haven for Christ
mas That was the last word re
ceived from him.
Phones Moiher-in-Law
Mr. Idlebure's wife, the former
Miss Ruth Gray Guthrie, More
head City, called Mrs. Garner Sun
day night and told her that her
husband had not come home. She
said that she had contacted the
Baltimore police, who in turn re
ferred her to the Bureau of Miss
ing Persons.
Mrs. Garner had been expecting
Mr. and Mrs. Idlcburg and their
two children. Ronald. 12, and De
lorcs, 7. to drive here for New
Year's day. Sunday was the first
lime she was informed that he had
not arrived in Florida.
Mrs. Idleburg's sister, Mrs. Ce
cil Guthrie, who lives at Fisher
and 21st Streets, says that Mr
ldleburg had never been known
to iniss on opportunity to go home
His mother fears that he met with
foul play, since he left the ship
with so much money.
No Clues
To date, no police or Missing
Persons Bureau reports have
turned up any clues as to his
whereabouts. There is some hope
that he may be suffering from
amnesia at the present time, but
no one answering bis description
has been picked up.
A picture of the missing man is
not available, but hia mother dc
scribed him ai being of medium
height and build with dark hair
and regular features.
Mrs. ldleburg and the two chil
dren are expected here to live
with Mrs. Garner until the fate
of Mr. ldleburg is learned.
J. D.Brooks Dies;
Burial Tomorrow
John Davis Brooks, (3, died at
7 o'clock Thursday morning at his
home, 209 Moore St., Beaufort af
ter a long illness.
Funeral services will be held in
St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 3
p.m. tomorrow with the Rev. C.
Edward Sharp, rector, officiating.
Burial will be in the church ccmc
tcry.
Mr. Brook* assistant county tax
supervisor, had been affiliated
with the county auditor's office
for the past 1( years.
Surviving are his wile, Florence
Treen Brooks, three slaters Mrs.
George D. Norcom, Mrs Frank
Langdale, Mrs. Sterling P. Ram
sey. and two brothers, George J.
and Cecil C. Brooks, all of Beau
fort.
Mr. Brooks was the son of the
late Elza and Mary Bowrn Drooks
of Beaufort.
Union Bag-Camp
Buys Property
For Paper Mill
New Bern Chamber
Says Firm Acted on Most
Of Options by Dec. 31
Union Bag Camp Paper Corp. has
purchased most of the land it will
need to build a $50,000,000 paper
mill near New Bern.
The company exercised the op
tions it held on land in the Neuse
River Basin In-fore they expired
on Dec. 31. A New Bern Chamber
of Commerce official said only
"one or two" options expire later
than that date.
Construction of the mill will push
North Carolina from seventh to
fourth among the southern states
in the daily output of pulp.
It also will provide several thou
sand jobs in an industry that .pays
above all other "non-manufactur
ing" firms in the state.
The state's five pulp and paper
mills paid an average weekly wage
of $90.85 in 1955. No other non
manufacturing industry in the state
approaches that figure.
In all, the five plants paid wages
j totaling some $30,000,000 in 1955.
I Approximately 4,500 acres of
land arc involved in Union Hag
Camp's plans. The land is in the
iTuscarora section about 12 miles
) west-northwest of New Bern,
i Karly last month, the State
| Stream Sanitation Committee ap
proved the company's plan for
handling wastes so they won't be
detrimental to the fish life in the
Ncuse. That was a major hurdle
for the company.
With the purchase of property on
which the company held options,
only an official announcement is
lacking. It is to come through the
New Bern Chamber of Commerce.
Union-Bag Camp plans to build
a mill that would produce 600 tons
of paper a day. That would make
it the third largest in the state.
North Carolina Pulp Company of
Plymouth produces 900 tons a day
and Champion Paper and Fiber
Company of Canton produces 835.
| Stanley Barefoot Takes
i Position as Soil Engineer
David Jones, county soil conser
vationist. announced yesterday that
Stanley 0. Barefoot, civil engineer,
has been named area engineer for
the Lower Neuse and Southeastern
Soil Conservation Districts. Car
teret is in the Lower Neuse district.
Mr. Barefoot, who is living with
his family in Kinston. succccds
Bernard F. Ingram. Mr. Ingram
has been transferred to Salisbury.
Mr. Barefoot is a graduate of
State College, holding a bachelor's
degree in agricultural engineering.
He is a native of Sampson County.
$108 Received
Mrs. James Rumley, Beaufort,
Red Cross home lervice chairman,
reported yesterday that $108 has
been received for Hungarian Re
lief. The $120 collected at the
Morehcad City School for Hun
garian Relief has been sent to
CARE.
Utilities Commission OK's
Transfer of Water Company
The State Utilities Commission
approved Wednesday the request
o f the General Waterworks Corp.,
Philadelphia, to acquire Carolina
Water Co. a f Beaufort Morchcad
City and Simw Hill.
General Waterworks will issue
15,000 shares of common stock. $1
par v atyje, in excitant for all of
Carotin* Water's eoinmon stock
and promissory notes
C. W. Williams, Morchcad City,
manager of Carolina Water Co. in
this area, said yeatcrday that he
believe! the change will be "bet
ter for all concerned '
Mr. Williams, who has been af
filiated with General Waterworks
in the paat, Mid that the company,
the second largest of its kind in
the United States, has the cspital
and operating funds to maintain
the beat In municipal water sys
tems.
General Waterworks, in addition
to owning controlling stock in 7S
water utUUtoa, also controls seven
telephone companies Its interests
are distributor in 17 states.
Mr. Williams aaid the transfer,
which will probably become final
Tueadajr, won't cause any imme
diate change In the local operation.
He expects no change in personnel.
w. Frederick Spence, president
of Carolina water Co.. is slso a
vice-president of General Water
works.
>
Brakes Fail;
Truck Hits Gate
Brake failure caused a milk
truck to whiz under a descending
draw bridge gate and crash into
the second gate at S:45 a.m. Wed
nesday on the Morehead City
Beaufort drawbridge.
The truck, driven by Loyd Cecil
Corbeti, 703 FUher St., Morehead
City, was owned by Southern
Dairies. It was going toward Beau
fort when the siren blew to give
warning that the bridge was going
up.
Corbett said he applied hi*
brakes but they didn't work. Ha
zipped through under the first
gate, skimmed across the leave*
of the bridge before they started
to go up and crashed into the gala
on the east side.
State Highway Patrolman R. II.
Brown said that Investigation
showed that the master cylinder
on the truck had dropped making
it impossible for the brake pedal
to connect. Damage to the truck
was estimated at SIS.
No charges were preferred.