BACK-TO-SCHOOL ISSUE WILL BE PUBLISHED TUESDAY CARTERB COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ■<* 51st YEAR, NO. 64 TWO SECTIONS—FOURTEEN PAGES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Beach Officer Attacked; Bullet Fired by Assailant Tears Shirt An Atlantic Beach police lieuten ant narrowly escaped being shot in a scuffle with two assailants early Tuesday morning when the two attacked the officer and one of them managed to get the offi cer’s gun. Two men from Cherry Point, arc being held in the county jail for questioning about the attack, pend ing lie detector tests and analysis 4>f blood foundjnT'Xtr^i. W. Wig gins’ shirt. \ Lieutenant Wiggins was making routine checks on buildings vtdicn the attack occurred at approxi mately 3 a.m. While checkipgHme side door of a beach establishment, Larry's Playboy Patio, lieutenant Wiggins was struck from behind by the two men, who were hidden behind a wall, according to the officer s report. The assailants used a metal chair as a weapon, and in the fight following the initial attack, one of the pair grabbed the officer's gun from its holster and fired at point blank range, narrowly missing the officer. The bullet passed through the officer’s shirt, at the side. Lieutenant Wiggins immediately disarmed the attacker, grabbing the gun. The gun fell to the ground, sgiid the pair fled when officer Wig gins retrieved it. Five shots were fired at the fleeing pair. None of the shots found their mark. The pair fled from the scene in the direction of the beach, leaving the officer in a dazed condition. Lieutenant Wiggins radioed for as sistance. The Morchcad City po lice department picked up the call and contacted Atlantic Beach ol ficers and sheriff’s deputy Billy f-'mitb, who was on the beach bridge enroute to Atlantic Beach. With the cooperation of the sher iff’s department and the Morchcad City police, the hunt began for the pair who attacked lieutenant Wig gins. A roadblock was thrown up bv the Morchcad City police at the Atlantic Beach bridge. Lieutenant Wiggins was found ly ing betide the Atlantic Beach po lice truck that he had been driving, •Jnd was taken by ambulance to the Morchcad City hospital where he was examined and released, re turning to duty by 5 a.m. with no injuries other than soreness from repeated blows by the assailants. Five suspects were picked up shortly after the attack. Question ing of the five led to other sus pects. The two Cherry Point men being held in the county jail were picked up on the beach at about 4 a.m., after the attack. Atlantic Beach police chief W. ■*W. Moore stated that the two be ing held had been tentatively iden tified by officer Wiggins. No mo tive for the attack has been es tablished as yet. The stories of the two in jail were being checked out with co operation of authorities at Cherry Point. Investigation is continuing. Fry Employees Reject Union Employees of Lloyd A. Fry Roof ing Co. and Volncy Felt Mills, Morehcad City, rejected, by a vote of 34-32, affiliation with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Wednesday. The election was held at the plant in the afternoon. Walter Ed wards, plant manager, reported that there were two challenged votes, but to be certified as a bar gaining agent, the union must re ceive a majority of the votes cast. Voting were production and maintenance employees, truck drivers, guards and supervisors. Office and clerical help did not vote. A petition for an electing was filed in June by the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International union, AFL-CIO. Stockholders to Meet The annual meeting of stock holders of the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad will be held at 10 this morning at the Atlantic Beach hotel. Two Men Ordered Held for Superior Court on Abortion Attempt Charges Two Navy medical corpsmcn, Cherry Point, each charged with ■ and giving her two bot tles of paregoric. Mrs. Burroughs (Sen TWO HELD Page 2) Dr. John W. Morris . . . medical director Volkswagen, Pickup Collide on Highway 24 A Volkswagen and a pickup truck collided at 1:30 a.ni. yester day morning on highway 24 east of Swansboro. Three Marines in volved were taken to the hospital at Camp Lejeune, but their names were not available at press time. According to state trooper J. W. Sykes, who investigated, the VW and the pickup truck met almost head-on. sonnel of the • committee be recon sidered and dead wood replaced. Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, reported that houses in the new sections of town have been num bered and the postofficc requested to institute door-to-door delivery of mail. The fire department, rescue squad and the merchants associa tion were commended for the Sat urday pirate invasion events. The mayor mentioned that the rescue squad probably incurred a deficit. The board thought some funds could be turned over to the squad from the civic affairs department. (See TOWN BOARD Page 2) Tidei at the Beaufort Bar Tide Table HIGH LOW Friday, Aug. 10 2:30 a.m. 3:22 p.m. 9:22- a.m. 10:25 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 3:43 a.m. 4:26 p.m. 10:19 a.m. 11:17 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12 4:56 a.m. 5:26 p.m. 11:14 a.m. Moaday, Aug. 13 5:56 a.m. 6:19 p.m. 12:Q7 a.m. .12:06 pjn. Tuesday, Aug.' 14 6:48 a.m. 7:08 p.m. 12:56 a.m. jup. Board Starts Wheels Turning Again on Hospital Building Port to Handle Big Dry Milk Shipment The MorMacCove, a Moore McCormack Lines freighter, is expected Sunday at Morehead City port to load approximately 91,000 cases of powdered milk for shipment to the cast coast of South America. The shipment is part of the largest amount of powdered milk ever handled by the North Caro lina state ports. Another freight er, the MorMacWrcn, is expect ed Sunday, Aug. 19, to take the rest of the shipment, approxi mately 50,000 cases, according to Charles McNeill, assistant port operations manager. The second 'shipment will also go to ports on the eastern cdast of South America. Newport Board Handles Street, Tax Problems Street, drainage and tax prob terns confronted the Newport town commissioners Tuesday night when they met for the first time in the new town hall-fire station. The problem street is McCain street, which is washing away. Poor drainage and heavy rains have created a serious washout be tween New Bern and Church streets on McCain. Sgt. I,. G. Osborne, a McCain street resident, attended the meet ing to hear what the board planned to do about the caving-in in front ot his properly. Commissioner John B. Kelly remarked that about the only thing the town can do is install a catch basin at the New .Befn-McCai«.- corner and put tile down the washed-out section. A discussion on the proper size tile to use ended with two persons leaving the meeting to measure tile under the street. It was found to be 24-inch. The board agreed that the state will eventually have to replace the 24-inch tile with a larger size, so to be one step ahead they voted to tile the washed-out area with 36-inch. Hie drainage problem was that of Virgil Kincaid, also discussed at last month’s meeting. L*st month the town agreed to send a man to Mr. Kincaid’s property to dig a ditch in an effort to drain off excess water. Commissioner Dick Lockey re ported that since then he has work ed constantly on the problem, try ing to find the best way to put the ditch. He said Mr. Kincaid evi dently didn’t think the town’s way of doing business was fast enough, so Mr. Kincaid dug the ditch him self. Mr. Lockey commented that this is the height of the tobacco season and those persons qualified to do this type of ditching arc busy at other jobs. Mr. Kincaid said he had a letter from the county sanitarian inform ing him that his septic tank was not working properly and giving him a “reasonable amount of (Sec NEWPORT Page 2) ■i Gerald Hill Fills Welfare Board Vacancy! I • County Considers Buying Patrol Cars • Change in Fee System Under Consideration County commissioners have ap pointed Geraltf Hill, Beaufort, to fill a vacancy on the county wel fare board. He succeeds Mrs. C. G. Holland. The board approved Monday the shifting of the plumb ing inspector to the health depart ment. placing the job under the merit system for public employees. (The plumbing inspector was for merly under the mosquito control division.) The change was requested due to the work load imposed by a re cent county construction ordinance that sanitary facilities have to be installed and approved before per manent electricity is installed The job will be a full-time posi tion under the new arrangement, land will cost the county an addi tional SI,200 in travel allowances. . At the request of tile board, A. B. Fulford. chief of the county san itation department, explained the position Of the county on dog prob lems, saying that the county took care of dogs in the county, and the cities took care of the dogs in the cities. “All we want is that people tie them up m; shut them up before calling us to pick them up," Mr. Fulford**aid. "If they don't, the dogs are gone by the time we get there.’’ The board also discussed a new system of pay and allowances in the sheriff's department, and ap pointed county auditor James Pot ter, sheriff Bobby Bell and regis (See BOARD Page 2) Two Tobacco Barns Burn at Newport Two tobacco barns in the New port area have been destroyed by fire this season, according to fire chief C. A. Could Jr. The chief said this number is well below the average of previous years. A barn filled with tobacco owned by C. T. Garin r burned Tuesday morning. The barn was loeated on the Danny Garner farm on the loop road. The chief said the barn and its contents were a complete loss, but they did manage to save the fuel tank. Chief Gould said Mr. Garner told him the loss was partially covered by insurance. This wasn't the final curing, he said, Mr. Garner was planning to use the barn again this week. About two weeks ago a barn owned by Guy Garner burned. Chief Gould said lie thought the loss was insured. Second Option Obtained On Earle Webb Site The county board of commissioners acted Monday to inform the North Carolina Medical Care commission that a second option has been obtained on the Webb site for the new proposed county hospital. The board pro poses to go ahead with plans for building the hospital there. Action on the hospital was necessary to avoid “los ing” the $105,000 promised in state" funds for the hospital. Time limits in the legal machinery involved in the sale of bonds and the ob taining of state funds made ’the action imperative before the Sep tember meeting of the county board. The Webb site is located three miles west of Morehead City on highway 24. Purpose of the law suit filed was, in essence, to force change in location. When the board agreed to a new referendum on hospital location, the suit was withdrawn. But the owner of the property, Earle W. Webb, then withdrew his offer to sell the property to the county on the basis that he was not interested in seeing the prop erty being exposed to false charges by persons in favor of other sites. Since legal technicalities have been cleared up. Mr. Webb, ac cording to Blither Hamilton Jr,, county attorney, has agreed to give the county another option on the same property, slightly more than 80 acres, at the same price originally set, $75,000. County commissioners have agreed to withhold action on sale of a $150,000 note, authorized by hospital referendum in I960, pend ing assurance from the Medical Care commission that the state will come through this year with $105,000 to be used in matching federal Hill-Button funds fur hos pital construction. The county attorney was author ized to contact iht AiettibiL Care Commission this week relative to the state fund commitment. The action cn the hospital was not without adverse comment from several of the board members. Commissioner Tommie Lewis, Harkcrs Island, asked the board about obtaining another site, men tioning several in the general Morehead City area. “There’s a fine one across from the Willis sawmill on Bridges street,” Mr. Lewis told the board. Skinner Chalk, another board mem ber, maintained that the people should be allowed to vole on the site in another referendum on the hospital. Board chairman Moses Howard stated that the Webb site was the only site with the approval of the Medical Care commission in the county at present. All of the board members ex pressed the belief that a law suit was possible any time after the sale of county hospital bonds is advertised. Merrimon and South River com munities have scheduled an old fashioned pie party for Saturday, Aug. 18, to raise funds to establish a 4-H eamp at Merrimon. The party will be at 6:30 p.m. at Carl Edwards’ store. Everyone is in vited. Bridge to Lose Dip mMM State highway department crews are at work ra the More head City bridge, removing a familiar “dip” by raising the underpinning. After the section is raised, material will be placed between tie pjiing and Urn bridge, lifting the road bed. . __ Board Proposes Legal Move Against Railway Braufort town commissioners passed a resolution Monday night proposing that action be instituted against the Beaufort' and More head Railroad to force the road to fix its track west of Broad street so that the public and residents in that area can make proper and normal use of the street. The railroad problem was raised by mayor W. II. Potter who said that Broad street, on which the railroad runs, should be paved west of Turner. Commissioner John Jones vehe mently suggested that legal action be brought against the road. He cited names of residents on Broad street who are unable to get in or out of their property because of the high track and the "improve ments" made by the railroad. Commissioner Jones said that A. T. Leary, lessee of the road, will not talk to the town engineer. Gray Hassell. He said that Mr. Hassell calls the B&M office to speak to lxary and gets told that Lear* isn’t there, when actually he is. there Mr. Jones’ request for a decisive legal move was revised at the sug gestion of C. R. Wheatly, tut n attorney, who advocated “projros ing” legal aetion. The attorney said he thought suit should be brought by private individuals who feel they have been harmed by the railroad’s action. Bridge Decision Coining Today? Today has keen touted as “the day” when a decision will be made on location of the proposed new bridge at Morehead City. Many “decision days” have come and gone—without decision. According to reports from Ra leigh, there will be a meeting of state ports officials and the high way commission in governor San ford's office this morning to dis cuss tho bridge. E. N. Richards, acting director of the SPA, has announced that the SPA favors locating the bridge at the Marsh island site, which is at least 1,200 feet north of the present bridge. Southern Railway and the Morc hcad City town board have gone on record in favor of the Marsh island site, preferable to any other. The highway commission, at its meeting in March, voted for a bridge adjacent to the present rail road bridge, equipped with an ocean-going draw span. Adopting that plan was predicat ed on the SPA’s determining where the ocean-going channel would be, the proper place to locate the draw, and the type of draw it should be. Although there was no formal agreement, highway commission ers. after the March meeting, were reported as willing to reopen the site question should the SPA, after studying the situation, decide on a solution other than a bridge with an ocean span. Board Wants Leasing System Reconsidered County commissioners asked Monday that the state commercial fisheries committee reconsider the whole method of leasing oyster bottom. The action came following read ing of a letter from Eric Rodgers, committee chairman, announcing that a hearing on leasing of South River oyster bottom has been set for XO a.tn. Friday, Sept. 7, at Morebead City. Commissioner S. A. Chalk voiced the opinion that leasing in coastal waters should not be undertaken in such a manner as to permit one set of fishermen to use waters in a maimer detrimental to other