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INTEGRATION OF JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS
THE JONES COUNTY
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1968
NUMBER 14
VOLUME XX
Veil ef Mystery Lifts on Deaths of
Marine Major's Family in Jones Coonty
A second autopsy, report from
Navy Medics last week has lift
ed a good part bf the mystery
that has surrounded the deaths
of the wife and two children of
Camp Lejeune Major Raymond
Start since their bodies were
found last November in the fam
ily car beside Highway US 17
between Maysville and Pollocks
ville.
The first autopsy, performed
by doctors at Camp Lejeune, de
clared that all three died from
.38 caliber pistol wounds in the
head, and that Mrs. (Charlotte)
Start had died from a bullet that
had entered the left side of her
head and exited on the right.
The second autopsy, perform
ed by Navy doctors at the Beth
esda Naval Hospital near Wash
ington, D. C., says exactly the
opposite: That the bullet went
in the right side of Mrs. Start’s
head and exited on the left.
The fact that a Start family
-38 caliber pistol was found in
lbs. Start’s right hand, and that
the first report asserted her in
jury came from the opposite
side, caused all kinds of specula
tion to arise, and to still exist,
for that matter,'
This was Hie basis upon which
a coroner’s jury ruled on Jan
uary 17th that the deaths of
Mrs. Start, Ellen Marie, 5, and
Stephen Lawrence, 2%, were
“homicide by a party or parties
unknown.”
Since near the end of the in
vestigation Jones County Sheriff
Brown Yates has felt that the
deaths were murder and suicide,
and this latest autopsy report
supports his opinion.
Considerable comment at the
time of the deaths of the three
was on the specific subject that
Mrs. Start did not grasp the pis
tol “in a true death grip.” This
rather loosely used phrase, com
bined with the first autopsy re
port to create a mystery, where
it is now reasonably safe to as
sert that no mystery really ex
isted. Especially since no one
has been able to offer a logical
explanation of just what a “true
death grip” really is, or is not.
One Worthless Check Charge, Numerous
Traffic Violations in Jones Court
Lovette Jones of Trenton, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of
passing a worthless check, was
sentenced to 30 days of work un
der the supervision of the de
partment of correction. The sen
tence was suspended on condi
tion he make restitution and pay
the court’s cost.
Gorman Ray Home of Mays
ville was fined $26 for reckless
driving and failure to report an
accident.
Kay Moses. Stewart of Vance
born was fined $13 lor failing to
stop at a stop sign.
Alberta E. Brown of Maywood,
New Jersey - .and Sgt. Edward
Creasy of Fort Fisher were fined
$30 for speeding 70 MPH in a
60 MPH zone. Forrest Alvah
Anderson of Columbia, S. C.,
who was charged with speeding
65 MPH in a 50 MPH zone and
with driving under the influ
ence, requested a jury trial.
Bond was set at $300. Also re
questing a jury trial for a charge
of speeding 60 MPH in a 50
MPH zone was Aulcys Ray Byrd
of Bridgeton. His bond was set
at $50.
Ruth W. Authur of New Bern,
Michael Griffin of Trenton, and
James Redden Wiley of New
Bern were fined $26 for driving
without a valid license. Gary
Pollock,Masingo, Charged with
driving without a valid license,
had the charge nol prossed.
Norman Edward Richard of
Kinston was fined $13 for oper
Bad 21 Hours for Kinston Employees Sees Four
Hospitalized Following Two Expensive Wrecks
From 4:21^ Sunday afternoon
until 12:53 Mondayx afternoon
four City of Kinston employees
were hospitalized, a fifth was
painfully hurt but not hospital
ized and city vehicles suffered
an estimated $24,000 damage in
two accidents.
Hie first, and worst, involved
a fine truck and Continental
Traiways bus at the corner of
Sast and Washington streets and
sent one of the 14]^sengers
on the ta* to a . local
Fire Tnudt Priver
iSe ^? ye^oLfe,?a*^
Cribb were all hurt in this crash,
with the first two being kept in
the hospital for continuing treat
ment and observation.
Joyce Paluck of Elizabeth, N.
J. from the bus was treated and
,p**“ bus driver, Jesse
of Jacksonville was not
Rhodes Avenue, resulting in the
hospitalization of Fisher and Of
ficer Elijah Tyndall of Kinston
route 6. Mrs. Shivar was not
hurt, but she was charged with
failing to stop for a stop sign.
Damage to her car was estimat
ed at $1,000 and the police car
suffered an estimated $2,000
damage.
The most ironial aspect of the
two accidents was that tile fire
truck was answering a false
alarm that had been turned in
near the Kinston Tobacco Com
**¥ When .the crash took place,
And .finally, the. tohptgit City
Council, trying to trim the 1968
69 budget to manageable pro
Plan Written by Federal Agents for
Jones County Vetoed by Butler
In Light of Recent Virginia Decision
Federal District Judge Alger
non Q. Butler of Clinton “shot
us out of the saddle” in the
words of one Jones County
School official Wednesday.
Butler turned thumbs down
on a plan written by agents of
the federal department of “jus
tice,” which had been jammed
down the throats of Jones Coun
ty School officials, who were try
ing to hold onto some over $400,
000 in federal funds which were
being used as blackmail by the
federal flunkies.
But in the interim .between
the reluctant acceptance of this
department of “justice” integra
tion plan, and the appearance
before Butler Tuesday the su
preme court had ruled in a
Kent County, Virginia, case that
“freedom of choice” plains were
not acceptable unless they
brought about the “desired de
gree” of racial mixing in the
schools.
Armed with this usurpation
Butler went even beyond the su
preme court and ordered Jones
County officials to totally inte
grate all elementary schools in
the county for the school year
which starts in August, and to
have on his desk in short order
a plan eliminating all segrega
tion in high schools as well as
elementary schools before the
1969-70 school year.
The department of “justice”
plan which Butler “canned”
Tuesday called for complete ra
cial integration of. all Jones
County schools by the 1970-71
school year, and involved con
version of one of the existing
county high schools into a so
called junior high school, to
which all students in grades 7,
8 and 9 would be assigned, and
making a senior high school of
ating a motorcycle without a
helmet.
Victor D. Jordan of Pollocks
ville and William Boyd Quick of
Maysville were fined $13 for hav
ing an expired inspection certif
icate.
TWO ARRESTS MADE
Aaron Moses Hall of Richlands
was arrested during the past
week and charged with assault
and larceny. Wilbert McKay
Qreene of Trenton was also ar
rested daring the past week and
charged with driving drunk.
the oother, to which all students
in the 10th, llthand 12th grades
would be assigned.
This plan also called for the
abandonment of several schools
now in use in the system, and
construction of at least seven
more rooms on one of the exists
ing high schools. No mention
was made about where the mon
ey was to come for this construc
tion, which made on the basis
of present building costs would
run in the vicinity of $100,000,
and possibly more.
Also under the plan Butler re
jected Tuesday Jones County
school officials agreed to trans
fer between 300 and 400 Negro
children into white schools this
year.
There is little fear among
Jiones County school officials
about not having the 400,000 in
federal funds available for op
eration of the schools this year,
despite the blustering of federal
officials, since school systems
operating under court orders
operating under court orders
have not been denied these
funds in the past, and there is
considered little to no likelihood
that this practice will be chang
ed.
The worst effect of this fed
eral threatening has been among
school personnel, who were
afraid that they might have to
take a pay cut, or that their job
might suddenly vanish in the
absence of federal funds.
There are slightly more than
3000 students in the Jones Coun
ty school system and slightly
more than half of these are Ne
gro. Under Freedom of Choice
plans attempted for the past
three years few Negroes elected
to attend white schools and no
whites elected to attend Negro
schools.
Now under the orders of this
Sampson County Satrap the
more than 2000 children in the
elementary grades will have to
be totally integrated when
school is opened this fall.
In a kindly, generous, open
hearted manner, Butler left the
little chore of doing this up to
the already totally frustrated
Jones County School Board.
As of Wednesday afternoon
the school board had no plan in
mind, but they must find a plan
acceptable to Algernon before
school opetts or he will hold
them in thename contempt that
they now hold him.
ttoM Is faced with having to
considerably to the budget
to teplace ftese two vehicles
that were so badly damaged in
tiws two wrecks, since the city
does pot cstrry collision insur
ance.
Mosquito Controf
Has Been Abolished
In Jones County
Dr. John A. Parrott, Director
of the Jones County Health De
triment, has announced that
the Mosquito Control section of
the Jones County Health Depart
ment has bqen abolished due to
the lack of funds.
The Jones County Board of
Commissioners in the '1968-69
budget did not allocate any
monies for this purpose, making
it necessary for the health de
partment to take such actions.
It was further stated by Dr.
Parrott that any request for
spraying would have to be de
nied because of this action. It
was not indicated by Dr. Parrott
what disposition would be made
of the equipment that is present
ly owned by the county.
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