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VOLUME XXVII NO. 46
CAMPAIGN LIVENS I
FOR POLITICIANS 1
AS PRIMARY NEARS
Outcome in Three Dare Races
Is Anybody's Guess
Pundit Says
By POLLY TICKEN
(Special Correspondent)
If you couldn’t find your
* druggist, oil man or attorney
this week, don’t feel neglected.
The three candidates for the
General Assembly; who occupy
‘ those positions, had all suc
cumbed to the three P disease
by Wednesday of this week and
were beating the bushes and
briar patches of Dare on the
campaign trail. Three-Ps? Pre-
Primary-Panic, that’s what. Less
< than 10 days remain before the
1 kjay 26 primary.
The outcome still seems as un
certain as the future of the Bux
ton Inlet, but a few humorous
incidents were reported which
seemed to break the montonous
but profitable round of baby
kissing and handshaking.
One of the cigar-passing can
didates made the fatal mistake
of offering a smoke to a pros
pective voter who was mowing
khis lawn at Manns Harbor. The
skeptical voter was quick to as
sure the politician that “he’d
consider a few turns with the
lawn mower as a much bigger
favor.”
The candidate declined and
• one of his opponents, anxious to
- u?ake political hay (or grass)
out of the incident, was over the
next day pushing the mower and
perspiration from his brow to
the delight of the neighborhood.
The Registrar of Deeds race,
which also promises lively in
terest, was revitalized this week
as Melvin Daniels and Willett
Tillett tried to gamer votes in
their home community of Wan
chese. Daniels has said that he’s
•“running with the big carbure
tor on” against his opponent.
Tillett was so busy politicking
See POLITICS, Page Four
REV. H. F. LEATHERMAN '
BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER
Clarence Butler of
Manteo High School has an
nounced that Rev. Harold F.
Leatherman will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon to the grad
uating seniors of 1962. The serv
ices will be conducted on Sunday,
May 27 at 8 p.m. in the high
school. I
The principal speaker for the
commencement exercises which,
will be held on May 30 have
not been announced, but Nancy
’Coles Basnight, class valedic
torian, and Nancy Lynn Midgett,
class salutatorian, will officiate
and play prominent roles in the
commencement program.
Principal Butler revealed the
names of eight other outstand
ing scholars who will take fea
tured roles in the May 30 serv
ices. They are: Mary Faye
Rogers, Theodore DeFebio, Dar
lene Everhart, Nancy Leather
man, Judy Perry, Carol Miller,
Dionne Tillett and William
White. The principal stated that
their scholastic averages had
earned them the honor of rep
, resenting the school at this im
portant event.
Marshals for the baccalaureate
and commencement exercises
will be: Charles Evans, Susan
Basnight, Linda King, Nancy
Midgett and Mary Elizabeth'
i SEarle.
DARE BOARD CONSIDERS
TAX LIEN SALE DELAY
The lien sale date for unpaid
taxes may be postponed until
September, according to David
Stick, Chairman of the Dare
County Board of Commission
ers. The board chairman stated
.this week that the Ash Wednes
day Storm had “worked such a
hardship” upon many tax-pay
ers that the board may postpone
the lien sale date from the con
templated June 30 deadline un-
Mil Labor Day.
The lien sale, which was held
in August during 1961, had been
traditionally conducted on La
bor Day in years past. Stick
said the more recent “up-dat
ing” for tihe sale was considered
necessary by the commissioners
“in order to get tax money
when funds were (more plenti
ful-during the summer months.”
The tax lien sale will be one of
the items of discussion when the
Dare County Board meets again
on June 4.
BESSIE DRAPER RECOVERS
Miss Bessie Draper, county
nurse, who became ill last Fri
day and was taken to the hospi
tal in Norfolk, is reported to be
in “good” condition by her phy
sicians at Norfolk General Hos-
WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
KICK-OFF BREAKFAST FOR RIHA'S 1962 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
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MRS. BURWELL’ EVANS, Chairman, (second from right) is shown addressing the fifteen area
chairmen who will compose the sales force for the 1962 Roanoke Island Historical Association
Membership Drive in Dare County. The area chairmen were treated to a “kick-off breakfast” at
the Manteo Motel last Friday before soliciting subscriptions which are the bread and butter for
“The Lost Colony.”
BONNER ANNOUNCES
HARBOR EXTENSION
FOR WANCHESE AREA
Representative Herbert C.
Bonner announced this week
that the Army will enlarge the
boat harbor at Wanchese, pro
vided local interests make their
required contribution to the
$24,000 project.
The enlargement will provide
a northwest extension of the
existing harbor basin to relieve
harbor congestion by dredging
an additional basin area about
325 feet long and 180 feet wide
to a depth of 12 feet-. Major
General R. G. Mac Donnell, di
rector of civil yrorks for the
Corps of Engineers, has stated
that intitial costs for the project
have been estimated at $24,000.
Local costs are said to be’ in
the neighborhood of SI,OOO. The
Dare County Board of Com
missioners has indicated a
willingess to provide local spon
sorhip for the project and Com
missioner Lawrence Swain stat
ed Wednesday that “I feel sure
that the county commissioners
and the people of the Wanchese
community will meet this part
of their obligation.”
Local participation would in
clude the provision of all lands,
easements and rights-of-way
required for the construction
and subsequent maintenance of
•the project, including suitable
areas for disposal of spoil mat
erial. In' addition, the local
sponsor must agree to hold and
save the United States free
from damages due to construc
tion and maintenance. The coun
ty must also provide a public
landing available to the public
on equal terms, MacDonnelf
The ‘ Wanchese dock, which
was ’constructed under the sup
ervision of the county board
been completed to
the “pWie landing” re-
JsUuajjir the project. The
dodETTwmch’/was completed in
March j&f this year is still being
improved by the county.
■ Authority for the Wanchese
Work 'it provided by section by
Action. the 1960 Rivers
imd Harbors Act which was
introduced J©y Representative
(tanner. Accomplishment of the
dependent upon
■Krif’appropriations for work
M&jg'itflia, Section 107 program.
Corps of Engineers bud
gHffijfo-JfiXcSl ’year’ 1963 cont-
Eb&tC i. request for funds to
‘the Section • 107 pro
laptn. If the requested funds
fee actually appropriated, the
federal Share of the Wanchese
ttjrbor project cim be financed
jjrithe earning fiscal year of
MUSICORIUM TO SWELL
AS GRIFFITH AND BELL
GIVE MUSICAL RECITAL
Andy (Barbara) Griffith
HtMrs;. John Bell will present
fet'third recital in the Rennie
Uffliamson Concert Series for
aj The Musicorium on
■today Night, May 21 at 8:30
Manteo Music Club and
its' friends are cordially invited
to attend this cultural function
which will be presented bv Mes
dames Griffith and Bell. Mrs.
Griffith, a chanteuse extraord
inary. will be accomnanied by
Mrs. Bell at the piano during a
delightful hour of miscel’.ane
i ous musicals. Mrs. Bell has con
sented to embellish the last
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THE COASTLAND TIMES
IMITATION GUN
IS NO FUN FOR
"AXECITED" GAL
A defendant Mio pulled a
toy gun on his girl friend be
cause, he said, “she chased me
with an axe” was found inno
cent of an assault with a deadly
weapon, but drew a $25 fine fdr
treaspassing in Dare Record
er’s Court on Tuesday.
Edward Ashby, a colored de
fendant from Manteo told the
court that he was being pursu
ed by the axe-bearing Miss Ella
Mae Meekins, on May 6, and that
he pulled the plastic “toy” from
his car and pointed it at her
“threatening to blow her head
off if she hit me with it.” Both
escaped
Scathed, but Ella Meekins war
present to testify concerning
the alleged assault in court.
She stated that Ashby had
come to her house “looking for
Delton Simmons” and that she
had told him earlier on the same
evening to get off her propetry.
Miss Meekins stated that the
toy pistol introduced as evi
dence was not the gun with
which she was threatened. Miss
Meekins asserted that the bar
rel of the gup which Ashby
pointed at her “was a lot long
er” than the toy snub-nosed
revolver produced in court. The
defendant said “she was too
scared to notice whether what
I had was real or not” during
his portion of the testimony.
The axe, whose authenticity was
never questioned by either party
to the dispute, Was not submitt
ed as evidence to the court.
Judge W. F. Baum stated that
he found it “hard to get some
body for assault with a deadly
weapon when the only gun in
volved seems to be a toy” and
fined the defendant $25 and
costs for trespass pt the home
of Ella Meekins.
The court also found Sheldon
Alvin Gaimel of Kitty Hawk
See COURT, Page Four
PERRY RE-ELECTED
HEAD OF DARE DEMO.
Walter D. Perry defeated E.
P. White of Buxton for the
chairmanship of the Dare
County Democrats by a two
vote margin on Saturday. Perry,
a Kitty IHawk native, retained
his office in a 16-14 vote by
precinct chairman and vibe
chairman at the Dare County
Democratic Conyention, which
was held at 2 p.m. in the Dare
County Courthouse. More than
65 party faithful were on hand
for thb pre-primary event.
Perry said, after his election,
that he would “serve no special
interests” during his term of
office and called upon Demo
rats to “join ranks in defeating
the Republicans in Novmber.”
The orderly meeting ’ also
furnished three new vice-chair
men and a new secretary-trea
surer. Mrs. Nancy Beals, E. P.
White and Dr. W. W. Harvey,
Jr., were elected Ist, 2nd and
3rd vice-chairmen, and John
Wright was appointed as secre
tary-treasurer for the Dare
Democrats.
Robert Midgett, who had
served as secretary-treasurer
for the past 14 years addressed
’the assembled delgates and
thanked the group for the “loy
ial support and friendship”
which, he had been shown while
serving in that capacity. He had
t previously announced that oth-
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1962
GARDEN CLUB SHOW
BLOSSOMS SATURDAY
10 CLASSES ENTERED
The annual flower show of
the Roanoke Island Garden
Club, “Springtime on Parade,”
will be held this Saturday, May
19 from 2 to 9 p.m., at the
Community Building in Manteo.
The show will consist of 10
classes of five exhibits each.
A list of the classes is as fol
lows:
1. An arrangement suitable
for a church.
2. Gifts from the sea. A, com
position using driftwood,
shells etc.
3. Line, with or without ac
cessory.
4. Special container with ac
cessory. ?
5. Arrangement* of foliage
with flowers of one color.
6. Arrangement with vegeta
bles as flowers.
7. Massed arrangement of dif
ferent flowers grading in
• color from deep to pale or
white.
8. Potted plants ,
9. An old fashioned bouquet.
10. Miniature arrangement, not
over 6 in. including con-
See SHOW, Page Four
Gum Neck Citizens Plan Watershed
Project To Protect Landowners
Agricultural Agencies and Local Government Join Hands
for Conservation in Tyrrell
By BLANCHE W. COHOON
Strong winds associated with
the Atlantic Storm of March the
7th drove water into Gum Neck
Community in Tyrrell County.
It was the highest since 1933
local residents say. Low temp
eratures, strong winds, rain,
snow, and the high water, add
ed up to a bad day in Gum
Neck. Residents of the comun
ity suffered considerable loss
but nothing compared to what
the loss would have been had
there been crops in'the fields.
Gum Neck has long been
plagued with the problems of
flooding and poor outlet condi
tions for draining the excellent
farm land of the community.
The local people hope this will
be the storm that will inundate
their land. They- have been
working together since 1958 to
ward a watershed project. The
plan has been prepared with
the assistance of the Soil Con
servation Service, and is in Con
gress awaiting final approval.
The local people are organiz
ing a drainage district to be e
ligible for public law 566, water
shed funds. It is expected that
construction will be started on
the project this year. When it
is complete, Work Unit Conser-
NED DRINKWATER
90 IS LANDMARK
VIRGINIA BEACH
Older Brother of Alpheus,
Going Strong; One of Large
Family From Dare County
Manteo has its Alpheus
Drinkwater who is nationally
famous by virtue of the associa
tion of his name with the early
exploits of the Wright Brothers
at Kill Devil Hills, but not so
many people know his brother
Ned who is a retired Coast
Guardsman living at Virginia
Beach, and who is the holder
of much valuable property. He
and his brother Alpheus are
two of the many sons of the
late Ned Drinkwater and Jos
ephine Etheridge Drinkwater,
who formerly lived in Dare
County, variously at Stumpy
Point, Bodie Island, and Roa
noke Island. The elder Ned
Drinkwater was a prominent
figure in the old Life Saving
Service.
Regarding this interesting
man, who is somewhat older
than his brother Alph, and ap
parently more active, the Vir
ginia Beach Sun News this
month carried the following ar
ticle which will be of great in
terest to people in the Walter
Raleigh Coastland of North
Carolina.
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By RUBY JEAN PHILLIPS
Every day, weather permitt
ing, Capt. Edward Drinkwater
leaves his 25th Street home for
his farm near Seatack where he
spends the better part of the
day caring for the 25 steers he
keeps there. He never misses a
day though last month he cele
brated his 90th. birthday.
“Capt.” Drinkwater, a rank
his age has awarded him, now
holds the position of the oldest
male resident of Virginia Beach,
yet his keen mind and enthus
iasm are the envy of men many
yearfe his junior.
He came here from North
Carolina when he was a just a
toddler; his father was keeper
of the old life saving station.
“Why Virginia Beach was
just a wilderness in those
days,” he commented. “The
growth was so thick it’d take
the curl out of a rabbit’s tail.
There were no houses. The
only activity here were the
two men who fished along the
beach and took their catches
See LANDMARK, Page Five
vationist Clyde S. Sawyer be
lieves it will prevent floods like
the one just experienced.
Structural features of the
project will include a dike 5-6
ft. high, which will keep flood
water out of Gum Neck. A
pumping station will be built
to pump water out of the com
munity. The station will have a
capacity of about 210,000 gal
lons water per mintue. Tide
gates, eight of them, will be
installed to allow excessive rain
water to flout. New canals will
be cut and existing canals im
proved to carry water from the
farm land to the pumps and tide
gates. Individual landowners in
Gum Neck will be installing
lateral ditches, conservation
cropping systems, cover crops,
crop residue, field borders, sur
face inlets and other conserva
tion practices to take advan
tage of their watershed project.
The community will soon
have a new look, protected
from flooding, with an im
proved conservation program
on the land, brought about by
people working together in
cooperatin with their Soil Con
servation District, Agricultural
agencies local, state and Feder
al governments.
COLUMBIA GIRL GETS
G.E.X. SCHOLARSHIP
9
MISS NANCY HASSELL.
Senior of Columbia High School
was presented with a ’ one-year
Scholarship to any college she
chooses at the school on Friday
May 11th.
The scholarship is awarded to
students from G.E.X., member
ship for outstanding ability,
studiousness, perseverance and
of leadership potential. It was
presented by Joe F. Witsken,
Director Membership Relations
of G. E. X., Norfolk, Va. Miss
Hassell was picked by the Coun
cil , Scholarship Committee of
G. E. X. Member Advisory.
Nancy was one of the six
winners selected from hundreds
of outstanding .applicants. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Iredell Hassell of 401
West Colonial Ave. Eizabeth
City, former residents of Col
umbia. Mr. Hassell is employed
at the Norfolk iNaval Base.
Not only has Nancy been so
honored but she has received a
SIOO. Scholarship frpm the
“College of the Albemarle” of
Elizabeth City.
At the presentation of the
onp-year scholarship,' the prin
cipal of Columbia High School,
W. J. Taylor Jr. had this to say
about Nancy: “It is felt that
Nancy has demonstrated those
qualities and characteristics at
tributed to a good student, and
it is also felt that she has the
desire and determination to be
See GIRL, Page Four
MANTEO BAPTISTS
HOMECOMING SET
FOR THIS SUNDAY
Manteo Baptist Church will
observe its annual homecoming
Sunday with the activities of
the day beginning at 9.45 a.m.
Dr. E. L. Spivey, Director of
Missions for the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina
with headquarters in Raleigh,
will be the guest speaker and
will deliver the annual Home
coming Day Sermon at the e
leven o’clock worship hour.
The schedule of services for
the day are ps follow: 9:45 Sun
day School; 11:00 Morning
Worship (Dr. Spivey speak
ing); 12.15 noon, an old fash
ioned picnic dinner on the
grounds; and 1:30-2:30, old
fashion gospel by the congrega
tion and choirs from the several
churches on the island.
The Pastor, Rev. M. J. Davis
joins the congregation of the
church in extending a very cor
dial invitation to the public to
join them in this joyous occa
sion.
The nursery will be open for
the convenience of those with
children three years of age and
under.
There will be no night ser
vices this Sunday, but regular
services will be resumed next
week.
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terial for publication early in
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the like, should be mailed no
later than Monday or deliver
ed to the printing plant in
Manteo no later than Tuesday.
Henceforth, material received
later than noon Wednesday
will likely be held for the
following week, if still time
ly. Otherwise, it will be dis
carded.
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operation, which should enable
us to provide a better publico-*
tion, delivered on an earlier
schedule. A Ivertising deadline
remains Wednesday noon, al- !
I tention.
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BEST IN 25 YEARS
ANGLERS TESTIFY
ON BLUEFISH.RUN
Bluefish Catches From Surf,
Sea or Sound Waters
Are Whoppers
Bluefish catches on the Outer
Banks are the best in 25 years.
Old timers from Currituck to
Ocracoke have indicated that the
phenomenal run of blues is the
best seen on the coast since the
19305.
Whether the angler has been
trolling the sounds at Oregon
and Hatteras Inlets, casting
the surf or fishing from ocean
piers, the results have all been
the same-fantastic!
Capt. Lee Perry, skipper of
the charter cruiser “Deepwater”
has stated that: “Our parties
have caught from 200 to 400
blues daily, for a total in excess
of 3,000 in 10 days.” With 15 or
more cruisers operating consis
tently in the area, observers
have reported that more than
25,000 blues have been taken
with lures by parties trolling
in the wake of charter boats at
Oregon Inlet. Additional thou
sands have been taken from Hat
teras Inlet and the adjacent wa
ters of Pamlico Sound.
Best proof of the fantastic
run is evidenced by the fact
that thousands more of the
scrappy’ fighters, all mostly in
the one to two pound class,
have been reeled in by anglers
fishing from the surf. Surf fish
ing is said to be terrific at Hat
teras Island, and from the five
ocean piers between Kitty Hawk
and Hatteras Inlet.
George Dykstra, operator of a
fishing center at the west end of
the Roanoke Island-Nags Head
bridge has reported that many
blues are also being taken in
the brackish, waters of the sound
adjacent to the span. “I caught
14, going to one and one half
pounds, from an outboard in
less than half an hour,” he said.
Mrs. Delphine Williams of
Richmond, Va., a former Ocra
coke resident, says that drum
are also biting on the Banks and
she landed a 62% pound black
drum to prove it. The uncanny
See FISHING, Page Eight
PLANE WRECKAGE
IN TYRRELL CO.
INVESTIGATED
A crew of West Virginia
workmen have uncovered rem
nants of an AD4 Skyraider
while working in the swamps
approximately 30 miles south
of Columbia. Navy records
have revealed that three AD4s
were lost in the Virginia-North
Carolina Dismal Swamp area
during a period between 1955
and 1958, and an investigation
of the wreckage has been order
ed.
Remnants of a wing and tail
section were discovered by a
logging crew of the West Vir
ginia Pulp and Paper Co. last
Thursday and serial numbers of
these parts haye been forward
to Douglas Aircraft Co. for
positive identification of the
plane.
An investigation board com
posed of two officers from the
Oceana Naval Air Station is
now said to be trying to identify
the aircraft and determine the
circumstances surrounding its
crash. A Navy spokesman has
said that the base location for
the plane cannot be determined
until a bureau number for the
plane is established. The bureau
number will aid in learning
whether a pilot was lost in the
crash, he said.
Investigators have indicated
that the cockpit area and fuse
lage are buried at an undeter
mined depth in the mud and
water of the swamp. Efforts
are being continued to recover
parts of the aircraft.
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RANDOLPH O'NEAL NAMED
WANCHESE POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON Randolph
G. O’Neal Jr., has been appoint
ed permanent postmaster of
Wanchese, N. C., Rep. Herbert
C. Bonner, D-N. C., announced
Tuesday.
Bonner said that O’Neal, who
has been serving as acting post
master, made the highest score
on the competitive civil service
examination of any candidate
for the position which was last
year.' '
There was no one in the Wan-
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Pages I through 8
Single Copy 70
DRINKWATER CREW
REPORTED STEWED
ON STATE’S FERRY
Four Members of Oregon Inlet’
Ferry Boat Crew
Fired
A drinking ferry crew is re
ported to have turned the A.
W. Drinkwater into an instru
ment of vengence last Thurs
day, as passengers were insult
ed and “roughed up” white
making the usually routine
crossing from North to South
Oregon Inlet.
Confronted with reports of
the intentional ramming of the
ferry dock and the alleged as
sault upon Antony Stewart,
a photographer for “National
Geographic,” Ferry Operations
Manger D. W. Patrick fired
members of the crew and ord
ered an investigation into the
matter.
Woodrow W. Baum, pilot; R.
L. Mason, engine room worker
and R. W. Cartwright, deck
hand, all of Kitty Hawk, were
fired immediately after the
incident occurred. Another deck
hand, Kenneth E. Barnes of
Currituck, is also reported to
have been dismissed.
Patrick declined to give his
reasons for the wholesale fir
ing on Friday of last week and
announced of Saturday that the
investigation would be com
pleted by Monday. On Tues
day, the operations manger
stated that his report would be
sent to Highway Commissioner
Merrill Evans, for release from
the State .Highway Office in
Raleigh.
Patrick has stated that he
does not intend to prefer
charges and has indicated that
any action will have to come
from the Dare County Sheriff’s
office.
Deputy Sheriff Raymond
Basnett of Hatteras has stated
that he investigated the inci
dent in question on Thursday
after receiving a phone call
from the Coast Guard head
quarters there, about <X>m
plaints 'from passengers on
board the ferry who desired to
speak to a law officer. Basnett
has indicated that passengers
complained of “drinking on the
part of the crew and their
pilot,” when the officer arrived
shortly after the ferry’s de
parture for the north shore.
Basnett said that several of
the passengers stated to him
that “after reaching the south
shore, the engines were revers
ed and the ferry was rammed
into the side of the dock at
Hatteras. . . .just like a drunk
en drver would do with an
auto.” The deputy indicated
that reports he has received in
dicate that,the pilot of the fer
ry, Wood row W. Baum, stag
gered down to the deck after a
commotion started on the part
of car owners who were on
board.”
Anthony Stewart, the pho
tographer from “National Geo
graphic” has stated that he
“does not care to become in
volved” and has'refused to dis
cuss his part in the incident.
Basnett says that passengers
noted that Stewart was “rough
ed up” by crew members and
stated that observers have re
ported Stewart’s car being
driven off the ferry by one of
the crew members, after the
photographer had fled to safe
ty. Stewart and Nat Kenny,
another staff member of the
, “Geographic” were on the Outer
Banks to do a feature story
about the area for the maga
zine.
Patrick, who has refused to
comment about the incident,
did disclose that the dock on the
south shore has received
“about SSO damage to the
ramp.”
Woodrow Baum, the ferry
pilot who was fired, has stated
that “Patrick claimed we were
drunk and none of us were.”
Baum has said that a diatur
ba nee did occur on board his
ferry when “the photograph
er” wanted to take some of the
wooden blocks and “the boy*
told him he couldn’t have any.”
Baum says that “none of the
crew members were drinking at
the time,” and says that “nei-8
ther the photographer or that
other man from the magazine
was touched.” Baum says that
he went on deck to investigate
after hearing the photographer
“cussing the crew.”
Baum said he couldn’t under--
stand why Mason, the engine
room worker was fired “because
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uty has stated that all of th*
dismissed employees were ob
’ served to be “in an intoxicate