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Page 2A--The Rdbesonian, Sunday, July 5, 197U Gleason Ties Knot With Ex-Secretary ASKFORD, England (AP) -Jackie G-kason got married Saturday, but the only line he could muster was ''I do." His pretty blonde bride stole the show. The television star and former secretary Beverly "McKittrick drove to this small English town in a brown Rolls- Royce for their brief -wedding ia Town Hall Registry Office. While Gleason played straight 3nan, his 37-year-old American British television. After some brief clowning for Thieu, Rogers Fail At Accord On Joint Paris Peace Proposal By SPENCER DAVIS Associated Press Writer the meIia, Gleason took his new SAIGON AP) President talks, U.S. officials said.

re- Hbjide came up Bedding quip: with the sole "I didn't buy him a present--I rings, a pearl necklace and a failed to reach any decision Sat- wife in tow and drove o5f. Nguyen Van Thieu and Secre The comic and Miss Me- tary of State William P. Rogers Kittrick had been living in a rented house near this town 15 from London when Gleason obtained a divoi-ce from his first wife, Genevive, 10 days ago. They had been married 24 years. Gleason! quickly arranged, for the wedding and bought his future wLte a pair of pearl ear- urday on a joint peace proposal I iiativs-s, but they mads no date to be put forth at the Paris to meet again on the subject during the American secretary's three-day stay here.

Rogers said on his arrival in Saigon on Saturday, that "it is The officials said Rogers and Thieu had agreed to stay in close touch on ether possible ini- Sectarian Violence Worsens In Belfast Miss Black North Carolina To Be Chosen In Ceremonies GREENSBORO (AP) One gave myself to him." jjGteason, sober-faced and seri- for the ceremony, barely ut- vtered'a word. But outside the Registry Of- he 'disclosed that he had for the by going ijtm a crash 70 'pounds weigh in at 210. Mrs, Gleason IJooked as if she weighed about pearl and diamond ring. The! young black woman was to be new Mrs. Gleason sported all chosen Saturday night to repre- the gifts as well as a torquoise sen North Carolina in the Miss dress and matching coat and Black America Pageant at New Viof- The wedding was private.

In addition to the newiyweds, only Gleason's assistants, Frank But ler and his wife, and Gleason's new brother and sister-in-law, i Mr." aid Mrs. Bob Crocker of York's Madison Square Garden Aug. 28. Forty-five girls, all of them residents of the state and between the ages of 18 'and 23, competed in Greensboro for.the first Miss Black North Carolina curious crowd of Saturday: Gehtreville, attended the i title ever Swarded. Choppers, attracted by televi- ceremony.

Contestants had been in the cameras and reporters, Butler, said the'cuuple plan to city since They re- gathered outside the Town Hall see what was going on. Few who Gleason was, as he is a frequent performer on Unitedj States in" hearsed, met the judges and Fri- September and marry again in a church ceremony in Miami, where they met two'years'" agoi Parktoii (Continued from Page 1) school band, followed by a patriotic tableau during which patriotic speeches were made. A occasion was the fiag raising by members of the First Battalion, 252 Armored Division, from Fort Bragg. Real entertainment began fol-; lowing this with a sky diving demonstration, trick horse exhibition, and the big downtown parade involving floats, dignitaries, military units, drum bugle corps, dune bug-, gies, dogs, bicycles (for which a prize was given). Special contests were offered, such as struggling to capture one of.

the big water melons under extreme wet pressure from fire hoses, and climbing -the greasy pole of the ten. dollar bill atop. Following the speaking period, the group moved in to hear battle of the bands for two hours and then came: baclc.at 8 p. m. for a street da'nce.

in or around Robeson County. Not all the paleface reporters who came to cover the reunion of the first Americans were received well Jay Gross, a staff writer for the Charlotte Observe, was surrounded by about 30 Indians and his film, tapes and notes taken from was told to leave the Lumbee-Recreation Park where the celebration was being "LaterVa': reporter from the Raleigh Observer and two reporters from the Wilmington Star News were confronted and threatened -with beatings and eviction. Strickland came to the rescue and no one was hurt in the confrontations. I heps you understand," he day night were required to be; interviewed in stores by a judge they didn't know. Contest promoter Gurtiss D.

Moore said the interviews were to see how the contestants handled themselves. At the actual pageant, judg- ing was on the basis of mod fas'hions, swimsuits, cocktail dresses and talent. A rock festival was held during the pageant, The winner received a trip to the Bahamas and Jamaica. Entrants were these Greensboro residents: Renee J. Thomas, Faconia Brown, Betty Slade, Renee McDonald, Gwendolyn Faye Scales, Diane Hightower.

Sylvia Fretman, Justine Newman, Sharon Anderson and Jean Perkins; Sanford residents Shirley Anp. White, Hazel Doris Trapp, Minnie McDonald, Garolyn Maxwell and Hildred Durham; Durham residents Phyllis Ledbetter, Sylvia Alexis Smith and Vivian Dolores Gunn; Sandra Caldwell and Patricia Ann Todd of Concord; Carolyn Caldwell and Vickie Letterce Jones of Davidson County; Jerdean Mark and Lauren Graves of Marie King of Riegelwood; Barbara Carson of Lexington; Sandra Jones of Winston-Salem; Jea.nette Elizabeth Hilhite of Climax; Balrick Parks of New Bern; Hildred a of Rutherfordton; Pearline Corbett of Forsyth County; Brenda Crowder of Goldsboro. Mai-gcrie Faye Waldon of Chatham County; Clennis Jo- Vece Noble of Raleigh; Deadra Lutterloh of Siler City; Mattie Smith of Henderson; Tilda John son of Lee County; Carolyn Anderson of Burlington; Irene Coleman of Randolph County; Robbin Workman of Ashehoro; and Patricia DeGnaffinreidt of Alamance County. tune for negotiations--real negotiations--to end this war and bring to the people of South Vietnam a fair and lasting peace. "The United States is firmly committed to the search for a political solution to the tragic problems of this area," he said.

"The President's appointment of Ambassador Brace to haad our delegation in- Paris is the most recent- symbol of that commitment." "'We hops that North Vietnam will respond to it," he added. The South. Vietnamese government has been cool to a suggestion by President Nixon that "a fair political solution should re- flsct the existing relationship of political' forces within South Vietnam." Rogers said last Monday that the Communist side might find it to their advantage to negott- Miss North Carolina Lovelies To Arrive In Raleigh Sunday BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) British troops seized piles of hidden guns, bambs and ammunition Saturday in the aftermath of rioting that killed fivte civilians. Military men took over the guard at two special courts trying 120 persons on riot The latest disturbances came after the army seized an arms cachs and a stone-and-bottle- throwing brawl erupted. Streets were debris-littered and deserted in the riot-scarred Falls Road quarter--a Roman Catholic enclave--as the army ordered a full emergency curfew and began house-to-house searches for the weapons used in the rioting Friday night and early Saturday.

The night of fighting, with fire bomls, grenades and gunfire exploding in the streets, raised Northern Ireland's death toll from rioting to 12 in the past two weekends. ate -an agreement based on representation proportional to population. He estimated the MoreUeau side could muster '20 RALEIGH (AP)--'Seventy of North Carolina's prettiest girls will begin arriving 'in Raleigh Sunday evening for the annual Miss North Carolina Pageant, which its sponsors say will be a spruced up affair this year. "It won't be an old fashioned show featuring a white col- May or (Continued from Page 1) paper on page 3. told the reporters.

"This is the umned Southern mansion it's first time we have all been to- going to a fast moving gather, some just resent f-today-type of show," said Bill outsiders." Ruth, general chairman of the pageant which is sponsored this year by. Raleigh Jaycees. The official competition will begin Tuesday nigM with three- fourths of the girls competing Dies In N.Y. The Associated Press reported a part as follows: each night in turn in swim suit, evening gown and' talent divisions; Afternoons will be devoted to rehearsals and interviews with the judges. At the start of Saturday night's competition, the list of girls will be reduced to 10 who will go through swim suit, evening gown and talent competition again.

Then the group will be reduced to five who will be, asked to answer a question. The present Carb- Patsy Johnson of Winstoh- annual Miss America competition at Atlantic City in early September. On hand for the entire program in addition to Miss North Carolina will be Pat Eldred. Miss America. Miss North Carolina will sing and Miss Ameri- ca will dance during each per cent of the representation and the government would take aft least 80 per cent.

The Saigon government became alarmed over Rogers' suggestion, viewing it as a U.S. effort to set up a coalition government. rast for an hour with Thieu aad then toasted him at a U.S. Embassy reception marking the Fourth of July. Foreign ministers from Thailand, South Korea, Australia and -New Zealand who will attend a meeting here Sunday of troop contributors to South Vietnam conferred informally with Rogers at the reception.

Sate Department briefing officers reporting on the Rogers- Thieu meeting said the secretary of state took the position that Japan should be more helpful in economic assistance South Vietnam. to the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem also will perform each night. Other features of-the will include a luau Salem, will crown the around midnight next Saturday, town Raleigih Wednesday and a The new-Miss North Carolina tea at the Governor's Mansion will represent the state in the 1 Thursday. night's program. Bancers from TV" i-I the North Carolina School of the i O111 111 (Continued from Page 1) joumed on the spot as youthful conte'stanfcs and their parents night, a parade through 'down-1 raed.for their cars and home, Fire Two of Friday night's victims were snipers killed by army sharp-shooters and.

another was crushed by an armored car. At least another 80 persons injured--19 of tfom soldiers-and about 300. wers arrested. To prevent further bloodshed, the government banned all processions throughout the province for thrse days, thus cancelling Protestant Orarcge parades set for Sunday outsida Belfast. This nw outburst in the ancient feud between Cathalics and after the imprisonment on June 26 of Barnadette Devlin, the Catholic civil rights leader and member of Britain's Parliament.

She was sentenced to a six-month term hi connection with disorders in Londonderry last August. Troops barricaded roads into the town of Armagh and searched cars for hidden arms. At tha frontier wl'th ths rish Republic between Londonderry and Donegal, all cars were searched for arms. In Londonderry, army engineers bu'lt sandbagged posts along tha peace between Cathoho and Protestant districts. In the Cathalic Falls Road dis- MOREHEAD CITY, N.

C. (AP) Flames raged out of control in the heart of More-i trict of Belfast where the riotir-g was centered, troops ordered 1,500 residents out of their head City Saturday night after to n's-arby schools whils (AP) Publisher Harold 7 McGraw, retired i vice president of McGraw-Hill: and a long-tune New York I civic leader, died at a hospital 1 Saturday after a brief group called ''Independent He was 80. for Progress" held son of foe -i i for a tribal council and in an attempt Lumbee.population. J. a vice pres of the North Carolina cees and a Lumbee.

said the of the tribal council elec- tion would not be known until Three Guards Held Prisoner In Pennsylvania Prison Riot destroying three major businesses and threatening several more. The owner of a large drugstore where the fire started estimated more than $1 million dollars in damages had been suffered in the downtown area by.9 p.m., with the blaze still devouring neighboring buildings. Firemen were called in from Morehead City and four nearby communities to combat flames pushed fay strong winds. There were no immediate reports of death or injuries. The firemen said thousands of tourists in More-head City for the Fourth of July weekend hampered their efforts to reach the fire with equipment.

Many approached the area as spectators, firemen said, blocking streets and increasing the dan- ger of injuries. leaving sponsors of the annual! arrived from the Fort event with no choice but to ac-! Macon Coast Gl i a rd statioil cept soggy defeat and suspend Chen Point, Beaufort-and Atthe evening's activities. the houses were searched. They turned up 45 pistols, 33 rifles, two submachine guns, 13 shotguns, 15,000 rounds of ammunition, 100 firebombs and 43 pounds of explosives. From inside the seaQsd-off district, nationalist member of Parliament Paidy Devlin declared that the area's Catholics now wanted the troops to stay to protect them against Protestants, who would ba "infuriated" at the disclosure of arms caches.

Devlin said the weapons had been brought into the district to protect it from Protestant attacks. Friday night's fighting, he contended, began because people were angry that the army used nausea gas to break up street crowds, which had gathered after an arms and a stone-and-bottlo throwing brawl. Heart Attack Claims Driver founder served PHILADELPHIA (AP) A don't let us out. as New York's first 'admiiusfcra- hundred or so inmates at a state tcr of the Office of Price'Admin- prison barricaded themselves igtralion New York's first ad- into the dining room at lunch- ministrator of the. Office of time Saturday and took three Price Administration in World guards hostage.

War and helped found the state Chamber of Ccmmerce. was. vice. president a Nine persons were injured in the melee, four guards and five prisoners. None was hurt seri- "We never had "to live on director of.

McGraw-Hill and'ousty. Strickland, said, also of McGraw-Hill Police from throughout we never had the traditional council and chief." He said the Independent Americans for Progress plan tc Building Corp. his "retire- delphia converged on the prison, ment in 1943. McGraw. is survived by his widow, -Louise; two sons, Harold Holniesburg State Prison, in the make the homecoming an annual W.

and and four affair. -There -ar an estimated grandchildren. Lumbeei.in the i Q--What are your demands? A--We want out. Aren't you gcnna send reporters down here? Do you want us to die? Q--Reporters are on the way. Who is there? A--Rizzo (Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo) is outside.

He says he is going to blow up this place. We are gonna die right where we are at. We gomra die right here if need be. Don't you p.m. Two hours later the prisoners were apparently still holding were 'out.

States. of them live planned for Tuesday at 11 a.m.! One of the co-evicts called the Philadelphia Bulletin and talked northeastern section of the city, care? The trouble started about Q--Sure I care. Does every- Deaths Funerals i to a reporter. body feel -the way you do? A--Dees everybody feel the are coming in. The time was then 2:04 p.m.

The sounds of what may have been struggling came over the telephone with occasional unintelligible shouts and loud cursing. At 2:09 p.m. the same convict spoke into the telephone again. "We run 'em out," he said. "They'll be coming back.

Don't you think they won't. Did you hear all that shooting? They gcnna kill us." Moments later the line went dead. The red brick prison was built some fishermen valiantly came back to tits park lake's edge to resume the contest. Some other events also were staged as well as possible under conditions of showers. Plans wLve to carry through with a 9 p.m.

fireworks shoot. The Weather Bureau estimated the gusts hit as high as 38 i miles per hour during the 20-j store Gene Lovelace RICHMOND (AP) An ap- NANCY J. LOCKLEAR Nancy Jane Locklear, rr'85, jwidow of Sherdon Locklear, oute 4 died about noon Fri- in a Laurinburg hospital. J. LOVETTE "The beasts outside with guns are ready to kill every black man in here." he shouted into ths telephone.

The following 1 -C way I do? Well listen. Hey you! TM 1896 and has a capacity for guys, I'm on the 'phone to prisoners. It has approxi- Bulletin staff reporter. He wants mately 700 cells, to know does everybody feel the During the past two years m- way I do. mates have staged several sit(There was a chorus of shouts down strikes to protest food in kin.

re Mrs. Jeanette W. Lovette, 78, conversation took place: widow of Enoch Lpvette, of Rt. 2, died Friday night in the hospital here. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.

m. Sunday in Biggs Funeral Chapel by Rev. A. P. Stephens.

Burial funeral will be at 3 p. m. in Burnt Swamp Bap- '--tist church, conducted by Rev. i Carter. Burial will be the church cemetery.

are her sons, Vald- Locklear and Carlee Lock- lear of Route 4 and Nick Lock- lear of St. Pauls; her daugh- Theodore Lovette of Aber- ters, Mrs. Pearlie Scott of Old 8011 Hundred, Mrs. Levester Lock- of Red rln 5 Q--Why are you doing this? A--The man was pushing us around and all that. Q--How there? many of you are 'Yeah, yeah.

We gonna A--Did you hear that? Q--Yes I did. Why do you want to die? A--We ain't coming out. We're tried of being suppressed A--Four hundred of us down in this joint all our lives. Wait a the prison's dining hall. The prison was in the news in April of 1969 when a grand jury investigation charged that pris- lantic Beach to aid Morehead City in their struggle to contain the blaze.

Bobfcy Matthews, owner 6f the! parent heart attack has claim- Morehe-sd City Drug Store ed the life of stock car driver where the flames broke out, Gene Lovelace of New- said he believed the fire start-1 port News, ed from a short circuit in a fuse! Lovelace reportedly began box in the back of his store, feeling sharp pains in ibis chest Matthews saidhe saw while driving in. a first- heat box shooting off arcs of electric-! rac Friday night at Southgide ity seconds before Speedway. He pulled out rounding rhe took; fire. owner said holiday followed a day of still eatj thick and humid, during wMch Charlotte's temperature rose to 97 degrees. The thunderstorm swished in from the striking at Hickory about two hours before it reached Charlotte.

The angry winds uprooted trees and damaged roofs in sections of Stokes and Surry Counties before moving south. One. chicken rancher and dairy farmer near Pinnacle reported a strong gust had jerked away his chicken house, leaving a huddle of frightened hens on the concrete slab that had been their floor. Most of central and eastern North Carolina, also victim of expected thundershowers later turned his car over to Lennie Pond. Although an ambulance was store at the time, but "that a summoned about 10p.m., Love- escaped without danger.

5ace was dead on arrival at Matthews said he and store i Mofiwl College of Virginia, employes fcueht the fire with li was reported that Lovelaca portable equipment until the experienced similar pains a first units of firemen arrived. eek ea rl er and was forced to drop out of a race at Manassas. oners did not have enough con- in the evening, was alerted to structive uses for their time, cells were- overcrowded and facilities were outmoded. The report also scored ths practice of Wimiie-The-Po Is First Event By RICK GRAY MANTEO Winnie-T e- Pooh, the A. A.

Milne bear of the small brain will be the main character in this season's opening- of THE LOST COLONY CHILDREN'S-THEATRE. Opening performance will given Saturday morning at now Mrs. bn C. Goodman. 10:30 in THE LOST COLONY They also are former Lumber- BUELDING at Ft.

Raleigh Nat-j ton residents, ional Historic Site near here. BRIEFS Mrs. W. D. Cook of San Antonio, Texas, is guest here of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Parsons. The Parsons met here in Charlotte and they visited there Mrs.

E. Boyer Mclntyre and her daughter, the will be in the Davis cemetery. here. We are'gonna kill if they minute--here they come. They, mixing young and old inmates.

Surviving are hers sons, Wil- Thomas, Hilbert and of Lumberton lear of Fairmont and Mrs. Katie Oxendine, Mrs. Martha Anne Lockler and Mrs. Bertha Mae I Locklear of Lumberton; a brother, Shalmon Cummings of Lumberton: her sisters. Mrs.

Flors Oxendine and Mrs. Harriett Locklear of Pembroke and ter. step-daugh- Mrs. Pearl Roach of Ben- nettsvflle, S. C.

MRS. LOTTIE JAXE HAYES Mrs. Lottie Jane Hayes. 70 died at Southeastern General Hospital Monday. Funeral ser- Mrs.

Rosie Locklear of 3. BIGGS FUNIRAl HOMP Ambulance Service Phone 73S-2211 Route vices are to ba held today a-t, Pleasant Meadow Baptist i ch, orftcialing will be Reverend C. C. Baxter. Burial will follow in the Rogers Cemetery.

I Mrs. Hayes is survived by her two daughters; Mrs. Theaster Davis and Miss Helen Hayes both cf Lumbertcn. one son, James cf Jersey City, A J-, two Nick Refers i and Willy Rogers, Mrs. Smith and Mrs.

Cora MRS. NANCY A A P. M. SCXDAT Burnt Swamp Baptist Church Cllurch Cemc-tf-ry MRS. A W.

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ri and Su-day; w-iek -3c. inonth SI.Sir Second Paid at Lur.ibcrtor.. X. C. watch for tornadoes.

The Weath- i season's Children's er Bureau said the greatest Theatre musical presentation is threat was in an area along and "Pooh Corner, A Musical Fan- 70 miles on either side of a line tasy," adapted from Milne's from near Fayetteville to Nor- well known books and poems by Jamie MacDonald and Alsx folk. The tornado danger arose after a day of celebrations near Fayetteville at the giant Ft. I Bragg Army base, with Army Mcllvaine. Among ftie Pooh stories presented in the one hour.show are Birthday Party," Chief of Staff Gen. William C.

the "Exposition to the North Westmoreland officiating. West- Pole," and the "Enchanted For- moreland, who commanded the est." base before going to Vietnam, The entire production is reviewed an Independence Day ed by members of THE LOST i military parade and witnessed COLONY company who have- a 50-cannon salute and para- been working on the play since chute exhibition. early June. Despite the snarling weather! Showings will be Wednesday, in parts of the state, Tar Heels and Saturday mornings at in lucky areas observed the 30. No reserved seats are sold.

'Fourth with undisturbed fun. The Cedar Island folks held a wild pony roundup and several! thousand Lumbee Indians gathered in Pembroke for a tribal! homecoming. Picnics, fireworks and com- i muniry games marked the day at other towns, with many churches adding to the holiday with a 2 p.m. pealing of bells. use your Belk credit card ifs convenient A HIGHWAY FATALITY, six miles west of Rowland Friday night was not discovered until six hours after the accident.

William H. Cross, 52, of Sanford was found in his overturned car at 6 a.m. Saturday; his watch was stopped at 12:20. According to the State Highway Patrol report the car hit a ditch and then skidded 600 feet before overturning. (Danny Hickman photo) SALE The CHILDREN'S MATERNITY SHOP from Courthouse North Court Square Lumberton, C.

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