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4 8 ti 4044tt -4P ''0 Ili I 1 AV i'-'ii -4 ''''r 4 ''''4r i 'k1014 A14 0 44411 41 J14 r41 1 4 14v A 4 iii q- A14 to- (14''''ti: I '1314: 4'v4r 11: 1 4 l'' Attty4''-''' 41- At ir '4: :41 0111' 4 111 '-k'-' 4 i 4 4'' a '1'-x c' :4:: r-i ttt- t) i '44)''4 -tm pI 4 '4 t3 "4 i IF it l' 1404 p--t4 1 44 ft ri 1 iY 1 4 7f4-Pil' '4 4 11' -4 144 414 A I 4Vf' A 4 i AV It 4 4'11I 4)''' kft Adt 44e''' 4 iZV 4 4' 4': 4 4 '-4 '4' 4-i' i' -414 4 I 47 ia' 1y Ar 4 4 4- 4 i 4 'V''ia -e 10 1k4 Ii '4' I 1 s''' le tegitZitmattleiidagoeielA421t -se44 1 4400 14 By ANN FRYE Observer Staff Writer The weatherman is all wet All because he was dry At least that's what a lot of drenched Charlotte and Mecklenburg residents were saying Thursday afternoon 1 The Weather Bureau at Douglas Alunicipal Airport reported infall during the day The ell 0 larstlip i rain-measuring cup was empty But gutters and ditches in some parts of the city and county were Funds Given filled to overflowing by heavy downpours Paul Bowers head of By'Friends' could weather es tvaot iuo nw he reer estat iindg land we could hear thge thunder" Juryr Finds Barber Guilty Of Burglary By KEN CLARK Observer Staff Writer A Supreme Court jury deliberated more than two hours Thursday before finding north Charlotte barber Lawrence Moser guilty of assisting in a 1958 safe burglary Immediately after the verdict Was announced defense attorney James Walker moved for a mistrial on grourds the jury may have been prejudiced by a story printed in Thursday morning's Observer The motion was denied by Judge Georgt Fountain Moser a neat mild-mannered man with a reputation for charming recalcitrant kids into submitting meekly to a barber's clippers still faces two counts of storebreaking seven of store-breaking and larceny and one of conspiracy Pe was arrested more than a month ago along with six other men More than 60 warrants wofe signed against the seven Rain Spoils His Safety Device By HANNAH MILLER Observer Staff Writer A 27-year-old tree trimmer was accidentally electrocuted in Charlotte Thurstlny afternoon when he hit two "hot" electric wires during a rainstorm Rudolph lohnson of 2425 Eatonton St was trimming tree limbs from around electric wires at 1716 Camden Rd ll'hen rain began he anti another trimmer Melvin Blackmon 32 climbed in a bucket-type apparatus to come down from the tree Blackmon said Johnson a maneuvering the bucket "He didn't see them (t wires) and he ran into 'em be fore he could stop the bucket" he said "One caught him in his forehead and one in his chin" "I brought hint down That's all you could do" he said 'Ile wasn't dead then" he added Blackmon explained that bucket was insulated against electric shock but the rain killed the effect of the insulation Airs 11 Brown of 1716 Camden Bd was asked by the tree crew to call an ambulance when Johnson was lowered to trie ground Mrs Brown called the police department which immediately sent an ambulance and a patrol car to the scene The police department said it received its call at 2:41 pm Patrolman Peck who investigated with Patrolman Jerome Williams said he tried mouthto-mout artificial respiration on Johnson but in his opinion Johnson was dead before he started it Mrs Brown told a reporter 'It seemed to me like it took 30 minutes for that ambulance to get here" Blackmon said he thought about 20 minutes elapsed he fore the ambulance arrived 'I was shook up I didn't know half what was going on" he said "I think if they'd got here when they were first called he'd have been saved" he said A check of records stamped by synchronized time clocks at Ambulance Service of Charlotte Inc showed the call was received there at 1:42 pm An ambulance left the yard in front of the building at 143 pm It arrived at the scene Of the accident SCV(11 minutes later al 2:50 pm It arrived at Hospital with Johnson at 2:57 pm Johnson pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital was foreman of the three-man tree crew Ile was employed by Asplundh Tree Expert Company Funeral plans have not been made but the body has heen moved to a Sanford funeral home Johnson is survived by his ile and one stepson -By CUS TRAVIS By JACK CLAIBORNE Observer Staff Writer Thanks to several anonymous Charlotteans about 10 more Char lotte College students will get scholarship aid this fall Last Saturday morning The oh server carried a story saying the college had exhausted its schol- arship fund after giving aid to 29 students Many other students had applied hut the school was out of available funds the story continued Well Monday morning Miss Mildred English the college's director of student affairs opened her mail and found two MO checks the picture The trimmer Rudolph Johnson of Rt 5 was trimming this tree on Camden Road (Observer tree trimmer was electrocuted in Charlotte Thursday when he accidentally rode a bucket forc ground) into the electric wires shown in City Firemen Battle A Police at the time accused the seven men of being involved in SI safe jobs during a two year period that netted more than $20- 000 The other six men pleaded guilty to all charges against them Moser pleaded innocent He was found guilty Thursday of assisting in a safe burglary at the Abernethy Lumber Co in October of 1058 State Solicitor Kenneth Downs said Thursday he intends to try "early next week" on the Fccond of the 11 charges against Ammonia And on Tuesday morning she No rain? "Is that right?" said opened her mail and found a $30 Clarence Hooks of 600 lier check tin Ave in disbelief over the All three envelopes containcdi weatherman's report notes sayino that the money was to go for saying scholarships 1-le said that in north Charlotte to deserving students "it rained awful hard for awhile The donors prefer to remain Wator's out here in the gutters anonymous Miss English said now" "But we surely do thank Airs Iluth Perry of 3211 Wilkin the" she added 'son Blvd didn't believe on Blvd didn't believe The cases probably will be tried one at a time until all are finished unless Moser changes his plea to guilty By JOE DOSTER Observer Staff Writer The Charlotte and Mecklenburg purchasing departments are getting ready to make their first purchases under a cooperative buying plan designed to save money for city and county taxpayers They will buy more than 125 million gallons of gasoline motor oil and heating ILICIS and various amounts of lubricants County Purchasing Agent Eddie Moss said the county could save as much as $5000 on its gasoline and fuel needs by joining with the city this 'ear The cooperative buying plan was worked out by city Pun chasing Agent Erskine Beatty and Moss It has the approval of the City Coundl and the Board of County Commis sinners The first purchase will be followed by others where bulk buy ing would appear to save money Eventually some of the smaller county municipalities such a Pineville Davidson Iluntersville and Matthews may be allowed to join in the plan Here's how the plan is expected to save money on the gasoline purchases The city uses about 750000 gallons of gasoline a year and the county uses about 150000 gallons a year Because of the city's volume It can buy gasoline for 1925 cents a gallon for regular gas and 2125 cents a gallon for premium gas The county with less volume roust pay 218 cents a gallon for regular gas and 253 cents a gallon for premium But by buying its gasoline with the city the county will get the benefits of the large city volume and the city may cut its costs a little also The bulk durchases will be dverticed for bids on Aug 6 and sealed bids taken Aug 17 But the City Council and the Board of County Comtnissioners will actually award the contracts for the products they will use The bids will be divided into a city and a county section for that purpose Other cooperative purchases might include automobiles and trucks in the future rl 1 Benny Stilt turned down nod hi tears in his eyes hui I hi feel hugs" said lily wile "Itenny can cirry plotes (ant Venny lenny's tug man 'Well don't giu hun ht Poe unnioned hundefi hun one illAtt And renny hetided tor the surtnert pol( I with it ell vr belore (e1111 0 sa 1 1 Ngi Ilut light wind conditions caused the thundershower to remain stationary he said And he estimated that the a In clouds did not have more than a rmile diameter 'This is a typical scattered thundershower we get in the summer season" Bowers said Asked whether she would he lieve the weather report that there was no rain Mrs Glenn Edgerton of 323 Cherokee said "Nom" Well did they have rain in the Eastover section? "Oooh yes" Mrs Edgerton said we had a terrific storm Of course it rained It just oured" weatherman either because "it I sore (lid rain out here on will tell you the same thing" The weather station felt the effects of the thundershower be cause the temperature there dropped from 91 to SI degrees after the rain had been falling for a short uhile The rain will not likely affect the high temperature today Bow ers said except for a few de ttrees Instead of the middle nos the thermometer will rise only Ito the low Oos -T --017 ties there was little Benny standing in Hie doorway holding six dinner plates hee's a sten dinvn to the Ided floor of the porch and he Yt13 just in flie act of inisshig it vihol I pushed hini hack find grabbed the plates out of his hands I htrode to the kitchen janinied the plates under my wife's nose and said "Mint in the Sam Hill do you mean by giving a 4yrnr old kid prite holly all our plates to carry out to the Don't you realiie he could fall down find break eery laS1 NW 1)1 GIN" she said "I'm tryinz to teach ilenny Nome tilonNilulitY Ile know 11)01101 PO In lall down kith the plates' At that woolen' )4r 1f4P11 around and there as renny standing in the kitchen door way the (orners of his mouth 4 it A el t4p The first case against Moser began Wednesday morning Both 40 sides rested just before noon kiialcd I oday Thursday and the jury was sent out to deliberate at 2:30 pm It The City County Heal was almost 5 pm before the jury partment ill make pont members delivered a guilty ver available to children at th diet cations today The special After the verdict was returned clinics will I at Isabella Wyche School defense attorney Walker asked the court to permit him to exam Poplar St between 2 and and at Inc the jurors with respect to an Pineville and Schools between 1 and 3 article appearing in Thursday's Charlotte Observer the defendant's picture appeared and a story concerning the procgedings or the trial relating the counts of storebreaking and onc count of conspiracy against him 7 and particularly that part of the tory charging him with being a head knocker in a ring that blew 31 safes and stole more than $20000" The City County Health partment make polio available to children at cations today The special clinics will at Isabella Wyche School Poplar St between 2 and and at Pineville and Schools between 1 and 3 Travis Escapees No Match or ilarry By KLN (LARK Observer Staff Writer Harry Overcash isn't as tall al Malt Dillon and he doesn't pass out calling cards like Paladin But when it comes roundlno up escapees Harry ranks right along with the best of them De usually gets his dog Overcash the county dog war den stood outside a local thick el at 4 41 am Thursday and calmly captured the next-tothe last of 27 dogs that bounced out or the pound in a mass escape Wednesday morning And the one he captured was the "big black mean 'on" a really tough customer accord lug to Overcash Now there's only one left And according to the warden "Ile's a nn'e little brown Shepherd that has had his inoculation 1 in not worried about him hurting any body 'But tin sure glad we rounded up that big black one" Now that most of the es rapers are back home Over rash is training his Sighti else where Ile looking for the ituY who knocked two padloal off tile dog pound doors and made escape possible And when lie finds that fellow had better send for Pala din or Matt Dillon to protect IfWil hijurv A 2:1 yeortilit mon im reported in "lair' condition tit (nod mitriton theliitot 'I night Ott spinol tnturi city Nilice siy ere in(Inted in a light it wpolicr 111In 7 311 171 ort f1oli1At in untie Police ha it I iin Fannin item spintii iron jII omit WIN kitki'd in the mLito by the tidier mon (Wirt: the token to the tios total imi-iimittomi bill wit hi-cn oble to learn the tileoly of the whey mon bite '111uIiy nIght Escaping By JOHN YORK and ANN RYE Observer Staff Writer A hose Mew loose from a lank ear at Taylor Salt and Chemical Co at 3913 Glenwood 1)r late Thursday afternoon aid sprayed hundreds and possibly thousands of gallons of liquid ammonia into the air City firemen choking and gasp ink in the ammonia laden air laid down a heavy fog cover while fireman filackweld ers garbed in protective clothing and gas mask crept to the top of the lank car and shat off the spray Assistant Chief 1 flornett said the ammonia shot 13 to 20 feet into the air through a nar 1 4 I going hock It) the 111 Own niel hilli coining MIL I hmitchrd the intuher (it halter mil Of Iii hawk and yelled to fly ile "tif thing' Lelling worIle halter oxer the walltoA111 carpeting' you 1 I nitt'! Ill (ll)' it out I can't Imagine 11110 Ica)e thig blabbed aI) thly on the floor I sic11411 II turned lily 4itikle and viol down walre hatter flyni in all direction Yon should 111P f-Arn that wall towall (or 1)el Pei on111 I really didn't MT 11111( 11 14 It I '141P1 (jilt el 0111 III a hill I Pitt' 1Ve(t WO WI I hrfl I )(it'(I floA IL huh lIlH Inn( rdit I it( 111111 --1 nnA Lacks Responsibility I row nozzle at the top of the tank car from the lane the hose broke loose until the valve was shut off Jimmy Woodard Taylor coin pany lAarehouse manager said the 8010 gallon railroad tank car vk unloaded at the side of the kidding and liquid anul'Innia had been pumped nut (JE Ihe car most of the day Ile said two of hcr company viere with him on the car trying to shut olf the eori fleeting hose between the railroad ear and the company storage tank lant the conneling liose blew off the railroad car and enough 'was inide to send the ammonia spraying into the air he said Woodard and the other two 'tried to cot off the alve but 1-We didn't stay there very long" he said Neither he nor the others had on protective thasks or cloth in chier 1-tal nett said that when the firemen arrived and got close to the ammonia fumes had to rim It cut your heath" Although ammonia Imes are capable (it iiiflii ling Nevrie burns I on skin no one was injured in Olio ail ideal Ind can led he strong amino mild wows across a tieoliy Ict dcol11 I tor mote (lido 47 nanotex oftcr the 5 ni accident I Heinen said there appealed to he no dalthrT othcr thdo thr HE the ammonia City police le I puled Irallic arhund iI ility It the Mdos trial hrmical company tor ap proximately 4i tonotri after the ammonia flooded the air I11()rtlitig litttyrr iii lI t' ell kke 1)1 tvr thailL lor our Itidny (11IN 1 tor 1101114 kr otiOlt tint k) dour Lind 11 juo thlti 0 fl1 ft) 11 I N' ArtIrn Polio Clinics De shots three lo be held 806 4 pm Sterling pm I'm all in favor of teaching rwponsilulity al an early age hut sometimes it can be tarried to() tar Take last Friday It was my day oil and I planned to re lax tinder the huller hhop on the bcrecned porch I VIM really enjoying the breeze hen our son Zollie who was on his vacatiofl and his Janelle walked In about lunch time with their two kids Ilenny 4 and Ilicky 3 thwe wan't anything In do hot invite them In hae lunch with ns nnd my wife s)id 'Tern ha VP some waffles under the tan on the porch" I took the uatile iron out vo thr poi( heft it to pin-in near the vndow and started healing up the bat ter I t41 dovo undcr the fan and the brq I knew say "plate" there was a loud crash I ran In the poi th and sure enough Itenny had missed the step down In the tiled floor ricers of the plate were oll ovcr the porch Benny began bawling and my wife said "Benny that was just on occident It wit" ritir fault I II give you orother plate hut this tune watch out for the step" She look him In the kitchen handed him mother plate and this time he kept Ins eye no the step lad his right 100 dr seended on little thi ow rug near the step The rug went skidding one way mil the sink Ilenny went another and the pldte went a third wriy There was another loud craih Penny strirted kiwling again and my wile decided this time In last oft the platys and let him take Ihr wattle kitter out to the roil 110 lior contended that n1P11) berm or the jury may have read the article before rowing In court Thursday and (hat the story may bine Influenced thtir derision Fountain retiord to id low to examine the Jur ors stating that "Whin court torixoned tit 910 a the orticle vas tn the ottentain of the court The court to make inquiry ot that time lis to xs hthi any juror xxas wild be willietued by the ottile The court olfiturt to entertain a motion for tills Walkot roul ulod not to and not to for a WrArial iiikrr ymi way oaintia' the jury all oli outside the owl' nom but 1 frit nov that 10 raft' no lour the 1rcy' inf if this rout" 3.