The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 4

4 A THE CHARLOTTE Fri Dec 21 1962 ''V- Vk If w'- VbAAv4' A SVMIMI mWM OBSERVATION CAR EAL May Expand Reservation Unit Train Wreck Delays Mail To Charlotte The Stick Game By BOB SAl NDLRS 5tt Editor I IM creased and a large electronic complex Installed here There now are about 100 persons woiking in the computer building and in a building on Pmevllle ltd doing work related to computer operations in Charlotte but the airline later decided to continue several large reservations centers including one here Recently however there have been reports the work of the computer might be in- bVi A 9 liSCLx I A i if lJ Li Car Dives And Woman Is Lost There's an under-the-stick back-bending game which is beginning to catch on around town among kids and adults And it was a happy actmty in the den of a local couple one recent Saturday night A friend of mine was in that same den taking pictures of the floor the uprights and the stick He does this for an insurance company It seems that one of the guests squeezing under the lowering bar fell over backwards whacked his head and was rushed to the doctor for a few stitches The insurance company was being asked to pay up The To piove 1 reckon that it the floor at fault but the guest who wasn't as pliable as he thought Job Will Open Door Kansas City Fat whose real name is George-O Jones looks out from his cell at Oklahoma State Prison wheie he will spend Ins 28th Christmas behind bars Jones was sentenced to prison for life 1934 after his conviction in a 13-cent holdup He has been recommended for parole if he can get a job but there have been no offers By EMERY ULSTER Newt Stiff Wrltir Eastern Air Lines is its proposal to build a large electronic data and reservations center here The air lines has extended its lease of the reservations computer for 20 years and extended its option to lease an additional 176 acres until April 15 or 60 days after a decision by the Civil Aeronautics Board regarding the proposed merger of Eastern and American Air Lines What this means is simply this The computer which went into operation last May is here to stay The proposal to build a larger center which could employ several thousand persons is still alive THE HEART of the issue seems to be how big the proposed reservations center should be Should it handle only reservations made in the Carolina and a corridor extending to the Great Lakes or a larger area? Originally EAL had considered a proposal that all res-ervations for the entire system be handled here This would have meant 3000 jobs Saturation Effort Set Traffic officers will saturate Independence Blvd tomorrow addition to operating a road check on The Plaza and point control at Independence Blvd and McDowell St VI Trade at Cedar St and Brevard at 11th St Speedway Granted More Voting Time The Workman's Bucket Started Burning "AM) DID I TELL YOU ABOUT the workman and the bucket ot burning my fi lend asked fellow was at a home out near the Road Shopping Center installing vinyl wall coveiing He was working behind the gas stove had about a gallon of gook for adhesive He spread the stuff on the wall but left the open can on the floor He forgot to turn oif the gas pilot light those fumes from the highly catch-fire solvent filled the air Theie was a putf behind the stove a flash of fire can of gook began to burn! fellow grabbed some rags picked up the can of burning adhesive opened the kitchin door with his foot and lobbed the can out into the backyard He figured that ended the emergency only trouble: his throw was so hefty that the flaming can of sticky stuff rolled across the backyard right on past the open door into the family garage burned up the car and most of the garage1 took some pictures of the mess for the insurance company The kitchen by the way looked just Stockholder and creditors of Charlotte Motor Speedway have been given an extension until Jan 3 to vote on the proposed plan of reorganization Speodwav trustee Robeit Robinson said the extension was requested to give additional unsecured creditor an opportunity to vote A MAJORITY of stockholders has voted to accept the plan Mr Robinson said but the necessary two-thirds of alfected creditor have not submitted ballots Failure lo submit a ballot afnounts to a vote to reject the plan he said Judge Craven signed an order authorizing the extension yesterday afternoon The plan devised in a Federal Com proceeding presided over by Judge Craven proposes a sci ies of financing moves designed to se( the corporation up on a solvent basis SHOP TONIGHT TILL 9 -Here's A Real Sports Puzzler A REAL SPORTS PUZZLER seen in a recent copy of The New York Times What goes on when you read this? A was aggressive in scoring 99 after his dismissal wickets fell quickly and England's tailenders had to scramble to avoid an Australian breakthrough in the last half Final score: Australia 401 and 4-362 England 398 and Cricket And a lound of cheers for that 6-278 Home Entertainment Center Bee Checks In With A Quickie VEE BEE SAYS: And did you hear that Ebenezer Scrooge has delivered his Chustmas presents eaily all marked "Do Not A freight train wreck near Culpepper Va will delay delivery of some Charlotte-bound mail by one day Postmaster Ed Thomas said today No mail was reported to be the wreck itself but Mr Thomas said train schedules will be delayed until the wreck is cleared up According to an Associated Pres dispatch railroad men worked through the night in falling snow in an attempt to clear the wreckage of a two-train pile-up A spokesman for the Southern Railway said one of the dual tracks should be cleared by eaily afternoon THE WRECK occurred about 2 30 yesterday when the 76th car of a noithbound six-engine freight jumped the track and skidded along into the path of a southbound freight The southbound engine tore the boxcar in two and sent wreckage flying The wreckage derailed 23 cars of both trains and tme up a large amount of both tracks Three men in the engine saw the boxcar coming and fell to the floor Although the engine was demolished they escaped with only head in nines Blind Palienf Admifs Slaying PHOENIX Ariz LT) pretty slick trick for a blind Officers said that was the comment of a 46-year-old blind inmate of the Arizona State Hospital yesterday after admitting he strangled a fellow patient in his ward at the mental institution Sheriff's Lt Lester Jones said the patient whose name was not revealed told officers lay awake many nights plan-i nmg this thing figured if I had killed some-! body they would take me to jail and be out of this plate 1 The plan work Police returned the man to the hospital He be tried for murder because he is legally insane A hospital official said the man would be placed where attendants can keep a close watch on him The victim was Jack Abbey 66 an inmate of the hospital since 1918 His body was found Wednesday Did You Read Drew Pearson In The News Yesterday? President Kennedy is inclined to follow the advice of those who prefer a continued "hard line" with the Soviet Union Mr Pearson reported Among the leaders of this group are CIA Director John McCone Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy Those who favor a more conciliatory at titude toward Russia are Secretary of State Dean Rusk Under Secretary George Ball Adlai Stevenson and Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson Drew Pearson appears regularly On The Editorial Page Of TheqiarlotteNuvs Christmas Cards Taken By Police TAIPEI Formosa Police I bearing nude pictures raided three printing shops near Sale of nude pictures is banned Taipei xesterday and confiscated i in Formosa The owners of the more than 800 Christmas cards shops were fined In River visible shortly after the wreck occurred The Elkin and North Wilkesboro rescue squads were called to the scene They attached a cable to the auto and pulled it from the river There was nobody in the car but a woman's purse and some clothing were found in it Dragging operations began Immediately on the theory that the woman might have been pulled from the car by the swift cold waters of the river Rescue squad mernbei thought they knew who the occupant ot the car was but declined to release her name because her husband could not be reached Durham Hires Aiken's Manager DURHAM W- City Council has appointed I Harding Hughes Jr as city manager Hughes now in his fourth year as city manager of Aiken will replace George II Aull Jr who recently was named city manager at Greensboro salary will be $16000 annually He is expected to take over ins duties here by March I 1963 PH FR 5-8811 Swedish steel finish smoker Swirl away ash receptacle a i ly weighted 695 Highly polished brass finish smoker 8" removable ashtray Ml' AP Wlrephoto Midnight last night was the original deadline for ballots to be submitted Mr Robinson did not elaborate on creditors who have not submitted ballots but two in the group are known to oppose the plan THEY ARE Bruton Smith former speedway executive and John Lippard landscape architect who woiked on the speedway in construction stages Both have filed sizable claims There aie 61 creditors Mr Robinson said but many are not to be included in the voting since they will be i paid in full and therefore not af-'footed I Snnilaily secured I those who participated in a fore-I closure action against the corporation last year are not affected since they will be paid off Creditors required to accept the plan include primarily those ho would receive five-year notes for portions of their claims under the plan Model 23sno in Mihugany Walnut nr Blond grained finishes on genuine hardboanl Dimensions: high 42V wide deep Shopping Center FR 5-6922 ELKIN un A woman drowned this morning when her automobile skidded off the highway near Honda five rniles west of here and plunged into the Yadkin River Only the top of the auto was School Plans Get Approval Preliminary plans for the Park Road Junior High School the Oaklawn Elementary School and an addition to North Mecklenburg High School were approved this morning at a meeting of the school Building Committee Dr A Craig Phillips superintendent of schools and chairman of the committee reported the action was taken at an 8 a meeting today In addition final plans were approved for an East Mecklenburg High School addition and the job is ready for bids he said The preliminary plans approved this morning will be brought before the School Board on Jan 8 Swedish steel finish black tapered column 8" removable safety ashtray 695 Coffee finish with brass trim smoker All steel construction with twirl-away ash receptacle SHOP TONIGHT TILL 9 Give Him the billfold with brains MOTOROLA 23" TV plus STEREO HI-FI otn cun Tin iq pulur ewmt re Automatic record changer Ample record storage Two stereo hi-fi amplifiers Two 8-inch speakers Hand-wired TV chassis precision crafted with modern hand and dip soldering for long life MEN'S AND BOYS' STORE (lillOTT! 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