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Th I 1 4 The Fro Petv ti It A4) 1 1 SECTION at 0 i 4) $trytt column On Rnt elon I EDITORIALS FINANCIAL 1 Xt is The te Front Pew Column On Religion tr 1 152erra SECTION EDITORIALS FINANCIAL Weekly article by Bill Lamkin on Page 6B today CLASSIFIED COMICS Founded 1869 SAT JUNE 18 1960 movu 0 I I 100hal 4 ItlinturnirtEn EIMIIIIIIME POLICEMEN FOR MILES AROUND Race Traffic 'Copter To Help With pirtment have come up with a neat trick I ----4 Kays I 00 A0444 i I 1 I 70:1 Apookost ar I 1 Al11 Weill illaybe It Is A Hick Town With Rural World Premieres KNTRANCe orOR seturRaoaNP 7pe4 APC Ice eloam -1 I I -IS ls i By PORTER NIUNN Observer Staff Writer Highway Patrol authorities and Charlotte Speedway officials Friday put the finishing touches to plans for the mammoth traffic movement expected Sunday at the World 600 race Lt Teague who will be running the traffic control show for the Highway Patrol said they'll use a helicopter with air-to-ground radio for a master control center The dual lane 29 flanking the race track on the west will carry the main load to and from the track Teague said The Harrisburg Road intersecting 29 at right angles just south of the track will serve as the other major traffic carrier on race day The big oval lies in the southeast angle formed by 29 and Harrisburg Road with Rocky River bounding it on the northeast At the Rocky River bridge which carries 29 over the stream speedway officials and the State Highway De YEA AIR 106 '4RXN6 ftlAINIEL oolt kt ro FIELD i P'' )C16)) i 01 bi i kl I AIR 106 l'ARXN6 1 1 11 i Iti "rt i lilt PA t41- 3t 1 6 PJ1 PA Not all'of the Queen City's mail is signed with love and kisses Some of it encloses sour grapes This unsigned post card for instance: "Most big cities paint their traffic lines at night Charlotte doesn't because it isn't big in any way and never will be just a hick town in every way (populated by) a bunch of yokels The card is postmarked Charlotte Makes one der what brought the author down to the sticks and who's holding him here It's a sleepy little southern town all right And no wonder Charlie Spivak's band just ended an engagement at Col Howard Wright's Pecan Grove "South Pacific" has been keeping folks up late every night at Ovens Auditorium The "Story of Ruth" world premiere went on till all hours Wednesday night And now thousands are pour ing into Charlotte for "The World 600" (Yawn) It's good to live in a hick town Never could stand the pace of city life 1 11 NO-AD If'r': 21( HARR5110MS OA RI( A 6 HARR1100MS ez-A27--A A 0 1 EDUCATION UNIT Board Personalities Here's How To Get To Charlotte They've built a roadway which will carry southbound traffic off the highway down a ramp and under the bridge Once the cars have passed under the highway they can go into the parking areas or through the tunnel under the track into the infield Teague estimated that from 75 to 100 patrolmen will be used to handle the traffic control job "Some of them will be stationed as much as 25 miles away at key intersections" he said He pointed out that the Harrisburg Road eastward from 29 intersects 49 at Harrisburg From this point traffic may go south to Charlotte or north to Concord "We'll route the traffic from Monroe and South Caro lina along 601" Teague said 601 intersects 49 south of Concord Traffic will go south on 49 to Harris burg and along the Harrisburg Road to the track Speedway officials announced Talks Irkompotma MAI McLENDON a decade ago community college for Eliz abet City A committee seeking to form one talked to the board and may make a formal request later Group Okays Road Budget 114 i--- pi 1 A ''s 14:44 2 4f: 'i 4)494 IC- 4 Space-Use Among Items Discussed In Closed Session Tobacco Firms Growers Debate MH30 toenails By VICTOR McELIIENIT Observer Staff Writer The North Carolina Board of Higher Education met in private in the Club Room of the Barringer Hotel Friday morning And after three hours of closed session the board's chairman iq Maj McLendon of Greens or-RRRolgVAt born emerged to disclose an agenda that that contained no items about which there have been WWARRROffektlit lit- ty friend had noticed that was milking the goat from the side Goats are always milked from the rear The goat hadn't objected Nobody in Hollywood knew any better But the scene for authenticity's sake a chopped The Littruns A littl'un of our acquaintance announced this week intention to leave home appeared with small bundle of clothing under arm was pre vailed to eat breakfast first while elders prepared a map to help him find his way Map making was in progress when the small vagabond suggested: "You don't have to make a very big map I may not run sway very far!" Sympathy When Mrs Jim Sigmon of Lincolnton got into her car at Sears parking lot here heart bled at the sight of a small newsboy loaded down with papers and with a hear ing aid-type button behind his ear She bought a paper and trying to hold back the tears added a generous tip just as the little fellow pulled a tiny radio from his pocket adjust ed the ear piece and murmur ed: "Shucks! I lost my station!" Cuff Stuff If I Beverly Lake upsets Terry Sanford state Republican leaders will for the first time in modern history launch a major campaign effort for the governor's chair with Notnince Robert Gavin The BBB 00 Club consisting of sunshine-spreading teen-age girls would like to have toys to take to crippled children in the Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonia They'll clean 'em up and fix 'em up Drop 'em at "any house on Summit Avenue" The Very End It looked like a black day Saturday for the undefeated Black Pirates farm club of the Sh a on Civitan Little League Facing a formidable opponent Coach Tom Broughton moaned aloud that Pirates' two best pitchers were on vacation Up stepped John Hester Pirate slugging star who'd banged four home runs a triple double and single the week earlier "Don't worry coach" said "I'll pitch a no-hitter for you!" And he did Oops! The "Ruth" premiere was a fabulous promotion all right An event has seldom had such fanfare Searchlights band red carpets and such jazz made it elaborate to the last (well almost) detail Hosts almost panicked when they realized they'd forgotten to reserve seats for the star of the whole deal Actress Peggy Wood A quartet compassionate customers surrendered seats and saved a lot of embarrassment Blooper Miss Wood explained that the goat-milking scene had to be cut from the picture just be fore the premiere A farming Abbey Site of Blessing By Bishop LELMONT tiT The Rt rev Walter A Coggin will receive the abbatial blessing in a solemn ceremony Saturday that will make him abbot of the smallest Catholic diocese in the nation The ceremony will take place in the Belmont Abbey Cathedral Participating will be on archbishop seven bishops 14 abbots and a large gathering of the clergy The liturgy of the blessing be performed by the Most Rev Vincent Waters bishop of the diocese of Raleigh With the election of Abbot Cog gin last December titer the death of the Rt Rev Vincent Taylor Belmont Abbey got its third al) bot since it was founded in 1876 Abbot Coggin will take his place as ecclesiastical head of the smallest diocese in the na tion It includes Gaston County and some 1400 Catholics Heads Named By 2 Groups GREENSBORO LTD of the State Conference of Farmers and Homemakers and of the Town and Rural Ministers In tit ut were named Friday at the closing joint session Mrs Estelle A Sniith of Pal myra was elected president of the farm and homemakers group The Rev 11 Williams of Four Oaks was reelected president of the ministers group that in addition to the helicopter made available to the patrol they'll have to more of the choppers in operation available for emergencies "In the event of accident or illness the helicopters can fly a patient to a Concord hospital in eight minutes" said Earl Kelly of the Speedway public relations department Once the cars have been funnelled into the speedway grounds by the Highway Patrol they'll be taken over by a special corps of Cabarrus County deputy sheriffs The track is just north of the Mecklenburg line in Cabarrus In addition to the deputies acting as track police members of the Kannapolis police force will be on hand to direct traffic The event is expected to draw upwards of 100000 persons The crowds probably will begin arriving today Kelly said the tunnel to the infield will be opened at 4 Saturday The grandstands will open early Sunday morning The race gets under way at 12:30 pm Sunday and it will take about five hours to run it Patrolmen said that it will take most of Sunday morn log to funnel the traffic Into the speedway parking areas Nobody cared to estimate how long it would take to empty the area after the race "Everybody will want to leave at the same time" said one officer "We sure hope they'd take their time and drive carefully" Speedway Sued Race Still On By KEN CLARK Observer Staff Writer Charlotte Motor Speedway is in trouble again This time an attachment has been served on the track It happened Friday afternoon and here's what it means A man named Roy Thomas is suing the Speedway for breach of contract Ile's asking $10000 A writ of attachment was served Friday afternoon against the corporation all assets and all banks handling Speedway funds The writ of attachment brings all the property under the cus tody of the court so that if Thomas wins his suit part of the property may be used to satisfy the judgment But in case of this sort the defendant may post a bond of twice the amount of the suit and go ahead and use his property And this is what happened Friday Curtis Turner president of the corporation signed a $20000 bond on behalf of Cur tis Turner Inc a corporation he runs So the race will go on as scheduled Sunday A speedway official said Friday night that Thomas who filed th suit was given a contract Lake auggested the audience Ina out int "Lake Lifted Me" an apparently extemporane mai parody of the old hymn "Love Lifted Me" mot parody of the Old hymn "Love Lifted Me" And Mull the man of the moment for unkind words to path crosscrs of the Wake Forest professor advised the delegation that "We're going to have a T-party come election day We're citing to take Terry and hot him in the ocean" Sa Cord was only one ial get tit Moll Morley Tyr ond Lake who 1Ld yeroed in il assortment of targets the NAACP ten John Kennedy Thomas l'o sail Gov Hodges spe-al to terest groups pro lotcra- tionists and the pre Asked why the meeting had been closed officials of the board said the privacy was necessary to permit it to discuss er son antics" They added that It was the board's policy to meet In public as often as possible Maj McLendon listed the following topics discussed Friday morning: in the state's Ile said the board said again that it won't approve money for new buildings until the colleges prove they're using all space uniform report-form for all colleges This form said McLendon would assemble in one place most pertinent facts about the colleges and cut paper work effect of technical and vocational courses to be given at 18 industrial centers across the state upon similar instruction at the state's colleges The board hopes to avoid duplication recent census of North Car olina students in other state's colleges and students from other states here progress report from the advisory committee on nursing education appointed in April The committee said it may ask for a new survey to bring up to date information obtained in one wEIA Speedway of tobacco) the chemical was on its way to mass production Buyers have allegedly coni plained however of bad effects on leaf quality from its use Ramsey says State College has tested the chemical more extensively than "all other groups put together" "They so far haven't recommended that it not be used We feel this is 'passive acceptance' Ramsey says State College has so far not completed tests with the chemical and will probably wait until it has done so before it either recommends for or against the chemical Ramsey said the USDA memorandum of June I has been "picked up by the Agriculture Stabilization Corporation" with the result in some cases that the grow er has been intimidated" "It tells the grower" Ramsey says "that the use of MII-30 could jeopardize the tobacco price support program" Ramsey feels that's an unlikely eventuality 7 Opera! of Airport Asks Time Observer News Service FILMY The operator of Shelby's municipal airport Wood son held has declined to vacate his lease as ordered by the City Council 10 days ago A Springer said that he is not at this time expecting' to resist breaking of his lease by the City Council because he is behind in rental payments but is aking for more time to close out his affairs here in an orderly manner Ile said around $5000 Is owed hint by various individuals uho have utilized airport facilities and that he wants to collect tlese bills before he moves Ile gave as reason for being behind In rental payments that his wife has been Feriously ill during spring and summer nionths and had undergone ex pensive hospital treatments and seVer at operations City said no legal pc lions ore contemplatvd htfiwe nes1 week rifler Springfr meek with the Council for a discus skin Of the situation Ilis lease was ordered fermi Tinted by the council as of June 17 'I By JOIN MARTIN Observer Gaston Bureau GASTONIA Maleic Hydrazide a performing chemical better known as I141H-30 is back in the news again on the heels of Congressman Basil Whitener's protest to the Agriculture Department over its memorandum discouraging use of the chemical The hormone chemical is noted for its ability to stunt growth for beneficial purposes in many types of vegetation It prevents sprouting in potatoes and onions inhibits the growth of grass prevents "runners" on strawberry plants and can stop growth on tree branches cases where trees are eose to telephone wires for example Whitener's letter to the Agriculture Department however was concerned with another use of the chemical its power to stop sucker growth in tobacco All of the MI1-30 so used is formulated in the Naugatuck Chemical Co's Gastonia branch which began operations in 1955 and employs 35 persons Naugatuck's district manager Tom Ramsey says the contro vesy boils down to a struggle between tobacco growers and tobacco companies By using the chemical Ramsey says growers can increase their yield per acre by as much as $150 to $200 Ile says they'd lose that much again without a net difference of $300 to $400 per acre COLUMBIA A $5014 mu to sell advertising for the program lion State Highway construction for Sunday's race budget has been approved by the Ile was State Ilighwa Commission for not doing his job" the official said "We don't see fiscal 1960-6E him for weeks despite daily This was $411i million less than current spending principally he- telephone calls to him and daily cause of a nearly $6 million dol- promises to start work lar reduction in federal aid funds "We finally had to get some-needed body else to sell the advertise Chief Highway Commissioner I ments or we would never have IL McMillan said federal aid I gotten them sold" and current revenue would meet I Thomas could not be reached the budget without issuing bonds I for comment Friday night to sell advertising for the program for Sunday's race "Ile was not doing his Job" the official said "We don't see him for weeks despite daily telephone calls to him and daily promises to start work On the other hand the tobacco companies have their quarrel with the chemical one rgument being that it lowers filling capacity "That consistently comes up" says Ramsey "And it does affect volume A pound of to bacco that hasn't been treated will yield 455 cigarettes A pound of tobacco that has been treated will yield only 453 "Naturally with the companies manufacturing billions of cigarettes it's a fundamental problem" Ramsey feels the USDA how ever has so far emphasized the tobacco companies' case without explaining the growers' side of the story A proposal to ban the chemical was introduced in the North Carolina Legislature in 1958 but was defeated there not long after a large number of growers held a public meeting It's since been through the Washington mill with the USDA getting in the most recent lick with its memorandum asking agriculture commodity to discourage its use The chemical was discovered In 1917 and was first tested on tobacco in 1918 When six years of testing show ed that this chemical would stop cell division (such as sticker growth in tobacco' but not cell enlargement (the normal growth Two other men who were con ietd and sentenced for the Kalil(' robbery are also imprisoned in Raleigh They are Lee Singleton of Gas-Ionia who was convicted of aiding and abetting in the robbery and David Janws Benfield of Battimore convicted of armed robbery The su HMIs Ward used a BUSsilin Hare pis 101 rebored to fire shells hen he and Itentield held op Men at an antis parts shop Gil ilkinson Louie yard early this year 101 rebored to fire shL 1' shells hen he and Bentield tip three men at an auto held port hop rio wuktoson Louie yard early this year Thcy were captured only hall rn hour afterwards by Gaston I Rural Police IN WATER'S FINE' Gaston Rally Whoops For Gaston Is Alerted To Watch For Con I ii Dan Walton Lake's Gaston Count camapign manager took a hand at directing the band with lighted cigar in the corner of his mouth Lake placards rippled up and down throughout the audience the delegation from Forsyth tipped thelr black derhys waved their black and yellow pennants and Mull let it he known that "in spite of The Charlotte Observer and the Ilateigh News and Observer ste bring you the truth througo the medium Of television" Lake had juit taken his ploce at the rostrum still to utter a ward when the audiecce hyoid into a spontaneous raft er-shahing "We ss ant Lake" At omP point am enthusiiiNt feet Lake spoke at a cheer-asentence rate that abated only when the television cameras quit rolling and not much then A brass band no forms but in Bermuda phorts opened the taped (elm pion portion of Lake's talk with a chorus of "Dixie" that had to compete 'with the cheeringof delegations from Burke Lineal Caldwell Forsythe Cleveland and Gas tan counties Earlier the hand had enter tained ur barbecue feed 4125 a head os opposed to the freecoffeeand-doughnuts tra dition of rovious Lake rolliesl filling the air Oh such soulhern favorites as 'Swine Elver" Lind i'My Old hentu01 Horne" Related Story on Page IA By JOHN MARTIN Observer Gastonia Bureau GASTONIA "C'mon the water's fine" The pun was Joe Mull's Dr 1 Beverly Lakes Cleveland County cam paign manager and the pun was on Lakes name And Lake's name was on 300 pairs of lips on placards signs pennants banners and hal looas at Sims Legion Park here last night as he told a whoop lootstomping hut meager crowd why he would become gOVettlOr bnd what he would do when he did 'land extentle Lake strode calmly to the rostrum un ruffled by on inodvertent mark by introductory speak re Robert Miller lioward who told the audience that "more than ISO citizens" (he meant 180000) had cast their vote for Lake in the first primary The grim faced scholarly campaigner delivered a scorch log address before an allwhite audience against a backdrop of the Stars and Stripes the Confederate Flag and a redwhie-andblue campaign sign proclaiming ''Gaston for Lake" Lake bit off his words splic log throughout with cheer-raising phrases "In cefense of your schools against the NAACP serve all of the people of North Car olina the left wing inte grationist press" Pausing frequently for el Observer Gaston Bureau GASTONIA Gaston Rural Police officers vere told Friday to be on the lookout for John 04111011 Ward 37 who escaped from Raleigh's Central Prison June 6 Ward and two companions were tried at the March term of Su perior Court here and convicted On three 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