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1 3't i The Charlotte PINK FINAL Largest (By Far Evening Newspaper in The Carolinas Charlotte North Carolina Wednesdoy November 27 1968 9 'i Established Dec 8 1888 Vol 81 No 283 26 Poges Price Ten Cents Turns Down IT yesff 372-3333 THE ACTION UNI Call Quest solves problems gets answers cuts red tape and provides a voice for the public Dial 372-3333 or write Quest Box 360 Charlotte when you need information or action or want to Sound Off Position In Nixon He Wants To Stay In Senate 1 Dead 5 Missing In SC My son recently was riding with three girls to a football game when a car pulled up beside them and someone shot through the left-hand window of the car my son was driving I have called the police three or four times thinking I could find out who owns the car since we have the license number They say that the man who owns the car does not have to say who was driving it Is it true that the owner have to give the name of the person who was driving the car and who took a shot at my son? like to know this and so would the mother of the girls my son has been cut off from dating any of these girls I also have been talked to rudely by police and would like to know why Mrs A First true that the owner of the car and in this case he lives outside Mecklenburg County have to tell who was driving And he be arrested on the basis of taking down the license number And the police tell us no one through the left-hand it appeared that the window had been hit by a pellet that penetrate Your son told police one of his passengers may have a and irritated the driver of the other car As for being talked to rudely by police that happen of course We suspect you got hold of someone who had been made skeptical by your long police record My son caught a possum in a rabbit trap taken care of it and fed it and now like to have It for Thanksgiving dinner But we know how to prepare it Can you Mrs A A First kill it Then pul it on an open outdoor fire to burn the hair off it Put it in water and wash it until the skin is white then cut it open get the insides out and wash it again Parboil it in a pot of water with about half a cup of vinegar in it not letting it get too lender Lepve the skin on season cover it with pork fat and put it in an open uncovered roasting pan with potatoes Roast at 330 degrees until fork tender or until brown about an hour ready to eat Frankly though we were glad to hear you're also going to have a turkey on hand in case the possum make too big a hit News Slaff Photo by Bob Glendy Courtesy Gulitdge Flying Servict Monroe Park Terrace Hotel In Darliijgton Fire Christmas" on the bus nostalgia said the woman Interrupting my just something else to worry about and make us spend money" she said way the world's going it makes you wonder if any of us has much to he thankful Thanksgiving does seem to have changed somehow Could there ever have been a place so cheery and trouble-lree as Continued On Page 14A Col 1 Ollier Thanksgiving stories about eliureh sendees the parade and food lor the needy are on Pages IB and 12B the man I rely on to lead the delegation to Paris but he is not the chief of the delegation His role will he to coordinate and advise the delegation Thicus regime announced Tuesday night it had agreed to end its boycott ot the Paris talks in return for the right to head the bargaining on Smith Vietnamese internal matters In Paris a National Liberation Front spokesman said the NLF would insist on going into the four-way talks an independent parly on the same footing" as the United States A Troubled World Still Joy Hope from New York City and am stationed in Vietnam where just extended my tour of duty for Six months Iff not often I get mail and since last Christmas was a lonely one I'm hoping this one will be better I wonder 11 you could help me by getting someone to write EOT A For all those readers who are wanting to write to the boys in Vietnam the address is Sgt Elliott 0 Thomas Jr RA 11820374 Co 228th Avn Bn 1st Air Cav Div APO San Francisco 06490 We suspect Sgt Thomas be lonely much longer got our children coming home from Western Carolina Center for Thanksgiving and we have a bit of food in the house Both my wife and I have been sick and we just had any money We need a turkey but we need something anything for dinner' Also the finance company is about to repossess our furniture and I was hoping you might get them to hold off until I get back to work full time A know that we did you much good on the furniture but going to go hungry on Thanksgiving at your house After a local grocery company donated food for your holiday table we didn't ask for a turkey some people here at The News decided that under the circumstances you ought to have a turkey So we bought you one And as you know by now the man at the finance company wanted to talk with you personally about your problems We trust you went by and saw him this morning as we asked you to got about 600 brand-new 45-rpm records many of them current items that like to give to a worthy cause And since you seem to keep track of worthy causes I thought see what you could do with rather you not use my name The Record Man A What can we do with Sell for Holy Angels Nursery be on hand Sunday at the Angels Auction at Park Center waiting for bargain-hunting music lovers Many thanks It Is my understanding that Friday is the annual Charlotte Checkers night My husband and I would like very much to take eight children to this event heard that some businesses have bought tickets to give away to children hut since we live in Mooresvilie we have been unable to obtain these sending a stamped self-addressed envelope In the hope that you can get some of these for us A By now you should have your stamped self-addressed envelope back with eight tickets in it 3-Story Darlington Inn Burns DARLINGTON fll Fire destroyed the Park Terrace Hotel today killing one of the guests and leaving five counted for The Darlington Police Department was not optimistic that the five missing guests had escaped but said it was possible some or all of them had left the three-story hotel before the fire was discovered Twenty-one guests were registered at the Park Terrace The body found several hours after the fire broke out was not immediately identified The fire still was burning and firemen said it would be at least late this afternoon or possibly tomorrow before the hulk of the building could be searched for bodies Darlington policeman Bobby James said he was just going on duty about 4:30 am when he heard a woman scream He ran toward the hotel and saw smoke pouring from the roof Three Darlington policemen ran through the first two floors awakening guests but were unable to reach the third floor because of smoke and flames The Darlington Fire Department was assisted by firemen and eqiupment from Florence Hartsville and Lamar For a time the fire threatened to spread to a variety store across the street from the hotel but firemen managed to contain it The fire scene is in the center of Darlington Faircloth Highway RALEIGH Ml Gov -elect Bob Scott today announced he is appointing Duncan McLauch-lin (Lauch) Faircloth of Clinton as chairman of the North Carolina Highway Commission Faircloth 40 who has extensive business and farming interests will succeed Joe Hunt Jr He was a member of the highway commission from 1961 to 1965 under former Gov Terry Sanford Hunt said that his term runs until next June 30 and he has no intentions of resigning I'm asked to do so before my term runs out" lie said Seott had not discussed it with him FAIRCLOTH a strong sup- Sowers New Director RALEIGH tD The new director of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development will he Roy Sowers Jr of Sanford appointment was announced yesterday by Gov-Eleet Bob Scott lie is expected loj begin his duties some lime in January succeeding Dan Stewart of Raleigh Sowers 50 took a leave ofl absence from his Job as vice president of Roberts Co at Snnlord to join the headquarters staff in campaign for governor He served as coordinator In the fall campaign A native of Sanford Sowers Is a graduate of Wake Forest University and has been active in North Carolina politics for years NEW YORK Sen Edward Brooke R-Mass said he had discussed a cabinet post with President-elect Richard Nixon today but had turned it down Brooke the first Negro senator since Reconstruction talking to newsmen after conferring wdth Nixon said he told Nixon think I can serve the country and the Nixon administration by continuing in the Senate" Ron Ziegler Nixon's press spokesman later said that New Republican governor Nelson A Rockefeller also told Nixon at a secret meeting Tuesday that did not desire a position in the administration" ZIEGLER SAID that at the Nixon Rockefeller conference no job offers at all were made The press aide also belatedly disclosed that Nixon had a second secret meeting Tuesday with David Rockefeller the brother who is chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank David Rockefeller was said to have discussed with the president-elect certain recommendations for appointments to top-level federal posts Ziegler said there was no discussion about a cabinet offer to the banker frequently mentioned in speculation as a possible secretary of the Treasury in the next administration Brooke a former attorney general of Massachusetts was asked whether Nixon had offered to nominate him for L'S attorney general The senator declined to specify exactly what Job or jobs were involved saying simply: discussed the possibility of my coming into the He said he wmuld ing very closely work-with the administration" and without getting specific indicated Nixon plans to give him some ecial assignments-conceiva-bly involving missions that would permit him to retain his Senate seat Unlikely North Vietnam Vietnamese and the South Spokesman Duong Dinh Thao rejected the US South Vietnamese statement that Washington and Saigon regarded the Paris talks as a two-sided meeting in which the NLF would be part of the North Vietnamese team The NLF claims it is the true representative of the people of South Vietnam Although Thieu said the talks would get under wav "in the next few days" US oflicials in Washington expect the serious Cnnlinucd On Page 14 A Col 2 The bureau also reported a live-tenths of one per cent rise in wholesale prices of industrial raw materials but a decline in wholesale lood prices balanced otf the increase and the wholesale price index remained unchanged last month at KffiL Preliminary figures for November indicate an increase of four tenths of one per cent in the wholesale index Chase said (he mosf significant aspect of Hie October report was the pervasiveness of price increases in virtually all consumer items and in wholesale industrial raw materials Still Rises From Burned-Out Thanksgiving T968 Despite There's think that a story of the coming of Thanksgiving will he a good idea to develop into a wrote a youngster named Douglas Austin of Rt 1 Box 278 Oakboro The Good News Editor agreed and we asked Reporter Tom Seslar to tell the story Douglas suggested We are sending to Douglas our weekly prize of $25 for the best Good News idea that we develop Into a story By TOM SESLAR News Staff Writer The woman sitting beside me on the bus was saying Thanksgiving Day has become a pain in the neck and 1 began thinking of the big get-together in an old brown shingled house Grandma Knapp's house with aunts uncles my sister Mom and Dad cousins and Grandpa and Grandma Seslar THE AROMA of roast turkey with sage dressing Cornbread too Candied yams and homemade egg noodles in chicken broth And pies made with pale home-canned cherries The adults always complained that Grandma had too much coal in the pot-belly stove but we kids mind The potbelly had little windows in front so we could see the bright orange glow dancing a jig inside The heat was the kind that made us feel safe and good If it was one of (hose perfect Thanksgiving Days there was snow outside and we could see our breath as wc built snow forts Inside the women would he washing dishes by then while the men relaxed in the living room drowsily talking about work polities and hunting got to the Thanksgiving Is point where just like Thieu: Quick Peace Smoke DUNCAN FAIRCLOTH Scott's Choice Named Chief porter of Scott during the recent campaign was active in the 1948 gubernatorial campaign of father the late Gov Kerr Scott even though he was too young to vote He also was involved in the elder Scott's successful campaign for the Senate in 1954 and took part in gubernatorial campaign in 1960 Faircloth is a major stockholder in several corporations i deluding automobile dealership const ruction real estate and investment firms He also owns and directs one of the largest farming operations in Sampson County Faircloth a graduate of Roscboro High School in 1945 began farming on a small scale at the age of 17 He expanded his farming operations through the years and began adding other interests Sanford once said of him the only man I know who chews tobacco and wears Rrooks Brothers clothes" Evening Prayer We know our divine Father that we can over depend upon Thee Give us the wisdom to know Thy will and the courage In live it Help us to he Iruitlul to Thee Amen What Sent Petty Over To Ford Bob Myers Reports On Page 8A Feedback' WRITING in reference to the letter from printed last Friday It made me so angry when I read it that I thought I would give the writer a piece of my mind was unhappy because you had printed his letter and signed his name to it Well he have signed his name in the first place if it was so personal anyone who signs his name to a letter to a newspaper should know it will be printed unless he requests that his name to be withheld He also called Quest a "low-rale organization" but in my opinion one of the best No other organization is willing to go and help people like you I'm sure millions of people feel the same Angry Too Appreciate that but perhaps is a little Quest) SAIGON tpi President Nguyen Van Thieu said today a South Vietnamese delegation will go to the Paris talks within the next 10 days but he cautioned his nation not to expect peace to come soon The enemy will light while he talks Thieu declared He said he will announce the makeup of the delegation in the next few days Thieu said that Nice President Nguyen Cao Ky will go to Paris as over-all coordinator of the Saigon delegation although he will not actually sit in on the negotiating sessions THIEU SAID that Ky year" highest since the 59 per cent rise in 1951 before Korean War price-wage controls were imposed BUT CHASE said the late of increase is expected to taper off and that the government sees no-need lor similar controls now The October increase brought Hip consumer price index to 1229 This moans it cost $1229 last month lor every $10 worth ol typical family purchases in Hie 1937-59 period on which the index is baspd The bureau also reported that vWAivzww- vyl- vw'ww Living Cost Rise Highest In 8 Years vsvva-''is Sv3 On The Inside Forecast: Tartly cloudy and mild today Considerable cloudiness and mild with a chance of showers tonight Tomorrow mostly cloudy with showers or thundershowers likely Little change in temperature Probability of showers 20 per cent today 40 per cent tonight and 60 per cent tomorrow Low this morning 41 high this afternoon 66 low tonight 43 high tomorrow 64 Outlook tor Friday partly cloudy and colder (More weather data on page 3A) WASHINGTON ifi Living costs jumped six-tcnlhs of nno per ernt in October for the biggest monthly rise in eight years the government said today Ulolhing and transportation costs were tip nine-tenths of one per cent each lood and housing up Imir-tcnlhs each and medical care rose seven-tenths said the Bureau of Labor Statistics Assistant Commissioner Arnold Chase of the bureau said the over-all rise in living costs in 1968 "could very well be around 45 per cent lor the the sharp rise in prices combined with a small reduction in the average work week reduced the average purchasing power of the nations approximately 43 million rank and file workers Thr average gross paycheck last month was $11067 down 20 cents Irom September Alter taxes purchasing power of Hie average paycheck was about the same as a year ago tor single workers and ahold 12 per rent higher for workers with throe dependents.