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THE WEATHER Mild with occasional rain today Sunday fair and colder Low 32 high 63 Yesterday! Pdd CIrcuIcSoa 123351 Vol CLXXXV No 181 14 Pages Today Raleigh Saturday Morning December 28 1957 Phone TE 2-4411 Daily 5c Sunday 15c I he Hews1 Mid Observer i Sought Miters On Dixie Classic Scores Second Round Northwestern 80 Duquesne 70 State 63 Wake Forest 61 St Louis 77 Seton Hall 44 Carolina 76 Duke 62 ds WASHINGTON Dec 27 GP-Two gunmen ejected from a Ninth St night spot in sn argument over their check shot up the place today killing the owner and a guitar player and seriously wounding a blind pianist The killers then kidnaped a 19- that two men stopped her car on US 1 between South Hill and Petersburg Va She said they took her car and drove to a wooded area near Cheraw where they put her out and bound her with pieces cf her clothing The FBI issued warrants nam in fin n-i 'i 1:1 its' Formerly of year-oia girl student and her ing the fugitive as Henry Clay Army private friend and flpd Overton 44 and Wavne Careen- Florida Officers Probe Family Tragedy Angles Bernard Mainer 23 a pianist in the restaurant's small band who has been blind since birth was shot in the back and near the heart His condition was listed as critical Police reconstructed the events this way: Overton and Carpenter came in last night and spent several hours drinking two fifths of whisky The younger man amused himself for a while by playing the drums on the bandstand About 1:30 am they got into an argument with Kaldes over their $20 check and according to Thomas A Sherwood the regular drummer "George kicked the two of them out" About 15 minutes later the two See GUNMEN Page Two ter about 22 Washington police said Overton has a long record of assault housebreaking and larceny The FBI warrants charge the National Retirement Founda tion which is designed to provide unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder sown in me latter automobile Near Richmond Va they released the couple unharmed and continued their flight southward in a second commandeered automobile The trail then led southward through Cheraw SC near the North Carolina line Police in Hamlet NC said a 55-year-old Richmond Va Negro woman related care for elderly persons He was "rather eccentric at Shot and killed at the Jo-Del Restaurant were: George Kaldes 33 native of times" said Dr Bruce Gannaway a Methodist minister He was an ST PETERSBURG Fla Dec 27 Ml Police today explored the angle that Harry Sanford Williams a man beset by problems of an old age project might have drugged his wife and two sons before killing them and taking his own life Williams a Methodist minister was an active member of the Western North Carolina Conference until 1954 He served for two explosive type" and "you might Scranton Pa who bought the place only recently and Kenneth Fisher 35 guitar player even describe him as a crusader Gannaway added "I believe that he had gotten to the point in his foundation work that if that failed then everything had failed" the minister went on 4 tS years as pastor of the Hillside Mrs Williams was "very quiet He did all the talking and I gathered he dominated the home completely" Gannaway said LANDING A car that went off a pier is high and dry atop a cabin cruiser at Carteret Police said the car owner John Muzyka 36 drove the car off the end of the pier but that it hit the cabin cruiser instead of the water According officials Muzyka was despondent over the recent death of his girl friend A witness saw Muzyka swim ashore and police traced him through the license plates The boat is owned by Allen Kirchner Street Methodist Church in Asheville During his ministry the church merged to become Hillside Merrimon Methodist Church and is now St Paul's He cf me to St Petersburg in 1954 from Ruther-fordton NC where he had been pastor of a Methodist Church He Williams was a former ordained Methodist minister Army chaplain securities salesman who was con fused about what he wanted to also had served a church in Kan- do" the minister also explained napolis NC Once At Asheville William Howard Greene a vice er A Mrs Williams a former second president in the foundation which ussians Williams headed said things lieutenant in the WCAS and onetime church organist in Asheville weren going right with the foun was described as a "lovely per dation and that Williams appeared ft concerned over the financial side son and a "very conscientious i 4 i nd Africa A sia A mother of it The four members of the Wil One mystery which hasn' been liams family were found dead cleared is where Williams got his death weapon Army chaplains Thursday 4 There were no signs of a strug aren issued weapons Williams left no suicide note and use the profits for Industrial expansion out strings attached in the form of loans or outright aid plus technicians and economists to help the African and Asian nations GEORGE KALDES (left) AND KENNY FISHER Victims of Gunmen at Washington He left no will One of Williams' HENRY OVERTON Sought He cited Egypt's nationalization gle in the Williams' four-bedroom house The wife and two boys lay in separate beds Mrs Williams 49 was almost completely clothed pet ideas in working with the el derly was that all persons should of the Suez Canal Co in July 1958 and Indonesia's current takeover of Dutch enterprises as a samplo of what he meant leave a will But he qualified the offer thus: "We are ready to help you as a brother helps a brother Tell us 1 TT6 One boy Ward 10 wore pajamas Eldon 9 was dressed in dunga rees and a shirt Girl In ea rartv uress Such a course had worked in what you need and we will help Police theorized the noise of any CAIRO Egypt Dec 27 WV-Tlie Soviet Union offered all Asian and African nations economic aid to day in a new offensive calculated to drive out Western enterprise The Kremlin coupled the offer with a hint that African and Asian countries should nationalize Western-operated businesses and exploit their profits as Egypt has done with the Suez Canal The Soviet offer was unfolded in the nongovernmental African-Asian People's Conference that opened yesterday with Communist-type slogans and attacks on what it called Western imperial the Soviet Union and other Cora munist countries he said of the three shots from an Army 45 automatic fired by Williams Rapid And Effective "This was a most rapid and ef Florida Death would have aroused some member of the family you and send according to our economic possibilities money needed in the form of loans or aid" In one breath the spokesman said "we do not ask you to join any blocs or change governments or change internal or foreign After shooting his wife and two fective policy and the least painful to the population" he said sons to death Williams went into a bathroom and killed himself with a fourth bullet from a 22 caliber rifle found in his car Detective Inspector Earl New But he followed that statement ism Death probably occurred about 3:30 am yesterday an autopsy indicated but the shot may have with the suggestion that one of the As Big Brother Posing as big brother to all un- Sunday Fare Roanoke Rapids bills itself as the largest industrial city for its population in Eastern North Carolina and it's mighty apt description The story of Roanoke Rapids is told in the feature section of The News and Observer on Sunday by Charles Craven with pictures by Ken Cooke The Tar Heel of the Week is a well-known postmaster Bob Lynch writes about him and there is a photo-portrait by Lawrence Wofford You'll find other interesting stories inside including a symposium on modern education and a piece by Art Edson about the most important people in Washington berry said he will confer with a medical examiner to determine whether an autopsy on the bodies should be held to check out the best methods for underdeveloped rforrlpvplnrtprt rniintrips 9 Snvint countries to build their economies been fired much earlier Another bullet pierced a glass vent of the spokesman promised money with- was to nationalize their industries drugging angle left front car window Lee a student engineer with the Time ef Death The time of death either was at Florida Power Light Co at Mi Hunted FORT LAUDERDALE Fla Dec 27 UP) A girl in a red party dress emerged today as a lead in the possible murder of 24-year-old Robert Winston Lee on a lonely stretch of US 27 Philip Ruppenthal Miami plastics salesman told sheriff's deputies he saw a girl so clad walking along the road about' five miles from where Dee's body was found sprawled half in and half out of his auto yesterday "I passed the scene of the murder" he said "and saw the police cars there but I thought there had been an accident" He said he did not know there had been a slaying until last night when he got in touch with police Saw Girl in Red He said he saw the girl in the red dress about 9 am Lee's body had been discovered shortly after 6 am near Jemo City a gaso 10 pm Monday when a neighbor WNAO-TVM1 Suspend ami and formerly of Asheville The suggested nationalization could strike at Western oil projects and vast oil potentialities the African continent and southern Asia France's explorations to develop Sahara Desert oil fields are a prime example The Kremlin's spokesman waj Apushavan Arzumanyan Agafono-vich director of the Soviet Institute of -World Economy and International Relations at the Soviet Academy of Sciences He is a member of the Soviet-Asian Solidarity Committee His speech brought cheers and hearty applause from the 400 delegates from 38 countries or dependent areas None of the delegates is supposed to be representing governments although government officials are here as party had spent Christmas Day in said she thought she heard four shots or Tuesday morning an was seen sitting apparently alone in the car earlier also has interested investigators LtVern Clark of the Belle Glade Police Department said he noticed such a woman in the car "because I thought it was unusual for a woman to be sitting alone in a parked car" He was driving home from the North-South college all-stars football game in Miami at the time A pair of red and green Christmas bell earrings was found in front cf the car's headlights Deputies also found marks of a woman's high heel shoes leading to the highway Ruppenthal said he saw the red-clad girl "about six miles north of Andytown There are no houses around there As 1 approached the girl made no attempt to thumb a ride but turned away and gazed Belle Glade visiting his fiancee What kind of a family were the Operations Next Tuesday Miss Suzanne Forsee He left Williamses? there about 11 pm Christmas Williams had his heart soul and to return to Miami Raleigh's pioneer television sta-1 like to continue uninterrupted savings wrapped up in the project Lee's friends said he sometimes service to our viewers and advertisers it is no longer finan picked up hitchhikers tion WNAO-TV will suspend operations next Tuesday pending action on its application to the Federal Communications Commission cially realistic to do so" Found Near Dunn Chief Criminal Investigator Ben Grigsby said "It doesn't look like suicide" He also said he Seeking Channel 8 It was announced in Winston-Salcm that station WTOB- for a very high frequency channel Announcement was made yes didn't rule out the possibility of Ohio Fugitive Suffering TV in the Twin City and an accident leaders from some countries Lee apparently was not robbed terday by Roger Bower vice president and general manager of the Sir Walter Television Company which has operated the ultra high into the weeds as if to discourage From Exposure Hunger his pockets contained no money but $90 in travelers checks was on line stop in the Everglades about anyone from stopping" frequency station since July 12 30 miles northwest of Miami Lee died of a bullet fired into A report that a red-haired worn- his right temple apparently his person along with his wris' watch and a ring DUNN Dec 27 UP) John 1953 said Richie apparently had hidden in the shack since his escape Bower said that operating a Richie 24 of Akron Ohio was listed in serious condition here to UIIF station in an area of over Davidson said nicnie was charged on a federal warrant with station WNAO-TV here are applying to the FCC for permission to operate the stations jointly on Channel 8 Under present plans it was reported WNAO-TV would be operated as a satellite station to WTOB WNAO-TV's plan to suspend its operations would have no effect on the Winston-Salem Broadcasting Company's joint petition with the local station to the FCC according to James Coan president of the company lapping and duplicate coverge by Many of the delegates are leftist exiles outcasts or fugitives from their own countries Japan's 45-member delegation the largest is frowned on by its government at home The Communist delegations from the Soviet Union and East European countries are here nominally as observers but certainly with the approval of their governments Soviet President Klementi Voroshilov cabled solidarity greetings to the conference during the day The statement of the Soviet del forgery and also was wanted in day from exposure -and starvation after he apparently spent nine VHF stations is "a costly and un Dunn and Benson for forgery Through Brother's Eyes Blind Man 'Sees' Classic Games even struggle for the advertising He said Richie came here two days in an abandoned shack with no coat and no food in his flight from federal officers dollar" Bower's statement continued: or three weeks ago and was picked up in connection with a robbery in Raleigh When he was picked up "Although our local and area advertisers have recognized and Richie charged with forgery by federal officers escaped officers taking him to jail and managed Davidson said Richie was driving Coan said WTO-TV went off appreciated the value of WNAO' TV the trend of national adver a car with Ohio license plates reg to elude officers using blood istered in Richie's name but the registration was not for the car tiscrs is away from UIIF stations under conditions such as we find he was driving the air last May 11 for approximately the same reason as WNAO-TV It was operating on UHF Chunncl 26 Now there is only one UIIF sta- See WNAOTvTpag Two egation led by Sharaf Rashi-dov a vice president of the Supreme Soviet Presidium has put the Soveit Union in a position of conference leadership here The day after Richie escaped hounds He was found yesterday in the shack near the spot he was last seen nine days before when he escaped Negroes picking collards found Richie in the shack yesterday Dunn Police Sgt Joe Davidson "Much as the directors of Sir Walter Television Company would Davidson said Charles Nordon was picked up in a car registered to Richie He said Nordon was charged with a forgery in Benson Army Unveils Do-It-Yourself Plane By DAVID MURRAY Section 19 Row couldn't be considered an Ideal place to watch a Coliseum basketball game It's high and in the right rear of the vast up where basketball fans watch this ninth annual Dixie Classic minus perspective necessary to grasp a real feel of a basket-f or-basket tussle In Seat 10 of Row yesterday a blind man sat and attended afternoon and evening sessions He was Andy Holt of Durham a rabid sports fan and former wrestler at the University of North Carolina For Andy Section 19 provided as good a seat as any in a nearly packed house built for 12400 Although blind since he was 10 years old Andy still finds excitement in an event he cannot see "I like attending games" he said "I like the atmosphere of a crowd and usu ally I can tell what's going on from the public address system announcer" What the announcer failed to present yesterday Andy's brother Ed added For a while the Holts watched Northwestern and Duquesne in this manner: Said Ed: "Northwestern's using a fast break working the ball around there's a shot from the side no good" "Who has the most height?" Andy asked "What kind of defense has Duquesne set up?" Often to spectators seated close by Ed's semi-running commentary sounded like a part-time radio announcer's play-by-play Andy 26 and an insurance agent for Connecticut Mutual Life has "seen the past three Classics" "I've enjoyed them all" he said Andy relies on newspaper coverage he says for "scores and statistics" A faithful Tar Heel fan he said yesterday afternoon "I'm interested in seeing how the boys will do tonight" FT MONMOUTH NJ Dec 27 Today's Index Carolina Scene page 12 UP) The Army today unveiled a pilotless do-it-yourself photo-re connaissance plane that flies over enemy territory automatically taking pictures and popping its own flash bulbs Comics Tage 10 Charles Craven Page 14 Leonard Lyons Page 3 Deaths Funerals Page 12 Editorials Page 4 Church News Page 6 Financial Page 11 Horoscope Page 2 much bigger than a model aircraft is lowered to the ground by an ejected parachute The plane is patterned after the delta-wing fighter planes and has a long needle nose It is designed to carry several types of cameras The 17-pound camera was developed by the US Army Signal Engineering Laboratories here to-gather with the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp of Syossct NY Radio-TV Tage 3 Sports Pages 7-9 Puzzle Page 10 Want Ads Pages 12 13 Goings On Page 3 Women's News Tage 5 Weather Map Page 2 Amusements Page 3 photographs as it goes and then return to its base A moving strip of film records the pictures each exposure overlapping the next As the film moves through the camera it is synchronized to set off flares to illuminate the terrain Enemy gunners will have trouble knocking down the plane by visual tracking because the flares light only momentarily the Army said When it returns the plane not The drone was developed to save pilot lives and cut costs of larger aircraft Hies At Night Ihe plane is designed to fly at Under the Dome night behind enemy lines taking years on the bench and will go on emergency status The Governor's appointee serves until the next general election and State Sen Scavy Carroll of Fayetteville a former recorder's court judge has indicated he'll take on the Governor's choice in the primary next 1 V-' 1 BASKETBALL nor Hodges due back in town this morning after a two-week Christmas vacation in Florida probably will attend the finals of the Dixie Basketball Classic tonight at Reynolds Coliseum his secretary Ed Rankin said yesterday Rankin said he had made tournament ticket arrangements for the Governor who is scheduled to return to Raleigh by train with Mrs Hodges around 8 o'clock this morning They spent their vacation at the Palm Beach Biltmore Hotel Palm Beach Fa APPOINTMENT- One of the first jobs facing the Governor after he gets back to desk on Monday will be the appointment 14 spring The appointee and whoever runs against him would be running for the duration of Judge Nimock's term which expires Hz Dec 31 1962 Several have been mentioned for the appointment including i ayelteville attorney Heman Clark chairman of the Cumberland County Democratic Executive Committee 4m of a resident Superior Court judge for the 12th Judicial Dis HOLIDAYS Except that the trict buildinns were open Capitol Hill Judge Nimocks Jr of bore ell the marks of a holiday Fayetteville has announced his yesterday State employes who were civ cn Tuesday Wednesday and resignation effective the first of the New Year He is stepping down fit the ego cf CO after 13 ARMY'S NEW PILOTLESS TAKING FLANE SHOWN AFTER LAUNCHING ANDY HOLT (CENTER) WITU BROTHER ED (LEFT) AND CUNT ROGERS SM DOME Pis Two.

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