The Virginian-Pilot from Norfolk, Virginia • 35

Monday January 11 I960 Page 17 VC Airliner On Block Debris Again Studied State Trooper Shot 4 Henderson Versed VC Road In Community Work Accidents atal to 8 Planned Trooper Harmon quickly Road Deaths Tidewater Landfalls US Hard Year to Qualify 5 Join Two Ton Peanut Club lees Prison auction $250000 By The Associated Press 1960 highway death toll reached 12 Sunday as State Police reported the death of a Clarksville man One year ago the count was 24 by this date Joseph Huff Jr 29 of Clarks ville died Saturday night in Duke University Hospital at Durham NC of injuries Jan 5 in a single vehicle accident Huff was a passenger in a car which wrecked on State Rt 15 about five miles south of Clarksville in Mecklenburg County William Mary Hikes Tuition WILLIAMSBURG Turtion hikes at William and Mary and two of its affiliate schools have been approved by the Board of Visitors The board voted Satturday to hike tuition for state stu dents by $60 a year out of state students will pay $70 more Next year the charges for tuition and fees at the campus here will be $352 for state students and $722 for non Virginia residents At Rich mond Professional Institute the tuition will be $350 and $540' At the Norfolk Division the rates will be $360 and $470 Auction Ends Salvage Saga his home in Durham and was acaptured four hours later Edward Lee Myers 36 year old Durham btegro was working at rhe highway patrol radio station Handy Hall 61 year old Long Countv Deoutv Sheriffs cross as part of the "irst Vir ginia Epiphany The colorful ceremony dates back to early Christian times and symbolizes the baptism of Christ according to Orthodox belief BOLIVIA NC Civil Aero nautics Board specialists Sunday began moving to Wilmington the wreckage of a National Airlines plane that crashed near here Wednesday killing 34 The wreckage of the DC6B will be reassembled in the hope' that a clue to the cause of the crash will be found The plane apparently began 'dis integrating over the ocean The body of one victim Julian A rank 32 of Westport Conn was found Saturday on the beach near isher 16 miles from here However most of the wreckage fell on a farm near here The bodies of 27 passengers and the crew of five were in a 20 acre area Meanwhile a search continued without success Sunday for the body of Carlos Ramos Valdes of Havana Cuba His body is the only one still missing The search is expected to con tinue indefinitely Marine Corps helicopters and Civil Air Patrol planes will concentrate the search in the area where body was found Oscar Bakke CAB director of safety flertv here Sunday to in spect the scene of the crash then returned to Washington As top producer brant will receive a award from the NC Peanut Growers Assn Ben John Randolph of Roanoke (1775 1833) the dyed in the wool Virginian whose fervent creed was am an aristocrat: I love liberty I hate was without a doubt one of the wild st wits in United States his tory or over 40 years his tall emaciated figure was one of the kings on the American political chessboard while his well honed tongue was the whiplash of simpletons and schemers in the halls of Congress Once Randolph had fixed an opponent with his eagle eye pointed his rapier like right in thy for the struggling Greeks into his unreceptive ear he pointed to 'a group of ragged little Negroes near her veranda and exclaimed "Madam ths Greeks are at your Then there was that memor able time he encountered a political enemy on a narrow Washington sidewalk the way the never step out of for "I always By Bryan Daly Vlrffinian Pilot Staff Writer NEWPORT NEWS Seven Orthodox youths dived into the chilly James River Sunday afternoon to retrieve a silver Missing Body Being Sought used the best known prcatices VThese included planting peanuts behind com planting in early May flat cultivation con troling leafspot with copper sulfur dust con ELIZABETH CITY NC The speaker for the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner Thursday night is experienced in community service as well as business He is William Henderson an administrator of industrial de velopment in the Department of Conservation and Development and a member of the board of di rectors of the Business Develop ment Corporation of North Car olina Graduating from High Point College in 1943 he was president of the student body was named in Who in American Col leges and Universities and was a member of Delta Alpha Epsilon fraternity ormer Buyer or a time he was buyer for Sears Roebuck for a five state area and now has business in terests in Reidsville Burlington High Point and Mount Airy In Reidsville he held leading i positions in' the Chamber of Com merce Jaycees Community Chest Salvation Army March of Dimes divers clad only in bathing ayere thankful for the warm spelt Sunday But they said that the 66 degree weather pene trate the water enough to make it warm Clothes went on in a hurry Nicholas Malliarakis of Newport News found the 10 inch cross and was awarded a small gold cross by Bishop Constantia Germanos of the Archdiocese of North and South America who officiated or the 28 year old Malliarakis it was the second time he had performed such a feat he had successfully retrieved a cross at an Epiphany celebration in Egypt in 1946 when he was 14 years old An estimated 1000 persons watched the symbolic ritual from a pier while another 100 watched from boats in the river The observances and blessing of the waters climaxed the cele bration which began with services in the Church of Saints Constan tine and Helene at 9: 30 Sunday morning Procession to Pier Immediately before the water side ritual a procession came from the Church of Satmts Constantine and Helene to the oier The clergymen were attired in gold and silver vestments and were accompanied by vested al tar boys and a choral group di rected by James Stamos of Nor folk Traditional chants 'were sung as the processions moved toward the pier The 10 inch cross which the bishop threw into the water was imported from a monastery in Greece A ribbon was tied tortt to make it easier for the divers to retrieve it Although the seven participating congregations of Tidewater and central Virginia have observed the Epiphany celebration since their establishment this was their first united effort It was also the first time that the of the with its cross ritual has been observed in this area Participating worshippers came i from Greek communities in Nor folk Richmond Roanoke Char lottesville Danville Hopewell Alexandria and Newport News east of Light The Epiphany celebration is one of the great feasts of the Greek Orthodox Church It is called the east of the Light Besides baptism it also com memorates the coming of the Magi A banquet Sunday night ended the Virginia celebration Speakers included state Sen elect Victor Wilson of Hampton US" Rep Thomas Downing of Newport News and Asst US District Atty Joseph Bambacus of Richmond Alfred Vonetes of Hopewell was presented a plaque at the banquet as the outstanding Greek Ortho dox' citizen of the Virginia council for 1959 Island railroad worker flanked by Pittsylvania Cniwr IpftV and Coooer is being held in jJ I I i I I kJ IIUI II I Chatham jail following Sunday shooting of State Trooper Harmon CD I ''I rewarded no not when Caligu horse was made Randolph also once compared the efforts of an unpolished speaker to carving knife whetted on a while his politically timorous cousin Edmund Randolph was pilfered forever as chameleon on the aspen always trembling always Once when someone reported another politician was Mack guarding him he remarked me? That is strange I never did him a On another occasion when a Washington grande dama dex finger in his direction and was pouring her maudlin sympa attacked him in his screeching falsetto voice there was no re treat Usually the victim was so pulverized he was happy to crawl under the rug and remain there Even after a century and a quarter you Cai) still smell the sulphur 'in Es di pointed remarks Here are a few of tem When Richard Rush was ap pointed of Treas ury in 1825 Randolph embalmed him forever in vitriol by say ing: NOROLK Bus By George Tucker Master of Vitriol Safety Mark Saved By Boundary Line Suffolk missed los Deputy Sheriff Hurley Jones re ing its traffic safety record of called a couple of others There more man two years wimout ar fatal accident by only a few feet Saturday A pedestrian walking ijorth in actory street was hit frgtn hjj hind by a northbound car shortly after midnight on Saturday mom ing He was hit in Nansemond Coun ty and carried about 150 feet across the city county boundary into Suffolk The victim was Randolph Parker 42 of County street Suf folk David Lee Joe 33 of 107 Oak St has been charged with hit run and involuntary man slaughter Dr A Michael medical ex aminer for Suffolk said Parker died of a fractured skull within five or 10 minutes of the acci dent He could have been killed instantly he said Regardless of where death oc curred the traffic fatality will be chargedagainst Nansemond Coun ty since that is where the acci dent happened Trooper Bailey investi gated the City police made the arrest of Joe at his home but charges were made by the trooper in Nansemond Coun ty Had the crash been in the city the city police would have investigated the accident Dr Michael acted in the mat ter since the law requires that a body in accidental death cannot be moved except on order of a medical examiner (formerly cor oner) who has jurisdiction over the geographical location The fact that the crash was in Nansemond County leaves clean a Suffolk record of no traffic deaths since 1957 Suffplk had a pedestrian fatality since 1955 and only five in the'past 20 yeps The borderline case has been discussed' considerably in police circles PORTSMOUTH A 29 year old minister plans to bring a fourth television station to the Tide water area The proposed UH facility be a Christian station dedicated primarily to bring glory to Al mighty according to (Pat) Robertson president of the Christian Broadcasting Net work Inc Robertson a native of Lexing ton and son of Sen A Willis Robertson said Sunday he had obtained an option on the broad cast equipment and studio site formerly used in the operation of WTOV TV (Channel 27) which quit broadcasting in August The station is at 1318 Spratley St' "I hope to file for a license at the end of this he said anticipate two or diree months of hard work but I hope to have a test pattern' on the air by May WTC TV The interdenominational non profit station would then begin proramming soon as possi he said Its call letters will be WTC TV for I Robertson said it is his purpose to broadcast a ell rounded pro gram of religion culture and wholesome entertainment for youth television has pandered too long to the baser side of the American he said shall appeal to his spiritual Robertson said he would like to broadcast from 3 to 10 pm six days a week Mondays ex cepted Programs The anticipated schedule will include religious instruction documentary and other education? al programs good music do it yourself concert a daily hour long program for local teen agers news sports and weather drivers in 1 three major Virginia cities Sun day night voted by a two to one 1 margin to accept a three year contract guaranteeing mpre pay and less hours Barry of Norfolk presi dent of the bus union said the vote was 425 to 196 for i accepting the terms About 1000 Virginia Transit Co bus drivers i and maintenance workers in Rich mond Norfolk and Portsmouth are 'affected The contract is retroactive to Ian The old contract expired Dec 31 The bus employes had threatened to "strike when nego tiations bogged doWn in late De cember was a shooting he investigated 1 for Nansemond County three or four years ago in a house that stradled the city county line He was called to the scene first and was joined by city officers he said There seemed to be some question about where the crime happened but he finally made the report And about 10 years ago he re2 members a man was shot dead in a house half in Virginia ana half in North Carolina With a measure it finally was deter mined that the shooting by inches had been in North Caro lina sheriff and Comtmon 1 attorney and I spent three days at the trial in Gates County Jones recalled By Gun LONG ISLAND (AP) A Virginia state trooper was shot and critically wound ed early Sunday when a man he had arrested for drunk driving opened a pistol from the back seat of the police cruiser in whidh he was being driven to jail Police said Handy Hall 61 year old Long Island Negro whipped out a 22 cali ber automatic moments after his arrest and shot State Trooper Henry Harmon 3o of Chatham once in the neck Harmon was driving the police car and Pittsylvania County Deputy Sheriff Janies Osborne was beside him on the front seat With Hall qji the back seat was a friend of Harmon Tom Williams' Another police car with Dep Blocking bellowed tle way Randolph flashed back instantly stepping ntwiMv ITltn thft ffllttef much below mediocrity so wen om NOROLK all over today for the African Queen and the fate of the four who brought her to NorfAk Whether their gamble in raising the ship will make them rich or broke is in the hands of shippers and junk dealers and a federal court judge An auction at 2 pm the first ordered with no fixed opening bid will set the price of the stern section which cost more than $100000 to bring to port And some time this morning the Virgjpians from Holland and Suf folk wiH know whether the profits if any $re theirs to keep or to turn over to a professional salv ager who says he got there first US District Judge Walter Hoffman accepted final legal arguments in the ownership dis pute riday Today he is expected to announce his decision whether the ship belongs to Gifford Warn er of Essex Conq or to Lloyd Deir Belden Little Paul Brady and AE Saoler With Shotguns It was Deir and Little who took 1 over the tanker with shotguns in March then pQuaded Brady and Sadler to join them as backers i A few days before Warner i posted own claim He says he was intimidated by the Vir ginians or else he would have raised the Queen himself in seven working days i It took the Virginians six i months An ingenious patch Deir constructed slid into place in August (Jne month later the Afri can Queen floated for the first time since she split in two on a shoal in the Atlantic off Mary land Dec 30 1958 Crowds greeted their arrival at a Berkley pier in September and the salvors paraded up Granby street as heroes But their dreams of a 3 million dollar sale dampened No Sale On Nov 30 a federal with an opening bid of drew no takers The salvors took the Queen off the market and con centrated on stopping claim A twday federal court hearing followed garner said the Vir gians) wfere meddlers They said i he was trying to conduct a salv age by remote 'control Judge Hoffman said he would reserve a decision until the new sale Deputy US Marshal Joseph A I Gilliland Jr again will wield the gavel in front of the ederal Building but auction will 1 be different from the firs Junk dealers who want to scrap the vessel are expected to start the bidding Shippers the Vir ginians hope will take if from there Deadline Set or Bridge Objections CHINCOTEAGUE The Army Corps of Engineers Balti more has set Jan 16 as the final date for any objections to the revised plans for the proposed fixed bridge to cross Asateague Channel between Piney Island and Assateague Island Since the changes are to give greater vertical and horizontal clearances the Chincoteague Assa teague Bridge and Beach Author ity assumes that there will be no objections and that the Eastefrn I Shore will have a road to the A lantic by next summer as planned Bus Drivers Accept New Contract William Henderson Heart und Merchants Assn and Kiwanis He was given the Distinguished Service Award by Reidsville Jaycees in 1950 was named standing Club in the state in 1952 and was selected as Man of the of North Carolina in 1955 By The Associated Press At least eight persons were killed this weekend in traffic ac cidents on North Carolina high ways A 17 year old youth was charged with manslaughter in con nection with one accident which killed two The vouth Henry oy Bowman who lives near Taylorsville was driver of a car which went out of control struck a culvert over turned several times and smashed into a parked taxi near Newton Killed were Edith Whitley 14 of Ri 2 Hiddenite and Garland DeLano Warren 24 of Rt 1 Stoney Point passengers in Bow car Bowman and two others were injured James Daughton HunT 19 of Lexingtop was killed when the car he wasJn went out of control and overtiwjed on a Davidson Countfflffiroad i ijems'trian Killed Otha Brinkley lyth 56 of Rt 2 Conway died when he into the path of an oncoming ve hicle on a Northampton County rural road near Milwaukee George Lenford McCrimmon 26 Lumberton Negro was killed when his car hit a tree off US 301 near Rowland in Robeson County Lettie Mae Elliott 17 Negro girl of Rt 1 ayetteville was killed when the car in which she was riding overturned five times in ayetteville Dewev Phillip Burris 60 of Rt 2 Stanfield was killed in a head on collision on US2 64 two miles west of Ramseur Mrs Rachel Lovett "Booth 21 of Stokesdale suffered fatal in juries in a head on collision about five miles south of Madison on State Highway 220 Hy Sheriffs Wallace Dawson and Taylor McGregro was following cruiser The Harmon car plunged off Jhj? highway and came to a stop fafeiick brush after Harmon was sjH Dawson and McGregorqped from the trailing police cpr and with the help of Osborne rod Williams disarmed Hall and pulled him from the Harmon cruiser Osborne said Hall had been searched after his arrest near here on state Rt 761 but that the pistol apparently had been se ereted in brogans or galoshes which he wore Hall was jailed Chatham on a charge of attempted murder Tt sounded like someone had thrown a firecracker in the win a Osborne said The deputy said the pistol jammed after the shot was fired at Hannon I might have been shot Car Weaving Crazily The officers had stopped car when they noted it weaving crazily on the highway Hall was placed under arrest for driving and put into the Harmort car which had proceeded only about 200 yards from the scene when the shooting took place Harmon father of two sons aged 214 and 6 months was sent by ambulance to Danville Me morial Hospital where doctors said he was paralyzed from the Yieck down and in extremely criti cal condition Sunday He has been a state trooper since 1953 and is stationed at Chatham Osborne said Harmon slumped over the steering wheel of the poljge cruiser when he was shot ThVrdeputy said he tried to get control of the car but was unable to do so before it left the road and wrecked Osborne suffered a slight injury to his leg in the ac cident Religious I Television RALEIGH An honor grader Camp Polk Prison nett will get $50 and Edwards $25 All new club alked off the job Sunday drove 1 1 a fc az I nr ft ft members will rgeive membership ceruncates Presentation of the awards' and certificates will occur when Nortlf'Carolina peanut growers have their annual meeting at the Peanut Belt Re The club was organized by Perry in 1955' Gary when tie stole car The first member Tarkington of Windsor 'id fled North average peanut yield a 1959 was ftceived in' 1957 The secqnd roember Eu He 12 mouths Jar was around 1600 pounds an acre' gene Jordan of TyneMjkglified in 1958 1 drunk driving ive Northampton County farm thing was apparent in the production ers have qualified for North exclusive records of these Perry said "They Two Ton Peanut Club And they have cone so in a year when most peanut yields in the state went down Aftkr nf Viaw Tor farm pre have nuali fied for the club since it started in 1955 leaf hopper with DDT using either Aldrin Growers qualifying in 1959 and their official or Heptachlor to control chirps and rootworms yields an acre are: Marshall Grant Graysburg! and supplying extra potash to the crop that pre 4163 pounds Henry Bennett Rich Square 4038 ceded peanuts pounds tdwaras jr renaiewn pounds Leroy Martin jacKson 4uza puunus Reuben Turner Graysburg 4009 pounds ITcpfi Practices tremendous amount of credit is 3ue these said Astor Perry peanut specialist at NIC Cfofo an! rhatrmnn nf the Two Ton Peanut Club Committee They made outstanding search Station at Lewiston in early fall yields despite adversegrowing and harvestin conditions 1 Virsinian Pilot Photo by Abourlllle A cross is presented by the bishop of Constantia to Nicholas Malliarakis after he had retrieved a silver 'cross from the James River Sunday at Newport News In Virginia Rise to 12 Greeks Brave James Rivt'r To Retrieve Epiphany Cross 'Whc Wrgim a MW jM I a I A WwS I WWE ycl WHKzc i MB ll I r' T' i 1 1 Sil 'Ll 1 Ji S' 01 YBk ill JR.