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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Reminiscing
: YEARS AGO
BY LcNerne Ward


'o 10y 1919 heu CroSS
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"'E
Members OF the Tabor City
HpotlIgntCrS High School dram
ttic group were in Chapel Hill
last Friday to attend the drama
. ~ a. " ,'''' ~ I "''H PiC-
49, ' '''''''T VI inc
''''
Leroy Gore was elected COM
.mandcr O. Carlton NJ. Fonviullc
lost. Veterans of For ign Wars.
~ " recent meeting Of tho org
,nlZaiIon.
- not Tabor CITY o,iJ ha,. an
ndcpcndcnt baseball foam This
ason will come Sunday after
noon at > u m. II vas arnol,nc-
d today bv Arthur Prince
MANAGER of last wears team.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Gc-:ccc Co.: Se:. = 6 Me-.s

lives. Most of us will never split
atoms, but we have not made
an effort to learn about the
newest developments in our
Held, can we say we are educat-
cd? To practice out-moldcd
methods is to be uneducated,
whether in industry, agriculture,
government, etc.
We have the progress of the
world IN our hands, we can lose
II, preserve il. or improve il.
The uncduCatcd will do the first.
The educated the last two. How
much energy have you put into
being educated?
Next Friday morning at 1l:3O
the high school students will
have the privilege of seeing a
puppct show. Two professional
sponsored by the
health department, will give n
show on the care of the teeth.
This should be entertaining and
educational.
The Grccs Sea Jr.-Scnior ban
quot date has been announced.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Niiiligan Infant
Dies At Home

Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 p. m. at the home
of Gloria Gcan Milligan, seven
month Old daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. O. l.. Milligan, of route l.
Tabor City, who died Friday M
me home. Burial was i'm the
Mili%an family cemetery.
Survivors in addition to the
parents arc four brothers. Den
ms Elton, Alton and Curtis of
INC home sister, Edith also of
tn" home; pat.ruaI grandpar-
onls. Nh. and Mrs. l.. V. Milf
gan Of Tabor City and the mat
ernal grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. r. Bullard all of Tabor
City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Outstanding School Bus Drivers
WILL Receive Silver Trophies

Silver Trophies for the 60 dis
rlct winners who will COM
l-tc for the titles of the out
landing boy and girl school bus
PIvcr in the state have been
Established by Pyramid Life In
eIrancC Company Of Charlotte.
Eddie +. Jones. president of the
fmpanE, has announced
NStatewide competition is now,
underway TO find the states
post competent lad and lassic
Fhool bus pilot. Winners at the
district level will be presented
pc trophies AT tie final lurcv-
|dy competition at Chapel Hill
; june.
The two state winners will
fDclvc $500 scholarships pro-
ocd by the North Carolina
b.ic Automobile Association
ProuSh the Go>,nur's Tram.
|u'c.y Council.
Motor Vehicles Commissioner
+ Schc.dt. chairman OF IN,
i"myil. welcomed Pyramids
eniri0ution to stimulate inter-
+ Il in the contest.
In a statement to the Govern
? $ Traffic Safety Council. Mr..
Lncs said. pyramid Life is de-
fnltcd 10 participate in such a
EorthwhIIc program. | believe
pat IT viii serve to argument
pr present school bus driver
tanning program and provide
, incentive for greater Cndcav-
, on the part OF our student
rivers to perform their dutlcs
p a more efficient and safe
hammer.
III feel that the program will
sOduCr positive results in terms
4 a more efficient and safer
ver-all operation of our pupil
transportation system"
The contest is open to all stu
ent drivers. Two winners-a
oy and a girl-will be select
d from cacn OF the State High
gay Patrols 80 administrative
iStriCts. The district winners
bill compete in the finals at
Papel Hill.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28
Miss Westmoreland
Makes Deans List
At Woman's COLLEGE

Miss Frances Ann Westmore-
land made the Deans List at
Woman'S College, Greensboro
Tor the winter quarter officials
Of In" school announced. To be
eligible for the honor a student
must be IN the second quarter of
the Junior year making an av-
GRACE of 3 or better for the
quarter.
Miss Wcstmorcland, a Junior
at W. C, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. G.. Westmoreland Of
Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28

Chicrif Hanna. featherweight
champion Of France. fights in
this country for the first time
when he meets Carmclo Costa
IA "a lO-round bout on FRIDAY
NIGHT FIGHTS over WBTW
Friday at 10 pm.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-03-28

kIng'iSh learns that co-own-
rrShfp of car, plus careless
driving, can induce more trouble
than b" bargains for. on AMOS
N ANDY over WBTW Sunday
at Gao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
WHAT D'YA MEAN
NEITHER SNOW
NOR RAIN ETC.?

Neither snow nor rain
nor heat nor gloom of night
stays these couriers from
the swift completion of their
appointed rounds" or do
they?
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Plakas of 1910 Massachusetts
avenue NV, has good rea-
son to wonder.
Last week they got a
Christmas card addressed to
their daughter from a
friend, Mrs. w. c. Mont
gomery, of 7l3 South Bar
ton street. Arlington. for
merly of an NJ street NV.
address.
The card was mailed in
1949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Doctors Issue Warning
Against Abortion Drug

Tor near shock. A fourth of them
ran a fever. indicating infection
Obstetricians who have seen a
number Of cases in other hos
pitfalls or in their Offices believe
the Ill at District General are
only a small part of the actual
number vainly attempting abor-
tons by this means.
That opinion is borne out by
the Police Departments Homi-
eide Squad. which reported
encountering potassium per-
maneanate cases fairly often
outside the city hospitals in in
vestigating abortion attempts.
Across the nation, reports
Of the misuse of the chemical be-
gan appearing in medical jour-
nails about 10 years ago. The
reports appeared with increasing
frequency as the years passed.
Cases we're reported in Boston,
Brooklyn, New York. Montreal.
Cleveland, Washington and Chi
cago.
The learned British medical
journal. "The Lancet" in a 1853
article. blamed the whole thing
on the Americans because the
first British cases were reported
near an American aerodrome in
Britain. An American medical
journal the next year said it was
obvious this misguided idea came
from Europe. A 1854 medical
Continued on Page A-1O. Col. q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Air Force Major in Test Chamber
.Ascends' SO Miles for New Record

BALTIMORE. Dec. % tP1.-
The Air Force announced today
a 43-year-old officer has reached
a simulated altitude Of l98.770
feet-nearly 38 miles-highest
ever attained by man.
The Air Research and Develop
ment Command, with headquar-
tiers here. said Mai. Arnold I.
Beck of Brooklyn, N. Y. reached
the near vacuum in an areo-
medical altitude chamber test at
its Wright Air Development Gen.
ter at Dayton, Ohio.
The major was wearing and
testing the recently announced
MC-4 partial pressure suit and
helmet which the ARDC said
proved itself highly successful.
Mai. Beck's record simulated
ascent was accomplished only
after several unsuccessful tries
to top i55. 900 feet. At that alti-
tude, the chambers mercury
gauge registered 0.9 millimeters,
as compared with 760 millimeters
Of mercury at ground level. This
meant ne was in an atmosphere
which exerted only 0.0i3 pounds
pressure per square inch on his
body, compared with ground level
pressure Of i4.7 pounds per
square inch.
In each OF the previous tests.
Mai. Beeks own breath. as he
exhsled. counterscted the near
vacuum in the altitude chamber.
making IL impossible 10 lower
the pressure less than the 00ie
pounds per square incn expert
enced a. i55.000 feet altitude.
So for the last and record test
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

The District Health Depart
ment and members of the Dis
trict Medical Society yesterday
Joined in issuing a public warn
ing against the use of potassium
permanganate in a tt e m p e d
abortions.
At the same time, the head OF
the Federal Food and Drug Ad-
ministration revealed that the
situation has become such a
nationwide problem that the
agency intends to announce a
policy limiting potassium per-
manganate sales to prescription
only.
Obstetricians in public and
private practice agreed the
chemical does not produce abor-
tons. Instead. it causes severe
burns. often sends women to the
hospital in a state Of shock and
leaves permanent damage. Some
deaths have been attributed d.
rectly or indirectly to the
chemical.
In the past two years. a sur
vey here shows. Ill women we're
so seriously harmed by using the
chemical that they had to be
hoSpitalized at District General
Hospital. More than a third OF
them required surgery to STOP
hemorrhages. Some of them had
to be given as many as five blood
transfusions to save their lives
A third of them we're in shock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

France and Canada have sent
arms to Israel. Jordan. Saudi
Arabia. Iraq, Pakistan and Iran
The idea of an arms embargo
for the Near East was taken up
with the Soviet leaders. Premier
Nikolai Bulganin and Communist
Party First Secretary Nikita
Khrushchev. by British Prime
Minister Sir Anthony Eden in
their London talks last April.
Venture Boys Down
The Reds were first receptive
toward the idea but later ex-
planned they would want to apply
the embargo to Turkey. Iraq and
Iran. three members of the Bagh-
dad Pact, as we'll as to Egypt
Syria and other Arab states. The
venture begged down at that
point.
Prime Minister Nehru talked tc
Sir Anthony in London on his
way to the United States ano
the subject may have been dis.
cussed then.
On disarmament, Prime Min
lister Nehru told reporters last
Wednesday, 1.-The two main par
ties concerned are remarkably
near each other; actually fac
tually what was put forward i;
not very different and can easily
be ironed out"
The two mems advisers assume
this would be another area Mr.
Continued on Page AS, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Traffic Kills
PA in Nation.
Record Pace
BY the Associated Press

A steadily rising highway
death toll marked the first full
day of the long. Christmas holi-
day week end and a safety ex-
pert urged motorists to think OF
the speed at which Americans
were being killed as being a
national emergency
From 6 pm. Friday to mid
night Saturday. traInc acciuentS
throughout the Nation accounted
for at least 224 deaths. Eight
persons died in fires and Is we're
killed in a variety of violent ac-
cidents for an overall accident
toll of 248.
Ned H. Dearborn. president OF
the National Safety Council
warned in a statement last night
that unless the drivers put on
the brakes. the Nation is head
ing for an all-time high in holi-
day death and destruction on the
The fatality pace of the first
day in a four-day. 102-hour holi-
day Weekend tally would easily
set a grim new all-time record
for holiday traffic deaths.
The National Safety Council
estimated before the holiday that
$50 persons would die in traffic
a toll we'll above the all-time
traffic fatality mark Of 500 set in
last years three-day Christmas
week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

at Fort Leslie j. McNair, was re-
ported in grave condition at Wal
ter Reed Hospital.
The wife, Susan. 10. was killed
outright, detectives said.
Police Find Bodies
Pvts. Thomas Austin and Mat
thew Fenton, first police to reach
the scene. a house at 4425 HeWett
avenue in the Greenbelt Knobs
area north of Wheaton. said
Fleenor was sprawled on the bed
when they arrived, the 80 cali
Der revolver in his hand.
The wife's body. in a night
gown. was at his feet. partly on
the bed and partly on the floor.
The baby had rolled from her
lap and was on the floor. police
said. Whether the baby was in
jured was not Immediately dis
closed.
Detectives said the wife's Is
year-old niece apd . l7-year-old
sailor were in the house. about
a block east of Georgia avenuS
when the shooting took place.
Police did not disclose their
names.
The witnesses told officers that
Fleenor had been drinking cir
and beer seven hours. The niece
and sailor said they helped Mrs
Fleenor convince the soldier he
was drunk and should go to bed
Fleenor agreed to retire or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

condition that his wife also go
to bed, the witnesses said.
The niece said she and Mrs.
Fleenor were in the bathroom
together when Fleenor shouted
at his wife to come on out at
once or I'll shoot you when you
come out of the door" .
The wife stopped putting her
hair in curriers' and Joined the
husband in the bedroom. the
niece said. Downstairs the sailor
had stretched out on q sofa.
Fleenor repeatedly rammed the
revolver against his wife's head
as she sat down on the bed and
took the baby on her lap. The
witnesses said he accused her Of
not being faithful to him. He said
that if she had anything to say
she had better say it quickly be-
cause she was about to die.
But she had no chance to
speak before he pulled the trig-
ger. the witnesses said. Then he
turned the gun on himself and
the bullet went through his head,
emerging on the far side.
Niece and Sailor Flee
The niece said she ran down.
stairs from the bathroom after
the first shot. She told police,
Fleenor shot at her but detec-
tives said they found only two
spent cartridge cases in the gun.
The niece and the sailor fled
to neighbours home. leaving the
baby behind, detectives said. The
neighbor phoned police.
The Fleenors moved to the
Hewitt avenue house about three
months ago, neighbors said.
They occupied the top floor and
another family had the down.
stairs space. police said. The
other family was reported being
on a Christmas vacation in Indi-
ana. The head of the other fam
lily was named as Willie Worrell.
Summoned Officers
Detective Sergts. Harold Tread
we'll said the baby, Meryline. and
the niece were being cared for
last night in the home of the
neighbor. Arthur w. McCarty,
who summoned officers. He lives
at 4427 Hewitt avenue.
The sailor repeatedly returned
to his station at cambridge. Md,
after giving police a statement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

phere of only O.oO4s pounds per
square inch.
Evaporation Of Mai. Beck s
own perspiration finally halted
the chambers ascent at 1913, ITO
feet.
Mai. Beck. who served in the
Air Force from 1912 TO 1916 and
was recalled 10 active duty in
1854. was head Of the Depart
ment Of Aviation Physiology at
the School Of Aviation Medicine.
Gunter Air Force Base. Mont
gomery. Ala. before he trans
ferred 70 Dayton in September
1855.
Between bitches. he was an
assistant professor OF chemistry
at Adelphi College. Garden City,
N. Y.
In making the record run, the
altitude rise was halted at 49,
900 feet while adjustments we're
made TO valves and Mai. Beck's
pressure suit. After a quick rise
and pause at $4,000 feet. the
chamber again was dropped 70
10000 70 dry UP moisture that
had accumulated. After a Sec
ond rise TO $4,000 feet and .
third drop TO 10000. the run yas
started.
The chambers simulated alti-
tude rose quickly TO 10000 fee,
and then more slowly TO the
peak Of i9s.770 feet. the ARDc
said
without the pressure suit and
helmet Maj. Beck wore, man
would die from exposure 70 the
low pressuTes encountered ABOVE
$1,000 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Eisenhower Acts
To Bar Rail Strike
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower acted
yesterday to prevent a labor dis
pute from developing into a
strike on the Nations major
railroads.
He set up a fact finding board
to investigate a dispute over
wages and other matters be-
tween the Brotherhood Of Rail-
road Trainmen and l40 carriers
Although the union has taken
no strike vote, the National
lRailroad) Mediation Board sd-
vised Mr.. Eisenhower that emer.
gency action was needed.
The appointment Of a fact
finding board stalls of any strike
action for so days, under the
law. The board reports 70 the
President within 80 days. and
then there is a further cooling
of period Of 30 days.
Appointed TO the board were
Nathan Csyton. former chief
judge OF the Municipal Court OF
Appeals here; Francis j. Rob-
ertson. Washington lawyer: and
A. Langley Cofiey. an arbitrator
from Sand Springs. Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
COLLEGE CAREER
STARTS IN HIGH

MAKING MAXIMUM USE o. the
hours devoted 10 study is one way 10
start preparing fof college vhhs 90.
ing through high school Other pre-.
college tips appear in isdoys iasioli-
mtni o. College and You" On Psss 7
Of TEEN
DEFoRt The NAYFLoWtR arrived,
the hri psrmoasn, tsshsh colony
yss settled o. Jamestown Island, Va.
Reporter LlsS 2 Preston tells 81 ssIs
years Jsmss,s~n FssiEol prepare.
'iess o. psss All hs uesls me
ifieli sss fibsls'loss o. ne Jsmss-
TOYS f1pssd'sa Of 50 yssr ego ~
ess,hs' article on psss 4. 20
STRIKING OWNS nsdsa tho
iisn N lie o. Jsssi but He sas
reared By srss5snins ssss,r lsls.
The ievfih ss,isA ~ Q stnss ~ the
birth sss times u chfsf sesesn
today o. esss AIS
Complete index, poss AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

oPCClllC COliISllGS VI LIE Two
memos, have now begun to
indicate to newsmen which ele-
ments OF the known thinking of
the two men they believe re-
ceived attention during the
conversations.
Prime Minister Nehru is "as-
sumed" to have told President
Eisenhower he hopes the United
States and the Soviet Union will
undertake negotiations to work
out an arms embargo for the
Near. East as well as a global
arms limitation plan.
Embargo Seen Paramount
The need for a Near East
arms embargo is probably the
uppermost thing on his mind, "
one Indian official says of Mr..
Nehru.
In New Delhi. Mr.. Nehru told
American newsmen that the
United States should take the
bull by the horns and deal with
Russia" on the question of the
Near East. He also told them
of his hope that Russia and the
United States could agree to an
arms embargo for that area.
In the American view, Russia
precipitated the 1856 Near East
crisis by arranging the large
shipments of Czech arms tc
Egypt. Since then, some Czech
military equipment has been sent
to Syria.
The United States, Britain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Ohio Body Gorilla
Believed First Ever
Born in Captivity

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 90
tP.--T'he Columbus Zoo made
history today.
Christina. a nine-year-old.
2S0-pound gorilla. gave birth to
a 4l7-pound female. the first
gorilla ever born in captivity
so far as is known. zoo authori-
ties said.
The baby gorilla was found at
8 40 am. in the zoos ape house
by Deane Thomas, an Ohio
State University veterinary
medical student who was on
duty at the time.
Earle +. Davis. ZOO superin-
tendent, credited Mr.. Thomas
with saving the small animals
life. He cut the umbilical cord,
breathed into its mouth and
then administered artificial res
piration. DR.. Judson d. Wilson
OF the zoo stan then hurried the
youngster 70 the incubator.
The father Is the Baron. an
il-year-oid. 400-pOund gorilla
Christina came from the French
cameruons on the vest coast OF
Africa. The Baron was from
Macambo in the same general
area where Christina was cap
tured
Nj Davis said the CESSATION
period was 25e days. Both par
ents were brought 20 the United
States six years ago and re-
NAMED al a New York animal
compound until January q, 1851,
when they were brought here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
q on AirIiner
Missing in Italy

ROME. Sunday, Dec. 90 (P).-
An Italian airliner carrying 81
persons vanished last night and
feeble radio signals were report
ed heard early today from the
mountains where it may have
crashed.
The twin-engine plane carried
a crew of 4 and II passengers,
two of them Americans. 1t was
en- route from Rome to Milan in
northern Italy when it ran into
severe icing conditions.
The Italian news agency ANSA
said a search teams field radio
in the Bolzano area of northeast
ern Italy picked up a dim radio
call early today. The radio was
messaging for blankets.
Earlier. a spokesman for the
Italian Airlines LAD said Eve
have no more hope" that the
plane might be safe That was
hours after the last word came
from the plane.
All the passengers were Italian
with the exception Of one Amer
lean couple. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris
Gray. residents of Milan. where
Mr.. Gray was Italian represent
alive of the Coca-Cola Co.
] The Italian pilot was TALKING
with the Milan airport about the
storm. Ice was forming on the
wings. He asked permission u
fly lower.
!. Then he cried: "Milano, Mi.
lanol" Presumably he was about
to alert Milan for an emergency
Then there was silence.
| That was at SIS pm. one
hour and ~ minutes out Of
Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

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exchange Of letters between the
transit system and the utilities
commission.
At question is the calculation
of the transit systems rate base,
on which profits are calculated
The meeting followed receipt
by the PUG of a letter from
James H. Flanagan. D. C.. transit
vice president. in response to
letters from j. William Falk, ac-
countant for the utilities COM
mission.
Protested Methods
Mr. Falk had protested against
d. C. Transit's methods of &C
counting for a S5.6 million loan
from Chase Manhattan Bank of
New York. and a $40 million
difference between the amounts
paid by Mr.. Chalk for the assets
of the old Capital Transit Co.
and the book value of the COM
pany.
Responding to Mr.. Falk's let
tiers. Mr.. Flanagan was UNDER
stood to have intimated that
the District Commissioners had
agreed with Mr.. Chalk that the
transit company's rate base, y
upon which fares are calculated,
would be set in relation to the
original investment in property
used and useful in public service.
While D. c. Transit fares are
frozen until next August IA, flu
ture fares will be set by the Pub
lie Utilities Commission in rels-
ltion to one of three possible
standards.
Operating Ratio"
II the PUG adopts the "op-
Grating ratio" or gross receipts
method of setting fares. it will
design fares to produce about
SIG million year t6l2 per cent
Of SIS million in total revenues .
II the PUG adopts a rate
base" Of $50 million (approxi-
mately the original cost of the
company's property and equip
ment). it will set fares to pro-
duce about Sl.3 million.
/ II it adopts the rate base Of
Sl3.540.000 (the price paid by
Mr.. Chalk for CTC). it will set
rates to produce about s880.l00.
Meeting Called
When the Flanagan letter was
received. the Utilities Commits
sion called for a meeting with
the District Commissioners. II
was held Friday and the Com
missioners assured members Of
the Public Utilities Commission
that no deal had been made be.
yond that reflected in the fran.
chise granted to Mr.. Chalk BY
Congress.
Negotiating for the franchise
Mr.. Chalk had sought to win 4
stipulation that the rate base
would be not less than Sl8.;
million. However, he abandoned
this in negotiation with the Dis,
trict Commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

a hose was run from the ex-
haust valve Of Maj. Beck's he'll
met into an adjoining chamber
where the breath he exhaled was
dissipated without changing con-
ditions in the test chamber. With
this arrangement, the chambers
mercury gauge was brought dogn
70 0z50 millimetery-an atnos-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Look for Today's TEEN
Inside Women's Section

You'll find TEEN The Stars magazine for
and about young people by turning to the Women's
Section open the Womens Section to Page g.
That's where youn spot TEEN Pull it out fold it
and read what happens when boy meets girl for
Shopping Date"-TEENs cover story this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Hungary Supplies Cut

VIENNA. Dec. % lP Cons
munist Hungary reported to-
night is stocks Of manufactured
consumer goods has been reduced
by more than so per cent.