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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09
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Mir. and Mrs. Harry Dunna-
gin of Greensboro announce
the birth of son. Clarenc"
Rayall, January 5. at the Yves
ley Long Hospital of Green's
boro.
Clarence Royal weighed in,
at seven pounds eleven ounccsl
The DunnaginS are former
Tabor City residents. Mrs
Dunnagan is the former Bern
ice Carroll. Mr.. Clarence Gar
rell of Tabor City is the ma
tcrnal grandfather.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

basketball. She too was a cam
didatc last year.
.I.~LA EUna is the senior
class candidate. She Is the
daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. Lacy
l.. Gore, senior class treasurer.
Student Council representa-
TIVE. basketball ScgrCEcupvr
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09
DATES CHANGED

Dates for tho appearance
of Jimmy Everctte, grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. L.
Wright of Rt., 1, Tabor City.
in hc telcvision series ben
Casey" have been changed
% January IA and FL.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

Clarendon.
LINDA GAYLE is secretary
of the Student Council. Spun-
scr tor her club in the contest.
Her parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
w. J. Mcpherson of Beaver
dam. \ sophomore. she is sec
rotary of the FLA and plays
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

Mrs. Ruth Rhodes spent the
weekend visiting her son.
Tommy, in ESt;ll, S. G..
Bobby Mcqueen has return
ed 10 Huntington. w. Va. aft
er spending the holidays in
Loris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCE
ED-Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Boyd
of Route l, Conway. :. e. an
nounce the engagement OF
their daughter. Evelyn, To
Odell DOrman, son of MIR. and
Mrs. VI. o. DUman of Myrtle
Beach, $. {. Miss Boyd is a
graduate of LOris High School
and Twin Jays Beauty Col
lege Of Nichols. =. {. Mr.. Dor
man is graduate of Conway
High School he attended
Coastal Carolina College, and
has served in the Air Force
and is presently engaged in
farming in the Good Hope sec
ton.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

Roses require good drain
a"c. If your only site is one
that is frequently watcrlogS"d.
You may still grow roses b.
raising he bed & 40 - inches
above the soil line" Clay says.
RoS S grow best where the
SCI reaction is 1T a Pill Of : 8
:. G.5. Your county agent will
~ able % advise you on tax
in soil sample and suggest
ing the right amount of lime
and fertilizer.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

of the Future Homcmakcrs
chapter and was freshman girl
winner of the public speaking
contest sponsored by the PTA.
a promising forward on the
girls varsity basketball team,
she is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. III. b. Todd of Clarendon.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

Church
SurfSidc Shirk'S Beauty
Shop
MNltl" Beach Chaplin
MCmuria! Library
January Is
Observation-Disclosures Ell
CmCntary School.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09

md is secretary treasurer Of
the Monogram Club. She WIS
q runnCr-up in tie Bethel Miss
SENCl7nd contest last spring.
MEREDITH is sponsored by
he freshman class. and is the
only ninth grader in the run
nlnG. She is an active member
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1963-01-09
Nell Fo1Vier Circle
Hears eWitnessin %

The Nell Fowler Circle met
at the home of Mrs. Bobby
HarrelSon Jan. 8 with five
members present.
Theme of the program was
christian Witnessing" given
by Mrs. HarrelSon. Mrs. How
ard Fowler, Mrs. Wayne Jern-
lgan and Mrs. Nolan Higgins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Haynes,
Jr.. and family spent SUNDAY
with his parents in Fair Bluff.
Mrs. Sarah MiShoe is a pail
ent in Community Hospital.
Her friends wish Il speedy re-
coVery for her
Evening star., 1963-05-16
Of course it costs more.

Then, too, Four Roses is made more
expensive way. special way Of blending
with choice grain neutral spirits.
The purpose being to keep that rare
Four Roses flavor alive in your drinks.
II works. Ice, you'll find, can't melt
away the character Of Four Roses. "A
Mix can't mix II away.
Evening star., 1963-05-16
Aid Program.
OfSeIf-HeIp
ToContinue
BY the Associated Press

Emphasizing a policy Of Civ
ing United States Alliance for
Progress assistance to countries
trying to help themselves,
Teodoro Moscoso says that aid
will be cut off to Latin Amer
ican countries failing to do SO.
Mr.. Moscoso, co-ordinator Of
United States Alliance for
Progress activities, said also
that two-thirds Of the United
States Governments develop
ment aid in fiscal year 1864
starting July / would be con-
centrated in Brazil, Colombia,
Chile and the Central American
republics.
In the toughest policy state
ment yet made on the Alliance
for Progress, MFR. Moscoso told
a House Foreign Affairs sub
committee yesterday:
"The key to United States aid
actions in a given country is
that country's own develop
ment efforts. When perform
ance by the country is called
for and is not forthcoming, our
aid will not continue to flow"
He said aid already has been
halted on some projects in
Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Guate-
mala. Chile and Haiti.
Evening star., 1963-05-16
Jewish Group
Meets Donor of
Construction Gift

A previously anonymous do
nation Of 100000 to build a
new wing Of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation was re-
ported last night to have come
from Philip w. Amram, a local
attorney.
Mr.. Amram's identity was
disclosed during the 10th an
nual meeting Of the WHO, the
Oldest and largest Jewish con-
gregation in the Metropolitan
Area.
DR.. Norman Gerstenfeld,
minister of the congregation,
said the 100000 gift was en-
trusted to him by Mr.. Amram
for a construction of a new
youth wing, now being built at
the northeast end Of the main
building, at 1858 Macomb street
NV.
During a banquet held be-
fore last nights meeting, Mr..
Amram was presented to the
congregation as the donor.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger attended the
event and praised the work of
the WHO in providing facilities
and guidance for the young
members of the congregation.
David Bress, a Washington
attorney, was elected president
of the congregation. Arnold
Levy and william Koplovitz
were both elected vice presi-
dents.
Evening star., 1963-05-16

ious as one 15-minute report
ing period after another passed
without word from below.
Drops Explosive Charges
He turned then to sterner
measures, but still did not
notify the shore. Hecker start
ed dropping explosive charges
over the side every 10 minutes
to try to signal Thresher to
surface If she could. Finally,
he faced the fact that the
submarine might be lost, that
headquarters had to be inform
ed. More than an hour and
a half had passed.
Shortly before IL am,
Hecker handed a radiogram to
a messenger to take to the
radio shack. This message
which set the public part OF
the Thresher drama in motion,
read:
UNABLE TO COMMUNI-
CATE WITH THRESHER
SINCE GIT AM. (EST). HAVE
BEEN CALLING BY UQC
VOICE AND CIV ORB CIV
EVERY MINUTE, EXPLOSIVE
SIGNALS EVERY 10 MINIS
WITH NO SUCCESS. LAST
TRANMISSION REED WAS
GARBLED. INDICATE D
T H r E S H E r WAS AP-
PROACHING TEST DEPTH
MY PRESENT POSITION
41-43N 64-57W. CONDUCTING
EXPANDING SEARCH"
Skylark's radioman sat down
at his trusty Morse transmit
ting bug and started sending
dot-dash signals to shore in
the best early goth century
fashion. Atmospheric condi-
tions gave sender and transmit
ter trouble, and the communi-
cations center at the New
London submarine base had
to break in several times to
request repetitions.
Message Took Long Time
Had Skylark possessed ship
shore telephone facilities, she
could have conversed with the
shore directly through the
Boston marine operator, as
newsmen aboard a destroyer in
the area did two days later,
moving thousands Of words OF
copy by voice. Skylark's dit
da-dit transmission mode con-
sumed l hour So minutes in
sending Hecker's first briei
message to New London.
At 1:02 PM, Capt. ]. Sneec
Schmidt at headquarters Sub.
marine Flotilla 2 received the
message from a chief petty Of.
ficer as he returned from
lunch.
II had two officers from
Norfolk as my guests" he re-
calls. THE chief handed me
the paper and said. Here's a
message you've got to see right
away
Evening star., 1963-05-16
ThresherHunters T axe
Photos of Ocean Debris

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May
16 (AP).-An oceanographic
scientist said today photographs
have been obtained of what
appears to be debris on the
ocean bottom where the nu-
clear submarine Thresher is
believed lost with 129 men.
The announcement was made
at Woods Hole, Mass, by DR..
Paul M. Eye. director of the
Woods Hole Oceanographic In
stitution, who said ut has not
been confirmed that these
small objects are from the sub
marine Thresher.'
He also said that mo readily
identifiable objects are shown,
but the pictures are being
analysed and studied by scien-
lists and Navy experts"
DR.. Eye said the photographs
were dispatched Immediately
to the Navy court of INJURY
at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
The court is trying to deter
mine what caused loss of the
Thresher during a deep sea
test dive 220 miles east of Bos-
ton April 10.
DR.. Frye said the photographs
we're taken by special cameras
lowered to within 30 feet of
the ocean bottom where the
water is more than 5000 feet
deep.
The photographs were de-
livered to Woods Hole yester-
day by the research vessel At
lantis II, which has been
among others searching the
area Of the Thresher's last
known position.
DR.. Frye said the cameras
were lowered by special cable.
The cameras are equipped with
lights that flash when the lens
opens.
Within a day after the
Thresher's loss some debris was
recovered from the surface Of
the water.
That debris was identified
by chemists and Navy experts
Evening star., 1963-05-16

danger Of sinking, or in trou.
BILE on the high seas"
Out on the high seas, the sur
had set. Just before 1t turned
dark, a lookout aboard Skylark
spotted a calm patch Of water
in the choppy sea that was
now beginning to run 4 or
feet high. Closer inspection
showed it to be oil. At 10 min
utes before 6 o'clock the little
escort vessel picked UP the first
flotsam - cork, heavy yellow
plastic, items common to 9
deep-diving nuclear submarine
like Thresher.
Evidence Kills Hopes
The Navy now had tangible
evidence Of a first-magnitudt
sea tragedy. The oil and flot-
sam killed hope that Threshel
might be limping to port. un-
able to communicate with the
surface.
Never had so many men beer
lost in a submarine tragedy, In
peace or in war. Now-at sun
down on April 10, the Navy was
face-to-face with the necessity
Of informing relatives and the
world.
BY agreement between Ad.
miralS Anderson in Washing.
ton and Dennison in Norfolk
the first notification of kir
was set for 1880 pm, and the
general press announcement
for 8. "The timing was moi
Evening star., 1963-05-16

good" one officer intimately
involved has commented. "Only
about a dozen relatives were
notified before the announce.
ment got on radio and TV."
Promptly at 8 o'clock the De-
fense Department released Q
one-page statement in Admi-
raj Anderson's name, revealing
that "the next Of kin Of the
crew Of Thresher 1. 4. are
being notified that the ship Is
overdue and presumed miss
ing"
An hour and a half later, the
somber-faced admiral faced
televiSion cameras and re-
porters to elaborate. The hope
now hardly more than a fic-
tion-that Thresher might be
alive was still being held out
but Anderson's opening words
sounded chillingly final:
ITO those of us who have
been brought up in the tradi-
tions Of the sea, one of the
saddest occasions is when we
lose a ship"
The Official Word
For 2la hours more the Navy
withheld names so official
callers could reach next-of-kin
before reporters did. This is
standard practice in military
disasters. In the period from
1880 to midnight eastern time,
all but about 18 relatives were
notified, most of those un-
reached being on the West
Coast where it was still early
evening. They were located
early on April IL.
With the dawn Of that Sec
ond day, the world knew with
virtual certainty that Thresher
was lost and not just missing
At 10:30 on Thursday morning
Admiral Anderson made 1t
official when he told a second
news conference:
II conclude with great re-
gret and sadness that this
ship with 129 fine souls aboard
is lost"
Inner space had claimed It's
first atomic-age casualty, USs
Thresher, the most advanced
Of the new space ships Of the
sea-"
Tomorrow: The search for
Thresher.
Evening star., 1963-05-16

II stays distnctiveIy, authoritativeIy
Four Roses. All the way down.
This being so, Of course Four Roses
costs more.
Your investment in bottle stands you
about penny more drink.
\ Remarkably little more, wouldn't you
say, in view Of the facts?
Evening star., 1963-05-16
For Presidents-E Elect

The House Government op-
erations Committee approved
legislation yesterday to have
the Government foot the bills
faced by Presidents-elect in
setting UP their administra-
tions.
The committee voted to limit
to $l.3 million the amount that
could be spent to provide office
help and meet other expenses
during the period between
ELECTION and Inauguration.
Evening star., 1963-05-16

The surprise about Four Roses is not
that II costs more.
The surprise is that il costs only a
penny more drink.
Four Roses is whiskey made from
more expensive grains. They're grains
graded III and ~. The best there are,
says the government.
Evening star., 1963-05-16

before the court Of inquiry as
made Of the same material
that went into construction OF
the $45 million Thresher.
Search for the Thresher is
concentrated in a l0-mile-
square area.
Evening star., 1963-05-16
WHERE TO SEND
DONATIONS TO
THRESHER FUND

Contributions to the USS
Thresher Fund may be ad-
dressed CO Old Colony
Trust Co., p. o. Box $50,
Boston 8. Mass.
Donations to this citi-
zen-sponsored fund for re-
lief or educational assist
ance to survivors Of both
Navy and civilian men lost
on the Thresher are tax
deductible, its sponsors
stress.
Evening star., 1963-05-16
Crucial Matter

The last Ineligible commu-
nication was to become a cru
cial matter in the court OF In
quiry convened in the Thresher
affair. At least one mans ca
reer was clouded as a result OF
delay in passing the word -
though some people felt his
man, Skylark's skipper Hecker,
was being made q goat.
Taking rough seas. great div
ing depths. and Gertrude's un-
reliability all into considera-
ton, there was little Hecker
aboard Skylark could do but
wait. But there is evidence that
he knew a potentially bad sit
uation was at hand even be-
fore the final garbled trans
mission was received. At 9:l7
he took over operation OF the
UQC telephone personally. re-
peatedly asking. "Are you In
control" It was then he heard
the garbled reply. sounds, then
silence.
For an hour and three quar-
ters Hecker patrolled the sur
face, noting his 9:l7 position
(4l-43N, 64-57W) and calling
on his best seamanship TO stay
close TO 1t. He kept calling
Thresher. growing more anx-
Evening star., 1963-05-16

never be known. There are re-
collections - three separate
ones-and an entry in a log.
Each varies in some respect
from all the others. What is
more, each Of the three wit
nesses has q different memory
about the background noises
behind the voice in Thresher.
Court Of Inquiry
The confusion over what
actually happened in Thresher
at that dire moment first was
revealed at the Portsmouth
Naval Shipyard in Kittery,
Me-, five days after the dis
aster. Two officers and an en-
listed man from the submarine
escort vessel Skylark testified
to Thresher's last agony at a
naval court Of inquiry there.
They brought Skylark's log
along as additional evidence.
Here is what the court heard:
1t. COmdr. Stanley H. Hec-
ker, skipper Of Skylark, said
the message was received at
9:l2. He recalled the voice
below as having said. Expert
encing minor problem. Cpause)
Have positive angle. (pause)
Attempting to blow" Later he
heard what he interpreted as
the sound Of compressed air
bubbling, and q garbled voice
message none Of whose words
he could make out. If there
were other noises, he could not
identify them.
1t. (j.g.) James ID. Watson,
Skylark's navigator, was less
precise as to time. He remem-
bered the words of the message
as, Have positive up angle. at
tempting to blow up" Then he
heard q garbled message which
ended with the words test
Depth" and seconds later a
sound which he remembered
from World War II days as
"the sound Of a ship breaking
up-like a compartment COL
lapsing."
Reads From Escorts Log
Watson, at the courts re-
quest, then read from the log,
which had an entry slightly at
variance with his verbal testi-
mony. The log recorded that
at 9:12 a satisfactory Ger
trude check" had been made.
Subsequently, it showed, the
submarine had reported. Have
position UP angle. Attempting
to blow up" Contrary to Navy
procedure, the time of this
message was not logged.
Roy s. MOwen, IT,, q boat
swain's mate third class, re-
called the last message as, "Ex-
periencing minor difficulty.
Have positive UP angle. At
tempting to blow. Will keep
you informed" Sounds he
heard in the background,
based on my experience"
were those Of air being blown
under pressure. The blowing
noise lasted for several sec
onds.
All that can be said with
certainty is that about five
minutes before Thresher died
she said something about her
position in the water and in
dicated an intention to reduce
depth. The language is strange
to submariners, particularly
position angle" positive an
gle," or positive UP angle"
Did Thresher comment on her
test depth, and If so. what did
she say about it? Did she, in
fact, blow air? Did Watson
really hear a bulkhead give
way?
No one will ever know. The
best evidence the only tape
recording made that day - is
aboard Thresher in 8.400 feet
Of water.
Evening star., 1963-05-16
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Staff Writer

Five minutes before the nu-
clear submarine Thresher died,
at 9:l7 on the morning of last
April 10, she had her final
meanin gful communication
with the outside world. 1t was
a voice-modulated sonal signal
q Gertrude" in Navy slang,
and gave the only hint that
trouble impended.
Exactly what was said in
that message at 9:12 am. will
Fifth Of Seven Articles
Evening star., 1963-05-16
Disaster in the Deep: The Threshers Agony

II looked at it. read it aloud
and said, Now. gentlemen. you
can see the Importance of this
You'll excuse me while I get
going.
Schmidt recalls no feeling oi
impending disaster as he read
the radiogram. "It's happened
many times before where ships
have lost communication. I gel
messages like this every week
on the average" But he clearly
regarded the matter as serious
and set about notifying his
superiors.
Alerted for Search
A chief in New London lifted
the "hot line" telephone to At
lantic Fleet headquarters In
Norfolk at 1:04 and began
reading Hecker's message to an
officer at the other end
Schmidt's superior at New Lon
don, Rear Admiral Lawson p
Ramage, meanwhile was in a
plane enroute north from Key
West and could not be noti-
fled. Another ranking New
Lon don submariner, Capt
Frank A. Andrews. was alerted
to take over command Of a
search task group as soon as
one could be organized.
Vice Admiral Elton w. Gren-
fell. commander Of Atlantic
Fleet submarines with head
quarters at Norfolk. was put in
the picture as soon as Hecker's
message reached that city. In
q phone conversation with the
admiral about As minutes later,
Smith recalls, I'VE agreed that
this doesn't look good.'"
Another vice admiral, Wal
lace Beakley, deputy comman-
der in chief of the Atlantic
Fleet, heard about the incident
at 1882, and five minutes later
had ships and aircraft ordered
to the scene. Andrews was
whisked by helicopter from
New London to a destroyer
leader off Cape Cod, and took
command Of the search.
1t was $3.50 when the Chief
of Naval Operations. Admiral
George w. Anderson, learned
of the Thresher's trouble from
an aide. Anderson told Secre-
tary Of the Navy Fred Korth
and both then called Capt
Tazewell Shepard, White House
naval aide.
President Informed
BY quarter to four Shepard
was in Mr.. Kennedy's office
one Navy man passing somber
news of disaster at sea to an
other. The Presidents first
question was about the number
of men involved. Shepard did
not have the exact number
but said such a ship normally
carries a complement Of about
80. With supercargo on its deep
test dive, 129 were aboard.
About this time, with the
search effort already started,
the United States asked the
Canadian Navy for standby
aid. AS a result Of this request,
the only leak" of the hectic
day occurred, forcing the Ma
vy's hand in releasing word al
g pm.
The Canadian Navy head
quarters at Halifax, Novs
Scotia, alerted an attached
Royal Navy submarine, whose
skipper ordered his crew round
up. A rumor began to spread
through the 200-year-old port
city, and finally reached the
ears of newsmen at television
station CJCH. The Canadian
TV station broke its program
ming for a bulletin:
~. s. submarine reported in
Evening star., 1963-05-16

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Evening star., 1963-05-16
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Milford chronicle., 1963-06-28
QUICK TRIP TO ORIENT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
(AP) Bobby Richardson flew
20, 900 miles in seven days be-
fore reporting to spring training
with the Yankees. He went to
Japan with his wife on behalf Of
the Southern Baptists to promote
a month-1ong Billy Graham cru
sade.
"Whst impressed me most"
says the Yankee second baseman,
"was the baseball enthus iasm in
japan. I visited all their spring
training camps with an interpre-
ter. I talked with two former major
lesguers, George Wilson and Tony
Roig, and they liked baseball
over there"
Richardson also spent two
days in Fomosa where Mrs.
Richardson visited a miss ionary
aunt.
A few days after reporting to
training here Richardson leaned
that illness prevented Billy
Graham from making his Japan
tour.
Milford chronicle., 1963-06-28

They found that last years
Fourth of July holiday toll for the
one-day holiday was 253 deaths.
There. were las traffic deaths,
"a lives lost in drownings and
boating mishaps, and "A other ac-
cidental deaths, including those
caused by fireworks, firearms,
heat exhaustion and falls.
Delaware had no deaths on the
highways on July 4, 1862 but had
two on July 5th. The state is ex-
periencing fewer highway deaths
SO far this year than occurred
In the same period last year.
The Delaware record on ac-
cidents on the waterways is de-
plorable the officials said, noting
that there have been several
deaths by drowning already this
summer although the season is
young.
The police and safety officials
offered three pieces Of advice on
Milford chronicle., 1963-06-28
sufety Council News

Police and Safety officials yes
lterday Joined forces in a double
Ibarreled Fourth Of July Safety
campaign aimed at preventing
traffic accidents and drownings.
Accidents Of those two types
are the major killers on summer
holidays, the officials said after
reviewing Delaware and national
experience. Taking part In the
review were Capt. Ralph D.
Knotts, director, traffic division,
and Capt. Paul T. Riley, director
of safety education and public in
f o m ION, Delaware State
Police; 1t. Robert j. Balm, Jr.,
commanding officer, traffic
division, Wilmington Bureau of
Police; and j. James Ashton,
manager, Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil.