Gastonia Gazette (Newspaper) - November 23, 1966, Gastonia, North Carolina WARMER Generally fair through Thurs day with ower A little warmer THE GASTONIA GAZETTE THE PIEDMONTS GROWING NEWSPAPER Todays Reminder The Gastonia Theater will present Mare Thursday at p m This the second offering of the season by the local theater PUBLISHED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FINAL EDITION FIND US Puzzled Furious Curious Let FOCUS know Call FOCUS at or write The Gastonia If your question has reader in terest and can be well answer I would like to know the name of the nearest recording company near and how would a small rock and roll band go about making records Marvin Crescent or Arthur Smith Holh parties state they would be glad to give particulars by or I would like to know if the county has a place to put trash We have a place to put garbage but not trash and we would like to see our county look You can ride along the side roads and see trash all along Ihe Any county Irash or excluding building may be deposited by an Individual at no charge on the county land fill located lust outside of M c on the northwest What is the highest score ever recorded in a football game G e o r gia Tech Cumberland liy a whopping scare of 2220 on October When does Haleys Comet make its next appearance It appears every 76 years and was last seen in I would like to know about the tests that were given in Mount Holly two weeks ago and can the parents tind out what the children made on them if why not tests were administered in grades and U in Mount Holly schools as part of a testing according o principal of Holly High Specific scores on will not be available fo but officials of the school willbe glad to discuss the tests parents in a general way and explain the need for and evaluation of any test of this Where could I get a used postmans mail cart that I could use on a paper route If they are sold at post office auc when are these auctions held They are sold at For further write of Vehicles Post How many horses live in Gaston County Approximately 1300 No accurate figures have been com How many victories did Cleveland have In 1954 when they won the American League championship Ill How do you smoke a turkey A charcoal cooker with a heavy enclosed cover would provide the necessary dry heat and If no cooker is a smoked flavor can be obtained by adding a amount of liquid available In What s tha population of Gastonia W WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1966 PRICE Single Copy IQc jt QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS 12 PACES In cases of divorce remarriage by either where child support is why isnt a social worker as signed to investigate whether both parties are being fairly treat ed in financial arrangements and visitation rights for the father Why do the courts not demand an accounting in writing to de termine if a child is getting all of the said child support Helen director of Gaston Domestic and Juvenile advises hat there are five case workers assigned to the Juvenile division and none to the domestic Last cases were officially processed through the court making It Impossible to assign workers for every Unless a formal substantiated Is made against the charging her neglect or declaring her to be an unfit Ihe court assumes that she Is providing adequately for the children with money received for child sup If a father Is not satisfied with visitation privileges set by the he can file with the court for partial or full custody of the children which will allow him fo keep them for longer periods of Could you tell me Ihe name of the closest charm school In or around the Gastonia area June Nancy Taylor all In are of How many mathematically different answers are possible In the Puzzle A There are possible lo the but only one these to exactly eUl it arrived at by multiplying he lumber Z the power The received by paper from tingle were received In Fort couple of yean when Mine college learned up and produced on a tingle one of which wai the correct For Misuse Of City Funds Sergeant Escaped Slaughter By HUGH MULLIGAN South Viet Nam AP The operation was supposed to end on Thanksgiving with hot turkey but I didnt think Id every make All the others were The Com moved among us picking up I buried my face in the dirt and played Julius Durham of Pied one of the extremely tew survivors of a platoon wiped out Monday in the la Drang sat on the edge of his bed in he 18th Surgical Hospital remembering it A pretty nurse moved among the beds taking advance Orders foi light or dark meat and in sisting happily that the turkey would be real and not but Durham was still back there in the elephant They were getting closer and Durham I could hear voices and I Oh God Now for One of them yanked away my my helmet rolled my arm was bleeding badly I didnt more and I figured this was But one of them shouted a line move Move It wab one of A Companys ser geants cussing and it sounded as lovely as a When the medical evacuation helicopter Durham knew he ivas one irtf the very few survivors in the Most of his buddies went out in rubber body The operation that was sup posed to end on Thanksgiving but ended in began with Charlie 1st Bat 5th 1st Air Cav alry being airlifted to Landing Zone in the cen traj highlands near the Cambo dian For two days they chased up and down ravines and across Ibe mudy drivers without seeing anything more lethal than a civ el Monday their 76th day in the they break fasted on Crations and moved out The 3rd headed the 2nd swept Paul Bichardson of Pon leader of the 2nd Pla advanced o wilhin 800 yards of the Cambodian border lie saw five Vietnamese in uniforms moving along a He didnt know hut the 101st North Vietnamese Regiment was just infiltrating into South Viet Ihe five men were heading west toward this Richardson called for an artil lery got he 3rd Platoon lo turn and gave He didnt see anything again for about an Then suddenly there were 12 men in khaki uni forms less than 200 yards from the The 2nd Platoon kept maneu vering and chasing the It was a perfect said These 12 were Ihe Judas We fol lowed them right into Heavy fire broke out behind he We were in the They were on the ground hills on both sides and among the They had beaucoup Richardson The 3rd Platoon farther back gol the worst of They tried to maneuver toward the The radioman was killed almost in then the platoon They were falling all around Durham We had nothing no no field no It was all over In 20 a quarter of a mile managed to gel an air strike that broke the brunt of the It was the Sky raiders were right on h Despite all he firing unit an arm so shattered that it almost stuck through tit company commander was up lolling A Company where to position The company Harold Wunsch Hose received a Silver and so did SPENT ON PHOTO EQUIPMENT FOR CITY Seventh Kendrick Drive Crosstown Boulevard Okay By Commission By LYLE EDWARDS The State Highway Commis sion is getting ready to spend million in Gastonia tor an eastwest crosstown boulevard that will handle up to ve per Plans for the new thorough fare were announced this morning by a member of the Slate Highway who lives in Gas tonia and has been studying Look Here Grier Beam is the likely choice for chairman of he County Board of Commissioners when that body sets up its organization the transition is expected to be This story is on page a zoning ordinance has been signed into Bel monts next target is substandard For what the city turn to page Republicans will have their best chance in almost 70 years to win a top in Ihe stale See an article by Wil liam Shires on the editorial page Page 4 And features can be found on these pages Ask Andy 9 Astro Guide 10 Bridge 10 II Comics 9 Crossword 10 Deaths 3 Editorials 4 Movies 2 Sports 67 TV 10 Womans 5 Activities In Our Area WEDNESDAY 6 Gastonia Pilot Elks Holiday 7 Easl Belmont Community Thanksgiving Park Street Methodist Holly Thanksgiving First Baptist Bessemer City Thanksgiving Me Baptist Dallas Thanksgiving First Methodist THURSDAY 10 Union Thanksgiving First Presbyterian 10 Thanksgiving Lutheran Church of Ihe Holy 10 Thanksgiving Lutheran Church of the at Museum of Natural continuing until 8 Jewish Welfare Fund Temple Mary at ji traffic SEVENTH Garrison said that highway commission engineers have ap proved a project to widen arid rebuild Seventh and Ken drick Drive into a ur ban thoroughfare for the full distance across The thoroughfare will be built in two The first section will be the west from Franklin at to Union Garrison We are going to start now with the road designs and with efforts to get I believe that the first sec tions of this thoroughfare will be under construction within two and the entire proj ect should be completed in five STATE MONEY Garrison said hat all of the million will come from the stale The City of may have to pay a small but its share will come out of funds already to the city from a stale bond In Ihe city may have some expenses from mov ing utility Garrison ex Estimated cost of the first stage is Garrison The second will cost The first section will measure miles and will from Curve lo Union A new roadbed must bo since Seventh docs not exist in some parts of West The second section will mea sure miles and will extend from Union lo New Hope The existing roadway will be Garrison An will bo The thoroughfare will measure 64 feet from curb to will four driving lanos of 12 feet LEFT TURNS A mill lane for lelt turns will be provided at with a 12foot painted median strip in the center of the No parking will be allowed on the Commissioner Garrison said that lie initial work will be slow in West Gastonia since so much legal work is Since a new roadbed must be here are dozens of property owners to contact for This will involve the tearing down of some houses and moving of some he The map shows the thorough fare starting at curve on Franklin dipping south lo third where it swings east to Adams and dips down again to Sev No bridgework is The thoroughfare will cross the Carolina Northwestern tracks at grade but this should not be a major obstacle since only two trains are running per The thoroughfare will be de signed for traffic to move at 50 miles per but there be some 35mph Fences will be erected near and other protection provided where Cily officials were delighted to learn of the slates They started planning eight years ago for the crosstown boulevard when drew up a thoroughfare plan and Icd it to the Stale Highway OTHER ROADS Eventually Gastonia will get another eastwest boulevard on the north and perhaps a third one farther south at the Commissioner Garrison also announced that New Hope will be widened lo four lanes for a distance of five We want lo express our deep appreciation lo Garrison lor what he is doing for said Mayor Dan Gunter Wo are fortunate lo have a man of his caliber on Ihc Stale Highway Since lie is a citizen of we can go directly to him with our problems and generally get im mediate L McKenzie Named As Next Finance Officer Gastonia Finance Officer States has been fired as the result of a special study of questionable transactions involving the city finance City Manager Peter Lydens discharged States yesterday with the concurrence of the mayor and the city who has worked for the city for almost 30 was relieved of his job as the result of alleged irregularities concerning the purchase of photographic equipment and the cash Mayor Dan Gunter stressed that the in connection with alleged misuse not misappropriation of Although States discharge was made public knowledge only his successor has already been named to Lydens said that the new finance officer will be formerly with the CPA firm of Thomas and Until McKenzie takes over on Leo who heads the citys utilities depart ment hilling and will act as finance Mayor Gunter said that in question was the purchase ot about worth of photo graphic equipment over the period of the past five With States Gunter add about worth of equip ment was matched with the citys leaving a bal ance of SHORTAGE In there was a short age of vouchers during the past three years for about in petty according to lie The is of not of the mayor A great deal of he photo graphic equipment was found at States home and turned over to the Gunter said hat petty cash vouchers about were missing for the year beginning July Five more vouch ers are lie for the following year and involving expenditures of For the year beginning July there are according to the 31 vouchers involv ing about First word of the firing of States came yesterday after noon at a press conference attended by the Cily Mack and all council members except who was said to have a patient whom he couldnt States was not CONFERENCE A statement was made by Gunter at the press It said As part of its overall analy sis of the citys affairs request ed by the City Cily Manager Peter Lydens be gan to analyze the Finance De operations in Septem Noting major areas of de involving and he requested assistance from the staff of the Local Govern ment During the month of allegations of specific and serious nature concerning past fiscal tions came to his Preliminary t i o n by Lydens did not clearly resolve all the allegations but did clearly indicate a more thor ough study was needed in sev eral and ho requested Ihe City Council that Ihe matters involved in Ihe allegations be clarified so that the fiscal op of Ihe city would have a solid foundation upon which to This after due deliberation as lo the best meth od of approach to the on requested Fred Up the citys annual audi tor for many to myke a special study of these question able Upchurch and His slaff have been continuously investi gating these allegations for the past four A written prog ress report from Upchurch was delivered to each member of Ihe City Council last evening between and 7 Be cause of he serious and impor tant factors clearly brought out In this relative to the areas of petty cash and photo graphic a confer ence was held this by he Cily Cily Cily At and and acting on the consensus of all Lydens made the de cision to dismiss Mr finance effec tive Up church is continuing his special study and which he expects to complete wilhin the next few The mayor and the council were asked if criminal charges against Stales are contem NO CHARGES Holland said that at this lime there is no indication that criminal charges would be con The mayor agreed no member of the council dis Aside from the photographic and petty cash Gunter said there were 13 allega 01 six have been thoroughly checked and noth ing was found Four more have been partially with hree remaining for the auditors to go Contacted this States said he has no com Gunter said that States yesterday requested that he be suspended until the study is not adding that he thought he had done nothing The States Gunler said he would like to has no connection with a forth coming study of the Gastonia police States would have been with the city 30 years next Septem Before becoming finance he was a city accoun He was one of the best liked members of the municipal SUCCESSOR the man who will succeed is a native of living now in Thirtyeight years he was with the North Car olina Local Government Com mission from 1960 until working as an accountant with a broad scope of The work included service as advisor to municipal and counly governments on account ing systems and The WinstonSalem firm of accountants with which he was most recently connected spe heavily in city and county McKenzie is a graduate of Catawba with an in He also studied under a scholarship at the Uni versity of North Additional study includes sev eral schools al the Institute of Government and other The who have no will move to as soon as housing can be ar Wail SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS READ OUR ADS
