CHARLOTTE NEWS--Mon. Mar. 17, 1969 2 Out Of 3 Americans Say Frisk Airline Passengers Searching every passenger for concealed weapons is believed by 64 per cent of Americans to be the best way to end the skyjacking of commercial planes to Cuba. The second most popular step to control piracy in the air is to "work out a deal with Castro to have the hijackers sent back to the -favored by 58 per cent. The diversion of airlines bound for Florida by armed passengers who force pilots to change course to Havana is The HARRIS The HARRIS By LOUIS HARRIS one principal subjects SURVEY of conversation in the United States these days.
A substantial 61 per cent of the public cite the incidents as "very serious," even though no more than two in ten people actually take an air trip themselves in the course of a year. Other proposed solutions to the recent rash of skyjacking meet with a more mixed reaction. -By 49 to 41 per cent, people favor "making the penalty for hijacking planes the death sentence, the same as kidnaping across state lines." This division tends to parallel closely the split in public opinion on the question of capital punishment, but is another indication of the seriousness with which the people take the seizure of the planes. -BY 48 to 42 PER CENT, the public supports the solution of "putting FBI agents on every plane that might be hijacked." Although there considerable backing for this step, many objected to it on the grounds that FBI ranks might be severely depleted and taken away from other important duties. -By 48 to 45 per cent, people favor the proposition that "stewardesses be given police courses on how to disarm hijackers." The appreciable support given this solution is something of a tribute to the potential physical prowess of stewardesses whose feminine touch has been so widely advertised by the airlines.
Three other possible steps to end hijacking are substantially rejected by the public: -The idea of "training pilots in judo to disarm hijackers" is turned down by 53 to 38 per cent. At first glance, it might seem curious that the American public supports the training of stewardesses more than pilots to take on the skyjackers in hand-to-hand combat. However, the worry of most people about teaching pilots judo is that the safety of the plane while aloft might be placed in jeopardy if the pilots were back in the cabin doing battle with the hijackers. -The advisability of "recognizing the Castro regime So there can be regularly scheduled flights to Cuba" is rejected by 56 to 30 per cent. This is a clear indication that despite their concern about the hijackings, the American people are not prepared to abandon their opposition to Castro to solve the air piracy problem.
Nonetheless, the public is willing to compromise its principles on nonrecognition to the point of "working out a deal with Castro to have the hijackers returned." the Cuban government $50,000 return of any hijackers" is soundly turned down by 75 to 17 per cent. The main argument raised against it is that such a reward or ransom would give the Castro regime a financial incentive to foster the seizures. The two solutions most favored by the public-searching every passenger and working out a deal with Castro for the return of the hijackers--may well the way the air piracy problem is ultimately settled. The airlines are reported to be working on an electronic device which can spot metallic or explosive objects on individual passengers who then would be searched before boarding planes. The Castro government indicated it would return a gunman who robbed one of the passengers after he seized a plane recently.
This might set a precedent for the return of other skyjackers. EIGHT POSSIBLE ANSWERS to the hijacking question were put to a cross section of 1468 persons across the country from Feb. 24 through March 2: "Here are some suggestions which have been to stop the hijacking of planes to Cuba. For each, tell me if you would tend to favor or oppose it. (READ LIST)" STEPS TO STOP PLANE HIJACKING Not Favor Oppose Sure Search every passenger for weapons before take off 64 31 5 Work out deal with Castro to have hijackers sent back to U.S.
58 32 10 Make penalty for hijackers the death sentence, same as for kidnaping across state lines 49 41 10 Put FBI agents on every plane might be hijacked that, 42 10 Give stewardesses police courses on how to disarm hijackers 48 45 7 Train pilots in judo to disarm hijackers 38 53 9 Recognize Castro so there can be regularly scheduled flights to Cuba 30 56 14 Offer Cuban government $50,000 for return of any hijacker 17 75 8 Speaker Raps Charlotte Churches Audience OfKooks Nuts? Minister-Medium um Says No By RITA SIMPSON News Staff Writer The Rev. Arthur Ford, a medium who seeks "to help the church by restoring to it the spiritual gifts which made the Christian church possible in the has unflattering comments to make on Charlotte's churches. "We prefer to hold our Frontiers Fellowship meetings in churches," he said in an interview last week, "but there wasn't a church in Charlotte intelligent enough to ask us to come but we'll have more people at our meetings than any church could hold." Mr. Ford, who was responsible for the reputed contact which Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike made with his dead son, spoke on behalf of the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship at Queens College Saturday and North Carolina at Charlotte today.
In spite of the church Mr. Ford seemed pleased over the opportunity to speak on Charlotte campuses. He said that young people are among "the most enthusiastic of all people about psychic research." "ANYBODY who thinks the people who attend these meetings are kooks and sick old people is just wrong," he added. "My audiences get younger and of higher intelligence all the time. the only people I have trouble with are the uneducated, and that includes a large number of Mr.
Ford is an ordained minister of the Disciples of Christ Church and is one of the founders of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, whose stated cal "to develop spiritual growth in the individual and encourage Delegation Talks School Board Pay By JOE FLANDERS Raleigh News Bureau RALEIGH Mecklenburg's legislators will consider a pay raise for members of the Charlote Mecklenburg Board of Education at the delegation caucus tonight. In previous talks, it has been informally agreed that the delegation General will Assembly, submit a bill giving in the members $200 per month and the chairman $250. Another provision of the proposed bill calls for each member to be paid 10 cents a mile while using private cars for school board business. School board members currently are paid $10 per meeting. Another board of education bill up for consideration by the delegation is one that allows the board to pay part or all of its employes' health and accident insurance policies.
WEDNESDAY WILL be memory day for Rep. Jim Vogler. He'll attend a re-union of members of the 1939 General Assembly here at the SheratonSir Walter Hotel. But before the dinner, the 35- member group will gather in the old House chamber in the Capitol to talk over old times. JOHN T.
MORRISEY former Charlotte attorney, is denying it, but some legislative sources say he was one of the idea men on a bill which would Charlotte Deaths And Funerals J. L. Choate Elliott Wiggins L. G. Gerock Mrs.
Moore The funeral for John Leslie Choate, 71, of Rt. 1, Pineville, is to be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Central Steele Creek Presbyterian The Rev. Zane Churchore. pastor, is to officiate.
Burial is to be in Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Mr. Choate died yesterday at the home of a daughter. He was born Oct. 12, 1897, in Mecklenburg County, son of William B.
and Nannie Campbell Choate. He had lived in Steele Creek all of his life. He was a member and an elder of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, a veteran of World War I and was retired from the Atlantic Refining Co. where he had worked for 33 years. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Glenn O. Litaker; two sons, John Leslie Choate Jr. and Charles William Choate, all I of Charlotte: five sisters, William M. Coppridge and Mrs. Bennett Forbes, both of Durham, Mrs.
W. S. Markham of Greensboro, Mrs. R. S.
Riddle and Mrs. E. P. Scholtz, both of Charlotte. a brother, Ira Choate of Monroe, and five grandchildren.
Active and honorary pallbearers are to be the elders of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn 0. Litaker of Sandy Porter Rd.
Friends are sending memorials to the air -conditioning fund of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. MPH Lists Adult Courses Courses will range from "Facing the Challenges of Parenthood" "Great Books" in the Myers top Park High School's spring quarter Adult Education Program. Registration for 22 courses will be held Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the student lounge. The classes will run from March 24 through June 2 with sessions on Monday or Wednesday evening.
A small fee is charged in most cases, but classes in English grammar, modern math, reading improvement and English for foreign-speaking people will be free. Johnny H. Lee directs the new program at the school. Barclay Downs Drive To Close Barclay Downs Dr. will be closed between Fairview Rd.
and Schofield Rd. from 9 a.m. Wednesday until June 1, city traffic engineers said today. The two-lane section, about one-half mile long, is to be widened to five lanes and have left turn lanes constructed at all major intersections. The project is expected to cost the city about $200,000.
The traffic officials said southbound motorists will be detoured along Scofield Rd. to Park along Park Rd. to Fairview Rd. and along Fairview Rd. back to Barclay Downs Dr.
Northbound traffic will follow that detour path in the opposite direction. Audrey Brourman Concert Postponed A concert by pianist Audrey Brourman, originally scheduled for tonight at the Mint Museum of Art, has been postponed until March 28. Mint Museum officials, who had notified members that the concert would be tonight, called attention to the postponement. Mrs. Brourman is the wife of Charlotte Symphony Orchestra conductor Jacques Brourman.
Hand Will Speak To Home Builders William W. Hand, president of the firm of Hand Associates, will address the monthly meeting of the Home Builders Association of Charlotte Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Sharon View Country Club. His topic will be "Are Your Pension and Profit Sharing Plans Producing the Best Results?" C-C Legislative Group To Discuss Usury Laws The Chamber of Commerce State Legislation Committee will consider recommendations for revising the state's usury laws at its meeting tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Chamber offices.
Clarence (Ace) Walker, committee chairman, said the proposed pay raise for legislators will be discussed. William Schliestett, a committee member, will report on plans for the committee's meeting with the Mecklenburg delegation in Raleigh. A date for this trip has not been set. A. T.
HANSON Coordinator 49 Laymen Will Lead Mission Forty-nine United Methodist laymen from seven southeastern states will lead a lay witness mission at Myers Park United Methodist Church Friday through Sunday. The coordinator will be A. T. (Tap) Hanson of Columbus, vice president in charge of human relations with the W. C.
Bradley Co. The mission will begin with a fellowship dinner Friday at 6 p.m. About 450 persons are expected to attend. Saturday's schedule includes 28 neighborhood coffee hours in private homes. There will be a ladies' luncheon and a men's luncheon at the Park Rd.
Cafeteria Saturday at 12:30 30. p.m. A sharing session will held Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the church's Westbrook Hall. THE LAY LEADERS will lead both worship services at 8:45 and 11 a.m.
Sunday, and they will speak in the adult and youth Sunday school classes at 9:45 a.m. Seven visiting youth leaders will be guests of the youth department of the Myers Park Church, They will participate in the fellowship dinner Friday and the luncheons on Saturday. In addition to the adult program, the youth will have a "sleep-in" at the church Friday night, and they will conduct their own discussion. groups. Planning weekend mission has been handled by a steering committee of about 20 members under the leadership of Joe Hall, general chairman.
The weekend will conclude Sunday evening with a meeting to evaluate the results of the mission and to plan action groups. $10 Million Development Is Launched A $10 million, four-phase housing development on West Blvd. has the green light and building operations are expected to begin at once. Test borings on a 40-acre site on West Blvd. between Halbird Lane and Stonewall Jackson Homes are under way and ground should be broken soon.
The H. L. Coble Construction which will build this phase of the development, is expected to close the deal for purchase cf the land next week. The Coble Co. has asked for bids on building materials and will open these bids April 1.
There will be 300 homes in this project and construction will likely require one to two years. Three other projects are involved in the development, which will have 90 units and a shopping center on a 76-acre tract. Construction of the other phases is expected to begin soon. Negro College Fund Has Campaign Dinner The United Negro College Fund of Charlotte will kick off its annual fund raising campaign tonight with a dinner at Johnson C. Smith University.
The drive will include work with corporations, the general public and teachers. Raymond Holdmon i is director. THE MEETING will be one of three planned by Chamber groups next week. The Manpower Committee will meet Friday at 10 a.m. at the chamber.
Reports will be made by Hoyle Martin, director of the Concentrated ment Program, Joe A. Shields, chairman of a committee representing CEP employers and The funeral for Elliott Wiggins, 58, of 801 Parkwood Ave. is to be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at McEwen West Chapel. The Rev.
Gene Cole, pastor of Belmont Park Baptist Church, is to officiate. Burial is to be in Evergreen Burial Park in Mint Hill. Mr. Wiggins died yesterday in Charlotte Memorial Hospital. He was born Mar.
21, 1910, in Wayne County, son of George W. and Mamie Coleman Wiggins. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruby Frazier Wiggins; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Margaret Carver of Rutherfordton; two stepsons, Brodus Moore and Leroy Moore, both of Rutherfordton; three sisters, Mrs.
Ruby Jackson of Athens, Mrs. Carl Ellis of Jesup, and Miss Sadie Wiggins of Athens, and two G. Wiggins of Brunswick, and Joe F. Wiggins of Savannah, Ga. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
today at McEwen Funeral Home. N. V. Harmon A graveside service for Normal Virgil Harmon, 54, of 3024 N. Graham St.
is to be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville, Fla. The Rev. Frank Ranmarine is to officiate. Mr.
Harmon died Saturday in a local hospital. He was born Feb. 18, 1915, in Marianna, son of Levi Virgil Harmon and the late Irene Davis Harmon. He was employed by the Carolina Tractor and Equipment Co. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Beatrice Norket Harmon: a daughter, Miss Irene Harmon of Cocoa, a son, George Loren Harmon of Warren, R. his father, Levi Virgil Harmon, and a sister, Mrs. Murial Graham, both of Coal Run, Ky. and a brother, Orvil Harmon of Beaumont, Tex. Out-Of-Town Deaths MRS.
MARY MCLENDON TODD, 56, formerly of Charlotte, died Saturday in an El Paso, hospital. The funeral is to be held in Charlotte. She was the mother of Teddy Todd and Robert Todd, both of Charlotte, and the sister of Mrs. Mattie Link, Mrs. Louise Dewitt and Ralph McLendon, all of Charlotte.
The funeral for Leo G. Gerock, 60, of 2809 Temple Lane to be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McEwen West The Rev. J. Alton Fitzgerald, pastor Hawthorne rne Lane United Methodist Church, and the Rev.
W. T. Medlin, pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Albemarle, are to officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Memorial Park in Albemarle, Mr. Gerock died yesterday in Presbyterian Hospital.
He was born Aug. 31, 1908, in Mayesville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. V.
Gerock. He was the warehouse manager of Eagle Stores, a member of the Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church, a member of Joy Outlook Sunday School Class, and a former member of the official board of the church. was a veteran of World War II, and a member of Walter B. Hill American Legion Post of Albemarle. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Juanita Austin Gerock; a sister, Mrs. J. F. Hunter of Fort Worth, Tex. Active pallbearers will be the nephews.
Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Joy Outlook Sunday School Class and officials of the Eagle Stores. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today at McEwen Funeral Home. Friends are sending memorials to the Air Conditioning Fund of Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church. H.
L. Cartee The funeral for Horace Lee Cartee, 70, of 1419 Goodwin Ave. was held at 3 p.m. today at Harry and Bryant Chapel in the Oaks. Dr.
James S. Potter, minister of Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in Sharon Memorial Park. Mr. Cartee died Saturday at his home.
He was born Nov. 7, 1898, in Chesnee, S.C., son of Roland and Lula Lewis Cartee. He was a member of the Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church and was a retired a air conditioning engineer with the First Union National Bank. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Arledge Cartee; two sons, Walter L.
Cartee of Charlotte and James Carl Cartee of Nashville, a brother, Frank Cartee of Spartanburg, S.C., and two sisters, Mrs. John Setzer of Marion and Mrs. Melville Hicks of Spartanburg, S.C. Church Group To Hear India-Born Staffer Miss Sirina Senaratne of India, a representative of the United Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns, will speak at a meeting of the Charlotte District's Wesleyan Service Guild tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church.
For the past several years Miss Senaratne has served as a staff member for United Methodist women's work in the United States. She has for more than a year been a seminar assistant with the women's division at the United Methodist office for the United Nations in New York City. In 1966 she was the Ceylonese delegate to the International Conference of the World Federation of Methodist Women at Wimbledon, England. Following the conference, she spent a year working in England. Another feature of the dinner meeting will be a presentation on the Yokefellow movement by the Rev.
Jerry D. Murray, superintendent for the ville District of the The funeral for Mrs. Ora P. Moore, 77, of 531 East Blvd. is to be held at 11:30 a.m.
tomorrow at McEwen West Chapel. The Rev. Ernest W. Glass, pastor of Shamrock Baptist Church, and the Rev. Lawrence E.
Funderburk, pastor of Mount Harmony Baptist Church, are to officiate. Burial is to be in Sharon Memorial Park. Mrs. Moore died yesterday in Charlotte Memorial Hospital. She was born Aug.
19, 1891, in Union County, daughter of John C. and Beadie Curlee Price. She was a member of Shamrock Baptist Church. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Boyd Funderburke and Mrs.
Arnold Nelson, both of Matthews and Miss Florence Price of the home, and two brothers, Glenn Price and Roy Price, both of Matthews. Nephews will serve as active and honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9p.m. today at McEwen Funeral Home. F.
E. King The funeral for Floyd E. King Jr. 19, of 733 Pritchard St. is to be held at 3:30 p.m.
tomorrow at McEwen West Chapel. The Rev. Verilyn Ray, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church, is to officiate. Burial is to be in Forest Cemetery. Mr.
King died yesterday at his home. He was born Jan. 4, 1950, in Fort Bragg, son of Floyd E. King of Fayetteville and Mrs. Gloria Campton King of Charlotte.
Surviving are his parents; two sisters, Miss Rhonda Lucille King of Raleigh and Miss Kathy Ann King of the home; three brothers, Billy Mack King, Donald Alfred King and Michael Anthony King, all of the home: his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Louise Campton of York and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. King of Mount Holly.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at McEwen Funeral Home. Other Deaths Mrs. Mary P. Little of 2621 Lucenia Ave.
died yesterday at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Torrence Gilmore of 1211 Campus St. died yesterday in a local hospital. new dimensions within the church." He emphasized that members of the fellowship "are not trying to tell the church anything new, we're just trying to remind people of their New Testament heritage to interpret these things to the church." A psychic phenomenon, Mr. Ford said, "is something that can happen to anyone.
Defining the phenomena, he said, "Read 12th chapter of I Corinthians. had a psychic experience. He made a list of psychic phenomena, and after 1,900 research we don't have much to add to this. "He said you all have these spirits. It's the Lord manifesting Himself through you for a purpose.
there's a difference (between what two people experience) it's a difference in degree, not in kind. Psychic means 'breath of God' and that's in all of us. can believe in the so-called miracles that are happening today because we can interpret them under the strictest scientific conditions." One purpose of the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, he said, is to "help people develop their psychic potential." He added that his visit here is in the interest of forming a local chapter of the fellowship. The fellowship was incorporated in Illinois in 1956 "to encourage and interpret to the churches the rising tide of interest in mystical, psychical and paranormal experience." Blind Association Elects Officers New officers and directors of the Mecklenburg Association for the Blind were announced yesterday the annual meeting of the association. The officer are J.
Lawrence Livingston, president; Lex Hood, first vice president; George Parker, second vice president; Lee Burke, treasurer, and A. M. Fitzsimmons, secretary. They will serve one year terms. Ten directors are: Charles Norwood.
G. A. Stephens, Charles Courie, Bruce Wright, John Rozzell, Dewitt Patterson, Geanes, Hugh Baucom, Larry, Imbody, and James Powell. There are 30 directors of the association. Ten are elected annually to serve for three years.
National Deaths JOHN MASON BROWN NEW YORK (AP)-John Mason Brown, the drama and literary critic, died Sunday of pneumonia. Brown, 68, had been an editor-at -large for Saturday Review since 1955 and was 8 judge for the Book-of-the-Month Club. North Carolina United Methodist Church. The Yokefellow movement is a plan Mr. Murray started in Forest City to help an entire community become involved in the needs of others.
Mrs. Fred N. Hall Jr. is chairman of the district guild, The Wesleyan Service Guild is the United Methodist Church organization for employed women. It is a part of the Women's Society of Christian Service.
HENRY O. TALLE WASHINGTON (AP) Henry 0. Talle, a congressman from lowa for 20 years, died at a Washington hospital Friday at the age of 77. Talle served in the House from 1938 to 1958 and became the senior Republican on the House District of Columbia and Banking and Currency committees. HEARING AID 221 N.
TRYON ST. PHONE 333-9055 Advertisem*nt Revolutionizes Denture Wearing The nearest thing, to having your own teeth is possible by an artificial membrane invented by chemists. This membrane connects dentures to gums and mouth surfaces almost as living tissue firmly binds natural teeth. Now many can eat, speak and laugh with little worry of dentures dropping. FIXODENT elastic membrane absorbs the shock of biting and chewing -helps protect gums from bruising.
You bite harder-eat fast- er, without pain. You may even joy steak, apples, corn-on-the-cob. FIXODENT also helps you speak more clearly, be more at ease. The special -point dispenser permits you to spot FIXODENT with precision. No mess.
No oozing. Even resists hot drinks; a alcoholic beverages. FIXODENT often lasts 'round-the-clock. Dentures that fit are essential to health. So see your dentist regularly.
Get FIXODENT at all drug counters. Legislative Notebook deflate Mecklenburg's local sales tax. The measure, introduced by Sen. George M. Wood, (D.
Camden), would allow any county to vote in a local option sales tax but the money would be divided on a per capita basis among the counties approving the tax. Some sources estimate that Mecklenburg would lose about a $1 million of the more than $3 million it now collects on the tax on a per capita split. Morrisey is executive director of the N.C. Association of County Commissioners, which is pushing strongly for a per capita local option sales tax. TWO CHARLOTTE City Council-sponsored bills passed the State House Friday and moved on to the Senate, One would allow the raise from 15 per cent to 30 per cent the amount of fund money the Firemen's Retirement Fund could invest.
The other allows the chief of police to make six-month probationary promotions and another section allows the city two award contracts up to $3,000 without council approval. Both measures are expected to make their way successfully through the Senate. Mecklenburg Welfare director Wallace H. Kuralt. The Chamber's Coffee Club will met Wednesday at 10 a.m, in the White House Inn.
J. Edwin Carter, director of the Kemper Open Golf Tournament to be held here in June, will speak and show a film on the 1968 Kemper tournament. Favell's Shoe Shop 130 N. College St. Phone 334-1733 Open 7 a.m.
to 6 p.m. "The South's Finest Shoe Shop" Established 1914 ONE HOUR ONE DAY SERVICE My mother can make bread that tastes every bit as good as this new Flavor ed Bond. But can she make it Can without holes? Bond crochet?) Bond Now de Flown a Fiaser in a No Bond) Holes Bread! Now, whole flavor in a no-holes bread..
