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Show POORlCOPY THE DAILY RECOR Pnj?o Eight Candace Mossier, Once Trial Figure, Is Successful Banker By Mori Freeman (Copyright Miami Review Buchanan, Ga., where, records 1971 ) indicate, she was born Candace Grace Weatherby, Feb. 18, 1920. She did not finish high school. She married Norman A. Johnson, a civil engineer in 1939. Her children, Norman and Rita were born in 1940 and 1941. Both are directors of Central Bancorp, Inc. AFTER A FRIENDLY divorce she and the children moved to New Orleans. It was during the fundraising campaign for the New Orleans Grand Opera that she met Jacques Mossier. She recalls that when he was asked for a contribution of $325, he said, Look maam, I'll give you $1,000 to keep it out of town, 'cause I just dont like it. She remembered vividly what happened, and quoted accurately what was said. Well, you know, I guess he came to my house and he just never left. I dont recall, Im What year? But months after the five sorry. (Reprinted by Permission) MIAMI (ACCN) "Any business if is easy you know how. And maybe I just happen to know how. But no one pt: son ever won a ball game. Im no Leltet than the great people who surround me, both men and women. And there is no chain that is stronger than the weakest link, and you might just be looking at the weakest link when you look at me. The seemingly contradictory statement was made in an exclusive Candace Mossier, and executive board chairman the of Central vice president Bancorp., Inc., and the widow of the late Jacques Mossier, former chairman of the Central Bank here. IIOW DID SIIE get into banking? It was my idea for Jacques Mossier to expand into banking. Candace interview with of the Mossier, the incongruous, enigma, who seems to have completely regained her composure after the lengthy courtroom ordeal, when she and her nephew, Melvin Lane Powers, were tried jointly for Jacques Mosslers murder, comes through with childlike enthusiasm when discussing her banks on the n level. Central Bancorp, is the holding company which controls the three Central Banks located in Miami and North Dade County. Mrs. Mossier episode they were married in a Presbyterian church at Fort Lauderdale, May 24, 1949. fund-raisin- 1 WILL SAY this with all respect to him. I think Jacques Mossier was the greatest financial genius this world has ever known, and no one has come up to his shoe soles since. And I guess he and I made a pretty good team, because (she paused at length) well, I was his research agent. But gladly so, because a man of his caliber couldnt ask the questions. But I wasnt expected to know them. So, therefore, be it Zurich, be it Wall Street, be it wherever, theyd gladly tell me, and Id get it quick to him, and melt right into the background. So I guess we did pretty good together. The figures might speak for themselves. He wasnt even worth a million when he married me, and each year it was several times over that. We set up companies all over the world, and people would say, You know, Candace Mossier, I pity you. All you do is get involved in business with your husband.' But I said, You know, there's more ways than to dance and roll (hose dice in Vegas. And he and I have a ball and a blast whatever we do, so just dont pity me . We learned later from her adopted daughter (oldest of the four she and Jacques Mossier adopted in 1957), Martha Mossier Meredith, now 21, that wherever her mother goes she enthusiastically solicits business for the banks from taxi drivers, doormen. bell heps, waiters, and writes little notes of introduction for them, tells them to be sure to say that she sent them, and signs the notes as chairman of the board. "Arthur Lundeen, hes president of Big Central, is always kidding her about these cab drivers, etc. coming in and saying, we want to open our account here. Martha mentioned with pride that it was her mothers jidea to have that big "YES on top of the banks. Her good friend, Sammy Davis, Jr., came for the official opening of the Central Bank of North Dade, the third week in May. I asked her what other plans she had for the opening. What more do you need than Sammy Davis? was her answer. person-to-perso- calls herself creative vice president. SHE SPOKE SLOWLY, sometimes hesitatingly, with long pauses between sentences. She appeared liny and fragile as she came into the living room of the Miami Beach hotel suite, with large d glasses shadowing her eyes. "We have people that Wall Street can't get, and haven't got as good. So maybe they like to work with me, and I know I like to work with them. And you dont see any of them pink-tinte- leaving.. She named several top level executives who have worked in close cooperation with her for the four years since she has assumed active leadership of Central Bank and Trust Co. The oilier two, Central National Bank and Central Bank of North Dade are later additions. Asked about further plans for expansion, Candace Mossier said, "We want to pick up a bank in Hialeah. Other involvements include two insurance companies which she heads. HOW LONG has she been in business? "Just about all my life. I did modeling, designing, I ran a finishing school for women, and a model agency. How did she have all that financed? "I had two grandfathers that were wealthy men, and I guess they just liked me a little bit. She was brought up by one of her grandfathers, a local banker in Reagan, Nixon Veracity Doubt Found By Poll then-forthcomi- - The (UPI) public official least trusted by the California public to tell the truth and the whole truth is Gov. Ronald Reagan, the Field Poll said June 4. President Nixon was a close runner- up for die dubious honor. The poll, which posed four questions to interviewees, found 59 per cent believe either Reagan "sometimes doesnt toll everything or is "otten untruthful. Thirty-eigh- t per cent answered either that he was "completely open or 'truthful conand truthtul his responsibilities. sidering For Nixon the percentage of doubters was 58 per rent and of trusters 41 per cent. This wasn't much different than the figures for former President Johnson, 58 and 39 per cent, but a reverse of those for former President Eisenhower, 32 and 57 per cent. Local newspaper editors enjoyed Fuhvfan'Mv credibility than ju'iv.ui!. SAN FRANCISCO . 'lie r:!,i-- g PonorPQ pnmm.tar UUIIIpUlCI LiUllglGoo The NEW YORK (ACCN) Infor Federation International has formation Processing (IFIP), announced a technical program for the IFIP Congress 71, to be held in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, August The technical program consists of 218 submitted three major parts from selected papers sent in papers, 32 invited the all over world; from papers by recognized experts in 23-2- 8. and 4 symposia on topics of high current information ' processing; interest. per cent. For the commentators, trusters were 52 per cent and doubters 40 per cent, with the rest undecided. In the same order, figures for local . i ' 'i-'- l ty 7.7 I T cent ami were uiiuor suspicion by 47 (.V 111. Tort System Defended At DRI Conclave Airline Crash Over DENVER (ACCN) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971 D 60 defense attorneys from 26 states attended the Fourth National Conference of Local Defense Groups and the Defense Research Institute, (DRI), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, held in May at the Brown Palace Hotel here. The conference was sponsored by the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association in cooperation with DRI. were also Mutual Central the from present Insurance Company of .Van Wert, Representatives Ohio, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Allstate, National Association of Independent Insurers, American Mutual Insurance Alliance, all of Chicago, and the American Bar Association. Those present strongly affirmed the necessity to retain the tort liability system to determine reparations arising from automobile accidents. They recommended evolutionary rather than radical e change in the systems and that this should evolve at the state rather than the federal legal-insuranc- level. In addition, attendees analyzed proposals for change in the civil jury method of determining justice, particularly the recommendation to eliminate civil juries in automobile accident litigation. Improved communications, programs and service for Local Defense Groups also were on the . Prescott Dunn Jr. Thornton D. Morris Jr:, 43, Arlington Dr., born May 7, 1928, in Salt Lahe Pitv to W. Prescott Dunn Jr., 42, 2228 Bryan Ave., was born March 24, 1929, to W. Prescott 3426 and Beatrice Dunn in Salt Lake City. He married Marian Clark, June, 1951, Salt Lake City. Mr. Duim, a graduate of the fhomton Dinwoody and Nola Page Morris. Mr. Morris was president of Keysor & Morris, Inc., investments and insurance. He was married March 20. 1951, to Coy Major in Salt Lake City. Mr. Morris graduated from the University of Utah and was an active sportsman as well as businessman. He was a member of the Club and Bleacher Quarterbacks and one of the little the of organizers Leagues football Ute Confer ence. He also wa$ a past president of Fort Douglas-Hidde- n Valley Country Club and a member of the American Contract Bridge League. include his widow; daughter, Lisa, who is traveling in Switzerland; 2 sons, Bradly and Bryan; father; 3 brothers, Sanford Page, Robert P. and Richara Lawson, all of Salt Lake Cin. University of Utah, joined J. A. Ilogle & Co. as an account executive in May, 1S61. That was company subsequently consolidated into Goodbody k Co., and recently consolidated into Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. include his widow, 3 sons, Jeffery, Cary and Scott; parents, Salt Lake City; brother, James R. Dunn. Salt Lake City. Survivors agenda. A fifth such conference is being planned tentatively for the Spring of 1972 in Houston, Texas. Survivors Seale Case End Poses Question On Jury System By David Weissler United Press International American jurists disagree over the effects on the judicial system oi the dismissal of charges against Bobby Seale. But almost all say the controversial case points out the problems facing the courts. The case against Seale and Mrs. Ericka Huggins, two Black Panthers charged with murder conspiracy, was declared a mistrial on May 24, when the jury could not reach a decision after six deliberation. Judge Harold M. days of Mulvey dismissed the case against the two, May 25, on the grounds he thought in a second trial it would be "impossible to believe that an unbiased jury could be selected. Judges, lawyers and legal scholars throughout the country were asked their opinions on the New Haven, Conn., court decision and what effects it might have on a judicial system currently being challenged from all sides. "The ruling is a confession of failure on the part of our judicial system, said James C. Kirby, dean of law at Ohio State University. "Here is a person who may be guilty but will not be punished because we d cannot impanel a jury. in educating is answer "The potential jurors to the necessity for open mindedness and putting aside prior information. . . Judge Mulvey was on the scene and is a better judge of the affects of publicity on the Connecticut public than I am. I wouldnt quarrel with his decision, but I wouldnt endorse it either. Attorneys defending other controversial figures generally agreed with Mulveys decision. "With the bitterness of the jury in deliberations, there was no way (a court) could pick a nonpartial jury (for the second trial), said Fred Cohen. An attorney with a firm which successfully recently defended 13 Black Panthers in New York. Howard Moore, chief attorney for black militant Angela Davis, said the problem of finding an impartial It didn't jury was tome t'p today. It must have hc'n appni on! during the 4' mnrths they were trying to get a jury. fair-minde- pre-existin- g. Thornton Morris Jr. Wallace H-Pv- ke Wallace IT. Pyke, 42, was vice president and treasurer of Pyke Manufacturing Co., 1025 S. 6th West. He resided at 2055 Browning Ave. (1101 South). Hr was bom April 8. 1929 in Salt Lake City, a sen of Francis HaioM and Hazel Chase Pyke. Le attended Fountain Valley Preparatory School, Colorado Springs, Colo, and the University of Utah in 1947-4- He served in the U.S. Army occupation forces in Germany In 1950-5- 2. He married Virginia Hig-ma- Frgik S. Pyke, 44, 6114. was batnJuIy n Hd-lad$ylv- d., Santa Dec. 5, 1951 Calif. Rosa, He was a member of 5t Marks Episcopal Cathedral, i A pilot, be was a jnttober of the Alperaft Owners and Pilots Assn. He also was a - . 1951: .Mr. Pyke became executive vice president of Pyke Manufacturing Co. iu 1963, having started working at the firm as a young boy. He was graduated from High School in 1943. He member of Beta Theta PI Fraternity and Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club. include his Catherine widow, daughter Anne and son, Steven Kelson. The family suggests contributions to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. Survivors served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-4and .was graduated from the University of Utah with a business degree in 5 Smith Spencer Spencer 1539 Roberta St. 245 EWLwas. bom- Feb. 21, 1927, bn;. Salt Lake City to Dr. David' and Florence. Spencer Smith Sr. Mr. Smith, who was regional representative for J. W. Brown Co., distillers, Seattle was a member of tbe Young-MenProfessional Assn., a member of the board of directors of Willow Creek Country Club and former assistant manager of the Towne House - s Acetic Club. Ke was a member of the Churrh of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. Mr. Smith is survived by a sister. Mrs. Sterling R. Provost, and two brothers, D. v Smith Jr. and Dr. A. Davi-". !; LaiiKp City. y ! 'f . t 1 9, 1926fa Salt Lake Ctty and Lyall Swt Pyke. Hs married Jeanne Marian! In Salt Lake City July 20, 1949. Mr. Pyke worked in the Salt Lake plant until 1951, transferred to Phoeas branch sales Ariz., nix, then returned to He manager. Salt Lake City as vice president of the firm in 1958. He was secretary of the Utah Manufacturers Assn, board this year,. served as a member of the board of directors, Cottonwood Club, member of the Alta Club and member of St. James Episco-pa- l Church. include his widow; son, F. Gregory and and Stephanie, daughter, wnen he Survivors mother, Salt Lake City. Funeral services are 1 |