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Tupelo, Mississippi, Wednesday Morning, July 21, 1954.
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GENEVA, Wed., July 21 (UPJ- risings or panic among Viet Nam not to wreck the showdown with rathcrn than a "signing,'•, with J.he France and the Commm1ists signed civilians. the Reds, Washington sent Under- latter ultimate formality reserv,e d a historic truce agreement for Viet . Last minute snags in the Cam- seci·etary of State Walter Bedell for the commanders in the field. Smith to Geneva, and promised .a Nam and Laos early .today, vir- bodian negotiations robbed Mendes- commitment n O t to upset . the But the French said the intialing tually bringing to an end .a lmost France of success by his deadline, Franco-Communist agreement by would be regal'ded as the official eight years of war · in Indochina . but finally in the early morning force or threat of force. acceptance and tlrnt ceasefire . orPremier Pierre Mendes - France hours it was announced that agreeThe French called it "peace ders would be dispatched at once missed his peace-or-resign deadline ment in principal ·h ad been reached' with honor. " But it set the seal to the fighting men· in the rice by two hours, and the ceasefire The delegation leaders of France, on one of the. worst defeats for · paddies and jungles and thatched for Cambodia, the third state of Britain , Russia, Vietminh and the West at the hands of the Com- hamlets of the Delta, the main Indochina still was to be signed. Cambodi11. huddled in emergency munists. field of hostilities. But the delay apparently was session at the British. headquarters The signing took place in a conThe. signing ceremony was closed merely a technical matter of hours. until after 1:30 a.m . (7:30 p.m . ference room of the white marble Newsmen were barred. France agreed to the partition- EST), They hamme red out a de- Palace of Nations, the home of The United States was representing of strife-torn Viet Nam near cision of sorts, with the rough the late League of Nations, · ed by Lt. Col. John E Dwan, a the 17th parallel, gave up the ricl edges still to be finished. · French Gen. Henri Delteil initial- Defense Depal'tment advisor to the and teeming delta area with its FiiJal!y they agt·eed to , put: off · ed the papers on behalf of Gen .. U. S. delegation . France's ·observer great cities of Hanoi and Haiph- the signing of the Cambodian docu- P aul Ely, the French supreme was Jean Chauv~l, deputy chief of ong, and turned over more than mcnt until later today. commander and civil chief admin- the delegation. 12 mlllion natives to Red rule. Immediately after that, the final istrator in Indochina. The snag ovet• the Cambodian But Mendes-France, · in bis head- full dress session of the Geneva Vice Defense Minister Ta Quang r efusal to , make provision in the long rush to end the hostilities with- conference will be held The dele- Buu of the Communist Vietminh treaty for Communist guerrilas in a m onth, salvaged the great gates will ti e up the loose ends, initialed as a representative of Gen and to recognize the existence of Tourane air and naval base and and leave the final mop - up to Vo Nguyen Giap, the Red general a Red "resistance" movement. t he ancient Annamese capital of secondary crews. . who masterminded the crushing of The break in the Cambodian Hue, well below the ceasefire line The agreements assured the end Dien Bien Phu · and the close in snarl finally came aUer 1 a.m. The across the 40-mile waist of Viet or a war which cost France and on the Red River Delta until Uie meeting at the British headqua rters Nam. · , its. a ssociates 92,000 in dead and French ha~ Ol).IY Hanoi, Hajphong, of the delegation chiefs · broke up The effective date of the truce nussmg. In money 1t cost the West and a corndor between . at 1:35 a.m. was not being announced immedi- more than eight billion . dollars-:. The top delegates were not presIt was the Cambodian situation ately, Western i,om·ces said, · al- over $2,500,000,000 of which came ent at the signing at 2 a.m. that defeated Mendes-France's dethough it was b e in g radioed from the ~nited States. Page after page the bulky docu- sire for a trnce by midnight-the promptly to the military commandThe Umted States h eld aloof ments were . initialed by the two deadline he s et when bidding for ers in Indochina. The blackout of from the final. a_ct in the Indochina ·i men, soon as the typewritten sheets parliamentary confirmation of his the date was said to have been drama, not bemg a ·belligerent. were received from the secretariat. appointment as premier a month imposed to prevent possible up- But at the urgent beh1:st of France Technically it was an "initialing" ago.
He ~aid then he would stop the ' wl1irlwind negotiations down the fighting in Indochina b.v July 20, or· stretc l1 that the cease-fire agreewould resign with his government. ments were complete except for Though tec hni cally he missed the technical details, and the signing deadline, none h ere had any idea tonight was certain . that his two-hour gap on the signThe settlement wrung out in an ing for the main fighting front and eleventh hour burst ·of haggling indicated lag of less than a day on contained these key provisions: Cambodia would force him to sub1 A ceasefire in each of the mit a resigna t ion . three Indochina states of Viet Nam, Well into the evening military Laos· and Cambodia. experts of Laos. Cambodia and the 2. A truce line across the narro)'I. Communist Vietminh were in ses- 1'vaist of Viet Nam along the line sion, apparently haggling over de- of the Ben Hai River just a'bove tails of tb e military agreements. the 17th parallel. The river runs They pored over maps, and a Rus- 13niiles 11ortl1 of Colonial Highway sian staff offic er was said to be 9, which crosses Viet Nam from scurrying back and forth · between Savannakhet ln Laos to the sea conference rooms. near Quang 'fri. Mendes - France , Soviet Foreign 3. The French evacuation of all Minister V. M. Molotov and }'or- northern capital of Hanoi and the eign Secretary Anthony Eden of surrender within 10 months of the Britain held an evening session of port of Haiphong. Eden's villa. · 4. Viet Nam elections by July, A wild rus h of activity preceded 1956, with provision fm· "interested the final meeting. Twenty-five arm- parties" to meet · to discuss them ed guards swarmed around the. July, 1955. white marble palace. Security pre· 5. "Regrouping" of Communist cautions were the strictest- of the forces in Laos. 86-day conference 6. Appointme1it of a three-nation Every light in the huge palace supervisory commission consisting was switched on at dusk, apparent- of Canada, India · and Poland to ly to keep unwa11ted persons from police the truce. skulking about for the climax . The truce line cuts across Viet French officials announced late Nam on the level of the tiny Ben in the day during a break in the Hai River where the war - torn
Death Claims: _ McCarthy Promises Fight Sen. Blair Moody To Save Jobs For Staff .
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 20 (U.P.) -Former Democratic Sen. Balir Moody, one of the leaders in the "loyalty pledge" fight at the 1952 Democratic national convention, died unexpectedly at University of Michigan hospital today. Moody, who was seeking a political comeback in the 1954 elections, died in l~is sleep at 3:55 p. m. EST after being given a sedative to quiet his restlessness. His death came s udaenly and unexpectedly. Just a few minutes
Prisoners Protest J ACKSON.-Hinds County jail prisoners gath~red at the windows of the modren building last night. and entertained curious bystanders with scteams protesting ill treatment and bad food. Jailers said the prisoners poured soup on the floor then congregated at the windows. Passersby heard them sho ut a number of protests, including a demand to be "treated like hmnan beings instead of dogs." ., - Sheriff Carroll ;Robinson said the 1OD prisoners are served food which •·meets federal spec ifications in every way. The food's good," he added. "I eat it myself." Robinson would not say what ~ ' ' damage had occurred in~ide the building. •<:r "' ;,,, "'· ONE, T K~ N-' ANOTHER ANI.) Al-i,OTHJ:D-Subdivisions ' J t t h ">'" , ~ga ore·;,,mv- s ree ·s .a nd t ,e sound of whacking.hammers and' grinding !. .J r saws- gii:e ·testimoi1y to ' Ui.e· ~ome buying 5utge in the Tupel~ area~ r stages · of construction · MERIDIAN. - A Lauderdale Shown here are four new horries, 'in various . , w·11· · · money has• c ount 1a11, 1 iam R ee d , h as b een on Lumpki.n Ave. near the Airport Rd. Easier mortgage charged with murder in the fatal helped many· a young couple in the past few months •-" construct a "" shooting Sunday of 20-year-old Joe Terrell of Meridian. . • • • · ·· • • • District Attorney Lester Will-
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Service Restored JACKSON. - Illinois Central passenger train service between l • Jackson and Gulfport has been ord~red restored by the Missis· sippi ThePublic three Service member Commission. commission today rei·ected an Illinois Central petition to set aside an earlier rul. d' t' tu d ing that the service, 1scon 111 e four years ago. be resumed. i The railroad, which contends \ ' the route was lo~ing money, was given 90 d ays to file an appeal of ' the ruling today to the State Supreme Court,
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Gamblinq Stamps JACKSON.-The district directI or of Internal Revei:iue at. J ~c~so~ c ays 59 persons 111 · M issr,ssipPI 1iave been issued federal gamb/ ling stamns during the past two · months. The $50 stamps, however, don't make gambling leg al in Mississippi. Gamblers must still abide iby Mississippi laws. '
Contract Awarded JACKSON.- M . T. Reed C011sti;uction Company of Jackson bas been awa.rded the general contract on ,c onstruction of the new Baptist Hospital Medical Arts Building. Reed bid $556,926 to put up. the building at Jackson.
Hands'hakino Tour JACKSON.-Lieutenant Governor Carroll Cartin continues his handshaking tour through tne Mississippi Delta tomorrow. Gartin made personal contacts in Clarksdale during the day and a radio a.ddre ss last night. Senator J'l.me.g 0 . Eastlanrl return s from Washington tomorrow to resume bis r e-election bid with talks at Jackson and Raymond.
Bridoe Detour MONTICELLO.-A detour has been set up to bypass a collaosed bridge over a creek near Monticello. A truck driver escaped with minor injuries yesterday when his truck dropoed 15 feet anil ove.rturned when the bridge collapsed u he drove across.
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s tate measure• only HO miles 1 A sou1· 110te in the final round across. was a statement by the government 'l'hat gives the l!'rench the· great of Viet Nam · that it would have Tourane air and naval base , . the ' no part of the settlement partitionancient Annamite capital of Hue, ing the country. The government announced It and a population or more than nine million in the southern part of the was demanding a special of . the country wi.th its capital city of Saigon. Geneva conference to hear a ne w It gives ·the Communists control Viet Nam proposal. It would cail of some 12 mlllion Viet Nam inhabi- for a ceasefire at present positions, tants; the Red River Delta, one ..regrouping of troops in small areas. of the richest spots in .the world, disarmament of guerrillas, disartlw no,v beleaguered city of Hanoi, mament of Vietminh forces and and eventually the port city of Hai- withdrawal of all foreign troop$, phong 58 miles to the east. and United Nations control of the Only the United states held aloof follow - through on the arrangefrom the final round i:>f talks, It ments. is not a cease-fire signatory, alBut time had run out on the Viet.though one of the nine ·conferen·c e Namese. 'fheir protest and theil' proposal w·as falling on the deaf powers. U. S. Undersecretary of . State ears of a conference which long Walter Bedell Smith announced since had gone over theh' heads Suntlay t hat the United States and negotiated an agreement withwould · sign ,a declai'ation that it out them , would respect the truce, ·and not A · hurdle that. threatened to disturb it by force or threat of wreck the agreement was brushed for ce. · , , aside by the ministers . lt. was a The foreign ministel's finally Communist demand for a general agreed that the general . declara~ declaration saying that all nine contion of the conference would not ference powers had taken note -of be signed, and merely would state the settlement .a~d agreed to- it. that the "Geneva conference takes The U,S. pos1t10n ruled out any note" of the agreements signed such provision, and the agreement here. That wording would not im- on the unsigned general declara• ply any approvaf of them I tion took care of the issue.
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By Nie~ Chriss Jo.urnal Rov:tng Report~r Easier mortgage money .is the S'parkplug . behrnd the . boom , ing h ome b uymg mark e t 111 T upe1o dunng the past f ew. mo1\ ths. . Plenty of cash-on-the-ban elI1ead com . b. d ·t1 1 . , me w1. 1 ow~1 mterest rates sbmulatmg lendmg of martgage money, is pushing the home construction activity . that puts Tupelo above the average Mississippi town. No t only is it possible to find money for home mortgages today but in the last , six months the· interest rates have turned slightly downW!\l'd. If you are a good risk, are thinking of buying a home and living within the city limits. you'll fin d mortgage bapkers and savings and loan institutions easy to deal with." There's plenty · of money floating around the coffer these days at reasonable rates. whj ch is almost. a complete .reversal from cond1t10ns that existed last year. ·Why the change? Accordmg to one Tupelo martgage banker, the "big boys" have loosened up the- purse . strings which trail all the way back to Wall Str~et, N. Y. . . Large msu.r ance companies, ordmanly lendmg. 90 percent of the money, kept a tight rem on mortgage lo.ans throughmit the country dun.ng the recession scare. Government rnsured loans were obtainable only when builders and owners discounted them drastical!y. So far this y ear residential co11struction in Tupelo is setting a fast pace with 87 new homes, costing $651.615 completed, according to reports of W, J. Conwav. building inspector. Together with commercial con-
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building, while other towns lag,ged, is the presence of the Comthese f:rst. six. mlllths of 1954. . munity Federal and Savings Loan . One md1cation of all this? Total 'Association a sort of local-boyc1 t Y as?e~sment goes up - about makes'good' organization which one m1llton dollars this year . - continued . to make more availmeanmg more tax money commg able when the insurance com, t t k · . ., m o a e care of Tupep's fme pames ,slammed shut the coffer but costly school system . lid Primary reason behind.Tupelo's · Most loans are going at five setting a good pace last year in I percent interest with a few choice ·
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U~ICA. Miss., Jul y 20 (1]'I - A Lee County's white and Negro l<;a~m~ · Negro educator in Mis- RCDC communities have .pledged siss1pp1 . says a solution to al.l segreg,it10n problems should not to raise $1,635 to purchase a new be exHfctect from a conference bull for the Tupelo Area Artifidealing ·With separate schools. c1al · Insemination Assoeiation. J .. D. Boyd, president of Utica I. RCDC Manager Truman Bro. oks Institute and former president of . · 'the State , Negro Teachers Asso- ~t~id Thu~dsday tdhatdNe$g r o .comd11?Lttln1 1 1e cia~ion, has ui·ged Negro and. ies a Pe ~e . 500 an white leaders who meet in Jack- white commumtie~ $1,1,35. . · son July 30th to consider only the Bissell Comm~mty will discuss school problem. . the matter, of its · pledge at the The conference was called b y ~omm1J111ty s next. r~gular meetGover~or Hugh White and will mg. The commumty s action on deal with a voluntary continuance the proposal w as delayed because ot s~gregated schools in Missis- a regular_ meeting was missed. s1pp1. dcsptie the Supreme Court Otherwise, Mr. Brooks announcruling against separate school ed, all white communities have systems agreed to work · toward definite Boyd 'says he sees "no iustifica- goals in raising funds for th e bull. tioll for the Negro dematid irig that , The comn:im::ti<;S are being aska solution" to all of his problems ed to turn m then· pledges when being ins~ pa.rably bound up with they make th~ir annual reports that of -fmdrng a solution to the at the conclusion of the RCDC school problem. contest thi's 'f a· ll. The communities are ·planning s.everal · di.f ferent fund _ rai·si·ng projects to -raise their pledges toward the purchase of the bull. A new Jersey bull is needed, in view of the growing old age of present animals in the TAAlA stud. Ma:i.ager Cecil Trawick es" timates that. almost all the animals being i.sed in the TAAIA with your fair skin, better admit stud will h~ve to be replaced jt a.nd st ay that way, within the next two and three l\.eep out of the direct' rays of years ·because of age. the noon-day sun is another preventative. Wind as, well as sun, t~o. can cause painful burns. Liberal applications of a good suntan oil or lotion will help you take on an attractive tan. In spite of .all precautions you Today is the deadline to qualify may get a mild burn which can for . candidacy for city judge in b~ eased with' a soothing oil or the Aug. 3 Bpecial eleciton to omtment. Severe sunburn like name a successor to . the late a?d' other burn, requires a physi- James A, Finley. cian's care. · City Clerk W. T. Franks reportBut doi;i't forget, chief value · of ed Tuesday that acting Jud.!!e a suntan ls the rest you get while Charles Hutehison was the only soakmg up the aun. ·~ candidate qualified :si;, far, '
That City Pallor Feels Better Than Blisters From Hot Sun Tupelo sun tan authorities reported Tuesday that efforts to acquire "that tanned look" in one day have generally been uns uccessful , . · Attempts to get rid of a year's acc umulation of city pallor in one day have proved to be painful in some quarters, officials added. Temperatures for Tuesday gave a brief respite dropping to 95 degrees for the high of the day at 3:20 p .m. Low for the day was 80 degrees at 7:20 a.m. Best Way to get that suntan is fifteen minutes the first day, increasing the time daily. If y ou're a paleface, sensitive to th'e sun
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,ones at 4 'I, percent. The popuJar GI loans are 4 % percent. FHA loans are underwritten at 4 •;, percent but actually come to fi've percent. Non-government loans are at f' e .Pe e11t . 'd k t 1v re , sa1 a spo esman a the Co ii't F d d S _ 1 ·ng Lmmu Y .e an av I oan ss~cia 1011. . is~r . morllgagJe !~OllieyA. 15 ava1 a , e m a . ourna . , 1.ea towns m contrast to the ngui1ty of last year. . One reason ,for the .large msurance compamcs gettmg mto the act .again is the change in the Federal . 1!,eserve Bank rediscount rate which lowered the net retu.rn . on some types of rnvestments, 1ncludmg gover nment bonds. , The situation stands a httle diffcrent in rural areas where it is next to impossible to get high percentage loans. The Federal Land Bank offers rural hom e loans -as do es State Veterans and Home .Lo~ program created by .the M1ss1ss1ppi legislature. . Another possibility is the F'armers Ho:p1e Administration making loans to vets an-d non-vets alike on long term basis with restricti011s as to farming operations. Mortgage money is expected to ho_ld at :Present levels, spokesmen said. with enough money to take care of an foreseeable. demand for home purchases. For tJ::te most . part the home market is a credit market and it appears that h ome sales will be active for some time.
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Pol'ice On Tra' ·,I Of Cafe Burglar, Auto IS Recovered City police Tuesday were on the trail . D of a burglar who broke i~toht avdid 'sf Rh·~stfaurant Suriday mg an 1e t · 1s ootprints in an adj acent field. . ' Shoes to fit the prints were found Monday evening in a stolen 1948 Ford sedan with Arkansas li cense plates abandoned in WilLis Heights. Ownre of the a utomobile. R C. Clayton of Truman, Ark .. came to Tupelo Tuesday to pic k up an auto · Clayton t0ld po'lice the shoes ·bel onged to 11 is son ,
Sen. James Eastland Schedules Nettleton An..,enranc~ On Fridav Sen. James Eastland will make
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earlier he had discussed plans with his doctor to bring television cameras into I.tis bospita l room to make a f1'l111 "o·1. · telev1·s1·on. .• L Dr. Cyrus C. Sturgis, who was · in attendance when Moody die\], said de a th wa s due t O a n "i nv olv e• ment of the lungs." had been · reMoody reportedly
Senator Loses Services Of Counsel Roy Cohn, Surine Transferred; Action Delayed On Lavenia
WASH1NGTON, July 20 (1,JPl Roy M. Cohn resigned today as chief counsel of Sen. Joseph R, McCarthy's permanent investigating subcommittee and investigatorDonald A. Surine abruptly was transferred to McCartliy's personal staff. The actions were amtounced by McCarthy shortly before subcommittee members met to decide whether to fire the two. At the anticlimactic session, the subcommittee delayed action on a third McCarthy aide, Thomas W. Lavenia.
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. · ·' , · CHICAGO, J u1 y..20 (UP)~A .m anr killing ·heat wave thre'a tened a. cuperating at the hospital from a serious illness, suffered June 24 farm disaster, in the midwest towhile-he was campaigning in Mich: day unless ' it ls relieved soon- by ~g;~{~~~i~~e~~r~:.st}! !>!st!~i!~!ci for the Democratic Senate nomina- · u·on bY p a tr··ick- M c Namara, f orm er 0 c;~Jit!~~;'·the primary already have been printed Moqdy was stricken in Baraga, Mich. 'He was rushed to the hespital at !Iancock. At first his illness was described as a "heart attack' ' but later it was termed "the most vii'u.lous and extensive case of pneumonia we have seen since lhe advent of antibiotics." Apparently on the road to reco.very, he was transferred just last Sunday to Ann Arbor for final checkups. He was due to be released shortly. Moody, a veteran Washington newspaperman, was · appointed to the Senate in 1951 to fill the ooe)(c pired term of the _late Sen .. Art):Jur Vandenberg (R-Mich). He was defeated for reelection by legless war veteran Charles Potter in 1952.
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:But it unanimously approved 22 other staff members, including Director Francis P . Carr who starred with Cohn in · the recent televised hearings on IvlcCarthy's row ·with the Army. Sen. Ralph E. Flanders <R-Vtl, who officially notified the Senate • today he will seek a showdown July 30 on his motion to censure McCarthy's conduct, said in !l statement he was pleased to he·ar of Cohn's resignation. "So far, so good," Flanders said. He added , however-, that "this. or course, does not reach the heart of th;h~ro~~~~!~;-old Cohn an~ the lwo staff"investigators had been regarded a~ the aides most likely to lose their jobs in the " bouse-cleanIng" campaign touched off by the Arms-McCarthy hearin!!s The subcommJttee beld ,UP; a de-, cision on .Lavenia ·to seek.:iufo}'.iJla• t'i.o n· "rom the Defence aiid ·J usti·~M 1 a ~~ departments ·on why he w.as denied clearance to handle secret docu· ments. Surme presumably a1so ha d been denied such clearance. · :• · A Defense Department spokes• man said late today, however, that th d t t ·u t t 11 M
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~!:!1\~~;~ty;i:~:i;~~he:: ~:~ ~~~':n~!in~ased on confidential in• . weather. bureau .said no · re.l ief was The clearances origljrnlly were in sight for another five days, rejected while H. Struve· Hensel h was general .counsel for the departthiatt ,fvlaa·sgpsoole . os1~ttae1: DWa1.nllv1·alllme, Bmar··- ment,, it was said, and we~ · re· d by h'1s successor, : bur · v1ewe rett, 24, was driven from his perch M. Brucker. Hensel, who also after 31 days aloft. H he had stay~d figured in the '.t'\rniy-McCarthy until Thursday he would have h . , · t t d eb th t earmgs, now is an assis an roken s ate record. fen se secretary. , _ The toll of dead in one o! the McCarthy, who had , vowed .a n_ation's worst ~eat waves rea_~he~· fight to the end_ to .save the jobs of 2a4. Last wee,k s scorchers killed his Communist. hmlting crew is?24 persons and 30 more were dead sueti bitter statenierits assa'iling Ina return engagement of.the heat, the "smears" that cost him the this week. . . . services of Cohn and Surine. · At the· same .time the : searmg He termed tcidav's turn of events sun and ~ck. of ramfall. '".'ere .re- ·a ,•'great victory'' for communism. porte.d shr1vel!ng crops, k1ll.lllg l\VCSen. Charles E. Potter (R-Mich) stock a!id .d rymg up water; supphe~. nad put the shakeup wheels in moIn Illinois_, o~e of the hardest htt tion at the close of the Army-Mc~t~tes, 011 1: iai.mer reported 9,000 earthy investigation by ,calling for chickeps died 111 the heat and an- the dismissal of key figures Oil both ot~er_. said he !ost 50 hogs. fa some sides of the controversy. . Illmois counties , damage to the. The Army pri.Iicipals were Sec• corn crop approached a lOO per retary Robert T,,Stevens and Cow1cent loss_. . · · sellor John G. Adams. Defense r/po\.td1~~~n, 3~he stat~ relefJ~doi! Secretary Charles E. Wilson said so~ ern _, m at a news· conference today that no ' ·. to~vns, Wt!h a toJal population resignations , have been offered or 17 ~,ooo, aie ;runnmg out of watei requested from Army officials in• and some have only a few weeks· volved. . sup~ly left , . . TIJe subcommittee previously hail Dr. Art~m M. Buswell, head of lined up 4-3 behind Potter's motio11 .th~ Illinois State Water. Surv';Y, to dismiss the entire staff by ·Jul:, Drilling crews are expected saicl the drought was of an mt~nsity 31 unless they were approved in. here today or Thursday to start that would . oc~ur only once m 50 dividually in the interim. work on Tupelo's new well. years. . But with McCarthy conceding ill Mayor James Ballard announcSoybeans prtc<;s and corn future.s advance on Cohn and Surine, ·i t un• ed Tuesday t;1at the crews' of already were climbmg on the Chi- animously adopted the motion to. Layne _ Central Co. Memphis ca_go Board of Tr~d':- Soybeans day and then appi-oved all the staff ch;11be~ .the . permissible · lO-~ent members except Lavenia. . were f1r1:ishm~ a well elsewheie daily hmit for the second straight The senators said they woul(I m Mis~issippi and were expected day. . meet before July 31 to decide La• to moy~ th:11' ng to Tupelo m the Agncultural ~xper~ generally Venia's fate . If they 'take no action next two or_ tb ee days. . · agreed th-a.t soa_kmg rams and cool- before that d'a te he will be dis· Tbe dr!lling of the well h ad er weathe~, might save much of charged auton1atically. been ongmally scheduled to start the crops lf they come soon. But Monday. City crews have graded in some areas the relief was needed .WEATHER off a s pot in City Park just a few within a matter of days . feet from Joyner Ave. In Nebraska the corn was reNortheast Mississippi .,- Partlv The well, will be drilled to meet ported sufferitig, ,,;,ith rain needed cloudy and hot Wednesday · with T upe Jo' s recor d d ema,nds for wa- . th'1s wee k t o produce a goo d crop. ris · ·k of a ft ernoon an d e.venmg · , ti1unter. The city's water consunption Damage to · alfalfa and pastures dershowers. Gentle southerly h reported "very severe " winds High W cin sda 94 98 a:' reha~ Jled an a 11 .- t·ime h'igh . a- ,vas - - - - - --- - - - - · - - - - - - ' ~ - - - e _ , _e__)_'__-_._ _ gf.am,t tis sumkmer, fdorci~g city .ofieta ,;ho ~ee, a re uct10n in water. e city s water consumpti~n of the early evening. The well drilling company told ' city officials it expected to have the 500-gallon a minute well com. · pleted viithin 30 days, Boll weevil infestations were 1warned that infestation may .be found in 14 out of 36 fields in expected to increase in' areas 1 Northeast Mississippi but the where showers have occurred. State Plant Board reported ,TuesSecond • generation y.reevils .are aay that this section had the 1ow - now begi1ming to show up in .Ion Dr.IV"' est infestation in the state. fields and will •increase when ,a; Fields were examined in Al- rains occur. The Tupelo Lions Club has corn, Calhoun, . Chickasaw, La- , Last year at this time, the agreed to support a drive to build fayette, Itawamba, Lee. Monroe, state • wide infestation average up the community library in the Ponto.top, Tippa:\t and 'l'.ishomingo was .seven per cent. . Vnion RCDC Communit:x, .counties. · The plant board advises farm• Members of the club are invitAverage infestation in the area ers to begin,<'poisoning when in- ' ed to give the books ·to John A. was eigh t per cent, which was al- festation in their fields reaches Rasberry, the club',; RCDC chair-· . so the state - wide average. Heas 15 per cent. man. · , . viest .infestations were found in Boll,,-·orms. were reported in The Union Community started the e11st central and southwest- 46 per . cent. of the 1,423 fields ex• its jjbr~ry last year. Heavy ern sections. · · arrtined. This insect has been re• readersl11p has bee'n reported. , Entomologist Ro11s Hutchins ported .increasing in Ler' 1County.
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