The Weather
Journa FIRE RAZES TWO SALTILLO BUILDINGS
NORfflEAST Mississippi - Fair, continued very cold through Wednesday night. Highs Wednesday 20-30, lows 5-15. Thursday fair and not so cold by afternoon. '.;
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Tupelo,Mississippi, Wedne sda y Morning ,December 12, 1962
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'Area Carner . , Th~ough M1ss1ss1pp1 Wins Honors In Journal Contest
Henry Weir, Jr. of Amory has been named The Daily Joumal's Area Carrier Boy of the Month for November. The 15-year-old youngster is in the tenth grade at Amory JuniorSenior High School and delivers a route of 77 subscribers in southeast Amory. He has been a " Little
UP IN SMOKE - Flam es and smoke b oiled into th e freezing darkness Tuesday night a s flam es wip ed out the W. W . W esson F urniture store and t h e J . W. Jone s Gen e ral Mer chandise store i n S altillo. The str eets were filled w i th furniture a nd various other mercha ndise which w as taken from adjacent b uildings after the fire b roke out. Chilled citizens stood b y h elplessl y, w h ile fire u nits from five area t own s battled the conflagration. - Photo by Sallis
W AndWHardwareCompany,J. W.Jones&Sons, Masonic Hall Destroy·ed; Heavy Wall Saves Town
Merchant" for 18 months. Henry attends Mam Street Free Will Baptist Church where he is an usher. In school he is a member
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 11 (UPI) - An Arcti c air blast rushed into Mississippi Tuesday on the heels of a howling wind, prompting the Weather Bureau to post cold wave warnings and call for a hard freez e b y early Wednesday. Light snow flurries fell at Tupelo,. Holly Springs and Corinth in extreme North Mississippi early Tuesday heralding t he approach of win ter in the state and the mercury began to fall rapidly throughout the state during the day. . . . Jackson recorded i t s high for the day with a 47 at 5 a.m,, and by noon the mercury had dropped to 35 degrees. The W:eather Bureau predicted lows of from 10 to 20 degrees m the nort h half of the s tate by Wednesday morning and from 15 to 25 degrees in the s outh. · d . . Farmers were w~rr:e . t~ pro_tect livestock agai!lst a hard freeze and Mississippi resident s worked durmg hr the day cov ering s ubbery and other vegetation and exposed water pipes. Lines began forming for anti-freeze in many central and s outh portions of the state as the coldest weather so far this season approached.
of \he basketball team. Requirements for the Area Carrier Boy of the Month award inelude: at least six months service, number of new subscribers obtained, payment of .rnortthly account on or before the fifth of each month, ·
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Near 100M·a rk Ons·1xthDay Sub-Zero Blast Adds To Misery In Storm Area
By United Press Internatlo~al A vicious, record . breaking storm punished a nine-state· area of the Middle West and East for the sixth straLght day Tuesday, dumping hip-de~p sno':s ~d five to 10 foot drifts that isolated dozens of commun~t~es and all but para[yzed whole cities. A bitter, sub-zero b'last - the coldest weather of the season ...., s,:iread suffering through the hardhit storm region and knifed across · the Southland deep into !}orlda. !ce . and frost fol'rned m $>Ulh Miami. A 22-deg,r ee freeze severely damaged F lorida's multi-mUHon-dollar winter vegetable crops. ( Continued On Page 23)
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completion of delivery before 6:30 a.rn., school grades of " C" . average or better, no cornplamts, courtesy, and consideration of sub- JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 11 CUPD- Tpere were arguments in both By J AMES GRAHAM . Local . residents said the fire Booneville,. Pontotoc and New Al- rendering them virtually useless . . scriber during foul weather. ' The Senate adopted a reapportion- houses that the plan would give Journal Staff Writer I was discovered at about 7:45 bany. Eqmprnent from the Natchez The extreme cold could be ew. rnent plan late Tuesday but the larger counties too much power P·rn. The blaze appeared to be sub- Trace was also on the scene. danced by tile fact that water House voted it down Tuesday night. and· result in drastic changes in . SALT~~"."" Two d~wntown Sal- siding in the two gutted struc- Fire • fighting efforts were ham- falling on the clutter~d street in The plan drew 71 favorable votes state government. ~!lo bmldmgs were .wiped out by tures at about ;1 p.rn. pered. by a .lack o~ water, some front of the businesses froze almost and 49 opposing votes in the House- Some lawmakers argued against Of 3 fi~~l early Tuesday mght andh for Mr .. Jones said he. was. told of purnpmg umts havmg t~ go ~s Iinstantly, turning thL street into an 10 short of the two-third's majority it on grounds larger counties would 1 ~ e to.wnspeople. thought t e . en- the fire early after its discovery. far as Baldwyn to re • fill their unbroken sheet of ice at many required for proposed constitutio- not get enough representation altir e busmess section was destu~ed " I rushed dow~ to the store and tanks. other dr:l'. units were filled ,points. The temperature was at an l nal amendments. though most veteran pro-reappor- JACKSON, Mississippi, De.c. U ~ be devoured by the roarmg foun~ t he fire m the. second floor, at a near-by gm, so rn e at the estimated 12 degrees . However, it was held on the tionrnent members voted for it. (UPI) - Senate Pres1~ent pro tem 1 Near a~es. \ burnm? near t.~e k1tc~en of the Parkway storage. residents some of whom House calendar on a motion to A similar plan was drawn by ~eorge Yar~rough said today M FII'ernen fr.om a host of area Masomc Lodge, he said. The fire Firemen on the scene were also j by • reconsider and another effort will the conference committee during mtends to disregard a warning municipalities' and the . Na~chez 1sprea~ q~ckl~, he sai<l.. , ,-nnscious .of the ~old. whi~h.. in jJ. praved the cold to cro;d near tiler be made to pass it Wednesday. t~e weekP.nrl.. Wli defeated Monday from the Southern Association jf Trace Parkway poured fire-fight- Saltillo is without a frre depart- , self was a barrier to effor ts to I ire scene, brewed co fee for the S t ted 30 t 12 · f m the S""'a · t$•·, Co1leges and Seecaiarv Schoohi, i · · his 'all d ' ,f · f fghte.r 8 nd 0 th Of ena ors, vo o m avor ~11 " ... • • • • ~g ~mts mto t s~ ·· secon ment and units r~sponded. from corral the b!aze. Mechanisms .ofj reezmg ire I s er _ , of the pl!ln, which would shuffle Committee members made a few The accref:ti~ng. ~s~ation rec( Contmued On Page 23) seats in both houses to favor larg- changes in it Tuesday afternoon en~ly P~~ Miss1SS1ppi ·~lieges an:d d1Stn ct town qnly to find that the Tupelo (two umts), Baldwyn, some purnpmg umts froze sohd, S t · to assure its Senate approval universities on pmbation because fl ames had too much head · start to be quelled. . er ena e. . . · ' of political interference during the Stores completely burned by t he Sen. Fr.ank Barber of Ha~tiesOle Miss integrljtion crisis. It flames were W .and W Hardware bu~g,. chairman ~f the com~nttee, · • • • • warned against further interfer• said 1t was a fair P.lan which he ence or pressure through legislaCompany and the two-story buildfelt would stand up m court. tive investigations. ing of J . W. Jones and Sons'. The . Under the plan, each county . Yarbrough is a member of an inupper floor of .the Jones. bu1ldmg ho~ed the Saltillo_Masomc Lodge. . . , HENRY WEIR, JR. would get at least one House seat JA~KSON, MISS., Dec, 11 (UPI) vestigating committee which is Eight . other businesses on the NASHVILLE Tenn. (UPI) _ The government contends Test BOSTON UPI! - A .mmi~er s with the AO additional seats going - High and low temperatures and checking into the Ole Miss situa~arn~ side of the block appeared The conspiracy trial of Teamsters Fleet was set up by Commercial son :'-'35 q~estioned intensively to larger counties.. Barber said precipitation in the past 24 hours: tion. He told the Senate it should an?er, but th.e fire wal~duln- President James R. Hoffa settled Carriers, Inc. a nationwide auto- adnd given a he .detec~r test 'fye~the Senate reapport1~nrnent would Jackson 52, 33 .04 · Vicksburg 40 :ernove him fro.m the committee if m dire dul successf m breachmg a so I Y· b . to ·t . 1 t' T b 'l t ., f' h' h ay m connection with the city s . be based on population economic , ' , it wants committee members who built 13-inch south wall of the Jones ack m. I s norrna rou me ues- mo I e ransport irrn W' ic e~- seven strangle slayings. Police interests and other m;tters. 26, .09; McComb 49, 32, .01; Meri- will follow the association's direc) building. Some persons at the scene day. =th government attorney.s ployed Teamsters, to pay off their l'ater said no arrest was imrninO O . dian 45 28 O· Bil.oxi 59 40 01 · t' , ·· · II trymg to break down the test!- husbands . Urgmg passage of the plan, Sen. ' ' • , , · , 1ve. t were convmced that this wa sav~ . . ent. I H V C e f Vicksb r told Columbus 38 21 O· Tupelo 30 19 He said the committee is in ef' ed the other stores from a simi- mony of ~ key de.ense witness. . A s~rie~ of incidents. had thro~n Police Commissioner Ernund L. OW OU Se s~na~rs ~P i:;ig~t repres!f their o. ' ' ' ' ' feet, telling legislators they' cannot lar fate. .Mrs. Abee Brennan Peter5?n. t~e tnal mto a turmoil last woo,c. McNamara, personally supervis. last ha t id a co rt- Ord . . . go to Ole Miss and look into things Fortunately, most of the mer- widow of the late Teamsters Vice F irst a former mental patient at- ing the investiaation said at a TUP~LO, Miss ., Dec_. 11. (UPI) d c nee t' 0 avo t u er Unofflc1al Tupelo temperature at that are wrong. Yarbrough said midnight Tuesday was 12 degrees. :"There's a lot that's wrong." ' chandise in the two stores was sal- President. Owen Bert) Brennan, ta~ked Ho.ffa . in the courtroom news conferenc/that he was "not - Oktibbeha County Circ~t c1e~k e "reappor IOnmen · vag~d b~fore the fl ames . gutted was qu!:stioned closely b~ the ~1th an air pistol, and the tough encouraged by developments at W. M. I_:Ienry has been or ere o Forget about some. of the srn~l- - - -- - --'--- .- --..::....__ __ _ __ ___ _..:.....:....:..:.:::'..:-._ the 1,nter!ors . The merchandise was prosecution about the operation of llttle Teamsters boss promptly this moment." appear m Federal Co11:t here Jan~ !er problems. ~ou,, nught face m carried mto the street, or any- a true~ leasing · bus iness known asked '.or a mistrial on grounds Olfidals planned to question 4 to show cause why his ~orr you~..c?mrnumties, ple_aded Coopwhere else out of the path of the successively as Test F leet Inc., the mcident had so unnerved him the 22_ ear-old Ne ro sus ect ords .should. not be opene or e er .. R1s~ to the occasion and. do 1, th t h ldn't h 1 h' . tt th ah Yt th d gH . P d- era! mspect1on, court records show- ~ ~1g. thmg for the state of Missfire . and Hobren Corp. a e cou e P is a. or- rouo ou . e ay. e .surren ed today. 1ss1pp1." Mrs. Peter~on, who now owns neys with the presentation of his ered "'.'hen he lea.rned police were Henry has been ordered to ap- Similar sentiments were expressa horse br~edmg fa.r m near Man- case. searchmg for ~irn. ~o char~e pear before u. s. District Judge ed in the House by Rep. Charles Iwas placed a gaJnst h1m and his Claude Clayton at the request of Jacobs of Bolivar Counfy who chester, Mich., claimed she and h . . . . Mrs. Hoffa owned and operated T ~ rumblings of this . mcidentj name w.as not made public. ... Justice Deparf:rnent attorney John said, " I have a feeling th~t' if we JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 11 (UPI)- Salter said the boycott, which a Id b · t uld Test Fleet. hadn t died down before the cour.tj The he detector test was m- Gore and Ass15tant Attorney Gen- can't get together on this plan A coordinated movement fo 1ast , II ·11 ' r wou egm ornorrow, wo . t . co clu i ,, a c rdin to De uty wen t m o a super-secret sesS1on n s ve c o ·. g P era! Burke Marsha . . we w1 admit defeat and turn the Negro boycott of downtown bus- past the Christmas holidays and - reportedly to discuss whether allSup.t. Arthur Cad1~an, who de- . The Justice D:par tment .1s se~k- matter .over to the courts." . Ja- inesses is exp~cted !o be. launched "until such time as some reforms juror had been improperly ap- .~cnbed the Cambridge youth 'as mg the records m conn~ct1~n .with cobs said the plan_ would contmue Wednesday with bi-racial picket are granted or secured" in Negro the coolest, calmest person Ive a complaint charged d1scrirnmat- rural control of the legislature. lines posted on the city's main hiring. S p~ached. The court . would not ever met." . ing against Ne~oes. . Rep. Thompson Mc~lellan of downtown thoroughfare· He said the action was supported discuss what transprred at thel In ~he past SIX months, .seven Henry ha? said he would cons1d- Clay County, a_ long- time oppo~- Prof. John ' R. Salter, advisor by the NAACP, the Congress on . meeting, but a juror was later Iwomen have been str.an~led m the ~r the Justice De~artment. request ent of reapport1onrne1:ct, ~poke m to the North Jackson NAACP Racial· Equality and the Student ABERDEEN (SpeciaD- Splunge JA.CKSON, Miss., Dec. 11 (UP!) replaced. The juror denied how-1gi:e~ter Boston ~rea. Five of t~e 1f h~ were given m~ormatlon con- f~vor of the pla.n--saymg 1t would Youth Council, said Tuesday seven Non-Violent Coordinating Cornrnit. ' . k1lh~gs had a smgle pattern, 1n- cernmg .the cornplamt . . However, give rural counties a better break "n:iixed _Pickets" would appear on tee. RCDC won top cash prize of $200 - Former Gov. J. P. Coleman s~1d in the annual Monroe County con- Tuesday he had not count~d him- ever, that she had been ap cl~dmg a sex attack. Two others the Justice ~epartrn~nt refused to than the c~urts .w?uld. . M1d-Cap~tol Street sometime be He said the boycott , " aimed at test it was announced before a self out of the 1963 governor s r ace. proached by anyone. did not. disclose the information. _ Sen. E ddie W1lharns of Ohve fore noon. clearing up discrimination against ~rowd of .300 persons at the Amer- ~olem.an, now a state repres~n~r~nch: who called . th~ plan a Salter is a 28-year-?l~ white Negro workers and consumers", 1can Legion Hut here Tuesday tative, issued a stat ement saymg e d1abohcal monstrosity, t old teacher at Tougaloo Christian Col- would be directed at a-II business senators as they prepared to vote Jege, a Negro school just north of houses from "Mill Street to State night. some of his political enemies "are Secon.d prize of $125 went to Bar- trying to a.nnounce that I will n?t . . for it, " May G?,d have mercy up- Jackson. His wife is advisor to the Street", the main downtown shoptahatchie RCDC and third prize of be a candidate for governor m on your souls. Tougaloo NAACP Youth Council. ping area $75 was won by Wren RCDC. 1963." • I The annual event is sponsored "I am sure the peopl.e know by the Aberdeen and A rn o r y that I personally have not made Chamber of Commerce in coop- any such statement," said ColeLee County Attorney Cason Ran- Sweat of Corinth who assumes I and taking 40 cents in cash. eration with the civic ciubs of the man, two cities Coleman said the same sources kin Tuesday said he is "studying the office next month. 8. Breaking into Lawhon School Featured speaker was Dr. Don- are circulating a rewrt that th.e re with interest': orders entered in Altogether, Charles Jenkins was and taking a camera with flash aid B. Roard, personnel director would be an organizational meeting Lee County Circuit ~ourt by. Judge named in eight indictments ana attachment valued at $15. for Mississippi Chemical Corp. at .of his fore.es this weekend. He de- Raym~nd T. Ja_rv1s .termmating James Jenkins in three. Other defendants were named in nied this, too. probationary periods imposed on True bills in which one or both all eight indictments but no acYazoo City. Awards were presented by Trus- "I want my friends to know that two local yo~ths. . were named and charges contain- tion was taken as to their cases sell Duncan co-chairman of the there is absolutely no basis for this . Judge J arvis terrnmated proba- ed in the indictments included : in the order entered by Judge Monroe co~ty RODC council, and rumor," said Colei_nan. "If and hon .given ~o Charles and James 1. Breaking . into Gage and W~il J arvis- In fact, probation periods Jim Buffington of the Aberdeen i·a- when such a meeting should be J enkms durmg t~e No.vember term Company takmg a tire and nm meted out to two defendants as dio station was master of cere- held, al,! interested citizens wiJ.1 be of court by actmg Judge Russel valued at $5; a chrome back burn- a result of the indictments are monies. duly notified" Moore. At the same time, Judge per balued at $3.50; one back end still in effect. · Jarvis ordered cancellation of for a car valued at $10 ; one star- J udge Jarvis took the actions in · true bills as to the J enkins' boys ter of the value of $2.50. response to a motion filed in bewhich were returned by the grand 2. Taking from John T. Reid half of the two youths by the Tupelo jury for the May term of court . Construction Company a generator law firm of Shands and Coleman. The matter caught local officials valued at $17; one battery valued In the motion for termination of by surprise and state's attorneys at $11; one voltage regulator valued probation, it was contended in said they had no notice that such at $12. effect, that both defendants were action was in the making. Mr. 3. Breaking into C&E Cleaners, young, that they were innocent Rankin -said he felt that the pro- taking 75 cents in cash, of charges brought against them WASHINGTON (UPI) _ Atty. edith. Gen. Robert F . Kennedy said The . Justice De artrnent ex- ?ecution w.as deprived of its rig~ts 4. Breaking into the cabin of and that they did not realize ~he Tuesday it cost the Justice De- penses, however , wt! be only a i~ not bemg able to. present 1~s Sam Lump.kin .t aking a shotgun . seriousness of the plea of guilty . partment an estimated $406 508 to small portion of the total federal side . of the cases m 3 publ!c ?· Breakmg mto warehouse. of to the charges. . nfo d 1 ' · · . . . hearmg. Wilbanks Candy Company takma In the cases m which the two e rce fe era cour,~ orders ~ ~n- gov~rnrnent expendi,ture m the sit- · Mr. Rankin said he has not yet one new tire and three recapped were ultimately sentenced by Judge t~grate .the Umversity of Missis- uation. The Defense Department been contacted by Judge J arvis tires valued at $50; one case of Moore, both entered pleas of guilty. ::;: 51PPI between Sept. 15 and Oct. h as not yet r evealed expenses for about the matter and the judge's anti-freeze valued at $18; one-half One of their attorneys when this . the 1,315 ~ps ~ent to the Ox- whereabouts remained unknown to case of candy valued at $15. action was taken was Ross Barnett, · 31. Kennedy said t he expenses were ford a~ea, mcludmg 1,279 frcni him Tuesday: He has relinquished 6. Taking from Frisco Railroad Jr. H. D. CLUB OF YEAR - These four p ersons are representa tives of Lee. ~ the 541 .deputy m arshals , spe- -the aot!ve Army and 3,036 from the bench during the current term one Bendix valued at $8.30 ; one However, in his order freeing County Home D emonstration C lubs which won the four top pla ces of "Club cially deputized bo.rder patrolmen the Natio~al Guard. . of Pontotoc County Circuit Court started valued at $16.35 ; one cap the youths Judge Jarvis ordered Of T h e Year" at the . annua l A chievement Day h eld T uesday in Tupelo. They and bureau of prisons personnel A Justice spokesman said ex, to O R Smith df Corinth valued at $? 80· one cap valued h h b ' II d t 'thd sent t th · ·t t o f d h d t t b d t · · J arvis . was rebuffed · . at $2.35; one ~.wheel • valued at $7.41; t a.t. t ey . e a owe o w1 r aw ar~: from l eft, ~rs. Billy Maharrey, Bissell, fourth; M rs. Hora ce Bishop, P ratt, x or , p1;nses a no .Ye ee·n e er- .Jud~e m . . o e umvers1 Y. a ·~ 1ss., to prevent rnt.e~ference mmed [or the period after Oct. 31. hi? bid for re-election to the post one battery valued at $l6.80 ; one their ear her pleas of gmlty and t hird; Mrs. Phil Morson, Camp Creek, second; Mrs. W illiam Basden, Cedar Hill, w1.t h. court orders reqmrmg ad- He said 15 1?arshals . and about .th!s ~ummer. He was beaten by generator valued at $18.75. be allowed to enter pleas of in- firs t. Only 53 p oint s s eparated the first and s econd place clubs . nussion of :Negro J ames H. Mer- 4,500 troops still were in the area. District Attorney N. S. (Soggy) 7. Breaking into Lawhon School nocent to the charieS. · - Photo by Salll• ·
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