1963, April 11 - Thresher Sunk

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The Weather NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI 1\1.ostly cloudy and warm Thurs• day with occasional light drizzle in the morning. P artly cloudy Thursday night. High 84·88, low near 60. Friday partly cloudy and warm.

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Fire·stone To Undergo Tests

W AS'HING'DON (U'Pl) 'I1h e ~ippeir of ,t,he 'Thriesihier. He is U . s. n ude,ar su:bm.airtlne 'I1hresh- married and thie fart/her. of two ·e r wi:bh 129 men ruboa:rd was miss- ·c hildren. ~n.g in A,tilianltic w,a ters a miJe and Served Aboard Nautilus .a half deep Wed,nesday night. The R !llr vie y pre\li10U1sl,y served Ni~V'Y s,a,id IJheire was vi'l'tuaa.Jy ·aboaird t he ·fiirs1t ,n uclear s ubma· oo hope of rescue . ,.I1ill1e, NautilUJs, ,anid wia,s wiith i,t on The disasber loomed ,as the a North P oJe cmise. He also was wo.rst in subma!l'ine history. eX!ecutive off<icer of ~he nuc'1eM" Unile:ss there had been a failure sub Seadr:a,g on when i,t made its of communioatiions , Adm . George ,r.e ndezwus wi~h t,he nudear su:bW. Anderson, chief of naval op(Continued on Page 11) erations , said the $45 million ve·ssel a,ppa111e·nitly went dc,wn i,n 8,400 f.eet of water where it would 'have be,e n crushed !,five a wainu,t shell. 1

At Whitfield Sweat Orders Check After Motion By Defenise Counsel Douglas Firestone, 18, of Greenwioh, Conn., being. held in connect ion with the Maroh 8 shooting of an elderly Tremont couple, will be taken to the Mississippi State Hospi<tal at Whitfield for psychiatri c .e xam ination, it was reported Wednesday by P . A. Martin, Itawamb a County attorney. A motion r.e questing ,the ex,a mination filed by the defendant's counsel, Sam Lumpkin, Wednesday morning was sus~ained by Circuit Judge N. S. Sweat, ,Jr., who enter~~it c~;~ci:~~~·~va~;t: J~u~~;, ~::

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CITY CARlRIER OF THE MONTH-John and Wayne Norris, who have been named J ournal city carriers of the month for March.

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'John and W.ayne Norris, brothers and partner.s in a paper route in the Rankin School area, h a v e been selected City " Carrie-rs of The Month" for March by the Daily J·oiuma1. The sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mose Norris , 1908 Nelle Street in TupeJo, Wayne is 15 years of age and John is 13. B'o-t!h 1ai,e members of Calvary Baptist Church and both ar,e Boy Scouts. They are .also students at Milam Junior High School, where 'Wayne is in :the 9th grade,

and John is · a seventh-g,ra,der. Requirements that must be met to become a carrier of the Month are: No complaints dur ing the m onth; Payment of monthly account on, or befor,e, the · fifth of t he month; Number of new s ubscriirbe:rs ub>taine:d. Completion of delivery by 6:30 a.m. each day; At I e as t s ix months service as a carrier ; School grades that average "C" or better; Courtesy ; Route book up to date, ·

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no:1j~i~so y n u~:id ~ ,~ :e c::i~ "~~ ".: ,,· .· , ahv,e if the T>hresher went to the hull-sh~tber.ing depVh o,f :the ocean f.kior m .that ,a,reia. . The s'htp " ,a ppearn ,,to be Io,st WASH_INC;"TON ClJ'.P'I> - A w iith 129 men abo!lll'd, Anderson smaHer rmms bre,ak m the Eltlee'l tem;-e,J,y to!~ ne~smen. ,p.rioe lfoe Wednesday lYrou.ght a O_il Shck Repor ted qu:ick one-.d ay p,ostponeme'l'lt of A J?assive sea!'ch and rescue P ,!'e;side,rnt Kernnied,y's Eais~er viacaopembon_ was ~aunched, but bad ,t ion in what shaped up as a po.go ~abher m_ bh:e sea!'c'h ,air,e,a ha.m- si!bJ·e new power '!)lay he~en pered c<:mtmmng eiffor.ts. to {l()c·at_e tJhe WhitJe Hl()use ,and ste,eiJrrnakt~e ship. Aindersoo _sa'!d an 011 ers. .s1wk was ireporrted m tJhe airea D ellay,i,ng a F.liorida tni!p, the Just ' b~?re .da:rk, ' .b>ult we. ~;ave P.f\esidieint .xmf.erred with Atty. ,no defmilte ,1nf011ma,b1on on 11. ,..,_ Rolb1 _._ F v . , d __ .. .,,. 8'11L • n,8lnllle Y '" "Kl Ow1• r. , to -'·A d 'ut"ll, ~n ,r ep,y · que:s.u.wns n ·err-soin h' h flfi 'ail 0 th said hI'le was ".a,boolube'ly no ,er llgl o, , tC} I~ , 1!1 . '€ announced.11al!'lce of ,a nUJc'1eair ex;l)los.ion nor ~ent by ~h~ Wheehing <:-OTP. that arriy liike1ihood of n:udeair con- '],t was iratSJ'lJ,g ,so,me pri,c,e,s $4.50 taminabi.QJl o,r dange,r to neawga- :to $l0 a lt came a yeaa- to -bioo" Ln ,bhe ,a,c oident . the, ~,ay a~te,r Rienn_e:dy's last bii,g tmder,so,n s ari.d he h!aid no idea roll iS'lons. with fue md1Ustriy. . i!mmedfat etly what could h ave L ate IJ11 the day t!he WUnte been responsible .for any accident House stgna,Ll'ed that the•r,e would aboard t he submarine. There had be no premdential ac,t ion or s>tatebeen ,no sbr-uctural problems wnth ment ui1'bi,l a,t ~east 9 a .m. EST fflt,e Thresher cilass of nucJ1ear Thllll'sday , if then. Iit wa,s Tocked .s ubmarine. i:r. " b attle o,f ,s,i,J,e,n oe with 1Jh<e Th h sll . dd· 1 s.te . d e 'J1 re, 1er oon ucte i post- . e1 m usbry. ov';rhaul ·01·,11t:ds at a sh'.1'1'.° "' depth The Whitl: House dee.lined com~~00:a,y but deeper divmgi oper- men,t. on '.a,L! q ll!esbions beairi~,g on ia'bioos had been p1anned W.ednes- .the ®]l:uatwn a1nd stee,l Hrms othday. ,er :bhan Wh:ee,!ing wer,e equal'ly f 1 s ilent on ,tJheiir µ,rice i,ntentions I 'ost ' foe Thires<her would b e · e o.f :bhe 1mp,o,rtanoe . · . . . Lndi,· c aitiv, the the WOl'st loss of life in subma,r m,e -0 h d h ihi:story. The wammie sinking of lpresr ,e nt . a.ttac •e to t ,e Wheelof A . . . rung prrne r 1s,e was the fact uhat th -~ ,e~ioan t Sl:·>m~:: w~ >he twioe a1mounce<l dela,y,s in his '10; r · ~ 'Olllt 'ut llll t,· scheduJ1e,ct depar,tu,re for a Palm of we~ ~ ,as rp~ace ~,me oss Beach E aster holiday. The latest "he ·!IJll s u-;11,e,ricfaif,n "hs,u ~:::.~neH~was buhl,eit,in put his depar,ture tim e at .v q w'\lS o ·• e ·" '"'"" ,~mp. " . t . 1939 ..,,_ d•eau, ., 112.30 p.m . EST., 'I1hursda,y .r .·S·h.,.,i= '- 00•aS 'in Wl'Vll 26 p C:: + • Holds out Hope . ·r ess ~~r,e,.a:D' ~ ,rerre Sia. mg~ A!lldeirao.n he,M aurt; hope h0\\1€V- t~ed. a~de w'.t,h no comme~ er vhat "perhaps this is a case of a~ q~estlons o~. the: s teel pnoe communi,ca!tioo,s fa,i,luire and tha.t s1t uav'.o~ Adrn~mstrat10n ~ r ategy the suibma,ri,n,e might oonceivably appear to e_ to avoid any be ·p.rcceedi'!J,g to ,pert.,, ,S/tatements . pemdmg a t~orough But he added that ff ,t he '!1hresh- ,check, parfac u!a,11~ to see if lair,ge r wen.• uown ., i:.... tL· .,. ,e rh sbeel companies fol,!owed the "" · 11ie ·lll!"ea o f ]us . . , test Qperations, no saav,age coul d I W ee1mg 1f1~m_s l,~ad: . be possi!ble. Call ~;~.,ing Comc1denc~" Naval oJ!fioens sai d ,bhe Thr,esh- . A Wheehn,g ·S'pck_esman said iit h d ·ts t t d th h rt! 1 was 'mer,e ly a COQlnC1denoe' that : 11 r e~c ,e I des e~ed ~o thy his company's price r i•s.e came ex· .a n r ~ ~ II aot1y a yiea,r ·,af.ter the industry · 1 ar ' a 5 · a,c e escor •b acked ,aiway f,r om iits $6 a ton vesThoo . h Id 'b· . hrike in :the face o,f a presidenUa1 e<!'le. s ou ' uav,e ·een reports I sho,w of p.ow,e,r th,at still iirks the · 1 approX:1mabe Y e.v ery h?ur as va- 1compan:y. r 1>0us <tests we11e cai_,rred ou,t, a ( Continu ed on Page 11) Navy spokesma111 Sa'ld, but bhe Th~esher was not heard Fr-0,m af,t.. er tJhie in,H:ial communication. None L os t B e f ore No o<ther nudear submarine h~ ever ibeen lost. The Thresher 1s the fiirst cif ,a cla,s s of nuclear· d su,b ma.Dmes · powe,re W::h. . ,1ch are cons1del'ed the wo,11ld's fast est a!ll'd Although gathering clouds J.ate deepest.lfa,n.ging undeTWater craft. Wednesday ba cked up a Weather '.Dhe ThreS1heir was launched Bureau forecast of light dr,izzle J uly 9, 1960, ~rom the _Porits- .thrs morning, Tupelo , by and mouth, N .H., S1h1py:ard. It 1s 278 large, had another day of pleasant feet l~mg, wtith a 32 foot beam and sunny spr ing wea,ther wit h and -d,11sp1'aces 4,3?0 tons. temperatures slightly below the Three submairme rescue ves- previous day. . sel,s , pl,us pa,tro~ pLanes a:nd de- A r eading of 79 at 5 p.m. Tues·s troy,ers ,aire mVC'J_ved m the day remained the official high for sea.l'ch, tlre ~av,y. :sa11:d. . the following 24 hours , CD WarnAnderso,n ,dentif:ied tJhe ·ski,pper 1ng Oenter Dir,ector Charles Spain of the 'Dhre,s her as Lt. Cornman- :epol'bed._Low recor9ed for !Jhe per der Jdhn W. H~ y, of Water- 10d w as o4, and at ;:i p.m. Wednesford, Oonn . Harvey ,s ,a 1950 ~a- day the mercury stood a t 54 dev a,! Aoademy gr,adu,ate w1th n,me girees . ye,a~s experience i n niuC'lear sub- u ff ·. I ·d · ht i t . d h no icia rm mg, ' emper,a, u:re mainnes ·a n t, ree months as downtown was 60. .

cation term. Firsestone is charge<! in the shooting and attempted robbery of H ELD IN BREAKINS-Eldridge DaLee, special investigator for the Tupelo Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sandlin at their Police Department, is shown fingerprinting Paul Wayne Lindley of Parma, Mo., small country store the morning of after the youth was arrested inside the Hospital Pharmacy Tuesday night about March s. Both the s andlins were 11:30. Police Chief Robert Monaghan looks on at the proceedings. Officers said criti.oally wounded in the fracas tha,t ensued. However, Mr. Sandlin Lindley told them he broke out a glass in the pharmacy building door to gain has now been discharged . f rom en trance. -Photo by Sallis North Mississippi Com munity Hospita! Tupe1o. Th~ order stated that young F ir,e stone wi-Jl be com mitted to Whitf~eld. for examination by t he Psychiatnst th ere> a nd that he will also be made available for examinations' by Dr. Robert G. Heath and his associates of Tulane MediA series of bre.ak-ins ,a t Tupelo joined b y thr~e other squad cars gone >before olliii.cers which were cal Center, TU·l ane University . ,business establishments Tuesday I filled with policemen . caliled cou,ld ,a:r,r1ve. Dr . . Heath, who wit.,h a psycho!f' " ' t:ight e;1ded in the ~rr,e st by IJO- Chief Mo_n aghan said ~indley h a.d Mr. DaLee said Lincl!ley told ogist from the medic,a l center has .· . . . . lice .off1ce·rs of a 21-year-old M1s- been quest10ned by Special Invest1- Mm .tha;t he ,anJCl. Ca:g11e h ad stopped had one interview with t he yout h OXFORD, Miss., April IO ~UPI) year -old Ole ~ iss J,aw student ~d sour1 man, who was apprehend- gator Eldridge D aLee, and told ,at the MiboheiH StoO'e to get a :at the New Albany jail, where -'J'.he State Coll~ge Board w1l~ act past state pres1den,t of ,t he Patno_ted tn c,ne oif tJh:e stores he had officers .t hat he was a.c companied "cold <Wi,nk" out of itlhe m achlne he is being held, is privately em- a~ a,ts ne~,t !11~eti~g on ,t he Umver- IC A~1~ncan Youth. Bl!l~kwell sard just enter,e d, Police Chief Robert to the s cene of the break-in by o-ut&ide 1Jhe business house a!lld ,ployed for t he defense, sity of MLSsnssippi s request to h'.re he obJected to K~rc!u s use of Monaghan said Wednesday. And E1.:1gene. Cag,le, ~9. a lso of Parma, h ad th~n dedded to break th~ lock Representing the state at Wed- an attorney to d e/~nd an , ~rt ~l- P : ,Y. on ,the damt~~g~ am~ni a sear-c h was ibaUl'Ilohed fur a s·e c- M1ss.o un,- He said Cagl.e had been ofif the doo,r and gio mside . Mir. nesday's conference with J ud g e strucbor aooused O eseoratmg t _e ~t er s1_ogans_ an ,epib e, s w . C· ond person who evaded capture waitmg m .bile car artd was to have DaLee sa<id 1Jhe young man totld Swe~t at Tupelo were ·Mr, MartLn, Confederate Flag ,talhroughd hrs ttlhhe artist satdd were hetard abh?'l'ht ,at their scenes come by and picked him up ac- . . . . . ., , J k d. t .at tto d pamtmgs, it was reve ed to ·ay. , e campus urung rm mg w 1c· d' t M D L ' fom t!hat !he ,a.ind his c9mpamo,n ac Doty, is r1 .a, rney, a-~ D E R Jobe executive sec- followed the enro11ment of Ne~ro . h ad baken a cal'ton of cigiaret s J. HolJ_i~ Brown of ~t:lton, _special i:et:;y- of th~ Stat ; COlllege Board, James Meredi,bh. Chief Monaghan said Paul Wayne cor mg o r . a ee. Lindley of P .a~ma, Missouri, was How.eiver, ca,glie ,a,ppa!'lently sa~ , and ,a tooth bl'ush dirom t!Jhe Mit- P.rosecu.oor employed liy the Sand- said ,tihe "Ole Miss" !"equest for ~ ar,r.ested 1niside !!he H<l'S1t:tlital Phar- :tihe pooice of.f.rc-ers at tih e scene1 chdl Store. !ms. . . . ,pe:r,mission to hir e special counsel T+he AAU.P resolution s aid the m acy, on South Gloster street, wthe.n h e ire.tu,rned iand escaped Officers sa~tl Lindley told them . The youth w11I be tak en ,t o Wh!t- for G. R ay Kerciu w,ill be taken profes?or's group wanted to "exk.e·n :the !!l ass 1·n in a 1956 oar owned by L'indaey, bha.t he a:nd Cagle .t hen- went to a field by ltawamba County Sheriff 't tlh·e boa,rd 's regular meeting press its convrntL-On that Profe-ssor W·h ere he h-ad bro1 ~ '· , l·ocal cadie and got something . at A up a·1 18 · K ercm · ·. 1·s ·b 0 th a compet ent aJ,....,,is · t d t t Mr. DaLee sa,1d. to Russell Reese , ·"hen ."'' . authorities . a · oor 0 en er. . .. 'd h 1 <l, d the m ental hospit al give officers no- :pn · . ' . and a r esponsible and effective Chief Monagihan said an employe Q,f'fice,rs saii:d fuat ,the farst b,reaK-. eat. He sar , ,t, •ey , a,:er rove o'>':'n -tice th at tJhe h ave room to ac- Universtby Chancellor J. D,- W1l- teaoher and that throu hout the at a studio adjoining the building in of the n i,gM had oocunred a·t Gloser tow _.a rd Chickasaw Trail , t h' . th h . 1 t t g.h. . t Iiams has asked Board Cha_,1,r man he~ d the .g1J,ass b.I1eiaki:n()' and call- the P.aul MiibcheN Store, no,r,bh ot where <they pil.all!ned to s.pend the cep im m e ' ~spia . Dr. T. J. Tubb to bring the mat- curren cin ~oversy 'd"lshpamlf 0 ed the P olice Departm:nt An of- Tu,pefo T>hey ·s aid Mrs. Mibche11 ni,g-M 'Wlith ~ ·~a,ti:ves, ofificeirs said. rter up at ,th e meeting, Jobe s a,id. :ng-s e as co~ e .;~\~ fice r driving ,in front of ,t h~ nea,r by ha,d re~eived a c·a.U i,n~orminig hea'. M D L 'd L' d1 told h' The university, in a statement ~o-:esr:~::ssfi::t\~f;gr'ftvy e hospital on his r,e.gular rounds t:ha,t s0:meonie w_ ais l:)r,eakiing i,nto th,rt. tha, e:..~a!l · ·h m eytp.p ed ' . I 'almt . ,t oday' said w ,m iams ha_d discuss- ~. We be11·eve ~hat Pro,f ess,o r· Ker . ·h t " t "h· . 'b -', h ., ·a· . ' ·e ~wo v en s o , ,.i ··h J· 'b t he " oss ibrlity of ·u , , . ,answered the c-aJ,l and w,a s quickly · er sore, .,u, ,u e m ruuers ,aa "'~'be'·s S·u p·eIr m~· r '·"" "'here "he" e'+ wi,. e ' . P tihe appomt. ciu ' in portray.ing ·,h is impressions .L' ~ ' 'w ·l '-'t1' ,v, V ' J :the boardo appl'OV·lllg ' ibroke ou:t ,a g,~ass din vh e door of ;ment of s ec,ial counsel to protect and event~ which h ave r ec~ntly oca !!'ea'! es,tabe office at the b ack ·t he rigthtspand inter,ests of tlhe uni- c~r_red w1thm the state, IS e xer0111_d went tin, but di:d _not get 0111yversi:ty and Professor K•erciu." c1smg_ his ng,ht and du,ty as a rethmg . He told tihe ofif1cers that h e The university's ac-tion came as spons1ble me,~?e,r of t he ac~demthen brokie itJhe gi~a,ss door of th e ,t he "Ole Miss" ohapber of the i,c commumty, the F01;1P said. . drug sto.re and we11Jt i:n, with of&mer~can Associ'a.tion of Universi- . T~e profes~o:s s8:1d if ,t he urn· fice'l'S al'riv,im,g ia:lmost iimmedi,att y P rofessors unanimously adopted vers1ty admm1stratron did not ~-10 n cru,"Im · g for ·the a £.acuity e ly , MT , DaLe e saiid· ·a r,eso1uu · .,"·c·h·ool comeb to .tJhe suppo_ h r t of "'t . 'h WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI ) Court h ad not taken final action C~ief Mo:nagiha,n and Mr. D a~ ee _BlJRJM<LNrntAIM, Aila . (·!,JlPI) - .00 openly and officially l>ack Ker- mem er m_ sue oases . " is " e sa:1:d they Ola:d con1ia1obed P oihce :Sixteen Negro youlbhs qu1e<bly en- ciu's right of expression. behef of t his body that the mdivi- The House today refused to wt m it!he case. $529,000 from a Justice Depal't- .Rep. WiUi~m F. Ryan (D-N .Y .. ) Chief HeQ1schel Davsoopor.t i,n Par- bered the city',s main white in. dua1 members of ,this f;acuJ,ty can ment app,ropr.tation to p ay for send- disputed Wih1tten 's account, saymg ma Mo. wiho told .foe,m that h e ibra.ry toda•y and u sed its fa~H~ties T>he 70-meme-r g·rou, m a re· only conclude tihat th~~ would be mg m arshals and other U .S. of- "We should commend the attor- kno'ws both Lindley and Cagle . for ,a,bout 30 minutes. · solution passed Tuesday nigiht, said abandoned to the _wh1,m s of any ~icers to Oxford , Miss., last y,ear . n ey general and the Pres,iden,t " '!1he oUioe11s 5 ai,d t he Par ma chief A police oM,1oeu- _saM !!he Nie- t he univ,ersity should " promptly pressure group whlC'~ m~y be ofA proposal by Rep. Jam ie Whit- for their aotion at Oxford. He g,ave Lindrl ey a goo d recommenda- ,g rnes we,x,e Mt .aITeS<ted because support Professor ~ercru _in the fen~~d by tlhe conscient~us and ten (D•Miss.) to eliminate the sum saad s1m1lar acb1on was called for ti.on but toad tih em ,1/ha,t Cag.Je h ad tLQ '11'1'--r-~~y 11---~,~d a,;,d ·" ,,... f~'~ a present ca_s•e by mak,mg a vigorous leg1tima<t~ e~erc1se of their acad' ••,,. · . "'-mpla1nt • '" "' Auv= spar~ed a brief House ar gument art; Greeniwood , Miss. a,n' eX:tended juvernle record of ',co 1'rJ)ll1ari,an saii:d i,t"'"'was pub" v,c statement uphOId'mg h'1~ emk · · otbhgat1ons ' · ·" over th e feder al r ole in bhe en- Rep. John Bell Willia,ms (D . stea!i,ng ,gasO'l1i.ne. the cfj',l'st ~- , N res Iha . d r ight and duty to e~pr ess his con, '~~ ,s ve use victi'ons :and defend him open!) r oUment of Negro J ames Mere- Miss.) asked if 'Ryan got " such The P al'ma oflflicer ,told 1\u,pelo ~h 1\l'r d~th at lihe University of MissiSS· satisfactron" ouit of ,the U.S. mar- ofif,ice,rs tha.t h e is f.ami'l:iar with e I ary s ac11, e . ·, and officially through the service: i.ppi. shals "firing tea,r gas dnto a crowd Lindley's oaT .and w,i•1'1 pick e a,gil.e ThbocI~u~ en~:ei w e ~bra~ of ,the university attorney." of unarmed students." . u,n immedi,ately if h e ~!hows up odne ''to"ht om ctLY' a .......ain ne. Kerciu presently is free on ·$50( """. t ed Wh'"'' R ep. J o h n J . R ooney (D .,, e driv, . i,ng t!he V'e'hi-cile. ~ . oor . St·ice o ·'""" House. r,eJeCI . iv.ens . -N .y .) .ther, all . ' ' ·e coun dY COU11111 fu u ouse • i,n bon d pend'm g a M-ay 3 JU amendment by voice vote. The said it would be 'foolhardy" t o Liincl!ley ,to,ld c,fifiicers vhait h e an.a sm . I gi~ups an en 'went rt.a t he peace }1ea1!')ng befor,e J _udge w Mississ,ilppian said what h appened adopt Wh~bten's amendment be. Cagle arrived in Tupelo about 4 various oors. Three Negroes got H. Jones. He pleaded mnoceni lin Oxfo,rd was destructive "'Of the cause ,t he money was_·akeady spent am Mond,ay fir,~m n all'm a ancl boo~ksb,from tht rack~ .an d sat at Tuesday ,to the ch ar ges_ he vio _latec 81 ,,e on ti,,e ma~n Foor 1 · on wh,1',ch our govern· ait Oxfor· d an d :tlh · I ~f f Ltnds iJJ:ad · been · v· .., · 1.. very basrs , e d ema v,isi,U,ng reLaitive,s in Baih:l- a E'" l'· t d h h' ·. state Iaw ,by usmg tue State anc ment was creabed.'' He said mar- now WOU!ld ac,t . only to ' dest~oy wyn .and 'Dupelo, Mr. DaLee said. • air: ie,r o ay t e t [:1'° anti~se~- Confedeir.aite Fllags as background: Omml shals 'filld troops were movi:!d into day to day servsrnes of ,t he Justice The officer ,saiid ycnmg Lindley 11~·gaibton marcih _to ~1,!,y h at! min five controversi.al modernisti, Oxford even though the Supreme De,part,menit." h!ad told ithe m he h ad come to ei·?ht .d a~s of rac'!a!l Protest.G painting,s depioting llhe r acial eris . WASHINGTON (UPI) - . Pre:'i- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- -- T,upe<lo WLth th e expe,otaibion o~ go- fa1led . Pohce c,a,rted of~ 27 of the is here last fall. . ing to work ,a t a locall p·ha,nt. marchers. but J,ef.t bltnd Negu-o Tthe charges agamst Kercm weri dent Kennedy won, a crucial v1cI,n .t he couse c.f ,~he invesiti-ga,bi,on (Continued on Page 11) brought by Oha.rles Blackwell, 24 tory over budget cutters Wednesby local ofil'i"oe·rs, irela,tives of Lindday when th_e. House vote? to re'1ey brou,gh,t ,a 'bank money sack , sbor:e S450 m1lhon for public works containing $67 in old co1i·n1s, to proJeClts to comlbaJt unemploythe poU:ce station and tc1ld .oftiicel'S ment. . the you~h h ad ,broug;ht it with ihim The key ach?n came on a vote The 5.5tih annuai ex:posi,bion of will ,a gain be presented b ut this whe,n he oaime ,to visiit, Mr. DaLee , to . r ~verse actio~ by the. Appropn ations Comiyitte~ which . h ad t.he Mos·siss,ippi-A<l<albama Fai,r and Ume on a farge,r sca:Ie'. " I or- said . Daii:ry Show !h!IJS be,e·n se,t fo,r Sept. d,ered :a much 'J.,a,r,gie,r tent for th,e He said ,IJhe money bag bo·r,e the knocked out a I t e half-bilhon 25-28 at t,he Tupelo Fairgrounds, show onliy bMs momfog" Mr. Sa- n ame oif the Citize,n,s Sltate Ba,nk af · ' · dollars re~uested . for t he proit was 1aM101.1,nced Wedinesd<ay by ver sa,id ' DeX:ber Mo and was ·ri,l led wi·bh gram by the Preside:ot. The no~. Y . · . ' . ·• . W . . . record v.o te was 202-172 and 1t J.M. S,avery, pres1rde,nt-ma,n ager . He poi:nted 01Uit jfuat since none !)he old coms. He sMd t:he actu,a1 INONA, Miss., April 10 (UPI) hers were cashed by Moor,e th was confirmed by a ·r ol.Jcall vote Mr. Savery said a con:t:r,act has o,f the e:x!h~bii,toll's o!f antique au- via,lual va,1ue of ,bh e old coins is not - Montgomery _County _Superintell'- superintendent 'converted $5,900 t, of 228_184 , This include d 208 Demibeen signed wiibh 01ison Shows ,t omobi,Je s oan ,acce pt premiums, known. . . . ? en_t of Educatuon Travis Able was his own use. ocraits and 20 Republicans for ', bo ,ag.a,in provtiicJ.,e mi:dwtay at,tr.ac- silver trophies Wli,J,l be awarde d Mr. DaLee said one of Lmdle:(s md1o~ed 1tocla:l:' on a char:ge of em- The land is for construction c and 151 Republicans and 33 Dem• l <tions . The Olson SOJ.o,ws, one of :this y,eair. rela_tives a lso brougiht t? the pol!ce bezzlmg_ pubhc funds . . a ~egro school which is yet to b ocrnts against. · Sen ate approval of the appro/ only two :nai:1r0lad carnivals re- "We .a11e al,so 'le d to b eLieve <tJhat stat1oi: a .25 calibre ~1stol, w~1ch Able 1s acc~sed of arrangmg an bml,t. :J mari,niing in the 111>aiti'on, wli.H hav,e the :Li~took shoWJS w1H1l be lar- he said was sold to him by Lmd- $8,000 a llocation for the PW:-Chas_e Lm mediately after t he indictmer. priation appear s to be a for egone 60 separate •s hows and ,r,ides, some g,er than e'.'er 1a,n d wie plan to have ( Continue d on Page 11) of some school land, buymg 1t was returned, Coleman entered me conclusion. 1 ,of wiMoh ,w]N b e new ,to this area, 1aJdditional community booths," Mr. for . $2,100 and pockebing t he re- tions to quash i,t and to determin A number of Repub:lican·s made , I itJhe fau.r imaina.g,eir sa,id. . s.av,e ry said. . . mammg $5,900_. . . W:ho emp1:o)'.ed attorney ~miar strong but unsuccessfu1 1ast-min- . . . Ab_le , w'ho is sche_d uled to be Lwbon of Wmona ,as special pre ute attempts to block passage of AMORY, Miss. - (SpeciaD- An A contr,act h as a,lso been mked Hie ,an,nouinced .~hat all il:m1kfongs wit:ih K!e=ey :srr-.o,s. Olf Oklahoma on bhe foi'rg.rounds, [nclud·in g the arra,iged Thursday, as r epresent- ~ecutor. Laiter 'h e -dropped me the bill. They denounced t he pro- Alabama man was killed instantly •t.o prov:ide ,a rodeo ,a s <bhiis y,ea,r 's gria;ndstarrids , v,1iU be repa,irtd and, . . . ed by former Gov, J . P. C.olem~n. itron to quash. gram as "leaf - r aking" and a and >his two companions mjured gi'.an<lst!IJll!d a1ttr.action. T>he show if needed , e,painved. He s·a id t;his FULTON, Miss. - F orm er legis- 1 He was_ expe.cted to P_lead m- .A!ble was arrested and free "boondoggle" ope r a ti on that 1abe Tuesday night when a truck will incliudie five sep,aJr.a,tes ads work would begin i,a~medca;t;ely. LATOR R. C. MCCall'vser of F ulton nocent: Dist . Atty. Oha,t,wm Jack- under $2,000 bond. would not create nearly as m any in wihich iJhey were riding Jef,t a w:he,r,e cowboys com pete for po,i,nts OM:icer s o!f the fair who serve annoy_nced Wednesd~y that he h as son sai~ a<ttor_neys_had :agr~ed Able A former teacher a,t Duck Hi! jobs as its S'\lJp,poTite:r,s contend. rural road near Splunge and ram,and prize money unde.r a,us·pects w~thout compe,ns,ation, include : Ml!'. quahfied ,as a candid ate for s~ate _would be rtrned m circm,t court Able is in tihe last year o,f The revamped biH totaled $1,- mE>ci a large oak tree . df <bhe R:odeo Cowboy Assci·ation. Sa vory, George Booth , vice pre- sen~tor from _ltayvamba and Tish- her e a week. from ~od~y. four-year ter m as superttenden· 438,691,506, which is $202,685,600 Hugo Watts, 36, of Detroit, AlaA name s tair wii1M ·ailso be he-r e sident ; P.a,u,l McE1roy, secreita:ry, ommgo. cou(l]ties .m the August De- . J ackson sa.i.d tihe m~ctment ac- He is a candidate for r eelectioi less t han the supplemental funds bama, a p assenger in the trailer for t!Jhe evient, Mn:. S:av,ery said, a,nd Be!l't Lyile, tre,a,s,u rer. mocr atic pnmarnes. . cused Able of arrangmg the pur. Ken~edy had r ~quested. The bill, truck, . died ins,banbly of head and ,and it m ight b e o.ne oif t he Cart- Memihe,rs of the l:)oard of diirec- M~. . McC~r ve r, now. with I ta- chase o~ a trac1 of land a ..ne arby Coleman, who :h as pracbi~ed la' de:'p1_te restor ation of t he. appro- body rnjuTies, according to chief vn,i,~hts of ltihe t<e'J,e,viis,ion ,show, Bon- tors in ,a ddii,bion to vhe officers wamba Agr1cultur.al H!gh School , Duck Hill f~; $2,100, then falsely at Acke~man . sm.ce leavmg th pnat1ons committe_e cut, still falls dep~:Y sheriff J ack Bird . . ,a nzb. Last year , Slim Sherm an of i·nclude : M.C. Dougher,ty, Guy G«'a- served as representative from ~epresenbmg to. bh e school board .g overnors office m 1960, was d.1 far short of. ;111eetin,g pJ,e,as af Jo- Bil,1e_Cooper, 35 , also of Detroit, tlhe ''u araimi:e" te,l'e·v.ision series, vlee, Ja·., Jim Johnson, Medford l tawa.mba County from . 1952-60. the ,a greed purchase price as $B,- fense a ttorney for form er Mon cal commumhes for . federal f.unds and dnver of the truck, s uffer ed Leake, Gewgie McLean, ~ .G. Mi- . Itawamba and _T ishommgo coun- OOO. . . . . gomer:y County Sheriff La_wren~ for .Public works . . , cuts and bruises ·and was released w as '.ea,tured . Mr. Savery sia,i d l:lhe ,anrt;ique cail' [,am, Jr., C .C. E ason , Ra,y Robin- tie~ wer~ p)aced rn the same s~na- 'Dhe _md1ctmell!t says vo~chers Kmg, who was ch arged with h1. Wi~h ,the $400 m1lhon Congress from Gilmore Memorial Hospital show, wh,ich proved to be one 01 son , I.W. Spiceir, P .K . Themas , ton al d.1str1ct by the reapportion- amount~g ~o $8,000 were issued mg ~ Ne~ o to s1a~ one _of h provided last fall already con_imit- aft~r an overnight stay for obserb mo.t populiar-eventls last ye ar, J ack Reed and H .B. L awhon. ment bi.JI .passed by a recent aotj ,t o 1lhe land s owner , Negro Press deputies. Kmg is serving a lif,e pr ted for n:ore than 3,000 proJecta, vation. of ,the leg1slat,ure. Moore, 70. It sa,ys aiiter lihe vouc- son tel'lm. ICont,.nued on Page 11) Roy Gilland, fl, of the Splunge

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Battle Over Steel Pri,ees

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