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Tupelo, Mississippi, Monday Morning, June 2, 1975
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Vol. 102 No. 54 ~
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'W ORK ON HOW TO DO IT
Ford, Sadat Agree To Peace Actions
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PAGEANT WINNER -Miss Deborah Ann Bush, center, was named Miss Tupelo 1975-76 during ceremonies Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium.
Photo by Bill Fllller
Miss Kristie Lynn Maddox, left, was selected second alternate and Miss Paula Hussey Cooper was chosen first alternate and Miss Hospitality¥
Miss Bush Tupelo Beauty Winner B3- BILL FULLER Journal Staff Writer Miss Deborah Ann Bush "'as crowned Miss Tupelo. 1975-76 , durin g annual eremonies sponsored by the Jaycees Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium. Select ed first alternate , and Miss Hospitality was - ~Miss Paula Hussey Cooper. ' , daughter of Mr. and Mrs . ,,J.R. Cooper. and selected second alternate was Kristie Lynn Maddox. 20, daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. Joe L . / Maddox. Miss Bush led the field ol 1 ten contestants by winning all three a r eas of competition. evenin g gown. t a lent. a nd swimsuit. She is th e daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harr y C. Bush and a sophomore at the University of Mississippi. Mis s Coope r and Miss Maddox were tied for first · alternate when the final ballots were tabulated. The jud ges re-evaluat ed their s c orin g and chose lVliss ooper first alternate. ' · ' We had to ha ve a ~.,e -breaker because the firs t ia Jt erna t e is also Miss Hospitality ," said Mi ke Kelly. execuli re director of the pageant. "'The decision on what area of competition to use as a tie-breaker was left completely to the _judges. It is . the first time I can r em ember a tie in The Miss Tupelo Pageant." Diane Bounds. reigning Mi ss Mi-ssiss i pp i , wa s Master of Ceremonies and e n tertained t he capacity
crowd with fou r songs. Mi ss America Shirle~Cothran was a spe<:ial guest of the pageant. Earlier in th e day :V1iss Cothran received the .. Key to the City·· from Mayor Clyde Whita ker. .. I ent ered the 1,ageant because of t he scholarshi p money." sairl l\11 iss Tupelo. ··T enjoyed working with the other girls in the [Jageant and I hope to be a good r e present ati ve of Tupelo.··
;\t iss Tupelo re!'eived a S2oo scholarshi p. a S10o gift ce rtificate from Shainbergs. a S35 gift certificate from Westbrooks and S75 from the Tupelo J ayrees to helµ pay expenses a t the l'\11iss l'\11 i ssissippi Pagea nt in Vicksb urg .
1\-1 iss Sherrie Shelton. Miss Tupelo 1974-75. crowned Miss Bush . l\!1iss Shelton also present ed the ta lent portion
of her winn ing effort last yea r . · Jud ges for the pageant were Mrs. Barbara Estes Ru ssell. 1!:J64-65 Miss Tupelo, Jim Weatherly, successful song writer and performer and former quarte rback fo r t h e Ole Miss He bels originally from Pontotoc·. and :V1iklos Beneze. former broaclway star anrl now artist-residence at the Cniversity of Mississippi.
County Attorney Basic Link
Of Law Enforcement, Courts (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of a continuing series of articles on various elective office contested in this year's primary and ge neral elections. The subject of today's article is the Count)' Attorne3-.) B}· JOE RUTHERFORD Journal Staff Writer Mississ ippi county a ttorneys are a basic link between law enforcem ent agents and agencies a nd the state _judicial system. They play an importa nt role in t he investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses from justice of the peace courts through the circuit court system . An optional office unde r th e Mississippi Code, 23 counties in the sta te rely on special prosecutors rather
tha n a full -time attorney. All co un ties in No r t h eas t Mi ssiss ippi, however. elect a· county attorney. In a ddition to being a qua lified elector , a county attorney m ust be a licensed praeticing lawyer. The chief function of the cou n ty a t torney is t o re pre sent th e State of Mississ ippi in a ll criminal matters in f'Ounty , justiee of the peace unrl circuit <:ourts. In circuit court practice he is c1 n assistant to the dist rict a ttorney in prosecuting the st a te' s cause . He a ls o h as primary investigative responsibilities for felony eh arges and repr esen ts the state in m a tter s coming before the Gr a nd Jury. He rep resents the state in
State Divorce Rate Doubles Within Decade JACKSON (UPI ) - Mississippi's annual divorce rate has more than doubled during the past decade, according to statistics related recently \ by the State Health Department. JI Figures for 1974 showed there were 11 ,866 divorces granted in the state- up from 10,787 the previous -year and 5,631 in 1964. Officials said the vast majority- 8,812- of the couples who were granted divorces listed cruel and inhuman treatment as the cause. Desertion was the No. 2 grounds, having been used by 2,200 couples. . However, several persons involved -in marriage counseling and teaching ·family living and marriage courses said the number of cases of cruel and inhuman treatment is misleading since it is often used by couples seeking divorce but lacking other legal gtounds. 1 - George Letherwood, a psychiatric !social worker at the University Medical Center and a private marriage counselor in Jackson, said , many couples who have an amicable separation find it necessary to use . cruel and inhuman treatment as the official reason for divorce. Letherwood and Dr: Frank Yarrow, who teaches a course ill marriage and
human ,sexuality at the University of Southern Mississippi, both said they favor the "no-fault" divorce system under which a couple may get a divorce without one partner having to accuse the other of an indescretion. Yarrow attributed the rise in the ·number of divorces to problems involving sexual adjustment, finances, children, in-laws, and the fact that divorce has become more socially acceptable in recent 'years. He said he believes education in not only the sexual aspects of marriage but in the roles of the man and woman as husband, wife, mother and father is helpful. He said he tries to help couples to apply sexual knowledge towara making a marriage more stable rather than creating tensions. Letherwood said he feels the women's liberation movement has been a major factor in the rising divorce rate. " Woman no longer need the security of a man to take care of them," he said. " They can find jobs and they are no longer willing to be second -class citizens. " I think there's more recognition that 'I want to be what I want to be.' They begin to look at their marriages and say 'I want something different."'
SALZBURG Austri a µea ce. But what is needed (CPI ) - President Ford and now is some concrete efforts -Egypti an President Anwar by Israel so he won't need too Sadat agreed Sunday in this _ m uch shuttle the next time." a I pine reso rt t o do Egyp t ia n spokesma n everything possible to bring Tah seen Beshir told a news peace to the l\'1iddle East. conference. --we a lways welcome the and then settled down to hard decisions on how to do effort of Mr. Kissinger , but ita. we also welcome moving on "Both Presidents a re con- th e Middle East crisis on a \· in ced th at ever ything higher level." he said . sho uld be dune to make The Egyptian spokesman practical progress towa1·d said what Sadat wa nts is p eace." Joseph J. Sisco. pea ce action and is not Und ersecreta ry of State for particular about whi c h p o liti ca l affairs , to ld diplomatic form - a Geneva reporters after the first of conference or shuttle two days of cruc i a l di plomacy - is used . conferences by the two .. Egypt will not allow any leaders. t echnica lity of diplomacy to Sisco said Ford and Sadat st ifle the momentum toward we re d iscussing such options peace ," Beshi r said . as dr iving for an interim An import a nt r e sult l sraeliEgyptian agreement. an overall settlement emerging from the Sunday in the picturesque be tween Israel and her Arab talks Residenz a nd lu nch in the n eig hbors, or a Geneva Schloss Fusch! was the peace conference of all the apparently cordial ease with parties . which the two presidents got Indi cations from the Resi- along . d e nz. the 4uo-year-old state Th e setting was ideal. pa lace set aside for the first Ford and Sadat talked at a meeting of the two leaders. 45-foot table which Adolf were tha t the pa ir had gotten Hitler had ordered for his down to specifics but had nearb y Berch t esgaden a greed to say little until the a lpine retreat. and lunch was ta lk s end Monday afternoon. However. Sadat appeared held in th e Hansel a nd Gretel cl early pleased to be dealing atmosphere of the Schloss w ith Ford rather than U.S. Fuseh, which Nazi Foreign Secretary of State Henry A. l\'tini s t er Joach im von Kissinger, whose shuttle di- Ribbentrop used as a World plomacy attempt to reach an War II hideaway. Cloud· Is rae li -E gy ptian interim cove r e d mountains set tlement collapsed in surrounded the postcard scene. Marc h. Th rou ghout lunch, Ford Ford and Sadat walked down t he steps of the an d Sadat paid almost no Residenz after th eir hour at t ention to anyone but and 30-minute confere nce t hemsel v es. eonversing Sunday afternoon. And Sisco throu g h the meal from told n ewsmen the t wo dumplin g soup to strudle Presidents did most of the dessert. 1a l king rather than leaving it Accorrling to Sisco. the to Kissinger or Egyptian nesidenz talks involved a Forei g n Minist e r Ismail ge n e r a l discussion of Fahrni. · opt i ons . He said : "No "We acceµt the dedication judgmen t s were carried. of Dr . Kissinger to move for Th ese were p reliminary
a ll habeus corpus trials of persons charged with a ca pital offen se. In civil matters b efor e circuit courts, the county attorney assists the district attorney when h e r e p re sents government interests. He is an advocate for county municipalities in circuit courts . in addition to repr e senting state and co unty interests. A county att orney must a lso consult with justices of the peace in setting times for _ their court sess ions , ar ra nging schedules so that h e can be present without conflict. The st ate code prohibits INDEX co unt y attorneys from rep-resenting or defending a ny person in any criminal prosecution where the state, About People cou nt y or a coun t y Ann Landers municipality is in volved. Around Dixie County attorneys may also Around Mississippi serve co n c u rre ntl y as Classified a ttorneys for boards of ·Comics supervisor s without conflict Crossword of inte rest. If this is the case, Editorial the a ttorney can be paid an Horoscope a d dit ion a l a nd sepa rate Look Of America salary for services to the Movies board . Obituaries County attorney sala ries Sharing Shortcuts vary according to the elass Society of the county. with Class I Sports co un ties pay i ng Weather $3,U UU -$3 .600 : C lass II Continued on page 14
Inside Today 's
explorat ions." here . h eld talks with Preliminary or not, it ap- Aust rian Chancellor Bruno peared clear the Egyptia ns Kreisky and then drove to were d riving for the Unit ed the Fusch! Castle on Lake States to ask Israel for Fusch! outside Salzburg for concessions to break .the · lunch with Sadat. diplomatic logjam . Ford is tu In a luncheon toast . he meet Israeli Prime Minister Yit z hak Rabin in hail ed " Egypt 's sincere Washin gton June 11 and 12 to desire for peace " and complete a r e-evaluation of Sadat' s "statesmanship and ... wisdom ." Midd l e East policy that " Our mutual goal is a bega n a fter the collapse of durable peace, just and fair Kissin ger's March shuttle. Sisco told reporter s Ford to all peoples of the Middle East ," Ford said. and Sadat would take up ·'The United Stat es will not l\'1onday the matter of boostin g American economic tolerate stagnation in our a id to Egypt. A woeful efforts for a negotiated sett· economy is one reason Sadat l e m e nt ," h e a dded . would welcome Middle East " Stagnation and a stalemate peace. diplomats said. will not be tolerated. A just Ford , who slipped and fell and dur a ble peace, fair and down the last few steps of the equitable to all parties. can ramp of his plane on arrival and will be achieved."
Body Found In Well ;Man, Wife Arrested TISHOMINGO -A Tis h omingo man was charged with murder here Sunday after the body of another local man was found in an abandoned well . Tishomingo County Sheriff Geo rge Cutshall said 33-y e a r -old £rnest Ray Butler, who was a lready under an earlier murder indictment , was charged with murder in connecti on wit h th e Saturday shooting death. Hi s wife. Mrs. Ruby Butler. was also arrested and charged with accessory after the fact of murder. Cuts hall said the body of Joseph A. ( Bill J Bolton. 56. was found in an abandoned well about three miles west of Tishomingo at 6 p .m .
Saturday . The victim was apparently shot once in the forehead with a .22 caliber pistol al Butle r 's home, according tn Cutshall. Officers r ecovered a.2' caliber pistol believed have been used in th... shooting . Butler was being held in the county jail in lieu of bond pending a preli minary hea ring. His wife was also being held Sunday night . No motive for the slaying was given . Cutshall said Butler was alread y un der a county indictment for the m urder of Olen O'Neil earlier thi s year. Butler was free on $8,UOO bond at t he time Boiton was killed. h
Short Life Of Traffic Ticket The life of a traffic ticket is short, but before it is retired to permanent files it can travel miles, going through as many as twenty hands. The Journal looks at the travels of the typical ticket on page 24.,
White House Prom
Journal
It wasn't any different from any other prom, except the dates and the band had to get security clearances, before they could come to the first such affair ever held in the White House. Please turn to page 10.
Black Share Promised 11 6
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" Blacks deserve a piece of the pie," gubernatorial candidate Gil Carmichael said, promising to step up minority hiring if elected in November. Turn to page five for story. "'
Malpractice Ma/content
New York, Texas, and Pennsylvania joined the list of states troubled with growing doctor malcontent over the malpractice insurance crisis. See story on page two.
Tumbles Into Austria The President, who literally tumbled into Austria for talks with the Egyptian president, was showing signs of fatigue and has trouble with his football knee. See details on page three.
JUST OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
No Disadvantages To Title B3- SUSIE l>ENT Journal Woman's Editor l\!1iss America 's philosophy would seem to be there are no prob l ems . only opportunities. Shirl e y Cothran, the r eignin g Miss America said there are ··no disad vantages per se. only oecupational ha zards" of being one of the nation's o ut s t andi n g b ea utiei;. ·; Like broken luggage a nd luggage that doesn 't quite make it when . you do. '· s he said . Miss Cothran, who was in Tupelo over the weekend for th e Miss Tupelo Pagea nt, a prelimina r y competition for .th e sta t e a nd nationa l pa geants, said since she is traveling around the country most of the time, she seldom get s to visit with her family in Denton . Texas. She said she has traveled to 38 st a tes a nd wouldn't e ven guess at how many cities she has visited. She sa id, "My appear ances are on a request basis so I go where the demand is. I get · home probably once every month or six weeks. Then it's ·
on ly m aybe overnight and not for a length of time. .. With only 24 hours at home I am more busy than any other time because 1 have to wash my clot hes . repack my suitcases a nd try to see everybody ." On the other hand, being Miss America has afforded Miss Co t hran many opportunities. For instance, she said m a ny people think of the Miss America Pageant as a beaut y contest when in fact it isn ·1. " It is the world's lar ges t sc hol ars hi p foundation for young women. It is a scholarship pageant. I have won over $2 1,(Jl)(J worth of sch ola rship money ... Sh e added . "The Miss America program is a non -profit or ga ni zatio n whi c h m eans a ll th e honorariums that I receive at my different appeara nces a ll over the United States go to myself. So monetarily it ( be ing Miss America) is a big e vent. " So m e of the ot h er adva ntages she said include " the people I have met a nd the opportunities tha t I have
acquired which have made me a m ore self-assµred Sh ir ley Cothra n." Explaining what it ta kes to become a Mi ss America. Miss Cothran noted two factors a r e essential : talent an d bein g yourself. Th e Miss America P agea nt h as a ta le nt competition, Miss Cothra n said, so "young women e nt e ri n g pre l i m i n a r y pageants should deve lop a t a lent or some skill . We have had e veryth ing from very t a lented a rti st s to women who like to sew to very accomp li sh ed s inger s to roll er s ka ters-- you name it we h ave had it. ·' Sh e added that " the real k ey to s uccess is being yourself." She said, "Many gi rls will look a t progra m covers from five or six years a g·o t o see wha t Miss America looks like and t ry to be that very image but in realit y she really can't. " Althou g h th e Miss America Pageant has been und er a ttack the PilSt few yea rs as a n exploiter of Continued on page 14
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