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THE WEATHER Fair And Cold More Weather Data on Page 2 76th NO. 73 THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE HIGH POINT, N. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 1960 14 WHAT'S INSIDE BrHn 4 WMtfew elM SStmt (rin DAILY Se, SUNDAY 15e TELLS OF BEATING Felton Turner, 27, seated at right, is at the hands of four white youths. Mas- shown early today as he told Houston, sey shows Turner a rope that was sup- Tex. police detectives C.

B. Massey (right) posed to have been used to tie him to a and P. S. Nix of the beating he received tree. Negro Man Hung From Tree; KKKs Scratched Into Flesh charge d'affaires, Enrique Patter- what bi tney wa nted.

on, and immediately made the; they could, they would vote HOUSTON, Tex. (i?) Four masked white youths hung a Negro man from a text of hi remarks available to to limit debate by urei a move Sen. Johnson Offers Rights Compromise Marathon Would End With Voting WASHINGTON Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas offered today to cease round-the-clock sessions of the Senate if Southerners would agree to a series of votes on civil rights legislation. Johnson, in a bristling Angry Protest Delivered WASHINGTON (AP) -In blunt anguagc rarely heard in the polite in a bristling ex change with Sen.

Spessard L. Holland (D-Fla), denied he was try ing to wear down Dixie senators HURLED INTO LAKE Seven Children, Woman Killed As Train Hits Car lives by the continuous sessions. Predicts Forced Vote He predicted that he would not guess majority of the Senate will force a vote on the controversial issues. At 4 o'clock this morning Johnson had put over on a 53-4 roll A-orld of diplomacy, the Uni'ed'call, a seven-minute adjournment tales has accused Cuban Prime of the Senate which had been in Minister Fidel Castro of "extreme- practically continuous session, ex- provocative" and "irresponsi- cept for Sunday, since the previ- charges against this country, lous Monday. The angry protest was in an- Johnson said at the time he was swer to Castro's accusation Satur-jserving notice on absentee sena- day that U.S.

officials may have tors that business issues might BERLIN, Conn, (tf) A passenger train collided with a station wagon today, or was risking their health and i ing seven school chlldren and an a( Jult. hv thP A axt.nn*, The automo bii carrying the children and a woman driver, was hurled into Silver Lake, an ice-crusted five-foot-deep pond beside Norton Lane. Police tentiatively identified the dead as Mrs. Emily Whitaker of Berlin and seven state wards, all Negroes. At least three of the bodies were held by the submerged wreckage in the pond.

Skin divers were called. None of the passengers aboard Dixie-Style Filibuster responsible for the death- iealing explosion of a European munitions shipment March 4 in Havana harbor. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter called this "baseless, erroneous and misleading." Herter delivered the dressing Personal Dressing Down come up at any time. But Holland interpreted the action as amounting "to throwing in the sponge" by Johnson and Republican Leader Everett M.

Dirksen of Illinois. "We are getting nowhere," Holland taunted Johnson, adding that of civil rights legisla- own personally to the Cuban tion ccm i not even agree tree by his heels Monday night and scratched two series of KKKs into his chest and stomach after beating him with chains, the Negro told police. Felton Turner, 27, said he freed himself from ropes around his ankles and wrists, staggered to a nightwatchman's shack and telephoned police. A doctor at Jefferson Davis Hospital said Turner was treated and released this morning. front of the car' told him theyjnally but he given no indica- were hired to do a job because of The six Ks ranged from I 1 publ jcity Texas Southern Univer- inches to 3 inches length and' ity Negro students received over went from Turner's chest to Ins sit ins at a lunch counter at Hous stomach, the doctor said.

Rope marks were on the Negro's wrists and ankles. Police said Turner told them he ton in the past few days. A group of students from the all-Negro university staged their first sit-in Friday at a lunch coun- newsmen. The Cuban, clearly upset by the 20-minute session in Herter's office, left the State Department hurriedly. He said he would report Herter's statement to Castro without comment.

tion when he would hand down a decision. The sit-ins were in stores nearjitself increasingly obliged to ques- the university on the opposite sidejtion the good faith of your excel- of town from where Turner was government with respect requiring 6 senators' approval if all 100 voted. "The senator from Texas (Johnson) does not throw in the sponge." Johnson said grimly to Holland, adding that eventually the country will understand that Herter wound up his statement a fcw senator are blocking a by saying "This government findsj vote an( i a majority of the Senate beaten. Turner Not Student Turner, who has a 3-month-old was walking near his home in a'ter in a supermarket. The sit-ins son, is not a student at the uni Negro residential area at 10:15 spread to a drug store Saturdayiversity.

p.m. when two masked whitejand a third store Monday. A doctor at the hospital said at "certain passage's and then add- to a desire for improved relations between our governments." In Havana, Cuban TV commentators read Herter's remarks on will act. Holland Speaks Holland, white-haired former Florida judge, had begun a speech at 9:46 a. m.

with a reminder that he had warned lead- the air in mocking tones, smiling ers th 1 round-the-clock sessions youths leaped from a car and were peaceful, grabbed him. They carried guns! Houston schools Turner suffered one bad cut on ing the editorial comment that the have 170,000. his head, and bruises and minor and forced him into the back About 50,000 are on the lips, right shoulder of a sedan. jgroes. jand across the chest.

These were Two other masked white youths: An integration suit is addition to the Ks on his chest United States is an aggressor. were dangerous to the health and lives of senators, many of them past 60. I Johnson said supporters of the! civil rights bill are not responsible WASHINGTON (AP) With soft Southern accents filling the Senate chamber these days, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R- Ariz.) today put into the Congressional Record what he called a word list to help other senators understand what the Southerners are saying.

Here is part of Goldwater's tongue-in-cheek glossary: plank. A of one of your parents. from a fig. often eaten with aigs for brake- fuss. event, i.e., "I was bone a Southerner." A very blessed event in the minds of all Southerners, yon make to- est from, to go along with beckon and aigs for brake-fuss.

of a shirt that goes around the neck. grits. number? it. and I have dined. PASTOR Field where cowt graze.

POET To transfer a liquid, i. "poet from the pitcher to the glass." RAH you are at. 1. "I can hardly hair what he's sane. long name for the nickname of my brother "Dick," who is still in North Carolina.

of address nswl by N'Yawkers when visiting in the South. Negroes Are Served In 2 Cities By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Britons Still Plan Adoption LUTON, England (AP) Re- HEAVY VOTE SEEN was released But he was removed from a Miami-bound plane and taken into vera hours. custody a second time before being permitted to fly to Miami. were in the front seat, Turneri before Dist Jud Ben Con-land stomach. told officers.

Turner said he struggled to free; himself but the youths gagged him! and beat him to the floor with chains. They took him to a wooded area where he was tied and hung from the tree by his heels, he said. There they beat him with chains and rope, cut ofi his jacket and shirt and scratched the Ks on his stomach and chest with a knife. As the white youths were leaving one of them told Turner that! chanics of choosing a president of the United States reach- if he tried to escape one of them i ed tne ballot bo a todav whpn NPW WamrSSii mumtlons sh 'P have brou 2 ht Am would kill him the said I fu 11 Y- t- Ham snire relations to a new ropes of 1 his! terS Went t0 the lls the natlon flrst Presidential i ow High State Department sourc- feet and hands and made his way pr generally open at 7 a.m. and in the cities close as late as 8 p.m.

The forecast of clear weather, N.H. Votes In First Presidential Ballot CONCORD, N.H. tf) The farflung, intricate me- American Released One source of friction was or calls at odd 35 Negro demonstrators claimed ajjecting a tearful plea from his North Carolina today mo ther, Leo Moore says he and une source 01 inciion ds le- for tne quorum calis at odd times; as the growing anti segregation f( hpad moved when Cuban police during the night and ea rly morn-' camDaign ent ered its sixth weeki hls ttlfe head th A TlnM Irl OC I i i itnKnnvt UTT leased Donald Chapman, 26, American photographer who had He said he was ready for a vote i ern state taken passage on the French; on the pend i ng amendment and tnri( freighter that blew up. Chapman' would ask one if Holland would a had been questioned for days, but: quit spread into the eighth South- eff segre gated lunch counters were served Holland rejected Johnson while seated in two North Carolina jtation, saying he planned to speak, citjes Monday Apparently it was jthe first time this had happened The parliamentary situation; jn the sta(e whenj the current would make the amendment wav of sitdowns started. to give their unborn oaby to an American couple for adoption.

"We can manage our own affairs," said the 40-year-old bus driver after his mother, Ellen Moore, appealed to him and his wife, Yvonne, to drop their plans. Mrs. Moore, 62, who made the A State Department official said; cially under consideration the; Chapman release probably elim-; eas es ssue to bring to a quick' inated the need for discussing his't i a i. case in a formal protest. Castro's charges concerning the The first demonstration in West iropes nade hi nightwatchman's to a nearby shack.

Not Self-Inflicted Police Lt. Breckenridge Porter said Turner's wounds could not: town meetings and an angry last- have been self-inflicted. Turner, unemployed, told police that a red-haired youth in the CARMICHAEL minute clash brought estimates ol I a total vote of more than 100,000. i That is only a handful'by comparison with the millions of ballots still to be cast in forthcoming primaries. But politically, New Hampshire is a midget with a heavyweight's punch.

Brings Sentiment Out Today's election brings the first actual indication of voter sentiment into the presidential out- lock, as distinct from polls, straw votes, and the calculated optimism of politicians. Indirectly, it pitted Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon against Democratic Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

Both stressed the importance of the New Hampshire primary on voters all over the because it is the first. Nixon, in an election eve radio broadcast, said the primary "had tremendous impact on the nominees of both parties in 1952 and my case in, 1956." Kennedy, pleading for a big Democratic votes, said the results today-will PRETTV To TAKE OF THE POLITICIAN powerfully affect lie lating convention in Los Angeles in July. The llth hour flurry of charges and sizzling rclprts put some political what has been a largely flavorless cam- paing. involved Nixon, Kennedy and New Hampshire's Gov. Wesley Powell.

Powell is chairman of the Nixon for President Committee in New Hampshinfj. U.S. Navy Rescues Red Soldiers WASHINGTON (AP) Four Russian soldiers adrift for 49 days in a small landing craft have been rescued in mid Pacific by a U. S. Navy carrier.

Slight Warming Seen Tomorrow By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More cold is in store for frigid es made it clear the official U.S. mood has gone beyond irritation to anger. One official said "We have tried to show patience in our relation- orth Carolina toni ht but a little ships with Cuba, despite a series warming-up is expected Wednes- of great provocations, but we are day along with ram and perhaps not going to sit back and things like this." At Funeral Oration Virginia took a new form. Stu- dents paraded at a motion picture to let her ra.se the child if ihey theater protesting segregated did not want it. the New Haven Rail-road's No.

97 bound from Spring, field, to New injured. The accident occurred at an unprotected grade crossing on Norton Lane, just off the Wilbur Cross Parkway, on a roadway covered with half an inch of snow. Near Home It was near the home of Mrs. Whitaker and her husband, John, who were cited by Ae Catholic Transcript in 1957 for their care of foster school children. In 14 years they had cared for 16 foster children.

The crash killed some of tha car's occupants. Police reports indicated the others may have died. under water. Whitaker was watching from a window of his home 100 yards away when he saw the diesel engine and the 1955 station wagon pile together. He ran to the scene but was helpless.

The vehicle was thrown over a 10-foot embankment into the pond. Three of the children were hurled from the car, one landing on the embankment and two skidding across the ice on the pond. Five Trapped The five other occupants were trapped in the car. Across the embankment and on the ice there was mute evidence of tragedy scattered school books and brief cases. Parts of the station wagon were strewn for a fifth of a mile along he railroad tracks.

The vehicle been hit broadside by the rain. Besides Mrs. Whitaker, the dead were: Joseph Cormier, 14; Patricia Heanure, 14; Mary Ann DeCruze, 12; Byron Battle, Gomez, and a 7-year-old child whose first name was Shelley. Mrs. Whitaker had waited for a freight train to pass.

When it 150-mile trip here from her home went by, she started, and the stain Manchester, urged the Moores i tion wagon crept into the path of seating arrangements. Service Refused 'She came in here crying and making a scene," said Moore. In Houston, the sitdowns no a child. I wish my moth- spread from drug stores to a er had not inte rfered." Ihe passenger train. A flat tire contributed to the accident.

supermarket lunch counter. Service was refused and the counter area roped off. No trouble was reported. A Negro reported in Houston His 39-year-old wife leaves by plane Wednesday for the United States. She expects the baby, her ifirst, in mid-April.

It will be 'adopted by Wilbur and Billie that four white youths beat him:" wnrth a childless Nortn OTV intrt hie Temperatures were expected to and carved six Ks into his chest jimd'ay' night "be- Charleston, S.C.. couple. din; IUKIIL uc- mt Mt raid in the 5 unlerdemonslra Th are ts re Castro, delivering a funeral ora- i portion today and the low 30s in tions Ike Works On Report To People WASHINGTON (AP) at tion for the victims of the explo-jthe mountains. The forecast for sion Saturday, said the blast was tonight called for 10-15 in caused deliberately by parties in- the mountains, ranging to 18-24 terested in keeping arms out of along the coast. The Defense Department an-'Cuba.

Among those interested Low readings around the state nounced today the carrier Kear- ties, he shouted, were "officials Tuesday morning includ- sarse ricked mm nn ahftllt of the United States government." 14 at Asheville, 21 at Charlode, sarge picked the men up about Jn hig remarkj the Cuban 15 at Greensboro, 18 at Raleigh 11 p.m. EST, Sunday about diplomati Herter noted that thc and 26 at Wilmington. Island. Weak and emaciated, the Russians were in a 50-foot landing craft, similar to the U. S.

Navy's LCM. The soldiers reported their craft had been crippled and swept southward by a severe storm the night of Jan. 17 off Etorofu-to Island in the Kuriles, just north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The" Navy estimated the men had drifted about 1,020 miles. The Kearsarge put the men under medical care.

The carrier is en route from Japan to San. Francisco, where it is due about March 15. The four soldiers gave their names M.Sgt. Victor Zygon- Police said Felton Turner, quoted one of the youths as saying they were "hired to do a job because of the publicity Texas Southern University Negro students received over sit-ins at a travel expenses and will the white'House from an exhaust- care of her until the baby is born. Mrs.

Moore said earlier "I'm ing tour of South America, President Eisenhower toiled today over lunch counter at Houston in neighbors and Moore's co- past few days." Eleven Negroes were arrested giving the baby away simply a report to the peop on what he cause I don't want it. Disclosure of the adoption plans whipped up a storm of criticism workers. The Moores said they still think miles west-northwest of Midway State Department on Saturday had The Weather Bureau said a dis- or trespassing in Petersburg. they have made the right deci- conveyed its shock and sympathyiturbance now over the a ter they occupied a section re-i sion In Charleston the Prescotts, is explosion and offered as-jPlains is expected to bring served for wh te persons in together earn nearly $10,000 eintreatingsurvivorsoriniandslowlyrisingtemperaturestoi Navyshipyard, said over In sistance in treating survivors any way it could help. Uhe state later in the week.

(See NEGROES on Page 3) Ithe criticism is unjustified. RETURNS TO TV SHOW Paar Talks Self Into Hew NEW YORK the show was taped. Anlde'r oath could not admit, under made a triumphal return to his! hour later, thc network announced oath, that he writes his Paar had "agreed to the omission of a brief personal reference." NBC television show Monday night. Within an hour the tart- tongued comedian had talked himself into censorship again. On Feb 11, Paar walked off the was evident shortly after midnight here to defend myself, show after the network had cut at-that the brief personal refer- "As soon as I left and he umns'completely (sometimes days go by and he doesn't write them) -has never saitl a word about me When the tape was broadcast, it a year and a half when I was most five minutes out of a taped ence was a 10-word reference to thought I was not returning, he I Tnc otner da aar broadcast without notifying Walter Winchell made started kinds of vicious in- York ress that i' continued: "I have found that be hind every commercial censor.

every commercial moralist, there is a' lecherous mind." Paar went on with attacks on his press critics and the press, i In Hollywood, Winchell said in told schi, 21; Pvt. Anthony Kruchow Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. wfre on hand Monday night he warmed up: "Waller Win- sound flickered past the censored conferred with Paar immediately this lilfy old man-wlio un- part and picked up again Paar PAAR OB page saw and learned. All major radio and television networks arranged to broadcast the 15-minute report tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Eisenhower gave quick attention, too, to a prime problem here, at Senate filibuster over civil rights and the legislative logjam piling up. Republican congressional leaders were called. to the White House to talk over maneuvers and prospects. No News Conference Because of his speech tonight and other matters, Eisenhower is not planning to hold a news conference this week. Eisenhower's swing around Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay ended Monday with his mid-afternoon arrival at by Andrews Air Force Base.

There were stops going and ing in Puerto Rico. By all odds, it was the most arduous, punishing trip taken by Eisenhower in his seven years in the presidency. But officials around him figure It was worth, the effort in so far as he will able to tell hi? fellow Americans that it generated a better standing and relationship with Latin America at tune worn these wert needed urg4nUf.