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To City Subscribers: (i you foil to get your 7.543 6:30 pm. ond special carrier will deliver, your paper, Star For Weather Report See Column at Bottom of This Page. VOL, 63 NO. 1 72 HOPE, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1962 Member: The Associated frets Audi) Rurnnu nf Clrculntlans Av. Net Paid Clrc'l 3 mot.

ending March 31, 1962 3,512 PRICESc COM- Union, Owners Condemn JFK's Proposal By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON (AP) Unions representing some 450,000 railroad Workers arc expected to condemn today as inadequate a wage increase proposed by a public board to President Kennedy as a fair settlement. The cost compares with a total 1961 railroad income? of $382 The carriers, which advocated a wage had said in advance any extra wage cost would require rate increases The pay proposals would give the now averaging $2.42 a hour, a boost of 10.2 cents. The workers involved are called nonoperating They service and maintain the trains and rail facilities, as contrasted with engineers' an'd' others' who the moving two-thirds of all are nonoperating Kennedy carefully from endorsing the board's report after receiving it at the White Future Formers in Session Ark. Some 500 Future Farmers o( America from 80 schools gathered at the University of Arkansas here today to participate in state judging contests. The farmers participating arc winners of district contests.

They were to judge general livestock and dairy cattle, poultry and poultry products, dairy products, meats, and crops. A demonstration in electrification and a farm mechanics skills contest Was to be held. The winners in the state contests will represent Arkansas in the national competition next fall at Kansas City, and Waterloo, la. Derby Loses One, May Lose Choice By ORLO ROBERTSON (AP) The 88th Kentucky Derby lost one of its choicest today and possibly could lose Sir Gaylor, the 8-5 choice. Verne Winchell's Donut King, a House Thursday.

He said-it rep- California-owned horse, was with- a i.AiJ-drawn by trainer Ron Me Anally. Blevins FFA Gets a Bull RECENTLY, BLEVINS FFA CHAPTER RECEIVED A polled Hereford bull from the SearsRoebyck Foundation. The firm paid for the bull and after two years if it proves desirable, Johnny Taylor will have first choice to buy him for the purchase price, Johnny will care for the bull. If he doesn't buy him the animal will be sold to the public. THE TWO-YEAR-OLD ANIMAL WAS PURCHASED FROM N.

R. Golden at Maanet Cove. His dam is from a top ranking herd and his sire is worth $28,600. Breeding fee is $2.50 for residents of Blevins District and 55 elsewhere. The bull is at the Taylor farm.

resented a diligent effort to help solve the big pay dispute and that he was gratified. to note the board maintained its stayed within administration economic guides. "It is now the plain duty of both parties," the stated, "to negotiate a responsible and noninflationary settlement in their 1 own and 'in; the public interest." There no immediate: reaction from the unions but a state- nient was expected later, today. the law, both sides have ":30 days in which to bargain be- ifore a strike can be called. The il unions have already obtained authority from their members to order a walkout at 'the end of the he-strike period.

The board, by labor arbitrator Saul Wallcn of Boston, roundly criticized the "frail industry and unions for poor records in past The board's 'recommendations: 1. A four-cent hourly pay boost to Feb. 1. On top of 'this would come an increase ef- Donut King showed up with an in fection in his left hind foot Thurs-1 Tuesday was tentatively set day about the time the names 18 horses were being dropped into the entry box. "We could take a chance with Peace Corps Probe Asked by Lawmaker By WALTER R.

MEARS WASHINGTON Peace Corps official says the training Rock segreationist, or a for overseas duty no Negro Group Will Go to Hyannis Port LITTLE- ROCK (AP) Next Jap Trainmen Jailed-80 Die in Wreck By CONRAO FINK TOKYO engineer and hrce other trainmen involved in the three-train wreck that killed 13 persons were arrested on suspicion of criminal gcnco. More than 380 today ncgli- Wonted to Unseat Fulbright Faubtis LITTLE ROCK Orval E. Faubus indicated Thursday a stab to unseat Sen. J. Williait Fulbright would have appealed to him more than sacking a fifth term as governor.

Faubus, who faces six opponents in this summer's Democratic primary, said he wasn't as interested in going to Washington as was in running against the incumbent Fulbrighi He noted that such a clash undoubtedly would have drawn international attention. But, he added, his supporter! other persons discouraged him U.S. Must Trade or Fade, JFK Advises Nation were the chain reaction smashup. The engineer, Norifumi Mina-i kami, 38, was grief stricken before his arrest as he told newsmen he might have misread a railroad signal as giving the green go-ahead minute's before Wie crash. "I don't know how I can apologize," Minakami said.

the arrests cnl low l)icl of $2,0511,780 was sub- Shoichi Kimura, chief police in- milted Thursday by D. J. Mc- vcstigator, "We have Question Sons, Dearborn, determined lhal a green signal for tllc Millwood Dam on Little Bids Received on Millwood Dam Project TULSA, Okla. appar- light was an impossibility." River in southwestern Arkansas. Army engineers estimated the LI Cllll i i in (in By DOUGLAS B.

CORNELL NEW ORLEANS, La. President Kennedy told the nation today il stands now at a crossroads in foreign economic policy and the cicarcut choice is "to or fade." Given a tumultous but 'uneventful welcome to the Crescent City, confidently predicted that the American people will want to move: ahead and' lead the. rce world into a genuine Atlantic Partnership of growing intcrna- trade. He borrowed a bit from a famous line of Britain's Sir Winston Churchill and said that: "This administration was not elected to preside over the resignation of America from its manifest destiny it passed a signal point on Tokyo's north side and sideswiped a commuter train Injured, I ed poured out of train's windows the and survivors passenger doors and northbound "Freedom Flight" of to turn out Tarzans or huddled in the darkness on a near- two Negro families. the charge of-a 65- dMt y.

(i the derby." said Me Anally, "but Destination of the flight, said year-old widow that she was President hc had thal infecU(m wintc) Amjs GulhrldgCi prcs ident-of the for refusing to do pushups fective May 1 of piir cent, at Santa Anita and when it re Capital Citizens Council, i occurred this time, we thought it nis Port, the President's better to hold him back for the Preakness at Pimlico on May 19." summer home. In Boston Thursday night, the There was much conjecture on President's younger Ted the condition of C. T. Chenery's! Kennedy, said, "I will, of course, Sir Gaylord. The derby favorite, unbeaten in four starts this year, came out of a workout this morning slightly lame The lameness did not to lessen as the horse was walked around the barn.

Casey Hayes, usually willing to talk readily about his great horse, refused to say anything. "I have nothing to say," said Hayes as he watched the horse's slow walk around the shed. "I expect to have something to say when I talk to Mr. Chenery." do everything I can for these people." Guthriclge said he hopes the President will have one of his brothers meet the two, unidentified, Negro families at Boston, airport "and get a helicopter to fly these fine people to Hyannis Port." The segregationist leader re- jferred to the project as "an airlift" and said it was the first of many-similar undertakings by the council. He said about 15 Negro families had applied for free one-way and run a mile before breakfast.

Janie Fletcher, of Panhandle, said the Peace Corps ran her ragged at- its training camp in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and finally dropped her from a group bound for duty in Brazil because she objected to the physical training program. The Peace Corps denied Mrs. Fletcher was pressed to undertake physical training beyond her ability. "Obviously a woman of her years would not be expected to perform like the younger Timothy J. Adams, acting chief, of.public information, said day night.

Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver said Mrs Fletcher's dismissal was not due-to her in- Thc lameness was in the right trips to northern and western which averages out at about .2 in addition to the 4' cents, making the 10.2-cent total, The unions had asked for a 25- ccnt hourly raise, The industry had called for a 20 per cent pay cut in many pay categories, and Pv no pay change in the balance, 2. A moratorium against the unions' seeking further wage increases for a year, until May, 1 3063. 3. A rule providing for acivahce notice of five working days fore employes are dismissed duei to force reductions. The unions had asked for six-month advance notice, but the board said this would amount to a job freeze for unnecessary employes 4.

Establishment of a labor- maiiagcment study group, with representatives of the public participating, to evaluate pay differentials' between jobs. The! board said there is loo little difference between skilled and unskilled worker pay rates resulting in loss of incentive morale, 5. Finally, creation of a labors' management committee, perhaps with public representatives helping, lo work on repairing the labor relations status of the indus- Iry. This group would discuss problems affecting the rail industry or the employes or both sufficiently in advance to anticipate solutions and forestall crisis, front leg, the same leg in which Sir Gaylord suffered a slight injury that put him on the shelf after the Everglades Stakes at Hialeah Park in February. cities since the council announced Tuesday it was undertaking the to ones currently under way in New Orleans and Shreveport Meantime, Cicada, the stable's, 'The Capital Citizens Council ace filly, was kept eligible for the before this thing started had no mile race.

Ci-(money whatsoever," Guthridge by track. Then another commuter train roared into the wreckage, sliced through knots of survivors, jumped the tracks and plunged down an embankment into a row of houses. Action on Sex Speech Defended LITTLE ROCK speech delivered at the University of Arkansas by a New York marriage counselor who condoned pre. i maritial sex popped up again was Japans second worst Thursday at Little Rock. Gov.

Or- tram disaster since World War II. val Faubus uscd it as an No Americans or other Western--luslralion of academic freedom, ers were reported among the vie- Faubus, speaking to a Little tims. Minakami said he was sure he gol the green go-ahead signal "but it might have been my misunderstanding because the accident took could never have occurred if the light was ability to take part in physical conditioning. "There were other reasons and these were discussed with her," he said. "One of them was that of President Shinji Sogo of (he Japan National Railway wept as he tol'd newsmen the! accident was! causeld by "the' caret'eS'siie'ss 1 of our officials." One of his assistants said Ihc freight train passed through a red light.

"It rained people," said one man who lived near the wreck. Tadashi Miyano, who lived below the embankment, rushed out- Expanded foreign President said, will trade, the mean moi Rock civic club, said that after the demands 1 poured into his office thai any member of the school's staff or administration who was involved be fired immediately. The governor said he thought it possible that if anyone had been fired over the incident, the university might have lost its ac- North Cen- Universitics all candidates for Brazil she when he heard the first the lowest language facility." Mrs. Fletcher told a different she told it in a letler cada was entered Thursday along with 17 other horses as insurance in the event something should happen to Sir. Gay lord.

The running of the derby, at Churchill Downs, could well be decided on what takes place three-eighths of a mile from the starting point. Father of Hope Woman Dies Thad Terry, age'd C4, died at Ih'is 'home 1 in Para-'gould, Ark, Thursday morning. He', is' survived 'by his wife, one Herman, three daughters, Mrs. J. C.

of Mrs. Alma Maxie, Mrs'. Luther Ray Wade of Flint, Ibrc'e sbnsv Jame? Henry, Caraway, Aik. John and Troy of Flint, Mich. Funeral arrangements arc incomplete.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Sir Gaylord, outstanding choice to win Saturday's Kentucky Derby, pulled up lame after a workout today. But trainer Casey Hayes declined to make any 1 comment, pending a conference with owner C. T. Chencry.

The lameness was in the horse's right foreleg and definitely showed as he was walked around the barn. Several observers noted that the derby favorite, unbeaten in four starts this year, took a lame step after be was given a short breeze. The lameness appeared to get worse later. Hayes, usually a jovial, willing conversationalist about his horse, said, "and the Freedom Rides to llel senator John Towcr! North will have to be financed Tcx She said she was dropped by people interested in them." He siid the Hyannis Port trip for the two families would cost about $1,000 which the council has raised. Regarding his request that the families be mcl by a Kennedy, Guthriclge said, "I'm sure these fine Arkansas citizens will be thrilled that they have the samo type of recciption that the African people have when they come to the United Stales." Emmet FHA Installs New Officers The Emmet Chapter of I be FHA 'has installed the-' following new officers: Susan Rowte, president; Brenda Faulkner and Hazel Gouiv ley, vice 1 presidents; Mitly secretary; Edily Ireas- urer; Nancy Trcxlcr, parliamentarian Sue Slarks 1 historian; Gladys Ian, song leader; Linda Gourley, budget chairman; Sue Wake, pub- because "the staff at the campjbankmcnl and disliked me because I objected house.

The roof flow off and crash. "While I watched, I saw the second train come rushing into the scene," he said. "I saw a coach go tumbling clown the cm- inlo the training. There could have been no other reason." Adams said the Fletcher matter "is closed as far as we're concerned." But Tower demanded an investigation before the Senate votes on the corps budget. Mrs.

Fletcher said younger Peace Corps volunteers at the Puerto Rico camp stayed up until the wee drinking hours, and She said did much she was the whole house crumpled like dust." Identification of the dead was slow Many of the mangled bodies were trapped in the twisted xteel and splintered 1 wood of the three trains or hurled far from the (racks. 1 The railway said it would fol- low the Japanese custom of pay-i Mearm 9 bet ing conscience to relatives of those" killc'd 1 and' up to $42 to the injured. crcdil.aUon with the tral Association of and Colleges. "Think carefully before you demand something from your government," he said. "If you arc willing to give' up s'ome of your freedom and know full well what you arc doing, then well and good." Don't demand too much, Faubus urged the overflow crowd, especially from the federal government.

"It looks easy when you don't have to pay for it immcdi alcly," he said, "but you will have U) pay for it." Faubus touched only briefly on his indecision about running for a fifth lerm, Ihc number of oppo nents he has drawn for the Demo cralic primaries this summer am! the general election this fall Otherwise, his speech was purely non-political. rather than fewer jobs for Americans, as well as a strengthened national security and foreign pot icy. The tools for fashioning all these, he said, are' in the trade expansion bill now pending in Congress. Kennedy put 1 the entire Louisiana congressional delegation aboard his jet transport and flew down from Washington to deliver a major address on behalf of this bill. "I know of no occasion," Kennedy said, "where the topic and the location of a presidential address have so neatly fit together." The location was a new $12V4- million the world's the country's third Dusiest port.

Kennedy spoke from a flower- decked platform inside the vast covered structure stretching along the -Mississippi River waterfront. The New Orleans visit included a stop- at City Hall lo receive a key to the city and speak lo the city's school children before taking off for western Florida to spend- the afternoon at Eglin Air Force Base watching a display of aerial might. Thousands shrieked a welcome to the President along the 14-mile motorcade route into the cily. They waved flags and homemade signs, and even some campaign banners left over from 1960. LITTLE ROCK hearing svill be held Wednesday by I the Public Service Commission on "cursed and shoved beyond my Japan's worst postwar train clis- an application by Arkansas Powei strength" in a program that aster occurred in February Light Co.

sc'cking authority to "would do justice to any army when 184 persons wore killed and; build'an 11-mile transmission lino Faubus Facing Toughest Fight of His Career By JOHN R. STARR LITTLE ROCK Orval E. Faubus is facing the toughest political competition of his career with quiet confidence. The governor was relaxed, almost breezy, Wednesday as he announced he would seek a fifth term, although six men already had committed themselves to oppose him. One of the Gov.

Sid a hard-bitten campaigner. Dale Alford, D- Ark a lie of personal popularity to two consecutive victories for a national office. A third Vcrnon Whiltcn of Mount the experience of two congressional campaign's to draw on; A fourth Marvin Melton of Joncsboro was a popular state senator and influential enough in top business circles to be elected twice president of the stale Chamber of Commerce. McMath alone has more political experience than all the; men Faubus has faced before combined. Thirteen men have finished behind Faubug in his four previous? races.

Only two of these were politically Francis Cherry in and Atty. Gen. Bruce Bennett in I960. Cherry, hosvcver, was' a first term governor who had stumbled out of a confused field beat Gov; Sid' 'Mc-Math' 1 in' a 1 ttoxoft in 1952 Learning the ropes, he was too busy keeping the government running to mend his political fences. He pushed hard, for some unpopular programs, iiW eluding a reduction of welfare rolls and a 100 per cent mcnt.

As Faubus puts It, "I kncvf This wasn't exactly a political Cherry was unpopular, but most trip, but the turnout and enthusiasm made it look as if Kennedy would have no trouble carrying New Orleans. It is a city of more than 600,000 and a part of the population turned out. Police Supl. Joseph Giarruso e-sli- maled the crowd from the airport to the wharf at more than 100,000 training. injured in a derailment out- from its DcWitt substation to Gil- hope to sec Mr 10 a.m." Meantime, the stable's ace filly, Cicada, was kept in the race.

She was put into the derby as insur-l ancc in case anything happened! to Sir Gaylord. said night discussion groups were allowed to drink beer, but there was no moral laxity. He said Peace Corps selections are based on merit, not race, religion or age. "We have; said from the beginning Unit Peace Corps standards would be "i i i high," Shriver said. "They have Uiencry around, Graham and reporter, Carolyn to be an( Shriver said he couldn't imagine idc Tokyo.

The worst train wreck letl. A similar hearing is sched- anyone in the training camp curs-ion record, in the Alps in 1917, in- tiled the same day on a request ing the Texas schoolteacher. He! vo lved a French troop train and by to build a 32 mile line GOO or more persons were killed, northwest of Strong. HD Fashion Show Proves Successful in which latest fashions we're was deemed a success' by 1 the 200 said "I have nothing to say. I'Vicitj'; Activities chairman, Jean All Around Town By The Star Staff Registration at Blevins School Blevins FFA Team to State Meet The; Blevins FFA Chapter re- 1, 1962- Pro-school regMralion wi'V held at Blevins on Monday, we don't intend to relax At Henderson State Teachers Col them because of political some 15 were "tap- vi al ai il '8 ain sure ped" for membership Adams said Mrs.

Fletcher was a iid service- 1 attending. Mrs, Polly Waldion, women's director for 1 KWKH, commented, on the ensembles as they' were modeled, by 17 adults and seven teenage, models- with 22 children from Wee Williams College modeling children's' apparel. The suiting for this event was? the' stage of Hope High which was decorated with a while picket fence ajid white archway. Billi Immediately following the la.sh- to Heart one of eight trainees dropped for' ur i ng Rc.clcie Day "certmoiiic.s A 5ril various reasons from Ihc BraziJ- Wednesday, May' 2 the group bound group. Sharon of Hop." 'y Pcace Corps applicant onc of candidate, (or 14.

for all students' entering school ls invited to training with the un- Uedciie Day Queen i- Martha for 1 the first lime 1 next dcrstandmg that there will be no Adam of escoU Each sfude'nt must have linal selection for overseas assign-, the age of six on or before Oct. Ulltil il over," he said. I A cal Jolll mat -bj C(l tn 'irc stale ol Arkansas i ion show the audience was in new during the monlh of to Ihc school cafeteria where they people thought the second term tradition would carry him through in 1951" So Fiiulnis made a feint at the race, withdrew, then finally filed on ticket closing day The strategy was similar year with one significant difference. In Faubus was a political neophyte. It was the veteran that his maneuvering threw off guard.

This the veteran confusing the nop-' phytcs. Faubus started slowly, picked up steam and retired Cherry to Continued on Page Three iwcre served punc'h and cookies carrying out the color scheme of and while. Shas-la daisies Ininkma abc-ul going into busi-; wcrc uscd jn an alTa)1 gcmcnl on the tea lable covered with, luce Weather fiO He said three people over successfully completed the train- ing program in Puerto Rico wilh- kana, Texas cently participated in the District I Students' must bring birth eerli- FFA jud'ging which was held at finales' and foldeis. Any- Swjthtern State College in Mag- erne unable 1 to go to the! Olit complaint and now are over- may nolia. The chapier entered six Center for smallpox vaccinations i scas compelling teams' which consisted may come to the school May 14 tluou of General Livestock, Meats-, Poul-i and transportation will be pro- MrS.

Djldy, 65, Si 1 2 ies I-?" 1 inches i And of six lcams: General tire Health Center for health (old- 1 Hospital Thursday Experiment Station report for been sent out by Red al Tcxui 1 obtain "Applications lor Employment" from UK Post Olfiec Prupei ly completed fcims should lie forwarcl- ccl lo the Civilian Personnel: Office. Red River Ordnance DipuL Texarkana, Texas. titled them to go lo line state lo 12 noon on May 24-hours ending at 8 a. m. Friday, I judging which will be held today May 21, High 80 Low 48 in faycttcvilk.

I I Members oJ the livestock tdam 1 Arkonsgn Elected Regiwval Forecast Joe Baldmdl, Larryi KANSAS CIfY "(API Mrs-. Lucille Kin" suggestion why not start a stamp exchange with grocery stores giving away stamps' with purchases soon lind themselves with a variety of stamps, like Gold Bend, Grid) Stamps aud Plaid etc. of course, everybody them all so win rol a business where you' Thomas Je-Oerson Aaron, ageil can t-nc kind cf for 70. a longtime rcMdent of Hope, another. all your stamps died Thursday al Winnsboro, La.

in one basket. this would let a He was a retired farmer, housewife- collect together a lot! Survivors include two brothers, of books of the same kind and Fred of Hope and Jessie Aaron T. J. Aaron, 76 Retired Farmer, Pies in Louisiana Local Men Form a Corporation LITTLE HOCK Articles of incorporation for KAAY Inc. of Little Rock were filed today with the secretary of stale.

The articles said the frim will engage in a radio-television operation. can issue 2,000 shares of stoeli with no par value. Incorporators arc C. R. Crockell, Amy M.

Hu.ssel! and Sandra Taylor, all of Liltlc Rock. Otbor corporate filings loday dueled: Bclks Department Store of ccola, 1,000 shares al $100, John, Thomas and Irwin Bclk, all of Charlotte, N.C. Hope Industries, of Hope, 20.000 shares al 55, Grono Frank McLarty and Albeit Graves, all of Hope. Pitts Engineering Co. of Fort Smith, 10,000 shares with no par, Bill C.

Pitts, John Swofford C. R. Warner all of, Fu'C Smith. -Mrs. partly noon, tonight and Saturday a chance of scattered aftcrnoQB and of tte 43 teams, tnc Blevins ern women in Arkansas, Ken-, Arrangements will be annoianc-, on Three Chapter ranked 13.

I lucky, Missouri ynd Tennessee. ed by Hcrnxlyn-Comdius. get t'iial item she 1 has had in of Lake Providence, three I'm 1Wrl miml ijllL lo half n. Edward and wid Jluasclay in a local hospital, mcnt tatisties there were ollllt Io bllyin nalur Roy Aaron of and a Slw was a ol babies born HcmpMcad dm ins ally there- would be a small sister, Mrs. Thad Travis- of ho Arkansas Louisiana Co.

the pas month 17 fte WOI how cjsc Lake Prov i nd his step- llej Cj pared lo flve lllOR ean you run -j business. I mother, Mtv Mattits liutson of anu JLake Providcjicc. The Bobcats go to Cumdcn to-! Funeral services svill be held al morrow for the Dislrict meet 3 p. m. Saturday at Providence qualifying rounds start at 9 a.

m. i Church. Burial will be- in Central Cemetery by Ht-rndon-Cornclius, Funeral Service. I Bill McClenckm, Aetna Lik In- and regular events al 1 p. m.

representative of Lewis-' this meet closes oul the season. Men used to diet to fit they diet to fit into their sports cars..

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