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Thunday, Oct. 28, 1 965 Robbery Case May Go To Jury Joday Extenuating LA ROCHELLE. France LV) Guy Delattre, skipper of the fishing boat "The Outsider," was fined 100 francs ($20) for not flying the Tricolor when President de Gaulle visited Les Sables 'Olonne last May. But the fine was suspended because of extenuating circumstances: Delattre, out fishing all day, did not know of the port's flag-flying order and when he became aware of it found that his flag had been left at home. GOP Conservative Group Talk Secret CHICAGO The Chicago in 1964, called the August meet-Daily News said yesterday a ing- group of Republican conserva-j White told the Associated lives met secretlv in Illinois inPress in Nw' Yolk tnat il was not a planned meeting, just a August an attempt to ohoose SPt.top;,hrr of "10 or 12 of us a new leader of their faction! who happened to he in the area in national politics.

He declared that no political decisions took place and declined persons attended the to name those present or iden-meeting in a farmhouse ini'i'V ihe site other than a pii-northern Illinois, the newspaper' VHtP la 't The utata is expected to close its case against Jack Johnson Birdsong this morning when his armed robbery trial opens for the second day in Criminal Court. Prosecuting attorneys said Mrs. Joseph Edward Hunt will be the state's last witness against Birdsong the man accused of robbing her husband at knifepoint in 1959. Birdsong. 37, is on trial for the second time on the armtd robbery charges.

He was granted a new trial in August after Dist. Judge Frank Gray ordered him released from the state penitentiary on a writ of habeaus corpus. HE HAD served five years of a 35-year-sentence. The state is seeking the death penalty. Judge John Draper ordered said in a copyrighted story after hearing Hunt, 27, testify for the second time that Birdsong took a $50 watch from him at knifepoint on Charlotte Avenue.

Birdsong, who is represented by Public Defender James Hav-ron, was released by Gray, after he charged he was not given the opportunity to appeal his conviction. ALSO SCHEDULED for trial today is' William Ronald Caruth-ers. 22. of 907 Ninth charged with the armed robbery of two drive-in markets last year. Caruthcr's trial began yesterday before Judge Raymond but was continued until today.

Caruthers is accused of robbing the Best Way Market, 1207 Jo Johnston and the E-ZZ Pood Shop. 2406 Charlotte Avenue, last November. In criminal court action ves-terdav: Robert Cleveland Swonner IS ADVERTISEMENT trom its Washington bureau. All participants, it added, were QllicIC R6liGf UOlti veterans of the successful draft Goldwater movement that was UoiMArrk Alfl IrrilaliAn iibiiiuiiiiwiu iiiiiativii of Lebanon, was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary on four counts of petit larceny. Charles Russell Scales, 18, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit third degree burglary, and was sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined $10.

Rudy Bacon, 18, pleaded guilty to felonious use of a motor vehicle and was sentenced to six nionths in the workhouse and fined $10. William Thomas Taylor, 65. pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined $10 started in similar secrecy four years nyo. All were asked to keep mum. 40 years ago a Buffalo druggist cre-a'ed an ointment to relieve itching and smarting of Hemorrhoids.

It brousht The News said F. Clifton such relief that its fame spread across White. New York political con- land making Peterson i Ointment sultant who masterminded Sen. in thousands of homes. Ask vour druggist today for 70c boK or carry Goldwater capture of c- l.

1 U1 applicator tube. Peterson's Oinr- the Republican Party machinery mnt delights or money back the jury locked up for the night. Desperate Captive Tells Fears With a loaded gun cocked and placed at the back of his head, William R. Mills blinked the headlights and brake-lights of his car, desperately trying to attract attention. But all the way from Jack, on to Nashville, nobody noticed.

As Highway 70's miles crawled by. Mills, a chief petty officer at Millington Naval Air Station, near Memphis, tried to talk his captors into giving up. BUT ONE of the three AWOL servicemen his captives until they grabbed his gun near Jackson could not be persuaded. "I had two of them talked out of it but Jones took over." said the 31-year-old shore patrolman. '-He had the gun.

"His voice was shaking. He counded pretty desperate and I was afraid he might accidentally pull the trigger." Mills referred to Paul Edward Jones, a 17-year-old Nashvillian charged with deserting from the Marine Corps. JONES and the two other servicemen arrested here were being taken to Memphis by Mills when they revolted and captured him. Charles Sells, 19, of Lebanon, "asked me if I had any idea why they were doing it." Mills said. Sells, like Jones, is charged with deserting from the Marines.

"He told me they wanted out ef the service," Mills said. "It looks like they're going to make it this time." SELLS AND the third man. Paul Pinson, an 18-year-old AWOL sailor, wore raptured yesterday and charged with theft of government property the car and Mills' 38-ca liber pistol. Similar were issued for Jones, who was still at large late last night. "I don't think I could live through another one," Mills reflected.

After three hours, the men released him. "They just put me out. there were no threats," he said. "After I got to thinking about it his voice trailed off. BrileyRoad, Span To Open A 2.

7-mile section of Briley Parkwav between Gallatin Road and McGavock Pike will be formally opened at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Pennington Bend section Includes a bridge span' of over a half-mile crossing trwi Cumberland River. Cost of the entire project was $2,178,179. Participating in the dedication ceremonies will be Gov.

Frank G. Clement, Mavor Bev it Staff photo by Joe Rudis Charles E. Sells, Lebanon, left, and Paul C. Pinson, leave the U.S. Courthouse after being arraigned on charges of theft of government property.

AWOLs Seized (Continued From Page One) Neal set their bonds at $10,000 earh. During 28 months service with the Marine Corps, Sells has been arrested twice in Nashville' on charges of desertion. Self Crochet outline tn Pfr Pan roller of thi? hjxury two-D'ec wool knit Navy, turquois mz 10-18. Saddle Stitching socs. round iackpt col'ar ''d white shell top of this stunning thrfe-piere wool knit, sherry, sires 10-1 8.

navv or sherry. Mrcs 10-13-grecn shell, ies 10-1S. officers had been searching for the men. Police said last night they narrowly missed capturing Jones at his home Tuesday night. The agents said they received a tip that the men "might be in the neighborhood" of the blood bank.

Sells and Pinson pave no resistance, they said. "I DON'T know why (I escaped)," Sells said on his way back to Metro Jail. "I don't have a reason. I guess the best thing to say is that. I was going home." Pinson refused to say why he was in Nashville when he was picked up on the AWOL charges.

He said he came back after escaping, "to go to the Grand Ole Opry." Pinson waved his right to a preliminary hearing and an attorney but Sells requested an attorney. Halt-Lit HallToSave Money By NELLIE KENYON i Nelson Perry of Nashville said; yesterday he plans to save $365! a month by turning off half ofl his hallway lights 468 of! v. i them. Perry is federal buildings man Butte Knits aoer here, and thn liahts are those that tine the corridors of the U.S. Courthouse, Perry said darkening every Nashville Bar other one of the fluorescent newest tw oand three-piece lights will reduce electricity con sumption by 37,440 watts.

HE GOT the idea, he said (Continued from Page One) Rust said, a copy will be sent when Washington called for a textured wools show off (to the Nashville Bar Association. nationwide governmental econ omy drive. erly Briley and State Highway Commissioner David Pack. ANOTHER section of the parkway will be opened P'riday, between Thompson Lane and Perry said he has also instruct ed the buildings occupants to turn of the lights In their offices when they leave for the Vultee Boulevard. Total cost of their meticulous detailing, vivid colorings.

Picture on page 1. THE RESOLUTION stated that the association has "a -legitimate interest and genuine concern for the profession its members are about to enter." It also pointed out that the bar "recognizes the opposition of a substantial portion of the Nashville Bar Association" to the practice of allowing only white attorneys. John W. Wade, dean of the law school, said members of the faculty were not approving or opposing the action of the students. "The Vanderbilt Bar Association Is a student organization," Wade said, "and the resolution is a student matter." that 3.4-mile portion was Sinca a portion of the parkway from Selina to Vuitee Boulevard has been opened for some time, the additional segments will allow traffic to travel from Gallatin Road to Donelson via the parkway and McGavock Pike.

day. Night cleaning crews will turn them back on only in the offices where they are work- ling, he said. In the past, cleaning crews have lit entire floors and often the whole building. I If the White House has first iclaim to frugality with light switches. Perry has another plan Ithat may go one up on Washing ton.

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This, too, will contribute to the power savings he said. Three floors will be excepted from the one-light-on, one-light-off plan. These are the basement, the first floor, which is the most heavily used by the public, and the eighth floor, occupied by courtrooms and offices of the federal judges and attorneys. The. light fixtures are six feet apart, and with half of them turned off, the hallways appeared adequately lighted yesterday.

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