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WEATHER WEDNESDAY Partly ekxidy, little warmer, chance of shower Wednesday night, low in mid 40s, high in mid 70s. THURSDAY Scattered show-ers and mild, low in upper 40s. Tuesday High 87, low 37, Pearl River at Jackson 71 feet, down 1-3 foot TEXT, PHOTOS Full text of Governor John son's fciaugural Address given on Page 4. Pictures cf the day" highlights and other stories appear on Pages 2, and 5. Leading Newspaper For More Than A Century Established 1837 AP and UPI Leased Wires JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1964 VCL. CXXV. NO. 343 24 PAGES PRICE 5e mm Paul Johnson Bold In Opening Address NEWS IN BRIEF New Chief Executive Calls For Harmony Baker Sponsored Gift To Lyndon Also among the distinguished WASHINGTON WW An insurance dealer gave President Johnson, then Senate Democratic leader, a $580 stereo phonograph in 1959 at the request of former Senate aide Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, congressional testimony disclosed Tuesday.

The White House said in reply to questions that the president considered the phonograph a gift from Baker, a "long time employe." The set was said to have been deemed "too large" by Mrs. Johnson and to have been turned over to a household employe. Six Indicted In Intimidation NEW YORK (AP) Six union officials were indicted Tuesday, charged with a strong-arm plot to swing a telephone union local into the Teamster Union ranks. Authorities said the indicted men had tried to arrange physical beatings and also had planned to use Continued On Page 12 Governor Walter G. By CHARLES M.

HILLS Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Paul B. Johnson took the oath here Tuesday at noon as the 54th governor of Mississippi and the second of that name to serve as chief executive ot this state. The new governor made a bold bid for cooperation in push ing progress in the state, with research showing the way. Inauguration ceremonies were staged on the front steps of the New Capitol before a joint ses sion of the Legislature, presid ed over by Lt. Gov.

Carroll Gartin, who had a day earlier been sworn in for his third term as state's second in command, BRADY GIVES OATH Associate Justice Tom P. Bra dy, of Brookhaven, lifelong friend of the Johnson family and supporter and colonel on the staff of the new governor and also on the staff of the late Gov, Paul B. Johnson, who serv ed from 1940 to 1943 as our wartime executive, administered the oath. Former Gov. Ross R.

Bar-nett introduced his successor, while governors of three neigh boring states sat as distinguish ed guests for the occasion, Gov ernors George Wallace, Alabama; Orval Faubus, Arkansas and Jimmy Davis, Louisiana. Gen. Hilton Butler, former Mississippian, represented Gov, Frank Clement, of Tennessee and Sen. James Mazingo rep resented Gov. Donald Russell, of bouth Carolina.

Southern front of Governor's Mansion on Capitol Street. Some 50,000 persons watched the two-hour parade in honor of the new governor. Color Photo by Claude Sutherland. REVIEWING PARADE Incoming Gov. Paul B.

Johnson, left, and outgoing Gov. Ross R. Bar-nett and Mrs. Barnett watch Petal Band from Forrest County march by reviewing stand in As Adjutant General LBJ Gives Congress His 'Austere' Budget State Share From Budget $12.8 Million WASHINGTON (AP) Mississippi came in for a share of $12,853,500 for water projects, buildings, parks and roads in guests were Former Gov. J.

P. Coleman of Mississippi and For mer Gov. Sam Jones, oi Lou isiana. Mayor Allen Thompson, of Jackson and Mayor Vic Schi- ro, New Orleans, and Judge Le-ander Perez, of New Orleans were also present for the occasion. As the oath was concluded, the University of Southern Mis sissippi band struck up a snappy salute and 19 guns roared, as the new commander took over.

The inauguration followed a two-hour parade on Capitol Street featuring the governor's some 1,300 colonels, numerous bands, floats, and military echelons. Estimates of the crowds on the streets ran as high as 50,000 people. Several thousands witnessed the inauguration cere monies following. As promised, Gov. Johnson's inaugural address was shorter than usual, but loaded with promise for future economic development in education, marketing, agriculture, industry and and commerce.

CALLS FOR HARMONY The new chief executive stressed research and development as aims he will pursue diligently. Vocational training for the youth of the state and industry for small towns were mentioned as top order for the administration. Johnson called for harmony Continued On Page 12 Leaders Eastland and John Stennis and Cong. John Bell Williams. All three are expected to play important roles in a planned southern led battle against civil rights legislation pending in Congress.

Cong. Bill Colmer of Pascagoula wired that he would be unable to attend the ceremonies due to hearings on the civil rights bill in the House Rules Committee, of which he is a member. Not on the speaker's platform, but in the audience, was gray maned Leander Perez, political boss of Plaquemines Parish, and an outspoken foe of racial integration. He leads a drive to have Louisiana join Mississippi and Alabama in the Unpledged Elector campaign. At a celebrities luncheon following the inauguration, the outspoken Gov.

Wallace whose repeated clashes with Kennedy administration brought him national promi-Continued On Page 12 A Jacksonian who joined the Mississippi National Guard at 17 and who flew 250 combat missions in World War II, was Tuesday appointed adjutant-general of the Guard by Gov. Paul B. Johnson. He is Colonel Walter G. Johnson, (Inactive) now vice-president of Lyle Cashion Oil Company and formerly publisher of the Jackson Daily News.

He will rank as a r-i Major uenerai. The appointment requires ratification of the Mississippi Senate. Friends of Adj. Gen. W.

P. Wilson are expected to raise a vocal but probably minority protest in the Senate. Gen. Wilson, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, has served as adjutant general for 14 years.

Appointee Johnson is not related to the governor but has been a close friend of Gov. Johnson for many years and was quite active in his successful campaigns last summer and fall. Advised Gov. Johnson had View Inauguration Budget At Glance By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For fiscal year ending June 30 1964 Spending $98,405,000,000 Income 88,400,000,000 Deficit 10,005,000,000 Debt at year-end 311,800,000,000 For fiscal year ending June 30 1965 Spending $97,900,000,000 Income 93,000,000,000 Deficit 4,900,000,000 Debt at year-end 317,000,000,000 WASHINGTON (AP) President Johnson sent Congress his trimmed down $97.9 billion budget Tuesday, and called it "a giant step" toward the elimination of red ink spending. As he had announced earlier, it recommends reduced defense spending and calls for the start of a billion-dollar effort "to break the vicious circle of chronic poverty." Spending for that program during the first year is planned at about $300 million.

Johnson said that an austere budget his own term for the 475-page document "need not and should not be a standstill budget." As is always the case and particularly so in election years the reaction in Congress pretty much followed party lines. Most Democrats applauded the spending blueprint as tight and realistic. Republicans generally professed that they don't think the planned cuts will hold up. Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told a news conference Monday that the spending rate will continue rising to a peak in the October-December quarter. He said it I will turn STENNIS WAISTS Lyndon AS INFORMATION CHIEF Murrow Resigns; By BILL SIMPSON Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Many of the names among the hundreds who witnessed the inauguration of Gov.

Paul Johnson Tuesday would form a solid nucleus for a "Who's Who Among Southern Segregation and States' Rights Advocates." Sharing the platform with Johnson and his predecessor, Ross R. Barnett, were Governors George Wallace of Alabama, Orval Faubus of Arkansas and Jimmie Davis of Louisiana. All of them have had run-ins of some description with the federal government over the question of states' and civil rights, and Johnson and Barnett face criminal contempt charges for defying federal court orders to admit Negro James Meredith to the Univer- sity of Mississippi in the fall of 1962. ON PLATFORM Also among the honored guests on the platform were Mississippi Senators James O. Appoints Johnson nominated Walter G.

Johnson Jr. to replace him, Gen. Wilson said: "From all the rumors I've heard, I've been expecting it. I'm leaving a good Guard." Wilson's military record dates back 33 years and re cently he won the Distinguished Service Cross of the National Guard Association for his contributions to the Guard. In a formal statement issued from the Governor's office immediately following the Inaugural ceremonies, Gov.

Johnson said: "I am very pleased that the first official act of my administration is the appointment of a distinguished Mississippian and my long-time friend, Walter G. Johnson, to the important position of Adjutant General and Aide de Camp to the Governor. As the new Commander-in-Chief of the Mississippi National Guard, I am particularly gratified that I have been able to secure the services of an outstanding citizen and civic leader of this state to fill Continued on Page 12 Appointed valescence from lung cancer surgery, wrote Johnson, in a letter dated Dec. 19, that it was his duty to step down. Johnson, in his reply to Murrow, said he "will be sorely missed," had "done a magnificent job" and would be called upon for advice and help in the future.

Johnson, in turn, praised Rowan in a statement as "eminently qualified to supervise this vital program of telling America's story abroad." Rowqn is a native of Ravens-crof, Tenn. He grew up in Mc-Minnville, Tenn. At 19 he was one of the first 15 Negroes commissioned in the Navy. 1 Belli said he would reinstate the application to free his client on bond later, if he felt this were necessary. The defense had summoned a psychologist and a psychiatrist to testify to the 52-year-old Ruby's mental condition.

One said he decided the night club operator was a psychomotor epileptic; the other said he believed Ruby had a manic depressive psychosis. In announcing Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown's agreement to appoint a disinterested expert to examine Ruby, defense attorney Tom Howard praised the move. The defense also filed a motion for a change of venue in the trial, set lor Feb.

2. in a full-employment, full-prosperity economy." However, Johnson repeatedly maintained that this rosy prospect hinges on "the earliest possible enactment" of an $U-bil-lion tax cut, "an integral and vital part of my budgetary proposals." In discussing spending plans, Johnson was equally enthusiastic about the glories of frugality and solvency. With pride, he emphasized some of the measures which he said would cut fiscal 1965 spending by $500 million to $97.9 billion. Defense and agriculture programs were slated for the biggest cuts. Johnson said defense outlays would be whacked by $1.1 billion to $51.2 billion without "any sacrifice in essential military capability." He said agricultural spending would fall more sharply, by $1.2 billion to $4.9 billion.

Foreign economic and military aid figures total $3.4 billion, or $1.5 billion less than Kennedy sought. Actual outlays would be down $200 million from this year's outlays. Smaller spending cuts were Continued on Page 12 Freeze WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. John Stennis, said Tuesday the United States cannot agree to a freeze on production of nuclear delivery weapons without foolproof international inspection. Stennis, who heads the Senate Preparedness subcommittee, said in a statement that President Johnson's proposal to explore the possibility of an international agreement in this field "is obiously of grave and paramount importance to our national security." "It is essential that we proceed slowly and with the utmost caution in this field.

We cannot afford to make any commitment or concrete offer about this matter unless we are certain that we know exactly what we are doing and what the consequences may be," Stennis said. "1 feel also that we cannot even consider such an agreement unless it is accompanied by foolproof and ironclad inspection and policing Negro WASHINGTON (AP) Edward R. Murrow has resigned as director of the U.S. Information Agency. President Johnson on Tuesday named Carl Rowan, now ambassador to Finland, to replace Murrow in the post.

Rowan, 38, former newspaperman and author of four books, will thus become the highest ranking Negro in government and the first of his race to sit in on meetings of the National Security Council. The USIA director is not a member of the council, but it is accepted practice for him to at-1 tend all sessions. I Murrow, facing a long con-i President Johnson's budget proposals. The totals Water projects $2,240,000. Buildings $651,300.

Parks $1,430,900. Roads $1,347,500. In addition, the state was listed for shares in $7,309,000 in construction on water projects along the Lower Mississippi and for parts of other water projects. A $6 million reduction in the appropriation for flood control work on the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries was proposed. The lower Mississippi program is included in appropriations for Army engineers.

Funds recommended by the President would be allocated to individual projects as follows: Mississippi: Construction Big Sunflower River Greenwood levees and flood-walls Yazoo River main stem recreation facilities at Yazoo Basin reservoirs Yazoo River tributaries upper Yazoo Auxiliary channel Yazoo backwater $1,850,000. Operation and maintenance These appropriations for navigation, flood control, power, water storage and beach 'erosion proects of the Army Engineers were proposed: Mississippi ($2,240,000) Construction: Oktibbee Creek reservoir Pascagoula harbor $620,000. Surveys: Big Black River Pascagoula River basin Continued on Page 12 RANKW-MXDS FLOOD CONTROL BOISD ISSVE OKI) BRANDON A flood control and drainage bond issue for $1,050,000 was approved by about a three to one margin Tuesday, unofficial and incomplete returns indicated. The project, for which matching federal funds are available, would assure West Rankin county and a Jackson of protection from devastating floods which have occurred in the past. Voters in ten precincts in Rankin County okayed the bond issue 885 to 260.

Three boxes in Hinds county had not reported, but the returns won't affect the outcome of the vote. down in the next two quarters the second half of the fiscal year. Asked when he expects a balanced budget, Dillon said he thinks Johnson will "come pretty close to it next year" and that by January 1966 a black ink budget should be "well in the cards." Terming his fiscal blueprint "a budget of economy and progress," Johnson said it would slash the 12-month deficit from $10 billion to $4.9 billion and carry the nation "a giant step toward a balanced budget INSPECTION Proposes body's business and that he was ready "to go any place, make any plea, play any part that offers a realistic prospect" for peace. Johnson proposed a "verified freeze of the number and characteristics of strategic nuclear offensive and- defensive vehicles." That is conference terminology for agreement by both sides to stop increasing or improving their existing arsenal of strategic delivery vehicles, including missiles, submarines and surface ships. INDEX On Nuclear Delivery Arms THE BUDGET DOLLAR f'ttcal Ytor 1965 tttimai WHttt IT COMtS (torn.

Ruby Returned To Jail; Will Get Mental Exam I Corporate y1 tntiwiduol I nem Tcuot Vy Ifxom Tol 26C Jw oftwin9 Agricvltur IT GENEVA (AP) President Johnson, in a special message Tuesday to the reopening of the 17-nation disarmament conference, proposed to the Soviet Union negotiations on freezing the number and characteristics of strategic vehicles that carry nuclear weapons. The Soviets came up with no Immediate reply in this first disarmament session here since last August. Johnson also suggested an agreement to halt all production of fissionable materials for weapons use under strict international control. Five specific proposals' by Johnson in his administration's first formal contact with the Soviets at an international conference were read by the U.S. disarmament William C.

Foster. After Foster read them to the delegates here, Johnson appealed for U.S. public support of his proposals in a surprise broadcast from Washington. He laid disarmament was every DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Jack Ruby, pictured by defense witnesses as a man with brain damage that would permit him to kill without knowing it.

returned to jail Tuesday without bond to await a mental examination in a hospital. In a surprise move in court, the defense dropped its attempt to free the killer of President John F. Kennedy's accused assassin on bond because the judge and the prosecution had agreed to the examination. "We've got what we wanted," chief defense attorney Melvin Belli told newsmen after Ruby, charged with murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, was taken back to his cell, WV Mi Hoallh, and Wolfa Affairs of State i Amusements IS Classified Ads 20-23 Comics 17, 19 Editorials 8 Financial 18 Radio TV Logs 1 Sports 13-1. 19 Womea 10-11 COMING AND GOING This chart shows where the budget dollar will come from and where it will go under President Johnson's proposed budget..