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Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 14

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such, will not be faced with Saturday, June 3, 1972 14 Ctit CIattonlLcPgci ft HEW-ITT tor said that he would work for training programs that would-give his constituents a chance to earn better wages at better jobs. I According to Plttman, the district has been held back by the "special interests" that are1 promoting the other candidates in the Fourth District race. JOE MOSS of Raymond, is the east, and the Port of Greenville and the Mississippi River to the west are the three key avenues of approach to the economic growth for the Second District. Bowen said the fight must be continued in Congress for federal support to highways and waterways in Mississippi. HAINON MILLER, speaking before a civic club in Greenwood, said he does not favor any substantial or additional gun control laws.

He said that any such laws would promote a "black market" for firearms in which only criminals would benefit, and that the average citizen would be terrorized to an even greater extent. Miller said that a great disservice has been done to the young oeople by the over emphasis of violence in movies and i hi 1 I IK Jennifer Blairf Dean president, Whites Stores; assistant Manager, Leslie manager; and Susan employe. Participating in opening day ceremonies of Whites Stores, located at 3605 North West are, from left, Herman Brown, furniture manager; B. B. Hartness, district manager; primary Tuesday.

7 FIFTH DISTRICT- r. The Fifth Congressional Dis rict sports the largest number of candidates in anylflistrict-four Republicans andi Dem-ocrats. Very little word of-political activity has been coming, ottf "of that district. Only two-candidates, both Democrats, gavg Evidence of activity Friday. STONE BAREFIELD of Ht-tiesburg, spoke in Poplarville an the busing issue.

He said that as the father of four children in public schools, he has personal experience wRh busing. He said that he joined thousands of other citizens in 1969 to organize a concerned parents group to oppose arbi-tary reassignment of children lo schools of outside their own neighborhood. Barefield said that people in Mississippi are tired of seeifjg their children treated differently than those in the 'Northein states. PAT also Jpf Hattiesburg, announced that he is organizing the second "Pjt-terson For Congress Caravan" Saturday. I'.

He said the caravan will wind its way through Southeast Mjs-sissipi in much the same manner that his first one J. This one will go through the northern counties of District, whereas the last one went through the southern counties of the district. The other eight DemoiSrltSn the Fifth District race-9rw: WILLIAMS ANDREWS FRANK BARBER of HatH-' esburg, CHARLES JgESCK-WELL of Gulfport, DXIEL GUTCE of Biloxi, 'ROB'ST LADNER of Gulfport, LUTHER PATTON of Gulfport, MARBY PENTON of Ocean Springs, and BF.N STONE of Gulfport. The four Republican candidates are: PAUL GRADY Hattiesbure. C.

E. LLUMB of Gulfport, TRENT LOTT of Pa and KARL MERTZ of Gulfport. 1 Charged With Intoxication i stemming mail theft. from the alleged Douglas Mazique was arrested Thursday night," Police Chief J. T.

Robinson said, on charges of driving While -intoxicated and attempting to cash a government check allegedly taken in the mail theft. Officers said Douglas Mazique was taken to city jail and was being questioned by feder-, al agents Friday. Defray ANYWHERE Mfoshsippf SUNSKKE SHOP 1013 SM. UAtl ST, PMONI JM.M7 Baldwin Funtral Horn 732 Monship Strttt PHONI 353-2727 MR. H.

B. MILES' 191 S. Alabama Services 10 am. Saturday Baldwin Chapel Interment Lakewood Memorial Park Baldwin Funtral Hem 4080 Highway SO East PHONE 939-6110 MR. CECIL L.

LEWIS Box 374, Brandon, Miss. -Services 2 p.m. Saturday Baldwin Chapel Highway 80 East Interment Floral Hills Memory Gardens BoUwin Funtral Hem Cnntol Sprints PHONE 192-1521 on TV. He further said that there has been a neglect of education for the respect of law and order and the safe handling of guns. In Greenwood, CLANTY SEAY denied that be was a one-issue candidate.

He said welfare and tax reform were the ones most people discussed with him and that his stand on other issues are on the record for people to see. He labeled the welfare system a corrupt monster that is picking the pockets of the voters in the Second District. He suggested a WPA work program as a means of solving the welfare problem and to halt rising unemployment. Other candidates in the race, who were apparently inactive Friday in preparation for a big push over the weekend, were: MAYOR PAT DUNNE of Greenville, TOM COOK of Starkville. and CORBET LEE PATRIDGE of Schlater.

Republican CARL BUTLER of Columbus is unopposed for the Republican nomination in the Second District. A Republican party press release describes Butler as a former MississioDi State University professor. Butler is quoted in the release as describing Mississippi as a "whipping boy" for the rest of the nation. THIRD DISTRICT REP. G.

V. "SONNY" MONTGOMERY is thus far without any opposition of any kind in either the primaries or the November election. FOURTH DISTRICT WALTER BROWN spent three hours Friday afternoon in downtown Jackson, shaking the hands of people on the street? and in the office buildings. "People are eager to shake a candidate's hand an. 'ut questions straight to him Brown said.

"I was surprised and pleased at the interest the peo ple I talked to today are snowing in tne election and in my candidacy." Brown flew to Natchez Friday evening for a hometown rally. He returns to Jackson Satur day. Brown will attend a barbecue in Southwest Jackson Saturday evening. PAUL POTMAN, campaigning in Crvstal Serines said thp Fourth District needs represen tation in Congress that will bring Mississippi out of being economically last in the nation. He said that prior to the War Between the States, the Fourth District was one of the richest areas in the nation, but that it now is at the bottom of the ladder in wages and opportunit ies tor us people.

The Tylertown newspaper edi- GIFTS For All Occasions PHONE 056-5010 Lyle-Williams Pharmacy Old Contort Rood sued a statement from his Jack son headquarters Friday claim ing that he would be a candi date in the June Z7 runoit pri mary. He said his visits with Hun dreds of voters in the district have led him to that conclusion. Campaigning in Hazlehurst, Moss said he is seriously con cerned with the type of medical treatment and size of the pen sions that veterans are receiv ing. He said they suffered their disabilities due to their support of this country, and therefore deserve the best treatment the country can offer. He said he was a veleran of service in Gen.

Patton's Third Army in World War II. ELLIS BODRON of Vicksburg, warned against the politics of division while speak ing in McComb. He said that too many of his opponents have appealed to the interests of special groups. He said that if he were elected he would represent all the people of the Fourth District." He said that as state Senate Finance Chairman, he has served all the people of the Fourth District as well as all Mississippians over the past 11 years. Bodron said that as congressman, he would continue to place emphasis on the average tax-having citizen.

BOB PRITCHARD. styling himself as the peonle's candidate and Dr. RAY LEE did not campaign Friday while resting for a big push over the weekend. THAD COCHRAN of Jackson, is the only Republican in the Fourth District Race, and, as Two Youths Mail Theft, NATCHEZ (AP) -Federal and local authorities questioned two young Natchez men Friday after charges ranging from mail theft to driving while intoxicated were lodged against them. Capt.

Frank Rickard said Herman W. Mazique, 20, and a distant relative, 24-year-old Douglas A. Mazique, were being questioned concerning the Thursday theft of mail from a Natchez apartment complex. Rickard said Mazique, held in the county jail, was arrested by Police Capt. Elzra King after King spotted an auto reportedly used earlier in the mail theft.

The police official gave chase to the auto, Rickard said, and made the arrest after the car left a street and struck the front of a house. He said Herman Mazique was charged with reckless driving by the city, mail theft by the county and on federal charges 3 ROOMS of BRAND NEW FURNITURE Cash or Credit! Dilivtrtd I GuaranftW FUMM Market IMIrtriMlUri OPEN EVERY WEEK NIGHT fll 9 PM TO THE LINE WHERE THEY MAY HEWITT tact, that brings this comment: "Most men believe that a The memory of the right- And they expect to find her there just as soon as she gets off from HAPPY BIRTHDAY Greetings on Saturday to: FRANK B. flUTTON, Dr. JAMES L. ROYALS, ALEX ROGERS, CHARLTON ROBY, BURTON HOSCH, LYLE CASHION, Jr.

ALLAN H. MAPP, JEFF P. STEINWIN-DER. A LAMP UNTO OUR FEET "The memory of the righteous Is a 10:7. L'ENVOI We're gathered at this spot today Our tribute and respect pay to one with whom throughout the years We've shared our laughter and our tears We'll miss his oweet companionship His warmth of soul, his friendly grip His words of cheer, encouragement And happy hours that we've spent With him at work, at church, at play As we've walked with him "in the way" We feel that better men we'll be "Thy servant, Lord, we leave with Thee." Julien C.

Hyer PAGES FROM THE PAST TEN YEARS AGO Thad B. Lampton, of Columbia, son of the late Jackson banker, was elected president of the Mississippi Bankers Association in convention at Biloxi, and succeeded Wiley Keyes of Magee, outgoing president. TWENTY YEARS AGO as the Miss. Bankers Association met in Biloxi, W. Pat McMulIan, Sr.

president of Commercial Bank and Trust Co. of Jackson, was elected president to succeed L. G. Simmons of Pontotoc. THIRTY YEARS AGO Wirt Yerger, Sr.

was elected president of the Little Theatre of Jackson, succeeding Stanley Winn, at the annual meeting held at the Robert E. Lee hotel. FORTY YEARS AGO Dr. and Mrs. J.

B. Hutton and Mr. and Mrs. J. U.

McKay left Jackson for Montreat, N. C. and the annual general assembly sessions of the General convention of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. Dr.

Hutton was pastor of First Presbyterian Church. LITTON Continued from Page 1 came only after we placed the full resources of state government and the full resources of Jackson County behind furnishing these needed facilities. "Mississippi was in direct competition with other areas seeking to locate this facility work effort that was successful and I believe it was the teamwork effort that was successful gaining for all MississipDi this most valuable employment facility. I congratulate all those individuals who worked so hard and the Litton management team that worked with us very closely to arrive at the most logical decision for Litton." Waller concluded, "Trie people of Mississippi should be very proud of Litton's effort in this matter, because this type employment is extremely meaningful to raising the per capita income of this area and the state as a whole. SHOPPING Continued from Page 1 square feet is planned, with iuaouo square feet to be occupied by another giant retail outlet as yet unannounced.

About 25 small specialty shops also will be included. The owners anticipate completion and opening of the center, as yet unnamed, by April of 1973. I The complex will reach from 1-20 to Raymond Road on the 8 .5 a 3 a dkins-re Service yFUNERAL DIRECTORS Robinson at Raymond I Road I PhoM 372-5623 MR. SAMUEL E. DUNCAN 510 McDowell Road Services: Saturday 1:30 p.m.

Church of Jesus Christ Archer, Fla. Interment: Union Cemetery Newbury, Fla. JOHN DUDLEY WALLER Key Largo, Florida Arrangements to be announced LET THE CHIPS FALL By PURSER 'MAWN1N MISSISSIPPI! Many a man practices good manners in the truest sense who knows little about how to handle a teacup. Fundamentally, good manners are the embodiment of one's moral respect and consideration for others. Harold W.

Dodd AIN'T IT SO? Experience is that factor in life that enables a man to avoid former mistakes and leaves him free to make some new ones. SILVER AND GOLD My Grandpa had a cane mill. Oh, my, but it was sweet. His pasture had a bubbling spring, A brook to bathe my feet He also had a blacksmith shop, And horses with worn out shoes, A pond we could fish in, Where boy cousins went in nude! My Grandpa had a big red barn. The loft was filled with hay.

That was the highest place To spend a happy day. Now Grandpa was a big man, Grandma so very small. She often let me brush her hair, I liked that best of all. Although her hair was al- way's gray Within mv memorv's fold. Those were the silver threads That laced their farm with J'Nell Coffman PUN FUN Pee Wee Reese, th old Brooklyn shortstop and later sports commentator, tells of the sandlot game in a small town in mid-America where the batter hi 'he ball into an adjoining lot wiiere a grazing hog seized the rolling pellet and swallowed it.

The defense claimed the batter should be limited to a ground-rule double, but the umpire agreed with the batter that it should be counted an in-the-pork homerun. RUPP-TURED HUMOR Speaking of sports figures and their stories, Jiere's one from the retired basketball coach at Kentucky, Adolph Rupp, as relayed by Fred Russell: Rupp has been reminiscing a lot lately. One story deals with a funeral he attended in Kansas many years ago. "At the cemetery it began to rain," he said, "and the head pallbearer, Charlie Davis, slipped as the casket was being lowered. It took some doing but we finally got Charlie pulled out and it developed that he had a broken leg.

NO LIBBERS "The next morning the local newspaper printed this story which began: 'At the funeral of mm UNERAL DIRECTORS MICH AT NORTH WEST STREET MRS. MARY ELIZABETH DANIELS West Wick Apartments Services: 2 p.m. Saturday Wright Ferguson Chapel Interment: Miss. Memory Gardens MRS. JAMES RHEA PRESTON, SR.

1004 Avondale Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday Fondren Presbyterian Church Interment: Cedar Lawn Cemeterry MR. BENJAMIN ALFRED DOCKERY 311 Valley Street Services: 2 p.m. Monday Wright Ferguson Chapel Interment: Cedar Lawn Cemetery MR. R.

K. PAYNE 802 Oakwood Jackson, Miss. Arrangements to be announced. in Wtf 1 -III JJ2-3612 s. to in 1 1 1 GRAND OPENING POLITICAL Continued from Page 1 educating and training our human resources to give them tne skills to hold higher paying iobs." LOUIS FONDREN of the Mis sissippi Gulf Coast is also facing Sen.

Eastland in the Dem ocratic primary. Senatorial candidates who were inactive Friday, since they will not be faced with the primaries, are: PRENTISS WALKER of Mize, C. L. McK-IN LEY of Pascagoula. GIL CARMICHAEL, campaigning in Biloxi, said Mississippi is the "keystone state" of the South.

He said Mississippi is the nation's last economic frontier. He said that he would "hound the Eastern bankers" to invest monty in Mississippi. He said Mississippi needs money for new homes, better wages, new jobs, and development of our raw resources. Carmichael said what Mississippi needs in the way of new industry is factories which don't pollute the air and the water, and that the state's greatest resources are her clean air and water, which must be protectd. Opposing Carmichael in the Republican primary is JAMES MEREDITH, a black Jackson businessman.

He is basin? his campaign on an effort to get the blacks to defeat the present Mississippi nower structure, aceordinc tn a Republican party press release. PLANT Continued from Page 1 but this will be the company's first fabricating and manufacturing plant in the South. The 350,000 square foot facility, when completed, will occupy some 177 acres of the Clinton Industrial Park area. Announcement that the Hinds County site has been selected for the plant was made about a month ago by Edward M. Cole, president of General Motors Corporation.

The operation is expected to employ approximately 700 people in the beginning. In addition to members of the Packard staff and General Motors brass, several Jackson bank officials, businessmen and public including Mayor Russel Davis, were present for the groundbreaking. CRASH Continued from Page 1 The aircraft, a Fairchild PT-19, was purchased several weeks ago by the air service and was licensed to fly, Hudgins said. Waller, a veteran pilot with snrrie 5.000 flying time, was qual ified in aerobatics, Hudgins said. LAWN MOWER REPAIRS J.M.

FLY RENT-ALL INC. SSSWHITREIO MIllS RO. 353.1683 COLOR TV MILES APPUAKCES loohrMit 373-13? VIAU OFFER I Miss Mississippi, Stewart, Mike Holmes, Hood, store Polk, a Whites on of of be of ne ne BOSTON Continued from Page 1 aide that the federal action is "totally consistent" with President Nixon's proposed busing ban, and that Boston could desegregate its schools without additional pupil transportation. Last fiscal year Boston schools received about $10 million in federal aid, officials said. The 90-day freeze on new program spending would have little if any impact, coming at the end of the school year.

A hearing examiner could deny any new money to the district, in addition to the $14 million in state aid already frozen by the Massachusetts state board of education. Boston schools have a total enrollment of 96,582 pupils of whom 30,653 or 32 per cent are black and 4.660 are Spanish-speaking, OCR said. The government alleges that Boston has perpetuated A hearing examiner could deny any new money to the district, in addition to the $14 million in state ad already frozen by the Massachusetts state board of cducaton. Boston schools have a total enrollment of 96,582 pupils of whom 30,653 or 32 per cent are black and 4,660 are Spanish-speaking, OCR said. The government alleges that Boston has perpetuated racial isolation through its school system in a variety of ways, in-eluding cross-busing, discriminatory grade assignments and lack of action to enroll Spanish-speaking minorities.

In the 19G9-70 school year, HEW said, 26 per cent of Boston's Spanish-speaking children aged 7-15 were not enrolled in cit yschools as required by state law. From that time to the present, "the district has failed to take steps (for example by employing inadequate numbers or no Spanish-speaking attendance officers, teachers and other school personnel) to insure enrollment and attendance of large numbers of Spanish-speaking children," HEW said. In addition, the government alleges, Boston locks black children into a separate grade structure which keeps them apart from whites. high ridge south of 1-20. In connection with the clearing of the site, the owners have offered to the City of Jackson the residence located at 624 Raymond Road and a garage and outbuilding on the same lot for use by the Jackson Fire Department for training purposes and for the making of a film by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.

The city has accepted the offer and the structures will be set afire in the teaching of proper fire-fighting techniques. I MADE IN MISSES RIDER MOWER MILES APPLIANCES 1'3-llM MAOC IN MISS. cnii $990 f354" aCaatJ ROUNDUP The press release says Meredith returned to Mississippi to help blacks set up business enterprises, and that the two key issues in his campaign are the set'iement of the Indochina war and the development of the South's natural resources. FIRST DISTRICT JAMIE L. WHITTEN is facing JIMMIE RICHARDSON, a Vietnam war veteran in the Democratic primary.

There has been very little apparent campaigning in the race. 2nd DISTRICT In the Second Congressional District race, former congressman FRANK SMITH is running his prior experience as a representative. He had 10 years in the House Representatives prior to a redistricting plan which saw his district combined with that of Jamie Whitten, who defeated him for re-election. Since that time, he has served as director tne Tennessee Valley Authority in North Mississippi. Campaigning in Etipora Friday, lie said Social Security payments for older person? must be increased and that tfw increase could be brought about without a hike in Social Security taxes.

He said, "Adjustments must made for those people on a fixed income to offset tho rnst living increase." He said that nad worked for Social Security increases when hp a in Congress before, and that he would ag.in. WALLACE DARRS ramnain. ning in Columbus, said that assigning pupils to schools because of their race has got to atop. He said that he had nnt stopped his opposition to busing and that he would work tnwarA bringing order to Mississippi's SV.IIUU13. HUGH POTTS tniirprt tho Mic.

sissippi Delta, saying that a man must be elected who will return to his district between elections rather than only at eircuon lime Potts said that the tar tnif. ture must be made lighter on the working man. He said that worries about drugs and the high cost of living. He said he will work for better and hicher paying jobs for Mis-sissippians. and to mate thinps such that a farmer can make a decent living.

Sneakin? in Leflore. County, DAVID BOWEN said the key to Miss'ssippi's future is in the development of waterway facilities. He said the Yazoo River Nav-igation Project in the central area of the state, the Ten-nessee-Tombigbee Waterway to For Yoiir Horn, Boat, Motorcycle, Truck or Auto Insurance. STAFFORD INSURANCE AGENCY S29 North Mort Ploio Call 362.2473 Wt ill su nt THE FERGUSON CO. HAS IT Balloons Pennants Flags Bumper Stickers Adv.

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