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Mississippi much of what the FOR DISCUSSION 6 ClarfOlt'iUtlgCr A-Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1967 Appalachian Group Meets In Jackson Commission were Charles I. (Chip) Foltz, executive director of the Health Advisory Committee; John Whisman, state regional director; John L. Preston, regional economist; and Dick Dynes, technical assistance director. The 20 counties which fall into the Applachian program area by reason of terrain are Tippah, Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union, Lee, Itawamba, Pontotoc, Chicksaw, Monroe, Clay, Webster, Oktibbeha, Choctaw, Winston, Lowndes, Noxubee, Marshall, Benton and the northeast portion of Lauderdale.

By Phil Hearn Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Representatives from the Of fice Staff of the Applachian Regional Commission In Washington met at Jackson's Downtowner Motor Inn for a question-answer in connection with the Northeast Mississippi Resource Conservation and De velopment Project. be administered from the local standpoint. He emphasized that all such programs were subject to President Johnson's freeze, but stated that the Applachian program had agreed to furnish 75 per cent of the cost of setting up a technically-staffed local development district, or $65,475. This means that the 20 counties would then have to match this figure with the remaining 25 per cent, or approximately $21,825. The technical staff would provide assistance to cities, counties and other forms of local government in developing project plans and working up applications for funds.

This program would then be coordinated with the State. Representing the Applachian The purpose of the briefing Mere Security With FALSE TEETH At Any Time Don't ttn In fear of false teeth' loosening, wobbling or dropping at the wrong time. For more security according to Thompson Pounds of Pontotoc, Gov. Paul Johnson's representative in the Applachian Program, was to inform federal, state and local Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party has been saying since its birth in Guyot's statement said. Phillips replied that he did not know "who arranged for this endorsement or what the motive was, but I do know for certain that this endorsement was designed to hurt me.

This was the 'kiss of death' type of endorsement with which all of us are familiar." "We do not agree with all that Mr. Phillips projects," Guyot said, "but the most important factor is that some segment of white Missippi has finally realized that When black people and poor white people in Mississippi are oppressed, discriminated and denied education, all of Mississippi suffers. "We would that Mr. Phillips could be more creative in his proposed solutions." Phillips did not directly label the FDP a militant civil rights group, but implied that he thought it was. "When I opened my campaign with a statewide television speech advocating a constructive solution to the race issue, one of the risks I knowingly assumed was the possibility of damaging response from either or both of the two extremes of political action in he said.

"Those two extremes are reactionary racists on the one hand and militant civil rights activits on the other." He said the "militants" want officials of to how to get in volved implementation of the and more comiort, just sprini little FASTEETH on your plates. PASTECTH holds false teeth firmer. Makes eating easier. No pasty, gooey taste. Pelps check "denture Denturjs that nt are essential to program.

Pounds said that the next health See your dentist regularlyj Got STEKTH at all drug count! iir4 immediate step would be to call local leadership together within coastal city. A two-mile section of the city was hard hit. AP Wirephoto. TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION A Gulfport resident loads wet belongings into a car amid a trail of des- traction left by a tornado that touched down at the TAX FREE! TAX FREE! the 20-county area eligible for the federal funds in order to lay out plans and reach agreement as to how the program should We Offer: RUBEL PHILLIPS Phillips for governor. Chairman Lawrence Guyot said the decision to issue the endorsement was made Sunday at a meeting in Holmes County, STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI General Obligation Airport Full Faith and Credit 334 BONDS Due 311980 To Yield 4.30 At 94.75 WOODWARD AND COMPANY Deposit Guaranty Bank Bldg.

P.O. Box 1546 JACKSON, MISSISSIPP 354-3727 but release was delayed be cries in rage when Rubel Phillips or anyone else dares to challenge them in any election. The establishment says we should not have an election in November, and yet they know full well that the establishment wrote the very election laws which require me to run in November. I have to run when they let me." The Democratic leadership, he said, "is totally and ines cause we had to check it with some people in the state." to see him defeated because they have the greatest opportunity "to foment local strife and seek federal intervention. When Mississippi's government is headed by rigid reactionaries whose views and past performance offer the Negro no hope." encountered in getting enough outstanding candidates and the second, financial." Rockefeller, a big husky man, and earnest speaker, brought repeated applause from the crowd gathered at the Cannoneer Motel and Restaurant.

RAPS DEMOCRATIC ACTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gubernatorial candidate "Our endorsement of Rubel Phillips is based on the fact that he has found the courage to say frankly to the citizens of t. Continued from Page 1A great state of Arkansas would cpme here to support me." "He criticized the fund raising "Gala" held in behalf of John Bell Williams Monday night and said 'he only object the function served was one of "discussing ways of preventing change in the state of Mississippi." Phillips said his campaign as a Republican candidate for governor has "done the state a lot of good." or lose, I believe I can tell you we are changing the state of Mississippi," Phillips said. capably responsible for keeping Rubel Phillips called Tuesday night for Mississippi to harness change for progress and he accused Democratic leaders of blocking change to protect selfish interests. Made in Mississippi by Mississippians for Mississippians NOVEMBER 1-2-3-4 Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday Mississippi last. Getting thrown out of the National Democratic party in full view of a coast -to coast television audience appears to be the highest ambition of the Mississippi establishment.

"They believe the world is flat. that the edge of the world is the Mississippi state line. Their world does end there, but yours and mine doesn't." In contrast to the reception of the state at the Democratic National Convention, he said, the Republican Convention will treat the GOP's state delegation with courtesy and honor. "Your Mississippi Republican delegation will be participating fully in national affairs. you will have representation in the highest councils of at least one of the nation's two political parties." FDP ACTION and REACTION By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party said Tuesday his executive committee had voted to endorse Mads Mississippi -I 6 in a television appearance, the Republican candidate contended "change offers the only avenue of hope for the underdeveloped states like Mississippi.

If nothing changes, Mississippi will remain last forever last in education, material wealth and national influence." He said the Democratic establishment is responsible for the last place position. "They have not been responsible to the needs and the aspirations of our people," he said. "They are organizing. gala affairs. "Are they discussing ways of finding a practical solution to the race issue? No.

Are they discussing ways to make your tomorrow better? No. They are discussing ways of preventing change." He said "the establishment 1 Rockefeller, the featured speaker for the evening, said observers called it an "impossibility" that he could be elected of Arkansas. "We took a great deal of encouragement from what you were able to do here in and patterned much of what we did after your pioneering efforts against what might conservatively be referred to as extraordinary odds," Rocke "el-ley said in outlining his campaign for election a yep.r ago. Phillips made his first bid for the governorship in 1963 against Governor Paul Johnson. Rockefeller said the odds against the Republican party then being elected in Arkansas and now in Mississippi "were loaded in two ways." i'The first being the difficulty I ONE PACKAGE OF 12 FRESH BROWN-N-SERVE ROLLS 3 3 DAYS WHY YOU JUST SAY CHARGE to each customer who purchases $1.00 or more of merchandise.

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