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CSf rfWAW HOME WEATHER Fair, warmer through Wednesday, low 25, high 52; partly cloudy and mild Thursday, low 35. Reservoir: Mostly northerly winds 6-12 knots. Tuesday: High 50, low 21, Pearl River at Jackson 29.5 feet, down 0.1 foot Edition Mississippi's Leading Newspaper For More Than A Century VOL. CXXIX NO 33 24 PAGES PRICE 10c Established 1837 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1968 AP Leased Wires Wirephoto i 4 Justice Tom Brady, left. Outgoing Gov.

Paul Johnson stands at right. Photo by Kim Sutherland. TAKES OATH Gov. John Bell Williams stands in front of the State Capitol here Tuesday as he takes the oath of office from Supreme Court i mini aw humtwp i mi ran Court Justice Tom Brady, directly above the state seal, administered the oath to Governor Williams. Several thousand persons gathered on the Capitol grounds under the bright sunlight in the 42 degree weather.

The temperature rose several more degrees SOLEMN CEREMONY AT CAPITOL Gov. John Bell Williams takes the oath of office at ceremonies here Tuesday on the south steps of the Capitol as national and international dignitaries look on. On the platform are congressmen, governors, state officials and prevailed during the parade which followed in the afternoon. and members of the consular corps from New Orleans. Supreme Photo by Claude Sutherland.

illiam Become Governor: Bell Williams; Gov. Williams; Lt. Gov. and Mrs. Charles L.

Sullivan; Sen. James 0. Eastland; and Sen. John Stennis. Photo by Jimmy Carman.

REVIEWING PARADE Watching the colorful inaugural parade from a reviewing stand in front of the Governor's Mansion on Capitol Street are the state's new First Lady, Mrs. John ills Three Maior State Jobs Sets Special Election; Pledges State Progress GUATEMALA GUNMAN KILLS TWO AMERICAN OFFICERS my in Rankin County. He replaces Gen. T. B.

Birdsong. Dye, a former state senator and Workmen's Compensation Commissioner, directed Williams' successful campaign for governor. As Director of the Board, Williams said, "he will pursue a vigorous industry seeking plan and an outstanding tourist promotion program." Johnson will be serving his second four-year period as head of the National Guard in Mississippi. "General Johnson has done an outstanding job in bringing GUATEMALA (AP) Machine-gun fire from a passing car killed the two top U. S.

Army and Navy officials in Guatemala Tuesday and wounded two other American military men. They were apparent victims of a wave of politico-gangster violence ravaging this central American country. The slain Americans were Col. John D. Webber 47, of Houston, Texas head of the U.

S. military group in Guatemala since 1966, and Lt. Cmdr. Ernest A. Munro, 40, of Rockland, head of the U.

S. naval section. The wounded were Sgt. Maj. John R.

Forster, 42, of Salem, and Navy Senior Chief Radioman Harry L. Greene, 41, of Omaha, Neb. By A. B. ALBRITTON Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer (Complete Text of Governor's Speech on Page 6.) Calling for strict law enforcement, better education and an advancing economy, Gov.

John Bell Williams took office here at noon Tuesday before a crowd of thousands gathered in bright sunshine in front of the State Capitol. Among William's first actions as governor were the announcement of three key appointments and the setting of a special election to choose his successor in Congress. Stressing unity and cooperation in Mississippi, and hinting a national party bolt in the coming year, Williams became governor at 11:58 am. as Supreme Court Justice Tom Brady administered the oath of office. Only two hours later, Williams appointed Giles W.

Crisler as Commissioner of Public Safety; Brad Dye, Jr. as director of the State Board and re-appointed Maj. Gen. Walter Johnson as Adjutant General. PATROL VETERAN Crisler, a native of Raymond, is a 45-year-old veteran of WW II and the Korean conflict and is a National Guard major.

A graduate of the FBI Academy, he has been with the Mississippi Highway Patrol since 1950. At present, Crisler is director of the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Acade 'Full House' Sees Two-Hour Parade the Mississippi National Guard up to its high standard of excellence," Williams said. SETS ELECTION Mississippi new governor also within an hour after his inauguration ceremonies for Gov. John Bell Williams, Mississippi's new governor. Photo by Kim AT INAUGURATION Gov.

Lester Maddox of Georgia shakes hands with ''Brother" Dave Gardner, entertainment and recording star, at Tuesday's inauguration called a special under the bunting-covered plat form. Continued On Page 12 EVEN WELFARE SLASHED Britain Now Little England As Wilson Details Cutbacks FLAGS FLY Flags flew from poles along Capitol Street, from flag boots on many a saddle stirrup, out in front of most marching units. Mississippi Highway Patrolmen got their dress blues out of the cedar, and National Guard Military police donned white caps and stuck their trousers into boots that reflected. Uniforms were on parade: the governor's colonels in "marine green" business suits, visiting patrolmen escorting their own dignitaries. Western uniforms of Law-Order Statement Applauded By KENNETH FAIRLY Clarion Ledger Staff riter The trail to the statehouse which John Bell Williams started last February on the beautiful courthouse lawn at Raymond came to an end at noon Tuesday betore several sands friends and dignitaries.

By JEAN CULBERTSON Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer The jubilation at the Jackson inauguration on Tuesday was as solemn as an oath and as frivolous as a parade. Biggest drawing card was the two-hour parade which atracted a "full house," according to early police estimates. Between 75,000 and 80,000 people lined Capitol Street four deep all the way from Mill to State. Earlier, ladies hugged their furs close as the block-long reception queue tunneled into the Governor's Mansion at the pace of a handshake. They stood in the cold to welcome Mrs.

John Bell Williams. The whole city settled down as the oath of office was administered outside the Capitol. John Bell Williams became governor. CHILDREN JOSTLE Then carefree children paroled from school began jostling for position to see the parade, with its hundreds of pran- next September of free milk in state secondary schools. U.S.

STANDS ALONE The decision to pull out of the Far East save for a tiny garrison at Hong Kong and from sheriff's posses, marching bands wearing even' color of the spectrum, riding club uni-Continued On Page 12 tish on a nation-wide broadcast they face stiff taxes to prevent them from on goods that should be exported. In the costly social welfare program, Wilson announced an end to free prescriptions except for persons over 65, children under 15 and expectant or nursing mothers. Although the prescription charge will amount to only 30 cents, some Laborites shouted, "Resign!" when Wilson announced this and other welfare measures, such as the ending The Country Parson the Persian Gulf, leaves the United States as the lone major Western power in the smoldering region east of Suez. U.S. senators talked of increased U.S.

military responsibility that must be shouldered in the area. And U.S. officials also were unhappy about Britain's decision to cancel a order 'or Fill swept-wing bombers made by General Dy The crowd pressed in close to the temporary platform draped in red, white and blue bunting as the 48-year old governor held up his right hand and repeated the oath of office riven bv Judce Tom Bradv. a Ml) i LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Harold Wilson declared Tuesday Britain will withdraw its military forces east of Suez by the end of 1971, scrap a billion-dollar order to buy American-made bombers and cut social services spending all in a drive for national solvency. Wilson outlined his program before a tense House of Commons, saying he hoped to save $720 million in the 1968-69 fiscal year and $960 million in subsequent years.

"Our purpose," Wilson said, ''is to make devaluation work." The pound was devalued Nov 18. OTHER CUTS Included in the savings is a speedup in reduction of the armed forces, a phase out of Britain's last three aircrat carriers after 1971, and suspension of civil defense work. On the domestic front, cuts will be made in education, housing and road building. The cuts were not the whole tory. Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins told the Bri cing horses, brass and cymbals, pretty girls, and chilly winds.

Never have so many musicians plaved ''Dixie" so many INDEX Supreme Court Justice and an old friend of the incoming governor. The former congressman was attired in a dark gray suit as he took the oath from Brady w.io wearing his judicial robes under clear skies in 40 degree different ways in one day. I Then the inaugural ball. Never have so many people danced in so large a space in one night. For inaugural day the city dressed in her gaudiest garb- 4 namics Corp.

The plane was scheduled to carry Britain's H-bombs in the 1970s. LITTLE ENGLAND To many members of the House, i 1 's program marked the day that Britain became Little England. That was the broad interpretation they gave to one of Wilson's key passages spelling out his government's reasons for abandoning Britain's world role. wk -s-n- --w 1 mrMrt.imMfrwfr$P Amusements 15 Classified Ads 19-23 Comics 17 Editorials 8 Financial 18 Miss. Notebook 8 Radio TV Logs 16 Sports 14-16 24 Women 10-13 weather.

A heavy cordon of state higii-way patrol officers in full dress uniform were on hand, augmented by city police and Continued on Page 12 thousands of flashy uniiorms and hundreds of elaborate flags. Red-white-and-blue predominated, as the massive south steps of the Capitol disappeared ARRD7LNG AT COLISEUM Gov. and Mrs. John Bell Williams arrive at Mississippi Coliseum for the Inaugural Ball Tuesday night. Photo by Jimmy Carman.

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