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Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 6

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6 Tuesday. April S. 13 HMMN Plan To Visit Burma RANGOON. Burma (AP)-PreS' ident Liu Shao-chi and Foreign rru.fi VI of CorrOnXlist China will visit Burma soon, the COLUMBU Foreign omoa announces also plans to visit inaonesia, Lam Harvard Negro Testifies In Voting Trial HATTIESBURG Ruby Magee 22-year-oW Negro graduate student at Harvard University, testified in U. S.

District Court here Monday that she flunked a voter application test in Walthall county. She was later told by Will Wells, an assistant state attorney i I bodia and Norm viei warn wu month. religion who should be recognized for his "effective, intelligent, and responsible speaking on significant public questions." The committee made the award to Gray primarily because of what it called "his intelligent and responsible communication In two sermons, one just before and one l- 411 Ad an Wm thaw Hlfk TampamhitM general, that she passed the test and that all she needs to do to Services Held Here Monday For Mrs. Napier Mrs. John Hawkins Napier, III, wife of Major Napier, of Maxwill Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, and of Picayune, Mississippi, died Saturday evening at St.

Dominies' Hospital where she had been a patient for about ten days. Mrs. Napier, the former Harriet Elizabeth McGehee, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burgess McGehee, of Jackson.

She was born on September 19, 1929, and spent her childhood years in Greenville and McComb, Mississippi. She was graduated from the McComb High School and attended Belhaven College and the University of Mississippi. Following their marriage on August 30, 1950, Mrs. Napier and her husband were stationed at several air force bases in the United States and in Germany. Mrs.

Napier was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Montgomery. complete her registration is "go by the circuit clerk's office at Tylertown." 0 just atter me now ford, Miss." FORECAST-Scattered showers are expected on Tuesday in the Pacific northwest while more general rain is due over the northern and central Rockies, Great Plains and the Mississippi valley. Scattered snow showers will occur in Rockies higher elevations. It will be relatively cool over most of the precipitation belt as well as in the northeast.

Fair skies and mild warm air is expected to continue over much of the south while hot weather is slated for the extreme southern Plains. AP Wirephoto Map. Pretty Days Continue "WHIP LASH" NECK INJURIES A sudden jerk Wells explained the woman's application was originally turned down because of a mixup regarding her age. County records indicated she was only 20 when she sought to register but a birth certificate proved otherwise, he said. She was the first of a long string of government witnesses to testify on the opening day of a hearing conducted by Judge Harold Cox into charges of voter discrimination against Negroes by Walthall county circuit Clerk John W.

Wood. RIVER STAGES or jarring to tht spine may cause a sprain or slignt misalignment of the spinal verte-brae, Man; times auto accidents or athletic injuries are responsible I these "whip lashes." Com Flood Present 24-hour stage stage change U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Jackson, Mississippi Climatological Data April Sunset Tuesday 6:2 p.m. Sunrisa Wednesday 5:38 a.m. midniaht a a.m.

11 noon a p.m. Temperature .51 47 75 75 Dewpoint 49 47 54 54 PARADE'S YOUNG COLUMBUS VII winners including two Mississippians were welcomend by country-folk singer Jimmy Dean in New York on the first lap of their ten day Switzerland-Germany Adventure. The 83 young news salesmen heard Jimmy sing his hit song "Big Bad John" and received some homespun advice from the singer: "You're going to a foreign country for your city, for your paper and for Parade Magazine. Don't steal any hub caps! You've done a wonderful job to become a Young Columbus VII and I think you're a fine lot of men." to Jimmy Dean; Robert Traugott, Indianapolis, Jim McCuller, Jackson, Miss, and Roger Clemons, Senatobia, Miss. 0.7 Fall 0.9 Fall 0.5 Fall DUNCAN GRAY, JR.

Duncan Gray, Jr. Receives Award MUNCIE, Indiana-Tau Kappa Alpha, nationwide speech honorary society, named Duncan Gray rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Oxford, the winner of its "Speaker-of-the-Year Award" for 1962. The announcement was made at the annual convention of TKA Society in Muncie, Indiana, April 9, by Dr. Wayne C.

Eubank, chairman of the Society's awards committee. Dr. Eubank, chairman of the University of New Mexico speech department, said that the Reverend Gray was chosen for the award as the man in the field of NOHVItXI Relative Humidity ..5 99 48 49 DR. Mrs. Napier was the niece of Mrs.

Massena CuJley, Mrs. Don-nald Morse, Mrs. W. Harris Vir-den, Mrs. Ethel M.

Landry, and Mrs. E. H. Galloway of Jackson, 0.2 Fall Stations: MISSISSIPPI St. Louis 30 11.0 Memphis 34 32.7 Helena 44 41.1 Arkansas City 44 34.2 Vicksburg 43 37.6 Vicksburg 48 43.0 Red Rvr Ldng 45 r39.8 Baton Rouge 35 30.1 Donaldsonville 28 23.3 New Orleans 17 13.0 Other witnesses included Negroes who said Wood flunked them and several white persons who testified they were able to vote even though they could neither read nor write.

These latter witnesses were registered, how mon symptoms may be headaches, neck pains and backaches, which. If not corrected, lead to other more serious symptoms such as dizziness, palpitation of the heart, nervousness and other Involuntary pains and reactions. Dr. A. Norville, Jr.

CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 1217 N. Wnl it. Ft 2-744 0.0 0.2 Rise 0.1 Rise 0.1 Fall 0.0 0.1 Rise 0.1 Rise 0.0 Wind Direction And Velocity Calm Calm SSW7 SSWS Sea Level Baromter 29.84 29.M 29,83 29.71 Temperature Today Year Aao Record Highest 80 77 88 IN 1903 Lowest 44 46 34 IN 1898 Precipitation last 24 hours: Nona Pearl River at Jackson at 5 p.m.: 4.8 feet. No change. Tuesday, April.

9 Forecasts Jackson and Vicinity: Clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday night. Low 48 with high of 83. Winds 5-15 mph. North Mississippi: Clear to partly cloudy with no change through Tuesday night. Low 48-55, high Tuesday 80-85.

South Mississippi: Clear to partly cloudy and mild through Tuesday night. Lowest temperature 48-56, with high In 74-84. TEMPERATURES fc RAINFALL high low rain Last Swiss Day Long, Full For State Columbus Winners ATCHAFALAYA ever, before Wood took office in 35.8 34.6 and of Mrs. Stella M. Landis of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

They, as well as a number of cousins, survive her. Funeral services were held at two o'clock on Monday afternoon at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, where Major and Mrs. Napier were married. The Reverend Christoph Keller, Rector, conducted the service.

Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. 1961, succeeding the late J. M. Byrd. 5.8 0.3 Rise 41 41 29 7 26 40 9.0 15.4 2.6 Rise 0.4 Fall 0.2 Rise 1.6 Fall 1.9 Fall Simmesport Melville Atchafalaya Morgan Citv OUACHITA Camden Monroe BLACK Jonesville Cincinnati Cairo ARKANSAS Little Rock RED Shreveport Alexandria PEARL Jackson 50 r41.8 52 29.4 40 40.9 Cheese Association featuring their products rather prominently.

A welcome serenade was given to American newspaperboys by local farmers dressed in native costumes. They rang cow bells, did some yodeling and alphorn blowing, all to the enjoyment of the Young Columbus group. The afternoon was devoted to shopping and a visit to the Tobler factory, makers of the world famous Swiss chocolate. Samples were liberally distributed, and the entire group agreed it was the finest candy they had ever tasted. Dinner was enjoyed at the Hotel Bellevue Palace.

23 1.4 0.4 Fall Pallbearers were: Mr. Samuel V. Morse, Mr. Samuel E. Virden, Mr.

William Harry Hutchins, Judge Russel D. Moore, III, Mr. Howard M. Moore, Mr. Chas.

G. Ventress, Prof. Chas. B. Galloway, and Dr.

Wilfred Q. Cole, all of Jackson; and Mr. Johny S. Taylor, of Clinton, and Mr. Espy F.

Loe, of Picayune. 0.0 0.1 Fall 8.4 5.8 30 32 BERNE, Switzerland, Jim McCuller of Jackson and Roger demons of Senatobia, from the Clarion-Ledger Young Columbus winners, received an early call at Berne's Hotel Bellevue this morn-fag so they could make their last full day in Switzerland as long and complete as possible. During the stay in Switzerland the boys again and again asked how the holes get into the Swiss cheese. Cheese factories, of which Switzerland has over 2.000, make only one cheese per day and in order to witness this century-old process the boys had to be at the cheese hut by 9 a.m. A typical Bernese luncheon was arranged by the Switzerland Mrs.

Hart, 91, Dies In Canton CANTON Funeral services Atlanta 75 47 Birmingham 80 45 Boston 53 36 Buffalo, N. 46 22 Charlotte, N. C. 74 39 Chicago .48 40 Denver 69 38 Detroit 49 33 Ft. Worth 90 57 Helena, Mont 47 32 .42 JACKSON 80 46 Little Rock 82 45 Los Angeles 65 55 .07 Memphis 77 48 Miami Beach 80 62 Minneapolis 46 41 Mobile 75 52 New Orleans 77 45 New York 62 39 Dkiahoma City 83 53 Phoenix, Aril 91 55 St.

Louis 78 56 San Antonio 86 59 5an Francisco 60 51 .25 Seattle 52 40 .30 Shreveport 84 52 Washington 63 40 Wichita, Kan 80 51 Nation's Cold Spot: Oneonta, N. Y. 16. Nation's Hot Spot: McAllen, Tex. 104.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 1 1 rV Jl 1 1 fl 18 4.8 0.0 Louin Man Is Killed By Train LOUIN-Eddie Welborn, about 40, was killed instantly Monday when struck by a Gulf Mobile and Ohio freight train just south of Louin. Welborn was said to be walking along the tracks en route to fish in a nearby pond. The name of the engineer was not available. Residents said the train crew had to walk into Louin to report the accident. Wilborn is survived by his widow and two children.

A official from Meridian was in Louin Monday afternoon investigating. The body is at Memory Chapel in Bay Springs. Wake up your house with paint! r-Stage day before yesterday. z-Pool stage. utvot 1 PAINTS for every room in your house Waterways Group Adopts Program COLUMBUS UP) The Tennes- Nail Services mmmsmmMmmmmmmmsmm TRACTOR PUT RADIO STATION OFF THE AIR CANTON (UPI) A tractor plowed radio station WDOB off the air Monday afternoon.

The tractor snapped the main line running from the station to its tower. WDOB Engineer Pay Kel-ley said he yelled at the Negro tractor driver just in time to prevent him from picking up the broken line. He said the driver thought the Ike was a root. LET US RECOMMEND A GOOD PAINTER see-Tombigbee Waterway author ing at the Grenada Hospital following a long illness. She was 67, and a Baptist.

She is survived by six sons, J. E. Nail, Ford Nail, Grenada; Harold Nail, Duck Hill; the Rev. Homer B. Nail, Oil City, K.

W. Nail, Greenwood; Dr. Henry Ray Nail, Whitfield; four daughters, Mrs. H. C.

Benneti, Chicago; Mrs. L. G. Nee'ly, Holcomb; Mrs. H.

C. Taylor, Harvey, Mrs. C. E. Hemphill, Jackson; 37 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

ity adopted today a 20-pomt program for work during the com f7) i i i i i i i inn in Set For Todav GRENADA Services for Mrs. Rosabell Lott Nail will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery with National Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Nail died Monday morn ing year dedicated to advancement for the authority.

The group decided to coordinate efforts of four State Con SPECIAL OFFER Do-lt-Yourtelf 4 Leads of $0 AA Drycleaning WW STAR Cor. Salley Avt. 4 Peach Oreh. gressional delegations in pushing COMPANY for Federal action in the pro 401 I. STATEW-J FL 2-1 I I M.

MIIIIIIIIM posed waterway which would con nect the Tennessee and Tombig- bee rivers. will be held Tuesday afternoon at for Mrs. Mary Louise Hart, 91, one of Canton's oldest citizens. She died at her home on East Academy Street Monday morning after a long illness. She was a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, but had made her home in canton for the past 85 years.

She was the widow of J. J. Hart who was a prominent planter west of Canton. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Canton. Her son, Foster Prichard Hart, preceeded her in death four days ago at his home in Greenville.

Services will be conducted from the chapel of the Baldwyn Funeral Home in Canton with her pastor, the Rev, Eual Samples officiating. Burial will follow at the Canton Cemetery. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Elise H. Beavers, of Canton, Mrs.

J. S. Clark of Madi-son, Mrs. Joseph H. Melton of Canton and Mrs.

Dora V. Hart of Jackson; one daughter, Louis H. EiiM? Gov. Ross Barnett, chairman of the authority, said the next meeting would be held in July at an undetermined spot in Kentucky. Barnett said the scheduled public meeting to discuss the project will be held in Washington with meetings between congressmen from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky.

lofro Meed! a DGB Home Improvement Loan The group set as a goal the cooperation between the authority and congressional delegations for keeping state and national authorities informed on waterway development. Barnett told the 20 to 25 mem Goodhue of Mt. Vernon Washing bers at the meeting Monday 7 of 10 Mississippi counties in the project have agreed to participate. ton; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Yazoo Negro Held In Louisiana BATON ROUGE, Mt A Yazoo City, Negro is being held in the parish jail here as a fugi SiSGRlGS If your house is bursting at the seams with too many people, or with too many years of use it's time you started planning additions or improvements.

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