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USDA wants to curtail food stamps WASHINGTON (UPI)-Sen. George MeGovern, called his Senate Hunger Committee into session today to hear testimony that new Agriculture Department regulations will cut back food stamp aid for up to 3 million poor Americans. The proposed regulations, expected to go into effect this summer, would make stamps more readily available for the poorest of the poor--but at the expense of those poor people who are somewhat better off. A memo circulated within the Health, Education and Welfare Department and made available to UPI estimated that 340,000 Sen. George McGovern Obituaries UPI people who now receive food stamps would be cut off and 1.7 million would have to pay more in cash for their stamps.

But Donald Pollack, director of the Food Research and Action center, a national poverty law agency, was expected to testify that between 2 million and 3 million people would be adversely affected by the regulations. A total of 10.5. million people now use food stamps. The stamps are purchased at a low price, then redeemed in grocery stores for food worth more than the stamps cost. The government buys them back at their face value.

Arthur Schiff, director of the food stamp program in New York City, was to testify that up to 600,000 of the 1 million New Yorkers who now receive stamps will be made ineligible by the new regulations. Immunization records ready Parents of children in the Mid-Delta Education Association's Head Start program may pick up immunization forms at the Mid- Delta office, 304 North St. The forms are required for registration of children who will begin first grade in the Greenville public school system in September, according to Mrs. Llewellyn Greenwood, Mid-Delta education director. Teachers to attend conference Three Greenville pre-school teachers will attend a conference of the Southern Association for Children Under Six this weekend in Atlanta.

They are Mrs. Charles Blanks, director of the First United Methodist Church Kindergarten and Day Care Program; Mrs. Charles Aldridge, assistant director of the program, and Mrs. Sam Bailey, a teacher in the program. Evers at Mound Bayou Saturday MOUND BAYOU--Fayette Mayor Charles Evers is slated to speak at the fourth annual meeting of the Mound Bayou Recreation Conservation League near here Saturday, according to Bennie L.

Jones, league secretary. Jones said the meeting will be at the league's recreation building about one and a half miles west of Mound Bayou. He said the meeting, for members and guests, will begin about 10 a.m. and will last most of the day. The business session including election of officers and Evers' speech will begin at 2:30 p.m.

following a barbeque lunch on the grounds. VFW post officers named VFW Memorial Post No. 4486 this week named Bill Hanner as commander for the 1971-72 organization year. Hanner and the other officers will take office in early July. Elected to serve with Hanner were Bob Keeling, senior vice commander; Steve Taylor, junior vice commander; Ken Champion, quartermaster; George Johnson, chaplain; H.

L. "Sonny" Meredith, judge adjutant, and Bernard Futey, Gatson Gill and Walter Johns, trustees. In addition, James Everitt, E. W. Moore, Hoyt Vaughn, Herbert Burns and Harold Scheurer were elected to the house committee.

Scout camporee begins Friday SCOTT--Approximately 250 Washington II District Boy Scouts will arrive here Friday afternoon for the annual spring conservation camporee, according to Leroy Jossell of Cleveland, assistant district scout executive. He said the Scouts--all members of patrols from Washington, South Bolivar and South Sunflower counties--will begin checking in about 4 p.m. before setting up camp and fixing their supper at 6 p.m. The agenda for the two-day event will include a camporee campfire, star study, a conservation project and field events, Jossell said. He said the patrols will be given points for their prowness in field events and their correctness in inspection and will be given awards Saturday afternoon.

Patrols scoring in the top range of points will rtceive blue proficiency ribbons, he said. Those in the middle range will receive red standard ribbons and those scoring In the lowest range will be given yellow participating ribbons. He said the group will break camp and leave for home at 4 p.m. Saturday. May Day program set The Lucy Webb Elemcnlray School will hold a May Day program at the school auditorium at 9:15 a.m.

Friday. John L. Neal LELAND--Funeral services for John L. Neal, 49, of 113 St Clair St. here will be at p.m.

Sunday at Pleasant Springs Baptist Church here. Burial will be in Hollandale Cemetery. Thomas and Frye Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Neal, a chemical plant employe, died Monday in W.

S. Witte Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Charlene Neal of Leland; five sons, Allen Roy Brown, Larry Neal and Eddie Dean Neal, all of Leland, and John L. Neal Jr.

and Elijah Neal, both of Gary, six daughters, Linda Fay Neal and Marilyn Ann Neal, both of Leland, Ethel Lee Neal of Vicksburg, Mrs. Susie Ella Smith of Joliet, Mrs. Starlene Nickson and Mrs. Veolia Smith, both of St. Louis; his mother, Mrs.

Alice Neal of Leland; two sisters, Mrs. Lexie Walker of Leland and Mrs. Azelean Price of Vicksburg; two brothers, Ellis Neal of Vicksburg and Curley Neal of Utica, and 12 grandchildren. 5am F. Powers UTICA--Sam F.

Powers, 82, a former 'Hollandale resident, died Wednesday night in Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg. He had lived in Utica for four years. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. National Funeral Home of Greenville has charge. Dewey S.

Shanks ARTESIA--Dewey Samuel Shanks, 73, died at his home here Monday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were Wednesday afternoon a the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Columbus. The Rev. Mr. Parker, pastor of the Artesia Baptist Church, officiated.

Burial followed in Memorial Gardens Cemetery at Artesia. Mr. Shanks was a retired railroad clerk and a veteran. He had lived in Artesia for the past 30 years. He was a Baptist.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Earlene Shanks; four sons, Alton D. Shanks of Greenville, Boyd E. Shanks and Sammy P. Shanks, both of Artesia, and Calvin H.

Shanks of Columbus; two daughters, Mrs. Ann Minor" of Columbus and Mrs. T. J. Brasher of Jackson, and 22 grandchildren.

George P. Rogers George Paul Rogers, 88, of 1506 S. Theobald St. in Greenville died about midnight Wednesday in General Hospital after a three-week illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

Wells Funeral Home will have charge. Mr. Ro a retired carpenter, was a Greenville resident for 55 years. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ethel Smith rfogers of Greenville; five sons, Maurice Rogers, Otto Rogers, Buck Rogers and George P.

Rogers, all of Greenville, and Jack Rogers of Wilmington, N. three daughters, Mrs. Maxine White of Monroe, and Mrs. Arlene R. Crittenden and Mrs.

Bartee Thompson, both of Greenville; a brother, Otto Rogers of Little Rock, 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Shepard nominated for flag WASHINGTON (UPI) --The Navy has nominated Alan B. Shepard Jr. to be the first astronaut of flag rank and Samuel L. Gravely to be the first black admiral.

Shepard and Gravely were among 49 captains nominated for promotion to rear admiral from a list of about 2,000. The nominations are subject to Senate confirmation. Navy Secretary John H. Chaffee, in announcing the nominees Wednesday, said President Nixon has approved each. Gravely, 48, has seen duty with the Navy in three wars.

His career began in 1944 when he was the first Negro to graduate from Columbia University's midshipmen school. He will become the third Negro on active duty to hold star rank. Air Force Brig. Gen. Daniel James and Army Maj.

Gen. Frederick E. Davison are the other two. Alan Shepard Special Shepard will be the principal speaker at the Delta Council annual meeting May 11 in Cleveland. Delta Council President Harris S.

Swayze said Shepard would speak at the afternoon session in Walter Sillers Coliseum. The meeting begins at 10 FRISBY Continued from page 1, interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. The grand jury's indictment alleges Atkins transported a stolen automobile from Indianapolis, to Hollaudale. Atkins, who FBI agents nay has an alias of "Peter Pan," was arrested by a special agent earlier this year. Atkins has been released on $2,500 bond and U.

S. Magistrate J. David Orlansky of Greenville has required that he attend classes regularly in the Hollandale public school system. He could receive a maximum penalty, if convicted, of a $5,000 fine or five- year sentence or both. Greenville attorney Douglas C.

Wynh has been appointed to represent him. Dr. Frisby, who operates a clinic at 566 E. Alexander St. in Greenville, is represented by Greenville attorney Fountain Dawson.

Dr. Frisby made requests for Medicare payments for services to 13 Greenville persons although "services had not actually been rendered" to those persons, according to the indictment. The indictment claims he illegally asked for Medicare payments for approximately 197 house calls, 97 office calls and two instances of hospital services from July 1968 to May 1970. He is specifically charged with submitting the requests for payment to Travelers Insurance Co. in Greenville, "an intermediary and paying agent" for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the Social Security Administration.

The maximum penalty he could receive if convicted on all charges is a $13,000 fine or 13-year jail sentence or both. At least two other Mid-Delta residents entered pleas Wednesday. Ronald Strong of Sunflower pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a shotgun with a 13-inch barrel and overall length of less than 26 inches not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record as required by law. Strong was arrested by Sunflower Police Chief Billy R. McClellan Feb.

6 on Quiver Street. He could receive a maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine or 10-year sentence or both. George Scott Alldread of Carroll County pleaded guilty to one count of a three-count indictment charging him with possession of an illegal still, unlawfully carrying on the business of distilling and making and fermenting approximately 250 gallons of mash illegally. He pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of the still. No date was set for sentencing of those who pleaded guilty.

Arrest made in bomb case WASHINGTON (UPI)--The government kept a young blonde peace activist in hiding today pending an appeals court ruling on whether she can testify before a federal grand jury in Seattle about, her knowledge and possible part in the March 1 bombing of the U.S. Capitol. The arrest of tall, buxom Leslie Bacon, 19, i of Atherton, on the information of a government informer was the first disclosure that a grand jury was investigating the March explosion that caused extensive damage in the Senate wing of the Capitol. TheU.S.Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set a hearing at 11 a.m. EOT today on the ruling Wednesday of Chief District Court Judge John J.

Sirica that her arrest as a material witness was valid, that $100,000 bond was "fair and proper" and that she should be taken to Seattle. FBI agent Daniel Mahan told the court Miss Bacon was suspected of having participated in the bombing. Asked if she was wanted as a potential defendant in the bombing, he replied "I don't know that." However, district police said the girl had been a primesuspect in the Capitol blast "for some time" along with others they would not identify. Miss Bacon said she had nothing to do with the Capitol bombing, her mother said Wednesday in California. "She tells me a lot of things I don't want to hear," said Mrs.

John W. Bacon, "but she never tells me lies." Miss Bacon was arrested Tuesday night on a warrant issued by Federal Judge George H. Boldt in Seattle stating that she had "personal knowledge of the circumstances and persons responsible" in the incidents under investigation by the grand jury there. Mahan, who arrested the girl on the roof of a house in the district's northwest area, disclosed the warrant was based on information supplied by an informer for a government investigative agency other than the FBI. He called the man "S-l" to protect his identity.

Agencies which routinely work with the FBI on cases with overlapping jurisdiction include the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service, which has specific for explosives and firearms violations. Delta Democrat-Tlmei Greenville, MiMisiippi Thursday, April 29, MOTHEfc or GRANDMOTHER RINGS A Birthstone For Each Child From 95 EASY PAYM1NTS A unique gift that is outstanding among all other loving remem brances. Choose the birthstone of each of your loved ones, chile or grandchild, White or Yellov, D-68. Large Diamond Display B52s pave Viets' SAIGON (UPI) -B52s struck in Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam for the second consecutive day today, concentrating most of then- bombs on the A Shau Valley where a force of South Vietnamese moving in cautiously on the Communist sanctuary found a major stockpile of arms. The A Shau campaign, known as Operation Lam Son 720, began 15 days ago but there has been no major ground fighting as the ARVN troops skirted the fringes of the 35-mile long valley running from the Hue region on the east coast to the border of Laos, parallel with and below the Demilitarized Zone.

So far the South Vietnamese have been content to strike in areas heavily bombed by the B52s. The Communists, who use the valley as a major supply and strike route, are reported by intelligence sources to have more than 30,000 troops in the valley plus massed antiaircraft guns. Heavy fighting was reported below Phnom Penh where Cambodian troops are trying to reopen route 4 to the coastal city of Kompong Som. The Communists have cut the highway there to sever Phnom Penh from its oil supplies. Today, they attacked a supply ship moving up the Mekong River to bring in supplies blocked from travel along Route 4.

The ship made it to Phnom Penh despite the attack. The weapons cache uncovered by a battalion of the South Vietnamese 1st infantry division in a sweep 10 miles northwest of the Up of the A Shau Valley contained 461 mortar rounds, 200 rocket grenades and 4,000 rounds of ammunition, military sources said. It was found three miles from the closest target of four B52 strikes Wednesday and U.S. MILITARY DEATH TOLL TOTAL I A today in support of operation Lam Son 720, the operation aimed at clearing the A Shau of the Communists who have used it as a sanctuary and a funnel for moving men and equipment into South Vietnam for years. More than 200 American helicopter sorties and nearly 20 fighter-bomber missions also were flown in support of the Cambodian operation along Highway 7.

The U.S. command meanwhile reported the loss of a Marine Corps OV10 Bronco forward air control plane and its two crewmen Wednesday in mountains nine miles northwest of Da Nang. It was the first Marine plane shot down by Communist antiaircraft fire since last Sept. 11. The command said today 45 Americans were killed in the war last week, pushing the Indochina war death toll to 45,019.

Another 518 GIs were wounded. Military spokesmen blamed the increased number of wounded-- 2A times that of the previous week--to stepped-up Communist shelling attacks against U.S. bases. 'T i lP'T'''' imtm briets $2.7 billion mortages closed WASHINGTON (UPI) --The nation's savings and loan associations closed $2.7 billion in mortgage loans in March, the highest monthly total in the three years during which the records have been kept, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board said today. The loan total was $900 million higher than February and was more than twice the $1.3 billion closed a year earlier, the board said.

New commitments for future mortgage lending increased by $3.1 billion during the month, up more than $1 billion from February. Board Chairman Preston Martin said the figures "indicate continued mortgage availability from these institutions for the balance of 1971." LA bank is bombed LOS ANGELES (UPI)-An East Los Angeles Bank of America branch became the 27th target of bombing attacks Wednesday night. Police said a black powder bomb shattered a plate glass window and blew a small hole in the roof of the building shortly after 9 p.m. PDT, but did little damage. There were no injuries.

FDA says marlin polluted LOS ANGELES (UPI)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says marlin, a popular sport fish often given to poor persons and organizations, probably is heavily contaminated with mercury. "From all the data we can gather so far, marlin appear to be in the same category as swordfish regarding mercury contamination," Milton Eason, acting FDA officer here, said Wednesday. Eason said nine out of every 10 swordfish exceed the federal safety guideline of .5 parts of mercury per million parts of fish. Army to probe atrocity report WASHINGTON Army spokesmen say they intend to probe the report of a former enlisted man that an American squad killed 30 women and children in a Vietnamese village in April, 1969.

The story was told Wednesday to an unofficial House war crimes committee by Danny Spencer Notley, 23, of St. Paul, who said he was a member of a 10-man America! Division squad which entered the Nixon's advice is paying off NEW YORK (UPI)--Investors who took President Nixon's advice one year ago and purchased stock very likely are showing a profit now. But they would have had to hold on to their purchases through a decline. One year ago Wednesday, Nixon told members of the American Society of Association if I had any money, I'd be buying stocks right now." On the day Nixon made the remark, the Dow-Jones industrial average stood at 737.59. It continued to fall during the next few months; dropping to a low about 31 per cent below its position on the day Nixon had suggested buying stocks.

So, if the President had been able to invest $10,000 in the exact stocks making up the Dow Jones industrial average (actually, this is impossible), he would have had a loss of $3,100 at the bottom of the 1971 recession. But then the market turned. By Wednesday--one year after Nixon's remark was made--the Dow-Jones industrials were at 951. So, if Nixon had held his $10,000 worth of stocks for one year, he would have had a profit of 34 per cent, or $3,400. Alto Mother Grandmother Finn Specials in Our Windows If the HIGH COST of Living Has You- up tight! SHOES WOMEN A CHILDREN Here's One Way to S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Shoe Dollar! TpDAY'S Shoe Styles at YESTERDAY'S SAIGON (UPI) Forty-f5ve Americans were killed in action last week, pushing the death toll for U.S.

servicemen above the 45,000 mark in the Indochina war. The U.S. command said that since Dec. 21, 1961, 45,019 Americans have been killed in action. It is the third highest number of U.S.

dead in any war. The toll was a drop from 56 dead the week before. Spokesmen said the lower figure reflected "a decrease in the level and intensity" of Communist attacks. However, American wounded rose from 195 to 518 last week due to some rocket and mortar attacks on U.S. bases.

Last week's toll of wounded, the highest in five weeks, pushed the number of U.S. servicemen injured in Indochina action since 1961 to 298,289, American spokesmen said. The spokesmen said two Americans were wounded in air action over Laos last week, raising the U.S. toll there since March 10, 1971, to 64 killed and 232 wounded. An additional 27 Americans died in so- called "non-hostile action" last week.

"Non- hostile deaths" include murders, drownings, traffic accidents, drug overdoses and the like, spokesmen said. village of Troung Knanh No. 2 in Vietnam's Quang Ngai province April 19, 1969. The province was the scene of the My Lai massacre. Notley, a journalism student at the University of Minnesota, said that although the Americans met no hostile fire they began "shooting women and kids they didn't say anything, they were just shooting." Kent admissions down KENT, Ohio (UPI)-Almost one year after four students were killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State University, the university has had a 40 per cent decline in applications and admissions.

Joe Durbin, public relations director for KSU, said the school had admitted 2,957 students for next fall, as of Tuesday. At this time last year, the school had admitted 5,336. PHNOM PENH (UPI)-Gen. Lon Nol, who resigned as Cambodian prime minister 10 days ago, today declined to form a new government, sources in the palace of Chief of State Cheng Heng said. The sources said Cheng Heng received a letter today in which Lon Nol offered apologies but respectfully declined to take over again as premier and form a new cabinet.

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