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-i' i 'M; Shelby "Mound Bayou jv -f i 'i i Mississippi briefs i Bolivar remap I A COUNTY MISSISSIPPI Bolivar County's supervisor districts have been changed for first time in 23 years and supervisor candidates must run from these new districts this year. A federal judge last week approved the new district boundaires drawn for'the board of supervisors by a professional planning firm. U.S. District Court Judge W. C.

Ready complimented the supervisors for their "statesmanship" when he approved their plan, which will place 9,665 persons in District 9,719 in District 9,642 in Districts; 9,731 in District 4 and 9,652 in District 5. The plan divides the county's largest city, Cleveland, into three districts. Millsaps slates Finger JACKSON, Miss. (UPI) Bishop H. Ellis Finger Jr.

of the Nashville area of the United MethodistChurch will be among the speakers during commencement exercises May 30 at Millsaps College. Nearly 200 students will be seeking their degrees this spring, the Jargest graduating class since 1950 at the Methodist-Related institution. Finger, a former president of Millsaps, is scheduled to deliver the sermon at the baccalaureate services. Finger, who received his bachelors degree from Millsaps in 1937, served as president of the school from 1952 to 1964 and was the first Millsaps alumnus to hold the office. Biddy trial begins today Miss.

(UPD-- Mrs. Carolee Biddy, an attractive Jackson housewife accused of murder in the suffocation death of her five-year-old stepdaughter, goes on trial here today. Circuit Judge Russel Moore of Hinds County was to preside at the Jackson County trial. Moore ordered the trial moved from Jackson on defense motions for a change of venue. Mrs.

Biddy was indicted earlier this year by a Hinds County grand jury on a murder charge in the death of young Mona Biddy late last year. A'special venire of 150 prospective jurors from this Gulf Coast area was selected for the trial. Defense attorneys succeeded in gaining the change of venue, contending it would be difficult to get a fair and impartial jury in this case "in Hinds County" because of pretrial publicity. The defense argued there had been a "deluge of publicity" in connection with the case. The defendant was charged last December with the suffocation death of the young mentally retarded child, whose bruised body was found on the edge of the Pearl River Reservoir near Jackson.

The little girl had been the object of a massive search since her disappearance from her North Jackson home the night of Dec. 2. Mrs. Biddy was denied bond in motions carried all the way to the State Supreme Court. Five die over weekend By United Press International At least five accidental deaths were reported in Mississippi over the past weekend including four persons who died in traffic mishaps.

In addition, authorities said Melvin Hill, 16, of Gulfpoft, drowned Sunday near Gulfport while scuba diving in the Mississippi Sound. His body was recovered Sunday night by rescue workers. Among the latest traffic victims was Miss Willie Mae Wolfe, 15, Crystal Springs, who was killed Sunday when she was struck by a car near Terry. A 23-year-old Fort Lauderdale, man, Ronald Dale Goff, was killed Saturday morning in a one-car accident on Highway 29 about 12 miles south of New Augusta Authorities said Robert 50, of Creole, was fatally injured in a one-car accident Saturday on Highway 43 about six miles south of Kosciusko. Mrs.

Catherine Coughlin, a 62-year-old Hattiesburg resident, died Saturday afternoon in a two-car collision in the city. Air commuter service starts NATCHEZ, Miss. (UPI) South Central Air Transport (SCAT), a private commuter flight service, begins operations here today. Andrew Peabody, president of SCAT, said seven commuter flights would be departing each morning for points in Mississippi and Louisiana, with return flights scheduled in the evening. Inaugural flights were to leave for Jackson and Vicksburg, with subsequent flights to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La.

Peabody said the flights aboard 19-passenger airplanes intersect with flights of the major airlines. The business venture is backed by a group of local businessmen. SCAT president Andre Farish said negotiations currently were under way for securing additional aircraft. Two accused of murders JACKSON, Miss. (UPD--Two persons faced murder charges today following separate weekend shootings here, police said.

Ernest Turner, 35, was arrested in connection with the death of Jimmy Evans, 20, after a shooting in an alley Saturday night. Evans died at a hospital a few hours later. Miss Yvonne Mallard, 26, was charged in the fatal shooting r.f Amos Archie, 46, at the victim's home Saturday. Pittman vows drug crackdown HATTIESBURG, Miss. (UPD--State Sen.

Ed Pittman said Sunday if this year's elections he would strongly enforce state narcotics and drug laws. The Hattiesburg attorney said he "became aware early in 1970 that there are only four officers within the Mississippi Highway Patrol charged with the responsibility of controlling illegal traffic in narcotics and drugs." "I called on the governor and lieutenant governor and the Highway Patrol to increase the number of officers in the Narcotics Division of the Highway Patrol," said Pittman. "It took an act of the legislature to increase the number of people involved in the enforcement of the narcotics laws of this state." Pittman said he felt that the governor or highway patrol should not "wait on the legislature to solve every problem that might arise." He said they "should respond immediately without the necessity of waiting to be directed by the legislature." have changed South's moonshine market shrinks By JACK WILKINSON ATLANTA(UPI)--The South is still the mecca of moonshine, but federal agents say times are a'changing. For one thing, there's a concentrated crackdown which has dramatically cut into the production of the backwoods bootlegger in recent years. And, perhaps more significant, agents say, today's younger generation is a better educated, more "with it" group which not only views the buying of illegal booze as some- what degrading, but also is aware of certain dangers in drinking it.

"We're very optimistic about this," says Robert Lane, special investigator for Georgia in the Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division of the internal Revenue Service. "The liquor problem in the seven Southeastern states has been reduced 50 per cent from what it was five years ago. "I think," he says, "it will be reduced in the near future to a point where it no longer is a major health and tax problem." The U. S. Treasury Department said last week that Georgia continues to lead the nation in number of moonshine stills smashed--80 of them in the first three months of this year.

Alabama was second with 69, but Georgia's total was more than the combined total of North and South Carolina and Tennessee, which ranked third, fourth and fifth. "Since October of 1965," Lane said, "we have seized 7,895 stills capable of producing nearly six and one-half million gallons of- Nielsen ratings Archie takes No. 1 slot By RICK DU BROW HOLLYWOOD (UPI) --Television's Archie Bunker, the most popular bigot in the nation, has made it all the way to the top. The CBS-TV situation comedy in which he vents his social and political prejudices each Tuesday, "All in the Family," outrated every other network video show in the 70- market Nielsen rankings for the week ending May 16. In short, it was No.

1. Below Archie (played by Carroll O'Connor) in the ratings were such longtime television smashes as "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Laugh-In," "Bonanza," "Gun- smoke" and Lucille Ball. Archie is moving in fast company. And you can bet the success of this hilariously blunt and crude fellow--and the outspoken contemporary way he is showcased--is already having effects at the various networks, which are alert to trends. In television, a trend is usually one very hot show with a unique twist.

It only takes one such show to turn the industry around. Flip Wilson is merely a success, not a trend; his talent, not the concept, put him over. But "Laugh-In" has had major effects on other variety programs, not only in terms of content and attitude, but in changing formats and techniques as well. The suddenly explosive prominence of "All In the Family" is rather astounding to industry observers. Although the original feeling about it was that it would be either a big hit or a big flop, most persons--including some of the case--thought it would be off in 13 weeks.

Monday, May 24,1971 9 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi The fact is, although some furor was caused by the first episodes of "All in the Family," there really wasn't much explosiveness surrounding the series in the beginning. The original surprise at the concept seemed to wear'off quickly, and, of all things, the show settled into a nice middling position in the ratings--respectable but not great. The public, it appeared, was getting blase about controversy. But the second time around-- that is, the reruns--proved to be the charm for "All in the plus the fact that more and more attention was being called to the series by word-of-moutli opinion, critical praise which culminated in a burst of various awards, and, in the end, curiosity. People obviously just wanted to see what all the talk was about, tuned in and got hooked.

mash in Georgia alone. We have destroyed more than four million gallons of mash and poured out more than 200,000 gallons of whisky. We've made 7,000 arrests during that period." In its three-month report, the Treasury Department, blaming outmoded liquor laws and vast stretches of unpopulated countryside, said 34,637 gallons of mash and 2,090 gallons of liquor had been grabbed this year in Georgia. It would appear, however, at least in the opinion of Lane and other agents, that the consumer may "dry up" sooner than the source. "The younger generation has not fallen into the habits of their elders in this respect," Lane said.

"They go to the liquor store now. There's more dignity to it that way. "Also, people are becoming aware of the poisonous elements involved. Those illegal operations are prepared under the filthiest conditions imaginable--they only want to get the greatest possible yield at the least possible expense." Lead poisoning is the big risk, he said, and there are many more deaths and illnesses connected with bad booze than most people realize. While legal distilleries conduct their business in sanitary, constantly inspected conditions "like a bakery," the moonshiner ferments his mash in open, unprotected vats and uses huge quantities of sugar instead of starch to aid the process.

"It's no longer much cheaper to deal with the moonshiner, Lane said--only about 25 cents difference on a half-pint. Southerners have been making their own, Lane said, "from right after the Boston Tea Party." They were far from the distilleries of the North and, when legal liquor was available, often they couldn't afford it. Many Southerners, he said, "are just convinced moonshine is better." The fruit jars have given away to plastic containers and, like most business ventures, moonshining today is better organized, with the bigger outfits crowding out the smalltime operators. There was an upsurge after World War II and moonshining had its most lucrative era during the 1950s. ONE STOP CAR SERVICE Headquarters Tuesday and Wednesday Only I WITH THIS COUPON Front End Alignment Precision alignment by skilled mechanics.

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