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The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 2

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2 Thursday, May 9, '63 Delfn iJcmncraf-Tinica i i World News Briefs President Cuts Finger WASHINGTON (UPJ)-President Kennedy is Ihe victim of an ordintry household accident. When asked by newsmen Wednesday why Iw was wearing a bandage on a finger on his left hind, Kennedy said "1 cut my finger while anting bread, unbelievable as It may sound." First Hospital Visit BATH, Maine (UPJ)-John Crosby Preble wai reported doing fine today during the first hospital visit of his life. Preble admitted to Bath Memorial Hospital Tuesday for treatment o( a hand injury received In fall. He is 103. Want Modern Fashions PARIS (UPI)-Alr France ground hoslesses threatened today to work in civilian clothes unless thair employer comes up with jet age fashions.

i "We ara wearing uniforms designed in said a spokesman for the HO hostesses. "Our colleagues around the world are wearing uniforms designed by Dior and we look like poor parents." Gels Soaked HALIFOX, England (UPI)-Lord Mayor Tom Berry officiated at a special fire brigade display Wednesday nnd a lire hose bursl. He got soaked. Start Selling Campaign PARIS (UPI)--Six U. S.

businessmen launched a campaign Wednwdiy lo sell Ihe French a variety of American consunier goods from toasters lo fishing rods. The six and Joseph Mack of the U. S. Department of Commerce make up a U. S.

government Irpdc mission which wil! spend a month in Paris, Bordeaux and Marseille to promote American exports to France a menns of helping solve the American "balance of payments" problem. "Liberation Day" BERLIN (DPI)--Soviet and East German officials commemorated V-E Day Wednesday by laying wreaths al Russian war memorials in East Berlin and East Germany. In East Germany Ihe anniversary date is known as "Liberation Day." In 1,200 Languages NEW YORK (UPI)-The American Bible Society said Wednesday at least one book of the Bible has been translated into 1,200 languages and dialects. The 1.200th language was Ihe Kincnn dialect of Znpolec which is spoken by about 14,000 Indians in the northern part of Oaxaca slBle in southern Mexico. The book was Ihe Gospel according to Si.

Mark. To Charge Fees WASHINGTON (UPI)--The Federal Communications Commis- licn (FCC) will begin charging from $2 lo $100 lo anyone applying fur a license lo operate a radio or television station. The TCC said Wednesday that the fees, which go into effect Jan. 1. 1364, were sel "in fairness to general taxpayer." White House Guest WASHINGTON (UPD-I-'ormcr Ambassador Joseph P.

Kennedy, tilt President's father, is guest nt (he White House. The eider Kennedy, who had a stroke in December, 1361, arrived Monday from Palm Beach, Fla. He is expected to stay for Ihe rest of the week. Alabama Hikes Sales Tax MONTGOMERY (UPI)--Gov. George Wallace has signed into law the massive sales lax increase bill, thereby giving Alabama one of the highest sales levies in the nation.

The sales lax hike, from 3 lo 1 per cent, wil! produce some $32 million annually in new revenue for schools. Funerals, Obituaries A. A. Severs Funcrnl services for A. A.

Severs, a of Roy Severs of Greenville, will be conducted at Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. Severs, 95. died In Van Wcrl Wednesday. Roy Severs left for Van Wert lo attend the funeral.

Tho elder Mr. Severs leaves his son of Greenville and two sisters of Van Werl. Surprise Party Given Landrum A surprise dinner parly was given Wednesday evening, at the Downtowner Motor Inn in honor of C. E. "Slim" Landrum, and Mrs.

l.nmlrum by the Chamber of Commerce staff. Landrum, presently the Manager of the Greenville Chamber, assumes a similar office in Shrcvenort next week. The group presented him with an altaclie case. Along The Waterfront After completing the loading nit of the ocean-going motor vcs- scll Ruth Ann, the Greenville port criminal today was awaiting arrival of a steel barge to be un- Th. Mlulltlppl linr ol G'li Vllloe.

Irldgi 27. OS 7lM a.m. I.dor, full of 0.43 II. Charlt Coach Castles Hired For Yazoo City Post Eiklio Castles, for eight years head basketball coach at Greenville High, will become head basketball coach al Ynzoo City High rival of a sti School for next season, Fred oadcd here. Young, superintendent of Yazoo City Schools, said today.

Castles succeeds Cob Jarvis as basketball coach at Ynzoo City. Jarvis resigned to accept a sitn- rroT normoou-o mcl ilar position at Laurel. h. Eoiim, It was first announced that a Castles would become basketball coach al his alma-mater, East Central Junior College al Deca- lur. Supt.

Young said he signet Castles 10 days ago lo become head basketball coach anil baseball coach and he will work under direction of Red Jenkins, heat football coach and athletic dir- clor of Cily Indians tennis At Grecm'ille Coach Castles wil succeeded by Charles R. Hull KIW basketball coach at Pontotoc ligh School. Yazoo City ami Greenville are xHh memlwrs oE the Big Uight Conference. Those present were: ilugnes, Mr. ami MM.

James President- (Continued From Page 1) he 'aid. "And until you give it to them you are going In have difficulties is we have had this weejc in Birmingham. "The lime to give it to them is before the disasters come anc not afterwards." Kennedy then noted that he had made a speech on the nigh of the rioting at the University of Mississippi last fall and other "that did not seem to do mud good." But, he said, "this docsn' mean we should not keep on try ing." THE President said, that no fed eral Uws were involved in the recent demonstrations in Birmingham. In Ihe absence of such federil jurisdiction, he said, his administration was focusing its efforts on getting both sides together "to settle in a peaceful fashion the rfal abuses too long inflicted on Ihe Negro citizens of a community." The Birmingham situation dom Rowan YMCfl Drive Falls Short The Rowan YMCA member drive, with one week to go "still far from its goal" drive chairman A Peyton said lo day. Peyton said $-134 of the $1,20 goal had been collected by th second report meeting this week "Hie drive will end next wcel so we are encouraging al tccr workers (o try to volim get many members as possible in th next few days," said.

Most of the $491 was collecle between the firsl and second porl meetings. Ready, Lanelle McClellen and Kenneth Ranks, Mr. and Mrs. John McFarlane and Mrs. Mary C.

Hannon. Catholic Parents Stage Protest ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI)-Cnth olic parents In suburban Floris sant marched Ihcir children to the public school today in parade I swelled lo 500 per sons. The parade followed a four route from Sacred Hear chool to SI.

Francois and St can schools and ended a oombs school. About 150 of the marcher ere parents and the rest chil ren, observers said. Florissant police blocked trnl for the parents, who had chained a parade permit for th inrch. They were helped out by afely patrol boys from the paro hial schools. Officials of the Ferguson-Finds ant reorganized school dislric id it hadn't been learned ye ow many Catholic students wer egislering (here.

The parade and enrollmenl wa ie Idlest of recent protests by atholic parents in Missouri legislalive boltling up of measure to provide public chocl bus rules for parochial cliool children. Named To MEG JACKSON Seven mid-Deltans lave been.named to committees the Mississippi Economic Coun- il. They are: Cameron Dean of Tribbelt, and James Hand Jr. of Rolling Fork, executive committee; W. D.

Hemphill of Indianoln, election and by-laws; W. D. Gardner of Greenville, nnd Tnylor Webb of Leland. pro gram of work; Hand Jr. of Rolling Fork Morris Lewis Jr.

of Indianola nnd Edmund Taylor of Greenville education policy implementation Patterson, Robinson Plan To Join Demonstrators NEW YORK (UPI) Former world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson slid he would go to Birmingham Monday with former baseball star Jackie Robinson to join the freedom march Uneasy i Shepord, of the Sh.pard radio m.l,3Cfl nhbou-d 1 mclor vtli.1l, Eoilin, GltJo McCool, Allied Cily of lady llnda, Bo ers and "get thrown in jail." "I expect lo be handled roughly and intend lo be non-violent" said Patterson who Is icheduled to fight Sonny Liston for the heavyweight crown at Las Vegas, July 22. BUT I will protect myself against police dogs." Houo'cnd, Jolfph M. Joi t'ppl, JMrt Ann and ivllle Tcwiny Con-pony 1 no'or vfl iller Willlar-iwi, lad oed early lo. T.4UI. Th.

Bin McCoc reputed ho OtVo River, Oeilu and silk, Kxkiy repi iro-n Ihe'l I. t. Vkkeri, hou-d on lh. i-ppe A a.m.; Nila Dean, oo I he A I. i.

al dixhc'gina. cargo ol red nti! boon lo irv 335 arvd pp! RIv ls J.1I Wat low BellY Erenl I Alkanici City Sti rlhbwjrd Haitian UN Bid Shows Little Gain UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) Haiti's bid for African Soviet bloc support in its dispute mill Iho Dominican Republic appeared today to be making lillle headway. Some Alrican delegates questioned Ihe wisdom of Haitian Foreign Minister Rene Chalmets in making the racial question a major factor in the Security Council's debate on the dispute. Chalmers charged in the open, ing session of the debate Wednesday a Dominican threats are part of an attempt to destroy "Ihe only black Republic in North America." Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T.

Fedorenko was Ihe main listed in lKn rfowrboo Mlivi Qch G. Con- a nl 3 a. ol 1 5 fl.ra. nl mil. rorlh of Gie.iv'.l't, and lo poll here aVInq Am Bient rcdiced al 6 and on ind vvill nan Warfle'd 9 lorTaht.

The leODM.d al mill 5S6 "idiced the 5 o.fii. norlhSovnd. Patterson said they had been 'ashamed" of sitting back dur- WALKS" BANNED FORT PAYNE, Ala. (UPI) 'Freedom a have been banned in DeKalb County, follow mg an injunction by Circuit Judge W. J.

Haralson. Haralson refused, however, to make the order effective statewide as had been requested by Gov George Wallace. Last week 10 "freedom walkers' were jailed as they tried to com plete a protest march started Baltimore integrationisl William L. Moore who was slain as he treked through Alabama wearing integration signs. ng the Birmingham protest ad asked Robinson if he could go along with him.

Earlier In the day Patterson re- lewed his New York pistol permit, explaining he carried a pisto Kcause he often had large sums of money. But he added, he die not plan to take the pistol will lim to Birmingham. ROBINSON, who broke the color ine in major league baseball, long has been a militant anti- segregationist. (Continued From Page 1) 'Die racial truce, after which all major demonstrations were called off Wednesday while last minute details of a permanent agreement were discussed, almost fell apart in the late afternoon when King wni lodged in jail for the second time in less than a month. Tlie Atlanta integration leader and the Rev.

Ralph Abemathy, another top officer In King's or- ganiration, were sentenced to 180 lays in jail and fined $100-- tht maximum punishmenl--for viola- lion of an ordinance requiring a permit to parade. BOND for King, Abernathy and R. V. Fulton, a white professor, was set at $2,500. For most of their 24 associates who got the same penalty bond was only $500.

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speaker for this afternoon's second session, and iie was expected lo take up Ihe racial charges introduced by Chalmers. CHINESE RED PLATES JACKSON (UPI) Chinese red will become popular in Mississippi soon but there are no political Implications. Paul Gailher, state rr.olor vehicle comptroller, announced today the state's 19W automobile license tags will feature Chinese red numerals on a white background. Gaither said the state had purchased 970,225 lags from the Columbus Marble Works for $123,218. Pelt CUV Sargt lint Vdll.il soiled lolly moin'ng pst'riom lortay to intludl Ihl Cildo MiCool, at F'lo MA aid norl'-bctrd OT Iht lo Piver.

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Miuoviil Published every afternoon Saturday) and Sunday by: The Times Publishing 201 Main Greenville, Miss. Subscription Rates Delivery by carrier 35c per week. Mail subscriptions payable in advance to subscribers living in Washinglon nnd adjoining counties not served by dealers and carriers. $12.00 per year; six months, $0.50. By mail all olher areas wilhin United Stales: One year months one month 51.50.

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If there is no agreement, there well may be ir.othtr rour-d of nuclear testing by Russia the Slales. Middle East: The United Slales would support United Nations measures or adopt other courses of aclion to prevent any iicn in tht Middle East. He does think the balance of military power his changed in the Middle recently. Anderson: thtt Adm. George W.

Andirson wjs being dropped as chief of naval opera tions because of his opposition lo the tdministration on the TFX plane ind other issues. He said Anderson had agreed to accept a new govtrnment pos' of "high. responsibility," but did not reveal the position. Amtndmenf: He thought thai effort! to amend Constitution to reduce' the powers Supreme Court "will come to nothing, and 1 will be glad when they do not." Caribbean; He backed attempts by the Organization of American Stain (OAS) to deal with Ihe dispute between Haiti and Dominican Republic. He "we ought wtjit and lie what they ar(i la do in the next two or three or four days" deciticci.

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