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t-A Kingsport Tlmes-News Bundr July ar i Collision Kills Two Death And Funeral Notices Lccs-McRnc Names New Music Head Copter With Five Aboard Goes Down BANNER ELK Lees McRae College announced Saturday the appointment of a new head of the college music department appointment of a new public relations director and plans for a program of motion picture production at the college Owen Lelnnd of Charleston 8 Is the new head of the music department He la a graduate of Davidson College and Is now completing work on a 'Master of Art Degree ln music at the University of North Carolina He will assume his new duties at the beginning of the fall term In September Eugene Fernette of Miami Is the new public relation director A former teacher at Asheville-Biltmore College Fernette Joins the Lees-McRae faculty after writing and directing a feature picture for a Florida film studio Fernette's new post Includes supervision of all the college's publications and publicity and also will entail production of motion pictures Emergency Baghdad Pact Talks Open LONDON (DPI) Emergency talks aimed at saving the tottering Baghdad Pact or scrapping It for another Midcast defense alliance opened here 3alurday Britain supported by the United Slates sought a way lo maintain a "northern Her'' defense alliance against possible Soviet aggression In the Middle Fast In the light of the lact that the Baghdad Pact alliance was faied with disintegration as a result of the pro-Nasser revolution in Iraq Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and the prime ministers or Turkey Pakistan and Iran will begin formal meetings Mondsy of the pact ministerial council US Secretary of Etate John Foster Dulles begins prelimlntry ulks In London Bundsy morning with Mscmillan Iraq had been the only Arab member of the five-nation pact The United Slates was not a member but fully supported the pact and held seats on several of Its committees Preliminary discussions got under way between British Foreign Secretary Belwyn Lloyd and Iranian Foreign Minister Reza Hek-mat who arrived with Iranian Premier Manucher EghbaL Prime ministers Adnan Men-deres of Turkey and Flros Khan Noon of Pakistan are to arrive Sunday Allen Hils Program On Rural Roads Gov Fatdms Faces Test In Primary LITTLE ROCK Ark (UPI) Gov Orval Faubus the former Qzarka school teacher who delayed Integration of Central High School with troops last fall will test his strength in Tuesday's Arkansas Democratic primary election Whether Faubus can become the second governor In the history of the state to capture a third two jear term may depend on whether he has convinced segregationists he was sincere In his much publicized role of states rights protector at Central High Faubus ringed the high school with troops and held up Integration by nine Negroes until a fed- ersl Injunction forced Mm to remove them Almost since the Injunction was served on him Faubus has been saying be will not be dictated to" by "outside Interests" He has continued ln his promise to summon troops again "if necessary" Fsubus's opposition comet from Judge Lee Ward of Paragould In the East Arkansas Delta where feeling la strong lor segregation and 1 Flnkbelner a wealthy man who Insists his main motive for running la a boyhood ambition to be governor Both are avowed segregationists Both charge that Faubus'a Central High move was politically Inspired and said that Faubus a native of the Northwest Arkansas Ozark mountains "never saw a Negro until he was 21" They point out that Faubus'a ton attends racially-integrated Arkansas Tech at Russellville and that the governor has never publicly declared whether ha favored lnle (ration or segregation Faubus must win mors than 80 per cent of the total votes cast Tuesday or be will face the candidate with the next highest number of voles ln tn Aug 13 runoff election US -Ghana Declaration Is Praised Ellington Says Picked Ry People CLARKSVILLE Tenn (AP) Buford Ellington slapped back Saturday and Saturday night at hla critics who have called hint a "handpicked candidate'' The Democratic candidate for governor the open choice of Gov Frank Clement spoke earlier today at Franklin LaFayctte and Cookeville You've heard of Buford Ellington being called handpicked" the candidate eaid of himself "Well I'm going to say this Buford Ellington Is a handpicked candidate He's handpicked by the people of Tennessee Ellington defended hla own platform and stressed ln hla Franklin speech that he believes segregated schools are In the beat Interests of all concerned While I am a segregationist and believe that our public schools should continue to operate tn the traditional Southern manner" Ellington said I want to say here and now that I strongly believe In tha policy of providing the best possible educational facilities to the member of the Negro race A larga delegation of Nashville supporters Including several atate employes attended tha Franklin address and were Joined by a motorcade from Marshall County Ellington's home for the trip to Cookeville Although he has been criticized by various candidates as a candidate of the etate administration Ellington repeated hla determination to avoid mud allnging In his political speeches When I'm elected governor" he said I'm going down on my farm and make that speech to a herd of Angus cattle I have down there" Expects Violent Propaganda Fight WASHINGTON (AP) Sen Styles Bridge NH) said Saturday the Eisenhower administration expects violent propaganda battle at the proposed Middle East summit conference but few if any effective agreement Bridges the dean of Republican senators tn point of service said briefings he has received Indicate there Is little hope within administration rank that the Soviet Union will agree to any real measures to ease Middle Ea3t tensions Lutlicr Seymour Luther Seymour 78 933 Elite beth St died at hit home at 8:15 pm Friday after an attended ill cess Ha was a native of Powder Springs Term hut had lived In Kingsport the past 88 years Ho as a member and former Sunday School teacher of the men's Bible class at the Temple Baptist Church Survivors Include his widow Mrs ViolaVittetoe Seymour tw MrUwr BMacMuruyof ijnd port two sons Fred Seymour of Kingsport and the Rev Harvey Seymour of Jonesboro one staler Mrs Baker of Powder Springs: and 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 3:30 pm Sunday st the Temple Baptist Church In Kingsport with the Rev Carl Triplett and the Rev Tony Oonsalea officiating Burial will be In Oak Hill Cemetery The body was taken to the residence at 8 pm Saturday to remain until time tor the service Pallbearers will be Wiles Ralph Fowler Luther Carico Smith McDonald Ted Needham Clyde Burke and Judge Johnson Other members of his Sunday School class will serve as honorary pallbearers Archie Gart BLOUNTYTLLE Archie Oarst 83 retired Kingsport postal clerk died at bis borne near here at Saturday Ha was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County His father Joe Oarst and a niece Mrs Bobby Gammon of Blountvllle survive FUneral arrangements ara incomplete The body la at the Paul Cook Funeral Home in Bristol James Louis Helton Funeral services for James Louis HU ton 17 who was drowned Wednesday In Boone Lake will be held at 2:80 pm Sunday at the Bethel Methodist Church The Rev Kenneth Green and the Rev Ray Willis will officiate Burial will be In the Bethel Methodist cemetery Pallbearers and flower bearers will be classmates from the Hoi-ton Institute High School The body was to be taken to the residence Rt II Fordtown at 4 pm Saturday and will remain there until the hour of service The Appalachian Funeral Home of Johnson City la ln charge Ray Helton Mrs Nancy Childress DUNOANNON Vs-Mrs Nancy Osborne Childress 87 died at 7:30 a Friday at the home of her son Childress here In addition to the son survivors Include one daughter Mrs Tom Hillman 18 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren The funeral will be at 3 pm Sunday at Dungannon Free Will Baptiht Church The Rev Jim Boatright and the Rev Ralph 1 Klanary will olllciale Burial will ln Mavsic Cemetery Estes Funeral Home Coeburn Is in charge Construction Unions End Knox Strike KNOXVILLE fAP) Tour striking construction unions will return to work Monday after accepting a 3-atep waga Increase ranging Rom 1V4 to 13 cents an hour a contractor spokesman said Saturday He said four other unions which also have bean on strike since July 3 ere expected to follow ault shortly Spokesmen for the Knoxville Building Trades Council which represents ell eight striking unions were not available for comment Johnson president of the Knoxville Associated a 1 Contractors said laborers cement finishers teamsters and operating engineers hsve accepted a wage increase offer Three other crafts be said hava agreed on money but still hsve not assented to fringe benefit proposals Tbty are the brick-masons Ironworkers and carpenters The eighth union represents millwrights Johnson said the four unions accepted these terms: Laborer 8 cents now and 3i cents Jan 1 for a total of 81 84 per hour by the first of the year Teamster 5 cents now and 8 cents Jan 1 for a total of (310 Cement finishers 8 cants now end 4'j cents Jsn 1 for a total of 1388 Operating engineers (heavy equipment) 5 cents now and 71a cents Jsn 1 for a total of 8283 Engineers who operate light equipment will get a 6- and 6-cenl Increase Their acale Is slightly less than for heavy equipment The unions originally sought Increases ranging from 10 to 25 cents per hour Knoxville area construction work has been at standstill since July 3 when negotiations during a contract extension failed to produce new agreement The new contracts will expire July 1 1959 and are retroactive to the first of this month The eight crafts have total membership of about 10000 but a contractor spokesman said only about 1500 were employed when the strike began Pardon May Help Farmer In Seizure ANNUAL Entire Stock of Dolls REDUCED Blow Art A Ftw Examples of Reductions WE HAVE IT I i WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE Mas (AP) An Air Force helicopter carrying five men crashed Thursday on the Greenland ice cap A twin-engine amphibian that flew over the scene reported no sign of life Despite this report Saturday night an Eighth Air Force information officer at Westover said the Air Force would carry tha men as nib-sing until we get a ground party theie" The 'copier out of Thule Air Force Base crashed 175 miles rast of Thule about 2 pm (EST) Thursday The Information olllcer said he talked by radio early Saturday evening with Col Bryaon Bailey wing commander at Thule and at that time Bailey had not heard from a search party that left Thule aboard tracked vehicles "weasels" Friday morning The helicopter was reported missing Friday morning on a routine air recovery mission Those aboard the helicopter were Identified as: Army Lt Aimes A Alger ni of the Signal Corps His wife Mrs Mary Helen Alger lives ln Washington 1st Lt Harry Dewald pilot Sarasota Fla I 2nd Lt Eugene Sullivan copilot son ol Mr and Mrs Tim Sullivan Oak Creek Colo Sgt John MU'tan flight mechanic aon of Mrs Lena Musialn Indianapolis Ind A 2 John Depew flight mechanic whose parents are William Depew Rt Auburn Ind and Mrs Orleva Funk Rt 1 Avilla Ind COMPLICATED CONFLAGRATION TUCSON Arlz Fire Capt Gus Mazon diagnosed the blaze in Dudley Lewis' car this way Rays of sunlight coming through the car's rear window were Intensified by passing through a bottle of water on the seat and Ignited a box of gunpowder on the floor Lewis left the car only minutes belore the gunpowder was Ignited AMBULANCE Hamlctt-Dobson Phone Cl 5-3134 The camera that jives )Oi piciura in 60 now ivti you tzlre top ii is to ifeords! Wuh ih anew Folarod Frn Cep er you ran mil your ondpVa'farjhtm your hvrj room In-afaJ ef havirj them dona on tha outside Smply mill your cfjnal map-hot into place lnide the Fr nt CVp er ilp your Fularud Land camera into portion and jou'r ready to tale a pf'ure of your etur iThe Tr-nt I'pper hai ever ih rj tie buit in: copjirj lena 1 fhi tmer) incondi later jou flp opn your Folarold Land camera and pull out a iharp duplicate print! Its that eajy And It mean that eiery-ady In the picture can gt hn copy rjht then and there AvaI-able fur ail Tolaruld Land camera $20 3i IMLAY Nev M4 A violent collision of two long Southern Pa-clfic freight trains killed two men Saturday and flaming glycerin spread fire to 20 cars A 115-car unit was entering tha Imlay yard when the fast mov lng second train of 114 cars ploughed Into tha first one Engineer Janies Bsber of Sparks Nev and George Martinez of Reno crewmembers of the second freight were killed Darrell Jorgensen a brake-man on Baber's crew was In-Jured The railroad said a three-unit diesel pulling the second train was derailed and caught fue The caboose on the first train was de atroyed but trainmen on the caboose apparently saw the other train In time to ball out Non was Injured The Story of Edgar Tufts' half-hour aound color film depicting the life of the school's founder and the history of the college Its Grandfather Home for Children and Its Grace Hospital The film NOW 1788 1188 988 848 688 588 388 288 128 of sr L-I roieeoto WASHINGTON (DPI) Congressional foreign policy leaders viewed Joint US-Ghana declaration on Mideast policy Saturday as diplomatic stroke likely to have pro-Weat Impact on other Asts-Afrlcan neutral nations They regarded It as a sign that President Elsenhower was strlv- lng to take the Initiative" ln no-with Russia at the forthcoming United Nations summit conference Sen Mike Mansfield assistant Democratic leader and a UN delegate designate told United Pres International that Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkru-mah's endorsement of the US position should serve as a guide" to all nations Including Russia Key OOP member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also hailed the development a one with a probable wholesome effect Fkrumah winding up a atate visit aa the first head of the world's newest republic Joined with Elsenhower ln a statement which: Asserted the United States wants to withdraw Its Marines from Lebanon as soon sa the can act to assure the Independence and territorial Integrity of state" greed that the solution of the East crisis would be found within the framework of United Nations ln a manner will preserve the tndepen B0U ouallo COOKEVILLE Tenn (AP) Clifford Allen carried bta gubernatorial campaign Into the Upper Cumberland area Saturday with a criticism of the Clement administration's rural road and welfare programs He frequently mentioned Buford Ellington Gov Frank Clement! choice lor governor and said an Ellington administration would be an extension of the Cement administration Buford Is going around the state saying I'm a big boy now I'm old enough to vote Allen said "He even aays I'll be governor myself if elected I But you know Frank has to give him his orders In writing so Buford won't make any mistakes" Allen spoke earlier In Sparta and moved later in the day to Living ston and Jamestown He criticized the Clement rural road program and said the pres-ent administration has built at least one private road What about your rural roads?" Allen asked Where are they?" He said Clement's administration has cut welfare benefits and thst money which could have been used In the welfare program was used to create 23000 more temporary" political Jobs The Nashville candidate also criticized the state' newspapers and said some of them hava print ed distorted reports of the size of crowds at his campaign speeches Allen cancelled earlier plans to attend Democratic rally tn Knoxville Saturday night Reece Says GOP Seeking feeling they ought to have a rep-re-entative on the court The Tennessee Supreme Court consist of five members The Slate Republican Executive Commute has designated thre candidates In th Aug 7 election They are Clarence Kolwyck of Chattanooga Hiram Holsford of Lawrenceburg and A Bradley Frazier of Camden The five incumbent Democrat were nominated without opposition REGULAR $2495 $1798 $1498 $1298 998 798 598 eteeteee 1 the New POLAROID PftlNT COPIER makes extra copies in 60 seconds! 398 198 One Judge WASHINGTON (AP Rep Carroll Reece (D-Tcnn) told and territorial 'integrity 'of newsmen Saturday that his party member nation whether ls making a serious effort to put or small at least ope Republican on the Alexander Wiley senior Tennessee Supreme Court bench Republican on the Foreign Reis- 1 Aug 7 election Committee said thl de- Rpece- EUe RePub-deration should antidote tnyHwn chairman tald the GOP that we are engaged ui'P015 large number of votes ln imperialistic designs of the Tennessee and there is some ROGERS VULE Ray Helton 81 died at Lyons Hospital at 4:15 pm Saturday He survived by his widow Mrs Addle Helton three eons Oeorge Jay and Franklin Helton aU of Rogersville: five daughters Misses Lorens Vslone and Dortha Halloa and Mrs Helen Collins all of Rogersville and Mrs Eva Jane I Oarvar of Maryland one sisters Miss Kate Helton Rogersville and a half-brother Orville Helton Pressmen's Home Funeral arrangements are In complete The body is at Colboch-Frice Funeral Home Arthur Kestnsr BRISTOL Aa employe of the Bristol Metal Carp died at 8 a Friday of Injuries suffered when a buffer flew off moving ma-- chine struck him on the head Ha was Arthur (Red) Kest-rer 28 of 817 Taylor Street Keat-per was brother of Keat-ner and Ray Kestner both of 1 Kingsport I Other survivors include the widow Mrs Florence Kestner another brother James Kest- par Bristol and five liters Mrs Clarence McOulrt Abingdon Ve Mrs Tony Williams Johnson City Mrs Dave Fleenor Bluff City i Mrs Fred Badger and Mrs Law- I renca Eden Bristol The funeral will be at 3 pm Sunday at the Akard Funeral Chapel The Rev A Mullins will officiate Burial will be lo Olenwood Cemetery Pallbearers w-ui be Emmett Hags Gene Blackburn Lyle Smith Bob Francis Hubert Duh-per and Bob Blackley Tb body was taken to the home of Mrs Fleenor Bluff City Route 1 at 3 pm Saturday and will be returned to the funeral home one hour before the service Elmer Glenn Smith Elmer Glenn Smith 48 member of the Kingsport Sullivan County Health Department staff died at Holston Valley Community Hospital at Saturday He had been associated with the Tennessee Health Department for 80 years 10 ef them in Kingsport He was a member of Broad Street Methodist Church a veteran of World War member of the American Legion and a member the Mt sonic Lodge His home was at 1821 Catawba Street Surviving are hta widow Mrs Nancy Roberts Smith: two children Carole and David his father Daniel Smith and one slater Mrs Fleenor Jr of Russellville Tennr and three brothers John of Whitemburg: Knoxville gad Fred Nell Smith Jonesboro The funeral will be at 2 30 Monday at Broad Street Methodist Church with the Rev Dr Wiley Jr officiating Burial will be ln Oak Hill Cemetery The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service from Hamlett-Dobeon Funeral Horn where It will remain until then The family will receive friends at the funeral borne from to 8 pm Sunday Kremlin" UNEXPECTED AWARD MASSILLON Ohio iR-The Beach City-WUmot High School band back superior rating th state band contest at Collega the other day band also brought home 12 of tho measles which broke among members on tha way tftel ttiAttActtcfl NORFOLK (API The July pardon of a Norfolk youth convicted of a felony for eloping with his high school sweetheart may help aet aside a verdict against a 38-year-old farmer IP Northern Virginia The farmer James Payne of Brandy eloped last February with 12-yesr-old Barbara Ann Lloyd of Gordonsvllle On returning home Payoa was charged with Illegal seixure of child an obscura 71-ycar-qld state law Then tn Nay Orange County Circuit Court Judge Champion Bowie sentenced Payne to 90 days in Jail and a 1500 fine He ta now temporarily free on $1300 bail while an appeal la pending Payne's lawyer Oeucral Assem-bly Del Harold Purcell of Louisa Monday la scheduled to ask Judge Bowles to aet aside the conviction Purcell said he would bring up new evidence In the form of back Gov Lindsay Almond Jr's pardon of Winfred Kaufman 21 year old Norlolk ahoc salesman Kaufman was given a two year suspended sentence in Norfolk County Circuit Court tn November i957 alter eloping with 15-year-old Barbara Ann Toler Great Bridge High School girl But in a subsequent case ln which a second man was tried on the Identical charge the defense won a dramatic acquittal by pointing out state law says Mar-n so is a bar to conviction" The secUon was overlooked in the Kaufman trial Later a Virslnlan Pilot reporter Dave Zinnian railed Commonwealth's Attorney Peter Axvon Jr a attention to Kautman's plight The governor was petitioned to pardon the vouth In the Tayne case Turcell Mid he had elao celled the court's attention to the 'merrlage bar" section But in Orange Countv Court Court Judge Bowles' opinion was that the section invalidated prosecution of more serious abduction and reduction charges But It did not specifically refer to relatively minor lllogal aeuure cases that Middle the which dene all large Sen lions thought the brought from Ashland The cases out For Tha Kids- PLASTIC 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