The Star-Herald from Kosciusko, Mississippi • 1

upi) i iJI i xv i 'f'ty S1 'Tt jJ I i I iZ'V 'm ckNlj. I I 'J''1' 1 SOME TABULATED ELECTION RETURNS, OTHERS WORRIED OVER RESULTS, ONE DID NEITHER vese are scenes in Kosciusko Tuesday night dur- high stack of ballots as they record voters' choices, Hodges could care less. He went to sleep in his port- on the courthouse lawn. He probably was the tabulation of the long Democratic Primary ballot In the center photo Circuit Clerk Robert Ross reads I able crib while his parents, Mr. and Mrs.

James only person in the area who didn't care who won. Jleft workers in the precinct at City Hall dig into a results to a late waiting group and at, right Mike lodges of Kosciusko, watched results being flashed Swar He mm OLD ifKOSCIUSKoV flHt HILLS A Good Paper In A Good Town ESTABLISHED 1866 iniEioi 16 PAGES 2 SECTIONS KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI, AUGUST 10, 1967. NUMBER 32 DC Gets Trade CROSBY RESIGNS AS DEPUTY Williams Take State Attala Winter, Leadvln School Grant (100,000 -From -EDA Be Used To Pay Off Construction Loan The Industrial Development Corporation has been arded a federal grant of $100,000 to Dav off the I sey it and Kosciusko businessmen, borrowed last to build a vocational and technical training school Attala County Deputy Sheriff Benny Crosby has resigned to join the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crosby announced his resignation Wednesday and said he will become an FBI employee Monday. He will be assigned in Jackson for an indefinite period before being transferred to Quantico, for training.

Crosby resigned several months ago for a similar appointment but decided to remain on the deputy post to fulfill a military reserve commitment. amiits. Economic Development Administration field engine-Paul W. Elmore of Ala, presented a check First Primary Fills Four County Posts Attala County voters Tuesday elected four county-wide and multi-county district officers and narrowed the field for second primary races in three others. Elected in first primary balloting were G.

Jyles Eaves as district Guy Murphy as coroner and to luo ot- County Turnout Is Nearly 8,000 Voters in Attala County and' throughout Mississippi turned out in record numbers Tuesday, giving William Winter the top spot in the race for governor. John Bell Williams, in Attala and state-wide, claimed second place. Former governor Ross Barnett claimed third place in Attala, but isls and the banks from si they borrowed the 'is in ceremonies here morning. president David Wasson iitiie amount will pay off to and the training center will remain the proper-of IDC. sinslrial developers in TCos- ranger, Robert J.

Ross as circuit clerk and John Elon WASSON NEW SCHOOL BOARD BOSS David Wasson has been elected president of the board of trustees of the Kosciusko Municipal Separate School District, succeeding Clarence Morgan. Wasson was elevated from the vice-presidency at the board's Monday night meeting. Bill Stewart was named, vice-president and W. Oliver was re-elected secretary. Other school board members are Dr.

Coleman Pickle and Gordon Misch, named by the mayor and board of alderman last week to succeed Morgan. Morgan resigned after more than five years on the school, board, explaining in a letter to city officials that other duties' were limiting time available for school affairs. last year contrartPfl fnr 'taction of the buildmg last and it i came this week and the check to pay for the structure was delivered' in Under terms of the grant, the building must be used exclusively for public education purposes either through MDTA or some other program. IDC serves as trustee of the project, members of the organization explained. School director John White said the program has turned out about 250 graduates nf various vocational courses in the past year.

An additional J5 are currently in class and applications will soon be taken by Rupert Locke at the State Employment Service in Kosciusko for new students in small gasoline engine repair, woodworking and auto body repairs. White said annual paymll for students and teachers in the program run about $300,000. The trade school is operated by Holmes Junior College as a branch of its Goodman instition. Tables On Pages 3, 5, 7 missioner of agriculture and commerce, 3832 to 3613. Attala's vote in the hotly con.

tested Central District highway commissioner race went to Sam Waggoner, who won 4530 votes to 3123 for Frank L. Dennis. Waggoner is a Newton engineer and Dennis is head of a construction company in Jackson. Current commissioner Feld-er Dearman was not a candidate. Latest state-wide totals Wednesday showed Wmter in the lead with 168,000 votes.

Williams was second with 154,000. Swan was showing unexpected strength with 90,000 and Barnett had 57,000. Waller had collected votes. Pre-election speculators had Cattleman Ernest Peeler Dies Tuesday Ernest K. Peeler, longtime Kosciusko livestock auction owner, died of an apparent heart attack as he drove home from a trip to his farm Tuesday.

Relatives said Peeler became ill shortly before noon en route Kosciusko from his farm on Highway 13 South. He was dead on arrival at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Peeler, 78, was a longtime re-( Continued On Page 5) Jy for occupancy in Au-3 before federal funds finally made available lot its construction. rae 'W, with 33 Kosciusko ismen serving as its co-borrowed funds to pay Elding and it was put a teaching center. ie the EDA, a S.

Deoartm.nt continued its pro- rently members of the senate, elected to serve different districts. The Legislature last year combined their districts and allowed it only one seat. Voters picked Murphy for coroner and ranger over Therrell Spears 5507 to 1946. Ross was elected circuit clerk for a second consecutive term, defeating L. Z.

Cook 5163 to 2491. Thornton claimed 4210 votes for tax assessor, defeating Mrs. Inez J. Sanders, who drew 2831, and Mrs. C.

H. (Obera) Clements, who won 648 votes. In the race for sheriff, Montague led the field with 1399 votes and Guess had 1321. Montague is a former Attala deputy and a teacher and coach. Guess is a Kosciusko police cap-lain.

Wesley Kuykendall drew 1205 votes for sheriff, W. T. Wasson collected 961, Louis R. Monroe had 805,. Mrs.

Al Malone drew 769, Paul Rone won 639, James M. Fisher won 384, H. Kinsey Lowe had 312 and Luckett L. Henderson drew 130. England led the ticket for chancery clerk with 2727 votes and Mrs.

Coman had 1496. Robert E. Aldy was third with 1471, Edith Harpole drew 1091, Chlorine Clifton Sylvester won 618 and Rosemary Sanders had 430. "aal Wroval of the grant was fourth: behind Jimmy Swan- in state totals. A total of 7929 Attalans voted in the governor's race, an increase of more than 2,000 over the number of participants in state elections four years ago.

Complete, but unofficial returns in Attala, showed Winter led with 2494 votes. Williams drew 2005, Barnett had 1557, and Swan had 1526. William Wal. ler drew 317 Attala votes, C. L.

McKinley won 20 and Vernon E. Brown collected 10. In the lieutenant governor's race, Charles L. Sullivan of Clarksdale, a former two-time candidate for governor, led Attala with 2164 votes and current Governor Paul B. Johuson was second with 1712.

State legislator Roy H. Black of Net-tleton had 1526 votes and former Natchez mayor Troy Watkins who ran for the state's second spot four years ago, drew 1408. Byron De La Beckwith of Greenwood had 736 and Aubrey Hen-son of Jackson won 189. Incumbent Joe T. Patterson won Attala County easily over Louis Fondren of Pascagoula by a vote of 5395 to 2128.

Pearl River Junior College president Garvin Johnston led Attala for state superintendent of education with 4033 votes over former state auditor Boyd Gold-ing with 3424. Watt Carter was in the lead for state land commissioner. He drew 1619 votes. C. M.

(Charlie) Dorrough Sr. had 792, Lynn Knight had 321, Roy W. Miller, 9'J0, Charles P. Mosby Jr. 602, C.

T. (Charlie) Nettles 405, Da predicted the two-man second four Supervisors Returned, Thornton as tax assessor. The 10-candidate field of sheriff's hopefuls was trimmed to W. B. Montague and Claude J.

Guess. Charles England and Mrs. Al-leta Sweatt Coman remained in the race for chancery clerk. John Clark Love and Ar-nie Watson were locked in a battle for a seat in the state senate, Results are based on complete but unofficial returns in Attala and in counties involved in the Fifth Circuit Court District and the 15th Senatorial District. In the race for district attorney, young Louisville lawyer Eaves defeated incumbent Chat-win Jackson of Kosciusko by a vote of 21,418 to 14,833 throughout the seven county district.

Complete returns showed Attala Countians supported Jackson over Eaves 4313 to 3231. Results in other counties in the district were: Winston, Eaves 5281, Jackson, 1227 Carroll, Eaves 1407, Jackson 1519 Webster, Eaves 2567, 1884; Choctaw, Eaves 2206, Jackson, 1341; Montgomery, Eaves 2828, Jackson, 1957; Grenada, Eaves 3898, Jackson 2592. In the senate race in Attala, Montgomery and Carroll Counties, Arnie Watson of Carrollton led John Clark Love of Kosciusko 5920 to 5148 to set up a second race. Hugh Bailey of Winona was eliminated with 46S2 votas. In Attala the vote wa: Bailey 2487, Love 3577, Watson 1760; In Carroll Bailey drew 549, Love 611 and Watson 1896, and in Montgomery Bailel collected 1646, Love 960 and Wat- Second Ra ra In Roar Tk i VV III wv-i i I WW He t.

iciumea taw race was a tossup between Winter, Williams and Barnett with Swan taking fourth. Stale-wide Sullivan was leading the lieutenant governor's race with 140,000 votes. Johnson was second with 119,000 and Black had 118,000. Watkins had near 100,000. Beckwith had collected over 27,000 and Henson had 13,000.

Johnston was leading the state for superintendent of education with 247,000 to Golding's 208,000. Waggoner was leading Dennis 80,000 to 45,000 for highway commissioner. Some of the state races were undecided late Wednesday, however, due to failure of newly installed electronic vote counting devices being used in Hinds Elmo Chapman Named To Attala Draft Board Elmo E. Chapman of Kosciusko has been named as a member of the Attala County board of the Selective Service System to succeed Jim Clark, who draft board officials said resigned. Chapman was appointed by-President Johnson on the recommendation ot Gov.

Paul Johnson, state draft officials reported. He joined William A. Mitchell and John W. Jordan on the board. Chapman, a Kosciusko petroleum is an, Air Force veteran of World War It and is active in the American Legion.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Ruby Burns, clerk of the Attala board, said nine Attala Countians were scheduled to report for induction into military service Thursday. 'Cl6 set win for another three of com. esd CIal--returns luesday voting. rv tT to second TEMPERATURES via McCrojy drew 838 votes to defeat C.

C. Hutchison, who won 228, and B. Smith, who had 186. In Beat Five, incumbent Lee Johnson drew 420 votes, winning over Colon Belk, with 186; Fred F. Pilgrim, with 29; J.

A. Simmons, 30; and T. V. Watkins, 46. Incumbent Dan Musselwhite led with the ticket for justice of the peace in Beat One with 1218 votes, facing a second primary race -with Claitor H.

Moore, who drew 1169. D. C. (Dock) Drummond, a Negro, won 673, D. B.

Fullilove had 61S, and Arthur Williams had 824. Ben F. Miller led the race for constable of Beat One with 1838 votes, facing W. L. Chandler, with 1034, jn the second (Continued On Page 5) ticket with 170 votes, Tindoll was second' with 125 and Floyd D.

Ellisc was just one vote behind with 124. In addition, A. Armstrong collected 76 votes, Wardell Cook drew 49, J. P. Mayfield won 65 votes and James W.

Ramage won 42. Incumbent Clifford Oakes did not seek reelection. These were the results in other supervisor races: In Beat One, eight year veteran Horace G. Hutchison defeated two opponents. Hutch'son won 2643 votes, former supervisor A.

G. Noah collected 1085 and A. C. Blaine won 706 votes. In Beat Two, current board president E.

W. Frazier defeated Percy D. Mitchell and Percy Rainey with 447 votes. Mitchell had 326 and Rainey had 37. In Beat Four, incumbent Al- Peace 71' just'ce of Be 0ne.

con. Bea ThJUSUCe in eat Three, rnn. County. Election observers said at mid afternoon' Wednesday that as HI. LO.

RAIN vid L. Perkins, 962, Tom G. Roper 377, and Andrew W. (Andy) Sullivan 1158. Incumbent Walter Dell Da- Btat Four Three' ht Five, cnstable in Int.

much as one fourth of the vote Jackson had not been count- vis won 4508 Attala votes for ed as a resuit of delay caused state insurance commissioner, by repairs of the tabulating corn- Wed. 89 71 0 Thurs. 79 70 .15 Fri. 88 69 .49 Sat. 83 67 .16 Sun.

86 66 0 Mon. 85 65 0 Tues. 89 65 0 We Who leading Truett H. Smith 2837, A tenth was called for induction, Mrs. Burns said, but transferred to another board's puter.

In Attala vote counting the old fashioned way occupied al rim mC- Eliard EnLrr With the I son 2264. State Sen. Jim Buck Ross of Pelahatchie led incumbent S. E. (Si) Corley in Attala far com Love and Watson are both cur most all ot Tuesday ni0ht..