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Pat 21 Htttitiburt AMERICAN Thundiy, April 7, 1964 Hattiesburg AMERICAN LOCAL WEATHER Partly cloudy through Saturday with widely scattered showers tonight. Cooler Saturday. Lowest tonight 46-56. Highest Saturday 66-74. VOL.

LXXI-No. 83 5c HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1966 Associated Press News and Wirephoto Save this page for BIG DISCOUNTS on all your photo needs! Rule state poll tax is unconstituti ona Three-judge federal panel enjoins Mississippi from enforcing law JACKSON Miss. (AP) A I state or national election in Mis-1 Court of Appeals and U. S. Dist, tax must be paid for two years three-judge federal panel today sissippi.

Judges Harold Cox and Claude and receipts presented at the ruled Mississippi's 76-year-old "The defendants shall comply I dos poll tax unconstitutional and en- with this order under penalty of joined the state from further law," the court said. Mississippi has required a $2 Earlier, similar federal courts enforcing the tax as a voting re-' The judges were Walter P. a year poll tax to vote since had struck down the poll tax in quirement. jdewin of the 5th U.S. Circuit 1 1890, and the law stipulated the Alabama and Texas.

The decision was handed down State prohibition law Mediterranean Sea. Bomb had been lost since last January following the crash of two U.S. Air Force planes. (AP Wirephoto via cable from London) A DEADLY WEAPON RECOVERED U.S. Navy ordnance men check for contamination on an H-bomb on deck of the USS Petrel off Palomares Beach, Spain, after the bomb was successfully recovered from the ruled void by judge in a case brought by the Justice Department under provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

The order said; "All of the provisions of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 and the Mississippi Code of 1942 requiring a citizen registered to vole to pay poll tax as a condition precedent to his right to vote is void as being in conflict with the constitution of the United States. The court said its ruling followed the Supreme Court poll tax decision against Virginia on March 24. "The defendants, all of their servants, agents, representa- Rescue 470 you can hav more photo at less cost than ever beforel JACKSON, Miss. (APi-Coun-ty Judge Charles T. Barber ruled today Mississippi has voided its 57-year-old prohibition law through discriminatory enforcement and liquor taxes.

Barber handed down his rul Get FREE Kodak film! Save on developing, film, cameras and One dies, 10 lost in ship fire fostering, promoting and encouraging liquor traffic within the state. "II takes an active part in the conduct of such business. The i stale of Mississippi assists liquor dealers in their bookkeeping records by offering the use of and actually using IBM equip- ment to keep the records for the benefit of wholesalers of intox been "elevated to the same plane of respectability as any other business enterprise," and he intended to apply the truth, "unshackled by any artifices or subtleties of any legal fictions." Mississippi collects a black maiket tax on liquor, Barber wrote, and licensed liquor dealers. "The state of Mississippi indulges itself in fanciful and pi-(Continued on Page 7) and one body, the Liberian The Coast Guard. Navy, U.S.

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r- Hi Carey said two ships were the Wilkenson and Owens, were searching for other possible sur- reported on the scene by Atlan-vivors in a 20-mile radius and tic Fleet Headquarters at Nor- LSU athletic head mysteriously shot Guard public information officer, said: "A boarding party from the cutter Cook Inlet searched the after end of the ship and we do not belive any survivors are left aboard." Fresh KODAK FREE! Fresh new Kodak film fine for each roll you send for developing. Same type and size you send in. WE PAY THE POSTAGE BOTH WAYS You never have the cost or bother of stamps. Save up to 50! No middleman! Deal direct with Early Bird and you keep the middleman's profit Money-back GUARANTEE! No risk! If you are not completely satisfied, we promptly send all your money back plus a roll of film FREE. tne area was being crisscrossed by rescue planes.

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Three other ships were en route. Fire struck the 536-foot motor ship as it was sailing north through the Windward Passage, about midway between Cuba and Haiti. The Viking Princess boasted 100 per cent air conditioning, two outdoor tiled swimming pools, a 275-seat theater, and plush dining facilities. It has a total of 228 cabins of five decks providing accommodations for a possible 627 Das- Americans beaten by mob in Saigon FAST PHOTO SERVICE Friend of the Nation's Photo Fani for Over 10 Years! pistol of that type," he said. The officer said Corbett had heen to two local restaurants attending local sports functions but there was about 25 minutes of his time which police could not account for after the last meeting.

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ONE PRINT OF FACH TWO PRINTS OF EACH state were irreconcilable to the average and even uneducated eye. "The state of Mississippi," he said, "desires to permit the operation of the liquor industry in the state and to derive the revenue from it and, at the same time, to have prohibition." The evidence in the Country Club case, he said, was uncontradicted. "It shows the state of Mississippi is actively and forcefully Draw plans for new crossing of Southern Mayor Grady said today city engineer Jimmy Estes is laying out plans lor a grade crossing on the Southern Railway tracks between Ashford St. and Timothy Lane. This will link the two streets and it is hoped will minimize traffic congestion at the old bottleneck at Scooba St.

and East-side in front of Steelman's Grocery. At present there is no direct tie-in with Broadway Dr. or West Pine St. west of Sixth and the crossing, with approaches which connect Ashford St. and Timothy Lane will pro SAIGON (API Buddhist monks led 2.000 demonstrators into the heart of Saigon tonight in the wors; day of anti-American violence in seven days or rioting.

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lobbing tear gas grenades and scattering the demonstrators in side streets. There, the angry youths formed knots again, and there was every indication of another night-long rampage to force the overthrow of military govern-(Continued on Page 1) The 16-year-old ship has a displacement of 17,600 tons, a i length of 536 feet and a 64-foot beam. Its twin screws are driven by diesel engines. It was less than five months ago-on Nov. 13, 1965 that the 38-year-old cruise ship Yar-! mouth Castle burned and sank between Miami and Nassau with a loss of 90 lives, mostly 'passengers.

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"That's what you get for try-1 ing to help someone," he said. Two city policemen said they heard this from the lips of Corbett in the recovery room of Baton Rouge General Hospital. They were James Blanchard and Sam Jacobs. Corbett was found in his wrecked car Thursday night with the bullet wound. He was rushed to the hospital, where of-I ficers said they heard the clue indicating an assailant.

1 His condition was listed as "fairly good," after surgery and 1 four blood transfusions. The bullet was removed from the middle portion of his back to the left of the spine. It had entered his left shoulder. Detective Capt. George Stirrat said no weapon was found, but he knew the caliber of the bullet taken from Corbett.

This, along with Corbett's au-, tomobile, were being examined at the state police crime laboratory here. Stirrat said he did not know whether a ritle or a pistol was used. "It is possible, you know, for a man to be shot and not even it, when he is shot bv a lobbed into a soft drink stand at Starcom, a U.S. tions center in west Saigon. U.

S. military police drew pistols tonight on American photog Two other persons survived the crash, but one of them. Mrs. Thomas Coley, remained in critical condition at a Tupelo hospital. Killed Thursday in the two-car crash inside the Tupelo City limits were Robin Richey, 3, Mary Parish Richey, 2, Thomas Coley, 60 and Wayne Kelly 18.

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5, died early to- day at Baptist Hospital in Jackson of head injuries suffered in Petal Monday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided head-on with a truck. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of which Mark was a member. Monsignor John T. Martin will officiate.

Burial will be in Chappell Cemetery. Rosary will be said at 7:30 tonight at the Quigley-Moore Chapel. Mark was a student at Sacred Heart School. Survivors are his parents, a sister, Karen, four brothers, Robert, Bruce, Mickey and i Richard, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. C.

E. King, all of Rt. 5. (If known) I Red platoon near Cambodia erased The MPs to'd the newsmen I they were acting on U.S. Em-i bassy orders to keep all Ameri-J can citizens away from scenes of Vietnamese political violence.

The order did not ap MIAMI. Fla. (AP-A vicious fire raged uncontrolled through the cruise ship Viking Princess today driving the approximately 485 passengers and crew members from the Miami-based vessel. The Coast Guard reported 470 were rescued, 1 dead and 10 missing. The survivors including the ship's veteran Norwegian captain, chief officer and navigator were plucked from the gently rolling Atlantic Ocean by three merchant vessels.

The $16-million Viking Prin-eess was reported blazing fiercely, a towering column of smoke marking its death throes in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. "All (survivors) are in good shape," a Coast Guard spokesman said. The German freighter Cap Nort picked up 376 survivors E. B. Davis dies at 85; rites Saturday Edward Baseomb Davis, 85, former resident of 407 Broad died at the Hattiesburg Convalescent Home at 11:25 p.

m. Thursday after a long illness. He was a native of Clarke County but had lived in Hattiesburg for 80 a s. He was a charter member of Broad Street Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows and the Cenpenters Union. Services will be held at 2:30 p.

m. Saturday at Quigley-Moore Chapel with Rev. James S. Conner officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.

Survivors are two sons, Edward P. a i of Hattiesburg and Jeff T. Davis of Houston, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Petitions seek vote on school Petitions for election of county board of education members by county-wide vote were introduced Thursday evening at a meeting of school patrons called by John Gamble, president of the Petal local board of trustees. Gamble said a large and enthusiastic crowd turned out for the meeting in the school auditorium.

Those present were given a resume of events leading up to a petition for a Petal separate consolidated school district, pending before the Mississippi Education Finance Commission, and a local bill to set up the district introduced this week in the House of Representatives. Francis Zachary, attorney for the petitioners, explained the legal aspects of the action and Forrest County Supt. of Educa-1 COMPLETE CAMERA OUTFIT! BRAND NEW CAMERA OUTFIT BY KODAK! r-4 An exompJe of the savings you get ivith Early Bird. KODAK'S NEW NOW ONLY 70 vaiiif sent up a fireball and smoke feet in an attack on a mili- Official weather report: 7 a. m.

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EARLY BIRD nancing dental service for young children." Asserting that "medicare need not be just for people over 65." the President said the dental aid would be for children under the age ol 6. White House sources said no decision had been made on SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (API-President Johnson said today he will ask Congress next year to increase all Social Security benefits and to consider extending some medicare-type benefits to the very young. Johnson, who flew here from his ranch home to sign a bill NAME 4 10 prints ADDRESS. any municipal school district or day.

CITY. onljr. dental program all children or extending the signup period for whether the the voluntary part of medicare would benefit EARLY Yo'ir Sitinure Flying through partial cloud cover that has p'acued raid1; on the north for days, the pilots sank 12 of the junks and damaged the others, the Air Force spokesman said. Air Force jets destroyed three buildings and damaged three more in seven missions against supply areas 12 miles north of special separate school district. Gamble explained that each beat would still be represented by a member, but that each member would he accountable to the entire qualified electorate rather than to voters in his own beat alone.

"We feel," Gamble said, "that this would supply a stabilizing factor. There are manv in other beats for the elderly, made his announcement in a speech at the outdoor ceremony. Besides pledgmg to seek across-the-board boosts in Social Security payments to 21 just those from low-income families Johnson, home in Texas for Easter and bustling with energy, flew the 60 miles from his ranch to San Antonio to sign million Americans Johnson dis-' the medicare bill and attend From left are Mrs. Frank Purnell, Mrs. William Hohenstein, Mrs.

Clyde Thagard, Mrs. Van Phillips, Mrs. Horace Dudley and Mrs. Neil Morton, chairman of tht committee. (Staff photo by Robert Milleri the 17th Parallel frontier with closed that Secretary of Wei- flood Fririav servirps at an lfith FILLING IN FOR THE EASTER BUNNY Members of the Hattiesburg Junior Auxiliary gathered Thursday at the YWCA to dye the 5,000 Easter eggs which will be hidden for the annual Lions Club Easter egg hunt at 8 a.m.

Sunday at the Kampcr Park ball field. Early Bird Fas Photo ServiceBox 3349Jackson, Mississippi 39207 who have the same feeling and South Viet Nam. pilots reported, fare John W. Gardner has been century cathedral, we, in Petal, are only leading Six miles farther north, they set ordered "to create plans for a Both civic and church officials (Continued on Page 7) 'off secondary explosions that new program to assist in fi-1 (Continued on Page 7).

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