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Tuesday, September 6, 1983 Hattiesburg AMERICAN 3 12 killed in Labor Day weekend traffic accidents Saturday on U.S.45 south of Col south of Sunflower on U.S. 49-W. The victims were identified as the drivers, Jimmie Truss, 56, of Sunflower, and Dennis Morris, 30, of Chicago. Alta S. Mars, 80, of Burnsville was killed Saturday when her car crashed seven miles south of Burnsville on a Tishomingo County road, the patrol reported.

Byron C. Smith, about 21, of near Hattiesburg was killed and another man hurt in a head-on collision on U.S. 11 about four miles north of Petal Saturday. An Arkansas resident was an early traffic victim. Stoney F.

Ferguson, 19, of Bald Knob, died Friday night when his motorcycle and an automobile collided on U.S. 72, 15 miles west of Walnut. M.W. Holdiness, 22, of Louisville, died early Saturday in a two-car accident 8 miles west of Philadelphia in Neshoba County on Mississippi 15. James Gark, 31, of Starkville, died in a two-car accident early Jones of Byhalia was killed Sunday morning when his motorcycle crashed two miles south of Ingram Mills in DeSoto County.

The patrol said it did not know Jones' age. Another wreck on Sunday claimed the life of Lonnie Williams of Friars Point. A spokeswoman said Williams, whose age was not known, apparently was a passenger in a car that wrecked south of Friar's Point on Mississippi 1. Two men were killed Saturday night in a two-car smashup one mile State roundup residents of Baldwyn died Sunday afternoon in a head-on collision on U.S. 45 about six miles south of Corinth.

The victims were identified as Kitty Mae Ragin, 73, and Willie J. Welch, 39, both of whom were passengers in the cars. In addition, six people were injured in that smashup in Alcorn County. The patrol said Bobby J. Crump, 43, of Baldwyn, was listed in critical condition Sunday night in a Memphis hospital.

The Highway Patrol said William i i Marion road contracts approved COLUMBIA The Marion County Board of Supervisors has approved work on three county roads and tabled a request by 16th Section landowner Steven Tirney to investigate ihe legality of his disputed lease. Bids were let for two roads in Beat 1 and another in Beat 3 to Wallace Construction Co. of Columbia and APAC-Mississippi, Inc. with APAC earning the lowest bid and winning contracts for each of the three roads. Included in repairs for Beat 3 roads will be widening, spot leveling, and hot-mix overlay of the roads.

The Improve-Gates Road in Beat 1 bid went to Wallace Construction Co. for over $313,000. The road is to be widened and overlayed with hot mix. Also in Beat 1 bids were let on the Bethel Church Road between Highway 44 and Williams Road. The lowest bidder was APAC for $238,045.

This road is scheduled for base repair, widening and spot leveling and hot mix overlay. The third road is in Beat 4 from New Hope to Kokomo. APAC also received the lowest bid for $271,021. A bridge will be constructed and repaving is scheduled along the road. NAACP dollar campaign works JACKSON (AP) Officials of the NAACP in Mississippi claim success for a Labor Day weekend demonstration aimed at showing the buying power of black consumers.

Blacks in Jackson and 27 other American cities were asked to use $2 bills and Susan B. Anthony $1 coins for their holiday weekend purchases in hopes that white merchants would be more sensitive to their needs. Robert Walker, Mississippi field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the Labor Day effort extended far beyond the Jackson city limits. He said he had reports the unusual currency turned up in such places as Biloxi, Hattiesburg and Vicksburg as well as in Jackson. He also said NAACP regional director Earl Shinhoster of Atlanta told him the black dollar campaign has been successful throughout the South.

Walker called the five-day demonstration "only the beginning" in the NAACP's efforts to encourage white businesses to step up minority hiring and procurement activities. He also said the "black dollar" campaign should lead to the creation of new businesses for blacks. Supervisors deny voting charge The Covington County Board of Supervisors today filed documents in U.S. District Court, denying county supervisory districts dilute black voting strength. The answer stems from a class action suit filed in July by three black Covington County residents alleging that elections for superviors held under the existing districts would violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constituition and deny blacks the right to vote.

The suit asked the court to shorten the terms of office of supervisors elected in 1983 and order special elections for those offices and to adopt a court-ordered plan that does not dilute black voting strength. In their answer to the suit, the board of supervisors denied that the supervisory districts dilute black voting strength and denied that the plantiffs are entitled to the relief requested. AP Photo sinks his teeth into a section of watermelon at an outing for residents of the home. BYNUM WALTERS, a resident of the Hearthside Haven nursing home in Laurel, By The Associated Press I The Highway Patrol says Labor Day weekend traffic accidents have claimed 12 lives in Mississippi. In addition, the state troopers reported 256 arrests on drunken driving charges since the count began at 6 p.m.

Friday. It will nrintimio until mirlnirrht tnniftVit The latest victim reported was David C. Norton. 46. of Roxie.

who aiea ounaay wnen nis car ran on a i i i Thfl Hirfnnrotr Dntuftl enlA furn escapee niTrnmifinn III IWI II 1 1' A 20-year-old man charged with escaping irom me rorresi county uuiuiuuiiuy worn seiner waa picked up by the Highway Patrol while hitchhiking on U.S. 49 Monday morning, about 12 hours after he was reported missing from the work center. Department of Corrections 1 IS nlA Tnff MAII spimesinaii ivcu ounea saiu ucmcj Lynn Golden will be charged with escape in Forrest County. He is being held at the Forrest County Law Enforcement Complex. Jones said Golden slipped out a front door of the minimum-security facility and scaled a tence snomy before 10:25 p.m.

Sunday. He was last seen at a 9:45 p.m. head count. A Highway Patrol trooper discovered Golden hitchhiking in the southbound lane of U.S. 49 near the north gate of Camp Shelby Monday morning.

Golden was sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Department of Corrections Jan. 22 for a burglary conviction in Pearl River County. He was assigned to the work center July 21. Only inmates classified as nonviolent and low risk are assigned to work centers where they provide free labor for the county. In order to be reassigned to a work center, Golden must reestablish a low-risk record within the corrections system, according to Jones.

All prisoners assigned to work centers are classified as trusties. Cancer unit exceeds goal of $46,700 The Forrest County Unit of the American Cancer Society has exceeded its fund-raising goal of $46,700 this year. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Riley, co-chairman of the Crusade for the unit, made the announcement at the annual unit meeting at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Johnny McArthur. Special recognition was given to members of the board of directors for their time and talents for the programs of education, service, rehabilitation and fund-raising. "The outstanding award goes to Bonnie Bomboy, staff writer for the Hattiesburg American, for her work in publicizing the programs of the Forrest County Unit of the Ameri- Pannaii CaaI AT PO can vaiivci uvvivvj t'u McArthur said in making the presentation. She presented Mrs.

Bomboy with a citation naming her an Honorary Lifetime member of the board of directors of the Forrest County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Prior to the meeting, members of the board of directors had a covered dish dinner with recipes from Mississipppi Memories, Second Servings, the recently published cookbook written by the volunteers of the Mississippi division of the American Cancer Society. Supervisors considering bonds for Alco expansion By JO LAURIN DAVIS AMERICAN Statl Writer Alco Manufacturing Co. has asked Forrest County supervisors to issue $325,000 in tax-exempt notes to expand its local plant. Alco general manager Ron Shuck appeared before the board this morning to make the request.

"We have grown, prospered and done well since the company came to Forrest County in 1972," Shuck told the board in making his presentation. Alco produces sheet metal ducts for heating and air conditioning systems. The money from the notes will be used to add 19,000 square feet to the company's present building on 1-59 north of Hattiesburg. "That will effectively double our capacity," umbus in Lowndes County. The patrol canceled all leaves and days off for troopers over the weekend as part of a crackdown on speeding and on drunken driving under Mississippi's tough new DUI laws.

Among other things, it calls for confiscation of driving licenses, although motorists may continue to drive pending court disposition of their cases. Armstrong, Johnnv Earl Bracev. PEARL RIVER: CARRIERE: President's: Lisa Tina CcClinton. Dean's: Mary Loveless Holcomb, Wavne Kanahele, Catherine E. Roy.

NICHOLSON: Presidents: Melissa Cagle Gibson. PICAYUNE: President's: Shelley R. McNatt Douglas, Tammy Dee Goff Vaughn, Janet Denise Dean's: Susan FYances Barker, Donna G. Chappell Brenneis, Paula Jean Copling, Nancy Lee Goodrich, Tori Elizabeth Hancock, Miriam L. Penton Hayes, Deanna Suenette Jones, Martha Griggs Knott, Johnna Dianne Mclemore, essie I yn Richard.

Tracy Rene Roberts, Larrv Rogers, Christopher Neil Wheatlev, Virginia Dale Whitfield. POPLARVILLE: President's: Rebecca Gaston Brown, Stephen Warren Howard. Dean's: William Randolph Carver, Jr Carolyn Dauenhauer Seal. PERRY: BEAUMONT: Dean's: Bonnie Jane Hill McDonald. NEW AUGUSTA: President's: Joscclyn Marie Davis.

RICHTON: President's: Gloria Jean H.llman. Dean's: Franklin Lott Easterung, Stephen Edwards Fasterlmg, Laura A. Henderson. Tammie Newell Hinton. STONE; PERKINSTON: Dean's: Patricia Ann Husley.

WIGGINS: President's: Ethel Thatcher Batson, Lonnie E. Tillman. Former Webster sheriff charged in kidnapping, robbery, assault fx Shuck said. Shuck added that the space was needed because the firm would be adding two product lines. "That will mean 15 more people." The company now employs more than 50 and ships its product within a 350-mile radius, Shuck said.

In issuing the notes, Forrest County simply acts as a conduit and will not be accepting liability for them, according to W.L. "Dub" Runnels, director of the Forrest County Industrial Development Board. The tax-exempt status of the notes make them attractive to some buyers and therefore generally allows for a lower interest rate, Runnels said. Runnels explained there are three main differences Between notes and home before Mrs. Cregar was released by her captors and Cregar managed to run to safety after officers arrived.

East said three men, armed with handguns and wearing stocking masks, surprised Mrs. Cregar and her mother-in-law as the women returned home about 8 p.m. Sunday. The trio forced the women inside, where the Cregars, his parents, son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, a daughter and a guest from Texas were made to lie face down on the floor while the robbers stole jewelry and money. "Someone got to a phone and gave us a call," the sheriff said.

"When we responded, there was a shot fired at us, and apparently one CoghiU, Jayme Ann Collins. Elliot T. Cook, Belinda F. Ellsworth Craig, Sherri L. Craig, Karen Minor Crenshaw, Elliot T.

Cook. John Michael Curley, Deborah K. Davenport, Felicia Dawn Davis, Cheryl Y. Stephens Dorris, Anthony John Dorsey, Lu Anne Carter Duckworth, Edwin Charles Elkins, Melissa A. Ezelle, SUsan M.

Clancy Einley, Becky Sue Fitch, Donna Maddoi Flynt, Cynthia Pringle Gangawere, Rita Renee Grant, Janis C. Weaver Gough. Anne Murray Hales, Wanda K. Ferguson Harris, Leslie R. Hawes, Amy N.

Howell, Marcus Hunter Howell. Henry Pope Huff. Donna J. Hughes, Kim Donavan Jackson, Jerri Ann Johnson, Annie Lois Jones. Chris John Karnes, Karen Lynn Kay, David Wayne Lsvigne, Michelle J.

Goodwin lwu, Margit M. Littlefield. Antionette M. LOndon, Zella Ann Lovern, Thomas K. Markwalder, Tara K.

Rodden McCartney, Charlene T.B. Mc-Carty, Pamilia Renea McCarty, Martha Faye McDaniel, Tracy Lee McDonnell. CarroU Monngo Mcleod, Hugh Ferguson Mi Williams, Jan Marie Conslanc Memtt, Stephen F. Mills, Randy Lee MInton, Conrado Edmund V. Miranda, Melinda Willingham Miranda, Sandra S.

Mimcnef, Arlene D. Morrow, Thomas J. MundfU, Zandra J. Muon Myers, Vicki R. Jemssan Nicholson, Tara Leigh Odom, Joe Valdren Overstreet Dean Talmadge Owens, Jr bonds.

The length of maturity for notes must not exceed 10 years, while bonds usually mature in 20 or 25 years. In addition, the company will retain title to the facility. In issuing bonds, the county retains title. Finally, there is a 12 percent cap on the notes, while bonds have no interest cap. Supervisors took the request under advisement.

In routine business, supervisors: Heard a request from the Veterans Memorial Committee to be included in the county's 1983-4 budget. George Hall of the Veterans Memorial Committee, requested $6,500 for construction of the memorial monument. He said that amount represented approximately 10 percent of the projected cost. of the subjects left through the back woods" to a waiting car. Two robbers stayed in the house, about six miles east of Oxford near Mississippi 30, holding guns on Mr.

and Mrs. Cregar and forcing the other victims to remain inside. After negotiations, the robbers allowed everyone but Mr. and Mrs. Cregar to leave.

"They finally released Mrs. Cregar and were going to have Mr. Cregar drive them out of there, to the state line," the sheriff said. But Cregar broke away from his captors on their way to a getaway car. Ray was arrested on the spot, the sheriff said, and Bowen was captured in the woods about 10 miles away on Monday.

Robert James Parker, Fannie Mae Sellers Parrott, Judith Lynn Perrill, Dawn E. Ltghtsey Perry, Tracey Lynn Peets Pharr, Shirley Stubbs Phillips, Thomas Andrew Pittman, Doug G. Powell. Penelope J. Prenshaw, Pamela Ruth Putters, Maune C.

Pumilia Ross, Lauree L. Fabricus Russell, May Amin Sayegh, Margaret Ruth Scheetz, Shannon Knstme SchoeU, Charles Edward Seal, Bryan Greg See, Edwin Ovell Sheridan Patricia A. Stubbe Sheilds, Jonee Ann Signoff, Cherie L. Davis Smith, John Blake Smith. Paul Douglas Smith, Lisa Carol Speake, Rhonda Elaine Steele, Paul Joseph Stoulig, Charles Ellis Sturgeon, Patricia Whitfield Suber.

John Cox Taylor. Robert Wayne Thames, Dennis Nick Tymkiw, Murray L. Waggoner, Bruce Dickerson Walt, Amber Jolene Watson, John Herbert Weems, David Bradley Wujins, Kymberly Kay Williams. PETAL: President's: James Donald Evans III, Patricia A. Legg Howard.

Deans: Arthur COnrad Ailen, Pamela Michelle Eaton, Lance Damon Foles. Marie Sue C. Hakimzadeh, Era Patrice Johnson. Gail Hcbert Jones. Karen S.

Smith Net-ternlle Richard Sheiler. Jr JEFF DAVIS: BASSHF.LD. President's: Virginia Hatlwn Dyess. CARSON: Dean's. Aneela Carol Kirk lev LAMAR: HATTIESBURG President's: AMERICAN photo by Pobsn Millar LINDA WESTBROOK of 506 Cox Hattiesburg, holds first prize in last week's American Name Game contest, $100.

Other winners last week were, $50, Bryan P. Schoell, 308 4th Hattiesburg, and Mrs. C. M. Mizell, Poplarville; $25, John Shedd, Lumberton, Ovida Broyles, 2505 Villa Verde, Hattiesburg, Kent Mohawk, Petal, and June Ralph, 210 S.

27th Hattiesburg. See today's contest on 1 6. Hattiesburg area students named to USM dean's list OXFORD (AP) Former Webster County Sheriff Billy Joe Bowen is in jail, charged with kidnapping, armed robbery and aggravated assault on a police officer after four generations of a Lafayette County family were robbed in their isolated, rural home. Arrested in the case were Bowen, 45, and Lloyd Edwin Ray, 42, both of Eupora, said Lafayette County Sheriff F.D. East.

An arrest warrant was issued for a third man who was not identified, the sheriff said. Bowen was sheriff of Webster County in the mid-1960s. East said Jim Cregar and his wife, Pat, were held at gunpoint for a time Sunday night at the Cregar Sykes Gaines, Kenneth Leigh Gracia, James F. Garraway Jacqueline Ann Gent, Byron K. Golden, E.

Carol Thomas Guice, Hazel Marie Harper, Terl Harper, Tressie Shaw Harper, Marta Jean Hofacre, Sherrie Strong Housley, Stephanie Paige Jeter, Sheryl Janai Jones, Cynthia E. JUnior, Kevin Gerrard Keith, Judy Diane Harrison Lee, Larry Gene Lee, Rebecca Grace Long, Frank Alan LovelL Connie Lynn McCallum, Eleanor Irene R. McClendon, Deborah J. Ogle Meadows, Rhonda A. Slade Miles, Heather Loren Miller, Patricia Parrott Polkl, Lena Kathenne Raines, Jeffrey Louis Ratcliff, Patricia Ann W.

Robertson, William Sanders, Lee Yvonne Speed, I-arry Andrew Tant, Pamela Rogers Thatcher, Mark Elliott Weldy, Richard Scott Williams: Dean's: Teresa Yvonne Ainsworth, Joeleanor Juree Anderson, Marie Denise Anderson, Jerry Wayne Armstrong, James W. Arthur, Barbara Ann Rawls Ashley, AL D. Barlow, John Philip Baroni, Richard David Beard, Margaret Mary M. Benson, Alice M. Studt Boschek, Jeanne Elizabeth Boyte, Edwin B.

Brandon, Reginald Wilson Brandon, Donna K. Brewton, Teresa Cooper Brown, Angela Darlene BuUer, Liese M. Jacober Canfield, Alan Ray Carlson, Linda K. Christian, Gregory Allen Cisewski, Leslie Allen Clark, Thomas Scott Clayton, James Philip The University of Southern Mississippi's summer term President's and Dean's Lists have been releasave Secal scholars who made a 4.0 grade point average (all A's) are Included on the President's List. Students who made a 3.25 GPA or above are listed on the Dean's List.

President's list scholars are listed first, followed by Dean's list students. COVINGTON: COLLINS: Dean's: Ronald T. Blackwell, Mitchell Glenn Boleware, Leona Sylvana Boyd, M. Mechelle D. Duckworth, Susan Rene Duty, John Charles Hall, Ametta Keyi, Denise Rogers, Vita Jewel Wilson, Billy Ralph Windham.

MOUNT OUVE: Dean's: Stanley Blaka Wallace. SEMINARY: Deans: James Gregory Duckworth, Annette Evan Racey. FORREST: BROOKLYN: President's: Charlotte Renee Trigg. Dean's: V. Juaneese Cochran.

Kimberly A. Steele Taylor. HATTIESBURG: President's: Dorrance D. Aultman Edward Allen Biter, Edward Lee Bowen, Cassandra Bums Braren, Jack Hand Davenport, Donald Wadetl Dennis, Emily A. Morgan Foster, A M.

Theme Dianne Lee McKatter Daniel, Chris Dane Elkins, Virginia Gnmsley Swilley. Dean's: Lisa Dawn Craft, James Brian Dear, Sandra Kay Rouse French, Irma A. Benoit Fruge, Donna Lynn Huch, Martha Anne Jordan, N. Felecia Lott, Kenneth Edward Maples, Gerald Stanford Massengale. Elizabeth Shawn McCrary, Wendy L.

Moore, Keith Bryan Rainey, Anna Ruth Stuart, Unda D. Woods Sumrall, John Steven Tisdale. LUMBERTON: President's: Sheri Lynn Clark, Marearet Spangler Knight. Dean's: Natalie P. Pittman Cameron, Mildred Alice Rankin.

Bonnie G. Rrvant Wainwnght. PURVIS: President's: Emily Ruth B. Stephens. Dean's: Rhonda Kay Bickman, Jamie Binns Flanner, Jimmy Dale Howard, Jackie E.

Keith. Canda Rene Smith. SUMRALL: President's: Murphy R. Matheny, Peter John O'Brien Dean's: Carolina Torrejos Aultman, William Randall Patterson, Beverly Ann Ratcliff, Gary David Rayborn, Sara Allison Davis Samples, Shirley Mercedes Watts. MARION: COLUMBIA: President's: Cheryl Suzanne Carley, Ruth Carolyn May, Rebecca Susan Seal.

Richard David Smith. Dean's: Anna Lisa Autra, Dorris Horton Brown, Michael Anthony Moms, Glenda A. Ta.ert Sanford, Jeff Randall Williams. FOXWORTH: Deans: Angela S. Regan.