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McCOMB, MISS. MONDAY. JULY 24, 1978 HEADLINES i 15C PER COPY 89TH YEAR NO. 69 By OLIVER EMMERICH Editor Burglary Suspects Escape Pike Jail ftp? south of Magnolia until the water line was repaired. "That just shows you what kind of shape this building is in," Lawson said.

"All they had to do was push on that window and it popped out. It didn't take much. I could've pushed it out myself." He said he wasn't sure why the window had been installed there, noting "it wasn't for anything." Neither inmate was considered dangerous, and neither was thought to be armed, he said. Deputy Smithie Buie, who was overseeing jail repairs today, said one of the inmates apparently picked up the piece of pipe while on work detail and smuggled it into the jail. "You get to know these guys after being around them for awhile, and you think you can trust them.

Then they do something like this to shatter that trust. But at least they all didn't decide to leave." Not All Postmen Satisfied IWr Photo by Mikt WHHimson Packing for Contest Everyone can sympathize with the youngster in the news who was walking his dog, a toy Manchester, along the bank of a Texas bayou when a crouching alligator suddenly and surprisingly lunged forward, grabbed the dog and after one bite gulped it down. And, of course, we can pity the pooch. Someone has figured Hinds County's share of the annual cost of servicng the $495 billion national debt. The Figure is $29,772,000.

The share of Hinds County's part of the repayment of the debt would be $491,238,000. On this basis what would Pike County's share of the debt cost be? Emmerich Patty Hearst plans to marry a San Francisco policeman who moonlighted as a private bodyguard for the newspaper heiress while she was on bond for 18 months before returning to prison. He visits Patty at the Federal Youth Center often. Interesting to note that a kidnapping could lead to romance but evidently it did. Shortly before his death, according to Guidepost, Voltaire, the French philosopher and author, predicted from his home in Switzerland that in a hundred years the Bible would be a forgotten book, found only in museums.

Today, 200 years after his death, where do you suppose the headquarters of the Geneva Bible Society is? It is in Voltaire's house. Malaria, which once was a plague in Mississippi, is again taking hold. There are now 150 million cases of malaria in the world. Americans are warned to be alert to the danger of malaria if traveling to Africa, Asia, South America, Central America and the Caribbean area. Despite the fact that all U.S.

cigarette advertisements carry this warning "Warning: The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health" people still seem to think a good smoke is worth the risk of lung cancer. Two prominent McComb men whose names I will not mention had their own way of breaking the habit. Said one of them, "I'll bet you $100 that you will smoke a cigarette before I do." Said the other, "I'm accepting your bet." That was 14 years ago and neither of these men have smoked a cigarette. When either wanted to smoke he said, "Smoking this cigarette will cost me $100." And being honorable men they did not cheat on the other. That bet broke the habit for both of them.

The McComb Lions Club is sponsoring a blood drawing this Wednesday, 10 to 6. There is a shortage of blood. Obviously this means of donating blood not only protects your family but is an act of compassion. The place to donate blood is in Trailer No. 1, marked by the words "Family Blood Assurance" adjacent to Southwest Mississippi Regional Hospital.

Mrs. Aubrey Barnette, in charge of the blood program, is doing an effective task. The Croft Metal Co. is responding to this appeal tomorrow. Jimmy Carter has had his ups and downs politically during his first year as President but financially he has not done bad at all.

His tax return and financial statement released by the White House show that President Carter earned nearly $500,000 in 1977. His income included $236,458 in salary and expenses; $114,283 as proceeds from stock sold in his blind trust; $137,405 in royalties on his book "Why Not the Best?" He paid federal taxes amounting to $48,152. Once farms were mostly small. And being small most of them were marginal. A peep into the future suggests that U.S.

agriculture will vastly change in the early years ahead. Corporate farming will take over and cultivate thousands of acres. The little farmer likely will be squeezed out. The idea is somewhat sad because there is romance and nostalgia attached to the small farm. Already we see in Mississippi how corporate farming applies to trees.

11 HLj BY MIKE WILLIAMSON Enterprise-Journal Staff Writer The search was continuing this morning for two county jail inmates who escaped by knocking a steel window and a section of bricks out of the rear wall of the jail in Magnolia Saturday, said Sheriff Robert "Tot" Lawson. The inmates, Nolan Williams, 18, of Osyka, and Lonnie Harris, said to be about 18, of Route 2, Magnolia, were arrested last week on charges of burglary and grand larceny. Lawson said the two were part of a burglary ring that took tires, household appliances, boat motors and fence material from several area residences and businesses. The sheriff said Williams, who was arrested Wednesday night, and Harris, who was incarcerated Friday afternoon, apparently used a piece of pipe to pry the second-story window loose and push out an outer section of bricks. They lowered themselves halfway to the ground with a five-foot section of rope and jumped to freedom, he said.

The window, when it fell to the ground, broke the plastic pipe that supplied the jail and sheriff's office with water. Both buildings were without water from the time of the escape, approximately 4:30 p.m. Saturday, until this morning, Lawson said. Both escapees had contacted the sheriff's office by this morning, indicating they wanted to return to jail, Lawson said. But the sheriff added "We know where they are; we'll get them." Lawson said deputies spent Saturday and Sunday scouring woods and fields around Magnolia looking for traces of the escapees.

Most of the 30 inmates in the jail Saturday were moved into the drunk tanks while deputies searched their cells. Lawson said the rope and a two-foot section of pipe were found among other inmates' belongings, indicating, he said, that others may have helped the two escape. Only a few inmates and trusties were in the jail building today. The others were moved to the county penal farm in Area The Patrol said John Williams, 20, of Foxworth and Charlotte Franklin, 2, were killed Sunday when their car went out of control and overturned on Mississippi 13, about three miles south of Columbia. Elish Miller, 32, was killed Friday night in a one-car accident in Yazoo County on U.

S. 51 south of Pickens. Jimmy M. Storey, 19, was killed Friday night in a two-car crash in Pascagoula. Robert Rodney Beckett, 29, a Bruce attorney, was killed in a one-car accident on Mississippi 8 about 12 miles east of Houston early Sunday.

The Clarke County sheriff's office said Charles Walden drowned when he fell out of a boat at Clarkco State Park Saturday night. His body was recovered Sunday. Benton County officials said Billy Joe Campbell, 33, of New Albany drowned Saturday while swiming at Brench Lake, south of Hickory Flat. Panola County authorities said William Henry Johnson 34, of Batesville drowned Saturday in the Tallahachie River while grappling for catfish. are included in product packages or sent through the mail.

The USDA says the impact of coupons on overall food prices appears to be minimal, even in areas where there is "double couponing," meaning the retailer offers the shopper twice the face value of the manufacturer's coupon. No one knows whether prices would be lower if coupons were eliminated. The value of coupons last year accounted for only 42 cents out of every $100 of food store sales; $3 of every $100 went for advertising. Getting the most out of coupons or any other sale requires thought and planning. If you buy an item you don't need just because you've got a coupon, you haven't saved money, you've wasted it.

You also should check for strings attached to coupons. Retailers' coupons in particular often require a minimum purchase. A six-pack of soda, for example, may be offered free or at a sharply reduced price if you buy at least $7.50 worth of other items at the store. Cooperative extension service specialists from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., say that familiarity with 1 2 BUIE SHOWS SITE Where they escaped Truck, Train in Collision SANpERSVILLE, Miss. (AP) An aspha-t tank truck and a freight train collided at a downtown Sandersville crossing today, killing the truck driver and injuring three train crewmen.

Authorities identified the driver as Richard O. Roberts, 22, of Rt. 3, Ellisville, and said he was driving his asphalt tanker across the West Main Street crossing when a 63-car Southern Railway freight struck the vehicle Just before 730 a.m. Injured in the crash were engineer E. H.

Gaddis, flagman J.E. Garvin and crewman A C. Snowden, all of Meridian. All three men, who were riding in the engine when the collision occurred, suffered burns. The train was headed from Meridian to New Orleans and was going about 50 miles an hour at the time, according to trainmaster James Vittetoe.

A witness, who asked that his name not be used, said he heard the train apply brakes as he opened his business across the street from the crossing. "I heard him put on the brakes and I saw the truck about half way over the tracks," he said. The collision carried the cab and driver about 225 yards. There was no explosion but fire trucks from Sandersville and Laurel were on hand for more than two hours to hose down the area. 5Lm "ii-vm 4 MmittWiMMiM fessissiy t' iih, ..5 1 the state participating in the 29th annual pageant, which concludes Saturday in the new Gulf Coast Coliseum.

The winner will represent the state in advertising and tourism promotion efforts, traveling an estimated 60,900 miles during her year's reign. Killed Raleigh, Sept. 23, 1965, lived at 4218 Burton Wood Drive in Pensacola. He is survived by his mother, Ginger M. Williams; his father, Jerry L.

Williams; and a brother, Micheal A. Williams, all of Pensacola. He is also survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Milford L. Dykes of Natchez and Mr.

and Mrs. George Williams of Brookhaven. Other survivors include his great-grandmother, Mrs. Rosa Stokes of McComb and his great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

R. M. Godard of Natchez. Funeral services were held Sunday at p.m. from Thompson Baptist Church, with the Rev.

P. A. Michel officiating. Burial was in Thompson Cemetery. Hartman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Elsewhere in the state, the Highway Patrol reports five traffic deaths in Mississippi over the weekend and three more persons died in accidental drownings. Two of the traffic victims were killed a one-car wreck near Columbia, while the others all died in one-fatality mishaps. By The Associated Press Dissident postal workers vowed to send roving pickets to San Francisco area post offices in defiance of a judge's order to halt their wildcat strike. In New Jersey, wildcat postal strikes continued as fewer than half the clerks and handlers reported for overnight work at the New York Bulk and Foreign Mail Center in Jersey City. The protesting workers are upset at a tentative three-year pact reached early Friday, averting a nationwide postal strike.

The contract calls for pay raises of about 10 percent, with cost-of-living protection boosting that to 19.5 percent. The present average salary is $15,877. Dissidents say the new pact does not raise pay enough and permits too much overtime scheduling. An order temporarily enjoining "any further strike activity" at the San Francisco Bulk Mail Center, issued Sunday by U.S. District Judge Stanley Weigel, is "basically an intimidation tactic to try to break the strike and scare other workers," said Irwin Lum, shop steward for one of two union locals at the center.

"We'll be out there strong," he said, promising to surround the center, located in Richmond, with picket lines today. Despite termination notices reportedly sent to at least 50 workers, union officials said they would increase picketing today with "roving pickets" at various bay area post offices. Ten union stewards were ordered by Weigel to appear in court today on the government's motion for a preliminary injunction against the strike. But Lum said the officials would be on the picket lines, with their attorneys representing them in court. The two locals are branches of the American Postal Workers Union and the Mail Handlers Division of the Laborers International Union.

They threw up their first picket lines Saturday morning. The decision to defy the judge's order drew support from neighboring locals of the postal union in the east San Francisco Bay food quality and current price levels is essential if you want to get the best deal. Here are some specific suggestions: Make sure prices on sale items are competitive with other brands and alternate products. A national brand, even with a coupon, may be more expensive than a house brand without a coupon. Examine meats carefully.

Most supermarkets offer one or more meat specials every week. They are a bargain only if they are the same grade and quality as the store's usual cuts. Alison Myers, AAcComb's entry in the state Miss Hospitality contest beginning -Tuesday in Biloxi, was packing her bags today under the watchful eye of her pet poodle. Alison, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde Myers, will be one of 84 contestants from nearly every county in Boy, 12, A 12-year old Florida boy was killed Friday in a motorcycle accident near the Thompson Community, according to Amite County officials. George Milford Williams, 12, of Pensacola, was killed when his motorcycle ran into a ditch near the Jack Gatlin farm, according to Amite County Sheriff Norman Travis. "I investigated the accident and worked on the inquest with coroner Ralph Prestridge," said Travis today. "Mrs. Jack Gatlin called me at my home at about 6 p.m.

and told me that the body had been found near her home." Travis said he arrived on the scene about 30 minutes later and the inquest was conducted. They ruled that the death was accidental. "I guess he didn't know the ditch was there. We found the body in the ditch. He was on one side and the bike was on the other." Although he couldn't be positive, Travis stated that the boy may have died from a broken neck.

A relative of the child said he had been swimming with some other youths and had hurt his leg. He was on the way back to his grandparents' camp on the Amite River to have the leg treated when the accident occurred. The family had been at the camp about a week and had attended revival services in the area. Young Williams, who was born in GEORGE WILLIAMS Dies in accident 1 it) i 2 in a Clipping Hoping to Cut By LOUSE COOK Associated Press Writer Clip and cash. That's the motto for millions of Americans who are clipping, collecting and cashing in coupons in an effort to cut grocery bills.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that folir out of five families 80 percent use coupons today. In 1970, survey by the Nielsen Clearing House division of the A.C. Nielsen Corp. showed only 65 percent of all households using coupons.

Manufacturers alone are expected to issue almost 70 billion coupons this year, according to the USDA, up from 62 billion in 1977 and 46 billion in 1976. (Those figures do not include the millions of coupons issued by retailers, usually in newspaper advertisements.) The more than two billion coupons redeemed last year had a face value of $500 million, the Agriculture Department says. Handling costs totaled $150 million. Most manufacturers' coupons 55 percent appear In newspapers. Sunday supplements carry 17 percent and magazines have 15 percent.

The rest Arson Suspected A fire authorities believe was deliberately set destroyed a McComb residence early Saturday morning. McComb Fire Chief Douglas Kelley said the house, owned and occupied by Thad Sterling and located at 511 N. Railroad was engulfed in flames when firemen arrived a few minutes after midnight Friday. He said the house and contents were a total loss and that the city fire marshal was investigating the possibilty of arson. Kelley declined to reveal further details of the investigation.

The house was occupied by Sterling, his wife and daughter "and several others who were staying there but who didn't live there," Kelley said..