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Rocky Mount Telegram from Rocky Mount, North Carolina • 6

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29. of Glendale, N.Y., was shot In 'order. inn rui.ru DEATH the leg by a guard when he tried The rioters were part of a group! DETROIT (AP) A tiny 10- to climb' over a fence from the nr h.u. onnanf 6A Rocky Mount N.C., Sunday Telegram, Oct. 12, 1953 Brooklyn Prodigy Nation's Chess Hope Rests In 15-Year Old Negro Prisoner Stabbed To Death riotins mAdmum nontlnn gin u.c to the main yard.

lnmal8' They're the un- of Detroit's polio epidemic, In ruiy ouua, uuouiiidii sum, TRENTON. N.J. (AP)-A Negro jurcd, three of them detained at InmnrA woo at a hh a4 tn AnaiV at OlIUIUll kiw.w a v-h. was the city's 17th polio deathY the year She was one of sift children. Her mother told health authorities none of the family had State Prison last night in what Prison hospital.

They know what you mean. Chess PROPOSAL DEFEATED MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) NEW YORK (AF)-There'S Batman comic book on his bed Warden George Goodman termpd1 The ficht broke out amonz a i has shunt fide table and a rock 'n' roll pro- a riot stemming from racial roup of 15 maximum security in-1 The Episcopal Church antagonism. mates who were milling about ed aside a proposed The victim was Willard Jortes.1 their fenced-in section of the the Lord's Prayer. change dram blaring over his radio.

He i in: received any Salk polio vaccine Lhnta 1 ,1 ilouchy. gangly and crew-cut Four new rlio caseg were. re 23. of Camden, who was stabbed prison yard. The diocese of Harrlsburg, But Batman is sprawled over an started 'proposed at the church's general! ported in the city Weoxesaayw by a needle-sharp bedspring that' "Apparently the fight open chess book and his nail-bit had been honed on a rock.

Ifrom racial antagonism Good convention Thursday mat me bring ine ioiai im words lead us not into tempta-jto S3, compared with 173 cases inn rhnnffnH tn ns not and two deaths for the similar be changed to ten fingers are deftly moving chess pieces over the black and white board which means more to ihe Mercer County prosecutor's man said. Six or eight guards office was investigating. wielded night sticks among the A white prisoner, George Stolz, Istruggling convicts and restored I period of 1957. fall into temptation." him than anything else In his life. Bobby Fischer doesn't want to be a baseball star or a football players speak lots of languages.

"Fun? No, a tournament's no fun, but they're all right." Docs he think he can win the Challengers' and get a shot at the championship? He shrugged and twisted his lip. "I don't know." Bobby has few friends his own age. He comes home from school about 2 o'clock and picks up a chess book. Every spare minute, he is either reading about chess, analyzing moves on his bedside chess board or going somewhere to play chess. Girls are nothing to him.

"Girls can't play chess," he says. "Bobby isn't interested in anybody unless they play chess and there just aren't many kids who player or the most popular fellow I at the prom. He wants to be cness champion of the world and it twin a nrplt aura bet ha will Most Americans dnn't know it, bulj their honor in a big intcrna-tkmal contest with Russia is rid-in on the thin shoulders of this lHear-old boy from Brooklyn. lobby is hailed by the experts asi-the greatest chess mind the world has produced in many sears. like it," says Mrs.

Fischer. 3U 1 -I To make friends with Bobby, He doesn't look like one he lodks more like a farmer's boy than an intellectual but he is a you not only have to play chess you have to play good chess. gcBhis." says Hans Kmoch, sec Maurice Kasper, president of retry of the Manhattan Chess Club, which is the nerve center of, chess in the United States Jpischer is something unique. Nrtie of the great ones ever ac the Manhattan Chess Club, commented: "Wo have about 100 students in the club that Bobby could associate with. But he is so much superior, you see.

He just plays with the stronger players. complished so much so early." le has become an international grind master the youngest in the loj history of the game and will "Yes, Bobby definitely does think well of himself. But he is a phenomenon that happens once in mfet the worlds top seven players-; this year in a challenger's tournament. The exact date and pllee remain to be determined. a hundred years in a tnousanu.j He is also a young boy.

He is mil iiMniinim i.imiiiMiiir it.iVi?&Cm.. rr---'Tiif f'-rrl 'T'-i rr-in-im -i The winner will get a crack at not accustomed to such publicity and he can't handle it yet. But thl, present world champion, Rus ia? Mikhail Botvinnik. T0U NEVER MISS A GOOD TM you must give him a little time. He is a good boy." Bobbv lives with his mother In AN AMERICAN PRODIGY Young Bobby Fischer, hailed os budding chess genius, is caught in a characteristic pose during a tournament match at the Manhattan Chest Club: nail-bitten fingers to lips, coatless and tieless, a study in deep concentration.

This 15-year-old Brooklyn boy has already won international fame for his chess play, but remain virtually unknown, outside of chess circles, in his own country. a small fourth-floor walkup apart ment in a neat section of Brook Men or Women GOOD STEADY WEEKLY INCOME NO SELLING-NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY 6 DAYS TO GO! 6 Days left to buy the very finest in Diamonds Watches f. i lyn. His 21-year-old sister, Joan, lived there too until her marriage last month. Their parents separ and Silver Buy Now for Christmas! Lay-lt-Away 25 Down will hold ated when Bobby was 2.

Mrs. Fischer, a University of So far. this hasn't meant muchl Bobby, who could give a clam any purchase till Christmas at Sale Price. SAVE UP TO 75. to most Americans, who look on lessons on how to keep its mouth shut, won't say what he thinks of chess as an intricate pastime for Colorado graduate, is a registered nurse now earning her MA degree.

Bobby, she says, is odisciplinary contemplative graybeards. But now even people uninterested in problem. his chances. Nobody else thinks be will make it this time. But then, nobody thought he chess are beginning to feel it "There notning discipline i DIAMONDS! AT COST OR LESS him about," Mrs.

Fischer explains. "The only thing I do is WATCHES! AT COST OR LESS could win the American chess championship at 14 and nobody would be a fine feather in Uncle Sam's cap to have Bobby whip Russia's best players in a game that commands great attention in nag him to take his nose out of( expected him to do well at the recent international chess tourna Europe and toutn America. Bobby himself who presents ment in Yugoslavia, OPERATE FROM HOME We Place Locate All Display Cabinets 1 Prominent Name Brand I Product of (WALTHAM WATCH CO. I IN BUSINESS SINCE 1850 SPARE OR FULL TIME Excellent Weekly income servicing Waltham ounter Display Cabinets placed in leading retail outlets in your area. Must have car-references five hours spare time weekly minimum cash investment $1195.00 protected by Inventory, Cash repurchase and Bonus plan.

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nobby, playing in his first inter 018 uuuns auu gu uuiaiuc xui some fresh air." Bobby started in the game at age 6 when Joan got a chess set and the two puzzled out the directions. Mrs. Fischer doesn't know porcupine exterior to the world ALARL1 CLOCKS Nationally advertised Alarm Clocks Fully guaranteed Regular price $2.98 Special Sale Price 1.69 doesn show much interest in pos national competition, tied for fifth place winning his place in the $85 BRIDAL SET-Tailored 14K Yellow Gold Band and Solitaire-A Terrific Valuel SALE PRICE $43. $89.50 LADIES LONGINES 17 jewels yellow gold cas buy for Christmas! NOW ONLY $54.70 sible-cold war implications of his career. He just wants to be cham star-studded Challengers.

a thing about chess. i "I spent four years trying to get; I Bobby, a tall boy with the class pion. ic- adolescent slump and light If he makes it this try, he 11 be CO him away from it, but I've given up now," she says. "He was onlyifc 8 when he first went to the Brook-1 lvn Chess Club. He was pretty brown hair, sat on his bed, idly moving the figures on the chess board in front of him.

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He played about T-shirt; no one remembers seeing him in a coat and tie. four years before he won at an. "I tried to stop him. The school r- The Russians kept winning the ones in chess, he said, be SILVERWARE $150.00 WEDDING SET Matching Solitaire Band Yellow gold. SALE people said I should try to get him away from He used to get aw $69.50 LADIES ELGIN 19 Jewel movement yellow gold case band.

Why pay more? NOW ONLY cause "everybody there plays. They're subsidized. 1 fully upset. REVIVAL 1847 Rogers and Community Silver Service "No, you don't talk at chess POLITICS tournaments, wny should you taiK except-when you offer a For 852 Pieces REG. Price $87.50 and $89.50.

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EDGEMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. John Lyles of Dunbar West Virginia A pair of Ivy League multimil Ml I lionaires are out glad handing and hobnobbing with the common folk $200 WEDDING SET-Brilliant Center Diamond in Solitaire-Matching Band with 3 Diamonds. $85.00 MAN'S LONGINES WKITTNAUER 14K solid gold case a terrific value! CLOSE OUT PRICE $49.70 SALE PRICE $99. in the New York gubernatorial campaign. Democrat Averell Har-riman, who wouldn't say no to the presidential nomination in 1960, is trying for another term.

Nelson A. Rockefeller, the Re (Ml TNI Starts Tonight 0K1 $107 BRIDAL SET Matching solitaire band brilliant fiery diamond in solitarie. 7:33 P.n. Oct. 17th $95.00 MAN'S LORD ELGIN 23 Jewels self-winding matching metal band buy nowl ONLY $48.90 SINCE 1901 6 CULTURED PEARL NECKLACES Drop Cultured Pearl Necklaces and 3 Piece Birthsotne Sets Reg.

Price $3.95 to $7.50. Buy for Christmas! Thru Friday- SALES PRICE $49X0 publican, is giving Harriman a tough fight. He is trailing a bit now, apparently, but the remainder of the campaign can be vitally important. mil inshction 2-1112 wono-i umsT nsr cowraot co. to $295.

PRINCESS RING 23 Fiery Blue White Diamonds in 14K And it would be no great upset if Rockefeller nosed out a victory. $55.00 MAN'S HAMILTON 17 Jewels yellow gold case band. Terrific value! NOW ONLY $36.70, That would hoist his name into White Gold Mtg. Must see to ap 3-. NOW possible contention with Vice Pres preciate.

SALE RICE $198. 95' ident Nixon for the GOP presidential nomination two years from now. The Senate race, likely to fol OPEN 'TIL 9 FRIDAY RIGHT low the pattern of that for governor, shows an edge now for Manhattan Dst. Atty. Frank S.

Hogan, the Democrat, over Re publican Rep. Kenneth B. Keating. In House races, Democrats Si RAILROAD WATCHES I ty $97.50 Elgin's, 21 Jewels 1 1 B. W.

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Knowland and Gov, Goodwin 8pi mmmmMmmmmmm J. Knight. 11 ili'kK Knight wanted to try for another term. But Knowland nudged him aside 1 and is the GOP candidate for governor against the state's Democratic attorney general, Ed mund G. Brown.

And Knight is PEARLS! bidding for the Knowland Senate seat against Democratic Congressman Clair Engle. and i Strands Na oi Knight seems to be making a stronger showing than Knowland, so tne senate race is raiea ciose. MEN'S WATERPROOF WATCHES $29.95 Man's Water Proof Watch With Matching Stainless Steel Stretch Band Fully Guaranteed Buy For Christmas! NOW $1480 CARVING SETS 3 Piece Stainless Steel Mirror Finish Reg. Price $9.95 Buy For Christmaq! FI0W $1.83 WATCH BAUDS White yellow Gold Ladies Mens All Price ranges Entire stock now going 2 PRICE Still, polls, registrations and theP June primary point to a Demo-i cratic surge. 1 Ijv tionally Advertised "LADY Reg.

Price $7.50 to $12.50. Buy Now For Christ- mas! Your Choice! HOW S2.G3 No great upheaval is expected i- in the California congressional delegation, now 17 to 13 Republics can. But the Democrats are likelyiK to pick up at least one seat and ungui. inane wuu uuee vi iuui. End advance Sept.

12 to LU LU Was A Snake II DALLAS (AP) Mrs. W. D. STERLING SILVER FLATWARE Hathcox, 26. had trouble convinc-i 1129 Sycamore Street ONCE IN A LONG WHILE we forget onr manners and point with bursting pride at a aome we have for sale that meets all the requirements for a truly fine home for good people.

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and straightened things on the floor. i "I picked it up la hang it back where it belonged," she said later, i "Then it wiggled!" That was when she phoned her hiisband" at his heighborhood" gro-ji' b-blZl 12S N. Main Street eery store. Patrolman Joe ciarx answerea i mMw my mmm co A her call, snared the reptile and put it in a paper sack as evidence tor her husband. It "SERViriG COOKY LTGUIIT AI10 VICK3TY F0H OYER ED YEARS" LAND SURVEYING DA Slim ceJ DAVIS Pkane MODI S.

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