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Campaign -Art work Still critical StUf.Pnofo.by Stem Bryan Rodgers (sealed) of Jackson, and Walker of Lyons add detail to a 20-foot wall mural in the Arnold Avenue Nursing Home. Rodgers and Walker are members of Kappa Pi art fraternity at Delta State University. The fraternity painted the mural instead of doing their usual homecoming display. Residents of the nursing home chose the design, according to Malcolm Norwood, chairman of the Delta State University art department. Nixon improving LONG BEACH.

Calif. (UPI)-Given a "therapeutic boost" by the surprise visit of President Ford, Richard M. Nixon was reported Saturday to be showing stable and satisfactory vital signs but still on the critical list. The morning medical bulletin said i a indications of further internal bleeding and that he would be given light oral feeding for the first time since he lapsed into shock and almost died following an operation last Tuesday. ''The former President of the United States remains under critical care at Memorial Hospital Medical Center of Long Beach," said the statement signed by Dr.

John Lungren. Nixon's personal physician. "He had a fairly restful night. All vital signs this morning are stable and satisfactory." NAACP program is set The 29th annual convention of the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP will be held Thursday a a a Motor i association has announced. The theme for the convention wil! be "05 and still on the drive." A i a i program, registration for the will liegin at 8 a.m.

Thursday. Program highlights include: 1 p.m. Thursday--a seminar on "The church and civil rights." 2:45 p.m. Thursday--a seminar "political action" with eight 'participants, including Fayette Mayor Charles Evers. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday--address by Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, pastor of (he Cannan Avenue Baptist Church, New York City, and a former assistant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 9 a.m.

Friday--meeting with representatives of Assistant U. S. Attorney General Stanley Pottinger of the civil rights division. 10:15 a i a on "economic advancement" with slate and federal employment officials. 7 p.m.

Friday--youth rally led by James Brown the NAACP's national youth director. 9 a.m. a a i education seminar led by attorneys Ike Madison and Charles Victor McTeer of Greenville. 7:30 p.m. Saturday--Freedom Fund banquet, fearturing Mai Goode, former ABC correspondent at the United Nations.

to the Freedom Fund dinner will cost $7. The public is invited to all of the activities. Almost 96 hours had passed since Tuesday's crisis and it had been anticipated from previous doctors' statements that the 61-year-old Nixon might be removed from the critical category by now. i a spokesman Norm Nager on that point. "Some of the information this morning was encouraging," Nager said.

"But as far as our personnel are concerned, he is on their criticl list because the doctors have ordered critical care and have given nurses a list of dangers. Until the point of the dangers is passed, he is going to be on their critical list. "This applies to former Presidents or Mr. Jones--to anyone." Of the dramatic meeting Friday between Nixon and Ford. Lungren said, "President Gerald Ford's visit Friday was a therapeutic boost for former President Nixon." Mrs.

Nixon told White House physician Dr. William Oukash that she thought the Ford visit to her husband's Iwdside had done him a lot of good. Since the operation to insert a plastic clip to block movement of blood clots and the relapse afterward. Nixon a i i intravenously. Lungren said that he would now be given liquids and such foods as Jello and consomme orally.

The former President also had received six units of red cell blood transfusions. The Saturday bulletin said he had required no additional blood since Thursday. "There are no indications of continued oozing of blood and the hematoma or mass of blood in his left flank shows no evidence of enlarging." it said. "He remains at bed rest and is being encouraged to cough and deep breathe in order to maintain good respiratory function and expansion." Lungren said that barring '-any significant change the next health report should be issued around 9 a.m. PST today (noon EST).

LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPI)-Dr. John Lungren cardiologist and personal physician, issued the following report on former President Richard M. Nixon at 9 a.m. Pacific Coast Time Saturday: The former President of the United States remains under critical care at Memorial Hospital Medical Center of Long Beach.

He had a fairly restful night. All vital this morning are stable and. satisfactory. His hemoglobin is holding at a satisfactory level. are no i i a i of continued oozing of blood and the hematoma or mass of blood in his left flank shows no evidence of enlarging.

He has required no additional units of blood since Thursday. He remains at bed rest and is being encouraged to cough and deep breathe in order to maintain good respiratory function and expansion. Today we are beginning light oral 'feeding. This means liquids, such foods as Jello and consomme. President Gerald Ford's visit Friday was a therapeutic boost for former President Nixon.

Unless there are any significant changes in Mr. Nixon's condition the next shceduled health report on the former president will be' issued at approximately 9 a.m. Pacific Coast Time Sunday (noon EST). Ring lost Did ghost get 'rock' candy? JACKSON ghost -or goblin may have gotten an unexpected inja piec.eJoK^iw in each 1 of the trick-or-treal bags thrust thinks she might also have Khlrds cajaCSJfcaijis diarnpmhworth $1000 into one goody or it coufd.be'any where in downtown stone of her engagement at dropped a bag. "I could have put it in a xtg's mourni" ring, stie said.

She the diarhbga on her finger about 1 p.m. Thursday. That nigh'fi while watching a television movie, she glanced at her hand and saw the empty setting. "I just started screaming," sfie said. "I'm just sick about it.

The kicker is that we had just canceled one homeowners insurance policy and were getting another ready. But we hadn't finished it and so the diamond's not covered." Though she's offering a reward and local radio stations are broadcasting her appeal, Mrs. Curtis is not optimistic. "The problem is if somebody picks it up and realizes the value of it they aren't going to give it back, even for a reward," she said. "The possiblities of where it could be are enormous and the probabilities that I'll ever see it again are so slight." 12 Sunday, Nov.

3,1974 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi By BILLROSE 1 Editor In this age: of electronic wizardry a a d.i A candidate-selling', taking a political "campaign to the folks in the boondocks is considered, almost too oldrfasluonecHo work. Caji.didates a a raise thousands of dollars in contributions, spend hours developing slick media advertising and aim most of their efforts at large population centers arid kpy segments of tha.t population. a campaign by stumping back roads and in country stor'esj shaking as many hands as on a financial shoestring is old fashibned. then, Brownie Wells is running an old-fashioned race. And he thinks a lot of the ideas other eandiddates may write off as old-fashioned -are the things the average man on the street wants from his government.

retired Air Force officer from Columbus who is running for Congress as an independent, bounced into a news conference in Greenville Friday, none the worse for wear despite having finished an exhausting fourth criss-cross of the 2nd District. He said his energy came from a feeling that his campaign is taking hold in the electorate, causing voters to shift from incumbent Democrat David Bowen and Republican Ben Hilbun. Yes, Wells conceded to newsmen's questions, he has spent less than $1,000 on his race while Bowen and Hilbun are spending seven and eight times that amount. Yes; Wells said, Hilbun and Bowen are doing a lot more radio, television and newspaper advertising. No, he asserted confidently, that doesn't mean he's running third.

That's because Wells feels the message Bowen and Hilbun are preaching is basically the same old stuff voters have been getting from politicians and they're tired of it. "I'm not a a disgruntied taxpayer" who's tired of 'government meddling in more and more areeas, said Wells. He said rank-and file voters share his philosophy and related how he won a radio station straw poll in Columbus last week. He said that without organizing his supporters to call in, he got about 60 votes, Bowen 52 and Hilbun five. "I'm encouraged.

Everytime I talk to people it looks better. I have yet to receive an unwelcome reception," he smiled. Wells lashed out at President Ford's battle against inflation, calling it "an Alice in Wonderland" idea. He said Congress needed to "face up to the problems" by engineering a stable currency backed by gold or silver, balancing the federal budget and "stop giving money away to foreign governments." He suggested eventually phasing out HEW S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare).

"There is no i i a a a for the to interere in our educational system," he said. He complained that federal influence had invaded "almost every aspect of our lives" and called for reducing that Bo wen hits costs of health care ROSEDALE (UPl)-Rep. David R. Bowen campaigned through the Mississippi Delta on spiraling medical costs Saturday while his Republican opponent, Ber. Hilbun of Starkville.

predicted he would upset the freshman congressman in Tuesday's general election in the 2nd District. Bowen, in speeches in Bolivar and Sunflower counties, said Congress will probably pass in the "near future" some type of national health insurance program to cover the astronomical costs of the major illnesses to the average family. In the meantime, he pledged to continue seeking passage of his bill to improve medical benefits for senior citizens, including prescription drugs for chronic illnesses under the Medicare program. He said that "skyrocketing costs are sending adequate medical and hospital care out of the reach of most Americans. "In addition to the high costs, many small towns and rural communities are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain adequate health service," he said.

Hilbun, in an address at Louisville, again accused Bowen of receiving "payoffs" from national dairy co-ops and predicted he would upset the Cleveland lawmaker in the election. "I am confident now that we will be victorious on Tuesday, Nov. 5," Hilbun predicted. "The good people of this district have realized our present congressman talks out of both sides of his mouth." Hilbun said Mississippians "are now aware that Mr. Bowen is the biggest liberal ever to represent our district in Congress." In addition to Bowen and Hilbun, independent.

H. B. "Brownie" Wells of Columbus is also vying for the 2nd District post. influence as much as possible: He criticized a Bowen vote for mass transit. legislation -because "to me that's a people, in Mississippi shouldn't be paying for bus a i a a i a Georgia's Francisco's problem; not; Weils also said he is opposed to price supports "for any segment of the.

economy," including agriculture and called for a return to the free market philosophy he said would strengthen -the national economy. "1 believe limited Wells said proudly! He said there was no difference in the philosophies, of Hilbun and Bowen and called their a a i a- i a I Democrat-Republican battle for control of the seat." "Nobody's listening up there in a i a declared. "There's a big silence." He said his campaign was momentum without from; newspapers and. special, chugging forward with the" help of "volunteer workers in each- Mown who do nothing but distribute this" material." a i 'his support i a a and he how man heard one of his few rad.i.o spots and telephoned him The old mail told Wells how he agreed, with what.the candidate had said and.how he planned to be at the polls on Tuesday to support him. The man promised 16 talk.to all his friends: and spread the word, Wells said, adding that's the kind of support he Wants.

"The people are disenchanted They want a'change," Brownie Wells said. And that's what he's counting on on Tuesday. The nation Control removal criticized WASHINGTON (UPD--American consumers could pay up to billion extra for natural gas through 1980 if price controls were removed, a government report estimated Saturday. The report said there is little evidence that such rising prices would help increase gas prediction, as proponents or deregulation contend. The report was done by the Library of Congress at the request of Rep.

John E. Moss, who asked for the study after President Ford's recent suggestion that natural gas prices should be deregulated. "I'm dismayed to hear the President talking about decontrol of natural gas and of oil since recent sharp price increases (or petroleum products have had such an impact on our economy," Moss said in a statement. "The Nixon, now Ford, administration policies on energy have permitted the major oil conglomerates to reap huge profits at the expense of American consumers," Moss added. The Mid-Delta Automotive parts taken Some automotive parts valued at several hundred dollars were taken from a storage room at the home of Steve Rogers.

1241 Burt Friday night, Assl. Police Chief Robert Skinner said Saturday. Skinner said Rogers reported an alternator, a generator motor, and an air compressor missing. There was no sign of forced entry. Skinner said.

Greenville man robbed A Greenville man was attacked by two young men early Saturday and robbed of a wallet containing S2.70. Asst. Police Chief Rolcrt Skinner said. Skinner said Buster Smith of 123 Arnold Ave. reported at 12:30 a.

m. Saturday that he was jumped by two black teenagers and hit in the head with an unidentified object. Smith was treated at General Hospital but was released shortly thereafter. Skinner said. Punch doesn't stop thief A young thief armed with a pistol was stunned momentarily by a victim's punch Friday night, but still escaped with $176.

according to Asst. Police Chief Robert Skinner. Skinner said Lena Heath of 626 Valiant St. and J. W.

Willis Jr. of the Washington Hotel were accosted in the 800 block of Washington Ave. around 7 p. m. by a young black man wearing dark clothes.

The man pulled a pistol and demanded money. When Willis said he had no money, the thief grabbed Ms. Heath's purse and Willis hit him, Skinner said. After Willis threw the punch he and Ms. Heath ran down the street and the robber fired two shots at them, but missed, according to Skinner.

He said the purse was reported to contain $176. a lady's watch, some rings and papers. State aid hearing set A three-judge panel will hear arguments on whether Mississippi can aid parents of mentally or physically retarded children enrolled in private or parochial schools, U. S. District Court Judge William C.

Keady ruled Friday. The judge's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by parents of children enrolled in Starkville public schools who charged that Starkville Academy was receiving state aid illegally. The parents later amended their complaint to include Humphreys County Academy, and Starkville Academy was dismissed as a defendant Friday because it has neither applied for nor received state aid. Keady said a three-judge panel must hear arguments in the suit' because it attacks the constitutionality of a state statute. The parents are challenging a 1971 legislative act that allows parents of handicapped children to receive state aid so their children may attend private schools.

Fifteen students are enrolled in Humphreys Academy's special education classes. Keady held that the controversy is "viable" because he said there is a probability that parents will apply for state aid and that it will be furnished. Attorneys for the academy argued that it has not applied for state aid and contended that it is the parents of the children enrolled in the school who receive the funds. No date for the three-judge hearing has been set. New Medill correspondent The Delta Democrat-Times has a i i correspondent in Washington.

Her name is Diane B. Kimbel. Ms. Kimbel will be writing articles from Washington for the DD-T during the next several months as part of her requirements in a graduate program in a i of Northwestern i i i School of Journalism. A native of Philadelphia, MB.

Kimbel, 22, now resides in Laurel, where she graduated from Laurel High School in 1S70. She graduated from Goueher College in May and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She expects to receive her masters in journalism from Northwestern in wune. Diane Kimbel.