The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

STATE LIBIY ClVlr. RUTHERFORD COUNTVS HQtE SINCE 1049 MM Vol. CXIX No. 54 By Carrier Per Week 40c Single Copy 10c Sunday Morning, May 9, 1971, Murfreesboro, Tennessee RedsBreakTpuGe7Ki 2 American Parafroopers truce had taken effect 31 miles northeast of Saigon. Two ARVN "soldiers were killed and five wounded.

Though it was the arnirvCTsary-- of the- blrtlT ot Buddha, the war went on in the neighboring Buddhist countries of Laos and Cambodia. The truce, proclaimed for 48 hours by the Viet Cong and for 24 (Continued on Page 3) in honor of Buddha's the U.S. command said. Two Americans were killed -and three-wounded p.m.-Saigon time six and a half hours after the Viet Cong said" its truck would start when a mine detonated by radio signal went off while they were on patrol in the northern Central t1 By BARNEY SEIBERT SAIGON (UPI) Communist troops ambushed South Vietnamese infantrymen and detonated a re mote-controlled mine against 'American paratroopers during a brief truce announced by both, sides in the Vietnam War Price Tag On Demonstrations At $1.5 Million WASHINGTON (UPI)- Rogers Ends Middle East Tour District of Columbia and vp. Rogers ended his one-federal government of- week Deace-seekins tour of Highlands 300 miles north of The Americans were members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

The South-Vietnamese- -com- mand reported that a company of the 25th Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam (ARVN) was ambushed at 9:15 a.m., 75 minutes after the Communist timetable for the negotiating purposes. Up to now, Egypt has maintained that it must garrison both sides of the canal before it can be reopened to world shipping. Israel has maintained that troops on the east the 1 1: i imim even 11 lbiaeii iruuus leave. The diplomatic sources said Israel had ruled out the word "troops" but had agreed to some sort of Egyptian "military force" a term that could include policemen or border guards. Diplomatic sources in Cairo have been saying for a week that.

Egypt might very well be prepared to temper its demand to garrison both, sides of the canal and that it might be satisfied' with a tokemforce or troops, or even police instead of soldiers. Rogers said before leaving for Rome thai he was sending Assistant Secretary of State Joseph C. Sisco, who accompanied him onthe trip, back to Cairo for further consultations with President Anwar Sadat. The sources said Sisco 's biggest news for the Egyptians probably would be word of the (Continued on Page 3) Swift Tornado Devastates Huntingdon By Gary A. Warner HUNTINGDON, swift moving weather system, spawned a tornado that killed a woman here, sent funnel shaped clouds swirling across west and Middle Tennessee, with at least two sighted near Lebanon and Watertown and sprayed Rutherford county with heavy rains, a.

spattering of hail and had the area crouching under sky-filled flashes of light from an electrical storm. Property damage was high in this area and dozens were hurt. Ray Bradley saw the twister form and dip to the ground a block from his home early Friday night. "I called to neighbors to alert .1 L. .1 -1.

uieiu, uui uiey uiuu i seem wi hear me, said Bradley. He said he took shelter in his car and watched the vicious winds drive a two-by-four wooden beam through the sheet metal into the back seat. The National Weather Service kept pace with the system's movement across the state by issuimj'c'dntinuing tornado warnings. Mrs. Mattie Kirbv, 65, of (Continued on Page 3).

A barn belonging to Glen Patton on Highway 231 North was destroyed by fire Saturday. The cause of the fire is un-riptprmined-at this time, but -there is a possibility the barn. was struck by Maples Opens Office Here Clark Maples has opened a new real estate firm in Murfreesboro. His office will be located in the Chamber of Commerce building and will be called Clark Maples Realty o. Clark is a native of Murfreesboro and is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Broadus He graduated from Middle" Tennessee State University in 1965 and was a member of the Blue Raider football team after transferring from the University of Kentucky. He is married to the former Nancy Waters of Chattanooga and they have two children, ages one and four. Clark is president of the Blue Raider Club for the coming year, a vice presiaent ot tne Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Rotary Club where he serves on the Board of Discontinued on Page 3) HUNTINGDON, TENN: C. H.

Pudor, superintendent of Huntingdon schools, was stunned by the extent of the destruction at Hale Elementary School caused by a tornado which struck here Friday. Three persons were killed and an estimated 135 Injured in this West Tennessee city of 3,500. Thirteen businesses and some 49 homes in the area were destroyed. -(UPI Telephoto) Ask Tl Ve5 (they have one, Will Drew) one The hearing on the On the water board and one on Tennessee Telenhone fnm-the Education board. lennessee leiepnone oom- TEL AVIV Secretary of State William the Middle East Saturday saying it had helped bring niTrfttinnfl rif fna flan" a iiaiiumiig vi niv feuw between Israel and Egypt.

Rogers left Tel Aviv shortly after 9 a.m. Israeli time and arrived in Rome two hours by Air Force jetliner for meetings with Pope Paul VI and Italian President Giuseppe Saragat. He left Tel Aviv with at least Dne reported key Israeli concession: diplomatic sources said Israel has agreed to permit an Egyptian "military force" across the Suez Canal once there is agreement for an Israeli pullback and a reopening of the waterway. The term was left vague for More Taxes Are Due In June Here NASHVILLE UPI Tennes-seans will begin to pay the half-cent increase in the state sales tax June 1. Gubernatorial aide Lee Smith said the tax goes into effect in June so that collections will be paid to the; state in July, the first month of the new fiscal year.

Gov. Winfield Dunn signed the bill increasing the tax Wednesday. Dunn also signed bills raising the corporate excise tax from five to six per cent and speeding up collection of inheritance taxes. The three Iheasures will produce about "$68 million in new money. Dunn had asked for increases totaling $95 million but the Legislature shaved the request by some $27 million.

Three Republican Leaders Head 'Dump Nixon' Plan By DON LAMBRO WASHINGTON (UPI) A group of liberal Republicans plans to" meet in Washington May 16 to-lay the groundwork for a national "Dump Nixon" organization, UPI learned today. Charles Goodell, the former New York senator, and Reps. Donald W. Riegle" Jr. of Michigan and Paul N.

McClos-key Jr. of California are the leaders of the group. They called the meeting. Other Republican congress Retail Sales Up; Job Loss Shows Gain WASHINGTON (UPI)-The Nixon administration" hails a Commerce Department report that retail sales increased in March for the fourth consecutive month as a sign consumers are gaining confidence in the economy. But the report came Friday just a few hours after the Labor Department announced unemployment edged up to 6.1 per cent of the labor force during April.

The increase of one-tenth of 1 per cent was the second consecutive monthly rise, and another blow f'n Prpsirippt Nixon's hopes of ridding himself of a damaging political issue before next year's presidential election. At Hot Springs, a panel of economic consultants to the Business Council, an organization of leading corporation executives, predicted unemployment would remain higher than 5 per cent for mos the election year. Nixon's goal is to (Continued on Page 3) major GOP contributors and state party leaders dissatisfied with Nixon administration policies are expected to attend the closed-door strategy session. of the group's leaders told UPI persons from around the country wijl attend the afternoon meeting, to be held in a Washington home. "A lot of prominent Republicans will he attending the meeting, which will be a fairly national representation of the (Continued on Page 3) of the routes now being estimate for bus routes is -(Douglas Sporb Photo) I Blacks City Council heard several requests at their regular meeting including a delega tion of blacks rohi the Black Com-" munity Action Committee.

The delegation still sought to place. their president in a recreation post previously filled, asked for a black on the recreation- commission (they have one, councilman Robert W. Scales), asked for, a representative on the housing board, Court Meets The Rutherford County Quarterly Court will meet Monday night at 7 P.M. at the. courthouse.

There are several- items on the agenda including a request for a budget change. 1-24 interchange, Jefferson Road, and- a possible report on the oft-reported bulldozer. Most court committee chair, man have not desigra specific -eports for the meeting. one year at a United States Navy camp on Graham Land, South Pole. It has been a long time ago 30 years for -7 ficials Saturday placed a price tag of at least $1.5 million on three weeks of antiwar demonstrations in the capital.

They said the total included clean-up and repair bills, police overtime and lost business. Emphasizing the estimte was preliminary, they said the bill could become larger when more complete figures becomes available later this month. The district's new nonvoting ietegate to Congress, Walter Fauntroy, called Friday for the fedaral government to foot the bill. He said the three largest demonstrations in Washington last year cost the city more than $1 million and, "the city government should no longer be burdened with these costs." Among the major costs: The Interior Department said it would spend -far salaries of park police, installa- tionuand maintenance of sanita-: "Vy facilities, and the cleaning up of tons of litter and repair of vanadlism at The Pentagon said it could not give an estimate immediately for thg cost of transporting 10,000 federal, troops to Washington, but a spokesman said troPs were moved into the area in May, 1970, and it cost $431,000. The District of Columbia government said one of its" biggest would be overtime pay for the city's 5,100 policemen, many of whom worked 14 to 16-hour shifts.

Between Monday and Wednesday, police made 10,800 arrests, and the protesters had to be housed and fed. The district's Superior Court' spent about $75,000 to run around-thepclock court sessions. Leonard Hickman of the "Hotel Association of Washington estimated 48 member hotels lost $250,000 in business during the threeweek periodm Capitol Hill tour guides, estimated the inflex of tourists had fallen off 50 per cent. The Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade estimated retail business dropped 50 per cent during the April 24 peace march. 114 Chapters Will Honor Henri Dunant Douglas Sparks, Chairman, of Rutherford County Red Cross Chapter has announced that 114 -national Red Cross societies will commemorate the 143rd anniversary of the birth of Henri Dunant today.

May 9 as "World Red Cross Born 1828. Dunant was instnr- -mental in the founding of the International Red Cross movement through active personal commitment which included the writing of the book "A Memory of The expression quoted in the book was used by the Italian women in treating all wounded alike following the fssS'T expressed the basis upon which the seed of this movement was planted, grew and continue (Continued on Page 3) -OOOOOOOOOOOOCKXX Deaths Miss Estelle Baird Warmuth Cunningham (See Obituaries on Page 3) oooooooooooooooo i 1 1 mbe Rafe Hearing Set May 19 In Nash vile P111 1 die "iKedi ir 1 1 l.ij Vergne be held May 19 at" 1:30 "p.m. In the TPS healing CL-110, Cordell Hull Building, according to Rep. John Bragg. The last rate hike granted the "company was October 28, 1970.

'The purpose of this hearing will be to determine the rpa- sonableness of the rate increase which was requested by Tennessee Telephone Company by petition, dated November 19. The present and proposed rates for "the Lavergne exchange are shown in the following Residence 1 Party, now want Residence 2 Party, now want Residence 4 Party, now S7.60; want Multi now wanf S7.60; Business 1 now want Business 2 Party, now $18.50: want $20.50 arid Business 4 Party, now want S16.0Q. Below ham Land. Hill met Admiral Byrd while visiting friends on the North Star. He was watching' some whales in the bay when some "one tapped him on the' arm and asked: "Who are yoiT'and what do you do?" He was the verge of passing a smart retort when he looked around and it was Admiral Byrd.

He remembers the tour of duty pleasantly and recalls that there were no problems of any kind. Despite the close quarters there were men billeted in a wooden barracks, made in Florida and taken to a far South area. He also recalls some weather. One time it got down to 176 below zero. That is cold enough to freeze a man's lungs in one breath.

it also climbed to a hot 50 degrees. Think of it. A varia- ffontinued on Page 3) Bell Calls ig Tod About 125.00 Cong Distance calls are expected to originate from the Middle Tennessee area this Sunday the day set aside to honor America's mothers." The estimate was made by W.II. Kingriocal "South Central Bell manager. be approximately a ten per; cent increase from "Mother's Day.

1970. Mother's Day rivals Christmas Day. as the "callingest" holiday of the year. By Douglas Sparks If you have a penchant for complaining about the weather you should talk to a local resident who knows Council indicated the requests 1 would be studied. Council" also heard a request for the City Planning Com- mission to rezone DroDertv at Vine and Hancock streets from medium density residential to local business.

A restaurant now occupies the property formerly occupied by the American Legion club. Council is restudying at the municipal airport calling for new hangars estimated at beacons and lights at landscaping and taxiway. There is $112 j89 in the budget and the bids totaled $129,685. The engineering fee is set at $9,077. The ejty attorney was directed to prepare a resolution seeking certain surplus land the cave across the road from the VA hospital.

Theicave was once used for (ContWd on Page 3) 17 6 0 Allen Street, remembers it almost as though it were last week. Mr, Hill is the kind of man who would remember for he has more than a passinginterest in many project gardening at home, working with a group to build a pioneer farm and exploration. He went back in 1939 on the Bear of Oakland, one of the supply ships for Admiral Richa'rd E. Byrd. It was a three masted schooner with an auxiliary engine to help her along.

Jt wasn't the kind of ship to take to the South Pole or as near as she could get but she went and came home. But be'fore she made the trip the navy began seeking men to make the trels they asked for cooks, commissary rteri men (who knew food and how to prepare it for food is a most importantadjunct to the men marooned in an icebound land. Four hundred applied and only four were selected. Six foot two and one-half inch Archie C- Hill, weighing 270 pounds and hailing from the warm climate of Decatur. was one of the four.

The Bear oif Oakland left Boston on November 27. 1939 heading South. She stopped at Norfolk and took on ten tons of ballast to keep her from rolling so badly, She stopped at the Panama "Canal for a few days and then headed for Little America. They arrived there on January I0T 1940.Thejr unloaded their supplies and then went to Chile to load on more supplies and go back again, this time to Gra- something about weather, those who are counting-having spent more than but Archie C. 'Hill, of A' COUNTY BUS ROUTES Mr.

Monho Pool points to on checked to serve Riverdole High School. The best early 6,000 miles per day on way. SOUTH POLE EXPLORER Archi C. Hill, holding gold mcdol presented to him after serving with Byrd'j Anarctic Expedition in 1939-1 941..