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SECTION 8 PAGES State, Regional and General News Society, Classified, Movies, Comics OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY MONDAY, JULY 2, 1962 Tii Owtniboro Messenger, 1 874 combined Jonuar, 1 iw. wffli THE OWENSBORO INQUIRER, 18M Merit System Helps Taxpayer And Workers 4 5 tit m. I I FRANKFORT' (AP) Kentucky taxpayers are getting more for the money going for public sal aries, thanks to the Merit System. Personnel Commissioner Walter R. Gattis said Sunday.

For Short While Sunday, About 200 People Brought Ghost Town To Life The reasons, he said, are be cause employment standards have been raised, competition is greater and better-qualified workers are consequently being hired, Gattis By GEORGE W. KACKETT After the-meeting broke up, "I saw a lot of people today I GHOST TOWN, Ky. (AP) For, Higbee and some members of his; haven't see for years," Higbee i New School Boss Hired As Contract Lapses GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) Heman H. McGuire mapped legal action Sunday to fight for his job as perintendent of Carter County schools.

The county Board of Education hired a new superintendent at a meeting Saturday night. He is said. a little while Sunday, more than i family 1 around the1 said. "And there were a few faces The. Merit System law, passed iUU persons breathed Me into a grounds, pointing out the sites of missins.

They are buried out in 1960, protects some 15,000 employes now from discriminatory three former churches, of the here." This was the 22nd annual reun hiring and firing practices. school and the blacksmith shop, of the grist mill on Otter Creek, and a once busy textile mill. town that no longer exists. All that remains of Garnetts-ville, located at the edge of Ft. Knox, is its cemetery.

Once a year it echoes the sound ion among the' weathered mark- State taxpayers, Gattis said, era. And, Higbee said, "I hope all have about $30 million invested in of us will be able to come back "The town was found in 1792 by on-the-job training. Much of the of children at play among the Gene 'Garnett," Higbee said next training investment was formerly tombstones. Their parents are lost because many employes were Ernest Robinson, 43, principal of nearby, talking about the good old AP Wirephoto lap of race. Randall was dead 1 Kentucky CAP Is Moving not kept long enough to reach a good level of performance.

an Ashland elementary school and a former Carter County teacher. days when Garnettsville was thriving community. Indianapolis type cars at Langhorne, Sunday. Randall, driving only two laps in relief, was pinned beneath his Vargo Special when the car flipped twice in first turn of the 61st DEATH ROLL Hugh Randall, of Louisville, hangs from seat of flipping race car in crash in which the 24-year-old driver was killed during running of 100-mile championship for The Merit System protects em on arrival at nearby Lawer Bucks County hospital. Race was won by veteran A.

J. Foyt The action was taken as Mc- AP Wirephoto NEW SUPERINTENDENT Ernest Robinson, 43, of Ashland has been hired to replace Heman H. McGuire as superintendent of Carter County Schools. ployes from discrimination on po Headquarters To Louisville Guire's contract ran out. It died in 1940 when the govern-! ment bought up the land and demolished the buildings in order litical, religious or racial grounds, of Houston, Tex.

But the superintendent claims and in return, they are forbidden he was given a four-year re planes and 50 flyers who failed to to hold public elected offices, hold newal of his contract, to run return. offices in political clubs or en to expand the Ft. Knox military reservation. "We had some thing," said H. D.

Higbee of Louisville, "and we By GEORGE W. HACKETT LEXINGTON (AP) As the airliner groped through the mountains, a passenger looked down at the desolate terrain and won through 19G6, by members of a former board last summer. Today, CAP members no longer bear arms. "We devote our time Truck Carrying gage actively in partisan politics. No curtailment is put on voting or discussion of political issues pri "I certainly feel that my con to flying, to rescue work, and to decided to meet once a year to dered: the kids," says Blevins, who is tract for the next four years is valid in every respect and I feel see if we could preserve that vately.

liaison officer for the Air Force Atom Material Under the system, applicants wonderful relationship." On the first Sunday of July peo- "If we crashed, how would they ever find us?" The Civil Air Patrol would be they had no legal authority to hire another superintendent," Mo Academy. Ten per cent of the academy's graduates have served pie gather among the tombstones, one of the first outfits alerted for jobs take examinations and, when a vacancy occurs, the three top-scoring applicants are certified to the requesting agency, which makes the final choice. some coming from as far as with CAP. CAP organized its first high Flips In State Birmingham, Ala. Guire said Sunday.

He said he and his attorneys would determine in the next day or two whether to file suit in Carter Circuit Court or federal court. since it handles 85 per cent of the search and rescue missions in Tables are piled high with food, school cadet squadron in the state this year, picking Dilce Combs I Memorial school near Hazard. everything that makes up a good BLOOMFIELD, Ky. (AP) A Sunday meal. truck carrying atomic material In any event, he said, a suit probably would not be filed until Youngsters received instructions After lunch, the board of direc tliis country.

All members are volunteers and more than 800 of them are active in Kentucky. They wear the Air Force uni Negroes In 5th overturned Sunday near Bloom- in aeronautics, navigation, weather, aerodynamics and rocketry, tors, of which Higbee is a member, holds its annual meeting. after a scheduled ouster hearing against him set for July 9. field but officials said there was no danger from the accident The driver, Jimmy Rice, 23, Madisonville, was hospitalized at The major topic of discussion form with special insignia but The ouster hearing is to be held providing they maintained a average in other classroom work. Day Of Cairo Sunday was a new lawnmower draw no pay, even though they despite the fact McGuire officially Louisvillian Hugh Randall Dies In Race LANGHORNE, Pa.

(AP)-Hugh Randall of Louisville, was killed Sunday when his car flipped over on the 59th lap of Langhorne Speedway's 100-mile championship for Indianapolis cars and drivers. The race was won by veteran A. J. Foyt, who led the whole way. Randall's car rolled over twice after swerving out of control on the first turn of Langhorne's circular mile dirt track.

The car landed upside down with Randall 6till in the seat He was dead on arrival at nearby Lower Bucks County Hospital. The 28-year-old Randall was in his second year of racing in events sanctioned by the United States Auto Club. He joined the USAC last year after several years of campaigning on smaller tracks. He was a favorite among fans at tracks in Louisville and Jef-fersonvUle and Salem, Ind. 1 I fV-V-''! 1 if' 4 -A p.

f'f may be away from their own jobs upon completion of a year training, cadets become eligible purchased during the year. "We got one with a bigger blade so it wouldn't take too long to cut Bardstown but reported to good condition. He suffered minor in for days on an errand of mercy, is out of the job and the deposed superintendent com "I never heard of anything like for a 10-day summer encampment "The only compensation we get Demonstrations juries. at one of the Air Force bases. that." State Police said the truck car off the grass," Higbee said.

The cemetery covers about 20 acres. They also compete for jet orien He said he did not feel such ried a tank of uranium hexa- is for oil and gas expended on an authorized flight," explains Col. Francis Blevins, commander of the Kentucky Wing. CAIRO, HI. (AP) Small groups a hearing is legal but he felt he tation flights and for trips overseas under the Foreign Exchange There also was an election of of Negroes attended various floride.

The accident, a mile west of Bloomfield, blocked U.S. 62, State Police said. Program. churches during morning services officers and the report on the should attend. His claim to a contract renewal will be the basis of court action.

nffn mil Trr Airy vrT i -ar Blevins admit none of this Sunday on the fifth consecutive i pockets to continue a search, by Officials at the Atomic Energy would be possible without "the day of demonstrations in this he said. Commission plant at Paducah an endowment fund in an Eliza- dedicated men and women who Southern Illinois city by the Cairo Board chairman Charles R. cancelled officially." were notified and dispatched make up our organization." Hatchett said it was decided to go Chapter of the Non-Violent Free- bethtow bank and from dona-dom Committee. itions of former residents. The 53-year-old veteran pilot crews to the 6cene.

A recovery He noted that the Corbin ahead with the ouster on advice currently is supervising the trans crew also was sent from Ports- AP Wirephoto was killed Sunday when his car flipped over on the 59th lap of a championship race for Indian- apolis cars and drivers. DRIVER KILLED Hugh Randall, Louisville, race car driver who was killed Sunday at Langhorne, is pictured here in a 1961 photo. Randall squadron recently erected its own They were ushered into sanctu- "We took up $300 today," Hig-aries of the churches and seated Me sai fer of headquarters from Lexing mouth, Ohio. TWKnlr! saifl headquarters from $800 worth of ton to Louisville. But he'll drop donated materials.

The building's appraised value is in excess of everything to talk about CAP and that even if the tank was1 Wlf son involved in the move out tna punctured there would be t.ntw nm what has been done since it was 59,000. formed in 1941, six days before danger to life or property from its er thing to do." contents. Hoosier Ex-Wave Braves Leeches In Swim Attempt Pearl Harbor. "Actually, we have two pur He did not elaborate. Robinson was hired at $10,000 without incident.

The organization had asked pastors for permission to make statements seeking financial and other support, but no such statements were made. James Cox, operator of Mack's Barbecue, the scene of several demonstrations last week, was soloist at services at the Presbyterian Church. Just after he finished singing a spiritual, three Latvian Girl To Enter Peace Corps From Ky. year for four years, to act as posesto save lives and to give teen-age boys and girls the basic inai project won service awards for the squadron headed by Capt. Hiram Begley, a World War II pilot who flew 25 missions before he was shot down over China.

What place do women have in the organization? Capt. Carol Wayner, comman The son of a Louisville dentist, tiie 6-foot-3 Randall was involved in another mishap earlier this year when his car blew up as he competed in a race at Trenton, N.J. He escaped serious injury the. Randall had been married about which she estimated will require superintendent and board secretary. His hiring climaxed a long MONTAUK, N.

Y. (AP) courageous, 27-year-old ex-Wave battled a swarm of blood-sucking 170 hours without rest or sleep, Wyaft Sends Letter To President Asking Tax Cut "Only this time, I intend to en school controversy in Carter Coun fundamentals for aviation and aerospace careers. We also introduce them to military discipline and courtesy." The program, carried out in every state, has returned remark leeches in the Atlantic Ocean for der of the Kenton County unit, is a good answer to that ques- ter the water at Southampton, a few miles south of here to avoid running into any more swarms of members of the sit-in group were ushered into the church. They included Mary McColium, LOUISVILLE (AP) Miss Emerita Latkovski knows what it is to be a refugee and the joy ty. Four members of the board which McGuire claims renewed his contract were ousted by the state Board of Education after charges of alleged misuse of three hours before giving up Saturday night in her attempt to swim 127 miles to Coney Island.

tion. of Nashville, a white of coming to a land of freedom. FRANKFORT (AP)-Lt. Gov. these leeches, or sea lice, as they able dividends.

No cadet, as far as national CAP headquarters knows, ever has been brought be one year. His wife, Louise, reportedly is expecting a child this month. Foyt, never threatened, pushed his big car to an average speed of 93.186 miles per hour. He was followed over the finish line by Parnelli Jones of Torrance, who had been third Wilson Wyatt sent a telegram to school funds. The new members Britt Sullivan, a native of Sell- are called," she said.

"I've got two jobs. One in Cincinnati where I earn a living and the other at my home in Erlanger where I have a CAP radio." Each evening, from 6 to 6:30, she's at President Kennedy Sunday urgingiwere by state paneL woman and field representative of now she pians to leave the Student Non-Violent Co-ordina-1 to to Unde Sam. tion Committee, and two Negro i Miss Latkovski and her family girls of high school age. Latvia when the Communists ersburg, said she had been jvuss auiiivan last year re- fore a juvenile court judge. Senior members, those over 18 years of age, do the actual flying in the water about five hours mained in the Ohio River almost an across-tne-Doara tax cut euec- tive July 1, 1962.

II Wyatt said this would expand OlU brfiPlCH rl3n The organization invited she saidi they lived in that radio monitoring messages. Carol took up flying in Texas Cairo ministers to a mass meet- a displacement camp in Germany when she swam into the leech patch 100 yards off the coast near here. 60 hours in a 134-mile swim from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, Ky. About 10:30 p.m. Saturday she and rescue work, using the CAP planes that are parked at airports from Ashland to Paducah.

"The state appropriates $10,000 ana move lorwara tne economy 01 Kentucky and the nation. until the 99th lap when he made his bid and passed Jim Hurtu-bise, Lennox, Calif, in a thrilling ing next Thursday night at which' for 51 years. the group's objectives will be ex- Her'father was. a foreign lan- because "all my friends were in CAP and I wanted to be with Dies In Smashup "They began to latch onto me was pulled from the water into The telegram, in part, read: I want to express to you climax. plained.

The letter of invitation jguages professor in Latvia and a year to keep our ships in top them. It was one of the best a boat that had been accompany aia not give tne precise time or holds the same post at BeUar-mechanical my strong belief that a general condition," Blevins' tilings that ever happened to me." By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky's 1962 highway death across-the-board tax cut for both Siys. Of the 55 cadets in the squadron, ing her. She said she felt her strength ebbing from the blood individuals and corporations would He has logged ,000 hours in Carol comments: "We're the best toll rose to 360 Sunday when a 31-year-old Cold Branch man was and before long hundreds of the leeches were biting onto every part of my body that was submerged," the swim instructor said on her return to shore. "Actually, this is a pretty place of the meeting.

jmine College in Louisville. I The organization has been using! Miss Latkovski still remembers the Cairo African Methodist, the bombings and the towns being Church as its local headquarters, burned when the Communists took over her native land. the air since 1927, holds command in the state. You'd better believe Hazard Firm Gets Contract To Renew Home Town Post Office be of tremendous benefit in moving the economy forward. and killed in an accident near Green it." pilot and commercial pilot ratings, and served as a flight in in creating confidence for con up.

All units in the state will be loss caused by the leech bites. A physical check later showed she was not otherwise seriously injured, she said. Miss Sullivan said she wants to State Police said 318 persons sumer buying. Whif pv fifv Rnv FirnwrK1 Now she is Ieaving h- structor in the Army Air Force i tested for their proficiency with- irimivj vii iw wivillirf were killed through the same date country she got her citizenship rrom J.aj3-is. in a few weeks when the Air slim excuse for halting my try," she said, "because I should have been prepared for any eventual "In order for it to be of maximum advantage to the economy of the country I am hopeful that papers in 1960 for another far- "Sometimes CAP uses other Force conducts a mock rescue away land, Somalia, in eastern methods to get the job mission for its auxiliary, CHICAGO (AP)-The General Services Administration announced Sunday the award of a 5353,620 contract to Smith and Brown Construction Hazard, for extension and moderniza- WHITLEY CITY, Ky.

(AP) Jimmie Thomas, 13, drowned Sunday in a pond near the Whitley Citv Hiffh School. Thp hnv. son make the swim to test and prove a new type of water survival system she has devised. last year. State Police said Jack Stewart was killed when his car crashed into a bridge spanning the Little Sandy River near Greenup.

Ainca. one wm go as a member done, colonel Blevins says. Last The Air Force's order will be you can see your way clear to recommending such a move to be of the Peace Corps, departine March the Lexmeton squadron Kt- ity." She said she will make another attempt Tuesday at the marathon effective July 1." spent two days collecting enough A plane dowil it of Mrs. June Thomas, fell from'July 12 "You control your heart and 100a am clothing to mi a 40-pas- Post Office at swim from the tip of Long Island; your mind in a certain way and a boat while fishing with two oth- Con of the U.S. Hazard.

to the Brooklyn amusement center you can do it," she asserted. er boys. The body was recovered. Learn-To-Swim Session To Start At senger bus, then sent it to flood-stricken areas at Frankfort and Ravenna. And it was another flood, the 1957 disaster in Eastern Kentucky, that launched one of the largest missions CAP has handled.

When rivers went on a rampage, two amateur radio opera- jSportscenter July 9 The second spssion of learn-to- tors members of the Hazard swim classes will start at the 'squadron were the. first to flash Sportscenter, Monday, July 9. En-; the word of their town's plight to rollment in this school is limited the outside world, to children who are seven years! The private helicopter of a Lex-old, or who have passed the first' higton member made the first suc-grade, through the age of 16. jcessful airlift of medical supplies J. Richard Gaw, manager of into the stricken town and other the Sportscenter, said registration CAP pilots followed with blood, for the class will be held on vaccine, and even elevator parts iwH, rtrw st v'Tui ,.,1 I 1lir.

Wednesday and Thursday of this 'for the hospital, week from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.j The radio operators remained Parents of children wanting to at their posts for 29 hours before learn to swim must register two CAP men arrived from Louis- The classes are held Monday jville to relieve mem. through Friday for two weeks.) Communication specialists like Starting time for the first group Lt. Col. George Carter take care will be 6:30 p.m.

the 154 radio stations scattered Qualified Red Cross instructors tliroughout Kentucky. Over half of will be on hand to give the are mobile, operating out of sons. There is no charge for the' planes or autos. course, except for the child's 23-j After World War broke out, cent admission fee to the pool. CAP's civilian pilots flew 24 mil- Gaw said the first beginners lion miles during 18 months of course started June 4.

Only 400 antisubmarine patrol, carrying learners can be accomodated dur-i bombs and depth charges in spe-ing the two-week period. He said' rial racks under the fuselage. S83 children sought admission to1 They spotted 173 subs and "ffi a ttt A -iii-ihi-iti 11 11 rii ii Mini a in i i i i i iminnn I I AP Wirephoto bell. The planes were diverted elsewhere and the troops were CAP COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS This is AP Wirephoto ter, deputy in charge of communications for CAP. The operator is First Lt.

George R. Plemmons. established at Louisville. Col. Francis Blevans, Wing Commander, stands left and with him is Lt CoL George B.

Car ON THEIR WAY AGAIN These are some of 1,600 paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division who boarded two special trains in Charleston W. Va. Saturday to return to their station at Ft. Campbell, Ky. Returning bom maneuvers near Elkins, W.

they were supposed to be picked up at Charleston Friday by C-130 planes ton; ea airlift back to Ft Camp, was 'bombed 57 of The assign- the radio room at Civil Air Pa- the first course and it stranded overnight, spending the tight in a park near. Charleston, decided to hold another one. jment cost a organization 80 tool wing headquarters being.