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MAY 1, 1968 SUN-DEMOCRAT, PADUCAH, KY. Communist World, Showing Strain, Displays Might BEY May THE ASSOCIATED. PRESS the lines i of strain in the face of the Communist world: while the armies and party chiefs of the Soviet Union and its hard-line friends. marched and denounced, Czechoslovakia's new liberal leadership joked and signed autographs. In Moscow, in East Berlin, in Warsaw the order of the day was of military strength and speeches condemning imperialism and the United States.

With the hard-line Stalinists gone from Prague's parade, party chief Alexander Dubcek used up one pencil signing bits of paper and fought to keep his head up under a barrage of flowers. There were no tough slogans and the atmosphere in Prague was that of country fair. But a young boy sitting on his father's shoulders carried a placard with a. reminder for the new leadership. It said: "Tell me the truth now so I don't have to get it when I'm grown up." Communist China was in a "holiday mood," a contrast to the mammoth hullabaloo of past celebrations, according to Japanese dispatches.

Hundreds of thousands marched to the Rockefeller Is Winner In Massachusetts setts who wasn't a candidate when the an upset write-in victory today Volpe on the Republican ballot in primary. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota, the only entrant on the Democratic ballot, captured slightly more than 50 per cent of the Democratic votes. Volpe, alone on the Republican ballot in a bid to enhance his chances for the vice presidential nomination trailed Rockefeller by about 1,000 votes in near-final returns.

Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon ran third, almost 5,000 votes behind Rockefeller. A new state law requires that all the state's 34 Republican delegate votes go to Rockefeller on the first ballot at the Republican National 1 Convention, and that all 72 Democratic votes go to McCarthy on the first ballot at. the Democratic convention. Trailing McCarthy on the Democratic ballot were, in order, Massachusetts native son Sen.

Robert Kennedy of New York, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, and President With 1,722 out of 1,734 precincts counted, the returns were: Republican: Rockefeller 908, Volpe 29,663, Nixon 26,021, McCarthy 9,501, Reagan 1,826, Kennedy 1,400. Democratic: McCarthy 416, Kennedy 64,662, Humphrey 41,934, Johnson 6,589. By PETER BREWER, Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP)-Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefeller of New York, polls opened Tuesday, scored over favorite! son Gov. John A. the Massachusetts presidential Career Day Planned At Lone Oak Joe White of Union Carbide will be the keynote speaker at the annual Career Day at Lone Oak High School on May 3. The program will open with a general assembly at 9 a.m. Charles Lindsay, the senior class president, will serve as master of ceremonies.

The a cappella choir will sing. Seven hundred and eighty students in grades 9 through 12 will participate. The subjects for the day in the order in which they will be presented are as follows: Accounting, agriculture, Air Force, airline stewardess, Army, architecture, drafting, art, college student panel, cosmetology; Elementary education, engineering, home economics, industrial arts, journalism, law, law enforcement, Marines, math and computers, modeling, Murray State University, music, Navy, nursing; Paducah Junior College, physical education and sports, science, secondary education, social work, technical careers: medicine; trade school, vocations in business. The first class will start at 9:40 a.m., the second at 10:30 a.m., the third at 11:20 a.m. Luncheon for the seniors their guests and the teachers is schedluted for 12:15 p.m.

J. C. Attebury Retired City Worker, Dies J. C. Attebury, retired employe of the Paducah Water Works, died at 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Lourdes Hospital at the age of 82. Mr. Attebury resided on Paducah Rt. 4 and was a member of Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church.

He moved here 52 years ago from Marshall County, and worked for the water company 34 years, retiring in 1946. His survivors include a son, Joe E. Attebury of Paducah; three daughters, Mrs. Lorena Gardner of Paducah Rt. 4, with whom he made his home, Mrs.

Eloise Beasley of Paducah and Mrs. Virginia Dacus of Gilbertsville Rt. 11 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Lindsey Funeral Chapel with Elder Arlie Larimer officiating.

Burial will be in Maplelawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Freight Train Kills Woman, Young Daughter SEBREE, Ky. (AP) A ster County woman and her sixyear-old daughter were killed Tuesday when they were struck by a. Louisville Nashville freight train, near here.

Webster County Sheriff Ray Cole identified the victims as Mrs. Bobby Paul, 23, and her daughter, Darlene, of Sebree. Authorities said the victims and two other persons were gathering vegetation along the railroad track when the train approached, The child was killed immediately and the mother died later at an Evansville, Ind. hospital. PAGE ELEVEN- A David Coker, President Of Local, Dies of brass bands in Peking, praising Chairman Mao Tse-tung, who was absent from the celebrations.

Ho Chi Minh, 77; "healthy according to a North Vietnamese broadcast, greeted celebrants Hanoi. For workers in many Communist countries throughout the world, there was a away from the job. May Day celebrated much. like the American Labor Day throughout areas of Latin America, Asia and Western Europe. From the reviewing stand the top of Lenin's Tomb in Square in Moscow, Soviet fense Minister Andrei' A.

Grechko told Russian troops the viet Union supports the Vietnamese Communists "to the most." Then he watched a 45-minute military parade that Western experts said showed littlewas new. There was a 100-foot long missile shaped like a pop bottle with a red cap, displayed for first time last Nov. 7. The official commentary said "its range and nuclear charge fantastic." Other flat-bed trucks carried aerial defense missiles like (those North the Soviet Union, supplies Vietnam, a massive rocket apparently, used launch the Fractional Orbital Bomb (FPBS) that the United States said was tested last year by the Soviets. Observers noted there were (ca Chinese attacks on whom this year Grechko on the had Red cused last year of hampering aid to the Communists in Vietnam.

East Berlin had its "little Square" parade with goose-stepping troops and Sovi4-made ritanks and missiles. Poland's Communist party leader, Wladyslaw Gomulka, shaken by an internal power struggle and demonstrations students in March, charged Americans of Polish origin more discriminated against the United States than Poles Jewish origin in Poland. Jews have been the main gets in a continuing purge within the Polish government, versities and Communist party. In South Vietnam, President Nguyen Van Thieu told a labor rally in Da Nang -that South Vietnam will never negotiate with the Viet Cong and will cede "even one centimeter" land to the North Vietnamese. In Tokyo, 24 militant students were arrested for staging unauthorized de monstration, while some 20,000 persons a Prime rally calling Minister for Eisaku of Sato's.

government. In Spain, the Franco regime massed its police and civil guards in Madrid and other dustrial cities to stop any show of anti-government sentiment. Joseph C. Reese, Obion County Farmer, Dies FULTON, May 1 Joseph Commodore Reese, 66, Obion County farmer, was found dead on his tractor about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home on Fulton Rt.

2. Death was apparently due to a heart attack. Born in Obion County, Reese lived most of his life there. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Latham, Tenn. Survivors are his wife, Mrs.

Clara Dell Allen Reese; three daughters, Mrs. Alonzo Johnson, Fulton, Mrs. Harold Sheridan, Martin, Tenn. Rt. 3, and Mrs.

Martha Ray, Kingston, two sons, Joseph Reese, Fulton Rt. 2, and Jackie Reese, Knoxville, and two sisters, Mrs. Florence Cantrell and Mrs. Allie Ross, both of Greenfield, Tenn. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Friends may call at Hornbeak Funeral Home. Mrs. Bradley, 67, La Center, Rites Thursday LA CENTER, May 1 Mrs. Cecil Bradley, 67, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Lourdes Hospital.

She was a member of the Ohio Valley Baptist Church here. Survivors include her husband, Dick Bradley; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Graves, La Center Rt. seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Jones Funeral Home here by the Rev. Ezra Thompson and the Rev. Billy Holt, with burial in the La Center Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Burl Watson, Bill Jones, Charles Elrod, Carl Fondaw, Joe Purcell "and Benny Graves. -(AP Wirephoto) AA ROCKET SHOWN IN PARADE--Among the military hard- is of the type supplied to North Vietnam for defense against ware the Soviet Union displayed in today's parade through American air Several types of missiles for aerial Red Square in Moscow was this antiaircraft rocket, which defense were shown in the annual May Day parade.

Field, Alumni Day Scheduled At Vocational School Here The 18th annual West Kentucky Vocational School Field Day and the 2nd annual Alumni Day will be held as a joint program again this year. The activities will begin on Friday at 2 p.m. when the Alumni Association will meet to discuss projects which were adopted at last year's inaugural meeting. It was decided at that meeting the alumni would assist the building of a swimming pool for the school and also help renovate the student center. A tour of the Kentucky Lake area is planned for the afternoon and the annual track and field meet will be held at Tilghman Memorial Stadium later in the afternoon and at night.

The track meet will feature more than 50 outstanding per- Educational TV Program May Begin In September The Kentucky Television network will go into operation about Sept. 9. Officials of the program estimate that '140 of the 199 school districts in the state will take advantage of the program immediately after it is put into operation. A coordinated effort throughout the state by public schools, universities and state agencies is preparing teachers for the effective use of the facility. The Kentucky Authority for Educational Television has released the list of available programs for the 1968-69 school year.

The following programs will be available for the primary grades: Mathematics (New Math) for grades 1, 2 and Language Arts, for grades 1 or Music, grades 1 or Science, grade 3, and Health and Science, grades 1, 2 and 3. the intermediate grades there will be Science (color), grade Science, grade 5 and Social Studies, grades 5 and Music (color), grades 5 and Foreign Language (Spanish), grades 3, 4, 5 or 6, and Language Arts, grades 5 or 6. For junior high there will be World Geography and Current Events, grade and Science, grades 7 and 8. For high school there will be American History, grade: 11. For in-service training there will be English Fact and Fancy, Social Studies 5, and Science 6.

Mrs. Gautie Henson a Dies In Greenville BENTON, May 1-Mrs. Gautie Henson, 92, of Greenville, formerly of Marshall County, died early today in a Greenville hospital. Mrs. Henson is survived by four sons, George Henson of Arkansas, Joe Henson of Michigan, Wilburn Henson of California and Paul Henson of Florida; a Henry 'Lovett Sr.

of Benton, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The body will be brought to Filbeck and Cann Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Nominees For State Parole Board Are Expected Friday FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) The Corrections Commission meets Friday and is expected to give Gov.

Louie. B. Nunn a list of nominees a vacancy on the state Parole Board. The vacancy was created by the retirement of Walter Ferguson, 65, of Union in Boone County, Ferguson served: 12 years on the board and also was with the Department of Welfare before World War II. RUSSIAN STEEL RUSSIAN STEEL NEW YORK Economists estimate that Russian steel production, which reached 102 million tons in 1967, is at the level lof U.S.

output a decade ago. David Otto Coker, 62, Illinois Central Railroad boilermaker, died at p.m. Tuesday at Western Baptist Hospital. A resident of 1030 Jackson Mr. Coker came here in 1927 from Water Valley, Miss.

Runeral sedvices will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Roth Funeral, Chapel with the Rev. T. L. McSwain and the Rev.

Harold Council officiating. Mr. Coker was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and Paducah Masonic Lodge No. 127. He was president of International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local Union, No.

137. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Vytrude Coker; his mother, Mrs. Pearl Coker of Water. Valley, a son, Bill L.

Coker of Washington, D.C.; a brother, Koma Coker of Memphis; a sister, Mrs. Roy French of Coffeeville, and two grandchildren, Miss Karen Gail Coker and David Wayne Coker, both of Washington, D. C. Masonic graveside. rites will be conducted at Mt.

Kenton Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Raymond Belcher, Victor Robinson, Bill Parks, Jack Calvin, Paul Kuykendall and Thomas Robinson. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Byrd, Harry Byrd, Carl Wilkins, Bill Wilkins, Lloyd Cruse and Ted Mungle. Friends may call at the funeral home. Big Battle Rages In Vietnam During the first year of operation, all of the programs will be collected from other institutions.

During the next year, the state will begin to produce programs of its own. The transmitters and ETV center will be located in Lexington. Within a year, officials expect to have an educational staff of seven. Dr. Price Is Elected By Chapter MURRAY, May 1-Dr.

Joseph E. Price, associate professor of English at Murray State University, has been elected president of the university chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Chosen vice president was Dr. Wayne Beasley, associate protessor of history. Miss Lynda Beemer, instructor of psychology, was named secretary.

The new officers will be installed Thursday night at a dinner meeting of the chapter. Dr. Price, who received his Ph.D. last summer from the University of Tennessee, is a native of Charlotte, N.C. On the Murray State faculty since 1964, Dr.

Price formerly taught at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. A Baptist minister, Dr. Price earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His BA degree is from Wake Forest and MA from Yale University. Dr.

and Mrs. Price, the parents of two children, live at 1109 Circarama Dr. in Murray. Mrs. Price is employed in the Placement office at Murray State.

William Hobgood, 52, Benton, Dies BENTON, May 1 William B. Hobgood, 52, 218 W. 9th died at noon Tuesday at Drakesboro, Ky. Hobgood was an electrician at the Paradise Steam Plant. He was a member of the First Missionary Baptist Church.

He was a veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Mary. Hobgood; his mother, Mrs. May Hobgood, Calverthe City; three sons, Jerry Hobgood and Glen Thomas Hobgood, both of Benton Rt. 7, and Hobgood, Benton; two sisters, Mrs.

Geneva Berswill, Elmhurst, and Mrs. Dalton Loyd, Killeen, Texas, and -two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m, Thursday at Collier Funeral Chapel with the Rev. J. Frank Young and the Rev.

Calvin Wilkins officiating. Burial will be in the Benton Cemetery. Matthew Unit Schedules Meet, The Bible Study Group of St. Matthew Lutheran Church will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. The discussion "Saints Together as Responsible Christians" will be led by Mrs.

John Vannerson. Members and friends are invited. formers from several schools competing in all of the regular college events with the exception of the pole vault. Friday's activities will be highlighted with the alumni dance, which, will begin at 9 p.m. at Jaycee Civic Center.

Saturday will present multiple activities for those attending. An open house at the school, several band performances, and a complete carnival will be included in the events of the day. Also on Saturday is the alumni barbecue, crowning of Miss West Kentucky, and the Coronation Ball. Contestants for the title of Miss West Kentucky the Miss Pearlie Williams, Miss Julie Jackson, Miss Theresa Mutchum, Miss Sharon Winmon, Miss Mildred Collier, Miss Mary Nichols, Miss Belinda Smiley, Miss Jeniffer Reynolds, Miss Rochelle Frazier, Miss Doris Richardson, Miss Alice Clay, Miss Diane Hogan, and Miss Shirley Each of the contestants represents a department of the school. Most of the girls represent their own department, but the allmale departments were allowed to choose a representative from another department.

The alumni i breakfast in the dining room of the Technical Building at 9 a.m. Sunday will signal the end of the activities. All alumni of the school are asked to contact Mrs. Barbara Young (442-5562), Mrs. Lettie McCory (443-8846 or 443-7442), or Mrs.

Manieta Smith (442-2921). "It is urgent that the alumni contact one of these persons as soon as possible," a spokesman for the school reported. Inmate Walks Away From Work Detail EDDYVILLE, May 1 Herbert Brown, 41, is the object of a manhunt by state and local law enforcement officers here today after he walked away a work detail from the Kentucky State Penitentiary. Brown was reported missing from a detail that was working in the old cemetery in Old Eddyville: A spokesman for the penitentiary said Brown walked away from the detail at about 9:15 a.m. He is described as a white male, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds.

He has black hair and hazel eyes. Prison officials reported Brown was serving a two-year term for forgery. He is from Somerset, and had been at Eddyville. since December of 1967. A prison spokesman said Brown's sentence would have expired in June of 1969, and that was scheduled for, a parole hearing in June of this year.

Mrs. Simpson Dies; Rites Set Mrs. Guin Simpson, wife of Donald D. Simpson, a Paducah insurance adjuster, died at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday at Lourdes pital.

A native of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson moved here 14 years ago. They resided at 1415 Lone Oak Road. Beside her husband, survivors include her mother, Mrs.

Frances. Heater of Paducah. Friends may call at Lindsey Funeral Home tonight. The body will be sent to Welsheimer Funeral Home in South Bend, Thursday morning. Funeral services are sched-100F uled there Friday with burial in St.

Joseph Memorial CemeItery in South Bend, By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP) Fighting raged today for the third straight day in the northeast corner of South Vietnam, U.S. and South Vietnamese troops reported killing 61 of the enemy in the past two days. Military spokesman said 43 Americans were killed and 221 wounded in heavy fighting Tuesday. The South Vietnamese lost six killed and 17 wounded. Allied casualties in two days.

of fighting in this sector totaled 60 killed and 279 wounded. Military spokesmen said units of the U.S. 3rd Marine Division and South Vietnamese infantrymen regained contact about noon with a sizable North. Vietnamese force near the -Marine division's headquarters at Dong Ha. U.S.

fighter-bombers and artillery were pounding the enemy positions. It appeared that the Communist command might be shifting pressure to South Vietnam's northeast corner from the northwestern section, where the U.S. Marine combat base at Khe Sanh was under siege for 77 days earlier this year. The Marines and government troops fought day-long battles Tuesday as they swept the northeast seacoast to take pressure off allied bases just below the demilitarized zone and off their land supply line, Highway 1. The allied forces are operating within a mile of each other and about nine miles below the eastern flank of DMZ.

Paducahan Is Hurt In Crash Orville D. Jordon of 1535 N. 13th St. was treated at Lourdes Hospital Tuesday after being involved in a truck-motorcycle accident at the intersection of 9th Street and Kentucky Ave. at about noon.

Jordon was the operator the motorcycle. The truck was driven by Clarence C. Ellinger of 168 Clements St. Ellinger told police he started to make a left turn and not see the motorcycle. Jordon told police he tried to avoid the accident, swerved too late.

Police measured the motorcycle feet skid prior marks to the at point of impact. No citations were issued by the investigating officers. Mrs. Powell Rites Planned Funeral services for Mrs. Nora White Powell, 76, 1001 S.

5th who died at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at Lourdes Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lindsey Funeral Chapel with the Rev. George T. Archer officiating.

Burial will be in Highland Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Howard Clark, James Hurst, Charles Warren, Max Sanders, David and 1 Bea Adams. Friends may call at the funeral home. Mrs. Salzmann, 93, Golconda, Dies GOLCONDA, May Mrs.

Lucinda Salzmann, 93, of Golconda, died Monday evening in a hospital at Anna, Ill. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Davis, Golconda. Funeral services will 'be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hoffman Funeral Home in Golconda with the Rev.

Dean 'Schmidt officiatling. Burial will be in Golconda Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon WednesIday, I Grand Jury Handed Case Ray Followay of 412 Ashbrook was ordered to be bound over to the grand jury today in a closed session of City Court on a charge of molesting and engaging in indecent practices with infants. City Judge Tyler Bourne dered Followay held to the grand jury after hearing testimony in the case that involves two girls three and four years old. Followay was released on his own recognizance until after the grand jury acts on his case.

Camera, Cash, Lamp Stolen Department Store Named In Suit Here A woman who allegedly fell while riding an escalator has filed suit against a downtown store here. Maxine Beale is seeking to recover $6,000 for damages she claims to have incurred on May 2, 1967 at the J.C. Penney Co. plaintiff asserts in her suit she caught her clothing on a nail, screw or other metal strip as she was in the process of descending from the second floor of the department store. She claims it caused her to lose her balance, fall and injure herself permanently.

The woman claims the store had negligently affixed or permitted to remain affixed the object which caused her to fall. As a direct result, the plaintiff asserts, she sustained permanent injuries that have decreased her power to earn money and that she has lost wages and earnings. She further claims she has suffered pain of mind and body and has incurred medical expenses which will continue. C. A.

LeVan, 60, Rites Are Held Funeral services for. Charles A. LeVan, 60, who died Monday at his home on Contest were held today at 1 p.m. at Lindsey Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Joe Gardner officiating.

Burial was in Woodlown orial Gardens. Mr. LeVan, a painter and carpenter, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah LeVan of Detroit, two brothers, Ben LeVan of Detroit and John LeVan of Paducah, and four sisters, Mrs. Betty Hanson of Tucson, Mrs.

Peggy James and Mrs. Alton Settles, both of Paducah, and Mrs. Leonard Cope of Benton. Pallbearers were Bill Hastings, Fayet. Grief, James Waddell, Dave Sawyer, David Kepner and Paul J.

Kortz. I Bob Harris of 1107 Old Road reported to someone stole a camera car while it was parked LeNeave Parking Lot afternoon. Harris told police that parked in the lot at about and returned to' the hours later and the valued at $125, was missing. the car was not locked. Police records also Hoskins Coin Shop at 5th.

St. was broken into p.m. Tuesday. The was entered after the was forced open. A amount of cash was taken.

The State Farm Insurance at 8th and Jefferson was entered. The occured at about 2:30 a.m. Police records showed window had been smashed lamp was stolen from building. Mrs. Wyatt, 59, Marshall, Dies BENTON, May 1-Mrs.

Marguerite Wyatt, 59, of Benton Rt. 6, died at 9:55 p.m. Tuesday, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Survivors include her husband, William Wyatt, Benton Rt. one daughter, Mrs.

Tommy Story, Calvert City Rt. one son, Billy Carroll Ethridge, Meridian, two sisters, Mrs. E. G. Moffett and Mrs.

Ernest Null, both of Meridian; two brothers, James E. Coleman, San Francisco, and John Louis Coleman, Meridian; seven grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held lat 2 p.m. Thursday at Linn FuIneral Chapel. The Rev.

James Calhoun will officiate and burial will be in Maple Springs Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Dewey Watson, 69, Burna, Dies BURNA, May 1-Dewey Watson, 69, died at 11 a.m. today at Crittenden County Hospital in Marion. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.

Lala, Watson, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Boyd Funeral Chapel in Salam by the Rev. J. W.

Hansen, with burial in Hampton Cemetery. Maypolice from in Tues- he 3:15 car camera, He showed 501 about buildrear small reported ofStreets incident toa and the.

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