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a if is is victory in more of includ- cam- prob- run was in of a he in the his Barry from block able ting was winning national a charges in Goldwater 111 single congressional a on A from is 1s "nay. as or will losalist but is have to is votes to expected 50 is measure Sen race. from been con- call Re- 1 far to of Up 1,30 June 8, 1964 ALABAMA JOURNAL 11 W.J. MAHONEY. "An sense" is Montgomery six visiting as many They are a year, experiment in common spending today in in the persons of newspapermen from foreign countries.

in the United States dividing their time between, travel, practical newspaper experience, and academic work at Macalester College, St. Paul Minn. "Did you ever hear of. Lafcadio Hearn?" I asked Kiyoshi Ohta, a reporter on MAHONEY Mainichi Shimbum, Tokyo, a daily newspaper with one of the largest circulations in the world. "Every school child in Japan has heard of him," he responded.

"He is studied in the schools of Japan, as you Americans might one of the Western classicists." Lafcadio Hearn, 75 years ago a reporter on the old New Orleans Item, is remembered in this country primarily because of his essays written when he was on a roving Caribbean assignment for Harper's and Century. Native of a Greek island in the Aegean, he later went to Japan, married a Japanese girl, became a naturalized citizen of Japan, and, though most biographies hint he lived happily ever after, he didn't! Bound For Burma Kingdom Swayne of the State Department, an authority on Japan and that nation's language, who will be on his way within the week from the Air University at Maxwell to Burma, told about Hearn's disillusionment. Swayne, a career diplomat who was interpreter when Japan's Crown Prince visited the White House, recalled that when the royal visitor inquired after President Eisenhower's health, the First Lady responded: "Excellent!" A typi cal American gesture of "knocking wood" after her boast is difficult to explain to an inquisitive oriental, he added. The conversation took place last night in the home of the Robert F. Henrys, hosts at a other Claudio Escriparty honoring, the six.

The bano, La Nacion, Buenos Aires; Richard Sunder, Agence Centrale de Presse, Paris; Dennis Kennedy, Belfast Telegraph, Ireland's largest daily; Orhan Duru, Ulus, Ankara's leading daily; Jon H. Magnusson, the newspaper Timinn, Reykjavik, Iceland. Foreign Uniforms "Every nation that has once been a colony is acutely aware of foreign uniforms," Jon Magnusson, the Icelandic visitor said, in explaining the seeming hostility of that nation for us. Gen. "Del" Pritchard, married to a Montgomery girl and now at Eglin, was made the sacrificial target of that feeling some ago.

"And it was unnecessary," Magnusson said. He compared the quartering of 5,000 American soldiers in Iceland to the location of half a million foreign troops in the United States. The Buenos Aires newspaperman was interested in the fact that I'd once met Peron, their former dictator. Hearing Peron's personality described as he observed: "They all have something, or they wouldn't rise to the position of their nation's head." He agreed that Jimenez, onetime Venezuelan dictator, who was in the Dominican Republic at the same time as Peron, was a contrasting personality, with "something else." Local Guest List Other guests at the Henrys' party last night were Huntingdon's Claude M. Reaves with Mrs.

Reaves and their daughter; the Fred Whites, the D. Eugene Loes, the Wallace Tidmores, the Bob Henrys the Royce Kershaws, Lawrence Browder, Ambassador a y- Thurston and Mrs. Thurston, the Andres Olivers (Maxand Owens (Col. well Hospital's, chief surgeon), Owens is vice commandant at the Allied Officers School) and the Burns Bennetts. The six newspapermen from abroad arrived earlier Sunday from Columbus, Ga.

They were to be Rotary guests today but will leave for Jackson, too early tomorrow to attend the Kiwanis luncheon. Traveling by station wagon, this tour will take them on a leisurely jaunt to the Pacific coast and back. They were keenly disappointed to miss meeting Gov. George C. Wallace, who is out of town.

Church Names Pulpit Group The First Presbyterian Church has appointed a pulpit committee to find a replacement for their pastor, Dr. T. Russell Nunan, who will leave July 1 to become executive secretary of the New Orleans, Presbytery. Committee members appointed Sunday are James J. Carter, James Shepard, Ralph Phillips, James W.

Fuller Mrs. Arthur D. Dukes, Mrs. T. Murray Stowers, and Meade Guy.

SEATED, SHEILA DARBY, TOYE DOUBLASS Standing, Sue Leverett, Pat Honea MARY ANN RECEIVES COMMISSION Auburn Coed Snaps To Salute Capt. F. Local Coed Becomes Navy Ensign Via Auburn AUBURN Auburn Univer-, sity commissioned its first ensign in the WAVES, women's auxiliary to the U.S. Navy, durhere last week for all military branches. She is petite Mary Ann Hare Ensign Hare now formerly of Mobile and presently of Montgomery.

Two Persons Suing City Over Falls Two damages suits have been filed in Circuit Court against the city, one joining Alabama Gas by persons claiming injury after falling into holes in the streets. Loyal Weldon is seeking 000 from the city because of an alleged defect in a sidewalk on Molton Street which he said caused him to fall. Accrding to Weldon's complaint, he suffered a sprained ankle, strained his back, and received injury to his nervous system. The fall occurred June 5, 1963. The city is charged with negligence.

A suit for $25,000 has been brought by Frank N. Johnston against the city and Alabama Gas Corp. Both defendants are accused of negligence. complaint that was riding Johnston said hen his bill of his motorcycle on Jefferson Street near the N. Decatur Street intersection on Feb.

15 when he fell into a hole three feet square and five inches deep. He said he was thrown from his motorcycle causing injury to a knee, a wrenched back and shock to his nerves. The hole in the street was at a point where an underground gas line is located, according to Johnston. Damages also are claimed for a fall April 7 at the plaintiff's place of business said to have resulted from incomplete healing of the previous injury and a weakness in one leg. Board To Review Church Request The City Board of Adjustment will review today a previously rejected request by the Church of God to use a two-unit apartment at 1836 Park Place as a residence and a church.

The 50-member branch of the Church of God was turned down last month when they submitted a petition for the residence. City board members will review a 23-item agenda of requests in today's scheduled meeting. SCHOOL PROBLEMS Becky Taylor, Kathy Man Fined $50 For Firearms IN NAVY L. Curtis A 56-year-old Negro man was fined $50 and costs by Judge Eugene Loe today in Recorder's Court on charges of discharging firearms in the city limits. Rufus Barnes, 1106 Chevy pleaded guilty to the charge, saying he fired a .38 caliber pistol at a Negro woman following an argument.

The woman wasn't hit by the shot and the defendant claimed that he shot to scare her. In other action, John Webb, 45, of 628 Maggie was fined $100 and costs on charges of assault and battery. Lewis Ashley testified the defendant struck him repeatedly in the face and body. Robert Henderson, 50, of 1294 N. McDonough was fined $50 and costs on his plea of guilty to hitting another Negro man on the head with a club.

Aaron Execution Set For Friday Drewey Aaron a Negro sentenced to death in 1962 for rape, was scheduled to be executed here Friday, Gov. George Wallace's office said Monday. However, legal sources said papers to gain a new reprieve for the Montgomery County Negro were expected to be completed in time to postpone the death penalty. The scheduled execution of James W. Coburn of Dallas County, set for June 5, was postponed last week by Wallace until Aug.

7. Coburn was given the death penalty for the of a Selma woman in 1960. He was convicted of the robbery charge and was not tried for murder. C. H.

Mooney Dies Funeral services are sched-1 uled Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Atlanta, for Charles H. Mooney, 62, engineer in charge of quality control for Kershaw Manufacturing who died Saturday after an extended illness. A native of Atlanta, he graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology and moved to Birmingham where he was employed by Stockham Pipe Fitting Gulf Oil Co. and later was employed in Meridian, Pensacola, Fla ARE THE TOPIC Kathy Couric in Huddle 250 Delegates Girls By CAROL FISHBURNE Delegates to Girls' State at Huntingdon College continued their governmental tasks this morning with an emphasis on local politics.

The representatives from high schools throughout the state Bombed Church Rebuilt; Holds First Service By COLIN BARRETT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) The doors of the 16th Street Baptist Church opened for worship services Sunday for the first time since a bomb killed four young Negro girls and injured 19 other members of the congregation. Kids Not Back Some of the members wept. Some smiled. Many embraced as if they had not seen each other in a long time, perhaps since they worshiped together on that terrible Sunday almost nine months ago.

Attendance at Sunday School was a little below normal, but the renovated sanctuary was almost filled for the regular worship service. "Some of the kids have not come back yet," said Mrs. Clevon Phillips, who was teaching Sunday School when the bomb exploded. "Their parents are afraid to let them come back," she said. A glass-encased sign in front of the church read "Sept.

15, 1963." That was the date of the bombing and police still have made no arrests despite an intensive investigation. Sanctuary Remodeled "The church looks very different," very beautiful," said Deacon Claude Wesley. The sanctuary has been remodeled since he was there last, on that day when the bomb went off. Cynthia, Wesley's young daughter, died in the blast. So did three other girls, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair and Carole Robertson.

There are new stained-glass windows in the church, and new paneling in the sanctuary. The basement has been remodeled. All this was damaged when the bomb exploded. The Rev. John H.

Cross baptized 14 persons, 12 of them the new members of congregation. The Rev. H. 0. Hester, a white clergyman who is secretary of the Department of Missions of the Alabama Baptist Convention, gave the sermon.

Neither mentioned the bomb. The doors of the church were locked when the last of the congregation departed Sunday. At about 6 p.m. a Negro opened a back door and sat by it. Man Dies Here On Mercy Flight A mercy mission ended unsuccessfully today when the patient-Cleo Fleming, 53, of Chipley, Fla refueling died stop during at a helicon- Maxwell AFB.

The mission started about 2 a.m. today when Ft. Rucker received a call for help from a hospital where Bonifay, lay the patient near death from injuries received in a traffic accident. Authorities said he to be had taken to University Hospital in Birmingham. The helicopter was dispatched soon as as light permitted and picked up Fleming about 6 a.m.

But Fleming died during rea at Maxwell. fueling stop TEEN-AGE TYPING Special Summer Classes Beginning Each Monday In JUNE and JULY also Classes Offered In SPEEDWRITING CHARN ENROLL NOW For Your Favorite Schedule Modern Business Academy 78 Commerce St. AIR CONDITIONED 262-7650 MONTGOMERY DELEGATES CONFER AT GIRLS STATE Gayla Little, Betty Armistead, Katrina Romeo, Junith Smitherman Turn To Local Problems At Huntingdon Convention Staters Set Up 7 'Cities' heard John Watkins, attorney for the Alabama League of Municipalities, explain various aspects of municipal functioning before the girls adjourned to set up seven "cities" of their own. Watkins emphasized the importance of local government ment comes closest to to the young legislators. It is democratic form.

in municipal government, the "Take part in the attorney said, that the individ- our local government." ual citizen has the most right urged the delegates and power to take part in gov- morning session. "It is ernmental processes. and it is nerstone of our system here that America's govern- ernment. Municipal PABAMA JOURNAL City Page Montgomery Area Nevs Liability Policy Voided By Judge Due To Fraud By JUDITH R. HELMS A federal court has declared void an insurance policy issued by Midland National Life Insurance due to fraud on the part of an independent agent.

Midland had sought a declaratory judgment in U. S. District Court against defendants D. R. Jernigan, Jim Harris, Aubrey Sikes individually and as administrator of the estate of Dollie Sikes, and Transamerican Insurance Co.

At issue was a policy for liability insurance, the application for which was mailed to the company by independent insurance agent Park Smith of Greenville as agent for Jernigan. U. S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr.

said that evidence in the case revealed that Smith mailed the application on July 30, 1963, some four hours after Harris, an agent of Jernigan, was involved in a highway accident in which Dollie Sikes was killed. Smith knew of the accident. the opinion stated, and requested that the effective date of the policy be July 28. "Park Smith fraudulently -dated the application. and fraudulently misrepresented and suppressed the fact that the subject truck had already been involved in an accident that resulted in the death of Dollie Sikes," he said.

The policy was void when it was issued, the judge's opinion continued, as it was obtained after loss had accrued. There was no evidence that the plaintiff recognized the validity of the policy after it had knowledge of the accident. Johnson, in issuing the judgment, discharged Transamerican Insurance Co. as a party, directed that Midland pay to Jernigan $428.23 premium paid on the policy, and ordered that court costs be taxed against Smith. The case previously had gone to a federal court jury on special interrogatories as to facts the matter.

Redistricting Wou'd Hurt The GOP By WILLIAM O. BRYANT United Press International Gov. George C. Wallace, ably the most popular Democrat in faced with Alabama, today problem and any way you spell it it comes out GOP The Republican state convention which ended Saturday nominated eight congressional candidates expected to give Democrats their toughest battle since Reconstruction Days. The strongest Gadsden businessman Jim Martin who came within 6.000 votes of unseating veteran Sen.

Lister Hill 1962. Without congressional redis- Martin, for example. sidered to have a good chance of statewide But if the state redistricted, opponent would be George Hawkins, president tem pro the state Senate, and Martin's chances would diminish. Republicans, on the other hand. would probably try to any redistricting taking effect until after this year's vote in November.

Wallace's problem the special session face pos- tricting, the congressional ocrats that he aiding the paign will be statewide and large unified Republican and Many Democrats conservative vote could give redistricting Martin and possible been no word there has the GOP candidates November. However, Wallace were to call a special session the governor. decision expected soon because if the legislature to meet, it is have this summer. legislature and redistricting1 The Republican convention, accomplished in time, the Re- largest Alabama pledged the state's 20 at publicans would have to the convention head-to-head with the individual Democratic candidates. It done voice vote a ing six incumbents.

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He explained that he felt that this form was able 1 to be 111 closer contact with the people. He also pointed out that the mayor-council form was the most frequently used form among Alabama municipalities. Following Watkin's talk, the delegates returned to their in this case different floors of the campus dormitories-to name their municipalities, choose a form of government, elect officials, and set up local ordinances. Also at work this morning were leaders of the two political parties, the Blue and the Golds, who were formulating their party, platforms. Candidates for state and county offices were also busy campaignling to woo the voters to their party.

Continuing activities this afternoon, the emphasis will swing to county government. Judge Winston Stewart, executive secretary of the Association of County Commissioners, will address the some 250 high school delegates here for the annual American Legion Auxiliarysponsored meeting, a laboratory in practical government. Later tonight Judge James S. Coleman, associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, will talk about the two party system of government. Campaign speeches and party caulcuses will continue through the afternoon and evening sessions also.

With a winsome smile, she tripped across the stage at Langdon Hall with other candidates-all male for commissions in the Navy, Army and Air Force, saluted Capt. F. L. Curtis, professor of naval science, and slipped the traditional dollar to the first enlisted man to salute her. Wearing matching smiles were her parents, Maj.

and Mrs. Percy R. Hare of 3239 Gilmer Avenue in Montgomery. Maj. Hare, retired Air Force officer, couldn't have been prouder if she had been commissioned in his own branch of service, he admitted.

Ensign Hare attended her first year of college at Spring Hill, transferring here for the final three where she carried a double major in English and foreign languages. After receiving the bachelor's degree at graduation exercises, she reports to Newport, R.I. for two years of active duty. The military routine will not be new to her. She spent eight weeks last in Officers Candidate summer, has attended regular reserve officer drills in the past few months in Montgomery.

Death Claims Mrs. Epperson, Former Resident Funeral will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery at Clarksville, for Mrs. Lulu Bringhurst Epperson, former resident of Montgomery who died Sunday at the home of her son-in-law land daughter, the Rev. and Mrs.

Henry J. McGehee of Summit, Miss. Mrs. Epperson was born in Clarksville Nov. 16.

1870. She lived in Montgomery for over 20 years. She was a communicant of the Episcopal Church and was a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She also held membership in the Mayflower Society and in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs.

Epperson is survived by her daughter, Mrs. J. Clvde Seale of Montgomery, with whom she made her home until 1959; four grandchildren, William Bringhurst McGehee of Asheville, N. Mrs. Lou McGehee Ball of Summit, James Clyde Seale and Mrs.

Paul B. Fields both of Montgomery; four great-grandson. and three sisters, and one great grand. S. Booton of Pulaski, Mrs.

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