Alabama Journal from Montgomery, Alabama • 13

If State Bill Passes 71 i It 7 0 Or Cify Saes I axes J' fj I Passive of the proposed law, i slicing exemptions from the state sales tax would create thorny; bookkeeping problems for mcr-' chants in Alabama cities. Ed ing a sales lax of their own. he exemptions back into conformity added villi the proposed state law, The county sales tax which, Ami although Reid didn't s.iy would present the same hook- so. the bother of changing city keeping problem as the city onli anil county laws would be justi-nnnces is passed as a local lied from a fiscal standpoint, legislative act Removal of exemptions will FIVE ACTS I mean increased revenue from the Therefore, Reid said, five sepa-j local taxes in the same propnr-rate legislative acts would be' lion as that expected at the state required to bring the county tax, level. cate sets of account books one for the state tax and another for the city.

To prevent the duplication in bookkeeping. Reid said, "it seems reasonable to assume the cities will continue to parallel the state exemptions if the proposed change passed." A difterent procedure will be required in the five counties hav 3 t. 1 E. Reid said today, lU'id, director of ilie Alabama: League of Municipalities, said he expects the cities having local sales lax ordinances will amend them if the state law passes "The 5() cities with a local sales tax wrote their ordinances to "II 1 LANIER SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES parallel the state law to make it easier for businesses to report It he tax due the city," Reid said "This means the ordinances in-' elude the same exemptions listed in the state law." DUPLICATE HOOKS 1 Unless the exemptions remain the same, he explained, merchants would lie forced to keep dupli Blackmon, Janice Marie Kelly, Charles Franklin Kelley, John Portis Russell Lloyd Nawrocki, John L. Stevens, George Duncan Cherry.

Lamar Noble, Peter Blackwell Mastin III. Robert Clayton Massey, and Daniel Ronald Talley. Also graduating, but not shown, are Virgil Stuart McKinney, Mary Jane Nolen, and Lewis Edwin Tyus. (Journal Staff Photo by Haywood Paravicini). A total of 25 students received diplomas this morning as Sidney Lanirr High held summer school graduation exercises.

They are (left to right) Sandra Gail Brown, Lillian Joyce Livingston, Myrtle Annette Moseley, Patricia Cydney Lanier, Margaret Annette Shepherd, Elizabeth Annette Myers, Lloyd Winston Wells, Katherine Ann Byrd. Sarah Katherine Smith, Mamie Carolyn Johnson. Rorincv Vann, Arthur Moore ks (o) (2) fDOUDIfiieU ALABAMA JOURNA A Economic Variance Is Cited UJ LATEST LOCAL NEWS 0 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 Is 7T" I r-sir It ft 'I -h rv-3 Montgomery television station WCOV has re(tiested the Federal Communications Commission to reassign the station on a very high frequency channel. The commission today invited comments nn th proposed channel change which would give the city its second V1IF facility. The WCOV proposal before the federal agency specifically asks that the commission take Channel 8 from Selma and assign it to WCOV.

There is no television sta- tion in Selma, but a channel is; si i NEW STAR Deputy James Dukr applies a new Identili ration emblem to a Montgomery County Sheriff's Dept. prow ear. The six-starred insignia, desi fined by Duke, III be used on nil mi In the deparment. Incoming Commission Ponders Family Court Plan In Private assigned. At present WCOV-TV is operating under ultra high frequency, Channel 20.

The other television station here. WSKA. has VIIF. Channel 12. WCOV contends that having a CHF channel puts it at an economic disadvantage.

Whenever a city has a t'HF and a VIIF chan c7 lit )A nel, national advertisers give A statement will be released live approval. However, custom die ales that local hills preference to the VIIF i on the new City Com- Cei oi ge iRubbat Railey Jr. is op- will not be introduced without usually reaches lurther. i mission's stand on the propoM'd posed to the plan and lcgislalhciiinauimou.s consent of the local I The F'CC has in the past sought to equalize advantages by making establishment of a family court JIT.J" in Montgomery County. 1,,,.., cities ill-UHF or all-VHF markets, i Commissioner Frank W.

ParksTVt tmtU ADernaTnV 3J GRADUATE AT LEE HIGH held an hour-long meeting f-(JR VIULAl lVG morning ai i ny nau wun i e. rrr Only today, for instance, the FCC reshuffled channel assign-ments in Columbus, C.a.. making it all-VHF. Previously. Columbus Weather two other elected city fathers KArriK lUUC Mayor-elect.

Karl D. and; Five persons were found cuiltvi Commissioner-elect L. B. 0f violations and Mangtim, Fay Jeannetle Mott, Hullon Franklin Neese, Janice Golden Nunnally, Larry Parker. Linda Sue Rowe, Patricia Ann Seott, Donnle Simmons, Louis Norman Surles, Carolyn Tatum, Theresa Ann Terrell, Dorothy Mary Tillrry, Henderson Oden Wadsworth, Robbie Joyce Wcldon, Leta Jo Wilkinson, Sherry Lucille Morrrll and Thomas Davis.

(Staff Photo by Dick Boone.) Principal T. C. Carlton (left) prepares to award diplomas to 31 graduates of the Robert V. Lee High summer school. Those graduating this morning are Ellen Faye Pates, Jerry Allen Brook, Mary Ethel Caldwell, Hudson Murphy Courtney.

Jack Charles Dykes, Ronnie Eugene Godwin, James Howard Hartin, James Alvin Hines, Charlotte Ann Hopkins, William Ray Houlton, William Gregory Jones, Dawn Justice, Dan Warren Lucas, Steve Thomas McGuire. Dorothy Elaine had one L'HF and one VIIF Ma linn iost ns Mnnleomerv now has Immedia ely following the con Tines totaling $.100 by Judge Fu- today in Recorder' a nf wmv vnFrenee, Parks announced that lie'gene would release a some- Court channel would mean, among oth- time tomorrow. Tom Raskin, N. Court er things, that local TV sets wouldn't have to be equipped with converters to get both stations. CLARIFICATION SOIGIIT Today's talks were prompted by a meeting Tuesday when a group wa.s fined $100 and costs for driving while intoxicaled; Fred Kl-kins.

f27 Sayre $100 and costs for leaving the of an aeci- Judge Orders Release Of Johnny Ray Smith nrnminnnl M.Kit than in information should be re-sent Smith here, took the case to turned against the defendant. Supreme Court. I Smith had waived indictment a and pleaded guilty on an infor- P5C AppfOVeS U. S. District Judge Frank M.

against Smith. Johnson acting on a mandate! As far as the government is from the Supreme Court, hns or- concerned, the case is closed, dered the release of confessed Davis said, kidnapper Johnny Ray Smith1 The federal attorney had earlier Grant Sees Stronger Rights Bill iwanted the city to clarify its posi- ition relative to the creation of the Sl; diit a icense. court. Karlier in the spring THREE AIRPORTS A. Gayle and Commissioner: DC rnll(n CTCn Clyde Sellers had city: AKt LUmPLt I tU approv al.

but both of these mem-VV7HN STATE bers of the commission were dc- in a h.ri ltree more new Alabama air-, mation to kidnapping Alan More thiindcrshowers and partly cloudy skies are predicted for Montgomery tomorrow. Scattered widely will be th announced he would presentj.Spearman at gunpoint and forcing ModcrniZQtlOn from federal prison. Second District Rep. George ports with paved runways have.showers. according to the weath- Parks said he was "uncommit- i i.i.,i Grant told the Alabama House to-i i i ii.ui.n nn.

i iiiiiiiiii. won ioosi oi if in nc Smith's conviction here Id years Smith's case to the next session ago was overruled by the Su-lof the Federal Grand Jury here, preme Court last month. He hadj STATL'TE EXPIRES been sentenced to a 3fl-yoar pris-J Davis Mid has on tcrm- jheen notified the U.S. attorney Smith still faces a prison interpreted the Supreme him to accompany the defendant I The Alabama Public Service ZlnL Jol un 'commission has approved a $77, hS nl program of the DFINeSHTAL CASE Telephone Co. The Supreme Courts opinion In an order signed Wednesday sniH ihnt kidnanninf heeomes n.the Commission approved the day that civil rights advocates in; a jMalp matching program and are C1IITI)1C lhG ndcrnooii and eve nave tne votes to pass1' in use.

a stronger civil rights law. tw mm.sMonrrs. AcronilirU.s Mrw1or Asa But he promised that South- NKKHKO jRoutitrep ihfM? ate the' tm rnnfrccmin "nil! rn Wniin Tli tnn HiMl fnmilu iinr! timi.tl in 1 1f nrniul mi HI titr.i inng. Yesterday's liigh of 92 will hi topped by one degree tomorrow tence he received in Honda Jiijcoiirt ruling as indicating that He escaped from a Panama.Smith's alleged offense was not capital offense when the Plan ,0 borrow the money City jail while waiting to begin a capital case and hence the ping victim is harmed. It noted Siromberg Carlson UV uill nnl Int thrm rim unt.tft lw.

tinaiwivl imnltu tivi m.rtt m). Iw lb nieiTliry Will Climt) 10 3 degrees. over us without a fight. We willthe city and the county. The Mont-'aviation gas tax.

his state sentence of limitations forbids fur-jthat the information against ueoerd. jh.hhiu. ther prosecution. Smith did not state whether t-'orp. at 6 per cent interest.

Fort I Showers fell in most parts of do all we can to protect the gomery County Hoard of Revenue! The new fields are al CASE CLOSED fter Johnson's order was filed In reversing Smith's conviction Spearman was released harmed, i he iciepnonc company proposesingnis oi me soutn. (lias nirenoy given meir suppon lo i-ayne. wrn a ioot runway; vesterday Mlv llartwell the court ruled that where an or unharmed. to spend the money for additions Grant visited the LogLslaiureithe plan. jllaleyvine, 3.rKKi (not runway, and failed to reach Dannelly Field Davis indicated he will not seek offense is punishable by death; Montgomery attorney William to its contral office, dial telephonciand spoke to the House during Tlie establishment of I he famflyjLanett with a 3.1.V)foot landing where no rainfall was reported rpnnn kVlnannm" ch a crand iurv indictmeni rather B.

Moore appointed to repre- and outside plan facilities. (brief recess. Icourt is dependent upon legi.sla-lstrip. All runways are paved. over the past 24 hours.

'NEVER SAW A SMILE' Four Montgomery Farmers Say Russia Lags In 'Everything But Jets, Subways' Russian sector, "like a ghost town." four thought the trip, sponsored by WBAM of Montgomery pud the US. Slate was an experience of a lifetime but not one to be repeated. Crawford Roquemore, WBAM farm director, who accompanied the group, and another Montgomery County resident. Henry owned stores, where the prices were made attractive to tourists but very high to the Russian people. He also commented that the women did all the farm work, including herding the sheep and cattle, working on roadways with pick.

ax. and shovel, and similar jobs. Hie men were seen on construction jobs and driving heavy machinery. "There was nothing behind the Iron Curtain that prompted us to believe Russia was ahead of the I'nited States in any- riists tell of Russia is quite different Irom what the visitors sew, Johnston said. "The Russian people are just as much in prison as if they weie at Kilby, and not near as well off." Johnston said.

"Thry don't know what freedom means. They are controlled by the party, they cannot own and they cannot make decisions for themselves. The term, i ee enterprise, is not in their language." Johnston reported that everyone had to buy from stat Pirtle of Snovvdoun. will arrive i planes in my life." he jaid, "and the subway stations in Moscow were simply out of this world. They were just like underground palaces with beautiful chandeliers, tile floors, and murals on the walls." The subways were said to 300 ft.

underground, and to travel over UN) miles from terminal to terminal. There were stations on the subway line. "They have nothing else that will even compare with this country." Mead says. Meade also mentioned that the Russians showed marvelous looking farm machinery, but doubted if it would wntk. "I didn't tested out." he said.

"How do I know whether it was just for show or if it would really "I never saw a smile in Russia. "Mead said. "I was glal to get out." flew affected his hearing. He was on his way this morning to a doctor to have his "ears hut not in anything else. "I never saw so many jet blown out," when this reporter nabbed him for a report on the trip.

Johnston was back in his office at the bank and by 10.30 a m. was sitting in at a Chamber of Commerce directors meeting. MEAD ON JOB Mead, back on the job in his real estate firm, said he went along mostly for sight seeing, since he had not lived on a faim since boyhood. Most Monl-gomeiy people do not know it, 1ml Mead is a native of Mead ville in southern Montgomery County, and the community was named for his forebears. He thought the Russian might be ahead in jet planes and in the Moscow subway.

Youngcrman. a calileinnn, was particularly interested in the dairy and beef rattle They have dine little in improving beef cattle, he said, but have made some progress in dairy cattle. He saw two Hereford bulls at one of the farms and reported they were beginning to do cross-breeding with the Hereford and the Sy-mental, an extremely large Russian breed. One of the Herefords was from Texas, the from England. "We didn't get a good piece of beef in litissia," he said.

"All of it as tough The Montgomery group also visited the Royal Cattle Shows in England and Scotland where they saw animals of exrellent quality. Ynungerman rrporicd the trip from Berlin to Montgomery was "hectic" for him and that the high altitudes at which they Sunday after a viMt in New York where they were joined Wednesday night by their wives. DIFFERENT STORY What the Russian 1 thing." Johnston said. 30-STORY HOTEL The group stayed in a 30 story hotel in Moscow where the other occupants, except for a few tourists, were members of the ruling party. He reported the farm people resided mostly in "acres and acres and miles and miles "of apartment houses, made of inferior materials and poorly built.

Youngcrman mentioned visiting two collective farms where the farm people are set quotas which they nave to make or be sent in slavery to Siberia, and two state fatnn which are similar to our experimental farms at Auhurn. He believed the people on the farms were the best off of anybody in the working classes in Russia. He was impressed with the state farms where some individual homes were being erected for the workers, the first break away from the custom of collective housing. The houses, he said, were small but looked nice. One of the men he saw at a state farm al Kiev was a visitor to the I'nited States with the agricultural group that came from Russia last year.

FINANCIAL MATTERS Youngcrman said the money made above expenses on the state experimental farms could be used for improvements while all made nn the collective farms went lo the government. Rv MILDRED SMITH Journal Staff Writer Four Montgomery fanners home from Russia ate all of the same mind. After visiting Russian farms and farm people, they are rejoiced to be miles away from a country where farm folk are always depressed, seldom ever smile, know nothing of freedom, and arc shipped away to slave lalwr in Silwria if they fail to make their quota on the collective farms. One of the four, Mark Johnston, vice president of I'nion Bank and Trust Co. and a farmer in "Beat 11," feels even more strongly.

NEEDED DIPPINr." Drawing a parallel with our own practice of dipping catt'c, Johnston said; "I feel like I needed In be dipped in a vat and deloused." Another of the group, G. T. Brown of Pike Road, was so glad to be ot home today that he was out in his hay farm as soon as breakfast was over. Johnston, Brown, Guy C. Youngermnn.

and Arthur Mead arrived by plane last night ot Dannelly Field from New York and Berlin, where they stopped en route from Russia to their home town. Mead reported West Berlin, the American sector, a thriving lown, but East Berlin, the 'Russians Not Free Johnson Says i I 'Teople in the Soviet Union are no more free than Inma cs Kilby Prison." directors of Vl.nl,nH,A,ll rVt Mil nt Cdffl. tura! methods. (controls the Coliseum. He ou lined highlights of hisi At that meeting, the Chamber trip, dealing mainly with the timcledged to furnish all help they he spent in Russia.

Johnston is-could in promoting the state fa- nmti.tnnt nf the rili'v and expanding Its use. Ml it'M II I v. merce were told at a Thursday morning board meeting. I'nion Bank and Trusl Co. The state group pledged to con- A 4 -v A In Thursday's session, directors tinue i's present program of ex- Mark W.

Johnston, a Chamberj also heard a report from the panded programs at tne i a i Chamber's Coliseum Committee, structure, and thanked the Cham-which met recently with live State her committee, headed by S. F- director, returned Wednesday night from a tour of Russia and Fnrnncan countries, where be and FARMERS GREET thrlr families thry step down from a plane flrr returning from Russia end umpe. lrtt Ut right are Edward Miller, Florals; Arthur Mrade, C. Youngermnn, S. R.

Marks, and Mark Johnwn, nil of Montgomery. Agricultural Center Board which inmore, lor its ana mnc-v. a local group inspected agricul-,.