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Montreal, riot, MMM croritw Paris; 121 Atlontans among 130 who die. tote Dr. Rotwti Soblcn, CMvicted Kid PT, flew U.S., found in Israel. rockets to 47.3-mik altitude record. HMIM kills farm Ml.

Jack Nicklauj win U.S. Open. President affirm Eisenhower OWJBIQY policy. eotMs Kennedy bill. os French croilm Supreme Court prayer ruling stirs controversy.

Terrorists, Algeria, call OAS resumes scorened- bombing. Exodus of Europeans reaches 5,000 daily. Terrorists quiet on of Mutependence vote Gaerrilloj ambush 26 Vietnamese troops, two Americans. Atlanta Cathotk schools must integrate in foil. President Hies to Mexico.

Fall Looks Lively In The Book Business By MILES A. SiMITH AP Arts Editor NEW YORK, A We're only a few scratches on the calendar from Labor Day, school IN NONFICTION we are about to have John Steinbeck's "Travels With Charley," published by Viking. Charley is a poodle. He and John rode a pickup truck west- bells and a lot of fall reading September promises to be ai a i acl oss northern part of lively month in the book publish- ttle country and back by way of ing business. But first a glance at some interesting titles which are coming up in the waning weeks of summer.

IN FICTION', (here wilt be Jerome Weidman's "The Sound of Bow Bells." which Isn't cockney, but a story about a writer and the publishing industry. Random House is bringing it out the Deep South. Then we get into the September rush. "A Shade of Difference" is Allen Drury's sequel to "Advise and Consent," and some of the same characters appear in it. A major figure this time will be a Negro congressman from California, and there is an uproar in the United Nations involving a representative of an African na- And for fans of Mike Hammer the news is that Mickey Spillane ground' has returned to this hero for the Reader's Book Shelf Petersburg Public Library FICTION: UHURU, by Robert, Ruark, McGraw-Hill, 1962.

Like SOMETHING OF VALUE, this is the story of a white hunter. Brian, in the explosive present-day Kenya. He resents its coming independence, and, when crooked native politicians stir up a blood-frenzy that costs his girl's life, he takes a bloody revenge. The book exploits the same violence and conflict as its predecessor. PORTRAIT IN BROWNSTONE, by Louis Auchfnctoss, Houghton, Mifflin, 1962.

This is a novel about the loves and lives of a socially prominent New York City family, whose wealth came from the brokerage business and a family art gallery, from the turn of the century to the present. It is told mostly through the eyes of one of the few decent, ordinary human beings in the family, a gentle, likeable matriach. A picture of the upper-class New York back- I KNOW MY LOVE, b.v Catherine Oashin. Doublcda.v, 1962. i "Emma who has join- led the Maguircs.

an Irish a lhose who have long i i i vnni i nr. 11 ui a i IIa Also John Kerouac's "Big Sur," lion. Doublcday is the publisher from Farrar, which will be about a king of the beatniks fleeing to! ANOTHER SEQUEL is a refuge in the mountains. There! John Braine's "Life At The Top." are supposed to be some auto biographical overtones in i one. from Houghton Mifflin, following up his "Room At The Top." And when it comes to series.

A long Civil War novel from I Little. Brown is bringing out Don Robertson, "The River a A Powell's "The Kind- the Wilderness." published Ones," which is the sixth Doubleday. will be a story on a volume of seven in the series large canvas, with big cast of characters. It is reported to chronicle the seamier side of the occupation of fighting a war. known as "The Music of James Jones, who writes about is the author of a novel concerning an Army rifle company during the early part of the cam-1 paign at Guadalcanal.

It is a Scribner book, titled "The Thin Red Line." LAST FALL a Yugoslav author. Ivo Andric. was awarded Nobel Prize for literature. Few American readers were familiar with his works. Grove Press is bringing out the first Andric novel to be published in this country since the Nobel event.

is a modern fable set in jail, titled "The Devil's Yard." "The Pale Horse," from Dodd. Mead, is an Agatha Christie suspense story which includes the killing of a priest, but this time she has written something closer to a straight novel than a who- ciunit. first time since 1952, when "Kiss Me Deadly" came out. The new book, from Dutton, is called "The Girl Hunters The nonfiction field will 00 18 ern tells the story of the exuber- Atheneum which i ant. lush family in the Australia i i i of i and vi i Se con "'omen struggled for suurnt on cji.ro.

discsses the same man. Rose Maguire eloped with Tom Langley whe.1 quis Childs, and others cover such things as the Morro Castle fire, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the building of Boulder Dam, the repeal of prohibition, the New Deal, etc. THE DESERT, by A. Starker Leopold and the Editors of Life, time, 1961. THE MOUNTAINS, by Lorus J.

Margery Milne and the Editors of Life, Time, 1961. The above titles are two more brilliantly illustrated volumes of Life Nature Library. THE DESERT provides a solid introduction for those who are not personally acquainted with deserts. The ways in which plants and animals are adjusted to living in it, E-S well as the desert's many moods and quiet mystery, are all fascinatingly portrayed here. THE MOUNTAINS were already old when man appeared, and yet they hold the challenge and the opportunity of the future.

This book will provide zn introduction for those who have yet to see mountain, and it will be a source of new information and added moilntal companion volume from Harper and Row on "The Blue Nile." THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES will include Joseph Wood Kartell's "More Lives Than One." published by Sloanc. and the art books will include three from Abrams. "The School of Paris "The Dresden Gallerv" a n'd "Roualt." One unusual book will be Letters From The Earth." which Mark Twain wrote, with himself the role of Satan. It was edited by the late Bernard De Voto about 20 years ago. but Twain's daughter delayed its publication i now.

"pjEmma married Adam, the man a i Rose really loved. Emms fears Petersburg Scrapbook (Continued From Page 4) ders that will flow in on Mr. Mallory will be almost numberless. There is no lack of stock in his hands, however, to supply all demands. Nor will ladies and gentlemen have any difficulty in making satisfactory selections from such a stock as he offers.

All who Intend making purchases should visit his greenhouses and jee for themselves what a su perb assortment they have to choose from. Some Relics Of 1861 to 1865 (October 25, 190O Mr. A. B. Moncure, of Dinwiddie county, lias some valuable relics formerly in the possession of his father.

Colonel Marshall A. Moncure, of Company 9th THE PEOPLE'S FORUM (Continued From Page 4) toiials in your paper that I enjoyed. Instead, please see it as a humble opposing view from a humble man. JESSE H. MERRELL 1955 Wakefiell St.

A Modern Psalm Editor, The Progress-Index; Sir: PSALM The AEC is my shepherd. 1 not live It maketh me to lie down in radiant pastures It lendeth me beside deathly waters It ciestroyeth my bones; for its name sake Yea, though 1 walk through the valley of the shadows of death, I' pill fear no evil, for thou art with me: thy bomb and thy SAC. they comfort me. Thou preparcst a fable before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou annintcst the words with oil. over cup runneth Va cavalry.

Mr Moncure's col. Strontium and lOfrinn ni Thrt frxl I lection numbers 1,500. The following are some of them now displayed in Plummcr Wheeler's show fallout shall follow me all the days of my life. I will dwell in the house nf the AEC. hardly forever.

WILLIAM Snug Harbor windows. Tho bonk of tactics displayed was once the property of J. E. B. Stuart, presented by his wife.

The wooden bottom shoo was! R.F.D.-4 Box 124-1 worn by a slave owned by Mr. I L. M. Wynn, of Dinwiddic. TU The navy pistol was worn A.

B. Moncure. Bottle of hard tack flour was a part of the rations which was measured out to Colonel Moncure, which has been preserved to (he present time. Also one bottle of persimmon brandy which was distilled near Ream's station by J. S.

Blick in the year 1864. M. McNAMARA ni. vvynn, 01 uinwmmc. The navy pistol was worn by! he ned "'per Kooms The World Today Editor, The Progress-Index; Sir: The Pied Piper of Hamelin made music so that first the rats and later the children succumbed to the promise of we know not what, and fol lowed him blindly.

The citizens of The howie i i and canteen t.nmolin iH nnt u-nmt- al was worn by Colonel Moncure, did not know what pro- literature, movies, radio and TV propaganda. We promote the welfare of known Communists and Communist supporters, who in turn support a wide vadety of "fronts" or cover organizations designed to accomplish the ultimate overthrow of our government: and we permit character assasination and smear of those who would expose our betrayers. We finance Communism lavishly and put at the disposal of those who would fight it, a pittance. While we appropriate billons of dollars for defense, we place the disposal of our House Committee on Un-American activties a meager budget of S337.000. Then we permit their efforts in- our behalf to be discredited by attacks on the HCUA itself and on Tourfsts Ride Mine Cars Into Pa.

Diggings SELDOM SEEN. Pa. This abandoned mining town is the site of a unique tourist al- Iraction. Visitors ride on electric- powered train cars to sec a coal mine in operation. Several hundred tourists a day travel through the Seldom Seen Volley Mine in glass-covered mine cars while a veteran minor explains the operation and equipment.

They wear minor's helmcnls and, once underground, they cnn leave the cars for a closer look at the coal seam. They're allowed! to knock off a piece' of coal to lake home. The mine still employs in men, that she will always come second in Adam's life, but, in the end, she wins Adam's love. THE WIND OFF THE SEA, b.v David Bcaty, Morrow, 1962. British Commander Gavin Gallagher, in charge of the Zeus rocket launching site, had ed with the i i key that couid start an atomic war.

Immediately, the search into his past began. He had been a frightened student flier, but a sense of guilt turned him into a hero. After the war. without his loved Edwina and his friend, Vince, he had nowhere to go until his terrible responsibility proved too much for him, NON-FICTION: THE CARDINAL SPELLMAN v. 11 ill VI vyn i i i ITU I 1 1 I films released by this committee! who produce fiO tons of coal in an effort to alert the public to the Communist-menace.

We have seen loyal Americans assigned to such government committees smeared and pilloried. Stalin never said "Thank you" and even criticized our country when the Lend-Lease was terminated giveaway on the part cf America which netted the Communist motherland Sll billion used, not to help her people, but to strengthen the Communist system and weaken the United States at home and abroad. LEO M. COOLEV Route 4 Box 121 mise the Piper's music held, anclf The ACCIDENT PRONE? MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Wl Police suspect Benjamin Talmadge, 72.

may be accident prone. Their suspicion is so strong they asked the court to revoke Talmadge's driver's license. One day recently, police said Talmadge sidoswiped a car at a. his right front door flew open and brushed two cars at 11:15 a.m.; he ran ir.to the rear of a police cruiser at noon. day--enough for the tourists.

France to Quit Bizerte Base PARIS (AP)-A high Tunisian official said yesterday France has agreed to evacuate its big Mediterranean naval buse at Bizerte "as rapidly as possible." Bahi Ladgham, president Habib Bourguihe's principal minister, said he had received this assurance from President Charles de Gaulle during talks two days ago. France has continued to keep the naval base long a Tunisia 1 ceased to be a French protector ate in The median age of married men is nearly 45 years, averagc- in-g 3 1-2 years older than their STORY, by Robert I. Gannon. Dnublcday, 19fi2. The first full-length biography of a man who is the Roman ath- olic Archbishop of New York.

Father Gannon, formerly president given recess to Cardinal Spellman's personal papers and diav- ics in tracing his life, from his boyhood in Massachusetts, through his studies and service in Rome in the Vntican Department of State, to his present position, THE 30's A TIME TO REMEMBER, Prilled b.v Con Congilon. Simon Schuster, 1962. Planned as 8 companion volume to THE ASPIRIN AGE. We are reminded of happenings of the ninetcen-thirtios, the books we read, the songs we sang, and the man who was President during that era. The articles by Malcolm Cowloy, Louis Adamie, Eric Scvareid, Pnil Gallico, Mar- 2 Warehouses Are Destroyed PORTSMOIFTH (API A pen- era! alarm fire destroyed two warehouses on a pier on die Portsmouth waterfront early yes- ierdav.

A five-hour battle by city. Navy shipyard and Coast Guard firefighters and a civilian tugboat maimed by volunteers failed to save the warehouses and the pier which also burned. A police official said the possibility of arsort was being investigated. The pier was to fiave been the site of a marina as part of a Chamber of Commerce plan to build up the Portsmouth waterfront. Both the pier and the warehouses wore deeded to the city several years ago when (he original owner, the Seaboard Air Line a i a moved its offices, from hero to Richmond.

The fire was first reported at 1:20 a. m. By 2 a. m. the entire equipment of the city fire department was called into service.

Shortly afterward. Coast Guard and Navy shipyard fire appartus appeared on the scene. The William J. Belt, a tugboat owned by the Marine Ocean Towing and manned by a volunteer crow under command of Cnpt. Raymond C.

also responded to the blaze. The only injury reported in the of I he general manager of the Marine Ocean Towing who was severely bruised on the arn by a whiplashing fire hose. The Const Ounrd sent (he cut tor Rarllan and five -lo-fool boats to the site of the fire at the eas end of North Street. The blaze was visible For several miles. Progress-Index, Sunday, July 22, 1962 SUB YARDS -A a carrying non-stnking eases through the pjcket line offer some 8,000 union members went on strike or the tlectric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp.

at Groron, Conn The walkout halted production at the home of the nation's atomic submarines British Actor Ordered To Rest From Hard Work JUNK JOINS FLEET ANTvJISTOX, Ala. The fleet boats at a Boy Scout camp in in- (H. Tho Associated British actor Paul Scoficld. who tarred in "A Man for All Seasons" on Broadway, has been ordered by a London doctor to rest for three months because of exhaustion from overwork. Scofield.

40. recently returned to Britain to play the title role in "King Lear" at Stratford-on- Avon. appeal by former Yugoslavian Vice President Milovan Djilas against a jail sentence has been rejected by the Yugoslav Supreme Court, sources in Belgrade said today. Djilas. 51, once a close friend of President Tito, was sentenced in May to eight years in prison for disclosing stale secrets in his book "Conversations With Stalin." He faces Republican Jack Coxin the November genera! election.

Cox did not seek labor's approval. The 21-foot craft, donated by a member of the Boy Scout Council, joined nine canoes and three rowboats on the lake at the camp. Astromil John H. Glenn and his wife and the British ambassador to the United States. Sir David Ormaby Gore, are weekend guc-sts in Hyannis Port.

of Atty. Gen. and Mrs. Robert F. Kcnnedv.

John Connally, former Secretary of tin- a won the endorsement of the Texas AFL-CIO committee on political education Thursday in his bid for governor of the Lone Star Slnte. Connnlly asked for Iho endorsement in a speech before the committee fire was to Hay wood Jones, son in San Antonio. Mobi Mobil heat FUEL OIL and KEROSINE 24-HOUR SERVICE POCAHONTAS-ANTHRACITE The Finest Coal Mines Product WE GIVE SH GREEN STAMPS FOR CASH SALES ON FUEL OIL, KEROSENE AND COAL FRIEND a INC, Phone REgenr 2-4545 Serving The Petersburg Area Since 1866 SHIRTS lea ease. Model Laundry Dry Gleaning PRINCE ROBINSON, RE 2-4121 before, Talmadge m. (nc music ncia, ana HIKIU ueiore, ralmaose Thcie is also a relic of some in so thcy not comba( i backed into a parked car Rec- tercst in the display and that a i or showed he had two other piece of ycllmv calico a i citizens of the United States! minor accidents earlier this year been used during the battle of the tth of June to make known to the federal troops that certain building was a hospital, and as there was no flag of yellow to he found, the piece of calico.re- ferred to was which was furnished by a Miss Echols, of Petersburg.

There is also an enclosed picture with a tobacco pouch used by President Davis and the letter of presentation which was a gift of his daughter Margaret Hayes. The piece of rope is a piece in which the flag of secession was hoisted. Another relic is probably a part of the first Confederate telegraph line used in this State. It is the arm and glass which was cut out of a tree along the old military road running from Petersburg Belfield. Princess Too Fast at Start LONDON fAPI-Princess Anne, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth jumped the gun by mistake in a girl scouts swimming meet have an advantage over the citi-; zens of Hamelin.

Though the" Pled Piper of roams the world today, A i cans have been forewarned about his perfidy: they have been given the blueprint of how. when where he plans to make his con-i quest of America. Americans are aware that a billion people, have discovered the siren qual-i ity of the Piper's music too a They know from the Piper's own boastful claims that the conquest I of America is to be consummated 1 no later than 1973, and though he' almost daily reports operations proceeding well ahead of schedule, still the Piper of Communism is playing his tune with almost complete freedom. Only in America and patriots and traitors allowed the same liberties, and here he can exploit the very freedoms he intends to take away from his unsuspecting followers, hrushchev has said. "We cannot expecl Americafis to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist i elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until I hey suddenly awnke to i they have! Friday night.

i Communism." Yd we a i Anne, compcling in the 30-yarJ Ihn Piper r- music anrl sorve it a free-style event for the Abbey i different than what tronp. leaned forward for a racing know it to iu- h.ive permitted the mistaken conspirators, the i gruntled and the misguided to debunk our constitutional Republic, our national heroes and thc American way of life through art, 'on dive when the starter said your fell in. The princess climbed hack ur on the edge of the pool. Then thev started the race and she finished third. Welds Wolnur Hill Plaza ALL THIS AND CREDIT TOO! Open 10 to 10 Mon.

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