The Selma Times-Journal from Selma, Alabama • 1

elma tin cs-Stou vital Scattered thundershower CSNTf A COPY (Established 1827) (Established 1890) VOL. 141, NO. 119 Full NEA Service 20 PAGES TODAY Associated Press Leased Wire SELMA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 31, 1968 Filing Cabinets Open Official Receives Threat is Station No Equipment Saved In Fire I Mexico City Wild Scene Of Rioting By STRATFORD C. JONES MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico City was a battle ground again Tuesday as mobs of young people ran wild through the city, fighting polled, wrecking city buses and throwing rocks and bottles. At least one person was dead, more than 400 were Injured By JACK R.

MILLER, Amodated Prm. Writer 1 'irovernmen" WASHINGTON WV-Pope Paul Vi's birth control edict is not Lotin( began laft Frlday. expected to have significant impact on the U.8. government's claimed the riots broad and costly family planning programs, say Informed sources were Communist Inspired and in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Past ex- said they were the worst Mexi- perience has shown that most co's capital has axperienced in poor, women, including Roman 20 years.

Catholics, arp eager to obtain Tuesday night club-wielding means of birth control, these students braved a heavy rain sources say. and hijacked four city buses aft- "Many are desperate to con- er forcing terrified passengers trol the size of their families," to ra.n said a well-placed source. Earlier. Army troops fired "They otherwise have one baby voUeyf of into the and every year, and that keeps them dispersed the students. The in poverty and Its bad for their troops were withdrawn, but the health." mobs returned, marching from the old university section, and The source said that Lked 'ear the city's from the Pope down, have 1- central square, ways speculated on the moral Riot aquads swinging long ba-and theological issues, but Its tons dispersed that cowd, but at least 3,000 of the youths gath- the women who bear the babies ered half a mile away near a -and they make the final deci- teacher.s college.

leaderg slon. used bugle calls HEW declined official com- talkies to control ment on the Pope's encyclical warmed over buses and a trol-, ley car, smashing windows and released Monday forbidding running the vehicles onto the Catholic women to use birth I gidewalk control pills or any other me- At one point all four chanical means of contracep- tions around the park in front of tjon the school were blocked by the wrecked buses. TWO busloads of riot police the number of Catholics among the scene The student8 women eligible tor family plan- ning services under foderafiy withdrawn. supported Programs. But offi- The violence mainly halved say Catholic.

PrabH prep school students from 14 to Pontiff In Appeal To Dissenters By PATRICK R. O'KEEFE Associated Press Writer CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) Pope Paul VI, facing the possibility of widespread refusal to comply with his ban on mechanical and chemical methods of birth control, appealed to Roman Catholic couples today to understand and accept his prohibition. In his first comment since his encyclical Humanae Vitae Of Human Life was issued Monday, the 70-year-old pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church said In a statement he knew his decision not to modify the churchs traditional policy would bring anguish to millions. The statement, issued before the Popes weekly general audience at his summer residence 19 miles south of Rome, said: "The knowledge of our grave responsibility caused us no small suffering. We well knew The state fire marshall has joined local law enforcement officers in the investigation of the early morning lire which completely destroyed WSLA-TVg studio on the Land Line Road.

The fire was discovered and reported by Bailey Bowline Jr. at 3:30 a.m. when he was on his way to work. When Selma firemen reached the scene, the root of the building was falling In, Fire Chief George Crowder reported. It was impossible to attempt to salvage any of tha equipment, he added.

Cyril Brennan, general manager of the station, discounted reports that the fire may have been the work of a disgruntled viewer. Billy Morgan, a station official, told Sheriff WQson Baker of having received a call from an unidentified man wha complained about the eontenta of a religious program being shown last night. Morgan reportedly told Baker that the caller threatened to "settle it with TNT." However, the sheriff said investigators have found no evidence of an Early Win For Nixon Rocky Fear By RELMAN MORIN AP Special Correspondent NEW YORK CAP) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is placing increasing importance on the Southern states in the effort to prevent Richard M.

Nixon from winning the Republican nomination for president on an early ballot. His aides in the South advise him that numerous Southern delegates who are listed as voting for Nixon, the acknowledged frontrunner for the nomination, in fact favor Gov. Ronald Reagan of California. The first ballot is the key," said Robert Douglass, campaign manager for Rockefeller, "and the Southern delegates who are for Reagan could be the key to that He said there are potential defections from Nixon to Reagan in Texas, South and North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennea- explosion in connection with the comprise a distinct minority. 18 years of age.

The disorders Rranmn termed the cell "the of a crank and connection with the ISHEl i jnuiorvwui man mow) of the heated discussions in the press. The anguish of those involved in the problem touched us also. We studied and read all we could. We consulted eminent persons. And we sought in prayer the aid at the Holy Spirit in Interpreting the divine law which flows from the Inner needs of human love, from the essential structure, and from the personal dignity of the wedded coyple.

"We were guided also by the feeling charity, of pastoral married Christiana, was accompa- that this document will be accepted ter its truth, hope, above all that Christian married couples will understand that Its teaching la but the manifestation of their true love imitation of the love of Christ for the church." The brief statement was issued in various languages, and the French text acknowledged that the birth control decision was the most serious he Pope has made since he was elected five years ago. But dissent voiced against the Popes refusal to modify the churchs traditional position raised the possibility that many at the worlds 500 million Roman Catholics would disobey his Injunctions. His encyclical also sharpened the division between liberal Catholics who favor birth control and conservatives opposed to it. And it also appeared to be a block on the road to ecumenical cooperation with other churches that sanction contraception. LOsservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, struck out at the dissenters Tuesday, saying they labored under "a Wrong conception of man." The Pope in the encyclical said he anticipated that this teaching will perhaps not be work dismissed any fire.

Loss in the blaze was estimated at more than $100,000 by station officials. Brennan said the station will be rebuilt but that it will be at least $0 days before it can return to the air "in any fashion. He added that making plans for rebuilding are complicated by the fact that the station is up for ale. Prospective purchasers will be contacted, Brennan continued, to determine whether they or the present owners will undertake the rebuilding at the station. The station is presently owned by Mrs.

Frances Brennan of Montgomery and William E. Benns at Birmingham. Brennan did indicate the possibility that the station had baen entered and ransacked before the blaza started. He reported that station employees told him several filing cabinets appeared to have been pulled open. TOTAL LOSS The charred remains ef Hie transmitter, left, a dolly that ence held a television earners end a giant floodlight lie in the rubble that was once the stadia at WSLA-TV.

The local television station, located on the Land Line Road, was completely destroyed by tire shoot MM this morning. In die background are law enforcement officers and station personnel inspecting die rules. The station's tower (die base of the tower is shown an the right) was not damaged by the Maze. (See additional picture on Page 2.) HEW officials point out, how- began lagt Frid with a ever, that there are sizeable Cagtro demonstration honoring concentrations of Catholics in anniversary of the Cuban low-income brackets; Puerto prlme ministers 26th of July Rican, and Mexican-Americans. Mwement Students charges of Mrs.

Katherina B. Oettinger, police and troop butality HEW deputy assistant secre- brought more demonstrations tary for population and family Saturday and Monday. planning, noted in an interview The students were outraged that predominantly Catholic during the rioting Monay night. Puerto Rice has pioneered in when police fired a bazooka family planning programs and I shell and lobbed tear gas they have been extremely popo-1 through the wooden door of the ear I National Universitys No. One If to tell hew Catholic women preparatory school, and cleared to the Pope's state-1 out several hundred students to- barricaded Inside.

School cam- The federal government pro- puses in Latin America are tra-vided about $28 million in birth ditionally off limits to the police control services last year. nd the military. President Johnson has asked Officials pointed out that most for $56 million for the current toe citys estimated 250,000 fiscal year. Indications are that students had not joined the riot-Congress will grant only part of tog. Many reportedly feared the the increase.

effect it would have on prospec- Ih another reaction to the h'e. visitors tor the Olympics, Popes pronouncement 87 Ro- begmwng here in three months, man Catholic theologians an- 5 Bounced Tuesday in Washington 1968 Year that they were opposed to it and that they believe Catholic cou-iu, pies should use birth control KlBS wlirVIVO DdVS techniques according to their own conscience. Id MaiHlODd WOOD As Reman Catholic theologians, conscious of our duty and I GRAND RAPIDS, Man. (AP) our limitations, they said, we Persistent Indian trackers Labor Reaps Richest Prize From New Steel Contract PITTSBURGH (AP) The of its profits and put some com- ting prices to try to combat foreign ateel, which sells for $25 to $40 a ton less than domestic steel. A new domestic price increase would only increase the Sap.

In addition, a price increase now wouldnt help business (See LABOR, Page 3) panies out of business? Steel executives, who said repeatedly during the winter that price increases would be necessary after the new labor contract, now are refusing to answer questions. For the first time tn years, some companies have been cut In a news conference in Denver Tuesday, Rockefeller underlined the importance of the first two ballots at the Republican National Convention. "After the second ballot there will be a drifting toward the ultimate winner, he said. In the history of our party, the person who has had the most votes in the beginning and then who has lost votes, has never regained that leading position. Rockefellers chief Southern leaders are Robert Snodgrass of Atlanta, Southern regional chairman, and Michael Neal of Florida.

Douglass said they have consistently reported wide latent strength for Reagan in the South. But so long as Reagan said he was not a candidate for the nomination which he still says they listed themselves as supporters of Nixon. "However, Douglasa said, the minute Reagan began looking like a true, viable candidate, their situation changed. Hie Rockefeller camp has not written off the South, although the governor says his principal strength is in the industrial states of the North. His aides said that he could get votes for the nomination in Georgia and Alabama.

The governors strategists estimate the combined Reagan-Rockefeller strength on the first ballot at between 500-800 votes. They give Nixon approximately 550. The minimum to win the nomination is 667 votes. conclude that spouses may re- Tuesday night found an 8-year-sponslbly decide according to old girl and her 4-year-old their conscience that artificial brother after they had been lost contraception in some circum- tor six days and five nights in stances is permissible and in- desolate bush country in north-deed necessary to preserve and 6111 Manitoba, foster the values and sacredness Although scratched and bitten of marriage." by insects, little Jill and Kirby Sinclair appeared to be in good BAST ENTRY I condition. They were taken to toe radar station at Gypsum- PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ville, on the Winnipeg-Grand United Steelworkers Union has wrapped up its richest contract a billion-dollar-plus guarantee of labor peace for the next three years.

Hammered out in a month of secret negotiations, it was narrowly approved over strident objections Tuesday night, barely a day before a strike deadline at the end of the old agreement. It will add between 98 cento and a dollar an hour to the wages and benefits of the nations 450,000 steelworkers. First estimates calculated the package as an increase of 6.5 per cent or better in each of the three years. The big question now is: What will happen to the steel Industry, which has insisted that a per cent annual hike in labor costs would wipe out two-thirds Transplant Improving HOUSTON, Tex. CAP) The recipient in the first woman-to-woman heart transplant steadily improved Tuesday and drank some liquid nourishment.

Mrs. Allen H. Brunk, 49, at Houston, received the heart Monday night in the eighth such operation performed at St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital since May 3. The donor was Mrs.

Alvie ONeal, 40, of Corsicana, who died of a brain tumor. Mrs. O'Neal had aaid she wanted to donate her heart before lapsing into a coma 24 hours earlier. Mrs. jfrunk was taken from a respirator' 16 hours after surgery and received some food and medication intravenously, spokesman said.

Six of the eight St. Luke's recipients are living and two have been discharged from Ilia tal. Lorch Poised To Open Door Here Thursday Herbert J. Lorch, president of est one-state chain in the nation, So many thieves entered Nor- Rapids highway, for doctors to man Leach's service station examine them, through a rear window that he The children were found hud-got tired of paying $2.50 each died behind a log near Buffalo tto to replace toe glass. Leach Lake, 12 to 15 miles from the substituted a piece of cardboard spot where they wandered away with lids message: For easy from their parents camp last entrance, push here.

I Thursday. (See PONTIFF, Page t) the Lorch company had its beginning in one small store in Birmingham in 1954. From this small beginning has grown a chain of 31 stores, with a dozen or more in the planning (See LORCH, Pago 3) UfckayAiid Reagan Offer Contrast Lorchs Diamond Shops, today announced the opening of the firms 31st store. The newest addition to the states largest jewelry chain is located on the corner of Alabama -Avenue and Broad Street. The grand opening festivities get, under way tomorrow with ribbon-cutting ceremonies scheduled for 9:00 a.m.

Mayor Joe Smitherman will do the honors at the ribbon-cutting. Visitors to the store are invited to register for a free Honda to be given away, and in addition, the first 500 people who come by to see the new store Thursday and Friday wiU receive a free cake platter. Now the largest retail jewelry firm in the state, and the larg- Wallace Has Enough Mass. Votes And Cancels Speaking In California An aide to the third party 1 didate said Wallace did not want the activities to conflict tendance of supporter partys ramento Saturday. Wallace is scheduled the convention to address toe said earlier he planned to file a challenge but he and his Democratic counterpart agreed later against it.

In his California campaign planning, Wallace Tuesday cancelled scheduled weekend fund-raising appearances in Sacramento, San Francisco, Bakersfield and Anaheim. By LEWIS GULICK Associated Press Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Two Republican stars Ronald Reagan and John V. Lindsay-descended on GOP platform writers today with contrasting calls for 1968 party planks. For the California governor, whose hat is in the presidential king at least as his states favorite son candidate, the accent lay on firm defense against communism abroad and sound finances and law and order at home.

About one issue there should be no confusion, Reagan said. Prevent the expansion of communist power. It Is time to tail friend and foe alike: we are in Vietnam because it is in our national interest to be there. And "here at home, he said, "we must recover the will necessary to make our streets safe, our cities free from violence and our campuses centers for learning rather than for outrage and Insurrection." For the New York mayor, who says hes for New York Gov, Nelson A. Rockefeller and not himself as president, the tress was on reforms to cure ity Bis and poverty at home on flexible diplomacy abroad.

We can begin by writing a vigorous platform that affirms the humane and financial commitment described by the Riot Commission; a commitment that tola (Johnson) administration has scorned, he said. 'Tt is time to make good the promise of American democracy to all citizens. On Vietnam, Lindsay said the. Republican party should assume forthright leadership of the cause of ending this unwanted war on the other side of the world. And U.S.

diplomacy, he said, should recognize that in a changing world, relations with Russians and Chinese are not fixed forever in an unalterable pattern. Reagan and Lindsay spoke in separate, prepared statements as the Republican Plitform Committee neared the end of open hearings on the party's policy document for this campaign year. On Thursday the group plans to start closed plank-writing sessions amid indications that despite com disputes here and the heritage of the Democrat years, he said. Lindsay charged the administration with failing to acknowledge the inflammatory division in our society and showing little sympathy for the condition of the ghettoes where violence and hatred are bred. And, once again, the excuse was the war, he said, a war that drains our resources for the professed purpose of creating democracy in the villages of Southeast Asia when we have not been able to make democracy work in the shadows of our own skyscrapers.

The youthful New York mayor set forth a five-point domestic program after saying crime will not be solved by simplistic-cries for law and order and "the root cause of most crime and civil disorder is the poverty that grips over 30 million of our citizens. He proposed more responsive local government, business ownership by Negroes in black communities, tax reforms to plug loopholes favoring the rich, junking of the present welfare (See LINDSAY. Page there, the drafters can agree on a platform acceptable to any of the candidates. Rep. Charles E.

Goodell of New York, a key Rockefeller backer on the committee, said "obviously if they turn back to the 19th century in the platform there will be a fight. But he did not think such a battle would develop. Reagan said he was not getting into specific, which sometimes cause controversy. I have intentionally today talked in some generalities because believe our party should be bound by principles, not just details, he said. Both Reagan and Lindsay-who Were separated in their scheduled morning appearances by an intervening foreign policy witness, former Ambassador to Mexico Robert C.

Hill joined in stiff assaults on the Democrats Reagan accused the Johnson and Kennedy administrations of weakness in foreign affairs, of allowing U.S. military might to slip, of squandering of federal dollars and allowing riots and insurrection. These are not the hallmarks of a great society; but they arej Wallace Oversigned In Massachusetts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Massachusetts supporters of American Independent party presidential candidate George Wallace say he has enough signatures to qualify for the state ballot. Meanwhile, Wallace has cancelled four fund-raising appearances in California. Three hours before the filing deadline, Wallaceites carted 15 boxes of petitions into the office of Massachusetts Secretary of State John F.

X. Davoren in Boston. The boxes reportedly contained petitions bearing 68,249 certified signatures, enough to guarantee a position on the Noballot. Davoren accepted them sub-a recheck, chairmen of the Massa-Republican and Democratic parties said today they will not challenge the petitions. The Republican chairman had WEATHER Partly cloudy and hot today, widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.

Probability of rain today, tonight, and Thursday with tonight, High yesterday ami tomorrow 30. cartons contained 68,349 signatures certified by city and town election officials. To be listed on toe November ballot, Wallace needs 81,336 confirmed signatures equal to 3 per cent of tha total vote far governor in 1966. Davoren accepted toe tions for a recheck at the tures by the elections division at his office BOSTON (AP) Supporters of third-party presidential candidate George C. Wallace say they have filed 7,000 more certified signatures than needed to put the former Alabama governors name on the Massachusetts ballot.

The Wallace backers brought 15 cartons of nominating petitions to the state house office of Secretary of State John F. X. Davoren Tuesday. They said toe High today 94 Low tonight 74 High tomorrow 95 98 Low last night 74 River, falling 19.51.