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The Birmingham News from Birmingham, Alabama • 6

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Tuesday, April 30, 1963 ahr fltrmtnqham rms Vending machines ordered removed from courthouse WORLD DIGEST tractor in connection with work on the annex. The grill space still has not been taken over by the contractor. When Chilton's lease on the grill was canceled by the eom- Jefferson County Courthouse employes and visitors soon will he left without a place to buy soft drinks, candy, cigarettes and other items. The County Commission today Scott to attend language seminar Joseph L. Scott, native of Bir- 1962.

ifter having attended Phil-mingham and a teacher of Ger- lips High and Lakeview School man at Metropolis Community here. High School at Metropolis, 111.. Scott was selected to attend the has been selected to participate institute from a field of 146 ap-in a seven-week language insti- plicants. It will be held at South-tute for secondary school teachers ern Illinois University, and spon-of German this Summer. sored by the U.

S. Office of Edu- A former German teacher at cation under the language devel-Ensley High School. Scott is the Pment program of the National son of Mrs. Kathryn G. Seott, Defense Education Act.

teacher at Gibson Elementary, and the late Lester L. Scott of Birmingham. He was graduated from Birmingham Southern College in Campers will stajje show in McClendon Park The Heart-O-Dixie Campers Chapter of National Campers and Hikers Association will present a family camping" show in Mc- gave Henry Chilton, former op- mission, he was given permission erator of the Courthouse grill. 30 to retain the vending machines days notice to remove his vending he had been operating on the fifth machines from the fifth floor cor- floor, with the proviso that the ridor at the Courthouse. agreement could be canceled on Commission President W.

D. 30 days notice' Kendrick said that the machines will be in the way when Daniel Construction con-tractor on the new Courthouse annex, bpgins work on renovations to the present Courthouse building. Kendrick said that the commission is attempting to work out some plan whereby the employes will have a place to buy food and soft drinks, probably from vending machines Girl, father get $75,000 in judgments Settlements totaling $75,000 were reached today in Circuit Court in two cases resulting from injuries Grand opening set for Sunny facility A two-day formal grand opening of the new Sunny Aero Corp. Fe'ldon Park Lelon fixed base facility at Municipal F'ld Satarday and Commissioners already have de- suffered bj a 17-year-old girl who DR. H.

C. BAILEY DR. MALCOLM McMILLAN Two history profs receive awards From 1-6 p.m., guests may ob Airport is being planned for May 1R-19 serve the ease of outdoor living (While visiting with the campers. An open house is set for May Dispavs wi include 1 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. T.

on(, The 367,000 square foot facility .11 costing about $400,000 will be open trailers, tent-trailers and small camping needs. In addition there will be Scout demonstrations, hand music, clowns and first aid demonstrations. At Camp Cosby, the Bams Campers of the Association will hold a show simultaneously. This is the second consecutive year the group has promoted family camping. Two Alabama professors are termined that the grill will not has remained unconscious since among the more than 260 scholars, awards made by the foundation.

for inspection alT'day on May 19 be reopened, even when the new the car in which she was riding scientists and artists named re- The fellohips are granted to comnanv nresi was struck hv a train 19 months persons of the highest capacity duley lvaa ls cmpan Presi- was struck by a train months clpients of Guggenheim fellow-for scholarly andcientifc re. dent. A judgment for $50,000 was shlp awards totallnS more than search, as demonstrated by their The facility provides space for awarded" by Presiding Circuit 38 million. previous contributions. eight executive-size airplanes.

10 Judge J. Edgar Bowron to the vie- Dr. Hugh Coleman Bailey, pro- For 10 years Dr. MCMillan has twin-engine aircraft and 33 single-tim, Frances Brand, while $25,000 fessor of historv at Howard Col- been engaged in research on engine planes went to her father Joseph F. was seiected for his studies Pratt, a native of New Hampshire I Brand, of 1743 Boise Ave.

who moved to Alabama in 1838, Both judgments were against of the llfe and achievements of began the building of Prattville (Alabama Great Southern Railroad Edgar Gardner Murphy in the and later was one of the found- Plea made BORROW for retarded children Retarded children need the 2200 REPAY 24" A MONTH LARGER AMOUNTS AT PROPORTIONATE RATES Home Owners with or withou. existing mortgage CONSOLIDATE Your Bills Into One Low MONTHLY PAYMENT Get fields of race relations, child la- ers of Birmingham. Engaged in bor and public education in the diversified industries. Pratt be-. South at the turn of the century, came the worlds largest manu-i Dr.

Malcolm Cook McMillan. facturer of cotton ins-research professor of history at nn Auburn University, will pursue his BAILEV received, a bach- studies of the life and achieve-elor deSree wlth honors fromi Howard and masters and doc-! ments of Daniel Pratt, pioneer Co. Miss Brand, then a student at West End High School, was injured Sept. 30, 1961, when the car in which she was riding with three other teenagers was struck same opportunities for growth: a (rajn Jefferson Avenue and learning considered essential; and 24th Street SW. for other children, a metal health Attorneys for Miss Brand and worker said today her father said the girl suffered Miss Margaret Wright was a permanent brain injury and has speaker at a workshop on mental noj gpQen a word sjnce the acci-retardation which brought some dent 'pde attorneys said she is 100 pecialists and public health jnow aj home after spending sev-workers in the field to Burning-months jn a ospital and at ham.

She is chief nurse in mental Cri ppIed childrens Clinic, retardation at the Nebraska Psy ante-bellum Southern industrial- tPraSe from the University of ist. Alabama. He joined the Howard faculty THE FELLOWSHIP AWARDS in the summer of 1951 as a tem-were announced by Henry Allen ponary instructor and has ad-Moe, president of John Simpson vanced to full professor. Guggenheim Memorial Founda- He has had articles published! tion. in numerous historical journals.

1 additional cash FIRST ALABAMA MORTGAGE CO. CALL 324-4328 FROM PRISON CELL TO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS Sarah Johns has paid debt to society (This daily feature presents a digest of news compiled from the worldwide facilities of The Associated Press. The New York Herald Tribune wire service, The News Washington Bureau, staff and correspondents of The Birmingham News). Compiled by JAMES SPOTSWOOI). News staff writer SANTO DOMINGO The Dominican Republic charged today that President Francois Duvalier of Haiti had offered military bases to Cuba's Fidel Castro.

The charge was made by Foreign Minister Andres Freites to a peace-keeping mission of the Organization Of American States (OAS) which arrived here this Imorning. Member of the mission flew to Port au Prince, the Haitian capital, after an airport conference with Freites. War threats had receded as the Dominican Republic Claimed a bloodless victory over Haitian Dictator Fran-eois Duvalier. Kennedy asks pay raises WASHINGTON President Kennedy asked Congress in special message for pay raises for some 1.6 million government employes. Salaries would be boosted from 2 to about 20 per cent, costing taxpayers around $500 million a year.

Kennedy says federal pay rates are required by law to be comparable to average rates in industry for same levels of work, and they aren't. Warns of Viet ar WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike Mansfield. told the Senate today that if Ihe United States bombed Communist supply lines in North Viet Nam the fighting there would erupt into a Korean type war paid for primarily with American lives." He said the losses would outweigh possible gains. Mansfield, the Senate Democratic leader, without mentioning names, thus squarely challenged views expressed by Sens.

Stuart Symington. and Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz. On Sunday. Symington said the United States should consider bombing Hanoi, Ihe capital of North Viet Nam. And Monday Goldwater said he thinks the United States should bomb certain rail and road facilities used by the Chinese Communists in the Red military buildup in North Viet Nam and Laos.

PEPSI COLA COMPANY ANNOUNCES New! A sugar-free cola with rewarding true-cola naiQIHHU i fj i PATiO 'WFTCOIA' tit! 1 SJRIIIW I chiatric Institute Clinical Research Center in Omaha. RETARDED CHILDREN should have the help of skilled persons i capable of assisting family and child with their special needs, she declared. And the child himself must be to expect that the persons i helping him are not restrained by any attitude, feeling or moti-jvation. Dr. William C.

Adamson, like Miss Wright speaking for the second day. said doctors must help families make the decision on where a retarded child be placed, not decide for them. He is director of the Child Study, Treatment and Research Center of the Woods Schools and Residential Treatment Center at Langhorne, Pa. PARENTS ALSO must be di-1 reeled into joint action for other children as well as their own. Birminghams growing Opportun-j ity Center is an example of whatj can be done for retarded chil-! dren by parents determined that they shall have every opportunity to develop to their maximum potential.

The two-day workshop ended at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel today. income for quarter $1,763,515 Net income of $1,763,515. or 72 cents per share, for the quarter ended March 31. was reported Monday by the Louisville Nashville Railroad at the annual meet-jing of stockholders. This income compared with 631, 847, or $1.07 per share for Ihe first quarter of 1962 after adjustment for additional depreciation, placing the two periods on a comparable basis.

Net income is stated by the after giving effect to a special provision for possible federal income taxes equivalent to $1.02 per share for each pe-rind resulting from depreciation deductions for tax purposes in excess of hook provisions. Operating revenues of in 1963 were somewhat better than the $58,441,883 for the comparable quarter of 1962. Operating expenses of $47,169,141 for the 1963 period compared with for 1962, an increase of $787,937. Following the meeting, the hoard of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share, payable June 12 to stockholders of record May 10. Work to begin on air lower Construction of the new airport control tower is expected to begin this week following a conference Monday between city and federal officials.

During the brief session Monday work orders were given to Henry W. Greene Construction Co The new $500,000 10-story facility is expected to be completed hy next Spring. Coin Traders Club to meet here tonight Birmingham Coin Traders Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in room 312 of Thomas Jefferson Hotel. Antonio Tomhrollo, treasurer, said anyone interested in the collection of coins is invited. FIGURE EXPERT i DEBBIE DRAKE says: GREAT TO YOUR WAIST! THE REFRESHING WAY TO STAY SUM'" troversial bills to aid farmers and to promote medical education.

After their weekly breakfast with President Kennedy, the party chiefs told newsmen they had advised Kennedy of the strength of Democratic leadership and unity in both branches of Congress. To probe ouster WASHINGTON-A Republican House member said in Washington that the House Armed Services Committee will investigate the ouster of a former Marine officer who said he was involved in an attempt to dispose of the body of a Cuban spy shot to death outside the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo, Cuba. Committee Chairman Carl Vinson D- Ga.

declined comment on the statement of Rep. Richard S. Sch-weiker of Pennsylvania. Smallpox reported MEXICO CITY At least eight persons are believed ill with dreaded smallpox in the tiny Mexican village of Alazan. Mexico, only 45 miles from Brownsville, Tex.

Two doctors and a group of nurses are inoculating all residents against smallpox. Virtually every resident is ill from a variety of diseases and vitamin deficiency, and aid is being rushed from both sides of the border The village can only be reached by vehicles with four-wheel drive, making mercy missions difficult. Senator lias shiner PLAINFIELD. N. J.

Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D-N. J.t sported a "beaut of a shiner" as he addressed a transportation seminar at Plainfield, N.

J. Monday night. His story was that a baseball struck him in Ihe eye while he was playing catcher in a baseball game with his youngsters at his home in Westfield. Nazis face Irial FRANKFURT-Th hunt for Germans accused of taking part in Nazi atrocities during the Hitler regime continues. Two former aides of Adolf Eichmnnn will go on trial soon for sharing responsibility for killing al least 300,000 Hungarian Jews in World War II.

The Frankfurt prosecutors office said nine other former SS and police officials and members of Ihe Nazi legation in Budapest are under investigation in the same case. The two defendants also are accused of extorting millions from their victims with false promises lo save them from Warns of loss WASHINGTON, Rep. Clement J. Zablorki. said today taxpayers could lose $10 million to $20 million because of a Senate amendment aimed at rutting off the profits of lobbyists for Philippines war damage claimants.

The principal lobbyist involved, John A. O'Donnell, stood to make $150,000 in fees from individual claimants, according to testimony before a Senale committee. The Senate amendment would make the payment on a $73 million lump sum to the Philippine government, thus eliminating the fees. Nations make pact UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Thant announced today that the United Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia had agreed to pull out of the royalist-republican war in Yemen. He said a U.N.

observer team will see that the agreement is carried out. Gastro talk MOSCOW Prime Minister fslel Castro spent this morning with Premier Khrushrhev at his country house near the Moscow river 25 miles nut of town. Tass. announcing the visit, said the Cuban leader was "cordially welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev and his family. I.aos unity urged The British government has urged Red China to help preserve the unity and neutrality of Laos.

The Foreign Office said today it still is awaiting Peking's reply to a note sent 10 days ago. The British note spelled out why Britain and other Western powers want all concerned to respect terms of the 1962 Geneva settlement on Laos. Soldier robbed MONTREAIAn Army lieutenant picking up a $35,000 payroll was shot and wounded today by four men who made off with the money. James Rte. Marie, paymaster at the Ixingtie Iointe Army Depot, was hit at least twice once in the leg and once to the stomach.

The robbery occurred outside a hrnmii of La Banque Can-ariienne National' in east-end Montreal. Demos bail selves WASHINGTON Congressional I Democratic leaders tossed bou-j quet at themselves today on the basis of House passage of con- SUGAR-FREE- I ONLY 1 CALORIE PER REWARDING TRUE-COLA TASTE!" 1963, PEPSI-COLA COMPANY SIIMK FBH Now available in Birmingham, Anniston, Talladega, Tuscaloosa and Winfield "Now you can satisfy that natural yearning for refreshment and still stay slim New P.iho Diet Cola contains only one calorie per serving. Its absolutely sugar-free, yet it tastes delicious, Gives you true-cola taste because its made with true-cola ingredients by Pepsi-Cola Company. Be modern. modern.

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