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a the the Area deaths Johnson City, Carl Banner Elk, and Roy Presnell, Lexington, S. one sister Mrs. Muncie Watson of Baldwin, one brother, Bill Cook, Detroit, 29 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren. Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home, Boone, is in charge. MURRAY M.

JOHNSTON Murray M. Johnston, 87, Mo atain Home, died at the Veterans Administration Center Hospital, Monday, after an extended illness. He was a former resident of Memphis and had lived at Mountain Home for several years. He served as an enlisted man, in the U.S. Army during World War I.

He was the son of the late John and Ann Morrow Johnston. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. A. W. Pearce, and Rachel Johnston, both of Memphis, and three: nieces.

Appalachian Funeral Home is in a charge. HARRY LEE died yesterday at Carter County Memorial Hospital after an illness of two years. BLUFF CITY Harry Lee Smith, 73, died at 3:38 a.m. today after an illness of six months. Mr.

Smith was a native of Sullivan County and a member of First Baptist Church. He was of the City Funeral Home the former, operator and owner for 20 years. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lodema Brown, Burlington, N. Mrs.

Mon a Blanders, Johnson City; one son, Lyle Smith, Rt. one sister, Mrs. Hubert Cross, Kingsport, five grandchildren, and two step-grandchildren. Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton in charge. MRS.

KATE BUCKLES ELIZABETHTON Mrs. Kate Forbes Buckles, 74, 915 Fairview J. C. Bradford Co. Members New York Stock Exchange Stocks Bonds Mutual Funds 215 Commerce St.

Kingsport DIRECT LINE 926-4281 G. C. (Mack) McCall W. P. (Bill) Harrell Charles R.

Zemp J. W. (Jim) Grubb NOTE! evening edition will a m. City edition deadline m. Notice for the State and most be in by 10:30 p.

m. before.) MRS. JULIA E. PRESNELL BEECH CREEK, N. C.

Mrs. Julia Estel Presnell, 68, died in Watauga, Hospital, Boone, late yesterday after an extended illness. Mrs. Presnell was native of Watauga County and ber the Baptist Survivors include the husband, Daniel Presnell; three daughters, Mrs. Gene Harmon, Butler, Mrs.

Lionel Guy, Johnson City, and Mrs. Clint Presnell, Beech Creek; five sons, Jasper Presnell, Caldwell, Ohio, Albert Presnell, Detroit, Warren Presnell, PRESS-CHRONICLE 2 June 1 29, 1966 Say With flowers, from Teilmann's Florist me E. Main Ph. JOHNSON CHRONICLE 204 West Main Street, CHY, Tenn. Published daily and Sunday.

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926-9221 Mrs. Buckles was a native of Mitchell County, N. and the widow of Abe Buckles. She a was Christian a member Church. of Westside Survivors include one son, Paul Sims; daughters, Mrs.

W. H. Morrell. 915 Fairview; Mrs. Nora Ruth Weiss, Maple Shades, N.

Mrs. Walter Massey, Milligan College; Mrs. Howard Jewett, Johnson City; three stepsons, Frank, Elmer and Roy Buckles; two stepdaughters, Hattie Booth, Bristol, and Mrs. Andy Sneed: six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and a number of step grandchildren. Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge.

OTHER AREA DEATHS William Chester Adams, 69, Rt. 1, Limestone David C. Stephenson, Jonesbore Funeral notices (EDITOR'S NOTE: Deadline for funeral notices for the Evenins edition of the Johnson City Press 10 a.m., and for the Sunday edition 2 p.m. Saturday. Your cooperation will be appreciated.

ADAMS, WILLIAM CHESTER Funeral services for William Chester Adams, 69, R1. Limestone, who died Tuesday, will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the Vernon Brethren Church. Rev. Lester Kennedy and Rev.

Quinten will officlate. Interment will be In the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cralo McCurry, Curtis Quinn, Keith Guinn. Cyril Gene Adams, Larry Adams, and Gary Harris. Flower bearers be nieces and friends.

The body will remain at the funeral hone where the family will receive friends from until p.m. Wednesday and will be moved to the church one hour before services to lie in state. in Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home, Jonesboro, is charge of arrangements. PRESNELL, MRS. JULIA ESTEL services for Mrs.

Julia Ester died Presnell Tuesday will be held from the 68. Beech Creek. N. who Beech Valley Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday.

Rev. Vaughn Greene will officiate, Burial will be hel In the Beech Valley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be selected from the Adult Class of the church. Flower bearers will be the ladies. of the church.

The body will be returned to the home Wednesday evening and be removed to the at noon Thursday to await the service hour. Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Boone, is in charge arrangements. RAMBO, PRIVATE MACK WAYNE Funeral services for Private Mack Wayne Rambo, age 21 of Route Elizabethton, who died Monday will be 2 p.m. Thursday from the Union Hill Freewill Baptist Church. The Rev.

Carl Johnson, the Rev. Handy Wilcox Music and tre Rev. Ed Burnett to officiate. by the Hardin Brothers quartet. Military Burial in Blevins Cemetery with Honors by the U.S.

Army, Fort McPherson, Georgia. Pallbearers will be Donald Bradley, Lanny White, Waymon Carrier, David Peters, Ronald Caldbaugh, Kenneth Andes, Terry Peters and Richard White. Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Class of 1965 Unaka High School and flower bearers will be the girls of the Senior Class of 1965 and friends. The family will receive friends from 9 p.m. Wednesday in chapel of the funeral home where the body will remain until noon Thursday at which time it will be removed to the church to await the service hour.

Tetrick Funeral Home In charge of arrangements. 46 years of service to the people of upper East Tennessee Whatever Your Financial Needs We Have A Plan 1. 1st and 2nd Mortgage 2. Debt Consolidation Plans 3. Auto, Trailer, Furniture, Appliance 4.

Signature Loans exactly "Jonnies Come Lately" YOUR NEIGHBOR SINCE 1921 ump 105 WILSON AVE. FINANCE CORP. DIAL 926-5151 WASHINGTON (UPI) -Sen. Wayne, Morse today called U.S. air attacks on oil dumps at Hanoi and Haiphong "shocking outlawry." "The greatest to the of the world United threat.

States," said the Oregon Democrat, Congress' most outspoken critic of President Johnson's Viet Nam policies. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, often critical of the growing U.S. involvement, was more subdued but suggested that the raids might delay peace and cause North Viet Nam to send more, rather than fewer men, South. In his statement on the bombing, Morse, two members of who voted in 1964 against giving Johnson a free hand to fight the war, said: "This shocking outlawry should lower to half mast every American flag. The greatest threat to peace of the world is the United States.

Many women and children in this population center (the Hanoi complex) will suffer. President of the United States must stop this shocking killing in Viet Nam by offering to cease all bombing and ask other nations to help enforce a peaceful Mansfield was reluctant to comment on the attack at first but later told reporters: "I think it indicates a new stage in the war and I think also it will bring about greater amounts of aid from the Soviet Union and Peking (to North Viet Nam). "I think the destruction of the petroleum facilities will not deter infiltration although it might slow it for some time, but the end result might be more infiltration and make the road to the negotiation table that much more difficult." Markets Morse raps newest U.S. war strike REQUESTED STOCKS 11:30 a.m. Prices C.

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D. Searle Sears Sears Sperry Rand Std Oil NJ Sterling Drug Thomasville Furn Time Jim Walter Warner Swasey Xerox 244 Kiwanians give backing to plan on city charter Johnson City Kiwanians have opened a campaign in support of the proposed change in the city charter affecting the pay of the city manager. At the club's meeting today President we Mann announced formation of a special committee "to give all support possible" to the change. "This is something we must do for the good of Johnson City, Mann said. "We must bend every effort to get the help of other civic clubs and Johnson Citians in general." The question of the manager's pay will be on the Aug.

4 ballot. At present the charter limits the salary to $9,600, a figure far below amounts paid in cities comparable to Johnson City. Because of the restriction, the city is severely handicapped in trying to find a successor to David A. Burkhalter who resigned to accept the post of manager in Springfield, Mo. In their meeting today, Kiwanians viewed a film, "Breath of Life," sponsored by the Appalachian Heart Association.

It dealt with the techniques of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. You Are Invited to an OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION For GOVERNOR ELLINGTON In The Lobby Of The John Sevier Hotel Wednesday Evening, 7:30 to 9:30 Come As You Are Bring The Whole Family Greet Your Governor Ellington This Announcement Paid For By ELLINGTON FOR GOVERNOR COMMITTEE Frank Bryant, Chairman (Paid Political Adv.) Clyde Mitchell, Vice Cheirman Ellington (Continued From Page 1, Col. we can to provide the necessary Continued from page one main opponent is a fellow Republican, John R. Jones of Erwin. Jones offers experience, a name familiar to voters.

Three Terms Jones served three terms in the Tennessee Legislature, representing Washington, Unicoi and Greene counties. He establisha firm reputation as an outstanding legislator a factor which resulted in his choice as one of three House members to act as prosecutors in the Judge Schoolfield impeachment trial. Other endeavors have seen serve twice as a delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention and as a member of Unicoi County Court, At one time, he served as county chairman of his county court a position which also put him in the role of trying juvenile cases. Thus Jones pits his experience as a lawyer and office holder against Dunbar's youth. It makes for a good race.

The third contender, Lewis May of Mountain City, is Democrat. In a normally Republican district, that makes for a handicap to start with. Showing 8 Years Ago In the early going, May was rated as a contender based on his showing eight years ago in the same race. He narrowly missed beating Lodge Evans. Among other things, he picked up a good Washington County vote: But May apparently won't get the same good Washington County vote this time.

Observers say he has dropped into third place in the race -but not far out. And there's another month in which to campaign. Happiest candidates obviously are Crimianl Judge Oris D. Hyder and Chancellor Dayton Phillips. They have no opposition.

But the Circuit Court judgeship race is another good one. Lodge Evans, Walter Saylor, Walter Garland, all Republicans, and Paul Sherwood, Democrat, are after this one. Evans And Saylor Observers in the four counties say now that it would seem to be between Evans, the present attorney general who lives in Elizabethton, and Saylor, Johnson City. Saylor, too, offers experience. He has been clerk and master here for many years.

Evans will be working with the hard core of voter strength he had before. Saylor, however, has Washington County as a solid base and strong support from the attorneys here. He's making a strong bid for union and Veteran of Foreign Wars support in Carter, too. Garland, Erwin, working from a small county, has the most ground to make up. He has concentrated initially on Johnson and Carter counties and plans to spend the last month of the campaign with major efforts in Washington County.

Garland boasts considerable experience. He is presently general sessions court judge in Unicol County and is a former teacher at the University of Tennessee College of Law. Sherwood has the same problem as May. He's a Democrat to -and enable it would him to require in. a real Sherwood split-up is of votes by the Republicans slip much like Dunbar, though, in that he lives in Erwin but practices in Johnson City.

(Thank you for continuing) District 3) County on the basis he is the only Washington County candi(Continued From Page 1, Col. 8) date. It's effective campaigning so far. Weather (Continued From Page 1, Col. 5) when we get in the mid-nineties! The haze which has accompanied the present heat spell and brought such peculiar effects of the sun is, says the Weatherman, caused by a large pressure in the upper atmosphere and there hasn't been enough wind to let the cold air down.

Smoke, fog and the like can't get out of the atmosphere and remain close to the earth. If the showers come, as predicted, they should clear the air. Meanwhile, Johnson City's already critical water situation, worsened yesterday when the Tannery Knob reservoir dropped another three feet. Brock Therrell bluntly warns that should a big downtown fire break out some high level Johnson City homes will be without any water. So today is going to be pretty much a repeat of the previous few days, at least until the later hours.

Partly cloudy, hot and, humid are the words, with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and a high: reading of 95. Considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers are expected tonight, with a low of 66. Tomorrow presents a somewhat more pleasant picture. The forecast is for variable cloudiness and not quite so hot, with scattered thundershowers r- ing the day and mostly in the afternoon. High will be 88.

Friday is scheduled to be partly cloudy, warm and humid, with increased shower activity. The probability for measurable precipitation today is 10 per cent with 30 per cent for tonight and tomorrow. Beats (Continued from page 1, col. 3) charged yesterday. They were Deanna Archer, Rt.

2, cuts to face and knees in a car accident on Knob Creek Road Thursday; James Harris, 1000 Long cuts to forehead and chin in a three-car wreck on Watauga Road Saturday; Mrs. Leona Mae Jenkins, 517 Stanley lacerations to ears in an automobile accident on the John Exum Bypass Sunday; and Ward Weems, 209 W. Watauga lacerations to forehead and right knee in a two-car accident on Jay's Boat Dock Road Monday. Fred Neil Smith, principal of the Jonesboro Elementary School, who was admitted to Memorial Hospital as medical patient June 22, was discharged yesterday. AMS group names officers Newly elected officers and directors of the East Tennessee Chapter of the Administrative Management Society are Charles E.

Byers, director, Johnson City; Leland Lancaster, director, Johnson City; Keener Depew, director, Kingsport; M. Garnet Chambers, secretary, Kingsport; Roy Meade, vice. president, Johnson City; Lloyd G. Barr, director, Kingsport; Charles Hunigan, director, Bristol; George A. Collins, president, Kingsport; J.

Herbert Hayes, director, Bristol; George E. Myers, treasurer, Johnson City. London's bow bells were silent for nearly 20 years after a bombing in World War IT. With the restoration of the bells. followed by reconsecration of the Church of St.

Mary-le-Bow the business heart of London in June 1964, Cockneys feel the war is finally over. Frail woman tells jurors of beatings funds to see that, East Tennessee State University has the support it needs." The former governor commented, "we will work for all the state institutions of higher learning. Ellington's speech last night ended the first of a three-day swing through Upper East Tennessee that will see him in Elizabethton and Mountain City today and back to Johnson City this evening where he will spend the night. He will Johnson City. Jonesboro Erwin before leaving on Thursday for his opening in Memphis.

He opened campaign headquarters in Bristol. He was guest of honor at his Kingsport headquarters yesterday and interspersed the time in between the two affairs with handshaking at Blountville and Bluff City. The Fords Ellington attended a golden wedding anniversary in Bristol of the mother and father of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Mr. and Mrs. T.

C. Ford, at the Anderson Street Methodist Church. The famous Bristol native who has made good in entertainment welcomed Ellington to his parents' celebration. The former governor's opponent in the Democratic primary for the governor's race is Nashville attorney John J. Hooker Jr.

Ellington was given a piece of birthday cake at the opening of his Bristol headquarters that was for his state campaign cochairman Charles Worley of Bristol since his own birthday was the day before. He was 59 years old. Accompanying Ellington on his Sullivan County swing besides Worley were his Bristol manager, Frank Winston, Kingsport manager Joe Worley, central county manager Philip Earhart and Sullivan County youth campaign manager Paul Wohlford. Candidate Ellington told the Elizabethton Rotary Club there at noon today that "The number one health problem in Tennessee, as it is all across America, is mental health." He told the Rotarians that he met this situation when he was the mental health budget of Tengovernor before by increasing nessee some 55 per cent during his first term as governor. Ellington pledged "to again provide the necessary increases in funds to move Tennessee ahead in meeting the needs of mental health." He declared, "Tennessee must not and will not be neglected in this field.

The former governor shook hands and spoke to several hundred persons in Sullivan County yesterday. The $10-a-plate fund raising dinner last night in Kingsport saw a full house, with some persons having to eat in another dining room from the one Ellington spoke in. In looking back on his record for Sullivan County alone during his first term as governor, the candidate noted that more than 126 miles of highway construction had been accomplished in Sullivan County alone. He cited Tri-City Airport improvements at a cost of nearly half a million dollars and an armory at Bristol. He noted that five new plants had located in Sullivan County during his past term in office, just before the present administration took over.

No Taxes Repeating promises made in his formal campaign opener, Ellington said there be no increase in the state sales tax, no state income tax, nor a payroll tax if he is elected gov- ernor. "Our concern for the educational progress of this state is concentrated directly on the individual child," Ellington said. Commenting further on education, the candidate declared, "When I say I will recommend to the legislature increases in appropriations that will place Tennessee above the average of the Southeastern states, I am not grasping at a political phrase. Noting his record, Ellington said the total education budget had been increased by per cent during his first term, "without any new taxes." He cited an increase also during this period of 52 per cent in higher education, "without any new The candidate also said the average teachers salaries jumped nearly "$800 during my first term." Adding to his educational platform, Ellington said, "you will recall the pledge have to place a state college, university, or junior college commuting distance of every high school graduate in this state." Taking a poke at his opponent, Ellington said the laboring man "resents a candidate for for governor little telling man of his concern the and mum wage after that candidate had accepted $20,000 to lobby in Washington to keep laundry workers from coming under the Federal Minimum Wage Law." A story had been broken in a Nashville newspaper that Hooker was registered as lobbyist for the Tennessee Laundry Owners Association during 1961 when the minimum wage bill faced Congress. Venus appears as the brightest object in the heavens, with the exception of the sun, moon land an occasional comet.

A jury in Hawkins County Criminal Court yesterday returned a verdict of guilty against Robert Lee Fowler, 16, also known as Bobby Hartsock, on a charge of felonious assault with intent to commit rape. ROGERSVILLE A frail white-haired woman told 13 jurors yesterday about her brutal beating at the hands of an assailant but could not positively identify her attacker. Mrs. Nannie Hutson, 58, who was at her home near the underpass on Highway 11-W in Church Hill the night of May 6, said in Hawkins County Criminal Court that her assailant "had dark hair and had on a dark Robert Lee Fowler, 18, who is also known as Bobby Hartsock of the Grassy Creek section, is being tried for assault with intent to commit rape. Fowler took the stand shortly before court adjourned and said he had never seen Mrs.

Hutson until she appeared in court. Brady Richards, 17, Church Hill, a witness tor the state, said Fowler had asked him where an old lady lived and that he said an old man and woman lived at the Hutson place. "He said let's go up and look in the window. I told him I didn't want to get my head blown off. Then I went on home," Richards said.

Fowler testified that they both looked in the windows of the Hutson house. According to Fowler, they stood at the windows "long enough to see that it was an elderly lady." Each claimed to have left the other at the scene. And ol' Ern has company at celebration Viet (Continued From Page 1, Col. 2) to the British embassy in Washington to ascertain full details, London dispatches reported. It was indicated the raids would touch off major political storm in Britain where the Labor government supports U.S.

policy in Viet Nam. The bombing attacks sent smoke spiraling up almost seven miles high in mushroom clouds that spread out for 50 square miles at their tops and cast dark shadows on the two. cities that formerly had been spared U.S. bombs. GTC records increase in period earnings CHATTANOOGA- A The Greater Tennessee Corp.

earned $38,026 after taxes during the first four months of 1966, an increase of more than 33 per cent over earnings of $28,546 for the first four months of 1965, President W. G. Smith reported. In an interim message to the Chattanooga based corporation's more than 5,000 shareholders throughout the state, Mr. Smith noted that before-tax net income rose 24 per cent, from $39,647 for the first four months last year to $49,306 for the first four months this year.

He attributed the earnings increase largely to the continuing success of two of the firm's subsidiaries, Greater Tennessee Finance Corp. and G. T. Developers. The finance firm has offices in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Johnson City, Jonesboro, Columbia and Winchester, while G.

T. Developers has extensive real estate interests in the Chattanooga and Nashville areas. Another GTC subsidiary, Inns of America, a luxury motel at Johnson City, reports occupancy up some 15 to 20 per cent this year over the comparable period last year, the company dent said. BRISTOL One of Bristol's most famous sons came back yesterday to help his parents celebrate their 50th golden wedding anniversary. Not only did Mr.

and Mrs. T. Ford have their son, "Tennessee Ernie" Ford here, but his family as well. During the day, former governor Buford Ellington and presently a candidate for the same office, dropped in to congratulate the Fords on their anniversary. On hand last night, besides the famous son and other family members, was Gov.

Frank Clement, a close friend of the entertainment world's "pea-picker. Gov. Clement presented Mr. and Mrs. Ford a symbolic golden record in commemoration of their anniversary.

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