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-1 J-fif i aw THE LITTLE WOMAN The Lexington Leader Martin King Is Jeered As He Addresses Meet Nasser Becomes 6 Doveisli 9 General News and Classified Lexington Kentucky Friday Afternoon September 1 1967 25 Priest Arrested As Milwaukee Has Another Night Of Racial Strife the emergency proclamation But Groppi and his followers who had progressed only four blocks on their way to city hall would not break stride The order to start making arrests was given and Groppi was the first to be siezed He was carried off bodily to a police van During the fracas at the intersection of 10th Street and North Avenue in the area where racial rioting erupted early in August a squad car was set afire More arrests followed when police tried to clear the area Accuses Priest I suggest a new mouthwash?" By FRANK JOSEPH CHICAGO Some 50 noisy jeering Black Power advocates competed for the attention Thursday night as Dr Martin Luther King Jr keynoted the National Conference for New Politics King was critical of the adventure in in a speech during which there were repeated outbursts from the Negroes in the back of the hall The hall holds 5000 persons and was nearly full Earlier in the day about 50 of more than 500 Negro delegates and observers to the 4tt-day convention staged a boycott The dissidents accused convention planners of and said there had not been enough participation by Negroes in convention planning: They said they would begin their own black black for a theme Rap Brown leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was to address the Splinter group The rest of the Negro delegates said they would stay in the convention which aims to provide a forum for left-wing opinion and advocates of peace and civil rights Most delegates white and black favor some form of Black Power Many of them would like to see Dr King heading a third-party presidential ticket in 1968 although King has been cool to the idea The rally in the Coliseum was the official opening of the convention following 216 days of preconvention including a marathon black-only caucus that led to formation of the splinter group Negro actor Ossie Davis was the master of ceremonies and other speakers included comedian Dick Gregory and chaplain William Sloan Coffin of Yale late-night speech was greeted with a standing ovation Shortly after he began to talk the group in the back of the coliseum became noisy Its members who were taking up a collection to pay fines for a group arrested during a demonstration began buttonholing passersby and demanding loudly you white liberals like to contribute for our black Rumors spread that Rap Brown had arrived The crowd began screaming Rap but King continued to talk At another point one youth was mistaken for Cassius Clay the former world heavyweight boxing champion and the crowd chanted over and over speech concentrated on the Vietnam war and lack of attention to the problems of cities and Negroes in the nation inexorable decay of our urban centers has flared into terrifying domestic conflict as the pursuit of foreign war absorbs our wealth and he said If the will of the people continues to be unheeded all men of good will must create a situation in which the 1967-68 elections are made a referendum on the he said American people must have an opportunity to vote into oblivion those who cannot detach themselves from militarism King did not make any reference to the proposal that he run for president Dr Benjamin Spock authority on medicine who advocates a US pullout in Vietnam has been proposed as running mate Spock told a news conference Thursday he would accept a draft for the position but felt it was not ikely to come By LEE A MEYERPETER MILWAUKEE Wis UPI)-A firebrand white priest vowed today to hold another open housing rally and a march despite an aborted march Thursday night which sparked arson rock throwing and mass arrests It was the fifth straight night of racial strife on north side never stop" said the Rev James Groppi after he was released on $1000 bond on charges of resisting arrest battery of a policeman profani ty disorderly conduct and violation of the proclamation against nighttime marches The 30-year-old priest who was ordered to appear in court today said another church rally would be held again tonight Asked if another march would follow he answered possibly" Violate March Ban Father Groppi alderman Mrs Vel Phillips and 136 others were arrested during the Thursday night march most for violating the edict of Mayor Henry Maier who banned demonstrations marches and picketing between 4 pm and 9 am daily' Twice an officer read aloud with cries of Power' shortly before there Father Groppi his voice becoming hoarse with strain should not be here The marchers lined up arm in arm in rows of three and head ed toward downtown about a mile- and one-half away going to city hall to see the said Father Groppi who criticized Maier for refusing to call out the National Guard to protect youth council members against the masses of white hecklers on the South Side The marchers got two blocks before police spilled out of vans on a side street and moved toward them A police inspector read from the proclamation The marchers kept moving Police walked alongside and for four blocks kept pace without interfering with the demonstration But as the marchers neared the corner of Ninth Street and North Avenue three empty police vans pulled alongside The police rushed the marchers many of whom scattered across a vacant lot and escaped down an alley But others were grabbed by police and hauled toward the waiting vans Two KU Employes Retire After 85 Years Of Service By DENNIS NEELD KHARTOUM Sudan (AP) -Gamal Abdel Nasser told the final working session of the Arab summit conference today it was essential to rebuild foe war-shattered Arab armies while seeking a political solution to the Middle problems In a 90-minute address the Egyptian President said the Arabs may be compelled to resort to force to regain territories conquered by Israel in the June war if political means fail He stressed a military buildup was necessary so that the Arabs should speak from a position of strength Thus Egypt joined Jordan as a they lost most heavily in the while Syria remains the most hawklike of the Arab states having boycotted the summit meeting Syria lost only a sliver of land in the war In return for its stand Egypt will benefit from a huge relief fund to be financed chiefly by the Arab oil states to help recover from the economic consequences of the war The conference Thursday night agreed to set up a $392-mlllion emergency fund Egypt will get $256 million Jordan $122 million and Syria $14 million despite its boycott of the conference Kuwait will give ($154 million Saudi Arabia $140 million and Libya $84 million Other Arab states will contribute a total of $14 million The Arab heads of state denounced any Israeli plan to incorporate the Gaza Strip and the west bank of The River Jordan permanently in their territory They heard a plea by the Palestine Liberation Organization leader Ahmed Shukairy for support for guerrilla war in the area An Egyptian-Saudi Arabian agreement to settle their long standing feud over Yemen in a bid to end the civil war in that country was assailed by the Republican side again President Abdullah Sallal denounced the peace pact providing for the with-drawl of Egyptian troops from his country as Sallal declared his government would take no part in the efforts to mediate between warring Republican and Royalist factions by a commission made up of Morocco Iraq and Sudan County Judge Christ Seraphim sitting as magistrate set bail for Groppi and told him he had persisted in "violating the law day after day week after week The public has a right to be protected from a repeater" A rally on the predominantly Negro north side was directed by Father Groppi at St Boniface Thursday night as a prelude to a march that met police resistance within 10 minutes after it began there anymore here afraid of going to jail afraid of tear gas afraid of askeed the priest as he stood before the altar in a church that had rung Voice Of Broadway Russia Bans 2 American Attaches Two officials of the Kentucky Utilities Co will retire today after 85 years of combined service to the company They are William Skinner 517 Culpepper Road vice president who has been with the company 41 years and James Thompson 820 Sunset Drive system safety director who has been with the firm 44 years Mr Thompson has been involved in safety work throughout his 44-year-career But he also has had success as a circus performer piano tuner boxing coach and a musician He joined the company at Pineville in July 1923 during the construction of the Pineville generating station where he was in charge of materials and the first aid station Mr Thompson coached the KU Park First Aid team that won numerous championships and served as a judge in the International First Aid Contest in 1930 While at Pineville he also coached a local boxing team that won a number of honors in Golden Gloves competition at Knoxville Tenn He later took up another side' piano tuning Mr Thompson's piano playing led him into song writing at the age of 16 He has written a number of' published compositions since then including of the Blue which was chosen as the official Lexington Homecoming song in 1950 After the Pineville gcneratL plant was completed he was MR SKINNER MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet government today ordered the expulsion of the US Embassy press attache and refused to DEAR ABBY allow the agricultural attache to return to his assi assignment here -BY- ABIGAIL VAN BUREN Tell Mother Gifts Cause Fights CONFIDENTIAL TO PINKY: The proof of the pud-ing is not always in the eating whether he comes back for seconds A lot of very mediocre pudding has been consumed for lack of choice Man Fined $100 For Carrying Concealed Pistol IIow has the world been treating you? Unload your problems on Dear Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles Calif 90069 For a personal unpublished reply inclose a self-addressed stamped envelope For booklet to Have A Lovely send $1 to Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles Calif 90069 Candidate Boggs Wants Night Sleet Ray Boggs an engineer an engineer looks more like the young Jack Kennedy than ever in for instance A on for a George Gershwin statue at 75th A Riverside Dr where he lived certainly an inspiring permanent Manhattan memory whose songs die Top jockey Braulio Baeza and his Carmen expect their 4th little winner next month Next Inner Circle show (always a routh political needling) will depict rats leaving the sinking Lindsay Council Pres Frank mayoralty hopes are high again hut not with RFK Mick agger of the Rolling Stones and Marian Faithful who rings are on their own trip Bdwy prosties are a tragic ugliness already without the holdup team preying on the doomed dolls We asked a top cop the VD rate among the bag-swingers and he shrugged least 99 per Great old Jimmy Dorsey star Helen okay after major surgery in Cedars of Lebanon Sarah "A Thread in the is a London best seller plus peddling briskly here Marshal daughter in Crooked film the medium-is-the-Massage-man Benny former vocalist Dot-tie Reid got a Mexican divorce from trombonist Merv Gold of the pit band How come a magazine like list billiard parlors? Just-divorced Anita Gillette (of Drink the and producer Max Katz seem serious Even as Brian Epstein died his office publicized the 200 millionth sale of his beaQes records Lee Mar sizzle seem to be losing its cool: his next film is rated and 'Blowup com' with psychedelic effects yet DEAR ABBY: My mother sends our children big gifts every year for their birthdays and she also sends my brothers and me a birthday card with $20 enclosed but she NEVER sends our wives anything This makes them feel hurt and starts fights in our homes not that mother know when her birthdays are because we know she does What can we do to keep peace in the family? THE BROTHERS FOUR DEAR BROTHERS: You could let your mother know that your wives are at being overlooked on their birthdays which would probably produce some forced and therefore Insincere gifts For your mother to slight your wives deliberately is smaH But it does not justify in your homes A wise and considerate wife would not hold her husband responsible for what his mother does or does not do Willis Elmone Cosgrove a 58-year-old salesman was accused of carrying concealed a deadly weapon Thursday in Fayette Quarterly Court He was fined $100 placed on probation for 50 days and the weapon was ordered conficated He was also fined $100 and costs for reckless driving Cosgrove was arrested on the Versailles Road June 29 for carrying concealed an automatic pistol The charge was amended to attempting to commit felony Congrove was also told not to stay in Lexington overnight but may commute only in the daytime from a motel outside the city limits while traveling He lives in Louisville promoted to chief clerk a position he held until February 1941 when he transferred to the general office in Lexington as assistant safety director In September 1958 he was named system safety director Since he has been safety director the company has won 80 of its 93 safety awards The Ewing Va native belongs to a number of safety organizations and has served as a safety program consultant for the National Safety Industrial Department for several years He has served as a deacon of Victory Christian Church He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the American Society of Safety Engineers former director of the Lexington Safety Council Mr Skinner is a native of Morganfield and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky where he received a BS degree in Civil Engineering He was responsible for business development advertising rates contracts franchises and has served the last 15 years as vice president with the company He joined KU in March 1926 as a civil engineer in transmission line and construction In 1929 he became company statistician and from 1930 to 1934 he did general engineering work From 1934 until his election as vice president he was a rate engineer A past potentate of the 01-eika Temple Shrine Mr Skinner is a member of the Shrine Hospital Board He is member of tiie board of the Blue Grass Automobile Club and served three years as president Hie is member of the Lexington Rotary Club and Lexington Chamber of Commerce He has served on the board of the Boy Scouts and on the speakers bureau of the Community Chest Mr Skinner is a member of the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers He is a board member of the Family Counseling Service served as president and director of the Associated Industries of Kentucky and is a director of the CNO TP Railroad subsidiary of the Southern Railway System People Stand By As Nurse Attached at IBM and a candidate for nomination as a city commissioner has suggested the Board of City Commissioners meet at various locations in Lexington at night He told the Thoroughbred Kiwanis Club that this would be one way of improving the relationship between the commission and the public He said it was almost impossible to schedule a meeting with any city official now Boggs also suggested that better management of city funds would produce the necessary revenue to give policemen a salary boost He said higher pay would help recruit better men for the department The embassy said: of these men has done anything wrong' Americans suggested unofficially that the expulsion was in retaliation for the recennt cancellation of visas for two Soviet diplomats in the United States in connection with a spy case The Soviet Foreign Ministry sent a note by messenger to the US Embassy which gave no-' tice of the action The Foreign Ministry accused the two men Dabney Chapman and Brice Meeker of Incompatible with their diplomatic No details weres given The American Embassy had no immediate comment Chapman was in Moscow Meeker was out of the country It was the first expulsion of an American diplomat since Second Secretary Donald Lesh was ordered to leave the country last Sept 14 The Soviet government apparently acted in retaliation for the forced departure from the United States of two Soviet diplomats earlier this summer They were Nikolai Popov first secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington and Anotoliy Tikhorevich Kireyev a member of the Russian mission to the United Nations The diplomats were accused of conspiring with Sgt Leonard afford of Chillum Md and Sgt Ullysses Harris of Neptune to obtain official secrets The latter two were charged with spying Meeker 45 has served three years in Moscow He gained wide respect in the diplomatic community for his knowledge of agricultural conditions in the Soviet Union He was given the assignment after a tour with the Department of Agriculture in Washington Chapman 38 spent a year at the embassy here after preparation at the Army School of Russian Studies in Germany Before that he had been cultural attache in Afghanistan Embassy sources said the Foreign Ministry was not expected to clarify its accusation They also said no time limit for leaving the county had been set Meeker has been on home leave in the United States He was denied a visa to re-enter this country One of his daughters was with him Another daughter and Mrs Meeker remained in Moscow and will rejoin the rest of the family Chapman who has a wife and four children is in Moscow KEA Official Says Back Proposed Strike By JACK NEW YORK store owner George Farkas is seriously ailing at Mt Sinai Hospital Sam Leven-son worked the Ed Sullivan Show in five years since Smiley smacked down on performers who worked the Jack Paar Show for $320 but got up to $7500 from him Tragically ill-timed commercial (after wild bears killed two girls) the gasoline pitch featuring fierce looking bears Friends of foe Middle test so many since the Arab-Israei quickie-war closing down its NY HQ Another George Murphy's turning Nassau County NY lawyer running for local office Monica Coffey daughter of the former asst director of the FBI celebrated her impending marriage to Richard McCormick at Water Wheel Late-late rumors: CBS The New Yorker The one about the Hotel around again No title yet for Bobby Kennedy book the set hears he got $100000 in-front Ernie getting a big buildup as a singer just been built down as a fighter Incidentally a very nice gentle giant Patti (Mrs Elliott) feeling disaster prone: her new book about the Roosevelts alienated just about all of them she and Elliott have a few lawsuits and ordered to vacate their Miami Beach 10-bedroom one-bath mansion this week a 7-lb laddie for Gleason Show actor Franklin Schulers Top designer Anne Fogarty and groom Kollmar (Dorothy widower) dined at 58th St pop-spot so ex Tom Fogarty gentleman always about-faced and took his gal elsewhere but been in six timed in a week with six different cuties 'x Actor Guy Stockwell underwent throat surgery Jimmy Stewart's only unusual plan is to retire from the Air Force Reserve: 60 next year Prominent Negro told us the Bobby Kennedy-Fulbright ticket being pushed for 72 (or get black votes: forked-tongue liberalism he always votes with the segregationist Sir Cedric Hardwick's son Edward Hardwick (that's how he spells it) commutes daily from Paris where in the Rex Harrison Flea In Her film to London where also in the stage version nights The Four Mefiuhins checking into the Drake were Yehudi his wife son fiddle Buck Henry wrote the screen script for Mike film plus 8 hotel clerk role for himself Duck created (with Mel Brooks) Smart" funniest of all TV comedy series Vacationing in Paris Joan Rivers post-cards just like NY everyone nasty and rude They hate Americans and paying for De face-lifts" George Maharis adores Mona Crawford even more than he digs her singing Allan due for a real scorch-profile in one of the nasty-slick mags Not a qualified shorthander emerged from a federally-funded steno-school and the probe is on Veteran actor Paul reason for taking the TV commercial: $50-000 Alberto uncomlainingly in a rut: a in both "Seduced and Birds Bees the Americanization of Emily' was a so-so success first time around but now that Julie Andrews and James (Flint) Coburn are boxoffice sizzlers plus a dirty film it'll be sent out again Broke Peter heart not to get the JFK role in but lie now 23 Citations Arc Issued For Speeding State Police Urge Caution Labor Day FRANKFORT Kentucky State Police urge all motorists to drive with extreme caution over this Labor Day weekend which begins at 6 pm today The Public Safety Department has compiled the following statistics from last Labor Day holiday: Throughout Labor Day weekend last year there were eight fatal highway accidents in which 10 persons were killed One was a pedestrian five were drivers of vehicles and four were passengers A total of 562 highway accidents occurred over Labor Day in 1966 in which 313 persons were injured DEAR ABBY: I know this letter has a very slim chance of getting in the paper but with your answer it will surely help other teen-agers with aunt problems My aunt can her Peggy) brings her two children (ages and 6) to our house every Tuesday and Thursday then she and my mother take off and play golf leaving my sister and me to baby sit with the children My sister and I are sick of it and we told our mom to tell Aunt Peggy that we are going to start charging her for baby sitting My mother said get So my sister and I are going tell Aunt Peggy ourselves What do you think of this? Maybe we owe our mother the task of baby sitting but not our aunt I am 14 and my sister is 13 and we have other things planned for those days What is your advice? TWO SISTERS DEAR SISTERS: If your reaction to your complaint was get I recommend complaining to your aunt I agree you are being taken advantage of but occasionally we must all put up with situations which require us to give more than we get PADUCAH Ky Marvin Dodson executive secretary of the Kentucky Education Association said Thursday the KEA will support McCracken County teachers in their threatened walkout from county schools The McCracken County Edu cation Association a branch of the parent KEA voted over whelmingly to remain away from classes when schools reopen Tuesday unless three members of the school board rescind their vote against a property tax increase or resign A proposed 10 per cent property tax hike for school purposes was rejected 3-2 Tuesday The ultimatum followed a meeting Wednesday night Some 80 per cent of revenue from the proposed tax would have gone for higher teacher salaries Sixteen traffic citations for speeding were issued between 7 pm and 11 pm Thursday in SEATTLE Wash (AP) Miss Ann Marie Davenport 20 red-haired practical nurse was walking home from St Francis Xavier Cabrini Hospital when it happened She was only a block from her home Half a dozen people were close by and countless of motorists were passing despite the midnight hour Then there was this young muscular looking youth about 20 she explained Thursday "He was walking unusually close to the side of the the side my purse was on He walked past me Then I heard foodsteps behind me He knocked me over the curb and I fell in the street with my purse underneath me I screamed The people all turned around But they just stood there looking 'He screamed: 'Gimme the purse! You better gimme the purse! 'He kicked me in the side and then in the stomach trying to wrest the purse away from me kept yelling I didn't have any money hoping he would give up Even after he ran away the people just stood there and watched They do anything They even ask me I was hurt They just turned and walked away were like so many animals watching the survival of the fittest If you don't make it just too bad I went home and called the police The police just shrugged their shoulders when I told them They said: 'You can't expect people to help you anymore Anyway Miss Davenport still had her purse a 35 mile per hour speed zone Fire From Fumes Damages House on the Old Paris Pike Fayette County Police Patrolman Earl McAninch said today He said all vehicles were clocked with radar at speeds from 47 to 58 miles per hour Early today McAninch said seven additional citations speeding were issued to motorists driving through a school zone on Spring Hill Drive He said these too were written with the help of radar Chi Chapter BSP Meeting Held Chi chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sept 9 Is Deadline For Vole Registration Rotarians Hear Rice Fire caused minor damage to home at 433 Ash Street early today Lexington firemen reported Firemen blamed the fire on gasoline fumes They said a paint brush was being washed with gasoline inside the house and its fumes were ignited by a small heater The occupant of the house was identified as Willa Jones Chief Dispatcher Bumie CSrl in referring to keeping gasoline inside homes in improper containers or in using it for cleaning purposes said its fumes are more dangerous than a loaded Discuss Recruiting Conley Declared Legally Dead held its Beginning Day meeting Sunday at the home of Mrs Bobbie Rudd president Plans and projects for the coming year were discussed Members attending were Mrs Joyce William Mrs Katie Bell Mrs Loeta Webb Mrs Mary Webb and Mrs Eleanor Strickland A dessert was given by the chapter last week at Howard to honor Miss Eileen Thornton who has moved to Tennessee and Mrs Betty Burton who has left for FRANKFORT (AP) Kentuckians have until Sept 9 to register to vote in the Nov 7 general election Persons eligible to register must be at least 18 years old and have lived in the state one year the county six months and the precinct days The last day to mail p-nlications for an absentee ballot is Oct 19 Judge Grant has tervd an order in Fayette Circuit Court judging Clifton Conley to be legally dead Judge Grant said in his order that wife Ruby Shannon had made a diligent search fur Conley She claimed in a suit filed June 9 that Conley been seen or heard from in the last 11 years Conley last lived in Detroit Mich $380 In Cash Taken From Safe Russell Rice former sports editor for The Leader who is now assistant sports information director for the University of Kentucky told the Lexington Rotary Club about some of the difficulties the University athletic stiff experiences in recruiting ip athletes particularly outstaoiling Negro athletes are high on a number of fine freshmen in football basketball and he said we expect to have some exciting performances next year and The Rotary Club has changed its regular luncheon meeting-place to the Continental Inn on New Circle Road and met there for the first time on Thursday DEAR ABBY: I am a middle-aged widow who is very much in love with a widower my own age who claims he loves me too (Ill call him George) We both lost our mates within the past three years George has a 20-year-old daughter who resents me George says his daughter hasn't anything against me personally that she would resent any woman her father showed an interest in I would like to marry this man but how can I work around his daughter? He will not marry without his blessings INTERESTED DEAR INTERESTED: now the daughter feels about you is relatively unimportant flow docs George feel about you? If his unjust resentment is keeping him from marrying you who needs him? He and his daughter deserve each other Youth Is Charged With Auto Theft Permit Sought For TV Station Permission to operate a television transmitting station at the southeast corner of Win Chester Road and Bryant Road is sought in an appeal filed Thursday with the Board of Ad justment by WBLG-TV Inc Young Republicans Cocliairmen Named LOUISVILLE (AP) Ernie Allen a senior at the University of Louisville and Allen Young-man a junior at the University of Kentucky have been named cochairmen of the Young Republicans for Nunn organization The Republican state Cam paign Headquarters announced the formation of the new group Thursday Its purpose will be to recruit high school and college students to campaign for GOP nominee Louie Nunn Approximately $380 was reported stolen from a safe at the MRS Market £0 Pyke Road about 3:30 pm Thursday Richard Prather told Lexington police he placed the money in the cash drawer of the safe about noon He said he locked the drawer but only closed the door of the floor safe Later he said he discovered that the door to the cash drawer had been forced open with a screwdriver and the money stolen Leo Michael Bartlett 19 of 170 Bruce Street was charged with grand larceny Thursday in connection with the theft of a car from Bruce and Second streets The auto owned by Jane Townsend 468 West Second Street was recovered near Short and Bruce streets about 5:30 pm LaGrange Soldier Killed In Vietnam WASHINGTON CAP) Pfc Edward Rankin son of Mr and Mrs Carl Rankin of La-Grange has been killed in con nection with the fighting in CAR OWNERS DETROIT About two-thirds of families in America own an automobile and two-car families are increasing rapidly MORE VEGETABLES CHICAGO Average American today eats 192 pounds of vegetables a year compared with 115 pounds in about 1900.