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Forecast South Carolina: quite as warm or as humid today with high in 80s eorth and around south. Generally fair and somewhat cooler most of state tonight and Friday. "77 Icca VcsJicr Greenwood irh yestcriay n. low last night sunrise 5:22 a.m., sunset 7:44 pjn. Lake Greenwood elevation at ajn.

438.53 feet Lake is considered fun at 44L5 feet LI 44TH YEAR ISSUE 142 GREENWOOD, S. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4 1963 18 PAGES 10 "CENTS 8- Claii mmv IK Of mmllm Escapee Kills 3 Men Before Shot To Death U.S. May Have To Take Emergency Action To Avert Railroad Strike Communists Keep Word War Going By REINHOLD ENSZ railroad spokesman said negotiations with the five operating unions had broken down completely. MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union accused Chinese Commu J. E.

Wolfe, chairman of the nists today of slander, meddling WASHINGTON (AP)-Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz reports to President Kennedy today that it may take emergency action by Congress and the President to avert a nationwide railroad Kennedy had warned both labor and management that if they could not settle their "featherbed- National Railway Labor Conference, said all the unions had been and aggravating relations on the notified that new work rules which eve of their "peace" talks in eventually would eliminate thou AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) A desperate prisoner killed three men in escaping today from a Florida hospital, fled into Georgia with hostages, wounded a state trooper and then was shot to death by officers, the State Patrol said. Armed with guns taken from two slain sheriff's deputies in Marianna, Melvin Allen Weaver, 23, shot it out with Georgia troopers while holding and 8-year-old boy hostage. The desperado wounded one patrolman before the officers ended the mad escape bid by shooting Weaver to death.

The boy was not hurt, the patrol said. Weaver shot down two sheriff's deputies and a by-standed in his flight from a hospital in Marianna, more than 100 miles to the southwest. A statement by the Soviet Com sands oi jobs will go into ettect Julyrrt-the day after the bar :1 ding" dispute by a July 10 dead munist party central committee said another Chinese attack on So line he would ask Congress for "new legislation which will protect the public against a loss of its rail transport." viet policy Monday showed the Chinese "do not want discontinuation of the polemics and settlement of the existing differences." The President, who has exhaust gaining deadline. The unions representing some 200,000 engineers, switchmen, firemen, brakemen and conductors-warned previously they would strike immediately if the rules wera put into effect. Wirtz all but conceded Wednesday that only action by Kennedy and Congress could head off the strike at this stage.

ed all strike-delaying provisions under railway labor laws, has said The committee said it had de 'Lef Freedom Ring' cided to reply publicly "in the in a strike would be "intolerable." The crisis signals began flash terests of shedding the right light on the points of difference." ing red again Wednesday as a The committee statement, pub Appearing before a news confer- lished in the party newspaper I Pravda, was the bluntest Moscow ence, Wirtz said it is exceedingly Chicago Fireworks, Parades, Outings Mark Holiday has issued against the Chinese. While the Chinese have been punching directly, the Soviets doubtful that collective bargaining can solve the issue. "We will exhaust every possibility still of find have been sparring and claiming to be abiding by an agreement to avoid open polemics. dence from Britain on July 4 NAACP Rally Expected To Attract 100,000 ing some basis for settlement, he added, "but that possibility is remote." Just what legislative action Kennedy may ask has never been spelled out by Wirtz or the White House. 1776.

President Kennedy, after spend Talks with the Chinese would begin Friday as scheduled, said the Soviet Party. But the Soviets hinted that the international Communist conference demanded by the Chinese is not in sight. The Soviet party pledged it ing morning business hours at the White House, planned to fly to Squaw Island near Hyannis Port, where the First Lady and their two children awaited CHICAGO (API An Indenend- ence Day parade and rally, billed Back on June 15, when Kennedy won another postponement of a rail-labor showdown, he told both sides that if he were forced to take the dispute to Congress "it is going to mean, necessarily, the him. as the biggest event of the Nation al Association for the Advance The annual fireworks display takes place tonight on the Washington Monument grounds in NAACP affiliate, was the main speaker scheduled for the rally. Others include Sen.

Paul Douglas, D-Ill. Later today, Robert Carter, general counsel for the NAACP was to meet with NAACP state council presidents to map the proposed drive to end segregation in north ment of Colored People convention was expected to draw up to By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The United States celebrated its 187th Independence Day today with fireworks, parades and family outings. The original cry of "Let freedom ring! ed strongly this year in demonstrations for equal rights for Negroes. This year's celebration inaugurated an effort to ring all the bells in every city, town and hamlet President Kennedy endorsed the movement "Let freedom ring" which called for all bells to toll' at 1 p.m. (EST) and continue for: four minutes.

The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia's Independence hall was to remain mute. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson headed the list of speakers at the hall, where the American colonists declared their indepen- disposition of the disputed issue or issues through some agency other than the parties." 000 persons to the downtown district today. would strive at the talks for "the creation of a propitious atmosphere." Its statement charged the Chinese interfered "in the internal affairs of our party" when they distributed in Moscow copies of the June 14 letter from the Chinese party attacking Premier Khrushchev and listing points Peking wants discussed at the Moscow the national capital. At nearby Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, there The massed "fredom march- i Friday Wirtz is scheduled to was to be a military presentation ern schools.

meet with both management and of The Flag Story a panora ers were to move through the Loop area to Grant Park on the city's lakefront. labor representatives. He said he mic look at various versions of Two Negro leaders of the Jackson, integration battle con doubted that legislative measures talks. Old Glory. Not too far from Mount Vernon tended Wednesday that local FBI would be discussed.

Wirtz noted that speculation on legislative possibilities have centered around compulsory arbitration and government seizure and many clergymen journeyed to Maryland to join demonstrators Formal sessions of the six-day convention, which began Monday, were suspended until Friday. The Rev. L. Shuttlesworth, president of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, an for equal rights for Negroes. operations of the railroads or Irwin Miller, president of the National Council of Churches, is sued a statement urging all citi zens to "band together to take This, the Soviets said, "grossly violated the regulations in force in the U.S.S.R." Moscow expelled three Chinese diplomats and two Chinese civilians for distributing the letter.

The New China news agency reported from Peking today that Premier Chou En-lai met the ousted Chinese and "commended their active attitude of responsibility and indomitable spirit." The Soviet central committee said it banned the Chinese letter from publication in an effort to some combination ot the two. He said present law does not provide for seizure, since previous legislation providing for such action expired after the Korean concerted action to achieve common goals" and show "a willingness to put the common good ahead of private gain." FLORENCE WARDLAW Miss McCormick war emergency. A railroad union official said In Chicago, where the conven Need More Action, Less Tolfc, LBI Says PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Wednesday that "I'm sure the tion of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is being held, an Indepen railroads have always expected that the government would intervene and settle the dispute for them." create an atmosphere conducive agents were not doing an adequate job of dealing with civil rights and other violations involving Negroes. One of the critics was Charles Evers, brother of Medgar Evers, slain NAACP field secretary at Jackson.

Referring to the local FBI agents, he told a news conference, "We just don't trust them." Mrs. Ruby Hurley, the other critic, said that in the Delta region of Mississippi the FBI had employed as agents former deputy sheriffs who had been in the forefront of segregationists. Mrs. Hurley is southeast conference director of the NAACP. In Washington, the FBI declined comment.

Field secretaries of the NAACP agreed during a round table discussion with The Associated Press that the pace of integration can not be slowed even if it results in violence. Nine of the 14 secretaries, coworkers of the slain Evers, said they do not want violence but are not afraid to face it. The secre dence Day parade and rally was expected to draw 100,000 persons 2 to the talks. It said the letter contained "slanderous and groundless Road Deaths Rising Slowly By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The number of Americans killed in Fourth of July traffic accidtnts rose slowly today. The total climbed to 39.

There were some wet areas on the holiday weather map, but most of the nation enjoyed dry, pleasant conditions for traveling to beaches, mountains, big cities and home towns. The victims of highway crashes included sue members of a family from Butler, who were out for a ride in their new car. The National Safety Council has estimated that the traffic toll could mount to between 550 and 650 to the 102 hour holiday period that started at 6 p.m. Wednesday and will end at midnight Sunday. to the downtown district.

called today for less talk and attacks on the Communist party of the Soviet Union and other fra The roll of drums resounds at Vicks, where 100 more action to secure the civil rights of all Americans. "The words of the Declaration years ago today a Confederate army surrendered to Union forces after a 47-day siege. of Independence the words of ternal parties." "Instead of searching for ways to a rapproachement between our parties," the statement said, "the Chinese leadership aims at aggravating relations." Khrushchev, scheduled to return to Moscow today from his East German visit, appealed Wednesday night for Communist unity in GWENDOLYN RICHEY Miss Abbeville 2 Girls Emerge As Favorites In Contest accordance with Karl Marx's slogan, "proletarians of the world taries are directly responsible for unite. the Constitution of toe United States do not need to be further interpreted," Johnson said. "They need to be implemented for all Americans." Thus in the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted 187 years ago today by the Continental Congress, the vice president, a Southerner, called on Americans to make "liberty more certain for each of us." times the issue of this moment in our history call out for men and women who love their country to step forward with responsible leadersi'iip to implement in our national life the ideals of our national literature," Johnson said in a speech prepared for delivery at Independence Hall.

directing and coordinating local efforts in the NAACP civil rights drive. Counterfeit Ring Smashed OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)-What a Secret Service agent called "the biggest counterfeit ring ever on the West Coast" was cracked here Wednesday night and more than a million dollars worth of bogus $50 and $20 bills were nabbed. Oakland vice squad detectives and Secret Service agents arrested Guy J. Smith, 39, owner of an Oakland bar, as he headed toward an Italian restaurant just off Jack London Square carrying a shopping bag full of the phoney bills.

Inside, said Secret Service area chief Tom Hanson, more than $1 million in counterfeit $20 and $50 bills were found. Hanson said it was part of $1.4 million printed at an undisclosed headquarters. Joseph Memoli, of the Italian restaurant, and Smith were taken to police headquarters for intensive questioning. Addressing a rally at Frankfurt-On-The Oder, the Soviet premier again defied the Chinese hard line GREENVILLE, S.C, (AP) -Winnie Edmonson of Greenville Nikita's Bids Are Connected MOSCO W(AP) First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan today said Premier Khrushchev's proposal for a partial nuclear test ban "must be connected' to a NATO-Warsaw Pact nonagression treaty. Mikoyan made the remark to Western Newsman at a Fourth of July reception at U.S.

Ambassador Foy D. Kohler's Spasso House residence. He said Khrushchev's proposal in. Berlin last Tuesday was a step toward solution of the nuclear test ban stalemate. by ruling out war in the Commu nist struggle for world domina and Jeannette Wall, Miss Moncks Corner, are early favorites in this year's Miss South Carolina pageant.

tion. UNUSUAL ACTION CHARLOTTE (AP) A union bas taken the unusual step of asking that an injunction be sought against a company before any illegal anti-labor activity occurs. The Industrial Union Department (IUD) of the AFL-CIO did so Wednesday In asking the National Labor Relations Board to 5eek a court order barring the J. P. Stevens textile chain from interfering with the rights of employes to join a union.

PORTUGAL EXPELLED GENEVA (AP) The International Conference on Public Education expelled the delegation Miss Wall, 20-year-old brunette He offered to help workers who want against their oppressors" in capitalist nations, but with an olive complexion, was a preliminary winner Wednesday from Portugal today following an added, "we will not mix in the affairs of foreign countries that African protest over the country policy in its African colonies. means war. At Charleston night in the talent competition. Winnie, 21, also a brunette, took swin suit honors in the first preliminaries. The blue-eyed beauty shows vital statistic of 36-23-36.

Preliminary judging continues tonight. The finals will be held Saturday night when a successor to the current Miss South Carolina, Evelyn Ellis of Greenville, will be picked. Miss Wall caught the judges' fancy with her renditions of two songs, "Tonight," and "This is My Beloved." Judging in the pageant is based on the girls' appearances in swim suits and evening gowns and their talent. Preliminary judging in the evening gown division is kept a secret. Sixty-six girls are competing in the pageant.

132 Are Arrested As Traffic Blocked Another Spy Case Reported In Britain demonstrators to headquarters in small groups. xivxUl Officers said the Negroes beat ft Illfc on the sides of the patrol cars as they were being taken from the SYLVIA GAMBRELL Miss Greenwood CHARLESTON, S.C (AP)-Po-lice arrested 132 Negroes after demonstrators blocked traffic at Charleston's busiest intersection Wednesday. Fifty-six juveniles were among those arrested during the racial demonstration at King and Calhoun streets. They were booked delinauents adult demonstra scene. if Kelly said a television set and ft.v..

several chairs in the central police station recreation room were damaged during the detention of Quiet At Mid-Day demonstrators arrested Tuesday. tors were charged with disobeying LLJTTLE police, i LONDON (AP) British news-papers reported today that anoth-er spy case ts about to break in Britain with American secrets involved. The reports said the arrest of a British air ministry official is imminent. The man reportedly served in Washington during British-American negotiations which saw the end of the Skybolt rocket program. He was said to have served for a short time with the British de-fesne staff in Washington, a main channel for British-American de--fense coordination.

Both the British defense minis-try and the British Embassy in Washington said they had no knowledge of the reports. The reports said the lead to the exposure came through the arrest Bright sunshine and cool breezes provided perfect weather for 1114 Police Chief William Kelley said it was the first outbreak of mass law violation since demonstrations yv I I I'll At began here a month ago. i-atar. nine Negroes were message from police and sheriff's olfices, and firemen had no calls except for their barbecue hash which was sold out by late yesterday afternoon. Stores and businesses around the Square were closed today, but will be open tomorrow.

Employes of textile' plants and some other industries will be on vacation fmm. fer A i' A with trespassing. Four Fourth of July outdoor activities, and. the Highway Patrol reported traffic "just about bumper to in the Lake Greenwood area at an early hour. It was a safe holiday up to midday with no traffic accidents or s.

i I turn were arrested during a drugstore sit-in attempt and five were arrested at a theater. Police said the demonstrators at the intersection milled from other mishaps reported to offi to corner, tying bAdjj(L8c4T0Vhtheekcnd one where it was impossible to Movie theatere and other places cident victims admitted last night After attempts to hasten their detect the sponsor. in ine unuea Mates luesday of four persons accused of running a Soviet nv rinff EARLY FAVORITES Winnie Edmondson, left, Miss Greenville, and Jeannette WaflTnght, Miss Moncks Corner are early favorites in Miss South Carolina pageant. In center Is Evelyn Ellis, the present Miss South Carolina. (Photo by Paul Pritchard) of entertainment are open and do or this morning.

"Real quiet so far" was the crossing the intersection failed, 'lice begaa the arrests, taking ing a big business..