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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 4

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"in l--i I II I I i MUU Wm utj-i I -s iv vy VS rrr THE COMMERCIAL APPEAU MEMPHIS SUNDAY MORNING JULY 24 1966 SECTION 1 i Women Sample Election Iuues BeforePlunge kviltfttll 414 Milts Inoritato 40 In tnntsstt Mort Thtn 345 MUts Art Complttt A group of young women of foam 31 yean old had a party yesterday after-ad tha main faro wu politics not small Moat of foa guests at 203 Stooawall' foe noma of Miss Polly Cod 21 have voted- But foav will to to tiw polls for the first time in the upco: fog election with good deal information a why they're voting for specific candktotei Their conversation yesterday included Vietnam righMo-work laws and reapportion-ment are interested in Vietnam not all much men of view about the people fo that country is more canpurionete" uid Miss Beverly Young of 3004 Hermitage women ought to run tho MnfthM twridm along uid Miss Helen Jasenh 22 of 257 South Holmes with been interested to politics Of A Road By WALTS VEAWY aVentuatbr stretch (min1 isboro alGreensboro ratiwr Venezuela Nips Guerrilla Threat Csitro-Uke Movement Facing Defeat After Six Years CARACAS Venezuela July (UPI) A letter from Moscow Hie death of one Communist guerrilla leader The suicide of another and the armt of two more The ipllt These ficteri more thee anything else have contributed to the decline end certain defeat at the CaitranerriPa movement that had canned so math Meedihed In Veheenela in the feet sin years the Wetre Inlpired farcan for National Uharatlan" (FAIN) patterned after the Cuban's of July" guerrilla movement wen at one time a serious threat to the stability of the Venezuelan government They are no longer Innc fact the government now dimleeea their importance and feels that although some minor grerrilla groups still ar operating the proCom-mnniet guerrilla movement hsgbecome a thing of the put the government is not alone in its views They are Headers shartd by influential a outlawed Venezulean Communist Party (PCV) who have switched to the Soviet lint Of IRt PCV decision wu not papular among the young mutants of both the Communist Parly andjthe Mandat Leninist movement of the revolutionary left (MIR) Three of thew young men Fabrido Ojeda Dougks Bravo aod Americo Martin wrote an open latter to Cuban Premier Fidel Castro reauuring Mm the terrorist movement wood stay alive amid fight is tiw only way to the revolution and liberation of Vn- athlete Warehouse Bums loss Is 3JI Million fndlanola QroWy Building Ii Qiatroyed fcipptottoamiiircwaasaii INDIANOLA Mias July 3 Fire destroyed the huge concrete and steel warahouM of the Lewis Grocer Co here Saturday night A company spokesman estimated tiw toss at 3 million dollars Tha' warehouM wu the central distribution point of the company in tiw state The spokesman said that company records and distribution trucks were saved and tiw firm would be back fo business Monday Csum of tiw fire had not baa determined Saturday wight The Lewis Grocer Co is foe chief eopplter for the Sunflower food store chain fo Mississippi Tho firm la owned by tiw Lewis family of Indtanola and Lewis Morris Lewis is president warehouse wu located at edge of town The the MM mm WOICTED Pair Facu Morale Chargn After Hotel Arrut A 46-year-old Florida woman and a Negro elevator operator for the Tennessee Hotel it 80 South Third have been indicted by the Shelby County Grand Jury on charges of prostitution and aiding and abetting prostitution Mrs Matte Ron Edwards of Morritt Island Fla and Rufus Archie 41 of 1650 Grimes were arrested July accord ing to Asst Atty Gen Jewett Miliar Mr Milter sari vice squad officer gave Archie $15 for a date with Mrs Edwards at tho hotel prior to tiwar-rest He said dw stated dw had been in Memphis eight days and had filled two dates at $10 to $25 data Prostitution carries maximum penalty of a $50 fine Aiding and abetting carries a maximum of a $500 fine and a year fo jail HULF0RDS Made Good QMiillf which will bo at a appropriate plica Cuba Landing when tiw Tennessee River divides West aid Middle IbumiiM teh cwMited ad a state iSfoTtef wide basis tiw intentate will be a ribbon of concrete and asphalt running from Memphis to Knoxville then ictom the state line into Noth Carolina The statewide coat is estimated at $428178782 and is expected to be completed 1872 The cost will include a new MissiMippi River Midge at Memphis which will tan traffic over the river into West Memphis Little Rock and points as far west as Los Angeles Of its total length of 456 mites in TennesiM nearly 348 mites are open almost 65 mites are under construction and 46 mites are not under construction At present from Nashville (1-40 is not completed In tiw dty) the intentate ii usable 90 miles to Monterey There a driver must return to US 70 for 40 mites into Rockwood East of Rockwood tiw motorist can gat back on foe interstate and go into Knoxville Peat Knoxville he can take the intentate from Dsa-dridge and travel to Newport The remaining stretch bom Newport to foe Tennessee North Carolina line is under construction Construction will be difficult on the remaining sections in East TeniwssM highway officials say becauM of tiw ruggedneM of the terrain and groat amounts of solid rock to be removed From Nashville to Knoxville all 1-40 mileage is under construction ootpt on a 71-mite portion near Rockwood i right of way is being acquired and construction is expected to begin in December' easfof Knoxville to not 'Write wftnictiffl la 30J mite stretch near Knoxville whan surveys are befog made but whan right of way hu not baa acquired Tha stretch from Memphis to NuhvUte Ji one of foa more Impart wt 0009 fo thl but Is not foe first auporMgh comwctiu major dtfos to bo opined Other ii important font forlffllf foON COD' mcnin Ifcmpa and Daytona Fla Chaiieaten Batch Columbia and Spartanburg tad Atlanta Ga and Charlotte ibail oL until lM oowmprn poruoti of 1-40 to NafoviUrk compkt-ad it will ba uadar contract by JuM SO INI a Mam paten traveling to Kaoxvllte will have to do a little SfaJ? get back on MO Eut FREE! FUE! FREE! FREE! FREE! before now wot! other campaigns Interested this time rite to a Voter-v lot of 21-yurolda have goba slbng so happily without politics bore of footing of it dirty work for older people and with no teal knowledga of thn lanes" uid MteeCoe Bar mother Mrs Lawrence Coe fo scrataty of the Memphis Ana War a Poverty Committee Haneock County i Vote For Liqupr BAY ST LOUIS Min July Hancock County Saturday became foe tford county fo the state to vote from under the state's county-option prohibition law With 20 out of 21 precincts complete the unofficial totfla stood at 2080 votes for legal liquor and 417 against Only three precincts bordering Pearl River County a north voted dry n- foe Historical SiteiBelng flared CHESTER England Juhrjl Historical buildings are being destroyed in Britain at the rate of more than one a day ir a Houring hu reported iMinlstry official hu ot lhwOo-Cortk Mcei YOUR CREDIT OPEN AN ACCOUNT World of Carpot ReaUon Urge Novemberrote Qn'POPUiUe The 'Welfare at Memphis" promoted a resolution from tiw directors of tiw Real RMt fotetd at Mamrilif toft that Program ra taimlttea proposals for change fo dty be placed on the November ballot Wa property i William Wilson president of tiw Board of Directors of tiw Real Estate Board think we have a pretty good stake fo this fori that this is a real important issue and that foe Real Estate Board ahou come out and make them-selves heard interested in the welfare of Memphis" Mr Wilson said copies of the resolution were malted the mayor and city commissioners yesterday The resolution wu unanimously adopted tar the director! of the Real Estate Board at a called meeting Thursday It "The Board of Directors of tiw Real Estate Board of Memphis in session unanimously adopted a resolution urging and strongly recommending to tiw mayor and city commlMkxwrs that tiw pro- poeed ordinance amending the Charter of the City of Memphis presented by the Program of Program Committee be placed on tiw November 1968 ballot eo that tiw people of Memphis can determine for themsdvu tiw merits of the hot gun' AecMemalffflrei InDyersburgMome BwStfRfYHEYWST- DYERSBURG Ton July 33 A young farida of a week wu accidentally shot and kilted by her father about 12:30 Dead la Mn Dorothy Jean McCuaa MeAfia- 21 of 4453 Quines Rond fo Memphis She wu a former Dyersburg Dyersburg polka uid MeAIkn'a sisteMn-law Mrs Barbara MeAllaa 19 of the address uw the A pdice apokaemin quoted Mias McAUu saving that Mrs father MoCuaa walked with a into tiw room where tiw two young women were and uid he wu going out into tiw back yard or his home to hoot birds -Tho gun was inskte its case and wiwn ha reached fo to pull It out Of tho case the gun wantoff Berth Mr and Mrs McCuan art under sedation at Parfc-vtew Hospltal here Saturday ttlfllltp afrs McAlten wu foe wife of Geotft McAlten of Mem- Ki an Ogtoaer on a rivi Hwy had been married about a week the police wwheeman uid and Mrs Mc-Alteahadl been living with her family fo Memphis She and Miu McAlten arrived hero Friday night for a weekend visit Curry Son Funeral Home will announce services Truck Driver ignited A lOyear-old Negro truck driver Lemroy GOes wu fatally stabbed in the left aide of the cheat near the hurt last night in front of 706 Williams after argument with another Negro men police uid Leroy Cage 21 wu being held in connection with the incident Aset Chief Wilkinson said JOBS WANTED Angeles one of the longest highways in the nation so what dQN this mean to you? Aa a driver it means by state Highway Department estimate you can now drive from Memphis to Nashville in about three hours two hours off the average time on US 70 which wu known yean ago the Bristol Highway And it means 30 mites off the trip The Highway Department meuures the interstate link at 105 miles compared to the 325 miles by US 70 The opening of the about Nashville segment ends eight yean of work It began Sept 18 10M when construe- A tkm started on a between State Route US 70 Aa far the actual ceremo-ntes for the opening go Governor Clement will cut the ribbon shortly after 3:10 pjtu'A goodly number of other dignitaries are effected to be on State Highway Commissioner David Pack aald Senator Albert Gore (D Term) and Ross Ban (D Tenn) and representatives from tiw Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth and Ninth Congressional Districts sen invited have been Motorcadu are expected to leave several cities for the Takes Cake proached the speaker's ana and the crowd estimated by official apokeemu at 41000 torindlni dviliu and mill taiy-again applqudad MW 5Ti5jE Breathitt who Introduced Mr Johnson managed to speak twnroualy of foe rain which Ea uid wu needed by foa crops knaw If wo jwCtt Ctovonoritld to Mr wouldn't dteap-point us and you'd bring rain" Thi nla otenitf Johnson made kti clarfof that Amaricu I nwnlwve tunwd tiw bans" fo Vietnam Ho uid Initiative now with us -not with the ttwatea of bet- PrtridMt JohMoa awarded 22 dteorttiou to ll Vietnam veteran! now tagfonad to Fort Campbell ended hie address and joiiMM Mra Joht son and their daughter fo taking personal greetings to the wounded men who sat nearby fo hospital blue uniforms Lud it seemed to newsmen she smiled to hold back as she told the men "We're mighty proud of A cautfogsut af Fort Campbell baken then carried to the President enormous cake which bore foe inscription "Welcome Mr President Prurient Johnson cut the giant confection end scooped generous portion of it onto a plate He took a big bite tha Ol fill 1-40 Is Story When Gov Frank ment applies his scissors to ribbon stretched across Interstate 40 today he Will cut into the proudest and most upfn sive chapter pf a road madS good Tlie Cuba Landing ceremonies officially will open a $109-866847 four-lane high-speed roadway between two largest cities Memphis and Nashville And thst's a long expensive ity logging distance from road State Historian Dr Robert White in Nashville said how it all began Dates ere not certain he said but the first known road stretching ward from Nashville wu dirt logging road between Nashville and Dickson Hen came others generally running from county seat to county uat with little idea the roads would connect finally into what hu become the superhighway Dr White uid the first paved route between tiw cities wu tiw present one US 70 or it wu mmetimu called State Route 1 It generally ran over the paths made by the logging roads And now tiw segment of interstate highway is ready not only to connect the two cities in a vastly improved system but also ready to become a pert of tiw 1-40 chain which! President BENNETT tiw scene with 105-miilimetlf artillery pieces slung under neath They dropped tiw guns which were quickly put fo work on a machine-gun i placement The demonstration wu complete with an evseui-tion of the wounded by boll copter 4 the rain ended temporarily with the demonstration and ap-plauM broke out as the Prisi dent's wife and their daughter Lud arrived at the covered speaker's platform Aftar laokJag over a formidable array of captured wea ona used by the communists i Vietnam foe President headed for an open jeep The rain began once mors gnat ahei of it but Mr Johnson donned a plastic raincoat and put on his hat white he stood in the jeep it trooped the line It took about 10 mlnuteo to make tiw inspection but the President wu not too wet to take off Mb hat and wave it at the crowd which roared its approval The wounded bum Vietnam who had emerged from the press tent when tiw rain wen inside again and a sergeant near them uid "This Kentucky weather" As President Johnson and thoM who had come to see him got wetter the completely soaked members of mill band first played "The low Rose of Texas" then "The Tennessee The President took off his raincoat and hat he ap- Wjfih President Johnson Troops The Line In Driving Rain At Fort Camp be I Rain-Soaked By WILLIAM FORT CAMPBELL Ky July President Lyndon Johnson Saturday got a grimly realistic sample of how the war is being fought in -Vietnam He also got thoroughly rained on but came through it all with a broad grin and a mouthful of cake Flying into this sprawling home of the of the 101st Airborne Division during a swing through the Midwest and South the Chief Executive alio pinned medals on some of tiw Thn ambla perttou of M0 ends at 41th Aveoue North to Nashville When Knoxville bound motorists leave it there ha will go to 46th Avenue crtwi Charlotte Avamw and go to Murphy Road Ha will taka MurphyRond to Wait Avenue which will taka foam nm Avenue wmen may win ua to get to MOmfoul Bridge Oaca ictom tiw bridge foayTl got back on Ml no tefot to NufaviUe which ooco wu a task now beconwa a throe hour pleasure of tho beautiful scan WholgJJ But a word to tho wtee watch yourgu up Although then an eonw liufog stationa fo tho vidnlty of tiw uproeeway may an few and far between So art nation's most recent war he-roes and shook hands and spoke softly with thou whou Vietnam wounds have not yet More then 5000 troops were drawn up at stiff attention blue and white Air Force One screeched down on tiw mlli- tary airstrip The rain arrived with the nVINIBIRi An hewkmrs boomed out a 21-gun uhite to the chief the luoqr ones in tiw crowd of thousands gathered to meet Mr Johnson broke out umhrel-lu The others just stood and took It Nobody left The rain gentle at first began to pour Fifteen wounded men recently returned from Vietnam were taken into the nearby preu tent so they could be out of the wetneu After reviewing an honor guard the President accompanied by Senators Ron Bass of Tennessee and Thruaton Morton of Kentucky among others watched intently the crowd a simulated combat patrol moved acrou a large open area and came under by black-dad Viet Cong WATMPROOf ond shockproof AUTOMATIC winds Itsoifl ANTI MAONITIC MUUORD JEWELERS SO MAIN MEMPHIS TENN PImm im4 im 31 Jiwl wifc'i nm Otf siRMsestiieissMi Xma WMd kr Mf mcsmD hi Nnv Cuban Equipment Burns MIAMI July 23 (AP) Equipment for a textile plant under construction near Ma-tanzas Cuba wu destroyed by fire Friday night Havana Radio reported Saturday The broadcast monitored in Miami attributed the fire to careteesty thrown match PADT TIME USE eeeeeeeao FOR YOUNG MIN High School graduates whilo attending" Droughon'e Business Colog Those boys have had soma experience in the following: General office jobs typing shorthand fifing 5 A 10 Dept Drag Grocery Store end Service Station work Give your requirements to Mrs Tarver end she wil select the proper person for you Phono 524-7457 then forked over bites to Mrs Johnson to Governor Breathitt to Lud then another to Governor Breathitt Then the Prurient returned to his airplane and the crowd drifted back to care and buses Even before foe presidential jet took off Army workmen were busy taking loudspeakers off poles end soon there was only the litter of soft drink cups to indicate such important visitor had arrived and departed The patrol called for help and it wai quickly on tiw way Armed helicopters roared in almost at ground level firing machineguns Other copters dropped to the ground and a relief company which began to rout tiw VC Finally a half-dozen twin-rotor helicopters fluttered to 1.

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