The Memphis Press-Scimitar from Memphis, Tennessee • 5

MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR SATURDAY APRIL 4 1970 PAGE I i HimiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBy ELDON ROARK iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Strolling What! Steers Standing in Lush Grass and Not Eating The Carswell Case As Day of Decision Nears His Hometown Opponents Protest His Friends Speak And the Senate Vote Is Tossup THE OTHER DAY Visited the North Mississippi Branch Experiment Station near Holly Springs and saw something that struck me as rather astounding The station is one of nine operated by Mississippi State University Starkville Servetus Crockett animal husbandry expert who has charge of the branch said come on take a ride around their SOS acres He wanted me to see some pretty rye-grass winter pastures Well the pastures were lush and green but the astonishing thing was that most of their young steers Hereford! In one pasture Black Angus in were lying down taking it easy in the sunshine or were Just standing up In small groups enjoying a hit of social life Very few were grazing! And that grass locked so good I felt like eating some of it myself That was a new farm picture to me It has been my observation that cattle in a pasture spend the whole day grazing They just eat eat eat from morning till night asked Servetus how come his steers going for that pretty grass He said oh they had been going for it earlier in the morning and now they were so full they hold any more It take them long to fill up in a pasture like that this is high dry poor land" Servetus said are showing what can be done with it" Vllaik unnwa rms ihiwimiwm iinmipv Anti-Carswell Demonstration on Steps of Capitol Standard bearer for the Malcomb United Front waves his banner in face of Sheriffs Deputies i 'He Ain't No Hometown Boy of Mine' One Says must plant varieties that lend themselves to harvesting by machinery There is a shortage of farm labor and farmers are having to look to mechanical help if they are to farm Servetus is a strong defender of the American farmer blame the farmer for the high cost of living He handed me a copy of one of their recent reports I the cotton producer gave his cotton away a 55-95 cotton shirt would still cost $583 Yet the price of cotton could be doubled and the shirt would cost only $607 the wheat producer gave his wheat away a 35-cent loaf of bread would still cost 335 cents Yet if the price of wheat was doubled the loaf of bread would cost only 365 cents the milk producer gave his milk away milk would still cost 20 cent per quart in the grocery store the cattle feeder gave his choice steers away sirloin steak would still cost 80 cents per pound" Yeah true that the cost of living is high but don't look at Servetus ami his farmers They getting the dough $2500 Desk SURE the name Servetus Crockett looks familiar to many of you He is the son and only child of the fate Servetus Crockett colorful personality who ran a quaint country store in the Barr Community 10 miles east of Senatobla Miss The elder Crockett a cousin of the famous Davy Crockett died last December at the age of 82 He had been running his store 50 years and had been written up in Strolling several times His son Servetus Jr because he have his middle name His is SP He told me he had sold his stock of goods and had closed the old store But he and Mrs Crockett kept a few things as curios and antiques was a pair of high-buttoned shoes for instance" Servetus said wife wanted to keep them" There also were some bottles of medicines" that are now items He also kept most of his business papers and books his wood carvings (his hobby) and some of the strong home-cured twisted tobacco And of course he has kept most of the furniture that was in the old home which also has been dosed The elder Mrs Crockett died about 25 years ago and Mr Crockett had lived there alone ever since Among the furniture was an ebony desk lined with rosewood which had once belonged to a sea captain and had been used by him on his ship Mr Crockett bought it for a song Neither he nor the owner at that time realized its value Later a man who knew about the desk and had traced it to Mr Crockett offered $2500 for it but Mr Crockett refused Servetus is going to have to negotiate some mighty big deals across it to Justify the use of a desk that valuable Christian Leadership Conference called Carswell most dangerous kind of racist know how to handle toe Maddoxes and Wallaces" Steele said when a racist comes disguised in smiles TALLAHASSEE Fla -(UPI) Hometown opponents of Judge Hanold Carswell demonstrated against his Supreme Court nomination Friday in rallies at Florida State University and on the state capital steps The protests were orderly and no arrests were made although shouting match erupted between deputies and a black youth who hung his United Liberation banner in front of the officers Sheriff Raymond Hamlin and Negro leaders quieted the brief scuffle Spiver Gordon an organizer for the conference of black community organizations said at FSU that Play for Carswell a group of businessmen and governmental officials backing toe nomination has been trying to give a false impression that Cars well is highly admired in northern Florida been a move in Tallahassee to convince the people that Hanold Carswell is a hometown Gordon said no hometown boy of The Rev Steele vice president of toe Southern The young steers were fat and healthy They also were pretty classy what with wearing red earbobs Those bobs however were not for style but for scientific purposes Each calf has a number on the tag attached to his ear and an Individual record is kept on him by number In that way they keep up with his gain in weight end will know how much his steak and roast cost to produce The station also has a dairy herd Jerseys and operates a Grade A dairy in connection with its silage studies The milk is trucked to Memphis every other day That morning the truck had picked up 1859 pounds wvw WVW WWW 'Love Him for Enemies He's Made' Says Another see many black faces among toe members either" Then singling out Clark Guerney said: nomination speech for one of the leading presidential contenders many years ago proclaimed that love him for toe enemies he has The same might be said about Judge CarswelL" believe mat an entirely only l-25th of 1 per cent of toe 304978 practicing lawyers in America Some of the prominent lawyers who signed Guer-ney said belong to clubs which among the most exclusive clubs in the While those clubs bar blacks as members he said believe me you independent reason for voting to confirm Judge Carswell is that Ramsey Clark want him confirmed" he said Several of the uncommitted Senators Including Democrat Thomas Dodd Conn andRepublican Charles McMathias Md were expected to make their views on the issue known during the weekend Others including Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield Mont and Sen Quentin Burdick D-ND who is one of several uncommitted who are up for re-election were expected to keep their silence until the vote-certain to make it one of the most dramatic moments in the Senate in years The Machine Age THE STATION restrict its work to cattle studies but goes in for all kinds of agriculture of interest to the cotton 1 corn soybeans hay crops and in recent years vegetables Servetus said he and Arnold star tion agronomist make talks to farm groups over the 15 counties they serve After they report on what the station is doing they invite questions would you like us to do?" And today the farmers express great interest in truck farming with emphasis on pimiento peppers cucumbers Southern peas and snap beans our studies" Servetus said Senate Appears Almost Evenly Divided i Tower Williams of Del Young of ND Not expected to vote: Bennett R-Utah officially absent Pell D-RI officially absent Anderson D-NM hospitalized Mundt R-SD hospitalized Position indiscernible 7 Republicans indiscernible 3: Boggs Jordan of Idaho Smith of Maine Democrats indiscernible 4 Dodd Gore Randolph Yarborough WASHINGTON (UPI) One of Supreme Court nominee Hanold Carswell's foremost Senate supporters seeking to discredit opponents of toe nominee says love him for the enemies he has made" Sen Edward Gurney R-Fla in the final day of debate before key vote on the nomination singled out former Attorney General Ramsey Clark far his opposition to CarswelL opposition is just me more good reason why Judge Carswell should be confirmed as an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States" Gurney told toe Senate Friday Clark he recalled had defended the Supreme Court's decisions on pornography and he said Carswell as a justice would turn the First Amendment to toe Constitution into a license for commercial smut peddling" father Tom Clark served on the Supreme Court from 1949 until he retired in 1967 President Nixon in January appointed Carswell 50 Tallahassee Fla to fill toe vacancy created by Abe resignation under fire last year first choice US Circuit Court Judge Clement Hayns-worto Jr of Greenville SC was defeated by the Senate last fall Guemey who as republican homestate Senator is bis chief sponsor attacked as a petition signed by 461 lawyers and law professors circulated among all Senators and calling upon them to defeat the nomination He said 334 of those who signed were professors and the remainder represent Man Gets Prison In Cycle Death Dixon Allen Robinson HI' 21 has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in the state penitentiary in connection with the motorcycle death of 19year-oid Timothy Murray on Sept 1 1968 However shortly after the Criminal Court Jury hearing toe case in Judge John court pronounced the verdict late yesterday Harry Scruggs Jr attorney for Robinson asked for and was granted a date for a hearing on a motion for new trial Judge Colton WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate appeared almost eventy divided today for and against the Supreme Court nomination of Harrold Carswell A key vote will come Monday at noon (Memphis time) on a motion to return the nomination to the Senate Judiciary Committee for reconsideration Counting public commitments private pledges and indications of leanings toe latest UPI survey showed 44 Senators favoring recommittal 45 Senators against recommittal 4 Senators absent on official business or because of illness and 7 who have taken no public or private position Because any Senator may change his vote once cast any time before the final tally is announced there was a possibility of considerable -vote switching from previous positions Here is toe current breakdown: For 44 Democrats for 35: Bayh Burdick Cannon Church Cranston Eagieton Fulbright Gravel Harris Hart Hartke Hughes In- ouye Jackson Kennedy Magnuson Mansfield McCarthy McGee McGovern Mclntrye Metcalf Mondale Montoya Moss Muskie Nelson Pas tore Proxmire Ri-bicoff Spong Symington Tydings Williams of NJ Young of Ohio Republicans for 9: Brooke Case Goodell Hatfield Javlts Mathias Packwood Percy Schweik-er Packwood is expected to vote for recommittal only if his vote is crucial because he prefen vote on toe nomination itself Opposed to Recommittal-45 Democrats against 16: Allen Bible Byrd of Va Byrd of Va Eastland Ellender Ervin Holland Hollings Jordan of NC Long McClellan Russell Sparkman Stennis Tal-madge Republicans against 29: Aiken Allott Baker Bell-mon Cook Cooper Cotton Curtis Dole Dominick Fannin Fong Goldwater Griffin Gurney Hansen Hrus-ka Miller Murphy Pearson Prouty Saxbe Scott Smith of III Stevens Thurmond said the motion will be heard Mayl Robinson remained free today on a $5000 appeal bond set by Judge Colton we are not granted a new trial in this case we'll appeal all toe way to the Supreme Court if we have to" Scruggs said today boy's family and his friends are standing behind him 100 per cent We were very disappointed in the out come of the trial yesterday" he said The Jury found that a car in which Robinson was riding chased young Murray's motorcycle down Poplar at a high rate of speed in the early morning hours of Sql 1968 causing it to crash into a tree as the driver tried to evade pursuit by turning into a lane in Overton Park Charter Croup Visits Nashviiie Memphians Check Merger System A SPECTATOR for the first day of the federal court hearing this week on city school desegregation was Deborah North-cross one of toe original complainants in toe NAACP suit filed against the city school board 10 years ago Jack Petree city school board attorney then and now asked to meet Miss North- cross and was told she had left shucks" Petree said really wanted to meet her never met her That young lady has given me more trouble than all five of my children put together" During toe school bearing Federal Judge Robert McRae returned from noon recess toe bailiff reconvened toe court and Petree asked: I proceed now your honor?" McRae took in smile looking around and laughed: I guess wait a few moments" Several seconds later an out-of-breath Louis Lucas NAACP attorney hurried into the courtroom late your honor" i No toe City Council set yet another tax disguised as a fee The sign inspection fee was passed by the old City Commission in 1967 but been strictly enforced Now it Is with two inspectors on toe Job All attached outside signs are to be inspected and a $3 fee for each sign Through March 1359 signs had been inspected compared with 750 inspected all lastyear Even though the inspectors collect the fees themselves (the city sends bills) they Just welcomed with outstretched arms In fact one filling station operator chased them off his property But five minutes later he did move his signs back to conform with regulations The firehouse pay phones ring any more because the plume cash box ring for South Central Bell In all but one fire station firemen chipped in or used soft drink box money to put in private lines for their personal calls i Most of the calls on the pay phone have been Incoming like a wife wanting to tell her husband to eat out because she Just burned dinner With little revenue coming in company officials said many of the phone change boxes didn't have as much as one dime in them when they were emptied South Central Bell hauled out all the pay phones recently That one station that didn't have a prl- vate line it ordered one The crowd was then 2AM strong for the eclipse-watching party on the Pink Palace Museum lawn The Astronomical Society was all ready to comment The mikes were set up the cameras the telescopes Only trouble was toe sun never came from behind toe clouds to go behind the moon But toe museum fellows are undaunted In their bulletin this week they suggested everybody get ready for their next eclipse picnic in the year 2017 A comment on his criticism of Congressional pay raises raised the ire last week The comment came from Ralph Griffith special assistant to Sen Howard Baker Jr in a letter to Loeb knowing of your friendship with Sen Baker I was greatly surprised to read recently of your reference to members of Griffith wrote Loeb fired off a hot reply was amazed at toe gall and irony of your he wrote Loeb said he admired Baker but would not give him or anyone else a The mayor criticized not only the 41 per cent pay increase and the raise in pensions and expense accounts that Congress voted itself but also the method of a non-re corded vote why in the hell do you think that Howard Baker toe President and everyone else is in no position to say to the postal workers to cut out the foolishness? Loeb wrote "The example they set at a time when inflation threatens the country was heinous when we need examples of leadership and self-discipline tell you why Howard Baker and the rest are in no position to talk to the postal workers because nobody turned that money Then came the unklndest cut of all I have to explain this to you further I am concerned about your ability to adequately represent Howard Baker who I know well understands what I am Loeb recommended that Baker turn back the increases and to make sure Baker got the point sent him a carbon copy of the letter Bread cast upon toe waters shall return says the Bible but Dr Winfield Dunn may find the same holds true of fluoride Dr Dunn a dentist spouted off for fluoridation of Memphis drinking water Now Dr Dunn former county Republican chairman is considering running for governor And wixi's rendy to scuttle his ship of state? The Tennessee Statewide Pure Water Association Inc the antlrfluorldo folks that's who They mentioned him by name but their animosity is gradually trickling out They soy they expect a flood of votes against anyone who wanted fluoride poured upon their waters Will their motto be: "Remember tho The young man who was driving the car Stanley Graham Burleigh 23 wai indicted with Robinson for first-degree murder His trial is set for June 9 The attorney office had asked the jury to convict Robinson for first-de-grec murder and asked for a sentence of 99 years Asst Attorney General Don A Dkio prosecuting the case produced a string of witnesses to show that Robinson had had quarrels with Tom Fred Queen owner of the sport model Imported motorcycle young Murray hnd borrowed and was riding when the accident occurred avoid being taken In by Nashville State Rep Leonard Duna-vant of Millington a member of toe Shelby Charter Commlaslon asked the Nashville panelists about how much had been saved by doing away with duplicating functions of city and county governments He was told that there were no fewer government employes but that metropolitan government was providing more efficient services and that the spiraling cost of government has been stabilized Dunavant said afterward have been asking that question for years in Nashville and I have never been given a satisfactory answer 1 am tired of hearing Mayor Loeb say there la waste from duplication of Tho Memphis group plans to get more detailed replies on the system They have invited Nashville officials to visit and tell them more about their experiences tan government because they thought it would mean higher taxes the long run the consolidation functions offer an opportunity for reduction in taxes" he said more important for equal sharing of the tax The Nashville conference was a two-day Institute on city-county consolidation sponsored by the National Association of Counties Interested officials and citizens attended from many sections of the country including several from Anchorage Alaska Another Nashville Insurance executive Walter Rob-inson of National Life Accident Insurance Co said his company was on the verge of moving its headquarters to another county because of the high taxes under the former city and county governments metropolitan government was voted in we decided to he said traded two weak unresponsive gov- emments for a strong responsive growth rate has Jumped two-and-a-half times since metropolitan government began in 1963 said John Bransford past president of the Nashviiie Chamber of Commerce Edward Jones executive vice president of the chamber said metropolitan government has given Nashville a aggressive and that the city has experienced industrial growth every year Noting Memphians and Chnttanoogans at the conference Jones said "They must think ahead or I think we would attract their Nashville officials end businessmen have admitted deficiencies In their government but apparently nope to correct most of them One continuing problem mentioned yesterday was that of the cities around Nashville Some were Incorporated long ego limply to By EDWARD L-TOPP Prn SdnUtar HiH Wrmr Members of the Memphis and Shelby County Charter Commission and Steering Committee for consolidation were back home today with a clearer picture of paths to follow in drafting a charter Nine of the 10 commissioners and three committeemen got a blow-by-blow account of the way Nashville and Davidson County were merged into one government and heard the way it has worked out over the past seven years A succinct summary of metropolitan standing at this point was given by Allen Steele president of Life Casualty Insurance Co which has headquarters in Nashville: believe few people In the community would want to go back to the two governments that we Steels recalled that a large number of citizens" were opposed to melropoli- Witnesses also said Burleigh and Robinson were chasing toe motorcycle to even -with Queen B52 Crewmen Escape Fire RAPID CITY SD -(UPI) A B52 bomber with crew of nine caught fire on landing Friday crashed end lid into a jet foel itoraae building All nine crew mem- ben survived 5 j' I.