The Daily Standard from Sikeston, Missouri • Page 1

DREW PEARSON SAYS: Government suppresses information on nuclear reactor malfunction near New York; funds paid to Cuban exiles remain classifield; Attorney General Kennedy invades South. The Daily Standard 10c copy Published Daily Except Sunday OUR 53rd YEAR SIKESTON, SCOTT COUNTY, MISSOURI, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1963 NUMBER 178 Dr. Thomas Chidester Dies Following 4-Month Illness Dr. Thomas L. Chidester, Sikeston dentist died in the Missouri Delta Community- Hospital at 8 a.m.

Sunday. The doctor had been ill for four months and was admitted to the hospital the day before his death. He was bom Jan. 2. 1911.

in Camden, son of the late George and Calven Brummitt Chidester, and attended the public schools there. He also attended Tennessee Military In stitute and then entered the St. Louis School of Dentistry where he graduated in 1935. While at the University he took an active part in all collegiate affairs and was a member of Delta Sigma Delta and was tapped for Alpha Sigma Nu. On No.

4. 1943. he married Miss Geraldine Knoerr of Boston. and the couple moved to Sikeston where Dr. Chidester began his practice in 1935.

He served with the Air Force in World War II and was honorably discharged as a major. In addition to his practice which demanded most of his time. Dr. Chidester served as a deacon in the First Christian Church and took a most active part in many other civic ae tivities. He was a past president of the Little Theatre and a past treasurer of the Cotton Boll Council.

Girl Scouts. Dr. Chidester is survived bv his wife, at the home. 920 N. Ranney street: three daughters, Jerri and Becky at home, and Mrs.

George Waters. Camp Le Jeune. N.C.; and a brother. Daniel Chidester of Camden, and five grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel where friends mav call.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the First Christian Church with the pastor, the Rev. Myron Neal, officiating, and interment will be in the Garden of Memories with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in charge of all arrangements. 1 Berlin Comes First, Says Khrushchev MILAN. Italy Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned today that settlement of the problem of divided Germany, and especially Berlin, must take precedence over disarmament and other burning world issues.

Only if this East West question is solved, he told the newspaper II Giorno, would others fall into place. Khrushchev blamed the United States for everything going wrong, and especially the deadlocked disarmament negotiations. If the United States would just accept the word without insisting on inspections, the premier said, an agreement to end nuclear tests could easily be negotiated. He also repeated the Soviet threat, made before at Geneva, to withdraw' its offer of two or three nuclear inspections a year if the United States continued to insist on seven or eight. He himself, said Khrushchev did not believe in God, but those who did obviously meaning President Kennedy had the moral duty' not to build nuclear w'eapons.

The chieftain denounced the stationing of nuclear submarine? to the Mediterranean, Continued on page DR. CHIDESTER One Killed, 10 Injured In Accidents One was killed and 10 persons injured in the 17 traffic acci dents reported for the weekend in its 14-county territory by Troop E. State Highway Patrol. 5:15 a.m. Sunday, six miles east of Poolar Bluff on Highway 60, the Patrol reports, a service man from Fort Bliss, Texas, Robert Arnold, 29, was killed.

Apparently, the irol reports. Arnold, following tractor trailer driven by H. W. Moore. 41, of Little Rock, tell asleep and ran his car into the rear and under the tractor The only other traffic mishap nearby took place, the Patrol reports, at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, three miles east of Kennett on Highway 84 betw een a car driv- en by Flanorl Taylor, of Bragg 1 City, and an unknown vehicle. The Taylor car was being followed by the other car which started to pass the Taylor car. misjudged the distance and hit the fender of the Taylor ear and drove off. JFK Plans Another NSC Meet Today WASHINGTON President Kennedy holds another strategy session with the National Security Council today, seeking ways to shore up Laos' uneasy neutrality. Relentless Red pressure on the small Southeast Asia kingdom was the subject of a similar meeting Saturday prompted the departure for Europe Sunday of Undersecretary of State W.

Aver ell Harriman on a save-Laos diplomatic Pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces have been threatening to dominate all of northern Laos, but Harriman left Washington' on an optimistic note. Neutralists seem to be: holding out from the accounts! that are coming he! said. seem to be quite determined not to give In Laos, meanwhile, neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Pho- uma extracted another promise of a cease-fire from the Pathet Lao. A similar truce arrangement last week lasted only hours and high ranking U.S. authorities re- i gard the Laotian situation as very serious.

Meeting last year at Geneva, 14 nations decided that Laos- then caught in a bloody three- wav tussle among leftist, centrist and rightist forces should be removed from the cold war. Over the weekend. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called in the ambassadors of India. Poland and Canada, the three nations that supervise the Geneva Pact, and told them the United State? hopes the joo will be done effectively. 1 House Faces Task Of Funds Approval i JEFFERSON CITY UP The Missouri House of Representatives came back today from a two week recess, facing the i task of approving more than $1.5 i billion in appropriations to run the agencies and services in the coming twro years.

The committee has used botn Senate conference to Gov. John M. original hammer out a compromise, budget and the amounts dp- The budget is tne big problem proved by the House Appropria- at the moment, tions Committee. But tnere are otner The House committee boosted that must move now that tne recommendations for appropriation bills are being salary increases and increased tivelv handled such things at the amounts for such things as authorization for the three he Senate, meanwhile, is pU-0jjc school aid $9 million, a tensive treatment centers midway of its vacation. Its ap- new arts building for Kansas City, Columbia and propnations committee continu- Maryville state College S2 mil- Louis for an improved mental ed work, hearing the money jjon increased state money for health program, an educational request of state ofticials.

old age assistance and aid to television network and so on. Last week the Senate commit- the permanently and totally dis- The financing made tee listened to the fiscal prob- abled $4.9 million and so on. sible two weeks ago as the lems of the schools, col- The House committee changes islature finally passed the leges and universities. At will be debated by the full troversial increase in the stata end. the chairman.

Sen. J. F. House this week. Then, as they sales tax from the present 2 Patterson, Caruthersv i 1 le pass the House, they will be cents on the dollar to 3.

Dalton National League umpires would have had a field day at the donkey baseball game bis committee was on turned over to the Senate com- has not yet signed the bill into schedule and the hearings would mittee. If the usual pattern is law although he requested tha followed there will be a House tax boost BALK played Sunday afternoon at Spur Saddle Rodeo grounds at East Prairie. N. L. umpires are calling a record number of balks in the majors this season and the donkeys would have furnished be completed this week? them ample chances to sharpen their eye.

The game was sponsored by the East Prairie Auxiliary Police and all proceeds will be used in the radio equipment fund. (Standard Staff Photo) More Americans Promised Freedom by Castro Regime Annual Peace Officer Meet April 29-30 eounterre- About 500 peace throughout Missouri offi i and sur REPORT THREE ARRESTS The city police report three arrests over the vveekeqd. Mira Presler, of Poplar Bluff, is charged with attempting to cadi a bad check at the A. and P. and also with being drunk.

Charles Howard. 1011 N. Kings highway, is charged with failure to have car under control and; being involved in an accident, Jessie Lee Washington. 216 Felker, is chargedwi th disorder! conduct. Congress is Dragging Its Feet, Batting Average Low MIAMI, Fla.

A score or were charged with more Americans held prison- volutionary activity, er by the Fidel Castro regime Donovan said he would return rounding states, comprising mu-' have been promised freedom to- with the Americans aboard a nicipal and state police, sheriffs day and a plane trip to the Pan American Airways plane and their deputies, judges, coro- United States. assigned to carry about ncrs. prosecuting attorneys, James B. Donov an. New York 000 pounds of medicines and F.B.I., and railroad police, will attorney who has been active in other ransom goods to Cuba.

gather in Kansas City Sunday Cuban prisoner negotiations for Donovan announced also that for the 31st annual conference months, announced Sunday that another 1,000 refugees will be of the Missouri Peace Officers allowed to leave Cuba this week Association April 29-30. aboard the ransom ship Ameri- Sheriff John Dennis, past can Surveyor, possibly on Fri- ident and a life-time member of dav- the organization, will attend the Donovan called release of the conference, he said today. Americans action of clem- chief of Police Curtis Bros- ency on the part of the Cuban tron of st, Lollis president of and indicated this may be his last mercy mission to island. does not involve any further pledges of drugs, medicines or baby food to the Cuban Donovan said. Dopovan flew to Havana Sat- by the International Associa- urday aboard a DC airliner tion of Chiefs of Police will be chartered by the American Red covered by Quinn Tamm of By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cross.

The plane carried 15.400 Washington, D.C., executive pounds of ransom food and rector of that organization: A weekend of raging brusn drugs promised Castro hen he Charles D. 6n nnan of the B.I. fires and building blazes loos released the 1,113 Bay of Pigs Waiiinetnn DC ofru-r win ad? invasion prisoners last Decern- tte gkupbnthertfet 'ycr' of Martin Quig- Donov an announced Cuba Df Louis, at one time a the Castro government agreed to release all Americans in its jails. Between 20 and 27 Americans are believed to be affected. Many have been prisoners for more than three years.

Most Fires Bring Death, Much Destruction Jaycees to Sponsor Rock 'N Roll Show The Sikeston Jaycees will sponsor a Rock Roll Show at the Rodeo Grounds on June 4, with part of the proceeds going to the Sikeston school library fund. The show will begin at 7 p.m., and the admission will be $1.50. The Rock Roll show will feature Johnny and the Hurricanes, Lou Christie, Dennis Turner, Mark Collier and The Shadows. Brad Shain is the local chairman, and announced that in event of rain, the show will be staged at the Junior High School Auditorium. Hearnes to Address P.T.A, Group Here Jaycee Home Show to Open Three-Day Stand on May 3 Dan Norton, general chairman The Sportsman.

Lewis for the fifth Annual Jaycee Home, Farm. Auto and Sports, Show which opens a three -day stand at the Armory on Friday, May 3, announced today a list of the exhibitors who have al- Sale. Pepsi Cola Bottling bell Appliances. Baugher Studio and the Flower Basket. In addition, Mr.

Norton said he is confident that all the automobile dealers and mac- ready signed up for exhibit hinery and equipment companies will be showing their merchandise during the big show. As has been customery. in addition to the souvenires that will be given away by various exhibitors, there wilj be special attendance prizes. the Association, announces an outstanding program has been arranged. Role of the Prosecutor in Law will be covered oy Daniel P.

Warren E. Hearnes, secretary of state, will be the honor guest at a breakiast in the Rustic Rock Inn. Friday, morning, April 26. it was an Reardon. circuit attorney of noUnced today.

The brcaldast Louis: the work being done bas been arranged by some of the friends. Mr. Hearnes is coming to Sikeston to address the High School P.T.A. Thursday night, April 25. WASHINGTON Congress will have to work harder if it is to produce a respectable batting average before this session ends.

Returning today from a 10 day Easter vacation. Congress had little to show for the almost four months it has been in session. It ha? enacted eight public laws, the more prominent of which extended the draft and made Winston Churchill an honorary citizen. There are no signs of a big legislative push in the offing, but Senate and House leaders have served notice that there will be little time off if the legislators want to wind things up by Labor Day. The House has nol held a sion since April 11.

The Senate held two brief and non productive meetings since then. The official of Major lists only two of the dozen or more annual aupropria- tion measures on the way toward enactment. They provide funding for the Interior Department and the Treasury Post Office Departments. Both have passed the House only. Despite the wide spread clamor for budget cutting, the House trimmed only S250 million from the $7.1 billion requested by the President in those two bills.

Then it reversed its field and added $450 million to a supplemental money measure for the accelerated public works program. The only major bill near enactment the annual authorization measure for procurement of missiles, aircraft and naval ships. It has passed both branches and is awaiting a compromise agreement. The Senate has passed bills providing for a mass transportation system, preservation of wilderness areas, and establishment of a youth conservation corps. All three are in House committees and could run into trouble in the Rules Committee, which directs the of bills to the floor.

For this week, the biggest order of business probably ill be action on the President's for officers of the Communications Satellite Corporation. at least six lives, left many hundreds homeless ana caused millions of dollars wbrtn of damage in the bone-ary eastern area of the country. The Weather Bureau in New York said the first substantial rain in the stricken area is expected in Pennsylvania ana Maryland tonigm. Showers were forecast tor today in parts of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, upper New Yorx State and Virginia. Three members of a New Jersey family were missing.

Pu SIX EMERGENCY cases The Missouri Delta Community Hospital reports six persons agreement to release the Americans in a telegram to a breakfast of the New York City police department's Holy Name Society. He had been scheduled to speak at the breakiast. City Extension Gets Tentataive Approval Reporter for The Kansas City Star, will have as his subject Enforcement and the Lawrence E. Kinsey of the Smith-Kline-French Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pennsy Ivania will discuss Facts and luniuins: Sidney Mishses of Amohetamine Drugs: Chief of Police Clarence M. Kel- treated and dismissed at the emergency room over the weekend.

David Berry, Essex, got a piece of steel in eye; David Mathis, Dexter, hit head while Mack, Sikeston, lawn mower threw something into foot: Michael Gimbin. Sikeston. provai to Dlan by H. A. Fitzgibbon.

Soecial Agent in Charge of FBI sas Citv Office. Two Break-ins Over Weekend at Matthews DEXTER The Dexter City lice said they may have burned Council has given tentative auto death when a forest fire engulfed their home. for extension of the city limits, Emergency crews moved from although minor changes may be one scarred spot to another to made before the issue is restore electricity, telephone ted to the voters, service and water supplies. The special citizens commis- Emergency shelters were pro- sion several weeks ago recom- vided for many families. Oih mended two large areas oe ers were taken in by relatives; brought into the city limits, in- and friends.

eluding area both north and From Maine to Virginia, thou- south of the present limits sands of firemen fought blazes, mainly along the two highways. Most of the fires wrere reported The tentative approval incluu- extinguished or under control ed the approval of the plan to Cale by forcing a today. bring Hu mto Some cigars were More than 350 homes were de- the city limits, Mayor Lloss stroyed or badly damaged ana said. about 300.000 acres were black- It is expected that more ened in raging brush fires, aJ action will be taken at tne whipped by high winds, on New next council meeting and that York Staten Island and in steps can then be to onn New Jersey. the issue before tne voters.

ley, Kansas City, will have as Gimom, uixesion, fell olf steps his subject Advantage of Arthur Davis. Working and Sikeston, stepped in a hole and vices Available By the twisted leg: and David Weeks, spaces in the big annual exhibition. As has been the custom in previous exhibitions there i be booths inside the Armory and spaced on the Armory grounds the latter for heavier and bulkier items such as farm machinery, automobiles, boats, etc. of today, it is announced, close to 80 per cent of the spaces have been sold. Backers of the show, in view of the number of businesses that have expressed interest in exhibiting, said the rest of the space should be sold within a few days.

The following businesses have been taken booths thus far: Ethridge Tire. Coca Cola Bottling Bank of Sikeston. W. U. Myers Insurance Agency; Planters Bank.

Delta Furniture Webb Electric Canedy Sign Necchi Sewing Circle. Miller Office Equipment. Dace Body Shop, Golightlv Heating and Air Conditioning. Associated Natural Gas. Ziegenhorn Insurance E.

C. Robinson Lumber Premier Tile Imperial Lanes, Reiss Dairy, Bakery. Security Federal Savings and Loan Association. Collins Piano HUBCAPS TAKEN James Moore. 309 Greer, re- wiil be the subject 'if the address Sikeston, cut hand on bioken ported to the police Saturday MATTHEWS Break-ins at Cafe and Reid's grocery were reported here Saturdav night.

Entrance was gained at packs front door aken. At entrance a ained by knocking out a rear indow. Several items, including cigarettes, coffee and socks ere stolen. Deputy William A. Myers in vestigated both break-ins.

glass. WEATHER MISSOURI Partly cloudy, windy and warm today witn scattered showers and thunderstorms; chance locally rain northeast; high 80s norih- to low 90s south: clearing and cooler tonight, low in the 40s; fair and cool Tuesday. WEEKEND TEMPERATURES that two hubcaps had been stolen from his car. Top-Ranked Students To Be Honored The annual Honor Banquet for students will be held in the high school cafetorium on Tuesday, to emphasize that excellence in scholastic achievement is just as important as prowess in athletics. The banquet is sponsored jointly by the Board of Education and the Sikeston Educational Foundation, and the guest speaker for the evening will Dr.

H.R. Long, chairman of School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. 111. David BUnion, president of the Educational Foundation, will serve as master of ceremonies. Honor guests for the banquet will be those students school grades rank them among the top ten per cent in their respective grades.

The dinner will be prepared hy the cafetorium staff supervised by Mrs. Lotus Emerson. Organizational Changes In SEMO Guard Units Listed All of Southeast Missouri Na- Murphy, Capt. Dwight Zaricor, and Lt. Willard L.

Bean. The Charleston unit will known as Company of First Battalion at Cape Girar dcau. and will have as its lead. er, Capt. Richard Sutherland, 54: for the sumlar period enu- changed to two iniantry Alfred mg at 7 a.m.

87 and 66. talions. The First Infantry Bat- No precipitation reported for talion and Engineers Groun tional Guard were reorganized as o1 April ana were changed from the two High and low temperatures for tie Groups, one located at Cape the weekend: for the 24 hours Girardeau and the other Fop- endmg at 7 a.m. Sunday, 84 and lar Bluff. The units are either period.

Tuesday, April 23 Sunset today 6:40 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:13 a.m. 1 Prominent Stars Sirius, in the southwest at sunset. sets 9:23 p.m. Procyon, low in West 10.57 p.

I m. Arcturus, high in south 12:07 a.m. by R. Frank MOiEHOCgE LODGE NO A.F. it A.M.

PREPAR Ml I ooi LOR committee who had flit food ready for the fish try and picnic Saturday afternoon for 500 hungry international 'diue Compaio were itrom lcii Dorothy Reynolds. Dean Markham. Earl Markham, Doyle Halls, Houston Du man, Delmar and Lester Ristar. (Standard Statf Photo) NORMAN CHISM, FRANKIE ROGERS AND MARVIN HORN BACK and their families were among 300 of the International Shoe Company who turned out for the company's fish fry and picnic Saturday atternoon at City Park. (Standard Statf Photo) REGULAR COMMUNICATION Tuesday.

April 23rd at p.m. Ed Orr. W. M. Headquarters will be located at Cape Girardeau the First Battalion 140th Infantry.

The Poplar Bluff unit will be the Second Battalion. 140th Infantry Mechanized Group. The convnancipr ot the cape Girardeau batraiion will oe Col. O. T.

Daiton ana tne Poplar Bluff battalion in cnarge of Lt-Col. Charles B. Danner. Sikeston National Guam unit will be under Poplar Blulf Heaq- quarters, under the command of Capt. Bruce Lewis, and will oe known as Company B.

Ifritn infantry. Mechanized The Pia toon leaders ill be Lt Jonn Jri Lt. Mike Thomas as executive officer. Lt. Sharon Faulkner.

Lt. David M. Lewis and Lt. William Gutnne as pia- toon leaders. Those w-ho will be transferred from the Sikeston unit as excess to the 135th Engineers Group Headquarters at cape Gnardeau will be 1st Lt.

Doyle Marshall Jr. as executive officer. Lt. Everect Holley. Dennis Quertermous platoon leader.

Col. Charles Lutz who has been with tue Unit for 33 years will for at one more yea. The Dexter and Bemic Li n't ill continue under the Poui Bluff Hcadouarters. with oiuv minor changes. The Jackson unit, to be kikm.ji as Comoanv A.

will be with tue First Battalion, and will be headed by Cant. Perry Grindstaif, Lt. Herb Wickham, Lt. Carlton Meyer and platoon leaders. 2nd Lt.

Stancly Beggs, Lt. Don Sievers and Lt. Richard Wood In the Cape Girardeau Headquarters will find Capt. HaJ Robertson as intelligence effj cer. Maj.

John SargMt battalion surgeon, who connected with the Poplar Bluff unit National Guard will atlend a state-w ide meeting Friday and Saturday at the Chase Hotel in St. Louis,.