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is Parson I wr Hffl I Nos 52 And 53 Page 2 91st No 21807 BRISTOL VIRGINIA TENNESSEE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1961 Daily 5c Sunday 15c Thirty Six Pages or More 1 TV Be igurehead ln Berlin i Redskin Don Bosseler 31 Tries To Evade Bob Pellegrini Eagle Back At Speedway Pearson Will Launch NATO War Games Lyndon Johnson and Tennessee Governor I Among the chief worries of to day's business executive is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll cat enemies ot bouiart wno have expressed fears of vesting too much power in a man they regard as overly friendly with the Communists There was no immediate di reel word from Goulart in Porto Alegre capital city of Rio Grande do Sul state whether he would accept being stripped of vzszm 1 1 1 KA1VAVP "Otti Atri! puwviO 1PUL VimiilUCl of Deputies President Sergio Magalhaes called a joint session of Congress to meet Monday for the swearing in of Goulart and said the date was set at request If Goulart accepts the presi dency under the form worked out by the Con gress the political crisis touched OLD RIENDS MEET Vice President 1 Buford Ellington are shown meeting again yesterday at a Nashville airport Johnson came to make presentations at the Shelbyville Horse Show i The missing girl is Sharon Mae I Venable daughter of Mr and i Mte' Hubert Watson East Walnut Street She was described as weighing i 125 pounds and is five feet four 1 inches tall with blue eyes and long dank brown hair The girl was wearing Bermuda shorts and brown blouse she left home to go to a nearby store it Her mother said Sharon haste condition and is very ner vous" TJ the NATO exercises The an nouncement said they will he de ployed to European bases selected by Gen Latins Norstad NATO commander and commander in chief for Europe WASHINGTON (UPD The De fense Department announced Sat urday that four squadrons of jet 72 planes were be ing dispatched to Europe for Allied war games With the Berlin crisis nearing the boiling point there was a possibility they may be kept there The NATO maneuvers known as "Exercise will take place Sept 12 14 They have been described as an exercise to the defensive capabilities of NATO" 'r 3 the announcement came less than 24 hours after the Russians announced that they will conduct Un confirmed reports from the leftist stronghold of Stanleyville Satur day said that clashes had broken bit there between United Nations troops and Congolese forces Hie reports said Ethiopian UN troops had disarmed some of the Congolese soldiers after shots were fired at the Canadian signal unit mess'in Stanleyville There were no reports of casu alties on either "side 'It was rumored that troops of Antoine Gizenga's leftwing regime in Stanleyville had supplied Lu mumba youth movement mem bers with arms after some Shota were exchanged between Ethiopi an and Congolese troops at Stan leyville airport In Wreck On Highway 11 Two persons were hospitalized last night with injuries received when their car ran off the road across Highway 11 from the Highway Patrol Station i Beverly Simpson 18 of 313 fllnnwatr tnnrl DmicaI 'iiffnwnrl Mivyrrnj nimiui auiiriiu a fractured nose and possible shoulder injuries condition sat isfactory Jackie Greer 22 Kingsport was admitted with possible head and back injuries condition fair 1 Sally Vance 17 Bluff ityi third passenger in thecar receiv cd a cut over the eye and was treated and released Tennessee Highway Patrols Captain rank Williamson said the accident occur nd at 9 30 when the right front tire blew out on their 1961 converti ble 88 86 79 77 75 Blast Not Nixon Is i Accused Of Announced IPI AnanLiln Brazil a Clashes Said i Breaking Out themselves in the Berlin crisis Vice President and Mrs John son were met at the airport by Gov Buford Ellington his wife and their daughter Ann night the vice presi dent was to attend the National Walking Horse celebration in Shel byville Tenn Inside Today's Newspaper Marion Invitation al Gclf Tourney opened yester Results of first round play are on page 1 DEAD Bristol area Leathernecks footsteps of ancestors at sharpshooting See Myrtle Beach Air orce Base SC The 61 4th Squadron fiom the 401st Tactical ighter Wing at England Air orce Base La The 423th and 523rd Squadrons from the 832nd Air Division at Cannon Air orce Base The Sabrejets which fly faster than sound can carry either con ventional or nuclear bombs They are armed with 20 millimeter cannon and Sidewinder guided missiles Their air speed is listed at more than 800 miles an hour Hiey have a range of more than 1000 miles tnd can fly well above 50000 feet air navy and missile maneuvers Hie Defense Department in the Barents and Kara seasispokesman declined to comment areas on speculation that the squadrons The Defense Department de 'might be stationed in Europe after dined to give the exact time oi departure oi the IDO Sabrejets A spokesman identified them as follows: The 356th Squadron from the 354th Tactical ighter Wing at I expediency WASHINGTON (UPD Demo cratic National Chairman John Bailey Saturday accused for mer Vice President Richard Nixon of being a of in his recent politi cal tactics Bailey's attack in his publication Hie Democrat coin cided with privately voiced criti i cism of the 1960 GOP presidential candidate by some top Kennedy administration officials 5 1 Hie latter believe Nixon blun 1 dered politically when he said I publicly here this week that Pres ident Kennedy erred in sending a contingent of 1500 fresh into Berlin Nixon said Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev would regard this as a sign of weakness Kennedy asked in return whether it would be a sign of weakness if troops were pulled out Bailey chided Nix' On for his approach to the pos sibility of running as Republican candidate for governor of' Cali fornia next year Nixon has sounded out GOP leaders in Washington but has said he will not announce his decision until mid September states wno are considered front runners for GOP nomination for governor of their states They are State Sen Robert Peters of Kingsport Tenn and State Sen Nick Johnson of Harlan (' i ALso taking part jin the pro gram' will be 'James of Abingdon Ninth District GOP chairman and Mrs2 Th 1 a Phipps president of the Virginia Republican Women's organiza tion I Pearson plans to' attend the United Mme Workers Labor Day celebration at St Paul Vi prior to coming here to open his cam football to East Tennessee (or the LEOPOLDVILLE (UPD tirst time but tailed to draw the fan support that had been en visioned for Uie attraction Tlie crowd was estimated at 8 500 The speedway stadium is de signed to comfortably seat more than twice that many The bulk of the offensive fire works wax' packed into the first two quarters (when the Redskins twice captured the lead only to trail Hie champs 14 10 when they left the field at the intermission The big hulking defensive unit pretty well controlled the second half with the only score coming on a 36 yard third quarter field goal (Continued On C) Red Press ull Of Propaganda a MOSCOW (UPD The Soviet Union Saturday still had not an nounced its nuclear explosion of ficially but it was preparing the public for and possibly for a series of such test with a propaganda campaign The press and radio were filled with editorials and commentaries justifying the Soviet decision to resume testing The tenor was the that the West was prepar ing aggression against the Soviet Union and Russia must show its ability to destroy the West However only the armed forces newspaper Red Star carried the announcement of plans for naval air and ground maneuvers in the Barents Sea and the warning to world shipping to avoid the Bar ents and Kara seas during the maneuvers period Observers said the maneuvers which possibly will include the use of nuclear weapons were timed to beat two antagonists winter weather and the United States Otherwise the Russian maneuvers could not be held before spring Trooos Get iNew Guns Had Terrible Temper Page 3 RIO DE JANEIRO (UPD Hie change in the constitution Brazil amended its constitution meets the objections of Brazils Saturday to allow Vice President chiefs and other politi ra enamine nf AiiHrt wBa Joa Goulart to become a purely symbolic president It was an at tempt to end the week long polit ical crisis which has brought the country to the brink of a civil war The Congress invited Goulart to Brasilia to be sworn in Mon day as president after the Chamber of Deputies voted 234 59 to change the pres idential form of government to the cabinet system used in Great Britain The constitutional change subject to ratification by the Senate but assured of passage would permit Goulart to become president but would strip him of most executive power This power would be vested in a off by the unexpected resigna prime minister responsible to lion of President Janio QuadrasCongress eight days ago would be solved Maris Hits Two! 72 Planes Dispatched To Take Part In Maneuvers Aid Money Says ight or reedom Is At 'Climactic Hour' HYANNIS PORT Mass (UPD Kennedy appealed to Congress Saturday to restore the $896 million slashed from 'his for eign aid program by the House Appropriations Commit tee He urged approval of a sum "as close as possible" to his original request for a $48 billion pro gram "The fight for freedom through out the world is in a climactic Kennedy said in a state ment issued at the weekend White House He said the United States not the battle demon sfrate to the hungry and impov erished of all lands that free and independent nations have the ca pacity to meet our basic needs" Even though Congress has au thorized a $42 program some $600 million below his initial pro posal Kennedy said i urge the Congress to appro priate foreign aid funds of a mag nitude as close as possible To the original a request which in the opinion of both President Eisenhower and myself represent ed the minimum amount neces sary to meet our basic commit ments and responsibilities dn the years Kennedy said 5 developing nations of the world and especi ally of our own hemisphere are 1 engaged in an urgent effort to bring a better life to their J3 Year OM Johnson Cify Girl Missing 1 1 Police this area are search big for a 13 year old Johnson City girl who has been missing from her home since 8 pm Wednes i ivfll Judges Schedule Announced Page 1 nominees Albertis Harrison for governor State Sen Mills God win for lieutenant governor and State Sen Iobert Button (for attorney general i Pearson a native of Lee Coun ty whose father u' a' coal minor and farmer at Ocbonita left the area six years ago when he was appointed assistant SMtorhey for the Western District of Vir ginia by President Ebenhoiver Prior lo that he bad practiced law at Jonesville and served one term In the Virginia House ot Del v1 Gefiler of emungtra paign Monday nibt Each Hour Virginia Leadi' National Toll Of 420 Expected Ry United Presr International Hie nation's labor day weekend traffic toll topped the TOO mark Saturday night with Americans i continuing to kill themselves on the highways at the rate of about four an hour Gen George Stewart execu tive vice president of the National Safety Council said the death rate was following tlie of the advance estimate of 420 deaths 90 more than in a similar non holiday period of Sep tember Stewart said it looked of that the fears of 420 deaths during the 78 hour holiday would be realized By 10:30 pmeK 27ii hours after the holiday began United Prw International 1 counted 120 persons dead in traffic accidents The breakdown: A Traffic 'l' Tm Drowning 5 13 Boating 1 Planes' 1 1 "'T i Miscdtaneous) i Total 51 'T'fTV Virginia continued to lead th" nation with nine traffic West Virginia California Michi gan and Pennsylvania each had (See TOLL 2A) That Weather Will Remain Hint 'ame pesky hot (humid weather is expected to be pro'ent in the Bristol area again today tu at a uwm wut port said the high will be in the f' i i inner eirfKics ad widely scat lg W' Com' An feature of the event taS 3ft and evwiig rf dershowers are in the outlook 3 Tomorrow will be cloudy and not )rifl Dcnwratle quite so warm with scattered showers he said Hie high yesterday was 89 and the low 65 The sun will sei at 6:56 today and 'rise tomortow'at 603 Bodies Recovered GOOSE BAY Labrador (LTD Royal Canadian Mounted Police recovered four bodies and were searching Jor three more Satur day in a' remote Labrador lake where a helicopter chartered by the Air orce disappeared July 3 s' 1 Johnson Speaks At Nashville NASHVILLE Tenn Vice President Lyndon Johnson visit ing in Nashville Saturday said the United States will continue try to remain fiitn without being pro in dealing with the Sol viet Union 0 Hie vice president arrived here Saturday for a two day visit Johnson said he didn't believe world opinion favored the Russian renewal of nuclear testing have made it clear before that we are anxious to sit down 'r and agree on an adequate inspec tion program for nuclear testing but each time' Russia breaks up our proposed he said Hie vice president called his re cent trip to Berlin and said he Is proud of the way American troops are conducting liwi 4 Persons Killed RdICTAI AIIDIB Jy rL Il BBT 1 Hgpr Bristol area: Hot humid lOdayS Chuckle WaB Im a Rsa W1 I BBk today with high in upper eighties aaniKW' wv BBH rb anJ scattered evening thunder i ttMi wi showers cloudy tomorrow and a SundoyS With The little cooler with scattered BL HMM showers READINGS bM RM A MB A KI 4 '6' 8' I 10" UrtfS I KbIN I A NN LSStAN Campaiqn At Penninaton smcki To Tht Horoid Connor is canaign manager for PENNINGTON GAP Va Sept Pearson in Leie County It Clyde Republi Master of ceremonies for ths can candidate for governor ofRampaign opening program will1 Virginia will come home to Lee Mack Snodgrass County Monday to formally Liunohj Preceding the program the Re his campaign fpr the high 1 publican Women's Club of Lee est post i County Jieadedrby Peggy Cox Joining him in a program which will jponwr a plaie fund rais begins at 7 pm in the Penning jing dinner in the school cafeteria ton Gap High School Auditorium After the dimer free entertain will he Mrs Hawi Rarw nf Raa mant will ho iu WW 120 Dead On Highways Toll Rising 1 Titov Says USSR Will Destroy West 'or All Time' BERLIN (UPD The Army issued hew fast firing rifles to its Berlin garrison Saturday while Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov was telling a rally five miles away Russia would destroy the West all if it tried block a German peace treaty The United States rejected an East German protest against the dispatch of 1500 Army reinforce ments to Berlin two weeks ago Sunday (It also shrugged off new East German threats to the Allied air corridors to West Berlin The Berlin com mand announced it had received the first shipments of the new rifle which can fire 750 rounds a minute 'Hie rifle is lighter than the familiar Ml Gar and M2 carbine and The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) all of which will be replaced here Hie Army also began replacing Browning machineguns with M60 machineguns New tanks were promised to take the place of the present M48 Pattons on duty along the East West' city 3 border No date was announced for their ar rival a Tens of Thousands of green clad Vopos (peoples police) and Brown smocked factory militia spread throughout East Berlin Saturday to ensure that big crowds greet ing Titov did not get out of hand and turn their attention to The of sorrow" dividing tiw two Berlins I In West BerhnsGennans who hope someday to return to their homes in'the East began a week end rally with a minimum of Communist sniping I Champions Edge Redskins 17 10 By GENE THOMPSON Herald Courier Sports Editor underdog Redskins speared on bv a appointingly small partisan crowd gave the best balanced per (ormance oi uieir exmoiuon season ny noiotng tne Heavily favored world champion Philadelphia Eagles to a 17 10 decision in Bristol's new International Speedway Stadium last night The clash of the two National League rivals brought rofassfonal if a a 11 1 MB 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