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The 14-natiOn conference on
the future of Laos was only
technically in session yesterday.
The refusal of the United States
to join the talks until there Is
a decision on the question Of
which of three LaOtian delega-
tiOns should be seated prevented
negotiations.
Prince Boun Oum, present
Premier of Laos, sent his delega-
ton headed by the real strong
man of his United States-spon-
sored regime, Gen. Phoumi Nosa-
van. Prince Souvanna Phouma,
former Premier who was ousted
from Vientiane by Gen. Nosavan'S
troops, has his delegation. And
the Pathet Lao, pro Communist
political movement that leads the
rebellion in Laos, has another.
Three delegations, and no deci-
sion as to which, or whatever
combination of the three, should
represent Laos in the international
conference at Geneva that is sup
posed to establish a genuinely
neutral regime in the little noun
tain kingdom that is the gateway
to Southeast Asia.
The United States at first de-
manded that the International
Control Commission, reactivated
by agreement between Britain and
the Soviet Union, certify that an
actual cease fire did exist in Laos
before negotiations could begin.
The Commission poland, Can
ada and IndiaJ did on Friday
certify that tlgnting had stopped
The United States accepted the
certification, but then raised the
question Of the Laotian delega-
ton qualified to sit at the green
baize table. Thus the parley,
scheduled to begin Friday, was
marking time yesterday and will
probably get under way tomor-
row
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Republicans:
Renewal

Former Vice President Nixon
on Wednesday completed his
first post-eIectiOn political
speaking with a sharp attack
on the Administrations welfare
programs.
Former President Eisenhower
gathered some of his cabinet
and top executive branch Off
cials for luncheon in Gettsys-
burg to discuss the way we
think the country should be
going"
Hes taking on the champ
with one hand tied behind his
back"
This is how a congressional
friend of Richard M. Nixon de-
scribed the former Vice Presi-
dents first foray into the political
hustings since his hairbreadth
defeat by John F. Kennedy for
the White House last November.
He meant, of course, that Mr..
Nixon was constrained, as a
patriot and as a politician, from
opening any all-out attack on
the Presidents handling of for
eign affairs-an area in which the
Cuban fiasco, the dim prospects
for saving Laos and the inter-
minable Geneva nuclear test ban
talks make Mr.. Kennedy partic-
ularly juicy target.
The former Vice President, who
was repeatedly cheered by the
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Strikes:
Space

Labor Secretary Goldberg dis
closed on Wednesday that Pres
ident Kennedy has ordered
preparation of a comprehensive
plan to end labor disputes which
delay the Nations missile-space
program.
Chairman Mcclellan, who
suspended his Senate Investi-
cations Subcommittee hearings
last week, denounced as damn
able" labor practices at missile
sites and called for law to bar
strikes on Government con-
tracts.
Early in March, a House Ap-
preparations Subcommittee issued
a report charging that the Air
Forces ICBM base construction
program was in a mess and call
ing it a sloppy job which is
costing great deal more than
expected"
Among the reasons it cited for
the mess" were these:
The great number Of modifica-
tions ordered by the Air Force
after construction began; lack of
one real boss" and a growing
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In the Conqo:
Parliament

COngOleSe President Joseph
Kasavubu yesterday summoned
that chaotic nations diSbanded
Parliament back into session
Eat an early date"
After nearly 10 months of con-
fusion. misery. and all kinds OF
privation, each of us will have
taken note of the need for stable
social order based on the prin-
clples of social morality and
legality"
This, almost a masterpiece of
understatement, came yesterday
from President KaSavubu of the
Congo as he called the dissolved
Congo Parliament back into ses-
sion at Leopoldville. The legisla-
tive body, which never functioned
with a full complement of mem
bers, was sent home last summer
after Mr.. Kasavubu and army Col.
Joseph Mobutu ouSted the late
Patrice Lumumba as Premier,
packed diplomats from Commu-
mist countries off on the first
available planes, and established
a sort of rule" through com
mittee of experts"
The United Nations has re-
peatedly called for the reconven-
ing of the Parliament, as also
have the Communist and neutral
iSt nations that continue to insist
that the Lumumba regime was
the only legitimate one in the
troubled former Belgian colony.
The President of "secessionist"
Katanga Province, Moishe Tsh-
ombe, remained a prisoner last
week of the Kasavubu forces. He
is being held in a closely guarded
villa, charged with treason and
murder (of Lumumba, who was
slain in Katanga along with two
aides.
Mr.. Kasavubu asked U. N. pro-
GCCU1OIl 1Ol OIlC 1l1CA11bCIo Va Vic
Parliament and their families, and
for U. N. planes and other facili-
ties to bring the lawmakers to
Leopoldville.
The reconvening of Parliament
could, in the opinion of many dip
lomatS, clear the way for recon-
ciliation of the warning factions
in the Congo that have made the
young nation a shambles and a
kaleidoscope of colorful confusion.
The political heirs of Lumumba,
led by Stanleyville's Premier" An
tome Gizenga, and those nations
which have supported Gizenga's
legitimacy, have insisted that the
Parliament be recalled if real uni
fication of the Congo is to be
achieved.
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THE NATIONAL SCENE
As Congress Begins
Its HomestretCh

Congress last week appeared
to draw breath as 1t prepared
for the final third of the new
session with a record of con-
siderable accomplishment and
a challenge Of much more to go.
As a session Of Congress reaches
the middle of May-the two-thirdS
mark, if recent years are any in
dication - many members moan
that NOV the work really begins"
In this, the first year of the
John F. Kennedy administration,
the means do not appear to be
quite so loud.
There is, of course, a great leg
islative workload still to be faced.
There are several bitter battles,
possibly prolonged ones, in pros
pect.
But when the record is checked,
it is seen that the 87th Congress
has, to this Doint. produced more
than many of its predecessors.
Congressional Quarterly, in its
edition published on Friday, re-
ported that as of May Congress
had approved 20 of 277 legislative
requests submitted by Mr.. Ken
nedy. Only on has been rejected
finally. 1t observed:
Comparison with CO presiden-
tial box scores during the Eisen-
hover administration shows that
Mr.. Kennedy's approval percent
age-about 10 per cent-was high
for the midpoint Of a first con-
greSSlonal session."
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For Mr.. Castro:
A Demitdsse

Cuban Premier Fidel Castro
last week was making the most
of his victory over the "inva-
sion" of anti-CastrO, United
States backed forces on one Of
his more obscure beaches.
President Kennedy last week
proposed a program for Latin
America that could, conceivably,
make future CaStros unnecessary
and even as ridiculous as they
ought to seem. The long and
gloomy procession of caudilloS in
Latin n-American nations-and FL
del Castro of Communist fame is
still only another caudillo-make
it plain that the Colossus of the
North" must do something more
that make statements about inter-
American solidarity.
The new United States proposal
would erect props against the in
evitable fluctuations in the major
crops, or exports, of Latin ma
tions. In effect, the scheme would
be a hemisphere farm plan. But
if it works, there will be reason
for joy among our Latino neigh
borS.
Fidel, last week, was making
threatening gestures once again
in the direction of Guantanamo,
the sprawling United States naval
base on Cuba's south coast. But
the base wasn't worried. When
bus traffic was cut off, the work.
ers made their way to the base by
their own efforts, and the base
provided transportation to their
jobs.
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The Bad News

The Mcclellan disclosures have
caused many citizens to go up like
rocket. The Chairman has called
labor practices at missile sites
"damnable" and 'intolerable."
Here are a few of his subcom-
mIttee's findings:
Q Since 1856, work StoppageS and
strikes, many of them of the wild
cat variety, have cost 1882
man-dayS of work, most of it at
Vandenberg and Edwards Air
Force Bases in California and
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
. Union rules required workers
at Canaveral and Vandenberg TO
take apart factory assembled mis-
sile equipment and then put it
back together again, sometimes at
exorbitant overtime rates.
. Shadow crews" to stand by
idly during inspections whicn
lasted, on occasion, several weeks,
were provided, apparently to make
work Tor rival unions at taxpayers
expense.
. Some plumbers and pipefitterS
drew from S420 to 1888 week.
elevator operators $3.50 and ditch
diggers $287-each more than the
total weekly pay and allowances
OF Comdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,
Americas first man-ln-Space.
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Union Answer

c. J. Haggerty, president OF the
AFL-CIO Building and ConStruc-
ton Trades Department, con-
tended that Government plan
ming could have prevented labor
disputes. He blamed delays on
missile design changes and other
non-labor factors,
In addition, he made this OBJ
servatlon: The Government had
never made PLAIN, until recently.
the urgency of the missile and
space programs.
Just as the House disclosures
provoked the President, so has
this latest glimpse of what goes
on at our missile sites.
On Wednesday, Labor Secre-
tary Goldberg told a news con-
ference that Mr.. Kennedy had
ordered a plan to end missile
labor disputes.
The Secretary promised to de-
liver one promptly, after talking
with labor, Government and con-
tractor officials. He said the
plan, which will call for "execu-
tive" action, will be fair to all.
It's aim would be to assure unin-
terrupted work. He did not, how
ever, say fatty that he would
seek "no-strike" pledge.
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NATO Talks:
An Interim

Meeting at Oslo, Norway. the
foreign ministers of the nations
enrolled in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization re-empha-
sized NATO'S determination to
preserve the status of West
Berlin.
Probably the most significant
development to be expected in the
affairs of NATO will take place
some weeks from now. after Presi-
dent Kennedy has conferred with
President de Gaulle in Paris. For
the general has repeatedly stressed
his belief that NATO needs a
major overhauling. The present
world situation, he believes. calls
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In Wet Man,:
Full Accord

Vice President Johnson and
the President of South Wet
Nam, Ngo Dinh Diem, agreed
yesterday on eight major points
Of United States-Viet Namese
cooperation designed to keep
that troubled neighbOr of Laos
out Of the Communist net.
South Wet Nam, the non-
Communist half of Eastern Indo-
China, is repeatedly beset by an
estimated 10000 we'll trained
guerrillas, infiltrated over the
border from North Wet Nam. In
some areas, the Saigon govern
ment cannot even pretend to
exercise control, particularly after
dark.
President Diem's regime has
left much to be desired in the
administration of troubled
country. There have been grave
charges of nepotism, Of corrup-
ton, of tyranny, and of gross
neglect of the pressing needs Of
the people, many of whom are
refugees from the Red north.
Since partition Of Indo-China
in 1854, the United States has
poured many millions into the
effort to protect Wet Namese in
dependence and to raise the
standard of living Of its gentle
people. But even here there have
been serious charges Of blunder-
ing, of "the ugly American" type
of high and mighty and aloof
patronage that sets the American
apart from the peoples he is
supposedly trying to help.
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Legislative Plan

Senator Mcclellan has agreed
to hold up his proposed legisla-
ton at least until the President
issues his executive order. The
Senator probably will not settle
for halfway measures. In a
statement on the closing of two
weeks testimony by his Subcom-
mittee, he said:
wildcat strikes, work stop
pages, slowdowns, feather-bedding
and a deliberate policy of low pro-
ductivity on the part of some
unions and workers may well be
responsible to a substantial de-
gree for whatever gap or tagging
behind exists in our space and
missile programs"
He is fighting mad.
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Hard Choice

The choice, then, is a difficult
one for the West. Take a chance
on neutralist Laos, and trust in
an agreement that the Communists
will not attempt to take over, or
go all out in the military support
of the Laotian royal army, which
is itself not very angry about any,
thing.
Despite some pressure for di-
rect intervention, the most Of
United States and British politl-
cal and military opinion has been
opposed to making another Ko-
rea out of Laos. So difficult is
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rivalry between the Army's Corps
of Engineers and the Air Force;
unrealistically low original Gov
ernment cost estimates and poorly
equipped contractors.
A little more than two weeks
ago, the Senate Investigations
Subcommittee under the chair
manship of John Mcclellan, be-
gan hearings on another phase
of the program-labor troubles
but it did not limit itself to mis-
siles. 1t covered space develop
ment as well.
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The Danger Now

With the Laos situation nearer
solution, and in favor of neu-
tralism, the danger Of Communist
penetration of South Wet Nam
will be greater than ever. The
Kennedy administration has al
ready indicated that the use of
American combat forces in Wet
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States, in line with the Kennedy
policy of identifying America with
progress and not with reaction,
even anti-Communist reaction. is
to prove effective in halting the
Communist drive toward Saigon
and it's resources.
Whether the American effort
will succeed only the future can
reveal. But the stakes are con-
sidered major ones, for the fall
of Wet Nam to the Communists
would imperil vast areas.
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Back to 1854

al oAA5SAo1 NNNoAdoS Why "NAS viz
architects OF the 1854 Geneva
conference that resulted in end
ing the weary war in Indo-China
and partitioned that once-Frencn
colony into four parts: Laos, Cam
bodia, North Wet Nam and South
Wet Nam.
And it is Britain and the So
Wet Union who must settle the
question Of Laotlan representa-
ton. In all likelihood, the decision
will be to seat a delegation tnat
will represent all three of the
groups from Laos on the scene at
Geneva. This, of course. means
that the Pathet Lao and the Sou
wanna Phouma forces, which are
allied in the rebellion, will domi-
nate the group.
But at this point there is little
the West can do about forcing
another arrangement. The stated
objective of the Geneva session
is to establish a neutralist Laos,
and 60 guarantee that there will
be no more military assistance
from the United States, the So
Wet Union, North Wet Nam or
Communist China to the con-
tending sides.
Thus TO insist that the Boun
Gum delegation be empowered to
represent Laos would effectively
negate the whole purpose of the
conference. The British, who
have been carrying the ball in
the long and difficult negotia-
tionS with Moscow that have
made the Geneva meeting poSSl-
bic, do not look with sympathy
on American efforts to have the
American-backed Boun Gum re-
gime alone represent Laos.
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Nam is under active considera-
ton. Prospects for military con-
tainment in that country are con-
sidered far better than those that
would prevail in Laos.
But there is the melancholy
history of the valiant French
army. whose bloody and frustrat-
ing effort to save Indo-China
ended at last in the tragedy of
Diem Bien Phu. Jungle fighting in
Southeast Asia is at best terrible
business, at worst a desperate
process of attrition. The choice
would be a difficult one.
Encouragement
Vice President johnson, now in
the Far East on a mission of OBJ
servation and encouragement,
gave President Diem concrete Of
fers of reinforcement Friday that
did not, for the time being. in
volve any United States combat
forces. Financial aid will permit
an increase in the Diem armed
forces of some 10000 men. United
States military advisers and tech
nicians will be increased. Health
and welfare programs in the vii
lagos will be stepped-up, and
long-range economic development
program will be expedited.
But Mr.. Diem apparently was
put on notice that some Of the
existing abuses and practices in
the Wet Nam political and social
structure must end if the United
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The Week in Perspective

EDWIN TRIBBLE. Editor
Fred Theroux, Foreign
L. Edgar Prina, National
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Success Seen

If the conference is successful,
as seems ultimately likely. there
will be a neutralized Laos that
Will be under strong Communist
influence. Western peSSimistS fore
cast that the Laotian days of neu-
tralism will be numbered; that if
the Pathet Lao takes few key
ministries in the government, the
hammer-and-sickle will wave over
Luang Prabang and Vientiane be-
fore many months have gone by.
The importance of Laos to the
cold war lies in its strategic loca-
ton as a sally port to Southeast
Asia. United States policy since
Laotian independence in 1854 has
been to prevent at all costs Com
munist penetration of the noun
tain-crowded series of narrow val
leys that borders on Cambodia,
South Wet Nam. and Thailand-
all of them for the present outside
the Communist camp.
Neutralism, under the regime of
John Foster Dulles and his sue
ceSSor Christian Herter, was not
a welcome development in critical
areas of the world. But the effort
to replace the neutraliSt Souvanna
Phouma with Boun Gum, a pro-
WeSterner, has manifestly failed.
The Pathet Lao and Capt. Kong
Les paratroopers. with heavy sup
port in military supplies and weap-
ons from the Communist world by
way of Hanoi, capital of Ho Chi
Minis North Wet Nam, have
forced the royal Laotian army
back on every front.
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Books, C-5-Hobbies, c.
Amusements, C-7-9-Music, Clio
Art, Schools, C-ll-Rodio. C-lz
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(Contlnued from Page II
English, two in Physical Ed.
ucation and three in Indus
trial Arts.
The candidates: Willie Lou
Use Beard, Peral c. Brown.
Grover l.. Butler, Rosa l..
Castor, Flossie E. Clark, AL
berta Croft, Edna B. Cross,
Henrietta Cunningham, Fran
ces w. Davis, E. j. Edin-
burg, Talma B. Enochs, Lo-
rene H. Fair, Genella R.
FAINT, Ruth Gardner, Annie
B. Garner, Dovie E. Gil
more, Alice L. Goss, Jessie
M. Hackett, Etherlene Hat
ten;
Evia l.. Haywood, Ruth l..
Hentz, Nolia j. Hill, Alex
Hudson, Mae Bell Hudson,
Martha l.. Hunt, Olivia S.
Jackson, Lorena jenkins, vi
ola d. Jones, Willie M a e
Jones, Ora Lee Kelley, Mary
B. Leflore, Cleo A. Lewis,
Alva P. Little, Lille B. Lucas.
Dorothy E. Mcfarland, Jean
lie M. MCGEE, John Matt
news, Eula T. Mitchell, Mary
j. Montgomery, Ruby E.
Montgomery, Ida M. Otis,
Amanda Payne;
Canara w. Prince, Amelia
B. Redmon, Marjorie A. Ros-
ser, Allene j. Sanders, Oar.
lene o. Seard, Clementine
Session, Elois Sheaffer, Ell
vira M. Simmons, Bette O.
Smith Reola S. Smith, Flor.
istene Thomas, Earnestine
Thompson, Marcella Turnip
seed, Sylvia F. Vines, Lorraine
t. Walker, Fred Washington
Idelia d. West, Emee K
Whitehead, Leila M. Will
Jams, Nina Williams, Willie
B. Willis, Willie Mae Wilson
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Mott. Malissa Parker, Louise
Willis g. 80; Clarice Clayton.
Ebert Peterson 2.33; Walter
Jackson, Ida Jones, Ere d
Mcdowell, Wardell Roberts
2.31; Mary Stamps 2.39; Will
lam Holtzclaw, Paul Purdy,
Betty Dawson, FPS; Robert
Woodland 2.29; Geraldine
Smith 2.27; Spencer N a h,
Roosevelt Fitzgerald 2.23:
Sam Cobbins 2.22; Amel An
derson, Mary Mcfarland,
Laura Ward 2.21; Wilson
Brandford 2.22; Andrew Cat
es, Wilson Terrell, Jr., Will
lam Washington, harles
Causey 2.20; Patricia Thorn
as 2.20; Ruther Conner PIG;
Mary Barnes, Joyce Ladner,
Edward Johnson 2.18; Inez
Galloway, Albert Chandler,
A n n i e Moffett, Johnnie
Strawberry 2.17; Peter Har-
ris, Jr,, Gladys Nelson, Tom
mic Walker 2.16; Dorothy
Coleman 2.14; John Farmer,
Carl Holifield, Yvonne Jack
son, Leroy Smith 2.13; Ivory
Horne ZIG; William Abshaw,
j o sic Anderson, Leonard
Farley, Bertha Younger 2.11;
Daisy Bell, Henry G. john
son, Vera Polk 2.10; Marcus
Dilworth, Elwood Lumpkin
2.07; Willie Heidelberg 2.O5:
Robert Carr, Will Collins,
Curtis Flowers, Will Jones,
Ruby McClinton, Matte Nc
Gee, I. j. Robinson, Johnnie
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William Stewart, Jr., 2.02;
Harvey Burton 2.01; Aaron
Ballard, Rubye H. Bryant,
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Hampton Ellis.

The physical department of
the Parish st. Branch YIN
c. A. is presently organizing
a summer basketball league
for boys and young men. Per-
sons desiring to participate
may do so by contracting the
YMCA Physical Department.
A current membership is the
only requirement.
The Young Mems Citizen
ship Club of the Y.M.C.A.
will hold its regular meeting
at the YMCA building on Sat-
urday at 500 pm. All men,
bers are expected to be pres
ent. Aron Williams, president.
Any "Y" youth member
who may be interested in fl
nalizing plans for a series of
forthcoming teen canteens
should contact Marshall l..
Frazier, Jr. The first can
teen shall be held the last
week in July and the pro-
gram shall include: whist,
table tennis, chess, music ap-
probation period, movies, So
cial and square dancing. Ad-
mission, "Y" membership.
DR.. Oscar Rogers will meet
his church history class al
the YMCA building on Mon
day, July "a, at 7:30 pm.
A very significant movie re-
garding the development OF
the church will be shown in
addition to the lecture. An in
vitation is extended to all in.
terested persons. John W.
Dixon, Chairman, YMCA Re.
ligious Emphasis Committee
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Miss Ruby Magee
Leads Dean S List
At ]. S. College

Led by Ruby Magee and
Rosie B. Pearson, each with
straight "A" 5000 averages,
100 Jackson State College stu
dents appeared on the Deans
List for the 1960-61 Spring
Quarter. Following close be-
hind were Beverly Gardner
and Elwyn Grimes with 2.97,
Mildred Brown 2.82, Jimmie
Franklin 281, Mckinley Mar
tin and Ann L. Washington
2.80.
Others listed include Arthur
Love Williams 2.68; Florence
Hodge 2.67; Ralph Rogers
2.65; Bobby Allen, Malcolm
Barnes 2.62; Johnnie Mar
shall, Chalmers Mayors 2.59;
Mary Alderman 2.57; Flora
Caldwell, Rosie Sanders, Will
lam Smiley 2.56; Margaret
Catchings, Larry Coleman,
John Hatchett, Henry john
son, j. H. Meredith, Betty
Sanders $50; Vera Brown,
Shedrick Dorsey, Vera Polk,
Willie Smith, Jr., FAT; Edgar
Mccall, Melvin Woods 2.45;
Sarah Dickens, Arthur Lewa-
nika 2.41; Mark Ball, Arthur
Mary Norman, Louise Will
Jams 2.40; Arnold Grimes 2.
80; Margaret Andrews, Will
lam Brassfield, Gertha Davis,
James Easterling, Willie
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Geneva B. Young and Ma
tilda B. Young, Elementary
Education.
Essie B. Austin, Dorothy
N. Curry, Chaldren L. Hig-
ginbottom and Verlie l.. Wall,
Business Education; Beatrice
j. Baker, Samuel l.. Bracy.
j. B. Flowers, Jr., and Henry
d. Woods, Mathematics; Will
lie ID. Croft, Brick Masonry;
Velma Daniels, Home Eco
Monies; William Dean, Jr.,
and Wattine Mitchell, Biol
ogy; Wellington Everette and
Tony Wall, Auto Mechanics
Charlie II. Hall Jr., Build
ing Construction; Badrae
Hannah, Mus Education; r.
ma Jean Hardy, Secretarial
Science; Cole Jodie Hearon.
Business Administration; Nj
ma H. McElroy, English; John
ii. Maddox and Robert j.
Seals, Physical Education;
Jesse R. Moore, Berley R.
Pruitt and Ellis Tompkins, In
dustrial Arts.
A certificate of Proficiency
in Printing will be awarded
Colonious c. Williams.